SIGNATURE NEEDED BY DECEMBER 31, G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Independent Contractor Operating Agreement

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1 SIGNATURE NEEDED BY DECEMBER 31, 2010 G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Independent Contractor Operating Agreement NOTICE OF ADDENDUM RELATING TO MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AND OTHER ITEMS Please note last paragraph may turn this into a Notice of Termination of ICOA. TO ALL G&P CONTRACTORS: November 22, 2010 I. NEW MAINTENANCE EXPENSE POLICY. G&P Contractors often face the need for unexpected repairs or maintenance on their Equipment and find that their weekly settlement compensation is insufficient to cover the expense. G&P is not in a position to advance such expenses for more than a brief period. For this reason, G&P is announcing today a new maintenance expense policy, which will take effect on January 3, 2011, as follows: A. If a Contractor wishes to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, or repairs from G&P on Contractor s Equipment, to have G&P advance a $1,000 or less payment to an outside vendor for such products and services, or, in rare instances, to receive a G&P loan for more than $1,000 on marketrate terms upon meeting commercially-reasonable eligibility criteria for such products and services, and then recover the amounts owed through deductions from the Contractor s Settlement Compensation, Contractor must except as indicated in the parenthetical in Paragraph I(E) below authorize G&P to open and administer a Maintenance and General Reserve Account ( Reserve Account ). For such a Contractor, the Reserve Account would become a required escrow fund under the Contractor s G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Independent Contractor Operating Agreement ( ICOA ) in addition to the Escrow Fund established by Attachment D to the ICOA. B. The Reserve Account would be funded by contributions deducted from Contractor s settlement compensation at seven cents per mile for all dispatched (loaded or empty) miles. At the start, G&P would transfer to the Reserve Account the amount by which the balance in Contractor s Escrow Fund under Attachment D at the time exceeds $1,200 (and $1,200 will become the new required balance in the Escrow Fund). Once the Reserve Account balance exceeds $10,000, G&P will, at Contractor s request no more than twice during each successive 12-calendar-month period thereafter, credit to Contractor s thennext settlement the amount by which the escrow balance then exceeds $10,000. C. During the term of the ICOA, G&P would draw on the Reserve Account to supplement Contractor s Settlement Compensation in covering any tires, replacement parts, maintenance, or repairs purchased by Contractor from G&P or whose expense at an outside vendor was advanced by G&P at Contractor s request. It would also help cover all amounts CARRIER paid in Damages under Section 16 of the ICOA. Within 45 days after termination of the ICOA, any remaining balance in the Reserve Account,

2 less deductions specified in the Addendum to cover not only maintenance and repair expenses and Damages, but all other Escrow items described in Attachment D, would be returned to Contractor. D. The terms of the Reserve Account would largely parallel those in Attachment D for the Escrow Fund, including G&P s paying of interest on the balance and Contractor s received accountings relating to the Reserve Account both automatically at each settlement and anytime else on request. E. Contractors not wishing to open a Reserve Account may continue to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repairs on their Equipment from G&P or third-party vendors but only if using cash or Contractor s own credit or debit card, not with G&P advancing the money and deducting payments from Contractor s Settlement Compensation (except to the extent Contractor s settlement compensation at the next settlement would be sufficient to cover the expense and G&P approves the advance). F. For all Contractors, whether or not electing to open a Reserve Account, the restrictions on the uses of the Escrow Fund would be loosened to allow expenditures, during the ICOA s term in addition to upon termination, for the full range of Escrow Items described in Attachment D. G. To implement this new policy and related changes, G&P is attaching an Addendum that, in Section 1 and through its appended new Attachment D (ESCROW FUND AND MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT), asks you to initial either OPTION 1, which (1) creates a Maintenance and General Reserve Account for you and leaves you free to continue purchasing tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repair services on your Equipment from G&P or third-party vendors through settlement deductions (when approved in each instance by G&P), (2) makes the new Reserve Account available to cover all amounts G&P paid in Damages under Section 16 of the ICOA, and (3) reduces the required Escrow Fund balance to $1,200 while allowing expenditures for the full range of Escrow Items ; or OPTION 2, under which you decline to have a Reserve Account opened and you acknowledge you will be free from then on to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repairs on your Equipment from G&P only if you use cash or your own credit or debit card, Under OPTION 2, your required Escrow Fund balance will remain at $2,400 and expenditures will be allowed for the full range of Escrow Items. II. SAFETY COMPLIANCE A. CSA. With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ( FMCSA ) implementing CSA (short for Comprehensive Safety Analysis ), a new mandatory motor carrier safety evaluation system covering drivers and equipment, G&P wants to encourage all Contractors to achieve optimal ratings under the system. Because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations hold not only Contractors, but also the motor carriers they provide services to, responsible for compliance, low CSA ratings on a Contractor s Equipment could directly harm G&P s regulatory compliance record and its dealings with customers. For this reason, Section 2(a) of the attached Addendum adds a new subsection to the ICOA imposing new requirements relating to CSA. B. Electronic Logging. A Contractor s compliance with the FMCSA s Hours of Service regulations is a government safety requirement for both the Contractor and the motor carrier the Contractor provides services to, G&P. For this reason and to aid Contractors in furnishing accurate driver logs to demonstrate such compliance, G&P will be furnishing electronic-logging software at no charge to all Contractors, regardless of whether the Contractor elects, in Section 5 of Attachment G to the ICOA, to have G&P furnish and install Qualcomm OmniTRACS satellite communications/tracking equipment in their tractor Equipment or instead to furnish and install compatible such communications/tracking equipment themselves. Contractor will be required to cooperate in the installation and use of such software. G&P will provide copies to Contractor of the log reports produced by the electronic logging software. Section 2(b) of the attached Addendum addresses this subject. III. PROTECTING INDEPENDENT-CONTRACTOR STATUS. To underscore that Contractor and G&P have entered into, and continue to deal with each other, as independent contractors, Section 3 of the attached Addendum spells out the respective financial obligations of each party if Contractor is ever determined to be an employee by a court or administrative agency. Essentially, the ICOA will be treated as rescinded from the start; 2

3 Contractor will be required to return to G&P all Settlement Compensation payments; and G&P will be required to pay Contractor the legally-required minimum wage for all compensable hours Contractor worked (as further detailed in Section 3. SIGNING OF ADDENDUM (POSSIBLE NOTICE OF TERMINATION). Please read the attached Addendum carefully and feel free to call me if you have any questions. If you agree, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE THREE STEPS: (1) initial your chosen OPTION at the top of the new Attachment D appended to the attached Addendum; (2) sign and date BOTH copies of BOTH the attached Addendum AND its appended new Attachment D; and (3) return one signed set of both the Addendum and Attachment D to G&P as soon as possible and no later than December 31, The Addendum will become effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 3, Because of the need to enable all G&P Independent Contractors to operate on a level playing field, no Independent Contractors will be permitted to continue under the un-amended ICOA past January 2, If you elect NOT to sign and return the Addendum and Attachment D by December 31, 2010, this Notice will constitute, under Section 2(a) of the Agreement, G&P s 30-day notice terminating your Agreement as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 2, Attachment Thank you. Richard Strobel Richard Strobel Senior Vice President G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Tel

4 G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Independent Contractor Operating Agreement ADDENDUM RELATING TO MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AND OTHER ITEMS The undersigned contractor ( CONTRACTOR ) under the G&P Trucking Company, Inc. Independent Contractor Operating Agreement ("Agreement") entered into with G&P Trucking Company, Inc. ( CARRIER ), and CARRIER agree, pursuant to Section 28(c) of the Agreement, to amend the Agreement as follows: 1. MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT AND RELATED ITEMS 1(a). Section 16 of the Agreement shall be revised to read: ESCROW FUNDS. CONTRACTOR authorizes CARRIER, and CARRIER agrees, to establish and administer one or more required escrow funds in accordance with the provisions of Attachment D. 1(b). The Escrow fund row in the Deductions Table in Section 1 of Attachment B (Deductions from Compensation) shall be revised so that the text in the left-hand column reads: Escrow Fund and Maintenance and Reserve Account contributions by CONTRACTOR. 1(c). The attached new Attachment D (ESCROW FUND AND MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT) to the Agreement shall fully replace and supersede all previous Attachment D s. The new Attachment D sets forth OPTIONs at the top, and changes in every Section, relating to the new Maintenance and General Reserve Account and related matters. CONTRACTOR should review the entire new Attachment and then initial ONE of the two OPTIONS at the top and sign and date the signature block at the bottom. 2. SAFETY COMPLIANCE 2(a). Comprehensive Safety Analysis. 2(a)(1). Section 7(f) (Safe Operations) of the Agreement shall be amended by renumbering its current text as Section 7(f)(1) and inserting, as a new Section 7(f)(2): Beginning on the date FMCSA makes its Compliance Safety Accountability ( CSA ) Program effective as to CARRIER s and CONTRACTOR s operations under this Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall ensure that CONTRACTOR s Equipment and drivers at all times meet CSA safety standards sufficient to enable CARRIER to (A) achieve and maintain a fit or similar rating that enables CARRIER to operate without FMCSA intervention or restriction pertaining to any of the seven safety evaluation areas measured by CSA, (B) obtain insurance coverage without increased costs associated with driver, equipment, or other performance measures under CSA, and (C) be and remain competitive with similarly-situated carriers as regards any of the seven safety evaluation areas measured under CSA. In addition, CONTRACTOR shall notify CARRIER in writing within two (2) business days of receiving notification from FMCSA that CONTRACTOR or any of its drivers have been deemed unfit or marginal based on their safety, inspection, and compliance performance. 2(a)(2). The second sentence of Section 7(a) (Drivers) of the Agreement shall be revised to read: The parties agree that CARRIER shall have the right to disqualify any driver provided by CONTRACTOR in the event that the driver is found to be unsafe (including, but not limited to, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) below relating to FMCSA s CSA Program), unqualified pursuant to federal or state law, in violation of CARRIER's minimum qualification standards, or in violation of any policies of CARRIER s customers. 2(a)(3). Attachment E (CARRIER Policies and Procedures) to the Agreement shall be revised to add a Section 5, which shall read, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Comprehensive Safety Analysis [ CSA ] Safety Measurement System (SMS) Methodology (Aug. 2010, Version 2.0), as amended from time to time by FMCSA and published online at and related CSA materials available online at In addition, the third sentence of Footnote 1 of Attachment E shall be revised to read: CONTRACTOR may, at CONTRACTOR's expense, inspect, download, and/or print Items 3 and 5 by MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AND OTHER ITEMS ADDENDUM Page 1

5 accessing (including, on request, at any CARRIER terminal) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's web pages indicated above. 2(b). Electronic Logging. Section 8(h) (Communication Equipment) of the Agreement shall be revised by re-numbering its current text as Section 8(h)(1), inserting Furnishing of Communications Equipment as the heading of such paragraph, and inserting, as a new Section (8(h)(2), with the heading, Electronic Logging the following: CARRIER shall, at no charge, furnish and install electronic-logging software, and instructions for its use, in the CARRIER-furnished Qualcomm OmniTRACS satellite communications/tracking equipment or the CONTRACTOR-furnished compatible communications/tracking equipment installed, pursuant to Section 5 of Attachment G of the Agreement, on CONTRACTOR s tractor Equipment. If such software will not, in CARRIER s judgment, function efficiently on CONTRACTOR-furnished communications/tracking equipment, such equipment shall not be considered compatible under Section 8(h)(1) above and CONTRACTOR shall permit CARRIER to furnish and install its own communications/tracking equipment in CONTRACTOR s tractor Equipment under the terms of Section 5 of Attachment G. In cooperation with CARRIER, CONTRACTOR shall cooperate fully in the use of such electronic logging software to track and report CONTRACTOR s drivers compliance with FMCSA s Hoursof-Service regulations to CARRIER. CARRIER shall regularly provide CONTRACTOR, at no charge, with printouts of the log reports or summaries produced by the electronic logging software. 3. RESCISSION AND RESTITUTION IF CONTRACTOR HELD TO BE AN EMPLOYEE Section 17 of the Agreement shall be amended to add a new Section 17(c), which shall read: 17(c). The Parties Financial Obligations If Contractor Is Determined to Be an Employee. If, whether on CONTRACTOR s initiative or not, CONTRACTOR is found to be an employee of CARRIER by any federal, state, local, or foreign court, administrative agency, or other governmental body, CONTRACTOR and CARRIER hereby agree, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: 17(c)(1). CONTRACTOR shall immediately owe CARRIER, for each week or other period this Agreement was in effect, all Settlement Compensation, as defined by Section 4(b) of this Agreement, previously paid to CONTRACTOR by CARRIER and all rights in any balances in required or voluntary escrow funds then under CARRIER administration that are traceable to compensation previously paid to CONTRACTOR by CARRIER, PLUS any cash advances provided by CARRIER to CONTRACTOR that CONTRACTOR used for personal, household, or other expenses not in performance of CONTRACTOR s obligations under this Agreement or that CONTRACTOR retained unspent, and LESS any expenses (including, for Equipment, other equipment, or tools used in performing work for CARRIER, any actual rent or installment-purchase payments made by CONTRACTOR or, if none, payments that would equal fair-market rent for items of similar kind, age, and condition) CONTRACTOR incurred in performance of CONTRACTOR s obligations under this Agreement that were not paid by CARRIER; 17(c)(2). CARRIER shall immediately owe CONTRACTOR, for all work activities during each week or other period this Agreement was in effect (including any activities for which CARRIER has not yet paid CONTRACTOR), only the then-applicable federal minimum hourly wage, or if higher a State s then-applicable minimum hourly wage but only to the extent CONTRACTOR s wage-earning activities occurred in that State, multiplied by CONTRACTOR s total hours actually performing on-duty work for CARRIER, consisting of both driving and non-driving time, under the FMCSA Hours of Service Regulations, 49 C.F.R. Part 395, or under a State s hours of service regulations to the extent applicable. The total hours worked shall be computed based on any relevant, reliable evidence, which may include CONTRACTOR Settlement Statements, driver logs (or, if logs are no longer available, the total hours that the applicable hours of service regulations would have permitted CONTRACTOR to be on-duty working for CARRIER during each relevant period), shipment and/or vehicle tracking data, bills of lading, fuel receipts, toll receipts, and testimony; and MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AND OTHER ITEMS ADDENDUM Page 2

6 17(c)(3). Because reclassification of CONTRACTOR s status from independent contractor to employee would fundamentally change the parties contracting assumptions and expectations, either party may terminate this Agreement upon the number of days notice to the other set forth in Section 2(a) of the Agreement. The provisions of this Section shall be deemed to survive any termination of the Agreement. 4. LIMITED SCOPE AND COPIES Except as expressly amended by this Addendum or by a replacement Attachment or other addendums, if any, not inconsistent with this Addendum the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. CARRIER shall keep the original of this Addendum and furnish a copy, signed by both parties, to CONTRACTOR, who shall attach it to the Agreement. THIS ADDENDUM RELATING TO MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT AND OTHER ITEMS, including its appended new Attachment D, which ADDENDUM completely replaces and supersedes any earlier addendum, attachment, or other provisions of this Agreement relating to the same subjects, is agreed to by the undersigned parties and shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 3, CARRIER: G & P TRUCKING COMPANY, INC. CONTRACTOR: Social Security or Taxpayer ID No.: By: Signature By: Signature Authorized Rep. s Name (Typed or Printed) Title Date Authorized Rep. s Name (Typed or Printed) Title Date MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AND OTHER ITEMS ADDENDUM Page 3

7 ATTACHMENT D ESCROW FUND AND MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT As authorized by Section 16 of the Agreement, CARRIER shall establish and administer one or more required escrow funds, as follows: CONTRACTOR SHOULD INITIAL ONE OF THESE TWO OPTIONS OPTION 1. CARRIER shall open and administer for CONTRACTOR, in addition to an Escrow Fund, a Maintenance and General Reserve Account ( Reserve Account ), which shall be a required escrow fund. CONTRACTOR shall then be permitted, when approved in each instance by CARRIER, to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repair services for the Equipment from CARRIER, to have CARRIER advance a $1,000-or-less payment to an outside vendor for such products and services, or, in rare instances, to have CARRIER loan Contractor more than $1,000 on market-rate terms upon meeting commercially-reasonable eligibility criteria for such products and services, and then recover the amounts owed through deductions from the Contractor s Settlement Compensation. OPTION 2. CARRIER shall open and administer for CONTRACTOR an Escrow Fund on the terms set forth below, BUT NOT a Maintenance and General Reserve Account, and CONTRACTOR shall NOT be permitted to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repair services for the Equipment from CARRIER, to have CARRIER advance a $1,000-or-less payment to an outside vendor for such products and services, or, in rare instances, to have CARRIER loan Contractor more than $1,000 on market-rate terms upon meeting commerciallyreasonable eligibility criteria for such products and services, and then recover the amounts owed through deductions from the Contractor s Settlement Compensation, except to the extent CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at the next settlement would be sufficient to cover the expense and CARRIER approves the advance. Under this OPTION 2, however, CONTRACTOR shall be permitted to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repair services for the Equipment from Carrier if paying in cash or with CONTRACTOR s own credit or debit card. 1. PRINCIPAL. The amount of principal to be held shall be 1(a). In the Escrow Fund 1(a)(1). If OPTION 1 above is initialed: A minimum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per unit of Equipment, which shall be deducted from CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at fifty dollars ($50) per settlement, beginning the first week of services provided by CONTRACTOR under the Agreement, until the full amount is deposited. If, at any time, the principal amount in escrow falls below the foregoing required amount of principal, CONTRACTOR authorizes CARRIER to deduct from CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at the same rate until the full principal amount is replenished. 1(a)(2). If OPTION 2 above is initialed: A minimum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per unit of Equipment, which shall be deducted from CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at fifty dollars ($50) per settlement, beginning the first week of services provided by CONTRACTOR under the Agreement, until the full amount is deposited. If, at any time, the principal amount in escrow falls below the foregoing required amount of principal, CONTRACTOR authorizes CARRIER to deduct from CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at the same rate until the full principal amount is replenished. 1(b). In the Reserve Account (under OPTION 1 above): A minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per unit of Equipment, which shall be deducted from CONTRACTOR s Settlement Compensation at seven cents ($0.07) per mile dispatched by CARRIER loaded or empty ( dispatched mile ) until the full minimum principal amount is deposited. Numbers of dispatched miles shall be based on CARRIER's then-current edition of Rand McNally Milemaker computerized mileage guide. CARRIER shall, at any CARRIER terminal during normal business hours, furnish CONTRACTOR free copies of the point-to-point mileage calculation(s) from such mileage guide that apply to any CARRIER move performed by or offered to CONTRACTOR. At the start, CARRIER shall Page D-1

8 transfer to the Reserve Account the amount by which the balance in the Escrow Fund at the time exceeds $1,200. Also, once the Reserve Account balance exceeds $10,000, CARRIER shall, at Contractor s request no more than twice during each successive 12-calendar-month period thereafter, credit to Contractor s then-next settlement the amount by which the balance then exceeds $10, SPECIFIC ITEMS TO WHICH ESCROW FUND AND RESERVE ACCOUNT MAY BE APPLIED. The escrow funds shall be held by CARRIER for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Agreement. The specific items to which they shall apply are 2(a). Escrow Fund (under both OPTIONS 1 and 2 above): Both during and upon termination of the Agreement, all advances, expenses, taxes, fees, fines, penalties, damages, losses, or other amounts paid, owed, or incurred by CARRIER, or owed by CONTRACTOR to a third party under a purchase or rental contract, that are CONTRACTOR s responsibility under the Agreement specifically, the deduction items set forth in Attachment B and other Attachments (hereafter Escrow Items ). 2(b). Reserve Account (under OPTION 1 above) 2(b)(1). During the Agreement: All amounts CARRIER paid in Damages under Agreement 16 and, when approved in each instance by CARRIER, all amounts needed to purchase tires, replacement parts, maintenance, and repair services for the Equipment from CARRIER, to reimburse CARRIER for its advancing of a $1,000-or-less payment to an outside vendor for such products and services, or, in rare instances, to make agreed payments on a CARRIER loan to CONTRACTOR in the principal sum of more than $1,000 on market-rate terms upon meeting commercially-reasonable eligibility criteria for such products and services pursuant to a LOAN ADDENDUM to the Agreement. 2(b)(2). Upon Termination of the Agreement: All Escrow Items. 3. ACCOUNTINGS. While the Escrow Fund and Reserve Account are under CARRIER s control, CARRIER shall provide an accounting to CONTRACTOR for each separately, no less frequently than monthly of all transactions by clearly indicating on individual Settlement Statements the amount and description of any deduction or addition made to each. In addition, upon CONTRACTOR s request, CARRIER shall provide CONTRACTOR with an accounting of any transactions involving CONTRACTOR s Escrow Fund or Reserve Account. 4. INTEREST. CARRIER shall pay interest to CONTRACTOR on the Escrow Fund and Reserve Account separately on at least a quarterly basis ( interest period ) beginning with receipt of the first CONTRACTOR contribution of principal. The interest rate shall be established on the date the interest period begins and shall be equal to the average yield of 91-day, 13-week U.S. Treasury bills, as established in the weekly auction by the Department of Treasury. 5. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Following termination of the Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall make payments to CARRIER for all Escrow Items. At the time of the return of any remaining balances in the Escrow Fund and Reserve Account, CARRIER may deduct monies for all Escrow Items then still owed to CARRIER. Such deductions shall be limited to amounts CARRIER actually spends, incurs, or owes to a third party, or that CONTRACTOR owes to CARRIER or a third party under a purchase or rental contract, before termination of the Agreement or, with respect to any CONTRACTOR obligation triggered by termination, including any expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by CARRIER in seeking the return of CARRIER's identification devices, CARRIER s Trailer, and other property, all amounts CARRIER actually spends, incurs, or owes to a third party upon termination or within forty-five (45) days thereafter. CARRIER shall not make deductions from the Escrow Fund or Reserve Account for items for which, by the end of forty-five (45) days after termination, neither CONTRACTOR nor CARRIER has yet made an expenditure or incurred a quantified, legally binding obligation to pay. CARRIER shall provide separate final accountings to CONTRACTOR of all such final deductions made from the Escrow Fund and Reserve Account, respectively, within forty-five (45) days from the date of termination of the Agreement. 6. RETURN OF ESCROW FUND AND RESERVE ACCOUNT BALANCES, AND CARRIER S ALTERNATIVE RIGHT OF SETOFF AND RIGHT TO RECOVER AMOUNTS OWED IT. In no event shall the Escrow Fund and Reserve Account, less any final deductions pursuant to the above provision, be returned to Page D-2

9 CONTRACTOR later than forty-five (45) days from the date of termination of the Agreement. CARRIER s use, or post-termination return to CONTRACTOR, of any balance in the Escrow Fund or Reserve Account shall not constitute a waiver of, and CARRIER shall have, the right to set off against any amounts CARRIER owes CONTRACTOR and the right to recover, through collection agencies and all other available legal means, any additional amounts CONTRACTOR owes, or comes to owe, CARRIER under the Agreement. THIS ATTACHMENT D, which completely replaces and supersedes any earlier attachment, addendum, or other provisions of this Agreement relating to the same subjects, is agreed to by the undersigned parties and shall be effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 3, CARRIER: G & P TRUCKING COMPANY, INC. CONTRACTOR: Social Security or Taxpayer ID No.: By: Signature By: Signature Authorized Rep. s Name (Typed or Printed) Title Date Authorized Rep. s Name (Typed or Printed) Title Date Page D-3