Exhibit 10.25
GAS SALES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered in this 1st day of July, 2008 (“Commencement
Date”), by and between JOHN D. OIL & GAS MARKETING CO., LLC, with its offices
located at 3511 Lost Nation Road, Willoughby, Ohio 44094, an Ohio Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as “Seller”), and NORTHEAST OHIO NATURAL GAS CORP.
(hereinafter referred to as “NEO”), ORWELL NATURAL GAS COMPANY (hereinafter
referred to as “ONG”), and BRAINARD GAS CORP. (hereinafter referred to as
“BGC”), with all of their offices located at 8500 Station Street, Suite 100,
Mentor, OH 44060 (hereinafter NEO, ONG and BGC shall be collectively referred to
as “Buyer”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to acquire supplies of natural gas (“gas”) and to obtain
delivery of such gas to it’s facilities through various pipelines owned or
leased by others; and
WHEREAS, Seller is in the business of acquiring natural gas supplies for resale;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and
other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
AGREEMENT Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Seller does hereby agree to
sell to Buyer on a best effort basis and Buyer does hereby agree to purchase,
during the term of this Agreement, those quantities of natural gas as described
in the Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
TERM OF AGREEMENT The term of this Agreement shall be effective from the
Commencement Date and shall continue in full force and effect until
September 31, 2023 (“Term”).
ARTICLE 3
QUANTITY Buyer agrees to purchase all of its gas requirements from Seller at the
location(s) described in the Agreement. Buyer herein affirms that it will
purchase volumes from no other supplier unless Seller cannot supply the amounts
of gas requested by Buyer. In that event, Buyer, on a temporary basis, may
secure the volume of gas that Seller cannot provide from whatever source Buyer
chooses.
NOMINATIONS Buyer shall advise Seller in writing, such notice to be received no
later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first day of each month during the
term of this Agreement, of Buyer’s anticipated consumption of natural gas which
buyer wishes to purchase from Seller (“Nominated Volume”) hereunder for the
following month.
REIMBURSEMENT To the extent Buyer’s monthly consumption result in the imposition
of a penalty or balancing charge by any interstate and/or intrastate pipeline
utilized to transport gas which is the subject of this Agreement, Buyer shall be
responsible for and reimburse Seller for such penalty or balancing charge which
is the result of Buyer’s monthly nomination or consumption.
ARTICLE 4
DELIVERY POINT AND TRANSPORTATION Any gas purchased hereunder shall be sold by
Seller or Seller’s agent to Buyer and delivered to the pipelines designated by
Buyer to transport gas to Buyer’s pipelines located in Northeastern Ohio
(“Delivery Point”). Title to the gas delivered hereunder shall vest in Buyer
upon delivery to the Delivery Point. Buyer shall arrange and pay for all gas
transportation costs and retainage imposed by pipelines downstream of the
Delivery Point. At and beyond the Delivery Point, Buyer or Buyer’s
representative shall be in exclusive control and possession and be responsible
for any loss of gas, damage, or injury caused thereby.
ARTICLE 5
PURCHASE PRICE The price to be paid by NEO to Seller is set forth in Exhibit
“A”; the price to be paid by ONG to Seller is set forth in Exhibit “B”; and the
price to be paid by BNG to Seller is seth forth in Exhibit “C”. The Delivered
Price (as defined in Exhibits “A”, “B”, and “C”) may be modified from time to
time subject to the mutual agreement of both Buyer and Seller to reflect the
then current market conditions. If the parties cannot agree upon any such
modification, the price in effect at that time shall then remain in effect,
subject to any future price adjustment as set forth in the following sentence.
On the 5th anniversary and 10th anniversary of the Commencement Date of this
Agreement (the “Bid Dates”), Buyer shall have the right to seek bona fide third
party bids from other gas marketers. Within thirty (30) days of the applicable
Bid Date, Buyer shall provide Seller with a copy of any such third party bid
that Buyer is willing to accept. Seller shall then have fifteen (15) days from
the date of its receipt of any such third party bid in which to: (i) agree to
match the third party bid; or (ii) elect not to match the third party bid. If
Seller agrees to match the third party bid, the Delivered Price shall be amended
to reflect the Delivered Price proposed under the third party bid that Seller
agreed to match and Buyer shall be required to reject said thirty party bid. If
Seller elects not to match said third party bid, Seller shall deliver written
notice to the Buyer of its rejection and the Delivered Price shall continue to
be the Delivered Price that was then in effect prior to the date of Buyer’s
receipt of the third party bids and Buyer shall remain obligated to continue to
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gas requirements from Seller under the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
and Buyer shall be required to reject said third party bid. Notwithstanding
anything hereinabove contained to the contrary, Buyer and Seller will come to
mutual agreement on any Delivered Price reduction, if during the term of this
Agreement, Buyer is unable to recover any portion of the Delivered Price from
its customers.
RIGHT OF LAST REFUSAL At the completion of the Term of this Agreement, Buyer
agrees to grant to Seller the right of last refusal to match any bona fide
written offer received by Buyer from another supplier to supply the volumes of
gas hereunder upon the same terms as offered by such other supplier. Buyer shall
forward to Seller a copy of such bona fide offer together with all particulars
relating thereto. In the event Seller determines to meet such bona fide offer
within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such other offer from Buyer, Buyer’s
cancellation of this Agreement shall be deemed ineffective and this Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, subject to the revised terms set forth
in the third party bona fide offer accepted by the Seller.
ARTICLE 6
BILLING AND PAYMENT Seller shall invoice Buyer for gas delivered pursuant to
this Agreement every thirty (30) days. Buyer shall pay the amounts invoiced
within ten (10) days of the invoice date. Seller’s invoice statement shall
report the total volumes of gas sold and delivered to Buyer during the period
covered.
A finance charge of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) per month shall be due and
payable on all invoices that are not paid within fifteen (15) days of the
invoice date. The quantities invoiced by Seller will be based on the quantities
delivered by Seller or Seller’s agent and measure at the Delivery Point. In the
event the actual quantities delivered to Buyer are unavailable, the estimated
volumes of gas tendered for delivery by Seller to Buyer shall be invoiced to
Buyer. Any appropriate adjustment shall be made in the following billing period.
In addition, Seller shall have the option to discontinue delivering gas to Buyer
if payment is not received within thirty (30) days of the invoice date.
ARTICLE 7
QUALITY AND MEASUREMENT Seller warrants that gas tendered by Seller shall be
delivered at temperatures, pressures, and other conditions acceptable for
transportation by Buyer. Measurement of the gas shall be in accordance with the
policies and conditions of Buyer. The measurement of gas by meter at the
Delivery Point is conclusive on the Buyer and Seller, except when the meter is
found to be defective or ceases to register. In the latter event, while the
meter is determined to be inoperable, the gas delivered shall be estimated by
use of any other appropriate meter(s) or by the amount delivered by the said
meter during a previous corresponding period under similar conditions. In the
event either party questions the accuracy of the meter, the Seller shall have
the meter removed, sealed, tested and repaired. The cost of testing and
repairing the meter shall be borne by the party challenging the accuracy of the
same if the meter on test proves to be correct, or within three percent (3%)
fast or slow, otherwise the cost of testing and repairing the meter shall be
borne by the Seller.
ARTICLE 8
WARRANTY OF TITLE AND TAXES Seller warrants title to all gas delivered by it and
warrants that such gas is free from all liens and adverse claims. Seller shall
indemnify and save Buyer harmless against all suits, debts, damages, costs and
expenses arising from adverse claims to the gas delivered by it or taxes,
payments or other charges thereon applicable before title to such gas has passed
to Buyer at the Delivery Point. Buyer shall pay, or cause to be paid, all taxes,
assessments, charges or fees imposed by governmental authorities, (including
without limitation, all applicable state sales and use taxes), whether levied
upon or assessed against Seller or Buyer, with respect to gas sold and delivered
hereunder after title has passed to Buyer at the Delivery Point. Buyer’s
obligation to pay such taxes, assessments, charges or fees so imposed shall
survive any termination of this Agreement. Upon request, Buyer shall execute and
deliver to Seller such forms, certificates, or other documents as Seller
requires to determine the applicability of any such tax, assessment, charge or
fee to the sale and use of the gas delivered hereunder.
ARTICLE 9
GOVERNING LAW The interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be in
accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
ARTICLE 10
REGULATORY BODIES This Agreement shall be subject to all the rules and
regulations of any duly constituted Federal or State regulatory body having
jurisdiction hereunder.
ARTICLE 11
FORCE MAJEURE If either Buyer or Seller is rendered unable, for a period not
more than 30 days, wholly or in part, by force majeure to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, other than the obligation to make payments
then or thereafter due, it is agreed that performance of the respective
obligations of the parties hereto to deliver and receive gas, so far as they are
affected by such force majeure, shall be suspended from the inception of any
such inability until it is corrected but for no longer as practicable after the
occurrence of the force majeure. The party claiming such inability shall give
notice thereof to the other party as soon as practicable after the occurrence of
the force majeure. If such notice is first given by telephone communication, it
shall be confirmed promptly in writing giving full particulars. The party
claiming such inability shall promptly correct such inability to the extent it
shall be corrected through the exercise of reasonable diligence. Force majeure
as used herein shall mean acts of god, vandalism, wars, civil unrest, rebellion,
blockades, strikes, lightning fires, floods, explosions, hurricanes, breakage of
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availability of gas supply, failure of third party pipelines to transport gas
hereunder, permanent plant closing and other causes not within the control of
the party claiming a force majeure situation. If at some future date there is a
change in any law, rule or regulation, and by such change, governmental
certificate or authorization is required, or Seller is prevented, prohibited or
frustrated from carrying out the terms of this Agreement in the manner
contemplated hereunder, then this Agreement, at the sole discretion of Seller,
shall be canceled.
ARTICLE 12
NOTICES Whenever, under the terms of this Agreement, any notice, invoice, or
payment is required or permitted to be given by one party to the other, it shall
be given in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given for all
purposes hereof if sent by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the parties at the
addresses set forth below:

         
 
  SELLER:   JOHN D. OIL & GAS MARKETING CO., LLC
3511 Lost Nation Road
Willoughby, OH 44094
Phone: 440 255-1945; Fax: 440 255-1985
 
       
 
  BUYER:   NORTHEAST OHIO NATURAL GAS CORP.
8500 Station Street, Suite 100
Mentor, OH 44060

ARTICLE 13
ASSIGNMENT All of the covenants, conditions and obligations of this Agreement
shall extend to and be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns respectively of the parties hereto, provided, however,
that this Agreement shall not be assigned by either party without the written
consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent shall be required if either party
assigns this Agreement to an affiliated entity. For purposes of this Agreement,
an affiliated entity shall mean any entity or person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such first entity or person. In addition, Buyer
shall not be permitted to withhold its consent if Seller assigns this Agreement
to an entity or a person which, at the time of such assignment, has been engaged
in the business of acquiring natural gas supplies for resale.
ARTICLE 14
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS Buyer and Seller agree that Buyer’s compliance with Seller’s
credit policies and requirements shall be condition precedent to Seller’s
obligation to deliver natural gas under this Agreement. Furthermore, if the
financial status of Buyer becomes unsatisfactory, Buyer upon demand of Seller
shall give satisfactory security. Buyer’s failure to abide by the provisions of
this Article 14 shall be considered a breach hereof and, in such event, payment
for all natural delivered hereunder shall be immediately due and owing and shall
be paid immediately and Seller shall without waiving any rights or remedies it
shall have, withhold further deliveries until such payment or security is
received.
ARTICLE 15
SURVIVAL OBLIGATIONS The obligations of Buyer to make payment for gas received
hereunder shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. The
obligations of Seller to indemnify Buyer pursuant to Article 8 (“Warranty of
Title and Taxes”) and for Buyer to pay for any taxes imposed on the gas shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. If any provision in
this Agreement is determined to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court
having jurisdiction, then such determination shall not invalidate, void, or make
unenforceable any other provision, agreement, or covenant in this Agreement. No
waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other
or subsequent breach. All remedies afforded in this Agreement shall be taken and
construed as cumulative, that is, in addition to every other remedy provided
therein or by law.
ARTICLE 16
COMPLETE AGREEMENT This Agreement represents the complete and entire
understanding between the parties, superceding any prior agreements, respecting
the subject matter of this transaction. The parties hereto declare that there
are no promises, representations, conditions, warranties, other agreements,
expressed or implied, oral or written, made or relied upon by either party,
except those herein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, or their authorized agents, hereto have caused
this Agreement to be executed the day and year above written.

                      WITNESSES:       SELLER:
JOHN D. OIL & GAS MARKETING CO., LLC
 
                   
 
      BY   /s/ Richard M. Osborne
 
        
 
                   
 
      BY   Richard M. Osborne        
 
                   
 
      ITS   Managing Member        

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                      WITNESSES       BUYER:
NORTHEAST OHIO NATURAL GAS CORP.
 
                   
 
      BY   /s/ Martin K. Whelan
 
        
 
                   
 
      BY   Martin K. Whelan        
 
                   
 
      ITS   VP        
 
                   
 
                    WITNESSES:       ORWELL NATURAL GAS COMPANY
 
                   
 
      BY   /s/ Thomas J. Smith
 
       
 
                   
 
      BY   Thomas J. Smith        
 
                   
 
      ITS   President        
 
                    WITNESSES:       BRAINARD GAS CORP.
 
                   
 
      BY   /s/ Thomas J. Smith
 
       
 
                   
 
      BY   Thomas J. Smith        
 
                   
 
      ITS   President        

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EXHIBIT “A”
The price to be paid by NEO to Seller for natural gas delivered to NEO at the
Delivery Point during the Term shall be the greater of (a) Seller’s cost to
deliver the gas to the Delivery Point plus Ten Cents ($0.10) per Thousand Cubic
Feet (“Mcf”) plus any applicable taxes, or (b) the “Delivered Price” per Mcf set
forth in the chart below, plus any applicable taxes. The greater of (a) or
(b) above shall be referred to in the Agreement as the “Delivered Price”.

                      Contract Term     Location   Effective   Expiration  
Rollover   Delivered Price
GE (Petroxl wells)
  05/01/06   04/30/07   Mo. to Mo.   NYNEX + $0.50
Polin Hatmaker
  03/14/06   03/13/07   Mo. to Mo.   NYNEX + $0.50
Ponderosa wells
  03/20/06   03/19/07   Mo. to Mo.   NYNEX + $0.50
West Wooster (Smail wells)
  07/18/05   06/30/07   Mo. to Mo.   $9.800
Mormack Orrville
  01/01/07   12/31/09   Yr. to Yr.   N+$0.60 sum, +$0.65 win
Hutton Wooster
  02/01/07   01/31/10       NYNEX + $1.00
Hutton Orrville
  02/01/07   01/31/10       N+$0.60 sum, $0.65 win
Bands Orrville
  6/1/2007   5/31/2010   Mo. to Mo.   N + $0.60 s, $0.65 w/98
Broad Street-Orrville
  8/1/2007   7/31/2012   Mo. to Mo.   N + $0.60 s, N + $0.65 w
Pheasants Rd.(Wooster)
  6/1/2007   5/31/2012   Mo. to Mo.   N + $0.60 s, N + $0.67 w
Orrville System
  5/1/2007   4/30/2010   Mo. to Mo.   NYMEX + $0.80
Cobra North Trumbull
  2/6/2008   1/31/2009   Mo. to Mo.   N + $1.20 x 1.0377
Cobra Holmesville
  2/6/2008   1/31/2009   Mo. to Mo.   N + $1.00 x 1.0377
Cobra Churchtown
  2/6/2008   1/31/2009   Mo. to Mo.   N + $1.05 x 1.0377
Equity Oil and Gas (Fryburg)
  9/1/2007   8/1/2008   Mo. to Mo.   N + $0.75

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EXHIBIT “B”
The price to be paid by ONG Buyer to Seller for natural gas delivered to ONG at
the Delivery Point during the Term shall be the greater of (a) NYMEX plus
seventy-five cents ($.75) per Thousand Cubic Feet (“Mcf”) plus any applicable
taxes or (b) Seller’s cost to deliver the gas to the Delivery Point plus Ten
Cents ($0.10) per Thousand Cubic Feet (“Mcf”), plus any applicable taxes. The
greater of (a) or (b) above shall be referred to in the Agreement as the
“Delivered Price”.

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EXHIBIT “C”
The price to be paid by BGC to Seller for natural gas delivered to BGC at the
Delivery Point during the Term shall be the greater of (a) NYMEX plus
seventy-five cents ($0.75) per Thousand Cubic Feet (“Mcf”) plus any applicable
taxes or (b) Seller’s cost to deliver the gas to the Delivery Point plus Ten
Cents ($.10) per Thousand Cubic Feet (“Mcf”), plus any applicable taxes. The
greater of (a) or (b) above shall be referred to in the Agreement as the
“Delivered Price”.

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