Exhibit 10.4
CORN MARKETING
AGREEMENT
Between
Liberty Renewable Fuels,
LLC
and
Cooperative Elevator
Co.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II
TERM
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2.1
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Term
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2.2
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Extension of
the Scheduled Expiration Date
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ARTICLE III
DUTIES OF LIBERTY AND CO-OP
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5
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3.1
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Duties of
Liberty
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3.2
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Duties of
Co-op
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3.3
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Matters
Pertaining to Forward Transactions
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3.4
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Contract
Price
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3.5
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Market
Price
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3.6
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Source
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3.7
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Volume
Guarantee
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3.8
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Separate
Agreements
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3.9
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Price Later
Agreement Settlement
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ARTICLE IV CORN
QUANTITIES AND DELIVERIES
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4.1
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Minimum Storage
Available
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4.2
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Delivery
Schedules
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4.3
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Title,
Transportation and Risk of Loss
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4.4
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Maintain Corn
Delivery
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ARTICLE V
QUALITY
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5.1
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General
Requirements
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5.2
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Remedy for
Off-Specification Corn
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ARTICLE VI
FEES
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10
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6.1
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Storage
Fee
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6.2
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Handling
Fee
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6.3
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Fee
Adjustment
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6.4
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Government
Regulation
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ARTICLE VII
BILLING AND PAYMENT
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7.1
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Co-op
Invoices
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11
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7.2
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Liberty
Invoices
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7.3
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Payments
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7.4
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Disputes
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ARTICLE VIII
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
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ARTICLE IX
FORCE MAJEURE
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9.1
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Performance
Excused by Force Majeure
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9.2
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Other
Party’s Performance Excused
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9.3
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Long Term Force
Majeure
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ARTICLE X
RECORDS, AUDITS AND EXAMINATIONS
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10.1
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Records, Audits
and Examinations
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10.2
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Legal and
Financial Status of Parties
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
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11.1
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Termination
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11.2
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Events of
Default
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11.3
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Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE XII REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
CERTAIN COVENANTS
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12.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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12.2
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Permits and
Laws
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12.3
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Insurance
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12.4
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Adequate
Assurance
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12.5
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Co-op Right of
Suspension
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12.6
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Agricultural
Cooperative
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12.7
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Disclosure of
Material Agreements
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ARTICLE XIII
TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS
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ARTICLE XIV
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
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14.1
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No Assignment
Without Consent
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14.2
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Permitted
Transfer
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ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
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15.1
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Notices
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15.2
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Confidentiality
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15.3
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Entirety
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15.4
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Governing
Law
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15.5
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Waiver
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15.6
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Savings and
Severability
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15.7
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No Third Party
Beneficiary
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15.8
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Setoff
Rights
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15.9
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Remedies Not
Exclusive
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15.10
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Financing
Parties
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15.11
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Dispute
Resolution
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15.12
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Seller
Relationships
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15.13
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Interpretation
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15.14
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Counterparts
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CORN MARKETING AGREEMENT
THIS CORN MARKETING
AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered
into as of the 27 day of October, 2006, (the “Effective
Date”) by and between Liberty Renewable Fuels, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, (“Liberty”), and
Cooperative Elevator Co., a Michigan Corporation
(“Co-op”). Liberty and Co-op may each be referred to as
a “Party”, or, collectively as the
“Parties”.
RECITALS
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A.
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Liberty is
constructing an ethanol plant located in Gratiot County, Michigan
for which it requires a supply of corn (the
“Plant”).
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B.
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The Plant
requires a reliable supply of corn of the quantity and of the
quality characteristics specified in this Agreement.
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C.
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Co-op is a
grain marketing cooperative and originates corn as a
Michigan–licensed grain dealer under applicable Michigan law.
Co-op operates and originates corn at licensed and permitted grain
elevators in Pigeon, Elkton, Ruth, and Akron, Michigan
(collectively the “Elevators”).
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D.
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Co-op is
willing to: (i) sell corn to Liberty as an end-user for the
primary purpose of ethanol production at the Plant, (ii) store
corn for Liberty in the Elevators, and (iii) deliver the
stored corn to Liberty.
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E.
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Liberty desires
to purchase corn from Co-op pursuant to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
promises and covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, Liberty and Co-op agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions . Unless the
context requires otherwise, each term contained herein with its
initial letter capitalized and not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth below:
“Affiliate” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person (i) that directly or
indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such other Person, (ii) that directly or
indirectly beneficially owns or holds fifty percent (50%) or
more of any class of voting stock of such other Person,
(iii) that has fifty percent (50%) or more of any class
of voting stock that is directly or indirectly beneficially owned
or held by such other Person, or (iv) who either holds a
general partnership interest in such other Person or such other
Person holds a general partnership interest in the
Person.
“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Applicable Laws” means,
with respect to a Party, any act, statute, law, regulation, permit,
constitution, license, ordinance, rule, judgment, order, decree,
directive, guideline or policy (to the extent mandatory) or any
similar form of decision or determination by, or any interpretation
or administration of, any of the foregoing by any Government
Authority with jurisdiction over the Party, or its property or
operations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Applicable Laws also means any rule or regulation or practice
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Applicable Permits”
means, with respect to a Party, any and all permits, clearances,
licenses, authorizations, consents, filings, exemptions or
approvals from or required by any Government Authority that are
necessary for performance of such Party’s obligations
hereunder or other matter as specified herein.
“Business Day” means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or a Federal Reserve Bank
holiday.
“Calculation Period”
means a twelve-month period for which the Volume Guarantee Payment
is calculated. A Calculation Period shall begin on the Commencement
Date and on each anniversary of the Commencement Date during the
Term of this Agreement.
“Claiming Party” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.1 .
“Claims” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.2 .
“Commencement Date”
means October 1, 2008.
“Confidential
Information” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.2 .
“Contract Price” shall
mean the Market Price Liberty will pay Co-op for corn under this
Agreement, as determined and as further defined in Sections 3.4
and 3.5 .
“Co-op” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Default Interest Rate”
means five percent (5%) per annum plus the per annum rate of
interest equal to the prime lending rate as may from time to time
be published in The Wall Street Journal under “Money
Rates.”
“Defaulting Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 11.2 .
“Demanding Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 12.4 .
“Due Date” means the
date amounts payable by a Party are due as set forth in
Section 7.3 .
“Elevators” and
“Elevator” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“End-Use Retail
Customer” means a direct, farm user of feed. Without limiting
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specificity of the foregoing, an End-Use Retail
Customer cannot be a wholesale corn reseller or other feed mill
operation or another ethanol plant.
“Event of Default” has
the meaning set forth in Section 11.2 .
“Financing Parties” has
the meaning set forth in Section 15.10 .
“Force Majeure” means an
event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled
by a Party, such as, but not limited to, labor dispute, plant
breakdown, weather, or transportation shortage or delay, provided
such events could not have been prevented or overcome by the due
diligence of the Claiming Party.
“Government Authority”
means any and all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local or
regional authorities, departments, bodies, commissions,
corporations, branches, directorates, agencies, ministries, courts,
tribunals, judicial authorities, legislative bodies, administrative
bodies, regulatory bodies, autonomous or quasi-autonomous entities
or taxing authorities of the United States of America or any
department, municipality or other political subdivision
thereof.
“Government Regulation”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4 .
“Guaranteed Volume”
means 4,000,000 bushels of corn sold to Liberty under this
Agreement in a Calculation Period.
“Handling Fee” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“Inbound Fee” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“Insolvency Proceeding”
means, as to a Person, (i) any case, action or proceeding
relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition,
marshaling of assets for creditors, or other similar arrangement in
respect of such Person’s creditors, or any substantial
portion of such Person’s creditors, undertaken under any law
applicable to such Person, including, without limitation, Title 11
of the United States Code.
“Liberty” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Long Term Force
Majeure” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3
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“Market Price” means the
Market Price for corn Originated under this Agreement, determined
as provided in Section 3.5 .
“Non-Defaulting Party”
has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 .
“Originate” or
“Origination” means Co-op’s purchase or other
acquisition of title to corn from producers during the Term of this
Agreement.
“Outbound Fee” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“Party” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Person” means any
natural person, corporation, company, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust, organization, association,
sole proprietorship, government (or any agency, instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
“Plant” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Quality Specification”
means the corn grade of #2 Yellow Corn as established pursuant to
the U.S. Grain Standards Act.
“Scheduled Expiration
Date” means September 30, 2012 or such other later date
for expiration of the term of this Agreement as determined pursuant
to Section 2.2 .
“Storage Fees” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1 .
“Suspension Volumes”
means the number of bushels of corn equal to one-half
(1/2) the number of dollars owed by Liberty that are past
due.
“Term” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1 .
“Termination Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .
“Third-Party Seller”
means a corn grower or any other Person, except Co-op, selling corn
to Liberty.
“Total Liberty
Throughput” means the amount of corn sold to Liberty under
this Agreement in a Calculation Period.
“Trade Territory” means
the historical trade territory area of Co-op, specifically that
area bounded by (i) the Lake Huron shoreline, (ii) the
Saginaw River as it flows between Interstate 75 and Bay City,
Michigan, (iii) Interstate 75 from Flint, Michigan, north to
the point where Interstate 75 crosses the Saginaw River near
Saginaw, Michigan, and (iv) Interstate 69 from I-75 in Flint
east to Port Huron, Michigan.
“Volume Guarantee
Payment” means a payment to be made by Liberty to Co-op for
each bushel that the Total Liberty Throughput is less than the
Guaranteed Volume. The Volume Guarantee Payment shall be calculated
as provided in Section 3.7.
ARTICLE II
TERM
2.1 Term . This Agreement is
effective as of the date first written above. This Agreement will
continue in effect until the Scheduled Expiration Date, or if
applicable, the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance
with the terms hereof (the “Term”). The Parties may
terminate this Agreement by mutual written consent at any time. The
termination of this Agreement shall not affect or excuse the
performance of either Party under any provision of this Agreement
that by its terms survives any such termination. With respect to
any sale, storage and/or delivery of corn agreed to by the Parties
during the Term but scheduled to occur after the Scheduled
Expiration Date, this Agreement shall remain in effect with respect
to such sale,
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storage and/or delivery until the Parties have
fulfilled all of their obligations with respect to such
transactions.
2.2 Extension of the Scheduled
Expiration Date . Commencing on October 1, 2011, and on
every October 1 thereafter, the Scheduled Expiration Date
shall be automatically extended for one year, unless on or before
that respective October 1 date, either Party shall have
notified the other Party that the then-Scheduled Expiration Date
shall not be so extended (such notice a “Termination
Notice”). Co-op will continue to Originate corn, for sale,
storage and/or delivery to Liberty, during the period after the
date on which the Termination Notice is delivered and before the
Scheduled Expiration Date. This Origination will include the
forward contracting of corn for sale to Liberty to be delivered to
Co-op by Third-Party Sellers up to twelve (12) months after
the Scheduled Expiration Date. Following the delivery of a
Termination Notice by either Party, Liberty may Originate corn
within the Trade Territory from any source for delivery to Liberty,
provided that delivery of such corn occurs twelve (12) months
or more after the Scheduled Expiration Date.
ARTICLE III
DUTIES OF LIBERTY AND
CO-OP
3.1 Duties of Liberty . From
and after the Commencement Date and during the Term, Liberty will
(i) purchase all corn that Co-op Originates (except Feed Corn,
as defined below) , at the Contract Price, (ii) store the
purchased corn in the Elevators, and (iii) take delivery of
the corn for shipment from the Elevators, all on the terms and
conditions herein set forth. During the Term of this Agreement, and
so long as Co-op has not breached any of its obligations under this
Agreement, Liberty agrees it will not enter into any agreement for
corn Origination and/or storage, during the Term with any
Third-Party Seller located in the Trade Territory or store corn in
the Trade Territory other than through Co-op under this Agreement,
provided, however that: (i) Liberty may purchase corn from any
licensed grain dealer on a spot basis for immediate delivery to
Liberty from the facility of the licensed grain dealer within the
Trade Territory at any time during the Term and Liberty will
consult with and notify Co-op prior to such purchase, provided
further, however, that from September 15 - December 15 of each
year, Liberty will not make any such spot purchase without
Co-op’s consent; and (ii) Liberty may purchase or Originate
corn and store it at or through the Millington Elevator &
Supply facility at Millington, Michigan. Liberty is free to
purchase and procure corn that is grown outside the Trade Territory
in its unfettered, sole discretion, and this Agreement does not
affect or relate to such purchases. Upon taking delivery of corn to
Liberty for shipment from an Elevator, Liberty may ship the corn to
any destination it elects in its sole discretion.
3.2 Duties of Co-op . From
and after the Commencement Date and during the Term, Co-op will
(i) use its best good faith efforts to Originate all corn
available to it within the Trade Territory for resale to Liberty
(it being understood this does not require Co-op to acquire corn at
prices in excess of Market Price), (ii) sell to Liberty all of
the corn that Co-op Originates (except Feed Corn, as defined below)
at the Contract Price, (iii) store corn in the Elevators for
Liberty, and (iv) deliver the corn to Liberty for shipment
from the Elevators on the terms and conditions herein set forth.
After the Commencement Date and during the Term, Co-op will not
(w) sell corn to any Person other than Liberty,
(x) broker or arbitrage any corn purchase or sale arrangements
unless such arrangements are for Liberty or Co-op Quality Feeds,
Inc., (y) receive
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delivery of corn to the Elevators for any Person
other than Liberty, or (z) store corn on behalf of any Person
other than Liberty. The foregoing not withstanding, Co-op may
(a) Originate or store corn for Co-op Quality Feeds, Inc. or
Co-op’s own feed production or other on farm end use; and
(b) store corn that remains under producer ownership as part
of a livestock feed bank storage program under customary feed bank
plans, both (a) and (b) being called “Feed
Corn.” Co-Op warrants, represents and covenants that (i) all
Feed Corn will be sold and/or delivered only to End-Use Retail
Customers or to Co-Op Quality Feeds, Inc. for sale only to End-Use
Retail Customers, and (ii) that Co-Op Quality Feeds, Inc. will only
sell and/or deliver Feed Corn to End-Use Retail
Customers.
3.3 Matters Pertaining to Forward
Transactions .
(a) Following the Effective Date,
Co-op and Liberty will commence entering into contracts for the
Origination of corn to be delivered to an Elevator on or after the
Commencement Date (a “Forward Transaction”) for sale to
Liberty. When Co-op enters into a contract with a Third-Party
Seller for such a Forward Transaction, Co-op will immediately
notify Liberty of such Forward Transaction.
(b) Liberty will not be obligated to
take or pay for such corn or any related Handling Fee until the
later of actual receipt of the corn at an Elevator or the
Commencement Date, nor for storing corn on behalf of Liberty until
the later of actual receipt of the corn at an Elevator or the
Commencement Date.
(c) Prior to the Commencement Date,
Co-op will be responsible for hedging all Forward Transactions
described in (a) above in accord with Co-op’s past
practices and in amounts and on terms reasonably acceptable to
Liberty. Co-op shall bear any expenses incurred in connection with
acquiring and maintaining such hedges including paying all margin
calls, carrying charges or related interest and commissions until
the Commencement Date.
(d) On the Commencement Date:
(i) Co-op shall exchange with Liberty its hedge positions on
all Forward Transactions entered into prior to the Commencement
Date in a manner to allow Co-op to exit such hedge positions and
Liberty to assume them; (ii) Liberty will issue Co-op a
corresponding purchase contract for each Forward Transaction Co-op
entered into prior to the Commencement Date and (iii) Liberty
will reimburse Co-op for all commission costs and actual interest
or carrying charges related to margin calls paid by Co-op and
incurred by Co-op as a result of hedge positions acquired and
maintined pursuant to Section 3.3(c) without any markup by
Co-op. Co-op shall obtain competitive financing rates for margin
calls and other transaction costs and charges consistent with
Co-op’s practices and rates obtained to hedge other Co-op
transactions. Commencing the month following the Effective Date and
continuing until the Commencement Date, Co-op shall deliver to
Liberty a detailed summary of the daily margin positions, margin
calls, interest rates and interest charges incurred by Co-op on
each day during the previous month with respect to all Forward
Transactions.
(e) After the Commencement Date,
Liberty shall have in place a sub-account under its account with a
futures commission merchant or brokerage firm in which Co-op is
authorized to and will hedge directly on behalf of Liberty the
purchase contracts for corn to be resold to Liberty under this
Agreement. Such hedges by Co-op shall be executed and structured
pursuant
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to Liberty’s hedge strategies as will be
communicated to Co-op from time to time. Liberty shall bear any
expenses incurred in connection with acquiring and maintaining such
hedges including paying all margin calls, carrying charges or
related interest and commissions on and after the Commencement
Date. At the end of each day, Co-op will fax to Liberty its listing
of corn purchase contracts for the day and Liberty will issue Co-op
corresponding purchase contracts for such contracted
corn.
3.4 Contract Price. Liberty
shall purchase and Co-op shall sell all corn to Liberty at the
Contract Price. The Contract Price shall be the lesser of
(i) the Market Price, or (ii) the price actually paid by
Co-op to the Third-Party Supplier for such corn. .
3.5 Market Price . In
determining the Market Price, Liberty will consult with Co-op
regularly and use good faith efforts to determine the Market Price.
Co-op shall propose to Liberty Market Prices for its Origination of
corn. Liberty may accept the proposed Market Price, or, if it does
not agree, determine and set another Market Price, in
Liberty’s discretion, and advise Co-op thereof. The Market
Price will be set with reference to factors that the grain industry
commonly uses to establish the price of corn purchased from
producers in the Trade Territory including:
(i) transportation, (ii) the relevant Chicago Board of
Trade futures, and (iii) basis (basis consisting of local
supply and a survey of all reasonable available alternate markets
for the corn such as the Columbus train market, the Toledo export
market, the Canadian truck market, local feed manufacturing,
ethanol plants and other end-users). In the event Co-op disputes
that the Market Price set by Liberty accurately reflects the actual
market price for corn Originated in the Trade Territory, Co-op must
notify Liberty immediately of the disagreement, and specify the
reason of such disagreement. Promptly following receipt of such
notice, Liberty and Co-op shall attempt to resolve the dispute and
agree on a Market Price. If the Parties do not agree, they shall
promptly refer the matter to a mutually agreeable expert on local
corn Origination pricing, whose decision shall be final and binding
on the Parties.
3.6 Source . Co-op will
Originate corn grown only within the Trade Territory unless
otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties.
3.7 Volume Guarantee . On
October 1 of each year, commencing 2009, the Parties will
calculate the Total Liberty Throughput for the previous twelve
(12) months. In the event Co-op fails to sell or deliver corn
to Liberty or store corn for Liberty during such period as a result
of Force Majeure or a default by Co-op hereunder, the Guaranteed
Volume will be reduced accordingly. If the Total Liberty Throughput
for such period is less than the Guaranteed Volume, then Liberty
will pay Co-op the Volume Guarantee Payment within thirty
(30) days of the date the calculation is made. The Parties
agree that any delay in determining the Volume Guarantee Payment
because of a good faith dispute concerning the calculation thereof
will not be a basis for a claim of breach or a delay or suspension
of performance by either Party under this Agreement. The Volume
Guarantee Payment shall be calculated using the following
formula:
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16¢ X (Guaranteed Volume – Total
Liberty Throughput)
plus
((Total Storage Fees Accrued by
Liberty For the Year / Total Liberty Throughput)/2)
X
(Guaranteed Volume – Total
Liberty Throughput)
3.8 Separate Agreements . The
Parties intend to enter into a separate agreement under which
Liberty will purchase from Co-op approximately three million
(3,000,000) bushels of corn grown during the 2007 corn growing
season. The Parties also intend to enter into a separate agreement
under which Co-op and/or Co-op Quality Feeds, Inc. will purchase
from Liberty dried distiller grain products produced at the Plant.
The terms and conditions of those agreements or performance
thereunder, or, even if the Parties are unable to agree on any such
agreements, are not contingent upon or related to the terms,
conditions and performance of this Agreement.
3.9 Price Later Agreement
Settlement . In order to provide more space for receiving new
crop corn, Co-op may deliver corn to Liberty that Co-op has
obtained from a producer pursuant to a price later agreement
between Co-op and the producer. On the day on which Co-op ships the
corn to Liberty, Liberty will pay Co-op for corn obtained in this
manner the Market Price on that day. The Parties will true-up the
settlement price to the Market Price paid by Liberty for the corn
on the first invoice issued following the date on which Co-op
settles the price with the producer under such price later
agreement. The settlement price shall be the actual Market Price
paid to the producer by Co-op upon sale of corn by the producer. If
the settlement price paid by Co-op is higher than the Market Price
paid by Liberty, the difference will be credited to Liberty, and if
the settlement price paid by Co-op is less than the Market Price
paid by Liberty, the difference will be added to the amounts owed
by Liberty.
ARTICLE IV
CORN QUANTITIES AND
DELIVERIES
4.1 Minimum Storage Available
. The Parties intend that Co-op will provide all storage for corn
Originated and sold to Liberty under this Agreement, but Liberty
acknowledges and agrees that Co-op will continue to use the
Elevators to Originate, handle, store, sell and ship other
commodities to other purchasers throughout the Term, and that the
Origination, handling and storage of corn under this Agreement will
be done in such manner as to reasonably accommodate and not impinge
upon such marketing of other commodities. In furtherance of this
understanding, the Parties agree that Co-op may limit total storage
space in the Elevators available to Liberty to no more than
5 million bushels at any one time as necessary to accommodate
the handling and storage of other commodities.
4.2 Delivery Schedules .
Liberty will take delivery of the corn at the Elevators at Pigeon,
Akron, Elkton, or Ruth, as the case may be, and Liberty will be
responsible for paying transportation costs therefrom. Co-op is
responsible to load trains, trucks or other modes of transportation
at Co-op’s expense. Liberty may cause all corn to be shipped
from the Elevators as and when it determines, provided that Liberty
agrees to allow Co-op to core Elevator bins and
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check the quality of the corn in accordance with
the following: (i) each December Liberty will take delivery of
at least 10% of its corn then in storage at an Elevator; and
(ii) Liberty and Co-op will mutually agree on arrangements for
deliveries to Liberty from April 1 through September 15
of each year of the amounts Co-op needs to ship from the Elevator
to core the bins and check the quality of the corn. Prior to
September 1 of each year, Liberty and Co-op will work together
to determine what amounts of Liberty’s corn then in storage
at the Elevators must be shipped to Liberty prior to
September 15 of that year to provide Co-op sufficient storage
capacity to receive deliveries of the upcoming harvest, with the
Parties taking into account the quantity of corn Liberty will need
to retain in storage to ensure it has adequate corn supplies in the
following year and the quality of corn in storage. In the event
Liberty and Co-op are not able to agree to a schedule of shipments
to Liberty pursuant to this Section 4.1(a), Co-op’s
judgment on the matter of clearing space for new crop harvest will
prevail. In the event corn stored for Liberty threatens to go out
of condition in an Elevator, Liberty agrees to cooperate with Co-op
to take shipment of such corn as soon as practicable.
4.3 Title, Transportation and
Risk of Loss . For all corn sold to Liberty pursuant to this
Agreement, title will transfer from Co-o