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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Security Agreement

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | TRANSCRAFT CORPORATION | WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION | Wabash National Trailer Centers Inc | WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS, INC | WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC | WNC Cloud Merger Sub, Inc You are currently viewing:
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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | TRANSCRAFT CORPORATION | WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION | Wabash National Trailer Centers Inc | WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS, INC | WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC | WNC Cloud Merger Sub, Inc

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Title: THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Illinois     Date: 7/20/2009
Industry: Auto and Truck Manufacturers     Law Firm: Goldberg Kohn;Hogan Hartson     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: banc of america securities llc , bank of america  n.a. , jpmorgan chase bank  na , transcraft corporation , wabash national corporation , wabash national trailer centers inc , wabash wood products  inc , wells fargo foothill  llc , wnc cloud merger sub  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

 

WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
AND
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,
AS BORROWERS

 

 

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 17, 2009

$100,000,000

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
individually and as Agent for any Lender which is
or becomes a Party hereto,

WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC,
individually and as a Syndication Agent,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually and as a Documentation Agent, and

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager, and

THE ADDITIONAL LENDERS NOW AND FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

SECTION 1. CREDIT FACILITY

 

 

1

 

1.1. Loans

 

 

1

 

1.2. Letters of Credit; LC Guaranties

 

 

5

 

1.3. Reallocation of Revolving Loan Commitments

 

 

6

 

1.4. Borrowing Agent

 

 

6

 

1.5. Alternate Currencies

 

 

7

 

1.6. Dollars; Conversion to Dollars

 

 

7

 

1.7. Judgment Currency; Contractual Currency

 

 

7

 

1.8. Common Enterprise

 

 

8

 

1.9. Effectiveness of this Agreement; Effect of Amendment and Restatement

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

 

 

9

 

2.1. Interest

 

 

9

 

2.2. Computation of Interest and Fees

 

 

10

 

2.3. Fee Letter

 

 

10

 

2.4. Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty Fees

 

 

10

 

2.5. Unused Line Fee

 

 

11

 

2.6. Intentionally omitted

 

 

11

 

2.7. Audit Fees

 

 

12

 

2.8. Reimbursement of Expenses

 

 

12

 

2.9. Bank Charges

 

 

13

 

2.10. Collateral Protection Expenses; Appraisals; Field Examinations

 

 

13

 

2.11. Payment of Charges

 

 

14

 

2.12. No Deductions

 

 

14

 

2.13. Joint and Several Obligations

 

 

14

 

2.14. Subrogation and Contribution

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3. LOAN ADMINISTRATION

 

 

18

 

3.1. Manner of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans/LIBOR Option

 

 

18

 

3.2. Payments

 

 

21

 

3.3. Mandatory and Optional Prepayments

 

 

23

 

3.4. Application of Payments and Collections

 

 

24

 

3.5. All Loans to Constitute One Obligation

 

 

25

 

3.6. Loan Account

 

 

25

 

3.7. Statements of Account

 

 

26

 

3.8. Increased Costs

 

 

26

 

3.9. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate

 

 

27

 

3.10. Sharing of Payments, Etc

 

 

28

 

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Page

 

SECTION 4. TERM AND TERMINATION

 

 

28

 

4.1. Term of Agreement

 

 

28

 

4.2. Termination

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5. SECURITY INTERESTS

 

 

29

 

5.1. Security Interest in Collateral

 

 

29

 

5.2. Other Collateral

 

 

31

 

5.3. Lien Perfection; Further Assurances

 

 

32

 

5.4. Lien on Realty

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6. COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

 

32

 

6.1. General

 

 

32

 

6.2. Administration of Accounts

 

 

34

 

6.3. Administration of Inventory

 

 

35

 

6.4. Administration of Equipment

 

 

36

 

6.5. Payment of Charges

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

36

 

7.1. General Representations and Warranties

 

 

36

 

7.2. Continuous Nature of Representations and Warranties

 

 

45

 

7.3. Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS

 

 

46

 

8.1. Affirmative Covenants

 

 

46

 

8.2. Negative Covenants

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

60

 

9.1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement

 

 

60

 

9.2. Conditions Precedent to all Loans and other Credit Accommodations

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

 

 

61

 

10.1. Events of Default

 

 

61

 

10.2. Acceleration of the Obligations

 

 

64

 

10.3. Other Remedies

 

 

65

 

10.4. Set Off and Sharing of Payments

 

 

66

 

10.5. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11. THE AGENT

 

 

67

 

11.1. Authorization and Action

 

 

67

 

11.2. Agent’s Reliance, Etc

 

 

68

 

11.3. Bank of America and Affiliates

 

 

69

 

11.4. Lender Credit Decision

 

 

69

 

11.5. Indemnification

 

 

69

 

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Page

 

11.6. Rights and Remedies to be Exercised by Agent Only

 

 

70

 

11.7. Agency Provisions Relating to Collateral

 

 

70

 

11.8. Agent’s Right to Purchase Commitments

 

 

71

 

11.9. Right of Sale, Assignment, Participations

 

 

71

 

11.10. Amendment

 

 

73

 

11.11. Resignation of Agent; Appointment of Successor

 

 

74

 

11.12. Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders

 

 

74

 

11.13. Syndication Agents; Documentation Agent

 

 

75

 

11.14. Replacement of Lenders

 

 

76

 

11.15. Quebec Security

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

78

 

12.1. Power of Attorney

 

 

78

 

12.2. Indemnity

 

 

79

 

12.3. Sale of Interest

 

 

79

 

12.4. Severability

 

 

80

 

12.5. Successors and Assigns

 

 

80

 

12.6. Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms

 

 

80

 

12.7. Execution in Counterparts

 

 

80

 

12.8. Notice

 

 

80

 

12.9. Consent

 

 

81

 

12.10. Credit Inquiries

 

 

82

 

12.11. Time of Essence

 

 

82

 

12.12. Entire Agreement

 

 

82

 

12.13. Interpretation

 

 

82

 

12.14. Confidentiality

 

 

82

 

12.15. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO FORUM

 

 

83

 

12.16. WAIVERS BY BORROWERS

 

 

84

 

12.17. Advertisement

 

 

85

 

12.18. English Language

 

 

85

 

12.19. USA PATRIOT Act

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WAIVER AND RELEASE

 

 

85

 

13.1. Events of Default

 

 

85

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

           THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of this 17 day of July 2009, by and among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Bank of America”), with an office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Fourth Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604, individually as a Lender, as Agent (“Agent”) for itself and any other financial institution which is or becomes a party hereto (each such financial institution, including Bank of America, is referred to hereinafter individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the “Lenders”), the LENDERS , WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , individually as a Lender and as Syndication Agent for Lenders, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , individually as a Lender and as a Documentation Agent for Lenders, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC , as sole lead arranger and book manager (“Arranger”), and each of WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation with its chief executive office and principal place of business at 1000 Sagamore Parkway South, Lafayette, Indiana 47905 (“Wabash”) and EACH SUBSIDIARY OF WABASH THAT IS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS A BORROWER ; Wabash and each such Subsidiary are hereafter referred to collectively, as “Borrowers” and individually, as “Borrower”. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A, General Definitions. Accounting terms not otherwise specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Closing Date (as defined below) upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein; effective on the Closing Date, this Agreement amends, supercedes, restates and replaces in its entirety that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 6, 2007 (the “Original Loan Agreement”) by and among Agent, the other agents party thereto, Lenders and Borrowers, which in turn amended, superceded, restated and replaced in its entirety that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 by and among Agent, the other agents party thereto, Lenders and Borrowers, which in turn amended, superceded, restated and replaced in its entirety that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 23, 2003 by and among Agent, the other agents party thereto, Lenders, Fleet Securities, Inc., as arranger, and Borrowers.

SECTION 1. CREDIT FACILITY

          Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties made in, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lenders agree to make a Total Credit Facility of up to $100,000,000 available to Borrowers upon a Borrower’s request therefor, as follows:

     1.1. Loans .

     1.1.1. Revolving Credit Loans . Each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to make Revolving Credit Loans to Borrowers from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to but

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not including the last day of the Term, as requested by Borrowers in the manner set forth in Section 1.4 and subsection 3.1.1 hereof, up to a maximum principal amount at any time outstanding equal to the lesser of (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment minus the product of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage and the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and LC Obligations minus the product of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage and reserves (not including any reserve included in the definition of Borrower Base), if any and (ii) the product of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage and (b) an amount equal to the sum of the Borrowing Base at such time minus the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and LC Obligations minus reserves (not including any reserve included in the definition of Borrower Base), if any. Agent shall have the right to establish reserves in such amounts, and with respect to such matters as Agent shall deem necessary or appropriate in its reasonable credit judgment (using commercially reasonable standards), against the amount of Revolving Credit Loans which Borrowers may otherwise request under this subsection 1.1.1 including without limitation with respect to (i) price adjustments, damages, unearned discounts, returned products or other matters for which credit memoranda are issued in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business; (ii) dilution related to Accounts in excess of five percent (5%); (iii) shrinkage, spoilage and obsolescence of Inventory; (iv) slow moving Inventory; (v) other sums chargeable against a Borrower’s Loan Account as Revolving Credit Loans under any section of this Agreement; (vi) amounts owing by a Borrower to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any Property of such Borrower, including without limitation Prior Claims; (vii) amounts owing by a Borrower in connection with Product Obligations and relating to currency exchange rate risk; and (viii) such other specific events, conditions or contingencies as to which Agent, in its reasonable credit judgment as is customary for asset based facilities of this type, determines reserves should be established from time to time hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent shall not establish any reserves in respect of any matters relating to any items of Collateral that have been taken into account in determining Eligible Inventory, Eligible Trailer Inventory or Eligible Accounts, as applicable. The Revolving Credit Loans shall be repayable in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Notes and as set forth in subsection 3.2.1, and shall be secured by, among other things, all of the Collateral.

     1.1.2. Overadvances . Insofar as a Borrower may request and Agent or Majority Lenders (as provided below) may be willing in their sole and absolute discretion to make Revolving Credit Loans to such Borrower at a time when the unpaid balance of Revolving Credit Loans plus the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount plus the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of LC Obligations that have not been reimbursed by Borrowers or funded with a Revolving Credit Loan, plus reserves, exceeds, or would exceed with the making of any such Revolving Credit Loan, the Borrowing Base (such Loan or Loans being herein referred to individually as an “Overadvance” and collectively, as “Overadvances”), Agent shall enter such Overadvances as debits in the Loan Account. All Overadvances shall be repaid on demand, shall be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest as provided in this

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Agreement for Revolving Credit Loans generally. Any Overadvance made pursuant to the terms hereof shall be made by all Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Loan Percentages. Overadvances in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or less may, unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a Default or an Event of Default caused by the existence or making of such Overadvance), be made in the sole and absolute discretion of Agent. Overadvances in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000,000 but less than $7,500,000 may, unless a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a Default or Event of Default caused by the existence or making of such Overadvance), be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the Majority Lenders. Overadvances in an aggregate amount of $7,500,000 or more and Overadvances to be made after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default caused by the existence or making of such Overadvance) shall require the consent of all Lenders. The foregoing notwithstanding, in no event, unless otherwise consented to by all Lenders, (w) shall any Overadvances be outstanding for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, (x) after all outstanding Overadvances have been repaid, shall Agent or Lenders make any additional Overadvances unless sixty (60) days or more have expired since the last date on which any Overadvances were outstanding, (y) shall Overadvances be outstanding for more than sixty (60) days within any one hundred eighty day (180) period or (z) shall Agent make Revolving Credit Loans on behalf of Lenders under this subsection 1.1.2 to the extent such Revolving Credit Loans would cause a Lender’s share of the Revolving Credit Loans to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment minus such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage of the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations.

     1.1.3. Use of Proceeds . The Revolving Credit Loans shall be used solely for (i) the payment of fees and expenses associated with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) Borrowers’ general operating capital needs (including Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder) in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and all applicable laws, (iii) the funding of Permitted Acquisitions, and (iv) other general corporate purposes.

     1.1.4. Swingline Loans . In order to reduce the frequency of transfers of funds from Lenders to Agent for making Revolving Credit Loans and for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, Agent shall be permitted (but not required) to make Revolving Credit Loans to Borrowers upon request by Borrowers (such Revolving Credit Loans to be designated as “Swingline Loans”) provided that the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time will not (i) exceed $10,000,000; (ii) when added to the principal amount of Agent’s other Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding plus Agent’s Revolving Loan Percentage of the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations, exceed Agent’s Revolving Credit Commitment; or (iii) when added to the principal amount of all other Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding plus the sum of the Dollar Equivalent

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of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations plus reserves, exceed the Borrowing Base. Within the foregoing limits, each Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans. All Swingline Loans shall be treated as Revolving Credit Loans for purposes of this Agreement, except that (a) all Swingline Loans shall be Base Rate Portions and (b) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (other than as set forth in the next succeeding sentence), all principal and interest paid with respect to Swingline Loans shall be for the sole account of Agent in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than 2 Business Days after (1) Lenders receive notice from Agent that a Swingline Loan has been advanced in respect of a drawing under a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty or (2) in any other circumstance, demand is made by Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Lender shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase and receive from Agent, without recourse or warranty from Agent, an undivided interest and participation in each Swingline Loan to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage thereof, by paying to Agent, in same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage of such Swingline Loan. Swingline Loans will be settled between the Agent and the Lenders in the manner set forth in subsection 3.1.2 and Agent will settle any interest and principal actually received from Borrowers with any Lender that becomes participant in the Swingline Loan during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to immediately preceding sentence on a weekly (or more frequently, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion) basis. For purposes of this Agreement, Swingline Loans shall include any “Swingline Loans” made under the Original Loan Agreement and outstanding on the Closing Date.

     1.1.5. Agent Loans . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent, in its sole discretion, may make Revolving Credit Loans on behalf of Lenders, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000, if Agent, in its reasonable business judgment, deems that such Revolving Credit Loans are necessary or desirable (i) to protect all or any portion of the Collateral, (ii) to enhance the likelihood, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and the other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation costs, fees and expenses as described in Sections 2.8 and 2.9 (hereinafter, “Agent Loans”); provided , that in no event shall (a) the maximum principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans plus the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations exceed the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and (b) Majority Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s authorization to make Agent Loans. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon Agent’s receipt thereof. Each Lender shall be obligated to advance its Revolving Loan Percentage of each Agent Loan. If Agent Loans are made pursuant to the preceding sentence, then (a) the Borrowing Base shall be deemed increased by the amount of such permitted Agent Loans, but only for so long as Agent allows such Agent Loans to be outstanding, and (b) all Lenders that have committed to make Revolving Credit Loans shall be bound to

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make, or permit to remain outstanding, such Agent Loans based upon their Revolving Loan Percentages in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     1.2. Letters of Credit; LC Guaranties .

     1.2.1. Issuance of Letters of Credit and LC Guarantees . Agent agrees, for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists and if requested by a Borrower, to (i) issue its, or cause to be issued by Bank or another Affiliate of Agent, on the date requested by such Borrower, Letters of Credit (sight drafts only) for the account of a Borrower or (ii) execute LC Guaranties by which Agent, Bank, or another Affiliate of Agent, on the date requested by a Borrower, shall guaranty the payment or performance by a Borrower of its reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued for a Borrower’s account by other Persons; provided , that (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any time and (b) at no time will a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty be issued if doing so could cause a violation of subsection 1.1.1. Prior to the Closing Date, Bank issued certain letters of credit for the account of one or more Borrowers under the Original Loan Agreement, which Letters of Credit are still outstanding on the Closing Date and are more particularly described on Exhibit 1.2.1 hereto (the “Existing Letters of Credit”). Agent, Lenders and Borrowers hereby agree that the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement on the Closing Date. No Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty may have an expiration date (a) after the last day of the Term, (b) in the case of standby Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties supporting standby letters of credit, more than 1 year after the issuance date thereof or (c) in the case of documentary Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties supporting documentary letters of credit, more than 180 days after the issuance date thereof.

     1.2.2. Lender Participation . Immediately upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit or an LC Guaranty under this Agreement, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation therein equal to the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the applicable LC Amount and the applicable LC Obligations multiplied by such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage. Agent will notify each Lender on a weekly basis, or if determined by Agent, a more frequent basis, upon presentation to it of a draw under a Letter of Credit or a demand for payment under a LC Guaranty. On a weekly basis, or more frequently if requested by Agent, each Lender shall make payment to Agent in immediately available funds in Dollars, of an amount equal to such Lender’s pro rata share (based on such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage) of the amount of any payment made by Agent in respect to any Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty. The obligation of each Lender to reimburse Agent under this subsection 1.2.2 shall be unconditional, continuing, irrevocable and absolute, except in respect of indemnity claims arising out of Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. In the event that any Lender fails to make payment to Agent of any amount due under this subsection 1.2.2, Agent shall be entitled to receive, retain and apply against such obligation the principal and interest otherwise payable to such Lender hereunder until Agent receives such payment from such Lender or such

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obligation is otherwise fully satisfied; provided , however , that nothing contained in this sentence shall relieve such Lender of its obligation to reimburse the Agent for such amount in accordance with this subsection 1.2.2.

     1.2.3. Reimbursement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders hereby agree that all LC Obligations and all obligations of each Borrower relating thereto shall be satisfied by the prompt issuance of one or more Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars that are Base Rate Portions, which Borrowers hereby acknowledge are requested and Lenders hereby agree to fund. In the event that Revolving Credit Loans are not, for any reason, promptly made to satisfy all then existing LC Obligations, each Lender hereby agrees to pay to Agent, on demand, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such LC Obligations multiplied by such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage, and until so paid, such amount shall be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest and be payable at the same rate and in the same manner as Base Rate Portions. In no event shall Agent or any Lender make any Revolving Credit Loan in respect of any Obligation that has already been satisfied by any Borrower.

     1.3. Reallocation of Revolving Loan Commitments .

          Each Borrower and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that on the Closing Date each Lender will each assign portions of its existing Revolving Loan Commitment to and among the various other Lenders, without recourse and without representations or warranties other than that no liens or security interests were created by such Lender on such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, in amounts sufficient to cause each Lender’s respective Revolving Loan Commitment to be the amounts set forth below such Lender’s name on the signature pages to this Agreement.

     1.4. Borrowing Agent .

          For ease of administration of this Agreement, each Borrower other than Wabash hereby appoints Wabash as its borrowing agent hereunder. In such capacity, Wabash will request all Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to Section 1.1, will request all Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties to be issued pursuant to Section 1.2 and will submit all LIBOR Requests with respect to obtaining any LIBOR Portion pursuant to subsection 3.1.7, converting any Base Rate Portion into a LIBOR Portion pursuant to subsection 3.1.8 or continuing any LIBOR Portion into a subsequent Interest Period pursuant to subsection 3.1.9, in each case pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Borrower other than Wabash shall be entitled to directly request any Revolving Credit Loans, Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties or to submit any LIBOR Requests hereunder and such requests shall be directed through Wabash, as borrowing agent hereunder, for any requesting Borrower. The proceeds of all Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder shall be advanced to or at the direction of Wabash and used solely for the purposes described in subsection 1.1.3.

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     1.5. Alternate Currencies .

          After the Closing Date, Borrowers may request that Letters of Credit and/or LC Guaranties be issued in any lawful currency other than Dollars that is at such time freely traded in the offshore interbank foreign exchange and foreign deposit market in which Bank customarily funds loans in currencies other than Dollars, by means of a written request received by Agent at least 7 Business Days prior to the issuance date for the Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty. Agent may accept or reject such request in the exercise of its sole discretion and shall promptly inform Borrowers thereof. If Agent accepts any such request, the currency designated shall be referred to as an “Agreed Alternate Currency”. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any otherwise Agreed Alternate Currency shall automatically cease being an Agreed Alternate Currency at such time that, in Agent’s determination, such currency could not reasonably be converted by Agent into Dollars within 3 Business Days. Upon any draw upon a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, the amount of such draw shall be immediately converted into Dollars in the manner provided in Section 1.6. All reserves against Availability relating to the LC Amount or LC Obligations shall be adjusted at a frequency determined by Agent (but no less frequently than monthly) on the basis of a mark-to-market conversion completed in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

          1.6. Dollars; Conversion to Dollars .

          Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, all monetary amounts shall be in Dollars. All valuations or computations of monetary amounts set forth in this Agreement shall include the Dollar Equivalent of amounts designated in any Agreed Alternate Currency. In connection with all Dollar amounts set forth in this Agreement, all amounts in any Agreed Alternate Currency shall be converted to Dollars in accordance with prevailing exchange rates, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, on the applicable date.

          1.7. Judgment Currency; Contractual Currency .

     (i) If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Borrower or Guarantor or any other party to this Agreement in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 1.7 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any currency (the “Obligation Currency”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding (a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or (b) the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 1.7 being hereinafter in this Section 1.7 referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

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     (ii) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in subsection 1.7(i), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Borrower or Guarantor shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from a Borrower or Guarantor under this subsection 1.7(ii) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Documents.

     (iii) The term “rate of exchange” in this Section 1.7 means the rate of exchange at which Agent would, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (Chicago time), be prepared to sell the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.

     (iv) Any amount received or recovered by Agent in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it (whether for itself or as trustee for any other person) from any Borrower or Guarantor of any other party under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents in a currency other than the currency (the “contractual currency”) in which such sum is so expressed to be due (whether as a result of or from the enforcement of, any judgment or order of a court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, the winding-up of a Borrower or Guarantor or otherwise) shall only constitute a discharge of such Borrower or Guarantor to the extent of the amount of the contractual currency that Agent is able, in accordance with its usual practice, to purchase with the amount of the currency so received or recovered on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if later, the first date on which such purchase is practicable). If the amount of the contractual currency so purchased is less than the amount of the contractual currency so expressed to be due, such Borrower or Guarantor shall indemnify Agent against any loss sustained by it as a result, including the cost of making any such purchase.

     1.8. Common Enterprise .

          Wabash is the direct or indirect and beneficial owner and holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock or other equity interests in each other Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantor. Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors make up a related organization of various entities constituting a single economic and business enterprise so that Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors share a substantial identity of interests such that any benefit received by any one of them benefits the others. Borrowers and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors render services to or for the benefit of Borrowers and/or the other Subsidiary

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Guarantors, as the case may be, purchase or sell and supply goods to or from or for the benefit of the others, make loans, advances and provide other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors (including inter alia , the payment by Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors of creditors of the Borrowers or Subsidiary Guarantors and guarantees by Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors of indebtedness of Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors and provide administrative, marketing, payroll and management services to or for the benefit of Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors). Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors have centralized accounting, common officers and directors and are in certain circumstances, identified to creditors as a single economic and business enterprise.

          1.9. Effectiveness of this Agreement; Effect of Amendment and Restatement .

          Prior the Closing Date, the Original Loan Agreement and all of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) (the “Original Loan Documents”) shall remain in full force and effect and the indebtedness and other liabilities of each Borrower shall be governed by the Original Loan Agreement and the Original Loan Documents. Effective upon the Closing Date, the indebtedness and other liabilities of each Borrower previously governed by the Original Loan Agreement and the Original Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect, but shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such liabilities, together with any and all additional liabilities incurred by each Borrower hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, shall continue to be secured by, among other things, the Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter acquired and wheresoever located, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Security Documents. Each Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligations, liabilities, grants of security interests, pledges and the validity of all covenants by such Borrower contained in any and all Security Documents. Effective upon the Closing Date, the effectiveness of this Agreement shall not constitute a novation or repayment of the indebtedness outstanding under the Original Loan Agreement. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that effective as of the Closing Date any and all references to Original Loan Documents in the Original Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to refer to Loan Documents under this Agreement. Each Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligations, liabilities and indebtedness arising under this Agreement and each of the Loan Documents existing on the Closing Date, in each case after giving effect to the provisions of the preceding sentence.

SECTION 2. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

     2.1. Interest .

     2.1.1. Rates of Interest . Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Base Rate Portions outstanding at the end of each day at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect plus the Base Rate. Said rate of interest shall increase or decrease by an amount equal to any increase or decrease in the Base Rate, effective as of the opening of business on the day that any such change in the Base Rate occurs. If a Borrower exercises its LIBOR Option as provided in

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Section 3.1, interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the LIBOR Portions outstanding at the end of each day at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect plus the LIBOR applicable to each LIBOR Portion for the corresponding Interest Period.

     2.1.2. Default Rate of Interest . At the option of Agent or the Majority Lenders, upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuation thereof, the principal amount of all Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 2.0% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default Rate”).

     2.1.3. Maximum Interest . In no event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest hereunder or under the Notes and charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to the Notes exceed the highest rate permissible under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. If any provisions of this Agreement or the Notes are in contravention of any such law, such provisions shall be deemed amended to conform thereto (the “Maximum Rate”). If at any time, the amount of interest paid hereunder is limited by the Maximum Rate, and the amount at which interest accrues hereunder is subsequently below the Maximum Rate, the rate at which interest accrues hereunder shall remain at the Maximum Rate, until such time as the aggregate interest paid hereunder equals the amount of interest that would have been paid had the Maximum Rate not applied.

     2.2. Computation of Interest and Fees .

          Interest, Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty fees and Unused Line Fees hereunder shall be calculated daily and shall be computed on the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.

     2.3. Fee Letter .

          Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent certain fees and other amounts in accordance with the terms of the third amended and restated fee letter among Borrowers and Agent, dated as of the date hereof (the “Fee Letter”).

     2.4. Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty Fees .

     Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent:

     (i) for standby Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties of standby letters of credit, for the ratable benefit of Lenders a per annum fee equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for LIBOR Portions of the aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties outstanding from time to time during the term of this Agreement, plus all normal and customary charges associated with the issuance, processing and administration thereof, which fees and charges shall be deemed fully earned

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upon issuance (or as advised by Agent or Bank) of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each month (or as advised by Agent or Bank) and shall not be subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason; provided , that at any time that the Default Rate is in effect, the fee applicable under this subsection shall be equal to the otherwise applicable fee plus 2.00%;

     (ii) for documentary Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties of documentary letters of credit, for the ratable benefit of Lenders a per annum fee equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for LIBOR Portions of the aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties outstanding from time to time during the term of this Agreement, plus all normal and customary charges associated with the issuance, processing and administration of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty (which fees and charges shall be fully earned upon issuance, renewal or extension (as the case may be) of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty (or as advised by Agent or Bank), shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each month (or as advised by Agent or Bank), and shall not be subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason); provided , that at any time that the Default Rate is in effect, the fee applicable under this subsection shall be equal to the otherwise applicable fee plus 2.00%; and

     (iii) with respect to all Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties, for the account of Agent only, a per annum fronting fee equal to 0.125% of the aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties outstanding from time to time during the term of this Agreement, which fronting fees shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of each month and shall not be subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

          2.5. Unused Line Fee .

          Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders and Agent (as lender of the Swingline Loans), a fee (the “Unused Line Fee”) equal to the Applicable Margin per annum for the Unused Line Fee multiplied by the average daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Maximum Amount exceeds the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans plus (ii) the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations; provided , that for purposes of allocating the Unused Line Fee among Lenders (other than Agent), outstanding Swingline Loans shall not be included as part of the outstanding balance of the Loans for purposes of calculating such fees owed to Lenders other than Agent. The Unused Line Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each month hereafter.

          2.6. Intentionally omitted .

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          2.7. Audit Fees .

          Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent commercially reasonable audit fees in accordance with Agent’s current schedule of fees in effect from time to time in connection with audits of the books and records and Properties of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate in its reasonable credit judgment, plus all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Agent in connection with such audits, whether such audits are conducted by employees of Agent or by third parties hired by Agent. Such audit fees and out-of-pocket expenses shall be payable on the first day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a request for payment thereof to Wabash. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of such amounts by making appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or more Borrowers and charging the appropriate Loan Account or Loan Accounts therefor.

          2.8. Reimbursement of Expenses .

          If, at any time or times regardless of whether or not an Event of Default then exists, (i) Agent or Arranger incurs reasonable legal or accounting expenses or any other costs or out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (1) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any amendment of or modification of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any syndication or attempted syndication of the Obligations (including, without limitation, printing and distribution of materials to prospective Lenders and all costs associated with bank meetings, but excluding any closing fees paid to Lenders in connection therewith) or (2) the administration of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; or (ii) Agent, Arranger or any Lender incurs reasonable legal or accounting expenses or any other costs or out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (1) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or any other Person) relating to the Collateral, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any Borrower’s, any Subsidiary’s or any Guarantor’s affairs; (2) any amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to the Loan Documents requested of any Lender at a time when an Event of Default is in existence; (3) any attempt to enforce any rights of Agent or any Lender against any Borrower or any other Person which may be obligated to Agent or any Lender by virtue of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Account Debtors; or (4) any attempt to inspect, verify, protect, preserve, restore, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of or realize upon the Collateral; then all such reasonable legal and accounting expenses, other costs and out of pocket expenses of Agent or any Lender, as applicable, shall be charged to Borrowers on a joint and several basis; provided , that Borrowers shall not be responsible for such expenses, costs and out-of-pocket expenses to the extent incurred because of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent, Arranger or such Lender seeking reimbursement. All amounts chargeable to Borrowers under this Section 2.8 shall be Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be payable on demand to Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and shall bear interest from the date such demand is made until paid in full at the rate applicable to Base Rate Portions from time to time. Borrowers shall also jointly and severally reimburse Agent and Lenders for expenses incurred by Agent in its administration of the

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Collateral to the extent and in the manner provided in Sections 2.9 and 2.10 hereof. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of such amounts by making appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or more Borrowers and charging the appropriate Loan Account or Loan Accounts therefor.

          2.9. Bank Charges .

          Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent and each applicable Lender, on demand, any and all fees, costs or expenses which Agent or such Lender pays to a bank or other similar institution arising out of or in connection with (i) the forwarding to any Borrower or any other Person on behalf of any Borrower, by Agent or any Lender, of proceeds of Loans made to any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the depositing for collection by Agent or any Lender of any check or item of payment received or delivered to Agent or any Lender on account of the Obligations.

          2.10. Collateral Protection Expenses; Appraisals; Field Examinations .

          All commercially reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping the Collateral, and any and all excise, property, sales, and use taxes imposed by any state, federal, or local authority on any of the Collateral or in respect of the sale thereof shall be jointly and severally borne and paid by Borrowers. If Borrowers fail to promptly pay any portion thereof when due, Agent may, at its option, but shall not be required to, pay the same and charge one or more Borrowers therefor or make appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or more Borrowers and change the appropriate Loan Account or Loan Accounts therefor. At Borrowers’ joint and several expense, as requested by Agent or Majority Lenders in their reasonable credit judgment, Agent shall (a) obtain one (1) desk top appraisal of the Inventory and the Trailer Inventory of the Companies conducted by a third party appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent in any calendar year and (b) obtain one (1) appraisal of the Inventory and the Trailer Inventory of the Companies from a third party appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent in any calendar year, each of which appraisals shall include an assessment of the net orderly liquidation percentage of each category or type of Inventory and Trailer Inventory; provided that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (x) Agent may obtain such additional desk top appraisals and appraisals in its reasonable discretion and (y) Agent may obtain appraisals of the fixed assets of the Companies conducted by a third party appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent (provided that Borrowers shall be required to reimburse Agent for only one such fixed asset appraisal during the term of this Agreement). Additionally, from time to time, if Agent or any Lender determines that obtaining appraisals is necessary in order for it to comply with applicable laws or regulations, and at any time if a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may, and at the direction of the applicable Lender, Agent shall, at Borrowers’ joint and several expense, obtain appraisals from appraisers (who may be personnel of Agent), stating the then current fair market value of all or any portion of the real Property or personal Property of any Company, including without limitation the Inventory of any Company. Additionally, as requested by Agent or Majority Lenders from time to time upon prior notice and during normal business hours, Agent shall obtain field examinations conducted by a third party

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examiner reasonably acceptable to Agent at Borrowers’ joint and several expense, including all commercially reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and the Agent’s standard per day charge per field examiner (currently $1,000 per day per field examiner); provided, however, that if no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, Borrowers shall only be required to pay for three (3) field examinations annually.

          2.11. Payment of Charges .

          All amounts chargeable to any Borrower under this Agreement shall be Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be, unless specifically otherwise provided, payable on demand and shall bear interest from the date demand was made or such amount is due, as applicable, until paid in full at the rate applicable to Base Rate Portions from time to time.

          2.12. No Deductions .

          Any and all payments or reimbursements made hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto; excluding, however, the following: taxes imposed on the income of Agent or any Lender or franchise taxes by the jurisdiction under the laws of which Agent or any Lender is organized or doing business or any political subdivision thereof and taxes imposed on its income by the jurisdiction of Agent’s or such Lender’s applicable lending office or any political subdivision thereof or franchise taxes (all such taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto excluding such taxes imposed on net income, herein “Tax Liabilities”). If any Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any such Tax Liabilities from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to Agent or any Lender, then the sum payable hereunder by Borrowers shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after all required deductions are made, Agent or such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.

          2.13. Joint and Several Obligations .

          Each Borrower acknowledges that it is jointly and severally liable for all of the Obligations and as a result hereby unconditionally guaranties the full and prompt payment when due, whether at maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of every kind and nature of each other Borrower to Agent and Lenders and, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, and howsoever owned, held or acquired by Agent or any Lender. Each Borrower agrees that if this guaranty, or any Liens securing this guaranty, would, but for the application of this sentence, be unenforceable under applicable law, this guaranty and each such Lien shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent that would not cause this guaranty or such Lien to be unenforceable under applicable law, and this guaranty shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly at all relevant times.

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          Each Borrower hereby agrees that its obligations under this guaranty shall be unconditional, irrespective of (a) the validity or enforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof, or of any promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations, (b) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any other Borrower or any Guarantor or other action to enforce the same, (c) the waiver or consent by Agent or any Lender with respect to any provision of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing or securing all or any part of the Obligations, or any other agreement, instrument or document now or hereafter executed by any other Borrower and delivered to Agent or any Lender (other than a waiver, forgiveness or consent by Agent and Lenders that reduces the amount of any of the Obligations), (d) the failure by Agent or any Lender to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or Collateral for the Obligations, for its benefit, (e) Agent’s or any Lender’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, (f) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by any Borrower as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, (g) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, of all or any portion of Agent’s or any Lender’s claim(s) for repayment of the Obligations or (h) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a borrower or a guarantor.

          Each Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of receivership or bankruptcy of any Borrower, protest or notice with respect to the Obligations and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this guaranty will not be discharged, except by complete and irrevocable payment and performance of the Obligations. No notice to any Borrower or any other party shall be required for Agent or any Lender to make demand hereunder. Such demand shall constitute a mature and liquidated claim against the applicable Borrower. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Agent or any Lender may, in its sole election, proceed directly and at once, without notice, against all or any Borrower to collect and recover the full amount or any portion of the Obligations, without first proceeding against any other Borrower or any other Person, or any security or collateral for the Obligations. During the existence of an Event of Default, Agent and each Lender shall have the exclusive right to determine the application of payments and credits, if any from any Borrower, any other Person or any security or collateral for the Obligations, on account of the Obligations or of any other liability of any Borrower to Agent or any Lender.

          At any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent and each Lender may, in its sole discretion, without notice to any Borrower and regardless of the acceptance of any collateral for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply toward payment of the Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due from Agent or any Lender to such Borrower and (ii) any moneys, credits or other property belonging to such

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Borrower at any time held by or coming into the possession of Agent or any Lender or any Affiliates thereof, whether for deposit or otherwise.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.13, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the liability incurred by each Borrower in respect of the Obligations of the other Borrowers (and any Lien granted by each Borrower to secure such Obligations), not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the provisions of any applicable law of any state or other governmental unit (“Fraudulent Conveyance”). Consequently, each Borrower, Agent and each Lender hereby agree that if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the incurrence of liability by any Borrower in respect of the Obligations of any other Borrower (or any Liens granted by such Borrower to secure such Obligations) would, but for the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, such liability (and such Liens) shall be valid and enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause the same to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly.

          Each Borrower expressly waives all rights it may have now or in the future under any statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder against any other Borrower or any Guarantor, any other party or against any security for the payment and performance of the Obligations before proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such Borrower. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and Lenders that the foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that, but for the provisions of this Section 2.13 and such waivers, Agent and Lenders would decline to enter into this Agreement.

          Each Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 2.13 are for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and their respective successors, transferees, endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair, as between any other Borrower and Agent or Lenders, the obligations of such other Borrower under the Loan Documents.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, and except as set forth in Section 2.13, each Borrower hereby expressly and irrevocably subordinates to payment of the Obligations any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off (including those set forth in Section 2.14) and any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit Agent and Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Section 2.13, and that Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 2.13.

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          If Agent or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize its benefits under any of the Loan Documents giving Agent or such Lender a Lien upon any Collateral, whether owned by any Borrower or by any other Person, either by judicial foreclosure or by non-judicial sale or enforcement, Agent or any Lender may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Section 2.13. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or any other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or the like, each Borrower hereby consents to such action by Agent or such Lender and waives any claim based upon such action, even if such action by Agent or such Lender shall result in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each Borrower might otherwise have had but for such action by Agent or such Lender. Any election of remedies that results in the denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. In the event Agent or any Lender shall bid at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale permitted by law or the Loan Documents, Agent or such Lender may bid all or less than the amount of the Obligations and the amount of such bid need not be paid by Agent or such Lender but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent, Lender or any other party is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 2.13, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision or ruling may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

          The liability of Borrowers under this Section 2.13 is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or obligation of the other Borrower, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.

          2.14. Subrogation and Contribution .

          Each Borrower agrees that if any other Borrower or any Guarantor makes a payment in respect of the Obligations, subject to Section 2.13, it shall be subrogated to the rights of the payees thereof against the other Borrowers and Guarantors with respect to such payment and shall have the rights of contribution set forth below against the other Borrowers and Guarantors. Subject to Section 2.13, each Borrower or Guarantor shall make payments in respect of the Obligations or contribution payments to the other Borrowers and Guarantors such that, taking into account all payments received on account of subrogation or contribution rights: (a) each Borrower or Guarantor shall have repaid at some time after the date hereof all Obligations the benefit of which have been received by it or, if the aggregate of all such repayments would exceed the outstanding Obligations, its pro rata share of the

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outstanding Obligations, in accordance with the benefit received by it and (b) if there remain Obligations unpaid after application of the payments referred to above, the deficiency shall be shared by Borrowers and Guarantors pro rata in preparation to their respective net worths on the Closing Date.

SECTION 3. LOAN ADMINISTRATION.

          3.1. Manner of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans/LIBOR Option .

          Borrowings under the credit facility established pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be as follows:

     3.1.1. Loan Requests . A request for a Revolving Credit Loan shall be made, or shall be deemed to be made, in the following manner: (a) subject to the terms of Section 1.4, Wabash (on behalf of Borrowers) may give Agent notice of its intention to borrow, in which notice Wabash shall specify the amount of the proposed borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be no less than $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000) and the proposed borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day, no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the proposed borrowing date (or in accordance with subsection 3.1.7, 3.1.8 or 3.1.9, as applicable, in the case of a request for a LIBOR Portion), provided , however, that no such request may be made at a time when there exists a Default or an Event of Default; and (b) the becoming due of any amount required to be paid under this Agreement, or the Notes, whether as interest or for any other Obligation, shall be deemed irrevocably to be a request by a Borrower for a Revolving Credit Loan on the due date in the amount required to pay such interest or other Obligation.

     3.1.2. Payment by Lenders . Agent shall give to each Lender prompt written notice by facsimile, telex or cable of the receipt by Agent from Wabash of any request for a Revolving Credit Loan. Each such notice shall specify the requested date and amount of such Revolving Credit Loan, whether such Revolving Credit Loan shall be subject to the LIBOR Option, and the amount of each Lender’s advance thereunder (in accordance with its applicable Revolving Loan Percentage). Each Lender shall, not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on such requested date, wire to a bank designated by Agent the amount of that Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage of the requested Revolving Credit Loan. The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit Loans to be made by it shall not release any other Lender of its obligations hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Loan. Neither Agent nor any other Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Credit Loan to be made by such other Lender. The foregoing notwithstanding, Agent, in its sole discretion, may from its own funds make a Revolving Credit Loan on behalf of any Lender. In such event, the Lender on behalf of whom Agent made the Revolving Credit Loan shall reimburse Agent for the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan made on its behalf, on a weekly (or more frequent, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion) basis. In addition, Agent shall notify Lenders on a weekly (or more frequent, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion) basis regarding settlement of

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the Swingline Loans, and promptly following such notice, each Lender shall reimburse Agent (in accordance with its applicable Revolving Loan Percentage) for the amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding. On each such settlement date, Agent will pay to each Lender the net amount owing to such Lender in connection with such settlement, including without limitation amounts relating to Loans, fees, interest and other amounts payable hereunder. The entire amount of interest attributable to such Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan for the period from the date on which such Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan was made by Agent on such Lender’s behalf until Agent is reimbursed by such Lender, shall be paid to Agent for its own account.

     3.1.3. Disbursement . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to disburse the proceeds of each Loan requested, or deemed to be requested, pursuant to subsection 3.1.1 as follows: (i) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan requested under subsection 3.1.1(a) shall be disbursed by Agent in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, in the case of the initial borrowing, in accordance with the terms of the written disbursement letter from Borrowers, and in the case of each subsequent borrowing, by wire transfer to such bank account as may be agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent from time to time or elsewhere if pursuant to a written direction from a Borrower and (ii) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan deemed requested under subsection 3.1.1(b) shall be disbursed by Agent by way of direct payment of the relevant interest or other Obligation. If at any time any Loan is funded by Agent or Lenders in excess of the amount requested or deemed requested by a Borrower, such Borrower agrees to repay the excess to Agent immediately upon the earlier to occur of (a) such Borrower’s discovery of the error and (b) notice thereof to such Borrower from Agent or any Lender.

     3.1.4. Authorization . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent, in Agent’s sole discretion, to advance to Wabash or another Borrower, and to charge to the appropriate Borrower’s Loan Account hereunder as a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be a Base Rate Portion), a sum sufficient to pay all interest accrued on the Obligations during the immediately preceding month, to pay all principal due and payable at any time and to pay all fees, costs and expenses and other Obligations at any time owed by each Borrower to Agent, Arranger or any Lender hereunder; provided however that the applicable Borrower shall have 2 Business Days to review and pay expenses related to attorneys’ fees prior to Agent charging the appropriate Borrower’s Loan Account hereunder related thereto.

     3.1.5. Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty Requests . A request for a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty shall be made in the following manner: Wabash (on behalf of Borrowers) shall give Agent and Bank a written notice of its request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time), at least one Business Day before the proposed issuance date thereof, in which notice such Borrower shall specify the proposed issuer, issuance date and format and wording for the Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty being requested (which shall be satisfactory to Agent and the Person being asked to issue such Letter of Credit or LC

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Guaranty); provided , that no such request may be made at a time when there exists a Default or Event of Default. Such request shall be accompanied by an executed application and reimbursement agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Person being asked to issue the Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, as well as any required corporate resolutions or other documents reasonably requested by Agent or Bank.

     3.1.6. Method of Making Requests . As an accommodation to Borrowers, unless a Default or an Event of Default is then in existence, (i) Agent shall permit telephonic or electronic requests for Revolving Credit Loans to Agent, (ii) Agent and Bank may, in their discretion, permit electronic transmittal of requests for Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties to them, and (iii) Agent may, in Agent’s discretion, permit electronic transmittal of instructions, authorizations, agreements or reports to Agent. Unless a Borrower specifically directs Agent or Bank, as applicable in writing not to accept or act upon telephonic or electronic communications from such Borrower (which direction shall only be applicable to the Persons who have received the same in writing), neither Agent, Bank nor any Lender shall have any liability to any Borrower for any loss or damage suffered by any Borrower as a result of Agent’s or Bank’s honoring of any requests, execution of any instructions, authorizations or agreements or reliance on any reports communicated to it telephonically or electronically and purporting to have been sent to Agent or Bank by any Borrower, and neither Agent or Bank shall have any duty to verify the origin of any such communication or the authority of the Person sending it. Each telephonic request for a Revolving Credit Loan accepted by Agent or Bank hereunder shall be promptly followed by a written confirmation of such request from the applicable Borrower to Agent and Bank.

     3.1.7. LIBOR Portions . Provided that as of both the date of the LIBOR Request and the first day of the Interest Period, no Default or Event of Default exists, in the event a Borrower desires to obtain a LIBOR Portion, Wabash (on behalf of such Borrower) shall give Agent a LIBOR Request no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the third Business Day prior to the requested borrowing date. Each LIBOR Request shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers. In no event shall Borrowers be permitted to have outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions with more than six (6) different Interest Periods.

     3.1.8. Conversion of Base Rate Portions . Provided that as of both the date of the LIBOR Request and the first day of the Interest Period, no Default or Event of Default exists, a Borrower may, on any Business Day, convert any Base Rate Portion of such Borrower into a LIBOR Portion. If a Borrower desires to convert a Base Rate Portion, Wabash (on behalf of such Borrower) shall give Agent a LIBOR Request no later then 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the third Business Day prior to the requested conversion date. After giving effect to any conversion of Base Rate Portions to LIBOR Portions, Borrowers shall not be permitted to have outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions with more than six (6) different Interest Periods.

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     3.1.9. Continuation of LIBOR Portions . Provided that as of both the date of the LIBOR Request and the first day of the Interest Period, no Default or Event of Default exists, a Borrower may, on any Business Day, continue any LIBOR Portions of such Borrower into a subsequent Interest Period of the same or a different permitted duration. If a Borrower desires to continue a LIBOR Portion, Wabash (on behalf of such Borrower) shall give Agent a LIBOR Request no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the second Business Day prior to the requested continuation date. After giving effect to any continuation of LIBOR Portions, Borrowers shall not be permitted to have outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions with more than six (6) different Interest Periods. If a Borrower shall fail to give timely notice of its election to continue any LIBOR Portion or portion thereof as provided above, or if such continuation shall not be permitted, such LIBOR Portion or portion thereof, unless such LIBOR Portion shall be repaid, shall automatically be converted into a Base Rate Portion at the end of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to such LIBOR Portion.

     3.1.10. Inability to Make LIBOR Portions . Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if any applicable law, treaty, regulation or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender (for purposes of this subsection 3.1.10, the term “Lender” shall include the office or branch where such Lender or any corporation or bank then controlling such Lender makes or maintains any LIBOR Portions) to make or maintain its LIBOR Portions, or if with respect to any Interest Period, Agent is unable to determine the LIBOR relating thereto, or adverse or unusual conditions in, or changes in applicable law relating to, the London interbank market make it, in the reasonable judgment of Agent, impracticable to fund therein any of the LIBOR Portions, or make the projected LIBOR unreflective of the actual costs of funds therefor to any Lender, the obligation of Agent and Lenders to make or continue LIBOR Portions or convert Base Rate Portions to LIBOR Portions hereunder shall forthwith be suspended during the pendency of such circumstances and the applicable Borrower shall, if any affected LIBOR Portions are then outstanding, promptly upon request from Agent, convert such affected LIBOR Portions into Base Rate Portions.

          3.2. Payments .

          Except where evidenced by Notes issued by one or more Borrowers to any Lender and accepted by such Lender specifically containing payment instructions that are in conflict with this Section 3.2 (in which case the conflicting provisions of said notes or other instruments shall govern and control), the Obligations shall be payable as follows:

     3.2.1. Principal . Principal on account of Revolving Credit Loans shall be payable by Borrowers to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders immediately upon the earliest of (i) at all times during a Dominion Period, the receipt by Agent, any Company or any Guarantor of any proceeds of any of the Collateral (except as otherwise provided herein), including without limitation pursuant to subsections 3.3.1 and 6.2.4, to the extent of said proceeds, subject to Borrowers’ rights to reborrow such

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amounts in compliance with subsection 1.1.1 hereof; (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Agent or Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity and payment of the Obligations, (iii) subject to the provisions of subsection 1.1.2, at all times that the calculations set forth in subsection 1.1.1 reflect a negative amount, to the extent of such amount, or (iv) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4 hereof; provided , however , that, if an Overadvance shall exist at any time, Borrowers shall, on demand, jointly and severally repay the Overadvance. Each payment (including principal prepayment) on account of principal of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied first to Base Rate Portions and then to LIBOR Portions.

     3.2.2. Interest .

     (i) Base Rate Portion . Interest accrued on Base Rate Portions shall be due and payable on the earliest of (1) the first calendar day of each month (for the immediately preceding month), computed through the last calendar day of the preceding month, (2) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Agent or Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity and payment of the Obligations or (3) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4 hereof.

     (ii) LIBOR Portion . Interest accrued on each LIBOR Portion shall be due and payable on each LIBOR Interest Payment Date and on the earlier of (1) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Agent or Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity and payment of the Obligations or (2) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4 hereof.

     3.2.3. Costs, Fees and Charges . Costs, fees and charges payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be jointly and severally payable by Borrowers to Agent, as and when provided in Section 2 or Section 3 hereof, as applicable to Agent or a Lender, as applicable, or to any other Person designated by Agent or such Lender in writing.

     3.2.4. Other Obligations . The balance of the Obligations requiring the payment of money, if any, shall be jointly and severally payable by Borrowers to Agent for distribution to Lenders, as appropriate, as and when provided in this Agreement, the Other Agreements or the Security Documents, or on demand, whichever is later.

     3.2.5. Prepayment of/Failure to Borrow LIBOR Portions . Borrowers may prepay a LIBOR Portion only upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable). In the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Portion other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (ii) the conversion of any LIBOR Portion other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Portion on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event,

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Borrowers shall jointly and severally compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event, as determined by such Lender in a manner consistent with its customs and practices.

     3.3. Mandatory and Optional Prepayments .

     3.3.1. Proceeds of Sale, Loss, Destruction or Condemnation of Collateral . Except for proceeds of Collateral received during the existence of a Event of Default (which shall be applied as set forth in subsection 3.4.2), if any Company or any Guarantor sells any of the Collateral or if any of the Collateral is lost, damaged or destroyed or taken by condemnation, the applicable Company or Guarantor shall, unless otherwise agreed by Majority Lenders, pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders as and when received by such Company or Guarantor and as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans, as herein provided, a sum equal to 100% of the net proceeds (including insurance payments but net of costs and taxes incurred in connection with such sale or event) received by such Company or Guarantor from such sale, loss, damage, destruction or condemnation. In each case, the applicable prepayment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments and thereafter to any outstanding Obligations. In addition, if the Collateral subject to such sale, loss, damage, destruction or condemnation consists of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Trailer Inventory, at all times such prepayment shall be specifically applied against any limits or sublimits contained in the Borrowing Base that are predicated on such Collateral.

     3.3.2. Intentionally omitted .

     3.3.3. Proceeds from Issuance of Additional Indebtedness . If any Borrower or any Guarantor issues any additional Indebtedness, Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders, when and as received by any Borrower or any Guarantor and as a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations, a sum equal to 100% of the net proceeds to such Borrower or such Guarantor of the issuance of such Indebtedness. Any such prepayment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.

     3.3.4. Proceeds from Issuance of Additional Equity . If any Borrower or any Guarantor issues any additional equity (excluding (i) equity issued upon exercise of employee and director options or as restricted stock issued under compensatory arrangements with employees, consultants and directors, (ii) equity issued in a stock split, stock dividend or similar capital event not for the purpose of raising cash and (iii) equity issued in a business combination not for the purposes of raising cash), Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders, when and as received by any Borrower or any Guarantor, and as a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations, a sum equal to 50% of the net proceeds to such Borrower or such Guarantor of the issuance of such equity. Notwithstanding the

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foregoing, the net proceeds of the Lincolnshire Investment less approximately $8,000,000 (which shall be paid at the direction of Wabash directly by Lincolnshire to certain vendors) shall be applied on the Closing Date to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans. Any such prepayment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.

     3.3.5. Other Mandatory Prepayments . If any Borrower or any Guarantor receives any proceeds from any tax refunds, indemnity payments or pension plan reversions, Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to Agent for the benefit of Lenders, when and as received by such Borrower or such Guarantor, and as a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations, a sum equal to 100% of such proceeds of such tax refund, indemnity payment or pension plan reversions. Any such prepayment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.

     3.3.6. LIBOR Portions . If the application of any payment made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3 at a time when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing would result in termination of a LIBOR Portion prior to the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Portion, the amount of such prepayment shall not be applied to such LIBOR Portion, but will, at Borrowers’ option, be held by Agent in a non-interest bearing account at a Lender or another bank satisfactory to Agent in its discretion, which account is in the name of Agent and from which account only Agent can make any withdrawal, in each case to be applied as such amount would otherwise have been applied under this Section 3.3 at the earlier to occur of (i) the last day of the relevant Interest Period or (ii) the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default.

     3.3.7. Optional Reductions of Revolving Loan Commitments . Borrowers may, at their option from time to time but not more than once in any 12 month period upon not less than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent, terminate in whole or permanently reduce ratably in part, the unused portion of the Revolving Loan Commitments, provided, however, that (i) each such partial reduction shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the aggregate of all optional reductions to the Revolving Credit Commitments may not exceed $25,000,000 during the Term. Except for charges under subsection 3.2.5 applicable to prepayments of LIBOR Portions, such prepayments shall be without premium or penalty.

     3.4. Application of Payments and Collections .

     3.4.1. Collections . All items of payment received by Agent in immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Chicago, Illinois, time, on any Business Day shall be deemed received on that Business Day. All items of payment received after 12:00 noon, Chicago, Illinois, time, on any Business Day shall be deemed received on the

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following Business Day. If as the result of collections of Accounts as authorized by subsection 6.2.4 hereof or otherwise, a credit balance exists in the Loan Account, such credit balance shall not accrue interest in favor of Borrowers, but shall be disbursed to a Borrower or otherwise at a Borrower’s direction in the manner set forth in subsection 3.1.3, upon a Borrower’s request at any time, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists. Agent may at its option, offset such credit balance against any of the Obligations upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

     3.4.2. Apportionment, Application and Reversal of Payments . Principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Loans to which such payments relate held by each Lender). All payments shall be remitted to Agent and all such payments not relating to principal or interest of specific Loans, or not constituting payment of specific fees, and all proceeds of Accounts, or, except as provided in subsection 3.3.1, other Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, ratably, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, first , to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements (other than amounts related to Product Obligations) then due to Agent or Lenders from any Borrower; second , to pay interest due from Borrowers in respect of all Loans, including Swingline Loans and Agent Loans; third , to pay or prepay principal of Swingline Loans and Agent Loans; fourth , to pay or prepay principal of the Revolving Credit Loans (other than Swingline Loans and Agent Loans) and unpaid reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit; fifth , to pay an amount to Agent equal to all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations to be held as cash Collateral for such Obligations (in an amount of 105% of the aggregate amount thereof); sixth , to the payment of any other Obligation (other than amounts related to Product Obligations) due to the Agent or any Lender by any Borrower; and seventh , to pay any amounts owing in respect of Product Obligations. As between Agent and Borrowers, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply any and all such payments and collections received at any time or times hereafter by Agent or its agent against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent may deem advisable, notwithstanding any entry by Agent or any Lender upon any of its books and records.

     3.5. All Loans to Constitute One Obligation .

          The Loans, Letters of Credit and LC Guarantees shall constitute one general joint and several Obligation of Borrowers, and shall be secured by Agent’s Lien upon all of the Collateral.

     3.6. Loan Account .

          Agent shall enter all Loans as debits to one or more loan accounts (each, a “Loan Account”) and shall also record in the Loan Account all payments made by or on behalf of each Borrower on any Obligations and all proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid to Agent, and may record therein, in accordance with customary accounting practice,

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other debits and credits, including interest and all charges and expenses properly chargeable to each Borrower.

          3.7. Statements of Account .

          Agent will account to Borrowers monthly with a statement of Loans, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement during the immediately preceding month, and such account rendered by Agent shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrowers absent demonstrable error unless Agent is notified by Borrowers in writing to the contrary within 30 days of the date each accounting is received by Borrowers. Such notice shall only be deemed an objection to those items specifically objected to therein.

          3.8. Increased Costs .

          If any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) adopted or implemented after the date of this Agreement and having general applicability to all banks or finance companies within the jurisdiction in which any Lender operates (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the effect of and phasing in of capital requirements or other regulations or guidelines passed prior to the date of this Agreement), or any interpretation or application thereof by any governmental authority charged with the interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance of such Lender therewith, shall:

     (i) (1) subject such Lender to any tax with respect to this Agreement (other than (a) any tax based on or measured by net income or otherwise in the nature of a net income tax, including, without limitation, any franchise tax or any similar tax based on capital, net worth or comparable basis for measurement and (b) any tax collected by a withholding on payments and which neither is computed by reference to the net income of the payee nor is in the nature of an advance collection of a tax based on or measured by the net income of the payee) or (2) change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender of principal, fees, interest or any other amount payable hereunder or under any Loan Documents (other than in respect of (a) any tax based on or measured by net income or otherwise in the nature of a net income tax, including, without limitation, any franchise tax or any similar tax based on capital, net worth or comparable basis for measurement and (b) any tax collected by a withholding on payments and which neither is computed by reference to the net income of the payee nor is in the nature of an advance collection of a tax based on or measured by the net income of the payee);

     (ii) impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve (except any reserve taken into account in the determination of the applicable LIBOR), special deposit, assessment or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, any office of such Lender, including (without limitation) pursuant to Regulation D; or

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     (iii) impose on such Lender or the London interbank market any other condition with respect to any Loan Document;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, renewing or maintaining Loans hereunder or the result of any of the foregoing is to reduce the rate of return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, or the result of any of the foregoing is to reduce the amount of any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of any of the Loans, then, in any such case, Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay such Lender, upon demand and certification not later than sixty (60) days following its receipt of notice of the imposition of such increased costs, such additional amount as will compensate such Lender for such additional cost or such reduction, as the case may be, to the extent such Lender has not otherwise been compensated, with respect to a particular Loan, for such increased cost as a result of an increase in the Base Rate or the LIBOR. An officer of the applicable Lender shall determine the amount of such additional cost or reduced amount using reasonable averaging and attribution methods and shall certify the amount of such additional cost or reduced amount to Borrowers, which certification shall include a written explanation of such additional cost or reduction to Borrowers. Such certification shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If a Lender claims any additional cost or reduced amount pursuant to this Section 3.8, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different lending office or to file any certificate or document reasonably requested by Borrowers if the making of such designation or filing would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional cost or reduced amount and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

          3.9. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate .

          In the event that Agent or any Lender shall have determined that:

     (i) reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR for any Interest Period; or

     (ii) Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant maturity are not available in the London interbank market with respect to a proposed LIBOR Portion, or a proposed conversion of a Base Rate Portion into a LIBOR Portion; then

Agent or such Lender shall give Borrowers prompt written, telephonic or electronic notice of the determination of such effect. If such notice is given, (i) any such requested LIBOR Portion shall be made as a Base Rate Portion, unless Borrowers shall notify Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing that the request for such borrowing shall be canceled or made as an unaffected type of LIBOR Portion, and (ii) any Base Rate Portion which was to have been converted to an affected type of LIBOR Portion shall be continued as or converted into a Base Rate Portion, or, if Borrowers shall notify Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago,

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Illinois time) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion, shall be maintained as an unaffected type of LIBOR Portion.

          3.10. Sharing of Payments, Etc .

          If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of any Loan made by it in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of Loans made by all Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from each other Lender such participation in such Loan as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each other Lender; provided , that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lenders the purchase price to the extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 3.10 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of each Borrower in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all purchases and repayments to be made under this Section 3.10 shall be made through Agent.

SECTION 4. TERM AND TERMINATION

          4.1. Term of Agreement .

          Subject to the right of Lenders to cease making Loans to Borrowers during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, this Agreement shall be in effect from the Closing Date through and including third anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Term”), unless terminated earlier as provided in Section 4.2 hereof.

     4.2. Termination .

     4.2.1. Termination by Lenders . Agent may, and at the direction of Majority Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement upon notice during the continuance of an Event of Default.

     4.2.2. Termination by Borrowers . Upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice to Agent and Lenders, Borrowers may, at their option, terminate this Agreement; provided , however , no such termination shall be effective until Borrowers have paid or collateralized to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction all of the Obligations in immediately available funds, all Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties have expired, terminated or have been cash collateralized (in an amount equal to 105% of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount) to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction and Borrowers have

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complied with subsection 3.2.5. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers shall be irrevocable unless all Lenders otherwise agree in writing and no Lender shall have any obligation to make any Loans or issue or procure any Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties on or after the termination date stated in such notice. Without limiting Borrowers’ right to reduce the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to subsection 3.3.7, Borrowers may elect to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only. No section of this Agreement or type of Loan available hereunder may be terminated singly.

     4.2.3. Effect of Termination . All of the Obligations shall be immediately due and payable upon the last day of the Term or the termination date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement. All undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of Borrowers contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any such termination and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and Agent and each Lender shall retain all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents notwithstanding such termination until all Obligations have been discharged or paid, in full, in immediately available funds, including, without limitation, all Obligations under subsection 3.2.5 resulting from such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in the Collateral unless, with respect to any loss or damage Agent may incur as a result of dishonored checks or other items of payment received by Agent from any Borrower or any Account Debtor and applied to the Obligations, Agent shall, at its option, (i) have received a written agreement satisfactory to Agent, executed by Borrowers and by any Person whose loans or other advances to any Borrower are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Agent and each Lender from any such loss or damage or (ii) have retained cash Collateral or other Collateral for such period of time as Agent, in its reasonable discretion, may deem necessary to protect Agent and each Lender from any such loss or damage.

SECTION 5. SECURITY INTERESTS

          5.1. Security Interest in Collateral .

          To secure the prompt payment and performance to Agent, each Lender and each Affiliate of Agent and each Lender of the Obligations, each Borrower hereby grants to Agent for the benefit of itself, each Lender and each Affiliate of Agent and each Lender a continuing Lien upon all of such Borrower’s assets, including all of the following Property and interests in Property of such Borrower, whether now owned or existing or hereafter created, acquired or arising and wheresoever located:

     (i) Accounts;

     (ii) Certificated Securities;

     (iii) Chattel Paper;

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     (iv) Computer Hardware and Software and all rights with respect thereto, including, any and all licenses, options, warranties, service contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and indemnifications, and any substitutions, replacements, additions or model conversions of any of the foregoing;

     (v) Contract Rights;

     (vi) Deposit Accounts;

     (vii) Documents;

     (viii) Equipment;

     (ix) Financial Assets;

     (x) Fixtures;

     (xi) General Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles and Software;

     (xii) Goods (including all of its Equipment, Fixtures and Inventory), and all accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions and replacements thereto and therefor;

     (xiii) Instruments;

     (xiv) Intellectual Property;

     (xv) Inventory (including without limitation Bill and Hold Inventory and Trailer Inventory);

     (xvi) Investment Property;

     (xvii) money (of every jurisdiction whatsoever);

     (xviii) Letter-of-Credit Rights;

     (xix) Payment Intangibles;

     (xx) Security Entitlements;

     (xxi) Software;

     (xxii) Supporting Obligations;

     (xxiii) Uncertificated Securities; and

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     (xxiv) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all other personal property of any kind or description;

together with all books, records, writings, data bases, information and other property relating to, used or useful in connection with, or evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to any of the foregoing, and all Proceeds, products, offspring, rents, issues, profits and returns of and from any of the foregoing; provided , that to the extent that the provisions of any lease or license of Computer Hardware and Software or Intellectual Property expressly prohibit (which prohibition is enforceable under applicable law) any assignment thereof, and the grant of a security interest therein, Agent will not enforce its security interest in the applicable Borrower’s rights under such lease or license (other than in respect of the Proceeds thereof) for so long as such prohibition continues, it being understood that upon request of Agent, such Borrower will in good faith use reasonable efforts to obtain consent for the creation of a security interest in favor of Agent (and to Agent’s enforcement of such security interest) in Agent’s rights under such lease or license , excluding licenses to use JD Edwards World, SAP and One World software, for which no Lien or consent shall be requested or obtained.

     5.2. Other Collateral .

     5.2.1. Commercial Tort Claims . The applicable Borrower shall notify Agent in writing at the time monthly financial statements are to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(ii), after incurring or otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim against any third party in an amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon request of Agent, promptly enter into an amendment to this Agreement and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by Agent to give Agent a security interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim. Each Borrower represents and warrants that as of the date of this Agreement, to its knowledge, it does not possess any Commercial Tort Claims other than as described on Exhibit 5.2.1 hereto.

     5.2.2. Other Collateral . The applicable Borrower shall notify Agent in writing at the time monthly financial statements are to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(ii), upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining any Collateral after the Closing Date consisting of any Deposit Accounts, Investment Property in an amount greater than $1,000,000, Letter-of-Credit Rights in an amount greater than $1,000,000 or Electronic Chattel Paper in an amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon the request of Agent, promptly execute such other documents, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by Agent to deliver to Agent control with respect to such Collateral; promptly notify Agent in writing at the time monthly financial statements are to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(ii), upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining any Collateral consisting of Documents or Instruments valued in an amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon the request of Agent, will promptly execute such other documents, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by Agent to deliver to Agent possession of such Documents which are negotiable and Instruments, and, with respect to nonnegotiable Documents, to have such nonnegotiable Documents issued in the name of Agent; and with respect to Collateral in the

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possession of a third party, other than Certificated Securities and Goods covered by a Document, obtain an acknowledgement from the third party that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.

          5.3. Lien Perfection; Further Assurances .

          Each Borrower shall execute such instruments, assignments or documents as are necessary to perfect Agent’s Lien upon any of the Collateral and shall take such other action as may be required to perfect or to continue the perfection of Agent’s Lien upon the Collateral. Unless prohibited by applicable law, each Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to execute and file any UCC, PPSA or similar financing statement, including, without limitation, financing statements that indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of such Borrower or words of similar effect, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope, or with greater or lesser detail, than as set forth in Section 5.1, on such Borrower’s behalf. Each Borrower also hereby ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed in any jurisdiction any like financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. The parties agree that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed in any appropriate office in lieu thereof. At Agent’s request, each Borrower shall also promptly execute or cause to be executed and shall deliver to Agent any and all documents, instruments and agreements deemed necessary by Agent, to give effect to or carry out the terms or intent of the Loan Documents.

          5.4. Lien on Realty .

          In addition to the Property described in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 and the Property of each Guarantor described in the applicable Security Documents, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations shall also be secured by the Lien created by Mortgages upon all real Property of each Borrower or Guarantor owned on the date hereof. The applicable Borrower or Guarantor shall deliver to Agent such other documents as Agent and its counsel may reasonably request relating to the real Property subject to the Mortgages.

SECTION 6. COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

     6.1. General .

     6.1.1. Location of Collateral . All Collateral, other than (i) Inventory in transit, (ii) motor vehicles not included in Trailer Inventory or (iii) Collateral in the possession of Agent, will at all times be kept by a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries at one or more of the business locations set forth in Exhibit 6.1.1 hereto as such schedule shall be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 8.1.11.

     6.1.2. Insurance of Collateral . Borrowers shall maintain and pay for insurance upon all Collateral wherever located and with respect to the business of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, covering casualty, hazard, public liability, workers’ compensation, business interruption and such other risks in such amounts and with such insurance companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

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Borrowers shall deliver certified copies of such policies to Agent as promptly as practicable, with satisfactory lender’s loss payable endorsements, naming Agent as a mortgagee, loss payee, assignee or additional insured, as appropriate, as its interest may appear, showing only such other mortgagees, loss payees, assignees and additional insureds (i) as required under contractual arrangements customary to Borrowers’ operations (but not involving Indebtedness for Money Borrowed) or (ii) as otherwise are satisfactory to Agent and with respect to business interruption insurance, an executed collateral assignment thereof. Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to give not less than 10 days’ prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for nonpayment of premium and not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any other reason whatsoever and a clause specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or the owner of the Property or by the occupation of the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by said policy. All proceeds of business interruption insurance (if any) of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be remitted to Agent for application to the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.

     Unless Borrowers provide Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Agreement, Agent may, but need not, purchase insurance at Borrowers’ joint and several expense to protect Agent’s interests in the Properties of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries. This insurance may, but need not, protect the interests of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The coverage that Agent purchases may not pay any claim that a Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower makes or any claim that is made against a Borrower or any such Subsidiary in connection with said Property. Borrowers may later cancel any insurance purchased by Agent, but only after providing Agent with evidence that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries have obtained insurance as required by this Agreement. If Agent purchases insurance, Borrowers will be jointly and severally responsible for the costs of that insurance, including interest and any other charges Agent may impose in connection with the placement of insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or expiration of the insurance. The costs of the insurance may be added to the Obligations. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of such costs by making appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or more Borrowers and changing the appropriate Loan Account or Loan Accounts. The costs of the insurance may be more than the cost of insurance that Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may be able to obtain on their own.

     6.1.3. Protection of Collateral . Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be liable or responsible in any way for the safekeeping of any of the Collateral or for any loss or damage thereto (except for reasonable care in the custody thereof while any Collateral is in Agent’s or any Lender’s actual possession) or for any diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, or other person whomsoever, but the same shall be at Borrowers’ sole risk.

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     6.2. Administration of Accounts .

     6.2.1. Records, Schedules and Assignments of Accounts . Each Company shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts and all payments and collections thereon. Concurrently with the delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate described in subsection 8.1.4, each Company shall deliver to Agent a detailed aged trial balance of all of its Accounts in such form and with such detail as may be reasonably requested by Agent from time to time (“Schedule of Accounts”), and upon Agent’s request therefor, such additional information with respect to such Accounts as Agent shall reasonably request. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(i), each Company shall deliver to Agent a listing of Account Debtors, showing all names and addresses.

     6.2.2. Intentionally Omitted .

     6.2.3. Account Verification . At any time or times hereafter that Availability is less than $25,000,000 for 10 consecutive days or an Event of Default is in existence, any of Agent’s officers, employees or agents shall have the right, in the name of Agent, any designee of Agent or a Company, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts by mail, telephone, electronic communication or otherwise. Each Company shall cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process.

     6.2.4. Maintenance of Dominion Account . Each Company shall maintain a Dominion Account or Dominion Accounts pursuant to lockbox and blocked account arrangements acceptable to Agent with Bank and such other banks as may be selected by such Company. Each Company shall obtain the agreement by the applicable banks in favor of Agent to waive any recoupment, setoff rights, and any security interest in, or against, the funds so deposited. Each Company shall issue to any such banks an irrevocable letter of instruction directing such banks to deposit all payments or other remittances received to the Dominion Account, to the Dominion Account immediately upon the receipt of notice from Agent that a Dominion Period is in effect. All funds deposited in the Dominion Account shall be available to Borrowers at their discretion unless a Dominion Period is in effect. Upon the occurrence of a Dominion Event, Agent may, and at the direction of Majority Lenders Agent shall, send the appropriate notice to Borrowers to commence a Dominion Period. If a Dominion Period is in effect, all funds in the Dominion Account shall (I) immediately become the property of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders and (II) be applied on account of the Obligations as provided in subsection 3.2.1. Once a Dominion Period has been commenced, it shall remain in effect until (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) Excess Availability is greater than or equal to $30,000,000 for 60 consecutive Business Days and (c) Wabash delivers a written request to Agent that the Dominion Period be ended; provided that Wabash shall not have the right to request a termination of a Dominion Period more than two times during the term of this Agreement. Agent assumes no responsibility for such lockbox

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and blocked account arrangements, including, without limitation, any claim of accord and satisfaction or release with respect to deposits accepted by any bank thereunder.

     6.2.5. Collection of Accounts, Proceeds of Collateral . To expedite collection, each Company shall endeavor in the first instance to make collection of its Accounts for Agent. If no Default or Event of Default is in existence, (i) each Company shall directly collect remittances on account of its Accounts owing from retail customers at its branch locations and (ii) each Company agrees that all invoices rendered and other requests made by such Company for payment in respect of Accounts other than retail Accounts shall contain a written statement directing payment in respect of such Accounts to be paid to a lockbox established pursuant to subsection 6.2.4. All remittances received by each Company on account of Accounts, together with the proceeds of any other Collateral, shall be held as Agent’s property, for its benefit and the benefit of Lenders, by such Company as trustee of an express trust for Agent’s benefit and such Company shall immediately deposit same in kind in a blocked account or in the Dominion Account. Upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, each Company agrees that all Accounts (including retail Accounts) shall be collected by payment to a lockbox in the manner described in clause (ii) above. Agent retains the right at all times after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default to notify Account Debtors that each Company’s Accounts have been assigned to Agent and to collect each Company’s Accounts directly in its own name, or in the name of Agent’s agent, and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, jointly and severally to Borrowers.

     6.2.6. Taxes . If an Account includes a charge for any tax payable to any governmental taxing authority, Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of any Borrower and to charge any Borrower therefor, except for taxes that (i) are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the applicable Company maintains reasonable reserves on its books therefor and (ii) would not reasonably be expected to result in any Lien other than a Permitted Lien. In no event shall Agent or any Lender be liable for any taxes to any governmental taxing authority that may be due by any Company.

     6.3. Administration of Inventory .

     6.3.1. Recordkeeping; Physicals . Each Company shall keep separate records of its Inventory and Trailer Inventory, which records shall be complete and accurate and complete in all material respects. Borrowers shall furnish to Agent separate Inventory and Trailer Inventory reports for each Company concurrently with the delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate described in subsection 8.1.4, which reports will be in such other format and detail as Agent shall reasonably request. Each Company shall conduct a physical inventory no less frequently than annually (or, if an Event of Default is in existence, quarterly if so requested by Agent), and, in each case, shall provide to Agent a report based on each such physical inventory

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promptly thereafter, together with such supporting information as Agent shall reasonably request.

     6.3.2. [Intentionally Omitted] .

     6.3.3. Vehicle Titles . Each Borrower that maintains Trailer Inventory shall at all times maintain in place its current system for processing and safekeeping of certificates of title for used trailers constituting part of the Trailer Inventory.

          6.4. Administration of Equipment .

          Each Company shall keep records of its Equipment which shall be complete and accurate in all material respects itemizing and describing the kind, type, quality, quantity and book value of its Equipment and all dispositions made in accordance with subsection 8.2.9 hereof.

          6.5. Payment of Charges .

          All amounts chargeable to any Borrower under Section 6 hereof shall be Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be payable on demand and shall bear interest from the date such advance was made until paid in full at the rate applicable to Base Rate Portions from time to time.

SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          7.1. General Representations and Warranties .

          To induce Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make advances hereunder, each Borrower warrants, represents and covenants to Agent and each Lender that:

     7.1.1. Qualification . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. Each Borrower and each of each Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as applicable, in (a) as of the date hereof, each state or jurisdiction listed on Exhibit 7.1.1 hereto and (b) all states and jurisdictions in which the failure of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     7.1.2. Power and Authority . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is duly authorized and empowered to enter into, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other

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relevant action and do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of the shareholders, partners or members of such Borrower or any of the shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of any Subsidiary of such Borrower; (ii) contravene such Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ charter, articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, by-laws, limited liability agreement, operating agreement or other organizational documents (as the case may be); (iii) violate, or cause such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to be in default under, any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award in effect having applicability to such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or its Properties may be bound or affected, the breach of or default under which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (v) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon or with respect to any of the Properties now owned or hereafter acquired by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

     7.1.3. Legally Enforceable Agreement . This Agreement is, and each of the other Loan Documents when delivered under this Agreement will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms.

     7.1.4. Capital Structure . Exhibit 7.1.4 hereto states, as of the date hereof, (i) the correct name of each of the Subsidiaries of each Borrower, its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and the percentage of its Voting Stock owned by such Borrower, (ii) the name of each Borrower’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ corporate or Joint Venture relationships and the nature of the relationship, (iii) the number, nature and holder of all outstanding Securities of each Borrower other than Wabash and the holder of Securities of each Subsidiary of such Borrower and (iv) the number of authorized, issued and treasury Securities of each Borrower other than Wabash. Each Borrower has good title to all of the Securities it purports to own of each of such Subsidiaries, free and clear in each case of any Lien other than Permitted Liens. All such Securities have been duly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.4 , as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any commitments or agreements to issue or sell any Securities or obligations convertible into, or any powers of attorney relating to any Securities of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.4 , as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding agreements or instruments binding upon any of any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ partners, members or shareholders, as the case may be, relating to the ownership of its Securities.

     7.1.5. Names; Organization . As of the date hereof, neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has been known as or has used any legal, fictitious or trade

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names except those listed on Exhibit 7.1.5 hereto. Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.5 , as of the date hereof neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has been the surviving entity of a merger or consolidation or has acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any Person. As of the date hereof, each Borrower’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ state(s) of incorporation or organization, Type of Organization and Organizational I.D. Number is set forth on Exhibit 7.1.5 . As of the date hereof, the exact legal name of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on Exhibit 7.1.5 .

     7.1.6. Business Locations; Agent for Process . Each Borrower’s and each of its Subsidiary’s chief executive office, location of books and records and other places of business are as listed on Exhibit 6.1.1 hereto, as updated from time to time by Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of subsection 6.1.1. During the preceding one-year period, neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has had an office, place of business or agent for service of process, other than as listed on Exhibit 6.1.1 . All tangible Collateral is and will at all times be kept by a Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with subsection 6.1.1 or subsection 6.3.2. Except as shown on Exhibit 6.1.1 , as of the date hereof, no Inventory is stored with a bailee, distributor, warehouseman or similar party, nor is any Inventory consigned to any Person.

     7.1.7. Title to Properties; Priority of Liens . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good, indefeasible and marketable title to and fee simple ownership of, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, all of its real Property, and good title to all of the Collateral and all of its other Property, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has paid or discharged all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a Lien against any of such Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s Properties that is not a Permitted Lien. The Liens granted to Agent under Section 5 hereof are first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.

     7.1.8. Accounts . Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and representations made by each Company with respect to any Account or Accounts. With respect to each of each Company’s Eligible Accounts, unless otherwise disclosed to Agent in writing:

     (i) it is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be, and it is not evidenced by a judgment;

     (ii) it arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods or rendition of services by such Company, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with the terms and conditions of all purchase orders, contracts or other documents relating thereto and forming a part of the contract between such Company and the Account Debtor;

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     (iii) it is for a liquidated amount maturing as stated in the duplicate invoice covering such sale or rendition of services, a copy of which has been furnished or is available to Agent;

     (iv) there are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability of any Accounts or tend to reduce the amount payable thereunder from the face amount of the invoice and statements delivered or made available to Agent with respect thereto;

     (v) to the best of such Company’s knowledge, the Account Debtor thereunder (1) had the capacity to contract at the time any contract or other document giving rise to the Account was executed and (2) such Account Debtor is Solvent; and

     (vi) to the best of such Company’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against the Account Debtor thereunder which might result in any material adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition or the collectibility of such Account.

     7.1.9. Equipment . The Equipment of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is maintained pursuant to customary industry standards established by Borrowers prior to the date hereof, and all necessary replacements of and repairs thereto shall be made so that the operating efficiency thereof shall be maintained and preserved, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will permit any Equipment to become affixed to any real Property leased to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries so that an interest arises therein under the real estate laws of the applicable jurisdiction unless the landlord of such real Property has executed a landlord waiver or leasehold mortgage in favor of and in form reasonably acceptable to Agent, and no Borrower will permit any of the Equipment of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to become an accession to any personal Property other than Equipment that is subject to first priority (except for Permitted Liens) Liens in favor of Agent.

     7.1.10. Financial Statements; Fiscal Year . The Consolidated balance sheets of Wabash and its Subsidiaries (including the accounts of all Subsidiaries of Wabash and their respective Subsidiaries for the respective periods during which a Subsidiary relationship existed) as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of income, changes in shareholder’s equity, and changes in financial position for the period ended on such date delivered to Agent and Lenders, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and present fairly in all material respects the financial positions of Wabash and such Persons, taken as a whole, at such date and the results of Wabash’s and such Persons’ operations, taken as a whole, for such period. As of the date hereof, the fiscal year of Wabash and each of its Subsidiaries ends on December 31 of each year.

     7.1.11. Full Disclosure . The financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1.10 hereof do not, nor does this Agreement or any other written

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statement of any Borrower to Agent or any Lender contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein or herein not misleading. There is no fact which any Borrower has failed to disclose to Agent or any Lender in writing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     7.1.12. Solvent Financial Condition . After giving effect to the Loans made hereunder and the Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties to be issued hereunder, and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby, each of Wabash, each other Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries will be Solvent.

     7.1.13. Surety Obligations . Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.13 , as of the date hereof, neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated as surety or indemnitor under any surety or similar bond or other contract or has issued or entered into any agreement to assure payment, performance or completion of performance of any undertaking or obligation of any Person.

     7.1.14. Taxes . The federal tax identification number of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is shown on Exhibit 7.1.14 hereto, as updated from time to time by notice to Agent. Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all applicable federal, state and local tax returns and other reports relating to taxes it is required by law to file, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all taxes, assessments, fees, levies and other governmental charges upon it, its income and Properties as and when such taxes, assessments, fees, levies and charges are due and payable, unless and to the extent any thereof are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries maintains reasonable reserves on its books therefor, no Lien has arisen to secure such amounts and no Collateral has become subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest. The provision for taxes on the books of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries is adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for the current fiscal year.

     7.1.15. Brokers . Except as shown on Exhibit 7.1.15 hereto, there are no claims for brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or investment banking fees payable by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     7.1.16. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, possesses or licenses or has the right to use all the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other Intellectual Property necessary for the present and planned future conduct of its business without any known conflict with the rights of others, except for such conflicts as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All such patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, licenses, and other similar rights as of the date hereof are listed on Exhibit 7.1.16 hereto, as updated from time to time pursuant to subsection 8.1.11. As of the date hereof, no claim has been asserted to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is currently pending that

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their use of their Intellectual Property or the conduct of their business does or may infringe upon the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. To the knowledge of each Borrower and except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.16 hereto, as of the date hereof, no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes in any material respect upon any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries material Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.16 , each Borrower’s and each of its Subsidiaries (i) material trademarks, service marks, and copyrights are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or in the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, or similarly registered in Canada and (ii) material license agreements and similar arrangements relating to its Inventory (1) permits, and does not restrict, the assignment by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Agent, or any other Person designated by Agent, of all of such Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s, as applicable, rights, title and interest pertaining to such license agreement or such similar arrangement and (2) would permit the continued use by such Borrower or such Subsidiary, or Agent or its assignee, of such license agreement or such similar arrangement and the right to sell Inventory subject to such license agreement for a period of no less than 6 months after a default or breach of such agreement or arrangement. The consummation and performance of the transactions and actions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, the exercise by Agent of any of its rights or remedies under Section 10, will not result in the termination or impairment of any of any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries ownership or rights relating to its Intellectual Property, except for such Intellectual Property rights the loss or impairment of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as listed on Exhibit 7.1.16 and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach of, or default under, any term of any license or sublicense with respect to any of its Intellectual Property and (ii) to the knowledge of each Borrower, no other party to such license or sublicense is in breach thereof or default thereunder, and such license is valid and enforceable.

     7.1.17. Governmental Consents . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has, and is in good standing with respect to, all governmental consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, permits, certificates, inspections and franchises necessary to continue to conduct its business as heretofore or proposed to be con


 
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