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Exhibit 10.33
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FARM CREDIT, ACA
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
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$11,000,000
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November 30, 2006
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Camilla, Georgia
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
FIRST UNITED ETHANOL, LLC (the "Borrower"), a limited
liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Georgia, hereby promise to pay to the order of
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FARM CREDIT, ACA, an agricultural credit
association for itself and as agent/nominee (the " Lender
"), at its offices at 411 West Broughton Street, Bainbridge,
Georgia 39818, or such other place as Lender shall designate in
writing from time to time, the principal sum of ELEVEN MILLION
and NO/100 DOLLARS ($11,000,000) (the " Loan "), or so
much thereof as shall be advanced pursuant to the Credit Facility
Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (the "
Credit Facility Agreement "), in United States Dollars,
together with interest thereon as hereinafter provided. The Credit
Facility Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. This
is the Revolving Credit Note referred to in the Credit Facility
Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings as defined in the Credit Facility
Agreement. All advances from the Lender to Borrower hereunder may
be repaid and readvanced and shall be made in accordance with and
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility Agreement. The loan
evidenced by this Note shall be for commercial purposes to support
working capital needs in connection with Borrower’s business
operations.
1. INTEREST .
1.1 Interest Rates .
Pursuant to a Borrowing Notice, the Borrower shall have the option
of having interest calculated on the amount outstanding on the
Revolving Credit Facility at the Base Rate or LIBOR Rate pursuant
to Section 2.6 of the Credit Facility Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the
occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default (under the terms of
the Credit Facility Agreement), interest shall accrue from the date
of such Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, at the
Default Rate, without the taking of any action or the giving of any
notice by the Lender until such Default or Event of Default has
been cured to the satisfaction of Lender.
1.2 Initial Rate . The Base
Rate, as defined in the Credit Facility Agreement, shall initially
be in effect from the Closing Date until a conversion to LIBOR
occurs pursuant to the terms of Section 1.3 below.
1.3 Conversions. Provided
that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and subject to the limitations set forth below, the
Borrower may on five (5) Business Days’ notice on or
before 11:00 A.M. Eastern time, convert the method of
calculating interest from the Base Rate to LIBOR, or from LIBOR to
a Base Rate but only at the expiration of the applicable Interest
Period for such LIBOR Loans. Notice of any such conversions shall
be communicated in writing to the Lender by a Borrowing Notice.
1.4 Interest Payments .
(a) The Borrower shall pay interest to the Lender on the
outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the funds advanced by
the Lender for the period
commencing on the date of any such advance until the Loans shall
be paid as and when due. In addition, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default under Section 7.1 (a) or (b) of the
Credit Facility Agreement, interest shall accrue on the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans at the Default Rate until all amounts
of principal and interest due is paid in full. (b) Interest on
the outstanding principal balance of the Loans shall be calculated
on the basis of a year of 365 days for the actual number of
days elapsed. Any change in the Base Rate or LIBOR Rate shall be
effective as of the Business Day such change is announced by the
Lender. (c) Interest on the outstanding principal balance of
the Loans shall be paid on the first Business Day of each calendar
month during each year, commencing on the first such date to occur
after the date of the first borrowing hereunder. (d) With
respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower may borrow,
repay and reborrow hereunder, on any Business Day when the Base
Rate is in effect and on a LIBOR Business Day when the LIBOR Rate
is in effect for the Loans. Advances may be obtained from the date
hereof until, but (as to borrowings and reborrowings) not
including, the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
2. PRINCIPAL . The Loans shall be interest only
until November 30, 2007, subject to extensions as provided in
the Credit Facility Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Termination
Date"), at which time all outstanding principal and interest shall
be due, unless earlier accelerated. The Borrower hereby agrees to
pay the loans when due pursuant to the terms of this Note and the
Credit Facility Agreement. Such obligations are and shall be
absolute as to the Borrower without notice, claim, defense or
setoff. All funds advanced under the Revolving Credit Facility,
together with any unpaid interest, shall become due and payable in
full on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
3. TENDER OF PAYMENT . Each payment of principal
(including any prepayment) and each payment of interest shall be
made to the Lender at the Principal Office of the Lender, in
Dollars and in immediately available funds before 2:00 P.M. Eastern
time on the date such payment is due. The Lender may, but shall not
be obligated to, debit the amount of any such payment which is not
made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the Borrower
with the Lender.
4. NON-CONFORMING PAYMENTS . The Lender shall deem
any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder or under
Sections 2.3 and 2.4 of the Credit Facility Agreement that is
not made both (a) in Dollars and in immediately available
funds and (b) prior to 2:00 P.M. Eastern time to be a non-
conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to be
received by the Lender until the time such funds become available
funds. The Lender shall give prompt telephonic notice to the
Borrower if any payment is non-conforming. For the first thirty
(30) days after payment is due, interest shall continue to
accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is
made until such funds become available funds at the then applicable
standard rate of interest.
5. PREPAYMENT . The Borrower shall have the right
to repay the amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility at any time in whole or in part plus, in the case of
prepayment of a LIBOR Loan, the Lender’s direct costs
associated with the breakage of any LIBOR contracts resulting from
such prepayment. Notwithstanding the above, however, Borrower shall
be obligated to pay any fees owed under Section 2.8 of the
Credit Facility Agreement, if any, outstanding at the time of said
prepayment.
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6. SECURITY FOR THE NOTE . This Note is executed
and delivered in accordance with a commercial transaction described
in the Credit Facility Agreement. As security for all Obligations,
the Borrower has granted the Lender a continuing first priority
lien and security interest in, pledge of and right of set-off
against the Collateral as set forth in the Credit Facility
Agreement and the Security Agreement.
7. DEFAULT RATE . At the time of an occurrence of
a Default or an Event of Default hereunder or as described in
Section 7.1 (a) and (b) of the Credit Facility
Agreement, interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans at the Default Rate until all amounts of
principal and interest due is paid in full. The Default Rate means
an annual interest rate equal to the Base Rate in effect at the
time of the occurrence of the Event of Default plus an additional
2%.
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
8.1 Borrower hereby indemnifies
and agrees to defend and hold harmless Lender, its officers,
employees and agents, from and against any and all losses, damages,
or liabilities and from any suits, claims or demands, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in investigating or
defending such claim, suffered by any of them and caused by,
arising out of, or in any way connected with the Credit Facility
Agreement, the Security Agreement or this Note (collectively the
"Loan Documents") or the transactions contemplated therein (unless
determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
to have been caused solely by the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of any of the indemnified parties).
8.2 In case any action shall be
brought against Lender, its officers, employees or agents, in
respect to which indemnity may be sought against Borrower, Lender
or such other party shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower
shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of
counsel selected by Borrower and satisfactory to Lender, the
payment of all costs and expenses and the right to negotiate and
consent to settlement. Lender shall have the right, at its sole
option, to employ separate counsel in any such action and to
participate in the defense thereof, all at Borrower’s sole
cost and expense. Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement
of any such action effected without its consent (unless Borrower
fails to defend such claim), but if settled with Borrower’s
consent, or if there be a final judgment for the claimant in any
such action, Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lender
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement
or judgment.
9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT . An Event of Default shall
exist if any of the following shall occur:
(i) Payment of Principal .
If the Borrower fails to pay any principal of the Loans when due
(except as permitted in Section 7.1(b) of the Credit Facility
Agreement); or
(ii) Payment of Interest and
Fees . If the Borrower defaults in the payment of any interest
upon any of the Loans or any fees hereunder or under the Credit
Facility Agreement when due (except that the Lender will give the
Borrower at least one Business Day’s notice if it fails to
receive any interest payment or fee payment when due (other
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than at maturity for which no notice is required) and provided
the Lender shall not be obligated to deliver such notice on more
than two occasions in any twelve-month period; or
(iii) Default under
Reimbursement Documents . The occurrence of any Event of
Default under the Credit Facility Agreement, the Reimbursement
Agreement or any of the Reimbursement Documents, the Bonds or any
of the Bond Documents (as defined in the Reimbursement
Agreement).
(iv) Payment of Other
Obligations . If the Borrower defaults in the payment of
principal of, by acceleratio
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