LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINNESOTA AND OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC SUBORDINATE EXEMPT FACILITY REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007A (OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC ETHANOL PLANT PROJECT) and GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX ABATEMENT BONDS, SERIES...

Exhibit 10.33

LEASE AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINNESOTA

AND

OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC

$20,000,000

SUBORDINATE EXEMPT FACILITY REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007A

(OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC ETHANOL PLANT PROJECT)

and

$6,010,000

GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX ABATEMENT BONDS, SERIES 2007B

AND SERIES 2007C

DATED AS OF: MAY 1, 2007

The interest of the Otter Tail County, Minnesota in this Lease Agreement, except for certain rights retained by the County pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof, has been assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, St. Xxxx, Minnesota, as Trustee.

	This instrument was drafted by:
	FAEGRE & XXXXXX LLP
	2200 Xxxxx Fargo Center
	00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS, EXHIBITS AND MISCELLANEOUS
	Section 1.1	Definitions	2
	Section 1.2	Exhibits	10
	Section 1.3	Company’s Acts	10
	Section 1.4	Rules of Interpretation	10
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS OF COUNTY AND COMPANY			11
	Section 2.1	Representations by the County	11
	Section 2.2	Representations by the Company	12
ARTICLE III COMPLETION OF PROJECT			13
	Section 3.1	Development, Acquisition and Installation of Equipment and Completion of Project by Company	13
	Section 3.2	Payment of Costs by Company	14
	Section 3.3	Authorization by County	16
	Section 3.4	Issuance of Bonds	16
	Section 3.5	Disbursements from Project Fund	16
	Section 3.6	Establishment of Completion Date and Use of Excess Proceeds	18
	Section 3.7	Warranties	18
ARTICLE IV USE, OCCUPANCY, BASIC PAYMENTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES			20
	Section 4.1	Possession and Use	20
	Section 4.2	Basic Payments	20
	Section 4.3	Additional Charges	21
	Section 4.4	Company’s Obligations Unconditional	22
	Section 4.5	Assignment of County’s Rights	22
	Section 4.6	Company’s remedies	22
ARTICLE V PROJECT COVENANTS			23
	Section 5.1	Project Operation and Maintenance	23
	Section 5.2	Transfer of Company’s Leasehold Interest in the Equipment	23
	Section 5.3	Alterations to the Equipment	23
	Section 5.4	Taxes and Other Governmental Charges	23
	Section 5.5	Insurance	24
ARTICLE VI DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION			24
	Section 6.1	Damage and Destruction	24
ARTICLE VII COMPANY’S COVENANTS			24
	Section 7.1	Covenant for the Benefit of the Trustee and the Bondholders	24
	Section 7.2	Inspection and Access	25
	Section 7.3	Certificate of Compliance and Other Reports	25
	Section 7.4	Indemnification	25
	Section 7.5	Existence; Maintenance of Business	26
	Section 7.6	Filing of Financing Statements	27
	Section 7.7	Assurance of Tax Exemption	28
	Section 7.8	Determination of Taxability	30
	Section 7.9	Surrender of Equipment; Holdover	31
	Section 7.10	Refinancing of Senior Loans	31

	Section 7.11	Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness	31
	Section 7.12	Business Subsidies Act	32
ARTICLE VIII COMPANY’S OPTIONS			33
	Section 8.1	Assignment and Sublease	33
	Section 8.2	Prepayment	33
	Section 8.3	Direction of Investments	33
	Section 8.4	Termination of Lease Agreement and Option to Purchase	33
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.			35
	Section 9.1	Events of Default	35
	Section 9.2	Remedies	36
	Section 9.3	Disposition of Funds	37
	Section 9.4	Nonexclusive Remedies	37
	Section 9.5	Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses	37
	Section 9.6	Effect of Waiver	37
	Section 9.7	Waiver of Stay or Extension	38
	Section 9.8	County May File Proofs of Claim	38
	Section 9.9	Restoration of Positions	38
	Section 9.10	Suits to Protect the Project	38
	Section 9.11	Performance by Third Parties	39
	Section 9.12	Exercise of the County’s Remedies by Trustee	39
ARTICLE X GENERAL			39
	Section 10.1	Amounts remaining in Funds	39
	Section 10.2	Notices	39
	Section 10.3	Binding Effect	40
	Section 10.4	Severability	40
	Section 10.5	Amendments, Changes, and Modifications	40
	Section 10.6	Execution Counterparts	40
	Section 10.7	Required Approvals	40
	Section 10.8	Limitation on County Liability	40
	Section 10.9	Survivorship of Obligations	41
	Section 10.10	Administrative Fees, Attorneys’ Fees and Costs	41
	Section 10.11	Release	41

EXHIBIT A			A-l
EXHIBIT B			X-x
EXHIBIT C			C-l

LEASE AGREEMENT

THIS LEASE AGREEMENT (this “Lease”) is made and entered into as of the first day of May, 2007, by and between the OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minnesota, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota (the “County”), and OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the County and the Company, each in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements of the other as set forth herein, mutually represent, covenant and agree as follows:

R E C I T A L S:

A. The County is a duly organized and existing political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, and is authorized to issue its revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 to 469.1651, as amended, known as the Minnesota Industrial Development Revenue Bonding Act (herein called the “Act”).

B. The County is, under the Act, authorized to issue and sell its revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to finance projects, including real and personal property used or useful in the disposal of solid wastes in connection with a revenue producing enterprise as provided in Section 469.153, Subd. 2 (a) of the Act.

C. Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the County, has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of its $20,000,000 Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A (Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC Ethanol Plant Project), (the “Series 2007 Bonds”) for the purpose of financing the development, acquisition, construction and equipping of solid waste facilities as part of an ethanol plant in the County (as hereinafter further described the “Project”) to be located on the premises described in Exhibit B hereto.

D. The Series 2007 Bonds shall be issued under and pursuant to the Trust Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between the County and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to which the County shall pledge and assign to the Trustee certain rights of the County hereunder, including lease payments to provide for payment of the Series 2007 Bonds.

E. To provide additional financing for the Project the County has established a Tax Abatement Program pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.1812 to 469.1815, and, to implement the Program, has authorized the issuance and sale of $6,010,000 General Obligation Tax Abatement Bonds, Series 2007B and Series 2007C (the “General Obligation Bonds”) to provide additional financing for the Equipment described below.

F. The Company has agreed to make lease payments to the County at the times and in the amounts sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the General Obligation Bonds when due.

G. In order to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Series 2007 Bonds, any Additional Bonds issued hereunder and the General Obligation Bonds the

County proposes to lease the Equipment (as defined herein) to the Company, and the Company desires to lease and rent the Equipment (as defined herein) from the County upon the terms and conditions in this Lease.

H. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds and the execution and delivery of this Lease and the Indenture have been in all respects duly and validly authorized in accordance with the Act and the Resolution (as defined in the Indenture).

WITNESSETH:

LEASING CLAUSE; SECURITY AGREEMENT

(a) Lease of Equipment. The County hereby leases to the Company and the Company leases from the County the Equipment herein described, for a term commencing as of the date of this Lease and extending to May 1, 2027 unless an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) has occurred and is continuing, or unless sooner terminated as herein provided, without option of renewal except by mutual consent, and at the rentals and upon the further terms and conditions set forth herein; and the County and the Company, each in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements of the other as set forth herein, mutually represent, covenant and agree as provided herein: Except as provided herein, this Lease is not terminable by the County.

(b) Delivery. The County hereby appoints the Company as its agent for inspection and acceptance of each Item of Equipment from the Contractors under the Construction Contracts. Each delivery of an Item to the County under the Construction Contract shall be deemed a delivery to the Company under this Lease at the location at which the item is so delivered to the County after having previously been inspected by the Company and approved for payment by or on behalf of the Senior Lenders.

(c) Security Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, including certain provisions required by the Code in order for the County to be deemed the owner of the Equipment for purposes of Section 142 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, this Lease is intended to be and shall be construed as a security agreement for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Minnesota.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS, EXHIBITS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1.1 Definitions.

The terms used herein, unless the context hereof shall require otherwise, shall have the following meanings, and any other terms defined in Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall have the same meanings when used herein as assigned them in the Indenture, unless the context or use thereof indicates another or different meaning or intent.

“Abatement Bond Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases of even date herewith from the Company, as mortgager, to the County, as mortgagee, and all supplements and amendments thereto.

“Act” means the Minnesota Municipal Industrial Development Act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 to 469.1651, as amended.

“Additional Bonds” means any Additional Bonds issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 2.09 of the Indenture.

“Additional Charges” means the payments required to be made by the Company under Section 4.3 hereof.

“Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness” means any indebtedness of the Company which is in addition to the indebtedness under the Senior Loans, which additional indebtedness is or will be secured by a mortgage lien or other security interest against all or part of the Plant, or any other asset of the Company, having priority over the Mortgage.

“AgStar” means AgStar Financial Services, PCA, a federal instrumentality.

“AgStar Facility Loan” means the portion of the AgStar Loan made for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping the Plant.

“AgStar Loan” means the loans from AgStar to the Company in the aggregate authorized amount of $39,000,000 made under the AgStar Loan Documents, and any refinance, extensions, renewals, modifications or substitutions thereof.

“AgStar Loan Agreement” means the Master Loan Agreement, First Supplement, Second Supplement and Third Supplement, each dated March 28, 2007 between AgStar and the Company.

“AgStar Loan Documents” means the AgStar Loan Agreement, the AgStar Notes, the AgStar Mortgage, the AgStar Security Agreement and amendments and supplements thereto.

“AgStar Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases dated March 28, 2007 from the Company to AgStar to secure the AgStar Loan.

“AgStar Notes” means the Construction Note, Term Note, Term Revolving Note and Revolving Line of Credit Note executed by the Company to evidence its obligations under the AgStar Loan Documents, and any refinance, extensions, renewals, modifications or substitutions thereof.

“AgStar Operating Loan” means the portion of the AgStar Loan made for the purpose of financing general corporate and operating expenses of the Company upon completion of the Plant.

“AgStar Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated March 28, 2007 between the Company and AgStar to secure the AgStar Loan.

“Authorized Company Representative” means the CEO/General Manager or President of the Company or any person at the time designated to act on behalf of the Company by written certificate furnished to the County and the Trustee, containing the specimen signature of such

person and signed on behalf of the Company by any member. Such Certificate may designate an alternate or alternates.

“Basic Payments” means the payments required to be made by the Company under Section 4.2 hereof.

“Bond Counsel” means Independent nationally recognized bond counsel.

“Bond Fund” means the Bond Fund established under Section 5.01 of the Indenture.

“Bond Resolution” means the resolution of the County adopted by the County Board of Commissioners on April 24, 2007, authorizing the issuance and sale of the General Obligation Bonds, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented by any amendments or modifications thereof.

“Bonds” means Series 2007 Bonds and any Additional Bonds issued under a supplement to the Indenture.

“Capitalized Interest Account” means the account by that name established within the Project Fund pursuant to the Indenture.

“Certificate” means a certification in writing required or permitted by the provisions of this Lease or the Indenture signed and delivered to the Trustee or other proper person or persons. If and to the extent required by the provisions of Section 1.02 of the Indenture, each Certificate shall include the statements provided for in said Section 1.02.

“Certified Resolution” means a copy of a resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, certified by the County Coordinator to have been duly adopted by said County Board and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Series 2007 Bonds are delivered to the Original Purchaser thereof.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Company” means Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, its successors and assigns.

“Construction Contract” means any and all contracts, written or oral, between the Company and any Contractor or any subcontractor and between any of the foregoing and any other person or entity relating in any way to the development, acquisition or installation of the Equipment, or any part thereof, including the performing of labor or the furnishing of standard or specially fabricated materials in connection therewith, as amended from time to time.

“Construction Period” the period between the beginning of construction of the Project, the date on which the Series 2007 Bonds are first delivered to the Original Purchaser, or the date of issuance of the General Obligation Bonds whichever is earlier, and the Completion Date.

“Contractors” means and includes any person or entity, including, without limitation, the Prime Contractor, engaged to work on or to furnish labor, materials or supplies for the development, acquisition or installation of the Equipment, their successors and assignees.

“County” means the Otter Tail County, a Minnesota municipal corporation, its successors and assigns.

“County Board” or “Board” means the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners, or its successor as governing body of the County.

“Default” means default by the County in the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part contained in this Lease, or in the Series 2007 Bonds and Additional Bonds outstanding hereunder, exclusive of any notice or period of grace required for a default to constitute an “event of default” as hereinafter provided.

“Determination of Taxability” means the issuance of a statutory notice of deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service, or a ruling of the National Office or any District Office, or a final decision by any court of competent jurisdiction that interest on the Bonds is includible in the gross income of the recipient under Section 103 and related Sections of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder as in effect at the date of issuance of the Series 2007 Bonds, for any reason other than a change of law or that the Holder is a substantial user or a related person under Section 147(a), provided that the period for a contest or appeal, if any, of such action, ruling or decision has expired without any such appeal or contest having been instituted, or, if instituted, such contest or appeal has been unsuccessfully concluded.

“Disbursing Agreement” means the Disbursing Agreement dated March 28, 2007, entered into among the Company, the Trustee, the County, the Senior Lenders and First Minnesota Title & Abstract, LLC, as disbursing agent.

“EBITDA” means for any period, an amount determined in accordance with GAAP, equal to (a) Net Income for such period, plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, the sum of (1) interest expense, (2) payments to the members of the Company in respect of estimated tax amounts (payments of estimated tax amounts shall be deemed to have been made in the tax fiscal quarter to which the applicable payment related), (3) depreciation and amortization and (4) all other non-cash charges, in each case for such period.

“Equipment” or “Items” means the equipment described in Exhibit A hereto, and any additional equipment described in a Lease Supplement, together with any and all accessories from time to time incorporated therein or installed thereon.

“Item” or Item of Equipment” means any such item of equipment.

“Equipment Account” means the account by that name established within the Project Fund pursuant to the Indenture.

“Equipment Costs” means the costs described in Section 3.2 hereof.

“Event of Default” means an Event of Default described in Section 9.1 of this Lease which has not been cured.

“Fair Market Value Purchase Price” means an amount be determined on the basis of, and shall be equal in amount to, the value which would be agreed to in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing buyer (other than a buyer currently in possession) and an informed and willing seller, under no compulsion to buy or sell.

“General Obligation Bonds” means the General Obligation Tax Abatement Bonds, Series 2007B, and Taxable General Obligation Tax Abatement Bonds, Series 2007C, to be issued pursuant to the Bond Resolution.

“Guaranty” means the Guaranty dated as of May, 1, 2007 executed by the Company to the Trustee to guaranty payment of the principal and interest on the Bonds when due.

“Holder”, “Bondholder” or “owner” whenever employed herein with respect to a Bond means the person in whose name such Bond shall be registered.

“Indenture” means the Trust Indenture between the County and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, dated as of May 1, 2007, under which the Bonds are authorized to be issued, and including any amendments or supplements thereto.

“Independent”, when used with reference to an attorney, engineer, architect, certified public accountant, consultant or other professional person, means a person who (i) is in fact independent, (ii) does not have any material financial interest in the Company or the transaction to which his Certificate or opinion relates (other than payment to be received for professional services rendered), and (iii) is not connected with the County or the Company as an officer, director or employee.

“Independent Counsel” means an Independent attorney duly admitted to practice law before the highest court of any state.

“Independent Engineer” means an Independent engineer or engineering firm or an Independent architect or architectural firm qualified to practice the profession of engineering or architecture under the laws of Minnesota.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2007, entered into among the Trustee, the Company, the County and the Senior Lenders.

“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the Bonds, May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2007.

“Internal Revenue Code” or “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Issuance Expense Account” means the account by that name established within the Project Fund pursuant to the Indenture.

“Land” means the land and interests in land constituting the site of the Plant as described in Exhibit A to the Mortgage, less any portion of the Land released in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage.

“Lease” means this Lease Agreement, between the County, as lessor, and the Company, as lessee, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including any renewals or extensions hereof.

“Lease Payments” means the payments made or to be made by the Company pursuant to Section 4.2 and 4.3 of this Lease.

“Mortgages” means the Abatement Bond Mortgage and the Revenue Bond Mortgage.

“Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of Company for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (a) any extraordinary gains or losses, (b) any gains attributable to write-ups of assets, (c) any equity interest in the un-remitted earnings of any Person that is not a subsidiary of the Company, and (d) any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a subsidiary of, or is merged into or consolidated with, the Company on the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Company.

“Net Proceeds” means, when used with respect to proceeds of insurance or a condemnation award, moneys received or receivable by the Company, as owner, or the Trustee, as secured party, of the Plant, less the cost of recovery (including attorneys’ fees) of such moneys from the insuring company or the condemning authority.

“NMF” means MMCDC New Markets Fund II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“NMF Loan” means the loan from NMF to the Company in the aggregate authorized amount of $19,175,000 made under the NMF Loan Documents, and any refinance, extensions, renewals, modifications or substitutions thereof.

“NMF Loan Agreement” means the Construction and Term Loan Agreement, dated March 30, 2007 between NMF and the Company.

“NMF Loan Documents” means the NMF Loan Agreement and supplements thereto, the NMF Notes, the NMF Mortgage, the NMF Security Agreement and amendments and supplements thereto.

“NMF Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases dated March 30, 2007 from the Company to NMF to secure the NMF Loan.

“NMF Notes” means the Senior Loan Note and the Subordinate Loan Note, each dated March 30, 2007, executed by the Company to evidence its obligations under the NMF Loan Documents, and any refinance, extensions, renewals, modifications, or substitutions thereof.

“NMF Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated March 30, 2007 between the Company and NMF to secure the NMF Loan.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who need not be Independent Counsel unless so specified) appointed by the Company or the County and acceptable to the Trustee or appointed by the Trustee. If and to the extent required by the provisions of Section 1.02 hereof, each Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in said Section 1.02.

“Optional Redemption Fund” means the Optional Redemption Fund established under Section 5.02 of this Indenture.

“Original Purchaser” means Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co., Inc.

“Outstanding” or “outstanding” when used as of any particular time with reference to Bonds means (subject to the provisions of Section 9.03 of the Indenture pertaining to Bonds held by the County and the Company) all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under the Indenture except: (i) Bonds theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Bonds for the payment or redemption of which funds or direct obligations of or obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America in the necessary amount shall have theretofore been deposited with the Trustee (whether upon or prior to the maturity or the redemption date of such Bonds), provided that if such Bonds are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given pursuant to Article III of this Indenture, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice; and (iii) Bonds in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 of the Indenture pertaining to replacement of Bonds.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means, as of any particular time, (i) liens for ad valorem taxes and special assessments not then delinquent, (ii) utility, access and other easements and rights-of-way, mineral rights, restrictions and exceptions that an Independent Engineer certifies will not interfere with or impair the use of or operations being conducted in the Plant, (iii) such minor defects, irregularities, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way and clouds on title as normally exist with respect to properties similar in character to the Plant and as do not in the aggregate, in the opinion of Independent Counsel, materially impair the property affected thereby for the purposes for which it was acquired or is held by the Company, (iv) the Mortgages, (v) any mortgage lien or security interest granted by Company in connection with incurring Permitted Parity Indebtedness permitted under this Lease, (vi) any mortgage lien superior to the lien of the Mortgages granted by the Company in connection with the Senior Loans or Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness, (vii) this Lease, and (viii) those additional encumbrances identified in Exhibit B to the Mortgages or permitted under the Senior Loan Documents.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, business trust, association, company, partnership, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity.

“Plant” means the 55 million gallon per year nameplate capacity ethanol production facility to be constructed, equipped and operated on the Land by the Company, as it may exist from time to time.

“Principal Payment Dates” means, with respect to the Bonds, June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2009.

“Project” means the Project described in Exhibit C hereto.

“Project Fund” means the Project Fund established under Section 4.02 of the Indenture.

“Qualified Investments” means investments authorized by the Act and described in Section 5.05 of the Indenture.

“Redeem” or “redemption” means and includes “prepay” or “prepayment” as the case may be.

“Reserve Fund” means the Reserve Fund established under Section 5.03 of the Indenture.

“Reserve Requirement” means an amount equal to $2,000,000, plus any amount required to be deposited in the Reserve Fund in connection with the issuance of Additional Bonds.

“Responsible Officer” of any Trustee hereunder means and includes the Chairman of the board of directors, the president, every vice president, every assistant vice president, the cashier, every assistant cashier, every corporate trust officer, and every officer and assistant officer of such trustee, other than those specifically above mentioned, to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of, and familiarity with, a particular subject.

“Revenue Bond Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases of even date herewith from the Company, as mortgagor, to the Trustee, as mortgagee, and all amendments and supplements thereto.

“Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of EBITDA to interest expense and scheduled principal payments payable during such period in respect of the Senior Loans and any Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness existing at the time the calculation is made.

“Senior Lenders” means AgStar and NMF, and their successors and assigns.

“Senior Loans” means the AgStar Loan and the NMF Loan.

“Series 2007 Bonds” means the Otter Tail County Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A (Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC Ethanol Plant Project), authorized by the Indenture and the Resolution, and described in Section 2.01 of the Indenture.

“Sinking Fund” means any Sinking Fund established under Section 3.08 of the Indenture.

“Tax Abatement Program” means the program of tax abatements pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.1812 to 469.1815, approved by resolution of the County Board adopted July 5, 2006.

“Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of EBITDA to interest expense and scheduled principal payments payable during such period in respect of the Senior Loan, any Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness and any amounts owing under this Lease existing at the time the calculation is made.

“Trustee” means the trustee at the time serving as such under the Indenture.

“Trust Estate” means the interest of the County in the Lease assigned under Granting Clause I of the Indenture; the revenues, moneys, investments, contract rights, general intangibles and instruments and proceeds and products and accessions thereof as set forth in Granting Clause II of this Indenture; and additional property held by the Trustee pursuant to Granting Clause III of this Indenture, including the interests of the Trustee under the Revenue Bond Mortgage.

“Working Capital Expenses” means expenses which are working capital expenditures within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.150-1(b) except expenses meeting the exceptions set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.148-6(d) (3)(ii).

Section 1.2 Exhibits.

The following Exhibits are attached to and by reference made a part of this Lease:

(1) Exhibit A: the Equipment;

(2) Exhibit B: location of the Plant;

(3) Exhibit C: description of the Project.

Section 1.3 Company’s Acts.

Where the Company is permitted or required to do or accomplish any act or thing hereunder, the Company may cause the same to be done or accomplished by a third party selected by the Company with the same force and effect as if done or accomplished by the Company.

Section 1.4 Rules of Interpretation.

(1) This Lease shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota.

(2) The words “herein” and “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, without reference to any particular section or subdivision, refer to this Lease as a whole rather than to any particular section or subdivision of this Lease.

(3) References in this Lease to any particular article, section or subdivision hereof are to the designated article, section or subdivision of this Lease as originally executed.

(4) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and all computations

provided for herein shall be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and applied on the same basis as in prior years.

(5) The Table of Contents and titles of articles and sections herein are for convenience only and are not a part of this Lease.

(6) Unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and the masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa.

(7) Articles, sections, subsections and clauses mentioned by number only are those so numbered which are contained in this Lease.

(8) For purposes of this Lease and the Indenture, a Petition in Bankruptcy shall be deemed dismissed only if either (a) the petition is dismissed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction and no further appeal rights exist from such order or (b) the Company notifies the Trustee that such a dismissal has occurred.

(9) Any opinion of counsel required hereunder shall be a written opinion of such counsel.

(10) References to the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds as “tax-exempt” or to the “tax-exempt status of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds” are to the exclusion of interest from gross income pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except during any period the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds are held by a Substantial User or Related Person, irrespective of such forms of taxation as the alternative minimum tax or branch profits tax on foreign corporations, as is consistent with the approach taken in Section 59(i) of the Code.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS OF COUNTY AND COMPANY

Section 2.1 Representations by the County.

The County makes the following representations and warranties as the basis for its covenants herein:

(1) The County is a duly organized and existing political subdivision pursuant to the laws of the State of Minnesota and is issuing the Series 2007 Bonds and the General Obligation Bonds to finance the costs of the Project pursuant to the Act and to implement the County’s Tax Abatement Program;

(2) The issuance and sale of the Series 2007 Bonds, the issuance and sale of the General Obligation Bonds, the execution and delivery of this Lease and the Indenture, and the performance of all covenants and agreements of the County contained in this Lease and the Indenture have been duly authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the County adopted at a meeting thereof duly called and held on April 24, 2007, by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of its members;

(3) There is not pending any suit, action or proceeding against the County before or by any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other governmental authority which materially and adversely affects the validity, as to the County, of this Lease or the Indenture, any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

(4) No public official of the County has either a direct or indirect financial interest in this Lease nor will any public official either directly or indirectly benefit financially from this Lease;

Section 2.2 Representations by the Company.

As of the date hereof, the Company makes the following representations and warranties as the basis for its covenants herein:

(1) The Company is a limited liability company validly formed under the laws of the State of Minnesota, is duly authorized to conduct its business in the State of Minnesota, has power to enter into this Lease and to use the Equipment for the purpose set forth in this Lease and by proper action has authorized the execution and delivery of this Lease and has approved the Indenture;

(2) The execution and delivery of this Lease, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the fulfillment of the terms and conditions thereof do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or conditions of the Company’s Articles of Organization or Operating and Member Control Agreement, any restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is bound or to which any property of the Company is subject, and do not and will not constitute a default under any of the foregoing, or be in violation of any order, decree, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any state or federal regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties, including the Project, and do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature upon any of the property or assets of the Company contrary to the terms of any instrument or agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

(3) This Lease has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, usury or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies and principles of public or governmental policy limiting the enforceability of the indemnification and contribution provisions;

(4) All orders and approvals of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body required with respect to the Company for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Lease as of the date hereof have been received and will be in effect prior to the Closing Date, and, no further consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration with, any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body is required with respect to the Company;

(5) The Company has received an executed counterpart of the Indenture and hereby consents to and approves of the provisions thereof;

(6) The information relating to the Project and use of the proceeds of the Bonds furnished by the Company in writing to Faegre & Xxxxxx LLP, as Bond Counsel, in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, is true and correct in all material respects;

(7) The Company does not, as of the dates of issuance of the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds, reasonably expect any use of moneys derived from the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds and the General Obligation Bonds or any investment or reinvestment thereof or from the sale of the Project which would cause the Series 2007 Bonds and the General Obligation Bonds to be classified as “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code;

(8) The information provided by and on behalf of the Company to Faegre & Xxxxxx LLP for the purpose of establishing that Equipment constitutes and will constitute solid waste disposal facilities within the meaning of Section 142 (a) (6) of the Code is true and correct (which Equipment consists of those Items described in Exhibit A hereto as such Exhibit A is from time to time amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3.2), and the Company shall not consent to any changes in the use of the Equipment in the Project which would adversely affect the qualification of the Equipment as a “project” under the Act or adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Series 2007 Bonds or the General Obligation Bonds;

(9) The Company will cooperate with the County in filing or causing to be filed with the United States Department of Treasury the information required by Section 149(e) of the Code;

(10) There is no litigation or proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened, against the Company which could adversely affect the validity of this Lease or the ability of the Company to comply with its obligations under this Lease or the Indenture; and

(11) To the best of Company’s knowledge, no public official of the County has either a direct or indirect financial interest in this Lease nor will any public official either directly or indirectly benefit financially from this Lease.

Concurrently with the Closing Date, the Company shall execute and deliver a certificate reaffirming the foregoing representations, warranties and agreements as of the Closing Date.

ARTICLE III

COMPLETION OF PROJECT

Section 3.1 Development Acquisition and Installation of Equipment and Completion of Project by Company.

In connection with the acquisition and installation of the Equipment and completion of the Project, the Company represents and covenants as follows:

(1) Completion. The Company will complete the development, acquisition and installation of the Equipment and the Project as promptly as practicable with all reasonable dispatch in accordance with the plans and specifications and in any event no later than August 1,

2008, except only as completion may be delayed by strikes, riots or acts of God or the public enemy, shortages of materials or supplies or any other reason beyond the reasonable control of the Company, for which a reasonable extension of time of completion shall be granted as determined by the Trustee, provided that if the Project is not completed by that date there shall be no resulting liability on the part of the County and no abatement or diminution in the payments required to be made by the Company under Article IV hereof.

(2) Insurance. The Company will cause adequate insurance to be procured and maintained during construction of the Project which insurance shall name the County as loss payee, as its interest may appear.

(3) Plan Changes. The Company may make, authorize or permit changes or amendments in the components of the Project or may determine not to complete any portion of the Project for which Bond proceeds (and investment income thereon) are available, or may finance such portion of the Project from any other source; provided, however, that Series 2007 Bond proceeds and General Obligation Bond Proceeds (and investment income thereon) otherwise allocable to Equipment must be used either (i) to pay the costs of other Items of Equipment, (ii) to pay the cost of other solid waste disposal facilities qualifying under the Act and the Code, subject to the provisions of this Section and with the approval of the County, or (iii) to pay or redeem principal on the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds in accordance with the provisions of this Lease, the Indenture and the Bond Resolution, provided that in the case of (ii) or (iii), the Company shall have received an Opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such application will not affect the tax exempt status of interest on the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds. If the Company determines not to acquire and install any item of Equipment or to fund such Equipment from any other source, such portion of the Project shall no longer be deemed to be within the meaning of the term “Equipment” for any purpose of this Lease or the Indenture.

Section 3.2 Payment of Costs by Company.

The Company agrees that it will provide any and all money required for the prompt and full payment of all sums required to complete the Project, including all of the following items which the County agrees will be reimbursable from Bond proceeds to the extent and in the manner provided in Sections 3.5 and 3.6 and subject to the provisions of the Act:

(1) the expenses incurred and to be incurred in connection with the development, acquisition and installation of the Equipment, including but not limited to the contract price of all labor, services, materials, supplies and equipment furnished under any Construction Contract for installation of the Equipment or otherwise incurred in connection therewith, and all fees required for recording all financing statements and any title documents relating to the Indenture;

(2) the expense of preparation of the plans and specifications for the Equipment, including utilities, and all other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith, and all other architectural, engineering and supervisory services incurred and to be incurred in the planning, acquisition and installation of the Equipment;

(3) All legal (including Bond Counsel and counsel to the Company, County, Trustee and Original Purchaser), abstractors’, financial and accounting fees and expenses, administrative and rating agency fees (if any), printing and engraving costs and other expenses incurred and to

be incurred on or before or in connection with the Completion Date with respect to (i) the establishment of ownership to the Equipment, (ii) the authorization, sale and issuance of the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds, (iii) the preparation of this Lease, the Indenture and all other documents necessary to the Bond Closing or required by this Lease, the Indenture or the Bond Resolution;

(4) premiums on all insurance (including any title insurance) required to be taken out and maintained during the period before the Completion Date;

(5) all expenses incurred in seeking to enforce any remedy against any Contractor, or any subcontractor or any supplier with respect to any default under any contract with such person;

(6) all recording fees and other taxes, charges and assessments and license and registration fees of every nature whatsoever incurred and to be incurred in connection with development, acquisition or installation of the Equipment, including the financing thereof;

(7) the cost of all other labor, services, materials, supplies and equipment necessary to complete the development, construction, acquisition and installation of the Equipment;

(8) all fees and expenses of the Trustee and Paying Agent under the Indenture or Bond Resolution that become due on or before the Completion Date or in connection with the establishment of the Completion Date;

(9) all interest accruing on money borrowed by the Company for temporary financing of Equipment Costs, including interest accruing on the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds during the development, acquisition and installation period (which period for purposes of this subsection will be deemed to be and for the Equipment or any portion thereof no later than the date on which the Project is placed in service) and for six (6) months thereafter;

(10) All other expenses which under generally accepted accounting principles constitute necessary capital expenditures for the development, acquisition and installation of the Equipment or issuance of the Series 2007 Bonds or General Obligation Bonds not including working capital or expendable supplies (all of which are nevertheless to be supplied by the Company from its own funds without reimbursement);

(11) all advances, payments and expenditures made or to be made by the County, the Trustee, the Company and any other person with respect to any of the foregoing expenses.

All Equipment Costs may be paid or reimbursed from moneys available in the Project Fund to the extent and in the manner permitted in Sections 3.5 and 3.6 hereof. If, however, such moneys are insufficient to pay in full Equipment Costs payable therefrom or are otherwise unavailable to pay any Equipment Costs, the Company shall nevertheless promptly pay so much of such Costs as may be in excess of such moneys available in the Project Fund. The Company shall not by reason of the payment of such excess Costs be entitled to any reimbursement from the County in excess of any moneys available therefore in the Project Fund or for any abatement or diminution of the Basic Payments or Additional Charges.

Section 3.3 Authorization by County.

In accordance with the Act, the Company is authorized by the County, and the Company, pursuant to such authorization, agrees:

(1) to acquire and install the Equipment as provided in Section 3.1, upon the Land or in the Plant;

(2) to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any contracts, orders, receipts, writings and instructions, with any other persons, firms or corporations, and in general to do all things which may be requisite or proper for acquiring and installing the Equipment and establishing the County as the owner of the Equipment;

(3) pursuant to the provisions of this Lease, to pay all fees, costs and expenses incurred in the development, acquisition, construction and installation of the Project from funds made available therefore in accordance with this Lease or otherwise, subject to the right to contest such fees, costs and expenses; and

(4) so long as the Company is not in default under any of the provisions of this Lease, to exercise all authority hereby conferred, which is granted and conferred irrevocably to the Completion Date and thereafter until all activities in connection with the development, acquisition, construction and installation of the Project shall have been completed.

Neither the authorization granted in this Section nor any other provision of this Lease shall be construed as making the Company an agent or joint venturer with the County.

Section 3.4 Issuance of Bonds.

The County has contracted for the sale of the Series 2007 Bonds authorized by the Indenture, and the Company has and does approve the terms of the Indenture. Forthwith upon execution of this Lease and the Indenture, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the County will execute the Series 2007 Bonds and cause them to be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to the Original Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price and filing with the Trustee of the opinion of Bond Counsel as to the legality of the Bonds and the furnishing of all other documents required by this Lease and the Indenture to be furnished before delivery. The County will then cause the proceeds of the Bonds to be transmitted to the Trustee, who is required by the Indenture to deposit the same into the Project Fund and the Reserve Fund. The County has also contracted for the sale of the General Obligations Bonds pursuant to the Bond Resolution. The County shall cause $5,000,000 of the proceeds of the General Obligation Bonds to be transmitted to the Trustee for deposit in the Equipment Account of the Project Fund.

Section 3.5 Disbursements from Project Fund.

(1) The County has in the Indenture authorized and directed the Trustee to disburse the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds and a portion of the proceeds of the General Obligation Bonds from the Project Fund upon the direction of the Company in accordance with the Disbursing Agreement, in payment or reimbursement of all items of Cost enumerated in Section 3.2 and certified in writing by the Company Representative to be due and payable or to have been paid by the Company to the persons entitled thereto.

(2) In no event shall:

(a) any Series 2007 Bond proceeds or General Obligation Bond proceeds be used to reimburse for the payment of the acquisition of any property other than land (or an interest therein) unless the first use of such property is pursuant to such acquisition;

(b) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of Series 2007 Bond proceeds or General Obligation Bond proceeds be used to reimburse for the payment of the acquisition of land;

(c) any Series 2007 Bond proceeds or General Obligation Bond proceeds, including earnings thereon, be used to pay or reimburse for the payment of Working Capital Expenses;

(d) any amounts be disbursed from the Equipment Account until all conditions of the disbursements of funds under the Disbursing Agreement have been satisfied; or

(e) any amounts be disbursed from the Equipment Account for payment or reimbursement for the cost of any Item of Equipment in excess of the percentages of the Costs of such Item which is eligible to be paid from the proceeds of Bonds or General Obligation Bonds, as such percentage is listed in Exhibit A or as may otherwise be approved by Bond Counsel.

(3) The Equipment Costs described in Section 3.2, (3), (8) and (9) hereof may be paid or reimbursed in full upon receipt by the Trustee of any statement of the payee covering such expenses endorsed by the payee and approved by the Company Representative, or, with respect to fees of Bond Counsel, the County’s counsel, Company’s counsel, Trustee’s counsel, or other fees of the Trustee or County or bond printing expenses, the County, with the reasonable consent of the Company from the Issuance Expense Account and the Capitalized Interest Account. With respect to all other Equipment Costs, each certificate of the Company Representative shall be approved by or on behalf of the Senior Lenders and contain the following additional information:

(a) the amount and nature of each item of Cost and the name and address of the payee, with the payee’s statement and, if reimbursement is requested, evidence of payment thereof attached, which evidence of payment may be either copies of a canceled check, lien waiver, invoice marked paid by the payee or other evidence satisfactory to the Trustee;

(b) a statement that the amount for which payment reimbursement is requested does not exceed the amount properly allocable to the Equipment or the portion of the Cost thereof listed in Exhibit A;

(c) evidence establishing that the County is, or upon acquisition and installation of the Items of Equipment for which payment or reimbursement is requested will be, the owner of such Items of Equipment;

(d) a statement that all other conditions set forth in the Section 3.5(2) and (3) have been fully satisfied; and

(e) a statement that all Equipment Costs then and theretofore certified for payment or reimbursement from bond proceeds in the Project Fund do not cause the average maturity of the Series 2007 Bonds or General Obligation Bonds to exceed one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the average reasonably expected economic life of all of the facilities financed with the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds or General Obligation Bonds.

Section 3.6 Establishment of Completion Date and Use of Excess Proceeds

(1) The Completion Date shall be that date on which the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt of the following items, which the Company shall furnish to the Trustee no later than thirty (30) days after completion of the Project:

(A) a certificate signed by the Company Representative and stating that to its knowledge (i) the development, acquisition and installation of the improvements, equipment and all other facilities comprising the Project have been completed in substantial conformity with the plans and specifications, (ii) the entire cost of the Project has been paid and (iii) the Project conforms to all applicable zoning (by special use permit or otherwise), planning and building regulations and laws, and pollution control laws and regulations and is suitable and sufficient for efficient operation of the Plant;

(B) an executed copy of any supplement to this Lease necessary to specifically identify the Equipment actually purchased from the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds and General Obligation Bonds and installed in the Plant or on the Land.

(2) On the Completion Date, any balance remaining in the Project Fund, after disbursement has been made as provided in Section 3.5 hereof, shall (A), to the extent allocable to the Series 2007 Bonds, be transferred from the Project Fund by the Trustee to the Bond Fund and shall be used to redeem the largest possible principal amount of Bonds on the earliest possible date that Bonds may be optionally redeemed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Indenture and (B), to the extent allocable to the General Obligation Bonds, shall be transferred to the County.

Section 3.7 Warranties.

The Company acknowledges that it has selected the Equipment based upon its own judgment and without reliance on any statement or representation by the County. THE COUNTY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUIPMENT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF THE COUNTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO (A) THE FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY OF ANY ITEM OF EQUIPMENT, (B) THE DESIGN OR CONDITION OF, OR THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP IN, THE EQUIPMENT, (C) ANY LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE EQUIPMENT, AND (D) ANY OTHER MATTER WHATSOEVER, IT BEING AGREED THAT ALL SUCH RISKS, AS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE COMPANY, ARE TO BE BORNE BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COUNTY DID NOT MANUFACTURE THE ITEMS AND THAT THE COMPANY ACCEPTS THE ITEMS BASED UPON ITS OWN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT AND

EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RELIANCE ON STATEMENTS MADE BY THE COUNTY OR ITS AGENTS.

COUNTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY MANUFACTURER’S, INSTALLER’S, DESIGNER’S, ENGINEER’S, CONTRACTOR’S AND/OR SELLER’S WARRANTIES ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH COUNTY AND COMPANY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AND PROVIDED COMPANY IS NOT IN DEFAULT UNDER THIS LEASE, COUNTY SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO COMPANY ALL WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES, AND INDEMNITEES WITH RESPECT TO EQUIPMENT. The County hereby assigns to the Company all warranties, guaranties and indemnities, express or implied, and similar rights which the County may have against any designer, manufacturer, installer, seller, engineer, contractor or builder in respect of any of the Equipment, including, but not limited to, any rights and remedies existing under contract or pursuant to the uniform Commercial Code and hereby appoints and constitutes the Company as its agent during the term of this Lease to assert and enforce, from time to time, in the name and for the account of the Company and the County, as their interests may appear, but in all cases at the sole cost and expense of the Company, whatever claims and rights the County may have as owner of the Equipment against the designer, manufacturer, installer, seller, engineer, contractor or builder or any other person in connection with the development, acquisition, construction, installation or any other aspect of the Equipment or the Project; provided, however, that if at any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the County may assert and enforce such claims and rights at the Company’s sole cost and expense. Company’s delivery to the County of an acceptance certificate signed by the Company or delivery by the County or the manufacturer to the County of an inspection or acceptance certificate the Company’s representative gave to the manufacturer shall be conclusive evidence as between the Company and the County only that all Items of Equipment described therein are in all the foregoing respects satisfactory to the Company; provided, however, that neither the manufacturer nor any party other than the county, its successors and assigns may rely on the foregoing. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the County agrees, to the extent they are assignable, to assign to the Company, without any recourse to the County, any warranty received by the County.

ARTICLE IV

USE, OCCUPANCY, BASIC PAYMENTS AND

ADDITIONAL CHARGES

Section 4.1 Possession and Use.

The Company shall have sole and exclusive possession, use and control of the Equipment, subject-to the right of the County to enter the Land and the Plant as contemplated in Article IX hereof for the purpose of inspection, and covenants and agrees that it will not take any action other than pursuant to Article IX hereof to prevent the Company from having quiet and peaceable possession and enjoyment of the Project during the Term of this Lease, and will, at the request and expense of the Company, cooperate with the Company to secure such possession and enjoyment. The County agrees that it will not make, do, execute or suffer any act or thing whereby its interest in any property now or hereafter included as part of the Equipment shall or may be impaired, charged or encumbered in any manner whatsoever; any impairment, charge or encumbrance created in violation of this covenant shall be void and of no effect, unless the Company and the Trustee shall have consented in writing to its creation. The Company accepts possession of the Equipment on the date of its acceptance thereof. Its right of possession shall continue until the Term of this Lease expires or is terminated as provided herein. The Company shall have the right to use and shall use the Equipment throughout the Term of this Lease only as solid waste disposal facilities as contemplated by Section 142(a)(6) of the Code and in conformity with the policies and purposes of the Act.

Section 4.2 Basic Payments.

Subject to the Company’s right of prepayment granted in Section 8.2, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid rent for the use of the Equipment as follows:

(1) The Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee for the account of the County an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds Outstanding and, as interest on its obligation to pay such amount, an amount equal to interest on the Bonds, such amounts to be paid in installments commencing May 25, 2008, on the 25th day of each month, (A) as to interest, one-sixth of the amount of interest payable on the next following Interest Payment Date, and (B) as to principal, commencing November 25, 2009, in an amount equal to one-sixth of the principal scheduled to become due on the next Principal Payment Date, and in any event shall pay such amounts as may be necessary to pay the principal, interest and redemption price of the Bonds when due, all in order that the County can cause amounts to be deposited in the Bond Fund and Sinking Fund for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise; provided, however, that the obligation of the Company to make any such payment hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of any reduction under the Indenture of the amount of the corresponding payment required to be made by the County thereunder.

(2) The Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the County an amounts equal to the scheduled payments of principal and interest on the General Obligation Bond, such amounts to be in installments on February 25, 2008 and on the 25th day of each month thereafter, (A) an

amount equal to one-sixth of the amount of interest payable on the General Obligation Bonds on the following February 1 or August 1, as applicable, and (B) on amount equal to one-twelfth of the principal due on the following February 1, subject to a credit for amounts on deposit in the Debt Service Account established under the Bond Resolution for the General Obligation Bonds in excess of any amounts required to be maintained hereunder and, on the final maturity date, a credit for the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account established under the Bond Resolution for the General Obligation Bonds.

(3) The Company shall provide for the payment of the principal of the Bonds, upon maturity, redemption or acceleration, and provide for payment of the interest on the Bonds to the Trustee when due. The Company hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee to draw moneys in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture to the extent necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due. All moneys drawn from the Capitalized Interest Account to pay the interest on the Bonds shall be credited against the obligation of the Company to make Basic Payments.

(3) Upon the occurrence of a “Determination of Taxability” the Company shall make the payment described in Section 7.8 hereof.

Section 4.3 Additional Charges.

The Company agrees to pay as additional rent, when due, each and all of the following:

(1) all Issuance Expenses of the Bonds not paid or reimbursed from the issuance Expense Account;

(2) to or upon the order of the Trustee, when due, all fees of the Trustee for services rendered under the Indenture and all fees and charges of the Paying Agent, registrars, legal counsel, accountants, engineers, public agencies and others incurred in the performance on request of the Trustee of services required under the Indenture for which the Trustee and such other persons are entitled to payment or reimbursement; provided that the Company may, without creating a default hereunder, contest in good faith the necessity or reasonableness of any such services, fees or expenses other than the Trustee’s fees for ordinary services as set forth in the Indenture, Paying Agency fees and any fees or charges of public agencies;

(3) to the County, all expenses including reasonable attorney’s fees directly incurred by the County to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Lease, and all other reasonable expenses incurred by the County in relation to the Project which are not otherwise required to be paid by the Company under the terms of this Lease and all indemnity payments required to be made under Section 7.4;

(4) subject to the provisions of Section 5.4 hereof, to the County Treasurer of Otter Tail County, and to any other governmental official authorized by law to collect taxes levied on the Land or Plant or the privilege of using the same, the full amount of all such taxes, if any, when due and payable during the Term of this Lease; and

(5) subject to the provisions of Section 5.4 hereof, to each public or private person, firm or corporation furnishing utility service or constructing or extending facilities for the

furnishing of such service for the Project, when due and payable during the Term of this Lease, all fees, charges and rentals for such service and facilities.

Section 4.4 Company’s Obligations Unconditional.

All Basic Payments and Additional Charges and all other payments required of the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand and without setoff, counterclaim, or defense for any reason and without abatement or deduction or defense. The Company will not suspend or discontinue any such payments, and will perform and observe all of its other agreements in this Lease, and, except as expressly permitted in Sections 7.8 and 8.4 hereof, will not terminate this Lease for any cause, including but not limited to any acts or circumstances that may constitute failure of consideration, destruction or damage to the Plant, the Equipment or Company’s business, the taking of the Plant, the Equipment or Company’s business by condemnation or otherwise, the lawful prohibition of the Company’s use of the Plant, or Company’s business, the interference with such use by any private person or corporation, the invalidity or unenforceability or lack of due authorization or other infirmity of this Lease, or lack of right, power or authority of the County to enter into this Lease, eviction by paramount title, commercial frustration of purpose, bankruptcy or insolvency of the County or the Trustee, change in the tax or other laws or administrative rulings or actions of the United States of America or of the State of Minnesota or any political subdivision thereof, or failure of the County to perform and observe any agreement, whether express or implied or any duty, liability or obligation arising out of or connected with this Lease, or for any other cause whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, any present or future law to the contrary notwithstanding, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Basic Payments and other amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid in full when due without any delay or diminution whatever.

Section 4.5 Assignment of County’s Rights.

As security for the payment of the Bonds, the County will pledge the amounts payable hereunder and assign, without recourse or liability, to the Trustee, the County’s rights under this Lease, including the right to receive payments hereunder (except the right to receive payments, if any, under Sections 4.2(2), 4.3, 7.4 and 9.5 hereof) and hereby directs the Company to make said payments directly to the Trustee. The Company herewith assents to such assignment and will make payments under this Lease directly to the Trustee without defense or setoff by reason of any dispute between the Company and the Trustee.

Section 4.6 Company’s Remedies.

Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to release the County from the performance of any of its agreements herein, and if the County should fail to perform any such agreements, the Company may institute such action against the County as the Company may deem necessary to compel the performance so long as such action for specific performance shall not violate the Company’s agreements in Section 4.4 or diminish or delay the amounts required to be paid by the Company pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3 of this Lease. The Company acknowledges however and agrees that any pecuniary obligation of the County created by or arising out of this Lease shall be payable solely out of the proceeds derived from this Lease, the sale of the Bonds, or other disposition of the Equipment upon a default by the Company or otherwise.

ARTICLE V

PROJECT COVENANTS

Section 5.1 Project Operation and Maintenance.

The Company shall pay all expenses of the operation and maintenance of the Equipment including, but without limitation, adequate insurance thereon and insurance against all liability for injury to persons or property arising from the operation thereof, and all taxes and special assessments levied upon or with respect to the Equipment and payable during the Term of this Lease.

Section 5.2 Transfer of Company’s Leasehold Interest in the Equipment.

Subject to Section 8.1, and except as permitted in the AgStar Loan Documents and NMF Loan Documents, the Company shall not sublease, assign, transfer, grant a security interest in or otherwise encumber its interests in this Lease or any Equipment, in whole or part, without the consent of the Trustee, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned, except for the Permitted Encumbrances; provided, the Company, so long as an Event of Default has not occurred and is continuing, may sublease any items of Equipment not needed for operation of the Plant subordinate to this Lease if the effect thereof would be to impair the validity or cause the interest on the Bonds to become includable in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation and the Company shall remain liable for rental and other obligations under this Lease.

Section 5.3 Alterations to the Equipment.

The Company shall have the right from time to time at its cost and expense, to make additions, modifications, alterations, improvements and changes (collectively referred to as “alterations”) in or to the Equipment, and remove obsolete or worn out Equipment, provided such alterations or removal do not impair the character of the Equipment as a “project” within the meaning of the Act or cause the interest on the Series 2007 Bonds or General Obligation Bonds to become includable in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. All alterations made by the Company to the Equipment shall become the property of the County and remain part of the Equipment, but subject to purchase by the Company under Section 8.4 hereof.

Section 5.4 Taxes and Other Governmental Charges.

The Company will make promptly all payments due during the term of this Lease on taxes and special assessments lawfully levied upon or with respect to the Land, the Plant and the Equipment, other charges lawfully made by any governmental body for public improvements, taxes or governmental charges on any property of the Company brought in or upon the Land or Plant, sales and other excise taxes on products thereof, and any taxes levied upon or with respect to income or profits from the operation of the Plant. With respect to governmental charges that may lawfully be paid in installments over a period of years, with or without interest, the Company shall be obligated to pay only such installments and interest as are required to be paid during the term of this Lease. The Company may, at its own expense, in good faith, contest any such taxes and other charges and, in the event of such contest, may permit the items so contested to remain unpaid during the period of the contest and any appeal therefrom, provided that such contest does not affect the Company’s right to operate the Plant and the Equipment.

Section 5.5 Insurance.

The Company shall procure and maintain, or cause to be procured or maintained, continuously in effect during the term of this Lease, policies of insurance with respect to the Equipment insuring against such risks and in such amounts as are customary for property comparable to those comprising the Equipment, including, specifically, insurance against such hazards and in such amounts as reasonably may be required by the Trustee and insurance against all liability for injury to persons or property arising out of the operation of the Equipment. All policies shall be written in the names of the Company and the County and shall show the County as an additional insured.

All insurance required in this Section 5.5 shall be taken out and maintained with responsible insurance companies authorized to do business in Minnesota and selected by the Company. The Company will deposit with the Trustee policies evidencing all such insurance, or a certificate or certificates of the respective insurers stating that such insurance is in force and effect. Each policy of insurance herein required shall contain a provision that the insurer shall not cancel, refuse to renew or materially modify it without giving written notice to the County and the Trustee at least thirty (30) days before the cancellation, non-renewal or modification becomes effective. Before the expiration of any policy of insurance herein required, the Company shall furnish the Trustee evidence satisfactory to the Trustee that the policy has been renewed or replaced by another policy conforming to the provisions of this Section 5.5. In lieu of separate policies, the Company may maintain blanket policies having the coverage required herein, in which event it shall deposit with the Trustee a certificate or certificates of the respective insurers as to the amount of coverage in force with respect to the Equipment.

ARTICLE VI

DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION

Section 6.1 Damage and Destruction.

If there are any Outstanding Bonds or General Obligation Bonds when the Plant is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, the Company shall either restore the Plant or if Section 8.4 of this Lease is applicable, exercise its option to redeem all Bonds and purchase the Equipment pursuant to said Section.

ARTICLE VII

COMPANY’S COVENANTS

Section 7.1 Covenant for the Benefit of the Trustee and the Bondholders.

The Company recognizes the authority of the County to assign its interest in and pledge monies receivable under this Lease (other than certain payments required to be made to the County under Sections 4.2(2), 4.3(3), 7.4 and 9.5 hereof) to the Trustee as security for the payment of the principal of and interest and redemption premiums, if any, on the Bonds, and the payment of all fees and expenses of the Trustee; and hereby agrees to be bound by, and joins with the County in the grant of a security interest to the Trustee in any rights and interest the Company may have in sums held in the Funds described in Article VI pursuant to the terms and

conditions of the Indenture to secure payment of the Bonds. Each of the terms and provisions of this Lease is a covenant for the use and benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds, so long as any thereof shall remain Outstanding; but upon payment in full of the General Obligation Bonds in accordance with the Bond Resolution and the Bonds in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture and of all fees and charges of the Trustee and Paying Agent, all references in this Lease to the General Obligation Bonds, the Bonds, the Holders thereof and the Trustee shall be ineffective, and neither the Trustee nor the Holders of any of the General Obligation Bonds or Bonds shall thereafter have any rights hereunder, save and except those that shall have theretofore vested or that arise from provisions hereunder which survive termination of this Lease.

Section 7.2 Inspection and Access.

The Company agrees that the County, the Trustee and their duly authorized agents shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine and inspect the Equipment and all books and records of the Company related thereto and for that purpose to enter upon the Land and Plant after reasonable notice, and shall also have such right of access thereto as may be reasonably necessary to cause the Equipment to be properly maintained in accordance with Article V, subject to the Company’s confidentiality and proprietary information handling and disclosure policies and practices, or similar agreements to which the Company, the Equipment or the Plant are subject.

Section 7.3 Certificate of Compliance and Other Reports.

(1) The Company will at the request of the Trustee, and at the Company’s expense, furnish to the Trustee, Original Purchaser and County at such times and in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require a copy of reports containing such information as is necessary to comply with any lawful reporting or continuing registration requirements imposed by any agency of the State of Minnesota under the Act, the Minnesota Blue Sky Laws or any other applicable state law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended or any agency of any other state in which the Bonds have been sold, or such information as necessary to comply with federal securities law.

Section 7.4 Indemnification.

The Company, will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, protect, indemnify and save the County and its officers, agents, and employees and any person who controls the County within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, harmless from and against all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses of the County), taxes, causes of action, suits, claims, demands and judgments of any nature arising during the term of this Lease from:

(1) any injury to or death of any person or damage to property in or upon the Project or growing out of or connected with the use, non-use, condition or occupancy of the Project or any part thereof, including any and all acts or operations relating to the development, acquisition or installation of property or improvements. The foregoing indemnification obligations shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation or benefits payable by or for the Company, customers, suppliers or affiliated organizations under any Workers’ Compensation Acts, Disability Benefit Acts or other employee benefit acts;

(2) violation of any agreement, provision or condition of this Lease, the Bonds or the Indenture, or the General Obligation Bonds or Bond Resolution except an intentional violation by the County;

(3) violation by the Company of any contract, agreement or restriction relating to the Project which shall have existed at the commencement of the Term of this Lease or shall have been approved by the Company;

(4) violation by the Company of any law, ordinance, court order or regulation affecting the Project or a part thereof or the ownership, occupancy or use thereof; provided, that the Company shall have the right to reasonably protest the finding of a violation so long as the County shall have no liability during the time of such protest;

(5) any statement or information relating to the expenditure of the proceeds of the Bonds contained in the “Nonarbitrage Certificate” or similar document furnished by the Company to the County which, at the time made, is misleading, untrue or incorrect in any material respect; and

(6) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any offering material relating to the sale of the Bonds (as from time to time amended or supplemented) or General Obligation Bonds or arising out of or based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or failure to properly register or otherwise qualify the sale of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds or failure to comply with any licensing or other law or regulation which would affect the manner whereby or to whom the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds could be sold.

Promptly after receipt by the County or any such other indemnified person, as the case may be, of notice of the commencement of any action with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company under this Section, such person will notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, the Company shall assume the defense of such action (including the employment of counsel, who shall be counsel reasonably satisfactory to the County, Trustee or such other person as the case may be, and the payment of expenses). Insofar as such action shall relate to any alleged liability with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company, the County or any such other indemnified person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall not be at the expense of the Company unless the employment of such Counsel has been specifically authorized by the Company. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify any person for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent.

The provisions of this Section 7.4 shall survive the payment and discharge of the Bonds.

Section 7.5 Existence; Maintenance of Business.

The Company shall:

(a) continue to be a limited liability company subject to service of process in the State and either organized under the laws of the State, or organized under the laws of any

other state of the United States and duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in the State;

(b) not liquidate, wind up or dissolve or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property, business or assets; and

(c) not consolidate with or merge into another corporation or permit one or more corporations to consolidate with or merge into it. The Company may, however, after the Completion Date, without violating the foregoing, but upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the County and the Trustee, consolidate with or merge into another corporation or permit one or more corporations to consolidate with or merge into it, or sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its property, business or assets to another such corporation (and thereafter liquidate, wind up or dissolve or not, as the Company may elect) if:

(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, nor any event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing, and the Company would not thereby be in default in the payment, performance or observance of any payment, agreement, covenant or obligation under this Lease, the Indenture or the Mortgage;

(ii) either (A) the Company is the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation, as the case may be, and, unless the Trustee shall otherwise consent in writing, the resulting corporation has a net worth at least equal to the net worth of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, or (B) in the event that the Company is not the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation:

(A) such corporation is subject to service of process in the State and either organized under the laws of the State, or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in the State;

(B) such corporation assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company contained in this Lease and the Mortgage;

(C) in the Opinion of Counsel, (y) such corporation shall be bound by all of the terms applicable to the Company of this Lease and the Mortgage and (z) such action does not legally impair the security for the Holders of the Bonds afforded by the Mortgage; and

(D) in the opinion of Bond Counsel, such action will not cause the interest on the Bonds to cease to be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Section 7.6 Filing of Financing Statements.

The Company agrees that it will, at its sole expense, file or cause to be filed any financing statements and continuation statements required or if requested by the Trustee in writing to perfect the security interest granted to the Trustee under the Indenture in this Lease and the payments to be made hereunder granted.

Section 7.7 Assurance of Tax Exemption.

The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds and the County that it (a) has not taken, and will not take or permit to be taken on its behalf, any action which would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds and (b) will take, or require to be taken, such actions as may, from time to time, be required under applicable law or regulation to continue to cause the Bonds and the General Obligation Bonds to be tax-exempt.

The Company acknowledges that in the event of an examination by the Internal Revenue Service of the exclusion of interest on the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds from the gross income of the owners thereof for federal income tax purposes, the County may be treated as the “taxpayer” in such examination and agrees that it will respond, and will direct the County to respond, in a commercially reasonable manner to any inquiries from the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such an examination. The County covenants that it will cooperate with the Company, at the Company’s expense and at its direction, in connection with such examination.

In order to assure that the interest on the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds shall at all times be free from federal income taxation, the Company represents and covenants with the County, Trustee and all Holders of the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds that it will comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code as follows:

(1) The Company will not use (or permit to be used) the Equipment or use or invest (or permit to be used or invested) the proceeds of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds or any other sums treated as “bond proceeds” under Section 148 of the Code, including “investment proceeds,” “invested sinking funds” and “replacement proceeds,” in such a manner as to cause the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds to be classified as “arbitrage bonds” under Section 148 of the Code;

(2) In addition to the Bonds, no other obligations have been or are expected to be issued under Section 103(a) of the Code for sale at substantially the same time (within 15 days) as the Bonds are sold, pursuant to the same plan of financing, including bonds for the same facility or related facilities, and which are reasonably expected to be paid from substantially the same source of funds, determined without regard to guarantees from unrelated parties, or to otherwise become part of the same “issue of obligations” of the Bonds as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-(l)(c)(l), so as to impair the exclusion from gross income under Section 103 of the Code of the interest on the Bonds;

(3) no portion of the proceeds of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds will be used (i) to acquire or otherwise provide any private or commercial golf course, country club, massage parlor, tennis club, skating facility (including roller skating, skateboard and ice-skating), racquet sports facility (including any handball or racquetball court), hot tub facility, suntan facility or racetrack, land (or interest therein) to be used for farming purposes, and in no event will more than twenty-five percent (25%) (or twenty-five percent (25%), or more in the case of land) of the proceeds of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds, be used to acquire or otherwise provide a facility the primary purpose of which is either retail food and beverage services, automobile sales or service, or the provision of recreation or entertainment, or land, all within the meaning of

Sections 144 and 147 of the Code; or (ii) to provide any airplane, skybox or other private luxury box, health club facility, facility primarily used for gambling, or store the principal business of which is the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises, all within the meaning of Section 144 of the Code;

(4) the average maturity of the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds does not exceed one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the average reasonably expected economic life of the Equipment;

(5) the Company shall provide the County at the Bond Closing with all information required to satisfy the informational reporting requirements set forth in Section 149(e) of the Code, including the information necessary to complete IRS Form 8038;

(6) no portion of the proceeds of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds will be used to acquire property to be leased to the government of the United States of America or to any department, agency or instrumentality of the government of the United States of America; and no moneys in the Bond Fund (or other fund created under the Indenture) shall be invested in investments which cause the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds to be federally guaranteed within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code. If at any time the moneys in such funds exceed, within the meaning of Section 149(b)(3)(B) of the Code, (i) amounts invested for an initial temporary period until the moneys are needed for the purpose for which the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds were issued, (ii) investments of a bona fide debt service fund, and (iii) investments of a reserve which meet the requirement of Section 148(d) of the Code, such excess moneys shall be invested in only those Permitted Investments or Government Obligations, as otherwise appropriate, which are (A) obligations issued by the United States Treasury, (B) other investments permitted under regulations, or (C) obligations which are (a) not issued by, or guaranteed by, or insured by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or (b) not federally insured deposits or accounts, all within the meaning of Section 149(b)(3)(B) of the Code;

(7) no portion of the Bond or General Obligation Bond proceeds will be used for the acquisition of any property (or any interest therein) unless (i) the first use of such property is pursuant to such acquisition, other than land, or (ii) the property is a building (and the equipment therefore) and rehabilitation expenditures with respect to such building equal or exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the portion of the cost of acquiring such building (and equipment) financed with Bond or General Obligation Bond proceeds, or (iii) the property is a structure other than a building and rehabilitation expenditures with respect to such structure equal or exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the portion of the cost of acquiring such facility financed with Bond or General Obligation Bond proceeds, all within the meaning of Section 147(d) of the Code;

(8) it will not use the proceeds of the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds in such a manner as to cause the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations; and to this end, the Company on behalf of the County shall pay to the United States, as a rebate, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess of (I) the aggregate amount earned on all nonpurpose obligations (other than investments attributable to an excess described in this clause), over (II) the amount which would have been earned if all nonpurpose obligations were invested at a rate equal to the yield on the Bond or General Obligation Bond, as the case may be, plus (ii) any income attributable to

the excess described in clause (1), at the times and in the amounts required by Section 148 of the Code, all within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code. The Company and Trustee shall maintain records of the interest rate borne by the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds and the investments of the Project Fund and the Bond Fund and earnings thereon in adequate detail to enable the Company to calculate the amount of any rebate required to be made to the United States. The Company shall pay the rebate to the United States at times and in installments which satisfy Section 148 of the Code and the regulations, at least once every five years and within sixty (60) days after the day on which the last of each of the series of Bonds and General Obligation Bonds is redeemed. Calculations of the amount to be rebated shall be made at least every five years, by Bond Counsel or an Independent Accountant selected by the Company, and the County and Trustee shall be furnished with such calculations within sixty (60) days of the time they are made. The records for such calculations shall be retained until six (6) years after the retirement of the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds. The rebate shall be calculated as provided in the applicable Treasury Regulations, including taking into account the gain or loss on the disposition of nonpurpose investments. The Company shall acquire nonpurpose obligations at their fair market value;

(9) at least 85% of the spendable proceeds of both the Bonds and General Obligation Bonds will be used to carry out the governmental purpose of the Bonds within the 3-year period beginning on the date hereof; and

(10) the Company will not otherwise knowingly use Bond or General Obligation Bond proceeds, including earnings thereon, or take, or permit or cause to be taken, any action that would adversely affect the exemption from federal income taxation of the interest on the Bonds or General Obligation Bonds, nor otherwise omit to take or cause to be taken any action necessary to maintain such tax exempt status; and, if it should take or permit, or omit to take or cause to be taken, as appropriate, any such action, the Company shall take all lawful actions necessary to rescind or correct such actions or omissions promptly upon having knowledge thereof.

(11) the Company hereby makes an irrevocable election (binding on it and any successors in interest in this Lease) not to claim any depreciation or investment credit with respect to the Equipment financed with the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds.

Section 7.8 Determination of Taxability.

(1) Promptly after the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability, the Company shall give written notice to the County and Trustee of the Determination of Taxability and the Company shall provide to the Trustee in immediately available funds, an amount which when added to the amounts on deposit in the Funds, will equal the principal amount of all the Unpaid Bonds plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date, plus a premium equal to three percent (3.00%) percent of the outstanding Bonds, and the Bonds shall be redeemed pursuant to Article III of the Indenture.

(2) Upon a Determination of Taxability the Company shall also pay to the Trustee an amount equal to the Paying Agent’s and Trustee’s fees, accrued and to accrue until final payment and redemption of the Bonds, and all other advances, fees, costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Trustee, the County and the Paying Agent, including Bond Counsel and legal fees.

(3) If this Lease has not been terminated and the Equipment repurchased by the Company under Section 8.4 prior to the redemption date for the Bonds, this Lease shall be terminated on said redemption date and the closing for the termination of this Lease shall be completed otherwise as provided for termination of this Lease upon exercise of the Company’s options under Section 8.4.

(4) Neither the Company nor any Holder shall be required to contest or appeal any notice of deficiency, ruling, decision or legislative enactment which may give rise to a Determination of Taxability; and the expenses of any such contest or appeal shall be paid by the party initiating the contest or appeal.

Section 7.9 Surrender of Equipment: Holdover.

Except as otherwise provided in this Lease, at the expiration or earlier termination of the Term of this Lease the Company will surrender possession of the Equipment to the County peaceably and promptly and in as good condition as at the commencement of the Term of this Lease, loss by fire or other casualty to the extent covered by insurance and ordinary wear, tear and obsolescence only excepted.

Section 7.10 Refinancing of Senior Loans.

The Company may not enter into any amendment of the AgStar Loan Agreement or NMF Loan Agreement, or refinance all or any portion of the Senior Loans, unless, immediately after such amendment or refinancing (1) the outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount outstanding with respect to the Senior Loan immediately prior to the date of such amendment or refinancing and (2) the debt service schedule payable with respect to the amended or refinanced indebtedness does not require greater periodic installments of principal than the periodic installments of principal which would have been payable with respect to the Senior Loans, absent any such amendment or refinancing.

Section 7.11 Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness.

The Company may not incur Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness unless the Company first delivers to the Trustee the written certification of an independent public accountant stating that either (A) during the two years immediately preceding the date on which the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness will be incurred, the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated as though the proposed Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness had been outstanding during such period, would not have been less than 1.50 to 1 and the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated as though the proposed Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness had been outstanding during such period, would not have been less than 1.20 to 1 or (B) that for the five years immediately succeeding the date on which the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness will be incurred, the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio, taking into account the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness to be incurred, is expected to be not less than 1.50 to 1 and the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio, taking into account the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness to be incurred, is expected to be not less than 1.25 to 1. Upon receipt of (A) of the foregoing certification, and (B) an Opinion of Counsel provided by Bond Counsel stating that (i) all conditions to the incurrence of Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness, as set forth in this Lease, have been satisfied and (ii) neither the incurrence of Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness nor the subordination of this Lease and the Bonds to

such Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness will adversely affect the tax-exempt status of interest on the Bonds, the Trustee shall execute a subordination agreement in favor of the lender providing the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness, substantially in the form of the Intercreditor Agreement. In no event may the total principal amount of all outstanding Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness exceed $15,000,000, less the amount, if any, of Additional Bonds issued for completion or expansion of the Project. This Lease does not prohibit the incurrence by the Company of unsecured indebtedness or secured indebtedness junior to the Mortgages or liens securing Senior Secured Indebtedness if such indebtedness is permitted by the AgStar Loan Documents and NMF Loan Documents.

Section 7.12 Business Subsidies Act.

(1) In order to satisfy the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 116J.993 to 116J.995 (the “Business Subsidies Act”), the Company acknowledges and agrees that the amount of the “Business Subsidy” granted to the Company under this Lease is the amount of the Bonds, and General Obligation Bonds and that the Business Subsidy is needed because the Project is not sufficiently feasible for the Company to undertake without the Business Subsidy. The public purpose of the Business Subsidy is to develop new jobs within the County and to develop an ethanol production facility in the County. The Company agrees that it will meet the following goals (the “Goals”): It will create at least 25 full-time equivalent jobs in connection with the development of the Plant at a wage of at least $8.30 per hour within two years from the “Benefit Date”, which is the earlier of date the Project is completed or placed in service.

(2) If the Goals are not met, the Company agrees to repay all or a part of the Business Subsidy to the County, plus interest (“Interest”) set at the implicit price deflator defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 275.70, Subdivision 2, accruing from and after the Benefit Date, compounded semiannually. If the Goals are met in part, the Company will repay a portion of the Business Subsidy (plus Interest) determined by multiplying the Business Subsidy by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of jobs in the Goals which were not created at the wage level set forth above and the denominator of which is 25 (i.e. number of jobs set forth in the Goals).

(3) The Company agrees to (i) report its progress on achieving the Goals to the County until the later of the date the Goals are met or two years from the Benefit Date, or, if the Goals are not met, until the date the Business Subsidy is repaid, (ii) include in the report the information required in Minnesota Statutes, Section 116A.994, Subdivision 7 on forms developed by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and (iii) send completed reports to the County. The Company agrees to file these reports no later than December 1 of each year commencing December 1, 2008, and within 30 days after the deadline for meeting the Goals. The County agrees that if it does not receive the reports, it will mail the Company a warning within one week of the required filing date. If within 14 days of the post marked date of the warning the reports are not made, the Company agrees to pay to the County a penalty of $100 for each subsequent day until the report is filed up to a maximum of $1,000, provided that the delay is due to causes within the control of the Company

(4) The Company agrees to continue operations of the Project for at least five (5) years after the Benefit Date.

(5) There is no parent corporation of the Company.

ARTICLE VIII

COMPANY’S OPTIONS

Section 8.1 Assignment and Sublease.

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Lease and, as an incident thereto, sublease its interest in the Project without prior consent of the County or the Trustee, but subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 and 7.5 hereof. The County consents to the assignment of this Lease to the Senior Lenders as security for the Senior Loans.

Section 8.2 Prepayment.

(1) The Company shall have the option to direct the Trustee to call for redemption and prepayment of the Outstanding Bonds in whole or in part as provided in Section 3.01 of the Indenture. The Bonds to be redeemed shall be redeemed at a price equal to their principal amount plus accrued interest as set forth in Section 3.01 of the Indenture. In the event the Bonds are called for redemption in whole or in part, a Basic Payment shall be made by the Company as provided in Section 4.2 hereof on said Redemption Date.

(2) If, after the Company exercises its option to redeem all Bonds, no Bonds remain Outstanding, the Indenture is discharged, and the Company has satisfied all of its obligations hereunder, the Company may exercise its option to purchase the Equipment under Section 8.4 hereof.

(3) The Company shall have the option to prepay the Basic Payments due the County under Section 4.2(3) hereof in whole or in part, which prepayments shall be made by payment to the County Treasurer.

Section 8.3 Direction of Investments.

Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall have the right during the Term of this Lease to direct the Trustee to invest or reinvest all monies held for the credit of Funds established by Article VI of the Indenture, in such securities as are authorized by law, for such funds, subject, however, to the further conditions of Article VIII of the Indenture.

Section 8.4 Termination of Lease Agreement and Option to Purchase.

Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall have the option at the expiration of this Lease and upon earlier termination of this Lease to purchase the Equipment for the Fair Market Value Purchase Price, subject to the following conditions:

(1) such option may be exercised only if all Bonds and General Obligation Bonds shall have matured or will mature or be subject to redemption in accordance with their terms on their then next succeeding Interest Payment Date or if provision is otherwise made for payment of all Bonds and General Obligation Bonds in such manner that the Indenture will be discharged under Article VII thereof on or before the date of termination and the obligations of the Company with respect to the General Obligation Bonds have been paid or defeased;

(2) the Company shall give written notice to the County and to the Trustee of its intention to exercise the option, stating therein a termination date not less one hundred twenty (120) nor more than one hundred fifty (150) days after the date the notice is mailed, but in no event prior to the date on which all Outstanding Bonds shall be deemed discharged under Article X of the Indenture and the Company’s Basic Payment obligations with respect to the General Obligation Bonds have been paid or defeased; and the Company shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of any notice required for redemption of all of the Outstanding Bonds on the date on which the Bonds are to be redeemed;

(3) if on or before ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the Lease Term, the County and the Company are unable to agree upon the Fair Market Value Purchase Price of the Equipment, such value shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing definition by a qualified independent Appraiser. The term “Appraiser” shall mean any independent appraiser mutually agreed upon by the County and the Company or if no such mutual agreement is reached within fifteen (15) days after the beginning of such 90-day period, two independent appraisers, one chosen by the County and one chosen by the Company, or, if such appraisers cannot agree on the amount of such value within forty-five (45) days after the beginning of such 90-day period, an independent appraiser to be chosen by the American Arbitration Association promptly thereafter. The Appraiser shall be instructed to make such determination within a period of thirty (30) days following appointment, and shall promptly communicate such determination in writing to the County and the Company. The determination so made shall be conclusively binding upon both the County and the Company. The Company shall each pay the expenses of the Appraiser.

(4) If necessary, a Basic Payment shall be made by the Company as provided in Section 4.2 hereof on the Redemption Date;

(5) the Company shall pay to the Trustee on or prior to the termination date, an amount equal to the Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s fees and expenses under the Indenture, accrued and to accrue until final payment and redemption of the Bonds and all other advances, fees, costs and expenses reasonably incurred and to be incurred on or before the termination date by the Trustee and Paying Agent under the Indenture and by the County under this Lease.

At the closing, which shall be held at the principal office of the Trustee, or such other place as the parties may mutually select, the County shall convey to the Company all of its right, title and interest in and to the Equipment, subject to:

(A) those liens and encumbrances, if any, to which the property was subject when conveyed to the County;

(B) those liens and encumbrances, if any, created, permitted or acquiesced in by the Company, or to the creation of which the County did not consent;

(C) those liens and encumbrances, if any, resulting from the failure of the Company to perform or observe any of its agreements in this Lease; and

(D) the lien of unpaid installments of taxes, if any, levied against the Equipment and not yet due and payable.

The County shall convey all of its right, title and interest in and to the Equipment by xxxx of sale, which xxxx of sale shall be delivered upon payment by the Company to the County of the purchase price specified above and payment of all obligations with respect to the Indenture and the Bonds. The Company shall pay all costs and expenses of the preparation of the deed and xxxx of sale and the delivery thereof and all taxes and charges payable in connection with the conveyance.

The Company shall take the Equipment subject to all applicable laws or ordinances, rules or regulations of governmental authority.

On conveyance of the County’s interest in the Equipment and payment therefore as provided in this Section 8.4, the County will deliver a release of the leasehold estate created by this Lease, and all further obligations of the Company hereunder, except under Section 7.4, 7.7, 7.8, 10.8 and 10.11 shall thereupon terminate, and, if the same has not been previously released, the County will cause the Trustee to deliver a release of the Indenture; provided, however, that the Company shall also remain obligated to pay or reimburse the County and Trustee for the payment of all other fees, costs and expenses unaccounted for in any sum paid in accordance with subsection (4) above and reasonably incurred before or subsequent to such closing in connection with the Bonds.

ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 9.1 Events of Default.

Any one or more of the following events is an Event of Default under this Lease, and the term “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events, whatever the reason for such default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(1) if the Company shall fail to pay or cause to be paid any Basic Payments due under this Lease;

(2) if an Act of Bankruptcy occurs;

(3) if the Company shall fail to pay any Additional Charges on or before the date that the payment is due (subject to any right to contest the amount of Additional Charges set forth in Section 4.3 hereof), and shall continue to be in arrears for thirty (30) days after mailing of a notice to it by the County or the Trustee that said Additional Charges have not been received on the due date;

(4) if the Company shall fail to observe and perform or shall breach any other covenant, condition or agreement on its part under this Lease for a period of sixty (60) days after mailing of a notice to it by the County or the Trustee, specifying such default or breach and requesting that it be remedied; provided that such default may be waived by the Holders of not less than 51% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds; and further provided that if the failure stated in the notice cannot be corrected within sixty (60) days, the County and Trustee

will not unreasonably withhold their consent to an extension of such time if corrective action is instituted by the Company with sixty (60) days and is diligently pursued until such failure is corrected;

(5) if the Company shall be dissolved or liquidated (other than when a new entity assumes the obligations of the Company under the conditions permitting such action contained in Section 7.5); or

(6) if any representation or warranty made by the Company herein, or by an officer or representative of the Company in any document or certificate furnished the Trustee, the County or any Original Purchaser in connection herewith or therewith or pursuant hereto or thereto, shall prove at any time to be, in any material respect, incorrect or misleading as of the date made.

(7) if an event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Mortgages or the AgStar Loan Agreement.

Section 9.2 Remedies.

(1) Whenever any Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(1) or (2) hereof shall have happened and be subsisting the Trustee shall declare all the Basic Payments payable for the remainder of the Term of this Lease (an amount equal to that necessary to pay in full all Outstanding Bonds and the interest thereon assuming acceleration of the Bonds under the Indenture and to pay all other indebtedness thereunder plus amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the General Obligation Bonds and accrued interest) to be immediately due and payable whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable by the Company;

(2) Whenever any Event of Default shall have happened and be subsisting, any one or more of the following remedial steps may also be taken to the extent permitted by law:

(A) the Trustee or the County may take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or appropriate to collect all sums then due and thereafter to become due, or to enforce performance and observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant, representation or warranty of the Company, under this Lease, or any related instrument; or to otherwise compensate the County, Trustee or Bondholders for any damages on account of such Event of Default;

(B) the County (without the prior written consent of the Trustee if the Trustee is not enforcing the County’s right in a manner to protect the County or is otherwise taking action that brings adverse consequences to the County) may take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or appropriate to enforce its rights of indemnification under Section 7.4 and to collect all sums then due and thereafter to become due to the County under Section 4.3, 7.4, 9.5, 10.8 and 10.11 of this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the County is not precluded from exercising any of its rights reserved to it as set forth in this Section, even if the Trustee is exercising the rights of the County hereunder;

(C) the County may enter the Plant and take possession of the Equipment without termination of this Lease, and use its best efforts to sublease the Equipment for the account of the Company, holding the Company liable for the difference in the rent

and other amounts payable by the subleasee and the rents and other amounts payable by the Company hereunder;

(D) the County may terminate this Lease, exclude the Company from possession of the Equipment, and use its best efforts to lease the Equipment to another for the account of the Company, holding the Company liable for the difference between the rentals received and the Basic Payments which would have been receivable hereunder;

(E) the County may require the Company to furnish copies of all books and records of the Company pertaining to the Project; and

(F) the County may exercise any remedies available to a secured party under the Minnesota Uniform Commercial Code.

(G) the County or Trustee may exercise any remedies available under the Mortgages, the Guaranty or the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9.3 Disposition of Funds.

Any amounts collected pursuant to action taken under Section 9.2 (other than sums collected for the County on account of its rights to indemnification and certain direct payments to be made to the County under Sections 4.3, 7.4 and 9.5, which shall be paid directly to the County) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

Section 9.4 Nonexclusive Remedies.

No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the County or Trustee is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Lease or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the County (or the Trustee) to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article, it shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein expressly required or be required by law.

Section 9.5 Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses.

If an Event of Default shall exist under this Lease and the County or the Trustee should employ attorneys or incur other expenses for the collection of any amounts due hereunder, or the enforcement of performance of any obligation or agreement on the part of the Company, the Company will upon demand pay to the County or the Trustee the reasonable fees of such attorneys and such other expenses so incurred.

Section 9.6 Effect of Waiver.

In the event any agreement contained in this Lease should be breached by either party and thereafter waived by the other party, such waiver shall be limited to the particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed to waive any other breach hereunder.

Section 9.7 Waiver of Stay or Extension.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any appraisement, valuation, stay, or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Lease; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the County or the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 9.8 County May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the property of the Company, the Trustee or the County with the prior consent of the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(1) to file and prove a claim and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the County and the Trustee (for themselves and on behalf of Bondholders) (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the County and Trustee, their agents and counsel) allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same.

Section 9.9 Restoration of Positions.

If the County or the Trustee have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Lease, and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the County or the Trustee then, and in every such case, the Company and the County shall, subject to any determination in the proceeding, be restored to the positions they held prior to commencement of such proceedings, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the County shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 9.10 Suits to Protect the Project.

If the Company shall fail to do so after thirty (30) days prior written notice from the County or the Trustee, the County shall have power to institute and to maintain such proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Project or any portion thereof, by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of this Lease, and such suits and proceedings as the County may deem expedient to protect its interests in the Project or any portion thereof, including power to institute and maintain proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair or adversely affect the Project or be prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders.

Section 9.11 Performance by Third Parties.

The County may permit third parties to perform any and all acts or take such action as may be necessary for and on behalf of the Company to cure any Event of Default hereunder. The acceptance by the County or the Trustee of any such performance by third parties shall not in any way diminish or absolve the Company of primary liability hereunder.

Section 9.12 Exercise of the County’s Remedies by Trustee.

Whenever any Event of Default shall have happened and be subsisting the Trustee may, but except as otherwise provided in the Indenture shall not be obliged to, exercise any or all of the rights of the County under this Article IX.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL

Section 10.1 Amounts Remaining in Funds.

Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, any amounts remaining in the Funds created under Article VI of the Indenture upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, as provided herein, and after adequate provision has been made for payment in full of the Bonds, in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture, any Additional Charges payable to the Trustee and the County, including Paying Agent’s fees and expenses, and all other amounts required to be paid under this Lease and the Indenture shall forthwith be paid to the Company by the Trustee.

Section 10.2 Notices.

All notices, certificates or other communications hereunder shall be in writing (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) and shall be sufficiently given and shall be deemed given when mailed by registered or certified mail or commercially expedited delivery service, with proper address as indicated below. The County, the Company and the Trustee may, by written notice given by each of them to the others, designate any address or addresses to which notices, certificates or other communications to them shall be sent when required as contemplated by this Lease. Until otherwise provided by the respective parties, all notices, certificates and communications to each of them shall be addressed as follows:

To the County:	Otter Tail County
	000 Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
	Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
	Attn: County Coordinator

To the Company:	Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC
	0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
	Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
	Attn: CEO and President

With a copy to:	Pemberton, Sorlie, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, PLLP
	000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
	X.X. Xxx 000
	Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
	Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxx

To the Trustee:	U.S. Bank National Association
	00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000

Section 10.3 Binding Effect.

This Lease shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the County and the Company and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 10.4 Severability.

In the event any provisions of this Lease shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof. If any term or provision of this Lease or the application thereof to any provision of this Lease or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall to any extent be invalid and unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease, or the application of such term or provision to person or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Lease shall be valid and shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law.

Section 10.5 Amendments, Changes, and Modifications.

Except as otherwise provided in this Lease or in the Indenture, subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds and before the lien of the Indenture is satisfied and discharged in accordance with its terms, this Lease may not be effectively amended, changed, modified, altered or terminated without the written consent of the Trustee, Company and County.

Section 10.6 Execution Counterparts.

This Lease may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 10.7 Required Approvals.

Consents and approvals required by this Lease to be obtained from the Company, the County or the Trustee shall be in writing and shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Section 10.8 Limitation on County Liability.

It is understood and agreed by the Company and the Holders that no covenant, provision or agreement of the County herein or in the Bonds or in any other document executed by the County in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, or any obligation herein

or therein imposed upon the County or breach thereof, shall give rise to a pecuniary liability of the County or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers or shall obligate the County financially in any way except with respect to this Lease and the application of revenues therefrom and the proceeds of the Bonds. No failure of the County to comply with any term, condition, covenant or agreement herein or therein shall subject the County to liability for any claim for damages, costs or other financial or pecuniary charges except to the extent that the same can be paid or recovered from this Lease or revenues therefrom or proceeds of the Bonds. No execution on any claim, demand, cause of action or judgment shall be levied upon or collected from the general credit, general funds or taxing powers of the County. In making the agreements, provisions and covenants set forth herein, the County has not obligated itself except with respect to this Lease and the application of revenues hereunder as hereinabove provided. The Bonds constitute special obligations of the County, payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof pursuant to this Lease and the Indenture, and do not now and shall never constitute an indebtedness or a loan of the credit of the County, the State of Minnesota or any political subdivision thereof or a charge against general taxing powers within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. It is further understood and agreed by the Company and the Holders that the County shall incur no pecuniary liability hereunder and shall not be liable for any expenses related hereto. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the County incurs any expense, or suffers any losses, claims or damages or incurs any liabilities, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the County from the same and will reimburse the County for any legal or other expenses incurred by the County in relation thereto, and this covenant to indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the County shall survive delivery of and payment for the Bonds.

Section 10.9 Survivorship of Obligations.

All obligations of the Company under Sections 7.4, 7.7, 7.8, 10.8 and 10.11 hereof shall survive payment of the Bonds or earlier termination of this Lease under Section 7.8, 8.2 or 8.4 hereof.

Section 10.10 Administrative Fees, Attorneys’ Fees and Costs.

The Company shall reimburse the County, upon demand, for all costs and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees, paid or incurred by the County in connection with (i) the discussion, negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of the Bonds, the Indenture, this Lease, and the documents and instruments related hereto or thereto; (ii) any amendments or modifications to any of the foregoing documents, instruments or agreements and the discussion, negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of any and all documents necessary or desirable to effect such amendments or modifications; (iii) the servicing and administration of the loan during the term hereof or thereafter; and (iv) the enforcement by the County during the term hereof or thereafter of any of the rights or remedies of the County hereunder or under the foregoing documents, or any document, instrument or agreement related hereto or thereto, including, without limitation, costs and expenses of collection in the Event of Default, whether or not suit is filed with respect thereto.

Section l0.11 Release.

The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the County shall not be liable to the Company except for failure to perform its obligations hereunder, or the Indenture, or the

documents and transactions related hereto or thereto or contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby releases and discharges the County from any liability, for any and all losses, costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), damages, judgments, claims and causes of action, paid, incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of or relating to any action, or failure or refusal to act, on the part of the County or any other party with respect to the Bonds, the Indenture, this Lease, or the documents and transactions related hereto or thereto or contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, the exercise by the Trustee or any third party of any of its rights or remedies pursuant to any of such documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County and the Company have caused this Lease to be executed by their duly authorized officers.

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINNESOTA


By	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Its Board Chair


By	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
	Its County Coordinator

Lease Agreement dated as of May 1, 2007, between Otter Tail County, Minnesota and Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC

	OTTER TAIL AG ENTERPRISES, LLC


	By	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxx Xxxxxx
		Its President

Lease Agreement dated as of May 1, 2007, between Otter Tail County, Minnesota and Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LLC

EXHIBIT A

Description of Equipment

	PERCENTAGE
	ALLOCABLE TO SOLID
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION	WASTE FACILITIES

EVAPORATOR EQUIPMENT
Evaporator Pumps
PC-4501 1st Effect Evap. Pump #1	100	%
PC-4502 2st Effect Evap. Pump #1	100	%
PC-4503 3st Effect Evap. Pump #1	100	%
PC-4504 Evaporator Condensate Pump #1	100	%
PC04505 Evaporator Vacuum Eductor Pump #1	100	%
PC-4506 Syrup Transfer Pump #1	100	%
XX-0000 0xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Feed Pump #1	100	%
PC-5101 Thin Stillage Transfer Pump	100	%
PC-5102 Whole Stillage Pump	100	%
PC-5103 Thin Stillage Pump	100	%
PC-5104 Syrup Pump #1	100	%

Evaporator Heat Exchangers
E-4505 Evaporator Vacuum Cooler #1	100	%
E-4501 1st Effect Evaporator #1	100	%
E-4502 2nd Effect Evaporator #1	100	%
E-4503 3rd Effect Evaporator #1	100	%
E-4504 Evaporator Condenser #1	100	%
E-7601 Process Condensate Heater	100	%

Evaporator Tanks
XX-0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Collection Tank	100	%
TK-5103 Thin Stillage Tank	100	%
XX-0000 Xxxxx Tank	100	%
TK-7601 Process Condensate Tank	100	%
VS-4503 3rd Effect Condensate Separator #1	100	%
VS-4504 Evap. Condensate Receiver #1	100	%
VS-4505 Evaporator Vacuum Receiver #1	100	%

Evaporator Misc
VE-4505 Evaporator Vacuum Eductor	100	%
ST-4506 Evaporator Condensate Strainer #1	100	%
DD&E Building	29	%
Mechanical Piping Material	30	%
Michanical Piping Labor	30	%
Mechanical Equipment Material	30	%
Mechanical Equipment Install Labor	30	%
Instrumentation Install Labor	30	%
Instrumentation Equipment	13	%
Insulation	13	%

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CENTRIFUGE
CF-5101 Centrifuge #1	100	%
CF-5102 Centrifuge #2	100	%
CF-5103 Centrifuge #3	100	%
CF-5104 Centrifuge #4	100	%
TK-5101 Thin Spillage Collection Tank	100	%
Y-5101 Wetcake Feed Conveyor #1	100	%
Y-5201 Wetcake Dump Conveyor #1	100	%
Z-5101 Centrifuge Cooler	100	%
BL-5101 Centrifuge Blower	100	%
Instrumentation Equipment	5	%

DRYER and THERMAL OXIDIZER
DR-5201 Dryer Package #1	83	%
Z-5201 Thermal Oxidezer (RTO)#1	83	%
Y-5202 DDGS Loadout Conveyor #1	83	%
Y-5203 50% DDGS Discharge Conveyor	83	%
Y-5301 DDGS Transfer Conveyor #1	83	%
M-5201 Pre-Mixing Screw Conveyor #1	83	%
M-5211 Pre-Mixing Screw Conveyor #2	83	%
DDGS Loading System	83	%
DDGS Building	83	%
H,V & A/C	83	%
DDGS Handling & Load out	83	%

COOLING TOWERS (Cooling Water for Evaporation)
CT-7101 Cooling Tower Package	29	%
PC-7101A Cooling Water Pump #1	29	%
PC-7101B Cooling Water Pump #2	29	%
XX-0000X Xxxxxxx Water Pump #3	29	%
PC-7101D Cooling Water Pump #4	29	%
XX-0000X Xxxxxxx Water Pump #5	29	%
Cooling Water Piping Material	29	%
Cooling Water Piping Labor	29	%

BOILERS (Steam for Evaporation)
Z-7201A Boiler Package	32	%
Z-7201B Boiler Package	32	%
Z-7302 Boiler Water Treatment	32	%
Z-7202 Deaerator	32	%
Z-7203 Blowdown Separator	32	%
Boiler Building	32	%
Mechanical Piping Material	32	%
Mechanical Piping /Boiler Install Labor	32	%
Boiler Instrumentation Labor	32	%
H,V & A/C	32	%

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EXHIBIT B

Location of the Plant

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

All that part of the W1/2 of Section 20, Township 133 North, Range 43 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, situate in the County of Otter Tail and the State of Minnesota, lying South of the Railroad Right-of-Way, EXCEPT the following described tracts of land:

1. The tract described as follows: That part of the SW1/4 of Section 20, Township 133, Range 43, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 20; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the South line of said Section 20 a distance of 312.35 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 00°08’29” East a distance of 318.00 feet; thence on a bearing of East a distance of 180.00 feet; thence South 00°08’29” West a distance of 318.00 feet to said South line of Section 20; thence on a bearing West along said South line of Section 20, a distance of 180.00 feet to the point of beginning.

2. All that part of the following-described tract: The El/2 of Wl/2 of Xxxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx 000, Xxxxx 43, except railroad right of way; which lies Easterly of a line run parallel with and distant 100.00 feet westerly of the following-described line: Beginning at a point on the North line of said Section 20, distant 99.15 feet East of the North Quarter corner thereof; thence run southerly to a point on the South line of said Section 20, 96.10 feet East of the South Quarter corner thereof, and there terminating; together with all that part of the above-described tract adjoining and westerly of the above-described strip and easterly of the following-described line: From a point on the above-described line, distant 1,077.80 feet North of the South line of said Section 20, run westerly at right angles with said above-described line for 100.0 feet to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence run southwesterly to a point which is distant 110.0 feet westerly (measured at right angles) from a point on the above-described line, distant 977.80 feet North of the South line of Section 20 (when measured along the above-described line); thence run southerly and parallel with said above-described line to the northeasterly boundary line of the railroad running in a southeasterly and northwesterly direction over and across the above-described tract; in addition to the existing highway; together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from all that portion of the above-described tract, not acquired herein, to Trunk Xxxxxxx Xx. 000.

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00000 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx

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EXHIBIT C

Description of Project

The acquisition, purchase and installation of solid waste disposal facilities (including centrifuge, dryer, evaporator and related equipment) in connection with construction of a 55 million gallon nameplate capacity ethanol production facility, to be owned by the County and operated by the Company, including the Equipment and site improvements necessary or desirable for such purposes.

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