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Governing conditions for credit opening

1. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION: I (we), the undersigned, authorized representative(s) of the corporation, authorize Harnois Energies inc. or Harnois Groupe Immobilier inc. (hereinafter « Harnois ») to make inquiries about the company to obtain any information deemed necessary, useful or applicable to establish the company’s credit rating using an information agency;
2. SURETYSHIP: any suretyship given by one or more officers or partner(s) of the company may be withdrawn for the future by sending a registered notification to Harnois. Any suretyship shall remain in force and effect with respect to any indebtedness on the date of receipt of said notification, plus interests and fees thereon, until full payment. Harnois reserves its right to request a new bond or any other guarantee or to terminate the credit granted;
3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: subject to such different terms and conditions as may be agreed upon pursuant to any signed agreement, the applicant acknowledges that the following terms and conditions shall apply should a credit line be granted;
4. INTERESTS: any amount past due shall bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum (1.5% per month). A $50 fee shall be charged to the purchaser for any returned cheque;
5. COLLECTION CHARGES: any collection costs and/or legal fees incurred by Harnois in respect of the protection or collection of any amount owed by the Customer shall be chargeable to the latter, up to a maximum of 20% of the balance due;
6. RESERVATION OF OWNERSHIP: Harnois retains ownership of any property sold hereunder, and ownership shall be transferred not upon the making of the contract but only when all amounts owing under this agreement will have been paid in full;
7. PROHIBITION TO ENCUMBER THE PROPERTY SOLD: until the price of the goods is paid in full, the Customer may not, in any way, give as security, mortgage, encumber or affect a charge or right or engage or allow that to be incurred as security all or part of the goods sold. In addition, in the event that the goods sold are taken as collateral or seized in court, the costumer agrees to immediately release such guarantee or seizure at his expense;
8. RESERVOIRS: Customer declares that its reservoir comply with all relevant regulations and by-laws and assumes any risks relating to the storage and sale of any property sold hereunder;
9. JURISDICTION AND ELECTION OF DOMICILE: all proceedings relating to or connected with the present agreement and/or with the relationship between the parties shall be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction in the judicial district of Joliette and in such case, any proceedings instituted may be served at the Customer’s abovementioned address or, should said address no longer be valid, at the office of the Superior Court of the District of Joliette where Customer elects domicile. This contract is governed by the laws of the province of Quebec.
10. The applicant(s) acknowledge having read the clauses stipulated above and accept, by its (their) signature, that they are applicable. In the event that the required account opening is for the benefit of a company, the applicant(s) is (are) personally and severally liable with the company for the payment of any amount due and waive all benefits of discussion and division.

IMPORTANT: If the business has been registered or incorporated for less than one (1) year, please provide a personal letter of guarantee if the monthly credit limit request exceeds $50 000. Please include a copy of your latest financial statements with your application if the monthly credit limit request exceeds $100 000. If your company sells petroleum products, please enclose a copy of your certificate of registration and a copy of your permit to sell petroleum products. Harnois may at any time request that the company signs additional or complementary agreements. Harnois cannot activate a “Approvisionnement par carte” (Diesel Express / Énergies Express) account or conduct any sale transactions until it has received written acceptance of the specific terms and conditions.