Exhibit 10.1
FIFTH SUPPLEMENT AND FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT
TO THE
MASTER CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENT AND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
TO THE MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT ( �
Fifth
Supplement �
) is made and entered
into as of September 30, 2009 ( �
Effective Date
�
), by and between NEDAK ETHANOL,
LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company ( �
Borrower
�
), and AGCOUNTRY FARM CREDIT
SERVICES, FLCA (formerly Farm Credit Services of Grand Forks, FLCA)
( �
Lender
�
).
RECITALS:
A. Lender
and Borrower have entered into that certain Master Credit Agreement
dated as of February 14, 2007 (the �
Master Credit
Agreement �
), that certain First Supplement to
Master Credit Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 (the
�
First
Supplement �
), that certain Second Supplement to
Master Credit Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 (
�
Second
Supplement �
), and that certain Third Supplement
and Forbearance Agreement to Master Credit Agreement dated as of
April 11, 2008 ( �
Third
Supplement �
), that certain Fourth Supplement
and Forbearance Agreement dated as of March 29, 2009 (
�
Fourth
Supplement �
), and together with the Master
Credit Agreement, First Supplement, Second Supplement, Third
Supplement, Fourth Supplement and this Fifth Supplement, as
amended, replaced, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to
time, are referred to as the ( �
Master
Agreement �
) pursuant to which Lender has
extended certain credit facilities to Borrower under the terms and
conditions set forth in the Master
Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined in this Fifth
Supplement shall have the meaning provided in the Master
Agreement.
B. Borrower
did not obtain mechanical completion, as defined in the
Construction Agreement ( �
Mechanical
Completion �
), of the Project by or on July 15,
2008.
C. Borrower
did not achieve 100% name plate production for its ethanol facility
or pass the required performance tests within 60 days after
achieving Mechanical Completion.
D. Borrower
has not complied with any of the financial covenants set forth in
Article V of the Master Credit Agreement.
E. The
failure to (i) meet the Mechanical Completion date, (ii) achieve
100% name plate production, and (iii) to comply with the financial
covenants has created one or more defaults under the Master
Agreement.
F. In
the letter dated February 11, 2009, Lender declared a Default by
Borrower.
G. Borrower
acknowledges that Lender has determined that one or more defaults
of the Master Agreement remain uncured, and that while Lender is
not availing itself of remedies and actions that it is entitled to,
the Lender does not waive its right to take such other and further
action the Lender may deem necessary at any time, now or in the
future.
H. As
additional collateral for the Loans, Borrower caused Delta-T and
Bateman to provide a letter of credit confirmed by the FNBO for
which Lender was a payment beneficiary
and a first
secured party to the proceeds (as is further described in the Third
and Fourth Supplement.) In connection with a drawing on
a LOC, Lender received $3.995 million of letter of credit proceeds
(the �
LOC Proceeds �
), which Lender continues to hold as
collateral for the Loans. Borrower and Lender desire
that Lender rel