AGENCY AGREEMENT January 10, 2003Agency Agreement • January 22nd, 2003 • Illinois River Energy LLC • Industrial organic chemicals • Minnesota
Illinois River Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) hereby confirms its agreement with you with respect to the Company’s offer and sale of up to an aggregate of 45,000,000 of the Company’s Class A units and Class B units (collectively, the “Units”). The Company desires to increase the capital of the Company in the minimum amount of $25,000,000 and a maximum amount of $45,000,000 by the sale of the Units (the “Offering”). The subscribers therefor, each of whom will be named in a subscription agreement substantially similar to the form of subscription agreement attached as an exhibit to the Prospectus hereinafter referred to (the “Subscription Agreement”), and by which all such subscribers will be bound, will, at the election of and sole discretion of the Company, become unitholders (“Unitholders”) of the Company. Pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company desires to appoint you as the exclusive third-party selling agent (the “Agent”) of the Off
