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Exhibit 4.4

WARRANT AGREEMENT

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of June 22, 2007, is made and entered into
by and between Syntroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Tyson Foods,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Warrantholder”). This Agreement is being executed in connection
with the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Dynamic Fuels, LLC of even date herewith by and
between the Company and the Warrantholder (the “LLC Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the LLC Agreement.

The Company agrees to issue to Warrantholder the warrants, as hereinafter described in
Schedule 1 (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate number of shares set forth on Schedule 1
(the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), upon
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms and provisions of
the Warrants and the respective rights and obligations thereunder, the Company and the
Warrantholder, for value received, hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Transferability and Form of Warrants.

1.1 Registration. The Warrants shall be numbered and shall be registered on the books of
the Company when issued.

1.2 Limitations on Transfer.

(a) The Warrants and the Shares shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
encumbered unless and until the Warrants become exercisable pursuant to Schedule I. After such
Warrants become exercisable pursuant to Schedule I, then the Warrants and the Shares can be sold,
assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise encumbered except upon the conditions specified in
this Agreement. Warrantholder will cause any proposed purchaser, assignee, transferee or pledgee
of the Warrants or the Shares, except for transferees in dispositions of Shares that are pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), or
dispositions of Shares pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Act, to agree to take and hold
such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement. The
Warrants may be divided or combined, upon request to the Company by a Warrantholder, into a
certificate or certificates representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “Warrantholder” shall include any transferee or
transferees of the Warrants or the Shares that are required to be bound by the terms hereof, and
the term “Warrants” shall include any and all warrants outstanding pursuant to this Agreement,
including those evidenced by a certificate or certificates issued upon division, exchange or
substitution pursuant to this Agreement.
Warrantholder by its receipt of a Warrant certificate, agrees to be bound by and comply with the
terms of this Agreement. Warrantholder represents and agrees that the Warrant (and Shares if the
Warrant is exercised) is purchased only for investment, for such Warrantholder’s own account, and
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(b) If Warrantholder desires to sell the Warrants, Warrantholder shall deliver a written
notice thereof (“Right of First Offer Notice”) to the Company.

(c) Upon receipt of the Right of First Offer Notice, the Company shall have thirty (30)
calendar days to provide Warrantholder with a binding, written offer (the “Offer”) to purchase the
Warrants. Any Offer must include, at a minimum, a price, in cash, for the Warrants, a description
of any material conditions applicable to the purchase thereof, and the time period within which the
Company is prepared to close such purchase (which shall be as soon as reasonably practicable, but
in no event later than sixty (60) calendar days after the date of the Right of First Offer Notice.
Upon receipt of an Offer from the Company, Warrantholder shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to accept the same by delivering written notice to the Company, which notice shall
constitute a contract between Warrantholder to sell, and the Company to purchase, the Warrants on
the terms and conditions described therein.

(d) If Warrantholder elects not to accept any Offer, Warrantholder may sell the Warrants to a
third party, provided that, the sale price for the Warrants must be in cash and may not be less
than 105% of the price set forth in any Offer that was timely delivered to Warrantholder. The sale
must be concluded within the later to occur of (i) one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the
date of such election and (ii) receipt of any third party consents or approvals required in
connection with such sale. If Warrantholder elects not to accept an Offer for the Warrants and
does not agree to sell the Warrants in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within thirty
(30) calendar days of such election, then Warrantholder shall not sell the Warrants for a period of
one (1) year following the expiration of such thirty (30) calendar day period. Following such one
(1) year period, if Warrantholder desires to sell the Warrants, Warrantholder shall once again
deliver a Right of First Offer Notice to the Company.

1.3 Form of Warrants. The text of the Warrants and of the form of election to purchase
Shares shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The number of Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain
events, all as hereinafter provided. The Warrant shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chief Executive Officer, President or by a Vice President, attested to by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary. A Warrant bearing the signature of an individual who was at the time of
execution thereof the proper officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that
such individual shall have ceased to hold such office prior to the delivery of such Warrant or did
not hold such office on the date of this Agreement.

The Warrants shall be dated as of the date of signature thereof by the Company either upon
initial issuance or upon division, exchange or substitution.

1.4 Legend on Warrants. Each Warrant certificate shall bear the following legends:

 

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	 	(a)	 	“THE WARRANTS EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR
INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT (I) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, (II) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
FOR THE HOLDER, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION
IS NOT REQUIRED AND ANY PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE OR
(III) RECEIPT OF NO-ACTION LETTERS FROM THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL
AUTHORITIES. COPIES OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT COVERING THE PURCHASE OF THESE
WARRANTS AND VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PROVISIONS
RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER, MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE
BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT
THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.”; and

	 
	 	(b)	 	any legend required by applicable state securities law.

Any certificate issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing
such legends (except, in the case of the Shares, a new certificate issued upon completion of a
public distribution pursuant to a registration statement under the Act or upon completion of a sale
under Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Act of the securities represented thereby) shall also bear
the above legend or similar legend unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, the securities
represented thereby need no longer be subject to such restrictions. Warrantholder consents to the
Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any registrar or transfer agent
of the Warrants and the Common Stock in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established
in this Agreement.

Section 2. Exchange of Warrant Certificate. Any Warrant certificate may be exchanged for
another certificate or certificates entitling a Warrantholder to purchase a like aggregate number
of Shares as the certificate or certificates surrendered then entitled such Warrantholder to
purchase. Any Warrantholder desiring to exchange a Warrant certificate shall make such request in
writing delivered to the Company, and shall surrender, properly endorsed, the certificate
evidencing the Warrant to be so exchanged. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and deliver to the
person entitled thereto a new Warrant certificate as so requested.

Section 3. Issuance of Warrants; Term of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants.

(a) Upon each issuance date specified in Schedule 1 of this Agreement, the Company shall issue
a Warrant certificate evidencing Warrants representing the right, subject to the provisions
contained herein and therein, to purchase from the Company the number of Shares specified in
Schedule 1 in respect of such issuance date; provided that in the event the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant to be issued pursuant to this Section
3(c), (i) when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then owned beneficially by the
Investor, would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor (assuming such Warrants were
exercisable) of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to or in excess of 20% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock on the date of issuance or (ii) when aggregated with all other shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise all Warrants previously issued pursuant to this
Section 3(a) would result in the issuance upon exercise of all
 such Warrants of a number of shares
of Common Stock equal to or in excess of 20% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the
date of this Agreement, then the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise
of such warrant shall be reduced to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that does not
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(b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Warrantholder shall have the right, at any time
and from time to time on a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Tulsa, Oklahoma
during the periods specified in Schedule 1 of this Agreement in respect of a Warrant, to exercise
such Warrant and to purchase from the Company up to the number of duly authorized, fully paid and
nonassessable Shares to which Warrantholder may at the time be entitled to purchase pursuant to
this Agreement, upon surrender to the Company, at its principal office, of the certificate
evidencing the Warrants to be exercised, together with the purchase form on the reverse thereof
duly completed and signed, and upon payment to the Company of the Warrant Price, for the number of
Shares in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised, but in no event for less than 100
Shares for any Warrantholder (unless less than an aggregate of 100 Shares are then purchasable
under all outstanding Warrants held by a Warrantholder).

(c) Payment by Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price shall be made in cash or by
immediately available funds, check or any combination thereof.

(d) Upon such surrender of the Warrants and payment of such Warrant Price as aforesaid, the
Company shall issue and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the exercising
Warrantholder and in the name of the exercising Warrantholder a certificate or certificates for the
number of full Shares so purchased upon the exercise of his Warrant, together with cash, as
provided in Section 9 hereof, in respect of any fractional Shares otherwise issuable upon such
surrender. Such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and the exercising
Warrantholder shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such securities as of the date
of surrender of the Warrants and payment of the Warrant Price, as aforesaid, notwithstanding that
the certificate or certificates representing such securities shall not actually have been delivered
or that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed. The Warrants shall be
exercisable, at the election of a Warrantholder, either in full or from time to time in part and,
in the event that a certificate evidencing the Warrants is exercised in respect of less than all of
the Shares specified therein, a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the Warrants
held by such Warrantholder will be issued by the Company.

(e) In the event the vesting events set out on Schedule I do not occur, the related Warrant
certificates shall thereupon be cancelled and retired. In addition, in the event that the
Warrantholder’s direct or indirect ownership of the outstanding equity interests in Dynamic Fuels,
LLC is reduced pursuant to Section 2.2(l) of the LLC Agreement as a result of the failure to make a
Capital Contribution in respect of a Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant, any Warrants
exercisable based on the commercial operations date of such Biofined Renewable Fuels Production
Plant or any subsequent Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant that have not been exercised as
of the date of such reduction shall terminate and no additional warrant shall be issued pursuant to
this Agreement.

Section 4. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes, if any,
attributable to the initial issuance of the Warrants or the Shares; provided, however, the Company
shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any secondary transfer of
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Section 5. Mutilated or Missing Warrants. In case the certificate or certificates
evidencing the Warrants shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall, at the
request of a Warrantholder, issue and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the mutilated certificate or certificates, or in lieu of and substitution for the
certificate or certificates lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant certificate or certificates of
like tenor and representing an equivalent right or interest, but only upon receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant and a bond of
indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory in form and amount at the applicant’s cost. Applicants
for such substitute Warrants certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations
and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

Section 6. Reservation of Shares; No Impairment.

(a) There has been reserved, and the Company shall at all times keep reserved so long as the
Warrants remain outstanding, out of its authorized Common Stock, such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall be subject to purchase under the Warrants. On or before taking any action that
would cause an adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants resulting in an increase in the
number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such conversion or exercise above the number
thereof previously authorized, reserved and available therefor, the Company shall take all such
action so required for compliance with this Section.

(b) The Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its charter
documents or through any reorganization, reclassification, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other similar voluntary action, avoid or
seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such
actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against
impairment.

Section 7. Warrant Price. The price per Share at which Shares shall be purchasable upon
the exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Price”) is specified in Schedule 1 of this Agreement,
subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

Section 8. Adjustment of Number of Shares. The number of securities purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrants and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
upon the happening of certain events, as follows:

8.1 Adjustments. The number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants and
the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment as follows:

 

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(a) If the Company after the date hereof shall (1) make or pay a dividend or make a
distribution in shares of Common Stock on its Common Stock, (2) subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (3) combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants immediately prior to such action shall be

adjusted so that a Warrantholder upon exercise
of the Warrants shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock which it would
have owned or would have been entitled to receive immediately following such action had the
Warrants been exercised immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection
(a) shall become effective on the day immediately after the record date, except as provided in
subsection (g) below, in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective on the
day immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. Whenever the
number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of a Warrant is adjusted as provided in this
paragraph (a), the Warrant Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately
prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which
the denominator shall be the number of Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.

(b) If the Company after the date hereof shall distribute any rights, warrants or options to
all holders of its Common Stock entitling them, for a period expiring within 60 days after the
record date for such distribution, to purchase shares of Common Stock or securities convertible
into Common Stock at a price per share less than the Relevant Current Market Price Per Share (as
defined below), the Warrant Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which (i) the numerator shall be the sum of
(A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the distribution to
which this subsection (b) is being applied and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock which the
aggregate price of the total number of shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the distribution
to which this subsection (b) is being applied would purchase at the Relevant Current Market Price
Per Share and (ii) the denominator shall be the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the record date for the distribution to which this subsection (b) is being applied
and (B) the number of additional shares of Common
Stock offered pursuant to the distribution to which this subsection (b) is being applied. For
purposes of this subsection (b), the “Relevant Current Market Price Per Share” means the then
Current Market Value per share of the Common Stock (determined as provided in subsection (e) below)
on the record date for the distribution to which this subsection (b) applies, minus, for any
distribution to which subsection (c) applies and for which (x) the record date shall occur on or
before the record date for the distribution to which this subsection (b) applies and (y) the “‘ex’
date” shall occur on or after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive the rights, warrants or options to which this subsection (b) applies, the fair market value
(on the record date for the distribution to which this subsection (b) applies and as reasonably
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the assets of the Company or
evidences of indebtedness, cash or securities distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
in such subsection (c) distribution. The adjustment shall, except as provided in subsection (g)
below, become effective on the day immediately after the record date for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive the rights, warrants or options to which this subsection (b)
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(c) If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof shall distribute to
all holders of Common Stock any of its assets, evidences of indebtedness, cash or securities
(excluding any distributions referred to in subsections (a) or (b) and any dividend or distribution
paid in cash out of earned surplus of the Company) then in each such case the Warrant Price shall
be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying
the Warrant Price in
effect immediately prior to the record date of such distribution by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the then Current Market Value per share of the Common Stock (determined as
provided in subsection (e) below) on the record date mentioned below less the then fair market
value (with respect to non-cash consideration, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the Company) of the portion of the assets, evidences of indebtedness, cash or
securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and of which the denominator
shall be such Current Market Value per share of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall, except as
provided in subsection (g) below, become effective on the day immediately after the record date for
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

(d) If the Company after the date hereof shall consummate a tender offer for or otherwise
repurchase or redeem Common Stock (other than a repurchase in connection with grants, vesting or
exercises of awards under stock incentive plans), to the extent that the cash and value of any
other consideration included in such payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Current Market
Value per share of Common Stock (determined as provided in subsection (e) below) on the trading day
next succeeding the Expiration Time (as defined below), unless the Company tenders for the Warrants
on terms which give effect to such excess consideration, the Warrant Price shall be reduced so that
the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately
prior to the last time tenders or repurchases or redemptions may be made pursuant to such tender or
repurchase or redemption (the “Expiration Time”) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered, repurchased or redeemed
shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Current Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the trading day next succeeding the Expiration Time, and of which the denominator shall be the sum
of (A) the fair market value (with respect to non-cash consideration, as reasonably determined in
good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company) of the aggregate consideration payable to shareholders
based on the acceptance of all shares validly tendered, repurchased or redeemed and not withdrawn
as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted being referred to as the “Purchased
Shares”) and (B) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any
Purchased Shares) at the Expiration Time and the Current Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the trading day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such reduction to become effective immediately
prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time.

(e) For the purpose of any computation under subsection (b), (c) or (d) above, the “Current
Market Value” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the Market
Value of the Common Stock for the 10 trading days before, and ending not later than, the earlier of
the date in question and the date before the “‘ex’ date”, with respect to the issuance or
distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of subsection (b) and this subsection (e),
the term “‘ex’ date,” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date
on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the Nasdaq (or, if not listed or admitted to
trading thereon, then on the principal national securities exchange or automated quotation system
on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading and if not listed or admitted to trading
on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system, as determined in good faith by
the Company’s Board of Directors) without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.
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case of a security traded on the
over-the-counter market and not on Nasdaq nor on any national securities exchange, the per share
last sale price of the Common Stock on such trading day as reported by Nasdaq or an equivalent
generally accepted reporting service; (ii) in the case of a security traded on Nasdaq or on a
national securities exchange, the per share last sale price of the Common Stock on such trading day
on Nasdaq or on the principal stock exchange on which it is listed, as the case may be or (iii) if
neither clause (i) or (ii) above is applicable, then the fair value thereof as determined in good
faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. For purposes of clause (i) above, if trading in the
Common Stock is not reported by Nasdaq, the bid price referred to in said clause shall be the
lowest bid price as reported in the “pink sheets” published by National Quotation Bureau,
Incorporated. The last sale price referred to in clause (ii) above shall be the last reported sale
price or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported
closing bid and asked prices, in either case on Nasdaq or on the national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is then listed.

(f) In addition to the foregoing adjustments in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, the
Company will be permitted to make such reductions in the Warrant Price as it considers to be
advisable in order that any event treated for Federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or
stock rights will not be taxable to the holders of the shares of Common Stock.

(g) In any case in which this Section 8 shall require that an adjustment be made effective on
the day immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer the effectiveness of
such adjustment (but in no event until a date later than the effective time of the event giving
rise to such adjustment), in which case the Company shall, with respect to any Warrant exercised
after such record date and on and before such adjustment shall have become effective (i) defer
paying any cash payment pursuant to Section 9 hereof or issuing to
Warrantholder the number of shares of Common Stock (or other assets or securities) issuable
upon such exercise in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the
Company issuable thereupon only on the basis of the Warrant Price prior to such adjustment, and
(ii) not later than five business days after such adjustment shall have become effective, pay to
Warrantholder the appropriate cash payment pursuant to Section 9 hereof and issue to Warrantholder
the additional shares of Common Stock (or other asset or securities) issuable on such exercise.

(h) Upon the expiration of any rights, warrants or options referred to in subsection (b) or
(c) above, to the extent the Warrants shall not have been exercised, the Warrant Price shall be
adjusted to such amount as would have been received by a Warrantholder had the adjustment in such
Warrant Price made upon the distribution of such rights, warrants or options been made upon the
basis of the distribution of only such number of rights, warrants or options as were actually
exercised.

(i) No adjustment in the number of Shares purchasable pursuant to the Warrants or in the
Warrant Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1.0% of the number of Shares then purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants or in the Warrant
Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection 8.1(i) are not
required to be made immediately shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
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(j) Whenever the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants or the Warrant
Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall cause to be promptly mailed to the
Warrantholder by first class mail, postage prepaid, notice of such adjustment setting forth the
number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the Warrant Price after such
adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and the computation by which
such adjustment was made.

(k) Except as provided in this Section 8 or in Section 11, during the term of the Warrants or
upon the exercise of the Warrants, no adjustment shall be made (i) in respect of any dividends or
distributions or (ii) in respect of the consummation of any business combination or other
extraordinary transaction.

8.2 Par Value of Shares of Common Stock. Before taking any action which would cause an
adjustment effectively reducing the portion of the Warrant Price allocable to each Share below the
then par value per share of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company
will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that
the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock upon exercise
of the Warrants.

8.3 Independent Public Accountants. The Company may retain a firm of independent public
accountants of recognized national standing (which may be any such firm regularly employed by the
Company) to make any
computation required under this Section 8, and a certificate signed by such firm shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of any computation made under this Section 8.

8.4 Statement on Warrant Certificates. Irrespective of any adjustments in the number of
securities issuable upon exercise of Warrants or in the Warrant Price, Warrant certificates
theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to express the same number of securities and Warrant
Price as are stated in the Warrant certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
However, the Company may, at any time in its sole discretion (which shall be conclusive), make any
change in the form of Warrant certificate that it may deem appropriate and that does not affect the
substance thereof; and any Warrant certificate thereafter issued, whether upon registration of, or
in exchange or substitution for, an outstanding Warrant certificate, may be in the form so changed.

Section 9. Fractional Interests; Fair Value. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional Shares on the exercise of the Warrants. If any fraction of a Share would, except for
the provisions of this Section 9, be issuable on the exercise of the Warrants (or specified portion
thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the then Market Value of the Common
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Section 10. No Right as Stockholder; Notices to Warrantholder. Nothing contained in this
Agreement or in the Warrants shall be construed as conferring upon any Warrantholder or its
transferees any rights as a stockholder of the Company, including the right
to vote, receive
dividends, call meetings, consent or receive notices as a stockholder in respect of any meeting of
stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter or imposing any
fiduciary or other duty on the Company, its officers or directors, in favor of any Warrantholder,
all of which rights and duties owed to stockholders are disclaimed and waived by Warrantholder.
If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Warrants and prior to their exercise, any
one or more of the following events shall occur:

(a) any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to Section 8.1; or

(b) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company or a consolidation, merger or
similar business combination or sale of its property, assets and business as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety shall be proposed;

then the Company shall give notice in writing of such event to Warrantholder, as provided in
Section 10 hereof, promptly prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the
transfer books for the determination of the stockholders entitled to any relevant dividend,
distribution, subscription rights or other rights, or for the determination of stockholders
entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to
mail or receive such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any action taken
with respect thereto.

Section 11. Continuation of Purchase Rights in Case of Reclassification, Change, Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets. If any of the following shall occur, namely: (a) any
reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value
to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of outstanding shares of Common
Stock), (b) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other person, or the merger
of any other person with or into the Company (other than a merger which does not result in any
reclassification, change, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common
Stock) or (c) sale, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
(computed on a consolidated basis), then the Company, or such successor or purchasing entity, as
the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or conveyance, execute and deliver to Warrantholder an agreement providing
that Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise the Warrants only into the kind and amount of
shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance assuming such holder
of Common Stock of the Company (i) is not a person party to such transaction and (ii) failed to
exercise its rights of an election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other
property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
conveyance (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash, and other property receivable
upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance is not the
same for each share of Common Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance in respect of which such rights of
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shall not have been exercised (“non-electing share”), then for the purpose of this Section
11 the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance by each non-electing
share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the
non-electing shares). Such agreement shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Agreement. If, in the
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and
property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes
shares of stock or other securities and property (including cash) of a corporation other than the
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, then such agreement shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain
such additional provisions to protect the interests of Warrantholder as the Board of Directors of
the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this
Section 11 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Notice of the execution of each such agreement shall be mailed to Warrantholder by first class
mail, postage prepaid.

Section 12. Securities Laws; Restrictions on Transfer of Shares; Registration Rights.

(a) Warrantholder agrees that the Warrant and the related Shares (each of the Warrant and the
Shares being referred to herein as a “Security” and together, “Securities”) are being acquired for
investment and that Warrantholder will not purchase, offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the
Securities except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Act. In order to
exercise this Warrant, a Warrantholder must be able to confirm and shall confirm in writing, by
executing a certificate to be supplied by the Company, all of the representations and other
covenants contained in this Agreement, including that the Securities so purchased are being
acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale. The Shares (unless
registered under the Act) shall be stamped or imprinted with, in addition to any other appropriate
or required legend, a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO SALE OR
DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, (ii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE
HOLDER, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED AND ANY PROSPECTUS DELIVERY
REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE OR (iii) RECEIPT OF NO-ACTION
LETTERS FROM THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. COPIES OF
THE AGREEMENT COVERING THE PURCHASE OF THESE SECURITIES AND
RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN
REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE
COMPANY.”

 

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(b) In addition, Warrantholder specifically represents to the Company both at the time of
initial purchase of the Warrant and at those future times as specified herein:

(1) The Warrantholder has experience in analyzing and investing in companies like the Company
and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company and has the
capacity to protect its own interests. The Warrantholder is an “Accredited Investor” as that term
is defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Act. The Warrantholder is aware of the Company’s
business affairs and financial condition, and has acquired information about the Company sufficient
to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities. The Warrantholder is
acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment purposes only not as a nominee or agent
and not with a view to, or for the resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof for
purposes of the Act. The Warrantholder acknowledges the Company’s obligation to file a
registration statement with respect to the Shares as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of the date hereof by and between the Company and the Warrantholder (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”), the effectiveness of which registration statement may be required for the
resale of the Shares. The Warrantholder has not offered or
sold any portion of the Securities to be acquired by such Warrantholder and has no present
intention of reselling or otherwise disposing of any portion of such Securities either currently or
after the passage of a fixed or determinable period of time or upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence
of any predetermined event or circumstance, and in particular the Warrantholder has no current
intention to resell the Shares under such registration statement nor would it have such intention
if such registration statement were effective as of the date of purchase. The Warrantholder
understands that investment in the Securities is subject to a high degree of risk. The
Warrantholder can bear the economic risk of its investment, including the full loss of its
investment, and by reason of its business or financial experience or the business or financial
experience of its professional advisors has the capacity to evaluate the merits and risks of its
investment and protect its own interest in connection with the purchase of the Securities. The
Warrantholder also represents it has not been organized for the purpose of acquiring the
Securities.

(2) The Warrantholder understands that the Securities have not been and except as provided in
the Registration Rights Agreement will not be registered under the Act or any applicable State
securities law in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among
other things, the bona fide nature of the Warrantholder’s investment intent and the accuracy of the
Warrantholder’s representations as expressed herein and the Warrantholder will furnish the Company
with such additional information as is reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such
exemption.

(3) The Warrantholder further understands that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless
subsequently registered under the Act and any applicable state securities laws, or unless
exemptions from registration are otherwise available. Moreover, the Warrantholder understands that
the Company is under no obligation to and does not expect to register the Securities except as
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(4) The Warrantholder is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 and Rule 144A, promulgated under
the Act, which, in substance, permit limited public resale of “restricted securities” acquired,
directly or indirectly, from the issuer thereof (or from an Affiliate of such issuer), in a
nonpublic offering subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, if applicable, including,
among other things: The availability of certain public information about the Company, the resale
occurring not less than one year after the party has purchased and paid for the Securities to be
sold; the sale being made through a broker in an unsolicited “broker’s transaction” or in
transactions directly with a market maker (as said term is defined under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) and the amount of securities being sold during any three-month
period not exceeding the specified limitations stated therein.

(5) The Warrantholder further understands that at the time it wishes to sell the Securities,
it is possible that there will be no public market upon which to make such a sale, and that, even
if such a public market then exists, the Company may not be satisfying the current public
information requirements of Rule 144, and that, in such event, the Warrantholder may be precluded
from selling the Securities under Rule 144 even if the one-year minimum holding period had been
satisfied.

(6) The Warrantholder further understands that in the event all of the requirements of Rule
144 or Rule 144A are not satisfied, registration under the Act or compliance with registration
exemption will be required; and that, notwithstanding the fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the
Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to
sell private placement securities other than in a registered offering and otherwise than pursuant
to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in establishing that an exemption from
registration is available for such offers or sales, and that such persons and their respective
brokers who participate in such actions do so at their own risk.

(7) The Warrantholder has had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions relating to and
otherwise discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s
management, customers and other parties, and the Warrantholder has received satisfactory responses
to the Warrantholder’s inquiries. The Warrantholder has relied solely on its own independent
investigation before deciding to enter into the purchase of the Warrants contemplated hereby.
Unless the Warrantholder has otherwise notified the Company in writing, the Warrantholder is not,
and has not been within the ninety (90) days prior to the closing date of the purchase of the
Securities, a broker or dealer of securities. Unless the Warrantholder has otherwise notified the
Company in writing, the Warrantholder is not an employee, officer or director of the Company nor
prior to the date hereof is the Warrantholder the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Common
Stock of the Company.

(c) With respect to any offer, sale or other disposition of any Securities that is not
registered under the Act, Warrantholder agrees to give written notice to the Company prior thereto,
describing briefly the manner thereof, together with a written opinion of such Warrantholder’s
counsel, if reasonably requested by the Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other
disposition may be effected without registration or qualification (under the Act as then in effect
or any federal or state law then in effect) of such Securities and indicating whether or not under
the Act, certificates for the Securities in question to be sold or otherwise disposed of require
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compliance with such law. Such opinion must be satisfactory to the Company in its reasonable
judgment and shall state that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Company, and any stock
exchange or transfer agent. Promptly upon receiving such written notice and satisfactory opinion,
if so requested, the Company shall notify such Warrantholder that such Warrantholder may sell or
otherwise dispose of such Securities all in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered to
the Company. If a determination has been made pursuant to this subsection (c) that the opinion of
counsel for the Warrantholder is not satisfactory to the Company, the Company shall so notify such
Warrantholder promptly after such determination has been made and shall specify in detail the legal
analysis supporting any such conclusion. Each certificate representing the Securities thus
transferred (except a transfer registered under the Act or a transfer of Shares pursuant to Rule
144 or Rule 144A) shall bear a legend as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order
to ensure compliance with such laws, unless in the aforesaid opinion of counsel for the
Warrantholder, such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with such laws. The
Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent in connection with such
restrictions.

(d) Prior to any transfer of the Securities (except a transfer registered under the Act or a
transfer of Shares pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A), the proposed transferee shall
agree in writing with the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (whether or not
the Warrant has been exercised or otherwise outstanding) as if an original signatory hereto and the
proposed transferee must be able to and must make representations as set forth in this Section 12.

(e) As used in this Section 12, “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person,
any other person controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
person (for the purposes of this definition “control,” when used with respect to any specified
person, shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).

Section 13. Notices. Any notice pursuant to this Agreement by the Company or by a
Warrantholder or a holder of Shares shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
if delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested:

(a) If to the Warrantholder or holders of Shares addressed to them at 2210 West Oaklawn Drive,
Springdale, Arkansas 72764, Attention: General Counsel; or such other address as provided to
Company in writing.

(b) If to the Company addressed to it at 4322 South 49th West Avenue, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74107, Attention: President.

Each party may from time to time change the address to which notices to it are to be delivered or
mailed hereunder by notice in accordance herewith to the other party.

 

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Section 14. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the
benefit of the Company, the Warrantholder or the holders of Shares shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

Section 15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of said State.

Section 16. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrantholder and the holders of
Shares any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrantholder and the holders of Shares.

Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

Section 18. Amendment. Except as expressly provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any
term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument
signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought; provided, however, that any provisions hereof may be amended, waived,
discharged or terminated upon the written consent of the Company and the then current Warrantholder
having the right to acquire by virtue of holding the Warrants at least 50% of the Shares which are
then issuable upon exercise of the then outstanding Warrants.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day
and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John B. Holmes, Jr.
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	John B. Holmes, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WARRANTHOLDER:

TYSON FOODS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Richard L. Bond
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Richard L. Bond 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and CEO 	 
	 

 

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Exhibit A

“THE WARRANTS EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. NO SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, (II) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER, REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED AND ANY
PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE OR (III) RECEIPT OF NO-ACTION
LETTERS FROM THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. COPIES OF THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT COVERING THE PURCHASE OF THESE WARRANTS AND VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PROVISIONS RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER, MAY BE OBTAINED
AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.”

Warrant Certificate No. ___

WARRANTS TO PURCHASE

[Insert number of shares specified in Schedule 1] SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS

OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

This certifies that, for value received, Tyson Foods, Inc., the registered holder hereof (the
“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase from SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION (the “Company”), at any time
during the period commencing [insert vesting event specified in Schedule 1] and ending at 5:00
p.m., Tulsa, Oklahoma time, on [insert date specified in Schedule 1] at a purchase price of
$[insert price specified in Schedule 1], (the “Warrant Price”) the number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company set forth above (the “Shares”). The number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant evidenced hereby and the Warrant Price shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as set forth in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised in whole or in part by presentation of this
Warrant certificate with the Purchase Form attached hereto duly executed and simultaneous payment
of the Warrant Price at the principal office of the Company. Payment of such price shall be made
in cash or immediately available funds.

The Warrants evidenced hereby are issued under and in accordance with a Warrant Agreement,
dated as of June ___, 2007 (the “Warrant Agreement”), between the Company and the Warrantholder and
are subject to the terms and provisions contained in the
Warrant Agreement, including certain restrictions on the exercise thereof, to all of which the
Warrantholder by acceptance hereof consents.

 

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Upon any partial exercise of the Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be signed and issued
to the Warrantholder a new Warrant certificate in respect of the Shares as to which the Warrants
evidenced hereby shall not have been exercised. These Warrants may be exchanged at the office of
the Company by surrender of this Warrant certificate properly endorsed for one or more new Warrants
of the same aggregate number of Shares as here evidenced by the Warrant or Warrants exchanged. No
fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of rights to purchase hereunder,
but the Company shall pay the cash value of any fraction upon the exercise of one or more Warrants.
These Warrants are transferable in the manner and subject to the restrictions set forth or
referred to in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate does not entitle the Warrantholder to any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: ___, ___
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

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SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION

PURCHASE FORM

SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION

4322 South 49th West Avenue

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the
within Warrant certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, ___ shares of Common Stock (the
“Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Shares be issued in the name
of:

 

 

 

(Please Print or Type Name, Address and Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number)

and, if said number of Shares shall not be all the Shares purchasable thereunder, that a new
Warrant certificate for the balance of the Shares purchasable under the within Warrant certificate
be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder as below indicated and delivered to the
address stated below. The undersigned has also submitted to the Company a certificate in which it
has made the representations and covenants required in Section 12 of the Warrant Agreement.

Dated:                     

	 	 	 
	Name of Warrantholder:
	 
	 
	 
	(Please Print)

	Address:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Signature:
	 	 
	 

	 	 

Note: The above signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Warrant
certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

(Capitalized terms used but not defined in Schedule 1 shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in

the Warrant Agreement or the LLC Agreement)

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT TRANCHES

A. Warrant Tranche I

	 	1.	 	Issuance Date. Upon execution of the LLC Agreement, Warrantholder will be issued
Warrants to purchase 4,250,000 Shares (“Warrant Tranche I”). If at any time prior to the
vesting of Warrant Tranche I pursuant to paragraph A(4) below Warrantholder owns directly
or indirectly less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding equity interests in Dynamic
Fuels, LLC, Warrant Tranche I shall be cancelled and terminated.

	 
	 	2.	 	Warrant Tranche I Price. The Warrant Price of Warrant Tranche I will be the Current
Market Value determined on the day prior to the issuance date of Warrant Tranche I.

	 
	 	3.	 	First Plant Commercial Operations Date. The date on which the Initial Biofined
Renewable Fuels Production Plant achieves operations for commercial purposes after the
completion of commissioning and satisfaction of performance tests.

	 
	 	4.	 	Warrant Tranche I Vesting. Except as provided in Section 3(e) of the Warrant
Agreement, the Warrant Tranche I will be exercisable if, on the first anniversary of the
First Plant Commercial Operations Date (as defined in paragraph A(3) above), Warrantholder
continues to own directly or indirectly at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding
equity interests in Dynamic Fuels, LLC.

	 
	 	5.	 	Warrant Tranche I Term. Warrant Tranche I will expire if not exercised before the
third anniversary of the First Plant Commercial Operations Date.

 

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SCHEDULE 1 (Continued)

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT TRANCHES

B. Warrant Tranche II

	 	1.	 	Issuance Date. Upon (i) approval under the LLC Agreement by the Management Committee
of a Subsequent Budget to develop the second Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant with
Warrantholder owning directly or indirectly a participating interest therein or (ii)
Warrantholder undertaking development of an Independent Plant, (x) if Warrantholder owns
directly or indirectly between 10% and 89% of the outstanding equity interests in Dynamic
Fuels, LLC, then Warrantholder will be issued Warrants to purchase 2,500,000 Shares and (y)
if Warrantholder owns directly or indirectly at least 90% of the outstanding equity
interests in Dynamic Fuels, LLC, then Warrantholder will be issued Warrants to purchase
5,000,000 Shares (“Warrant Tranche II”).

	 
	 	2.	 	Warrant Tranche II Price. The Warrant Price of Warrant Tranche II will be the Current
Market Value determined on the day prior to the issuance date of Warrant Tranche II.

	 
	 	3.	 	Second Plant Commercial Operations Date. The date on which the second Biofined
Renewable Fuels Production Plant or such Independent Plant achieves operations for
commercial purposes after the completion of commissioning and satisfaction of performance
tests.

	 
	 	4.	 	Warrant Tranche II Vesting. Except as provided in Section 3(e) of the Warrant
Agreement, the Warrant Tranche II will be exercisable if on the first anniversary of the
Second Plant Commercial Operations Date (as defined in paragraph B(3) above), Warrantholder
continues to own directly or indirectly a participating interest in (i) the Operating
Subsidiary that owns the second Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant and the second
Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant or (ii) such Independent Plant.

	 
	 	5.	 	Warrant Tranche II Term. Warrant Tranche II will expire if not exercised before the
third anniversary of the Second Plant Commercial Operations Date.

 

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SCHEDULE 1 (Continued)

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT TRANCHES

C. Warrant Tranche III

	 	1.	 	Issuance Date. Upon (i) approval under the LLC Agreement by the Management Committee
of a Subsequent Budget to develop the third Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant with
Warrantholder owning a direct or indirect participating interest therein or (ii)
Warrantholder undertaking development of an Independent Plant, (x) if Warrantholder owns
directly or indirectly between 10% and 89% of the outstanding equity interests in Dynamic
Fuels, LLC, then Warrantholder will be issued Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 Shares and (y)
if Warrantholder owns directly or indirectly at least 90% of the outstanding equity
interests in Dynamic Fuels, LLC, then Warrantholder will be issued Warrants to purchase
3,000,000 Shares (“Warrant Tranche III”).

	 
	 	2.	 	Warrant Tranche III Price. The Warrant Price of Warrant Tranche III will be the
Current Market Value determined on the day prior to the issuance date of Warrant Tranche
III.

	 
	 	3.	 	Third Plant Commercial Operations Date. The date on which the third Biofined Renewable
Fuels Production Plant or such Independent Plant achieves operations for commercial
purposes after the completion of commissioning and satisfaction of performance tests.

	 
	 	4.	 	Warrant Tranche III Vesting. Except as provided in Section 3(e) of the Warrant
Agreement, the Warrant Tranche III will be exercisable if (a) less than 25% of the total
project cost of the third Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant was sourced as debt
incurred by the owner of the third Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant from a person
other than the Company, the Warrantholder or any of their respective affiliates and (b) on
the first anniversary of the Third Plant Commercial Operations Date as defined in paragraph
C(3) above, Warrantholder continues to own directly or indirectly a participating interest
in (i) the Operating Subsidiary that owns the third Biofined Renewable Fuels Production
Plant and the third Biofined Renewable Fuels Production Plant or (ii) such Independent
Plant.

	 
	 	5.	 	Warrant Tranche III Term. Warrant Tranche III will expire if not exercised before the
third anniversary of the Third Plant Commercial Operations Date.

 

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Exhibit 4.5

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into effective as of June 22, 2007 by and among
Syntroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Tyson Foods, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Investor”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are parties to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as
of June 22, 2007 (the “Warrant Agreement”), providing for warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase
shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”); and

WHEREAS, the issuance of the Warrants to the Investor are conditioned upon granting the rights
set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1

DEFINITIONS

1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:

“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person (for the purposes of this definition
“control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“Holder” means the Investor and any Person purchasing Warrants or Warrant Shares from the
Investor in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(e).

“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(e).

“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(e).

“Person” shall mean any person, individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other
nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body (whether foreign,
federal, state, local or otherwise).

 

 

 

The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to the registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the
declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean (A) the Warrants, (B) the Warrant Shares, and (C) any
shares of Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion of any warrant,
right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in
replacement of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares; provided, however, that securities shall only be
treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they are held by a Holder or a
permitted transferee pursuant to subsection 2.1(h) and (1) have not been disposed of pursuant to a
registration statement declared effective by the SEC, or (2) have not been sold in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act so that all
transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the
consummation of such sale, or (3) such Holder or permitted transferee may not sell under Rule 144
under the Securities Act in a three-month period all such securities then held by such Holder or
permitted transferee.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with
Section 2.1(a) hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing
fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees
and expenses (for a reasonable number of states) and the expense of any special audits incident to
or required by any such registration (but excluding the fees of legal counsel for any Holder).

“Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement under the Securities Act filed by
the Company with the SEC.

“Registration Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States or any other U.S.
federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

“Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions and similar
fees applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and expenses of legal counsel
for any Holder and all transfer taxes.

SECTION 2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

1 Registration Rights.

(a) Registration.

 

 

 

(i) Demand Registration. As soon as practicable, but no later than 45 days following
a written demand by a Holder, the Company will file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the
SEC with respect to the Registrable Securities and will use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC; provided,
however, that no more than a total of three such written demands may be given hereunder. At the
option of the Holder making such written demand, such written demand may specify that the requested
registration will be for an offering on a delayed or continual basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act.

(ii) Piggyback Registration. If at any time the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for shareholders of the Company
other than a Holder) securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering
solely for cash on Form S-1 or S-3 (or any replacement or successor forms), the Company shall
promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration (a “Piggyback Registration”). Upon
the written request of each Holder given within 20 days following the date of such notice, the
Company shall cause to be included in such registration statement and use its best efforts to be
registered under the Securities Act all the Registrable Securities that each such Holder shall have
requested to be registered. The Company shall have the absolute right to withdraw or cease to
prepare or file any registration statement for any offering referred to in this Section 2.1(a)(ii)
without any obligation or liability to any Holder. If the managing underwriter shall advise the
Company in writing (with a copy to each Holder) that, in its opinion, the amount of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration would materially adversely affect such
offering, or the timing thereof, then the Company will include in such registration, to the extent
of the amount and class which the Company is so advised can be sold without such material adverse
effect in such offering: First, all securities proposed to be sold by the Company for its own
account; second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by
Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1(a)(ii), and all other securities being registered pursuant to
the exercise of contractual rights comparable to the rights granted in this Section 2.1(a)(ii), pro
rata based on the estimated gross proceeds from the sale thereof; and third, all other securities
requested to be included in such registration. Each Holder shall be entitled to have its
Registrable Securities included in an unlimited number of Piggyback Registrations pursuant to this
Section 2.1(a)(ii).

(b) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to subsection 2.1(a) shall be borne by the
Company. All Selling Expenses relating to the sale of securities registered by or on behalf of
Holders shall be borne by such Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of securities so
registered except to the extent such Selling Expense is specifically attributable to one Holder, in
which case it shall be borne by such Holder.

(c) Registration Procedures. In the case of the registration, qualification or
compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will, upon reasonable
request, inform each Holder as to the status of such registration, qualification and compliance.
At its expense, the Company will during such time as the Holder holds Registrable Securities:

 

 

 

(i) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such registration, and any
qualification or compliance under state securities laws which the Company determines to obtain,
effective until the earlier of the expiration of the holding period under paragraph (k) of Rule 144
(or any successor provision) under the Securities Act or until the Holders have completed the
distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto;

(ii) furnish such number of prospectuses and other documents incident thereto as the Holders
from time to time may reasonably request;

(iii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable
Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder
reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned
by such Holder in such jurisdictions; provided, that the Company will not be required to qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify
but for this Section 2.1(c);

(iv) notify each Holder of such Registrable Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in such Registration Statement contains an untrue statement
of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and,
at the request of any such Holder, the Company will prepare a supplement or amendment to such
prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such
prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(v) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed or quoted on each securities exchange
or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or
quoted;

(vi) appoint a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than
the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(vii) in the event of any underwritten or agented offering of a minimum of $7,500,000 worth of
Registrable Securities, enter into and perform the Company’s obligations under an underwriting or
agency agreement (including indemnification and contribution obligations of underwriters or
agents), in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter or underwriters of or agents
for such offering as selected by the Holders;

(viii) cooperate with the Holders and the managing underwriter for such offering in the
marketing of the Registrable Securities, including making reasonably available the Company’s
officers, accountants, counsel, premises, books and records for such purpose, but the Company shall
not be required to incur any material out-of-pocket expense pursuant to this Section 2.1(c)(viii);
and

 

 

 

(ix) The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect the registration,
qualifications or compliances (including, without limitation, the execution of any required
undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under
applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
securities laws, requirements or regulations) as may be so reasonably requested and as would permit
or facilitate the sale and distribution of all Registrable Securities; provided that the Company
shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such state registration, qualification or
compliance pursuant to this Section 2 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be
required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification or compliance unless the Company is already subject to service or is required to
qualify in such jurisdiction, as the case may be, and except as may be required by the Securities
Act.

The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration
Statement effective is referred to herein as “the Registration Period.”

(d) Delay of Registration. The Holders shall have no right to take any action to
restrain, enjoin or otherwise delay any registration pursuant to subsection 2.1(a) hereof as a
result of any controversy that may arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of
this Agreement.

(e) Indemnification.

(i) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify each Holder and each Person
controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to
which any registration, qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to this Agreement,
(each an “Indemnitee”), against all claims, losses, damages, expenses and liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof), as and when incurred, including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of
any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering
circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereof, incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnitee for reasonable legal and any other expenses
reasonably incurred, as incurred, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such
claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in the case
of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission to the extent
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an instrument
duly executed by or on behalf of such Indemnitee and stated to be specifically for use in
preparation of such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document; and
provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case where the expense, claim, loss,
damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of the Holder to comply with the
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement respecting sales of Registrable Securities.

 

 

 

(ii) To the extent permitted by law, each Holder will severally, if Registrable Securities
held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or
compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors, each officer who signs
the registration statement and each Person who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses,
damages, expenses, and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as and when incurred, including
any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out
of or based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or
supplement thereof, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any failure by a Holder to comply with
the covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement respecting the Registrable Securities and
will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers and such controlling Person for reasonable
legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, in connection with investigating,
preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided that such Holder
will only be liable in the case of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by an instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the Holder and stated to be
specifically for use in preparation of such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular
or other document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Holder be liable for any such
claims, losses, damages or liabilities in excess of the proceeds received by such Holder in the
offering.

(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this subsection 2.1(e) (the “Indemnified
Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying
Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which
indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such
claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who
shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party
(whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in
such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations
under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure is materially prejudicial to the
Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party shall have
the right to retain its own counsel to which the Indemnifying Party has no reasonable objection
with the reasonable fees and disbursements and expenses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, if
representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Party and any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.

(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this subsection 2.1(e) is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one

 

 

 

hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified
Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.

(f) Covenants of Holders.

(i) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of
any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to
Registrable Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, such prospectus will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, each Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement
contemplated by subsection 2.1(a) until its receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus from the Company and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver to the
Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(ii) Each Holder severally agrees for a period of 90 days from the effective date of any
registration (other than a registration effected solely to implement an employee benefit plan) of
securities of the Company for any underwritten offering in which securities of the Company are sold
not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise
dispose of any Registrable Securities or any other stock of the Company held by such Holder, other
than shares of Registrable Securities included in such registration, without the prior written
consent of the Company or the underwriters managing such underwritten offering, as the case may be;
provided that this obligation is subject to the condition that all executive officers and directors
of the Company shall enter into similar agreements.

(iii) Each Holder agrees to suspend, upon request of the Company, any disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by
subsection 2.1(a) during any period, not to exceed in the aggregate 75 days in any 12-month period,
when the Company determines in good faith that offers and sales pursuant thereto should not be made
by reason of the presence of material, undisclosed circumstances or developments with respect to
which the disclosure that would be required in such a prospectus is premature, would have an
adverse effect on the Company or is otherwise inadvisable. Any such request by the Company shall
be held confidential by the Holder. Any such period of suspension shall extend the Registration
Period.

 

 

 

(iv) Each Holder agrees to notify the Company, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
registration statement contemplated by subsection 2.1(a) is required to be delivered by it under
the Securities Act, of the occurrence of any event relating to the Holder which requires the
preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading relating to the Holder,
and each Holder shall promptly make available to the Company the information to enable the Company
to prepare any such supplement or amendment. Each Holder also agrees that, upon delivery of any
notice by it to the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in the preceding
sentence of this subsection, the Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such registration statement until its receipt of the copies of the
supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by this subsection, which the Company shall
promptly make available to each Holder and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall
deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s
possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt
of such notice.

(v) Each Holder shall promptly furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder
and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing or as
shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in
this Section 2.1. The Holder will promptly keep the Company informed as to all sales of
Registrable Securities made under the Registration Statement and assist the Company in updating
such information in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto.

(vi) Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the
registration statement described in this Section are not transferable on the books of the Company
unless the stock certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing such Registrable Securities
is accompanied by a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (A) the
Registrable Securities have been sold in accordance with such registration statement, (B) the
requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied or (C) an exemption from
registration is applicable.

(vii) Each Holder agrees that it will not effect any disposition of the Registrable Securities
that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities Act except as contemplated in the
registration statement referred to in this Section 2.1 or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. Each
Holder agrees not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to be made pursuant to
such registration statement that constitutes a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or
any other applicable rule, regulation or law.

(g) Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits
of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which at any time permit the sale of the Registrable
Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best
efforts to:

(i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times; and

 

 

 

(ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Exchange Act.

(h) Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register
Registrable Securities granted to the Holders by the Company under subsection 2.1(a) may be
assigned in full by a Holder to an Affiliate of such Holder; provided that: (i) such transfer may
otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and (ii) such transferee agrees
to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such transfer is otherwise in
compliance with this Agreement. Except as specifically permitted by this paragraph (h), the rights
of a Holder with respect to Registrable Securities as set out herein shall not be transferable to
any other Person.

SECTION 3

MISCELLANEOUS

1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law thereof.

2 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said provision. In such event, the
parties shall negotiate, in good faith, a legal, valid and binding substitute provision which most
nearly effects the intent of the parties in entering into this Agreement.

3 Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall
be in writing (or in the form of a telex or telecopy (confirmed in writing) to be given only during
the recipient’s normal business hours unless arrangements have otherwise been made to receive such
notice by telex or telecopy outside of normal business hours) and shall be mailed by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, or otherwise delivered by hand, messenger, or telex or telecopy
(as provided above) addressed (a) if to a Holder, at such address as such Holder shall have
furnished to the Company in writing or (b) if to the Company, one copy should be sent to its
principal executive offices and addressed to the attention of the President, or at such other
address as the Company shall have furnished to the Holder.

Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as
effective or having been given when delivered if delivered personally, or, if sent by mail, at the
earlier of its receipt or 72 hours after the same has been deposited in a regularly maintained
receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail, addressed and mailed as aforesaid, or, if by
telex or telecopy pursuant to the above, when received.

4 Facsimile Signatures. Any signature page delivered by a fax machine or telecopy
machine shall be binding to the same extent as an original signature page, with regard to any
agreement subject to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto. Any party who delivers such a
signature page agrees to later deliver an original counterpart to any party which requests it.

 

 

 

5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all of
which together shall constitute one instrument.

6 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

7 Termination. This Agreement shall remain in effect for so long as a Holder (i) owns
Registrable Securities or (ii) has the right to acquire or exercise Warrants pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement. Section 2(e) and Section 3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for
a period equal to the longest statute of limitations applicable to any claim covered by Section
2(e).

8 Waivers and Amendments. With the written consent of the Company and the Holders
holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities, any provision of this Agreement may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and
either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) or amended. Upon the effectuation of each
such waiver or amendment, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Holders, if
any, who have not previously received notice thereof or consented thereto in writing.

9 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and
administrators of the parties hereto.

10 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire
understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject hereof.

11 Construction. Whenever the context so requires, the singular number includes the
plural and vice versa, and a reference to one gender includes the other gender or the neuter.

12 Interpretation. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that: (i) the rule of
construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved against the drafting party shall not
be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement, and (ii) the terms and provisions of this
Agreement shall be construed fairly as to all parties hereto and not in favor of or against any
party, regardless of which party was generally responsible for the preparation of this Agreement.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first above written.

	 	 	 	 
	SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION

 	 
	By:  	/s/ John B. Holmes, Jr.
 	 
	 	Name:  	John B. Holmes, Jr. 	 
	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	INVESTOR:

TYSON FOODS, INC.

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Richard L. Bond
 	 
	 	Name:  	Richard L. Bond 	 
	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer

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