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Title: K-FUEL PROJECTS PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/10/2005
Industry: Software and Programming     Sector: Technology

K-FUEL PROJECTS PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: kfx inc
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Exhibit 10.63

KFx Inc.

 

K‑Fuel ® Projects Participation and Development Agreement

            THIS K‑FUEL ® PROJECTS PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, entered into as of May 5, 2005 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among KFx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the Investors listed on Schedule A hereto (as amended from time to time as provided herein) (each, an “ Investor ”, and collectively, the “ Investors ”).  This Agreement shall be effective upon the date that is the later of the date that the First Amendment (as defined below) becomes effective and the date that this Agreement shall have been executed by the Company and Investors holding more than two thirds of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investors’ Rights Agreement) then outstanding.

R E C I T A L S

            WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, made as of August 21, 2002 (the “ Investors’ Rights Agreement ”);

            WHEREAS, the K‑Fuel Provisions of the Investors’ Rights Agreement related to that certain First Amended Limited Liability Company Agreement of K‑Fuel, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“ K‑Fuel LLC ”), dated June 29, 1999 (the “ K‑Fuel Agreement ”), by and between Kennecott Alternative Fuels, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Kennecott ”), and the Company, and the transactions contemplated thereby;

            WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Equity Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2004, by and among Pegasus Technologies, Inc., K‑Fuel LLC, the Company, Kennecott Energy Corporation and Kennecott, Kennecott withdrew as a member from K‑Fuel LLC and assigned certain of its technology rights to K‑Fuel LLC;

            WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing and other facts, events and circumstances, the parties hereto are as of the date hereof entering into a certain First Amendment to the Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “ First Amendment ”) to clarify and modify the K‑Fuel Provisions by, inter alia , amending and restating the rights of the Investors in respect of K‑Fuel Technology (as defined herein) in their entirety in this new agreement; and

            WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Investors holding more than two thirds of the Registrable Securities currently outstanding is a condition to the effectiveness of the First Amendment.

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, promises, covenants and conditions set forth in the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the First Amendment and in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby expressly acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I
Definitions

                        Section 1.1.  Certain Definitions .  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the following terms, whenever used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings ascribed to them below or in the referenced Sections of this Agreement:

          

                        (a)   “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person at any particular time, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” (and the correlative terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more other Persons, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract (except a commercial contract for goods or non-management services) or otherwise, unless the power is solely the result of an official position with or corporate office held in such Person. Control is presumed to exist if any Person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls or holds with the power to vote in the aggregate ten percent (10%) or more of the voting securities of any other Person.  A pension plan shall be deemed to be controlled by, and an Affiliate of, its sponsor for the purposes of this Agreement.

          

 

          

                        (b)   “ Binding Agreement ” means any written contract or agreement binding on and Enforceable against the parties thereto, including any binding and Enforceable letter of intent or term sheet.

          

 

          

                        (c)    Broker Investor ” means that certain participant of an Investor who on March 28, 2002 (the date of the Original Investors’ Rights Agreement) had a demonstrated capability and capacity to broker coal such as K‑Fuel Products .

          

 

          

                        (d)   “ Capacity ” means (i) with respect to any Commercial Project, the designed (or if not designed, the projected) annual output capacity for the production of K‑Fuel Products determined, based on reasonable estimates by the applicable Commercial Project developer and operator which take into account expected downtime due to regularly scheduled maintenance and cleaning, at the time that Binding Agreements are entered into for the development or expansion of such Commercial Project, or (ii) with respect to multiple Commercial Projects, the aggregate Capacity of all such Commercial Projects.  After the determination thereof for purposes of this Agreement, the Capacity of a Commercial Project shall not be adjusted to reflect its actual annual production of K‑Fuel Products, absent a bona fide , designed (A) expansion of such Commercial Project, or (B) prior to the commencement of operations, contraction of such Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (e)   “ Capital Recovery Point ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, the point at which (i) the difference of (A) the sum of (1) cumulative Gross Operating Profits, plus (2) any financing or refinancing proceeds, plus (3) any Tax Credit Monetization Proceeds, less (B) the amount paid to the applicable Commercial Project Licensor by the applicable Commercial Project Licensee for such Commercial Project designated as royalties (for the avoidance of uncertainty, excluding amounts designated as fees) under the applicable License Agreement, equals (ii) the aggregate initial equity investment in such Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (f)   “ Carried Interest ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, the Company’s right to participate in profits, net income or other distributions of such Commercial Project in a proportion greater than its proportionate capital contribution to such Commercial

 

 

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Project, whether or not such right begins only after specified returns to the other investors in such Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (g)   “ Commercial Project ” means a project which involves a plant or facility to produce K‑Fuel Products on a commercial basis.

          

 

          

                        (h)   “ Commercial Project Licensee ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, the Person or Persons holding the rights pursuant to a License Agreement to Exploit the K‑Fuel Technology in connection therewith.

          

 

          

                        (i)   “ Commercial Project Licensor ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, the Licensor who has granted a license to the applicable Commercial Project Licensee pursuant to a License Agreement to Exploit the K‑Fuel Technology in connection therewith.

          

 

          

                        (j)   “ Commercial Project Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

          

 

          

                        (k)   “ Company Commercial Projects ” means Commercial Projects, other than Investors Commercial Projects, (i) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries participates through an equity interest, and (ii) that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries constructs, develops or operates.

          

 

          

                        (l)   “ Company Participation Capacity ” means, with respect to any Investors Capped Project in which the Company participates pursuant to Section 2.3, the product of (x) the Participation Percentage of the Company in such Investors Capped Project, times (y) the Capacity of such Investors Capped Project.

          

 

          

                        (m)   “ Company Project Investors ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.2.

          

 

          

                        (n)   “ Comparable Licensees ” means, as of any date of determination, third-party licensees of the K‑Fuel Technology similarly situated to the Commercial Project Licensees for Investors Capped Projects, provided that such third-party licensees have paid, or do pay, license fees in respect of the K‑Fuel Technology at any time preceding, or within the twelve (12) month period immediately succeeding, such date of determination.

          

 

          

                        (o)   “ Confidential Information ” means all notices and other information of any kind or nature whatsoever delivered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Representatives to the Investor Representative or any Investor pursuant to this Agreement to evaluate and carry out discussions or negotiations regarding potential participations in Commercial Projects, whether orally or in writing and regardless of whether marked or designated as “confidential” or proprietary at the time of disclosure.

          

 

          

                        (p)   “ Cook Inlet Project ” means that certain coal processing project, currently being developed by Cook Inlet Coal, LLC, near the Cook Inlet estuary in the State of Alaska.

          

 

          

                        (q)   “ CPI Adjustment ” means an increase or decrease to a fee based on a change to the level of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers All Items – Less Shelter – Index (1967 = 100%), as published with respect to the United States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the United States Department of Labor, or, if such index is no longer published, a substantially similar price index reasonably selected by the Company.

          

 

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                        (r)   “ Deliverables ” means the deliverables to be provided by a Commercial Project Licensor to the applicable Commercial Project Licensee under the applicable License Agreement, as generally described in Exhibit A.

          

 

          

                        (s)   “ Development Costs ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development thereof, including the costs of identifying the opportunity, performing feasibility and impact studies, negotiating definitive agreements, obtaining permits and regulatory approvals, engaging engineers and contractors to design and build the project and , as reasonably determined by the Company, the amortized value of the Company’s general development costs which are of direct benefit or value to such Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (t)   “ Discretion ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s absolute, sole and unfettered discretion, which need not be (i) exercised wisely, reasonably or in good faith, or (ii) explained or justified to any other Person.

          

 

          

                        (u)   “ Enforceable ” means, with respect to any party to an agreement, instrument or other undertaking, that such agreement, instrument or other undertaking is enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

          

 

          

                        (v)  “ Equipment ” means the proprietary and patented equipment and certain related equipment necessary to implement the K-Fuel Technology.

          

 

          

                        (w)   “ Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time, or any successor statute or statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be, thereto (it being understood that any reference to any specific section or definition of the Exchange Act or such rules and regulations shall be deemed to include a reference to any similar sections or definitions, as the case may be, of any successor statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be).

          

 

          

                        (x)   “ Exempt Capacity ” means the first twenty-five (25) million tons of aggregate Capacity of Company Commercial Projects in operation or subject to Binding Agreements.

          

 

          

                        (y)   “ Exploit ” means provide, manufacture, use, employ, practice, distribute, reproduce, disseminate, make, sell, research, design, develop, market or otherwise exploit.

          

 

          

                        (z)   “ First Amendment ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto.

          

 

          

                        (aa)   “ Governmental Authority ” means any legislative, judicial, executive or other governmental court, tribunal, legislature, council, authority, office, branch, department, agency, commission, body, corporation or instrumentality, whether foreign, federal, state or local.

          

 

          

                        (bb)   “ Gross Operating Profits ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, the gross operating revenues of  such Commercial Project for the sale of K‑Fuel Products or other fuel products produced at such Commercial Project in arm’s length transactions with third parties, net of:

          

 

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                        (1)   deductions for third party expenses not otherwise reimbursed, including (i) normal and customary trade, quantity and cash discounts and sales returns and allowances, including (A) those granted on account of price adjustments, billing errors, rejected goods, returns and rebates, (B) administrative and other fees and reim­burse­ments and similar payments to wholesalers and other distributors, buying groups and other institutions, (C) allowances, rebates and fees paid to distributors, and (D) chargebacks, (ii) customs and excise duties and other duties related to the sales to the extent that such items are included in the gross amount invoiced, (iii) rebates and similar payments made with respect to sales paid for by any Governmental Authority, (iv) sales and other taxes and duties directly related to the sale or delivery of such K‑Fuel Products (but excluding any foreign, federal, state or local taxes, duties, assessments or charges assessed against or based upon any income of such Commercial Project generally or derived from such sale);

          

 

 

          

          

                        (2)   the cost of goods sold based on (i) the cost to such Commercial Project of acquiring feedstock and the actual production of such K‑Fuel Products, and (ii) operation and maintenance costs for operating such Commercial Project;

          

 

 

          

          

                        (3)   reasonable sales, general and administrative costs and expenses directly related to the operation of such Commercial Project or sale of such K‑Fuel Products, including (i) advertising, (ii) bad debt expense, (iii) bank charges, (iv) commissions, (v) contract labor, (vi) transportation and delivery expenses, (vii) dues and subscriptions, (viii) insurance, (ix) office expenses, (x) operating supplies, (xi) payroll taxes, (xii) permits and licenses, (xiii) legal, accounting, engineering, consulting and other professional fees, (xiv) property taxes, (xv) lease or rent expense, (xvi) repairs, (xvii) telephone, (xviii) travel and entertainment, (xix) fuel and utility expense, (xx) vehicle expenses, and (xxi) salaries and wages; and

          

 

 

          

          

                        (4)  interest and administrative costs associated with indebtedness of the applicable Commercial Project Licensee that are directly allocable to such Commercial Project.

          

 

 

          

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Gross Operating Profits ” shall not be reduced by (i) the principal portion of any debt service, (ii) capital improvements for expanding the Capacity of such Commercial Project, (iii) any payments, rebates, fees, reimbursements, costs, expenses, overhead or other allocations to or from any Affiliate or related party of such Commercial Project Licensee, or (iv) depreciation, depletion or amortization costs of such Commercial Project Licensee.

          

 

          

                        (cc)   “ Improvements ” means the Investors Improvements and the Licensor Improvements.

          

 

          

                        (dd)   “ India Exclusive Sales Right ” means the exclusive rights of the Investors to sell K‑Fuel Products for consumption in India as contemplated by Section 2.10.

          

 

          

                        (ee)   “ Initial Fee Date ” means (i) with respect to each Commercial Project governed by a License Agreement specific to such Commercial Project, the date the License Agreement for such Commercial Project is executed and delivered by the applicable Licensor, and (ii) with respect to each other Commercial Project, the first date on which ground is broken on such Commercial Project.

          

 

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                        (ff)   “ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means a non-natural Person that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated under the Securities Act.

          

 

          

                        (gg)   “ Investors ” means the Investors listed on Schedule A to this Agreement, together with their successors and permitted assigns pursuant to ARTICLE VI.

          

 

          

                        (hh)   “ Investors Capped Projects ” means all Commercial Projects constructed, developed or operated by Investors as contemplated by Section 2.3.

          

 

          

                        (ii)   “ Investors Commercial Projects ” means all Investors Capped Projects and all Investors India Projects.

          

 

          

                        (jj)   “ Investors Company Participation Rights ” means the rights of the Investors to participate in Company Commercial Projects pursuant to Section 2.1.

          

 

          

                        (kk)   “ Investors Improvements ” means any and all Technology Improvements in respect of the K‑Fuel Technology or the Deliverables, to the production of K‑Fuel Products or to the construction, development or operation of Commercial Projects which are conceived, developed or reduced to practice in connection with any Investors Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (ll)   “ Investors India Projects ” means all Investors India Market Projects and all Investors India Site Projects.

          

 

          

                        (mm)   “ Investors India Market Projects ” means all Commercial Projects whose K‑Fuel Products may only be marketed and sold within India as contemplated by Section 2.4.

          

 

          

                        (nn)   “ Investors India Site Projects ” means all Commercial Projects which must be constructed, developed and operated within India as contemplated by Section 2.5.

          

 

          

                        (oo)   “ Investors Licensor ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.5.

          

 

          

                        (pp)   “ Investors Participation Capacity ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project in which any Investors participate pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, the product of (x) the aggregate Participation Percentage of such Investors in such Commercial Project, times (y) the Capacity of such Commercial Project.

          

 

          

                        (qq)   “ Investors Project Rights ” means the Investors’ rights to (i) participate in Commercial Projects pursuant to Section 2.1 and  Section 2.2, and (ii) construct, develop or operate Investors Commercial Projects pursuant to Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and Section 2.5.

          

 

          

                        (rr)   “ Investors Representative ” means Westcliff Capital Management, together with its successors as Investors Representative hereunder pursuant to Section 5.4.

          

 

          

                        (ss)  “ Investors Rights ” means the participation, development, sales, brokerage and other rights of the Investors, including the Investors Project Rights, the India Exclusive Sales Right and the Right of First Refusal, contemplated by ARTICLE II, including the rights to the transactions contemplated thereby.

          

 

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                        (tt)   “ Investors Third-Party Participation Rights ” means the rights of the Investors to be assigned the right to participate in third-party Commercial Projects pursuant to Section 2.2.

          

 

          

                        (uu)   “ K‑Fuel Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto.

          

 

          

                        (vv)   “ K‑Fuel LLC ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto.

          

 

          

                        (ww)   “ K‑Fuel Products ” means any fuel products which are produced using the K‑Fuel Technology.

          

 

          

                        (xx)   “ K‑Fuel Provisions ” means Sections 3.2 through Section 3.8, inclusive, and Section 3.10 of the Investors’ Rights Agreement, as such Sections were constituted immediately prior to giving effect to the First Amendment.

          

 

          

                        (yy)   “ K‑Fuel Technology ” means the Licensed Patents, the Deliverables and the Improvements.

          

 

          

                        (zz)  “ K‑Fuel Technology ” means the Licensed Patents, the Deliverables and the Improvements.

          

 

          

                        (aaa)   “ Kennecott ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto.

          

 

          

                        (bbb)   “ License Agreement ” means, with respect to any Investors Commercial Project, the license agreement for such Commercial Project as contemplated by Section 3.1.

          

 

          

                        (ccc)   “ Licensed Patents ” means the United States patents and patent applications listed on Exhibit C, all foreign counterparts thereof, any and all patents maturing from a continuation, continuation-in-part, division, reissue, reexamination or any other type of application based on the foregoing, regardless of whether such patent matures from a convention or non-convention application, and any other substitution, renewal, extension, addition, utility model or any other United States or foreign patent based on the foregoing, for the duration of the last to expire of the foregoing patent rights.

          

 

          

                        (ddd)   “ Licensor ” means the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including K‑Fuel LLC, that from time to time shall have the right to license the K‑Fuel Technology.

          

 

          

                        (eee)   “ Licensor Improvements ” means any Technology Improvements to the K‑Fuel Technology or the Deliverables (i) conceived, developed or reduced to practice by (A) the Licensors, or (B) a licensee of the Licensors, including any Commercial Project Licensee for an Investors Commercial Project, provided that such licensee effectively assigns all right, title and interest to such Technology Improvements to the applicable Licensors without restrictions on such Licensors’ ability to license such Technology Improvements to their licensees, and (ii) which are generally commercially released by the Licensors.

          

 

          

                        (fff)   “ LSA ” means Lurgi South Africa (Pty) Limited, a South Africa company, together with its successors and assigns.

          

 

          

                        (ggg)   “ Lurgi Agreement ” means that certain Business Development and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2003, by and among the Company

          

 

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and Lurgi, as modified on January 8, 2004 and amended on May 21, 2004, attached as Exhibit D, and as, amended, extended, restated, superseded, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

 

          

                        (hhh)   “ Management Rights ” means management, executive or voting rights, powers or authorities, including the right, power or authority to determine or make design, construction, operations, hiring, contracting and any other management or business decisions.

          

 

          

                        (iii)   “ Maximum Capacity ” means an aggregate Capacity of Commercial Projects of fifty (50) million tons per year; provided , however , that if a one-time additional allocation of up to three (3) million additional tons of Capacity is reasonably necessary to support the economic viability of the Investors constructing, developing or operating a final Investors Capped Project pursuant to Section 2.2, the Investors may petition the Company for such an allocation, and, upon the Investors’ submission of supporting information, including alternate economic models, reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Maximum Capacity shall for purposes of such final Investors Capped Project be increased by the petitioned amount.

          

 

          

                        (jjj)   “ Net Revenue ” means, with respect to the sale or other disposition of K‑Fuel Products produced by any Commercial Project, the excess of (i) gross revenue collected from such sale or other disposition, over (ii) the sum of (A)  bona fide price adjustments, billing errors, rejected goods, returns, rebates, chargebacks and third-party commissions on such sale or other disposition, plus (B) sales or use taxes, excise taxes or other governmental or regulatory assessments, duties or charges imposed on such sale or other disposition (excluding any foreign, federal, state or local taxes, duties, assessments or charges assessed against or based upon a Person’s income), all as determined in accordance with the applicable License Agreement; provided that to the extent that such sale or disposition was not in an arm’s length transaction with third parties, the amounts to be calculated as provided in clause (i) and clause (ii)(A) next above shall be adjusted to the amounts the Company reasonably determines would have applied had such sale or disposition been made in an arm’s length transaction with third parties.

          

 

          

                        (kkk)   “ Participation Percentage ” means, with respect to any Person and any Commercial Project, the aggregate percentage equity interest of such Person in the production of K‑Fuel Products by such Commercial Project; provided that any Carried Interests shall not be considered in determining Participation Percentages.

          

 

          

                        (lll)   “ Person ” means any individual, trustee, receiver, conservator, administrator, liquidator, custodian, corporation, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, sole proprietorship, association, company, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint-stock company, trust, business trust, separate account, estate, joint venture, Governmental Authority or any other legally recognized entity or body, whether domestic or foreign.

          

 

          

                        (mmm)   “ Prime Rate ” means, with respect to any date of determination, the last variable rate of interest per annum published by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System under the heading “Bank Prime Loan” in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15(519), or any successor publication to the Federal Reserve System reporting the Bank Prime Loan rate or its equivalent; provided that if no updated rate can be so determined for a period of six (6) months, the Company shall designate a substantially similar publication of interest rates with the consent of the Investors Representative, such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned.

          

 

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                        (nnn)   “ QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer”, as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

          

 

          

                        (ooo)   “ Recipient ” means any Person who receives Confidential Information pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement.

          

 

          

                        (ppp)   “ Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, its directors, officers, partners, members, managers, employees, agents, consultants or other representatives (including advisers, attorneys, accountants and financial advisers).

          

 

          

                        (qqq)   “ Revenue Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time, or any successor statute or statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be, thereto (it being understood that any reference to any specific section or definition of the Revenue Code or such rules and regulations shall be deemed to include a reference to any similar sections or definitions, as the case may be, of any successor statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be).

          

 

          

                        (rrr)   “ Right of First Refusal ” means the Brokers Investor’s right of first refusal to serve as the Company’s broker pursuant to Section 2.11.

          

 

          

                        (sss)   “ Sasol ” means Sasol Lurgi Technology Company (Pty) Limited.

          

 

          

                        (ttt)   “ Sasol/Lurgi Technology ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Lurgi Agreement.

          

 

          

                        (uuu)   “ Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time, or any successor statute or statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be, thereto (it being understood that any reference to any specific section or definition of the Securities Act or such rules and regulations shall be deemed to include a reference to any similar sections or definitions, as the case may be, of any successor statutes or rules and regulations, as the case may be).

          

 

          

                        (vvv)   “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person a majority of the equity ownership or voting stock of which is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more other Persons, by such first Person and any of its other Subsidiaries.

          

 

          

                        (www)   “ Tax Credit Monetization Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Commercial Project, all amounts, proceeds, revenues, capital contributions or compensation of any kind or nature paid by any unaffiliated and otherwise unrelated Person to the applicable Commercial Project Licensee or any of its Affiliates in consideration of, incidental to or in connection with the grant, assignment or allocation of tax or similar credits to such unrelated Person.

          

 

          

                        (xxx)   “ Technology ” means ideas, information, methods, processes or products, regardless of form, physical embodiment or legal status, and the intellectual property rights associated therewith.

          

 

          

                        (yyy)   “ Technology Improvements ” means any improvements, enhancements, advancements, updates, revisions, changes or modifications, regardless of whether a patent can be obtained therefor.

          

 

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                        (zzz)   “ Total Production Capacity ” means the aggregate Capacity of all Commercial Projects in operation or subject to Binding Agreements.

          

 

          

                        (aaaa)   “ Transfer ” means, with respect to any right, property or asset, sell, deed, distribute, exchange, convey, gift, devise, bequeath, assign, issue, lease, pledge, hypothecate, grant a lien on, grant a security interest in, or otherwise alienate, transfer, encumber or dispose of such right, property or asset or any interest therein or right thereto, in whole or in part, whether directly or indirectly (through another Person or otherwise), whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law, and whether with or without consideration.

          

 

          

                        (bbbb)   “ Used Capacity ” means, subject to Section 2.8, the sum of (a) the aggregate Investors Participation Capacity in (i) all Company Commercial Projects in which the Investors participate pursuant to Section 2.1 (other than Company Commercial Projects in which any Investors participate separately from this Agreement, provided that the Company expressly agrees in writing that such Investor participation (A) is not pursuant to this Agreement, and (B) shall not be included when calculating the Used Capacity), and (ii) all Commercial Projects in which the Investors participate pursuant to Section 2.2, plus (b) the aggregate Capacity of all Investors Capped Projects (net of any Company Participation Capacity therein), in each case whether such Commercial Project is in operation or subject to Binding Agreements.

          

 

          

                        (cccc)   “ Westcliff Capital Management ” means Westcliff Capital Management, LLC, a California limited liability company.

                        Section 1.2.   Interpretations .  For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

          

                        (a)   all references in this Agreement to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions, or to designated “Exhibits”, “Schedules” or “Appendices”, are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of, or the designated Exhibits, Schedules or Appendices to, this Agreement;

          

 

          

                        (b)   the words “herein,” “hereof”, “herewith” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision hereof;

          

 

          

                        (c)   pronouns having a masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be deemed to include the others;

          

 

          

                        (d)   the term “or” shall not be exclusive;

          

 

          

                        (e)   the terms “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and

          

 

          

                        (f)   whenever the singular number is used, if required by the context, the same shall include the plural, and vice versa.

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                        Section 2.1.  Investors’ Participation Rights in Company Commercial Projects .  The Company hereby grants to the Investors the right to participate in Company Commercial Projects, subject to Section 2.7, Section 2.9, Section 4.1, Section 4.3 and the following terms and conditions:

          

                        (a)   After Total Production Capacity reaches or exceeds the Exempt Capacity, the Investors shall have the right to participate in each new Company Commercial Project at a Participation Percentage up to fifteen percent (15%) of the Company’s Participation Percentage in such Company Commercial Project.  The Company may, in its Discretion, offer the Investors a larger Participation Percentage on a per-project basis on whatever terms and conditions the Company in its Discretion elects to offer, and, unless otherwise provided by the terms of such additional participation, the additional Investors Participation Percentage shall count towards Used Capacity; provided that the Investors shall be under no obligation to accept such an offer if presented.

          

 

          

                        (b)   Participation by the Investors in Company Commercial Projects pursuant to this Section 2.1 will generally be on the same terms applicable to third parties, including the allocation of Development Costs, tax items, profits, losses and liabilities, provided , however , that the Investors shall not (i) be required to provide the Company with, or be subject to, any Carried Interest, (ii) be entitled to participate in any Carried Interest provided to the Company by a third party, or (iii) be entitled to any Management Rights in such Company Commercial Project; and provided further that the license fees and royalties applicable to the Investors’ participation shall be at the rates applicable to Investors Capped Projects.

          

 

          

                        (c)   By way of example, if Total Production Capacity is more than the Exempt Capacity and the Investors Project Rights have not terminated pursuant to Section 2.7, and the Company participates with a third party in a Commercial Project at a fifty percent (50%) Participation Percentage (prior to the Investors’ participation) with an additional twenty-five percent (25%) Carried Interest, the Investors shall have the right to participate up to a seven and one-half percent (7.5%) Participation Percentage in such Commercial Project, without any adjustment for the Company’s Carried Interest (that is, will neither receive any of the Carried Interest obtained by the Company, nor provide or be subject to any Carried Interest to the Company).

                        Section 2.2.  Investors’ Participation Rights in Commercial Projects in Place of Company .  If the Company from time to time has a contractual right to fund a portion of the capital of a Commercial Project other than an Investors Commercial Project, and the Company intends to decline to exercise such right, or to fund less than the maximum amount it is permitted to fund, the Company hereby agrees to assign to the Investors, on the terms and subject to the conditions on which the Company is entitled to participate, to the extent the Company declines to exercise such right or to fund less than the maximum amount it is permitted to fund, the right to participate in such Commercial Project, subject to Section 2.7, Section 2.9, Section 4.1, Section 4.3 and the following terms and conditions:

          

                        (a)   Such Commercial Project shall have an effective and valid license to Exploit any rights under or to the K‑Fuel Technology pursuant to a license agreement with a Licensor.

          

 

          

                        (b)   The Company shall be entitled to any Carried Interest to which it would have been entitled had it funded such Commercial Project to the extent the Investors instead fund

          

 

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such Commercial Project pursuant to this Section 2.2, and the Investors shall (i) not be entitled to any participation in such Carried Interest, and (ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to comply with any provisions and to satisfy any conditions necessary for the Company to receive the full benefit of such Carried Interest.

 

 

          

                        (c)   The Company shall not be obligated to assign to the Investors any Management Rights which the Company may have in such Commercial Project, and may exercise any such Management Rights in its Discretion notwithstanding the assignment of economic rights to any Investors pursuant to this Section 2.2.

          

 

          

                        (d)   The Company’s obligations under this Section 2.2 to assign any rights to the Investors shall be subject to any conditions, restrictions, limitations and prohibitions on and against assignment imposed by any other parties to such Commercial Project at any time that (i) the Investors Representative is not Westcliff Capital Management, or (ii) Richard S. Spencer III does not control, or is not the Company’s contact for, Westcliff Capital Management.

                        Section 2.3.  Investors Rights to Develop Commercial Projects .  Upon request by the Investors Representative, the Company hereby agrees from time to time to offer to enter, or to cause a Licensor to offer to enter, into a License Agreement with a Commercial Project Licensee for a specific Commercial Project located anywhere worldwide except within India, which License Agreement shall grant such Commercial Project Licensee a non-exclusive license to construct, develop and operate such Commercial Project and to Exploit the K‑Fuel Technology in connection therewith, subject to Section 2.6, Section 2.7 , Section 2.9, ARTICLE III and Section 4.1.  The Company shall have the right to participate at a Participation Percentage up to fifty percent (50%) in each Investors Capped Project.

                        Section 2.4.  Investors Rights to Develop Commercial Projects for India Market .  Upon request by the Investors Representative, the Company hereby agrees from time to time to offer to enter, or to cause a Licensor to offer to enter, into a License Agreement with a Commercial Project Licensee for a specific Commercial Project located anywhere worldwide except within India or the United States (except a Commercial Project may be located in the State of Alaska if after request the Company determines that such Commercial Project will not adversely affect the Company or the Cook Inlet Project), which License Agreement shall grant such Commercial Project Licensee a non-exclusive license to construct, develop and operate such Commercial Project and to Exploit the K‑Fuel Technology in connection therewith, subject to Section 2.6, Section 2.7, Section 2.9, ARTICLE III, Section 4.1 and the following terms and conditions:

          

                        (a)   The K‑Fuel Products produced at each Investors India Market Project may only be sold for consumption within India.

          

 

          

                        (b)   the Company shall have the right to participate at a Participation Percentage up to fifty percent (50%) in each Investors India Market Project to the extent that such such India Market Project is not undertaken for charitable purposes.

                        Section 2.5.  Investors Exclusive Rights to Develop Projects Within India .  Upon request by the Investors Representative, the Company hereby agrees within a reasonable period of time to offer to enter, or to cause a Licensor to offer to enter, into a License Agreement with a Person designated by the Investors Representative (the “ Investors Licensor ”), which License Agreement shall grant such Person an irrevocable, transferable, exclusive right and license, with the right to grant sublicenses subject to the terms and conditions of such License Agreement, to construct, develop and operate Commercial Projects within India, and to Exploit the K‑Fuel Technology within India in connection therewith, subject to Section 2.7(d), ARTICLE III and the following terms and conditions:

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                        (a)   Each Investors India Site Project shall obtain an effective and valid license to Exploit the rights under or to the K‑Fuel Technology pursuant to a license agreement with the Investors Licensor which complies in all respects with the License Agreement for the Investors Licensor.

          

 

          

                        (b)   The Investors may, in their Discretion, offer the Company the opportunity to participate in Investors India Site Projects on a per-project basis on whatever terms and conditions the Investors in their Discretion elect to offer, but the Company shall be under no obligation to accept such an offer if presented.

                        Section 2.6.  Dual-Use Plants and Facilities .  The Investors may elect to designate a single physical plant or facility as both an Investors Capped Project and an Investors India Market Project under this Agreement by making a single request both under Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, indicating therein that there will be a single physical plant or facility for the requested Investors Capped Project and Investors India Market Project and indicating the Capacity of each such Commercial Project.  The Company shall modify the License Agreement offered, or caused to be offered, to the applicable Commercial Project Licensee pursuant to Section 2.3 and Section 2.4 to the extent necessary to accommodate a single Person being party to, and a single plant or facility being subject to, the two separate License Agreements contemplated by Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, it being understood and agreed that each such License Agreement shall provide for royalties and fees, impose restrictions on sales of K‑Fuel Products and contain other terms and provisions which allocate K‑Fuel Product produced by the plant or facility between the Investors Capped Project and the Investors India Market Project in the same proportion as the respective Capacities of such Investors Capped Project and such Investors India Market Project .  After such a designation, the Investors shall send a single Commercial Project Notice in respect of both such Commercial Projects, but shall indicate therein the allocation of Capacity (and, in the same proportion, K‑Fuel Products produced by the applicable plant or facility) between the Investors Capped Project and Investors India Market Project.

                        Section 2.7.  Termination and Suspension of Investors Project Rights .

          

                        (a)   The Investors shall not have any Investors Company Participation Rights or Investors Third-Party Participation Rights before the Total Production Capacity reaches or exceeds the Exempt Capacity; provided that until such time, the Company may, in its Discretion, offer the Investors the opportunity to participate in Company Commercial Projects on a per-project basis on whatever terms and conditions the Company in its Discretion elects to offer, but the Investors shall be under no obligation to accept such an offer if presented.

          

 

          

                        (b)   The Investors shall no longer have any Investors Company Participation Rights or Investors Third-Party Participation Rights, or any right to construct, develop or operate any Investors Capped Project, and such Investors Project Rights shall immediately terminate and be of no further force or effect, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “ Termination Event ”):  (i) the Used Capacity reaches or exceeds the Maximum Capacity; or (ii) twenty (20) years shall have elapsed from the date on which the Total Production Capacity first reached or exceeded the Exempt Capacity.  The occurrence of a Termination Event shall not affect (A) the rights of the Company which by their nature should survive such occurrence, including the rights which survive the termination of this Agreement under Section 12.2, (B) Investors India Projects, or (C) the Investors’ rights with respect to such Company Commercial Projects, third-party Commercial Projects or Investors Capped Projects as are then in operation or subject to Binding Agreements, including the Investors’ rights pursuant to ARTICLE VI.

          

 

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                        (c)   The Investors shall no longer have any right or license to construct, develop and operate any Investors India Projects, or the India Exclusive Sales Right, and such Investors Project Rights and India Exclusive Sales Right shall immediately terminate and be of no further force or effect, effective on March 31, 2012 (the “ Termination Date ”); provided that the Termination Date shall be automatically extended for successive seven (7) year terms if at the time the then-current term expires, the Investors shall have constructed, or entered into Binding Agreements to construct (and shall within a reasonable period of time thereafter in fact have constructed and commenced operating), Investors India Site Projects having an aggregate Capacity greater than the product of (x) three (3) million tons, times (y) the aggregate number of seven-year terms (including the initial term and the term then expiring) which shall then have expired.  The occurrence of the Termination Date shall not affect (A) the rights of the Company which by their nature should survive such occurrence, including the rights which survive the termination of this Agreement under Section 12.2, (B) the Investors’ rights with respect to Company Commercial Projects or third-party Commercial Projects, (C) Investors Capped Projects, or (D) such Investors India Projects as are then in operation or subject to Binding Agreements, including the Investors’ rights pursuant to ARTICLE VI.

          

 

          

                        (d)    Whenever and for so long as any Investor or Investors Commercial Project shall be in material breach of any of its agreements or covenants under this Agreement or the applicable License Agreement, as the case may be, such Investor or all of the Investors participating in such Investors Commercial Project, as the case may be, shall not have or enjoy (i) any Investors Company Participation Rights, (ii) any Investors Third-Party Participation Rights, (iii) any right to participate in the construction, development or operation of any Investors Commercial Project, (iv) the India Exclusive Sales Right, (v) the right (in any capacity) to any information from the Company or any of its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, or the Investors Representative, under this Agreement, or (vi) any right to assign any of its rights pursuant to ARTICLE VI.  Upon identification of any such Investor by the Company, the Company shall no longer have any obligation under this Agreement to deliver, and upon notice thereof the Investors Represent­a­tive shall not without an explicit instruction from the Company deliver, any Commercial Project Notice, Confidential Information or other confidential information to such Investor.

                        Section 2.8.  Adjustments to Used Capacity .

          

                        (a)   If any Investors enter into any Binding Agreements with the Company (and possibly other parties) with respect to any Commercial Project and fail to perform their obligations under such Binding Agreements, the Capacity of such Commercial Project shall nevertheless be included in the calculation of Used Capacity.

          

 

          

                        (b)   If the Company enters into any Binding Agreements with any Investors for the development of any Commercial Project pursuant to the Investors Project Rights and the Company fails to fund its portion of such Commercial Project according to such Binding Agreements, the Investors or third parties shall be allowed to fund the portion of such Commercial Project that was not funded by the Company on the terms that were applicable to the Company, and in such event, the participation interest applicable to such additional portion of the Commercial Project shall not be included in the calculation of Used Capacity.

          

 

          

                        (c)   The adjustments to Used Capacity in this Section 2.8 are cumulative and are in addition to, rather than exclusive of, any other remedies provided by law or in equity or that are available under the applicable Binding Agreements or subsequent contractual obligations or in equity.

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                        Section 2.9.  Tax Credits .  The Company and the Investors each agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Commercial Project which it structures and in which the Investors or the Company, as the case may be, participate to be structured, to the extent permissible under applicable law, to allow for the pass-through and sharing of any tax credits under the Revenue Code, for which such Commercial Project is eligible; provided that neither the Company nor the Investors shall be obligated to incur any liability, expense or cost, or suffer the loss of any right, benefit or gain, pursuant to this Section 2.9 unless the other of them agrees in writing to indemnify the first of them for such liability, expense, cost or loss.

                        Section 2.10.  India Exclusive Sales Right .  Subject to Section 2.7 and ARTICLE III, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations of India, the Investors and the Investors Commercial Projects, and their respective designees, shall jointly have the exclusive right to sell K‑Fuel Products for consumption within India.

                        Section 2.11.  Right of First Refusal Over United States Brokerage .  

          

                 


 
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