SUBORDINATE DEED OF TRUST AND CONSTRUCTION SECURITY AGREEMENT (Hereinafter referred to as “Deed of Trust”) MADE BY ADVANCED BIOENERGY, LLC (Hereinafter referred to as “Trustor”) TO WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee 1248 “O” Street Lincoln, Nebraska...
Exhibit 10.8
DATE: April 27, 2006
SUBORDINATE DEED OF TRUST AND CONSTRUCTION SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Hereinafter referred to as “Deed of Trust”)
(Hereinafter referred to as “Deed of Trust”)
MADE BY
ADVANCED BIOENERGY, LLC
ADVANCED BIOENERGY, LLC
(Hereinafter referred to as “Trustor”)
TO
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee
0000 “X” Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee
0000 “X” Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(Hereinafter referred to as “Trustee”)
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
0000 “X” Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
0000 “X” Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(Hereinafter collectively referred to as “Beneficiary” and “Secured Party”)
THIS INSTRUMENT ALSO CONSTITUTES A CONSTRUCTION SECURITY AGREEMENT AND SECURES AN OBLIGATION OF THE
TRUSTOR INCURRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN.
To the extent of Trustor’s estate, right, title and interest to the Property as defined below,
Trustor hereby irrevocably grants, transfers, pledges and assigns and grants a security interest
to Trustee, its successors and assigns, IN TRUST, WITH POWER OF SALE and right of entry and
possession, all of Trustor’s estate, right, title and interest in any and all of the following
described property which is (except where the context otherwise requires) herein collectively
called the “Property,” whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, and any proceeds thereof or
accessions thereto, including:
(A) That certain real property, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, together with all of the easements, rights, privileges,
franchises and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and all structures
and buildings and leasehold improvements now or at any time hereafter located therein (hereinafter
such real property, when referred to alone, shall be referred to as the “Premises”), and all of the
estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of Trustor therein or thereto, either
at law or in equity, in possession or in expectancy, now or hereafter acquired;
(B) All equipment, apparatus, machinery, fixtures, fittings, vehicles, tools, rolling stock
and appliances and any additions to, substitutions for, changes in or replacement of the whole or
any part thereof, now or at any time hereafter affixed to, attached to, placed upon or used in any
way in connection with the use, enjoyment, occupancy or operation of the Premises or any portion
thereof which is acquired with proceeds of, or funds reimbursed with proceeds of, the Bonds (as
hereinafter defined) (the “Equipment”);
(C) All rights, title and interest of Trustor in and to all streets, roads and public places,
opened or proposed, and all easements and rights of way, vaults, party wall agreements, public or
private, revocable licenses, tenements, hereditaments, rights and appurtenances, now or hereafter
used in connection with, belonging or appertaining to the Premises (hereinafter referred to,
together with the Premises and Equipment, as the “Property”);
(D) All of the rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenue, income, proceeds and other benefits
of the Property (the “Rents and Profits”), including the Trustor’s interest in the real estate
described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference, or arising from the use
or enjoyment of all or any portion thereof or from any lease or agreement pertaining thereto, and
all right, title and interest of Trustor in and to all leases of the Property, including all or any
portion of the real estate described in Exhibit A, now or hereafter entered into, and all right,
title and interest of Trustor thereunder, including, without limitation, cash or securities
deposited thereunder to secure performance by the lessees of their obligations thereunder, whether
said cash or securities are to be held until the expiration of the terms of said leases or applied
to one or more of the installments of rent coming due immediately prior to the expiration of the
terms of said leases or applied to one or more of the installments of rent coming due immediately
prior to the expiration of said terms; subject to, however, the provisions contained in Section
1.06 hereof;
(E) All proceeds (including claims and demands therefor) of the conversion, voluntary
or
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involuntary, of any of the foregoing Property into cash or liquidated claims, including,
without limitation, proceeds of insurance and condemnation awards on the Premises (hereinafter
sometimes called “Insurance Proceeds” and “Condemnation Proceeds”); and
(F) All rights, title and interest of Trustor in any and all building permits, revocable
license permits (including insurance and bonds), any and other permits, licenses or authorization
required by the governmental authorities having or exercising jurisdiction over the Premises or
Equipment (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Permits, Licenses, Approvals and Agreements”).
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING.
Due, prompt and complete observance, performance and discharge of each and every payment,
obligation, covenant and agreement contained in that certain Loan and Trust Agreement between
Trustor, the County of Fillmore, State of Nebraska (the “Issuer”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as
Trustee dated March 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”), authorizing the issuance of Subordinate Exempt
Facilities Revenue, Series 2006A Bonds (Advanced BioEnergy, LLC Ethanol Plant Project) (“Bonds”) in
the original principal amount of $7,000,000 for the benefit of the Trustor and due, prompt and
complete payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds.
Pursuant to that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2006 (the
“Subordination Agreement”), between the Trustee and Farm Credit Services of America, FLCS and
CoBank, ACB as its administrative agent (the “Senior Lender”), the liens and security interests
granted to the Trustee herein are expressly subordinate to the liens and security interests the
Company has granted or may grant to the Senior Lender. The Subordination Agreement restricts the
ability of the Trustee to enforce the Deed of Trust, to take other actions, and to accept payments
from the Company without the consent of the Senior Lender.
The Agreement does not restrict the ability of the Company to incur additional indebtedness
and grant liens and security interests to secure such indebtedness. The Senior Credit Facility and
any additional debt of the Company from the Senior Lender will be secured on a senior basis to the
security granted by this Deed of Trust. In addition, the Company may secure certain additional
debt on a parity basis with the security for the Bonds granted herein.
ARTICLE I
COVENANTS OF TRUSTOR
COVENANTS OF TRUSTOR
To protect the security of this Deed of Trust, but in all cases subject to the Subordination
Agreement, Trustor covenants, warrants and agrees to and with Beneficiary and Trustee as follows:
1.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. Trustor will pay the principal of and
interest on
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and all other sums becoming due or payable with respect to the Bonds at the time and place and
in the manner specified in the Agreement and this Deed of Trust according to the terms of the
Bonds, the Agreement and this Deed of Trust.
1.02 Warranty of Title. Trustor warrants to Trustee and Beneficiary that Trustor has
good and marketable title in fee simple to the Premises subject to no lien, charge or encumbrance
except easements and restrictions of record. Trustor has full power and lawful authority to grant,
assign, transfer and mortgage its interest in the Property in the manner and form hereby done or
intended.
1.03 Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the Subordination Agreement, Trustor will do, execute, acknowledge and deliver
all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of
assignments, pledge agreements, transfers and assurances as Trustee or Beneficiary shall from time
to time reasonably require, for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring and
confirming unto Trustee and Beneficiary the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned or
intended now or hereafter so to be, or which Trustor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey
or assign to Trustee or Beneficiary, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the
performance of the terms of this Deed of Trust, or for filing, registering or recording this Deed
of Trust and, on demand, Trustor will execute and deliver, and hereby authorizes Trustee or
Beneficiary to execute in the name of Trustor to the extent Trustor may lawfully do so, one or more
financing statements, chattel mortgages or comparable security instruments, to evidence more
effectively the lien hereof upon the Equipment.
(b) Trustor forthwith upon the execution and delivery of this Deed of Trust, will cause this
Deed of Trust, and any security instrument creating a lien or evidencing the lien hereof upon the
Property and each instrument of further assurance, to be filed, registered or recorded in such
manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to publish
notice of and fully to protect the lien hereof upon the title of Trustee to, and the security
interest of Beneficiary in the Property.
1.04 Conversion and Security. All right, title and interest of Trustor in and
to all extensions, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all
additions and appurtenances to the Property, hereafter acquired by, or released to Trustor, or
constructed, assembled or placed by Trustor on the Premises and all conversions of the security
constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling,
placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case, without any further deed of
trust, conveyance, assignment or other act by Trustor, shall become subject to the lien of this
Deed of Trust as fully and completely, and with the same effect, as though now owned by Trustor and
specifically described in the granting clause hereof, but at any and all times Trustor will execute
and deliver to Trustee any and all such further assurances, deeds of trust, conveyances or
assignments thereof as Trustee or Beneficiary may reasonably require for the purpose of expressly
and specifically subjecting the same to the lien of this Deed of Trust.
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1.05 Security Agreement/Construction Security Agreement. To the extent allowed by the
Governing Jurisdiction’s Uniform Commercial Code, this Deed of Trust shall be self-operative and
constitute a Security Agreement and Financing Statement with respect to the Equipment, Rents and
Profits, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, Permits, Licenses, Approvals and Agreements.
Trustor hereby agrees to execute and deliver on demand and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints Beneficiary the attorney-in-fact of Trustor, to execute, deliver and, if appropriate, to
file with the appropriate filing officer or office such security agreements, financing statements
or other instruments as Beneficiary may request or require in order to impose or perfect the lien
or security interest hereof more specifically thereon. A photographic or other reproduction of this
Deed of Trust or of any financing statement relating to this Deed of Trust shall be sufficient as a
financing statement. THE LIEN OF THIS DEED OF TRUST IS ALSO INTENDED TO BE A CONSTRUCTION SECURITY
INTEREST AND THIS DEED OF TRUST IS INTENDED TO AND DOES CONSTITUTE A CONSTRUCTION SECURITY
AGREEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE NEBRASKA CONSTRUCTION LIEN ACT, NEB. REV. STAT. § 52-125 ET
SEQ.
1.06 Assignment of Rents and Profits.
(a) Beneficiary and Trustee shall have the right, power and authority during the
continuance of this Deed of Trust to collect the Rents and Profits of the Property and of personal
property located thereon with or without taking possession of the Property affected hereby, and
Trustor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns all such Rents and Profits to Beneficiary
including the Rents and Profits of the Premises described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Beneficiary, however, hereby consents to the Trustor’s collection and retention of such Rents and
Profits as they accrue and become payable so long as Trustor is not at such time, in default with
respect to the indebtedness secured hereby, or in the performance of any covenant or agreement
hereunder or hereby secured. Upon any such default, Beneficiary may at any time, either in person,
by agent, or by a receiver to be appointed by a court, with reasonable notice to the Trustor and
the Company and without regard to the adequacy of any security for the indebtedness hereby secured,
(i) enter upon and take possession of the Property or any part thereof, and in its own name xxx for
or otherwise collect such Rents and Profits, including those past due and unpaid, and apply the
same, less costs and expenses of operation and collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
upon any indebtedness secured hereby, and in such order as Beneficiary may determine; (ii) perform
such acts of repair or protection as may be necessary or proper to conserve the value of the
Property; (iii) lease the same or any part thereof for such rental, term and upon such conditions
as its judgment may dictate. Unless Trustor and Beneficiary agree otherwise in writing, any
application of Rents or Profits to any indebtedness secured hereby shall not extend or postpone the
due date of the payments as provided in the Agreement or change the amount of such payments. The
entering upon and taking possession of the application thereof as aforesaid, shall not waive or
cure any default or notice of default hereunder, or invalidate any act done pursuant to such
notice. Nor shall the receipt and acceptance of the Rents and Profits, with or without entry and
possession by the Beneficiary and
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their application on the indebtedness secured hereby, constitute a waiver of any other right which the Trustee or
Beneficiary may have under the Agreement or this Deed of Trust, or under the laws of the Governing
Jurisdiction, nor shall it constitute a waiver of any breach or declaration of default or notice of
such breach or default on any other right or act in connection with the exercise of the power of
sale contained in this Deed of Trust, nor shall it invalidate any act done pursuant to a written
notice of default and election to sell which shall have been filed for record, which shall be
cumulative with all such other rights and remedies. Trustor also assigns to Beneficiary, as
further security for the performance of the obligations secured hereby, all prepaid rents and all
monies which may have been or xxx hereafter be deposited with Trustor by any lessee or tenant of
the Property, to secure the payment of any rent or damages, and upon default in the performance of
any of the provisions hereof, Trustor agrees to deliver such rents and deposits to Beneficiary.
Delivery of written notice of Beneficiary’s exercise of the rights granted herein, to any tenant
occupying the Premises shall be sufficient to require said lessee or tenant to pay said rent to the
Beneficiary until further notice. Nothing contained in this Section 1.06(a) or elsewhere in this
Deed of Trust shall be construed to make Beneficiary a mortgagee in possession unless and until
Beneficiary actually takes possession of the Property either in person or through an agent or
receiver.
(b) Without the prior written consent of Beneficiary being first had and obtained, Trustor
will not (i) execute an assignment of any of its right, title or interest in the Rents and Profits,
or (ii) except where the lessee is in default thereunder, terminate or consent to the cancellation
or surrender of any lease of the Property or of any part thereof, now existing or hereafter to be
made, or (iii) modify any lease of the Property or any part thereof so as to shorten the unexpired
term thereof or so as to decrease the amount of the rent payable thereunder, or (iv) accept
prepayments of any installments of rent to become due under any of said leases or prepayments in
the nature of security for the performance of the lessee’s obligations thereunder, or (v) in any
other manner substantially impair the value of the Property or impair the security of this Deed of
Trust.
(c) Trustor, as attorney-in-fact, for all lessees of the Property and all persons with rights
of possession to the Property, whether now existing or future, for so long as the lien of this Deed
of Trust is outstanding, hereby subordinates all such leasehold, subleasehold and other possessory
rights to the Property to the lien of this Deed of Trust so that, in any enforcement by Trustee or
Beneficiary of the remedies provided for by law or by this Deed of Trust, neither Trustee nor
Beneficiary nor any purchaser of the Property at a foreclosure shall, unless they so elect, be
bound by the terms of any lease of the Property and the Property, in such event, may be conveyed
free and clear of all rights of any such lessees or other rights of parties-in-possession.
1.07 Limitation of Liability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS DEED OF TRUST TO THE
CONTRARY, TRUSTOR’S PECUNIARY OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES UNDER THIS DEED OF TRUST ARE LIMITED TO
THOSE OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES TO WHICH TRUSTOR IS SUBJECT UNDER THE AGREEMENT. SPECIFICALLY,
BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, TRUSTOR SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PAY TO TRUSTEE ANY AMOUNT BEYOND
AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY TRUSTOR PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE RECEIVED FROM COMPANY.
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ARTICLE II
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Subject to the Subordination Agreement, the following shall constitute events of default
(“Events of Default”) hereunder:
2.01 Obligations, Covenants, Agreements and Bonds. A default by Trustor in the due,
prompt and complete observance and performance of any obligation, covenant and agreement contained
in this Deed of Trust.
2.02 Other Obligations. A default by Trustor in the due, prompt, and complete
observance and performance of any obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Agreement, or
the occurrence of any other Event of Default as defined by and under the Agreement, including the
payment, when due of any installment of principal or interest on the Bonds.
ARTICLE III
REMEDIES
REMEDIES
Subject to the Subordination Agreement, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Trustee
and Beneficiary shall have the following rights and remedies:
3.01 Possession. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder
including, without limitation, defaults in the Agreement, and acceleration of payment of principal
of and interest on the Bonds then the Beneficiary in person or by agent may, without any obligation
so to do and without notice or demand upon Trustor and without releasing Trustor from any
obligation hereunder or in any other agreement or instrument relating to the Bonds, including the
Agreement: (i) make any payment or do any act which Trustor has failed to make or do; (ii) enter
upon, take possession of, manage and operate the Property or any part thereof; (iii) make or
enforce, or, if the same be subject to modification or cancellation, modify or cancel any leases of
the Property or any part thereof upon such terms or conditions as Beneficiary deems proper; (iv)
obtain and evict tenants, and fix or modify rents, make repairs and alterations and do any acts
which Beneficiary deems proper to protect the security hereof; and (v) with or without taking
possession, in its own name or in the name of Trustor, xxx for or otherwise collect and receive
rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenue, income and other benefits, including those past due and
unpaid, and apply the same less costs and expenses of operation and collection, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, upon any indebtedness secured hereby, and in such order as Beneficiary
may determine. The entering upon and taking possession of the Property, the collection of any
rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenue, income or other benefits and the application thereof as
aforesaid shall not cure or waive any default theretofore or thereafter occurring or affect any
notice of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any such notice; and,
notwithstanding continuance in possession of the Property, or any part thereof,
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by Beneficiary, Trustee or a receiver, and the collection, receipt and application of rents, royalties,
issues, profits, revenue, income or other benefits, Beneficiary shall be entitled to exercise every
right provided for in this Deed of Trust or by law upon or after the occurrence of a default,
including the power to direct the Trustee to exercise the power of sale. Any of the actions
referred to in this Section 3.01 may be taken by Beneficiary, either in person or by agent, with or
without bringing any action or proceeding, or by receiver appointed by a court and any such action
may also be taken following reasonable notice to the Trustor and the Company but without regard to
the adequacy of the security for the indebtedness hereby secured. Further, Beneficiary, at the
expense of Trustor, either by purchase, repair or construction, may from time to time maintain and
restore the Property or any part thereof and complete construction of the Equipment uncompleted as
of the date thereof and in the course of such completion may make such changes in the contemplated
Equipment as Beneficiary may deem desirable and may insure the same. Beneficiary shall be entitled,
without notice and to the full extent provided by law, to the appointment by a court having
jurisdiction of a receiver to take possession of and protect the Property or any part thereof, and
operate the same and collect the Rents and Profits.
3.02 Receiver.
(a) Beneficiary shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by a court having
jurisdiction, to the full extent provided by law, with reasonable prior notice to the Trustor and
the Company, to take possession of and protect the Property or any part thereof, and operate the
same and collect the Rents and Profits, without regard to the adequacy of the security of the
Property, and without regard to the enforcement by Trustee or Beneficiary of any other remedy
provided herein.
(b) Notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, liquidator or trustee of Trustor, or of
any of its property, or of the Property or any part thereof, Trustee and Beneficiary shall be
entitled to retain possession and control of all property now or hereafter held under this Deed of
Trust, including, but not limited to, the Rents and Profits.
3.03 Foreclosure. Beneficiary may bring an action in any court of competent
jurisdiction enforce this Deed of Trust or to enforce any of the covenants and agreements hereof.
3.04 Power to Sell. Beneficiary may elect to cause the sale of Trustor’s interest in
the Property or any part thereof to be sold as follows:
(a) Beneficiary may proceed as if the entire Property consisted of real property in accordance
with Section 3.04(d) below, or Beneficiary may elect to treat any of the Property which consists of
a right in action or which is property that can be severed from the Premises or the Equipment
without causing structural damage thereto as if the same were personalty, and dispose of the same
in accordance with Section 3.04(c) below, separate and apart from the sale of real property, the
remainder of the Property being treated as real property.
(b) Beneficiary may cause any such sale or other disposition to be conducted
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immediately following the expiration of the grace period, if any, herein provided or provided in
the Agreement (or immediately upon the expiration of any redemption or reinstatement period
required by law) or Beneficiary may delay any such sale or other disposition for such period of
time as Beneficiary deems to be in its best interest. Should Beneficiary desire that more than one
such sale or other disposition be conducted, Beneficiary, may at its option, cause the same to be
conducted simultaneously or successively, on the same day or at such different days or times and in
such order, as Beneficiary may deem to be in its best interest.
(c) Should Beneficiary elect to cause any of the Property to be disposed of as personalty as
permitted by Section 3.04(a) above, Beneficiary may dispose of any part thereof in any manner now
or hereafter permitted by the Uniform Commercial Code of the jurisdiction in which the Premises are
located (the “Governing Jurisdiction”) or in accordance with any other remedy provided by law. Any
such disposition may be conducted by an employee, attorney or agent of Beneficiary or Trustee. Any
person, including, Trustor, Trustee and Beneficiary, shall be eligible to purchase any part or all
of such personalty at any such disposition. Any such disposition may be either public or private
as Beneficiary may elect, subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of the Governing
Jurisdiction. Beneficiary shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the
Uniform Commercial Code of the Governing Jurisdiction. Expenses of retaking, holding, preparing
for sale, selling or the like shall include Beneficiary’s reasonable attorney’s fees and legal
expenses, and upon Beneficiary’s election to proceed under this Section 3.04(c), Trustor, upon
demand of Beneficiary, shall assemble such personalty and make it available to Beneficiary at the
Premises, a place which is deemed reasonably convenient to Beneficiary and Trustor. Beneficiary
shall give Trustor and the Company such prior written notice of the time and place of any public
sale or other disposition of such personalty or of the time at or after which any private sale or
any other intended disposition is to be made as may be required by the Uniform Commercial Code of
the Governing Jurisdiction, and if such notice is sent to Trustor and the Company three (3)
business days prior to any intended disposition in the manner provided for the mailing of notices
herein it shall constitute reasonable notice to Trustor and the Company.
(d) Should Beneficiary elect to sell the Property or any part thereof which is real
property or which Beneficiary has elected to treat as real property, upon such election,
Beneficiary or Trustee shall give such notice of default and election to sell as may then be
required by law. Thereafter, upon the expiration of such time and the giving of such notice of
sale as may then be required by law, and without the necessity of any demand upon Trustor, Trustee,
at the time and place specified in the notice of sale, shall sell the Property or any portion
thereof specified by Beneficiary, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money
of the United States, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 3.04(g) hereof. For any cause
it deems expedient, Trustee may, and upon request of Beneficiary shall, from time to time postpone
the sale by public declaration thereof at the time and place last appointed for the sale. If the
Premises consist of several lots or parcels, Beneficiary may designate the order in which such lots
or parcels shall be offered for sale or sold. Any persons, including Trustor, Trustee and
Beneficiary, may purchase at the sale. Upon receipt of payment, Trustee shall execute and deliver
to the purchaser or purchasers a deed or deeds conveying the property so sold, but without any
covenant or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, whereupon such purchaser or purchasers shall
be let into immediate possession.
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(e) In the event of a sale or other disposition of the Property, or any part thereof, and in
execution of a deed or other instrument of conveyance pursuant thereto, the recitals therein of
facts, such as the occurrence of an Event of Default, the compliance with the provisions of any
statute or act, the giving of notice of default and notice of sale, demand that such sale should be
made, postponement of sale, terms of sale, sale, purchaser, payment of purchase of such sale or
disposition, shall be conclusive proof of the truth of such facts; any such deed or instrument of
conveyance shall be conclusive against all persons as to such facts recited therein.
(f) The acknowledgment contained in any deed or conveyance executed as aforesaid of the
receipt of the purchase money shall be sufficient to discharge the grantee of all obligations to
see to the proper application of the consideration therefor as hereinafter provided. The purchaser
at any trustee’s or foreclosure sale hereunder may disaffirm any easement granted or rental or
lease contract made in violation of any provision of this Deed of Trust, and may take immediate
possession of the purchased portion of the Property free from, and despite the terms of, such grant
of easement and rental or lease contract.
(g) Upon the completion of any sale or sales made by Trustee or Beneficiary, as the case may
be, under or by virtue of this Section 3.04, Trustee or any officer of any court empowered to do
so, shall execute and deliver to the accepted purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient
instrument, or good and sufficient instruments, conveying, assigning and transferring all estate,
right, title and interest in and to the Property and rights sold. Trustee is hereby appointed
irrevocably the true and lawful attorney of assignments, transfers and deliveries of the Property
or any part thereof and the rights so sold; and for that purpose Trustee may execute all necessary
instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and may substitute one or more persons with
like power, Trustor hereby ratifying and confirming all that its said attorney or any substitute or
substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. Nevertheless, Trustor, if so requested by Trustee
or Beneficiary, shall ratify and confirm any such sale or sales by executing and delivering to
Trustee or to such purchaser or purchasers all such instruments as may be advisable in the judgment
of Trustee or Beneficiary, for the purpose as may be designated in such request. Any such sale or
sales made under or by virtue of this Section 3.04, whether made under the power of sale herein
granted or under or by virtue of judicial proceedings or of a judgment or decree of foreclosure and
sale, shall operate to divest all of the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand
whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, of Trustor in and to the properties and rights so sold,
and shall be a perpetual bar, both at law and in equity, against Trustor and any and all persons
claiming or who may claim the same, or any part thereof, from, through or under Trustor.
3.05 Rescission by Beneficiary. Beneficiary may at any time rescind the
giving or filing of a notice of default pursuant hereto by executing, acknowledging and delivering
to Trustee a Cancellation of Notice of Default in due form, and the exercise by Beneficiary of such
right of rescission shall constitute a cancellation of any prior declaration by Beneficiary
declaring all sums due hereunder and under the Agreement due and payable, but shall not effect or
constitute a waiver of any default nor impair the right of Beneficiary to make other declarations,
based on the same or
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any other Event of Default, declaring all such sums due and payable or to
foreclose hereupon.
3.06 Waiver by Trustor. Trustor hereby expressly waives any right which it may have
to direct the order in which any of the Property shall be sold in the event of any sale or sales
pursuant hereto.
3.07 Application of Sales Proceeds. Unless otherwise provided by law or the
Subordination Agreement, the purchase money, proceeds or avails of any sale made under or by virtue
of this Article III, together with all other sums which then may be held by Trustee or Beneficiary
under this Deed of Trust, whether under the provisions of this Article III, or otherwise, shall,
after payment of the costs and expenses of the proceedings, including any sale pursuant to Section
3.04, resulting in the collection of such moneys and of the expenses, liabilities and advances
incurred or made by Trustee, be applied as provided in the Agreement.
3.08 No Remedy Exclusive and No Waiver. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to Trustee or Beneficiary is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy provided in this Deed of
Trust, the Agreement, or by law, but each shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No
delay or omission of Trustee or Beneficiary to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default shall impair any right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of
Default or any acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Deed of Trust to
Trustee or Beneficiary may be exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient by
Trustee or Beneficiary. Beneficiary, by accepting payment of any sum secured hereby after its due
date, or by making any payment or taking any action which, under the provisions hereof, Beneficiary
is entitled but not obligated to make or take, does not waive its right to require prompt payment
when due from Trustor or to declare a default for Trustor’s failure to pay or fulfill its
obligations under this Deed of Trust. If there exists additional security for the performance of
the obligations secured hereby, the Beneficiary, at its sole option and without limiting or
affecting any of the rights or remedies hereunder, may exercise any of the rights and remedies to
which it may be entitled hereunder either concurrently with whatever rights it may have in
connection with such other security or in such order as it may determine.
3.09 Surrender of Premises.
(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and pending the exercise by Trustee or
Beneficiary or their agents or attorneys of their right to exclude Trustor from all or any part of
the Premises, Trustor agrees to vacate and surrender possession of the Premises to Trustee or
Beneficiary, as the case may be, or to a receiver, if any, and in default thereof may be evicted by
any summary action or proceeding for the recovery of possession of premises for nonpayment of rent,
however designated.
(b) In the event that there is a Trustee’s sale hereunder and if at the time of such
sale Trustor or its heirs, personal representative, executor, administrator, successor or assign is
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occupying the Premises or any part thereof so sold, each and all shall immediately become the
tenant of the purchaser at such sale, which tenancy shall be a tenancy from day to day terminable at
the will of either tenant or landlord, at a reasonable rental per day based upon the value of the
Premises, such rental to be due daily to said purchaser. An action of forcible detainer shall lie
if the tenant holds over after a demand in writing for possession of the Premises; and this Deed of
Trust and the trustee’s deed shall constitute a lease and agreement under which the tenant’s
possession arose and continued.
(c) Successor Trustor. In the event ownership of the Property or any portion thereof
becomes vested in a person other than the Trustor (as herein named), Beneficiary may, without
notice to the Trustor (as herein named), whether or not Beneficiary has given written consent to
such change in ownership, deal with such successor or successors in interest with reference to this
Deed of Trust and the indebtedness secured hereby, and in the same manner as with Trustor, without
in any way compromising or discharging Trustor’s liability hereunder or under the indebtedness
hereby secured.
(d) Beneficiary’s and Trustee’s Right to Act. Should Trustor fail to make any payment
or to do any act required under the terms of the Agreement or this Deed of Trust, then Beneficiary
or Trustee may, without obligation so to do, upon reasonable prior notice to Trustor and the
Company and without releasing Trustor from any obligation thereunder,
(i) Make any such payment or do or perform any such acts in such manner and to such
extent as either Beneficiary or Trustee in its sole discretion may determine to be necessary
to proper to preserve the value of the Property and/or to protect the security of this Deed
of Trust; or
(ii) Do or perform any acts which Trustor is obligated hereunder to do or perform; or
(iii) Pay, purchase, contest or compromise any encumbrance, charge or lien, which in
the judgment of either appears to be prior or superior hereto.
In exercising any such powers or performing any such acts Beneficiary and Trustee are hereby
authorized to enter upon the Property at any time for such purpose and to incur any liability and
expend whatever amounts in their absolute discretion they may deem necessary therefor, including,
but not limited to, the cost of evidence of title and the employment of counsel and the payment of
counsel’s reasonable fees.
ARTICLE IV
CONCERNING TRUSTEE
CONCERNING TRUSTEE
4.01 Liability and Acceptance. Trustee, by its acceptance hereof, covenants
faithfully to perform and fulfill the trusts herein created, being liable, however, only for
willful negligence or
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misconduct. Trustee accepts this trust when this Deed of Trust, duly executed
and acknowledged, is made a matter of public record as provided by law.
4.02 Resignation. Trustee may resign at any time upon giving thirty (30) days’ notice
in writing to Trustor and to beneficiary.
4.03 Successor Trustee. Beneficiary may remove Trustee at any time or from time to
time and select a successor trustee. In the event of the death, dissolution, removal, resignation,
refusal to act, or inability to act of Trustee, or in its sole discretion for any reason
whatsoever, Beneficiary may, without notice and without specifying any reason therefor and without
applying to any court, select and appoint a successor trustee, and all powers, rights, duties and
authority of Trustee, as aforesaid, shall thereupon become vested in such successor, without any
need for conveyance from any. predecessor trustee. Such successor trustee shall not be required to
give bond for the faithful performance of its duties unless required by Beneficiary. Such successor
trustee shall be appointed by written instrument duly recorded in each county where the Premises or
any part thereof are located, which appointment may be executed by an authorized agent of
Beneficiary and if Beneficiary is a trust or corporation and such appointment be executed in its
behalf by any single trustee or officer of such trust of corporation, such appointment shall be
conclusively presumed to be executed with authority and shall be valid and sufficient without proof
of any action by the trustees or Board of Directors or any superior officer of the trust or
corporation. Trustor hereby ratifies and confirms any and all acts which the herein Trustee, or its
successor or successors in this trust, shall do lawfully by virtue hereof.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
5.01 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Deed of Trust shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Deed
of Trust, but this Deed of Trust shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained herein or therein.
5.02 Unsecured Debt. If the lien of this Deed of Trust is invalid or unenforceable as
to any part of the debt secured hereby, or if the lien is invalid or unenforceable as to any part
of the Property, the unsecured or partially secured portion of the debt shall be completely paid
prior to the payment of the remaining and secured or partially secured portion of the debt and all
payments made on the debt, whether voluntary or under foreclosure or other enforcement action or
procedure, shall be considered to have been first paid on and applied to the full payment of that
portion of the debt which is not secured or not fully secured by the lien of this Deed of Trust.
5.03 Notices. All written notices expressly provided hereunder to be given by
Beneficiary to Trustor and all notices and demands of any kind or nature whatsoever which Trustor
may be required or may desire to give to or serve on Beneficiary shall be in writing and shall be
served by
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registered or certified mail. Any such notice or demand so served by registered or
certified mail shall be deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon fully prepaid and
addressed to the party so to be served at its address above stated or at such other address of
which it shall have notified, in
writing, the person charged with giving such notice. Service of any such notice or demand so
made shall be deemed complete on the date of actual delivery as shown by the addressee’s registry
or certification receipt or the expiration of the third day after the date of mailing, whichever is
earlier in time. All notices to the Trustor shall be deemed to be reasonable if mailed not less
than three (3) business days prior to the event with respect to which such notice is given.
5.04 Request for Notice. Trustor hereby requests that a copy of any Notice of Default
and any Notice of Sale hereunder be mailed to it at its address herein contained.
5.05 Nonwaiver. The granting of consent by Beneficiary to any transaction as required
by the terms hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to require such consent to future
or successive transactions.
5.06 Headings. The headings of the sections in this Deed of Trust are inserted solely
for convenience of reference, and are not intended to govern, limit or aid in the construction of
any term or provision hereof.
5.07 Gender and Number. Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender herein
shall include the masculine or feminine or both, and the singular number shall include the plural.
5.08 Counterparts. This Deed of Trust may be executed in any number of counterparts
and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original; and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same deed of trust.
5.09 Governing Jurisdiction. This Deed of Trust shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of Nebraska, which shall be the “Governing Jurisdiction” as used
herein.
5.10 Definition of Terms. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the term “Trustor” as
used herein and includes Trustor’s successors and interests and assigns; the word “Trustee” as used
herein includes Trustee’s successors in interest and assigns; and the word “Beneficiary” as used
herein, includes Beneficiary’s successors in interest and assigns.
5.11 Acceptance by Trustee. Trustee accepts this Trust when this Deed of Trust, duly
executed and acknowledged, is made a public record as provided by law.
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The undersigned have executed this Deed of Trust and Construction Security Agreement the day
and year first hereinabove written.
TRUSTOR: ADVANCED BIOENERGY, LLC |
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx III | ||||
Chairman | ||||
STATE OF NEBRASKA
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COUNTY OF LANCASTER
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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 26th day of
April, 2006, by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx III , Chairman of Advanced BioEnergy, LLC.
(SEAL)
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Notary Public | ||||
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description
PARCEL A:
Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section Thirty-Six (36), Township Eight (8), North Range Three (3)
West of the 6th P.M., in Fillmore County, Nebraska EXCEPT that part along the East side
thereof, conveyed to The State of Nebraska for highway purposes, as described in Warranty Deed
filed April 15, 1961, recorded in Book 48 at page 231 of deed records, and EXCEPT that part along
the West side thereof conveyed to the Nebraska and Colorado Railroad Company, its successors and
assigns, for railroad purposes, and EXCEPT that part along the South side thereof conveyed to the
County of Fillmore, Nebraska, for road purposes, as described in Quitclaim Deed filed April 6,
2006, recorded in Book 87 at page 477 of deed records.
PARCEL B:
West Half of the Northeast Quarter (W1/2 NE1/4); and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
(NE1/4 NE1/4) of Section Thirty-six (36), Township Eight (8) North, Range Three (3) West of the 6th
P.M., in Fillmore County, Nebraska, EXCEPT that part along the East side thereof, conveyed to The
State of Nebraska for highway purposes, by Warranty Deed filed September 24, 1998, recorded in Book
81 at page 331 of deed records.
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