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EXHIBIT
10.1

      

      SIXTH
AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT

      

      

      This
Sixth Amendment to Construction Loan Agreement is dated as of the 16th day of
April, 2009, and is by and between RED TRAIL ENERGY, LLC, a North
Dakota limited liability company (“BORROWER”), and FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA
(“BANK”), a national banking association established at Omaha,
Nebraska.

      

      WHEREAS,
the BANK and BORROWER executed a written Construction Loan Agreement dated as of
December 16, 2005 (“AGREEMENT”).

      

      Now,
Therefore, in consideration of the AGREEMENT, and their mutual promises made
herein, BANK and BORROWER agree as follows:

      

      1.           Terms
which are typed herein as all capitalized words and are not defined herein shall
have same meanings as when described in the AGREEMENT.

      

      2.           Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.5 of the AGREEMENT, BORROWER has requested that BANK
defer the April 16, 2009 and July 16, 2009 principal payments due on the FIXED
RATE NOTE, 2007 FIXED RATE NOTE, and VARIABLE RATE NOTE until the LOAN
TERMINATION DATE for the TERM NOTES (“DEFERRED AMOUNTS”).  BANK agrees
to such deferral, but does not waive its right to timely payment of any other
sums required by the AGREEMENT.  BORROWER acknowledges that the
DEFERRED AMOUNTS shall be due on or before the LOAN TERMINATION DATE for the
TERM NOTES.

      

      3.           BANK
and BORROWER have agreed to amend the interest rate of each of the TERM NOTES.
As the result, BORROWER and BANK agree that the interest rate accruing on each
of the TERM NOTES and REVOLVING NOTE shall hereafter be payable at a rate equal
to the three month LIBOR RATE plus four hundred (400) basis points from time to
time until maturity, and six hundred (600) basis points in excess of said
aggregate interest rate from time to time after maturity, whether by
acceleration or otherwise.  Interest shall be calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year, counting the actual number of days
elapsed.  Interest accruing on the principal balance outstanding on
each of the TERM NOTES shall never accrue at a rate less than six (6%) percent
per annum.

      

      4.           Effective
immediately, Section 2.8.1 of the AGREEMENT is amended to read:

      

      2.8.1                      Subject
to the terms hereof and BANK’s approval based on its sole discretion, the BANK
will lend the BORROWER, from time to time until the LOAN TERMINATION DATE, such
sums in integral multiples of $10,000.00 as the BORROWER may request by
reasonable same day notice to the BANK, received by the BANK not later than
11:00 A.M. of such day, but which shall not exceed in the aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding, $3,500,000.00 (the “REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENT”).  The BORROWER may borrow, repay without penalty or
premium and reborrow hereunder, from the date of this AGREEMENT until the LOAN
TERMINATION DATE, either the full amount of the REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENT or any
lesser sum which is $10,000.00 or an integral multiple thereof.  It is
the intention of the parties that the outstanding balance of the REVOLVING LOAN
shall not exceed the BORROWING BASE, as required in Section 6.1.9, and if at any
time said balance exceeds the BORROWING BASE, BORROWER shall forthwith pay BANK
sufficient funds to reduce the balance of the REVOLVING LOAN until it is in
compliance with this requirement.

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
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      5.           Effective
immediately, the fourth complete sentence of Section 2.13 of the AGREEMENT is
amended to read:

      

      BORROWER agrees to pay BANK an unused
commitment fee equal to 50 basis points of the average unused portion of the
REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENT and of LONG TERM REVOLVING NOTE, calculated and
payable on a quarterly basis in arrears.

      

      6.           Effective
immediately, Section 6.2.3 of the AGREEMENT is amended to read:

      

      6.2.3 The BORROWER shall determine,
at each fiscal year end following COMPLETION DATE, the amount of its EXCESS CASH
FLOW for said fiscal year, and at the time of delivery of the audited financial
statements required by 6.1.1 of this AGREEMENT, pay to BANK fifty percent (50%)
of such sum, to be applied to the outstanding principal amount of VARIABLE RATE
NOTE, and after VARIABLE RATE NOTE is repaid, to LONG TERM REVOLVING NOTE to
reduce the principal balance, if any, and after LONG TERM REVOLVING NOTE is
repaid, BORROWER’s payment to BANK of EXCESS CASH FLOW shall no longer be
required.  Such annual payment shall not release BORROWER from making
any payment of principal or interest otherwise required by this AGREEMENT. No
payment of EXCESS CASH FLOW shall be the cause of a payment to BANK for interest
rate breakage fees or otherwise result in any prepayment fee.

      

      7.            Effective
immediately, Section 6.3 of the AGREEMENT is amended by adding additional
sub-paragraphs after 6.3.13, to read as follows:

      

      6.3.14              Use
its best efforts to resolve the issues relating to retainage and construction
with the DESIGN-BUILDER under the CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT by July 16,
2009.

      

      6.3.15              Amend
the Member Control Agreements between BORROWER and its members by June 15, 2009
to allow for the issuance of additional interests/units in order for BORROWER to
raise additional capital.

      

      6.3.16              Develop
and implement a written Corn Purchasing Program acceptable to BANK by July 16,
2009.

      
        
           

        

        
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      8.           BORROWER
acknowledges it failed to comply with certain covenants contained in the
AGREEMENT including, without limitation, Sections 6.2.1, 6.2.2, and 6.2.4 as of
April 16, 2009.  BANK waives BORROWER’s compliance with Sections
6.2.1, 6.2.2, and 6.2.4 of the AGREEMENT as of April 16, 2009.  The
parties agree that BANK has NOT waived BORROWER’s compliance with such covenants
after April 16, 2009.

      

      9.           BORROWER
agrees to pay BANK a closing fee of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and
no/cents ($150,000.00) on execution hereof, which fee BORROWER agrees and
acknowledges has been earned by BANK.

      

      10.           BORROWER
certifies by its execution hereof that the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 5 of the AGREEMENT are true as of this date, and that no EVENT
OF DEFAULT under the AGREEMENT, and no event which, with the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, would become such an EVENT OF DEFAULT, has occurred as
of execution hereof, except as set forth in paragraph 10, above.

      

      11.           Except
as amended hereby the parties ratify and confirm as binding upon them all of the
terms of the AGREEMENT.

      

      12.           This
AGREEMENT may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by either party on
separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute one and same instrument.

      

      IN WITNESS whereof the parties set
their hands as of the date first written above.

      

      
        	First
      National Bank of Omaha	 	Red
      Trail Energy, LLC
	 	 
      	 	 	 
      
	 	 
      	 	 	 
      
	By:	
                /s/
      Andrew Wong

              	 	By:	
                /s/
      Jody Hoff

              
	 	
                Andrew
      Wong

              	 	 	
                Name:
      Jody Hoff

              
	 	
                Commercial
      Loan Officer

              	 	 	
                Title:   Vice
      Chairman

              
	 	 
      	 	 	 
      
	 	 
      	 	And
	 	 
      	 	 	 
      
	 	 
      	 	By:	
                /s/
      Frank Kirschenheiter

              
	 	 
      	 	 	
                Name:
      Frank Kirschenheiter

              
	 	 
      	 	 	
                Title:   Treasurer

              

      

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
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                STATE
      OF NORTH DAKOTA

              	
                )

              
	 
      	
                )
      ss.

              
	
                COUNTY
      OF STARK

              	
                )

              

      

      

      On this
28th day of May, 2009, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally
appeared Jody Hoff, the Vice Chairman of Red Trail
Energy, LLC, on behalf of said entity, and each acknowledged that he executed
the foregoing Amendment to Loan Agreement as his voluntary act and deed and that
of Red Trail Energy, LLC.

       

      
        	 
      	
                /s/
      DeEll Hoff

              
	 
      	
                Notary
      Public

              

      

      

      
        	
                STATE
      OF NORTH DAKOTA

              	
                )

              
	 
      	
                )
      ss.

              
	
                COUNTY
      OF STARK

              	
                )

              

      

      

      On this
28th day of May, 2009, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally
appeared Frank Kirschenheiter, the Treasurer of Red Trail Energy, LLC, on behalf
of said entity, and each acknowledged that he executed the foregoing Amendment
to Loan Agreement as his voluntary act and deed and that of Red Trail Energy,
LLC.

       

      
        	 
      	
                /s/
      DeEll Hoff

              
	 
      	
                Notary
      Public

              
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

      

      
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    EXHIBIT
10.1

    

    ENERGY
FOCUS, INC.

    2008
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

    

    RESTRICTED
STOCK NOTICE OF GRANT AND AGREEMENT

    

    Energy Focus, Inc. (the “Company”) has
granted to you the following restricted shares of its Common Stock (“Restricted
Shares”) under its 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”):

     

    
      	Name of
      Recipient:     	[name of
      recipient]
	 	 
	Total Number of
      Shares Granted:     	[total number of
      shares]
	 	 
	Grant
      Date:  	May 29,
    2009
	 	 
	      
              Closing
      Price of a Share of Common

              Stock
      on the Nasdaq Global Market on

              Grant
      Date:

            	$[_._
_]
	 	 
	      
              Par
      Value of a Share of Common
      Stock:          

            	$0.0001

    

     

    By your signature and the signature of
the Company’s officer below, you and the Company agree that the Restricted
Shares are granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan,
the above Notice, and the attached Agreement, all of which are made a part of
this document.

     

    
      
        	RECIPIENT:	 	ENERGY
      FOCUS, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                By:

              	 	 
	
                Recipient’s
      Signature

              	 	Name:	
                 

              	 
	
                 

              	 	Title: 	
                 

              	 
	
                Recipient’s
      Printed Name

              	 	 	
                 

              	 

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

       

    

    ENERGY
FOCUS, INC.

    2008
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

    

    RESTRICTED
SHARES AGREEMENT

     

    
      	
              RESTRICTIONS

            	
              You
      shall forfeit any and all rights in the Restricted Shares if you shall
      cease to provide Service to the Company as an employee, director, or
      consultant of the Company prior to the closing of the first “trading
      window” after December 31, 2009 during which you do not posses material
      inside information relating to the Company, other than cessation of
      Service as result (i) of your death or (ii) of your  “Total and
      Permanent Disability”, or (iii) within three (3) months after a “Change in
      Control” of the Company. Should you cease to provide Service to the
      Company as an employee, director, or consultant as a result of your death
      or of your Total and Permanent Disability, or within three (3) months
      after a Change in Control of the Company, this restriction shall lapse and
      the Shares shall not be forfeited. The terms “Service”, “Total and
      Permanent Disability”, and “Change in Control” shall have the definitions
      given to them in the Plan. The term “trading window” shall mean “the first
      20 calendar days after the second business day following public disclosure
      of the Company’s quarterly or annual financial results”, as discussed in
      the Section entitled “Trading in Company’s Securities” in the Company’s
      Personnel Policy effective September 6, 2007. Before this restriction
      lapses by it terms, or by your earlier death or Total and Permanent
      Disability, or by your leaving the Service of the Company within three (3)
      months after a Change in Control of the Company, you shall not transfer or
      seek to transfer any interest in the Restricted Shares. Any such attempt
      to transfer the Shares shall be without effect and null and void. The
      certificate(s) for the Restricted Shares shall bear the following
      restrictive legend: “The Shares evidenced by this certificate are covered
      by forfeiture provisions and a restriction on transfer set forth in an
      agreement between the Company and the owner of the Shares. A copy of that
      agreement may be obtained from the Company upon a showing of good cause in
      the discretion of the Company.”

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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              LEAVES
      OF ABSENCE

            	
              For
      purposes of this Agreement, your Service does not terminate when you go on
      a military leave, a sick leave, or another bona fide leave of absence, if
      the leave is approved by the Company in writing and if continued crediting
      of Service is required by the terms of the leave or by applicable
      law.  But your Service terminates when the approved leave ends,
      unless you immediately return to active
work.

            

    

    

    
      	
              NOTICE
      OF LAPSE

            	
              When
      the above restrictions lapse, you or your executor or representative must
      notify the Company by submitting a written statement to that effect to the
      Human Resources Department of the Company.  The notice is
      effective when it is received by the
Company.

            

    

    

    
      	
              FORM
      OF PAYMENT

            	
              Section
      6(b) of the Plan requires you to furnish consideration to the Company with
      a value of not less than the par value of the Shares received at the rate
      of $0.0001 per Share in the form of cash, cash equivalents, or past
      services rendered to the Company. At the time that the above restrictions
      lapse, you shall be deemed to have provided to the Company consideration
      for the Shares in the above amount through the rendering of past services
      to the Company.

            
	 	 
	WITHHOLDING
      TAXES   	When
      the above restrictions lapse, you or yourexecutor or representative must
      make arrangementsacceptable to the Company to pay any withholdingtaxes
      that may be due as a result of the lapse of the
      restrictions.  These arrangements may include the delivery of
      shares of Company stock to the Company.
	 	 
	
              RESTRICTIONS
      ON

              RESALE       

            	By
      signing this Agreement, you agree not to sell RESALEany of the Restricted
      Shares at a time whenapplicable laws, Company policies, or an
      agreementbetween the Company and its underwriters prohibita
      sale.  This restriction will apply as long as you are an
      employee, director, or consultant of the Company or a subsidiary of the
      Company.

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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              RETENTION
      RIGHTS

            	
              Neither
      the Restricted Shares nor this Agreement gives you the right to be
      retained by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company in any
      capacity.  The Company and its subsidiaries reserve the right to
      terminate your Service at any time, with or without
  cause.

            
	 	 
	      
              SHAREHOLDER
      RIGHTS

            	      
              As
      a holder of Restricted Shares awarded under the Plan, you have the same
      voting, dividend, and other rights as the Company’s other
      shareholders.

            

    

     

    
      	
              ADJUSTMENTS

            	
              In
      the event of a stock split, a stock dividend, or a similar change in
      Company stock, the number of your Restricted Shares covered by this
      Agreement may be adjusted pursuant to the
Plan.

            

    

    

    
      	
              APPLICABLE
      LAW

            	
              This
      Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of
      Delaware, without regard to its choice-of-law
  provisions.

            
	 	 
	
              THE
      PLAN AND OTHER

              AGREEMENTS

            	The
      text of the Plan is incorporated in this AGREEMENTSAgreement by reference.
      All capitalized terms inthis Agreement shall have the meanings assigned
      tothem in the Plan. This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire
      understanding between you and the Company. Any prior agreements,
      commitments or negotiations concerning the Restricted Shares are
      superseded.  This Agreement may be amended only by another
      written agreement, signed by the Company
      and by you.

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              BY
      SIGNING THE COVER SHEET OF THIS
AGREEMENT,

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              YOU
      AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              DESCRIBED
      ABOVE AND IN THE PLAN.

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