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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-493089
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121206

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONSUMERS ENERGY CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000201533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				380442310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05611
		FILM NUMBER:		121245721

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5177881612

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSUMERS POWER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CMS ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000811156
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				382726431
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09513
		FILM NUMBER:		121245720

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5177881612

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November&nbsp;30, 2012 </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>File Number</U></B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registrant; State of Incorporation; <U>Address; and Telephone Number</U></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>IRS Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Identification No.</U></B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CMS ENERGY CORPORATION</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(A Michigan Corporation)</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>One Energy Plaza</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Jackson, Michigan 49201</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(517) 788-0550</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>38-2726431</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY (A Michigan Corporation)</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>One Energy Plaza</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Jackson, Michigan 49201</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(517) 788-0550</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>38-0442310</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule
425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On November&nbsp;30, 2012, Consumers Energy Company (&#147;Consumers Energy&#148;), a principal subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation (&#147;CMS
Energy&#148;), amended its Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;23, 2010 (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;). The parties to the Purchase Agreement are listed in the Purchase Agreement, which was previously
filed as Exhibit 10.34 to the Form 10-K filed February&nbsp;24, 2011 and is incorporated herein by reference. On November&nbsp;30, 2012, Consumers Energy also amended its Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;22, 2003 (the &#147;Sale
Agreement&#148;). The parties to the Sale Agreement are listed in the Sale Agreement, which was previously filed as Exhibit 10(v) to the Form 10-Q filed October&nbsp;30, 2009 and is incorporated herein by reference. The effects of these amendments,
among other things, are 1) to change the administrative agent to The Bank of Nova Scotia and the conduit to Liberty Street Funding, LLC and 2) to extend the term until December&nbsp;1, 2014. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Bank of Nova Scotia has provided banking and underwriting services to Consumers Energy in the ordinary course of business. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The foregoing descriptions of the amendments do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the provisions of the amendments, which are attached hereto as Exhibits&nbsp;10.1 and 10.2
and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(d) Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;30, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;8 to Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;30, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Form 8-K contains &#147;forward-looking
statements&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;3b-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rule&nbsp;175 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties. They should be read in conjunction with &#147;FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION&#148; and &#147;RISK FACTORS&#148; sections of CMS Energy Corporation&#146;s (&#147;CMS Energy&#148;) Form 10-K and Consumers Energy
Company&#146;s (&#147;Consumers Energy&#148;) Form 10-K each for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 and as updated in CMS Energy&#146;s and Consumers Energy&#146;s Forms 10-Q for the Quarters Ended March&nbsp;31, 2012,&nbsp;June&nbsp;30, 2012 and
September&nbsp;30, 2012. CMS Energy&#146;s and Consumers Energy&#146;s &#147;FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION&#148; and &#147;RISK FACTORS&#148; sections are incorporated herein by reference and discuss important factors that could cause
CMS Energy&#146;s and Consumers Energy&#146;s results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. </FONT></P>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas J. Webb</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas J. Webb</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;30, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;8 to Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;30, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Execution Copy </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDMENT NO. 4 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TO </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDED AND
RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated as of November&nbsp;30, 2012 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;) is entered into as of November&nbsp;30, 2012 by and among Consumers Receivables
Funding II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<U>Seller</U>&#148;), Consumers Energy Company, a Michigan corporation (&#147;<U>Consumers</U>&#148;), as initial servicer (the &#147;<U>Servicer</U>&#148;), the entities party hereto
from time to time as Conduits (together with any of their respective successors and assigns hereunder, the &#147;<U>Conduits</U>&#148;), the entities party hereto from time to time as Financial Institutions (together with any of their respective
successors and assigns hereunder, the &#147;<U>Financial Institutions</U>&#148;), the entities party hereto from time to time as Managing Agents (together with any of their respective successors and assigns hereunder, the &#147;<U>Managing
Agents</U>&#148;) and The Bank of Nova Scotia, (&#147;<U>BNS</U>&#148;), as assignee of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Purchasers (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the &#147;<U>Administrative
Agent</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PRELIMINARY STATEMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Seller, the Servicer, the Conduits, the Financial Institutions, the Managing Agents and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated
as of November&nbsp;23, 2010 (as amended prior to the date hereof and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the &#147;<U>RPA</U>&#148;). Terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the RPA. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The parties to the RPA enter into this Amendment to provide for
certain modifications to the terms and provisions of the RPA as more particularly set forth herein below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Amendments to the RPA</U>. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <U>Section&nbsp;2</U> below, the
RPA is hereby amended as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.1. Section&nbsp;7.1(a) of the RPA is hereby amended to restate clause (i)&nbsp;thereof in
its entirety as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i)Within 120 days after the close of (A)&nbsp;each of Consumer&#146;s fiscal years,
a copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K (or any successor form) for Consumers for such year, including therein the consolidated balance sheet of Consumers and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the
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consolidated statements of income, cash flows and common stockholder&#146;s equity of Consumers and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of and for such year, or statements providing
substantially similar information, in each case certified by independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Consumers (and not objected to by the Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent), and (B)&nbsp;each of the
Seller&#146;s fiscal years, unaudited financial statements (which shall include balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for such fiscal year, all certified by a Responsible Officer of the Seller as
fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Seller in accordance with GAAP. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.2. Section&nbsp;9.1 of the RPA is hereby amended to restate subsection (f)(iii) thereof in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) the average of the Past Due Ratios as of the end of such Accrual Period and the two preceding Accrual Periods shall
exceed (A)&nbsp;12.0% for any Accrual Period occurring in May through December of any calendar year or (B)&nbsp;8.5% for any Accrual Period occurring in January through April of any calendar year, or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.3. Section&nbsp;9.1 of the RPA is hereby amended to restate subsection (k)&nbsp;thereof in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) Consumers shall fail to maintain a ratio of Total Consolidated Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization of not
greater than 0.65 to 1.0. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.4. Article X of the RPA is hereby amended to restated Section&nbsp;10.3 in its entirety as
follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.3 <U>Increased Costs and Reduced Return</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) If any Regulatory Change (i)&nbsp;subjects any Purchaser or any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with
respect to any Funding Agreement or this Agreement or a Purchaser&#146;s or Funding Source&#146;s obligations under a Funding Agreement or this Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any
Purchaser or any Funding Source of any amounts payable under any Funding Agreement or this Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of a Purchaser or Funding Source or taxes excluded by <U>Section&nbsp;10.1</U>) or
(ii)&nbsp;imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, fee, tax, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or liabilities of a Funding Source or a Purchaser, or
credit extended by a Funding Source or a Purchaser pursuant to a Funding Agreement or this Agreement or (iii)&nbsp;imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to a Funding Source or a Purchaser of performing its
obligations under a Funding Agreement or this Agreement, or to reduce the rate of return on a </FONT></P>
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Funding Source&#146;s or Purchaser&#146;s capital or assets as a consequence of its obligations under a Funding Agreement or this Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by a Funding Source or a Purchaser under a Funding Agreement or this Agreement, or to require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then, within 30 days after demand by
the Administrative Agent, Seller shall pay to the Program Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Funding Source or Purchaser, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or Purchaser or such amounts to otherwise compensate such Funding Source or
such Purchaser for such increased cost or such reduction. The term &#147;Regulatory Change&#148; shall mean (i)&nbsp;the adoption after the date hereof of any applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy or liquidity coverage) or any change therein after the date hereof, (ii)&nbsp;any change after the date hereof in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, Accounting Authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, or
(iii)&nbsp;compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency; provided that for purposes of this definition, compliance with, (x)&nbsp;the United States bank
regulatory rule titled Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance: Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modification to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs;
and Other Related Issues, adopted on December&nbsp;15, 2009, (y)&nbsp;the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation
thereof, and (z)&nbsp;all requests, rules, guidelines and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory
authorities, shall in each case be deemed to be a &#147;Regulatory Change&#148;, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented. Seller acknowledges that any Purchaser or Conduit Funding Source may institute measures in anticipation
of a Regulatory Change, and may commence allocating charges to or seeking compensation from Seller under this <U>Section&nbsp;10.3</U>, in advance of the effective date of such Regulatory Change and Seller agrees to pay such charges or compensation
to the Program Agent, for the benefit of such Purchaser or Funding Source, following demand therefor without regard to whether such effective date has occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Prior to making any demand for payment under this <U>Section&nbsp;10.3</U>, a certificate of the applicable Purchaser or Funding Source setting forth the amount or amounts reasonably determined
necessary to compensate such Purchaser or Funding Source pursuant to paragraph (a)&nbsp;of this <U>Section&nbsp;10.3</U> shall be delivered to the Seller, which shall be conclusive absent manifest error. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall be entitled to receive
any amount under this Section to the extent that such amount relates to an increased cost or reduction incurred for a date that is more than 90 days prior to the date that the Seller first receives notice thereof, provided, that if such increased
cost or reduction is imposed retroactively, such 90-day period shall be extended to include the period of the retroactive effect thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.5. <U>Exhibit I</U> to the RPA is hereby amended to delete the definitions therein of &#147;CP Rate&#148;, &#147;Credit Agreement&#148;, &#147;Debt Rating&#148;, &#147;Funding Agreement&#148;, and
&#147;Liquidity Termination Date&#148; and replace them with the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>CP Rate</U>&#148; means,
for any Accrual Period for any Purchaser Interest owned by a Conduit if and to the extent such Conduit funds the Purchase or maintenance of its Purchaser Interest by the issuance of commercial paper notes during such Settlement Period, the per annum
rate equivalent to the weighted average cost (as determined by the related Managing Agent and which shall include commissions of placement agents and dealers, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to commercial paper maturing on dates
other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit, other borrowings by such Conduit (other than under any commercial paper program support agreement) and any other costs associated with the issuance of commercial paper) of
or related to the issuance of commercial paper that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit or its Managing Agent to fund or maintain its Purchaser Interests during such Accrual Period; provided, however, that if any component of such
rate is a discount rate, in calculating the &#147;CP Rate&#148; for such Conduit for such Purchaser Interest for such Accrual Period, such Conduit shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an
interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum; provided, further, however, that if such Conduit determines that it is not able, or that it is impractical, to issue commercial paper notes for any period of time then, the CP Rate shall be the LIBO Rate.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148; means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;31,
2011 among Consumers, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as &#147;Banks&#148; and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, and giving effect to each amendment, restatement or modification thereto of which Consumers or Seller has
provided notice to the Administrative Agent in writing, but without giving effect to any waiver unless consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Debt Rating</U>&#148; means &#147;Senior Debt Rating&#148; as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Funding Agreement</U>&#148; means any agreement or instrument executed by a Conduit and executed by or in favor
of any Funding Source or executed by any Funding Source at the request of such Conduit. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Liquidity Termination Date</U>&#148; means December&nbsp;1, 2014.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.6. <U>Exhibit I</U> to the RPA is hereby further amended to delete the definitions of &#147;FMB Release Date&#148; and
&#147;Senior Debt&#148; and to add the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Accounting Authority</U>&#148; means any accounting board or authority (whether or not part of a government)
which is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case whether foreign or domestic. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Governmental Authority</U>&#148; means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Total Consolidated Capitalization</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Total Consolidated Debt</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.7. <U>Schedule C</U> to the RPA is hereby deleted in its entirety. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.8. Other than in the Preliminary Statements, Section&nbsp;12.8, the definitions of &#147;1945 Indenture&#148; and &#147;Supplemental
Indenture&#148; in Exhibit I and Exhibit IV of the RPA and other than in Section&nbsp;2.1(w) and Exhibit III to the Receivables Sale Agreement, each reference in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to &#147;JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.&#148; is hereby changed to &#147;The Bank of Nova Scotia&#148; and each reference in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to &#147;JPMC&#148; is hereby changed to &#147;BNS&#148;. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.9. Other than in the Preliminary Statements and Section&nbsp;12.8 of the RPA, each reference in the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to &#147;Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC&#148; is hereby changed to &#147;Liberty Street Funding LLC&#148; and each reference in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to &#147;Falcon&#148; is hereby changed to
&#147;Liberty&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Conditions Precedent</U>. This Amendment shall become effective and be deemed effective, as of the
date first above written, upon the latest to occur of receipt by the Administrative Agent of one copy of each of this Amendment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.1. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made by it in the RPA, as amended, and agrees that all
such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been re-made as of the effective date of this Amendment. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.2. Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants as to itself
(i)&nbsp;that this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally and general principles of equity which may limit the availability of equitable remedies and (ii)&nbsp;upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, that no event shall have
occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. <U>Fees, Costs,
Expenses and Taxes</U>. Without limiting the rights of the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers set forth in the RPA and the other Transaction Documents, the Seller agrees to pay on demand all reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered in
connection herewith and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers as to their rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. <U>Ratification</U>. The RPA, as amended hereby, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. <U>Reference to Agreement</U>. From and after the effective date hereof, each reference in the RPA to &#147;this Agreement&#148;, &#147;hereof&#148;, or &#147;hereunder&#148; or words of like import,
and all references to the RPA in any and all agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates and other writings of every kind and nature shall be deemed to mean the RPA as amended by this Amendment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7. <U>CHOICE OF LAW</U>. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8. <U>Execution of Counterparts</U>. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9. <U>Headings</U>. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONSUMERS RECEIVABLES FUNDING II,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Venkat Dhenuvakonda Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President, Chief Executive Officer,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ DV Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Venkat Dhenuvakonda Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Vice President and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size:120px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:120px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Signature Page to </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Amended and Restated
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Jill A. Russo</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Vice President</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thane Rattew</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: THANE RATTEW</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Execution Copy </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDMENT NO. 8 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TO </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">RECEIVABLES
SALE AGREEMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;) dated as of
November&nbsp;30, 2012, is entered into among CONSUMERS RECEIVABLES FUNDING II, LLC (&#147;<U>Buyer</U>&#148;) and CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY (&#147;<U>Originator</U>&#148;). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the &#147;Receivables Sale Agreement&#148; referred to below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A. Reference is made to that certain Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;22, 2003 between Buyer and Originator (as amended
prior to the date hereof, as amended hereby and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the &#147;<U>Receivables Sale Agreement</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B. The parties hereto have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1. <U>Amendments</U>. Subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent set forth in
<U>Section&nbsp;3</U> hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Receivables Sale Agreement as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Section&nbsp;4.1(a)(i)</U> of the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Annual Reportin</U>g. Within 120 days after the close of each of Originator&#146;s fiscal years, a copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K (or any successor form) for Originator for such year, including
therein the consolidated balance sheet of Originator and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the consolidated statements of income, cash flows and common stockholder&#146;s equity of Originator and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of and for such year, or statements providing substantially similar information, in each case certified by independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Originator (and not objected to by the
Administrative Agent) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Other than in Section&nbsp;2.1(w) and Exhibit III to the Receivables Sale Agreement,
each reference in the Receivables Sale Agreement to &#147;JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.&#148; is hereby changed to &#147;The Bank of Nova Scotia&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2. <U>Representations and Warranties</U>. The Originator hereby represents and warrants to Buyer and its assigns that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms; and </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) on the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no
Termination Event or Potential Termination Event has occurred and is continuing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3. <U>Conditions Precedent</U>. This
Amendment shall become effective on the first Business Day (the &#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;) on which Buyer and the Administrative Agent or its counsel has received four (4)&nbsp;counterpart signature pages to this Amendment, executed by each
of the parties hereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4. <U>Reference to and Effect on the Transaction Documents</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, (i)&nbsp;each reference in the Receivables Sale Agreement to &#147;this
Receivables Sale Agreement&#148;, &#147;this Agreement&#148;, &#147;hereunder&#148;, &#147;hereof&#148;, &#147;herein&#148; or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Receivables Sale Agreement as amended or otherwise modified
hereby, and (ii)&nbsp;each reference to the Receivables Sale Agreement in any other Transaction Document or any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, shall mean and be a reference to the
Receivables Sale Agreement as amended or otherwise modified hereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Except as specifically amended,
terminated or otherwise modified above, the terms and conditions of the Receivables Sale Agreement, of all other Transaction Documents and any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, shall
remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Buyer or its assigns under the Receivables Sale Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other document, instrument or agreement executed in
connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein. Buyer and its assigns hereby expressly reserve all of their rights with respect to the occurrence of other Termination Events, if any, whether previously existing or
hereinafter arising or which exist at any time on or after the date first written above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 5. <U>Execution in
Counterparts</U>. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6. <U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. </FONT></P>
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convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Remainder of Page
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ DV Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Venkat Dhenuvakonda Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President, Chief Executive Officer,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ DV Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Venkat Dhenuvakonda Rao</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Vice President and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thane Rattew</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: THANE RATTEW</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR</FONT></TD></TR>
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