MOBILE FUELING NETWORK AMENDMENT TO THE MUTUAL
ACCESS AGREEMENT

This Mobile Fueling Network Amendment to the Mutual Access Agreement (this "Amendment") is made as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof, by and between Commercial Fueling Network, Inc., a California corporation, successor-in-interest to Commercial Fueling Network, a Division of Olympian, a California Joint Venture ("CFN"), or its assignee or nominee, and the person or entity listed on the signature page hereof (the "Participant").

WITNESSETH:

CFN and the Participant entered into a Mutual Access Agreement dated                                 ,                      , as amended (the "MAA").

Pursuant to the MAA, Participant, among other things, (i) acquired the right to use certain services provided by CFN; (ii) purchased a license to use the Licensed Products at the Designated Site and to obtain from CFN the Designated Equipment; and (iii) agreed to allow access to its automated dispensing equipment to Other Participants. Pursuant to the MAA, CFN agreed, among other things, to provide its services to Participant as described in the MAA.

CFN and Participant now wish to amend the MAA to allow Participant to participate in CFN’s Mobile Fueling Network, and to reflect certain other changes related thereto.

Capitalized terms which are used in this Amendment and that are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the MAA.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Amendment, the parties hereto agree as follows:

(1) Article 1.0, Section 1.2 of the MAA is replaced with the following:

"1.2 "Sublicensed Software" means the computer programs identified as such in Exhibit A hereto licensed by CFN and sublicensed to Participant thereunder, whether in object code, firmware, or any other form; and any updates, derivative works, modifications, enhancements and extensions of any of the foregoing received by Participant from time to time. Such Sublicensed Software shall also include the computer program(s), and/or object code, firmware, or any other form; and any updates, derivative works, modifications, enhancements and extensions thereto, identified in CFN’s Manual (as defined in Section 3.1), as may be amended by CFN in its sole discretion from time to time, approved by CFN for use by Mobile Fueling Sites."

(2) Article 1.0, Section 1.7 of the MAA is replaced with the following:

"1.7 "Site(s)" means those locations and/or facilities owned or operated by Participant which are or may be approved for registration by CFN and which may be or are listed on location listings, maps and service directories published by CFN from time to time, at which Other Participants or its customers may effect Transactions. It also means those locations and/or facilities owned or operated by Other Participants, which may be or are listed on location listings, maps and service directories published by CFN from time to time, at which Participant, Other Participants and/or their customers may effect Transactions. Except as otherwise noted, such term shall also include Mobile Fueling Sites."

(3) Article 1.0 of the MAA is amended by inserting new Sections 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26 and 1.27 immediately following Section 1.21, which new Sections shall read as follows:

"1.22 "Mobile Fueling Site" means mobile equipment owned and/or operated by Participant that is or may be approved for registration by CFN and that is not listed on location listings, maps and service directories published by CFN, from which Transactions may be effected by Participant with its customers or an Other Participant’s customers."

"1.23 "CFN Mobile Fueling Network" means the network of persons and/or legal entities, including Other Participants and Participant, who have registered Mobile Fueling Sites with CFN."

"1.24 "Environmental Laws" means all applicable Laws relating in whole or in part to the protection of the environment, occupational or public safety and health."

"1.25 "Hazardous Substances" means (1) any chemical compound, material, mixture or substance that is now or hereafter defined, listed, controlled, prohibited, regulated or otherwise classified pursuant to, any Environmental laws as "Hazardous substances," hazardous material," hazardous waste," "extremely hazardous waste," "infectious waste," "toxic substance," "toxic pollutant" or any other formulation intended to define, list, classify, control, prohibit, or regulate substances by reason of deleterious properties, such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, "EP toxicity,"or similar properties; (ii) asbestos; and (iii) any petroleum, petroleum distillates, by-products, crude oil, fractions thereof, natural gas, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquified natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas)."

"1.26 "Laws" means all applicable federal, state, municipal, local, city, and county laws, statutes, regulations, restrictions, ordinances, licenses, codes, rules, guidelines, by-laws, orders, rights of accession, directives or other requirements of any governmental entity, body, agency, department, regulatory authority or other similar body, or any court or tribunal or other similar body."

"1.27 "Mobile Fueling Services" means the use by Participant of a Mobile Fueling Site to effect Transactions by delivering and dispensing fuel to the customers of Other Participants at a location designated by the Participant or Other Participant."

(4) Article 4.0, Sections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 of the MAA, respectively, are replaced with the following:

"4.1 Participant agrees to allow customers of Other Participants access to its automated dispensing equipment at the Participant’s Sites, and to provide Mobile Fueling Services to customers of Other Participants."

"4.2 Access Cards and Mobile Fueling Site Access.

(a) Non-Mobile Fueling Sites. To effect the access referred to in Section 4.1 hereof for non-Mobile Fueling Sites, CFN may sell to Participant and/or Participant may issue to its customers, CFN cards. Participant acknowledges that CFN has sold or will sell CFN cards to Other Participants and that Other Participants have issued or will issue such cards to their customers. Participant acknowledges that it alone bears the collection risk in respect of, in connection with, and with respect to purchases of Participant’s products, including all taxes thereon and all CFN fees and costs related thereto in respect of, with respect to, in connection to, and associated with the use of CFN cards issued by Participant to its customers. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Encoded Format on the CFN card is proprietary to CFN and may only be used as authorized by CFN. Participant’s and Other Participants’ customers may effect Transactions from Participant and/or Other Participants by inserting the CFN card into the automated petroleum dispensing equipment or a card reader and inputting their applicable personal identification number or providing the CFN card to the Participant or Other Participant.

(b) Mobile Fueling Sites. To effect the access referred to in Section 4.1 hereof for Mobile Fueling Sites, Participant agrees to use only such formats, chips, bar codes, data strings, and/or other device(s), medium, processes or procedures authorized by CFN in its sole discretion for such access. Participant acknowledges that it alone bears the collection risk in respect of, in connection with, and with respect to purchases of Participant’s products, including all taxes thereon and all CFN fees and costs related thereto in respect of, with respect to, in connection to, and associated with such access by Participant’ customers. Participant’s and Other Participants’ customers may effect Transactions from Participant through the use of such CFN-approved access formats, chips, bar codes, data strings, and/or other device(s), medium, processes or procedures."

"4.3 CFN has provided to Participant, on or prior to the date hereof, its most recent published listing of Sites. CFN shall provide Participant published revisions to such listing upon the request of Participant and upon payment by Participant of the fees then charged by CFN for such published listing. Within fifteen days hereof, Participant shall submit to CFN for its approval a list of Participant’s locations which Participant desires to be added as Sites. Upon CFN’s approval of any such locations, such approved locations shall be deemed to be Sites and, with the exception of Mobile Fueling Sites, shall be added to CFN’s published listing of Sites. CFN hereby authorizes Participant to use the Encoded Format on the CFN card only at Sites authorized by CFN. Participant agrees to use only such formats, chips, bar codes, data strings, and/or other device(s), medium, processes or procedures authorized by CFN in its sole discretion at Mobile Fueling Sites for the collection and transmission of Transaction data and information to CFN, and for accessing the Processing Services and Other Services contemplated by this Agreement, each as more fully described in the Manual. Within fifteen (15) days of Participant’s execution of this Amendment to the Agreement or approval by CFN of a Mobile Fueling Site submitted for such approval by Participant, whichever date is later, CFN shall designate Participant as a member of the CFN’s Mobile Fueling Network in CFN’s literature or by any other means in CFN’s sole discretion."

(5) Article 7.0, Section 7.2 of the MAA is replaced with the following:

"7.2 Indemnification and Insurance. Participant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold CFN harmless from and against any and all claims, liens, demands, causes of action, obligations, damages, costs, expenses and liabilities, whether criminal, civil or administrative, and whether meritorious or not, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, costs, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, claimed or unclaimed, asserted or unasserted, and whether in law or in equity, arising directly or indirectly out of or related in any way to (a) use of or defects in the System (or any part thereof) or Processing Services occasioned by the act or failure to act of Participant; (b) use of the System (or any part thereof) or Processing Services in combination with other products or equipment not supplied by CFN to Participant or with modifications made by the Participant; (c) improper installation, support maintenance or other acts performed by Participant to the System (or any part thereof); (d) Participant’s obligations under this Agreement; (e) Participant’s operation of its business; and (f) the conditions of Participant’s Sites, including without limitation, latent defects, patent defects, soils and groundwater conditions (whether on the Site or not), compliance with Federal, State, County, and local laws, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, including without limitation, any applicable Environmental laws, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, and the past, present, and future use, release or threatened release of Hazardous Substances therefrom and/or any actual, proposed or threatened use, pumping, pouring, spilling, storage, holding, existence, release, emission, discharge, generation, processing, abatement, removal, disposition, handling or transportation of any Hazardous Substance from, under, into, at or on the Participant’s sites or the surrounding property. Participant shall maintain in full force during the term of this Agreement at the Designated Site, Comprehensive General Liability insurance and products liability insurance policies providing bodily injury and property damage coverage, in an amount not less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) per occurrence and in the aggregate for each Site. In addition, Participant shall maintain in full force during the term of this Agreement at the Designated Site, automobile or truck liability insurance policies for each Mobile Fueling Site providing bodily injury and property damage coverage, in an amount not less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) per occurrence and in the aggregate, and each such insurance policy shall include a pollution and/or environmental endorsement providing coverage for environmental remediation and all other claims, liens, demands, causes of action, obligations, damages and liabilities, whether criminal, civil or administrative, occasioned by or relating to Participant’s providing Mobile Fueling Services pursuant to this Agreement. All insurance shall be provided by a company with at least a B+ XIII rating, shall name CFN as an additional insured, and shall provide for at least 30 days written notice of cancellation. Participant shall provide CFN with a Certificate of Insurance and a copy of all policy endorsements naming CFN as an additional insured for each such insurance policy. Within fifteen (15) days of CFN’s written request, Participant shall deliver to CFN a copy of any such insurance policy requested."

(6) Article 9 of the MAA is replaced with the following:

"9.1 Both parties to this Agreement acknowledge that, during the term of this Agreement, they may be receiving information which is proprietary and confidential to the disclosing party and which the disclosing party wishes to protect from public dissemination. "Proprietary Information" as used herein includes all information disclosed at any time between the parties with respect to the System (or any part thereof) which constitutes technical information concerning the operation of, or techniques or processes used in creating, the System (or any part thereof), and, to the extent either marked confidential or, if conveyed verbally, designated confidential and subsequently confirmed in writing to be confidential, all information regarding Participant’s Use of the Licensed Products or the System, information about the intellectual and intangible property of the parties, information relating to the parties’ respective business strategies, customers, marketing and sales plans and strategies, financial information, product development plans and strategies and similar proprietary information, and such other information discussed in Section 9.2 of this Agreement.

9.2 Participant acknowledges that, during the term of this Agreement, as a member of the CFN Mobile Fueling Network, Participant will be negotiating with Other Participants to determine the margin to be applied to mobile fueling Transactions for Other Participant customers and may be receiving information which is proprietary and confidential to the disclosing party, which the disclosing party wishes to protect from public dissemination. "Proprietary Information" as used herein includes all information disclosed at any time between the Participant and Other Participants during margin negotiations and mobile fueling contract performance and includes, to the extent either marked confidential or, if conveyed verbally, designated confidential and subsequently confirmed in writing to be confidential, information about the intellectual and intangible property of the parties thereto, information relating to the parties’ respective business strategies, customer information, including, but not limited to, customer pricing and contract information, marketing and sales plans and strategies, financial information, product development plans and strategies and similar proprietary information. CFN shall have no responsibility or liability to Participants, Other Participants, or their customers as a result of a violation or breach of this Section 9.2.

9.3 Each party (a) will hold such Proprietary Information, as applicable and as defined in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 above, in confidence and not use or disclose it, except as necessary to effect the purposes of this Agreement, (b) shall use its best efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure, publication or dissemination of any Proprietary Information and (c) agrees to take appropriate action with its employees to satisfy its obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as placing any obligation of confidence and non-use on a party with respect to any Proprietary Information that (i) is in the public domain provided it came into the public domain through no fault of such party; or (ii) can be demonstrated to have been independently developed by such party; or (iii) is rightfully received by such party from a third party not under an obligation of confidence to the other party hereto with respect thereto. Neither party shall be liable for either (a) inadvertent publication or dissemination of any Proprietary Information provided that (A) it uses the degree of care in safeguarding such Proprietary Information as set forth above and (B) upon disclosure or inadvertent publication or dissemination of such Proprietary Information it shall endeavor to prevent any further inadvertent publication or dissemination and promptly notifies the other party of the events occurring, or (b) unauthorized publication or dissemination of any Proprietary Information by persons who are or who have been in its employ, unless it fails to safeguard such information with the degree of care as set forth above. Any copyright notice used in connection with the Licensed Products shall not be deemed to imply that any part of the Licensed Products has been published, has been placed in the public domain, or has removed the obligation to hold any Proprietary Information contained on or in the Licensed Products in confidence."

(7) Exhibit B to the MAA is replaced with Exhibit B attached hereto.

(8) Except as specifically amended by the terms of this Amendment, the original terms, as previously amended, of the MAA shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Mobile Fueling Amendment to the Mutual Access Agreement, amending the Mutual Access Agreement between
the parties dated as of                      , 200     , to be executed by their undersigned duly authorized
representatives as of the            day of                      , 200      .

PARTICIPANT COMMERCIAL FUELING NETWORK, INC.
Name: By:
Address:  
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By:  
Title (Duly Authorized)
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Title (Duly Authorized)  

EXHIBIT B

TO

MUTUAL ACCESS AGREEMENT

As of the date of the Mutual Access Agreement, "Cost of Remote Transactions" and "Cost of Foreign Transactions" shall mean the following:

1) Non-Mobile Fueling Transactions.

The sum of (a) the cost of product (calculated by reference to the Oil Price Information Service average rack price at the terminal closest to the Site where the Transaction occurred), (b) transportation costs from the nearest terminal to the Site where the Transaction occurred determined in accordance with the appropriate standard industry haul rate schedule, (c) five U.S. cents (US$.05) per U.S. Gallon of petroleum product purchased, and (d) all applicable taxes.

2) Mobile Fueling Transactions.

The sum of (a) the cost of product (calculated by reference to the Oil Price Information Service average rack price at the terminal closest to where the Mobile Fueling Site is based), (b) the applicable margin negotiated between the selling Participant and the buying Participant prior to delivery of the petroleum products, and (c) all applicable taxes for the product delivery location.

 

This Exhibit shall be amended from time to time.




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