Exhibit 10.1
FIFTH SUPPLEMENT AND FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT
TO THE
MASTER CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENT AND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
TO THE MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT ( �
Fifth
Supplement �
) is made and entered
into as of September 30, 2009 ( �
Effective Date
�
), by and between NEDAK ETHANOL,
LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company ( �
Borrower
�
), and AGCOUNTRY FARM CREDIT
SERVICES, FLCA (formerly Farm Credit Services of Grand Forks, FLCA)
( �
Lender
�
).
RECITALS:
A. Lender
and Borrower have entered into that certain Master Credit Agreement
dated as of February 14, 2007 (the �
Master Credit
Agreement �
), that certain First Supplement to
Master Credit Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 (the
�
First
Supplement �
), that certain Second Supplement to
Master Credit Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 (
�
Second
Supplement �
), and that certain Third Supplement
and Forbearance Agreement to Master Credit Agreement dated as of
April 11, 2008 ( �
Third
Supplement �
), that certain Fourth Supplement
and Forbearance Agreement dated as of March 29, 2009 (
�
Fourth
Supplement �
), and together with the Master
Credit Agreement, First Supplement, Second Supplement, Third
Supplement, Fourth Supplement and this Fifth Supplement, as
amended, replaced, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to
time, are referred to as the ( �
Master
Agreement �
) pursuant to which Lender has
extended certain credit facilities to Borrower under the terms and
conditions set forth in the Master
Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined in this Fifth
Supplement shall have the meaning provided in the Master
Agreement.
B. Borrower
did not obtain mechanical completion, as defined in the
Construction Agreement ( �
Mechanical
Completion �
), of the Project by or on July 15,
2008.
C. Borrower
did not achieve 100% name plate production for its ethanol facility
or pass the required performance tests within 60 days after
achieving Mechanical Completion.
D. Borrower
has not complied with any of the financial covenants set forth in
Article V of the Master Credit Agreement.
E. The
failure to (i) meet the Mechanical Completion date, (ii) achieve
100% name plate production, and (iii) to comply with the financial
covenants has created one or more defaults under the Master
Agreement.
F. In
the letter dated February 11, 2009, Lender declared a Default by
Borrower.
G. Borrower
acknowledges that Lender has determined that one or more defaults
of the Master Agreement remain uncured, and that while Lender is
not availing itself of remedies and actions that it is entitled to,
the Lender does not waive its right to take such other and further
action the Lender may deem necessary at any time, now or in the
future.
H. As
additional collateral for the Loans, Borrower caused Delta-T and
Bateman to provide a letter of credit confirmed by the FNBO for
which Lender was a payment beneficiary
and a first
secured party to the proceeds (as is further described in the Third
and Fourth Supplement.) In connection with a drawing on
a LOC, Lender received $3.995 million of letter of credit proceeds
(the �
LOC Proceeds �
), which Lender continues to hold as
collateral for the Loans. Borrower and Lender desire
that Lender release $2.0 million of the LOC Proceeds to Borrower
exclusively to fund the purchase of grain inventories, subject to
the provisions of this Agreement.
I. As
a condition to releasing the LOC Proceeds, Borrower and Lender
desire to further amend the Master Agreement as set forth in this
Fifth Supplement.
AGREEMENT:
Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
A.
Effect of Fifth Supplement . This Fifth
Supplement supplements the Master Agreement (including the First
Supplement, Second Supplement, Third Supplement and Fourth
Supplement) and applies to all Loans thereunder.
B.
Amendments to Master Agreement . The
Master Agreement is amended as follows:
1.
Section 1.15 Loan Fee referred to in the Fourth Supplement
(and previously identified as �
Section 1.14 �
in the Third Supplement)
is amended to require the first payment of $50,000 of
the $250,000 Lender Fee on January 1, 2010 and quarterly payments
of $50,000 thereafter until paid in full.
2.
Section 1.16 Restructure Fee is amended to require the
Borrower to pay the $100,000 restructure fee on or before June 30,
2010.
3
.
Section 1.17 Collateral Repayment is added to read as
follows:
Collateral
Repayment . If
the Borrower obtains a USDA Business and Industry Loan Guarantee
and if Borrower receives a $5.0 million working capital loan, then
within ninety days of the receipt of the loan proceeds, the
Borrower shall return the $2.0 million of LOC Proceeds provided to
Borrower for the purchase of corn under this Fifth Supplement, with
such funds to be available to Borrower to fund reserves required by
the Master Agreement unless otherwise agreed by the
parties.
4.
Article II, Section 2.1 of the Master Credit Agreement is
amended to add the following conditions precedent:
(p) Borrower
shall have paid all legal fees and expenses due and owing to Lender
under the Master Agreement and this Fifth Supplement.