Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement



 Exhibit 10.6 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 This Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this
“Amendment”) dated as of February 22, 2007, is by and among GLOBAL ETHANOL, LLC, formerly known as Midwest Grain Processors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the financial
institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and each other financial institution that may hereafter become a party to the Loan Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Lenders” and
individually a “Lender”) and COBANK, ACB, a federally chartered banking organization (“CoBank”), in its capacity as Agent for the Lenders and for the Issuer ( in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 RECITALS 
 The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 14, 2005, as amended by a First Amendment dated as of February 28,
2006, a Second Amendment dated as of March 31, 2006, a Third Amendment dated as of September 22, 2006 and a Fourth Amendment dated as of October 31, 2006 (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed or restated from
time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). 
 The Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the
Agent make certain amendments to the Loan Agreement and the Lenders and the Agent are willing to grant the Borrower’s requests subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

1.        Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are defined in the
Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings as defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition, Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is amended by adding or amending, as the case may be, the following definitions: 

“‘Termination Date’ shall mean June 1, 2007. 

2.        Amendment to Section 4.5 of the Loan Agreement. Section 4.5 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

“4.5    Compliance with Construction Lending Protocol. With respect to each
Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall have complied with all procedures and conditions set forth in the Construction Lending Protocol for the Iowa Project on and as of the date of any request for such Term Loan Advance. With respect to each








 
Revolving Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall have complied with all procedures and conditions set forth in the Construction Lending Protocol for the Michigan Project on and as of the date of any
request for such Revolving Term Loan Advance, except for those requirements described below, which shall be satisfied not later than March 15, 2007. Prior to March 15, 2007, each of the following requirements shall have been satisfied to
the satisfaction of the Agent: (a) an endorsement to the Agent’s title insurance policy for the Michigan Project insuring the Borrower’s leasehold estate under that certain Lease dated May 16, 2005 from the Adrian &
Blissfield Rail Road Company, as lessor, and Borrower, as lessee, as amended, subject only to such exceptions as are acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion; (b) an amendment to the Lease referred to in requirement (a) above
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed by the Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company in favor of Borrower, which permits the lien of the Agent in the Lease referred to in requirement (a) above,
clarifies the concept of “cessation of operations” in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and agrees to such other changes in the Lease as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent; and (c) a consent and non-disturbance
agreement in favor of the Borrower, duly executed by any mortgagee of the Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company in form and content reasonably acceptable to the Agent. Failure of the Borrower to satisfy the requirements set forth in the
preceding sentence by March 15, 2007 shall constitute a Matured Default under this Agreement.” 

3.        Representations and Warranties. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the
Agent and the Lenders as follows: 
 (a)        Borrower has all
requisite power and authority to execute this Amendment and to perform all of its obligations hereunder, and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
 (b)        The execution,
delivery and performance by Borrower of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action and does not (i) require any authorization, consent or approval by any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (ii) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect, having applicability to Borrower, or the organizational documents of Borrower, or
(iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected. 

(c)        All of the representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the
Loan Agreement are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date. 

  
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4.        References.  All references in the Loan Agreement to
“this Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby; and any and all references in any other Financing Agreement to the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

 5.        No Other Waiver.  The execution of this
Amendment and any documents related hereto shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default or any Matured Default under the Loan Agreement or breach, default or event of default under any other Financing Agreement or other document held by the
Agent or any Lender, whether or not known to the Agent or any Lender and whether or not existing on the date of this Amendment. 
 6.        Release.  Borrower hereby absolutely and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Agent and each of the Lenders, and any and
all participants, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, insurers, indemnitors, successors and assigns thereof, together with all of the present and former directors, officers, agents and employees of any of the
foregoing, from any and all claims, demands or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, whether arising in law or equity or upon contract or tort or under any state or federal law or otherwise, which Borrower has had, now has or has made
claim to have against any such person for or by reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising from the beginning of time to and including the date of this Amendment, whether such claims, demands and causes of action are
matured or unmatured or known or unknown. 
 7.        Costs and
Expenses.  Borrower hereby reaffirms its agreement under Section 10.4 of the Loan Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower specifically agrees to pay all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent
for the services performed by such counsel in connection with the preparation of this Amendment and the documents and instruments incidental hereto. 
 8.        Miscellaneous.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
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 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. 

 

			
	GLOBAL ETHANOL, LLC
		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Gary Spreckley

	 Its
	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	COBANK, ACB, as Agent and as a Lender
		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Janice Haines

	 Its
	 	 Assistant Corporate Secretary

	
	FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, FLCA, as a Lender
		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Chad Gent

	 Its
	 	 Vice President

	
	METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as a Lender
		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Steven D. Craig

	 Its
	 	 Director




(Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement) 

  
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