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2012 Q2 8K 8-30-12 EX 10-1

Exhibit 10.1
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated

Revised Performance-Based 
Annual Incentive Compensation Programs
For Executive Officers

The Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (“FelCor” or the “Company”) has determined that a substantial portion of an employee's compensation should be tied directly to achievement of targeted performance.  In particular, annual cash bonuses are determined based upon prior-year performance and beginning in 2013, shares issuable in respect of annual restricted stock awards are determined based upon prior-year and future performance.

Annual Cash Incentive Program. As previously disclosed, annual cash bonuses are determined by reference to base salary and performance over the prior year.  Each employee has a targeted bonus, based upon a percentage of his or her base salary (the percentage varies depending on position).  That percentage is adjusted for performance between threshold (“doable”) and superior (“stretch”) levels as shown in the following table, which outlines the relevant percentages for FelCor's executive officers:

	
						
	 
	< Doable
	Doable
	Target
	Stretch
	> Stretch

	CEO
	0.0%
	50.0%
	125.0%
	200.0%
	200.0%

	EVP
	0.0%
	37.5%
	75.0%
	112.5%
	112.5%

At or near the beginning of each calendar year, the Committee establishes targeted performance criteria in the following categories, with the indicated weight given to those categories as noted below:

Financial Performance.  Each year, the Committee sets targeted financial performance,1 based upon a variety of factors, including budgets, industry projections, individual hotel markets and similar considerations. The Committee then establishes a scale from doable to stretch performance. Typically, targeted performance is at the linear mid-point between the two, but not necessarily every year. Weight: 50%

Non-Financial Corporate Performance. The Board also reviews and approves non-financial corporate objectives for each year.  These objectives often relate to long-term strategic objectives and other operating or management goals that the Board believes are important.  After the completion of each year, the Committee assesses FelCor's progress toward achieving these objectives and, based on that assessment, determines a composite level of performance from doable to target to stretch.  Weight: 15%.

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1 The Committee has been using adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, which is a commonly-used metric, to assess financial performance and anticipates continuing to use adjusted EBITDA for that purpose; however, the Committee may determined to use other metrics, such as adjusted funds from operations, in the future. 

Individual Performance. Each FelCor employee, including the Chief Executive Officer, has individual performance objectives that are established at or near the beginning of each year.  The Chief Executive Officer reviews and approves the performance objectives of FelCor's other executive officers, and the Compensation Committee reviews our Chief Executive Officer's performance objectives, which typically closely track our corporate objectives (financial and non-financial). After completion of each year, as with non-financial corporate performance, individual performance is reviewed and assessed by an employee's direct supervisor or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer, by the Board and/or the Compensation Committee, resulting in a composite level of performance from doable to target to stretch.  Weight: 15%

Total Stockholder Return. Each year, the Committee sets targeted market-based performance for the year, which is expected to take into account total stockholder return (stock price appreciation, plus distributions made, over a defined time period) (“TSR”) unless and until the Committee determines otherwise.  The Committee currently intends to evaluate the Company's TSR relative to TSR for the Company's peers2 to determine market-based performance (in the future the Committee may, based on circumstances at the time, elect to use absolute TSR or another market-based performance metric).  Relative TSR at the 50th percentile will equate to target performance, with “doable” and “stretch” performance set at the 20th and 80th percentiles (actual payouts will be determined by linear interpolation along that scale).  For purposes of determining annual cash incentive compensation, relative TSR will be determined by using the weighted-average trading price of the Company's common stock and its peers' common stock for 20 trading days immediately preceding the beginning and end of the relevant year. Weight: 20% 

Overall Minimum Financial Performance. The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors believe that there should be a minimum level of financial performance below which, regardless of other corporate or individual performance, no programmatic (as opposed to discretionary) bonus compensation should be paid unless the company achieves at least a minimal level of pre-determined financial performance, which level is lower than the doable level of financial performance noted above.

The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors reserve the absolute right and discretion to review and modify performance objectives, thresholds and criteria at any time in light of changes in circumstances. Similarly, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors have the discretion, as part of the Company's overall compensation program, to award cash bonuses and other compensation outside of the annual incentive programs based on relevant considerations at the time.

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2 The Committee has selected the following companies to comprise the peer group: Ashford Hospitality Trust, DiamondRock Hospitality Company, Gaylord Entertainment Company, Hersha Hospitality Trust, Hospitality Properties Trust, LaSalle Hotel Properties, RLJ Lodging Trust, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. and Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.  The Committee may, from time to time, change the composition of the peer group, in its sole discretion.

Annual Equity Incentive Program. As previously disclosed, FelCor grants restricted stock units to its executive officers annually, and the shares issuable with respect to any such grant are determined with reference to his or her base salary when the grant is made (the actual target percentage varies depending on position) and performance.  Beginning with annual grants to be made in 2013 and in subsequent years, the target award (shown as a percentage of grant-date base salary) for (i) the Chief Executive Officer is 275% and (ii) each other executive officer is 175%, and the number of shares that are issuable upon vesting is determined based upon the Company's TSR relative to its peers' TSR over a four-year period, as described below:

		
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	Each grant will vest, and the underlying shares will be issued, at or about the end of each of the second, third and fourth calendar years following the grant year (each, a “Vesting Year”) (the actual vesting dates will correspond to the Company's vesting date generally used for vesting equity grants (currently December 27, which may change for future grants as determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee)). 

		
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	The actual number of shares issuable as a grant vests will be determined based on TSR over the two-, three- and four-year periods (each, a “Performance Period”), in three increments divided equally based upon the target value on the grant date, beginning with the year immediately preceding the grant year through the year immediately preceding the relevant Vesting Year, relative to the Company's peers, based on the following performance schedule (to the extent threshold performance is not achieved for a Performance Period, the relevant portion of an award will be forfeited):

	
								
	 
	Rank
(Relative to Peers)
	 
	Percentile
(Among Peer Group)
	 
	Payout 
(Relative to Target)

	 
	1
	 
	100th
	

	 
	 
	200%

	 
	2
	 
	90th
	

	 
	 
	200%

	 
	3
	 
	80th
	

	 
	 
	175%

	 
	4
	 
	70th
	

	 
	 
	150%

	 
	5
	 
	60th
	

	 
	 
	125%

	 
	6
	 
	50th
	

	 
	 
	100%

	 
	7
	 
	40th
	

	 
	 
	50%

	 
	8
	 
	30th
	

	 
	 
	25%

	 
	9
	 
	20th
	

	 
	 
	—

	 
	10
	 
	10th
	

	 
	 
	—

	 
	11
	 
	—
	

	 
	 
	—

Except as noted below, TSR is measured for any Performance Period using the weighted-average trading price of shares of the Company's common stock and its peers' common stock for 20 trading days immediately preceding the first and last days of the Performance Period. Unless determined otherwise by the Compensation Committee, Performance Periods include the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the grant date occurs and extend through the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the Vesting Year; however, if Vesting Years and Performance Years are coextensive for future grants, then the Performance Period will end on the day immediately preceding the relevant vesting date. 

		
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	Grants vest on an accelerated basis upon a grantee's retirement at age 60 or older or upon the grantee's death or disability (as defined in the Company's standard equity grant contract).  The amount of shares issuable under such circumstances for all outstanding grants shall be determined by reference to relative TSR through the termination date, based upon the weighted-average trading price of shares of the Company's common stock and its peers' common stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding the termination date.

		
	•
	Grants would also vest upon a change in control in accordance with the provisions in the Company's standard equity grant contract and, if applicable, the grantee's change in control and severance agreement.  The amount of shares issuable under such circumstances shall be the greater of (x) the target number of shares issuable under such grants and (y) the number of shares that would be issued with reference to relative TSR, based upon the weighted-average trading price of shares of the Company's common stock and its peers' common stock for the five full trading days immediately following first disclosure of the definitive material terms of the transaction.

		
	•
	If insufficient shares are available for grants under the Company's equity compensation plans, or the Company is otherwise limited in the number of shares it can grant to any individual under such plans, the grant shall be made with reference to a like number of shares of stock, but be settled in cash having equivalent value of such shares at the vesting date.

		
	•
	Dividends will not be paid on shares underlying any unvested grant.  Instead, they will accrue with respect to such shares and will be paid, in lump sum, with respect to shares that are issued  when that grant vests (or cash is paid in lieu of such shares in settlement of such grant, under the circumstances described above) for any reason.EXCLUSIVE
Manufacturing agreement

THIS AGREEMENT
is made as of August 27th, 2012.

B E T W E E N:

Methes Energies Canada Inc., a corporation formed
under the laws of the Province of Ontario, with its head office located at 4170 Sladeview Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario Canada
L5L 0A1.

(Hereinafter the “Corporation”)

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Turnkey Modular Systems Inc., an Ontario Corporation with its head office located at 8-4090 Ridgeway Drive, Mississauga,
Ontario Canada L5L 5X5.

(Hereinafter the “Manufacturer”)

 

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH
that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. The Manufacturer and the Corporation
wish to enter into an Exclusive Manufacturing Agreement (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are defined herein.

2. The Manufacturer has been engaged by and for the Corporation to design, fabricate, and install biodiesel related modular
process systems based on the following criteria: 

 

		1)	To fabricate continuous flow process systems
to produce 600 Liters and 3,000 Liters per hour of Biodiesel (known as the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000)
based on parameters provided by the Corporation which includes, but is not limited to the product formulation, process variables,
and other necessary design specifications. 

		2)	To build a process control system to control
the process systems.

		3)	To provide the necessary training which
will include system basics, software use and system operation for each installed system.

		4)	To continue to provide engineering and
conceptual design for improving the existing processes and to further develop new approaches to Biodiesel equipment manufacturing
including, but not limited to, optimizing the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000.

 

3. Pursuant to Article 1 and 2 above, it is
understood that the Corporation wishes to develop and provide equipment, service and technical support to a network of Biodiesel
licensees and in order to provide these systems to these clients, the Corporation and the Manufacturer have entered into this Agreement.
The Manufacturer agrees to provide the fabrication capacity at his factory, the technical and engineering support to design and
manage the manufacturing, as well as to provide additional technical expertise and training to meet the on-going demands of the
business opportunities of the Corporation as related to the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 (the “Denami
products”) and any updated version thereof. The Manufacturer shall also provide warranty as described in Schedule A
appended hereto. The

 

 

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Manufacturer assures the Corporation that the Manufacturer will take all reasonable steps to ensure the Corporation
that the manufacturer can, and will, meet the Corporation’s market demands for the Denami products and that the Manufacturer
will act in good faith in an attempt to meet any future market demands of the Corporation.

 

4. The Manufacturer hereby acknowledges that
the Corporation is the sole owner of the Denami products complete design including the rights, data sheets, blue prints, software
codes and intellectual propriety.

 

5. The Manufacturer agrees to provide the
engineering and design services for all phases of any and all projects. Any ongoing or additional engineering costs required for
a specific installation or any additional costs related to the update version of the Denami products will be quoted and agreed
upon between the Manufacturer and the Corporation based upon the Manufacturer’s then-current market rates and prices for
said services.

 

6. The Manufacturer and the Corporation will
review and negotiate the cost for each system twice per year in January and July of each year. The price will be in effect for
the following six (6) months after each review. Subject to any recommended increases or reductions to the price being supported
by competitive bids in the market place per component and or, including bids for the complete manufacture of the system the price
shall be adjusted according to the increase or reduction with the agreement of the Parties hereto.

 

7. In order to allow the Manufacturer to meet
the manufacturing requirements of the Corporation, the Corporation agrees to share any and all marketing information with the Manufacturer
on a quarterly basis so as to allow for production planning and so as to allow for the calculation of cost savings for volume purchasing
of components and high volume manufacturing.

 

8. This Agreement is an exclusive arrangement
for the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 and any and all updated versions of said systems between the
Manufacturer and the Corporation and will run for a term of three (3) years after which it can either be renewed automatically
for an additional three (3) year term or cancelled by either party with a minimum of 6 months notice of termination given to the
other party prior to the end of the initial three (3) year term which commences on the date of this Agreement. Regardless, this
Agreement shall not last or survive for more than two (2) three (3) year periods or a maximum of six (6) years in total. Furthermore,
the Parties may terminate this Agreement at any time by the mutual written agreement of both the Manufacturer and the Corporation.

 

9. The Corporation shall grant to the Manufacturer
a right of first refusal to manufacture any new products which shall be developed by the Corporation or for the benefit of the
Corporation. This right of first refusal shall be based on the ability of the Manufacturer to match any competitive quotations
for manufacture of the new products offered pursuant to this right of first refusal.

 

10. This Agreement is for the exclusive rights
to manufacture the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 including its updated version to be sold in Canada
and the United States of America.

 

11. The Corporation shall pay the Manufacturer
for any order as detailed on Schedule B appended hereto.

 

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12. The Manufacturer undertakes to use its
best efforts to obtain better and lower pricing for the manufacture of the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000
by any and all means possible. Furthermore, the Manufacturer will allow the Corporation to be involved in the process of acquiring
quotations and pricing from third parties.

 

13. This Agreement shall remain an exclusive
manufacturing agreement if, and only if, the Manufacturer can ensure the fulfillment of any orders placed by the Corporation and
the maintenance of competitive costs for the manufacture of the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 and
or any updated versions thereto. The Manufacturer shall take all necessary measures to execute and fulfill the Corporation’s
demand for the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 systems. Failure to do so will terminate this Agreement,
subject to the notice provisions and the rights to cure any defaults provided for in this Agreement.

 

14. The Manufacturer shall also ensure that
the Corporation always has a complete and updated set of blue prints of the Denami 600 or Denami 3000.
Within five (5) days of any changes to the blue prints for the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000, the
Manufacturer will provide notice to the Corporation of such change and will provide copies of the updated blue prints to the Corporation
within two (2) days of such notice. If any changes are made by the Corporation, the Corporation will also provide an updated set
of specifications to the Manufacturer within five (5) days of any changes.

 

15. Any and all tax credits for any redesign
or research and development requested by the Corporation or any other activities undertaken to improve or redesign the Denami
600 and the Denami 3000 whether undertaken by the Manufacturer or the Corporation shall accrue to the benefit
of the Corporation and shall be reflected on the financial statements of the Corporation and the recovery of such credits shall
be paid solely to the Corporation.

 

16. During the period covered by the Agreement
and any extensions thereof, and for a period of five (5) years following the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Manufacturer
agrees not to undertake the manufacturing of any products related to the production of Biodiesel for themselves or for any outside
parties which could be considered competing with the Corporation. Any breach of this Section 16 shall give the Corporation the
right to seek an immediate injunction and to claim damages.

 

17. The Manufacturer shall indemnify the Corporation
against all expenses, claims, demands, liabilities or money judgments incurred by or rendered against the Corporation or its customers
as a result of any manufacturing or design defect in the products manufactured by the Manufacturer hereunder except to the extent
that such defect may have materialized after delivery to the Corporation due to, or as a result of, fault or negligence or misuse
on the part of the Corporation or its customers or other third party users. This limitation of liability shall further include,
but not be limited to, the agreement that the Manufacturer shall not be liable to the Corporation or its customers or other third
party users in any way, shape or form, for any reason, based in contract or tort law, if the Corporation’s customers or third
party users fail to use the Denami 600 and the Denami 3000 as intended and as instructed by the Manufacturer
written instructions provided to the Corporation.

 

18. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
the Manufacturer shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance for personal injury and property damage with at least
five million dollars ($5,000,000) combined single limit coverage with companies satisfactory to the Corporation and showing the
Corporation’s interest with a contractual liability endorsement covering all obligations which the Manufacturer has assume
in Section 17. The Manufacturer shall furnish evidence of such

 

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insurance to the Corporation and it shall provide for the insurer
to notify the Corporation in writing not less than ten (10) days prior to any material change, cancellation or other termination.
Such evidence must be in the possession of the Corporation prior to the Manufacturer commencing any work under this Agreement.
Maintenance of the foregoing insurance shall in no way be interpreted as relieving the Manufacturer of any responsibility whatever
and the Manufacturer may secure, at its own expense, such additional insurance as he deems necessary.

 

GENERAL

19. The Corporation
shall have the right to assign this Agreement and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the Corporation’s assigns, but the Corporation must give written notice to the Manufacturer of any and all assignments
within five (5) business days of making such assignments.

20. Any default or
breach under this Agreement shall require that written notice be delivered by email or registered mail to the addresses provided
below within ten (10) business days from the discovery of an event of default (the “Notice of Default”). The defaulting
party shall provide written notice of their intent to cure and the intended remedy for the default within five (5) business days
(“the Cure Notice”) of the receipt of the Notice of Default and shall have a period of thirty (30) days from the Cure
Notice to remedy the default. Failing a remedy of the default by the defaulting party, the defaulted party shall have the right
to any and all remedies under this Agreement and at law.

Notice shall be provided
in writing to the Parties at their following respective addresses unless requested otherwise via written instruction, by email
or registered mail:

To the Manufacturer:

Turnkey Modular Systems
Inc.

8-4090 Ridgeway Drive

Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 5X5

Email: phallman@tkmodular.com

To the Corporation:

Methes Energies Canada
Inc.

4170 Sladeview Crescent, Unit # 5

Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 0A1

Email: nng@methes.com

21. The Manufacturer
hereby acknowledges and agrees that its obligations under this Agreement are in addition to and not in substitution for: (i) any
duty it may owe to the Corporation; and (ii) all protections afforded to the Confidential Information at law and in equity.

22. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the matters herein and the Parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that execution hereof and thereof has not been induced by, nor does either of the Parties hereto rely upon or regard
as material, any representations or writings whatsoever not incorporated herein and made a part hereof. This Agreement shall not
be amended, altered or qualified except by an agreement in writing signed by both

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of the Parties hereto. This Agreement supersedes
any prior agreements between the Manufacturer and the Corporation which are hereby cancelled and supersedes all previous understandings,
negotiations, and representations with respect hereto, whether oral or written.

23. The Parties hereto
and each of them hereby consents and agrees to do such things, attend such meetings and to execute such further documents and assurances
as may be deemed necessary or advisable from time to time in order to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance
with its true intent. No waiver of any breach of default of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless in writing and
signed by the Party to be charged with such waiver. No waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver or waiver in respect of any subsequent
breach of default, either of a similar or different nature, unless expressly so stated in writing.

24. Each provision
herein shall be treated as a separate and independent clause, and the unenforceability of any one clause shall in no way impair
the enforceability of any of the other clauses herein. Moreover, if one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall
for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to scope, activity, subject or otherwise so as to be unenforceable at law, such
provision or provisions shall be construed by the appropriate judicial body by limiting or reducing it or them, so as to be enforceable
to the maximum extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear.

25. The insertion
of headings and the division of this Agreement into Sections and Subsections is for convenience and reference only and shall not
affect the interpretation hereof.

26. Words importing
the singular include the plural and vice versa; and words importing gentler include all genders.

27. This Agreement
may not be assigned by the Manufacturer without the prior written consent of the Corporation, which consent will not be reasonably
withheld. The Manufacturer shall not assign or subcontract the manufacture of the Denami 600 and the Denami
300, the Denami products or any updated versions thereto to any other person without the prior written consent of the Corporation,
which consent will not be reasonably withheld.

28. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws
of Canada applicable therein and the Parties hereto agree to attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province
of Ontario.

29. The Parties further
each covenant and assure the other that it shall make its customers and other third party users aware that, in the event the Manufacturer
is ever subjected to legal proceedings that are initiated by the Corporation’s customers or other third party users, such
proceedings will also comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement’s choice of law and choice of forum clauses.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
this Agreement is executed by the Parties hereto with effect as of the date first above written.

 

	
         

         

         

         
	
        Methes Energies Canada Inc.

         

	 	By:	/s/ Hans Swoong Ng
	 	 	
        Name: Hans Swoong (Nicholas) Ng

        Title: President

	 	
         

        I have authority to bind the Corporation

 

 

	
         

         

         
	
        Turnkey Modular Systems Inc

         

	 	By:	/s/ Paul Hallman
	 	 	
        Name: Paul Hallman

        Title: President

	 	
         

        I have authority to bind the Corporation

 

	/s/ Steven Anthony	
        )

        )

        )

        )
	Steven Anthony
	Witness	
        )

        )
	[if individual, insert name]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

WARRANTY

 

 

 

The Manufacturer shall provide twelve (12)
months warranty from delivery on materials and labour, with the exclusion of normal wear and tear on components and consumables
and generally as follows:

 

The Manufacturer will furnish, without charge,
labour and replacement parts for products covered by the Manufacturer warranty that prove to be defective in material or workmanship
under normal and proper use for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the delivery of the Work. Warranty claims will
become effective upon the Manufacturer receipt of written notice from the customer of a warranty claim and the Manufacturer subsequent
validation of the claim based on an on-site inspection.

 

Repairs and replacements as provided herein
shall constitute fulfillment of all of the Manufacturer warranty obligations. The warranty will not apply to any products or parts
that are damaged due to accident, misuse, abuse, improper or insufficient maintenance, improper operations, normal wear and tear
under normal operating conditions, unauthorized or improper alteration or where the Manufacturer installation and service requirements
have not been followed. The warranty does not include maintenance of equipment.

 

Beyond this re-work obligation, the Manufacturer
will have no other liability or responsibility under the foregoing warranty with respect to the work including, but not limited
to any liability or responsibility for any production or other costs which result from the use of work. The foregoing warranty
constitutes the only warranty made by the manufacturer and all other warranties, whether express or implied, are disclaimed, including
any warranty with respect to the merchantability of the work or the fitness of the work for any particular purpose. The customer
shall accept full responsibility for proper operation and maintenance of equipment immediately upon acceptance of the mechanical
system for beneficial use. In no event shall the Manufacturer be liable for consequential damages of any kind nor for the quality
of product produced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

Payment Schedule for Orders

 

 

 

	Fifty percent (50%) on delivery of a purchase
order to the Manufacturer.

 

	Twenty five percent (25%) of the purchase
price upon confirmation from the Manufacturer of the receipt of all materials to manufacture / build the order (typically fifty
(50) days after initial deposit in # 1).

 

	Fifteen percent (15%) of the purchase price
due upon notification from the Manufacturer that the unit is ready to ship.

 

	Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due
after commissioning or within thirty (30) days from payment provided in # 3 if the unit is not commissioned within thirty (30)
days after delivery

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