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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-10-001425
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100410
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100415
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100414

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000778164
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				412170618
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21467
		FILM NUMBER:		10750425

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		916-403-2123

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		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACCESSITY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030627

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DRIVERSSHIELD COM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PRIORITY GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Ex Parte Application For Court Order Approving Stipulation for Settlement of
Claim (&#8220;Application&#8221;), jointly filed by Plaintiff Socius CG II, Ltd. (&#8220;Socius&#8221;)
and Defendant Pacific Ethanol, Inc. ( &#8220;PEI&#8221;), came on for hearing on April 13,
2010 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 38 of the above-entitled court, the Honorable
Maureen Duffy-Lewis, Judge presiding.</font></div>
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Court, having reviewed the Application, having been presented with a Stipulation
for Settlement of Claim (the &#8220;Stipulation&#8221;), a copy of which is attached as
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exhibit A</font> to
the Application, and after a hearing upon the fairness, adequacy and
reasonableness of the terms and conditions of the issuance of shares of the
common stock of PEI (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) to Socius in exchange for the
extinguishment of said claims, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AS
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full and final settlement of Socius&#8217; claim against PEI in the total amount of
$4,000,000 (the &#8220;Claim&#8221;), which Claim Socius purchased from a creditor of PEI,
Lyles United, LLC (&#8220;Lyles United&#8221;) pursuant to a Purchase and Option Agreement
between Socius and Lyles United, dated April 10, 2010 (the &#8220;Purchase
Agreement&#8221;), and which Claim comprises a portion of the principal amount due and
payable under a loan made from Lyles United to PEI with an aggregate principal
balance of $20,000,000, PEI will issue and deliver to Socius or its designee
3,750,000 shares of Common Stock, being approximately equal to 5% (but under no
circumstance whatsoever more than 9.99%) of the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on the date of the Stipulation (the &#8220;Settlement Shares&#8221;),
subject to adjustment as set forth in paragraph 4 below to reflect the intention
of the parties that the total number of shares issued be based upon an average
trading price of the Common Stock for a specified period of time subsequent to
entry of this Order.</font></div>
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later than the first business day following the date that the Court enters this
Order approving the Stipulation, PEI shall: (i) immediately issue the number of
shares of Common Stock required by paragraph 2 above to Socius&#8217; or its
designee&#8217;s balance account with The Depository Trust Company (DTC) through the
Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program of DTC&#8217;s Deposit/Withdrawal
Agent Commission (DWAC) system, without any restriction on transfer, time being
of the essence, by transmitting by facsimile and overnight delivery such
irrevocable and unconditional instruction to PEI&#8217;s stock transfer agent, and
(ii) cause its legal counsel to issue an opinion to PEI&#8217;s transfer agent, in
form and substance acceptable to both parties and such transfer agent, that the
shares may be so issued.</font></div>
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total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Socius or its designee in
connection with the Stipulation and this Order shall be adjusted on the 6th
trading day following the date on which the Settlement Shares are delivered to
Socius or its designee as DWAC shares in compliance with paragraph 3 above, as
follows: (i) if the number of VWAP Shares (as defined below) exceeds the number
of Settlement Shares initially issued, then PEI will issue and deliver to Socius
or its designee, as DWAC shares in accordance with paragraph 3 above, additional
shares of Common Stock equal to the difference between the number of VWAP Shares
and the number of Settlement Shares, and (ii) if the number of VWAP Shares is
less than the number of Settlement Shares, then Socius or its designee will
return to PEI for cancellation of that number of shares as equals the difference
between the number of VWAP Shares and the number of Settlement Shares issued
pursuant to paragraph 2 above or, in the alternative at the option of Socius, a
book entry credit may be entered by PEI or its transfer agent reflecting that
such shares are owed from Socius to PEI.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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number of VWAP Shares is equal to (i) $4,000,000&#160;&#160;divided by 80% of
the trading volume weighted average price as reported by Bloomberg LP (the
&#8220;VWAP&#8221;) of the Common Stock over the 5-day trading period immediately following
the date on which the Settlement Shares are delivered to Socius or its designee
as DWAC shares in compliance with paragraph 3 above, plus (ii) $30,213 for
Socius&#8217; legal fees, expenses and costs incurred through March 29, 2010, plus an
amount equal to Socius&#8217; reasonable legal fees, expenses and costs incurred after
March 29, 2010, with the total divided by the VWAP of the Common Stock over the
5-day trading period immediately following the date on which the Settlement
Shares are delivered to Socius or its designee as DWAC shares in compliance with
paragraph 3 above.</font></div>
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no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock issued to Socius or its
designee in connection with the settlement of the Claim, aggregated with all
shares of Common Stock then owned or beneficially owned or controlled by,
collectively, Socius and its affiliates, at any time exceed (i) 9.99% of the
total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, or (ii) without the
prior written consent of PEI, that number of shares of Common Stock that would
trigger a new limitation under IRS Code Section 382.</font></div>
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no event shall the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued to Socius
or its designee in connection with the settlement of the Claim, aggregated with
any other shares of Common Stock issued to Socius and/or its designees by PEI,
at any time exceed 19.99% of the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately preceding the date the Court enters the Order approving
this stipulation unless PEI has obtained either (i) stockholder approval for the
issuance of more than such number of shares of Common Stock pursuant to NASDAQ
Marketplace Rule 5635(d) or (ii) a waiver from NASDAQ of compliance with Rule
5635(d).</font></div>
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PEI, neither Socius nor any of its affiliates will: (i) vote any shares of
Common Stock owned or controlled by it, or solicit any proxies or seek to advise
or influence any person with respect to any voting securities of PEI; or (ii)
engage or participate in any actions, plans or proposals which relate to or
would result in (a) Socius or any of its affiliates acquiring additional
securities of PEI, alone or together with any other person, which would result
in Socius and its affiliates collectively beneficially owning or controlling
more than 9.99% of the total outstanding Common Stock or other voting securities
of PEI, (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger,
reorganization or liquidation, involving PEI or any of its subsidiaries, (c) a
sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of PEI or any of its
subsidiaries, (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of
PEI, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors
or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, (e) any material change in the
present capitalization or dividend policy of PEI, (f) any other material change
in PEI&#8217;s business or corporate structure, including but not limited to, if PEI
is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make
any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by Section 13
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (g) changes in PEI&#8217;s charter, bylaws or
instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition of control of PEI by any Person, (h) causing a class of securities
of PEI to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be
authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered
national securities association, (i) causing a class of equity securities of PEI
to become eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4)
of the Act, or (j) taking any action, intention, plan or arrangement similar to
any of those enumerated above.&#160;&#160;The provisions of this paragraph 5 may
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the period of one year from the date that the final number of Settlement Shares
are delivered to Socius or its designee as DWAC shares in compliance with
paragraph 3 above, and regardless of whether Socius or its affiliates then hold
any debt or equity securities of PEI, Socius and its affiliates shall have the
exclusive right to enter into transactions with PEI whereby PEI directly or
indirectly issues common stock or common stock equivalents to a party (including
without limitation Lyles United or its affiliates) in exchange for outstanding
securities, claims or property interests, or partly in such exchange and partly
for cash, including without limitation any such financing or transaction carried
out pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) or Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">however</font>, that the
foregoing exclusivity provision shall not apply to (i) such transactions between
PEI and any entity that is a creditor of any PEI subsidiary on the date hereof,
or (ii) a convertible note financing (including later conversion of the notes to
common stock) in a maximum amount of $5 million with the creditor with whom PEI
is currently in negotiations regarding such financing, or (iii) such
transactions between PEI and two of its directors in respect of an aggregate of
$2 million in principal amount of notes issued by PEI to such directors provided
that the securities issued in exchange for such notes cannot be sold by such
directors for at least six months subsequent to the issuance date.</font></div>
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the other party&#8217;s employees, officers, directors, affiliates and attorneys, from
any and all claims, demands, obligations (fiduciary or otherwise), and causes of
action, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, arising out of,
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jurisdiction with regard to the Claim to enforce the terms of this
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99.1<br></font><br></div>
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entered into as of April 10, 2010, by and between Socius CG II, Ltd., a Bermuda
exempted company (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Purchaser</font>&#8221;), and
Lyles United, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Creditor</font>&#8221;), and, as
to the Acknowledgment at the end of this Agreement, by Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PEI</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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Creditor are parties to (and PEI has executed the &#8220;Acknowledgment By PEI&#8221; with
respect to) that certain Purchase and Option Agreement dated as of March 2, 2010
(the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Master
Agreement</font>&#8221;); except as otherwise expressly stated herein, all capitalized
words and terms used herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master
Agreement;</font></div>
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indebted to Creditor pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated
Promissory Note, payable to Creditor, dated November 7, 2008, in the original
principal amount of $30,000,000 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Note</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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obligations of PEI to Creditor under the Note are secured and/or credit enhanced
by the terms of (i) that certain Security Agreement dated as of November 7, 2008
between Pacific Ag. Products, LLC, a California limited liability company and
indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of PEI, and Creditor (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Security Agreement</font>&#8221;),
(ii) that certain Irrevocable Joint Instruction Letter dated November 7, 2008
among PEI, Pacific Ethanol California, Inc., a California corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of PEI, and Creditor (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Instruction Letter</font>&#8221;),
(iii) that certain Unconditional Guaranty dated November 7, 2008 by Pacific Ag.
Products, LLC in favor of Creditor (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PacAg Guaranty</font>&#8221;), and
(iv)&#160;that certain Limited Recourse Guaranty dated November 7, 2008 by
Pacific Ethanol California, Inc. in favor of Creditor (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PEC Guaranty</font>&#8221;) (the
Security Agreement, Instruction Letter, PacAg Guaranty and PEC Guaranty
hereinafter are collectively referred to as the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Credit Enhancement
Documents</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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date of this Agreement, PEI is in default under the Note, and is indebted to
Creditor for unpaid principal in the amount
of&#160;&#160;$20,000,000.&#160;&#160;PEI is also indebted to Creditor for
accrued and unpaid interest, late fees and costs, and reimbursable fees or
expenses related to the Note and the defaults thereunder, for a total amount due
and payable by PEI to Creditor of&#160;&#160;$23,598.226, consisting of
$20,000,000 principal amount, plus $3,198,226 in unpaid interest accrued through
April 10, 2010, plus $400,000 in reimbursable fees or expenses as of the date
hereof (such total amount, plus all additional interest that accrues on the
unpaid principal balance under the Note on and after April 11,
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Section 6 of the Master Agreement, Creditor has exercised an Option to sell,
transfer and assign to Purchaser its right to receive payment on a portion of
the Indebtedness, which portion is Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) in
principal amount as specified in the Option Exercise Notice provided by Creditor
to Purchaser herewith (such portion of the Indebtedness being hereinafter
referred to as the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Subject
Claim</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Pursuant to such exercise by
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THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained herein and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
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terms of this Agreement and subject only to the conditions subsequent set forth
in Section 2 below, Purchaser hereby purchases from Creditor, and Creditor
hereby sells, transfers, conveys and assigns to Purchaser, for the consideration
specified below, all right, title and interest in and to the Subject
Claim.&#160;&#160;It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties that the
Subject Claim does not include, and the Purchaser under this Agreement is not
purchasing or otherwise obtaining, (i) any rights under the Credit Enhancement
Documents, which Creditor hereby expressly retains and preserves for its own
benefit, (ii) except to the extent (if at all) expressly made part of the
Subject Claim pursuant to the specific described components of the Subject Claim
set forth in the Option Exercise Notice, any and all claims for accrued and
unpaid interest owing to Creditor by PEI as of the date hereof under or in
connection with the Note, including, without limitation, all accrued and unpaid
interest on the Subject Claim as of the date hereof, all of which claims are
expressly retained and preserved by Creditor for its own benefit, and (iii)
except to the extent (if at all) expressly made part of the Subject Claim
pursuant to the specific described components of the Subject Claim set forth in
the Option Exercise Notice, any and all claims of Creditor against PEI for
reimbursable fees or expenses under or in connection with the Note, which are
expressly retained and preserved by Creditor for its own benefit.</font></div>
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consideration to be paid by Purchaser to Creditor for the Subject Claim shall be
Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Purchase
Price</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Purchase Price shall be due and payable by
Purchaser to Creditor by wire transfer on the date set forth in sub-paragraph
(b) of Section 2 below.</font></div>
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and Settlement Motion</font>.&#160;&#160;&#160;No later than close of business
on the third business day after the date of this Agreement, Purchaser shall
provide written notice to Creditor that (i) Purchaser has filed an action (the
&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Action</font>&#8221;)
against PEI in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of
Los Angeles (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Court</font>&#8221;) for
collection of the Subject Claim, specifying the date that the Action was
commenced (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Action
Commencement Date</font>&#8221;), and (ii)&#160;a motion in the Action has been filed
seeking Court approval of the settlement of the Action on terms acceptable to
Purchaser and in accordance with Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Settlement</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;&#160;If
such written notice is not provided by Purchaser to Creditor by the close of
business on the third business day after the date of this Agreement, then this
Agreement&#160;&#160;(including, without limitation, the provisions in the
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further force or effect, and no sale or assignment of the Subject Claim shall
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reasonably promptly after the Court has entered an order in form and substance
acceptable to Purchaser approving the Settlement (such written notice being
hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Court Approval
Notice</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In all events and circumstances,
if&#160;&#160;Purchaser has not provided the Court Approval Notice by the close
of business on the tenth business day after the Action Commencement Date
(regardless of whether Purchaser has simply overlooked providing such notice by
such tenth business day, is not in a position to provide such notice by such
tenth business day because the Court has not entered an order approving the
Settlement by such tenth business day, or for any other reason
in&#160;&#160;Purchaser&#8217;s sole discretion Purchase has failed to timely provide
the Court Approval Notice), then Creditor shall have the right to terminate and
cancel this Agreement by providing written notice of termination to Purchaser at
any time prior to receiving the Court Approval Notice from
Purchaser.&#160;&#160;If such termination is so effected by Creditor, then this
Agreement shall be deemed void <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">ab initio</font> and of no
further force or effect, and no sale or assignment of the Subject Claim shall
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to Creditor before Creditor has exercised any termination right set forth in
sub-paragraph (b) immediately above, then no later than close of business on the
second business day after the date the Court Approval Notice is provided by
Purchaser to Creditor, Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price to Creditor by
wire transfer pursuant to the wire transfer instructions set forth in
sub-paragraph (c) of Section 2 of the Master Agreement, as the same may be
amended or superseded by Creditor from time to time by written notice pursuant
to Section 10 of the Master Agreement (the date upon which the Purchase Price
has been so timely paid by Purchaser to Creditor being hereinafter referred to
as the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Payment
Date</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;If payment of the Purchase Price is not so timely made
by Purchaser to Creditor on the Payment Date, then Creditor shall have the right
to terminate and cancel this Agreement by providing written notice of
termination to Purchaser at any time prior to payment of the Purchase
Price.&#160;&#160;If such termination is so effected by Creditor, then this
Agreement shall be deemed void <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">ab initio</font> and of no
further force or effect, and no sale or assignment of the Subject Claim shall
have occurred or be deemed to have occurred.</font></div>
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subsequent:&#160;&#160;(i)&#160;the items specified in sub-paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of subparagraph (c) of Section 6 of the Master Agreement, as such items
pertain to this Agreement, having been timely provided by Purchaser to Creditor,
(ii)&#160;written notice of the Action Commencement Date and of the filing of
the motion for Court approval of the Settlement having been timely provided to
Creditor by Purchaser pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of Section 2 above, (iii)
the Court Approval Notice having been provided by Purchaser to Creditor before
Creditor has exercised any termination right pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of
Section 2 above, and (iv) the payment of the Purchase Price to Creditor before
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four conditions subsequent described above in this Section 3, Creditor shall
take the actions set forth in sub-paragraph (y) of sub-paragraph (f) of Section
6 of the Master Agreement with respect to a New Allonge/Amendment that gives
effect to the consummation of the sale and assignment of the Subject Claim to
Purchaser.</font></div>
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Creditor to Purchaser in Section 4 of the Master Agreement shall apply to this
Agreement as set forth in sub-paragraph (f) of Section 4 of the Master
Agreement.</font></div>
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Purchaser to Creditor in Section 5 of the Master Agreement shall apply to this
Agreement as set forth in sub-paragraph (d) of Section 5 of the Master
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fees and expenses of its own advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts,
if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement.&#160; Creditor understands that Purchaser shall not be liable for any
commissions, selling expenses, orders, purchases, contracts, taxes, withholding,
or obligations of any kind resulting from any of Creditor&#8217;s
transactions.&#160;&#160;Creditor agrees to satisfy any and all of its tax
withholding and other obligations from the Purchase Price,&#160;&#160;and will
indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser and its affiliates harmless with respect to
all such obligations.</font></div>
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State of California, without giving effect to its choice of law
principles.&#160; Creditor agrees that all actions and proceedings arising out
of or relating directly or indirectly to this Agreement or any ancillary
agreement or any other obligations shall be litigated solely and exclusively in
the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles, California, that such courts
are convenient forums, and that Creditor submits to the personal jurisdiction of
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have to claim or recover any incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or
consequential damages or any damages other than, or in addition to, actual
damages.&#160; Purchaser shall have no liability hereunder for any delay in or
failure to obtain Court Approval or for any other causes beyond Purchaser&#8217;s
control.</font></div>
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Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.&#160; The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of
strict construction will be applied against any party.&#160; This Agreement is
intended for the benefit of Creditor and Purchaser and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other person (except for the provision in
sub-paragraph (b) of Section 3 above that is expressly stated to be for the
benefit of, and enforceable by, PEI).&#160;&#160;The representations and
warranties contained herein shall survive the closing of the transaction
contemplated herein and the assignment of the Subject Claim.&#160; This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, by facsimile or
electronic transmission, all of which when taken together shall be considered
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except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by both
Creditor and Purchaser, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom
enforcement of any such waiver is sought.&#160; No waiver of any default with
respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor
shall any delay or omission of either Creditor or Purchaser to exercise any
right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
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the exhibits hereto and thereto, contain the entire agreement and understanding
between Creditor and Purchaser, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, term sheets, letters, discussions, communications and
understandings, both oral and written, between Creditor and Purchaser concerning
the sale and assignment of the Subject Claim, which Creditor and Purchaser
acknowledge have been merged herein and therein.&#160;(To avoid any unintended
ambiguity, the parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this Agreement,
although later in point in time than the Master Agreement, does not supersede
the Master Agreement.)&#160;&#160;No party, representative, attorney or agent
has relied upon any collateral contract, agreement, assurance, promise,
understanding or representation not expressly set forth hereinabove.&#160; The
parties hereby expressly waive all rights and remedies, at law and in equity,
directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to, or which may arise as a
result of, any person or entity&#8217;s reliance on any such
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