Document:

Exhibit 4.1

Exhibit 4.1

[FACE OF CERTIFICATE]

COMMON STOCK

PAR VALUE $0.001
PER SHARE

BH

INCORPORATED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP 07556Q 88 1

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE OWNER OF

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by 
duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless 
countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER  & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
(Brooklyn, NY)    TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR

BY

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

[SEAL]

[SIGNATURE]

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

[SIGNATURE]

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY

[REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement of the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request should be addressed to the Corporation.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM — as tenants in common
TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants
in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT – __________ Custodian __________ 
                    (Cust)                  (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act ___________________
(State) 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

___________________________________________ shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and 
do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named 
Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ___________

NOTICE: 
THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED (THE “CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION”), OF BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. (THE “CORPORATION”) CONTAINS RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING THE TRANSFER (AS DEFINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION) OF STOCK OF THE CORPORATION (INCLUDING THE CREATION OR GRANT OF CERTAIN OPTIONS, RIGHTS AND WARRANTS) WITHOUT THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION (THE “BOARD OF DIRECTORS”) IF SUCH TRANSFER AFFECTS THE PERCENTAGE OF STOCK OF THE CORPORATION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 382 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) AND THE TREASURY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER), THAT IS TREATED AS OWNED BY A 4.95 PERCENT STOCKHOLDER (AS DEFINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION). IF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ARE VIOLATED, THEN THE TRANSFER WILL BE VOID AB INITIO AND THE PURPORTED TRANSFEREE OF THE STOCK WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER EXCESS SECURITIES (AS DEFINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION) TO THE CORPORATION’S AGENT. IN THE EVENT OF A TRANSFER WHICH DOES NOT INVOLVE SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (“SECURITIES”) BUT WHICH WOULD VIOLATE THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, THE PURPORTED TRANSFEREE (OR THE RECORD OWNER) OF THE SECURITIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER SUFFICIENT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR IN THE CORPORATION’S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO CAUSE THE 4.95 PERCENT STOCKHOLDER TO NO LONGER BE IN VIOLATION OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, CONTAINING THE ABOVE-REFERENCED TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. 
THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN THE SECTION 382 RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC (THE “RIGHTS AGENT”), DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 2010, AS AMENDED (THE “RIGHTS AGREEMENT”), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE RIGHTS AGENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. THE RIGHTS AGENT WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF MAILING, WITHOUT CHARGE PROMPTLY AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO, OR HELD BY, ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.exhibit101_101112.htm

Exhibit 10.1

Return to:

Richard P. Garden, Jr.

Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.

233 S. 13 St., Ste. 1900

Lincoln, NE 68508

 

SUBSTITUTION OF TRUSTEE

 

Richard P. Garden, Jr., a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, whose address is 233 South 13th Street, Suite 1900, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, is hereby appointed as Substitute Trustee under the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Financing Statement executed by and among Nedak Ethanol, LLC, Trustor, to Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, Trustee, and AgCountry Farm Credit Services, FLCA (successor by merger to Farm Credit Services of Grand Forks, FLCA), Beneficiary, in the stated amount of $42,500,000.00, dated February 14, 2007, filed February 16, 2007 in Book 318, Page 48; and First Amendment, dated December 13, 2007, filed December 13, 2007 in Book 324, Page 140; and Second Amendment, dated December 31, 2011, filed January 9, 2012 in Book 354, Page 365; records of Holt County, Nebraska (collectively the “Deed of Trust”).

The property of the Trust is described as follows:

  

  

  

Parcel 1:

The Plant Site:

Beginning at the southwest corner of the NE 1/4 of Section 4, T29N, R14W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, and assuming the west line of said NE 1/4 has a bearing of S 00°04’33” E, thence N 89°33’18”E along the south line of said NE 1/4, 1,312.51 feet; thence N 00°59’49”W, 694.43 feet; thence N 89°00’11” E, 539.97 feet; thence N 00°59’49” W, 635.59 feet, to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Cowboy Trail; thence N 51°52’31” W along said southwest right-of-way, 732.65 feet; thence S 38°07’29” W, 200.00 feet; thence N 51°52’31” W, 200.00 feet; thence N 38°07’29” E, 200.00 feet, to said southwest right-of-way line of Cowboy Trail; thence S 89°54’11” W, 1,073.08 feet, to a point 25.0 feet east of said west line of the NE 1/4 of Section 4; thence N 00°04’33” W, parallel with said west line, 776.67 feet, to the north line of said NE 1/4; thence S 89°16’37” W along said north line, 25.00 feet, to the N 1/4 corner of said Section 4; thence S 89°32’36” W along the north line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 4, 35.05 feet; thence S 00°04’33” E, parallel with said west line of the NE 1/4 2,699.74 feet, to the south line of said NW 1/4; thence N 89°32’57” E along said south line, 35.05 feet, to the point of beginning.

And a tract of land located in the NW 1/4 of Section 4, T29N, R14W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the south line of said NW 1/4 and 35.05 feet west of the southeast corner of said NW 1/4, and assuming the south line to have a bearing of S 89°30’01” W; thence N 00°04’33” W and parallel with the east line of said NW 1/4, 200 feet; thence S 89°30’01” W and parallel with the south line of the said NW 1/4, 900 feet; thence S 00°04’33” E to a point on the

  

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south line of said NW 1/4, 200 feet; thence N 89°30’01” E on the south line of said NW 1/4, 900 feet, to the point of beginning.

Together with the appurtenant easements contained in the Drainage Easement Agreement dated March 28, 2007, recorded December 12, 2007 in Book 84, Page 698.

Parcel 2:

The Transload Site:

A tract of land located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 25, Township 29 North, Range 12, West of the 6th P.M., Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows:

Beginning at a point that is 421.95 feet South of the Northeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 25; thence continuing South on the Quarter Section line a distance of 309.6 feet; thence right 99°35’ a distance of 1336.6 feet, along the northerly right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence right 80°31’ a distance of 380.2 feet, to the Southerly right of way of Highway 20; thence right 89° 37’ a distance of 735.90 feet; thence right 90°17’ a distance of 300.0 feet; thence left 90° 17’ a distance of 580.8 feet to the point of beginning.

Parcel 3:

Leased Property:

That part of Section 30, T29N, R11W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of Block 43, Rigg’s Addition to the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska; thence S 00°04’37” W (assumed bearing) on the west line of 1st Street, a distance of 29.10 feet, to the true point of beginning of an 18.5-foot wide strip of land; thence easterly on a centerline of said strip of land, with 10 feet of said strip of land on the southerly

  

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side measured radially from said centerline and with 8.5 feet of said strip of land on the northerly side measured radially from said centerline, on a non-tangential curve with the last course, concaved northerly, having a radius of 764.47 feet, a chord distance of 83.90 feet and a chord bearing of S 89°43’34” E, an arc distance of 83.94 feet, to the east line of said 1 st Street; thence continuing on the last described curve with a chord bearing of N 83°54’35” E and a chord distance of 85.84 feet, an arc distance of 85.89 feet, to a point of tangency; thence continuing on said centerline N 80°41’30” E, a distance of 241.82 feet, to the southerly line of Grant Street, also being the point of termination, containing 0.138 acre of land, more or less.

AND:

Those parts of Section 25, T29N, R12W, and Section 30, T29N, R11W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of Block 43, Rigg’s Addition to the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, said point also being on the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Cowboy Trail, formerly known as the northeasterly right-of-way line of Chicago and Northwestern. Railroad, and assuming the northeasterly right-of-way line of said Cowboy Trail to have a bearing of S 78°40’55” E; thence S 78°40’55” E and on said northeasterly right-of-way line, 80.81 feet, to the point of beginning; thence S 78°40’55” E and on said northeasterly right-of-way line, 124.10 feet; thence S 77°08’28” W, 5.91 feet, to a point on a curve; thence southwesterly on a 782.49-foot radius curve concaved northwesterly, 327.73 feet, with a chord bearing of S 89°08’23” W and chord distance of 325.34 feet; thence N 78°51’42” W, 434.10 feet; thence southwesterly on a 5,711.65-foot radius curve concaved southwesterly, 118.56 feet, with a chord bearing of N 79°27’23” W and chord distance of 118.56 feet; thence N 80°03’04” W, 5,928.92 feet; thence N 09°56’56” E, 43.00 feet; thence S 80°03’04” E, 859.12 feet; thence S

  

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85°15’22” E, 184.57 feet; thence southeasterly on a 789.49-foot radius curve concaved southwesterly, 71.72 feet, with a chord bearing of S 82°39’13” E and a. chord distance of 71.70 feet; thence S 80°03’04” E, 1,376.76 feet; thence southeasterly on a 189.49-foot radius curve concaved southwesterly, 71.72 feet, with a chord bearing of S 77°26’55” E and a chord distance of 71.70 feet; thence S 74°50’46” E, 184.57 feet; thence S 80°03’04” E, 3,182.17 feet; thence southeasterly on a 5,754.65-foot radius curve concaved southwesterly, 119.45 feet, with a chord bearing of S 79°27’23” E and a chord distance of 119.45 feet; thence S 78°51’42” E, 434.10 feet; thence southeasterly on a 739.49-foot radius curve concaved northeasterly 202.03 feet, with a chord bearing of S 86°41’19” E and a chord distance of 201.40 feet, to the point of beginning.

Parcel 4:

Temporary Easement:

A 100-foot wide temporary easement located in the S 1/2 of Section 25, T29N, R12W and the SW 1/4 of Section 30, T29N, R11W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, 50 feet on each side of a line described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of Block 43, Rigg’s Addition to the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, said point also being on the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Cowboy Trail, formerly known as the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, and assuming the northeasterly right-of-way line of said Cowboy Trail to have a bearing of S 78°40’55” E; thence S 78°40’55” E and on said northeasterly right-of-way line, 85.51 feet; thence S 00°01’08” W, 50.99 feet, to the point of beginning; thence N 78°40’55” W, 462.40 feet; thence N 77°35’30” W, 80.25 feet; thence N 80°14’25” W, 455.06 feet; thence N 80°01’09” W, 1,447.34 feet; thence N 80°04’36” W, 4,251.08 feet, to the point of termination.

 

 

  

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Parcel 5:

Nebraska Northeastern Easement:

A non-exclusive easement over that part of Section 30, T29N, R11W of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of Block 43, Rigg’s Addition to the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska; thence S 00°04’37” W (assumed bearing) on the west line of 1st Street, a distance of 29.10 feet; thence on a non-tangential curve with the last course, concaved northerly, having a radius of 764.47 feet, a chord distance of 83.9 feet, and a chord bearing of S 89°43’34” E, an arc distance of 83.94 feet, to the east line of said 1st Street; thence continuing easterly on last described curve with a chord bearing of N 83°54’35” E and a chord distance of 85.84 feet, an arc distance of 85.89 feet, to a point of tangency; 

 

  

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thence continuing on said centerline N 80°41’30” E, a distance of 241.82 feet, to the southerly line of Grant Street, •also being the true point of beginning of an 18.5-foot right-of-way easement lying within Grant. Street; thence continuing N 80°41’30” E on a centerline with 10 feet on the south side measured radially from said centerline and with 8.5 feet on the north side measured radially from said centerline, a distance of 108.62 feet, to the beginning of a tangential curve concaved southerly, having a radius of 1,015.42 feet, a chord distance of 163.88 feet, and a chord bearing of N 85°19’14” E; thence northeasterly, an arc distance of 164.07 feet on said curve, along said centerline, to a point of tangency; thence continuing on said centerline N 89°56’44” E, a distance of 623.78 feet, to the west line of 4th Street; thence N 89°14’39” E on said centerline with 10 feet on the south side measured radially from said centerline and with 8.5 feet on the north side measured radially from said centerline, 239.49 feet, to the beginning of a tangential curve concaved southerly, having a radius of 2,155.07 feet, a chord distance of 703.76 feet, and a chord bearing of S 81°21’30” E; thence easterly, an arc distance of 706.92 feet on said curve along said centerline, to a point of tangency; thence S 71°57’40” E, 22.53 feet, to a point on the east line of 6th Street, said point being 73.90 feet south of the northwest corner of Block 1, Fahy’s Addition, to the City of O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, said point also being on the centerline of the existing track of the Nebraska Northeastern Railway Company.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 2012.

 

 

	 	 	 	
AgCountry Farm. Credit Services, FLCA,

Beneficiary

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	 	 	 	By:	/s/ Randolph L. Aberle	 
	 	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA     )

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COUNTY OF CASS                        )

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on October  3, 2012 by Randolph L. Aberle, the Sr. Vice President of AgCounty Farm Credit Services on behalf of AgCountry Farm Credit Services, FLCA, Beneficiary.

 

 

	 	 	 	 /s/ Peggy Pitsenbarger	 	 
	 	 	 	Notary Public	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

 

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