Document:

Exhibit 4.5

 

EXHIBIT 4.5

FORM OF INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND A

TRUSTEE TO BE NAMED

      

VISUAL SCIENCES, INC.

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of                     , 200___

 

[Name of Trustee]

Trustee

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2. Other Definitions
	 	 	6	 
	Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	6	 
	Section 1.4. Rules of Construction
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1. Issuable in Series
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.10. Treasury Securities
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.11. Temporary Securities
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.12. Cancellation
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.14. Global Securities
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	18	 
	Section 4.2. SEC Reports
	 	 	18	 
	Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate
	 	 	18	 
	Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
	 	 	18	 
	Section 4.5. Corporate Existence
	 	 	18	 
	Section 4.6. Taxes
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS
	 	 	19	 

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	Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.
	 	 	19	 
	Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1. Events of Default
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected
	 	 	24	 
	Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits
	 	 	24	 
	Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.12. Control by Holders
	 	 	25	 
	Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	26	 
	Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults
	 	 	29	 
	Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders
	 	 	29	 
	Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	29	 
	Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	30	 
	Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
	 	 	31	 
	Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	31	 
	Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	31	 
	Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	34	 
	Section 8.5. Repayment to Company
	 	 	35	 
	Section 8.6. Reinstatement
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	36	 
	Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders
	 	 	37	 
	Section 9.3. Limitations
	 	 	37	 

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	Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	38	 
	Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents
	 	 	38	 
	Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	 	 	38	 
	Section 9.7. Trustee Protected
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.2. Notices
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	40	 
	Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	40	 
	Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents
	 	 	40	 
	Section 10.7. Legal Holidays
	 	 	40	 
	Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.9. Counterparts
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.10. Governing Laws
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.12. Successors
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.13. Severability
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in Euro
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.16. Judgment Currency
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1. Applicability of Article
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1. Agreement of Subordination
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.2. Payments to Holders
	 	 	45	 
	Section 12.3. Subrogation of Securities
	 	 	47	 
	Section 12.4. Authorization to Effect Subordination
	 	 	48	 
	Section 12.5. Notice to Trustee
	 	 	48	 
	Section 12.6. Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	49	 
	Section 12.7. No Impairment of Subordination
	 	 	50	 
	Section 12.8. Article Applicable to Paying Agents
	 	 	50	 
	Section 12.9. Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely
	 	 	50	 

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VISUAL SCIENCES, INC.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of                     , 200_

	 	 	 
	Section 310(a)(1)
	 	7.10
	(a)(2)
	 	7.10
	(a)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)
	 	7.10
	(b)
	 	7.10
	Section 311(a)
	 	7.11
	(b)
	 	7.11
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312(a)
	 	2.6
	(b)
	 	10.3
	(c)
	 	10.3
	Section 313(a)
	 	7.6
	(b)(1)
	 	7.6
	(b)(2)
	 	7.6
	(c)(1)
	 	7.6
	(d)
	 	7.6
	Section 314(a)
	 	4.2, 10.5
	(b)
	 	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)
	 	10.4
	(c)(2)
	 	10.4
	(c)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(d)
	 	Not Applicable
	(e)
	 	10.5
	(f)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 315(a)
	 	7.1
	(b)
	 	7.5
	(c)
	 	7.1
	(d)
	 	7.1
	(e)
	 	6.14
	Section 316(a)
	 	2.10
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	6.12
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	6.13
	(b)
	 	6.8
	Section 317(a)(1)
	 	6.3
	(a)(2)
	 	6.4
	(b)
	 	2.5
	Section 318(a)
	 	10.1

 

			
	Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

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          Indenture
dated as of
                    , 200___ between Visual Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), and [Name of Trustee], a                      (“Trustee”).

          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     Section 1.1. Definitions.

          “Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts that are required hereby or by any Security,
under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain
taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and that are owing to such Holders.

          “Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or
otherwise.

          “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Service Agent or authenticating agent.

          “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication
customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of
general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be
impractical to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any
publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient publication of such notice.

          “Bearer” means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.

          “Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that
does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.

          “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee thereof.

          “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to
authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the
certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or
supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday,

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Sunday or a legal holiday in New York, New York or San Diego, California on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

          “Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter
means the successor.

          “Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one
of whom must be the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer or principal
accounting officer.

          “Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, a President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered.

          “Debt” of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all indebtedness of such
person in respect of borrowed money, including all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect
thereof (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or
only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.

          “Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time would be, an Event of
Default.

          “Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depository for
such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of
such Series.

          “Designated Senior Indebtedness” means any of our Senior Indebtedness that expressly provides
that it is “designated senior indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture (provided that the
instrument, agreement or other document creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may place
limitations and conditions on the right of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of
Designated Senior Indebtedness).

          “Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

          “Dollars” means the currency of The United States of America.

          “Euro” means the currency of the European Monetary Union.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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          “Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the
government of The United States of America.

          “Foreign Government Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are
denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused
to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is
pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or
instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or
(ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

          “Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be,
in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities,
issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such
Depository or nominee.

          “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the
holder of a Bearer Security.

          “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, and without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person for
borrowed money (including obligations of the Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange
contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any loans or
advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to
the whole of the assets of such person or to only a portion thereof) (other than any account
payable or other accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services), (b) all reimbursement
obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person with respect to letters
of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances, (c) all obligations and liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) in respect of leases of such person required, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles, to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of
such person and all obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any lease or
related document (including a purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real property
which provides that such person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to
purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property
to the lessor and the obligations of such person under such lease or related document to purchase
or to cause a third party to purchase such leased property, (d) all obligations of such person
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement
or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar
instrument or agreement, (e) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such person
in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person to purchase,
acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or
liabilities of another person of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d), (f) any
indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such person,
regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall

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have been assumed by such person and (g) any and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals,
renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any
indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (f).

          “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended from time to time and shall include the form and
terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

          “interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

          “Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means
the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

          “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer,
the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the
Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

          “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.

          “principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the
premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.

          “Representative” means the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for
any Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such
trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant
to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior
Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the
required persons necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in
the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.

          “Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of the Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.

          “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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          “Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any
Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

          “Senior Indebtedness” means the principal, premium, if any, interest, including any interest
accruing after bankruptcy, and rent or termination payment on or other amounts due on our current
or future Indebtedness, whether created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by
us, including any deferrals, renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments, modifications or
supplements to the above. However, Senior Indebtedness does not include: (i) Indebtedness that
expressly provides that it shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities or expressly
provides that it is on the same basis or junior to the Securities; (ii) our indebtedness to any of
our majority-owned subsidiaries; and (iii) the Securities.

          “Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt
instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

          “Significant Subsidiary” means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would
be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date
hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as
a group, would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.

          “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

          “Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the
outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other
Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

          “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect
on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended.

          “Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

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          “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of The United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of The United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by The United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation
or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by
such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to
the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

     Section 1.2. Other Definitions.

	 	 	 
	 	 	DEFINED IN	
	TERM	 	SECTION	
	“Bankruptcy Law”
	 	6.1	
	“Custodian”
	 	6.1	
	“Event of Default”
	 	6.1	
	“Journal”
	 	10.15	
	“Judgment Currency”
	 	10.16	
	“Legal Holiday”
	 	10.7	
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”
	 	11.1	
	“Market Exchange Rate”
	 	10.15	
	“New York Banking Day”
	 	10.16	
	“optional sinking fund payment”
	 	11.1	
	“Paying Agent”
	 	2.4	
	“Payment Blockage Notice”
	 	12.2	
	“Registrar”
	 	2.4	
	“Required Currency”
	 	10.16	
	“Service Agent”
	 	2.4	
	“successor person”
	 	5.1	

     Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:

          “Commission” means the SEC.

          “indenture securities” means the Securities.

          “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

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          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

          “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor
upon the Securities.

          All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference
to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used
herein as so defined.

     Section 1.4. Rules of Construction.

          Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

     (c) references to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which
such accounting principles are to be applied;

     (d) “or” is not exclusive;

     (e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
and

     (f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES

     Section 2.1. Issuable in Series.

          The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities
of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the
authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued
from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may
provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date
or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between
Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and
ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, but all Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article
XII, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

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     Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

          At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be
established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such
Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through
2.2.22) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution:

          2.2.1. the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular
Series from the Securities of any other Series);

          2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at
which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

          2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may
be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

          2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

          2.2.5. the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the
method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity,
commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the
date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record
date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

          2.2.6. the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of
the Series shall be payable, or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other
means;

          2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company;

          2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the
Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation;

          2.2.9. the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the
Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed
terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

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          2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

          2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if
in fully registered form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);

          2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the
Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

          2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or
any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited to, the Euro, and if such currency of denomination
is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such
composite currency;

          2.2.14. the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;

          2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are
to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such
Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments
will be determined;

          2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an
index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock
exchange index or financial index;

          2.2.17. the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the
Series;

          2.2.18. if the holders of Securities of the Series may convert or exchange the Securities into
or for securities of the Issuer or of other entities or other property, the period or periods
within which, the rate or rates at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the
Series may be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part;

          2.2.19. any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of
the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities
to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

          2.2.20. any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies
to Securities of the Series;

          2.2.21. any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or
delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and

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          2.2.22. any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents
or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

          All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from
time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the
authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of
additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

     Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.

          Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

          If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

          A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an
authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.

          The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original
issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may
authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company
or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in
writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by
a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

          The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not
exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

          Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and
(subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of
that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or
of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c)
an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such
Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully
be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall

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determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any
then outstanding Series of Securities.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate.

     Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent.

          The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places
specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities
of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of
such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this
Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to
each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each
Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any
such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

          The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying
agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified
pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The
term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying
agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

          The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent
for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is
appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

     Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

          The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of
Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or
interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company

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in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held
by it as Paying Agent.

     Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists.

          The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and
shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

     Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.

          Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request
to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same
Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such
transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

          Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer
of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business
fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that
Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being
called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected,
called or being called for redemption in part.

     Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

          If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

          If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in

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the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new
Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.

          In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.

          Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

          Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.

          The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.

     Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities.

          The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee
except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the
interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and
those described in this Section as not outstanding.

          If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.

          If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on
that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.

          A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the
Security.

          In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and

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payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

     Section 2.10. Treasury Securities.

          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series
have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for
the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

     Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.

          Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series
and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary
Securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

     Section 2.12. Cancellation.

          The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar
and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered
for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company
may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.

     Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.

          If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the
defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date.
The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date,
the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states
the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay
defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

     Section 2.14. Global Securities.

          2.14.1. Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
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whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such
Global Security or Securities.

          2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other
than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at
any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in
either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository within 90 days of such event, (ii)
the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such
Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global
Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for
Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

          Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as
a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by
a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the
Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.

          2.14.3. Legend. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, any Global Security issued
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

          “This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred
to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security
is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository
to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.”

          2.14.4. Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

          2.14.5. Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

          2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the
Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of

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such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global
Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depository with respect to such Global
Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to
be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

     Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers.

          The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and,
if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities,
and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

     Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee.

          The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay
the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part
thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such
Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to
redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the
terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal
amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days
before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

     Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that
the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of
the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000.
Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole
multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations
pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral
multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.

     Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.

          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 90

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days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class
mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are
outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.

          The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:

     (a) the redemption date;

     (b) the redemption price;

     (c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

     (d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

     (e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the redemption date; and

     (f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or
the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

          At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s
name and at its expense.

     Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

          Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a
Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. If mailed in the manner provided for in
Section 3.3, the notice of redemption shall be conclusively presumed to have been given whether or
not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to any
Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice or the redemption. Upon surrender to the Paying
Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the
redemption date.

     Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.

          On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be
redeemed on that date.

     Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

          Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same Maturity equal in principal amount to the
unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

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ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

     Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.

          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of
that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

     Section 4.2. SEC Reports.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC
copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The
Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

     Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and
its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default
in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default
of which he may have knowledge).

          The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate
specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.

     Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

          The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to
the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law has been enacted.

     Section 4.5. Corporate Existence.

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          Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other
existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective organizational documents
of each Significant Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other
existence of any Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to
the Holders.

     Section 4.6. Taxes.

          The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to
delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings.

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

     Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.

          The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”), and may not
permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless:

     (a) the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity
organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and
expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture and

     (b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default,
shall have occurred and be continuing.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction
an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

     Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.

          Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as
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herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Securities.

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 6.1. Events of Default.

          “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any
one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of
Default:

     (a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the
entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or

     (b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that Series at its
Maturity; or

     (c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due in respect of
any Security of that Series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

     (d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture
solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default
continues uncured for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

     (e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the
meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (i) commences a voluntary case,

     (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,

     (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,

     (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

     (v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

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     (f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:

     (i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in
an involuntary case,

     (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
or for all or substantially all of its property, or

     (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries,

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or

     (g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series,
which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’
Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.19.

          The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

          If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs
and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in
every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of
that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in
the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities
of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified
amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder.

          At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

          (a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

     (i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,

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     (ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

     (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any
overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities, and

     (iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;

and

     (b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

          No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

          The Company covenants that if

     (a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

     (b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity
thereof, or

     (c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the
terms of a Security and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and
interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on
any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

          If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by

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law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.

          If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.

     Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

          In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,

     (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

     (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.7.

          Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

     Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

          All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,

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disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

     Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected.

          Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7; and

          Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

          Third: To the Company.

     Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits.

          No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

     (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;

     (b) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

     (c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

     (d) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

     (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 90-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

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     Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

          Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.

     Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

          If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.

     Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

          Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

     Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

          No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 6.12. Control by Holders.

          The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that

     (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
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     (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and

     (c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee
in personal liability.

     Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.

          Subject to Section 6.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a
Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided,
however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any
Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that
resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

     Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company,
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any
Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

     Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee.

     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his own affairs.

     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

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     (i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth
in this Indenture and no others.

     (ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the
case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any
provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

     (i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.

     (ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

     (iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in
good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.

     (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject
to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

     (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

     (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as
the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

     (g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably
assured to it.

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     (h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to
the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section with respect to the Trustee.

     Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel.

     (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct
or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository shall be deemed an agent
of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any
Depository.

     (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

     (e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

     (f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of
Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.

     Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.

          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also
subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

     Section 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

          The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication.

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     Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.

          If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of
any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to
each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within
90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of
such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment
of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

     Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

          Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if
any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as
of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be
filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock
exchange.

     Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity.

          The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee
of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

          The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any
loss, liability or expense incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the
performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim
and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for
any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This
indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the
Trustee.

          The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred
by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through
negligence or bad faith.

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          To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee,
except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities of that Series.

          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

     Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee.

          A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

          The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying
the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may
remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The
Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

     (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

     (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is
entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

     (c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

     (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

          If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed
by the Company.

          If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take
office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable
Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with
Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer

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all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for
in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each
Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer
Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations
under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to
expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

     Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

          If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee.

     Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

          This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section
310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee
shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).

     Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

          The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in
TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section
311(a) to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

     Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

          This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter
provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

     (a) either

     (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or
paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

     (ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation

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     (2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or

     (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

     (4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as
applicable;

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated
Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

     (b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and

     (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

          Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5
shall survive.

     Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received
by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the
principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by
the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated
by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.

     (b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and

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principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on
behalf of Holders.

     (c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by
it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have
been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall
not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

     Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

          Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable
to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates
to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except as to:

     (a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds
described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment
of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated
Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of
any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and the Securities of such Series;

     (b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

     (c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder;

provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

     (d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in
Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United
States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series
denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign
Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming
no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later

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than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of
and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of
interest or principal are due;

     (e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound;

     (f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on
the 91st day after such date;

     (g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of
this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the
Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not
occurred;

     (h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

     (i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting
an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or
such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

     (j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the
defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

     Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance.

          Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable
to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set
forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained
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Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2.21 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event
of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of Section
6.1 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of
such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

     (a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds
in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in
Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in
the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of
such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money
and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal
in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment
and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if
any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such Series on the
dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

     (b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound;

     (c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on
the 91st day after such date;

     (d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming
that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject
to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

     (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the
Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

     (f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

          Section 8.5. Repayment to Company.

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          The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them
for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that,
Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

     Section 8.6. Reinstatement.

          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, by reason of any legal proceeding or
by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section
8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as
the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities because of reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

     Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders.

          The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or
more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

     (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

     (b) to comply with Article V;

     (c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities;

     (d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder
in any material respect;

     (e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of
Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

     (f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;

     (g) to allow any guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture with respect to debt
Securities and to release guarantors in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

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     (h) to add additional obligors under this Indenture and the Securities; or

     (i) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

     Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders.

          The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each
Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of
each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to
the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for
the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or
waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities
affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one
occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or
waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or
waiver.

     Section 9.3. Limitations.

          Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

     (a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;

     (b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default
interest) on any Security;

     (c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the
amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous
obligation;

     (d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the
maturity thereof;

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     (e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest,
if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series
by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

     (f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency
other than that stated in the Security;

     (g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence), 10.15 or 10.16; or

     (h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the
provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.

     Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

          Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth
in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

     Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

          Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent
as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before
the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.

          Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected
by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of
Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has
consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

     Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

          The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of
any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect
the amendment or waiver.

     Section 9.7. Trustee Protected.

          In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental

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indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely
affects its rights.

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision
which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed
provision shall control.

     Section 10.2. Notices.

          Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in
writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:

if to the Company:

Visual Sciences, Inc.

10182 Telesis Court, 6th Floor

San Diego, CA 92121

Attention: General Counsel

if to the Trustee:

[Name of Trustee]

[Address]

                                        

                                        

Attention:                    

          The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

          Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his
address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a
Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

          If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the
time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.

          If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the
Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

     Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

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          Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar
and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

     Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

          Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

     (a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and

     (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.

     Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

          Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall
comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

     (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;

     (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

     (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.

     Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

          The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or
more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its
functions.

     Section 10.7. Legal Holidays.

          Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture
for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment
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made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest
shall accrue for the intervening period.

     Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others.

          A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

     Section 10.9. Counterparts.

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

     Section 10.10. Governing Laws.

          THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.

     Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

          This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret
this Indenture.

     Section 10.12. Successors.

          All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

     Section 10.13. Severability.

          In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

          The Table of Contents, Cross Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a
part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

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     Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in Euro.

          Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a
particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or
all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are
outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars
(including Euros), then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to
be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section
10.15, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable
transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided, however,
in the case of Euros, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the
Commission of the European Union (or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of
the European Union (such publication or any successor publication, the “Journal”). If such Market
Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York or, in the case of Euros, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of
the most recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of Euros, rates of exchange from one
or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question
or, in the case of Euros, in Luxembourg or such other quotations or, in the case of Euros, rates of
exchange as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The
provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect
of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action
taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

          All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any
alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion
and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all
purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.

     Section 10.16. Judgment Currency.

          The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law,
that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the
“Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment
Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is
not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which
final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make
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discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not
entered in accordance with Subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee,
of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of
recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall
short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not
be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of
the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in
The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close.

ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS

     Section 11.1. Applicability of Article.

          The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of
such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.

          The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of
any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional
sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of
any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking
fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the
terms of the Securities of such Series.

     Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

          The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver
outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than
any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as
credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have
been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of
Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities
shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not
later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting
Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of
such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit
of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of
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the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities
of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken,
and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next
succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall
from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash
payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the
Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount
equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.

     Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

          Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to
each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is
to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the
Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days
(unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

ARTICLE XII.

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

     Section 12.1. Agreement of Subordination.

          The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by his
acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to
the provisions of this Article XII; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon original
issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such
provisions.

          The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities (including,
but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in
accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture) issued hereunder shall, to the extent and
in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred.

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          No provision of this Article XII shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of
Default hereunder.

     Section 12.2. Payments to Holders.

          No payment shall be made with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities
to be called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture), except
payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of
Section 12.5, if:

     (i) a default in the payment of principal, premium, interest, rent or other
obligations due on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing (or, in the case
of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a
default that continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the
instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or

     (ii) a default, other than a payment default, on a Designated Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of
the default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from a Representative or the Company.

          If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (ii) above, no
subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section unless and until
(A) at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior
Payment Blockage Notice, and (B) all scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest
on the Securities that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment default that
existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee
shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.

          The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Securities
upon the earlier of:

          (1) the date upon which the default is cured, waived or ceases to exist, or

          (2) in the case of a default referred to in clause (ii) above, 179 days pass after notice is
received if the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated, unless
this Article XII otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such payment or
distribution.

          Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up
or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior
Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the

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holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or payment thereof in accordance with its terms provided
for in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any
payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
(except payments made pursuant to Article VI from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant
thereto prior to commencement of proceedings for such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any payment by the
Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled,
except for the provision of this Article XII, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or
by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture
if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders
on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise
required by law or a court order) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all
Senior Indebtedness in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution or provision therefor is made to the
Holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.

          For purposes of this Article XII, the words, “cash, property or securities” shall not be
deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XII with respect
to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding;
provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from
any reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
(other than leases which are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as the case may be)
are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as
an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions
provided for in Article V shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article V.

          In the event of the acceleration of the Securities because of an Event of Default, no payment
or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any Holder of Securities in respect of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the
redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article
III as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as
permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5, until all Senior Indebtedness has been
paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or such
acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. If payment of the

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Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration at the address set forth in the notice from the
Agent (or successor agent) to the Trustee as being the address to which the Trustee should send its
notice pursuant to this Section 12.2, unless there are no payment obligations of the Company
thereunder and all obligations thereunder to extend credit have been terminated or expired.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including,
without limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received
by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in
cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is made
for such payment thereof in accordance with its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the
benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in
cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect
to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

          Nothing in this Section 12.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 7.7. This Section 12.2 shall be subject to the further provisions of Section
12.5.

     Section 12.3. Subrogation of Securities.

          Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders of the
Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII (equally and ratably
with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to
other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are
subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to
which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this Article XII, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, to or for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall,
as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of
the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this Article
XII, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to
be a payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the

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provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.

          Nothing contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article XII of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

          Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XII, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities,
for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII.

     Section 12.4. Authorization to Effect Subordination.

          Each Holder of a Security by the holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the
Trustee on the holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination as provided in this Article XII and appoints the Trustee to act as the holder’s
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of
claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.3 hereof at
least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the holders of any Senior
Indebtedness or their representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on
behalf of the Holders of the Securities.

     Section 12.5. Notice to Trustee.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company which
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any paying agent in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article XII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment
of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to

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the provisions of this Article XII, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the
form of an Officers’ Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness
or from any trustee thereof; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such
facts exist; provided that if on a date not fewer than two Business Days prior to the date upon
which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security) the
Trustee shall not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this
Section 12.5, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received
by it on or after such prior date.

          Notwithstanding anything in this Article XII to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any
payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1, and any
such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 12.1 or 12.2.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to rely on the
delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative or a person representing himself to be a
holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice
has been given by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any
such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee may request
such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of
Senior Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under
this Article XII, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such
person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.

     Section 12.6. Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness.

          The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article XII in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11 or elsewhere in this Indenture
shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

          With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to
observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article
XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1,
the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or
deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other person money or

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assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
XII or otherwise.

     Section 12.7. No Impairment of Subordination.

          No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination
as herein provided shall 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, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

     Section 12.8. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.

          If at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall (unless the
context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its
meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in
addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of Section 12.5
shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as
Paying Agent.

     Section 12.9. Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.

          The holders of Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Designated Senior
Indebtedness) shall have the right to rely upon this Article XII, and no amendment or modification
of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such holders unless such holders
shall have agreed in writing thereto.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	VISUAL SCIENCES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Its: 	 
	 
	 	[Name of Trustee]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Its:hginterdomagreement.htm

    EXHIBIT
      10.1

    

     

    ASSET
      PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    dated
      as of June 6, 2007

     

    by
      and among

     

    COMTRAK
      LOGISTICS, INC.,

     

    HUB
      CITY TERMINALS, INC.,

     

    INTERDOM
      PARTNERS,

     

    COMMERCIAL
      CARTAGE, INC.,

     

    PRIDE
      LOGISTICS, L.L.C.

     

    and

     

    THE
      OTHER PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO

     

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    TABLE
      OF CONTENTS

     

     

    ARTICLE
      I  Definitions 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              1.1

            	
              Previously
                Defined Terms 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              1.2

            	
              Definitions 

            	 

    

    
      	
               

            	
              1.3

            	
              Interpretation 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      II  Purchase and Sale, Purchase Price, Allocation and Other Related
      Matters 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              2.1

            	
              Purchase
                and Sale 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.2

            	
              Purchase
                Price 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.3

            	
              Payment
                of the Purchase Price 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.4

            	
              Closing
                Balance Sheet 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.5

            	
              Purchase
                Price Settlement 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.6

            	
              Assumed
                Liabilities 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.7

            	
              Retained
                Liabilities 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.8

            	
              Accounts
                Receivable Guarantee and Return 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.9

            	
              Transfer
                Taxes 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              2.10

            	
              Allocation 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      III  Closing and Closing Date Deliveries 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              3.1

            	
              Closing 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              3.2

            	
              Closing
                Deliveries by Sellers 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              3.3

            	
              Closing
                Deliveries by Purchasers 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              3.4

            	
              Cooperation 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      IV  Pre-Closing Filings 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              4.1

            	
              Government
                Filings 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      V  Pre-Closing Covenants 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              5.1

            	
              Due
                Diligence Review 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.2

            	
              Maintenance
                of Business and Notice of Changes 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.3

            	
              Pending
                Closing 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.4

            	
              Consents 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.5

            	
              Commercially
                Reasonable Efforts to Close 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.6

            	
              Pre-Closing
                Use of Names 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.7

            	
              Transfer
                of Related Business Assets 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              5.8

            	
              Retained
                Entities Reconciliation 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      VI  Financial Statements; Disclosure Schedule

     

    
      	
               

            	
              6.1

            	
              Pre-Signing
                Deliveries 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      VII  Representations and Warranties of Sellers 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              7.1

            	
              Due
                Formation 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.2

            	
              Authority 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.3

            	
              No
                Violations and Consents 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.4

            	
              Brokers 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.5

            	
              Required
                Assets 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.6

            	
              Related
                Party Transactions 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.7

            	
              Title
                to Purchased Assets 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.8

            	
              Condition
                of Assets 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.9

            	
              Real
                Property 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.10

            	
              Litigation
                and Compliance with Laws 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.11

            	
              Intellectual
                Property 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.12

            	
              Contracts 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.13

            	
              Financial
                Statements and Related Matters 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.14

            	
              Changes
                Since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.15

            	
              Insurance 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.16

            	
              Licenses
                and Permits 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.17

            	
              Environmental
                Matters 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.18

            	
              Employee
                Benefit Plans 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.19

            	
              Taxes 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.20

            	
              Suppliers;
                Customers; BNSF and NS. 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              7.21

            	
              Full
                Disclosure 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      VIII  Representations and Warranties of Purchasers 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              8.1

            	
              Due
                Incorporation 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              8.2

            	
              Authority 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              8.3

            	
              No
                Violations 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              8.4

            	
              Brokers 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      IX  Conditions to Closing Applicable to Purchasers 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              9.1

            	
              No
                Termination 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.2

            	
              Bring-Down
                of Sellers' Warranties and Covenants 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.3

            	
              No
                Material Adverse Change 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.4

            	
              Pending
                Actions 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.5

            	
              Required
                Contract Consents 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.6

            	
              Required
                Governmental Approvals 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.7

            	
              Required
                Permits 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.8

            	
              Due
                Diligence 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.9

            	
              Environmental
                Assessment Report 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.10

            	
              Retained
                Earnings 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.11

            	
              Non-Foreign
                Person Certification 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              9.12

            	
              All
                Necessary Documents 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      X  Conditions to Closing Applicable to Sellers 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              10.1

            	
              No
                Termination 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              10.2

            	
              Bring-Down
                of Purchasers' Warranties and Covenants 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              10.3

            	
              Pending
                Actions 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              10.4

            	
              All
                Necessary Documents 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XI  Termination 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              11.1

            	
              Termination 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XII  Indemnification 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              12.1

            	
              Indemnification
                by Sellers 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              12.2

            	
              Indemnification
                by Purchaser 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              12.3

            	
              Claim
                Procedure/Notice of Claim 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              12.4

            	
              Survival
                of Representations, Warranties and Covenants; Determination of Adverse
                Consequences 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              12.5

            	
              Limitations
                on Indemnification Obligations 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              12.6

            	
              Right
                of Set-Off 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XIII  Confidentiality 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              13.1

            	
              Confidentiality
                of Materials 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              13.2

            	
              Remedy 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XIV  Employee Matters 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              14.1

            	
              Employees
                to be Hired by Purchasers 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              14.2

            	
              Workers'
                Compensation, Medical Claims and Retirees 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XV  Certain Other Agreements 

     

    
      	
               

            	
              15.1

            	
              Post-Closing
                Access to Records 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.2

            	
              Consents
                Not Obtained at Closing 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.3

            	
              Post-Closing
                Tax Matters 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.4

            	
              Bulk
                Sale Waiver and Indemnity 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.5

            	
              Non-Competition;
                Non-Solicitation 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.6

            	
              Use
                of Sellers' Names 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              15.7

            	
              Guarantees 

            	
               

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
      XVI  Miscellaneous

     

    
      	
               

            	
              16.1

            	
              Cost
                and Expenses 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.2

            	
              Entire
                Agreement 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.3

            	
              Counterparts 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.4

            	
              Assignment,
                Successors and Assigns 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.5

            	
              Savings
                Clause 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.6

            	
              Headings 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.7

            	
              Risk
                of Loss 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.8

            	
              Governing
                Law 

            	
               

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              16.9

            	
              Press
                Releases and Public Announcements 

            	
               

            

      	 	16.10	U.S.
              Dollars 	 

      	 	16.11	Survival	 

      	 	16.12 	Notices	 

      	 	16.13 	SUBMISSION
              TO JURISDICTION; VENUE	 

      	 	16.14 	No
              Third-Party Beneficiary	 

      	 	16.15 	Disclosures 	 

      	 	16.16	Enforcement
              Costs 	 

      	 	16.17	Sellers'
              Obligations 	 

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    

    
      
              

                  
      
      

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    Exhibit
      Index

     

    
      	
              Exhibit

            	
              Description

            	
              Section
                Reference

            
	 	 	 
	
              A

            	
              Earnout
                Payments

            	
              Definitions

            
	
              B

            	
              Illustrative
                Calculation of Net Working Capital

            	
              Definitions

            
	
              C

            	
              Proprietary
                Interest Protection and Non-Solicitation Agreement

            	
              Definitions

            
	
              D

            	
              Restricted
                Stock Agreement

            	
              Definitions

            
	
              E

            	
              [Intentionally
                Omitted]

            	 
	
              F

            	
              Stockholder
                Employment and Non-Compete Agreement

            	
              Definitions

            
	
              G

            	
              Purchase
                Price Allocation

            	
              2.9

            
	
              H

            	
              Sellers'
                Bills of Sale

            	
              3.2

            
	
              I

            	
              Sellers'
                Counsel's Opinion

            	
              3.2

            
	
              J

            	
              Landlord
                Consent and Estoppel Certificate

            	
              3.2

            
	
              K

            	
              Assumption
                Agreement

            	
              3.3

            

    

    
      
              

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    Disclosure
      Schedule Index

     

    Section
      5.3
      -                              
  Pending Closing

    Section
      7.1
      -                              
  Foreign Qualifications

    Section
      7.3
      -                                
Required Consents and Approvals

    Section
      7.6
      -                                
Related Party Transactions

    Section
      7.7
      -                                
Personal Property

    Section
      7.8
      -                               
 Condition of Assets

    Section
      7.9
      -                             
    Leased Real Property

    Section
      7.10(a)
      -                     
     Litigation and Compliance with Laws

    Section
      7.10(c)
      -                           Labor

    Section
      7.11
      -                                Intellectual
      Property

    Section
      7.12
      -                                Contracts

    Section
      7.13(a)
      -                            Financial
      Statements

    Section
      7.13(e)
      -                            Indebtedness

    Section
      7.14
      -                                Changes
      Since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet

    Section
      7.15
      -                                Insurance

    Section
      7.16
      -                                Licenses
      and Permits

    Section
      7.17
      -                                Environmental
      Matters

    Section
      7.18
      -                                Employee
      Benefits

    Section
      7.20(a)
      -                           Suppliers

    Section
      7.20(b)
      -                           Customers

    Section
      7.20(c)
      -                            BNSF
      and NS

     

    Schedule
      Index

     

    Schedule
      2.1
      -                                Certain
      Retained Assets

    Schedule
      2.3
      -                                Illustrative
      Calculation of Earnout Payments and Catch-Up Payments

    Schedule
      9.5
      -                                Certain
      Required Consents and Approvals

    Schedule
      9.9
      -                                Environmental
      Assessment Reports

    Schedule
      12.1(f)
      -                          Certain
      Indemnified Matters

    

     

    
      
              

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    ASSET
      PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    This
      Asset Purchase Agreement is made and entered into as of June 6, 2007 (this
      "Agreement") by and among COMTRAK LOGISTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation
      ("Comtrak"), HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Hub
      City" and, together with Comtrak, the "Purchasers"), HUB GROUP, INC.,
      a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), INTERDOM PARTNERS, a general
      partnership organized under the laws of Illinois (the "Partnership"),
      COMMERCIAL CARTAGE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), PRIDE
      LOGISTICS, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (the "LLC" and,
      together with the Partnership and the Company, "Sellers"), INTERDOM,
      INC., an Illinois corporation ("Interdom"), MIDAS INVESTMENTS OF NAPLES,
      INC., a Florida corporation ("Midas" and, together with Interdom, the
      "Partners"), Richard K. Rudie, an individual residing in Palos Heights,
      Illinois ("Rudie"), and Dennis Calvanese, an individual residing in Oak
      Brook, Illinois ("Calvanese" and, together with Rudie, the "Principal
      Stockholders"), Steven Kranz, an individual residing in Mooresville, North
      Carolina ("Kranz" and, collectively with the Principal Stockholders, the
      "Stockholders"), MAUNEY CONSULTANTS, LTD., an Illinois corporation
      ("Mauney Consultants"), and BOGFID, INC., an Illinois corporation
      ("BOGFID" and, together with Mauney Consultants, the
      "Members").

     

    RECITALS:

     

    A.           Each
      of the Company and the LLC engages in, and arranges for, the transportation
      of
      goods in interstate and intrastate commerce as a common carrier, contract
      carrier and broker pursuant to permits issued by various federal and state
      authorities (respectively, the "Company's Business" and the "LLC's
      Business") and the Partnership engages in the provision of intermodal
      services to the shipping industry (the "Partnership's Business" and,
      together with the Company's Business and the LLC's Business, the
      "Business").

     

    B.           Sellers
      desire to sell the Business and substantially all of their assets and properties
      and Purchasers desire to acquire the Business and substantially all of the
      assets and properties of Sellers, on the terms and subject to the conditions
      hereinafter set forth.

     

    C.           The
      Partners own, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding partnership
      interests of the Partnership; Rudie owns, beneficially and of record,
      96.7% of the outstanding capital stock of Interdom; and
      Calvanese owns, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding capital
      stock
      of Midas.

     

    D.           Collectively,
      the Stockholders own, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding capital
      stock of the Company; and the Principal Stockholders together own, beneficially
      and of record, 98% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company.

     

    E.           Collectively,
      the Members own, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding membership
      interests of the LLC; W. Lee Mauney, an individual residing in New Lenox,
      Illinois ("Mauney") owns, beneficially and of record, all of the
      outstanding capital stock of Mauney Consultants; and collectively, Rudie, Kranz,
      J. Michael O'Brien, an individual residing in Holmdel, New Jersey, Chris Elder,
      an individual residing in Hinsdale, Illinois, Steve Novak, an individual
      residing in Batavia, Illinois, Mary Jane Agnew, an individual residing in Los
      Alamitos, California, and Bob Shirey, an individual residing in Chicago,
      Illinois, own, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding capital stock
      of BOGFID.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the representations,
      warranties and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable
      consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
      the
      parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     

    ARTICLE
      I

     

    Definitions

     

    1.1  Previously
      Defined Terms.  Each term defined in the first paragraph or
      Recitals shall have the meaning set forth above whenever used herein, unless
      otherwise expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires
      otherwise.

     

    1.2  Definitions.  Whenever
      used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless
      otherwise expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires
      otherwise:

     

    "Accounts
      Receivable" means the Company Accounts Receivable, the Partnership Accounts
      Receivable and the LLC Accounts Receivable.

     

    "Adjustment
      Report" - As defined in Section 2.4(b).

     

    "Adverse
      Consequences" means all allegations, charges, complaints, actions, suits,
      proceedings, hearings, investigations, claims, demands, Orders, damages, dues,
      penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, Liabilities, Taxes,
      interest, Liens, losses, expenses and fees, including all reasonable accounting
      and attorneys' fees and court costs, costs of expert witnesses and other
      expenses of litigation.

     

    "Affiliate"
      means a Person which, directly or indirectly, is controlled by, controls, or
      is
      under common control with, another Person.  As used in the preceding
      sentence, "control" shall mean and include, but not necessarily be limited
      to,
      (i) the ownership of more than 50% of the voting securities or other voting
      interest of any Person, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of
      the
      power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
      Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
      otherwise.  With respect to any individual, the immediate family
      members thereof shall be deemed Affiliates of such individual.

     

    "Alternative
      Proposal" - As defined in Section 5.3(s).

     

    "Assumed
      Liabilities" means the Company Assumed Liabilities, the Partnership Assumed
      Liabilities and the LLC Assumed Liabilities.

     

    "Assumed
      Taxes" means (i) real and personal property Taxes related to the Purchased
      Assets to the extent that such Taxes are not yet due and payable on or before
      the Closing Date and have been reserved for as a Current Liability on the Final
      Closing Balance Sheet; and (ii) withholdings, payroll, employment, social
      security or similar Taxes related to the Transferred Employees to the extent
      such Taxes are not yet due and payable on or before the Closing Date and have
      been reserved for as a Current Liability on the Final Closing Balance
      Sheet.

     

    "Base
      Purchase Price" means $24,467,168.

     

    "Benefit
      Plans" - As defined in Section 7.18(b).

     

    "BOGFID"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Business"  -
      As defined in the Recitals.

     

    "Business
      Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which
      banks in Chicago, Illinois are authorized or required to be closed.

     

    "Business
      EBITDA" means, for any Earnout Period, the combined income of the Business
      before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization for such Earnout
      Period, calculated in accordance with GAAP and based on the same accounting
      principles and procedures applied in the preparation of Sellers' Most Recent
      Year-End Financial Statements.  The parties hereto acknowledge and
      agree that (a) Business EBITDA shall not include any gain or loss on the sale
      of
      equipment or investments and (b) Business EBITDA shall not include any income
      or
      gain attributed to the write-off of accounts payable.

     

    "Business
      EBITDA Shortfall" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(ii).

     

    "Calvanese"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Cap"
      - As defined in Section 12.5(b).

     

    "Cash"
      means the Company Cash and the Partnership Cash.

     

    "Cash
      Purchase Price" - As defined in Section 2.2(a).

     

    "Catch-Up
      Payment" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(iii).

     

    "CERCLA"
      - As defined in clause (i) of the definition of Hazardous Material.

     

    "Claim
      Notice" - As defined in Section 12.3(a).

     

    "Claimed
      Amount" - As defined in Section 12.3(a).

     

    "Closing"
      - As defined in Section 3.1.

     

    "Closing
      Accounts Receivable" means all Accounts Receivable outstanding as of the
      Closing Date.

     

    "Closing
      Date" - As defined in Section 3.1.

     

    "COBRA"
      means the requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Code
      Section 4980B.

     

    "Code"
      means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the rules and
      regulations promulgated thereunder.

     

    "Company"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Company
      Accounts Receivable" - As defined in clause (ii) of the definition of
      Company Purchased Assets.

     

    "Company
      Assumed Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.6(a).

     

    "Company
      Cash" - As defined in clause (i) of the definition of Company Purchased
      Assets.

     

    "Company
      Prepaids" - As defined in clause (iii) of the definition of Company
      Purchased Assets.

     

    "Company
      Purchased Assets" means the Company's Business and, except for the Company
      Retained Assets, all assets, rights and properties owned by the Company on
      the
      Closing Date, whether or not carried and reflected on the books of the Company,
      including the following:

     

    (i)  All
      cash
      and cash equivalents and marketable securities of the Company (collectively,
      "Company Cash");

     

    (ii)  All
      accounts, notes, contract and other receivables of the Company (collectively,
      "Company Accounts Receivable");

     

    (iii)  All
      deposits and advances, prepaid expenses and other prepaid items of the Company,
      to the extent the foregoing are transferable to Comtrak and the full amount
      thereof is realizable by Comtrak after the Closing, but not including any
      prepaid insurance, taxes and licenses (collectively, "Company
      Prepaids");

     

    (iv)  All
      tangible assets, including vehicles and other transportation equipment,
      machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, operating supplies, furniture and
      office equipment, fixtures, leasehold improvements, telephone systems,
      telecopiers, photocopiers and computer hardware of the Company, including all
      tangible assets listed in Section 7.7 of the Disclosure
      Schedule;

     

    (v)  All
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in and to the Leased Real
      Property;

     

    (vi)  All
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in, to or under (A) the Contracts
      described in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, (B) any executory
      Contracts of the Company which relate to the Company's Business and are not
      required to be listed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 7.12
      of this Agreement; and (C) any executory Contracts entered into by the Company
      relating to the Company's Business after the date hereof in the Ordinary Course
      and in compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement;

     

    (vii)  All
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in and to the following intellectual
      property: the name "Commercial Cartage" and all derivatives thereof; trade
      names, trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark applications, service
      marks, service mark registrations, service mark applications; copyrights,
      copyright registrations, copyright applications; patent rights (including issued
      patents, applications, divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part,
      reissues, patents of addition, utility models and inventors' certificates);
      domain names; licenses with respect to any of the foregoing; trade secrets,
      proprietary manufacturing information and know-how; computer software,
      inventions, inventors' notes, drawings and designs; customer and vendor lists
      and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, including any of the
      foregoing described in the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (viii)  All
      permits and licenses of the Company to the extent transferable or assignable
      to
      Comtrak;

     

    (ix)  All
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in choses in action, claims and causes
      of action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character,
      including under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees;

     

    (x)  All
      of
      the Company's files, papers, documents and records, including credit, sales
      and
      accounting records, price sheets, catalogues and sales literature, books,
      processes, advertising material, stationery, office supplies, forms, catalogues,
      manuals, correspondence, logs, employment records and any other information
      reduced to writing;

     

    (xi)  A
      copy of
      the Company's general ledgers and books of original entry;

     

    (XII)  All
      other
      assets of the Company relating to the Company's Business wherever located;
      and

     

    (xiii)  The
      Company's Business as a going concern.

     

    "Company
      Retained Assets" means the following:

     

    (i)  the
      Company's corporate seal, minute books and stock record books, the general
      ledgers and books of original entry, all tax returns and other tax records,
      reports, data, files and documents;

     

    (ii)  all
      Company Accounts Receivable that are owed to it by the Partnership or the LLC,
      any other Affiliate of any Seller (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member)
      or any Retained Entity;

     

    (iii)  all
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in choses of action, claims and causes
      of action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character,
      including under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees, but only to the extent
      related solely to another Company Retained Asset or a Company Retained Liability
      (and not related to any Company Purchased Asset or Company Assumed
      Liability);

     

    (iv)  the
      Company's rights under this Agreement;

     

    (v)  all
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in any insurance policies, including
      those identified in Section 7.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, together
      with the right to make claims thereunder and to seek refunds of premiums paid
      on
      account thereof; and

     

    (vi)  all
      of
      the Company's right, title and interest in, to and under the assets identified
      on Schedule 2.1.

     

    "Company
      Retained Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.7(a).

     

    "Company's
      Business" - As defined in the Recitals.

     

    "Company's
      Unaudited Financial Statements" - As defined in Section
      6.1(b).

     

    "Comtrak"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Contract"
      means, with respect to any Person, any contract, agreement, deed, mortgage,
      lease, license, commitment, arrangement or undertaking, written or oral, or
      other document or instrument to which or by which such Person is a party or
      otherwise subject or bound or to which or by which any asset, property or right
      of such Person is subject or bound.

     

    "Controlling
      Party" - As defined in Section 12.3(d).

     

    "Current
      Assets" means Sellers' combined Cash, Accounts
      Receivable and Prepaids; provided, that Current
      Assets does not include interest receivable, "due from Impact Transload", "due
      from Commercial Cartage", "investment in Intermodal MGMT Systems", "investment
      in IT & ITR", "loan to Regal Transportation", "due from Impact
      Transportation", "prepaid insurance", "insurance deposits" and "Computer
      Equipment" (as referenced in the Financial Statements) or any other Retained
      Assets.

     

    "Current
      Liabilities" means those combined liabilities of Sellers that constitute
      trade and other normal operating payables and accrued expenses incurred in
      the
      Ordinary Course; provided, that Current Liabilities does not include any claims
      payable, "line of credit" or "due to Interdom" (as referenced in the Financial
      Statements) or other Retained Liabilities.

     

    "Disclosure
      Schedule" means the letter dated even date herewith delivered to Purchasers
      by Sellers pursuant to Section 6.1(d) simultaneously with the execution
      and delivery of this Agreement.

     

    "Disposition
      Period" - As defined in Section 15.5(e).

     

    "Earnout
      Payment" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(i).

     

    "Earnout
      Payment Penalty" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(ii).

     

    "Earnout
      Period" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(i).

     

    "Environmental
      Claim" means any and all Adverse Consequences (including expenditures for
      investigation and remediation) incurred by reason of the presence, Release,
      threatened Release, handling or transportation of Hazardous Materials or
      otherwise related to a violation or alleged violation of Environmental
      Laws.

     

    "Environmental
      Laws" means any and all Laws, permits, approvals, authorizations, Orders and
      other requirements having the force and effect of law, whether local, state,
      territorial or national, at any time in force or effect relating
      to:  (i) emissions, discharges, spills, releases or threatened
      releases of Hazardous Materials; (ii) the use, treatment, storage, disposal,
      handling, manufacturing, transportation or shipment of Hazardous Materials;
      (iii) the regulation of storage tanks; or (iv) otherwise relating to pollution
      or the protection of human health, safety or the environment, including the
      following statutes as now written and amended, and as amended hereafter,
      including any and all regulations promulgated thereunder and any and all state
      and local counterparts:  CERCLA, the Federal Water Pollution Control
      Act, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq., the
      Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal
      Act, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
      Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §11001 et seq., and the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
      U.S.C. §300f et seq.

     

    "ERISA"
      means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and
      regulations promulgated thereunder.

     

    "ERISA
      Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, each corporation, trade or
      business that is, along with such Person, part of the controlled group of
      corporations, trades or businesses under common control within the meaning
      of
      sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

     

    "Estimated
      Net Working Capital" - As defined in Section 2.3(a).

     

    "Estimated
      Retained Earnings" - As defined in Section 2.3(a).

     

    "Estimated
      Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (i) the amount
      of the Estimated Retained Earnings, minus (ii) the amount by which the
      Estimated Net Working Capital is less than the Estimated Retained
      Earnings.

     

    "Excess
      Business EBITDA" - As defined in Section 2.3(c)(iii).

     

    "Final
      Closing Balance Sheet" - As defined in Section 2.4(d).

     

    "Final
      Closing Statements" - As defined in Section 2.4(a).

     

    "Final
      Net Working Capital" means the Net Working Capital as reflected on the Final
      Closing Balance Sheet.

     

    "Final
      Net Working Capital Calculation" - As defined in Section
      2.4(a).

     

    "Final
      Retained Earnings" means the Retained Earnings as reflected on the Final
      Closing Balance Sheet.

     

    "Final
      Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (i) the amount
      of the Final Retained Earnings, minus (ii) the amount by which the Final
      Net Working Capital is less than the Final Retained Earnings.

     

    "Final
      Retained Earnings Calculation" - As defined in Section
      2.4(a).

     

    "Final
      Statement of Earnings" - As defined in Section 2.4(a).

     

    "Financial
      Statements" means the Partnership's Financial Statements, the Company's
      Unaudited Financial Statements, the LLC's Unaudited Financial Statements and
      the
      Interim Financial Statements.

     

    "GAAP"
      means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
      time to time.

     

    "Governmental
      Authority" means the government of the United States or any foreign country
      or any state or political subdivision thereof and any entity, body or authority
      exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
      functions of or pertaining to government, including quasi-governmental entities
      established to perform such functions.

     

    "Hazardous
      Material" means (i) all substances, wastes, pollutants, contaminants and
      materials (collectively, "Substances") regulated, or defined or
      designated as hazardous, extremely or imminently hazardous, dangerous or toxic,
      under the following federal statutes and their state counterparts, as well
      as
      these statutes' implementing regulations:  the Comprehensive
      Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601
      et seq. ("CERCLA") the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
      Act, 7 U.S. C. Section 136 et seq; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section
      22011 et seq; and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 42 U.S.C. Section
      1801 et seq; (ii) all Substances with respect to which any Governmental
      Authority otherwise requires environmental investigation, monitoring, reporting,
      or remediation; (iii) petroleum and petroleum products and by products including
      crude oil and any fractions thereof; (iv) natural gas, synthetic gas, and any
      mixtures thereof; and (v) radon, radioactive substances, asbestos, urea
      formaldehyde, and polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs").

     

    "Hub
      City" - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this
      Agreement.

     

    "Indebtedness"
      shall mean (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
      price of property or services (including reimbursement and all other obligations
      with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers' acceptances,
      whether or not matured), including the current portion of such indebtedness,
      (b)
      all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments,
      (c) all capital lease obligations and (d) all guarantees of any of the items
      set
      forth in clauses (a) - (c) above.

     

    "Indemnified
      Party" - As defined in Section 12.3(a).

     

    "Indemnifying
      Party" - As defined in Section 12.3(a).

     

    "Independent
      Auditors" - As defined in Section 2.4(c).

     

    "Information"
      - As defined in Section 13.1.

     

    "Interdom"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Interdom
      Related Entities" - As defined in Section 5.7.

     

    "Interim
      Balance Sheet" means, for each Seller, such Seller's balance sheet included
      in the Interim Financial Statements.

     

    "Interim
      Balance Sheet Date" means March 31, 2007.

     

    "Interim
      Financial Statements" - As defined in Section 6.1(c).

     

    "IRS"
      means the Internal Revenue Service.

     

    "Kranz"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Law"
      means any law, statute, code, regulation, ordinance, rule, Order, or
      governmental requirement enacted, promulgated, entered into, agreed, imposed
      or
      enforced by any Governmental Authority.

     

    "Lease"
      - As defined in Section 7.9(b).

     

    "Leased
      Real Property" - As defined in Section 7.9(b).

     

    "Liabilities"
      means any obligation or liability (whether known or unknown, whether asserted
      or
      unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued,
      whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due), including
      any liability for Taxes.

     

    "Lien"
      means any mortgage, lien, charge, restriction, pledge, security interest,
      option, lease or sublease, claim, right of any third party, easement,
      encroachment or encumbrance or other charges or rights of others of any kind
      or
      nature.

     

    "LLC"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "LLC
      Accounts Receivable" - As defined in clause (ii) of the definition of LLC
      Purchased Assets.

     

    "LLC
      Assumed Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.6(c).

     

    "LLC
      Cash" - As defined in clause (i) of the definition of LLC Purchased
      Assets.

     

    "LLC
      Prepaids" - As defined in clause (iii) of the definition of LLC Purchased
      Assets.

     

    "LLC
      Purchased Assets" means the LLC's Business and, except for the LLC Retained
      Assets, all assets, rights and properties owned by the LLC on the Closing Date,
      whether or not carried and reflected on the books of the LLC, including the
      following:

     

    (i)  All
      cash
      and cash equivalents and marketable securities of the LLC (collectively, "LLC
      Cash");

     

    (ii)  All
      accounts, notes, contract and other receivables of the LLC (collectively,
      "LLC Accounts Receivable");

     

    (iii)  All
      deposits and advances, prepaid expenses and other prepaid items of the LLC,
      to
      the extent the foregoing are transferable to Comtrak and the full amount thereof
      is realizable by Comtrak after the Closing, but not including any prepaid
      insurance, taxes and licenses (collectively, "LLC
      Prepaids");

     

    (iv)  All
      tangible assets, including vehicles and other transportation equipment,
      machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, operating supplies, furniture and
      office equipment, fixtures, leasehold improvements, telephone systems,
      telecopiers, photocopiers and computer hardware of the LLC, including all
      tangible assets listed in Section 7.7 of the Disclosure
      Schedule;

     

    (v)  All
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in and to the Leased Real
      Property;

     

    (vi)  All
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in, to or under (A) the Contracts described
      in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, (B) any executory Contracts
      of the LLC which relate to the LLC's Business and are not required to be listed
      in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 7.12 of this Agreement;
      and (C) any executory Contracts entered into by the LLC relating to the LLC's
      Business after the date hereof in the Ordinary Course and in compliance with
      the
      terms and provisions of this Agreement;

     

    (vii)  All
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in and to the following intellectual
      property: the name "Pride Logistics" and all derivatives thereof; trade names,
      trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark applications, service marks,
      service mark registrations, service mark applications; copyrights, copyright
      registrations, copyright applications; patent rights (including issued patents,
      applications, divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part, reissues,
      patents of addition, utility models and inventors' certificates); domain names;
      licenses with respect to any of the foregoing; trade secrets, proprietary
      manufacturing information and know-how; computer software, inventions,
      inventors' notes, drawings and designs; customer and vendor lists and the
      goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, including any of the foregoing
      described in the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (viii)  All
      permits and licenses of the LLC to the extent transferable or assignable to
      Comtrak;

     

    (ix)  All
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in choses in action, claims and causes
      of
      action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character, including
      under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees;

     

    (x)  All
      of
      the LLC's files, papers, documents and records, including credit, sales and
      accounting records, price sheets, catalogues and sales literature, books,
      processes, advertising material, stationery, office supplies, forms, catalogues,
      manuals, correspondence, logs, employment records and any other information
      reduced to writing;

     

    (xi)  A
      copy of
      the LLC's general ledgers and books of original entry;

     

    (XII)  All
      other
      assets of the LLC relating to the LLC's Business wherever located;
      and

     

    (xiii)  The
      LLC's
      Business as a going concern.

     

    "LLC
      Retained Assets" means the following:

     

    (i)  the
      LLC's
      record books, the general ledgers and books of original entry, all tax returns
      and other tax records, reports, data, files and documents;

     

    (ii)  all
      LLC
      Accounts Receivable that are owed to it by the Company or the Partnership,
      any
      other Affiliate of any Seller (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member)
      or
      any Retained Entity;

     

    (iii)  all
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in choses of action, claims and causes
      of
      action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character, including
      under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees, but only to the extent related
      solely to another LLC Retained Asset or a LLC Retained Liability (and not
      related to any LLC Purchased Asset or LLC Assumed Liability);

     

    (iv)  the
      LLC's
      rights under this Agreement;

     

    (v)  all
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in any insurance policies, including those
      identified in Section 7.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, together with the
      right to make claims thereunder and to seek refunds of premiums paid on account
      thereof; and

     

    (vi)  all
      of
      the LLC's right, title and interest in, to and under the assets identified
      on
Schedule 2.1.

     

    "LLC
      Retained Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.7(c).

     

    "LLC's
      Business" - As defined in the Recitals.

     

    "LLC's
      Unaudited Financial Statements" - As defined in Section
      6.1(c).

     

    "Material
      Adverse Change" means a change that is, or could reasonably be expected to
      be, materially adverse to (a) the results of operations, financial condition,
      business, prospects, rights, properties, assets or liabilities of Sellers,
      (b)
      Sellers' relations with their management, employees, drivers, creditors,
      suppliers, customers, regulators, insurers or others having business
      relationships with Sellers, or (c) the ability of any Seller to consummate
      the
      transactions contemplated hereby or perform its obligations hereunder;
provided, that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, and
      none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there
      has been, a Material Adverse Change: (i) any adverse change or development
      relating to the United States financial, banking or securities markets or (ii)
      national or international political or social conditions.

     

    "Mauney"
      - As defined in the Recitals.

     

    "Mauney
      Consultants" - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this
      Agreement.

     

    "Maximum
      Aggregate Earnout Payments" - As defined in Section
      2.3(c).

     

    "Maximum
      Annual Earnout Payment" means, for either Earnout Period, an amount equal to
      fifty percent (50%) of the Maximum Aggregate Earnout Payments, subject to the
      provisions of Section 2.3(c)(iii) regarding the "Catch-Up
      Payment".

     

    "Members"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Midas"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Most
      Recent Year-End Balance Sheet" means, for the Partnership, the Partnership's
      special purpose balance sheet as of December 31, 2006, for the Company, the
      Company's unaudited balance sheet as of December 31, 2006, and, for the LLC,
      the
      LLC's unaudited balance sheet as of December 31, 2006.

     

    "Most
      Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date" means December 31, 2006.

     

    "Most
      Recent Year-End Financial Statements" means, for each Seller, such Seller's
      financial statements as of, and for the year ended, December 31,
      2006.

     

    "Multiemployer
      Plan" - As defined in Section 7.18(a)(i).

     

    "Net
      Working Capital" means the Current Assets minus the Current Liabilities,
      which shall be calculated in accordance with the accounting principles and
      methodology set forth in Exhibit B.

     

    "Non-controlling
      Party" - As defined in Section 12.3(d).

     

    "NS"
      - As defined in Section 7.20(c).

     

    "Objection
      Notice" - As defined in Section 12.3(b).

     

    "Order"
      means any decree, order, judgment, writ, award, injunction, stipulation or
      consent of or by, or settlement agreement with, a Governmental
      Authority.

     

    "Ordinary
      Course" means the ordinary course of business of Sellers, consistent with
      past practice and custom.

     

    "Parent"
      means Hub Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     

    "Partners"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Partnership"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Partnership
      Accounts Receivable" - As defined in clause (ii) of the definition of
      Partnership Purchased Assets.

     

    "Partnership
      Assumed Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.6(b).

     

    "Partnership
      Cash" - As defined in clause (i) of the definition of Partnership Purchased
      Assets.

     

    "Partnership
      Prepaids" - As defined in clause (iii) of the definition of Partnership
      Purchased Assets.

     

    "Partnership
      Purchased Assets" means the Partnership's Business and, except for the
      Partnership Retained Assets, all assets, rights and properties owned by the
      Partnership on the Closing Date, whether or not carried and reflected on the
      books of the Partnership, including the following:

     

    (i)  All
      cash
      and cash equivalents and marketable securities of the Partnership (collectively,
      "Partnership Cash");

     

    (ii)  All
      accounts, notes, contract or other receivables of the Partnership (collectively,
      "Partnership Accounts Receivable");

     

    (iii)  All
      deposits and advances, prepaid expenses and other prepaid items of the
      Partnership, to the extent the foregoing are transferable to Hub City and the
      full amount thereof is realizable by Hub City after the Closing, but not
      including any prepaid insurance, taxes and licenses (collectively,
      "Partnership Prepaids");

     

    (iv)  All
      tangible assets, including vehicles and other transportation equipment,
      machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, operating supplies, furniture and
      office equipment, fixtures, leasehold improvements, telephone systems,
      telecopiers, photocopiers and computer hardware, of the Partnership, including
      all tangible assets listed in Section 7.7 of the Disclosure
      Schedule;

     

    (v)  All
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in and to the Leased Real
      Property;

     

    (vi)  All
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in, to or under (A) the Contracts
      described in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule; (B) any executory
      Contracts of the Partnership which relate to the Partnership's Business and
      are
      not required to be listed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section
      7.12 of this Agreement; and (C) any executory Contracts entered into by the
      Partnership relating to the Partnership's Business after the date hereof in
      the
      Ordinary Course and in compliance with the terms and provisions of this
      Agreement;

     

    (vii)  All
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in and to the following intellectual
      property: the name "Interdom" and all derivatives thereof (including "Interdom
      Partners"); trade names, trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark
      applications, service marks, service mark registrations, service mark
      applications; copyrights, copyright registrations, copyright applications;
      patent rights (including issued patents, applications, divisions, continuations
      and continuations-in-part, reissues, patents of addition, utility models and
      inventors' certificates); domain names; licenses with respect to any of the
      foregoing; trade secrets, proprietary manufacturing information and know-how;
      computer software, inventions, inventors' notes, drawings and designs; customer
      and vendor lists and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing,
      including any of the foregoing described in the Disclosure
      Schedule;

     

    (viii)  All
      permits and licenses of the Partnership to the extent transferable or assignable
      to Hub City;

     

    (ix)  All
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in choses in action, claims and
      causes of action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character,
      including under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees;

     

    (x)  All
      of
      the Partnership's files, papers, documents and records, including credit, sales
      and accounting records, price sheets, catalogues and sales literature, books,
      processes, advertising material, stationery, office supplies, forms, catalogues,
      manuals, correspondence, logs, employment records and any other information
      reduced to writing;

     

    (xi)  A
      copy of
      the Partnership's general ledgers and books of original entry;

     

    (XII)  All
      other
      assets of the Partnership relating to the Partnership's Business wherever
      located; and

     

    (xiii)  The
      Partnership's Business as a going concern.

     

    "Partnership
      Retained Assets" means the following:

     

    (i)  the
      Partnership's record books, the general ledgers and books of original entry,
      all
      tax returns and other tax records, reports, data, files and
      documents;

     

    (ii)  all
      Partnership Accounts Receivables that are owed to it by the Company or the
      LLC,
      any other Affiliate of any Seller (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member)
      or any Retained Entity;

     

    (iii)  all
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in choses of action, claims and
      causes of action or rights of recovery or set-off of every kind and character,
      including under warranties, guarantees and indemnitees, but only to the extent
      related solely to another Partnership Retained Asset or a Partnership Retained
      Liability (and not related to any Partnership Purchased Asset or Partnership
      Assumed Liability);

     

    (iv)  the
      Partnership's rights under this Agreement;

     

    (v)  all
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in any insurance policies, including
      those identified in Section 7.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, together
      with the right to make claims thereunder and to seek refunds of premiums paid
      on
      account thereof;

     

    (vi)  all
      of
      the membership interests of each Retained Entity;

     

    (vii)  all
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in, to and under the assets
      identified on Schedule 2.1; and

     

    (viii)  all
      of
      the Partnership's right, title and interest in its sublease from National
      Distribution Agency, Inc. of premises located at 211 West Cutting Boulevard,
      Richmond, California.

     

    "Partnership
      Retained Liabilities" - As defined in Section 2.7(b).

     

    "Partnership's
      Audited Financial Statements" - As defined in Section
      6.1(a).

     

    "Partnership's
      Financial Statements" - As defined in Section 6.1(a).

     

    "Partnership's
      Special Purpose Financial Statements" - As defined in Section
      6.1(a).

     

    "Partnership's
      Business" - As defined in the Recitals.

     

    "Past
      Due Rate" means an interest rate equal to five percent (5%) per
      annum.

     

    "PCBs"
      - As defined in clause (v) of the definition of Hazardous Material.

     

    "Permits"
      - As defined in Section 7.16.

     

    "Permitted
      Liens" means (a) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, (b) landlord and
      lessor liens existing under the terms and conditions of leases of real or
      personal property, but not any such lien that has arisen or exists as a result
      of a default or breach by any Seller of any obligation thereunder or the failure
      of any condition thereunder to be satisfied and (c) liens on Retained
      Assets.

     

    "Person"
      means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
      joint venture, trust, association or unincorporated entity of any
      kind.

     

    "Prepaids"
      means the Company Prepaids, the Partnership Prepaids and the LLC
      Prepaids.

     

    "Principal
      Stockholders" - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this
      Agreement.

     

    "Proprietary
      Interest Protection and Non-Solicitation Agreements" means the Proprietary
      Interest Protection and Non-Solicitation Agreements substantially in the form
      of
Exhibit C, to be entered into on the Closing Date between Parent and each
      of the Restricted Stock Grantees.

     

    "Purchase
      Price" - As defined in Section 2.2.

     

    "Purchased
      Assets" means the Company Purchased Assets, the Partnership Purchased Assets
      and the LLC Purchased Assets.

     

    "Purchaser
      Indemnitees" - As defined in Section 12.1.

     

    "Purchasers"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Purchasers'
      ISO Business" - As defined in Section 15.8.

     

    "Purchasers'
      Projected 2007 ISO Business" means an amount equal to the product of (i) the
      number of ISO shipments made by Purchasers' ISO Business during the six-month
      period ending June 30, 2007 multiplied by (ii) two (2).

     

    "Related
      Business Assets" - As defined in Section 5.7.

     

    "Release"
      means releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
      discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, disposing or dumping.

     

    "Response"
      - As defined in Section 12.3(b).

     

    "Restricted
      Stock Agreements" means the Terms of Restricted Stock Award under Hub Group,
      Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan in the form of Exhibit D, to be
      executed by Parent in favor of each of the Restricted Stock Grantees, pursuant
      to which Parent shall grant to the Restricted Stock Grantees on the Closing
      Date
      restricted shares of Parent's Class A Common Stock having
      an aggregate value equal to $1.0 million, in such proportion as may be mutually
      agreed prior to the Closing by Rudie and Parent, which shares shall vest ratably
      over the five years following the Closing Date, subject to the terms and
      conditions of the Restricted Stock Agreements.  The number of shares
      to be granted on the Closing Date will be determined based on the closing market
      price of such shares on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing
      Date.

     

    "Restricted
      Stock Grantees" means those employees of the Sellers that are mutually
      agreed by Rudie and Parent for the receipt of shares of Parent's restricted
      stock at the Closing.

     

    "Retained
      Assets" means the Company Retained Assets, the Partnership Retained Assets
      and the LLC Retained Assets.

     

    "Retained
      Business" means the business of the Retained Entities.

     

    "Retained
      Earnings" means (i) for the Company, the "retained earnings" set forth on
      the Company's balance sheet, (ii) for the Partnership, an amount equal to the
      "current earnings," "capital - Midas" and "capital Interdom Inc." on the
      Partnership's balance sheet, and (iii) for the LLC, the "retained earnings"
      set
      forth on the LLC's balance sheet; provided, that in no
      event shall Retained Earnings include any revenues, gains, losses, costs or
      expenses of any Retained Business.

     

    "Retained
      Entities" means Impact Transportation, LLC, a California limited liability
      company, Impact Transload & Rail, LLC, a California limited liability
      company, and Intermodal Management System, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability
      company; and "Retained Entity" means any one of such
      entities.

     

    "Retained
      Liabilities" means the Company Retained Liabilities, the Partnership
      Retained Liabilities and the LLC Retained Liabilities.

     

    "Rudie"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Seller
      Bills of Sale" - As defined in Section 3.2(a).

     

    "Seller
      Indemnitees" - As defined in Section 12.2.

     

    "Sellers"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Sellers'
      401(k) Plans" - As defined in Section 14.1(c).

     

    "Sellers'
      Knowledge" means the actual knowledge of Rudie, Calvanese, Kranz, Chris
      Elder, Mauney and each Restricted Stock Grantee in each
      case, after due inquiry and reasonable investigation.

     

    "Sellers'
      Percentage Interest" means (a) with respect to payments attributed to the
      Base Purchase Price, for the Partnership, 93.57%, for the Company, 5.35%, and
      for the LLC, 1.08%, and (b) with respect to payments attributed to the Estimated
      Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount or the Final Retained Earnings Adjustment
      Amount, each Seller’s proportionate contribution of Retained Earnings (whether
      positive or negative) to such amount.

     

    "Set-Off
      Notice" - As defined in Section 12.6.

     

    "Settlement
      Date" - As defined in Section 2.4(d).

     

    "Stockholder
      Employment and Non-Compete Agreement" means the Employment and Non-Compete
      Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, to be entered into on
      the Closing Date by Rudie and Hub City.

     

    "Stockholders"
      - As defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     

    "Substances"
      - As defined in clause (i) of the definition of Hazardous Material.

     

    "Target
      Business EBITDA" means, for an Earnout Period, the "Target Business EBITDA"
      indicated on Exhibit A for such Earnout Period; provided, however, that
      in the event Parent fails to combine at least fifty percent (50%) of Purchasers'
      Projected 2007 ISO Business with the Partnership's Business in calendar year
      2008, the Target Business EBITDA for 2008 will be reduced by an amount equal
      to
      the product of (a) the Partnership's 2007 average operating income per shipment
      multiplied by (b) an amount equal to (i) fifty percent (50%) of
      Purchasers' Projected 2007 ISO Business minus (ii) the number of ISO
      shipments of Purchasers' ISO Business which are combined with the Partnership's
      Business in calendar year 2008.  If Rudie, in his capacity as an
      employee of Hub City or any of its Affiliates, objects to the conversion of
      any
      ISO shipments from Purchasers' ISO Business to the Partnership's Business,
      the
      number of ISO shipments that are the subject of such objection shall be deemed
      to be combined with the Partnership's Business solely for purposes of
      determining whether Parent has combined at least fifty percent (50%) of
      Purchaser's Projected 2007 ISO Business with the Partnership's Business in
      calendar year 2008. 

     

    "Tax
      Return" means any report, return or other information required to be
      supplied to a Governmental Authority in connection with any Taxes.

     

    "Taxes"
      means all taxes, charges, fees, duties (including custom duties), levies or
      other assessments, including net income, gross income, capital gains, gross
      receipts, net receipts, gross proceeds, net proceeds, ad valorem, profits,
      real
      and personal property (tangible and intangible), gaming, sales, use, franchise,
      capital, excise, value added, stamp, leasing, lease, user, transfer, fuel,
      excess profits, occupational, interest equalization, windfall profits, license,
      payroll, employment, environmental, capital stock, disability, severance,
      employee's income withholding, other withholding unemployment and Social
      Security taxes, which are imposed by any Governmental Authority, and other
      taxes, charges or fees assessed by any Governmental Authority, including any
      interest, penalties or additions to tax attributable thereto.

     

    "Transferred
      Employees" - As defined in Section 14.1(a).

     

    1.3  Interpretation.  Unless
      the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (a) words of any gender shall
      be deemed to include each other gender, (b) words using the singular or plural
      number shall also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (c)
      references to "hereof", "herein", "hereby" and similar terms shall refer to
      this
      entire Agreement, (d) all references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections
      and
      Exhibits shall mean and refer to Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this
      Agreement, (e) all references to statutes and related regulations shall include
      all amendments of the same and any successor or replacement statutes and
      regulations, (f) references to any Person shall be deemed to mean and include
      the successors and permitted assigns of such Person (or, in the case of a
      Governmental Authority, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such
      Person) and (g) "including" shall mean "including without
      limitation".

     

    ARTICLE
      II

     

    Purchase
      and Sale, Purchase Price,

     

    Allocation
      and Other Related Matters

     

    2.1  Purchase
      and Sale.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
      Agreement, at the Closing on the Closing Date, (a) the Company shall sell,
      assign, convey, transfer and deliver to Comtrak, and Comtrak shall acquire
      from
      the Company, the Company Purchased Assets, (b) the Partnership shall sell,
      assign, convey, transfer and deliver to Hub City, and Hub City shall acquire
      from the Partnership, the Partnership Purchased Assets and (c) the LLC shall
      sell, assign, convey, transfer and deliver to Comtrak, and Comtrak shall acquire
      from the LLC, the LLC Purchased Assets, in each case, free and clear of any
      Liens, other than Permitted Liens.  Notwithstanding anything herein to
      the contrary, the Company Retained Assets will be retained by the Company and
      not sold, assigned, conveyed, transferred or delivered to Comtrak hereunder,
      the
      Partnership Retained Assets will be retained by the Partnership and not sold,
      assigned, conveyed, transferred or delivered to Hub City hereunder and the
      LLC
      Retained Assets will be retained by the LLC and not sold, assigned, conveyed,
      transferred or delivered to Comtrak hereunder.

     

    2.2  Purchase
      Price.  The aggregate purchase price (the "Purchase Price")
      payable by Purchasers to Sellers for the Purchased Assets shall be the
      following:

     

    (a)  the
      sum
      of (i) the Base Purchase Price, plus or minus (ii) the Final
      Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount (with such sum being referred to herein
      as
      the "Cash Purchase Price"); and

     

    (b)  the
      assumption by Purchasers at the Closing of the Assumed Liabilities in accordance
      with Section 2.6.

     

    The
      Purchase Price shall be allocated between the Sellers in accordance with their
      respective Sellers' Percentage Interests.

     

    2.3  Payment
      of the Purchase Price.  The Purchase Price shall be payable as
      follows:

     

    (a)  Ten
      (10)
      Business Days prior to the Closing, Sellers shall provide to Purchasers (i)
      each
      Seller's then most recently completed balance sheet and statement of earnings
      for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, (ii) Sellers' calculation of
      the
      Net Working Capital as of the date of, and based on, such balance sheets (the
      "Estimated Net Working Capital"), (iii) Sellers' calculation of the
      Sellers' combined Retained Earnings as of the date of, and based on, such
      balance sheets and statements of earnings (the "Estimated Retained
      Earnings") and (iv) access to the appropriate personnel and all supporting
      financial statements, work sheets and other documentation used to determine
      the
      Estimated Net Working Capital and Estimated Retained Earnings that are
      reasonably requested by Purchasers.

     

    (b)  On
      the
      Closing Date, Purchasers shall pay to Sellers an amount equal to the sum of
      (i)
      the product of (A) eighty percent (80%) multiplied by (B) the Base
      Purchase Price, plus or minus (ii) the Estimated Retained Earnings
      Adjustment Amount.

     

    (c)  Purchasers
      shall pay Earnout Payments to Sellers in an aggregate amount not to exceed
      the
      product of (i) twenty percent (20%) multiplied by (ii) the Base Purchase
      Price (with such sum being referred to herein as the "Maximum Aggregate
      Earnout Payments") on the following terms and conditions:

     

    (i)  for
      each
      of (A) calendar year 2007 and (B) calendar year 2008 (each, an "Earnout
      Period"), Purchasers shall make a cash payment (each, an "Earnout
      Payment") to Sellers based on the Business EBITDA for that Earnout
      Period;

     

    (ii)  for
      each
      Earnout Period, (A) if the Business EBITDA for that Earnout Period is equal
      to
      or exceeds the Target Business EBITDA for such Earnout Period, the Earnout
      Payment shall be an amount equal to the Maximum Annual Earnout Payment for
      such
      Earnout Period, or (B) if the Business EBITDA for that Earnout Period is less
      than the Target Business EBITDA for that Earnout Period (a "Business EBITDA
      Shortfall"), the Earnout Payment shall be in an amount equal to (I) the
      Maximum Annual Earnout Payment for such Earnout Period minus (II) the
      product of (x) 2.0 and (y) the Business EBITDA Shortfall (the "Earnout
      Payment Penalty") (provided, that in no event shall the Earnout Payment
      calculated pursuant to this clause (B) be less than zero);

     

    (iii)  if
      in the
      first Earnout Period, the Business EBITDA is less than the Target Business
      EBITDA for such Earnout Period, but the Business EBITDA in the second Earnout
      Period exceeds the Target Business EBITDA for the second Earnout Period
      ("Excess Business EBITDA"), Purchasers shall make a "catch-up" payment (a
      "Catch-Up Payment") to Sellers with respect to the first Earnout Period
      in an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the Earnout Payment Penalty for the
      first Earnout Period and (II) the product of (x) 2.0 and (y) the Excess Business
      EBITDA (an illustrative calculation of Earnout Payments and Catch-Up Payments
      is
      set forth on Schedule 2.3);

     

    (iv)  if
      in the
      first Earnout Period, the Business EBITDA exceeds the Target Business EBITDA,
      such excess shall be added to the Business EBITDA for the second Earnout Period
      to determine whether the Target Business EBITDA for the second Earnout Period
      is
      reached;

     

    (v)           for
      the purpose of calculating Earnout Payments and Catch-Up Payments, Business
      EBITDA shall include (A) income from the Business sold to Purchasers at Closing
      and (B) income from Purchasers' ISO Business, but only if Parent causes the
      Purchasers' ISO Business to be combined with the Partnership's Business, as
      contemplated by Section 15.8;

     

    (vi)           notwithstanding
      anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall Purchasers be
      obligated to pay to Sellers aggregate Earnout Payments (including any Catch-Up
      Payment) in excess of the Maximum Aggregate Earnout Payments;

     

    (vii)           the
      Earnout Payments and Catch-Up Payment, if any, are subject to set-off in
      accordance with Section 12.6;

     

    (viii)                      for
      each Earnout Period, Purchasers shall make the Earnout Payment (and any Catch-Up
      Payment) within ten (10) days after Parent's public announcement of its
      financial results for such Earnout Period; and

     

    (ix)           Purchasers
      shall provide Sellers with all supporting documentation reasonably requested
      by
      Sellers for purposes of verifying Purchasers' calculation of any Earnout Payment
      and Catch-Up Payment.  In the event Purchasers and Sellers disagree as
      to the amount of an Earnout Payment or Catch-Up Payment, such dispute shall
      be
      resolved in accordance with the procedures described in Section
      2.4(c).

     

    (d)           All
      payments to be made pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be by the wire
      transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Sellers
      in
      writing and shall be allocated between Sellers in accordance with their Sellers'
      Percentage Interests.

     

    2.4  Closing
      Balance Sheet.  (a)  Within ninety (90) days after the
      Closing, Purchasers shall provide to Sellers (i) a balance sheet of the Business
      based upon the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities as of the Closing Date
      (the "Final Closing Balance Sheet"); (ii) a statement of earnings of the
      Business based upon the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities for the portion
      of the fiscal year ending on the Closing Date (the "Final Statement of
      Earnings"); (iii) a calculation of the Net Working Capital as reflected on
      the Final Closing Balance Sheet (the "Final Net Working Capital
      Calculation"); (iv) a calculation of the Retained Earnings of the Business
      as reflected on the Final Closing Balance Sheet (the "Final Retained Earnings
      Calculation") and (v) access to the appropriate Purchaser personnel and all
      supporting financial statements, work sheets and other documentation used to
      make the Final Net Working Capital Calculation and the Final Retained Earnings
      Calculation that are reasonably requested by Sellers.  The Final
      Closing Balance Sheet, Final Statement of Earnings, Final Net Working Capital
      Calculation and Final Retained Earnings Calculation are collectively referred
      to
      herein as the "Final Closing Statements."

     

    (b)  Within
      sixty (60) days after the Final Closing Statements are delivered to Sellers
      pursuant to Section 2.4(a), Sellers shall complete their examination
      thereof and shall deliver to Purchasers either (i) a written acknowledgement
      accepting the Final Closing Statements; or (ii) a written report setting forth
      in reasonable detail any proposed adjustments to the Final Closing Statements
      ("Adjustment Report").  If Sellers fail to respond to
      Purchasers within such sixty (60) day period, Sellers shall be deemed to have
      accepted and agreed to the Final Closing Statements as delivered pursuant to
      Section 2.4(a).

     

    (c)  In
      the
      event Sellers and Purchasers fail to agree on any of Sellers' proposed
      adjustments contained in the Adjustment Report within thirty (30) days after
      Purchasers receive the Adjustment Report, then Sellers and Purchasers agree
      that
      a mutually acceptable nationally recognized independent accounting firm or
      other
      mutually acceptable nationally recognized financial services provider
      ("Independent Auditors") shall make the final determination with respect
      to the correctness of the proposed adjustments in the Adjustment Report in
      light
      of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.  Purchasers and Sellers
      shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to select the Independent
      Auditors within ten (10) days of the expiration of such period and to cause
      the
      Independent Auditors to resolve all disagreements as soon as practicable, but
      in
      any event within sixty (60) days after submission of the dispute to the
      Independent Auditors.  The decision of the Independent Auditors shall
      be final and binding on Sellers and Purchasers.  The non-prevailing
      party shall pay the entire cost of the Independent Auditors' fees and expenses
      in connection with this Section 2.4(c).  The Independent
      Auditor shall determine whether the Sellers or the Purchasers are the
      non-prevailing party for purposes of the preceding sentence based on whether
      the
      Sellers' or the Purchasers' position on the disputed items are different in
      aggregate amount from the Independent Auditor's final determination of the
      same.

     

    (d)  The
      term
      "Final Closing Balance Sheet" as that term has been hereinbefore and will
      be hereinafter used, shall mean the Final Closing Balance Sheet delivered
      pursuant to Section 2.4(a), as adjusted, if at all, pursuant to this
Section 2.4.  The date on which the Final Closing Statements
      are finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall hereinafter be
      referred to as the "Settlement Date."

     

    2.5  Purchase
      Price Settlement.  (a)  In the event the Final Retained
      Earnings Adjustment Amount is less than the Estimated Retained Earnings
      Adjustment Amount, then Sellers shall pay to Purchasers within five (5) days
      after the Settlement Date an amount equal to such deficiency.

     

    (b)  In
      the
      event the Final Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount is more than the Estimated
      Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount, then, within five (5) days after the
      Settlement Date, Purchasers shall pay to the Sellers an amount equal to such
      excess in accordance with their respective Sellers' Percentage
      Interests.

     

    (c)  Any
      payment required pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or 2.5(b) shall be by
      the transfer of immediately available funds for credit to the recipient at
      a
      bank account designated by the recipient in writing.

     

    2.6  Assumed
      Liabilities.

     

    (a)  As
      additional consideration for the purchase of the Company Purchased Assets,
      Comtrak shall, at the Closing, by its execution and delivery of an Assumption
      Agreement, assume, agree to perform, and in due course pay and discharge, only
      the following obligations and liabilities of the Company relating to the
      Company's Business (collectively, the "Company Assumed
      Liabilities"):

     

    (i)  The
      Company's trade and other normal operating payables and accrued expenses
      incurred in the Ordinary Course, but only to the extent reflected or reserved
      for on the Final Closing Balance Sheet as Current Liabilities and only to the
      extent of the monetary amount of such payables and expenses so reflected or
      otherwise approved in writing by Comtrak;

     

    (ii)  The
      obligations and liabilities of the Company arising after the Closing Date under
      (A) Contracts described in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule; (B)
      any executory Contracts which relate to the Company's Business and are not
      required to be listed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section
      7.12(a) of this Agreement; and (C) executory Contracts entered into by the
      Company relating to the Company's Business after the date hereof in compliance
      with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided,
however, Comtrak is not assuming any Liabilities of the Company in
      respect of a breach of or default by the Company under any such Contracts which
      shall occur prior to the Closing;

     

    (iii)  any
      liability for Assumed Taxes relating to the Company's Business; and

     

    (iv)  any
      penalties or interest required to be paid under any Contract that is a Company
      Purchased Asset as a result of any default thereunder by Comtrak after the
      Closing.

     

    (b)  As
      additional consideration for the purchase of the Partnership Purchased Assets,
      Hub City shall, at the Closing, by its execution and delivery of an Assumption
      Agreement, assume, agree to perform, and in due course pay and discharge, only
      the following obligations and liabilities of the Partnership relating to the
      Partnership's Business (collectively, the "Partnership Assumed
      Liabilities"):

     

    (i)  The
      Partnership's trade and other normal operating payables and accrued expenses
      incurred in the Ordinary Course, but only to the extent reflected or reserved
      for on the Final Closing Balance Sheet as Current Liabilities and only to the
      extent of the monetary amount of such payables and expenses so reflected or
      otherwise approved in writing by Hub City;

     

    (ii)  The
      obligations and liabilities of the Partnership arising after the Closing Date
      under (A) Contracts described in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule;
      (B) any executory Contracts which relate to the Partnership's Business and
      are
      not required to be listed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section
      7.12(a) of this Agreement; and (C) executory Contracts entered into by the
      Partnership relating to the Partnership's Business after the date hereof in
      compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided,
however, Hub City is not assuming any Liabilities of the Partnership
      in
      respect of a breach of or default by the Partnership under any such Contracts
      which shall occur prior to the Closing;

     

    (iii)  any
      liability for Assumed Taxes relating to the Partnership's Business;
      and

     

    (iv)  any
      penalties or interest required to be paid under any Contract that is a
      Partnership Purchased Asset as a result of any default thereunder by Hub City
      after the Closing.

     

    (c)  As
      additional consideration for the purchase of the LLC Purchased Assets, Comtrak
      shall, at the Closing, by its execution and delivery of an Assumption Agreement,
      assume, agree to perform, and in due course pay and discharge, only the
      following obligations and liabilities of the LLC relating to the LLC's Business
      (collectively, the "LLC Assumed Liabilities"):

     

    (i)  The
      LLC's
      trade and other normal operating payables and accrued expenses incurred in
      the
      Ordinary Course, but only to the extent reflected or reserved for on the Final
      Closing Balance Sheet as Current Liabilities and only to the extent of the
      monetary amount of such payables and expenses so reflected or otherwise approved
      in writing by Comtrak;

     

    (ii)  The
      obligations and liabilities of the LLC arising after the Closing Date under
      (A)
      Contracts described in Section 7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule; (B) any
      executory Contracts which relate to the LLC's Business and are not required
      to
      be listed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 7.12(a) of this
      Agreement; and (C) executory Contracts entered into by the LLC relating to
      the
      LLC's Business after the date hereof in compliance with the terms and provisions
      of this Agreement; provided, however, Comtrak is not assuming any
      Liabilities of the LLC in respect of a breach of or default by the LLC under
      any
      such Contracts which shall occur prior to the Closing;

     

    (iii)  any
      liability for Assumed Taxes relating to the LLC's Business; and

     

    (iv)  any
      penalties or interest required to be paid under any Contract that is a LLC
      Purchased Asset as a result of any default thereunder by Comtrak after the
      Closing.

     

    2.7  Retained
      Liabilities.

     

    (a)  Comtrak
      shall not assume or pay any, and the Company shall continue to be responsible
      for each, Liability of the Company whether or not relating to the Company's
      Business, not expressly assumed by Comtrak in Section 2.6(a)
      (collectively, the "Company Retained
      Liabilities").  Specifically, without limiting the foregoing, the
      Company Retained Liabilities shall include the following:

     

    (i)  any
      Indebtedness or bank over-draft of the Company;

     

    (ii)  any
      legal
      or administrative action pending, including Environmental Claims, as of the
      Closing Date, notwithstanding the disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule,
      or any subsequent claim, action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating
      to (A) such pending matters, (B) any other event occurring on or prior to the
      Closing Date, or (C) resulting from the Company's conduct of the Company's
      Business;

     

    (iii)  any
      Liability to the extent arising out of or relating to the Company Retained
      Assets;

     

    (iv)  any
      Liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability, joint and
      several liability, or contractual liability) of the Company for Taxes (including
      all income Taxes incurred on, after, or before the Closing Date) that are
      unrelated to the Company Purchased Assets, the Company's Business, or the
      Transferred Employees (whether accrued or payable on, after, or before the
      Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the Closing Balance Sheet)
      and
      any liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability, joint
      and
      several liability, or contractual liability) for Taxes (other than Assumed
      Taxes) for periods (or portions thereof) ending on the Closing Date that are
      related to the Company Purchased Assets, the Company's Business, or the
      Transferred Employees (whether accrued or payable on, after, or before the
      Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the Closing Balance
      Sheet);

     

    (v)  any
      Liability arising from claims, proceedings or causes of action resulting from
      property damage (including cargo claims) or personal injuries (including death)
      caused by services rendered by the Company prior to Closing, notwithstanding
      the
      disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (vi)  any
      Liability arising from guarantees, warranty claims or other Contract terms
      with
      respect to services rendered by the Company prior to Closing;

     

    (vii)  any
      accrued insurance charges or insurance claims, retroactive insurance rate
      adjustments or insurance premiums payable for pre-Closing periods;
      and

     

    (viii)  any
      amounts payable to the Partnership or the LLC, any other Affiliate of any Seller
      (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member) or any Retained
      Entity.

     

    (b)  Hub
      City
      shall not assume or pay any, and the Partnership shall continue to be
      responsible for each, Liability of the Partnership whether or not relating
      to
      the Partnership's Business, not expressly assumed by Hub City in Section
      2.6(b) (collectively, the "Partnership Retained
      Liabilities").  Specifically, without limiting the foregoing, the
      Partnership Retained Liabilities shall include the following:

     

    (i)  any
      Indebtedness or bank over-draft of the Partnership;

     

    (ii)  any
      legal
      or administrative action, including Environmental Claims, as of the Closing
      Date, notwithstanding the disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule, or
      any
      subsequent claim, action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to
      (A)
      such pending matters, (B) any other event occurring on or prior to the Closing
      Date, or (C) resulting from the Partnership's conduct of the Partnership's
      Business;

     

    (iii)  any
      Liability to the extent arising out of or relating to the Partnership Retained
      Assets;

     

    (iv)  any
      Liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability, joint and
      several liability, or contractual liability) of the Partnership for Taxes
      (including all income Taxes incurred on, after, or before the Closing Date)
      that
      are unrelated to the Partnership Purchased Assets, the Partnership's
      Business, or the Transferred Employees (whether accrued or payable on, after,
      or
      before the Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the Closing Balance
      Sheet) and any liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability,
      joint and several liability, or contractual liability) for Taxes (other than
      Assumed Taxes) for periods (or portions thereof) ending on the Closing Date
      that
      are related to the Partnership Purchased Assets, the Partnership's Business,
      or
      the Transferred Employees (whether accrued or payable on, after, or before
      the
      Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the Closing Balance
      Sheet);

     

    (v)  any
      Liability arising from claims, proceedings or causes of action resulting from
      property damage (including cargo claims) or personal injuries (including death)
      caused by services rendered by the Partnership prior to Closing, notwithstanding
      the disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (vi)  any
      Liability arising from guarantees, warranty claims or other Contract terms
      with
      respect to services rendered by the Partnership prior to Closing;

     

    (vii)  any
      accrued insurance charges or insurance claims, retroactive insurance rate
      adjustments or insurance premiums payable for pre-Closing periods;
      and

     

    (viii)  any
      amounts payable to the Company or the LLC, any other Affiliate of any Seller
      (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member) (provided, that Hub City shall
      assume those accounts payable to the Retained Entities to the extent such
      payables are included in the Final Closing Balance Sheet as Current
      Liabilities).

     

    (c)  Comtrak
      shall not assume or pay any, and the LLC shall continue to be responsible for
      each, Liability of the LLC whether or not relating to the LLC's Business, not
      expressly assumed by Comtrak in Section 2.6(c) (collectively, the "LLC
      Retained Liabilities").  Specifically, without limiting the
      foregoing, the LLC Retained Liabilities shall include the
      following:

     

    (i)  any
      Indebtedness or bank over-draft of the LLC;

     

    (ii)  any
      legal
      or administrative action pending, including Environmental Claims, as of the
      Closing Date, notwithstanding the disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule,
      or any subsequent claim, action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating
      to (A) such pending matters, (B) any other event occurring on or prior to the
      Closing Date, or (C) resulting from the LLC's conduct of the LLC's
      Business;

     

    (iii)  any
      Liability to the extent arising out of or relating to the LLC Retained
      Assets;

     

    (iv)  any
      Liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability, joint and
      several liability, or contractual liability) of the LLC for Taxes (including
      all
      income Taxes incurred on, after, or before the Closing Date) that are unrelated
      to the LLC Purchased Assets, the LLC's Business, or the Transferred Employees
      (whether accrued or payable on, after, or before the Closing Date and whether
      or
      not reserved for on the Closing Balance Sheet) and any liability (whether direct
      or as a result of transferee liability, joint and several liability, or
      contractual liability) for Taxes (other than Assumed Taxes) for periods (or
      portions thereof) ending on the Closing Date that are related to the LLC
      Purchased Assets, the LLC's Business, or the Transferred Employees (whether
      accrued or payable on, after, or before the Closing Date and whether or not
      reserved for on the Closing Balance Sheet);

     

    (v)  any
      Liability arising from claims, proceedings or causes of action resulting from
      property damage (including cargo claims) or personal injuries (including death)
      caused by services rendered by the LLC prior to Closing, notwithstanding the
      disclosure thereof in the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (vi)  any
      Liability arising from guarantees, warranty claims or other Contract terms
      with
      respect to services rendered by the LLC prior to Closing;

     

    (vii)  any
      accrued insurance charges or insurance claims, retroactive insurance rate
      adjustments or insurance premiums payable for pre-Closing periods;
      and

     

    (viii)  any
      amounts payable to the Partnership or the Company, any other Affiliate of any
      Seller (including any Stockholder, Partner or Member) or any Retained
      Entity.

     

    2.8  Accounts
      Receivable Guarantee and Return.

     

    (a)  Purchasers
      may elect to return to Sellers any of the Closing Accounts Receivable which
      remain uncollected one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing
      Date.  Subject to Section 2.8(b) below, Sellers shall pay
      to the applicable Purchaser the aggregate amount of all uncollected Closing
      Accounts Receivable returned to Sellers within ten (10) days after the date
      of
      return of the uncollected Closing Accounts Receivable.

     

    (b)  Purchasers
      agree to execute such bills of sale or other assignment documents reasonably
      necessary to effect a transfer to Sellers, without recourse, of the uncollected
      Closing Accounts Receivable returned to Sellers pursuant to this Section
      2.8.

     

    (c)  Purchasers
      agree that Transferred Employees designated by Rudie shall be assigned to
      attempt to collect the Closing Accounts Receivable after Closing, in addition
      to
      their other employment duties with Purchasers.  Purchasers agree to
      use commercially reasonable efforts to collect the Closing Accounts
      Receivable.  The parties agree "commercially reasonable efforts" shall
      not require Purchasers to retain any third parties (i.e.,
      collection agencies or attorneys) to seek collection of the Closing Accounts
      Receivable.  To the extent either Purchaser receives a payment from an
      account debtor of a Closing Account Receivable who also has an account
      receivable owing to such Purchaser resulting from post-Closing transactions,
      such Purchaser agrees to apply such payment to the oldest invoice first unless
      such account debtor otherwise specifically designates the application of such
      payment.

     

    2.9  Transfer
      Taxes.  Any and all transfer, sales, use, purchase, value added,
      excise, real property, personal property, intangible stamp, or similar Taxes
      (collectively, "Transfer Taxes") imposed on, or resulting from, the
      transfer of any Purchased Assets (including those Transfer Taxes imposed on
      the
      Purchaser or the Purchased Assets) shall be paid equally by the Purchasers
      and
      the Sellers; provided, however, that Purchasers and Sellers agree
      to cooperate in good faith to take such reasonable steps as are necessary or
      appropriate to minimize the Transfer Taxes imposed on the sale of the Business
      and Purchased Assets as contemplated by this Agreement.  To the extent
      that any Purchaser or Seller is required to pay any Transfer Taxes, or incurs
      any out-of-pocket expenses in transferring title of any (or all) of the
      Purchased Assets, the Sellers or the Purchasers, as applicable, shall promptly
      reimburse such party for 50% of such Transfer Tax or out-of-pocket
      expense.  Purchasers shall, at their own expense, file all necessary
      Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes,
      fees and charges, and, if required by applicable Law, the Sellers will join
      in
      the execution of any such Tax Returns and other documentation.

     

    2.10  Allocation.  The
      parties hereto (a) mutually agree on the methodology for the allocation of
      the
      Purchase Price among the Purchased Assets and Related Business Assets set forth
      on Exhibit G for income tax purposes, and (b) acknowledge that the
      allocation methodology set forth on Exhibit G was the result of
      arms-length negotiations. The parties hereto agree that for income tax purposes
      they shall report the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance
      with the allocation methodology set forth on Exhibit G.

     

    ARTICLE
      III

     

    Closing
      and Closing Date Deliveries

     

    3.1  Closing.  The
      term "Closing" as used herein shall refer to the actual conveyance,
      transfer, assignment and delivery of the Purchased Assets and Related Business
      Assets to Purchasers in exchange for the payment delivered to Sellers pursuant
      to Section 2.3 of this Agreement.  The Closing shall take place
      at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago,
      Illinois 60601, at 10:00 a.m. local time on the fifth (5th) Business
      Day
      following the date upon which all of the conditions precedent set forth in
      Articles IX and X are satisfied or waived by the appropriate party
      hereto, subject to Article XI, or at such other place and time or on such
      other date as is mutually agreed to in writing by Sellers and Purchasers
      ("Closing Date").

     

    3.2  Closing
      Deliveries by Sellers.  At the Closing, Sellers shall deliver to
      Purchasers:

     

    (a)  A
      Bill of
      Sale and Assignment Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H
      (the "Seller Bills of Sale"), as executed by each Seller; and all such
      other bills of sale, lease assignments, trademark assignments, copyright
      assignments, patent assignments, employee work product assignments, contract
      assignments, vehicle titles and other documents and instruments of sale,
      assignment, conveyance and transfer, as Purchasers may deem necessary or
      desirable;

     

    (b)  A
      certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying
      as to:  (i) the articles of incorporation of the Company, as certified
      by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada not earlier than ten (10)
      days
      prior to the Closing Date; (ii) the by-laws, as amended, of the Company; (iii)
      resolutions of the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Company
      authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
      of this Agreement and any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
      documents executed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement; and (iv) the
      incumbency and signatures of the officers of the Company;

     

    (c)  A
      certificate of the Partners certifying as to: (i) the partnership agreement
      of
      the Partnership; (ii) resolutions of the Partners authorizing and approving
      the
      execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership of this Agreement and
      any
      agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents executed by the
      Partnership pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) the incumbency and signatures
      of the officers of the Partnership;

     

    (d)  A
      certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the LLC certifying
      as
      to:  (i) the articles of organization of the LLC, as certified by the
      Secretary of State of the State of Illinois not earlier than ten (10) days
      prior
      to the Closing Date; (ii) the limited liability company agreement, as amended,
      of the LLC; (iii) resolutions of the Members of the LLC authorizing and
      approving the execution, delivery and performance by the LLC of this Agreement
      and any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents executed by
      the
      LLC pursuant to this Agreement; and (iv) the incumbency and signatures of the
      officers of the LLC;

     

    (e)  A
      certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation or
      organization (as applicable) and of each other state set forth in Section
      7.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, in each case as of a date not earlier than
      ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, as to the good standing and foreign
      qualification of Sellers in such states;

     

    (f)  A
      certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the appropriate officers of
      each Seller, required by Section 9.2;

     

    (g)  The
      opinion of Gordon & Rappold LLC, counsel for Sellers, dated the Closing
      Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Exhibit I;

     

    (h)  The
      consents, authorizations and approvals of the Governmental Authorities and
      other
      Persons set forth in Schedule 9.5, together with any and all other
      consents, authorizations and approvals of other Persons under additional
      Contracts identified in Section 7.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule
      that have been obtained by Sellers as of the Closing;

     

    (i)  With
      respect to each Lease, a Landlord Consent and Estoppel Certificate substantially
      in the form of Exhibit J executed by the landlord
      thereunder;

     

    (j)  The
      Proprietary Interest Protection and Non-Solicitation Agreements as executed
      by
      each of the Restricted Stock Grantees;

     

    (k)  The
      Stockholder Employment and Non-Compete Agreement as executed by
      Rudie;

     

    (l)  All
      documents necessary to amend each Seller's name to not include "Interdom",
      "Commercial Cartage", "Pride Logistics" or any derivative of any thereof or
      any
      other similar name (including "Interdom Partners"), which shall be duly executed
      and in a form that Purchasers may file in the state of formation of each such
      entity and in each other state in which such entity is qualified to transact
      business;

     

    (m)  Such
      other documents as Purchasers may reasonably request to carry out the purposes
      of this Agreement, including the documents to be delivered pursuant to
Article IX.

     

    3.3  Closing
      Deliveries by Purchasers.  At the Closing, Purchasers shall
      deliver to Sellers:

     

    (a)  The
      payment to be delivered by Purchaser pursuant to Section
      2.3;

     

    (b)  A
      certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Purchaser
      certifying as to:  (i) the certificate of incorporation of such
      Purchaser, as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
      not
      earlier than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date; (ii) the by-laws, as
      amended, of such Purchaser; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of
      such
      Purchaser authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance
      by
      such Purchaser of this Agreement and any agreements, instruments, certificates
      or other documents executed by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement; and
      (iv) the incumbency and signatures of the officers of such
      Purchaser;

     

    (c)  A
      certificate of the Secretary of State of Delaware, as of a date not earlier
      than
      ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, as to the good standing of each
      Purchaser in the State of Delaware;

     

    (d)  The
      certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the appropriate officer of
      each
      Purchaser, required by Section 10.2;

     

    (e)  An
      Assumption Agreement executed by each Purchaser reflecting the assumption of
      the
      liabilities set forth in Section 2.6, substantially in the form of
Exhibit K;

     

    (f)  The
      Restricted Stock Agreements as executed by Parent;

     

    (g)  The
      Proprietary Interest Protection and Non-Solicitation Agreements as executed
      by
      Parent;

     

    (h)  The
      Stockholder Employment and Non-Compete Agreement as executed by Hub City;
      and

     

    (i)  Such
      other documents as Sellers may reasonably request to carry out the purposes
      of
      this Agreement, including the documents to be delivered pursuant to Article
      X.

     

    3.4  Cooperation.  Sellers
      and Purchasers shall, on request, on and after the Closing Date, cooperate
      with
      one another by furnishing any additional information, executing and delivering
      any additional documents and/or instruments and doing any and all such other
      things as may be reasonably required by the parties to consummate or otherwise
      implement the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     

    ARTICLE
      IV

     

    Pre-Closing
      Filings

     

    4.1  Government
      Filings.  Sellers and Purchasers covenant and agree with each
      other to (a) promptly file, or cause to be promptly filed, with any Governmental
      Authorities all such notices, applications or other documents as may be
      necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) thereafter
      diligently pursue all consents or approvals from any such Governmental
      Authorities as may be necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated
      hereby.

     

    ARTICLE
      V

     

    Pre-Closing
      Covenants

     

    5.1  Due
      Diligence Review.  Sellers, the Partners, the Principal
      Stockholders and the Members shall at all reasonable times prior to the Closing
      make the properties, assets, books and records, including supplier and customer
      lists, receivables records, equipment lists, accountants' work papers and
      reports, real estate and environmental records and reports, personnel records
      and all agreements, pertaining to the Business, the Purchased Assets and the
      Related Business Assets available for examination, inspection and review by
      Purchaser and its representatives.  As part of such examination,
      Purchasers may make such inquiries of such Persons having business relationships
      with each Seller, including customers, suppliers and employees, as Purchasers
      shall reasonably determine, upon reasonable notice to and with the prior consent
      of Rudie, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  No such
      examination, inspection or review by Purchasers or its representatives shall
      in
      any way affect, diminish or terminate any of the representations, warranties
      or
      covenants of Sellers expressed in this Agreement.

     

    5.2  Maintenance
      of Business and Notice of Changes.  (a)  Pending the
      Closing, each Seller shall, and the Partners, the Principal Stockholders and
      the
      Members shall cause each Interdom Related Entity that owns Related Business
      Assets to, (i) use all commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and protect
      the goodwill, rights, properties and assets of its Business and the Related
      Business Assets, to keep available to the Business and Purchasers the services
      of its employees, and to preserve and protect such Seller's relationships with
      its employees, creditors, suppliers, customers and others having business
      relationships with it; and (ii) consult with Purchasers regarding all
      significant developments, transactions and proposals relating to the Business,
      the Related Business Assets or the operations of such Seller.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      shall give Purchasers prompt written notice of (i) any Material Adverse Change
      which occurs between the date hereof and the Closing Date, or (ii) any
      development or event that occurs between the date hereof and the Closing Date
      which causes a breach of any of the representations and warranties in Article
      VII.  Subject to Purchasers' right to terminate this Agreement
      pursuant to Section 11.1(d) by reason of such Material Adverse Change,
      development or event, the written notice pursuant to this Section 5.2(b)
      will be deemed to have (A) amended the Disclosure Schedule, and (B) qualified
      the representations and warranties contained in Article VII.

     

    5.3  Pending
      Closing.  Without limiting the generality of Section
      5.2(a), pending the Closing, Sellers shall, and with respect to clause
      (r) below the Partners, the Principal Stockholders and the Members shall,
      except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the Disclosure
      Schedule:

     

    (a)  conduct
      and carry on its Business only in the Ordinary Course;

     

    (b)  not
      purchase, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise acquire or dispose of
      any
      properties or assets of or used in connection with its Business, except for
      supplies purchased, sold or otherwise disposed of in the Ordinary
      Course;

     

    (c)  not
      suffer or permit the creation of any Lien upon any of the Purchased Assets,
      other than in the Ordinary Course;

     

    (d)  not
      waive, release or cancel any claims against third parties or debts owing to
      it,
      or any rights which have any value;

     

    (e)  not
      increase or otherwise change the rate or nature of the compensation (including
      wages, salaries, bonuses, and benefits under pension, profit sharing, deferred
      compensation and similar plans or programs) which is paid or payable to any
      employee of any Seller;

     

    (f)  keep
      the
      tangible personal property used in the operation of the Business in good working
      order and repair, and replace any of it which shall be worn out, lost, stolen
      or
      destroyed;

     

    (g)  not
      enter
      into, or become obligated under, any Contract with respect to the Business,
      except for any Contract (i) having a term of one (1) year or less, (ii)
      involving either a payment by or to a Seller of less than $25,000 and (iii)
      entered into in the Ordinary Course;

     

    (h)  not
      change, amend, terminate or otherwise modify any Contract to which a Seller
      is a
      party other than in the Ordinary Course;

     

    (i)  maintain
      in full force and effect with respect to the Business, policies of insurance
      of
      the same type, character and coverage as the policies currently carried and
      described in Section 7.15 of the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (j)  except
      as
      disclosed in Section 7.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, not make, or commit
      to make, any payment, contribution or award under or into any bonus, pension,
      profit sharing, deferred compensation or similar plan, program or trust (other
      than any such payment, contribution or award paid in cash by any Seller prior
      to
      the Closing);

     

    (k)  refrain
      from doing any act or omitting to do any act, or permitting any act or omission
      to act, which will cause a breach by any Seller of any Contract of such
      Seller;

     

    (l)  not
      make
      any changes in its accounting systems, policies, principles or
      practices;

     

    (m)  not
      make
      any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other
      Person;

     

    (n)  not
      authorize or make any capital expenditures which individually or in the
      aggregate are in excess of $25,000;

     

    (o)  not
      change its historical practice with respect to the payment of current
      liabilities or the collection of Accounts Receivable;

     

    (p)  duly
      comply with all Laws, including Environmental Laws, applicable to the Business
      or Purchased Assets or as may be required for the valid and effective transfer
      and assignment of the Purchased Assets;

     

    (q)  (i)
      for
      the LLC, furnish to Purchasers by June 15, 2007 an unaudited balance sheet
      as of
      April 30, 2007 and statement of income for the LLC for the portion of the fiscal
      year then ended, and (ii) for each of the Sellers, furnish to Purchasers within
      twenty-five (25) days after the end of each fiscal month, beginning with the
      month ending May 31, 2007, an unaudited balance sheet as of such month end
      and
      statement of income of each Seller for the portion of the fiscal year then
      ended;

     

    (r)  (i)
      not
      directly, or indirectly through any of Sellers', the Partners', the Principal
      Stockholders' or the Members' Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents
      or advisors, solicit, initiate, pursue or encourage (by way of furnishing
      information or otherwise) any inquiries or proposals, or enter into any
      discussions, negotiations or agreements (whether preliminary or definitive)
      with
      any Person, contemplating or providing for any merger, acquisition, purchase
      or
      sale of stock or all or any material part of the assets or any business
      combination or change in control of any Seller or the Business (any thereof,
      an
      "Alternative Proposal"); (ii) deal exclusively with Purchasers with
      respect to the sale of the Business and the Purchased Assets; and (iii) notify
      Purchasers immediately upon receipt by any Seller, Partner, Principal
      Stockholder or Member or any Affiliate, director, officer, employee or agent
      thereof of any Alternative Proposal; or

     

    (s)  not
      agree
      to do any of the items prohibited by Section 5.3(b), (c),
(d), (e), (g), (h), (j), (k),
(l), (m),
(n),
(o)
      or (r).

     

    5.4  Consents.  Pending
      the Closing Date, Sellers shall proceed with all reasonable diligence and use
      all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the written consent, authorization
      or approval to the consummation of this Agreement from all necessary Persons,
      including all consents, authorizations and approvals under the Contracts
      identified in Section 7.3 of the Disclosure Schedule (other than the
      Contract referenced on Schedule 12.1(f)).

     

    5.5  Commercially
      Reasonable Efforts to Close.  (a)  Subject to the terms
      and conditions hereof, each party hereto covenants and agrees to use all
      commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated
      hereby and will fully cooperate with the other parties hereto for such
      purpose.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      agree to immediately notify Purchasers of any event, fact or circumstance of
      which any Seller becomes aware that could reasonably be expected to result
      in
      the failure of a condition set forth in Article IX or X to be
      satisfied and, if such condition is curable, to allow Purchasers a reasonable
      opportunity to satisfy such condition.

     

    5.6  Pre-Closing
      Use of Names.

     

    (a)  Sellers
      and Purchasers acknowledge that Purchasers will be required, prior to the
      Closing, to obtain certain licenses (including transportation licenses),
      permits, certifications and other approvals and authorizations from, and to
      make
      certain filings and registrations with and notifications and applications to,
      Governmental Authorities in order to conduct the Business from and after the
      Closing, including qualifications to transact business as a foreign entity
      in
      the jurisdictions in which the conduct of the Business so requires.

     

    (b)  Solely
      for such purposes, the Partners, the Principal Stockholders, the Members and
      Sellers hereby grant, without charge, to Purchasers (or any permitted assignee
      hereunder) until the earlier of the Closing or 30 days following any termination
      of this Agreement pursuant to Article XI, the right to use the names
      "Interdom", "Interdom Partners", "Commercial Cartage" and "Pride Logistics"
      as
      part of its name and agrees that it shall provide to Purchasers such consent
      letters and other approvals regarding the use of the "Interdom", "Interdom
      Partners", "Commercial Cartage" and "Pride Logistics" names as are reasonably
      requested by Purchasers for such purposes.

     

    (c)  In
      the
      event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article XI,
      Purchasers shall, at its own expense, promptly take all actions necessary to
      eliminate all use by Purchasers (or any assignee thereof) of the names
      "Interdom", "Interdom Partners", "Commercial Cartage" and "Pride Logistics"
      and
      provide written evidence thereof to Sellers.

     

    5.7  Transfer
      of Related Business Assets.  In partial consideration for the
      Purchase Price, the Partners, the Principal Stockholders  and the
      Members covenant and agree to, and further covenant and agree to cause each
      of
      their Affiliates, other than Sellers and other than Impact Transportation,
      LLC,
      Impact Transload & Rail, LLC and Intermodal Management System, LLC
      (collectively, the "Interdom Related Entities"), that owns or has a
      leasehold interest in or contract right to assets used in the Business (the
      "Related Business Assets") to (a) sell, assign, convey, transfer and
      deliver to Purchasers at the Closing the Related Business Assets held by such
      Interdom Related Entity and (b) execute and deliver all such bills of sale,
      agreements and other instruments as may be necessary or reasonably requested
      by
      Purchasers to effect the foregoing.  Without limiting the generality
      of the foregoing, the parties agree that (i) the Related Business Assets include
      any equipment lease held by an Interdom Related Party that covers equipment
      used
      in the Business, and (ii) the bills of sale, agreements and other instruments
      for the conveyance of any Related Business Assets shall include representations
      and warranties from any applicable Interdom Related Entity that are
      substantially similar to those set forth in Article VII.

     

    5.8  Retained
      Entities Reconciliation.  By no later than the fifth (5th) Business
      Day
      prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership shall deliver to the Purchasers
      a
      schedule of all accounts receivable and accounts payable between the Retained
      Entities and the Sellers as of December 31, 2006 and a reconciliation of such
      schedule with the Partnership's Special Purpose Financial
      Statements.

     

    ARTICLE
      VI

     

    Financial
      Statements; Disclosure Schedule

     

    6.1  Pre-Signing
      Deliveries.  On or prior to the date hereof, Sellers have
      delivered to Purchasers:

     

    (a)  The
      (i)
      audited consolidated balance sheets of the Partnership as of December 31, 2004
      and 2005 and the related audited consolidated statements of earnings and cash
      flows for the years then ended, together with the report thereon of Remy Vitale
      Maines, LLC, the Partnership's independent auditors (the "Partnership's
      Audited Financial Statements"), and (ii) the special purpose balance sheet
      of the Partnership as of December 31, 2006 and the related special purpose
      statements of earnings and changes in partners capital for the year then ended,
      together with the special purpose financial report thereon of Remy Vitale
      Maines, LLC, the Partnership's independent auditors (the "Partnership's
      Special Purpose Financial Statements" and, together with the Partnership's
      Audited Financial Statements, the "Partnership's Financial
      Statements");

     

    (b)  The
      unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
      and the related unaudited statements of earnings and cash flows for the years
      then ended (the "Company's Unaudited Financial Statements");

     

    (c)  The
      unaudited balance sheet of the LLC as of December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and
      the related unaudited statements of earnings and cash flows for the years then
      ended (the "LLC's Unaudited Financial Statements"); and

     

    (d)  The
      unaudited balance sheet of each of the Partnership and the Company as of the
      Interim Balance Sheet Date and the related unaudited statements of earnings
      and
      cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, as certified as true
      and complete by the chief financial officer of each such Seller (the "Interim
      Financial Statements").

     

    (e)  A
      disclosure schedule (as amended, if at all, in accordance with Section
      5.2(b), the "Disclosure Schedule") dated even date herewith addressed
      to Purchasers and signed by each Seller, accompanied or preceded by a copy
      of
      each Contract or plan or other document or instrument referred to in the
      Disclosure Schedule.

     

    ARTICLE
      VII

     

    Representations
      and Warranties of Sellers

     

    Sellers
      represent and warrant to Purchasers (which representations and warranties shall
      survive the Closing regardless of what examinations, inspections, audits and
      other investigations Purchasers have heretofore made, or may hereafter make,
      with respect to such representations and warranties) as follows:

     

    7.1  Due
      Formation.  (a)  The Company is a corporation duly
      incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
      of Nevada.  The Partnership is a general partnership duly formed and
      validly existing under the laws of the State of Illinois.  The LLC is
      a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
      standing under the laws of the State of Illinois.  No Seller is
      required to be qualified as a foreign entity in any jurisdiction, other than
      in
      the States set forth in Section 7.1 of the Disclosure Schedule and each
      Seller is so qualified and in good standing therein.  Each Seller has
      all requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to carry on the
      Business and to own and use the assets and properties owned and used by
      it.

     

    (b)  The
      Partners own, beneficially and of record, all of the issued and outstanding
      partnership interests of the Partnership.  The Stockholders own,
      beneficially and of record, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
      of
      the Company.  The Members own, beneficially and of record, all of the
      issued and outstanding membership interests of the LLC.

     

    (c)  Other
      than the Retained Entities, no Seller owns or holds, directly or indirectly,
      any
      capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any corporation, partnership,
      limited liability company, joint venture or other entity.

     

    7.2  Authority.  Each
      Seller has the corporate or partnership right and power to enter into, and
      perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other agreement delivered
      in connection herewith to which it is a party; and has taken all requisite
      corporate or partnership action to authorize the execution, delivery and
      performance of this Agreement and each such other agreement and the consummation
      of the sale of the Purchased Assets and other transactions contemplated by
      this
      Agreement; and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
      by such Seller and is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Seller in
      accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
      bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
      affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles
      of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity.)

     

    7.3  No
      Violations and Consents.  (a)  Neither the execution,
      delivery and performance of this Agreement by any Seller nor the consummation
      of
      the sale of the Purchased Assets or any other transaction contemplated by this
      Agreement, does or will, after the giving of notice, or the lapse of time,
      or
      otherwise, (i) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default
      under, the articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or by-laws of such
      Seller, or any Law or Order, or any Contract or plan to which such Seller is
      a
      party or by which such Seller or any of the Purchased Assets is subject or
      bound; (ii) result in the creation of any Lien or other adverse interest upon
      any of the Purchased Assets; (iii) terminate, amend or modify, or give any
      party
      the right to terminate, amend, modify, abandon, or refuse to perform, any
      Contract or plan to which such Seller is a party; or (iv) accelerate or modify,
      or give any party the right to accelerate or modify, the time within which,
      or
      the terms under which, any duties or obligations are to be performed, or any
      rights or benefits are to be received, under any Contract or plan to which
      such
      Seller is a party.

     

    (b)  Except
      as
      set forth in Section 7.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, no consent,
      authorization or approval of, filing or registration with or giving of notice
      to, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary in connection
      with the execution, delivery and performance by any Seller of this Agreement
      or
      the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     

    7.4  Brokers.  Neither
      this Agreement nor the sale of the Purchased Assets or any other transaction
      contemplated by this Agreement was induced or procured through any Person acting
      on behalf of, or representing any Seller or any of its Affiliates as broker,
      finder, investment banker, financial advisor or in any similar
      capacity.

     

    7.5  Required
      Assets.  All of the rights, properties and assets utilized or
      required by each Seller in connection with owning and operating the Business
      are
      (a) either owned by such Seller or licensed or leased to Seller under one of
      the
      Contracts conveyed to Purchaser under this Agreement; and (b) included in the
      Purchased Assets or the Related Business Assets (other than the Retained
      Assets).

     

    7.6  Related
      Party Transactions.  Other than the Retained Entities and as set
      forth in Section 7.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Seller, Partner,
      Stockholder, Member or any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective
      stockholders, directors, officers or employees (a) owns five percent (5%) or
      more of any class of securities of, or has an equity interest of five percent
      (5%) or more in, any Person which has any business relationship (as lessor,
      supplier, customer, consultant or otherwise) with the Business; (b) owns, or
      has
      any interest in, any right, property or asset which is utilized or required by a
      Seller in connection with owning or operating the Business; or (c) has any
      other
      business relationship (as lessor, supplier, customer, consultant or otherwise)
      with the Business.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Section 7.6 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
      list of (i) each parcel of real property that any Seller leases from any
      Partner, Stockholder or Member or any Interdom Related Entity and (ii) each
      Contract between any Seller, on the one hand, and any Partner, Stockholder
      or
      Member or any Affiliate of any Seller, Partner, Stockholder or Member or any
      of
      their respective stockholders, directors, officers or employees, on the other
      hand.

     

    7.7  Title
      to Purchased Assets.  (a)  On the Most Recent Year-End
      Balance Sheet Date, each Seller had, and on the date hereof such Seller has,
      good and marketable title to all of the Purchased Assets existing on such date
      free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens contemplated
      by this Agreement to be released upon the Closing.

     

    (b)  At
      the
      Closing, each Seller shall, subject to the receipt of payment pursuant to
Section 2.3(a), sell, assign, convey, transfer and deliver to Purchasers
      good and marketable title to all of the Purchased Assets free and clear of
      any
      Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

     

    (c)  Set
      forth
      as Section 7.7 of the Disclosure Schedule is a true and complete list of
      all of each Seller's tangible personal property utilized or required by such
      Seller in connection with owning or operating the Business as of April 30,
      2007,
      other than any item of such personal property having a cost basis of less than
      $1,000.

     

    7.8  Condition
      of Assets.  Except as set forth in Section 7.8 of the
      Disclosure Schedule, all of the vehicles and other transportation equipment,
      machinery, equipment, tools and other tangible personal property included in
      the
      Purchased Assets have been well maintained and are in operating condition and
      repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are free from defects other than
      such minor defects as do not interfere with the intended use thereof in the
      conduct of the Business or adversely affect the resale value
      thereof.

     

    7.9  Real
      Property.  (a)  No Seller owns or has ever owned any
      real property or interests in real property, and no Seller has any outstanding
      option or right of first refusal to purchase any real property or interest
      therein.

     

    (b)  Section
      7.9 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all
      real property leased or subleased by any of the Sellers, licensed to any of
      the
      Sellers, or otherwise used or occupied by either of the Sellers for the
      operation of the Business (the "Leased Real Property", together with a
      true and complete list of all leases (including the parties thereto, annual
      rent, expiration date and location of the real property covered thereby), lease
      guaranties, subleases, licenses, easements, and agreements for the leasing,
      use
      or occupancy of, or otherwise granting a right in or relating to the Leased
      Real
      Property, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof
      (each, a "Lease").  The Sellers have provided to the Purchasers
      a true and complete copy of each Lease.  With respect to each such
      Lease: (i) the applicable Seller has a valid and assignable interest or
      estate in such Lease, free and clear of all Liens; (ii) such Lease is in full
      force and effect, valid and enforceable against the applicable Seller in
      accordance with its terms; (iii) such Lease constitutes the entire agreement
      to
      which the applicable Seller is a party with respect to the subject Leased Real
      Property; (iv) the applicable Seller has not assigned, sublet, transferred,
      conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in the interest
      or estate created thereby; (v) the Leased Real Property and all facilities
      located thereon have received all Permits required in connection with the
      operation thereof and are in compliance with and have been operated and
      maintained in accordance with all applicable Laws, including any zoning Laws;
      (vi) the Sellers are not in receipt of any notice of default pursuant to
      such Lease, no rentals are past due and no condition exists that is or could
      be
      a default by any party under such Lease; (vii) the Closing will not affect
      the
      enforceability against any Person of such Lease or the rights of the Purchaser
      to the continued use and possession of the Leased Real Property for the conduct
      of business as currently conducted; and (viii) there are no other parties
      occupying, or with a right to occupy granted by the Sellers, the Leased Real
      Property.

     

    (c)  All
      of
      the Leased Real Property, and all components of all improvements included within
      each Leased Real Property, including the roofs, foundations, walls and other
      structural elements thereof and the sprinkler and fire protection, heating,
      ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, sewer, waste
      water, storm water, paving and parking equipment, systems and facilities
      included therein, are in operating condition, working order and repair and
      do
      not require material repair or replacement in order to serve their intended
      purposes, including use and operation consistent with their present use and
      operation, except for scheduled maintenance, repairs and replacements conducted
      or required in the Ordinary Course with respect to the operation of the Leased
      Real Property.  The Leased Real Property is adequately serviced by all
      utilities utilized or necessary for the effective operations of the Business
      and
      have not, during the last two years, experienced any material interruption
      in
      the delivery of adequate quantities of any utilities (including electricity,
      telephone, natural gas, potable water, water for cooling or similar purposes
      and
      fuel oil, but excluding any electricity interruption due to storm damage) or
      other public services, including sanitary and industrial sewer services,
      utilized or required by any Seller in the operation of the Business at the
      Leased Real Property.

     

    (d)  Each
      parcel of Leased Real Property abuts on at least one side a public street or
      road in a manner so as to permit reasonable, customary and adequate commercial
      and non-commercial vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such
      parcel, or has adequate easements across intervening property to permit
      reasonable, customary and adequate commercial and non-commercial vehicular
      and
      pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such parcel from a public street or
      road.

     

    (e)  There
      are
      no claims, governmental investigations, litigation or proceedings which are
      pending or, to the Sellers' Knowledge, threatened against the Leased Real
      Property or any Seller with respect to the Leased Real Property.

     

    (f)  No
      condemnation or eminent domain proceedings have been initiated by service of
      process on any Seller which relate to the Leased Real Property, and no such
      proceedings are, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened or have been filed by any
      Governmental Authority with respect to the Leased Real Property.

     

    (g)  No
      Seller
      has received written notice that any improvement on the Leased Real Property
      encroaches onto (i) a parcel of land not owned or leased by any Seller or (ii)
      any part of the Leased Real Property which is subject to or encumbered by a
      right-of-way, easement or similar agreement.  To Sellers' Knowledge,
      no improvements on any parcel of property not owned or leased by any Seller
      encroaches onto the Leased Real Property.

     

    (h)  No
      Seller
      is in default under or has breached, and the Leased Real Property is not in
      violation of, and no event has occurred or is continuing which with notice
      or
      the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default by any Seller under
      any
      covenants, restrictions, rights-of-way, licenses, agreements or easements
      affecting title to or relating to the use of the Leased Real Property, and
      no
      such covenants, restriction, right-of-way, license, agreement or easement has
      impaired in any material way the right of any Seller to operate the Business
      at
      the Leased Real Property, nor has such Seller received any notice or, to
      Sellers' Knowledge, is there any fence dispute, boundary dispute, boundary
      line
      question, water dispute or drainage dispute concerning or affecting the Leased
      Real Property.

     

    7.10  Litigation
      and Compliance with Laws.  (a)  Except as set forth in
Section 7.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no action at
      law or in equity, no arbitration proceeding, and no action, proceeding,
      complaint or investigation before or by any Governmental Authority, pending
      or,
      to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened against or affecting any Seller or the
      Business, or any of the Purchased Assets or any Seller's right to own the
      Purchased Assets or operate the Business; and, to Sellers' Knowledge, there
      are
      no facts or contemplated events which may reasonably be expected to give rise
      to
      any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, complaint or
      investigation.  No Seller or any of the Purchased Assets is subject to
      any Order.

     

    (b)  There
      are
      no claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, threatened against any Seller with respect to this Agreement, or
      in
      connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

     

    (c)  Except
      as
      disclosed in Section 7.10(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no
      labor trouble, dispute, grievance, controversy or strike pending or, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, threatened against Seller or affecting the Business.  No
      Seller is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or
      otherwise required to bargain with any union, or has any of them experienced
      within the last twenty-four months any strikes or other actions, grievances,
      claims of unfair labor practices, or other collective bargaining disputes or
      trade disputes.  No organizational effort has been made or threatened
      by any employee or by or on behalf of any labor union (which includes any
      application or request for recognition) within the last twenty-four months
      with
      respect to employees of any Seller.  To Sellers' Knowledge, no Seller
      has committed any material unfair labor practice or violated any applicable
      Laws
      within the last twenty-four months relating to employment or employment
      practices or termination of employment, including those relating to wages and
      hours, discrimination in employment, occupational health and safety, and
      collective bargaining.  Except as set forth in Section 7.10(c)
      of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending or, to Sellers' Knowledge,
      threatened charge or complaint against any Seller involving any employment
      matter, including any charge or complaint before the National Labor Relations
      Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any comparable state,
      local, or foreign agency.

     

    (d)  No
      Seller
      owns or operates, or has owned or operated, the Business or the Purchased
      Assets, in violation of any Law, other than traffic and highway violations
      incurred in the Ordinary Course.

     

    7.11  Intellectual
      Property.  (a)  Section 7.11 of the Disclosure
      Schedule sets forth the true and complete schedule of all trade names,
      trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark applications, domain names;
      servicemarks, servicemark registrations, servicemark applications; copyrights,
      copyright registrations, copyright applications; patent rights (including issued
      patents, applications, divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part,
      reissues, patents of addition, utility models and inventors' certificates)
      and
      any licenses or sublicenses with respect to the foregoing which are utilized
      or
      required in the conduct of the Business. All registrations listed in the
      Disclosure Schedule are in good standing, valid, subsisting and in full force
      and effect in accordance with their terms. Except as set forth in Section
      7.11 of the Disclosure Schedule, no licenses, sublicenses, covenants or
      agreements have been granted or entered into by any Seller in respect of any
      of
      such trade names, trademarks, servicemarks, copyrights or patents or any
      applications therefor.

     

    (b)  There
      are
      no patents, trademarks, trade names, servicemarks or copyrights necessary for
      the conduct of the Business as presently operated, except those included in
      the
      Purchased Assets.

     

    (c)  There
      is
      not now and has not been any written claim received by Sellers during the past
      three (3) years asserting any infringement, misuse or misappropriation by any
      Seller of any patent, trademark, trade name, servicemark, copyright or trade
      secret and which is owned or licensed by any third party, and there is not
      now
      any existing or, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened claim against any Seller
      of
      infringement, misuse or misappropriation of any patent, trademark, trade name,
      servicemark, copyright or trade secret.

     

    (d)  There
      is
      no pending or threatened claim by any Seller against others for infringement,
      misuse or misappropriation of any patent, trademark, trade name, servicemark,
      copyright or trade secret owned or licensed by any Seller and which is utilized
      or required in the conduct of the Business.

     

    (e)  No
      stockholder, officer, director, employee or Affiliate of any Seller owns,
      directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any invention, patent, proprietary
      right, trademark, servicemark, trade name, brand name or copyright or
      application therefor (i) which such Seller is presently using in the conduct
      of
      the Business; (ii) the use of which is necessary for the Business; or (iii)
      which pertains to the Business.

     

    7.12  Contracts.  (a)  Section
      7.12 of the Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list and
      description of all personal property leases, Leases, and all other Contracts,
      to
      which any Seller is a party and relating to the Purchased Assets or operation
      of
      the Business, except (i) purchase and sale commitments entered into in the
      Ordinary Course and involving payments to or by such Seller of $25,000 or less,
      (ii) Contracts which may be terminated by such Seller on ten (10) days or less
      written notice without penalty to such Seller; or (iii) Contracts which have
      a
      term of one (1) year or less and involve payment by or to Seller of $25,000
      or
      less.

     

    (b)  All
      Leases or other Contracts to be transferred, assigned or conveyed to Purchasers
      under this Agreement are valid, binding and enforceable against the applicable
      Seller party thereto and, to Sellers' Knowledge, the other parties thereto
      in
      accordance with their terms.  Upon consummation of the Closing, each
      Lease and other Contract shall continue in full force and effect and shall
      not
      give rise to any termination, amendment, acceleration, cancellation, penalty
      or
      other adverse consequence.

     

    (c)  No
      Seller
      or, to Sellers' Knowledge, any other Person is in breach of, or default under,
      any Lease or other Contract to be conveyed to Purchasers under this Agreement,
      and no event or action has occurred, is pending, or, to Sellers' Knowledge,
      is
      threatened, which, after the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or
      otherwise, could constitute or result in a breach by any Seller, or to Sellers'
      Knowledge, any other Person, or a default by any Seller, or, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, any other Person, under any Lease or other Contract to be conveyed
      to
      Purchasers under this Agreement.

     

    7.13  Financial
      Statements and Related Matters.  (a)  Except as set
      forth on Section 7.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Financial
      Statements for the Partnership were prepared in accordance with GAAP
      consistently applied and present fairly the financial position and results
      of
      operations of the Partnership at the dates and for the periods indicated
      therein.  The Financial Statements for the Company and for the LLC and
      the Partnership's Special Purpose Financial Statements have not been
      audited.  Except as set forth on Section 7.13(a) of the
      Disclosure Schedule, the Financial Statements for the Company and for the LLC
      were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and present fairly
      the financial position and results of operations of the Company or the LLC
      (as
      applicable) at the dates and for the periods indicated therein.

     

    (b)  Each
      Seller maintains and complies in all material respects with a system of
      accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) its
      business is operated in accordance with management's general or specific
      authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
      of such Seller's financial statements in conformity with GAAP, and to maintain
      accountability for items therein; (iii) access to properties and assets is
      permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
      authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for items is compared with
      the actual levels at regular intervals and appropriate actions are taken with
      respect to any differences.

     

    (c)  On
      the
      Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, no Seller had any Liability of the
      type
      which should be reflected in balance sheets (including the notes thereto)
      prepared in accordance with GAAP, which was not fully disclosed, reflected
      or
      reserved against in the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet; and, except for
      Liabilities which have been incurred since the Most Recent Year-End Balance
      Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course, since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet
      Date, no Seller has incurred any Liability.

     

    (d)  All
      of
      the Accounts Receivable which are reflected in the Most Recent Year-End Balance
      Sheet were acquired by Sellers in the Ordinary Course; and all of the Accounts
      Receivable which have been or will be acquired by Sellers since the Most Recent
      Year-End Balance Sheet Date were or will be acquired in the Ordinary
      Course.  Each of the Accounts Receivables arose from bona fide sales
      of goods or services in the Ordinary Course to Persons that are not Affiliates
      of Sellers.

     

    (e)  As
      of the
      date hereof, no Seller has any Indebtedness, except as described in Section
      7.13(e) of the Disclosure Schedule; and, as of the Closing, no Seller will
      have any Indebtedness.

     

    7.14  Changes
      Since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date.  Since the Most
      Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, except as set forth in Section 7.14
      of the Disclosure Schedule:

     

    (a)  The
      Business has been conducted and carried on only in the Ordinary
      Course;

     

    (b)  Except
      for supplies purchased, sold or otherwise disposed of in the Ordinary Course,
      no
      Seller has purchased, sold, leased, mortgaged, pledged or otherwise acquired
      or
      disposed of any properties or assets of or for the Business in an individual
      amount exceeding $25,000 and the Sellers, collectively, have not purchased,
      sold, leased, mortgaged, pledged or otherwise acquired or disposed of any
      properties or assets of or for the Business in an aggregate amount exceeding
      $150,000;

     

    (c)  No
      Seller
      has sustained or incurred any loss or damage (whether or not insured against)
      to
      its properties or assets on account of fire, flood, accident or other calamity
      which has interfered with or affected in any material respect, or may interfere
      with or affect in any material respect, the operation of the
      Business;

     

    (d)  No
      Seller
      has made, or become committed to make, any payment, contribution or award under
      or into any bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation or similar
      plan, program or trust covering any employee of the Business, except as
      disclosed in Section 7.18 of the Disclosure Schedule;

     

    (e)  There
      has
      been no Material Adverse Change and, to Sellers' Knowledge, no state of facts
      exists which may reasonably be expected to give rise to any Material Adverse
      Change;

     

    (f)  No
      Seller
      has made any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in,
      any
      other Person;

     

    (g)  No
      Seller
      has changed any accounting systems, policies, principles or practices (including
      any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates) used with respect
      to the Business; or

     

    (h)  No
      Seller
      has entered into, authorized or permitted any agreement or transaction with
      any
      Partner, Stockholder or any Interdom Related Entity that will survive the
      Closing.

     

    (i)  No
      Seller
      has agreed to do any of the items set forth in Sections 7.14(b), (d), (e),
      (f), (g) or (h).

     

    7.15  Insurance.  Section
      7.15 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth and describes all policies of
      insurance which are maintained by each Seller and which relate to the Business;
      and all of such policies of insurance are in good standing, valid and
      subsisting, and in full force and effect in accordance with their
      terms.  No Seller has been refused any insurance with respect to the
      Purchased Assets or Business, and its coverage has not been limited by any
      insurance carrier to which it has applied for any such insurance or with which
      it has carried.

     

    7.16  Licenses
      and Permits.  Section 7.16 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
      forth a complete and correct list of all licenses, franchises, permits, fuel
      permits, operating authorities, state operating licenses or registrations and
      other interstate or intrastate regulatory licenses and other governmental
      authorizations held by each Seller relating to the Business (collectively,
      "Permits").  The Permits are valid and in effect and no Seller
      has received any notice that any Governmental Authority intends to cancel,
      terminate or not renew any of the same.  To Sellers' Knowledge, each
      Seller holds all permits necessary for the conduct of the Business as heretofore
      conducted.  Section 7.16 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
      a list of the certificates of authority that each Seller holds from the Surface
      Transportation Board to operate as a motor carrier or broker of general
      commodities and the certificates of authority that each Seller holds in certain
      states to operate as an intrastate motor carrier or broker of general
      commodities.  No certificate of authority issued to any Seller to
      operate as a motor carrier or broker is subject to pending or, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, threatened action on the part of any Governmental Authority for
      revocation, restriction or encumbrance.  Neither the U.S. Department
      of Transportation nor any state regulatory agency has issued to any Seller
      a
      safety rating of "unsatisfactory."

     

    7.17  Environmental
      Matters.  (a)  To Sellers' Knowledge, no Hazardous
      Materials have been used, transported, manufactured, processed, stored, treated
      or disposed, in, beneath or on the Leased Real Property except as necessary
      to
      the conduct of the Business and in compliance with Environmental
      Laws.  Section 7.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the
      customers for which any Seller has transported, or arranged for the
      transportation of, (i) one hundred (100) or more shipments of Hazardous
      Materials during the year ended December 31, 2006, and (ii) forty (40) or more
      shipments of Hazardous Materials during the current year period ended April
      30,
      2007.

     

    (b)  To
      Sellers' Knowledge, no Seller has transported, used, generated, treated, stored
      or disposed of Hazardous Materials on, into or beneath the surface of any of
      the
      parcels of Leased Real Property, except in compliance with applicable
      Environmental Laws.  To Sellers' Knowledge, there has not occurred,
      nor is there presently occurring, a Release or threatened Release of any
      Hazardous Material on, into, from or beneath the surface of any of the parcels
      of Leased Real Property, and no part of the Leased Real Property or, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, no part of any parcels adjacent to the Leased Real Property,
      including the ground water located thereon, is presently contaminated by
      Hazardous Materials.

     

    (c)  No
      Seller
      has treated, transported or disposed, nor has it allowed or arranged for any
      third parties to treat, transport, or dispose, any Hazardous Materials or other
      waste, (i) to or at a site which, was not lawfully permitted to receive such
      Hazardous Material or other waste for such purpose, (ii) to or at a site which
      has been placed on the National Priorities List or its state equivalent, or
      (iii) to or at a site which the United States Environmental Protection Agency
      or
      the relevant state agency has proposed or is proposing to place on the National
      Priorities List or its state equivalent, or (iv) in a manner which gives rise
      to
      liability under any Environmental Laws.  No Seller has received
      written notice, and, to Sellers' Knowledge, there are no facts which could
      give
      rise to any notice, that such Seller is, or may be, a potentially responsible
      party for a federal or state environmental cleanup site arising from or relating
      to the Business or the Purchased Assets or for corrective action arising from
      or
      relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets under any Environmental
      Law.  No Seller has (A) received any written or oral request for
      information in connection with any federal or state environmental cleanup site
      arising from or relating to the Business or Purchased Assets or (B) undertaken
      (or been requested to undertake) any response or remedial actions or cleanup
      action of any kind arising from or relating to the Business or the Purchased
      Assets at the request of any Governmental Authority, or at the request of any
      other Person.

     

    (d)  Except
      as
      identified in Section 7.17(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, to Sellers'
      Knowledge, there are no underground storage tanks, aboveground storage tanks,
      asbestos containing materials, or PCB containing capacitors, transformers or
      other equipment on any of the parcels of Leased Real Property.  To
      Sellers' Knowledge, there has been no Release from any underground or
      aboveground storage tank or any PCB containing transformer, capacitor or
      equipment, other than in compliance with applicable Laws, and none of the
      underground or aboveground storage tanks or the PCB containing capacitors,
      transformers or equipment identified in Section 7.17(d) of the Disclosure
      Schedule has within the last three (3) years been, and none now need to be,
      repaired or replaced.

     

    (e)  Section
      7.17(e) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies and Sellers have provided to
      Purchasers copies of (i) all environmental audits, assessments, or occupational
      health studies in the possession of any Seller with respect to the Business
      or
      the Purchased Assets within the past three (3) years, (ii) the results of any
      groundwater, soil, air or asbestos monitoring undertaken with respect to any
      of
      the parcels of Leased Real Property, (iii) all citations issued with respect
      to
      the Business or the Purchased Assets within the past three years under the
      Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. Sections 651 et seq.) and (iv)
      all
      written claims, liabilities, litigation, notices of violation, administrative
      proceedings, whether pending or threatened, or Orders issued with respect to
      the
      Business within the past three years under applicable Environmental
      Laws.

     

    (f)  No
      Seller
      (i) has pending or on file any application to treat, incinerate or dispose
      of
      PCBs or holds any permit, license or right to incinerate PCBs, (ii) engages
      (or
      has engaged) in the land filling of Hazardous Materials except in compliance
      with applicable Environmental Laws or (iii) engages (or has engaged) in any
      road
      oiling activities nor have they applied or used oil or Hazardous Materials
      for
      dust control or paving purposes.

     

    (g)  Each
      Seller has been and is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws,
      including obtaining and maintaining in effect all permits, licenses or other
      authorizations required by applicable Environmental Laws, and each Seller has
      been and is currently in compliance with all such permits, licenses and
      authorizations.

     

    7.18  Employee
      Benefit Plans.  (a)  Except as set forth in Section
      7.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Seller maintains, sponsors, contributes
      to or has any Liability (including potential liability by reason of it being
      an
      ERISA Affiliate with respect to another entity) with respect to:

     

    (i)  any
      "employee welfare benefit plan" or "employee pension benefit plan" as those
      terms are respectively defined in sections 3(1) and 3(2) of ERISA, or any
      "multiemployer plan" (as defined in section 3(37) or Section 4001(3) of ERISA)
      (a "Multiemployer Plan");

     

    (ii)  any
      retirement or deferred compensation plan, incentive compensation plan, stock
      plan, unemployment compensation plan, vacation pay, severance pay, bonus or
      benefit arrangement, insurance or hospitalization program or any other fringe
      benefit arrangements for any current or former employee, director, consultant
      or
      agent, whether pursuant to contract, arrangement, custom or informal
      understanding, which does not constitute an "employee benefit plan" (as defined
      in section 3(3) of ERISA); or

     

    (iii)  any
      employment agreement.

     

    (b)  A
      true
      and complete copy of each of the plans, arrangements and agreements set forth
      in
Section 7.18 of the Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the "Benefit
      Plans"), and all contracts or agreements relating thereto, or to the funding
      thereof, including all trust agreements, insurance contracts, administration
      contracts, investment management agreements, subscription and participation
      agreements, and recordkeeping agreements, each as in effect on the date hereof,
      has been provided to Purchasers.  In the case of any Benefit Plan
      which is not in written form, Purchasers have been provided with a true and
      complete description of such Benefit Plan as in effect on the date
      hereof.  A true and complete copy of the three most recent annual
      reports, and the most recent summary plan description and IRS determination
      letter with respect to each such Benefit Plan, to the extent applicable, and
      a
      current schedule of assets (and the fair market value thereof assuming
      liquidation of any asset which is not readily tradeable) held with respect
      to
      any funded Benefit Plan has been provided to Purchasers.

     

    (c)  As
      to all
      Benefit Plans:

     

    (i)  All
      Benefit Plans comply and have been administered in form and in operation with
      all requirements of Law applicable thereto, and there has been no notice issued
      by any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging such
      compliance.

     

    (ii)  All
      Benefit Plans that are employee pension benefit plans (as defined in section
      3(2) of ERISA) comply in form and in operation with all applicable requirements
      of sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code; each such Benefit Plan has a current
      determination letter issued with respect thereto by the IRS; and no event has
      occurred which will or could give rise to disqualification of any such Benefit
      Plan under such sections or to a tax under section 511 of the Code.

     

    (iii)  None
      of
      the assets of any Benefit Plan is invested in employer securities or employer
      real property.

     

    (iv)  Each
      of
      the Benefit Plans complies with the requirements of section 409A of the
      Code.

     

    (v)  All
      contributions and premiums required by Law or the terms of a Benefit Plan to
      be
      paid prior to the Closing have been or will be timely made or paid in full
      prior
      to the Closing.

     

    (vi)  There
      has
      been no act or omission which has given rise to or may give rise to fines,
      penalties, taxes, or related charges under sections 502(c), 502(i), 502(l)
      or
      4071 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47, or 68 of the Code for which any Seller or
      any
      ERISA Affiliate of any Seller may be liable.  No action has been taken
      to correct any defects with respect to any Benefit Plan under any IRS correction
      procedure and, to Sellers' Knowledge, no such action is required.

     

    (vii)  Neither
      the execution of this document nor the consummation of the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement will, either alone or in combination with another
      event, result in (A) any payment of severance or other compensation to any
      current or former employee of any Seller or (B) result in the acceleration
      of
      the time of payment or vesting of any compensation or benefit.

     

    (viii)  There
      are
      no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits) pending
      or,
      to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened involving such Benefit Plans or the assets
      thereof, and, to Sellers' Knowledge, no facts exist which could give rise to
      any
      such actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims or
      benefits).

     

    (ix)  No
      Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA or the funding requirements of
      Section 412 of the Code; and no benefit plan is a Multiemployer
      Plan.

     

    (x)  Each
      Benefit Plan which constitutes a "group health plan" (as defined in section
      607(1) of ERISA or section 4980B(g)(2) of the Code), has been operated in
      compliance with applicable Law.

     

    (xi)  No
      Seller
      or any ERISA Affiliate of any Seller has Liability under any Benefit Plan or
      otherwise for providing post-retirement medical or life insurance benefits,
      other than statutory liability for providing group health plan continuation
      coverage under Part 6 of Title 1 of ERISA and section 4980B (or any predecessor
      section thereto) of the Code.

     

    (xii)  There
      has
      been no act or omission that would impair the right or ability of any Seller
      or
      any ERISA Affiliate of any Seller unilaterally to amend or terminate any Benefit
      Plan.

     

    (d)  Prior
      to
      the date hereof, Sellers have provided to Purchasers a true and complete list
      of
      all of its employees and their respective salary or wages.

     

    7.19  Taxes.  (a)  Sellers
      have complied with all Laws relating to Taxes and have duly and timely filed
      all
      Tax Returns relating to the Purchased Assets, the Business, or the Transferred
      Employees that were due.  All such returns are true, correct, and
      complete and were timely prepared and filed in accordance with applicable
      Law.  All Taxes due and payable with respect to any returns (whether
      or not shown as payable), or otherwise due and payable by the Sellers with
      respect to the Purchased Assets, the Business, or the Transferred Employees
      or
      for which the Sellers could be liable as a result of transferee liability,
      joint
      and several liability, contractual liability, or otherwise, have been timely
      paid to the appropriate taxing authority.  There are no existing Tax
      Liens (other than Liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable) upon the
      properties or assets of any Seller.  All applicable sales Taxes were
      paid by the Sellers when the Purchased Assets were acquired.  No
      Seller has at any time been required to collect and remit sales and use Taxes
      to
      any taxing authority, nor will the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
      cause any of Sellers to be subject to any such requirements.  Sellers
      have provided Purchasers true, correct, and complete copies of (i) all material
      federal, state, local, and foreign tax returns filed by any Seller (or their
      Affiliates) with respect to the Business, the Purchased Assets, or the
      Transferred Employees in the past five years; and (ii) all material notices,
      correspondence, and similar materials received by any Seller (or their
      Affiliates) from any taxing authority relating to the Business, the Purchased
      Assets, or the Transferred Employees or Taxes associated therewith.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      have (i) withheld all required amounts from payments to employees and timely
      remitted such amounts to the proper agencies in accordance with applicable
      laws;
      (ii) withheld all required amounts from payments to agents, contractors and
      nonresidents related to the Business and timely remitted such amounts to the
      proper agencies; (iii) timely paid all employer contributions and premiums
      to
      the proper agencies; and (iv) filed all federal, state, local and foreign
      returns and reports with respect to employee income tax withholding, social
      security Taxes and premiums, and unemployment Taxes and premiums related to
      the
      Business or the Transferred Employees, all in compliance with applicable
      laws.

     

    (c)  No
      portion of the cost of any of the Purchased Assets was financed directly or
      indirectly from the proceeds of any tax exempt state or local government
      obligation described in Code Section 103(a).  None of the Purchased
      Assets is tax exempt use property under Code Section 168(h).  None of
      the Purchased Assets is property that any Seller is required to treat as being
      owned by any other Person pursuant to the safe harbor lease provision of former
      Code Section 168(f)(8).  None of the Purchased Assets constitutes
      stock in a corporate subsidiary or a joint venture, partnership, limited
      liability company interest, or other arrangement or contract which is taxed
      as a
      partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

     

    (d)  No
      Seller
      is a foreign person within the meaning of Code Section 1445.  No
      Seller has (or has previously had any) permanent establishment in any foreign
      country and no Seller engages (or has previously engaged) in a trade or business
      within the meaning of the Code relating to the creation of a permanent
      establishment in any foreign country.

     

    (e)  Neither
      the Code nor any other provision of law requires the Purchasers to withhold
      any
      portion of the Purchase Price.

     

    (f)  No
      Seller
      has any obligation for Taxes pursuant to any contract that either Purchaser
      is
      assuming as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement.  No Seller has extended any statute of limitations relating
      to Taxes for which either Purchaser could be liable under this Agreement or
      pursuant to applicable Law.  No taxing authority has made a claim that
      as a result of conducting the Business, owning any Purchased Assets, or
      employing any Transferred Employee any Seller is obligated to pay Taxes in
      a
      jurisdiction in which such Seller is not filing tax returns.  No
      audits or other proceedings are ongoing or, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened
      with respect to any Taxes relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets, or
      the
      Transferred Employees for which either Purchaser could have liability under
      this
      Agreement or under applicable Laws.  There are no unpaid or proposed
      assessments for Taxes with respect to any of the Purchased Assets.

     

    (g)  No
      Seller
      is party to any contract, plan, or other arrangement with any Transferred
      Employee or other person that is being assumed by Purchasers which could (either
      alone or aggregated with other payments) give rise to a payment (or another
      benefit) that is not deductible under Code section 280G or subject to the excise
      Tax under Code section 4999.

     

    7.20  Suppliers;
      Customers; BNSF and NS.

     

    (a)  Suppliers.  Section
      7.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the ten (10) largest suppliers
      of Sellers on a combined basis (based on dollar amounts
      paid by Sellers for products or services supplied to Sellers) for the year
      ended
      December 31, 2006 and the current year period ended April 30, 2007 (the
      "Material Suppliers") and the amounts paid by Sellers to such Material
      Suppliers during such periods.  Except as set forth in Section
      7.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) all Material Suppliers continue to
      be suppliers of Sellers; (ii) no Seller has received any notice, nor is any
      Seller otherwise aware, that any Material Supplier intends to reduce materially
      its business with Sellers from the levels achieved during the year ended
      December 31, 2006 or the current year period ended April 30, 2007; (iii) since
      the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, no Material Supplier has terminated
      its relationship with any Seller or, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened to do
      so;
      (iv) since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, no Material Supplier
      has
      modified or, to Sellers' Knowledge, indicated that it intends to modify its
      relationship with, or rates it charges to, any Seller in a manner which is
      less
      favorable in any material respect to such Seller or has agreed not to or, to
      Sellers' Knowledge, indicated it will not agree to do business on such rates,
      terms and conditions at least as favorable as the rates, terms and conditions
      provided to such Seller on the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date; and
      (v)
      no Seller is involved in any material claim, dispute or controversy with any
      Material Supplier.  No Material Supplier has threatened to take any of
      the actions described in this Section 7.20(a) as a result of the
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  To Sellers' Knowledge,
      since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, there has been no other
      adverse change in the relationship between any Seller and any Material
      Supplier.

     

    (b)  Customers.  Section
      7.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the nineteen (19) largest
      customers of Sellers on a combined basis (based on dollar amounts of services
      purchased from Sellers) for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the current
      year period ended April 30, 2007 (the "Material Customers") and the
      amounts for which Sellers invoiced such Material Customers during such
      periods.  Except as set forth in Section 7.20(b) of the
      Disclosure Schedule, (i) all Material Customers continue to be customers of
      Sellers, (ii) no Seller has received any notice, nor is any Seller otherwise
      aware, that any Material Customer will reduce materially its business with
      Sellers from the levels achieved during the year ended December 31, 2006 or
      the
      current year period ended April 30, 2007; (iii) since the Most Recent Year-End
      Balance Sheet Date, no Material Customer has terminated its relationship with
      any Seller or, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened to do so; (iv) since the Most
      Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, no Material Customer has modified or, to
      Sellers' Knowledge, indicated that it intends to modify its relationship with,
      or rates it pays to, any Seller in a manner which is less favorable in any
      material respect to such Seller or has agreed not to or, to Sellers' Knowledge,
      indicated it will not agree to do business on such rates, terms and conditions
      at least as favorable as the rates, terms and conditions provided to such Seller
      on the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date; and (v) no Seller is involved
      in
      any material claim, dispute or controversy with any Material
      Customer.  No Material Customer has threatened to take any of the
      actions described in this Section 7.20(b) as a result of the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement.  To Sellers' Knowledge, since the Most
      Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, there has been no other adverse change
      in
      the relationship between any Seller and any Material Customer.

     

    (c)  BNSF
      and NS Contract,  No Seller has received any notice, nor is any
      Seller otherwise aware, that either of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
      ("BNSF") or Norfolk Southern ("NS") will reduce materially its
      business with any Seller from the levels achieved during the year ended December
      31, 2006 or the current year period ended
      April 30, 2007.  Since the Most Recent Year-End Balance
      Sheet Date, (i) neither BNSF nor NS has terminated its relationship with any
      Seller or, to Sellers' Knowledge, threatened to do so; (ii) neither BNSF nor
      NS
      has modified or, to Sellers' Knowledge, indicated that it intends to modify
      its
      relationship with, or the rates it charges to, any Seller in a manner which
      is
      less favorable in any material respect to such Seller or has agreed not to
      or,
      to Sellers' Knowledge, indicated it will not agree to do business on such rates,
      terms and conditions at least as favorable as the rates, terms and conditions
      provided to such Seller on the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date; and
      (iii) no Seller is involved in any material claim, dispute or controversy with
      either BNSF or NS.  Neither BNSF nor NS has notified Sellers that it
      may take any of the actions described in this Section 7.20(c) as a result
      of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  To Sellers'
      Knowledge, since the Most Recent Year-End Balance Sheet Date, there has been
      no
      other adverse change in the relationship between any Seller and either BNSF
      or
      NS.

     

    7.21  Full
      Disclosure.  No representation or warranty of Sellers contained in
      this Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule contains any untrue statement of
      a
      material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein
      or
      necessary to make the statements made, in the context in which made, not
      materially false or misleading.

     

    ARTICLE
      VIII

     

    Representations
      and Warranties of Purchasers

     

    Purchasers
      represent and warrant to Sellers (which representations and warranties shall
      survive the Closing regardless of what examinations, inspections, and other
      investigations Sellers have heretofore made, or may hereafter make, with respect
      to such representations and warranties) as follows:

     

    8.1  Due
      Incorporation.  Each Purchaser is a corporation duly incorporated,
      validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
      Delaware.

     

    8.2  Authority.  Each
      Purchaser has the corporate right and power to enter into, and perform its
      obligations under this Agreement and each other agreement delivered in
      connection herewith to which it is a party, and has taken all requisite
      corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
      Agreement and such other agreements and the consummation of the purchase of
      the
      Purchased Assets and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
      this
      Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Purchaser and each is
      binding upon, and enforceable against, such Purchaser in accordance with its
      terms; except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
      reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting enforcement of
      creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether applied
      in a proceeding at law or in equity.)

     

    8.3  No
      Violations.  Neither the execution, delivery or performance of
      this Agreement by either Purchaser, nor the consummation of the purchase of
      the
      Purchased Assets or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, does
      or will, after the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or otherwise conflict
      with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, the certificate
      of
      incorporation or by-laws of such Purchaser, or any Law or Order, or any Contract
      or plan to which such Purchaser is a party.

     

    8.4  Brokers.  Neither
      this Agreement nor the purchase of the Purchased Assets or any other transaction
      contemplated by this Agreement was induced or procured through any Person acting
      on behalf of, or representing, either Purchaser or any of their respective
      Affiliates as broker, finder, investment banker, financial advisor or in any
      similar capacity.

     

    ARTICLE
      IX

     

    Conditions
      to Closing Applicable to Purchasers

     

    The
      obligations of Purchasers hereunder (including the obligation of Purchasers
      to
      close the transactions herein contemplated) are subject to the following
      conditions precedent:

     

    9.1  No
      Termination.  Neither Purchasers nor Sellers shall have terminated
      this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.

     

    9.2  Bring-Down
      of Sellers' Warranties and Covenants.  The warranties and
      representations made by Sellers herein to Purchasers shall be true and correct
      in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect
      as
      if such warranties and representations had been made on and as of the Closing
      Date and Sellers shall have performed and complied with all agreements,
      covenants and conditions on its part required to be performed or complied with
      on or prior to the Closing Date; and at the Closing, Purchasers shall have
      received a certificate executed by the President of each Seller to the foregoing
      effect.

     

    9.3  No
      Material Adverse Change.  Since the Interim Balance Sheet Date,
      there shall have been no Material Adverse Change and no material change in
      any
      Seller's relationship with its employees or in the anticipated integration
      of
      any Seller's employees with any Purchaser's employees, in each case, as
      determined in the reasonable discretion of Purchasers.

     

    9.4  Pending
      Actions.  No investigation, action, suit or proceeding by any
      Governmental Authority and no action, suit or proceeding by any other Person,
      shall be pending on the Closing Date which challenges, or might result in a
      challenge to, this Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby, or which
      claims, or might give rise to a claim for, damages against Purchasers in a
      material amount as a result of the consummation of this Agreement.

     

    9.5  Required
      Contract Consents.  Purchasers shall have received evidence
      reasonably satisfactory to it of the receipt of the required consents listed
      in
Schedule 9.5.

     

    9.6  Required
      Governmental Approvals.  Purchasers shall have received all
      required consents, approvals or authorizations of any Governmental Authority
      required on the part of Sellers in connection with the performance by Sellers
      of
      their obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
      contemplated hereby, including any consents, approvals or authorizations
      described in the Disclosure Schedule, and Sellers shall have complied with
      any
      applicable provisions of Law requiring any notification, declaration, filing,
      registration and/or qualification with any Governmental Authority in connection
      with such performance and consummation.

     

    9.7  Required
      Permits.  Purchasers shall have obtained those material permits,
      licenses, qualifications, registrations, authorizations and other approvals
      of
      Governmental Authorities necessary for Purchasers to operate the Business in
      substantially the same manner as operated by Sellers prior to the
      Closing.

     

    9.8  Due
      Diligence.  Purchasers shall have completed their due diligence
      investigation of the Business and the Sellers (including the Partnership’s
      Special Purpose Financial Statements) and shall be reasonably satisfied with
      the
      results of such investigation.

     

    9.9  Environmental
      Assessment Report.  Purchasers shall have received an
      environmental Phase I report with respect to the parcels of Leased Real Property
      listed in Schedule 9.9 and Purchasers shall be reasonably satisfied with
      the findings, recommendations and conclusions set forth in each such
      report.

     

    9.10  Retained
      Earnings.  Purchasers shall be reasonably satisfied that the
      Estimated Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount is a fair approximation of the
      expected Final Retained Earnings Adjustment Amount.

     

    9.11  Non-Foreign
      Person Certification.  Each Seller shall have delivered to
      Purchasers a certificate, duly completed and executed by such Seller pursuant
      to
      Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations, certifying that such Seller
      is not a "foreign person" within the meaning of Section 1445 of the
      Code.

     

    9.12  All
      Necessary Documents.  All proceedings to be taken in connection
      with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
      all
      documents incident thereto, shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
      substance to Purchasers and Purchasers shall have received copies of such
      documents as Purchasers may reasonably request in connection therewith,
      including those documents to be delivered pursuant to Section
      3.2.

     

    Purchasers
      shall have the right to waive any of the foregoing conditions
      precedent.

     

    ARTICLE
      X

     

    Conditions
      to Closing Applicable to Sellers

     

    The
      obligations of Sellers hereunder (including the obligation of Sellers to close
      the transactions herein contemplated) are subject to the following conditions
      precedent:

     

    10.1  No
      Termination.  Neither Purchasers nor Sellers shall have terminated
      this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.

     

    10.2  Bring-Down
      of Purchasers' Warranties and Covenants.  All warranties and
      representations made by Purchasers herein to Sellers shall be true and correct
      in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect
      as
      if such warranties and representations had been made on and as of the Closing
      Date, and Purchasers shall have performed and complied with all agreements,
      covenants and conditions on its part required to be performed or complied with
      on or prior to the Closing Date, and at the Closing, Sellers shall have received
      a certificate executed by the President or any Vice President of each Purchaser
      to the foregoing effect.

     

    10.3  Pending
      Actions.  No investigation, action, suit or proceeding by any
      Governmental Authority, and no action, suit or proceeding by any other Person,
      shall be pending on the Closing Date which challenges or might result in a
      challenge to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, or which
      claims, or might give rise to a claim for, damages against Sellers in a material
      amount as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
      hereby.

     

    10.4  All
      Necessary Documents.  All proceedings to be taken in connection
      with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
      all documents incident thereto, shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
      substance to Sellers, and Sellers shall have received copies of such documents
      as it may reasonably request in connection therewith, including those documents
      to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3.

     

    Sellers
      shall have the right to waive any of the foregoing conditions
      precedent.

     

    ARTICLE
      XI

     

    Termination

     

    11.1  Termination.  This
      Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing only as
      follows:

     

    (a)  by
      mutual
      consent of Purchasers and Sellers;

     

    (b)  by
      Purchasers or by Sellers, if at or before the Closing any condition set forth
      herein for the benefit of Purchasers or Sellers, respectively, shall not have
      been timely met or cannot be timely met; provided, the party seeking to
      terminate is not in breach of or default under this Agreement;

     

    (c)  by
      Purchasers if the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
      shall not have occurred on or before June 30, 2007, or such later date as may
      have been agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto; provided, Purchasers
      are
      not in breach of or default under this Agreement;

     

    (d)  by
      Purchasers at any time prior to the Closing in the event Sellers have provided
      any written notice to Purchasers pursuant to Section 5.2(b);
      or

     

    (e)  by
      Purchasers or by Sellers if any representation or warranty made herein for
      the
      benefit of Purchasers or Sellers, respectively, is untrue in any material
      respect, or Sellers or Purchasers, respectively, shall have defaulted in any
      material respect in the performance of any material obligation under this
      Agreement.

     

    If
      either
      party terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Article XI, all rights
      and obligations of Sellers and Purchasers hereunder (except for Purchasers'
      obligations under Section 5.6(c), the Partnership's and the Parent's
      obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement heretofore executed by such
      parties and the obligations of the parties under Article XIII) shall
      terminate without any liability of either party, other than any liability of
      any
      party for the breach of its obligations hereunder.

     

    ARTICLE
      XII

     

    Indemnification

     

    12.1  Indemnification
      by Sellers.  Subject to the provisions of this
Article XII, Sellers covenant and agree after the Closing to
      indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchasers and their Affiliates
      (including Parent and other stockholders) (collectively, the "Purchaser
      Indemnitees"), from and against any and all Adverse Consequences incurred or
      suffered by the Purchaser Indemnitees arising or resulting from any of the
      following:

     

    (a)  any
      inaccuracy in or breach of, or, with respect to a third-party claim, any alleged
      breach or inaccuracy of, any representation or warranty of Sellers set forth
      in
      this Agreement (or the Disclosure Schedule) or in any document or certificate
      delivered by Sellers, the Partners, the Stockholders or any Interdom Related
      Entity in connection with this Agreement;

     

    (b)  any
      breach of any covenant or agreement of Sellers, the Partners or the Stockholders
      set forth herein or in any document or certificate delivered by Sellers, the
      Partners or the Stockholders or any Interdom Related Entity in connection with
      this Agreement;

     

    (c)  any
      Retained Liabilities;

     

    (d)  any
      Retained Assets;

     

    (e)  the
      following Taxes: (i) the Sellers' allocable share of any Transfer Taxes (as
      determined pursuant to Section 2.9) imposed on any Purchaser Indemnitee
      as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) all Taxes
      of the Sellers (including Taxes for which any Seller is liable as a result
      of
      transferee liability, joint and several liability, contractual liability, or
      otherwise) unrelated to the Purchased Assets, the Business, and the Transferred
      Employees; and (iii) all Taxes (other than Assumed Taxes) for periods ending
      on
      or before the Closing Date that are related to the Purchased Assets, the
      Business, and the Transferred Employees.  For purposes of this
      subsection, (i) Taxes determined by reference to income, capital gains, gross
      income, gross receipts, sales, net profits, windfall profits or similar items
      or
      resulting from a transfer of assets incurred during a period beginning before
      and ending after the Closing Date shall be allocated between the portion of
      the
      period beginning prior to and ending on the Closing Date and the portion of
      the
      period ending after the Closing Date based on the date on which such items
      accrued; (ii) Taxes such as real property Taxes and personal property Taxes
      shall be allocated between the portion of a period ending on the Closing Date
      and the portion of the period ending after the Closing Date on a per diem basis
      based on the number of days in the period; and (iii) any interest, penalties,
      additions to tax or additional amounts that relate to Taxes for any period,
      or a
      portion of any period, ended on or before the Closing Date shall be treated
      as
      occurring on or prior to the Closing Date whether such items are incurred,
      accrued, assessed or similarly charged on, before or after the Closing Date;
      or

     

    (f)  any
      liability or obligation relating to any matter described on Schedule
      12.1(f).

     

    For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, Sellers shall have no obligation under this Section
      12.1 to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitees in any amount in excess of the
      actual Adverse Consequences incurred or suffered by the Purchaser Indemnitees;
      provided, however, that actual Adverse Consequences may include damages
      calculated on a "multiple of earnings" basis in the event the Adverse
      Consequences incurred or suffered by the Purchaser Indemnitees arose or resulted
      from a breach or default that affected the net income of any Seller during
      the
      three-year period ending on December 31, 2006.

    

    12.2  Indemnification
      by Purchaser.  Subject to the provisions of this
Article XII, Purchasers covenant and agree after the Closing to
      indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sellers, the Partners, the Principal
      Stockholders and the Members (together, the "Seller Indemnitees") from
      and against any and all Adverse Consequences incurred or suffered by the Seller
      Indemnitees arising or resulting from, directly or indirectly, any of the
      following:

     

    (a)  any
      inaccuracy in or breach of, or, with respect to a third-party claim, any alleged
      breach or inaccuracy of, any representation or warranty of Purchasers set forth
      in this Agreement or in any document or certificate delivered by Purchasers
      in
      connection with this Agreement;

     

    (b)  any
      breach of any covenant or agreement of Purchasers set forth herein or in any
      document or certificate delivered by Purchasers in connection with this
      Agreement;

     

    (c)  any
      Assumed Liability; or

     

    (d)  the
      Purchasers' allocable share of any Transfer Taxes (as determined pursuant to
      Section 2.9) imposed on any Seller Indemnitee as a result of the
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     

    12.3  Claim
      Procedure/Notice of Claim.

     

    (a)  A
      party
      entitled, or seeking to assert rights, to indemnification under this
Article XII (an
      "Indemnified Party") shall
      give written notification (a
      "Claim Notice") to the party
      from whom indemnification is sought (an
      "Indemnifying Party") which
      contains (i) a description and the amount (the
      "Claimed Amount"), if then
      known, of any Adverse Consequences incurred or reasonably expected to be
      incurred by the Indemnified Party and (ii) a statement that the Indemnified
      Party is entitled to indemnification under this Article XII for such
      Adverse Consequences and a reasonable explanation of the basis
      therefor.

     

    (b)  Within
      twenty (20) days after receipt of a Claim Notice (other than a Claim Notice
      based on a third-party claim), the Indemnifying Party shall deliver to the
      Indemnified Party a written response (the "Response") in which the
      Indemnifying Party shall either: (i) agree that the Indemnified Party is
      entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount or (ii) dispute that the
      Indemnified Party is entitled to receive any or all of the Claimed Amount and
      the basis for such dispute (in such an event, the Response shall be referred
      to
      as an
      "Objection Notice").  If
      no Response is delivered by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party
      within such 20-day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have agreed
      that an amount equal to the entire Claimed Amount shall be payable to the
      Indemnified Party and such Claimed Amount shall be promptly paid to Purchaser
      or
      Sellers, as applicable.

     

    (c)  In
      the
      event that the parties are unable to agree on whether Adverse Consequences
      exist
      or on the amount of such Adverse Consequences within the 20-day period after
      receipt of a Claim Notice, either Purchasers or Sellers may (but are not
      required to do so) petition or file an action in a court of competent
      jurisdiction for resolution of such dispute.

     

    (d)  In
      the
      event that the Indemnified Party is entitled, or is seeking to assert rights,
      to
      indemnification under this Article XII relating to a third-party claim,
      the Indemnified Party shall give written notification to the Indemnifying Party
      of the commencement of any suit or other legal proceeding relating to such
      third-party claim.  Such notification shall be given within twenty
      (20) days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such suit or
      proceeding, shall be accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation
      submitted by such third party (to the extent then in the possession of the
      Indemnified Party) and shall describe in reasonable detail (to the extent known
      by the Indemnified Party) the facts constituting the basis for such suit or
      proceeding and the amount of the claimed Adverse Consequences, if then known;
      provided, however, that no delay or deficiency on the part of the Indemnified
      Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying
      Party of any liability or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any
      Adverse Consequences caused by or arising out of such failure.  Within
      twenty (20) days after receipt of such notification, the Indemnifying Party
      may,
      upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party, assume control of the
      defense of such suit or proceeding with counsel selected by the Indemnifying
      Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided,
however, that (i) the Indemnifying Party may only assume control of
      such
      defense if it acknowledges in writing to the Indemnified Party that any Adverse
      Consequences that may be assessed against the Indemnified Party in connection
      with such suit or proceeding constitute Adverse Consequences for which the
      Indemnified Party shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article XII, and
      (ii) the Indemnifying Party may not assume control of the defense of a suit
      or
      proceeding (A) involving criminal liability, (B) in which any relief other
      than
      monetary damages is sought against the Indemnified Party, or (C) in which
      increased statutory, enhanced or treble damages are sought based on willful
      misconduct.  In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
      the foregoing, in the event that an Indemnified Party in good faith determines
      that the conduct of the defense of any claim, suit or proceeding or any proposed
      settlement of any such claim, suit or proceeding by the Indemnifying Party
      might
      be expected to adversely affect the Indemnified Party's Tax liability or the
      ability of the Indemnified Party to conduct its business (including,
      relationships with Governmental Authorities, customers, suppliers or other
      Persons with whom the Indemnified Party conducts business), the Indemnified
      Party shall have the right at all times to take over and assume control over
      the
      defense, settlement or negotiations relating to any such claim, suit or
      proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party at
      the
      sole cost of the Indemnifying Party.  If the Indemnifying Party does
      not so assume control of such defense, the Indemnified Party shall control
      such
      defense at the Indemnifying Party's expense with counsel selected by the
      Indemnified Party.  The party not controlling such defense (the
      "Non-controlling Party")
      may participate therein at its own expense; provided, however, that if the
      Indemnifying Party assumes control of such defense and the Indemnified Party
      reasonably concludes that the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
      have
      conflicting interests or different defenses available with respect to such
      suit
      or proceeding, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified
      Party shall be considered "Adverse Consequences" for purposes of this
      Agreement.  The party controlling such defense (the
      "Controlling Party") shall
      keep the Non-controlling Party reasonably advised of the status of such suit
      or
      proceeding and the defense thereof and shall consider in good faith
      recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect
      thereto.  The Non-controlling Party shall furnish the Controlling
      Party with such information as it may have with respect to such suit or
      proceeding (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which
      may have been served on such party and any written claim, demand, invoice,
      billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and shall otherwise
      cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such suit
      or
      proceeding.  The Indemnifying Party shall not agree to any settlement
      of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such suit or proceeding
      without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which shall not
      be
      unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Indemnified Party shall not
      agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any
      such
      suit or proceeding without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party,
      which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     

    12.4  Survival
      of Representations, Warranties and Covenants; Determination of Adverse
      Consequences.

     

    (a)  Except
      as
      set forth in Section 12.4(b), the representations and warranties of
      Sellers and Purchasers contained in this Agreement and the certificates
      delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive until the second (2nd) anniversary
      of
      the Closing Date, at which time such representations and warranties and any
      right to make an indemnification claim based thereon will
      terminate.

     

    (b)  The
      representations and warranties of Sellers contained in Section 7.4
      (Brokers), Section 7.10 (Litigation and Compliance with Laws), Section
      7.16 (Licenses and Permits) and Section 7.17 (Environmental Matters)
      shall survive until the third (3rd) anniversary
      of
      the Closing Date, at which time such representations and warranties and any
      right to make an indemnification claim based thereon will
      terminate.  The representations and warranties of Sellers contained in
Section 7.18 (Employee Benefit Plans) and Section 7.19 (Taxes)
      shall survive until the third (3rd) anniversary
      of
      the Closing Date plus thirty (30) days, at which time such representations
      and
      warranties and any right to make an indemnification claim based thereon will
      terminate.  The representations and warranties of Sellers contained in
Section 7.7 (Title to Purchased Assets) shall survive until the fourth
      (4th)
      anniversary of the Closing Date, at which time such representations and
      warranties and any right to make an indemnification claim based thereon will
      terminate.  The representations and warranties of Sellers contained in
Section 7.1 (Due Formation) (except to the extent relating to the foreign
      qualification of the Sellers) and Section 7.2 (Authority) shall survive
      until the seventh (7th) anniversary
      of
      the Closing Date, at which time such representations and warranties and any
      right to make an indemnification claim based thereon will
      terminate.

     

    (c)  Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if an Indemnified Party delivers
      to
      an Indemnifying Party, before expiration of a representation or warranty, either
      a Claim Notice based upon a breach of such representation or warranty, or a
      notice that, as a result of a suit or other legal proceeding instituted by
      or
      claim made by a third party, the Indemnified Party reasonably expects to incur
      Adverse Consequences, then the applicable representation or warranty shall
      survive until, but only for purposes of, the resolution of the matter covered
      by
      such notice.

     

    (d)  The
      representations and warranties of Sellers shall not be affected or deemed waived
      by reason of any investigation made by or on behalf of Purchasers.

     

    (e)  All
      covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and the documents and
      certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the
      Closing Date in accordance with their
      terms.

     

    (f)  If
      a
      Purchaser Indemnitee's indemnification claim is based on both a breach of a
      Seller representation and warranty and either a Liability of such Seller that
      is
      not an Assumed Liability or another matter not subject to the limitations set
      forth in Section 12.4 or 12.5, such limitations shall not apply or
      restrict Purchaser Indemnitee's right to indemnification.

     

    (g)  Purchasers
      shall have the right in their sole discretion with respect to any particular
      indemnification claim to exercise their set-off rights under Section 12.6
      or to exercise any and all other remedies in connection with such claim,
      including specific performance and injunctive or equitable relief.

     

    12.5  Limitations
      on Indemnification Obligations.

     

    (a)  Sellers
      shall have no obligation to indemnify the
      Purchaser Indemnitees with respect to Adverse
      Consequences arising under Section 12.1(a) (other than Section 7.1
      (Due Formation), Section 7.2 (Authority), Section 7.4 (Brokers),
Section 7.7 (Title to Purchased Assets), Section 7.10(b)
      (Litigation and Compliance with Laws) and Section 7.19 (Taxes)) until the
      aggregate amount of all Adverse Consequences thereunder exceeds One Hundred
      Thousand Dollars ($100,000), in which event the Sellers shall be obligated
      to
      indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitees only for the amount of Adverse Consequences
      in excess of such threshold.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      shall have no obligation to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitees with respect
      to
      Adverse Consequences arising under Section 12.1(a) (other than Section
      7.1 (Due Formation), Section 7.2 (Authority) and Section 7.7
      (Title to Purchased Assets)) in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)
      (the
      "Cap").

     

    (c)  The
      amount of any Adverse Consequences incurred by the Purchasers will be reduced
      by
      the net amount either Purchaser actually recovers from any insurer or other
      party liable for such Adverse Consequences, provided, that nothing in the
      foregoing shall require Purchasers to take any action whatsoever to attempt
      to
      notify, file a claim with or collect any amount from, any insurer or other
      party
      with respect to any claim, loss or occurrence which shall arise prior to the
      Closing.

     

    (d)  Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
      Purchaser Indemnitees' rights to indemnification
      with respect to Adverse Consequences arising under Section 12.1(b),
(c), (d), (e), or (f), or based upon fraud, willful
      misconduct or intentional misrepresentation, shall not be subject to the
      limitations set forth in Sections 12.5(a) and
12.5(b).

     

    (e)  Any
      indemnity payments made pursuant to this Article XII shall be treated for
      all income tax purposes by the parties hereto as an adjustment to the Purchase
      Price.

     

    12.6  Right
      of Set-Off.  If a Seller is obligated to indemnify either
      Purchaser or any other Purchaser Indemnitee for any indemnification claim in
      accordance with Article XII, Purchasers may set-off the amount of such
      claim against any amounts payable by Purchasers to Sellers under this Agreement,
      including the Earnout Payments and Catch-Up Payment, as the same becomes due.
      If
      Purchasers intend to set-off any amount hereunder, Purchasers shall provide
      not
      less than twenty (20) days' prior written notice to Sellers of its intention
      to
      do so, together with a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor
      (a
      "Set-Off Notice").  If, within ten (10) days of its receipt of
      a Set-Off Notice, Sellers provide Purchasers with written notice of Sellers'
      dispute with Purchasers' right to make such set-off, Purchasers and Sellers
      shall meet in good faith within five (5) days to attempt to resolve their
      dispute.  If such dispute remains unresolved despite Purchasers' good
      faith attempt to meet with Sellers and resolve such dispute, Purchasers may
      withhold the amount contemplated by the Set-Off Notice until the matter is
      resolved.  If it is finally determined that Purchasers' claim is
      valid, then Purchasers may effect the set-off contemplated by the Set-Off
      Notice.  The cost of any litigation between the parties with respect
      to any contested set-off, including reasonable accounting and attorneys' fees
      and court costs, costs of expert witnesses and other expenses of litigation
      shall be paid by the non-prevailing party.

     

    ARTICLE
      XIII

     

    Confidentiality

     

    13.1  Confidentiality
      of Materials.  (a)  The parties hereto agree with
      respect to all technical, commercial and other information that is furnished
      or
      disclosed by the other party, including information regarding such party's
      (and
      its subsidiaries' and Affiliates') organization, personnel, business activities,
      customers, policies, assets, finances, costs, sales, revenues, technology,
      rights, obligations, liabilities and strategies ("Information"), that,
      unless and until the transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall have
      been
      consummated, (i) such Information is confidential and/or proprietary to the
      furnishing/disclosing party and entitled to and shall receive treatment as
      such
      by the receiving party; (ii) the receiving party will hold in confidence and
      not
      disclose nor use (except in respect of the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement) any such Information, treating such Information with the same degree
      of care and confidentiality as it accords its own confidential and proprietary
      Information; provided, however, that the receiving party shall not have any
      restrictive obligation with respect to any Information which (A) is contained
      in
      a printed publication available to the general public, (B) is or becomes
      publicly known through no wrongful act or omission of the receiving party,
      or
      (C) is known by the receiving party without any proprietary restrictions by
      the
      furnishing/disclosing party at the time of receipt of such Information; and
      (iii) all such Information furnished to either party by the other, unless
      otherwise specified in writing, shall remain the property of the
      furnishing/disclosing party and, in the event this Agreement is terminated,
      shall be returned to it, together with any and all copies made thereof, upon
      request for such return by it (except for documents submitted to a Governmental
      Authority with the consent of the furnishing/disclosing party or upon subpoena
      and which cannot be retrieved with reasonable effort) and in the case of (x)
      oral information furnished to any party by the other which shall have been
      reduced to writing by the receiving party and (y) all internal documents of
      any
      party describing, analyzing or otherwise containing Information furnished by
      the
      other party, all such writings and documents shall be destroyed, upon request,
      in the event this Agreement is terminated, and each party shall confirm in
      writing to the other compliance with any such request.

     

    (b)  Sellers,
      the Partners, the Principal Stockholders and the Members also each agree with
      respect to all Information regarding the Business, the Purchased Assets and
      the
      Related Business Assets that, from and after the Closing, (i) such Information
      is confidential and/or proprietary to Purchasers and entitled to and shall
      receive treatment as such by Sellers, the Partners, the Principal Stockholders,
      the Members and their respective Affiliates; (ii) Sellers, the Partners, the
      Principal Stockholders and the Members shall, and shall cause their respective
      Affiliates to, hold in confidence and not disclose nor use any such Information,
      treating such Information with the same degree of care and confidentiality
      as it
      or he accords its own confidential and proprietary information; provided, that
      no Seller or any Partner, Principal Stockholder or Member shall have any such
      obligations with respect to Information which is of the type described in
      clauses (A) through (C) of Section 13.1(a)(ii).

     

    13.2  Remedy.  Each
      party hereto acknowledges that the remedy at law for any breach by either party
      of its obligations under Section 13.1 is inadequate and that the other
      party shall be entitled to equitable remedies, including an injunction, in
      the
      event of breach by the other party.

     

    ARTICLE
      XIV

     

    Employee
      Matters

     

    14.1  Employees
      to be Hired by Purchasers.  (a)  Upon Closing,
      Purchasers shall offer employment on terms and conditions substantially
      comparable to their current terms and conditions of employment to each of the
      employees of the Business employed in the Business at Closing on a full-time
      basis (other than those employees on long-term disability and any other
      employees identified in writing by Purchasers to Sellers prior to the Closing
      Date).  All such employees of the Business who accept employment with
      either Purchaser and commence such employment immediately after the Closing
      (the
      "Transferred Employees") shall receive credit for their years of service
      with Sellers solely for purposes of vesting and eligibility in determining
      their
      employee benefits with such Purchaser.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      shall be solely responsible for any severance claims or any other claims or
      causes of action asserted by any employee of the Business not hired by
      Purchasers at Closing.

     

    (c)  After
      the
      Closing Date and to the extent permitted by applicable Law and the terms and
      conditions of the applicable Purchaser's 401(k) plan, Purchasers shall permit
      Transferred Employees who properly elect to rollover their account balances
      in
      any Seller’s defined contribution plan qualified under Section 401 of the Code
      (collectively, the "Sellers' 401(k) Plans") to the applicable Purchaser's
      401(k) plan.  Prior to or on the Closing Date, Sellers shall take all
      necessary actions to fully vest the accounts of the Transferred Employees in
      the
      respective Sellers' 401(k) Plans.

     

    14.2  Workers'
      Compensation, Medical Claims and Retirees.  (a)  Sellers
      shall remain solely responsible for liability arising from workers' compensation
      claims, both medical and disability, or other government-mandated programs
      which
      are based on injuries occurring prior to Closing regardless of when such claims
      are filed.  Purchasers shall be solely responsible for claims of
      Transferred Employees based on injuries occurring after Closing.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      shall remain solely responsible in accordance with its employee welfare benefit
      plans for the satisfaction of all claims for medical, dental, life insurance,
      health, accident or disability benefits brought by or in respect of employees
      of
      the Business under any of Sellers' welfare benefit plans which claims relate
      to
      events or injuries incurred prior to the Closing regardless of when such claim
      was filed.

     

    (c)  As
      of the
      Closing, with respect to former and retired employees of the Business who had
      terminated employment or retired on or prior to the Closing, Sellers shall
      be
      liable for all Liabilities in connection with claims for benefits brought by
      or
      in respect of such former or retired employees of the Business under any of
      Sellers' welfare benefit plans with respect to medical, dental, life insurance,
      health, accident or disability benefits or otherwise and shall provide COBRA
      continuation coverage to any "merger and acquisition qualified
      beneficiary".

     

    (d)  Purchasers
      shall not assume any Benefit Plan and Sellers shall retain responsibility for
      claims for benefits, rights and payments under all Benefit Plans.

     

    ARTICLE
      XV

     

    Certain
      Other Agreements

     

    15.1  Post-Closing
      Access to Records.  Each party agrees to provide the other with
      such assistance as may reasonably be requested by the others in connection
      with
      the preparation of any Tax Return or report of Taxes, any audit or other
      examination by any Governmental Authority, or any judicial or administrative
      proceedings relating to liabilities for Taxes.  Such assistance shall
      include making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide
      additional information or explanation of material provided hereunder and shall
      include providing copies of relevant Tax Returns and supporting
      material.  The party requesting assistance hereunder shall reimburse
      the assisting party for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing
      assistance.  Purchasers and Sellers will retain for the full period of
      any statute of limitations and provide the others with any records or
      information which may be relevant to such preparation, audit, examination,
      proceeding or determination.

     

    15.2  Consents
      Not Obtained at Closing.  (a)  Sellers shall use all
      commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Purchasers at or prior
      to the Closing such consents as are required to allow the assignment by Sellers
      to Purchasers of the Sellers' right, title and interest in, to and under any
      Contract included in the Purchased Assets, except as otherwise expressly
      contemplated by Section 5.4.  To the extent any Contract is not
      capable of being assigned without the consent or waiver of the other party
      thereto or any third party (including any Governmental Authority), or if such
      assignment or attempted assignment would constitute a breach thereof or a
      violation of any Law or Order, neither this Agreement nor any Seller Bill of
      Sale shall constitute an assignment or an attempted assignment of such
      Contract.

     

    (b)  Anything
      in this Agreement or any Seller Bill of Sale to the contrary notwithstanding,
      Sellers are not obligated to transfer to Purchasers any of their rights and
      obligations in and to any Contract without first having obtained all necessary
      consents and waivers.  After the Closing Date, Sellers shall use all
      commercially reasonable efforts, and Purchasers shall cooperate with Sellers
      at
      Sellers' expense, to obtain any consents and waivers necessary to convey to
      Purchasers all Contracts intended to be included in the Purchased Assets, except
      as otherwise expressly contemplated by Section 5.4.

     

    (c)  If
      any
      such consents and waivers are not obtained with respect to any Contract, each
      applicable Seller Bill of Sale shall constitute an equitable assignment by
      the
      applicable Seller to the applicable Purchaser of all of such Seller's rights,
      benefits, title and interest in and to such Contract, to the extent permitted
      by
      Law, and such Purchaser shall be deemed to be such Seller's agent for the
      purpose of completing, fulfilling and discharging all of such Seller's rights
      and liabilities arising after the Closing Date under such Contract, and such
      Seller shall take all necessary steps and actions to provide such Purchaser
      with
      the benefits of such Contract.  Sellers shall hold such Purchaser
      harmless from any Adverse Consequence that results from Sellers' failure to
      obtain any required consents to assignment.

     

    15.3  Post-Closing
      Tax Matters.

     

    (a)  With
      respect to employment Tax matters (i) Purchasers shall assume each Seller's
      entire obligation to prepare, file and furnish IRS Form W-2s with respect to
      the
      Transferred Employees for the year including the Closing Date; (ii) Sellers
      and
      Purchasers shall agree to elect the "predecessor-successor" basis with respect
      to each Transferred Employee pursuant to the alternative procedure prescribed
      by
      Section 5 of Revenue Procedure 2004-53, 34 I.R.B 320; and (iii) Sellers and
      Purchasers shall work in good faith to adopt similar procedures under applicable
      wage payment, reporting and withholding Laws for all Transferred Employees
      in
      all appropriate jurisdictions.  Sellers shall indemnify and hold
      Purchasers harmless from any Taxes incurred by Purchasers as a result of
      assuming Sellers' obligations to prepare and file IRS Form W-2s that result
      from
      Sellers' failure to comply with appropriate employment Tax matters.

     

    (b)  Sellers
      shall take such actions as are reasonably requested by Purchasers to obtain
      from
      any taxing authority any Tax clearance certificate or similar other assurance
      that there are no Transfer Taxes for which Purchasers may be held liable as
      a
      successor or transferee of the Business and the Purchased Assets.

     

    15.4  Bulk
      Sale Waiver and Indemnity.  The parties hereto acknowledge and
      agree that no filings with respect to any bulk sales or similar laws have been
      made, nor are they intended to be made, nor are such filings a condition
      precedent to the Closing; and, in consideration of such waiver by Purchasers,
      Sellers shall indemnify, defend and hold Purchasers Indemnitees harmless against
      any Adverse Consequences resulting or arising from such waiver and failure
      to
      comply with applicable bulk sales laws.

     

    15.5  Non-Competition;
      Non-Solicitation.

     

    (a)  Prior
      to
      the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Closing Date, no Seller or any Partner,
      Stockholder or Member shall, directly or indirectly through any Affiliate
      thereof, except as hereinafter permitted, (i) engage in, carry on, participate
      in or have any interest in, whether alone or in conjunction with any Person,
      or
      as a holder of an equity or debt interest of any Person, or as a principal,
      agent or otherwise, any business competing with the Business as conducted on
      the
      Closing Date by Sellers in the United States of America; (ii) assist others
      in
      engaging in any business competing with the Business in any manner described
      in
      the foregoing clause (i); or (iii) induce any supplier, customer or other Person
      doing business with either Purchaser to terminate its relationship with such
      Purchaser.  Anything hereinabove contained to the contrary
      notwithstanding, the Partnership, the Partners and the Stockholders may continue
      to own, directly or indirectly, equity interests in, and Rudie may continue
      to
      perform "high-level" oversight management for Impact Transportation, LLC and
      Impact Transload & Rail, LLC, each a California limited liability company,
      but only if (A) neither Rudie nor Kranz actively participates in the day-to-day
      management or operation of such entities, and (B) such entities do not engage
      in, carry on, participate in or have any interest in, whether alone or in
      conjunction with any other Person, or as a holder of an equity or debt interest
      of any Person, or as a principal, agent or otherwise, any business involving
      the
      provision of third-party international steamship services or the reloading
      of
      international containers with domestic freight.  Calvanese shall have
      the right to participate in the day-to-day and "high-level" oversight management
      and operation of Impact Transportation, LLC and Impact Transload & Rail,
      LLC, subject to the provisions of subsection (B) above.  Sellers shall
      engage an outside accounting firm to perform the accounting services for the
      Retained Entities which were previously performed by the employees of
      Sellers.

     

    (b)  Prior
      to
      the fourth (4th) anniversary
      of
      the Closing Date, no Seller or any Partner, Stockholder or Member shall,
      directly or indirectly through any Affiliate, solicit for employment or hire
      any
      Transferred Employee that remains an employee of either Purchaser at the time
      of
      or within the three (3) month period prior to such hiring or solicitation by
      any
      Seller, Partner, Stockholder, Member or any of their Affiliates.

     

    (c)  Sellers,
      the Partners, the Stockholders and the Members acknowledge that the
      restrictions, prohibitions and other provisions of this Section 15.5 are
      reasonable, fair and equitable in scope, terms and duration, are necessary
      to
      protect the legitimate business interests of Purchasers, and are a material
      inducement to Purchasers to enter into the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement.

     

    (d)  It
      is the
      desire and intent of the parties to this Agreement that the provisions of this
      Section 15.5 shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible
      under applicable Law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which
      enforcement is sought.  Accordingly, if any particular provision of
      this Section 15.5 shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable,
      such provision shall be deemed amended to delete or modify (including to limit
      or reduce its duration, geographical scope, activity or subject) the portion
      adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such deletion or modification to
      apply only with respect to the operation of such provision of this Section
      15.5 in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is made and
      to be made only to the extent necessary to cause the provision as amended to
      be
      valid and enforceable.

     

    (e)  Sellers,
      the Partners, the Stockholders and the Members acknowledge and understand that
      the provisions of this Section 15.5 are of a special and unique nature,
      the loss of which cannot be accurately compensated for in damages by an action
      at law and that the breach of the provisions of this Section 15.5 would
      cause Purchasers irreparable harm.  In the event of a breach or
      threatened breach by any Seller, Partner, Stockholder or Member or any of their
      Affiliates of the provisions of Section 15.5, Purchasers shall be
      entitled to seek an injunction restraining it from such breach.  In
      the event of a breach or threatened breach of Section 15.5(a) involving
      either Impact Transportation, LLC or Impact Transload & Rail, LLC, which
      Sellers and the Partners, Stockholders or Members are unable to cure or prevent
      after exercising their reasonable best efforts, each of Sellers and the
      Partners, Stockholders and Members, as applicable, agrees to sell, assign,
      transfer or otherwise dispose of its direct or indirect equity interests in
      Impact Transportation, LLC or Impact Transload & Rail, LLC, as applicable,
      within four (4) months of such breach or threatened breach (the "Disposition
      Period").  If any Seller, Partner, Stockholder or Member, as
      applicable, is unable to dispose of its direct or indirect equity interests
      in
      Impact Transportation, LLC or Impact Transload & Rail, LLC, as applicable,
      within the Disposition Period, then (1) such Seller, Partner, Stockholder or
      Member shall thereafter continue to use all commercially reasonable efforts
      to
      dispose of such interests as soon as possible and (2) any profits or other
      economic benefits derived by or payable to such Seller, Partner, Stockholder
      or
      Member after the Disposition Period as a result of either Impact Transportation,
      LLC or Impact Transload Rail, LLC, as applicable, providing third party
      international steamship services or reloading international containers with
      domestic freight shall accrue to the benefit of and shall be paid or otherwise
      conveyed to Parent.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed as
      prohibiting Purchasers from pursuing any other remedies available for any breach
      or threatened breach of this Section 15.5, and the pursuit of an
      injunction or any other remedy shall not be deemed to be an exclusive election
      of such a remedy.

     

    (f)  For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in Section 15.5 shall
      prohibit or restrict Sellers or any Partner, Stockholder or Member from selling,
      assigning, transferring or otherwise disposing of their respective equity
      interests in any Retained Entity.

     

    (g)  In
      the
      event of a breach or threatened breach of Section 15.5(a) or (b),
      Purchasers may bring an action only against the offending Seller, Partner,
      Stockholder, Member or Affiliate thereof and, for the avoidance of doubt, any
      Seller, Partner, Stockholder, Member or Affiliate thereof that is not involved
      in the breach or threatened breach shall have no responsibility for such breach
      or threatened breach.

     

    15.6  Use
      of
      Sellers' Names.  After the Closing, no Seller, Partner, Principal
      Stockholder or Member or any Interdom Related Entity, or any Affiliate of the
      foregoing, may, directly or indirectly, use the name "Interdom", "Commercial
      Cartage" or "Pride Logistics" or any derivative thereof or any similar name
      (including "Interdom Partners") to identify itself or
      himself.  Sellers shall be responsible for all filing fees required to
      be paid in connection with filing the necessary change of name amendments in
      the
      state of its incorporation and in each other state in which it is qualified
      to
      transact business.

     

    15.7  Guarantees.

     

    (a)  The
      Principal Stockholders, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and
      irrevocably guarantee for the benefit of Purchasers, the Purchaser Indemnitees
      and their respective heirs, successors and assigns all of the obligations of
      the
      Company, the Partnership, the Partners, the Stockholders and the Interdom
      Related Entities under this Agreement and under each other agreement, contract
      or instrument executed and delivered by the Company, the Partnership, the
      Partners, the Stockholders or any Interdom Related Entity in connection with
      the
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     

    (b)  The
      Members, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee
      for the benefit of Purchasers, the Purchaser Indemnitees and their respective
      heirs, successors and assigns all of the obligations of the LLC under this
      Agreement and under each other agreement, contract or instrument executed and
      delivered by the LLC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement.

     

    (c)  The
      Parent hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees for the benefit of
      the
      Sellers, the Partners, the Stockholders, the Members, the Seller Indemnitees
      and
      their respective heirs, successors and assigns all of the obligations of
      Purchasers under this Agreement and each other agreement, contract or instrument
      executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by
      this
      Agreement.

     

    15.8           Purchasers'
      ISO Business.  Purchasers currently intend to cause Parent's
      existing ISO Business ("Purchasers' ISO Business") to be combined after
      the Closing Date with the Partnership's Business in order to create a combined
      ISO and international operation, unless Purchasers, in their reasonable
      discretion, make a good faith determination that it is not in their business
      interests to do so, including a determination that contractual obligations
      by a
      party might prevent or negatively effect such a combination or a determination
      that such combination would not result in materially decreased operating costs
      or improved margins.

     

    ARTICLE
      XVI

     

    Miscellaneous

     

    16.1  Cost
      and Expenses.  Purchasers will pay their own costs and expenses
      (including attorneys' fees, accountants' fees and other professional fees and
      expenses) in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and
      delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the purchase of the Purchased
      Assets and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except as
      otherwise specifically provided for herein); and Sellers will pay their own
      costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees, accountants' fees and other
      professional fees and expenses) in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
      execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the sale of
      the
      Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
      (except as otherwise specifically provided for herein).

     

    16.2  Entire
      Agreement.  The Disclosure Schedule and the Exhibits referenced in
      this Agreement are incorporated into this Agreement and together contain the
      entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
      contemplated hereunder, and supersede all negotiations, representations,
      warranties, commitments, offers, contracts and writings prior to the date
      hereof, including the letter of intent dated March 30, 2007 among Parent,
      Sellers, the Partners and the Principal Stockholders.  No waiver and
      no modification or amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be
      effective unless specifically made in writing and duly signed by the party
      to be
      bound thereby.

     

    16.3  Counterparts.  This
      Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
      original, but all of which, together, shall constitute one and the same
      instrument.

     

    16.4  Assignment,
      Successors and Assigns.  The respective rights and obligations of
      the parties hereto shall not be assignable without the prior written consent
      of
      the other parties; provided, however, that either Purchaser may assign all
      or
      part of its rights under this Agreement and delegate all or part of its
      obligations under this Agreement to one or more of its Affiliates, in which
      event all the rights and powers of such Purchaser and remedies available to
      it
      under this Agreement shall extend to and be enforceable by each such
      Affiliate.  Any such assignment and delegation shall not release such
      Purchaser from its obligations under this Agreement, and further such Purchaser
      guarantees to Sellers the performance by each such Affiliate of its obligations
      under this Agreement. In the event of any such assignment and delegation, the
      term "Purchaser" as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to
      each such Affiliate of either Purchaser where reference is made to actions
      or to
      be taken with respect to the acquisition of the Business or Purchased Assets,
      and shall be deemed to include both such Purchaser and each such Affiliate
      where
      appropriate.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
      benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted
      assigns.

     

    16.5  Savings
      Clause.  If any provision hereof shall be held invalid or
      unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of future
      legislative action, such holding or action shall be strictly construed and
      shall
      not affect the validity or effect of any other provision hereof.

     

    16.6  Headings.  The
      captions of the various Articles and Sections of this Agreement have been
      inserted only for convenience of reference and shall not be deemed to modify,
      explain, enlarge or restrict any of the provisions of this
      Agreement.

     

    16.7  Risk
      of Loss.  Risk of loss, damage or destruction to the Purchased
      Assets shall be upon Sellers until the Closing, and shall thereafter be upon
      Purchasers.

     

    16.8  Governing
      Law.  The validity, interpretation and effect of this Agreement
      shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Illinois.

     

    16.9  Press
      Releases and Public Announcements.  No party hereto shall issue
      any press release or make any public announcement relating to the existence,
      terms and conditions or subject matter of this Agreement prior to the Closing
      without the prior written approval of the other parties; provided,
however, that Parent may issue any press release or make any public
      announcement in such form as it deems necessary in its sole discretion to comply
      with the United States securities laws, but shall provide a copy to Rudie in
      advance of its release.

     

    16.10  U.S.
      Dollars.  All amounts expressed in this Agreement and all payments
      required by this Agreement are in United States dollars.

     

    16.11  Survival.  All
      representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be
      deemed made for the purpose of inducing the other party to enter into this
      Agreement and shall survive the Closing for the time specified in Section
      12.4.

     

    16.12  Notices.  (a)  All
      notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall
      be in writing and delivered in person, or sent by facsimile or email or sent
      by
      reputable overnight delivery service and properly addressed as
      follows:

     

    To
      Purchasers:

     

    Hub
      Group, Inc.

    3050
      Highland Parkway, Suite 100

    Downers
      Grove, IL 60515

    Fax:  (630)
      964-6475

    Attention:  Chief
      Executive Officer and General Counsel

     

    With
      a
      copy to:

     

    Winston
      & Strawn LLP

    35
      West
      Wacker Drive

    Chicago,
      IL  60601

    Fax:  (312)
      558-5700

    Attention:  Patrick
      O. Doyle

     

    To
      Sellers, any Partner, Stockholder or Member:

     

    c/o
      Interdom Partners

    11800
      S.
      75th
      Ave.

    Suite
      2N

    Palos
      Heights, IL  60463

    Email:  rkrudie@interdompartners.com

    Attention:  Richard
      K. Rudie

    

    Dennis
      Calvanese

    26
      Cambridge Drive

    Oak
      Brook,
      IL  60523

    Fax:
      (630) 325-7683

    

    With
      a
      copy to:

     

    Gordon
      & Rappold LLC

    20
      S.
      Clark Street

    Suite
      2600

    Chicago,
      IL  60603

    Fax:  (312)
      332-2952

    Attention:  Howard
      D. Galper

     

    DiMonte
      & Lizak, LLC

    216
      W.
      Higgins Road

    Park
      Ridge, IL  60068-5736

    Fax:  (847)
      698-9624

    Attention:  Chester
      A.
      Lizak

    

    (b)  Any
      party
      may from time to time change its address for the purpose of notices to that
      party by a similar notice specifying a new address, but no such change shall
      be
      deemed to have been given until it is actually received by the party sought
      to
      be charged with its contents.

     

    (c)  All
      notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
      which are addressed as provided in this Section 16.12 if delivered
      personally or courier, shall be effective upon delivery; if sent by facsimile,
      shall be delivered upon receipt of proof of transmission.

     

    16.13  SUBMISSION
      TO JURISDICTION; VENUE.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
      SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED
      WITHIN COOK COUNTY, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS OVER ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR
      RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND
      EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH DISPUTE
      OR ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATED THERETO SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED
      IN SUCH COURTS.  THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST
      EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR
      HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURT
      OR ANY DEFENSE OF INCONVENIENT FORUM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
      DISPUTE.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A JUDGMENT IN ANY
      SUCH DISPUTE MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT
      OR
      IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

     

    16.14  No
      Third-Party Beneficiary.  This Agreement is being entered into
      solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and the Purchaser Indemnitees,
      and
      the parties do not intend that any employee or any other person shall be a
      third-party beneficiary of the covenants by any Seller or Purchaser contained
      in
      this Agreement.

     

    16.15  Disclosures.  All
      matters disclosed by Sellers in the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed a
      disclosure of such matter only for the purpose of the Section of this Agreement
      referred to in the Disclosure Schedule, and shall not be deemed a disclosure
      with respect to any other Section of this Agreement unless specifically so
      stated in writing by Sellers in the Disclosure Schedule.

     

    16.16  Enforcement
      Costs.  In the event that either party seeks to enforce its rights
      or remedies under this Agreement (whether for injunctive relief or damages
      or
      both) or seeks a declaration of costs or obligations under this Agreement,
      the
      prevailing party shall be awarded its reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and
      expenses.

     

    16.17  Sellers'
      Obligations.  Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
      Agreement, the Company's and the Partnership's obligations hereunder shall
      be
      joint and several.

     

    

    [signature
      page follows]

     

    
      
              

                  
      
      

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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Asset Purchase Agreement
      as of the date first written above.

     

    SELLERS:                                                                                              

     

     

    
      	 	INTERDOM
              PARTNERS
	 	By: 
              Interdom, Inc. 
	 	Its:  General
              Partner
	 	 
	 	By:  
              /s/ Richard K. Rudie      
                 
	 	 
	 	Title: President

    

              

     

    
      	 	By:  Midas
              Investments of Naples, Inc.
	 	Its:  General
              Partner
	 	 
	 	By:  
              /s/ Dennis Calvanese    
                                                                            
	 	 
	 	Title: President

    

            

     

     

                           

    
      
        	 	COMMERCIAL
                CARTAGE, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Richard K. Rudie    
                  
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

     

     

     

    

    
      
        	 	PRIDE
                LOGISTICS, L.L.C. 
	 	By:  Bogfid,
                Inc.
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Richard K. Rudie    
                   
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

            

     

     

     

     

    
      
        	 	By:  Mauney
                Consultants, Ltd. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Lee Mauney     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

        

     

    PARTNERS:                                                                                     

     

     

    
      
        	 	INTERDOM,
                INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Richard K. Rudie    
                  
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

           
      

     

     

     

     

    
      
        	 	MIDAL
                INVESTMENTS OF NAPLES, INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Dennis Calvanese     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

           
      

     

     

    STOCKHOLDERS:                                                                                 
      

    
      	 	By:  
              /s/ Richard K. Rudie     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

    

     

     

    
      	 	By:  
              /s/ Dennis Calvanese     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

    

     

     

    
      	 	By:  
              /s/ Steven Kranz     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

    

     

     

    MEMBERS:                                                                                           

     

    
      
        	 	MAUNEY
                CONSULTANTS, LTD. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Lee Mauney     
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

                                                                  

                                                         

     

     
      

     

    
      
        	 	BOGFID,
                INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ Richard K. Rudie    
                  
	 	 
	 	Title: President

      

    

                                                                          

     

     

    PURCHASERS:                                                                                 

     

    
      
        	 	COMTRAK
                LOGISTICS, INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
                /s/ David P. Yeager     
	 	 
	 	Title: Chief
                Executive Officer

      

    

                                                                                   

     

     

     

    
      	 	HUB
              CITY TERMINALS, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:  
              /s/ David P. Yeager     
	 	 
	 	Title: Chief
              Executive Officer

    

         
      

     

     

    

     

    PARENT:                                                                                              

    
      	 	 HUB
              GROUP, INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:  
              /s/ David P. Yeager     
	 	 
	 	Title: Chief
              Executive Officer

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