Exhibit 10.47
CARBON SUPPLY
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
WINFIELD INDUSTRIES,
INC.
SELLER
AND
ADA-ES, INC.
BUYER
Dated as of August 6,
2008
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CARBON SUPPLY
AGREEMENT
This CARBON SUPPLY
AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into as of the 6 th day of August 2008, by and
between Winfield Industries, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, (“
Seller ”) and ADA-ES, Inc., a Colorado Corporation,
(“ Buyer ”). Together, Seller and Buyer are
“ Parties ” to the Agreement and either Seller
or Buyer individually is a “ Party ” to the
Agreement.
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the
manufacture and sale of sub-bituminous activated carbon
(“Carbon”);
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase
from Seller, and Seller desires to sell to Buyer, Carbon in the
amounts and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to fulfill
its obligations under this Agreement (i) by manufacturing
Carbon at its contracted facilities in * and (ii) by selling
and delivering such Carbon to Buyer in accordance with the terms,
and subject to the conditions, of this Agreement
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and obligations stated in this Agreement, the
receipt and sufficiency of which the Parties acknowledge Seller and
Buyer hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED
TERMS
The words and phrases listed in
Section 1 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
Section 1 wherever they appear in this Agreement as defined
terms, which shall be indicated by initial capital letters on each
word. Capitalized words and phrases contained in this Agreement
that are not listed in Section 1 of this Agreement shall be
defined in the particular Section(s) in which they are
used.
“Additional
Pounds” shall have
the meaning given in Section 4.5.
“Agreement” means this Carbon Supply Agreement and all
modifications and supplements hereto implemented in accordance with
this Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean any person or entity with control
over or subject to control by, or under direct or indirect common
control with a Party. For purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to a specific Person
(including the Parties) means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall either
Party be deemed an Affiliate of the other Party for the purposes of
this Agreement.
“Applicable
Laws” shall mean
any laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, notice
requirements, court decisions, agency guidelines, permits,
principles of law and orders of any Governmental Authority which
are applicable to the Buyer or Seller, whichever the case may
be.
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“Buyer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble
to this Agreement and includes Buyer’s successors and
permitted assigns under this Agreement.
“Carbon”
shall mean the sub-bituminous
activated carbon supplied by Seller to Buyer hereunder, which shall
have the specifications and quality characteristics set forth in
Exhibit 1.
“Contract
Price” shall have
the meaning given in Section 9.1.
“Effective
Date” shall have
the meaning given in Section 2.1.
“Event of
Default” shall have
the meaning given in Section 15.1.
“Event of Force
Majeure” shall have
the meaning given in Section 14.1.
“Excuse
Event” shall have
the meaning given in Section 4.4
“Extension
Period” shall have
the meaning given in Section 2.4.
“Force
Majeure” shall have
the meaning given in Section 14.1.
“Force Majeure
Period” shall have
the meaning given in Section 14.2.
“Governmental
Authority” shall
mean any nation or government (including, without limitation, the
governments of the United States and China), any state, county,
municipal or other political subdivision thereof and any Person
exercising legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to the government.
“Legal
Holiday” shall mean
Saturday, Sunday or any Day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York are authorized by law, regulation or executive order
to remain closed.
“Notice”
shall mean a notice given in
accordance with and complying with the requirements of
Section 19.
“Party”
shall mean either Buyer or Seller
and “Parties” means both Buyer and Seller.
“Person”
shall mean any individual, limited
liability company, partnership, corporation, association, business
trust, or other entity or Governmental Authority.
“Point of
Delivery” means
D.D.P. Murchison, Texas.
“Poundage
Variations” shall
have the meaning given in Section 4.3.
“Quarterly
Nomination” refers
to the total number of Pounds of Carbon that Buyer instructs Seller
to deliver during each calendar quarter, in accordance with
Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
“Seller”
shall have the meaning set forth in
the Preamble to this Agreement and includes Seller’s
successors and permitted assigns under this Agreement.
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“Seller’s Facility”
means Seller’s contracted
carbon production facilities located in *.
“Starting Delivery
Date” shall have
the meaning given in Section 2.2.
“Term”
shall have the meaning given in
Section 2.3.
SECTION 2. CONTRACT
TERM
2.1 Effective Date.
The “ Effective Date
” shall be the date of this Agreement.
2.2 Starting Delivery
Date. Buyer and Seller
Agree that Carbon Deliveries will commence under this Agreement on
February 2, 2009 (the “ Starting Delivery Date
”) which date shall be a Business Day.
2.3 Term. The “ Term ” of this
Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall continue
thereafter to and including December 31, 2009 unless earlier
terminated in accordance with this Agreement, or unless extended
pursuant to Section 2.4.
2.4 Term Extensions.
The initial Term may be extended for
up to two (2) additional two (2) year extension periods
(each an “ Extension Period ”) if on or before
July 1, 2009 of Seller provides Notice to Buyer of the pricing
and escalation methodology offered for the next Extension Period,
and Buyer accepts such pricing and escalation in writing by
April 1 of the same year.
SECTION 3. OUTLINE OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
3.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this Section 3
is to state in brief form a summary of the obligations of the
Parties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding this Section 3,
Buyer and Seller expressly intend that all the promises, covenants
and other obligations contained in any portion of this Agreement
shall be performed as fully and faithfully as the obligations
stated in this Section 3.
3.2 Obligations of Seller or
Seller’s Affiliate(s). Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Seller or Seller’s Affiliate(s) shall perform the
following obligations:
3.2.1 Provide Carbon to the Buyer of the quality
specified in Exhibit 1 and in the quantities specified in Exhibit 2
in accordance with the schedules established pursuant to this
Agreement.
3.2.2 Tender Carbon for delivery to Buyer at the Point
of Delivery in the quantities and having the qualities set forth in
this Agreement, and in accordance with the schedules established
pursuant to this Agreement.
3.2.3 Issue invoices for Carbon as specified by this
Agreement.
3.24 Maintain adequate books and records with respect
to its obligations and performance under this Agreement.
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3.2.5 Seller may perform its obligations hereunder
directly or cause such obligations to be performed by any of its
Affiliates, contractors or other designees provided that Seller
shall at all times remain responsible to Buyer for the full and
timely performance of its obligations hereunder.
3.3 Obligations of
Buyer. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, Buyer shall perform the
following obligations:
3.3.1 Except in connection with an Excuse Event,
purchase the full Carbon Purchase Commitment set forth in Exhibit 2
under this Agreement and accept delivery of such Carbon in
accordance with the schedules established pursuant to this
Agreement.
3.3.2 Pay the applicable Contract Price for Carbon
delivered and accepted in accordance with this Agreement and any
other amounts owed by it hereunder as and when due in accordance
with this Agreement.
SECTION 4. CARBON
QUANTITIES
4.1 Maximum Availability
Commitment: Quantity Obligations. For the term of this Agreement, Seller
guarantees to Buyer the availability of * of Carbon (“Maximum
Contract Volume”) broken down into the quarterly amounts
specified in Exhibit 2.
4.2 Carbon Purchase
Commitment. In the manner
specified in this Section 4, Buyer will take or pay for *% of
the Maximum Contract Volume (the “Carbon Purchase
Commitment”) broken down into the quarterly amounts (each a
“Quarterly Nomination”) specified in Exhibit 2. Buyer
may revise the Quarterly Nominations in accordance with the
limitations and notification requirements for Poundage Variations
specified in Section 4.3. Seller shall tender to Buyer at the
Point of Delivery and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, the total
quantity of Carbon specified in Buyer’s Quarterly Nominations
as such Quarterly Nominations may be revised from time to time in
accordance with Section 4.3 and other applicable provisions of
this Agreement; provided that Buyer’s Annual Nomination shall
at all times be consistent with achieving Buyer’s full Carbon
Purchase Commitment during the term of this Agreement except to the
extent that Buyer is not obligated to purchase such full Carbon
Purchase Commitment due to an Excuse Event, as hereinafter
defined.
4.3 Delivery Schedule and
Poundage Variations. Pursuant to the delivery schedule set forth in
Exhibit 2, Seller shall tender to Buyer at the Point of Delivery
and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, the total quantity of Carbon
specified in Buyer’s Quarterly Nominations as such Quarterly
Nominations may be revised from time to time in accordance with
this Section 4.3 and other applicable provisions of this
Agreement; except to the extent that Buyer is not obligated to
purchase such full Carbon Purchase Commitment due to an Excuse
Event, as hereinafter defined. No later than sixty days prior to
the scheduled delivery date for a calendar quarter, Buyer may, in
its sole discretion and for any reason, increase or decrease the
Quarterly Nomination for that calendar quarter to reflect its
revised expectation of its Carbon needs by providing written notice
to Seller (“ Poundage Variations ”). The
Poundage Variation for any calendar quarter shall be limited to the
maximum availability for that calendar quarter as set forth in
Exhibit 2; provided, however Buyer may exceed the maximum
availability to the extent of a negative Poundage Variation in the
previous calendar quarters.
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4.4 Excuse Events. Buyer’s performance under this
Section 4 shall be excused if (a) Seller is unable to
deliver all required Carbon for the Carbon Purchase Commitment in
accordance with this Agreement, (b) Seller is in material
default under this Agreement and has failed to cure said default
after notice and opportunity to cure, (c) Force Majeure
prevents Seller from supplying Buyer with sufficient Carbon to
fulfill the Carbon Purchase Commitment, or (d) Buyer is unable
to accept Carbon due to Force Majeure or because the Buyer’s
Facility for Carbon is purchased or forced to shutdown due to no
fault of Buyer (each an “ Excuse Event
”). In the case of an Excuse Event, Buyer’s Carbon
Purchase Commitment shall be equitably reduced to account for such
event provided, however, that in the event an Excuse Event leads to
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the
Carbon Purchase Commitment will terminate upon such
termination.
4.5 Additional Pounds.
In the event that the Buyer desires
and/or needs to purchase Carbon in excess of the Maximum Contract
Volume, Seller shall, in good faith, determine whether the
additional Pounds (the “ Additional Pounds
”) can be supplied by Seller. If the Additional Pounds are
not available for supply to Buyer (the “ Declined
Pounds ”), then it shall promptly (and, in any event,
within ten (10) Days) provide Notice thereof to Buyer and
Buyer shall have the right to solicit proposals for the supply of
the Declined Pounds from third parties.
SECTION 5. PRODUCT
WARRANTY
5.1 Seller represents and warrants that it owns and
holds full, unencumbered title to the Carbon free of any liens or
encumbrances. Supplier further warrants that all Carbon sold and
delivered to Purchaser under the Contract shall conform strictly to
the quality specifications set forth in Exhibit 1. Carbon shall be
tested in accordance with the testing protocols set forth in
Exhibit 1. In the event that any Carbon sold hereunder does not
conform to the foregoing warranty, Seller shall provide replacement
Carbon in a quantity to replace any unused quantity of out of
specification Carbon. To the extent out of specification Carbon is
used by Buyer, Seller shall provide a replacement quantity of
Carbon sufficient to compensate for the diminished value of the out
of specification Carbon. Supply of replacement Carbon is the sole
remedy for breach of the foregoing warranty.
5.2 The warranty and remedy set forth in Paragraph
5.1 above is in lieu of all other warranties and remedies,
representations or conditions of any kind or nature, express or
implied, in fact or by law, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.
SECTION 6. SOURCE OF
CARBON
6.1 Source of Carbon.
The Carbon delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall be supplied from a qualified source that has
been pre-approved by the Buyer. If for any reason the Seller
anticipates a need to supply from alternate sources, those sources
shall be approved by Buyer prior to shipment based on testing
performed by Buyer pursuant to the testing protocols set forth in
Exhibit 1 and the procedures set forth in Section 12 hereof.
In order to accommodate the product testing, Seller shall provide
test samples to Buyer no later than ninety (90) days prior to
the projected delivery date.
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SECTION 7. DELIVERY OF CARBON
7.1 Point of Delivery.
The “Point of Delivery”
shall be Murchison TX, freight pre-paid.
7.2 Title and Risk of
Loss. Title to Carbon
shall pass to Buyer upon payment pursuant to Section 10. Risk
of loss and damage shall pass to Buyer upon delivery to the Point
of Delivery. Seller warrants that it will pass to Buyer full title
to such Carbon free and clear of all liens and encumbrances. Seller
assumes no liability for the Carbon after title and risk of loss
pass to Buyer, except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement.
7.3 Delivery.
Carbon delivery should be as
scheduled in Exhibit 2 unless mutually agreed by the
Parties.
SECTION 8. INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED
SECTION 9. PRICE OF
CARBON
9.1 Contract Price.
The contract price for 2009 is $*
DDP Murchison, TX, freight pre-paid. The term DDP shall have the
meaning provided in Incoterms 2000, the international commerce
terms devised and published by the International Chamber of
Commerce, except as otherwise provided for herein. Seller shall be
responsible for containerizing the carbon and all shipping charges
to the destination including loading costs, freight, customs and
insurance, and export formalities. Based upon exchange rate of
*.
9.2 Adjustments for Changes in
Applicable Law. The
Contract Price includes all costs of compliance with all government
impositions (including but not limited to taxes, fees and royalties
other than any applicable sales tax and import duties which shall
be to the Buyer’s account) in effect as of the Effective
Date. If any changes to Applicable Law result in an increase or
decrease to Seller’s cost of performance of this Agreement,
Seller shall provide Buyer with notice of same including
documentary evidence supporting the increased and decreased costs.
If such changes represent 10% of the Contract Price, the price of
Carbon purchased and sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be
adjusted upward or downward by an amount equal to Seller’s
increased or decreased costs resulting from the changes to
Applicable Law.
9.3 Rounding.
Unless otherwise specifically
provided by this Agreement, the values used to perform the
calculations prescribed by this Agreement shall be rounded to three
decimal places. For invoicing purposes, the dollar amounts of
charges and credits shall be rounded to the nearest
cent.
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9.4 End of Term Reconciliation of Carbon
Purchased versus Carbon Purchase Commitment:
At the end of the Term of this
Agreement, the actual quantity of carbon delivered to Buyer (the
“Actual Carbon Purchase”) shall be reconciled against
the quantity of the Carbon Purchase Commitment given by Buyer. If
the Purchased Carbon quantity is less than the Carbon Purchase
Commitment ( a “Purchase Deficit”), Buyer shall pay to
Seller an amount equal to the average Billing Price times the
Purchase Deficit ( the “Deficit Payment”) no later than
sixty (60) days following receipt of Buyer’s invoice.
Such payment shall be Seller’s sole and exclusive remedy for
Buyer’s failure to meet its Carbon Purchase Commitment, and
Seller’s consequent loss of revenues. In the event that the
Purchased Carbon exceeds the Carbon Purchase Commitment, the
parties shall have no further obligations to each other hereunder.
To the extent that Seller has production capacity available at the
end of the Term of the Agreement and Buyer has a Purchase Deficit,
Seller shall offer Buyer an opportunity to enter into a new Carbon
Purchase Agreement for a duration of no less than one year for an
annual purchase amount of Carbon equal to or greater than
Buyer’s last twelve months of carbon purchases from Seller at
Seller’s then market price and terms otherwise consistent
with this Agreement and if Buyer agrees to enter into such a
contract, Seller shall waive the Deficit Payment.
SECTION 10.
PAYMENT
10.1 Documents Against
Payment. Payment shall be
effected in accordance with the Uniform Rules for Collections (1995
revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication
No. 522) by the collection of a documentary sight draft (the