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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FOR QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCform10q_111111.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 1350/960 CERTIFICATION/BORER - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCexhibit322_111111.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION/FAGERLAND - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCexhibit311_111111.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 1350/960 CERTIFICATION/FAGERLAND - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCexhibit321_111111.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION/BORER - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCexhibit312_111111.htm
EX-4.(II).2 - SECOND AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AND STANDSTILL AGMT - NEDAK ETHANOL, LLCexhibit4ii2_111111.htm
 
Exhibit 4(ii).1
 
 
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FORBEARANCE AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated effective as of September 30, 2011, is entered into by and among NEDAK Ethanol, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Borrower”) and Arbor Bank, a Nebraska banking corporation (the “Lead Lender”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lead Lender previously entered into that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007 (the “Loan Agreement”) and the Borrower’s Note issued thereunder by the Borrower and made payable to the Lead Lender dated as of June 19, 2007 in the principal sum of $6,864,000;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lead Lender entered into a Forbearance and Standstill Agreement on June 30, 2011 (the “Forbearance Agreement”) and the parties desire to amend the Forbearance Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the payment terms and extend the Standstill Period of the Forbearance Agreement to October 31, 2011; and

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Forbearance Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS

Section 1.1.

(a) Section 6(b) of the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

b.           On or before July 29, 2011, and on or before August 31, 2011, Borrower shall cause to be paid to the Lead Lender a payment of $25,000 (the “Monthly PILOT Payments”).
 
 
(b)  The parties agree that all Monthly PILOT Payments, and any other payments required under the Forbearance Agreement, have been timely made and no future payments are required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement.
 
Section 1.2.             Section 7 of the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the date September 30, 2011 with October 31, 2011.
 

 
 

 


 
ARTICLE II
CONDITION TO EFFECTIVENESS
 
Section 2.             Lead Lender shall have executed and delivered this Amendment to Borrower and shall have received this Agreement duly executed by Borrower which shall constitute delivery thereof by Borrower.
 
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.             Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lead Lender as follows:
 
a.           Corporate Power; Authorization.  Borrower has the full legal power, and has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or limited liability company action, to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to perform its obligations hereunder.  Borrower has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, which agreement is fully enforceable in accordance with its terms.
 
b.           Accuracy of Financial Information.  All financial information concerning Borrower and Borrower’s operations, all financial statements, reports and other records concerning the same provided to Lead Lender as of the date hereof, has been maintained in a timely, accurate and complete manner in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such information accurately and honestly reflects and represents the capital structure of Borrower, its assets  and liabilities, and its treatment of the same, including without limitation Borrower’s accounts receivable, accounts payable, and customer deposits.
 
c.           No Violation.  The execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment do not and will not (i) violate any law, rule, regulation, or court order to which Borrower is subject, or (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of Borrower’s organizational documents or any agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which its properties are bound.
 
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
 
Section 4.1.              There are no oral side agreements between Borrower and Lead Lender relative to the terms hereof; the Loan Agreement, the Borrower’s Note, the other Loan Documents, the Forbearance Agreement and the documents executed in connection with this Amendment represent the entire agreement between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof which cannot be modified except in writing.
 
Section 4.2.              The parties acknowledge that the Forbearance Agreement, except as amended hereby, remains in full force and effect.

 
 

 

Section 4.3.             This Amendment may be executed in facsimile and in any number of counterparts and by different parties to this Amendment in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Amendment.
 
Section 4.4             This Amendment shall be governed as set forth in the Loan Documents.
 

 
[Signature Page Follows.]
 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Amendment as of the date noted above.
 

 
LEAD LENDER:
     
       
ARBOR BANK      
       
 By: /s/ Mark D. Jepson              
       
Name: Mark D. Jepson                                                                             
       
 Title:  Executive Vice President           
       
       
       
BORROWER:      
       
NEDAK ETHANOL, LLC      
       
By: /s/ Jerome Fagerland                 
       
Name:  Jerome Fagerland      
       
Title:  President and General Manager      
       
 
 
 
 
                                                              
 
 
                                                              
 



 
 
                                                              
 
 
 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FORBEARANCE AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT