Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT
NO. 4

TO

CREDIT AGREEMENT AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS

 

THIS
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, dated as of March 20, 2019 (this “Agreement”),
is entered into by and between PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (“Company”), COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, a federally-chartered instrumentality of the United States, successor
by merger to 1st Farm Credit Services, PCA (“Lender”), and COBANK, ACB, a federally-chartered instrumentality
of the United States (“Agent”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Credit Agreement.

 

BACKGROUND:

 

WHEREAS,
the Company, Lender and Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2016 (as amended, restated,
modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, collectively the “Credit Agreement”) and the other Loan
Documents;

 

WHEREAS,
the Company has requested that, as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement and certain other Loan Documents be amended as
herein provided; and

 

WHEREAS,
Agent and Lender are willing, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make such amendments;

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE
1         Definitions.

 

1.1          Certain
Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

 

“Accounts
Receivable Amount” means, at any given time, the aggregate dollar amount of all accounts receivable then owing to the
Company by PEC.

 

“Agent”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Agreement”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Aurora
Marketing Agent” means Piper Jaffray and any other marketing agent acceptable to Agent as may be engaged by the owners
of the Aurora Assets to market and sell the Aurora Assets.

 

“Aurora
Assets” means (a) the membership interests in PAL owned by PEC and Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company, and (b) the
assets owned by PAL and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Company”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Compliance
Conditions” is defined in Section 2.5.

 

“Compliance
Date” is defined in Section 2.5.

 

“Credit
Agreement” is defined in the first recital to this Agreement.

 

    

    

    

 

“Deferral
Period” means that period of time commencing on the Effective Date and terminating on the Deferral Period Termination
Date.

 

“Deferral
Period Termination Date” means that date which is the earlier of (a) 11:59 p.m. (Mountain time) on July 15, 2019 or
(b) the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Loan Documents (excluding therefrom, however, the Excluded Events, the occurrence
of which, whether prior to or during the Deferral Period, shall not constitute an Event of Default during the Deferral Period).

 

“Effective
Date” is defined in Article 5.

 

“Excluded
Events” means those matters identified in Section 2.1 below.

 

“Lender”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“PAL”
means Pacific Aurora, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

“PEC
Contribution Amount” means the dollar amount representing the sum of the following amounts: (a) the Working Capital
Adjustment Amount, plus (b) the Accounts Receivable Amount, plus (c) $12,000,000.

 

“PEC
Contribution Amount Certificate” means a certificate of the Company, in form and content reasonably acceptable to Agent
and certified by an Authorized Officer, (A) setting forth the calculation of the PEC Contribution Amount as of the date of delivery
of such certificate to Agent, (B) certifying that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of delivery
of such certificate to Agent (other than may have been caused by the Excluded Events), and (C) attaching documentary proof of
the Company’s receipt of the PEC Contribution Amount in the amount calculated.

 

“PEC
Guaranty” is defined in Article 5.

 

“PEC
Pledge Agreement” is defined in Article 5.

 

“PEC
Security Agreement” is defined in Article 5.

 

“Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note” is defined in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Second
Mortgage Amendment” is defined in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.

 

“Third
Amended and Restated Term Note” is defined in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

 

“Working
Capital Adjustment Amount” means the dollar amount representing the difference of the following amounts: (a) $30,000,000,
minus (b) the dollar amount for Working Capital calculated on the latest Compliance Certificate delivered by the Company
to Agent.

 

1.2          Other
Definitions. Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein (including in the preamble and
recitals hereto) have the meanings provided for in the Credit Agreement.

 

ARTICLE
2        Waivers; Deferral Period.

 

2.1          Agent
and Lender hereby agree:

 

		(a)	pending
                                         receipt of the PEC Contribution Amount, to temporarily waive the Company’s obligation
                                         to comply with (i) the covenants contained in Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement for
                                         the periods ending December 31, 2018, January 31, 2019, and February 28, 2019, and (ii)
                                         the covenant contained in Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement for the period ending December
                                         31, 2018;

 

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		(b)	pending
                                         receipt of the PEC Contribution Amount, to temporarily waive any Event of Default which
                                         could otherwise be declared as the result of any failure of the Company to collect any
                                         account receivable from any Affiliate of the Company within ten (10) Business Days after
                                         such account receivable arises; and

 

		(c)	to
                                         defer until the occurrence of the Deferral Period Termination Date certain principal
                                         payments as provided in Section 2.1(c) of the Credit Agreement (described below).

 

2.2          If
the Company (a) receives payment in full of the PEC Contribution Amount from PEC prior to the occurrence Deferral Period Termination
Date, and (b) delivers the PEC Contribution Amount Certificate to Agent within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the PEC
Contribution Amount (but in no event later than the Deferral Period Termination Date), then (x) the temporary waivers set forth
in Sections 2.1(a) and (b) above shall become permanent waivers, and (y) Agent and Lender shall waive compliance with the covenant
contained in Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement for the period ending December 31, 2019. Otherwise, the temporary waivers set
forth in Sections 2.1(a) and (b) above shall immediately and automatically expire upon the occurrence of the Deferral Period Termination
Date without the need for any notice to the Company or any further action by Agent or Lender.

 

2.3          At
all times prior to the occurrence of the Deferral Period Termination Date, Agent agrees not to exercise any rights or remedies
granted under the Loan Documents or at law solely on account of any of the matters temporarily waived or otherwise deferred pursuant
to Section 2.1 above.

 

2.4          Subject
only to satisfaction of the Compliance Conditions, immediately upon (and at all times after) the occurrence of the Deferral Period
Termination Date, Agent and the Lending Parties shall have the full right and power to exercise all rights and remedies granted
under the Loan Documents and at law on account of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, including with respect
to those matters which were temporarily waived or otherwise deferred pursuant to Section 2.1 above.

 

2.5          In
the event that, prior to the Deferral Period Termination Date, the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.2
above are satisfied, the waivers set forth clauses (x) and (y) of Section 2.2 above have been given and the deferred payments
have been made as provided in Section 2.1(c) of the Credit Agreement (the “Compliance Conditions”), then, so
long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing (excluding those arising out of an Excluded Event), the
Company shall be deemed in compliance with the Loan Documents, the date prior to the Deferral Period Termination Date upon which
all of the foregoing occur being the “Compliance Date”.

 

ARTICLE
3         Amendments.

 

Effective
on (and subject to the occurrence of) the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement and certain other Loan Documents are amended as
follows:

 

3.1          Term
Note. The Term Note referenced in Section 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement, and attached to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit
A, has been amended and restated in its entirety and is in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms and provisions
of which are incorporated into the Credit Agreement by reference and made a part thereof (the “Third Amended and Restated
Term Note”).

 

3.2          Revolving
Term Note. The Revolving Term Note referenced in Section 2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, and attached to the Credit Agreement
as Exhibit B, has been amended and restated in its entirety and is in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, the terms
and provisions of which are incorporated into the Credit Agreement by reference and made a part thereof (the “Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note”).

 

3.3          Mortgage
Amendment. The Illinois Future Advance Real Estate Mortgage dated December 15, 2016, executed by the Company in favor of Lender,
has been amended in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated into the
Credit Agreement by reference and made a part thereof (the “Second Mortgage Amendment”).

 

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3.4          Amendment
to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph (c)
as follows:

 

(c)          Payments
on Deferral Period Termination Date. Payment of each principal installment that becomes due and payable under the Term Note
during the Deferral Period shall be deferred to (and shall be immediately due and payable upon) the Deferral Period Termination
Date. Subject to compliance with Section 2.6, the Company shall also prepay (for immediately application to the Term Loan) each
other principal installment due and payable under the Term Note during calendar year 2019 on or before the Deferral Period Termination
Date.

 

3.5          Amendment
to Section 3.3 of the Credit Agreement. Section 3.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence
in paragraph (c) in its entirety and substituting the following sentence in its place:

 

Notwithstanding
any provision in the Loan Documents to the contrary and solely for purposes of this paragraph, from and after the Fourth Amendment
and continuing at all times thereafter, the Quoted Rate Option shall mean a Quoted Rate that is fixed for a 365 day period and
equal to the cost of funds of Agent plus 5.00% per annum.

 

3.6          Amendment
to Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding new paragraphs (f),
(g) and (h) as follows:

 

(f)          Updated
Financial Projections. Within thirty (30) days after each month or at any other time reasonably requested by Agent, updated
balance sheets, income statements, capital expenditure plans, and cash flow statements for the current fiscal year, each in form
and substance (and with reasonable detail) acceptable to Agent.

 

(g)          Rolling
13-Week Cash Flow Forecasts. From and after the Fourth Amendment Date and continuing at all times thereafter, within three
(3) Business Days after each Friday, a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast prepared by the Company covering the 13-week period
commencing with the immediately preceding week and detailing (i) projected cash receipts, (ii) projected disbursements, (iii)
net cash flow, and (iv) such other items set forth therein and other information reasonably requested by Agent for such 13-week
period, together with a comparison to the immediately preceding forecast and accompanied by a management narrative explaining
results of operations and variances to the immediately preceding forecast and a reconciliation to cash balances held in the Company’s
accounts (all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent).

 

(h)          Sales
Reports.

 

(i)          From
and after the Fourth Amendment Date and continuing at all times thereafter until the occurrence of the Compliance Date, promptly
upon their becoming available to the Company (but in no event later than ten (10) days after receipt by the Company thereof),
copies of the engagement letter(s) with the Aurora Marketing Agent(s) (together with all amendments and supplements thereto),
all sale offering and marketing materials prepared by the Aurora Marketing Agent(s), and all indications of interest, letters
of intent, and written offers for the Aurora Assets.

 

(ii)          From
and after the Fourth Amendment Date and continuing at all times thereafter until the occurrence of the Compliance Date, within
five (5) Business Days after each calendar month end, a written report prepared by the Company detailing any changes to the timeline
for the marketing and sale of the Aurora Assets and including copies of all indications of interest, letters of intent, and written
offers for the Aurora Assets.

 

All
sales reports and marketing information shall be maintained as confidential by Agent, Lenders and their respective representatives
and advisors and shall at no time be disclosed to any other third party or otherwise filed in any public filing (other than as
required by law), it being understood that doing so could have a materially adverse effect on the value and marketability of the
Aurora Assets. It is further understood and agreed that all such information constitute privileged communications and information,
protected by and subject to Federal Rules of Evidence Section 408 and any state court equivalent laws.

 

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3.7          Amendment
to Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 6.2 in its
entirety and substituting the following in its place:

 

Section
6.2. - Lender Equity; Patronage; Statutory Lien; Voting Stockholder.

 

(a)          Lender
Equity. So long as any Farm Credit Lender is a lender or participant hereunder, the Company will acquire equity in such Farm
Credit Lenders in such amounts and at such times as each Farm Credit Lender may require in accordance with its bylaws and capital
plan (as each may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time), except that the maximum amount of equity that the Company
may be required to purchase in each Farm Credit Lender in connection with the Loans and other financial accommodations made hereunder
by such Farm Credit Lender may not exceed the maximum amount permitted by the bylaws and capital plan of such Farm Credit Lender
at the time this Agreement is entered into. The Company acknowledges receipt of a copy of (i) the most recent annual report, and
if more recent, latest quarterly report for each Farm Credit Lender, (ii) the Notice to Prospective Stockholders provided by CoBank,
and any similar notice provided by the other Farm Credit Lenders and (iii) the bylaws and capital plan of each Farm Credit Lender,
which describe the nature of all of the Company’s stock and other equities in each Farm Credit Lender acquired in connection
with its patronage loan from such Farm Credit Lenders (the “Lender Equities”) as well as capitalization requirements,
and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.

 

(b)          Patronage.
Each party hereto acknowledges that the bylaws and capital plan (as each may be amended from time to time) of each Farm Credit
Lender shall govern (i) the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Lender Equities and any patronage refunds
or other distributions made on account thereof or on account of the Company’s patronage with such Farm Credit Lender, (ii)
the Company’s eligibility for patronage distributions from each Farm Credit Lender (in the form of equities and cash) and
(iii) patronage distributions, if any, in the event of a sale of a participation interest. Each Farm Credit Lender reserves the
right to assign or sell participations on a non-patronage basis in all or any part of its commitments or outstanding Loans and
other financial accommodations made hereunder.

 

(c)          Statutory
Lien. The Company acknowledges that pursuant to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to
time) each applicable Farm Credit Lender has a statutory first Lien on its Lender Equities, as the case may be, that the Company
may now own or hereafter acquire, which statutory Lien shall secure the Obligations and be for each applicable Farm Credit Lender’s
sole and exclusive benefit. The Lender Equities, as the case may be, shall not constitute or form a part of the Collateral. To
the extent that any of the Loan Documents create a Lien on the Lender Equities of the applicable Farm Credit Lender or on patronage
accrued by the applicable Farm Credit Lender for the account of the Company or proceeds thereof, such Lien shall be for each applicable
Farm Credit Lender’s sole and exclusive benefit and shall not be subject to sharing with any other lender or participant
hereunder (other than a Subsidiary or Affiliate of a lender or participant to the extent any Obligations are owing by the Company
to any of them. Neither the Lender Equities nor any accrued patronage thereon shall be offset against the Obligations, except
that, in the event of an Event of Default, each applicable Farm Credit Lender may elect to apply the cash portion of any patronage
distribution or retirement of equity to amounts owed to such Farm Credit Lender under this Agreement, whether or not such amounts
are currently due and payable. The Company acknowledges that any corresponding tax liability associated with such application
is the sole responsibility of the Company. No applicable Farm Credit Lender shall have any obligation to retire its Lender Equities
at any time, including during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, either for application to the Obligations or
otherwise.

 

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3.8          Amendment
to Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
at the end of Section 6.3:

 

Payment
and performance of the Obligations shall also be (a) guaranteed by PEC pursuant to the PEC Guaranty, and (b) secured by first
priority perfected Liens on all personal property of PEC pursuant to the PEC Pledge Agreement and the PEC Security Agreement.

 

3.9          Amendment
to Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 6.8 in its
entirety and substituting the following in its place:

 

6.8          Visitation
and Inspection Rights. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and the advisors, agents, and representatives
of all of them to, (i) cooperate with, consult with, and provide to Agent and Lender and their advisors, agents, and representatives
all such information and documents that the Company is obligated to provide under the Loan Documents; (ii) upon at least one Business
Day’s prior written notice and during normal business hours, permit Agent and Lender and their advisors, agents and representatives
to visit and inspect any of the Company’s business premises and other properties, to examine and make abstracts or copies
from any of its books, records, reports, and other papers, and to discuss its affairs, finances, properties, business operations,
and accounts with its officers, employees, accountants, and other advisors; and (iii) upon at least one Business Day’s prior
written notice and during normal business hours, permit Agent and Lender and their advisors, agents, and representatives to conduct
(at Agent’s and Lender’s reasonable discretion as to scope and frequency and at the Company’s cost and expense)
field audits, collateral inspections, valuations, appraisals, and environmental surveys in respect of any or all of the Collateral.

 

3.10        Amendment
to Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (A) deleting the word “and”
at the end of paragraph (d), (B) substituting “;” for “.” at the end of paragraph (e), and (C) adding
new paragraphs (f) and (g) as follows:

 

(f)          Duly
executed control agreements (reasonably acceptable to Agent) for all deposit accounts, commodity accounts, and investment accounts
maintained by the Company, including all accounts listed on Schedule C to the Security Agreement, within thirty (30) days after
the Fourth Amendment Date; and

 

(g)
        A completed perfection certificate prepared in the form attached as Exhibit H
to the Fourth Amendment, within five (5) Business Days after the Fourth Amendment Date.

 

3.11        Amendment
to Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph (e)
as follows:

 

(e)          Capital
Leases for rail cars permitted under Section 7.15.

 

3.12        Amendment
to Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 8.1 in its
entirety and substituting the following Section 8.1 in its place:

 

8.1         Working
Capital. The Company will maintain the Working Capital of the Consolidated Group at not less than: (a) $15,000,000, commencing
on the Fourth Amendment Date and continuing at all times thereafter during the Deferral Period, measured as of the last day of
each calendar month; and (b) $30,000,000, commencing on the Deferral Period Termination Date and continuing at all times thereafter,
measured as of the last day of each calendar month.

 

3.13        Amendment
to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting Section 9.1(c) in its entirety
and substituting the following Section 9.1(c) in its place:

 

(c)          Breach
of Negative Covenants or Certain Affirmative Covenants. The Company shall default in the observance or performance of Article
7, Article 8, Section 6.1(f), 6.1(g), 6.1(h) , 6.2, 6.8, 6.10, 6.12(f), or 6.12(g) of the Credit Agreement or any other covenant
pertaining to compliance with Laws or use of proceeds.

 

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3.14        Amendment
to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at
the end of Section 9.1(d):

 

The
30-day grace period referenced in the preceding sentence shall not apply to any default in the observance or performance of any
covenant, condition, or provision contained in the PEC Guaranty, the PEC Pledge Agreement, or the PEC Security Agreement.

 

3.15        Amendment
to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph (n)
as follows:

 

(n)          PEC
Contribution Amount. (i) PEC shall fail to pay to the Company the full amount of the PEC Contribution Amount prior to the
occurrence of the Deferral Period Termination Date, and (ii) within two (2) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of
the PEC Contribution Amount (but in no event later than the Deferral Period Termination Date), the Company shall fail to deliver
to Agent the PEC Contribution Amount Certificate.

 

3.16        Amendment
to Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement. Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 11.2(a)
in its entirety and substituting the following Section 11.2(a) in its place:

 

(a)          Costs
and Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse Agent and the Lending Parties and their Affiliates for all actual and reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, fees, costs, disbursements, charges, and other amounts (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Agent
and the Lending Parties and their Affiliates (but without duplication) in connection with (or relating in any way to) the Loans
or any other Obligation (including any monitoring, workout, restructuring, or negotiations in respect of the Loans or any other
Obligation), this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, administration,
enforcement, amendment, modification, waiver, or termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and any transactions
contemplated thereby), or the Collateral (including any actions taken to perfect or maintain the perfection of Liens on the Collateral,
to maintain insurance on the Collateral, or to monitor, audit, inspect, evaluate, observe, verify, assess, appraise, collect,
sell, liquidate, foreclose, or otherwise dispose of the Collateral). The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) Agent and the
Lending Parties may at any time (whether or not a Default or Event of Default then exists) employ counsel, accountants, consultants,
appraisers, auditors, or other advisors for advice or other representation in connection with (or relating in any way to) the
Loans or any other Obligation, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the Collateral on such terms and conditions acceptable
to Agent and the Lending Parties (but without duplication as between Agent and Lenders), and (ii) all actual and reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, fees, costs, disbursements, and charges of such counsel, accountants, consultants, appraisers, auditors, and other advisors
shall be payable by the Company on demand and shall constitute additional Obligations secured by the Collateral.

 

3.17        Amendments
to Annex A to the Credit Agreement.

 

(a)          Annex
A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding each of the following definitions as a new definition:

 

“Accounts
Receivable Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Aurora
Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

““Aurora
Marketing Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Compliance
Conditions” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Compliance
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Deferral
Period” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

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“Deferral
Period Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Farm
Credit Lender” means a federally-chartered Farm Credit System lending institution organized under the Farm Credit Act
of 1971, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time. When used in this Agreement in reference to the Lender
Equities, “Farm Credit Lender” shall also include the affiliate of such Farm Credit Lender in which such Lender Equities
are purchased or acquired, as applicable.

 

“Fourth
Amendment” means Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents, executed by the Company, Agent, and Lender.

 

“Fourth
Amendment Date” means the “Effective Date” of the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Loan
Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Environmental Indemnity and Reimbursement Agreement, each Interest Rate
Hedge, the PEC Guaranty, the PEC Pledge Agreement, the PEC Security Agreement and each other agreement, guaranty, security agreement,
pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, agreement, certificate, application, invoice and document executed or delivered in
connection herewith or therewith.

 

Long
Term Debt” means Indebtedness under the Loans.

 

“PAL”
has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“PEC
Contribution Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“PEC
Contribution Amount Certificate” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“PEC
Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“PEC
Pledge Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“PEC
Security Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

“Working
Capital Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.

 

(b)          Annex
A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Obligations” and substituting the following
definition in its place:

 

“Obligations”
means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities to Lender, Agent, Cash Management Provider or any Subsidiary of Affiliate
of Lender, Agent, or Cash Management Provider, of any nature whatsoever arising at any time and from time to time including those
arising under this Agreement, any Note, or any other Loan Document and including those arising under Interest Rate Hedges, Swap
Obligations or agreement governing other financial services or products (including cash management services) provided by Lender,
Agent, Cash Management Provider or one of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates to the Company.

 

(c)          Annex
A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the definition of “Working Capital”:

 

For
purposes of determining the current liabilities, any portion of Long Term Debt and Capital Leases that is payable within twelve
(12) months may be excluded.

 

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3.18        Amendment
to Section 2 of the Security Agreement. Section 2 of the Security Agreement dated December 15, 2016, executed by the Company,
Agent, and Lender (the “Security Agreement”), is hereby amended by deleting Section 2 of the Security Agreement
in its entirety and substituting the following in its place:

 

SECTION
2. THE OBLIGATIONS. The security interest granted hereunder shall secure the payment and performance of all Obligations
(as defined in the Agreement) and all other obligations of the Debtor to the Secured Party, the Lender, and the Cash Management
Provider of every type and description, whether now existing or hereafter arising, fixed or contingent, as primary obligor or
as guarantor or surety, acquired directly or by assignment or otherwise, liquidated or unliquidated, regardless of how they arise
or by what agreement or instrument they may be evidenced, including without limitation all loans, advance and other extensions
of credit by any of the Secured Party, the Lender, or the Cash Management Provider to the Debtor and all covenants, agreements,
and provisions contained in all loan and other agreements between the Debtor, on the one hand, and any of the Secured Party, the
Lender, or the Cash Management Provider, on the other hand.

 

3.19        Amendment
to Section 3 of the Security Agreement. Section 3 of the Security Agreement is hereby amended by adding new paragraphs O and
P as follows:

 

O.          Deposit
Accounts. All of the Debtor’s deposit accounts are listed on Schedule C attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Each of the deposit accounts listed on Schedule C shall be deemed to be a “deposit account” referenced in the
definition of “Collateral” contained in Section 1 of this Security Agreement and shall be subject in all respects
to the security interest granted by the Debtor to the Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement. Upon establishing a deposit
account that is not listed on Schedule C (to the extent that establishing such deposit account is otherwise permitted hereunder
and under any other Loan Document), the Debtor shall promptly give notice to the Secured Party that such deposit account has been
established and shall immediately execute or otherwise authenticate a supplement to Schedule C that includes such deposit
account and take all action necessary to give the Secured Party “control” (as such term is defined in the UCC) over
such deposit account, including causing the applicable bank or financial institution to enter into a control agreement (in form
and substance acceptable to the Secured Party) with the Secured Party for such deposit account.

 

P.          Commercial
Tort Claims. All of Debtor’s commercial tort claims are listed on Schedule D attached hereto and made a part
hereof. Each of the commercial tort claims listed on Schedule D shall be deemed to be a “commercial tort claim”
referenced in the definition of “Collateral” contained in Section 1 of this Security Agreement and shall be subject
in all respects to the security interest granted by the Debtor to the Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement. Upon
the Debtor commencing (or otherwise becoming aware of the existence of) a commercial tort claim that is not expressly identified
on Schedule D, the Debtor shall promptly give notice to the Secured Party of such commercial tort claim and shall immediately
execute or otherwise authenticate a supplement to Schedule D that expressly identifies such commercial tort claim and take
all other action necessary to subject such commercial tort claim to the first priority security interest created under this Security
Agreement.

 

3.20        Amendment
to Section 4 of the Security Agreement. Section 4 of the Security Agreement is hereby amended by adding (immediately after
paragraph D) a new paragraph E as follows:

 

E.          Appointment
of Receiver. Upon and during the existence of an Event of Default, the Secured Party shall
be entitled to apply for the appointment of a receiver of any or all of the Collateral, and of all rents, incomes, profits, issues
and revenues thereof, and the Debtor hereby consent to such appointment and agrees that the receiver may serve without bond if
permitted by law. The Debtor expressly waives notice of and the right to object to the appointment of a receiver and agrees that
such appointment shall be made as a matter of absolute right of the Secured Party and without reference to the adequacy or inadequacy
of the value of the Collateral or to the Debtor’s solvency.

 

3.21        Amendment
to Schedules to Security Agreement. The Schedules to the Security Agreement are amended by attaching new Schedules C and D
in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit D, which new Schedules C and D shall be deemed to be attached to the Security Agreement
and made a part thereof.

 

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3.22        Form
of Compliance Certificate. The Compliance Certificate referenced in Section 6.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, and attached to
the Credit Agreement as Exhibit C, has been amended and restated in its entirety and is in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I.

 

ARTICLE
4         Representations and Warranties; Acknowledgments.

 

4.1          In
order to induce Agent and Lender to grant the deferrals provided for in Article 2 and make the amendments provided for in Article
3, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Agent and the Lending Parties as of the Effective Date that:

 

(a)          The
recitals set forth above are true, complete, accurate, and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by materiality,
in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) and are part of this Agreement, and such recitals are incorporated
herein by this reference;

 

(b)          Except
with respect to any representations and warranties related to the Excluded Events, all representations and warranties made and
given by the Company in the Loan Documents are true, complete, accurate, and correct in all material respects (unless qualified
by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects), as if given on the Effective Date (or, as to representations
and warranties that specifically refer to an earlier date, as of such earlier date) after giving effect to this Agreement;

 

(c)          The
Company has no claims, offsets, rights of recoupment, counterclaims, or defenses (other than payment) with respect to: (a) the
payment of any amount due under the Loans and the Loan Documents; (b) the performance of the Company’s obligations under
the Loan Documents; or (c) the liability of the Company under the Loan Documents;

 

(d)          Agent
and the Lending Parties: (i) have not breached any duty to the Company in connection with the Loans or the Loan Documents; and
(ii) have fully performed all obligations they may have had or now have to the Company;

 

(e)          The
Company has had the assistance of independent counsel of its own choice, or has had the opportunity to retain such independent
counsel, in reviewing, discussing, and considering all the terms of this Agreement. Before execution of this Agreement, the Company
has had adequate opportunity to make whatever investigation or inquiry it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the
subject matter of this Agreement;

 

(f)           The
Company is not acting in reliance on any representation, understanding, or agreement from or with Agent or the Lending Parties
not expressly set forth herein. The Company acknowledges that none of Agent or the Lending Parties has made any representation
with respect to the subject of this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein. The Company has executed this Agreement as
its free and voluntary act, without any duress, coercion, or undue influence exerted by or on behalf of any Person;

 

(g)          All
interest or other fees or charges which have been imposed, accrued or collected by Agent under the Loan Documents or in connection
with the Loans through the date of this Agreement, and the method of computing the same, were and are proper and agreed to by
the Company, and were properly computed and collected;

 

(h)          This
Agreement is not intended by the parties to be a novation of the Loan Documents and, except as expressly waived, deferred or otherwise
modified herein, all terms, conditions, rights, and obligations as set out in the Loan Documents are hereby reaffirmed and shall
otherwise remain in full force and effect as originally written and agreed;

 

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(i)           Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as waived, deferred or modified herein, the Loan Documents are in full force
and effect in accordance with their respective terms, remain legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company that are enforceable
in accordance with their respective terms, have not been modified or amended (except in written amendments executed by the parties),
and are hereby reaffirmed and ratified by the Company;

 

(j)           All
information provided by the Company (or any of its agents or representatives) to Agent or the Lending Parties prior to the Effective
Date is true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date provided and does not contain any untrue statements
of fact or omit to state a fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading in any material respect;

 

(k)          All
financial statements delivered by the Company (or any of its agents or representatives) to Agent or the Lending Parties prior
to the Effective Date are true and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial condition of the Company;

 

(l)           As
of the Effective Date, the Company has delivered to Agent all statements, notices, certificates, projections, updates, and other
information required under Article 6 of the Credit Agreement;

 

(m)         The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder are within the corporate
or company powers and authority of the Company, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not and will
not contravene or conflict with the charter or by-laws of the Company;

 

(n)          This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, covenants, and conditions; and

 

(o)          After
giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default (other than related to any Excluded Event) has occurred and is
continuing.

 

4.2          In
order to induce Agent and Lender to grant the deferrals provided for in Article 2 and make the amendments provided for in Article
3, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Agent and the Lending Parties that (a) as of the Effective Date, the Accounts
Receivable Amount is not greater than [$18,330,000], and (b) at no time during the Deferral Period will the Accounts Receivable
Amount exceed [$18,330,000].

 

4.3          In
order to induce Agent and Lender to grant the temporary waivers and deferrals provided for in Article 2 and make the amendments
provided for in Article 3, the Company hereby ratifies and confirms all of the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the
Loan Documents as modified herein and hereby agrees, acknowledges and reaffirms that (a) the Loan Documents as modified herein
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, covenants, and conditions, (b) the Company remains unconditionally liable to Agent and the Lending Parties in accordance
with the respective terms, covenants, and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents as modified herein, (c) Agent and Lender
have valid, duly perfected, fully enforceable Liens on the Collateral, (d) all Liens heretofore granted to Agent and Lender in
the Collateral continue in full force and effect and secure the Obligations, (e) the Company shall execute and deliver to Agent
and the Lending Parties any and all agreements and other documentation and to take any and all actions reasonably requested by
Agent and the Lending Parties at any time to assure the perfection, protection, priority, and enforcement of Agent’s and
Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents (including this Agreement) with respect to all such Liens (but without any increase
to the obligations or liabilities of the Company under the Loan Documents), and (f) as of March 18, 2019, the amount of the Obligations
owing under the Loan Documents (exclusive of attorneys’ fees and other fees, expenses, advances, and costs) totaled $75,609,166.66,
consisting of (i) unpaid principal of $43,000,000.00 and accrued, unpaid interest of $349,255.55 on the Term Loan, and (ii) unpaid
principal of $32,000,000.00 and accrued, unpaid interest of $259,911.11 on the Revolving Term Loan.

 

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ARTICLE
5         Conditions to Effectiveness.

 

This
Agreement shall become effective on such date (the “Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions
has been satisfied:

 

5.1          Representations
and Warranties. All covenants, representations and warranties made by the Company pursuant to Article 4 shall be true and
correct.

 

5.2          Term
Note. Agent shall have received a duly executed Third Amended and Restated Term Note.

 

5.3          Revolving
Term Note. Agent shall have received a duly executed Second Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note.

 

5.4          Mortgage
Amendment. Agent shall have received a duly executed Second Mortgage Amendment.

 

5.5          PEC
Guaranty. Agent shall have received a guaranty agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E duly executed by
PEC the (“PEC Guaranty”).

 

5.6          PEC
Pledge Agreement. Agent shall have received a pledge agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F duly executed
by PEC (the “PEC Pledge Agreement”).

 

5.7          PEC
Security Agreement. Agent shall have received a security agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G duly executed
by PEC (the “PEC Security Agreement”).

 

5.8          Updated
Schedules. Agent shall have received updated schedules to the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 6.11 of the Credit
Agreement.

 

5.9          Schedule
C to Security Agreement. Agent shall have received a completed Schedule C to the Security Agreement.

 

5.10        Insurance
Certificates. Agent shall have received current insurance certificates for all insurance policies maintained by the Company.

 

5.11        Other
Requests. Agent shall have received such other certificates, instruments, documents, agreements, information and reports as
may be requested by Agent, in form and substance acceptable to Agent.

 

5.12        Reimbursement
of Fees/Expenses. The Company shall have paid all out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Agent and the Lending Parties (including
legal and audit fees) that accrued in relation to the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all out-of-pocket fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, drafting, negotiation, implementation of this Agreement.

 

5.13        Amendment
Fee. Agent shall have received a non-refundable amendment fee of $150,000.

 

5.14        Aurora
Marketing Agent. The Company shall have (a) engaged Piper Jaffray as an Aurora Marketing Agent, and (b) delivered to Agent
copies of all of the following that are currently available to the Company: (i) the engagement letter(s) with Piper Jaffray and
any other Aurora Marketing Agent (together with all amendments and supplements thereto); (ii) all sale offering and marketing
materials prepared by the Aurora Marketing Agent(s); and (iii) all indications of interest, letters of intent, and written offers
for the Aurora Assets.

 

5.15        Required
Consents, etc. The Company shall have delivered to Agent all consents, authorizations and amendments determined by Agent to
be necessary to ensure the enforceability of the PEC Guaranty, the PEC Pledge Agreement and the PEC Security Agreement.

 

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Upon
the delivery by Agent of a fully executed copy of this Agreement to the Company, the conditions set forth above shall be deemed
satisfied and the Effective Date shall be deemed to have occurred as of the date so delivered.

 

ARTICLE
6         Release.

 

As
a material part of the consideration for Agent and Lender entering into this Agreement, the Company agrees as follows (the “Release
Provision”)

 

6.1          The
Company hereby releases and forever discharges Agent and the Lender Parties and each such parties’ respective predecessors,
successors, assigns, participants, officers, managers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, attorneys, representatives,
parent corporations, subsidiaries, and affiliates (hereinafter all of the above collectively referred to as “Released
Group”), jointly and severally, from any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, damages, debts, agreements, covenants,
suits, contracts, obligations, liabilities, accounts, offsets, rights, actions, and causes of action of any nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, all claims, demands, and causes of action for contribution and indemnity, whether arising at law
or in equity, whether presently possessed or possessed in the future, whether known or unknown, whether liability be direct or
indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, whether presently accrued or to accrue hereafter, whether absolute or contingent, foreseen
or unforeseen, and whether or not heretofore asserted, and including whether arising from the negligence (but not the gross negligence
or willful misconduct) of any of the Released Group, which the Company may have or claim to have against any of the Released Group,
in each case only to the extent arising or accruing prior to and including the Effective Date.

 

6.2          The
Company agrees not to sue any of the Released Group or in any way assist any other person or entity in suing any of the Released
Group with respect to any claim released herein. This Release Provision may be pleaded as a full and complete defense to, and
may be used as the basis for an injunction against, any action, suit, or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted,
or attempted in breach of the release contained herein.

 

6.3          The
Company is the sole owner of the claims released by the Release Provision, and the Company has not heretofore conveyed or assigned
any interest in any such claims to any other person or entity. The Company understands that the Release Provision was a material
consideration in the agreement of Agent and Lender to enter into this Agreement.

 

6.4          It
is the express intent of the Company that the release and discharge set forth in the Release Provision be construed as broadly
as possible in favor of the Released Group so as to foreclose forever the assertion by the Company of any claims released hereby
against any of the Released Group. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of the Release Provision is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force
and effect.

 

ARTICLE
7         Miscellaneous.

 

7.1          Loan
Document Pursuant to Credit Agreement. This Agreement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement. Except
as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement
and each other Loan Document shall remain unamended and otherwise unmodified and in full force and effect.

 

7.2          Limitation
of Amendments. The temporary waivers and deferrals granted in Article 2 and the amendments provided in Article 3 shall be
limited precisely as provided for therein and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification
of any other term or provision of the Credit Agreement or any term or provision of any other Loan Document or of any transaction
or further or future action on the part of the Company which would require the consent of Agent or the Lending Parties under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

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7.3          Collateral.
To the extent any Collateral is personal property, the Company hereby renounces and waives all rights that are waivable under
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) of any jurisdiction in which any Collateral may now or
hereafter be located. The Company also hereby acknowledges and agrees that a public sale shall constitute a commercially reasonable
manner for the disposition of the Collateral.

 

7.4          Counterparts;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts),
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement
shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Agent and when Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by telecopy or email shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

7.5          Incorporation
of Credit Agreement Provisions. The provisions of Article 11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis
mutandis.

 

7.6          Updated
Notice Address. In accordance with Section 11.4(c) of the Credit Agreement, Agent hereby notifies Lender and the Company that
the following shall be the notice address for Agent and Cash Management Provider:

 

6340
S. Fiddlers Green Circle

Greenwood
Village, CO 80111

Attention:
Credit Information Services

Fax:
(303) 224-6101

Email:
CIServices@cobank.com

 

[Signature
Pages Follow]

 

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[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT]

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.

	 	 	 
	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 	PACIFIC
                    ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC 

	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bryon
    T. McGregor 
	 	Name:	Bryon T. McGregor
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

    

    

    

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT]

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.

	 	 	 
	 	LENDER:
	 	 
	 	COMPEER
                    FINANCIAL, PCA

	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Kevin
    Buente 
	 	Name:	Kevin Buente
	 	Title:	Principal Credit Officer

 

    

    

    

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT]

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.

	 	 	 
	 	COBANK,
                    ACB

	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Tom
    D. Houser 
	 	Name:	Tom D. Houser
	 	Title:	Vice President

 

    

    

    

 

EXHIBIT
A

Form of Third Amended and Restated Term Note

 

[see
attached]

 

    

    

    

THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED

TERM NOTE

 

	$64,000,000	Greenwood
    Village, Colorado
	 	March
    20, 2019

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, successor by merger to 1st
Farm Credit Services, PCA (which, together with its endorsees, successors, and assigns, is referred to herein as the “Bank”),
at the office of CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”), located at 6340 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado
80111 (or at such other place of payment designated by the holder hereof to the Company), the principal sum of SIXTY-FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS ($64,000,000) (such amount, the “Term Loan Amount”) (each loan and any one or more portions of any
loan being referred to herein as a “Loan”), and to pay interest, as set forth below, from the date hereof until
Payment in Full on the principal amount remaining from time to time outstanding at the rates set forth below, in lawful money
of the United States of America in immediately available funds, payable with interest thereon, as set forth below, without presentment,
demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company, and without set-off, counterclaim
or other deduction of any nature. This Third Amended and Restated Term Note (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced,
refinanced or renewed from time to time, this “Note”) is given pursuant to that Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 15, 2016, between the Company, the Bank and the Agent (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them by the Agreement, including Annex A thereto, and the Rules of Construction set forth in such Annex A shall apply
to this Note. This Note amends and restates, but does not constitute payment of the indebtedness, evidenced by, the Second Amended
and Restated Term Note, dated as of March 30, 2018, by the Company to the order of the Bank in the original principal amount of
the Term Loan Amount.

 

1.            Borrowing
Availability. The Term Loan Amount was advanced on or before January 31, 2017 (the “Term Loan Availability Expiration
Date”), and no additional advances shall be permitted under this Note.

 

2.            Purpose
of Term Loan. The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used to refinance the existing indebtedness of the Company, and the Company
shall use the Term Loan for no other purpose.

 

3.            Principal
Payments. As of the date hereof, the remaining principal balance of the Loan is $43,000,000. The remaining principal hereunder
shall be due and payable in ten (10) equal consecutive installments of $3,500,000 each, beginning on February 20, 2019, and continuing
on the twentieth (20th) day of each May, August, November, and February, thereafter until August 20, 2021 (the “Maturity
Date”), at which time the entire remaining indebtedness evidenced by this Note, if not sooner paid in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement and this Note, shall be due and payable.

 

4.            Interest
Payments. The Company hereby further promises to pay to the order of the Agent, at the times and on the dates provided in
the Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from the date hereof until the Payment in Full of all of the
Loans at the rate or rates comprising the Interest Rate Option(s) (defined below), which the Company shall select in accordance
with the terms hereof to apply to each Loan, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Note and the Agreement,
the Company may select different Interest Rate Options to apply to the Loans and may convert to or renew one or more Interest
Rate Options with respect to any one or more of the Loans; provided that in the event the Company shall fail to timely select
an Interest Rate Option to apply to any one or more Loans, such Loans shall bear interest at the LIBOR Index Option, and provided
further that if an Event of Default or Default exists and is continuing, the Company may not request, convert to, or renew the
Quoted Rate Option for any Loans, and the Agent may demand that all existing Loans bearing interest under the Quoted Rate Option
shall be converted immediately to the LIBOR Index Option, and the Company shall be obligated to pay the Agent any indemnity, costs,
and expenses arising in connection with such conversion.

 

    

    

    

 

5.            Interest
Rate Options. The Company shall have the right to select from the following interest rate options with respect to the Loans
(each, an “Interest Rate Option”): (a) upon the selection of a LIBOR Index Option, the LIBOR Index Rate with
a LIBOR Index Spread of 5.00% per annum (the “LIBOR Index Spread”) or (b) upon the selection of a Quoted Rate
Option, the Quoted Rate with such Quoted Rate to remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent.

 

6.            Loan
Requests. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Note and the Agreement, the Company may prior to the Term Loan Availability
Expiration Date request the Bank to make the Term Loan and the Company may from time to time prior to the Maturity Date request
the Agent to renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to an existing Loan, by delivering, in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Agreement, to the Agent not later than 12:00 noon (Denver time),

 

(a)
the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the LIBOR Index Option will apply,
and (b) the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the Quoted Rate Option
will apply or the last day of the preceding Quoted Rate period with respect to the conversion to or renewal of the Quoted Rate
Option for a Loan,

 

a
duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (or a request made by CoLink or by telephone,
but subject to the same deadline and containing substantially the same information, and in the case of a telephone request, immediately
confirmed in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit A and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof) by physical
delivery, facsimile, or electronic mail (each such request, whether telephonic or written and regardless how delivered, a “Loan
Request”), it being understood that the Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request
without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the amount
of the proposed Loan, the Interest Rate Option to be applicable thereto, and, if applicable, the Quoted Rate period therefor (each
Quoted Rate applicable to a Loan shall remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent), which amounts
shall be in integral multiples of $500,000 for each Loan under the Quoted Rate Option. All notices and requests hereunder shall
be given, and all borrowings and all conversions or renewals of Interest Rate Options shall occur, only on Business Days.

 

7.            Loans;
Limitations. Under the Quoted Rate Option, a Quoted Rate may be fixed on such balance and for such period, and shall be subject
to such rules and requirements as may be established by the Agent in its sole discretion in each instance, provided that: (1)
the minimum fixed period hereunder shall be 365 days; (2) at no time shall more than 10 Loans to which the Quoted Rate Option
applies be outstanding at any one time; and (3) amounts may be fixed in increments of $500,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Agent’s determination of the Quoted Rate shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company absent manifest error.

 

8.            Incomplete
Loan Requests; Consequences. If no Interest Rate Option is timely selected when a Loan is requested or with respect to the
end of any applicable Quoted Rate period for a Loan or prior to a requested conversion to a Quoted Rate Option for a Loan previously
subject to a different Interest Rate Option, the Company shall be deemed to have selected a LIBOR Index Option for such Loan.
In no event shall the interest rate(s) applicable to principal outstanding hereunder exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed
by applicable Law, as amended from time to time; any payment of interest or in the nature of interest in excess of such limitation
shall be credited as a payment of principal unless the Company requests the return of such amount.

 

9.            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          This
Note is the Term Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred
to therein. Reference is made to the Agreement for a description of the relative rights and obligations of the Company, the Bank
and the Agent, including rights and obligations of prepayment, collateral securing payment hereof, Events of Default, and rights
of acceleration of maturity upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

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(b)          No
delay on the part of the holder hereof in exercising any of its options, powers, or rights, or partial or single exercise thereof,
shall constitute a waiver thereof. The options, powers, and rights specified herein of the holder hereof are in addition to those
otherwise created or permitted by Law, the Agreement, and the other Loan Documents. There are no claims, set-offs, or deductions
of any nature as of the date hereof that could be made or asserted by the Company against the Bank and / or the Agent or against
any amount due or to become due under this Note; all such claims, set-offs, or deductions are hereby waived by the Company.

 

(c)          Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Note by telecopy or email (as a .pdf attachment thereto or otherwise) shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Note, but shall in any event be promptly followed by delivery
of the original manually executed signature page (provided, however, that the failure to do so shall in no event adversely affect
the rights of the Bank and / or the Agent hereunder whatsoever). THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company has executed this Agreement as of the date hereof by its
duly Authorized Officer.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	
	 	Name:	Bryon T. McGregor
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 
	 	 	 
	COBANK, ACB	 
	 	 	 
	By:		 
	Name:	Tom D. Houser	 
	Title:	Vice President	 

 

[Third Amended and Restated Term Note Signature Page]

  

    

    

    

EXHIBIT
A

 

FORM
OF TERM LOAN REQUEST

 

[______________],
20[__]

 

To:
CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”)

Attn:
Loan Administration

Email:
cobankloanaccounting@cobank.com

 

From:
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC (the “Company”)

 

		Re:	Credit
Agreement (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated
as of December 15, 2016, between the Company, Compeer Financial, PCA, successor by merger to 1st Farm Credit Services,
PCA, as Lender, and the Agent

 

Pursuant
to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Company hereby gives notice of its desire to receive a Term Loan in accordance with
the terms set forth below (all capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Credit
Agreement):

 

		(a)	The
                                         Term Loan requested pursuant to this Loan Request shall be made on [__________], 20[__].

 

		(b)	The
                                         aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan requested hereunder is [__________] Dollars
                                         ($[__________]).

 

		(c)	The
                                         Term Loan requested hereunder shall initially bear interest at the [select one]:

 

☐
LIBOR Index Option; or

 

☐ Quoted Rate Option.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 

 

    

    

    

 

EXHIBIT
B

Form of Second Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note

 

[see
attached]

 

    

    

    

 

SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED

REVOLVING TERM NOTE

 

	$32,000,000	Greenwood
    Village, Colorado
	 	March
    20, 2019

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, successor by merger to 1st
Farm Credit Services, PCA (which, together with its endorsees, successors, and assigns, is referred to herein as the “Bank”),
at the office of CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”) located at 6340 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado
80111 (or at such other place of payment designated by the holder hereof to the Company), the lesser of (i) the principal sum
of THIRTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($32,000,000) as reduced on the dates set forth in Section 1 below (as so reduced, the “Revolving
Term Commitment”), or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all loans made under the Revolving Term Commitment
by the Bank to or for the benefit of the Company (each loan and any one or more portions of any loan being referred to herein
as a “Loan”) pursuant to that Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2016, between the Company, the Bank
and the Agent (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), in lawful
money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, payable together with interest thereon, as set forth below,
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company, and without
set-off, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature at the earlier of February 1, 2022 (the “Revolving Term Facility
Expiration Date”), or as otherwise set forth below or in the Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Second Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or renewed
from time to time, this “Note”) shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Agreement, including
Annex A thereto, and the Rules of Construction set forth in such Annex A shall apply to this Note. This Note amends and restates,
but does not constitute payment of the indebtedness, evidenced by, the First Amended and Restated Revolving Term Note, dated as
of August 7, 2017, by the Company to the order of the Bank.

 

1.            Commitment
Reductions. The Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to permanently reduce the Revolving Term Commitment
by giving the Agent ten (10) days prior written notice; provided that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or would result
therefrom. Any such permanent reduction by the Company shall be made in increments of $500,000.

 

2.            Principal
Payments and Prepayments. Payments and prepayments of principal shall be due and payable as set forth in the Agreement and
this Note. The entire remaining indebtedness evidenced by this Note, if not sooner paid in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
or this Note, shall be due and payable on the Revolving Term Facility Expiration Date. If at any time, the aggregate principal
amount of Loans outstanding exceeds the Revolving Term Commitment at such time, the Company shall immediately notify the Agent
and shall immediately prepay the principal amount of the outstanding Loans in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

 

3.            Purpose
of Revolving Term Facility. The proceeds of the Revolving Term Facility shall be used to refinance the existing indebtedness
of the Company and provide Working Capital for the Company, and the Company shall use the Loans for no other purpose.

 

4.            Unused
Commitment Fee. Accruing from the date hereof until the Revolving Term Facility Expiration Date, the Company agrees to pay
to the Agent a nonrefundable commitment fee (the “Unused Commitment Fee”) equal to 0.75% per annum (computed
on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed) multiplied by the average daily positive difference
between the amount of (i) the Revolving Term Commitment minus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then outstanding.
All Unused Commitment Fees shall accrue to the first day of each month and be payable monthly in arrears on the 20th day of each
month hereafter and on the Revolving Term Facility Expiration Date.

 

    

    

    

 

5.            Interest
Payments. The Company hereby further promises to pay to the order of the Agent, at the times and on the dates provided in
the Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from the date hereof until the Payment in Full of all of the
Loans at the rate or rates comprising the Interest Rate Option(s) (defined below), which the Company shall select in accordance
with the terms hereof to apply to each Loan, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Note and the Agreement,
the Company may select different Interest Rate Options to apply to the Loans and may convert to or renew one or more Interest
Rate Options with respect to any one or more of the Loans; provided that in the event the Company shall fail to timely select
an Interest Rate Option to apply to any one or more Loans, such Loans shall bear interest at the LIBOR Index Option, and provided
further that if an Event of Default or Default exists and is continuing, the Company may not request, convert to, or renew the
Quoted Rate Option for any Loans, and the Agent may demand that all existing Loans bearing interest under the Quoted Rate Option
shall be converted immediately to the LIBOR Index Option, and the Company shall be obligated to pay the Agent any indemnity, costs,
and expenses arising in connection with such conversion.

 

6.            Interest
Rate Options. The Company shall have the right to select from the following interest rate options with respect to the Loans
(each, an “Interest Rate Option”): (a) upon the selection of a LIBOR Index Option, the LIBOR Index Rate with
a LIBOR Index Spread of 5.00% per annum (the “LIBOR Index Spread”) or (b) upon the selection of a Quoted Rate
Option, the Quoted Rate with such Quoted Rate to remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent.

 

7.            Loans;
Limitations. Under the Quoted Rate Option, a Quoted Rate may be fixed on such balance and for such period, and shall be subject
to such rules and requirements as may be established by the Agent in its sole discretion in each instance, provided that: (1)
the minimum fixed period hereunder shall be 365 days; (2) at no time shall more than 10 Loans to which the Quoted Rate Option
applies be outstanding at any one time; and (3) amounts may be fixed in increments of $500,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Agent’s determination of the Quoted Rate shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company absent manifest error.

 

8.            Loan
Requests. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Note and the Agreement, the Company may prior to the Revolving Term
Facility Expiration Date request the Bank to make Loans and the Company may from time to time prior to the Revolving Term Facility
Expiration Date request the Agent to renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to an existing Loan, by delivering,
in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement, to the Agent not later than 12:00 noon (Denver time),

 

(a)
the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the LIBOR Index Option will apply,
and (b) the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the Quoted Rate Option
will apply or the last day of the preceding Quoted Rate period with respect to the conversion to or renewal of the Quoted Rate
Option for a Loan,

 

a
duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (or a request made by CoLink or by telephone,
but subject to the same deadline and containing substantially the same information, and in the case of a telephone request, immediately
confirmed in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit A and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof) by physical
delivery, facsimile, or electronic mail (each such request, whether telephonic or written and regardless how delivered, a “Loan
Request”), it being understood that the Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request
without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the amount
of the proposed Loan, the Interest Rate Option to be applicable thereto, and, if applicable, the Quoted Rate period therefor (each
Quoted Rate applicable to a Loan shall remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent), which amounts
shall be in integral multiples of $500,000 for each Loan under the Quoted Rate Option. All notices and requests hereunder shall
be given, and all borrowings and all conversions or renewals of Interest Rate Options shall occur, only on Business Days.

 

9.            Incomplete
Loan Requests; Consequences. If no Interest Rate Option is timely selected when a Loan is requested or with respect to the
end of any applicable Quoted Rate period for a Loan or prior to a requested conversion to a Quoted Rate Option for a Loan previously
subject to a different Interest Rate Option, the Company shall be deemed to have selected a LIBOR Index Option for such Loan.
In no event shall the interest rate(s) applicable to principal outstanding hereunder exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed
by applicable Law, as amended from time to time; any payment of interest or in the nature of interest in excess of such limitation
shall be credited as a payment of principal unless the Company requests the return of such amount.

 

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10.          Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          This
Note is the Revolving Term Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Agreement and the other Loan Documents
referred to therein. Reference is made to the Agreement for a description of the relative rights and obligations of the Company,
the Bank and the Agent, including rights and obligations of prepayment, collateral securing payment hereof, Events of Default,
and rights of acceleration of maturity upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

(b)          No
delay on the part of the holder hereof in exercising any of its options, powers, or rights, or partial or single exercise thereof,
shall constitute a waiver thereof. The options, powers, and rights specified herein of the holder hereof are in addition to those
otherwise created or permitted by Law, the Agreement, and the other Loan Documents. There are no claims, set-offs, or deductions
of any nature as of the date hereof that could be made or asserted by the Company against the Bank and / or the Agent or against
any amount due or to become due under this Note; all such claims, set-offs, or deductions are hereby waived by the Company.

 

(c)          Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Note by telecopy or email (as a .pdf attachment thereto or otherwise) shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Note, but shall in any event be promptly followed by delivery
of the original manually executed signature page (provided, however, that the failure to do so shall in no event adversely affect
the rights of the Bank and / or the Agent hereunder whatsoever). THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company has executed this Note as of the date hereof by its duly
Authorized Officer.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	Bryon T. McGregor
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 
	 	 	 
	COBANK, ACB	 
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 
	Name:	Tom D. Houser	 
	Title:	Vice President	 

 

[Second Amended and Restated Revolving Term
Note Signature Page]

 

    

    

    

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

FORM
OF REVOLVING TERM LOAN REQUEST

 

[______________],
20[__]

 

To:
CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”)

Attn:
Loan Administration

Email:
cobankloanaccounting@cobank.com

 

From:
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC (the “Company”)

 

		Re:	Credit
Agreement (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated
as of December 15, 2016, between the Company, Compeer Financial, PCA, successor by merger to 1st Farm Credit Services,
PCA, as Lender, and the Agent

 

Pursuant
to Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Company hereby gives notice of its desire to receive a Revolving Term Loan in accordance
with the terms set forth below (all capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in
the Credit Agreement):

 

		(a)	The
                                         Revolving Term Loan requested pursuant to this Revolving Term Loan Request shall be made
                                         on [__________], 20[__].

 

		(b)	The
                                         aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Term Loan requested hereunder is [__________]
                                         Dollars ($[__________]).

 

		(c)	The
                                         Revolving Term Loan requested hereunder shall initially bear interest at the [select
                                         one]:

 

☐ LIBOR Index Option; or

 

☐ Quoted Rate Option.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 

 

    

    

    

 

SCHEDULE
C

 

To
Security Agreement Dated December 15, 2016

 

Set
forth below is a list of all of Debtor’s deposit accounts.

 

	#	Depository
    Bank	Account
    Holder	Account
    Number	Account
    Name
	1.	Bank
    of America	Pacific
    Ethanol Pekin, LLC	325000575702	Pacific
    Ethanol Pekin, LLC

 

    

    

    

 

SCHEDULE
D

 

To
Security Agreement Dated December 15, 2016

 

Set
forth below is a list of all of Debtor’s commercial tort claims.

 

	Description
    of Claim	Parties	Court
    where Case Filed; Case Number
	Breach
    of contract, negligence, fraud, and related theories arising out of the purchase and sale of two natural gas boilers and the
    subsequent catastrophic failure of both boilers	Pacific
    Ethanol Pekin, LLC v. Indeck Power Equipment Co.	Circuit
    Court, Cook County, Case No. 15 L 6405Exhibit 10.2

 

THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED

TERM NOTE

 

	$64,000,000	Greenwood
    Village, Colorado
	 	March
    20, 2019

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, successor by merger to 1st
Farm Credit Services, PCA (which, together with its endorsees, successors, and assigns, is referred to herein as the “Bank”),
at the office of CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”), located at 6340 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado
80111 (or at such other place of payment designated by the holder hereof to the Company), the principal sum of SIXTY-FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS ($64,000,000) (such amount, the “Term Loan Amount”) (each loan and any one or more portions of any
loan being referred to herein as a “Loan”), and to pay interest, as set forth below, from the date hereof until
Payment in Full on the principal amount remaining from time to time outstanding at the rates set forth below, in lawful money
of the United States of America in immediately available funds, payable with interest thereon, as set forth below, without presentment,
demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company, and without set-off, counterclaim
or other deduction of any nature. This Third Amended and Restated Term Note (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced,
refinanced or renewed from time to time, this “Note”) is given pursuant to that Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 15, 2016, between the Company, the Bank and the Agent (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them by the Agreement, including Annex A thereto, and the Rules of Construction set forth in such Annex A shall apply
to this Note. This Note amends and restates, but does not constitute payment of the indebtedness, evidenced by, the Second Amended
and Restated Term Note, dated as of March 30, 2018, by the Company to the order of the Bank in the original principal amount of
the Term Loan Amount.

 

1.            Borrowing
Availability. The Term Loan Amount was advanced on or before January 31, 2017 (the “Term Loan Availability Expiration
Date”), and no additional advances shall be permitted under this Note.

 

2.            Purpose
of Term Loan. The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used to refinance the existing indebtedness of the Company, and the Company
shall use the Term Loan for no other purpose.

 

3.            Principal
Payments. As of the date hereof, the remaining principal balance of the Loan is $43,000,000. The remaining principal hereunder
shall be due and payable in ten (10) equal consecutive installments of $3,500,000 each, beginning on February 20, 2019, and continuing
on the twentieth (20th) day of each May, August, November, and February, thereafter until August 20, 2021 (the “Maturity
Date”), at which time the entire remaining indebtedness evidenced by this Note, if not sooner paid in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement and this Note, shall be due and payable.

 

4.            Interest
Payments. The Company hereby further promises to pay to the order of the Agent, at the times and on the dates provided in
the Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from the date hereof until the Payment in Full of all of the
Loans at the rate or rates comprising the Interest Rate Option(s) (defined below), which the Company shall select in accordance
with the terms hereof to apply to each Loan, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Note and the Agreement,
the Company may select different Interest Rate Options to apply to the Loans and may convert to or renew one or more Interest
Rate Options with respect to any one or more of the Loans; provided that in the event the Company shall fail to timely select
an Interest Rate Option to apply to any one or more Loans, such Loans shall bear interest at the LIBOR Index Option, and provided
further that if an Event of Default or Default exists and is continuing, the Company may not request, convert to, or renew the
Quoted Rate Option for any Loans, and the Agent may demand that all existing Loans bearing interest under the Quoted Rate Option
shall be converted immediately to the LIBOR Index Option, and the Company shall be obligated to pay the Agent any indemnity, costs,
and expenses arising in connection with such conversion.

 

    

    

    

 

5.            Interest
Rate Options. The Company shall have the right to select from the following interest rate options with respect to the Loans
(each, an “Interest Rate Option”): (a) upon the selection of a LIBOR Index Option, the LIBOR Index Rate with
a LIBOR Index Spread of 5.00% per annum (the “LIBOR Index Spread”) or (b) upon the selection of a Quoted Rate
Option, the Quoted Rate with such Quoted Rate to remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent.

 

6.            Loan
Requests. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Note and the Agreement, the Company may prior to the Term Loan Availability
Expiration Date request the Bank to make the Term Loan and the Company may from time to time prior to the Maturity Date request
the Agent to renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to an existing Loan, by delivering, in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Agreement, to the Agent not later than 12:00 noon (Denver time),

 

(a)
the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the LIBOR Index Option will apply,
and (b) the same Business Day as the proposed Business Day of borrowing with respect to a Loan to which the Quoted Rate Option
will apply or the last day of the preceding Quoted Rate period with respect to the conversion to or renewal of the Quoted Rate
Option for a Loan,

 

a
duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (or a request made by CoLink or by telephone,
but subject to the same deadline and containing substantially the same information, and in the case of a telephone request, immediately
confirmed in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit A and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof) by physical
delivery, facsimile, or electronic mail (each such request, whether telephonic or written and regardless how delivered, a “Loan
Request”), it being understood that the Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request
without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the amount
of the proposed Loan, the Interest Rate Option to be applicable thereto, and, if applicable, the Quoted Rate period therefor (each
Quoted Rate applicable to a Loan shall remain fixed for such period as is confirmed to the Company by the Agent), which amounts
shall be in integral multiples of $500,000 for each Loan under the Quoted Rate Option. All notices and requests hereunder shall
be given, and all borrowings and all conversions or renewals of Interest Rate Options shall occur, only on Business Days.

 

7.            Loans;
Limitations. Under the Quoted Rate Option, a Quoted Rate may be fixed on such balance and for such period, and shall be subject
to such rules and requirements as may be established by the Agent in its sole discretion in each instance, provided that: (1)
the minimum fixed period hereunder shall be 365 days; (2) at no time shall more than 10 Loans to which the Quoted Rate Option
applies be outstanding at any one time; and (3) amounts may be fixed in increments of $500,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Agent’s determination of the Quoted Rate shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company absent manifest error.

 

8.            Incomplete
Loan Requests; Consequences. If no Interest Rate Option is timely selected when a Loan is requested or with respect to the
end of any applicable Quoted Rate period for a Loan or prior to a requested conversion to a Quoted Rate Option for a Loan previously
subject to a different Interest Rate Option, the Company shall be deemed to have selected a LIBOR Index Option for such Loan.
In no event shall the interest rate(s) applicable to principal outstanding hereunder exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed
by applicable Law, as amended from time to time; any payment of interest or in the nature of interest in excess of such limitation
shall be credited as a payment of principal unless the Company requests the return of such amount.

 

9.            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)       This
Note is the Term Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred
to therein. Reference is made to the Agreement for a description of the relative rights and obligations of the Company, the Bank
and the Agent, including rights and obligations of prepayment, collateral securing payment hereof, Events of Default, and rights
of acceleration of maturity upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

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(b)       No
delay on the part of the holder hereof in exercising any of its options, powers, or rights, or partial or single exercise thereof,
shall constitute a waiver thereof. The options, powers, and rights specified herein of the holder hereof are in addition to those
otherwise created or permitted by Law, the Agreement, and the other Loan Documents. There are no claims, set-offs, or deductions
of any nature as of the date hereof that could be made or asserted by the Company against the Bank and / or the Agent or against
any amount due or to become due under this Note; all such claims, set-offs, or deductions are hereby waived by the Company.

 

(c)       Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Note by telecopy or email (as a .pdf attachment thereto or otherwise) shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Note, but shall in any event be promptly followed by delivery
of the original manually executed signature page (provided, however, that the failure to do so shall in no event adversely affect
the rights of the Bank and / or the Agent hereunder whatsoever). THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company has executed this Note as of the date hereof by its duly
Authorized Officer.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bryon
    T. McGregor 
	 	Name:	Bryon T. McGregor
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 
	 	 	 
	COBANK, ACB	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Tom
    D. Houser 	 
	Name:	Tom D. Houser	 
	Title:	Vice President	 

 

[Third Amended and Restated Term Note Signature Page]

 

    

    

    

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

FORM
OF TERM LOAN REQUEST

 

[______________],
20[__]

 

To:
CoBank, ACB (the “Agent”)

Attn:
Loan Administration

Email:
cobankloanaccounting@cobank.com

 

From:
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC (the “Company”)

 

		Re:	Credit
Agreement (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated
as of December 15, 2016, between the Company, Compeer Financial, PCA, successor by merger to 1st Farm Credit Services,
PCA, as Lender, and the Agent

 

Pursuant
to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Company hereby gives notice of its desire to receive a Term Loan in accordance with
the terms set forth below (all capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Credit
Agreement):

 

		(a)	The
                                         Term Loan requested pursuant to this Loan Request shall be made on [__________], 20[__].

 

		(b)	The
                                         aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan requested hereunder is [__________] Dollars
                                         ($[__________]).

 

		(c)	The
                                         Term Loan requested hereunder shall initially bear interest at the [select one]:

 

☐
LIBOR Index Option; or

 

☐
Quoted Rate Option.

 

	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:

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