Document:

Exhibit 10.31

 

[ * ] CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

 

	
ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.  Award No.

 

DE-EE0002882
    	
2.  Modification No.

 

007
    	
3.  Effective Date

 

12/28/2009
    	
4.  CFDA No.

 

81.087
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.  Award To

 

ENERKEM   MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

Attn:  DANNY VAUGHN

PO   BOX 717

222   WEST REYNOLDS STREET

PONTOTOC   MS 38863

 
    	
6.  Sponsoring Office

 

Energy   Effcy & Renewable Energy
    	
7.  Period of Performance

 

12/28/2009

Through   05/31/2012
    
	
8.  Type of Agreement

 

 ̈  Grant

x  Cooperative Agreement

 ̈  Other

 
    	
9.  Authority

 

109-58,   Energy Policy Act (2005)

111-5,   Recovery Act (2009)
    	
10.  Purchase Request or Fund Document No.

 

12EE000139
    
	
11.  Remittance Address

 

ENERKEM   MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

Attn:  DANNY VAUGHN

PO   BOX 717

222   WEST REYNOLDS STREET

PONTOTOC   MS 38863
    	
12.  Total Amount

 

Govt.   Share:  $50,000,000.00

 

Cost   Share  :  $[ * ]

 

Total          :    $[ * ]
    	
13.  Funds Obligated

 

This   action:  $0.00

 

Total           :    $50,000,000.00
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
14.  Principal Investigator

 

Danny   Vaughn

Phone:  662-297-7415
    	
15.  Program Manager

 

Glenn   M. Doyle

Phone:  720-356-1521
    	
16.  Administrator

 

Golden   Field Office

U.S.   Department of Energy

Golden   Field Office

1617   Cole Blvd.

Golden   CO 80401-3393
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
17.  Submit Payment Requests To

 

OR   for Golden

U.S.   Department of Energy

Oak   Ridge Financial Service Center

PO   BOX 4517

Oak   Ridge TN 37831

 
    	
18.  Paying Office

 

OR   for Golden

U.S.   Department of Energy

Oak   Ridge Financial Service Center

PO   BOX 4517

Oak   Ridge TN 37831
    	
19.  Submit Reports To

 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
20.  Accounting and Appropriation Data

 

See   Schedule
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
21.  Research Title and/or Description of   Project  

 

RECOVERY ACT — HETEROGENEOUS FEED BIOREFINERY   PROJECT
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For the Recipient

 
    	
For the United States of America

 
    
	
22.  Signature of Person Authorized to Sign
    	
 
    	
25.  Signature of Grants/Agreements Officer

 

Signature   on File

 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
23.  Name and Title
    	
24.  Date Signed
    	
26.  Name of Officer

 

Melissa   Y. Wise
    	
27.  Date Signed

 

11/23/2011
    
								

 

 

	
CONTINUATION   SHEET
    	
REFERENCE   NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED 
    
	
 
    	
DE-EE0002882   / 007
    

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

 

ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

 

	
ITEM NO.
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SUPPLIES/SERVICES
   (B)
    	
 
    	
QUANTITY
   (C)
    	
 
    	
UNIT
   (D)
    	
 
    	
UNIT PRICE
   (E)
    	
 
    	
AMOUNT
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DUNS   Number:  830512609

 

1)      Complete a novation, changing the   recipient from Enerkem Corporation to Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC. See   Attachment 6 for a copy of the signed and executed novation agreement which,   by this modification, is incorporated by reference into this award; and

 

2)      Delete and Replace the Special Terms and   Conditions to incorporate the following changes:

 

a.      Add Provision 21, “At Risk for Financial   Capability”;

b.      Delete and replace Provision 2, “Award   Agreement Terms and Conditions”; and

c.      Delete and replace Provision 4, “Award Project   Period and Budget Periods.”

 

All   other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

 

In   Block 7 of the Assistance Agreement, the Period of Performance reflects the   beginning of the Project Period through the end of the current Budget Period,   shown as 12/28/2009 through 05/31/2012. For multiple Budget Periods, see   Special Terms and Conditions, Provision 4, “Award Project Period and Budget   Periods.”

 

DOE   Award Administrator: Brenda Dias

E-mail:   brenda.dias@go.doe.gov

Phone:   720-356-1519

 

DOE   Project Officer: Glenn Doyle

E-mail:   glenn.doyle@go.doe.gov

Phone:   720-356-1521

 

Recipient   Business Officer: Jocelyn Auger

E-mail:   jauger@enerkem.com

Phone:   514-875-0284 ext. 262

 

Recipient   Principal Investigator: Danny Vaughn

E-mail:   dvaughn@enerkem.com

Phone:   662-297-7415

 

“Electronic   signature or signatures as used in this document means a method of signing an   electronic message that—

 

(A)   Identifies and authenticates a particular   person as the source of the electronic message;

 

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2

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

 

ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

 

	
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(B)           Indicates such person’s approval of   the information contained in the electronic message; and,

 

(C)           Submission via FedConnect   constitutes electronically signed documents.”

 

ASAP:  NO Extent Competed: COMPETED Davis-Bacon

 

Act:  YES

 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
JULY 2004
    

 

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3

 

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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1.
    	
RESOLUTION   OF CONFLICTING CONDITIONS
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
AWARD   AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
ELECTRONIC   AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD DOCUMENTS
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
AWARD   PROJECT PERIOD AND BUDGET PERIODS
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.
    	
PAYMENT   PROCEDURES — REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) VENDOR   INQUIRY PAYMENT ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEMS (VIPERS)
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.
    	
COST   SHARING FFRDC NOT INVOLVED
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.
    	
REBUDGETING   AND RECOVERY OF INDIRECT COSTS
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.
    	
FINAL   INCURRED COST AUDIT
    	
4
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.
    	
STATEMENT   OF FEDERAL STEWARDSHIP
    	
4
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.
    	
STATEMENT   OF SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT
    	
4
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
11.
    	
SITE   VISITS
    	
5
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
12.
    	
REPORTING   REQUIREMENTS
    	
5
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
13.
    	
PUBLICATIONS
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
14.
    	
FEDERAL,   STATE, AND MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
15.
    	
INTELLECTUAL   PROPERTY PROVISIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
16.
    	
CONTINUATION   APPLICATION AND FUNDING
    	
7
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
17.
    	
LOBBYING   RESTRICTIONS
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
18.
    	
NOTICE   REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS — SENSE OF   CONGRESS
    	
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19.
    	
PROPERTY
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
20.
    	
DECONTAMINATION   AND/OR DECOMMISSIONING (D&D) COSTS
    	
9
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
21.
    	
AT   RISK FOR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
    	
9
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
22.
    	
FUNDING   OF BUDGET PERIODS
    	
9
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
23.
    	
INSOLVENCY,   BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
24.
    	
NOTICE   REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS — SENSE OF   CONGRESS
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
25.
    	
NATIONAL   ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA) REQUIREMENTS
    	
10
    

 

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26.
    	
INDEMNITY
    	
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27.
    	
SPECIAL   PROVISIONS RELATING TO WORK FUNDED UNDER AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT   ACT OF 2009 (MAY 2009)
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
28.
    	
REPORTING   AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1512 OF THE RECOVERY ACT
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
29.
    	
REQUIRED   USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS — SECTION 1605 OF   THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
    	
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30.
    	
REQUIRED   USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS (COVERED UNDER   INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) — SECTION 1605 OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND   REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
    	
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31.
    	
RECOVERY   ACT TRANSACTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS AND   RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INFORMING SUBRECIPIENTS
    	
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32.
    	
WAGE   RATE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1606 OF THE RECOVERY ACT
    	
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33.
    	
DAVIS   BACON ACT AND CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT
    	
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34.
    	
CONTINGENCY
    	
34
    

 

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1.                                      RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTING CONDITIONS

 

Any apparent inconsistency between Federal statutes and regulations and the terms and conditions contained in this award must be referred to the DOE Award Administrator for guidance.

 

2.                                      AWARD AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

This award/agreement consists of the Grant and Cooperative Agreement Cover Page, plus the following:

 

a.                                       Special Terms and Conditions.

 

b.                                      Attachments:

 

Attachment Number Title

 

1.             Intellectual Property Provisions

 

2.             Statement of Project Objectives

 

3.             Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist and Instructions

 

4.             Budget Pages (SF 424A)

 

5.             Requirements for Contingency Funds for Integrated Biorefinery Projects

 

6.             Executed Novation Agreement

 

c.                                       Applicable program regulations

 

d.                                      DOE Assistance Regulations, 10 CFR Part 600 at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov.

 

e.                                       If the award is for research and the award is for a university or non-profit, the Research Terms & Conditions and the DOE Agency Specific Requirements at http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/rtc/index.jsp apply.

 

f.                                         Application/proposal as approved by DOE.

 

g.                                      National Policy Assurances to Be Incorporated as Award Terms in effect on date of award at http://management.energy.gov/business doe/1374.htm.

 

3.                                      ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD DOCUMENTS

 

Acknowledgement of award documents by the Recipient’s authorized representative through electronic systems used by the Department of Energy, specifically FedConnect, constitutes the Recipient’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the award.  Acknowledgement via FedConnect by the Recipient’s authorized representative constitutes the Recipient’s electronic signature.

 

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4.                                      AWARD PROJECT PERIOD AND BUDGET PERIODS

 

The Project Period for this award is 12/28/2009 through 09/30/2013, consisting of the following Budget Periods:

 

	
Budget Period
    	
 
    	
Start Date
    	
 
    	
End Date
    
	
1
    	
 
    	
12/28/2009
    	
 
    	
05/31/2012
    
	
2
    	
 
    	
06/01/2012
    	
 
    	
09/30/2013
    

 

5.                                      PAYMENT PROCEDURES — REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) VENDOR INQUIRY PAYMENT ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEMS (VIPERS)

 

a.                                       Method of Payment.  Payment will be made by reimbursement through ACH.

 

b.                                      Requesting Reimbursement.  Requests for reimbursements must be made electronically through Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Financial Service Center (ORFSC) VIPERS. To access and use VIPERS, you must enroll at https://finweb.oro.doe.gov/vipers.htm.  Detailed instructions on how to enroll are provided on the web site.

 

For non-construction awards, you must submit a Standard Form (SF) 270, “Request for Advance or Reimbursement,” at https://finweb.oro.doe.gov/vipers.htm and attach a file containing appropriate supporting documentation.  The file attachment must show the total Federal share claimed on the SF 270, the non-Federal share claimed for the billing period if cost sharing is required, and cumulative expenditures to date (both Federal and non-Federal) for each of the following categories: salaries/wages and fringe benefits; equipment; travel; participant/training support costs, if any; other direct costs, including subawards/contracts; and indirect costs.  For construction awards, you must submit a SF 271, “Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement for Construction Programs,” through VIPERS.

 

c.                                       Timing of submittals.  Submittal of the SF 270 or SF 271 should coincide with your normal billing pattern, but not more frequently than every two weeks.  Requests for reimbursement must be limited to the amount of disbursements made during the billing period for the Federal share of direct project costs and the proportionate share of any allowable indirect costs incurred during that billing period.

 

d.                                      Adjusting payment requests for available cash.  You must disburse any funds that are available from repayments to and interest earned on a revolving fund, program income, rebates, refunds, contract settlements, audit recoveries, credits, discounts, and interest earned on any of those funds before requesting additional cash payments from DOE.

 

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e.                                       Payments.  The DOE approving official will approve the invoice as soon as practical, but not later than 30 days after your request is received, unless the billing is improper.  Upon receipt of an invoice payment authorization from the DOE approving official, the ORFSC will disburse payment to you.  You may check the status of payments at the VIPER web site.  All payments are made by electronic funds transfer to the bank account identified on the ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form (SF 3881) that you filed.

 

6.                                      COST SHARING FFRDC NOT INVOLVED

 

a.                                       Total Estimated Project Cost is the sum of the Federal Government share and Recipient share of the estimated project costs.  The Recipient’s cost share must come from non-Federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law.  By accepting Federal funds under this award, you agree that you are liable for your percentage share of total allowable project costs, on a budget period basis, even if the project is terminated early or is not funded to its completion.  This cost is shared as follows:

 

	
Budget Period
    	
 
    	
DOE Cost Share
   $ / %
    	
 
    	
Recipient Cost Share
   $ / %
    	
 
    	
Total Estimated
   Costs
    	
 
    
	
1
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 50%
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 50%
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 100%
    	
 
    
	
Total Project
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 50%
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 50%
    	
 
    	
$[ * ] / 100%
    	
 
    

 

b.                                      If you discover that you may be unable to provide cost sharing of at least the amount identified in paragraph a of this Article, you should immediately provide written notification to the DOE Award Administrator, indicating whether you will continue or phase out the project.  If you plan to continue the project, the notification must describe how replacement cost sharing will be secured.

 

c.                                       You must maintain records of all project costs that you claim as cost sharing, including in-kind costs, as well as records of costs to be paid by DOE. Such records are subject to audit.

 

d.                                      Failure to provide the cost sharing required by this Article may result in the subsequent recovery by DOE of some or all the funds provided under the award.

 

7.                                      REBUDGETING AND RECOVERY OF INDIRECT COSTS

 

a.                                       If actual allowable indirect costs are less than those budgeted and funded under the award, you may use the difference to pay additional allowable direct costs during the project period.  If at the completion of the award the Government’s share of total allowable costs (i.e., direct and indirect), is less than the total costs reimbursed, you must refund the difference.

 

b.                                      Recipients are expected to manage their indirect costs.  DOE will not amend an award solely to provide additional funds for changes in indirect cost rates.  DOE recognizes that the inability to obtain full reimbursement for indirect costs means

 

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the Recipient must absorb the underrecovery.  Such underrecovery may be allocated as part of the organization’s required cost sharing.

 

8.                                      FINAL INCURRED COST AUDIT

 

In accordance with 10 CFR 600, DOE reserves the right to initiate a final incurred cost audit on this award.  If the audit has not been performed or completed prior to the closeout of the award, DOE retains the right to recover an appropriate amount after fully considering the recommendations on disallowed costs resulting from the final audit.

 

9.                                      STATEMENT OF FEDERAL STEWARDSHIP

 

DOE will exercise normal Federal stewardship in overseeing the project activities performed under this award.  Stewardship activities include, but are not limited to, conducting site visits; reviewing performance and financial reports; providing technical assistance and/or temporary intervention in unusual circumstances to correct deficiencies which develop during the project; assuring compliance with terms and conditions; and reviewing technical performance after project completion to ensure that the award objectives have been accomplished.

 

10.                              STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT

 

1.                                       Government Insight

 

In order to adequately monitor project progress and provide technical direction and/or redirection to the Recipient, DOE must be provided an adequate level of insight into various Recipient activities.  Government Insight activities by DOE include attendance at Recipient meetings, reviews and tests, as well as access for DOE’s consultants to perform independent evaluations of Recipient’s plans and processes.  Recipient shall notify the DOE Project Officer of meetings, reviews, and tests in sufficient time to permit DOE participation, and provide all appropriate documentation for DOE review.

 

2.                                       Specific activities to be conducted by DOE

 

a.                                       Risk Evaluation —DOE will review the Recipient’s initial Risk Mitigation Plan (RM P) for quality and completeness.  DOE will also monitor updates to the RM P and actions taken by the Recipient during the performance of its award to mitigate risks and improve the probability of successful execution of the integrated Biorefinery project.  At DOE’s discretion, additional independent risk analyses of the project by DOE consultants may be requested.

 

b.                                      Independent Engineering Assessments —DOE will engage a private, independent engineering (IE) firm to assist in assessing the progress of the project and provide timely and accurate reports to DOE. The Recipient will ensure that the IE has access to any and all relevant documentation sufficient to allow the I E to provide

 

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independent evaluations to DOE on the progress of the project.  Such documentation includes but is not limited to the following:

 

·              Drawings and specifications

·              Construction and Execution plans

·              Resource loaded schedules

·              Design functions and requirements for the site final design review

·              Risk management plans

·              Value management and engineering studies and/or plans

·              Acquisition strategies

·              Project execution plans

·              Project controls including earned value management systems

·              Qualifications of the integrated project team.

·              Financial strategy for funding the construction project

·              Updated marketing and business plan

·              Invoices submitted to DOE

 

DOE will evaluate the quality and completeness of information and documentation provided by the Recipient to DOE and its consultants in order to allow DOE to provide technical direction and/or redirection to the Recipient about how best to achieve the purposes of the award.  Consultants to DOE may not provide technical direction and/or redirection to the Recipient.

 

11.                               SITE VISITS

 

DOE’s authorized representatives have the right to make site visits at reasonable times to review project accomplishments and management control systems and to provide technical assistance, if required.  You must provide, and must require your subawardees to provide, reasonable access to facilities, office space, resources, and assistance for the safety and convenience of the government representatives in the performance of their duties.  All site visits and evaluations must be performed in a manner that does not unduly interfere with or delay the work.

 

12.                               REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

 

a.                                       Requirements.  The reporting requirements for this award are identified on the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist, DOE F 4600.2, attached to this award.  Failure to comply with these reporting requirements is considered a material noncompliance with the terms of the award.  Noncompliance may result in withholding of future payments, suspension or termination of the current award, and withholding of future awards.  A willful failure to perform, a history of failure to perform, or unsatisfactory performance of this and/or other financial assistance awards, may also result in a debarment action to preclude future awards by Federal agencies.

 

b.                                      Dissemination of scientific/technical reports.  Scientific/technical reports submitted under this award will be disseminated on the Internet via the DOE

 

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Information Bridge (www.osti.gov/bridge), unless the report contains patentable material, protected data or SBIR/STTR data.  Citations for journal articles produced under the award will appear on the DOE Energy Citations Database (www.osti.gov/energycitations).

 

c.                                       Restrictions.  Reports submitted to the DOE Information Bridge must not contain any Protected Personal Identifiable Information (PII), limited rights data (proprietary data), classified information, information subject to export control classification, or other information not subject to release.

 

13.                               PUBLICATIONS

 

a.                                       You are encouraged to publish or otherwise make publicly available the results of the work conducted under the award.

 

b.                                      An acknowledgment of DOE support and a disclaimer must appear in the publication of any material, whether copyrighted or not, based on or developed under this project, as follows:

 

Acknowledgment: “This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy [National Nuclear Security Administration] [add name(s) of other agencies, if applicable] under Award Number(s) [enter the award number(s)].”

 

Disclaimer:  “This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government.  Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.  Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.  The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.”

 

14.                               FEDERAL, STATE, AND MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS

 

You must obtain any required permits and comply with applicable federal, state, and municipal laws, codes, and regulations for work performed under this award.

 

15.                               INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

 

a.                                       The intellectual property provisions applicable to this award are provided as an attachment to this award or are referenced in the Agreement Cover Page.

 

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b.                                      Questions regarding intellectual property matters should be referred to the DOE Award Administrator identified and the Patent Counsel designated as the service provider for the DOE office that issued the award.

 

Patent Counsel for the Golden Field Office is Julia Moody, who may be reached at julia.moody@go.doe.gov or 720-356-1699.

 

16.                               CONTINUATION APPLICATION AND FUNDING

 

a.                                       Continuation Application.  A continuation application is a non-competitive application for an additional budget period within a previously approved project period.  At least 60 days before the end of each budget period, your continuation application must be submitted to the DOE Project Officer and the DOE Award Administrator identified in the Assistance Agreement, to be eligible to receive a continuation award for the next budget period.  The continuation application must include the following information:

 

1.                                       Application for Federal Assistance, SF-424.

 

2.                                       A continuation report, which must provide a summary of the progress towards meeting the objectives of the award, including any significant findings, conclusions, or developments, a comparison of actual accomplishment with the objectives established for the reporting period (milestones, deliverables, decision point criteria and stage gates), reasons for slippage if goals were not met, an estimate of any unobligated balances remaining at the end of the budget period, and when applicable an explanation of cost overruns or underruns.  A description of your plans for the award during the upcoming budget period and any variance from the DOE approved objectives needs to be included in the continuation application package.

 

3.                                       A detailed budget and supporting justification for the upcoming budget period with the supporting documentation below, including an estimate of DOE funds expected to be remaining at the end of the current budget period:

 

a)                                      Budget Information — Non Construction Programs, SF-424A.

 

b)                                     Cost Reasonableness Determination, PMC 123.1 (Excel Version).

 

4.                                       Environmental Checklist, EF1, (This form should be completed on-line at https://www.eere-pmc.energy.gov/).

 

5.                                       Commitment Letters from Third Parties Contributing to Cost Sharing, if applicable.

 

6.                                       Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO), if revision is required.

 

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b.                                      Continuation Funding.  Continuation funding is contingent on: (1) availability of funds; (2) meeting the objectives, milestones, deliverables, decision point criteria and stage gates of your award and obtaining approval from DOE to continue work on the project (DOE authorizing either Pass or Redirect through a stage-gate review); (3) submittal of required reports; or (4) compliance with the terms and conditions of the award.

 

17.                               LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS

 

By accepting funds under this award, you agree that none of the funds obligated on the award shall be expended, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.  This restriction is in addition to those prescribed elsewhere in statute and regulation.

 

18.                               NOTICE REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS — SENSE OF CONGRESS

 

It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available under this award should be American-made.

 

19.                               PROPERTY

 

Real property and equipment acquired by the Recipient shall be subject to the rules set forth in 10 CFR 600.130-137, 10 CFR 600.231-233, or 10 CFR 600.320-324, as applicable.

 

Consistent with the goals and objectives of this project, the Recipient may continue to use Recipient acquired property beyond the Period of Performance, without obligation, during the period of such use, to extinguish DOE’s conditional title to such property as described in 10 CFR 600.132-135, 10 CFR 600.231-233, or 600.321-324, subject to the following: (a) the Recipient continues to utilize such property for the objectives of the project as set forth in the Statement of Project Objectives; (b) DOE retains the right to periodically ask for, and the Recipient agrees to provide, reasonable information concerning the use and condition of the property; and (c) the Recipient follows the property disposition rules set forth in the applicable sections of 10 CFR Part 600, if the property is no longer used by the Recipient for the objectives of the project, and the fair market value of property exceeds $5,000.

 

Once the per unit fair market value of the property is less than $5,000, pursuant to the applicable sections of 10 CFR Part 600, DOE’s residual interest in the property shall be extinguished and the Recipient shall have no further obligation to the DOE with respect to the property.

 

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The regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Part 600 and the requirements of this article shall also apply to property in the possession of any team member, sub-recipient or other entity where such property was acquired in whole or in part with funds provided by DOE under this award or where such property was counted as cost-sharing under the award.

 

20.                               DECONTAMINATION AND/OR DECOMMISSIONING (D&D) COSTS

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Government shall not be responsible for or have any obligation to the Recipient for (i) Decontamination and/or Decommissioning (D&D) of any of the Recipient’s facilities, or (ii) any costs which may be incurred by the Recipient in connection with the D&D of any of its facilities due to the performance of the work under this Agreement, whether said work was performed prior to or subsequent to the effective date of the Agreement.

 

21.                               AT RISK FOR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY

 

You have been determined to be at risk for financial capability based on your DUN & Bradstreet score of DS. This rating indicates that the information available does not permit D&B to classify your company within their rating key.

 

Based on this determination the following requirements, as listed below, have been incorporated into this award:

 

ACH Payment Method.

 

You may report any change in circumstances that impact DOE’s determination of your financial capability.  If you feel that your circumstances have changed to this degree, you may request a re-evaluation at any time after 6 months from the initial determination.  Please provide a written request and support to the DOE Award Administrator.

 

DOE will remove this provision by modification to the award if the conditions that prompted it have been corrected, as approved by the Contracting Officer.

 

22.                               FUNDING OF BUDGET PERIODS

 

DOE has obligated $50,000,000 for completion of the project authorized by this agreement; however, only $[ * ] is available for work performed by the Recipient during Budget Period 1 of the project.  For Budget Period 2, the remainder or $[ * ] will be available contingent upon the submission by the Recipient of a continuation application and written approval of the continuation application by the DOE Contracting Officer.

 

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In the event that the Recipient does not submit a continuation application for subsequent Budget Periods, or DOE disapproves a continuation application for subsequent Budget Periods, the maximum DOE liability to the Recipient is the funds that are available for the current approved Budget Period.  In such event, DOE reserves the right to deobligate any remaining funds.

 

23.                               INSOLVENCY, BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP

 

a.                                       You shall immediately notify the DOE of the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) you or your parent’s filing of a voluntary case seeking liquidation or reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act; (ii) your consent to the institution of an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Act against you or your parent; (i ii) the filing of any similar proceeding for or against you or your parent, or your consent to the dissolution, winding-up or readjustment of your debts, appointment of a receiver, conservator, trustee, or other officer with similar powers over you, under any other applicable state or federal law; or (iv) your insolvency due to its inability to pay debts generally as they become due.

 

b.                                      Such notification shall be in writing and shall: (i) specifically set out the details of the occurrence of an event referenced in paragraph (a); (ii) provide the facts surrounding that event; and (iii) provide the impact such event will have on the project being funded by this award.

 

c.                                       Upon the occurrence of any of the four events described in paragraph a.  of this provision, DOE reserves the right to conduct a review of your award to determine your compliance with the required elements of the award (including such items as cost share, progress towards technical project objectives, and submission of required reports).  If the DOE review determines that there are significant deficiencies or concerns with your performance under the award, DOE reserves the right to impose additional requirements, as needed, including (i) change of payment method; or (ii) institute payment controls.

 

a.                                       Failure of the Recipient to comply with this provision may be considered a material noncompliance of this financial assistance award by the Contracting Officer.

 

24.                               NOTICE REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS — SENSE OF CONGRESS

 

It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available under this award should be American-made.

 

25.                               NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA) REQUIREMENTS

 

You are restricted from taking any action using federal funds, which would have an adverse affect on the environment or limit the choice of reasonable alternatives prior to 

 

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DOE/NNSA providing either a NEPA clearance or a final N EPA decision regarding the project.

 

Prohibited actions include: All activities outside of the Budget Period 1 scope of work are subject to additional NEPA review and are prohibited at this time.

 

This restriction does not preclude you from: Budget Period 1.  If you move forward with activities that are not authorized for federal funding by the DOE Contracting Officer in advance of the final NEPA decision, you are doing so at risk of not receiving federal funding and such costs may not be recognized as allowable cost share.

 

If this award includes construction activities, you must submit an environmental evaluation report/evaluation notification form addressing NEPA issues prior to DOE initiating the NEPA process.

 

26.                               INDEMNITY

 

The Recipient shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, or employees for any and all liability, including litigation expenses and attorneys’ fees, arising from suits, actions, or claims of any character for death, bodily injury, or loss of or damage to property or to the environment, resulting from the project, except to the extent that such liability results from the direct fault or negligence of Government officers, agents or employees, or to the extent such liability may be covered by applicable allowable costs provisions.

 

27.                               SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO WORK FUNDED UNDER AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (May 2009)

 

Preamble

 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub.  L. 111-5, (Recovery Act) was enacted to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery, assist those most impacted by the recession, provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health, invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits, stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive State and local tax increases.  Recipients shall use grant funds in a manner that maximizes job creation and economic benefit.

 

The Recipient shall comply with all terms and conditions in the Recovery Act relating generally to governance, accountability, transparency, data collection and resources as specified in Act itself and as discussed below.

 

Recipients should begin planning activities for their first tier subrecipients, including obtaining a DUNS number (or updating the existing DUNS record), and registering with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR).

 

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Be advised that Recovery Act funds can be used in conjunction with other funding as necessary to complete projects, but tracking and reporting must be separate to meet the reporting requirements of the Recovery Act and related guidance.  For projects funded by sources other than the Recovery Act, Contractors must keep separate records for Recovery Act funds and to ensure those records comply with the requirements of the Act.

 

The Government has not fully developed the implementing instructions of the Recovery Act, particularly concerning specific procedural requirements for the new reporting requirements.  The Recipient will be provided these details as they become available.  The Recipient must comply with all requirements of the Act.  If the recipient believes there is any inconsistency between ARRA requirements and current award terms and conditions, the issues will be referred to the Contracting Officer for reconciliation.

 

Definitions

 

For purposes of this clause, Covered Funds means funds expended or obligated from appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub.  L. 111-5.  Covered Funds will have special accounting codes and will be identified as Recovery Act funds in the grant, cooperative agreement or TIA and/or modification using Recovery Act funds.  Covered Funds must be reimbursed by September 30, 2015.

 

Non-Federal employer means any employer with respect to covered funds — the contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or recipient, as the case may be, if the contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or recipient is an employer; and any professional membership organization, certification of other professional body, any agent or licensee of the Federal government, or any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer receiving covered funds; or with respect to covered funds received by a State or local government, the State or local government receiving the funds and any contractor or subcontractor receiving the funds and any contractor or subcontractor of the State or local government; and does not mean any department, agency, or other entity of the federal government.

 

Recipient means any entity that receives Recovery Act funds directly from the Federal government (including Recovery Act funds received through grant, loan, or contract) other than an individual and includes a State that receives Recovery Act Funds.

 

Special Provisions

 

A.                                   Flow Down Requirement

 

Recipients must include these special terms and conditions in any subaward.

 

B.                                     Segregation of Costs

 

Recipients must segregate the obligations and expenditures related to funding under the Recovery Act.  Financial and accounting systems should be revised as necessary to segregate, track and maintain these funds apart and separate from other revenue streams.  

 

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No part of the funds from the Recovery Act shall be commingled with any other funds or used for a purpose other than that of making payments for costs allowable for Recovery Act projects.

 

C.                                     Prohibition on Use of Funds

 

None of the funds provided under this agreement derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may be used by any State or local government, or any private entity, for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool.

 

D.                                    Access to Records

 

With respect to each financial assistance agreement awarded utilizing at least some of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, any representative of an appropriate inspector general appointed under section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1988 (5 U.S.C. App.) or of the Comptroller General is authorized —

 

(1)                                  to examine any records of the contractor or grantee, any of its subcontractors or subgrantees, or any State or local agency administering such contract that pertain to, and involve transactions that relate to, the subcontract, subcontract, grant, or subgrant; and

 

(2)                                  to interview any officer or employee of the contractor, grantee, subgrantee, or agency regarding such transactions.

 

E.                                      Publication

 

An application may contain technical data and other data, including trade secrets and/or privileged or confidential information, which the applicant does not want disclosed to the public or used by the Government for any purpose other than the application.  To protect such data, the applicant should specifically identify each page including each line or paragraph thereof containing the data to be protected and mark the cover sheet of the application with the following Notice as well as referring to the Notice on each page to which the Notice applies:

 

Notice of Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data

 

The data contained in pages ---- of this application have been submitted in confidence and contain trade secrets or proprietary information, and such data shall be used or disclosed only for evaluation purposes, provided that if this applicant receives an award as a result of or in connection with the submission of this application, DOE shall have the right to use or disclose the data here to the extent provided in the award.  This restriction does not limit the Government’s right to use or disclose data obtained without restriction from any source, including the applicant.

 

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Information about this agreement will be published on the Internet and linked to the website www.recovery.gov, maintained by the Accountability and Transparency Board.  The Board may exclude posting contractual or other information on the website on a case-by-case basis when necessary to protect national security or to protect information that is not subject to disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code.

 

F.                                      Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers.

 

The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below.  They include, but are not limited to:

 

Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub.  L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee’s duties, to the Accountability and Transparency Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a member of Congress, a State or Federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, a person with supervisory authority over the employee (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of:

 

·                  gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds;

·                  a gross waste of covered funds;

·                  a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds;

·                  an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or

·                  as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

 

Agency Action: Not later than 30 days after receiving an inspector general report of an alleged reprisal, the head of the agency shall determine whether there is sufficient basis to conclude that the non-Federal employer has subjected the employee to a prohibited reprisal.  The agency shall either issue an order denying relief in whole or in part or shall take one or more of the following actions:

 

·                  Order the employer to take affirmative action to abate the reprisal.

·                  Order the employer to reinstate the person to the position that the person held before the reprisal, together with compensation including back pay, compensatory damages, employment benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment that would apply to the person in that position if the reprisal had not been taken.

·                  Order the employer to pay the employee an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expert witnesses’ fees) that were reasonably incurred by the employee for or in 

 

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connection with, bringing the complaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by the head of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Nonenforceablity of Certain Provisions Waiving Rights and remedies or Requiring Arbitration: Except as provided in a collective bargaining agreement, the rights and remedies provided to aggrieved employees by this section may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment, including any predispute arbitration agreement.  No predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a dispute arising out of this section.

 

Requirement to Post Notice of Rights and Remedies: Any employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub.  L. 111-5, shall post notice of the rights and remedies as required therein.  (Refer to section 1553 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub.  L. 111-5, www.Recovery.gov, for specific requirements of this section and prescribed language for the notices.).

 

G.                                     RESERVED

 

H.                                    False Claims Act

 

Recipient and sub-recipients shall promptly refer to the DOE or other appropriate Inspector General any credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent, contractor, sub-grantee, subcontractor or other person has submitted a false claim under the False Claims Act or has committed a criminal or civil violation of laws pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, gratuity or similar misconduct involving those funds.

 

I.                                         Information in Support of Recovery Act Reporting

 

Recipient may be required to submit backup documentation for expenditures of funds under the Recovery Act including such items as timecards and invoices.  Recipient shall provide copies of backup documentation at the request of the Contracting Officer or designee.

 

J.                                        Availability of Funds

 

Funds appropriated under the Recovery Act and obligated to this award are available for reimbursement of costs until September 30, 2015.

 

28.                              REPORTING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1512 OF THE RECOVERY ACT

 

a.                                       This award requires the recipient to complete projects or activities which are funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) and to report on use of Recovery Act funds provided through this award.  Information from these reports will be made available to the public.

 

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b.                                      The reports are due no later than ten calendar days after each calendar quarter in which the Recipient receives the assistance award funded in whole or in part by the Recovery Act.

 

c.                                       Recipients and their first-tier subrecipients must maintain current registrations in the Central Contractor Registration (http://www.ccr.gov) at all times during which they have active federal awards funded with Recovery Act funds.  A Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number (http://www.dnb.com) is one of the requirements for registration in the Central Contractor Registration.

 

d.                                      The recipient shall report the information described in section 1512(c) of the Recovery Act using the reporting instructions and data elements that will be provided online at http://www.FederalReporting.gov and ensure that any information that is pre-filled is corrected or updated as needed.

 

29.                               REQUIRED USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS — SECTION 1605 OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

 

If the Recipient determines at any time that any construction, alteration, or repair activity on a public building or public works will be performed during the course of the project, the Recipient shall notify the Contracting Officer prior to commencing such work and the following provisions shall apply.

 

(a)                                  Definitions.  As used in this award term and condition—

 

(1)                                  Manufactured good means a good brought to the construction site for incorporation into the building or work that has been—

 

(i)                                     Processed into a specific form and shape; or

 

(ii)                                  Combined with other raw material to create a material that has different properties than the properties of the individual raw materials.

 

(2)                                  Public building and public work means a public building of, and a public work of, a governmental entity (the United States; the District of Columbia; commonwealths, territories, and minor outlying islands of the United States; State and local governments; and multi-State, regional, or interstate entities which have governmental functions).  These buildings and works may include, without limitation, bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties, breakwaters, levees, and canals, and the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of such buildings and works.

 

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(3)                               Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between .02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

 

(b)                                 Domestic preference.  (1) This award term and condition implements Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5), by requiring that all iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section and condition.

 

(2)                                  This requirement does not apply to the material listed by the Federal Government as follows:

 

None.

 

(3)                                  The award official may add other iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods to the list in paragraph (b)(2) of this section and condition if the Federal Government determines that

 

(i)                                     The cost of the domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods would be unreasonable.  The cost of domestic iron, steel, or manufactured goods used in the project is unreasonable when the cumulative cost of such material will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent;

 

(ii)                                  The iron, steel, and/or manufactured good is not produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or

 

(iii)                               The application of the restriction of section 1605 of the Recovery Act would be inconsistent with the public interest.

 

(c) Request for determination of inapplicability of Section 1605 of the Recovery Act.  (1)(i) Any recipient request to use foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods in accordance with paragraph (b)(3) of this section shall include adequate information for Federal Government evaluation of the request, including—

 

(A)                              A description of the foreign and domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods;

 

(B)                                Unit of measure;

 

(C)                                Quantity;

 

(D)                               Cost;

 

(E)                                 Time of delivery or availability;

 

(F)                                 Location of the project;

 

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(G)           Name and address of the proposed supplier; and

 

(H) A detailed justification of the reason for use of foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods cited in accordance with paragraph (b)(3) of this section.

 

(ii)           A request based on unreasonable cost shall include a reasonable survey of the market and a completed cost comparison table in the format in paragraph (d) of this section.

 

(iii)          The cost of iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods material shall include all delivery costs to the construction site and any applicable duty.

 

(iv)          Any recipient request for a determination submitted after Recovery Act funds have been obligated for a project for construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair shall explain why the recipient could not reasonably foresee the need for such determination and could not have requested the determination before the funds were obligated.  If the recipient does not submit a satisfactory explanation, the award official need not make a determination.

 

(2)           If the Federal Government determines after funds have been obligated for a project for construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair that an exception to section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies, the award official will amend the award to allow use of the foreign iron, steel, and/or relevant manufactured goods.  When the basis for the exception is nonavailability or public interest, the amended award shall reflect adjustment of the award amount, redistribution of budgeted funds, and/or other actions taken to cover costs associated with acquiring or using the foreign iron, steel, and/or relevant manufactured goods.  When the basis for the exception is the unreasonable cost of the domestic iron, steel, or manufactured goods, the award official shall adjust the award amount or redistribute budgeted funds by at least the differential established in 2 CFR 176.110(a).

 

(3)           Unless the Federal Government determines that an exception to section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies, use of foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods is noncompliant with section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

 

(d)           Data.  To permit evaluation of requests under paragraph (b) of this section based on unreasonable cost, the Recipient shall include the following information and any applicable supporting data based on the survey of suppliers:

 

Foreign and Domestic Items Cost Comparison

 

	
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List name, address, telephone number, email address, and contact for suppliers surveyed.  Attach copy of response; if oral, attach summary.

 

Include other applicable supporting information.

 

*Include all delivery costs to the construction site.

 

30.                               REQUIRED USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS (COVERED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) — SECTION 1605 OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

 

(a)           Definitions.  As used in this award term and condition—

 

Designated country — (1) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement country (Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom;

 

(2)           A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, or Singapore); or

 

(3)           A United States-European Communities Exchange of Letters (May 15, 1995) country: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

 

Designated country iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods — (1) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a designated country; or

 

(2) In the case of a manufactured good that consist in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a designated country into a new and different manufactured good distinct from the materials from which it was transformed.

 

Domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured good — (1) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States; or

 

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(2) In the case of a manufactured good that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in the United States into a new and different manufactured good distinct from the materials from which it was transformed.  There is no requirement with regard to the origin of components or subcomponents in manufactured goods or products, as long as the manufacture of the goods occurs in the United States.

 

Foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured good means iron, steel and/or manufactured good that is not domestic or designated country iron, steel, and/or manufactured good.

 

Manufactured good means a good brought to the construction site for incorporation into the building or work that has been—

 

(1)           Processed into a specific form and shape; or

 

(2)           Combined with other raw material to create a material that has different properties than the properties of the individual raw materials.

 

Public building and public work means a public building of, and a public work of, a governmental entity (the United States; the District of Columbia; commonwealths, territories, and minor outlying islands of the United States; State and local governments; and multi-State, regional, or interstate entities which have governmental functions).  These buildings and works may include, without limitation, bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties, breakwaters, levees, and canals, and the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of such buildings and works.

 

Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between .02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

 

(b)           Iron, steel, and manufactured goods.  (1) The award term and condition described in this section implements—

 

(i)            Section 1605(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub.  L. 111—5) (Recovery Act), by requiring that all iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States; and

 

(ii)           Section 1605(d), which requires application of the Buy American requirement in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements.  The restrictions of section 1605 of the Recovery Act do not apply to designated country iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods.  The Buy American requirement in section 1605 shall not be applied where the iron, steel or manufactured goods used in the project are from a Party to an international agreement that obligates the recipient to treat the goods and services of that Party 

 

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the same as domestic goods and services.  This obligation shall only apply to projects with an estimated value of $7,443,000 or more.

 

(2)           The recipient shall use only domestic or designated country iron, steel, and manufactured goods in performing the work funded in whole or part with this award, except as provided in paragraphs (b) (3) and (b)(4) of this section.

 

(3)           The requirement in paragraph (b)(2) of this section does not apply to the iron, steel, and manufactured goods listed by the Federal Government as follows:

 

None.

 

(4)           The award official may add other iron, steel, and manufactured goods to the list in paragraph (b)(3) of this section if the Federal Government determines that

 

(i)            The cost of domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods would be unreasonable.  The cost of domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods used in the project is unreasonable when the cumulative cost of such material will increase the overall cost of the project by more than 25 percent;

 

(ii)           The iron, steel, and/or manufactured good is not produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality; or

 

(iii)          The application of the restriction of section 1605 of the Recovery Act would be inconsistent with the public interest.

 

(c)           Request for determination of inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American Act.  (1) (i) Any recipient request to use foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of this section shall include adequate information for Federal Government evaluation of the request, including—

 

(A)          A description of the foreign and domestic iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods;

 

(B)           Unit of measure;

 

(C)           Quantity;

 

(D)          Cost;

 

(E)           Time of delivery or availability;

 

(F)           Location of the project;

 

(G)           Name and address of the proposed supplier; and

 

 

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(H)          A detailed justification of the reason for use of foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods cited in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of this section.

 

(ii)           A request based on unreasonable cost shall include a reasonable survey of the market and a completed cost comparison table in the format in paragraph (d) of this section.

 

(iii)          The cost of iron, steel, or manufactured goods shall include all delivery costs to the construction site and any applicable duty.

 

(iv)          Any recipient request for a determination submitted after Recovery Act funds have been obligated for a project for construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair shall explain why the recipient could not reasonably foresee the need for such determination and could not have requested the determination before the funds were obligated.  If the recipient does not submit a satisfactory explanation, the award official need not make a determination.

 

(2)           If the Federal Government determines after funds have been obligated for a project for construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair that an exception to section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies, the award official will amend the award to allow use of the foreign iron, steel, and/or relevant manufactured goods.  When the basis for the exception is nonavailability or public interest, the amended award shall reflect adjustment of the award amount, redistribution of budgeted funds, and/or other appropriate actions taken to cover costs associated with acquiring or using the foreign iron, steel, and/or relevant manufactured goods.  When the basis for the exception is the unreasonable cost of the domestic iron, steel, or manufactured goods, the award official shall adjust the award amount or redistribute budgeted funds, as appropriate, by at least the differential established in 2 CFR 176.110(a).

 

(3)           Unless the Federal Government determines that an exception to section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies, use of foreign iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods other than designated country iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods is noncompliant with the applicable Act.

 

(d)           Data.  To permit evaluation of requests under paragraph (b) of this section based on unreasonable cost, the applicant shall include the following information and any applicable supporting data based on the survey of suppliers:

 

Foreign and Domestic Items Cost Comparison

 

	
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List name, address, telephone number, email address, and contact for suppliers surveyed.  Attach copy of response; if oral, attach summary.

 

Include other applicable supporting information.

 

*Include all delivery costs to the construction site.

 

31.                               RECOVERY ACT TRANSACTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS AND RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INFORMING SUBRECIPIENTS

 

(a)           To maximize the transparency and accountability of funds authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub.  L. 111—5) (Recovery Act) as required by Congress and in accordance with 2 CFR 215.21 “Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements” and OMB Circular A—102 Common Rules provisions, recipients agree to maintain records that identify adequately the source and application of Recovery Act funds.  OMB Circular A—102 is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a102/a102.html.

 

(b)           For recipients covered by the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular A—133, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,” recipients agree to separately identify the expenditures for Federal awards under the Recovery Act on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and the Data Collection Form (SF— SAC) required by OMB Circular A—133.  OMB Circular A—133 is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a133/a133.html.  This shall be accomplished by identifying expenditures for Federal awards made under the Recovery Act separately on the SEFA, and as separate rows under Item 9 of Part III on the SF—SAC by CFDA number, and inclusion of the prefix “ARRA” in identifying the name of the Federal program on the SEFA and as the first characters in Item 9d of Part III on the SF—SAC.

 

(c)           Recipients agree to separately identify to each subrecipient, and document at the time of subaward and at the time of disbursement of funds, the Federal award number, CFDA number, and amount of Recovery Act funds.  When a recipient awards Recovery Act funds for an existing program, the information furnished to subrecipients shall distinguish the subawards of incremental Recovery Act funds from regular subawards under the existing program.

 

(d)           Recipients agree to require their subrecipients to include on their SEFA information to specifically identify Recovery Act funding similar to the requirements for the recipient SEFA described above.  This information is needed to allow the recipient to properly monitor subrecipient expenditure of A RRA funds as well as oversight by the Federal awarding agencies, Offices of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office.

 

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32.                               WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1606 OF THE RECOVERY ACT

 

(a)           Section 1606 of the Recovery Act requires that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Federal Government pursuant to the Recovery Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code.

 

Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 14 and the Copeland Act, 40 U.S.C. 3145, the Department of Labor has issued regulations at 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 to implement the Davis-Bacon and related Acts.  Regulations in 29 CFR 5.5 instruct agencies concerning application of the standard Davis-Bacon contract clauses set forth in that section.  Federal agencies providing grants, cooperative agreements, and loans under the Recovery Act shall ensure that the standard Davis-Bacon contract clauses found in 29 CFR 5.5(a) are incorporated in any resultant covered contracts that are in excess of $2,000 for construction, alteration or repair (including painting and decorating).

 

(b)           For additional guidance on the wage rate requirements of section 1606, contact your awarding agency.  Recipients of grants, cooperative agreements and loans should direct their initial inquiries concerning the application of Davis-Bacon requirements to a particular federally assisted project to the Federal agency funding the project.  The Secretary of Labor retains final coverage authority under Reorganization Plan Number 14.

 

33.                               DAVIS BACON ACT AND CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT

 

If the Recipient determines at any time that any construction, alteration, or repair activity as defined by 29 CFR 5.2(j) (http://cfr.vlex.com/vid/5-2-definitions-19681309) will be performed during the course of the project, the Recipient shall notify the Contracting Officer prior to commencing such work and the following provisions shall apply.  A modification to the award which incorporates the appropriate Davis-Bacon wage rate determination(s) will constitute the Contracting Officer’s approval to proceed.

 

Definitions: For purposes of this provision, “Davis Bacon Act and Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act,” the following definitions are applicable:

 

(1)           “Award” means any grant, cooperative agreement or technology investment agreement made with Recovery Act funds by the Department of Energy (DOE) to a Recipient.  Such Award must require compliance with the labor standards clauses and wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) for work performed by all laborers and mechanics employed by Recipients (other than a unit of State or local government whose own employees perform the construction) Subrecipients, Contractors, and subcontractors.

 

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(2)           “Contractor” means an entity that enters into a Contract.  For purposes of these clauses, Contractor shall include (as applicable) prime contractors, Recipients, Subrecipients, and Recipients’ or Subrecipients’ contractors, subcontractors, and lower-tier subcontractors.  “Contractor” does not mean a unit of State or local government where construction is performed by its own employees.”

 

(3)           “Contract” means a contract executed by a Recipient, Subrecipient, prime contractor, or any tier subcontractor for construction, alteration, or repair.  It may also mean (as applicable) (i) financial assistance instruments such as grants, cooperative agreements, technology investment agreements, and loans; and, (ii) Sub awards, contracts and subcontracts issued under financial assistance agreements.  “Contract” does not mean a financial assistance instrument with a unit of State or local government where construction is performed by its own employees.

 

(4)           “Contracting Officer” means the DOE official authorized to execute an Award on behalf of DOE and who is responsible for the business management and non-program aspects of the financial assistance process.

 

(5)           “Recipient” means any entity other than an individual that receives an Award of Federal funds in the form of a grant, cooperative agreement, or technology investment agreement directly from the Federal Government and is financially accountable for the use of any DOE funds or property, and is legally responsible for carrying out the terms and conditions of the program and Award.

 

(6)           “Subaward” means an award of financial assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, made under an award by a Recipient to an eligible Subrecipient or by a Subrecipient to a lower-tier subrecipient.  The term includes financial assistance when provided by any legal agreement, even if the agreement is called a contract, but does not include the Recipient’s procurement of goods and services to carry out the program nor does it include any form of assistance which is excluded from the definition of “Award” above.

 

(7)           “Subrecipient” means a non-Federal entity that expends Federal funds received from a Recipient to carry out a Federal program, but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such a program.

 

(a)           Davis Bacon Act

 

(1)           Minimum wages.

 

(i)            All laborers and mechanics employed or working upon the site of the work (or under the United States Housing Act of 1937 or under the Housing Act of 1949 in the construction or development of the project), will be paid unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and, without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account (except such payroll deductions as are permitted by regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor under the Copeland Act (29 CFR part 3)), the full amount of wages and bona fide fringe benefits (or cash equivalents thereof) due at time of payment computed at rates not 

 

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less than those contained in the wage determination of the Secretary of Labor which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, regardless of any contractual relationship which may be alleged to exist between the Contractor and such laborers and mechanics.

 

Contributions made or costs reasonably anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages paid to such laborers or mechanics, subject to the provisions of paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of this section; also, regular contributions made or costs incurred for more than a weekly period (but not less often than quarterly) under plans, funds, or programs which cover the particular weekly period, are deemed to be constructively made or incurred during such weekly period.  Such laborers and mechanics shall be paid the appropriate wage rate and fringe benefits on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed, without regard to skill, except as provided in § 5.5(a)(4).  Laborers or mechanics performing work in more than one classification may be compensated at the rate specified for each classification for the time actually worked therein, provided that the employer’s payroll records accurately set forth the time spent in each classification in which work is performed.  The wage determination (including any additional classification and wage rates conformed under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section) and the Davis-Bacon poster (WH-1321) shall be posted at all times by the Contractor and its subcontractors at the site of the work in a prominent and accessible place where it can be easily seen by the workers.

 

(ii)           (A) The Contracting Officer shall require that any class of laborers or mechanics, including helpers, which is not listed in the wage determination and which is to be employed under the Contract shall be classified in conformance with the wage determination.  The Contracting Officer shall approve an additional classification and wage rate and fringe benefits therefore only when the following criteria have been met:

 

(1)           The work to be performed by the classification requested is not performed by a classification in the wage determination;

 

(2)           The classification is utilized in the area by the construction industry; and

 

(3)           The proposed wage rate, including any bona fide fringe benefits, bears a reasonable relationship to the wage rates contained in the wage determination.

 

(B)           If the Contractor and the laborers and mechanics to be employed in the classification (if known), or their representatives, and the Contracting Officer agree on the classification and wage rate (including the amount designated for fringe benefits where appropriate), a report of the action taken shall be sent by the Contracting Officer to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.  The Administrator, or an authorized representative, will approve, modify, or disapprove every additional classification action within 30 days of receipt and so advise the Contracting Officer or will notify the Contracting Officer within the 30-day period that additional time is necessary.

 

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(C)                                In the event the Contractor, the laborers or mechanics to be employed in the classification or their representatives, and the Contracting Officer do not agree on the proposed classification and wage rate (including the amount designated for fringe benefits, where appropriate), the Contracting Officer shall refer the questions, including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the Contracting Officer, to the Administrator for determination.  The Administrator, or an authorized representative, will issue a determination within 30 days of receipt and so advise the Contracting Officer or will notify the Contracting Officer within the 30-day period that additional time is necessary.

 

(D)                               The wage rate (including fringe benefits where appropriate) determined pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1)(ii)(B) or (C) of this section, shall be paid to all workers performing work in the classification under this Contract from the first day on which work is performed in the classification.

 

(iii)                               Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the Contract for a class of laborers or mechanics includes a fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate, the Contractor shall either pay the benefit as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide fringe benefit or an hourly cash equivalent thereof.

 

(iv)                              If the Contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other third person, the Contractor may consider as part of the wages of any laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program, provided that the Secretary of Labor has found, upon the written request of the Contractor, that the applicable standards of the Davis-Bacon Act have been met.  The Secretary of Labor may require the Contractor to set aside in a separate account assets for the meeting of obligations under the plan or program.

 

(2)                                  Withholding.  The Department of Energy or the Recipient or Subrecipient shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld from the Contractor under this Contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally-assisted contract subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, which is held by the same prime contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the Contract.  In the event of failure to pay any laborer or mechanic, including any apprentice, trainee, or helper, employed or working on the site of the work (or under the United States Housing Act of 1937 or under the Housing Act of 1949 in the construction or development of the project), all or part of the wages required by the Contract, the Department of Energy, Recipient, or Subrecipient, may, after written notice to the Contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds until such violations have ceased.

 

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(3)                                  Payrolls and basic records.

 

(i)                                     Payrolls and basic records relating thereto shall be maintained by the Contractor during the course of the work and preserved for a period of three years thereafter for all laborers and mechanics working at the site of the work (or under the United States Housing Act of 1937, or under the Housing Act of 1949, in the construction or development of the project).  Such records shall contain the name, address, and social security number of each such worker, his or her correct classification, hourly rates of wages paid (including rates of contributions or costs anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits or cash equivalents thereof of the types described in section 1 (b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act), daily and weekly number of hours worked, deductions made, and actual wages paid.  Whenever the Secretary of Labor has found under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(iv) that the wages of any laborer or mechanic include the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in providing benefits under a plan or program described in section 1 (b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Contractor shall maintain records which show that the commitment to provide such benefits is enforceable, that the plan or program is financially responsible, and that the plan or program has been communicated in writing to the laborers or mechanics affected, and records which show the costs anticipated or the actual cost incurred in providing such benefits.  Contractors employing apprentices or trainees under approved programs shall maintain written evidence of the registration of apprenticeship programs and certification of trainee programs, the registration of the apprentices and trainees, and the ratios and wage rates prescribed in the applicable programs.

 

(ii)                                  (A) The Contractor shall submit weekly for each week in which any Contract work is performed a copy of all payrolls to the Department of Energy if the agency is a party to the Contract, but if the agency is not such a party, the Contractor will submit the payrolls to the Recipient or Subrecipient (as applicable), applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the case may be, for transmission to the Department of Energy.  The payrolls submitted shall set out accurately and completely all of the information required to be maintained under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i), except that full social security numbers and home addresses shall not be included on weekly transmittals.  Instead, the payrolls shall only need to include an individually identifying number for each employee (e.g., the last four digits of the employee’s social security number).  The required weekly payroll information may be submitted in any form desired.  Optional Form WH-347 is available for this purpose from the Wage and Hour Division Web site at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/forms/wh347instr.htm or its successor site.  The prime Contractor is responsible for the submission of copies of payrolls by all subcontractors.  Contractors and subcontractors shall maintain the full social security number and current address of each covered worker, and shall provide them upon request to the Department of Energy if the agency is a party to the Contract, but if the agency is not such a party, the Contractor will submit them to the Recipient or Subrecipient (as applicable), applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the case may be, for transmission to the Department of Energy, the Contractor, or the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor for purposes of an investigation or audit of compliance with prevailing wage requirements.  It is not a violation of this section for a prime contractor to require a subcontractor to provide addresses and social security numbers to the prime contractor for its own records, without

 

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weekly submission to the sponsoring government agency (or the Recipient or Subrecipient (as applicable), applicant, sponsor, or owner).

 

(B)                                Each payroll submitted shall be accompanied by a “Statement of Compliance,” signed by the Contractor or subcontractor or his or her agent who pays or supervises the payment of the persons employed under the Contract and shall certify the following:

 

(1)                                  That the payroll for the payroll period contains the information required to be provided under § 5.5 (a)(3)(ii) of Regulations, 29 CFR part 5, the appropriate information is being maintained under § 5.5 (a)(3)(i) of Regulations, 29 CFR part 5, and that such information is correct and complete;

 

(2)                                  That each laborer or mechanic (including each helper, apprentice, and trainee) employed on the Contract during the payroll period has been paid the full weekly wages earned, without rebate, either directly or indirectly, and that no deductions have been made either directly or indirectly from the full wages earned, other than permissible deductions as set forth in Regulations, 29 CFR part 3;

 

(3)                                  That each laborer or mechanic has been paid not less than the applicable wage rates and fringe benefits or cash equivalents for the classification of work performed, as specified in the applicable wage determination incorporated into the Contract.

 

(C)                                The weekly submission of a properly executed certification set forth on the reverse side of Optional Form WH-347 shall satisfy the requirement for submission of the “Statement of Compliance” required by paragraph (a)(3)(ii)(B) of this section.

 

(D)                               The falsification of any of the above certifications may subject the Contractor or subcontractor to civil or criminal prosecution under section 1001 of title 18 and section 3729 of title 31 of the United States Code.

 

(iii) The Contractor or subcontractor shall make the records required under paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section available for inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of the Department of Energy or the Department of Labor, and shall permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours on the job.  If the Contractor or subcontractor fails to submit the required records or to make them available, the Federal agency may, after written notice to the Contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds.  Furthermore, failure to submit the required records upon request or to make such records available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 CFR 5.12.

 

(4) Apprentices and trainees—

 

(i) Apprentices.  Apprentices will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Training,

 

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Employer and Labor Services, or with a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, or if a person is employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the program, but who has been certified by the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice.  The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the Contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program.  Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed.  In addition, any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed.  Where a Contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other than that in which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in percentages of the journeyman’s hourly rate) specified in the Contractor’s or subcontractor’s registered program shall be observed.  Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the registered program for the apprentice’s level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeymen hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination.  Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program.  If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination for the applicable classification.  If the Administrator determines that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, fringes shall be paid in accordance with that determination.  In the event the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship program, the Contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved.

 

(ii)                                  Trainees.  Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.  The ratio of trainees to journeymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration.  Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee’s level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination.  Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program.  If the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices.  Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee

 

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rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed.  In addition, any trainee performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed.  In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training program, the Contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved.

 

(iii)                               Equal employment opportunity.  The utilization of apprentices, trainees, and journeymen under this part shall be in conformity with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended and 29 CFR part 30.

 

(5)                                  Compliance with Copeland Act requirements.  The Contractor shall comply with the requirements of 29 CFR part 3, which are incorporated by reference in this Contract.

 

(6)                                  Contracts and Subcontracts.  The Recipient, Subrecipient, the Recipient’s, and Subrecipient’s contractors and subcontractor shall insert in any Contracts the clauses contained herein in(a)(1) through (10) and such other clauses as the Department of Energy may by appropriate instructions require, and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts.  The Recipient shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all of the paragraphs in this clause.

 

(7)                                  Contract termination: debarment.  A breach of the Contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds for termination of the Contract, and for debarment as a contractor and a subcontractor as provided in 29 CFR 5.12.

 

(8)                                  Compliance with Davis-Bacon and Related Act requirements.  All rulings and interpretations of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts contained in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein incorporated by reference in this Contract.

 

(9)                                  Disputes concerning labor standards.  Disputes arising out of the labor standards provisions of this Contract shall not be subject to the general disputes clause of this Contract.  Such disputes shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR parts 5, 6, and 7.  Disputes within the meaning of this clause include disputes between the Recipient, Subrecipient, the Contractor (or any of its subcontractors), and the contracting agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, or the employees or their representatives.

 

(10)                            Certification of eligibility.

 

(i)                                     By entering into this Contract, the Contractor certifies that neither it (nor he or she) nor any person or firm who has an interest in the Contractor’s firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded Government contracts by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1).

 

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(ii)                                  No part of this Contract shall be subcontracted to any person or firm ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1).

 

(iii)                               The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in the U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 1001.

 

(b)                                  Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.  As used in this paragraph, the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen and guards.

 

(1)                                  Overtime requirements.  No Contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the Contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek.

 

(2)                                  Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages.  In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages.  In addition, such Contractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States (in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or to such territory), for liquidated damages.  Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

 

(3)                                  Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages.  The Department of Energy or the Recipient or Subrecipient shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the Contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime Contractor, or any other federally-assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such Contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

 

(4)                                  Contracts and Subcontracts.  The Recipient, Subrecipient, and Recipient’s and Subrecipient’s contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any Contracts, the clauses set forth in paragraph (b)(1) through (4) of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts.  The Recipient shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs (b) (1) through (4) of this section.

 

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(5)                                  The Contractor or subcontractor shall maintain payrolls and basic payroll records during the course of the work and shall preserve them for a period of three years from the completion of the Contract for all laborers and mechanics, including guards and watchmen, working on the Contract.  Such records shall contain the name and address of each such employee, social security number, correct classifications, hourly rates of wages paid, daily and weekly number of hours worked, deductions made, and actual wages paid.  The records to be maintained under this paragraph shall be made available by the Contractor or subcontractor for inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of the Department of Energy and the Department of Labor, and the Contractor or subcontractor will permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours on the job.

 

(c)                                  Recipient Responsibilities for Davis Bacon Act

 

(1) On behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE), Recipient shall perform the following functions:

 

(i)                                     Obtain, maintain, and monitor all Davis Bacon Act (DBA) certified payroll records submitted by the Subrecipients and Contractors at any tier under this Award;

 

(ii)                                  Review all DBA certified payroll records for compliance with DBA requirements, including applicable DOL wage determinations;

 

(iii)                               Notify DOE of any non-compliance with DBA requirements by Subrecipients or Contractors at any tier, including any non-compliances identified as the result of reviews performed pursuant to paragraph (ii) above;

 

(iv)                              Address any Subrecipient and any Contractor DBA non-compliance issues; if DBA non-compliance issues cannot be resolved in a timely manner, forward complaints, summary of investigations and all relevant information to DOE;

 

(v)                                 Provide DOE with detailed information regarding the resolution of any DBA non-compliance issues;

 

(vi)                              Perform services in support of DOE investigations of complaints filed regarding noncompliance by Subrecipients and Contractors with DBA requirements;

 

(vii)                           Perform audit services as necessary to ensure compliance by Subrecipients and Contractors with DBA requirements and as requested by the Contracting Officer; and

 

(viii)                        Provide copies of all records upon request by DOE or DOL in a timely manner.

 

(d)                                  Rates of Wages

 

The minimum wages to be paid laborers and mechanics under this award involved in performance of work at the project site, as determined by the Secretary of Labor to be prevailing for the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract work in the pertinent locality, are found at

 

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http://www.wdol.gov/, by clicking on “Selecting DBA WDs”.  The Wage Determination Number(s) and General Decision Number(s) specific to this award are found below.  These wage rates are minimum rates and are not intended to represent the actual wage rates that the Contractor may have to pay.

 

	
CONSTRUCTION TYPE
    	
 
    	
WAGE DETERMINATION
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GENERAL DECISION
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Heavy   Construction
    	
 
    	
MS12,   MS22, MS24, MS101
    	
 
    	
MS100101   03/12/2010 MS101
   MS100012 03/12/2010 MS12
   MS100022 03/12/2010 MS22
   MS100024 03/12/2010 MS24
    

 

34.                               CONTINGENCY

 

A.                                   Contingency Requirement.  A minimum amount of Contingency is required for awards selected under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0000096.  “Contingency” is defined in the Appendix as: “a provision in the Project Management Plan to mitigate cost and/or schedule risk.” Contingency funds must be (a) liquid, (b) immediately available, and (c) unrestricted funds dedicated exclusively to the Project for the purpose of mitigating project performance baseline risk.  Contingency funds may come from a variety of sources, as approved by the Contracting Officer on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the Appendix to these Terms and Conditions (Attachment 5).

 

B.                                     Minimum Amount of Contingency.  Initial Contingency funds shall be not less than 25 percent of the Total Project Cost that begins with Budget Period 2, as more specifically described in Section B(2) of the Appendix to these Terms and Conditions (Attachment 5).

 

C.                                     Contingency Not Counted Toward Cost Share or DOE Reimbursement.  Contingency is in addition to the Total Project Cost and cannot count toward cost share or result in reimbursement by DOE above the share approved in the award.

 

D.                                    Appendix.  All of the terms and conditions set forth in this provision shall be further subject to the requirements and clarifications of Attachment 5.

 

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September 30 2011

 

NOVATION AGREEMENT

 

Enerkem Corporation  (Transferor), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal office in Wilmington, DE; Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC (Transferee), a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal office in Wilmington, DE; and the United States of America (Government), enter into this Novation Agreement (Agreement) in accordance with the terms set forth below.

 

WHEREAS, on or about December 30, 2009, the Government, represented by Contracting Officer(s) of the Department of Energy, awarded Cooperative Agreement Number

 

DE-EE0002882, entitled “Recovery Act — Heterogeneous Biorefinery Project” (hereinafter, including all modifications, referred to as “the Award”) to Transferor; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor and Transferee have requested that the Award be assigned to the Transferee as a result of a corporate re-organization; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor and Transferee have represented and warranted the following facts to the Government in support of their request to assign the Award:

 

1.               By virtue of a certain Certificate of Formation executed on October 28, 2010 (attached hereto as Exhibit E), Enerkem Corporation formed Transferee as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem Corporation, for the specific purpose of performing all activities required under the Award, including construction and operation of the biorefinery, to be located in Pontotoc County, Mississippi (“Pontotoc Biorefinery”); and

 

2.               By virtue of a certain Transfer Agreement and Parent Guarantee (attached hereto as Exhibit A), the Transferor transferred all of its rights and obligations under the Award to its subsidiary company, Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC; and

 

3.               By virtue of a Master Services Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit B) Transferor will provide its services to the Transferee in connection with the development, design, construction and operation of the Pontotoc Biorefinery; and

 

4.               By virtue of a Technology License (attached hereto as Exhibit C), Transferor granted an unconditional license to the Transferee to use the Enerkem Technology and Licensed Intellectual Property for performing activities under the Award; and

 

5.               The Transferee owns, or will acquire, all the assets necessary to perform the Award by virtue of the foregoing transactions and anticipated procurement agreements, including certain agreements attached hereto as Exhibit B “Master  Services Agreement”,  and Exhibit C “Technology License”; and

 

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6.               All assets acquired with project funds (includes federal funds and recipient cost share funds) will remain under the ownership of the Transferee, subject to the property interest held by the Government and the conditions set forth at 600 C.F.R. § 321; and

 

7.               The Transferee has assumed all obligations and liabilities of the Transferor under the Award by virtue of the above transactions; and

 

8.               By virtue of Certificate of Formation executed March 9, 2011 (attached hereto as Exhibit F), Transferor created EMB Holdings LLC (“Holdco”); and

 

9.               Holdco is wholly-owned by Transferor and in turn, holds a 100% participation in Transferee; and

 

10.         By virtue of a Parent Guarantee (attached hereto as Exhibit A), the Transferor, Holdco, and Transferee are each unconditionally guaranteeing, inter alia, the Transferee’s performance of all obligations required under the Award; and

 

11.         The Transferee is in a position to fully perform all obligations that may exist under the Award (see also additional representations contained in the Recipient Change Request Questionnaires and Clarifications regarding the Creation of a New Entity attached hereto as Exhibit D).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these facts, guarantees and representations and other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree that by this Novation Agreement:

 

1.               It is consistent with the Government’s interest to recognize the Transferee as the successor party to the Award.

 

2.               The Transferor confirms its assignment of the Award, and all of its rights and responsibilities under the Award, to the Transferee.  The Transferor waives any claims and rights against the Government that it now has or may have in the future in connection with the Award, including all claims to any unexpended and uncommitted funds.

 

3.               The Transferee agrees to be bound by, and to perform in accordance with the conditions contained in the Award. The Transferee also assumes all obligations and liabilities of, and all claims against, the Transferor under the Award as if the Transferee were the original party to the Award.

 

4.               The Transferee ratifies all previous actions taken by the Transferor with respect to the Award, with the same force and effect as if the action had been taken by the Transferee.

 

5.               The Government recognizes the Transferee as the Transferor’s successor-in-interest in and to the Award. The Transferee by this Agreement becomes entitled to all rights, titles, and interests of the Transferor in and to the Award as if the Transferee were the original party to the Award.

 

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6.               Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in it shall be construed as a waiver of any rights of the Government against the Transferor or Transferee.

 

7.               All payments and reimbursements previously made by the Government to the Transferor, and all other previous actions taken by the Government under the Award, shall be considered to have discharged those parts of the Government’s obligations under the Award. All payments and reimbursements made by the Government after the date of this Agreement in the name of or to the Transferor shall have the same force and effect as if made to the Transferee, and shall constitute a complete discharge of the Government’s obligations under the Award, to the extent of the amounts paid or reimbursed.

 

8.               The Transferor and the Transferee agree that the Government is not obligated to pay or reimburse either of them for, or otherwise give effect to, any costs, taxes, or other expenses, or any related increases, directly or indirectly arising out of or resulting from the transfer of the Award or this Agreement, other than those that the Government in the absence of this transfer or Agreement would have been obligated to pay or reimburse under the terms of the Award.

 

9.               The Transferor guarantees payment of all liabilities and the performance of all obligations that the Transferee—

 

a.               Assumes under this Agreement; or

 

b.              May undertake in the future should the Award be modified. The Transferor waives notice of, and consents to, any such future modifications.

 

10.         The Government’s execution of this Agreement does not constitute approval by the Government of the terms or conditions of the documents submitted by the Transferor and Transferee in support of their request to assign the Award nor does it constitute a determination by the Government regarding the allowability of costs incurred by the Transferee pursuant to those documents or incurred by the Transferee as a result of the organizational structure that Transferor and Transferee have chosen to put in place among their related companies in order to perform the Award.

 

11.         If Transferee is not going to perform an aspect of the award itself and chooses to utilize the services or resources of any of its related companies, the related company will be treated as sub-recipient and will not be allowable as a vendor.

 

12.         The Award shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified by this Agreement, and nothing contained herein shall limit the Government’s ability to modify the terms and conditions of the Award as the Government finds necessary.

 

13.         This Agreement will take effect as of the date the Government formally incorporates this Agreement into the Award through an Award modification.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

 

	
By 
    	
/s/ Melissa Wise
    	
Date:   September 30, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title: Contracting Officer for the Department of   Energy
    	
 
    

 

ENERKEM CORPORATION

 

 

	
By   
    	
/s/   Vincent Chornet
    	
Date:   September 8, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title   President
    	
 
    

 

ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

 

 

	
By   
    	
/s/   Vincent Chornet
    	
Date:   September 8, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title   President
    	
 
    

 

CERTIFICATE

 

I, Jocelyn Auger, certify that I am the Secretary of Enerkem Corporation, that Vincent Chornet, who signed this Agreement for this entity, was then President of this entity; and that this Agreement was duly signed for and on behalf of this entity by authority of its governing body and within the scope of its corporate powers. Witness my hand this day of September 2011.

 

	
By   
    	
/s/   Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    

 

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CERTIFICATE

 

I, Jocelyn Auger, certify that I am the Secretary of Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC, that Vincent Chornet, who signed this Agreement for this entity, was then President of this entity; and that this Agreement was duly signed for and on behalf of this entity by authority of its governing body and within the scope of its corporate powers. Witness my hand this day of September 2011.

 

	
By   
    	
/s/   Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT A — TRANSFER AGREEMENT AND PARENT GUARANTEE

 

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TRANSFER AGREEMENT

 

	
BETWEEN:
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, having its registered   office at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor,   Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801, United States of America;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(“Enerkem   Corp”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
AND:
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS   LLC, a Delaware limited   liability company, having its registered office at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor,   Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801, United States of America;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(“EMB”)
    

 

WHEREAS the Department of Energy of the United States of America granted to Enerkem Corp award no. DE-EE0002882 effective December 28, 2009 for its project entitled “Recovery Act - Heterogeneous Biorefinery Project” (the “Award”).

 

WHEREAS EMB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem Corp;

 

WHEREAS Enerkem Corp wishes to transfer and assign all of its rights and obligations under the Award in favour of EMB and EMB accepts such transfer and assignment (the “Novation”);

 

NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.                    Enerkem Corp hereby transfers and assigns all of its rights and obligations under the Award in favour of EMB.

 

2.                    EMB recognizes having read the Award and accepts to assume all rights and obligations of Enerkem Corp under the Award as of the date hereof.

 

3.                    No transfer of personnel from Enerkem Corp to EMB occurs as part of the Novation of this Award.

 

SIGNED IN Montreal, this 21st day of June 2011.

 

	
 
    	
ENERKEM CORPORATION
    	
 
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS   LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Per:
    	
/s/ Vincent Chornet
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Vincent Chornet
    
	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    
	
Title:
    	
President
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
	
Date:
    	
June 21, 2011
    	
 
    	
Date:
    	
June 21, 2011
    

 

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PARENT GUARANTEE

 

	
BETWEEN:
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS   LLC, a Delaware limited   liability company, having its registered office at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor,   Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801, United States of America;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(“EMB”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
AND:
    	
 
    	
EMB HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having its   registered office at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor,   Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801, United States of America;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(“Holdco”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
AND:
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM CORPORATION, a Delaware limited liability company, having its registered   office at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor,   Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801, United States of America;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(“Enerkem   Corp”)
    

 

WHEREAS the Department of Energy of the United States of America (“DOE”) granted to Enerkem Corp award no. DE-EE0002882 effective December 28, 2009 for its project entitled “Recovery Act - Heterogeneous Biorefinery Project” (the “Award”);

 

WHEREAS all rights and obligations of Enerkem Corp under the Award were transferred and assigned by Enerkem Corp in favour of EMB by a Novation Agreement entered into as of                                     , 2011 (the “Novation”).

 

WHEREAS, as a condition of DOE for the Novation, each of Enerkem Corp and Holdco agrees to guarantee the obligations of EMB under the Award;

 

NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.                                       Each of Enerkem Corp and Holdco binds and obliges itself, as of the date hereof, to guarantee the performance of EMB’s obligations, undertakings and covenants under the Award.

 

2.             Each of Enerkem Corp’s and Holdco’s obligations hereunder:

 

2.1     are absolute and unconditional;

 

2.2     shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the Award.

 

3.                                       The liability of each of Enerkem Corp and Holdco hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, terminated or affected in any way should DOE grant renewals, extensions, releases and discharges to EMB or accept modifications or change the terms of the Award, in whole or in part, or otherwise deal with DOE in respect of the Award, at any time and so long as the Award is still in full force and effect.

 

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SIGNED IN Montreal, this 21st day of June 2011.

 

	
 
    	
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/s/ Vincent Chornet
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Jocelyn Auger
    
	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Jocelyn Auger
    
	
Title:
    	
President
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice-President
    
	
Date:
    	
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June 21, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    	
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Date:
    	
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September 30 2011

 

EXHIBIT B — MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

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MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into between Enerkem Inc., a Canadian corporation (“Enerkem”), Enerkem Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (“Enerkem Corp”) and Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EMB”), for the purpose of setting forth the terms and conditions upon which Consultant (as defined below) shall provide the Services (as defined below) to EMB.

 

WHEREAS Enerkem Corp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem;

 

WHEREAS EMB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem Corp;

 

IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           “Agreement” means this Master Services Agreement, including all associated exhibits and Work Orders;

 

1.2           “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which financial institutions are generally not open for business in the city of Montréal, Province of Québec (Canada);

 

1.3           “Confidential Information” means any and all technical and non technical information of a Party identified as confidential, whether in oral, written, graphic or electronic form, and provided to the other Party hereto, including, but not limited to, patent applications, ideas, samples, media, techniques, sketches, drawings, works of authorship, models, inventions, know how, processes, algorithms, software source documents, and formulae related to the current, future, and proposed products and services of such Party, information concerning research, experimental work, development, design details and specifications, engineering, financial information, procurement requirements, clients lists, pricing, investors, employees, business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, sales and merchandising, marketing plans, information the disclosing Party provides regarding third parties and any third party proprietary information rightfully held and disclosed by the disclosing Party. Confidential Information does not include information:

 

1.3.1        already in the possession of the receiving Party without an obligation of confidentiality;

 

1.3.2        hereafter rightfully furnished to the receiving Party by a third party without a breach of any legal or contractual obligation;

 

1.3.3        that is or becomes publicly available without breach of this Agreement;

 

1.3.4        independently developed by the receiving Party without the use of Confidential Information.

 

1.4           “Consultant” means any of Enerkem or Enerkem Corp;

 

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1.5           “Consultant’s Fees” means the normal billing rates of Consultant for its employees to perform the Services or, in the case of third parties, the amount of third party fees and expenses charged to Consultant in relation to the Services;

 

1.6           “Effective Date” shall mean the date hereof and on which this Agreement becomes effective;

 

1.7           “Intellectual Property” means any past, present or future (i) inventions (patented or unpatented), including machines, processes and composition or matter; (ii) work of authorship, including but not limited to written documents, research data, software, source code, databases and the documentation therefor; (iii) trade-marks, trade names, service marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress, domain names and other indications of origin and the goodwill associated therewith; (vi) designs; (v) integrated circuit topographies or mask work, (vi) trade secrets and other confidential or non-public information including unpatented or unpatentable inventions, data (technical or not), discoveries, formulae, compositions, ideas, notes, improvements, know-how, processes and techniques (including for scale up), research and development information, drawings, schematics, specifications, plans (vi) any similar intellectual or industrial property in any jurisdiction.

 

1.8           “Parties” collectively means Enerkem, Enerkem Corp and EMB and “Party” means any of Enerkem, Enerkem Corp or EMB, individually.

 

1.9           “Services” shall mean the services to be performed by Consultant pursuant to a Work Order.

 

1.10         “Work Order” shall mean a document, in the form set out in Exhibit A, setting forth the specific terms and conditions concerning the performance of Services by Consultant hereunder and for which the content shall be agreed to by the Parties.

 

2.                                      PURPOSE

 

Consultant will be performing Services for EMB in connection with the development, design, construction and operation of a biorefinery to be located in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, which will convert waste materials into transportation fuels and / or specialty chemicals.

 

3.                                      SERVICES; INVOICING AND PAYMENT

 

3.1           Services. EMB may order or Consultant may require EMB to perform certain Services from Consultant which shall be defined individually in separate Work Orders referencing this Agreement and signed by both Consultant and EMB. Consultant will charge EMB Consultant’s Fees for the Services and for reasonable expenses incurred in performing the Services.

 

3.2           Work Orders. All Services provided by Consultant shall be rendered in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement. If any terms in a Work Order conflict with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of such Work Order for that engagement.

 

3.3           Payment. Fees for Services provided hereunder shall be payable when invoiced.

 

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3.4           Taxes. Consultant’s Fees do not include taxes. EMB shall pay or reimburse Consultant for all sales, use, excise, personal property, value-added, or other federal, state or local taxes, duties, or any similar assessments based on the Services provided under this Agreement; however, EMB shall have no responsibility for Consultant’s income or franchise taxes.

 

4.                                      INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

 

Consultant shall be and act as an independent contractor hereunder and no employee of either Party shall be deemed to be an employee of the other for any purpose whatsoever. Each Party shall comply, at its own expense, with the provisions of all applicable laws applicable to it as an employer and otherwise.

 

5.                                      INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

Each Consultant retains all of its rights, titles and interests in and to all Intellectual Property created, conceived or developed by Consultant in connection with the performance of the Services, including any modifications and improvements thereto and all related Intellectual Property rights, except that when such Services are cost-shared pursuant to the Cooperative Agreement Number DE-EE0002882 — Recovery Act — Heterogenous Biorefinery Project effective December 28, 2009 (the “Award”), the Intellectual Property rights of each Consultant shall be subject to the provisions of the Award. Subject to the foregoing and in consideration of Consultant’s compensation hereunder, Consultant hereby grants EMB a fully paid-up, non-exclusive, worldwide and perpetual licence to use all Intellectual Property and related Intellectual Property rights for the purposes hereunder, except such intellectual property contained in and governed by the Technology License executed by Enerkem and EMB on June 21, 2011.

 

6.                                      NON-DISCLOSURE

 

6.1           Confidentiality Obligations. Each Party agrees that, at all times and notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement, it will hold in strict confidence and not disclose to any third party Confidential Information of any other Party, except as approved in writing by any such other Party to this Agreement, and will use the Confidential Information for no purpose other than as expressly permitted by the disclosing Party. Each Party shall immediately notify the other upon discovery of any loss or unauthorized disclosure of the Confidential Information of the other Party.

 

6.2           Access. Each Party shall only permit access to Confidential Information of the other Party to those of its employees or authorized representatives having a need to know the information and who have signed confidentiality agreements or are otherwise bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those contained herein.

 

6.3           Ownership. All Confidential Information (including all copies thereof) shall remain the property of the disclosing Party. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or upon written request of the disclosing Party, a receiving Party shall promptly destroy or return to the other all documents and other tangible materials representing the other’s Confidential Information and all copies thereof, and the receiving Party shall certify such destruction or return in a writing.

 

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6.4           Exceptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, disclosure of Confidential Information shall not be precluded if such disclosure is in responses to a valid order of a court or other governmental body; provided, however, that the receiving Party shall first provide the other Party with prior written notice of such disclosure in order to permit the other Party to seek confidential treatment of such information.

 

7.                                      TERM AND TERMINATION

 

7.1           Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until it is terminated in accordance with Section 7.2. No Work Order shall be executed thereafter unless agreed by the Parties in writing. EMB shall pay Consultant for all services fees rendered and expenses incurred up to the date of termination, upon Consultant providing satisfactory evidence of same.

 

7.2           Termination For Convenience. Each Party may terminate this Agreement for convenience by giving a written notice to such effect to the other Parties.

 

7.3           Survival. Sections 6 and 8 shall survive the termination of the Agreement.

 

8.                                      DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

8.1           All Services hereunder are provided “as is” without any warranty whatsoever. Consultant expressly disclaims all other warranties, terms or conditions, express, implied or statutory, regarding the Services, including any warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose and infringement. No representation or other affirmation of fact, regarding the Services shall be deemed a warranty for any purpose or give rise to any liability of Consultant whatsoever.

 

9.                                      GENERAL TERMS

 

9.1           Exhibits and Counterparts. All recitals and exhibits are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and/or duplicate originals.

 

9.2           Assignment. No Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of any permitted successors or assigns.

 

9.3           Definitions and Section Headings. Singular terms shall be construed as plural, and vice versa, where the context requires. Section headings are a matter of convenience and shall not be considered part of this Agreement.

 

9.4           Entire Agreement. This Agreement and all Work Orders entered into between the Parties are the complete and exclusive statement of the understandings of the Parties, and it supersedes and merges all prior proposals and understandings, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified except in writing, signed by a duly authorized representative of each Party, and expressly referring to this Agreement.

 

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9.5           Force Majeure. No Party will be responsible for failure of performance, other than for an obligation to pay money, due to causes beyond its control, including, without limitation: acts of God or nature; labour disputes; sovereign acts of any federal, state or foreign government; or shortage of materials.

 

9.6           Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws in force within the Province of Québec and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The Parties irrevocably submit all disputes arising out of this Agreement to Québec courts, judicial district of Montréal. Pending final resolution of a dispute hereunder, Consultant will proceed diligently with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

9.7           Notices. A Party shall promptly do, sign, deliver or cause to be done, signed and delivered all further acts, documents and things that another Party may reasonably require for the purposes of giving effect to this Agreement.  Any notice, consent or other communication under this Agreement shall be given in writing and delivered by hand, by registered mail, by bailiff or sent by fax, and addressed as follows:

 

if to Enerkem:

 

Enerkem Inc.  
 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1610
 Montréal, Québec H3A 2R7

 

Attention: Vice-President and General Counsel
 Fax: 514 875-0835

 

if to Enerkem Corp:

 

Enerkem Corporation 
  222 Delaware Avenue

9th Floor

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801

United States of America

 

Attention: President
 Fax: 514 875-0835

 

with copy to:

 

Enerkem Inc.  
 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1610
 Montréal, Québec H3A 2R7

 

Attention: Vice-President and General Counsel
 Fax: 514 875-0835

 

if to EMB:

 

Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC

222 Delaware Avenue

 

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9th Floor

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801

United States of America

 

Attention: President
 Fax: 514 875-0835

 

with copy to:

 

Enerkem Inc.  
 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1610
 Montréal, Québec H3A 2R7

 

Attention: Vice-President and General Counsel
 Fax: 514 875-0835

 

Such notice, consent or other communication will be deemed to have been given and received on the day it is actually delivered or sent (or if that day is not a Business Day, on the following Business Day), unless it is delivered or sent after 4:30 p.m., in which case it will be deemed to have been given and received on the next Business Day.

 

A Party may, from time to time, designate another address in accordance with this section.

 

9.8           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

9.9           Waiver. The waiver of one breach or default under this Agreement or any Work Order shall not constitute the waiver of any subsequent breach or default thereunder, and shall not act to amend or negate the rights of any Party.

 

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The Parties have signed this Agreement in Montréal, Québec, Canada, this 21st day of June 2011.

 

	
 
    	
ENERKEM   INC.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM   CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Per:
    	
/s/ Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Vincent Chornet
    
	
Name:
    	
Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    
	
Title:
    	
Vice President and   General Counsel
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM   MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Vincent Chornet
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    

 

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Exhibit A

 

WORK ORDER FORM

 

WORK ORDER NO.

 

DATE:

 

CONSULTANT:                                                    (Please identify who will be providing the Services under this Work Order)

 

	
Description of Services to be provided by   Consultant:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Schedule:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Deliverables:
    	
 
    

 

 

	
[CONSULTANT]
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM   MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Signature:
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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September 30 2011

 

EXHIBIT C — TECHNOLOGY LICENSE

 

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TECHNOLOGY LICENSE

 

TECHNOLOGY LICENSE (“License”) dated as of June 21, 2011 between Enerkem Inc. (“Licensor”) and Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC (“Licensee”).

 

IN CONSIDERATION OF the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, Licensor and Licensee agree as follows:

 

1.             Structure of Agreement; Attachments. The following Attachments, together with this License and other attachments to this License listed below, form a single agreement, provided that in the case of any inconsistency between any provision of the GTC or any other attachment or schedule and any provision of this License, the latter shall prevail to the extent necessary to resolve the inconsistency:

 

	
Attachment   1
    	
 
    	
General Terms and   Conditions (the “GTC”,   capitalized terms used but not defined herein being used as defined by the   GTC)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attachment   2
    	
 
    	
Description of   Enerkem Technology
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attachment   3
    	
 
    	
Licensor’s   Compensation
    

 

2.             License. Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a license to use the Enerkem Technology and Licensed Intellectual Property for the project (the “Project”) consisting in the construction and operation of a biorefinery to be located in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, that will convert waste materials into transportation fuels and / or specialty chemicals (the “Plant”).

 

3.             Compensation. As compensation for this License, Licensee shall pay the compensation set forth in Attachment 3 to Licensor.

 

4.             Term. The License shall remain in force during the life of the Project.

 

5.             Termination. Notwithstanding anything contained in the GTC, this License shall not be terminable for so long as Licensor maintains an interest or other form of ownership in Licensee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF Licensor and Licensee have executed this License as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
ENERKEM   INC.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM   MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Per:
    	
/s/ Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Vincent Chornet
    
	
Name:
    	
Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Vincent Chornet
    
	
Title:
    	
Vice President and   General Counsel
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
	
Date:
    	
June 21, 2011
    	
 
    	
Date:
    	
June 21, 2011
    

 

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ATTACHMENT 1
 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1.                                       These general terms and conditions are annexed to and form part of a specific license (the “Specific License”) granted by Enerkem Inc. (“Licensor”) to the licensee named in the Specific License (the “Licensee”), to use the Enerkem Technology (as hereinafter defined) and the Licensed Intellectual Property (as hereinafter defined) in respect of the specific project referred to in the Specific License (the “Project”).  References in these general terms and conditions to “this License” shall mean the Specific License as supplemented by these general terms and conditions.

 

2.                                       Definitions. As used in this License,

 

(a)                                  “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Licensee, and for this purpose, “control,” “controlled  by” and “under common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise.

 

(b)                                 “Enerkem Technology” means the [ * ] developed by Licensor, as further described in Attachment 2.

 

(c)                                  “Intellectual Property” means any past, present or future (i) inventions (patented or unpatented), including machines, processes and composition or matter; (ii) work of authorship, including but not limited to written documents, research data, software, source code, databases and the documentation therefor; (iii) trade-marks, trade names, service marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress, domain names and other indications of origin and the goodwill associated therewith; (vi) designs; (v) integrated circuit topographies or mask work, (vi) trade secrets and other confidential or non-public information including unpatented or unpatentable inventions, data (technical or not), discoveries, formulae, compositions, ideas, notes, improvements, know-how, processes and techniques (including for scale up), research and development information, drawings, schematics, specifications, plans (vi) any similar intellectual or industrial property in any jurisdiction.

 

(d)                                 “Licensed Intellectual Property” means the Intellectual Property pertaining to the Enerkem Technology.

 

(e)                                  “Plant” means the plant in respect of which the Specific License has been granted.

 

(f)                                    “Representatives” shall mean, with respect to any party, one or more of such party’s directors, officers, owners, employees, agents, contractors, vendors, engineers, consultants or other representatives.

 

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3.                                       Purpose. Licensee shall not use the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property for any purpose other than the Project.

 

4.                                       Provision of Information.  Licensor shall provide to Licensee all such information and documentation relating to the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property as Licensee reasonably requires to  design, construct, operate and maintain the Project.

 

5.                                      Modifications.

 

(a)                                  Any and all modifications to the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property by Licensee or one or more of its Representatives shall be the property of Licensor. Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor of any such modification and Licensee agrees to assign all of its right, title and interest in such modification to Licensor. Licensee shall have the right, at no additional cost, to use such modifications in connection with the Project.

 

(b)                                 This Licence shall automatically include any and all modifications to the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property made by Licensor or by other licensees during the term of this Licence, provided, however, that for this purpose “modifications” shall not include any new process or element thereof utilizing different technology which may in future be developed by Licensor, if the lawful use, practice or exercise by Licensee of the rights generally reserved by applicable laws to owners or licensees of patent rights would not, as regards such technology, be contingent upon the existence of this License, for the reason that it is not an extension hereof.

 

(c)                                  Licensee shall have the right, at no additional cost, to use the modifications referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above in connection with the Project and in connection with the construction and operation of any other plant owned by Licensee that is covered by a license agreement between Licensor and Licensee that is in full force and effect.

 

6.                                       No Ownership Rights. Licensor has the exclusive right and interest in and to the Enerkem Technology, the Licensed Intellectual Property and the goodwill associated therewith. Licensee will not, directly or indirectly, contest Licensor’s ownership of the Enerkem Technology or the validity of the Licensed Intellectual Property.  Licensee’s use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property does not give Licensee any ownership interest or other interest in or to the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property except for the limited license(s) granted to Licensee.

 

7.                                      Assignment.

 

(a)                                  Licensee may not assign the limited license granted herein, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Licensor, which will not be unreasonably

 

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withheld or delayed; provided, however, that no such consent shall be required if such assignment is:

 

(i)                                     to a purchaser of the Plant as a going business; provided that such purchaser is not a competitor of Licensor in the development of thermo-chemical processes; or

 

(ii)                                  a pledge of Licensee’s interest in this License to its lender(s), provided that no lender shall have a right to sell or otherwise use or transfer any such rights without the consent of Licensor except in connection with the sale of the Plant as a going business as provided in subsection (i) above, and provided further that any such lender must give Licensor prior notice of such sale or transfer, or

 

(iii)                               a transfer to an Affiliate, provided that any subsequent sale or other transfer or loss by Licensee of its controlling interest in such Affiliate shall be considered an assignment of the limited license granted herein and shall require consent under this subsection (a) unless such sale or transfer or loss of controlling interest is to, or in favour of, a non-competing purchaser of the Plant pursuant to clause (i).

 

(b)                                 Prior to any assignment (including, without limitation, any assignment that does not require the prior written consent of Licensor), Licensee shall obtain from the assignee a written instrument, in form and substance substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 or 2, as applicable. Any assignment of this License shall not release Licensee from

 

(i)                                     its duties and obligations hereunder concerning the disclosure and use of the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property, or

 

(ii)                                  damages to Licensor resulting from, or arising out of, a breach of such duties or obligations by Licensee or its Representatives.

 

(c)                                  Licensor may assign its right, title and interest in the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property, in whole or part, subject to the limited license granted herein.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing or any term of the above-noted assignment to the contrary, any assignment by Licensee to an Affiliate:

 

(i)                                     shall not relieve Licensee of its obligations under this License and Licensee shall be responsible for breaches of this License by its Affiliate to which it assigned its rights under this License; and

 

(ii)                                  shall cause such Affiliate to be liable for any amounts or any other obligation (whether arising from breach or otherwise) theretofore owed by

 

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Licensee to Licensor under this License prior to the effective time of assignment on a solidary basis with Licensee.

 

8.                                      Confidentiality.

 

(a)                                  Each of the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property is confidential and proprietary. Licensee shall keep the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property confidential and shall use all reasonable efforts to maintain the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property as secret and confidential for the sole use of Licensee and its Representatives for the Project. Licensee shall retain all material concerning the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property at its principal place of business and/or the Plant.  Licensee shall not at any time without Licensor’s prior written consent, copy, duplicate, record, or otherwise reproduce the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property or any material related thereto, in whole or in part, except for the conduct of the Project or otherwise make the same available to any unauthorized person.

 

(b)                                 Licensee shall not disclose the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property or any material related thereto except to its Representatives who are directly involved with the Project, and even then only to such extent as is necessary and essential for such Representative’s involvement; provided, however, Licensee shall not disclose all or any portion of the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property to any Representative who is a contractor, engineer, or an entity that performs construction or engineering services, unless Licensee has, prior to the commencement of any procurement process and prior to the disclosure of any Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, provided Licensor with a list of all prospective contractors, engineers or other such entities, and Licensor has raised no objection to the proposed disclosure by Licensee to any such contractor, engineer or other entity.  Licensee shall inform each such Representative of the confidential and proprietary nature of such information and prior to any disclosure thereto, obtain from such Representative a written undertaking to respect such confidentiality. Licensee shall make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property from disclosure by its Representatives to anyone other than permitted hereby.

 

(c)                                  Licensee shall notify Licensor immediately upon discovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, or any other breach of this License by Licensee or its Representatives, and shall cooperate with Licensor in every reasonable way to help Licensor regain possession of the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property and prevent its further unauthorized use or disclosure.

 

(d)                                 In the event that Licensee or its Representatives are required by law to disclose

 

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the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, Licensee shall provide Licensor with prompt written notice of same so that Licensor may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. In the event that such protective order or other appropriate remedy is not obtained, Licensee or its Representatives will furnish only such material concerning the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property which in the reasonable opinion of its or their legal counsel is legally required and will exercise its reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, as applicable, so disclosed will be accorded confidential treatment.

 

(e)                                  Licensee’s duty to hold Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property in confidence or to otherwise restrict its use shall not include any information or materials that Licensee can demonstrate by written documentation:

 

(i)                                     was lawfully in the possession of Licensee prior to disclosure by or on behalf of Licensor;

 

(ii)                                  was in the public domain prior to disclosure by or on behalf of Licensor;

 

(iii)                               was disclosed to Licensee by a third party having the legal right to possess and disclose such information and materials and such information or materials was not disclosed to such third party by or on behalf of Licensor; or

 

(iv)                              after disclosure by or on behalf of Licensor comes into the public domain through no fault of Licensee or its Representatives, provided that:

 

(1)                                  information shall not be deemed to be in the public domain merely because such information is embraced by more general disclosures in the public domain, and any combination of features shall not be deemed to be within this exception merely because individual features are in the public domain if the combination itself and its principles of operation are not in the public domain; and

 

(2)                                  in the event Licensor, its Representatives or its Affiliates discloses all or any part of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property in connection with the filing of one or more patents, information included in such filings shall not be considered in the “public domain” for purposes of this exceptions.

 

9.                                      Indemnity.

 

(a)                                  Licensee agrees to indemnify Licensor for any and all damages (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure or use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property by Licensee or its Representatives.

 

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(b)                                 Licensee agrees that Licensor would be irreparably damaged by reason of a violation of the provisions contained herein and that any remedy at law for a breach of such provisions would be inadequate. Therefore, Licensor shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction against Licensee or its Representatives for any unauthorized disclosure or use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property without the necessity of proving actual monetary loss or posting any bond. It is expressly understood that the remedy described herein shall not be the exclusive remedy of Licensor for any breach of such covenants, and Licensor shall be entitled to seek such other relief or remedy, at law or in equity, to which it may be entitled as a consequence of any breach of such duties or obligations. The foregoing shall not be construed to permit Licensor to seek an injunction prohibiting the appropriate use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, as applicable, for the conduct of the Project unless this License has been terminated pursuant to section 10 below.

 

10.                               Termination.

 

(a)                                  If Licensee breaches any of its material duties or obligations under this License in a manner which results in unauthorized disclosure or use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property to the material detriment of Licensor, then Licensor may terminate this License and the limited license granted herein upon written notice to Licensee and, if Licensor reasonably determines such breach is capable of being cured, Licensee fails to cure the breach within five (5) days of such notice, provided there will be no right to cure any such subsequent breaches and provided that upon such cure Licensee will not be relieved of liability to Licensor for any damages caused by such breach.

 

(b)                                 Without limiting the foregoing, this License may also be terminated by Licensor:

 

(i)                                     on the additional grounds (if any) set forth in the Specific License;

 

(ii)                                  if Licensee fails to pay to Licensor any amount set forth in the Specific License;

 

(iii)                               if this License is assigned in breach of the provisions hereof by Licensee; or

 

(iv)                              if Licensee or any Affiliate of Licensee uses a technology competing with the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property for producing transportation fuels.

 

(c)                                  Upon termination of this License, Licensee shall cease any and all use of the Enerkem Technology and all Licensed Intellectual Property for any purpose (including, without limitation, the Project) and, upon request by Licensor, shall

 

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promptly return to Licensor all documents in the possession of Licensee or its Representatives that contain Enerkem Technology or Licensed Intellectual Property in whatever format, whether written or electronic, including any and all copies or reproductions of the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property.  Licensee shall permanently delete all such Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property from its computer hard drives and any other electronic storage medium (including any backup or archive system).  Licensee shall deliver to Licensor a written certificate which certifies that all electronic copies or reproductions of the Enerkem Technology/Licensed Intellectual Property have been permanently deleted.

 

(d)                                 The duties and obligations of Licensee under this License, and all of the provisions relating to the enforcement of such duties and obligations, shall survive and remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any termination of this License.

 

11.                                 Representations and Warranties of Licensor.  Licensor represents and warrants to and in favour of Licensee that as of the date of the Specific License, Licensor has the right and authority to grant to Licensee a license in the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

12.                               Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(a)                                  Licensor has not received notice of any pending lawsuit against Licensor and/or one or more of its customers under which a third party claims that the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property infringes any rights under patents, trade secrets, copyright or other intellectual property rights of such third party.

 

(b)                                 Licensor shall indemnify and hold harmless Licensee from and against any and all claims arising out of or resulting from the infringement of any rights under patents, trade secrets, copyright or other intellectual property rights in respect to Licensee’s use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property for the Project in accordance with this License.

 

(c)                                  Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor upon becoming aware of any such claim. Licensor shall retain the right to prosecute at its own expense all infringements of the Enerkem Technology and the Licensed Intellectual Property and, in furtherance of such right, Licensee hereby agrees that Licensor may include Licensee as a party plaintiff in any such suit, without expense to Licensee.  The total cost of any such infringement action commenced or defended solely by Licensor shall be borne by Licensor and Licensor shall keep any recovery or damages for past infringement derived therefrom. In any infringement suit Licensor may institute to enforce the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property pursuant to this License, Licensee shall, at the request and

 

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expense of Licensor, cooperate in all respects and, to the extent possible, have its employees testify when requested and make available relevant records, papers, information, samples, specimens, and the like.

 

(d)                                 Licensor, in order to avoid any such claim, shall have the right at its expense to substitute a non-infringing invention, design, process, product or device or to modify such infringing invention, design, process, product or device so it becomes non-infringing, or to obtain the necessary licenses to use the infringing invention, design, process, product or device, provided that such substituted and modified invention, design, process, product or device shall meet all the requirements and be subject to all the provisions of this License (collectively, the “Workaround”).

 

(e)                                  If:

 

(i)                                     an injunction is issued in respect of the use of the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property; or

 

(ii)                                  it can be reasonably expected that the costs to both bring the claim to conclusion and provide Licensee with the continued right to use the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property, as applicable, will likely exceed the limit provided for below, then Licensor shall be required to so notify Licensee, and Licensor shall take those actions contemplated by subsection (d) to conduct a Workaround.

 

(f)                                    Licensee shall have the right to be represented at its cost and expense in any suit or proceeding involving any such claim by legal counsel of its choosing. Licensor shall not settle any such claim without obtaining the written consent of Licensee should such settlement involve any liability on Licensee.

 

(g)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, should Licensor fail to perform its indemnification obligation as set forth in subsection (b) above, Licensee may elect to not have the benefit of the foregoing indemnity and to assume the sole defense and settlement of any claim (subject to there being no acknowledgement by Licensee that the Enerkem Technology or the Licensed Intellectual Property infringes such third party’s rights). In such event, Licensor shall provide all assistance reasonably requested by Licensee in respect of such claim. Should a claim be made and Licensee has elected to assume the sole defense and settlement of such claim, Licensor shall co-operate with Licensee to identify other potential customers of Licensor that may be subject to the same or similar claims for the purposes of considering methods of minimizing the costs of defense and settlement.

 

13.                                 Arbitration.  Any dispute between the Parties arising out of or in connection with this License shall exclusively and finally be resolved by binding arbitration, to the exclusion

 

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of courts, under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by a single arbitrator appointed in accordance with the said Rules. The arbitration shall be held in Montreal, Quebec, the language used in the arbitration shall be English and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

 

14.                               Notices.

 

(a)                                  Any notice, demand, approval, consent or other communication permitted or required to be given pursuant to this License shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery or by telecopier to the address set forth for the relevant Party in the Specific License.

 

(b)                                 Each such communication shall be deemed to have been received:

 

(i)                                     on the date of delivery, if prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time) on a Business Day;

 

(ii)                                  at the time of transmission by telecopier, if prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time) on a Business Day; or

 

(iii)                               otherwise, on the next following Business Day after delivery or transmission.

 

(c)                                  A Party may, at any time and from time to time, change its address for delivery or communication by giving notice to the other parties in accordance with this section.

 

15.                               Governing Law and Jurisdiction.

 

(a)                                  This License and all documents delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be contracts made under the laws of the Province of Quebec and for all purposes including matters of construction, validity and performance shall be governed by the laws of such Province.

 

(b)                                 Each of the parties hereby irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of such Province.

 

(c)                                  The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods shall not apply to this License. The parties agree that the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act or any version thereof, adopted by any state located in the United States in any form (“UCITA”) shall not apply to this License. To the extent that UCITA is applicable, the parties agree to opt out of the applicability of UCITA pursuant to the opt-out provisions contained therein.

 

(d)                                 The parties acknowledge their intent that the license granted under this License is

 

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intended to survive the bankruptcy of Licensor.

 

16.                               General Provisions.

 

(a)                                  Time of Essence.  Time shall be of the essence of this License and of every part hereof.

 

(b)                                 Time for Action.  If the time at which any action is required to be taken by a Party pursuant to this License falls on a day which is not a Business Day, then the action required to be taken shall be taken on the next day that is a Business Day.

 

(c)                                  Amendment of License. No supplement, modification, waiver or termination of this License shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties.

 

(d)                                 Non-Waiver

 

(i)                                     No consent to or waiver of any breach or default by a Party in the performance of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent to or waiver of any other breach or default in the performance by such Party of the same or any other obligations of such Party hereunder.

 

(ii)                                  Failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act or failure to act by any other Party or to declare any other Party in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its rights hereunder.

 

(e)                                  Enurement.  This License shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(f)                                    Further Assurances.  Each of the parties shall, from time to time hereafter and upon any reasonable request of either of the other parties, make or cause to be made all such further acts, deeds, assurances and things as may be required to more effectually implement the true intent of this License.

 

(g)                                 Rights of Parties Independent.  The rights available to the parties under this License and at law shall be deemed to be several and not dependent on each other and each such right shall be accordingly construed as complete in itself and not by reference to any other such right.  Any one or more or any combination of such rights may be exercised by a Party from time to time and no such exercise shall exhaust the rights or preclude any other Party from exercising any one or more of such rights or combination thereof from time to time thereafter or simultaneously.

 

(h)                                 Severability.  If any covenant, obligation or agreement of this License, or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this License or the application of such

 

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covenant, obligation or agreement to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each covenant, obligation and agreement of this License shall be separately valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

(i)                                     Entire Agreement.  The terms and conditions of this License constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral. Any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguity is to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applicable in the interpretation of this License.

 

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EXHIBIT 1

ASSIGNMENT TO PURCHASER

 

THIS ASSIGNMENT, dated as of                                 , (the “Effective Date”) (the “Assignment”), is by and between [NAME OF LICENSEE], (“Assignor) and a                                                                  (“Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the License (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Assignor owns and operates a biofuels facility located in [LOCATION] (the “Plant”);

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Enerkem Inc. (“Licensor”), have entered into that certain license, dated as of                                           , (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “License”), pursuant to which Licensor granted to Assignor a license to use proprietary technology and information of Licensor in connection with the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of the Plant;

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into a [Purchase Agreement], dated                                                   , pursuant to which Assignor has agreed to sell, transfer and assign to Assignee, as of the Effective Date, all or substantially all of its right, title and interest in the Plant; and

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee desire that Assignor assign to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the License;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

(a)                                  Assignment. Assignor hereby assigns all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the License to Assignee.

 

(b)                                 Acceptance. Assignee hereby accepts such assignment and agrees to be substituted for the Assignor under the License as from the opening of business (the “Effective Time”) on the Effective Date and to be bound thereafter by all of the terms and provisions of the License to the same extent as Assignor, as a direct obligation to Licensor and for the express benefit of Licensor. Aside from any unpaid license fees, Assignee shall not be liable hereunder for any amounts or any other obligation (whether arising from breach or otherwise) theretofore owed by Assignor to Licensor under the License prior to the Effective Time. Assignee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the License.

 

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(c)                                  Confidentiality. Nothing in this Assignment shall be construed or interpreted as releasing Assignor from its duties and obligations under the License concerning the use and disclosure of the Proprietary Property or any damages to Licensor resulting from, or arising out of, a breach by Assignor (or its Representatives) of any such duty or obligation.

 

(d)                                 Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction. This Assignment and all documents delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be contracts made under the laws of · and for all purposes including matters of construction, validity and performance shall be governed by the laws of ·.  Each of the parties hereby irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of ·.

 

(e)                                  Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(f)                                    Successors and Assigns: Third-Party Beneficiary. This Assignment will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The parties expressly intend that Licensor be a third-party beneficiary to this Assignment and that Licensor shall have the right to enforce the terms and provisions hereof against the parties hereto to the same extent as if Licensor had been a party to this Assignment.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized on the date first above written.

 

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EXHIBIT 2

ASSIGNMENT TO LENDER

 

This ASSIGNMENT, dated as of                                 , (the “Effective Date”) (the “Assignment”), is by and between [NAME OF LICENSEE], (“Assignor”) and a                                                                  (“Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the License (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Assignor owns and operates a biofuels facility located in [LOCATION] (the “Plant”);

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Enerkem Inc. (“Licensor”), have entered into that certain license, dated as of                                           , (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “License”), pursuant to which Licensor granted to Assignor a license to use proprietary technology and information of Licensor in connection with the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of the Plant;

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into a [Credit Agreement], dated                                 , (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which Assignee has made or will make loans (the “Loans”) to Assignor for the purpose (among other things) of financing the construction and/or operations of the Plant; and

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee desire that Assignor assign to Assignee, as collateral security for the Loans and all other obligations under the Credit Agreement, all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the License;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

(a)                                  Assignment. Subject to subsection (b) below, Assignor hereby assigns all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the License (the “Assigned Rights”) to Assignee.

 

(b)                                 Effective Date.

 

(i)                                     Unless and until Assignee gives notice to Assignor and Licensor that, as from the date (the “Effective Date”) specified in such notice, Assignee is assuming the Assigned Rights, Assignor shall continue to have and exercise all of the Assigned Rights.

 

(ii)                                  As from the opening of business (the “Effective Time”) on the Effective Date, all 

 

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rights of Assignor in respect of the Assigned Rights shall terminate and shall thereafter be held and exercised by Assignee, which shall thereafter, subject to clause (iv) below, be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the License to the same extent as Assignor, as a direct obligation to Licensor and for the express benefit of Licensor. Assignee agrees to pay to Licensor any outstanding license fee but otherwise shall not be liable for any amounts owed by Assignor to Licensor under the License (including, without, limitation, damages arising from any breach by Assignor of the covenants contained in the License occurring prior to the Effective Date). Assignee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the License.

 

(iii)                               The Assigned Rights may be exercised on behalf of Assignee by a receiver, manager or other like representative, but Assignee shall be liable for any acts or omissions of such a representative as if they had been committed by Assignee directly.

 

(iv)                              Assignee shall, in the event of a sale or other disposition of the Plant, have the right to further assign the Assigned Rights to the purchaser or other entity acquiring the same (a “Substitute Owner) to which the Assignor would have been permitted to assign the Assigned Rights pursuant to the License, and in that case

 

(i)                                     the Substitute Owner will, as from the effective date of such transaction, be substituted for Assignor under the License if such Substitute Owner executes and delivers to Licensor a written instrument, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Licensor, agreeing to be bound by all of the provisions of the License, and

 

(ii)                                  as from such effective date, the Assignee shall cease to be liable for any matter arising after such date (including, without limitation, damages arising from any breach by the Substitute Owner of the covenants contained in the License), provided, however, that the assignment of the License to the Substitute Owner shall not release the Assignee from

 

(A)                              its duties and obligations under the License concerning the disclosure and use of the Proprietary Property, or

 

(B)                                damages to Licensor resulting from, or arising out of, a breach of such duties or obligations by Assignee or its Representatives.

 

(c)                                 Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction.  This Assignment and all documents delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be contracts made under the laws of · and for all purposes including matters of construction, validity and performance shall be governed by the laws of ·.  Each of the parties hereby irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of ·.

 

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(d)                                 Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(e)                                  Successors and Assigns: Third-Party Beneficiary. This Assignment will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The parties expressly intend that Licensor be a third-party beneficiary to this Assignment and that Licensor shall have the right to enforce the terms and provisions hereof against the parties hereto to the same extent as if Licensor had been a party to this Assignment.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized on the date first above written.

 

[EXECUTION BLOCKS]

 

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ATTACHMENT 2
 DESCRIPTION OF ENERKEM TECHNOLOGY

 

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ATTACHMENT 3
 LICENSOR’S COMPENSATION

 

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September 30 2011

 

EXHIBIT D — RECIPIENT CHANGE REQUEST QUESTIONNAIRE

 

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RECIPIENT CHANGE REQUEST

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

	
Recipient   Name: Enerkem Corporation
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:   222 Delaware Ave, 9th Floor, Wilmington, DE, 19801-1621
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Isaacs
    
	
 
    
	
DOE   Award #: DE-EE0002882
    	
DUNS#:   830987520
    	
TIN:   680678413
    
	
 
    
	
Proposed Transferee: Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels   LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:   222 Delaware Ave, 9th Floor, Wilmington, DE, 19801-1621
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Principal   Investigator: Stephanie Isaacs
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
					

“Recipient”                                  =    the existing awardee under the DOE Award

 

“Transferee”                           =    the person or entity agreeing to accept the Recipient’s rights and responsibilities under the DOE Award

 

1.               Please describe the reason for the requested transfer of the DOE Award from Recipient to Proposed Transferee:

 

To understand the reason behind the requested transfer we begin with a brief description of the corporate structure for the group that the Recipient and the Proposed Transferee are part of.  The Recipient (“Enerkem Corporation”) is a Delaware corporation that is owned by Enerkem Inc.

 

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(“Enerkem”), a corporation created under the Canada Business Corporations Act.  Enerkem is majority.  owned and controlled by US-based shareholders.  The Proposed Transferee (Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC) is a limited liability company created under the laws of Delaware, and is 200% owned by Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels Holdings LLC (“EMS Holdings LLC”), a limited liability company also created under the laws of Delaware, which in turn is 100% owned by the Recipient.  Please see section 6 for a corporate structure diagram of the entities involved.

 

Two changes to the corporate structure have occurred; (i) the establishment of EMB Holdings LLC and (ii) the creation of the Proposed Transferee.  The reasons for the creation of these two new entities are summarized below:

 

EMB Holdings LLC was created for the purposes of implementing a project finance loan structure guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (the “Transaction”).  The entity was created [ * ].

 

In addition, the requested transfer of the award from the Recipient to the Proposed Transferee stems from [ * ].

 

The Proposed Transferee will build, own and operate the Pontotoc biorefinery, while the Project team technical and management staff will be comprised mostly of employees of Enerkem Inc., which acts as an EPCM services supplier for all of its projects.  The operations staff will be employees of the Proposed Transferee.

 

The requested transfer has several advantages for both Enerkem and the Federal Government:

 

·                  [ * ]

 

·                  [ * ]

 

·                  [ * ]

 

2.               What is the existing legal relationship between the Recipient and the Proposed Transferee (Check all that apply):

 

o            Unrelated entities (e.g.  no common owner, assets, or employers)

 

x                                  Parent: Enerkem Corporation Subsidiary: Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC % Owned: 100%

 

(Please specify which entity is parent and which entity is Subsidiary)

 

o            Joint venture partner.  Please describe the nature of the joint venture:

 

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o                                    Proposed Transferee does not yet exist.  Please note details re: formation of proposed Transferee, e.g.  formation date, founder, and reason for the formation of Transferee:

 

 

o                                    Recipient is legally changing name to                                             , but no assets, stock, employees, or other ownership interests are changing.  Effective date of name change is:                       .

Please attach copy of the document effecting the name change.

 

o            Proposed Transferee is a sub-recipient under the award.

 

x                                  Other, please describe: Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC(Proposed Transferee) is a 100% owned subsidiary of Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels Holdings LLC, which is 100% owned by Enerkem Corporation (Recipient)

 

3.               What type of agreement has been or will be executed between the Recipient and the Proposed Transferee that is precipitating the request for a change to the DOE Award:

 

o            Acquisition — of Recipient by Proposed Transferee

 

(Purchase of all assets and liabilities; acquiring company continues to function and acquired company ceases to exist)

 

o            Asset Sale - from Recipient to Proposed Transferee

(No liabilities transferred, e.g. bankruptcy liquidation)

 

o            Merger - of Recipient and Proposed Transferee

(Exchange of stock between Recipient and another company resulting in a single company, the Proposed Transferee, replacing both of the old companies)

 

o            Consolidation - of Recipient into Proposed Transferee

(All assets and liabilities of Recipient are absorbed by Transferee and Transferee retains original identity)

 

o            Downstream Merger - of Recipient into Proposed Transferee

(Partially owned subsidiary takes over its parent company)

 

o                                    No agreement will be executed because Proposed Transferee is not a legally separate entity from Recipient and Recipient is only changing name to that of Proposed Transferee.

 

o            Assignment of Award Agreement from Recipient to sub-Recipient

 

x                                  Other.  Please explain: Assignment of award DE-EE0002882, Heterogeneous Feed Biorefinery Project in Pontotoc, Mississippi, From the Recipient to the Proposed

 

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Transferee, acquisition by the Recipient of all shares in the holding entity, (Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels Holdings LLC) and acquisition by the holding entity of all shares in the Proposed Transferee.

 

Are there any assets, stock, or ownership interests being sold or transferred to any person or entity other than the Proposed Transferee:

 

	
o
    	
Yes
    	
x
    	
No
    	
o
    	
NA
    

 

3.               Will the indirect cost rates change as a result of the transfer of the award from the Recipient to the Proposed Transferee:

 

	
o
    	
Yes
    	
x
    	
No
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

4.     Please provide the following information:

 

	
Actual Federal Share Spent,
   As of December 31, 2010
    	
 
    	
Cost Share Accrued
   As of December 31, 2010
    	
 
    
	
$
    	
[ *
    	
]
    	
$
    	
[ *
    	
]
    
						

 

DUNS # of Proposed Transferee: 830512609

 

Taxpayer ID (TIN) of Proposed Transferee: Transferee is a disregarded entity and therefore Taxpayer ID will be the same as Enerkem Corporation.

 

5.              Attach any diagrams depicting the existing and/or restructured relationship between the Recipient and the Proposed Transferee.

 

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6.               Attach a list of assets related to the Award (including any cash or cash equivalents) that are being transferred between the Recipient and the Proposed Transferee.

 

1.             DOE Award Agreement

 

2.             Procurement/partnership contracts

 

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3.               License to use Enerkem Inc.’s (the parent company) Intellectual Property for the purpose of the project

 

I am a duly authorized representative of the Recipient and I certify that the answers above are correct to the best of my knowledge.

 

 

	
/s/   Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
March 22,   2011
    
	
(Signature   of Authorized Official)
    	
 
    	
Date
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Recipient/Transferor
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Printed   Name of Official: Mr. Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:   Corporate Secretary
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

I am a duly authorized Representative of the Proposed Transferee and I certify that I have reviewed and agree with the Recipients’ answers contained in the questionnaire.

 

 

	
/s/   Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
March 22,   2011
    
	
(Signature   of Authorized Official)
    	
 
    	
Date
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Proposed   Transferee
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Printed   Name of Official: Mr. Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:   Corporate Secretary
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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March 11, 2011

 

BY EMAIL

 

Julie K. Anderson

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Golden Field Office

Julie.anderson@go.doe.gov

 

Dear Ms. Anderson:

 

Re:                               Enerkem Corporation’s Heterogeneous Feed Biorefinery Project EE0002882 in Pontotoc, Mississippi (the “Project’) Award Novation — clarifications regarding the creation of a new entity

 

Further to our phone discussion of March 1, 2011, I am hereby providing you with the information you requested regarding the creation of a new holding entity, EMB Holdings LLC (“Holdco”), for the purposes of implementing a project finance loan structure guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (the “Transaction”).

 

New Structure

 

As you know, the previous corporate structure in place had Enerkem Corporation (“Enerkem Corp”) hold a 100% participation in Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC (“EMB”).  Under the new structure, Holdco is wholly-owned by Enerkem Corp and in turn holds a 100% participation in EMB (as illustrated in the Corporate Diagram attached as Appendix A hereto).

 

Purpose of New Structure

 

[ * ]

 

Implementation of New Structure

 

[ * ]

 

Trusting the clarification to be satisfactory, we remain,

 

Yours very truly

 

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/s/   Jocelyn Auger
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Jocelyn   Auger
    	
 
    
	
Vice   President and General Counsel
    	
 
    
	
 
    
	
JA/si
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Encl.
    	
Corporate   Diagram
    
	
 
    	
[ * ]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
c.c.
    	
Brenda   Dias, Grants and Agreements Specialist
    
	
 
    	
Stephanie   Nimmagadda, Procurement Specialist
    
			

 

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APPENDIX A

 

CORPORATE DIAGRAM

 

“Enerkem Group - USA” Proforma Corporate Chart - Subsidiaries

 

 

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APPENDIX B

 

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September 30 2011

 

EXHIBIT E - CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOR TRANSFEREE

 

 

 

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I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF “ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A. D. 2010, AT 3:10 O’CLOCK P.M.

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

 

OF

 

ENERKEM MISSISSIPPI BIOFUELS LLC

 

This Certificate of Formation is executed as of October 28, 2010 in order to form a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del  C. §§ 18-101 et  seq. (the “Act”).

 

1.             The name of the limited liability company is Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC (the “Company”).

 

2.             The Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is located at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, and its registered agent at that address is The Delaware Corporation Agency, Inc.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Act, has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the day and year first aforesaid.

 

 

	
 
    	
/s/   Elizabeth A. Rocco
    	
 (SEAL)
    
	
 
    	
Elizabeth   A. Rocco
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized   Person
    	
 
    

 

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September 30, 2011

 

EXHIBIT F - CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOR HOLDCO

 

 

 

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I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF “EMB HOLDINGS LLC”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 2011, AT 3:12 O’CLOCK P.M.

 

 

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1

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

 

OF

 

EMB HOLDINGS LLC

 

This Certificate of Formation is executed as of March 9, 2011, in order to form a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del  C. §§ 18-101 et  seq. (the “Act”).

 

1.             The name of the limited liability company is EMB Holdings LLC (the “Company”).

 

2.             The Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is located at 222 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, and its registered agent at that address is The Delaware Corporation Agency, Inc.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Act, has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the day and year first aforesaid.

 

 

	
 
    	
/s/   Elizabeth A. Rocco
    	
 (SEAL)
    
	
 
    	
Elizabeth   A. Rocco
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized   Person
    	
 
    

 

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VARENNES CELLULOSIC ETHANOL LP

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

 

Dated as of September 19, 2008

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Article I   INTERPRETATION
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.1
    	
Definitions
    	
2
    
	
1.2
    	
Internal Definitions
    	
5
    
	
1.3
    	
Currency
    	
5
    
	
1.4
    	
Interpretation
    	
5
    
	
1.5
    	
Headings
    	
5
    
	
1.6
    	
Accounting Terms
    	
5
    
	
1.7
    	
Schedules
    	
5
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article II   THE PARTNERSHIP 
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.1
    	
Formation
    	
6
    
	
2.2
    	
Commencement and Term
    	
6
    
	
2.3
    	
Scope of Agreement
    	
6
    
	
2.4
    	
Agency
    	
6
    
	
2.5
    	
Name
    	
6
    
	
2.6
    	
Fiscal Year
    	
7
    
	
2.7
    	
Accounting
    	
7
    
	
2.8
    	
Banking
    	
7
    
	
2.9
    	
Signage and Advertising
    	
7
    
	
2.10
    	
Title to Partnership   Property
    	
8
    
	
2.11
    	
New Partners
    	
8
    
	
2.12
    	
Diligence
    	
8
    
	
2.13
    	
Offices
    	
8
    
	
2.14
    	
Conflicts of Interest
    	
8
    
	
2.15
    	
Other Activities and   Interests
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article III   AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE LIMITED PARTNERS AND THE PARTNERSHIP
    	
9
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.1
    	
Services Agreement between   Enerkem and the Partnership
    	
9
    
	
3.2
    	
Services Agreement between   GFE and the Partnership
    	
9
    
	
3.3
    	
Licence of Enerkem   Technology to Partnership
    	
10
    
	
3.4
    	
Superficies Agreement   between GreenField and the Partnership
    	
10
    
	
3.5
    	
Sale of Synthetic Gas to   GreenField
    	
10
    
	
3.6
    	
Other Contracts with   Partners and Their Affiliates
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article IV   FINANCING
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.1
    	
Modes of Financing
    	
11
    
	
4.2
    	
Government Support
    	
11
    
	
4.3
    	
Project Financing
    	
11
    
	
4.4
    	
Funding by Partners
    	
12
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article V   CAPITAL 
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.1
    	
Capital Accounts
    	
13
    
	
5.2
    	
General Partner’s Capital   Account
    	
13
    

 

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5.3
    	
Limited Partner’s Capital   Accounts
    	
13
    
	
5.4
    	
Fair Market Value of the   Initial Capital Contributions
    	
13
    
	
5.5
    	
Additional Equity Investment   by the Limited Partners
    	
13
    
	
5.6
    	
Capital Account Allocations
    	
14
    
	
5.7
    	
Determination of Net Income   or Loss
    	
15
    
	
5.8
    	
Allocation of Net Income or   Loss
    	
15
    
	
5.9
    	
Computation of Income or   Loss for Tax Purposes
    	
15
    
	
5.10
    	
Tax Allocation
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VI   DISTRIBUTIONS
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.1
    	
Use of Funds
    	
15
    
	
6.2
    	
Distribution Policy
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VII   DEALINGS WITH PARTNERS’ INTERESTS 
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.1
    	
General Prohibition on   Dealing with Interests
    	
16
    
	
7.2
    	
Encumbrance to Lender
    	
16
    
	
7.3
    	
Transfer to Affiliate
    	
17
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VIII
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
GENERAL   PARTNER
    	
18
    
	
8.1
    	
Management Authority and   Standard of Care
    	
18
    
	
8.2
    	
No Transfer, Withdrawal or   Loans
    	
18
    
	
8.3
    	
No Liability to Partnership   or Limited Partners
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article IX
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
LIMITED   PARTNERS
    	
19
    
	
9.1
    	
Limited Liability
    	
19
    
	
9.2
    	
No Participation in   Management
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article X   BUY/SELL
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.1
    	
Buy/Sell
    	
19
    
	
10.2
    	
Provisions Governing Closing   of Purchase of Project
    	
21
    
	
10.3
    	
Failure to Close
    	
22
    
	
10.4
    	
Distribution of Proceeds
    	
23
    
	
10.5
    	
Provisions Governing Closing   of Purchase of Interest
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article XI   RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
11.1
    	
Right of First Refusal
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article XII   PURCHASE ON DEFAULT
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
12.1
    	
Events of Default
    	
24
    
	
12.2
    	
Right of Purchase on Default   of Other Partner
    	
25
    
	
12.3
    	
Implementation of   Acquisition
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article XIII   TERMINATION
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
13.1
    	
Non-Termination of Partnership
    	
27
    
	
13.2
    	
Termination of Partnership
    	
27
    
	
13.3
    	
Distribution Upon   Termination
    	
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14.2
    	
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15.1
    	
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15.2
    	
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15.3
    	
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15.4
    	
Notices
    	
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15.5
    	
Time of Essence
    	
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15.6
    	
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15.7
    	
Amendment of Agreement
    	
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15.8
    	
Assignment
    	
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15.13
    	
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15.14
    	
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LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT made as of the 19th day of September, 2008 

 

BETWEEN:

 

7037163  CANADA INC., a corporation under the laws of Canada,

 

(hereinafter called the “General Partner”)

 

OF THE FIRST PART

 

ENERKEM INC., a corporation under the laws of Canada,

 

(hereinafter called “Enerkem”)

 

OF THE SECOND PART

 

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GREENFIELD ADVANCED BIOFUELS INC., a corporation under the laws of Canada,

 

(hereinafter called “GreenField”)

 

OF THE THIRD PART

 

- and -

 

SUCH OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME HEREAFTER BE ADMITTED AS LIMITED PARTNERS

 

(hereinafter called, with GreenField and Enerkem, the “Limited Partners” and each a “Limited Partner”)

 

OF THE FOURTH PART

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.                                   GreenField is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GreenField Ethanol Inc. and an Affiliate of GreenField Ethanol of Quebec Inc. (“GEQI”), the owner and operator of a distillery producing fuel ethanol (the “Varennes Plant”) on lands at Varennes, Quebec (the “Varennes Property”, as more particularly described below);

 

B.                                     Enerkem is a gasification technology company specializing in the production of synthetic gas using a proprietary low-severity gasification technology and in the conversion of the synthetic gas into fuels;

 

C.                                     Enerkem and GFE have entered in to a Development Rights Agreement dated as of September 19, 2008 (the “Development Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which they have agreed to offer one another the opportunity to co-invest in other projects using the Enerkem Technology in certain territories;

 

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D.                                    GreenField has agreed with Enerkem that they will enter into an Ontario limited partnership (the “Partnership”) for the purpose of designing, building and operating the Commercial Plant (as defined and more particularly described below) on a portion of the Varennes Property adjacent to the Varennes Plant, on and subject to the terms and conditions and hereinafter set forth; and

 

E.                                      the Partnership created by this Agreement constitutes the Joint Project Special Purpose Vehicle (as defined by the Development Rights Agreement) in relation to the Project.

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises, of the covenants and agreements set forth herein, of the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) now paid by each party to the other and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which each party hereby acknowledges, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                               Definitions

 

Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires:

 

“Additional Equity Investment” is defined in Section 5.5.

 

“Additional Funds” is defined in Section 4.4.

 

“Affiliate” means, in relation to a party hereto, a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with such party, and for this purpose, “control,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “the Agreement”, “hereto”, “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder” and similar expressions mean or refer to this Agreement as amended from time to time and any indenture, agreement or instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto or in implementation hereof and the expressions “Article”, “section”, “subsection”, “clause” and “subclause” followed by a number or letter mean and refer to the specified Article, section, subsection, clause or subclause of this Agreement.

 

“Approved by the Partners” means approved by all Partners, and “Approval of the Partners” means such a decision.

 

“Arm’s Length” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto for purposes of the ITA.

 

“Auditors” is defined in subsection 2.7(d).

 

“Business Day” means a day which is not a statutory holiday in Ontario or Quebec and is neither Saturday nor Sunday.

 

“Capital Account” is defined in Section 5.1.

 

“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to a Partner, the aggregate capital contributions made to the Partnership by such Partner.

 

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“Commercial Plant” means a commercial gasification plant using the Enerkem Technology which in the initial phase would produce synthetic gas and methanol from biomass (including without limitation sorted municipal waste), and in a further development phase would convert methanol to one or more transportation biofuels such as ethanol or butanol.

 

“Commercial Site” means the part of the Varennes Property on which the Commercial Plant will be situated, to be Approved by the Partners and more particularly described in the Superficies Agreement, and includes any rights of way, licences, franchises, easements and privileges appurtenant or appertaining thereto.

 

“Commitment” means, with respect to a Partner, the amount in money or money’s worth agreed to be contributed as capital to the Partnership by the Partner, as the same may be modified from time to time under the terms of this Agreement

 

“Defaulting Partner” is defined in subsection 12.2(a).

 

“Enerkem Technology” means the gasification technology developed by Enerkem, as further described in Schedule “B” to the Development Rights Agreement.

 

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 12.1.

 

“GAAP” is defined in Section 1.6.

 

“General Partner” means 7037163 Canada Inc. in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, and any successor general partner of the Partnership or permitted assignee of the General Partner.

 

“GEQI” is defined in the first recital above.

 

“GFE” means GreenField Ethanol Inc., a corporation under the laws of Canada, of which GreenField is a subsidiary.

 

“Government Support” means financial support provided by federal, provincial or municipal governments, including without limitation capital and operating grants, subsidies, repayable or forgivable loans, reimbursable tax credits, and loan guarantees.

 

“Incentive Rate” means a floating annual rate of interest equal to the sum of the [ * ] plus [ * ] percentage points ([ * ] or [ * ] basis points).

 

“Interest” means a Partner’s respective interest in the profits, losses and distributions of the Partnership and any other interest in the Partnership (including, without limitation, its capital account) as provided in this Agreement, and all of its rights, privileges and obligations contained in this Agreement; and “Interests” means the Interests of all Partners, collectively.

 

“ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, including any proposed changes to such act publicly announced by the Minister of Finance effective on the date that such announcement declares such proposed changes to be effective.

 

“Limited Partner” and “Limited Partners” are defined in the heading hereof.

 

“LPA” means the Limited Partnerships Act (Ontario) as amended from time to time.

 

“Non-Funding Partner” is defined in Section 4.4(d)(i).

 

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“Partner” means each of GreenField, Enerkem, the General Partner, and any other Person that may hereafter be admitted as a partner, for so long as each is a partner, and includes any transferee of its respective Interest from time to time pursuant to this Agreement; and “Partners” means all of the Partners.

 

“Partnership” means the limited partnership created by this Agreement.

 

“Person” includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a government or any department or agency thereof, a trustee, any unincorporated organization and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual.

 

“Prime Rate” means the floating annual rate of interest announced by the Royal Bank of Canada from time to time as being a reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans in Canada.

 

“Process Engineering” means, with respect to a plant or any component thereof, the engineering that determines the sequence of operations and the selection of tools required to build such plant, including the calculations which allow the development of detailed technical descriptions, including

 

(a)           development of the heat and mass balance;

 

(b)           development of the process flow diagrams;

 

(c)           development of process and instrumentation diagrams;

 

(d)           development of the detailed technical descriptions for the following equipment (if applicable): compressors, feeding system, lock hoppers, reactor(s) (including the bed extract system and tar re-injection system), cyclones, direct contact quench vessel, venturi scrubber, demister, catalytic reactors, alumina storage and feed system, tar tanks (tar/liquor/sludge separation tank), secondary fuel combustor, economizers, superheaters, water treatment system and additional equipment agreed upon by the Parties;

 

(e)           preparation of operating and maintenance manuals for new or modified plants and processes;

 

(f)            pre-startup training for plant personnel;

 

(g)           startup supervision of new plants and equipment;

 

(h)           identification and mitigation of health and safety risks; and

 

(i)            provision of support in applications for environmental permits.

 

“Project” means the carrying out of the Partners’ present intention to design, build and operate the Commercial Plant at the Varennes Property, and to do such other related things as may be determined by the General Partner.

 

“Project  Financing” is defined in subsection 4.3(a).

 

“Proportion” means, with respect to a Partner, the proportion which the Interest of such Partner is of the aggregate Interests of all Partners, at the time of determination, expressed as a percentage.

 

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“Superficies Agreement” means an agreement between GEQI and the Partnership, granting a right of superficies to the Partnership in respect of the Commercial Site, in a form satisfactory to the General Partner.

 

“Syngas” is defined in subsection 3.5(a).

 

“Syngas Price” is defined in subsection 3.5(a).

 

“Technology Licence” is defined in subsection 3.3(a).

 

“Varennes Plant” is defined in the first recital above.

 

“Varennes Property” means the emplacement fronting on Marie-Victorin Street and on De La Côte Bissonnette Road, in the City of Varennes, Province of Quebec, comprising all or part of certain original lots in the official cadastre of the Parish of Varennes, Registration Division of Verchères, as described in the Deed of Sale from Commercial Alcohols Inc. executed under private signature on September 26, 2006 and registered at the Registry Office for said Registration Division under number 13 680 024.

 

1.2         Internal Definitions

 

Certain other terms are defined in specific sections hereof for use in those sections.

 

1.3         Currency

 

Whenever and wherever the word “dollars” or the symbol “$” appears in this Agreement it shall mean Canadian dollars and all funds and amounts set out in this Agreement are in Canadian Dollars.

 

1.4         Interpretation

 

Grammatical variations of any terms defined herein have similar meanings; words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders.

 

1.5         Headings

 

The division of this Agreement into separate Articles, sections, subsections, clauses, subclauses and Schedules, and the insertion of headings, are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

1.6         Accounting Terms

 

All accounting terms used herein unless specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada or any successor public accounting principles (“GAAP”) and all financial data submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

1.7         Schedules

 

The Schedules attached hereto and listed below shall have the same force and effect as if the information contained therein was contained in the body of this Agreement:

 

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ARTICLE II
 THE PARTNERSHIP

 

2.1         Formation

 

The General Partner, Enerkem and GreenField hereby agree to form the Partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the LPA. Forthwith following the execution of this Agreement, the General Partner shall cause a declaration respecting the Partnership to be filed and recorded under the LPA.

 

2.2         Commencement and Term

 

(a)           The term of the Partnership shall commence upon the filing of a declaration under section 2.1, and shall continue until the dissolution and termination of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII.  A Partner’s Interest shall not terminate by reason of a negative balance in its capital account.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the formation of the Partnership under subsection (a), the Partnership shall not commence active development of the Project unless and until it has been established to the satisfaction of the Limited Partners that the Project can reasonably be expected to meet a minimum of [ * ] annual return on investment, on an [ * ], calculated using a [ * ]

 

2.3         Scope of Agreement

 

(a)           The Partners agree that the provisions of this Agreement shall hereafter govern and define their respective rights, proceeds, revenues, benefits, liabilities, interests, powers and obligations between themselves with respect to the Project.

 

(b)           The scope of the Partnership shall be expressly limited to the Project and the General Partner shall not bind or otherwise render liable the other Partners with respect to any contractual, tortious or other claims with respect to any matters whatsoever not within the scope of the Partnership.

 

2.4         Agency

 

Except as provided for in this Agreement or resulting from the provisions of this Agreement, no party shall act as agent for the Partnership or for any other party.

 

2.5         Name

 

For convenience, the Project shall be carried out under the name “Varennes Cellulosic Ethanol LP”, or such other name as is Approved by the Partners from time to time.  The Project may also use a French form of its name, and may and be legally designated by either or both of the English form and/or the French form of its name.

 

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2.6         Fiscal Year

 

For accounting purposes, the fiscal year end of the Partnership shall be December 31 in each year, or such other date as is Approved by the Partners.

 

2.7         Accounting

 

(a)           Proper books of account and records for the Partnership and the Project shall be kept, and entries shall be made therein of all transactions involving the Partnership and of all such other matters, transactions and things as are usually entered in the books of account kept by Persons engaged in a like business.

 

(b)           The General Partner shall deliver to each Limited Partner the following documents with respect to the Partnership:

 

(i)            monthly, not later than ten (10) Business Days after the end of each month of every fiscal year of the Partnership, prepare and submit to the Partners a written report setting out at least income and expenses of the Partnership for the preceding month on an accrual basis with comparisons to the budget for such year and explanations of material deviations from the budget;

 

(ii)           annually, within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, submit audited financial statements to the Partners, reported on by the Auditors, providing an accounting of the income and expenses of the Partnership for the previous year prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

 

(iii)          annually, between 45 days before and 60 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Partnership, a budget of income and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year.

 

(c)           Each Partner shall have the right from time to time and at all reasonable times during usual business hours to examine and make copies of or extracts from the books and records of the Partnership.

 

(d)           The auditors of the Partnership (the “Auditors”) shall be such firm of chartered accountants of national standing demonstrating the required expertise as may from time to time be determined by the General Partner, provided that the auditors of the Partnership shall not also be the auditors of any Limited Partner.

 

2.8         Banking

 

The Partnership shall maintain a bank account or accounts with such bank as shall be determined by the General Partner from time to time. All monies received from time to time relating to the Project shall be paid into such account(s). All cheques and other transactions of $25,000 or more will require the signature of two officers of the General Partner.

 

2.9         Signage and Advertising

 

Except as may be otherwise agreed upon in writing by both of the Partners, all references to the Project, references to the development of the Project, and signage and advertising of the Project shall be as Approved by the Partners.

 

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2.10       Title to Partnership Property

 

All partnership property shall be owned by, on behalf of and for the account of the Partnership, and no Partner shall have any ownership interest in such partnership property in the Partner’s individual name or right.

 

2.11       New Partners

 

Except as herein expressly permitted, no additional Persons shall be admitted to the Partnership without the unanimous consent of the Partners.

 

2.12       Diligence

 

No Partner shall be required to devote any particular amount of time or attention to the Project save as otherwise provided herein or as shall be necessary to comply with this Agreement.

 

2.13       Offices

 

The principal place of business of the Partnership in Ontario for purposes of its declaration under the LPA shall be at such location as may from time to time be determined by the General Partner.   The Partnership shall maintain an administrative office in the City of Varennes, Province of Quebec, and such other or additional places of business as may be determined from time to time by the General Partner upon notice to the Limited Partners.

 

2.14       Conflicts of Interest

 

A Partner who:

 

(a)           has a material interest in any Person who is a party to a material contract or proposed material contract with the Partnership; or

 

(b)           does not deal at Arm’s Length with any Person who is a party to a material contract or proposed material contract with the Partnership;

 

shall disclose in writing to the other Partners the nature and extent of its interest forthwith after becoming aware of the contract or proposed contract or after becoming so interested, as the case may be. The Partners acknowledge and agree that the contracts referred to in Article III shall not be subject to the process described in this Section.

 

2.15       Other Activities and Interests

 

In view of the specific and limited purposes of this Agreement and the Partnership, the holding of an Interest in the Partnership shall not be deemed to restrict in any way the freedom of a Partner to conduct any business or activity whatsoever including, without limitation the acquisition, development, operation or management of any industrial project; each Partner shall have the absolute right to engage in any business or venture for its own individual profit regardless of whether such other business or venture is in competition with the Partnership, and no Partner, by reason solely of this Agreement, shall have any interest in any other property or project owned by the other Partner, or any business or venture engaged in by the other Partner, whether or not similar to the Project.

 

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ARTICLE III
 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE LIMITED PARTNERS AND THE PARTNERSHIP

 

3.1          Services Agreement between Enerkem and the Partnership

 

Enerkem hereby agrees to execute a services agreement with the Partnership (the “Enerkem Services Agreement”) concerning the performance of:

 

(a)           Process Engineering design and procurement of equipment that are key to the Enerkem Technology processes; and

 

(b)           the ongoing monitoring, adjustment, and modification of the Enerkem Technology, and in particular its development as a process able to produce transportation biofuels;

 

which shall include, without limitation, the terms and conditions outlined in [ * ].

 

3.2          Services Agreement between GFE and the Partnership

 

(a)           Subject to subsection 3.6(b), the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall enter into a services agreement with GFE (the “GreenField Services Agreement”) to carry out the following duties:

 

(i)            subject to subsection (b), the detailed design and construction of the Commercial Plant, provided that during such design and construction, procurement will be the responsibility of the General Partner (except for procurement tasks specifically referred to in the agreement entered into with Enerkem pursuant to section 3.1 above);

 

(ii)           the operation of the Commercial Plant upon handover thereof by the construction team to the operational team; and

 

(iii)          the sale of any products or by-products generated by the Commercial Plant, provided that any such contract shall provide that at any Partner’s request a third party expert will verify that the prices at which such products or by-products are sold is not less than the market price in which case such prices will adjusted in line with the expert’s determination;

 

which shall include, without limitation, the terms and conditions outlined in [ * ].

 

(b)           Notwithstanding clause (a)(i) above, the General Partner may request bids from third parties for a contract to carry out the design and construction activities referred to in such clause, provided that:

 

(i)            before awarding such a contract, the General Partner shall give GFE 30 days to match the third party’s offer or decline same (failure to respond being deemed to be declination); and

 

(ii)           under any such contract with a third party, GFE shall provide oversight as “owner’s representative”.

 

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3.3          Licence of Enerkem Technology to Partnership

 

(a)           Enerkem will grant to the Partnership a perpetual, non-exclusive licence (the “Technology Licence”) to use the Enerkem Technology solely for the purpose of the Project and the operation of the Commercial Plant.

 

(b)           The Partners acknowledge that notwithstanding the Technology Licence, Enerkem shall at all times remain the owner of the Enerkem Technology and of any improvements and enhancements thereto made or suggested by GreenField.

 

(c)           Should the Project so require, GreenField may, in cooperation with Enerkem, modify, refine and enhance the Enerkem Technology to make it commercially effective; any such modification, refinement or enhancement will remain the property of Enerkem.

 

3.4          Superficies Agreement between GEQI and the Partnership

 

GEQI will execute the Superficies Agreement with the Partnership following the identification of the portion of the Varennes Property to which such agreement will relate.

 

3.5          Sale of Synthetic Gas to GreenField

 

(a)           If synthetic gas (“Syngas”) produced by the Commercial Plant is sold to GEQI, the price per gigajoule (the “Syngas Price”) shall be the greater of:

 

(i)            [ * ] as the Partners may mutually agree upon from time to time; or

 

(ii)           [ * ], which will be adjusted on January 1st of each year, based on [ * ].

 

(b)           The Partnership will compensate GEQI for modifications made to burner/boiler units of the Varennes Plant specifically to avoid de-rating in efficiency or capacity resulting from the switch from natural gas to Syngas produced by the Commercial Plant. Such compensation will be done through offset of Syngas Price otherwise payable up to an amount of $500,000.

 

3.6          Other Contracts with Partners and Their Affiliates

 

(a)           The Partners acknowledge that in the course of carrying out the Project, it may be appropriate for certain goods and/or services in addition to those mentioned in Sections 3.1 to 3.5 (collectively, “Services”) to be provided to the Partnership pursuant to a contract with a Partner and/or one or more Affiliates of a Partner (the “Provider”) rather than by third party contractors or suppliers.

 

(b)           Except where the terms and conditions on which the Services are to be provided (the “Terms”) are expressly set out in this Agreement (such as Sections 3.1, to 3.5 above), the following principles shall apply to the provision of each such Service:

 

(i)            the Terms shall be, to the extent practicable, on the same terms and conditions as those on which the Provider would provide comparable goods or services to unrelated third parties (it being understood that for such purpose the Partnership is to receive “most favoured nation” treatment);

 

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(ii)           the Provider shall have the onus of satisfying the General Partner, acting reasonably, that the Terms comply with the foregoing clause (i); and

 

(iii)          to the extent that clause (i) does not apply because

 

(A)          there are no comparable third party transactions, or

 

(B)           the terms and conditions of third party transactions are not uniform or are incomplete,

 

the Terms shall be determined by the General Partner.

 

ARTICLE IV
 FINANCING

 

4.1          Modes of Financing

 

The General Partner shall determine, out of Government Support, Project Financing, loans (by the Partners or third parties), Additional Equity Investment and/or such other method of financing determined by the General Partner, the proper way of financing the implementation of the Project.

 

4.2          Government Support

 

(a)           As determined by the General Partner, the Partnership and/or the Partners shall apply for and seek to obtain such financial support (whether in the form of grants, loans, guarantees or otherwise) as may be available from various levels of government (collectively, “Government Support”).

 

(b)           Each Partner shall cooperate in all applications for, and administration of, Government Support (whether the application is in the name of a Partner or in the name of the Partnership), including without limitation providing all such information as may be required by relevant governmental authorities, provided that no Partner shall be required to disclose for such purpose sensitive commercial or technical information (and in particular Enerkem shall not be required to disclose the Enerkem Technology) without appropriate safeguards.

 

(c)           The fact that a particular form of Government Support has been applied for in the name of one Partner and not the other shall not mean that the funds received shall be considered a capital contribution by the Partner which has made the application, and in particular shall not affect the respective Interests of the Partners.

 

4.3          Project Financing

 

(a)           In the event that the General Partner determines that such form of financing is appropriate for the Project, the Partnership shall endeavour to obtain financing for the Project (“Project  Financing”) in the maximum amounts obtainable from time to time at suitable times and upon reasonable commercial terms; provided that the outstanding balance of such financing (including liability in respect of letters of credit) shall at no time exceed such dollar limit as is determined by the General Partner (such limit being the maximum outstanding at any one time and not, if the amount of such financing increases or decreases from time to time, a cumulative total).

 

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(b)           The Project Financing shall to the extent possible be non-recourse to the Partners, and if not non-recourse, then to the extent possible the guarantee of each Partner shall be several and not joint.

 

4.4          Funding by Partners

 

(a)           In the event that the General Partner determines that funds in the form of loans from the Partners are required for the purposes of the Partnership, then each of the Partners shall advance to the Partnership a loan in a principal amount equal to its Proportion of all funds so required (“Additional Funds”) from time to time.  Payments of its respective Proportion of such advances shall be made by each Partner within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which notice of the decision that such funds are so required is given to such Partner.

 

(b)            When a decision to require an advance is made, each Partner shall advise the General Partner of the annual interest rate which it is then paying for borrowed funds (its “Cost of Funds”).

 

(c)           Additional Funds so advanced shall, unless otherwise Approved by the Partners, be evidenced by demand promissory notes, bearing interest at a rate equal to:

 

(i)            [ * ] which has the [ * ]; plus

 

(ii)           [ * ] ([ * ] basis points).

 

(d)           Failure to Advance Funds

 

(i)            In the event that one of the Partners (the “Non-Funding Partner”) shall fail to advance Additional Funds as required pursuant to this Section 4.4, then the other Partner shall have the right to advance to the Partnership the Additional Funds which the Non-Funding Partner failed to advance and such other Partner so advancing such Additional Funds (the “Funding Partner”) shall be entitled to interest from the Non-Funding Partner on the amount advanced, at the Incentive Rate, calculated and payable monthly, until the amount advanced shall have been repaid by the Non-Funding Partner to the Funding Partner. The amount advanced by the Funding Partner shall be deemed to be a loan by the Funding Partner to the Non-Funding Partner, and shall, unless earlier repaid as provided in Section 6.1, be due and payable on the 121st day following the date on which the Non-Funding Partner failed to advance such funds. Such advance shall not be considered to have cured the failure of the Non-Funding Partner to advance such funds until the moment when the amount of such advance shall have been repaid to the Funding Partner by the Non-Funding Partner or the Partnership.

 

(ii)           As security for each Partner’s potential obligations as a Non-Funding Partner to the Funding Partner set forth in clause (i), each Partner hereby charges and pledges its Interest and grants a security interest in such Interest (including, without limitation its rights to receive any distributions under this Agreement) in favour of the other Partner, it being the intent that a charge, security interest, lien, pledge and encumbrance be created or imposed on the Interest of each Partner in favour of the other Partner and each Partner shall have, with respect to the Interest pledged to it, in addition to any other rights and remedies at law, all

 

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rights and remedies of a secured party under the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), as amended or re-enacted from time to time (the “PPSA”), provided that the pledgee shall not be entitled to exercise any rights under the PPSA to dispose of such Interest, or accept it in satisfaction of such obligations. Each Partner shall execute and deliver such documents or instruments as the other Partner may reasonably require to give effect to the foregoing and each hereby consents to the registration of such documents or instruments under the PPSA.  If required by the lender of funds to the Partnership (including, but not limited to, Project Financing), each Partner shall subordinate its security interest in the Interest of the other Partner to such lender in respect of the funds so lent.

 

ARTICLE V
 CAPITAL

 

5.1          Capital Accounts

 

(a)           One or more capital accounts shall be maintained for each Partner.

 

(b)           The capital accounts of the Partners shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c)           In cases where a Limited Partner advances Additional Funds pursuant to Section 4.4(a), such advances shall be loans to the Partnership rather than contributions of capital.

 

5.2          General Partner’s Capital Account

 

The General Partner shall contribute to the Partnership forthwith the sum of $1.00 which sum shall be credited to the General Partner’s capital account.

 

5.3          Limited Partner’s Capital Accounts

 

Each Limited Partner shall contribute to the Partnership forthwith an amount of $10,000 in cash, to be credited to such Limited Partner’s capital account as and when paid.

 

5.4          Fair Market Value of the Initial Capital Contributions

 

The Partners hereby acknowledge and agree that the relative fair market value of each of their initial Capital Contributions, and thus their respective Proportions, are as follows:

 

	
 
    	
GreenField
    	
 
    	
49.99995
    	
%
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Enerkem
    	
 
    	
49.99995
    	
%
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
General Partner
    	
 
    	
0.0001
    	
%
    	
 
    

 

5.5          Additional Equity Investment by the Limited Partners

 

(a)           Should an additional investment in capital be required from the Limited Partners (an “Additional Equity Investment”), each Limited Partner shall pay its Proportion of the Additional Equity  Investment to the Partnership, which shall constitute an additional contribution of capital to the Partnership and the Limited Partners’ Capital Account shall be increased accordingly.

 

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(b)           Should a Limited Partner decline or fail to pay all or a portion of its Proportion of an Additional Equity  Investment within thirty (30) days of the General Partner’s invitation to do so, then its Proportion shall be reduced to the percentage that:

 

(i)            the sum of such Limited Partner’s cash Capital Contribution since the inception of the Partnership

 

is of

 

(ii)           the sum of all cash Capital Contributions made by the Limited Partners since the inception of the Partnership (including the Additional Equity  Investment)

 

and the other Limited Partner shall then have the right to contribute more than its Proportion of the Additional Equity  Investment and its Proportion shall be correspondingly increased in each case to the percentage that:

 

(iii)          the sum of such Limited Partner’s cash Capital Contribution since the inception of the Partnership

 

is of

 

(iv)          the sum of all cash Capital Contributions made by the Limited Partners since the inception of the Partnership (including the Additional Equity  Investment).

 

(c)           Should the Limited Partners decline or fail to pay all or any portion of the Additional Equity  Investment within the time allocated by the General Partner for so doing, the General Partner shall have the right to offer such remaining portion of the Additional Equity  Investment to such third party(ies) either (A) designated by the Limited Partner having paid more than its Proportion of the Additional Equity  Investment or, (B) should no Limited Partner pay more than its Proportion of the Additional Equity  Investment, the General Partner in its discretion. The current Limited Partners hereby consent in advance to admit such third party(ies) investors as Partner(s) to the Partnership.

 

5.6          Capital Account Allocations

 

(a)           The Partners’ Capital Accounts shall be adjusted as set forth below:

 

(i)            a Partner’s Capital Contribution shall be credited to its Capital Account upon receipt by the Partnership;

 

(ii)           all income and gains of the Partnership allocated to a Partner in respect of its Interest shall be credited to its Capital Account; and

 

(iii)          all losses of the Partnership allocated to a Partner in respect of its Interest and any amount, whether in cash or other property, distributed by the Partnership to a Partner in respect of its Interest shall be debited against its Capital Account.

 

(b)           The General Partner shall generally compute the Partnership’s income, gains and losses, and adjust the Partners’ Capital Accounts in respect of their Interests no less frequently than quarterly.

 

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5.7          Determination of Net Income or Loss

 

The net income or loss of the Partnership for each fiscal year shall be determined in accordance with GAAP.  The General Partner shall generally compute the Partnership’s income, gains and losses, and adjust the Partners’ Capital Accounts, no less frequently than quarterly.

 

5.8          Allocation of Net Income or Loss

 

Subject to the at-risk amount rules provided in Section 96 of the ITA, the net income and loss of the Partnership for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Partners pro rata to their respective Interests.

 

5.9          Computation of Income or Loss for Tax Purposes

 

In computing the income or loss of the Partnership for tax purposes, the General Partner shall compute the income or loss of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of the ITA (and, if required, any applicable provincial taxing statute) and shall have the right to adopt a different method of accounting than required by Section 5.1, to adopt different treatments of particular items and to make and revoke such elections on behalf of the Partnership and the Partners as the General Partner deems to be appropriate in order to reflect the terms of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise Approved by the Partners and subject to the at-risk amount rules provided in Section 96 of the ITA, the Partnership shall deduct the maximum capital cost allowance available in each and every taxation year with respect to the capital cost and any improvements relating to the Project with respect to which capital cost allowance is available.

 

5.10        Tax Allocation

 

The income or loss of the Partnership for tax purposes shall be allocated among the Partners in the same proportions as the net income or loss is allocated to the Partners, and on the same basis as set out in Section 5.9.

 

ARTICLE VI
 DISTRIBUTIONS

 

6.1          Use of Funds

 

(a)           Receipts of all kinds from the Project shall be applied in the following order:

 

(i)            to pay any expenses or charges (including any principal of and interest on Project Financing and any other Arm’s Length borrowings of the Partnership) which are due and payable respecting the Project, those of the longest standing to be paid first;

 

(ii)           to accumulate a minimum amount of working capital or reserve for the purposes of the Project as determined by the General Partner;

 

(iii)          to reimburse either Partner for any Additional Funds advanced by it pursuant to Section 4.4(d) and outstanding, together with interest at the Incentive Rate thereon,;

 

(iv)          to reimburse the Partners for Additional Funds advanced by them to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.4, in their respective Proportions ; and

 

(v)           the balance shall, be paid to the Partners in their respective Proportions.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that there shall be a Defaulting Partner or a Non-Funding Partner and in the event that there shall be any monies owing by the Defaulting Partner or the Non-Funding Partner to the other Partner or the Partnership, as the case may be, then the amount of such monies owing shall be paid from the monies otherwise payable to the Defaulting Partner or the Non-Funding Partner in accordance with any of the provisions of this section.

 

6.2          Distribution Policy

 

(a)           As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall calculate the cash and property available for distribution to the Partners in respect of such year and shall distribute such amounts to the relevant Partners’ Capital Accounts.

 

(b)           In determining cash and property available for distribution to the Partners pursuant to subsection (a) above, the General Partner may, acting reasonably, establish reserves from time to time in respect of the availability of cash after paying Partnership expenses and setting aside appropriate reserves as determined by the General Partner for current or anticipated liabilities, expenses, obligations and commitments of the Partnership.

 

(c)           Distributions shall be considered to be made in respect of the fiscal year in which the event which gave rise to such distribution occurred.

 

ARTICLE VII
 DEALINGS WITH PARTNERS’ INTERESTS

 

7.1          General Prohibition on Dealing with Interests

 

Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, or with the Approval of the Partners (which may be unreasonably withheld), no Partner shall:

 

(a)           sell, assign, convey, transfer, mortgage, charge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any part or all of its Interest; nor

 

(b)           make an application to any court or commence any action for

 

(i)            the winding up of the Partnership; or

 

(ii)           the partition or sale of the Superficies.

 

7.2          Encumbrance to Lender

 

(a)           Either Partner may, without the Approval of the Partners, grant or suffer to exist floating charges, general security agreements and general assignments of receivables or profit interests given in the ordinary course of business.

 

(b)           A Partner may collaterally assign its Proportion of net revenues of the Partnership, or charge its Interest, to a lender without the Approval of the Partners if, but only if:

 

(i)            the Partner gives 15 days’ prior notice to the other Partners;

 

(ii)           the lender is a recognized financial institution (the determination of which shall be made by the other Partners, acting reasonably);

 

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(iii)          the lender agrees, in form and terms reasonably satisfactory to the other Partners:

 

(A)          that the lender shall be bound by, and its security interest subordinate to, the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation, the transfer of carriage of any planning, servicing or accounting activities of the Partnership, rights of first refusal, buy-sell rights, rights of purchase upon default, and the payment obligations of the Partners to one another, including their mutual pledges of their Interests); and

 

(B)           to subordinate its rights in respect of the Partner’s Interest to any Project Financing and to any advances thereunder;

 

but in no event shall the Partner so assigning or charging be entitled to require the Partnership to deliver any mortgage or charge of an undivided interest in the Project or the Superficies.

 

7.3          Transfer to Affiliate

 

(a)           Subject to the conditions precedent and requirements hereinafter provided, a Partner may transfer its Interest to an Affiliate.  Any such transfer shall be subject to the express conditions precedent that:

 

(i)            the transferor is neither a Non-Funding Partner nor a Defaulting Partner at the transfer date;

 

(ii)           15 days’ prior notice is given to the other Partner, together with reasonable evidence that the transferee is an Affiliate; and

 

(iii)          the transferor and transferee covenant with the other Partners that the transferee will remain an Affiliate of the transferor after the transfer so long as the transferee holds the Interest.

 

(b)           In the event of a transfer pursuant to subsection (a), then so long as the transferee holds the Interest:

 

(i)            there shall be no transfer, conveyance or disposition of any of the shares of the transferee, nor any shares issued by the transferee nor any other action taken or omitted to be taken which changes the Person(s) who control the transferee in law or in fact, without the Approval of the Partners, but the provisions of this clause shall have no application to any change in control of any Partner resulting from any change in control of a public corporation which controls that Partner or which, directly or indirectly (whether through share ownership or otherwise), controls any corporation which controls such Partner;

 

(ii)           the transferee shall be fully responsible for all of the transferor’s duties and obligations, and subject to all prohibitions and restrictions applicable to the transferor (including, for greater certainty, such duties, obligations, prohibitions and restrictions arising prior to the date of transfer); and

 

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(iii)          the transferor shall continue to be bound by the terms contained in this Agreement in respect of any matters arising both before and after the date of the transfer.

 

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PARTNER

 

8.1          Management Authority and Standard of Care

 

(a)           The General Partner shall act as general partner of the Partnership and shall have exclusive power and authority to manage, control, administer and operate the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner shall have the power, on behalf and in the name of the Partnership, to carry out the objectives and purposes of the Partnership and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and other undertakings which the General Partner deems necessary, appropriate, ancillary or incidental thereto.

 

(b)           All matters concerning:

 

(i)            the allocation and distribution of income, gain, loss and the return of capital among the Partners, including the taxes thereon; and

 

(ii)           accounting procedures and determinations and other accounting determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement,

 

shall be determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error, as to all of the Partners. If a Partner requests that such a determination by the General Partner be reviewed by the auditors of the Partnership, they will review and confirm or vary such determination, as appropriate, and the determination by the Auditors shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error, as to all of the Partners. The cost of the Auditors’ review of any such determination shall be borne by the Partner requesting such review, unless the difference between the auditors’ determination and that of the General Partner is equal to 5% or more of the General Partner’s determination.

 

(c)           The General Partner will exercise its powers and discharge its duties under this Agreement diligently, in good faith and in the best interests of the Partnership.

 

(d)           The Partnership shall not carry on any activities other than the Project.

 

8.2            No Transfer, Withdrawal or Loans

 

Without obtaining the approval of the Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not:

 

(a)           withdraw as a partner in the Partnership;

 

(b)           sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Interest (in its capacity as general partner). However, the General Partner shall be entitled to sell, assign or transfer its General Partner Interest to a Person which is controlled or owned by the General Partner; or

 

(c)           borrow or withdraw any funds or securities from the Partnership, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

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Provided always that as a condition to any sale, assignment or transfer by the General Partner of its Interest the assignee agrees in writing, to be bound by the provisions hereof to the same extent and in the same manner as the transferor is bound.

 

8.3          No Liability to Partnership or Limited Partners

 

Neither the General Partner nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, members, advisors or representatives shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partners or the Partnership for an action taken or failure to act:

 

(a)           within the scope of the power and authority conferred on the General Partner by this Agreement or by law, unless such act or omission was performed or omitted fraudulently or in bad faith or constituted negligence or wanton and wilful misconduct;

 

(b)           arising from reliance upon the opinion or advice as to legal matters of legal counsel or as to accounting matters of accountants selected by any of them with reasonable care; or

 

(c)           by any agent, contractor or consultant selected by any of them with reasonable care.

 

The General Partner holds the benefit of this Section 8.3 for its own benefit and for the benefit of all Persons referred to in this Section 8.3.

 

ARTICLE IX

LIMITED PARTNERS

 

9.1          Limited Liability

 

No Limited Partner shall be personally liable for any of the debts, liabilities or obligations of the Partnership, nor have any obligation to make contributions to the Partnership except as expressly provided herein or to the extent required by the Partnerships Act, provided that a Limited Partner shall be required to return any distribution made to it in error.

 

9.2          No Participation in Management

 

No Limited Partner shall participate in the control, management, direction or operation of the business or affairs of the Partnership, or have power to bind the Partnership.

 

ARTICLE X
 BUY/SELL

 

10.1        Buy/Sell

 

(a)           Either Partner (the “Offering Partner”) may, at any time after the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, but only if:

 

(i)            it is neither a Non-Funding Partner nor a Defaulting Partner; and

 

(ii)           any procedure initiated under Article XI has been completed;

 

be entitled to give to the other Partner (the “Other Partner”) a notice (the “Buy-Sell Notice”) in accordance with subsection (b).

 

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(b)           A Buy-Sell Notice shall:

 

(i)            set forth the Offering Partner’s desire to effect a purchase or sale, pursuant to this Article, of the Project; and

 

(ii)           be accompanied by:

 

(A)          an irrevocable written offer by the Partnership, executed on its behalf by the Offering Partner, setting forth the terms, including the price, on which the Partnership will sell the Project to the Other Partner; and

 

(B)           an irrevocable written offer by the Offering Partner, setting forth the terms on which the Offering Partner will purchase the Project from the Partnership;

 

both offers containing, except as herein expressly provided, identical terms and conditions.

 

(c)           Within [ * ] following the receipt by the Other Partner of the Buy-Sell Notice, the Other Partner shall, by notice (the “Acceptance Notice”) to the Offering Partner, accept on its own behalf or on behalf of the Partnership, as the case may be, one of the two offers contained in the Buy-Sell Notice. If no such Acceptance Notice is received by the Offering Partner within such period, the Other Partner shall conclusively be deemed to have given an Acceptance Notice on the last day of such period on behalf of the Partnership in respect of the Offering Partner’s offer to purchase the Project.

 

(d)           The Partner:

 

(i)            who has accepted an offer by the Partnership to sell the Project; or

 

(ii)           whose offer to purchase the Project has been accepted (or is deemed to have been accepted) on behalf of the Partnership;

 

is herein referred to as the “Purchaser”, and the other Partner is herein referred to as the “Vendor”.

 

(e)           During the period between the giving of the Buy-Sell Notice and the delivery (or deemed delivery) of the Acceptance Notice, no Major Decisions shall be taken.

 

(f)            The purchase price for a purchase of the Project pursuant to this Article shall be payable in full on closing by:

 

(i)            the assumption of the principal amounts secured by the then outstanding encumbrances on the Project (including any Project Financing) which are assumable either by their terms or subject to consent being given (the “Assumed Mortgages”); and

 

(ii)           at the Purchaser’s election, either:

 

(A)          cash for the balance; or

 

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(g)           The Purchaser may by notice given to the Vendor within 10 Business Days after the delivery (or deemed delivery) of the Acceptance Notice, elect not to purchase the Project but rather to purchase the Vendor’s Interest at a purchase price which is equivalent to the amount the Vendor would have received if the Partnership had sold the Project to the Purchaser at the price specified in the Buy-Sell Notice and had distributed the sale proceeds and other net assets of the Partnership to the Partners in accordance with this Agreement.  The closing of any such purchase shall take place in accordance with Section 10.5.

 

10.2        Provisions Governing Closing of Purchase of Project

 

(a)           Any transaction of purchase and sale of the Project pursuant to this Article shall be completed in accordance with the following:

 

(i)            The closing date shall be the date which is 60 days after the delivery (or deemed delivery) of the Acceptance Notice.

 

(ii)           The place of closing shall be such place in the City of Montreal as may be designated in writing by the Purchaser.

 

(iii)          At the time of closing all usual adjustments shall be made between the Partnership and the Purchaser, including all prepaid amounts and advances, and any dispute in respect of such adjustments shall be finally resolved by arbitration.

 

(iv)          At the closing, the Vendor shall cause the Partnership to deliver:

 

(A)          all such deeds, documents, instruments and assurances as may be necessary or required by the Purchaser to give effect to the sale and purchase, including without limitation assignments of the interest of the Vendor and the Partnership in leases, contracts, agreements or instruments of any nature or kind affecting the Project;

 

(B)           a certificate by an officer of the Vendor on the date of closing to the effect that the Vendor is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of the ITA; and

 

(C)           releases, in a form satisfactory to the Purchaser, from the Vendor and the Partnership of all claims either may have against the Purchaser with respect to the Partnership or the Project, except for matters arising out of the purchase and sale transaction.

 

(v)           At the closing, the Purchaser shall:

 

(A)          pay the full amount of the purchase price, as provided in subsection 10.1(f), including payment of the cash portion by certified cheque or bank draft payable to or to the order of the Partnership or in such manner as the Vendor may in writing direct and, if applicable, registration of a mortgage in favour of the Vendor;

 

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(B)                                pay any and all stamp, transfer and similar transactional taxes imposed by the government of Canada or its provinces or any jurisdiction therein which are payable upon such sale, assignment or transfer (it being understood that this is not intended to require payment by the Purchaser of any taxes imposed on or with respect to the income, gain or profit derived by the Vendor which may be or become payable as a result of such sale, assignment or transfer including, without limitation, those imposed by the Tax Laws); and

 

(C)                                deliver releases, in a form satisfactory to the Vendor, from the Purchaser of all claims it may have against the Vendor or the Partnership with respect to the Partnership or the Project, except for matters arising out of the purchase and sale transaction.

 

(vi)                              If, at the time of closing:

 

(A)                              either Partner is indebted to the Partnership in an amount recorded in the books of the Partnership, such indebtedness shall be repaid in full on closing (and for greater certainty, a negative capital account of a Partner shall be a debt owing by such Partner to the Partnership);

 

(B)                                either Partner is indebted to the other with respect to matters arising out of or related to the Partnership or the Project, such indebtedness shall be satisfied in full on closing; and

 

(C)                                the Vendor or any Person on its behalf shall have any guarantees, securities or covenants lodged with any Person to secure any indebtedness, liabilities or obligations relating to the Project, the Purchaser shall deliver up or cause to be delivered up to the Vendor on the closing a cancellation of any and all such guarantees or covenants and a discharge and retransfer of any such securities.

 

10.3                        Failure to Close

 

(a)                                  If at the time of closing, the Vendor shall neglect or refuse to complete the transaction, the Purchaser shall have the right upon such default (without prejudice, and in addition, to any other rights it may have in such event), upon payment by it of the amount payable on closing to the credit of the Partnership at the Partnership’s bank for and on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership and upon delivery of any and all instruments and other things required to be provided by the Purchaser on closing, to complete the transaction, and the Vendor does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Purchaser as the true and lawful attorney of the Vendor and authorizes the Purchaser in the name and on behalf of the Vendor or the Partnership or both, as the case may require, to do all acts and things, to take all steps and to execute, under seal or otherwise, and deliver all forms of transfers, assignments, instruments and assurances as are necessary in order to complete such transaction in accordance with its terms and the Vendor hereby covenants and agrees for its successors and assigns to allow, ratify and confirm whatever such attorney shall do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

 

(b)                                 If at the closing, the Purchaser shall neglect or refuse to complete the transaction, the Vendor may at its option exercised in writing within 15 days from the original date of

 

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closing and as an alternative to all other rights and remedies it may have in such event, require the Partnership to sell the Project to the Vendor at a price equal to 75% of the price that the Purchaser would have had to pay for the Project and upon the same terms as were applicable to the aborted sale of the Project to the Purchaser, save and except that such new transaction shall be completed on the date which is 30 days after the date of such aborted closing, or such earlier date as is specified by the Vendor in its notice of exercise of the said option.

 

(c)                                  Any tender of documents or money may be made upon a solicitor acting for a party in the transaction with the same effect as if made on the party and money may be tendered or paid by certified cheque or bank draft.

 

10.4                        Distribution of Proceeds

 

Concurrently with the closing of the transaction of purchase and sale between the Partnership and the Purchaser, the proceeds thereof shall be distributed in the manner provided in Section 13.3.

 

10.5                        Provisions Governing Closing of Purchase of Interest

 

Any transaction of purchase and sale of an Interest pursuant to subsection 10.1(f) shall be completed in accordance with Sections 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, with appropriate changes.

 

ARTICLE XI

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

 

11.1                        Right of First Refusal

 

(a)                                  Either Partner (the “Willing Partner”) may, at any time after the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, but only so long as:

 

(i)                                     it is neither a Non-Funding Partner nor a Defaulting Partner; and

 

(ii)                                  no procedure has been initiated under Article X and remains uncompleted;

 

and subject to the conditions hereinafter set out, offer its Interest for sale.

 

(b)                                 If the Willing Partner receives a bona fide offer (the “Offer”) to purchase its Interest (for cash or a combination of cash and a security interest in such Interest) from a third party that is not a competitor of the Other Partner (as defined below) (the “Third Party”) at Arm’s Length to the Willing Partner, it shall give notice thereof (accompanied by a true copy of the offer and by particulars of the Third Party, including its financial standing and relevant industrial and technical experience) to the other Partner (the “Other Partner”), which shall thereupon have the right, exercisable by notice to the Willing Partner within 30 days, to buy:

 

(i)                                     the Willing Partner’s Interest; or

 

(ii)                                  the Project;

 

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proceeds together with the other net assets of the Partnership had been distributed in accordance with this Agreement, the Willing Partner would have received an amount equal to the Offer price with respect to its Interest).  For purposes of this section, a “competitor” of GreenField means any company which engages in the production of biofuels, and a “competitor” of Enerkem means any company involved in thermo-chemical processes.

 

(c)                                  If the Other Partner does not give notice pursuant to subsection (b), the Willing Partner may sell its Interest to the Third Party if, but only if, the Third Party agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (including, for greater certainty, the provisions of this Article); and upon such sale the Willing Partner shall cease to be bound by the terms contained in this Agreement in respect of any matter arising after the date of the transfer, and failing such completion of the sale of such Interest within the time period contemplated in such Offer, together with a grace period of 30 days, such right of first refusal shall be revived.

 

(d)                                 The Third Party shall not be entitled to require the Other Partner to enter into joint obligations in respect of Project Financing pursuant to Article VI, and the Willing Partner and the Third Party shall upon closing of the sale procure the release of the Other Partner from all such joint obligations (including any guarantees) theretofore given.

 

ARTICLE XII

PURCHASE ON DEFAULT

 

12.1                        Events of Default

 

Any of the following circumstances is an “Event of Default” with respect to a Partner:

 

(a)                                  if it shall fail to make any payment required hereunder, and such failure shall continue for:

 

(i)                                     in the case of a failure to fund under Section 4.4, a period of ninety (90) days after such failure; or

 

(ii)                                  in the case of any other such failure, a period of ninety (90) days after notice thereof has been given by the other Partner; or

 

(b)                                 if it shall commit an act or omission or default or breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement (other than a failure to make a payment of money as hereinbefore provided) and such omission, breach or default shall continue for a period of 30 days after notice thereof has been given by the other Partner, or such longer period of time as shall be reasonable in the circumstances in the event that such breach or default is not capable of being cured within such period of 30 days, and provided that the Partner in default shall be proceeding diligently to remedy such default; or

 

(c)                                  if it shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; or make a proposal to, or an assignment for the benefit of, its creditors; or apply for, consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar officer for it or for its Interest or for all or any substantial part of its property (unless appointed in respect of financing which is non-recourse to the Partner); or it shall institute (by petition, application, answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy,

 

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insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, suspension of operations, liquidation or similar proceeding relating to it under the insolvency laws of any jurisdiction; or it is unable to meet its obligations as they become due; or

 

(d)                                 if any proceeding referred to in subsection (c) shall be instituted by petition, application or otherwise against it, unless such proceeding is being actively and diligently contested by the Partner in good faith, or is dismissed, withdrawn or otherwise terminated within 30 days from its inception; or

 

(e)                                  if a court or other governmental body having jurisdiction enters a decree or order for the winding up, liquidation or dissolution of the Partner; or if any such court enters a decree or order approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or similar relief for the Partner under any applicable insolvency law or provision; or if all or any substantial part of the property of the Partner is sequestered or attached; or if a liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager, or trustee in bankruptcy be appointed for it or for its Interest or for all or any substantial part of its property (unless appointed in respect of financing which is non-recourse to the Partner), without the consent or acquiescence of such Partner; and such decree, order, sequestration, attachment or appointment shall remain unvacated and unstayed for 30 days after notice thereof is given by the other Partner; or

 

(f)                                    if a distress or execution or any similar process be levied or enforced upon or against such Partner’s Interest and the same remains unsatisfied for the shorter of a period of 60 days or such period as would permit the same to be sold, unless it is in good faith disputing such process and has posted satisfactory security to a court of competent jurisdiction or to the other Partner which, in the absolute discretion of the other Partner, shall be deemed sufficient to pay in full the amount claimed in the event it shall be held to be a valid claim; or

 

(g)                                 if the validity or enforceability hereof or any provision hereof shall be contested by the Partner; provided that the term “provision” for purposes of this clause shall not apply to nor include any provision the content of which is administrative only and which does not directly or indirectly affect the obligations of the Partner hereunder or thereunder.

 

12.2                        Right of Purchase on Default of Other Partner

 

(a)                                  The Partner in respect of which an Event of Default has occurred is called the “Defaulting Partner”.  The other Partner may only commence proceedings hereunder if it is not itself then a Non-Funding Partner or a Defaulting Partner; such other non-delinquent and non-defaulting Partner is herein called the “Non-Defaulting Partner”.  In the event of the occurrence with respect to a Partner of more than one of the circumstances set forth in Section 12.1, each such circumstance shall be deemed to be a separate Event of Default.

 

(b)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred the Non-Defaulting Partner shall have the option, exercisable by notice to the Defaulting Partner at any time so long as such Event of Default continues, and notwithstanding that:

 

(i)                                     a procedure may be pending pursuant to Article X or Article XI in which event such procedure shall, if the Non-Defaulting Partner so elects, be terminated; or

 

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(ii)                                  the Non-Defaulting Partner may be exercising any other remedy under this Agreement or available at law;

 

to acquire:

 

(iii)                               the Project from the Partnership at a price (in this section called the “Project Acquisition Price”); or

 

(iv)                              the Defaulting Partner’s Interest, at a price (in this section called the “Interest Acquisition Price”);

 

determined in accordance with subsection (c) (the Project Acquisition Price and the Interest Acquisition Price being hereinafter in this section called the “Acquisition Prices” and each an “Acquisition Price”).

 

(c)                                  In order to determine the Acquisition Price the Non-Defaulting Partner shall appoint two qualified independent appraisers and shall provide notice thereof to the Defaulting Partner, and the Defaulting Partner, within two Business Days of receipt of such notice, shall choose one of such two appraisers, failing which the Non-Defaulting Partner may choose one of such two appraisers, and the appraiser so chosen shall then proceed to conduct an appraisal of the market value of the Project, as determined as at the date of the Default on a going concern basis, and:

 

(i)                                     the Project Acquisition Price shall be such appraisal amount, adjusted as provided in subsection (i); or

 

(ii)                                  the Interest Acquisition Price shall be such amount as the Defaulting Partner would receive if the Project were sold immediately before closing for the Project Acquisition Price and the sale proceeds together with the other net assets of the Partnership were distributed immediately before closing in accordance with this Agreement, less the amount (the “Tax Liability”) of the federal and provincial income taxes for which the Defaulting Partner would be liable for the fiscal period of the Partnership if such fiscal period were to end immediately before closing.

 

(d)                                 Such acquisition shall in no way release the Defaulting Partner from any of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such obligations existed, or arose from anything done or omitted to be done, prior to the time of purchase pursuant to this Article, except to the extent credited to the Acquisition Price under this section.

 

(e)                                  Such acquisition shall, subject to subsection (f), be completed on the 30th day following the receipt of the decision of the appraiser(s), or such earlier date following a decision of the appraiser(s), as may be fixed by the Non-Defaulting Partner on at least seven days’ prior notice to the Defaulting Partner.

 

(f)                                    The Non-Defaulting Partner shall be entitled, by notice to the Defaulting Partner, to withdraw from such acquisition at any time within 10 days following the receipt of the decision of the appraisers, and shall not by reason of such withdrawal incur any liability to the Partnership or the Defaulting Partner.

 

(g)                                 There shall be credited against the Acquisition Price:

 

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(i)                                     if the Project is being acquired, the aggregate principal amount of all mortgages, charges, liens and other encumbrances upon the Project as a whole (including, in each case, accrued interest and other amounts owing on the security thereof); and

 

(ii)                                  if the Defaulting Partner is also a Non-Funding Partner, the amount of all undischarged obligations of the Defaulting Partner to make payment to the Non-Defaulting Partner (which amount shall be deemed to have been paid by the Non-Defaulting Partner to the Partnership, distributed to the Defaulting Partner, and paid by the Defaulting Partner to the Non-Defaulting Partner in repayment of such undischarged obligations);

 

the aggregate of such amounts being hereinafter called the “Obligations”.

 

(h)                                 If:

 

(i)                                     there are no Obligations, or if the Acquisition Price exceeds the Obligations, then the Acquisition Price or the balance thereof, as the case may be, shall be paid to the Partnership (or, in the case of the acquisition of an Interest, the Defaulting Partner); or

 

(ii)                                  the Obligations exceed the Acquisition Price, the Defaulting Partner shall pay the excess to the Non-Defaulting Partner;

 

by certified cheque on closing.

 

(i)                                     The Acquisition Price shall be adjusted at closing to provide for any change in the amount of the outstanding encumbrances on the Project or the Defaulting Partner’s Interest occurring between the date of default and the closing, but not to reflect otherwise any change in the net book value or fair market value of the Defaulting Partner’s Interest occurring between such dates.

 

12.3                        Implementation of Acquisition

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the provisions of Section 10.2, with such changes as circumstances require, shall govern the closing of the acquisition of the Project under this Article.

 

ARTICLE XIII

TERMINATION

 

13.1                        Non-Termination of Partnership

 

The Partnership hereby constituted shall not be terminated by virtue of the bankruptcy or insolvency of either Partner, the withdrawal of either Partner, the admission of any new partner, the transfer, assignment, sale or disposition of any interest in the Partnership by either Partner, or by operation of law, but shall continue notwithstanding that this Agreement in respect of such Partnership may terminate as provided for in this Article.

 

13.2                        Termination of Partnership

 

This Agreement and the Partnership shall terminate on the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

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(a)                                  the acquisition by any Partner of an Interest having a Proportion of 100%; or

 

(b)                                 mutual agreement of the Partners.

 

13.3                        Distribution  Upon Termination

 

(a)                                  Upon termination of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership shall be liquidated in a business-like manner and the proceeds distributed in the following order of priority:

 

(i)                                     first, the payment of all debts and liabilities of the Partnership and the expense of liquidation;

 

(ii)                                  second, to establish such reserves as the Partnership considers necessary for contingent liabilities;

 

(iii)                               thirdly, to either or both Partners, as the case may be, as provided in (and in the priority of) clauses 6.1(a)(iii) and 6.1(a)(iv); and

 

(iv)                              the balance to the respective Partners until such time as their respective capital accounts have been repaid and thereafter in their respective Proportions.

 

(b)                                 Alternatively, the Partners shall consider an in specie distribution of assets pursuant to Section 98(3) of the ITA or otherwise act in a reasonable manner in order to defer or minimize any income tax or land transfer tax payable.  In the event of any distribution in kind or in specie made pursuant to Section 98(3) of the ITA, each Partner shall, subject to the provisions contained herein, be entitled to receive an undivided interest in each and every asset of the Partnership.

 

(c)                                  Furthermore, in the event a Partner wishes to continue the Partnership’s business within three (3) months following the termination of the Partnership, such Partner shall be allowed to avail itself of Section 98(5) of the ITA and each party to this Agreement shall make or cause to be made all such further acts, deeds, assurances and things as may be required to more effectually implement the present provision.

 

13.4                        Completion of Elections

 

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, no dissolution of the Partnership shall be taken or made or suffered by the parties hereto under any of the provisions hereof unless and until all elections reasonably required by the Partners or either of them to avoid the deemed realization of any amounts (capital or otherwise) arising on the dissolution or termination of the Partnership under the Tax Laws or under any other statute, shall have been executed by both Partners; provided same is not detrimental to the other party, the Partners shall execute all such elections as may be appropriate to the interests of each Partner to give effect to the provisions hereof.

 

ARTICLE XIV

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

14.1                        Confidential Information

 

(a)                                  The parties acknowledge that each of GreenField and Enerkem (in such role, the “Discloser”), proposes to disclose to the other (in such role, the “Recipient”) certain

 

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technical and other information belonging to the Discloser (which term shall include its subsidiaries and Affiliates) which is of a confidential and proprietary nature.

 

(b)                                 For purposes of this Article,

 

(i)                                     “Confidential Information”

 

(A)                              means all technical and financial information furnished by the Discloser or its Representatives, whether furnished before or after the date hereof, whether oral or written, and regardless of the manner in which it is furnished (including whether or not it is specifically described as confidential);

 

(B)                                includes all copies, reproductions, summaries, reports, analyses, notes, drafts, compilations, studies, synopses, summaries or other information based on, containing or reflecting any such information;

 

(C)                                without limiting the foregoing, in the case where Enerkem is the Discloser, also includes information about the Enerkem Technology;

 

(D)                               does not include, however, information which can clearly be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Discloser:

 

(1)                                  is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Recipient or its Representatives;

 

(2)                                  was already known to the Recipient, or was independently developed by it (without use of the Confidential Information) as evidenced by the Recipient’s contemporaneous files; or

 

(3)                                  was made available to the Recipient on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Discloser or its Representatives, through no violation of this Article or of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Discloser by any other person; and

 

(ii)                                  “Representative” means in reference to any person, such person’s partners and Affiliates (as defined by the Canada Business Corporations Act, but not limited to corporations governed by such Act) and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors (including, without limitation, financial advisors, legal counsel, engineers, accountants, consultants, and any representatives of such advisors) and controlling persons.

 

(c)                                  Subject to subsection (f) below, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Discloser, the Recipient agrees:

 

(i)                                     to keep all Confidential Information confidential, to protect it with reasonable safeguards (which in any event shall be at least as secure as those used by the Recipient to protect its own confidential information, and shall include without limitation precautions against accidental disclosure and against access to the Confidential Information by the news media) and to limit and control the copies, extracts or reproductions made of Confidential Information;

 

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(ii)                                  not to disclose or reveal any Confidential Information to any person other than its Representatives who are actively and directly participating in the Project and need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of the Project;

 

(iii)                               not to use Confidential Information for any purpose other than in connection with the Project, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, not to use Confidential Information to obtain a competitive advantage over the Discloser, directly or indirectly, in any line of business in which the Discloser is engaged, and

 

(iv)                              not to disclose to any person (other than those of its Representatives referred to in clause (ii) above) any information about the Project (including, without limitation, the fact that Confidential Information has been made available to the Recipient or its Representatives).

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding section 13.2, the non-disclosure and non-use of Confidential Information covenants set forth in subsection (c) above shall remain in force indefinitely between the parties, unless and until such information falls under one of the exceptions set forth in subclause (b)(i)(D) above or subsection (f) below or the parties decide otherwise.

 

(e)                                  The Recipient shall:

 

(i)                                     require each of its Representatives to whom it proposes to disclose Confidential Information to acknowledge in writing that he or she is aware of and will comply with the terms of this Article, and provide to the Discloser on request a copy of any or all of such acknowledgements;

 

(ii)                                  cause its Representatives to comply with the terms of this Article; and

 

(iii)                               be responsible for any breach of the terms of this Article by the Recipient or its Representatives.

 

(f)                                    In the event that the Recipient is required by applicable law or regulation or by legal process to disclose any Confidential Information or any other information concerning the Discloser or the Project, the Recipient shall provide the Discloser with prompt written notice of such request or requirement in order to enable the Discloser to:

 

(i)                                     seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy,

 

(ii)                                  consult with the Recipient with respect to taking steps to resist or narrow the scope of such request or legal process, or

 

(iii)                               waive compliance, in whole or in part, with the terms of this Article,

 

and in any such event, the Recipient will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Discloser to obtain a protective order and to ensure that all Confidential Information and other information that is so disclosed will be accorded confidential treatment.

 

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(g)                                 In the event that the Discloser, in its sole discretion, so requests or the Partnership is terminated, the Recipient will promptly deliver to the Discloser all Confidential Information in its possession or in the possession of any of its Representatives. Any Confidential Information that is not returned or is not susceptible of being returned (including without limitation any oral Confidential Information) shall remain subject to this Article.

 

(h)                                 It is understood and agreed that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Article and that the Discloser shall be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive or other relief as a remedy for any such breach or threatened breach. The Recipient further agrees to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. In the event that such relief is granted, such remedy or remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy or remedies for breach or threatened breach of this Article but shall be in addition to all other remedies available to the Discloser.

 

(i)                                     No failure or delay by the Discloser in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder.

 

14.2                        Public Announcement

 

With the exception of an initial press release and/or announcement at the sole discretion of the Partners announcing the execution of this Agreement, neither party shall issue any press release or make any other public announcement concerning this Agreement without the consent of the other party, except for disclosure required by law. During the term or at any time thereafter, neither Partner shall directly or indirectly, make any statement that adversely affects, disparages or creates any material negative inference as to the reputation, prestige, value, image or impression of the Partnership, the other Partners, the Enerkem Technology, or any of either Partner’s respective officers, directors, Affiliates, personnel, products or related companies, by words, actions or other communications, or by any omissions to speak, act or otherwise communicate, or in any other manner.

 

ARTICLE XV

GENERAL

 

15.1                        Power of Attorney

 

Each Limited Partner hereby constitutes and appoints the General Partner as its true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, and empowers and authorizes such attorney, in the name, place and stead of such Limited Partner, to make, execute, sign, swear to, acknowledge and file in such place or places as may be required by law a declaration of limited partnership and any amendments thereto including, without limitation, any certificates or amendments required to evidence each Limited Partner’s admission and contribution to the Partnership as specified herein, and any other certificates or instruments, which by law may be required to be made and filed, and to include therein all information required by law. The foregoing appointment is hereby deemed coupled with an interest, is irrevocable and shall survive the death, incompetence, disability or dissolution of such Limited Partner

 

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15.2                        No Registration

 

Neither Partner may register this Agreement, notice of this Agreement or an assignment of this Agreement against title to the Superficies or the Varennes Property without the Approval of the Partners.

 

15.3                        Arbitration

 

(a)                                  Any matter which this Agreement provides shall be resolved by arbitration shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of this section. The arbitration proceedings shall be held in English in Montreal.

 

(b)                                 The Partners shall jointly appoint one arbitrator within 15 days, provided that if they are unable to agree on such appointment, either Partner shall be entitled to make application to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario pursuant to the Arbitration Act, 1991 (Ontario), as amended from time to time, for selection of an arbitrator, and the provisions of such Act shall govern such selection.

 

(c)                                  The arbitrator appointed under subsection (b) shall thereupon proceed to hear the submissions of the parties, and shall render a decision within 30 days after his or her appointment.  The arbitrator may determine a sum or value different from that proposed by the Partners.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and not subject to appeal.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to assess the costs of the arbitration panel against either or both of the Partners, provided, however, that each Partner shall bear its own witness and counsel fees.

 

15.4                        Notices

 

(a)                                  Any notice, demand, approval, consent or other communication permitted or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery or by telecopier to the applicable address set forth below:

 

if to Enerkem, or any Representative of Enerkem, to or in care of:

 

Enerkem Inc.

615, boul. Rene-Levesque Ouest, Suite 820

Montreal, QC H3B 1P5

Attention:  V. Chornet

Fax: (514) 875-0835

 

if to GreenField or any Representative of GreenField, to or in care of:

 

GreenField Advanced Biofuels Inc.

c/o GreenField Ethanol Inc.

20 Toronto Street, 14  th Floor

Toronto, ON M5C 2B8

Attention:  Executive Vice President

Fax: (416) 304-1701

 

(b)                                 Each such communication shall be deemed to have been received:

 

(i)                                     on the date of delivery, if prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time) on a Business Day;

 

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(ii)                                  at the time of transmission by telecopier, if prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time) on a Business Day; or

 

(iii)                               otherwise, on the next following Business Day after delivery or transmission.

 

(c)                                  A party may, at any time and from time to time, change its address for delivery or communication by giving notice to the other parties in accordance with this section.

 

15.5                        Time of Essence

 

Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement and of every part hereof.

 

15.6                        Time for Action

 

If the time at which any action is required to be taken by any party pursuant to this Agreement falls on a day which is not a Business Day, then the action required to be taken shall be taken on the next day that is a Business Day.

 

15.7                        Amendment of Agreement

 

No supplement, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the Partners.

 

15.8                        Assignment

 

Neither GreenField nor Enerkem shall be entitled to assign its rights and obligations in or arising out of this Agreement, except as expressly permitted hereunder. For greater certainty, a Partner’s rights to require the other Partner to enter into joint obligations in respect of Project Financing pursuant to Article IV are personal to each Partner, and shall not be assignable, except to an Affiliate as an incident of a transfer pursuant to Section 7.3.

 

15.9                        Non-Waiver

 

(a)                                  No consent to or waiver of any breach or default by any party in the performance of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent to or waiver of any other breach or default in the performance by such party of the same or any other obligations of such party hereunder.

 

(b)                                 Failure on the part of any party to complain of any act or failure to act by any other party or to declare any other party in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its rights hereunder.

 

15.10                 Governing Law

 

(a)                                  Subject to subsection (a) below, this Agreement and (unless a specific choice of governing law is specified therein) all other documents delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be contracts made under the laws of the Province of Ontario and for all purposes including matters of construction, validity and performance shall be governed by the laws of such Province.

 

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(b)                                 Notwithstanding subsection above, the laws of the Province of Quebec shall govern the Superficies Agreement and the creation, validity and enforceability of the right of superficies conferred thereby.

 

15.11                 Enurement

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

15.12                 Further Assurances

 

Each of the parties shall, from time to time hereafter and upon any reasonable request of either of the other parties, make or cause to be made all such further acts, deeds, assurances and things as may be required to more effectually implement the true intent of this Agreement. Each Partner covenants and agrees that within five Business Days after receiving a request therefor by the other Partner, it will deliver a certificate as to whether or not the requesting Partner is a Defaulting Partner or a Non-Funding Partner, which shall specify any Event of Default or default complained of.

 

15.13                 Rights of Partners Independent

 

The rights available to the Partners under this Agreement and at law shall be deemed to be several and not dependent on each other and each such right shall be accordingly construed as complete in itself and not by reference to any other such right.  Any one or more or any combination of such rights may be exercised by a Partner from time to time and no such exercise shall exhaust the rights or preclude any other Partner from exercising any one or more of such rights or combination thereof from time to time thereafter or simultaneously.

 

15.14                 Severability

 

If any covenant, obligation or agreement of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such covenant, obligation or agreement to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each covenant, obligation and agreement of this Agreement shall be separately valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have duly executed this Agreement under seal as evidenced by their properly authorized officers in that behalf as of the date first above written.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
ENERKEM INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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GREENFIELD ADVANCED BIOFUELS   INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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7037163 CANADA INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Schedule A

 

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[ * ] CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

 

 

Schedule B

 

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[ * ] CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

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