5. Long-Term Debt

The following table summarizes long-term debt (in thousands) as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:

	June 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
Term loans	$	183,080		$	189,380
Subordinated debt		—			21,444
Bridge loan		—			20,034
Notes payable		516			15,162
Capital leases		2,494			2,490
		186,090			248,510
Less current portion		(12,810	)		(33,031	)
Long-term portion	$	173,280		$	215,479

In September 2006, certain subsidiaries of the LLC (the “Operating Subsidiaries”) entered into a Senior Secured Credit Facility providing for the availability of $230.0 million of borrowings (“Senior Debt facility”) with a syndicate of lenders to finance the construction of and provide working capital to operate our ethanol plants. Neither the Company nor the LLC is a borrower under the Senior Debt facility, although the equity interests and assets of our subsidiaries are pledged as collateral to secure the debt under the facility. Principal payments under the Senior Debt facility are payable quarterly at a minimum amount of $3,150,000, with additional pre-payments to be made out of available cash flow. As of June 30, 2011 there remained $183.1 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Senior Debt facility. These term loans mature in September 2014.

The Senior Debt facility included a working capital facility of up to $20.0 million, which had a maturity date of September 25, 2010. On September 24, 2010, the Company paid off the outstanding working capital facility balance of $17.9 million with proceeds from a Bridge Loan, as described below.

Interest rates on the Senior Debt facility are, at management’s option, set at: i) a base rate, which is the higher of the federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the administrative agent’s prime rate, in each case plus a margin of 2.0%; or ii) at LIBOR plus 3.0%. Interest on base rate loans is payable quarterly and, depending on the LIBOR rate elected, as frequently as monthly on LIBOR loans, but no less frequently than quarterly. The weighted average interest rate in effect on the borrowings at June 30, 2011 was 3.2%.

The Senior Debt facility is secured by a first priority lien on all right, title and interest in and to the Wood River and Fairmont plants and any accounts receivable or property associated with those plants and a pledge of all of our equity interests in the Operating Subsidiaries. The Operating Subsidiaries have established collateral deposit accounts maintained by an agent of the banks, into which our revenues are deposited, subject to security interests to secure any outstanding obligations under the Senior Debt facility. These funds are then allocated into various sweep accounts held by the collateral agent, including accounts that provide funds for the operating expenses of the Operating Subsidiaries. The collateral accounts have various provisions, including historical and prospective debt service coverage ratios and debt service reserve requirements, which determine whether there is, and the amount of, cash available to the LLC from the collateral accounts each month. The terms of the Senior Debt facility also include covenants that impose certain limitations on, among other things, the ability of the Operating Subsidiaries to incur additional debt, grant liens or encumbrances, declare or pay dividends or distributions, conduct asset sales or other dispositions, merge or consolidate, and conduct transactions with affiliates. The terms of the Senior Debt facility also include customary events of default including failure to meet payment obligations, failure to pay financial obligations, failure of the Operating Subsidiaries of the LLC to remain solvent and failure to obtain or maintain required governmental approvals. Under the terms of separate management services agreements between our Operating Subsidiaries and the LLC, the Operating Subsidiaries pay a monthly management fee of $834,000 to the LLC to cover salaries, rent, and other operating expenses of the LLC, which payments are unaffected by the terms of the Senior Debt facility or the collateral accounts.

Debt issuance fees and expenses of $7.9 million ($3.2 million, net of accumulated amortization) have been incurred in connection with the Senior Debt facility through June 30, 2011. These costs have been deferred and are being amortized and expensed as interest over the term of the Senior Debt facility.

The LLC was the borrower of Subordinated Debt under a loan agreement dated September 25, 2006, entered into with certain affiliates of Greenlight Capital, Inc. and Third Point LLC (the “Sub Lenders”), both of which are related parties, the proceeds of which were used to fund a portion of the development and construction of our plants and for general corporate purposes. On February 4, 2011, the Company paid off the outstanding Subordinated Debt balance of $21.5 million, including accrued interest, with a portion of the proceeds from its Rights Offering and LLC Concurrent Private Placement, as described in Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity.

Debt issuance costs associated with the Subordinated Debt were deferred and amortized and expensed as interest over the term of the agreement. The remaining unamortized fees and expenses totaling $1.1 million were expensed when the Subordinated Debt balance was paid off in February 2011.

In January 2009, the LLC and Cargill entered into an agreement (“Cargill Agreement”) which finalized the payment terms for $17.4 million owed to Cargill (“Cargill Debt”) by the LLC related to hedging losses with respect to corn hedging contracts that had been incurred in the third quarter of 2008. The Cargill Agreement required an initial payment of $3.0 million on the outstanding balance, which was paid on December 5, 2008. Upon the initial payment of $3.0 million, Cargill also forgave $3.0 million. Effective December 1, 2008, interest on the Cargill Debt began accruing at a 5.0% annual rate compounded quarterly. Future payments to Cargill of both principal and interest were contingent upon the receipt by the LLC of available cash, as defined in the Cargill Agreement. Cargill was to forgive, on a dollar for dollar basis, a further $2.8 million as it received the next $2.8 million of principal payments. The Cargill Debt was accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring. As the future cash payments specified by the terms of the Cargill Agreement exceeded the carrying amount of the debt before the $3.0 million was forgiven, the carrying amount of the debt was not reduced and no gain was recorded. On February 4, 2011, the Company paid Cargill $2.8 million with a portion of the proceeds from its Rights Offering and LLC Concurrent Private Placement (as described in Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity) and Cargill forgave $2.8 million of the principal balance plus accrued interest on the $2.8 million of principal forgiven. On February 15, 2011, pursuant to a Letter Agreement dated September 23, 2010, the Company discharged the remaining amount owed to Cargill, which totaled $6.8 million, by issuing 6,597,790 shares of Company common stock to Cargill. An additional $2.0 million that was carried on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 due to troubled debt restructuring accounting, was also extinguished. This amount, in addition to the $2.8 million forgiven, was accounted for as a capital contribution to additional paid-in capital due to Cargill being considered a related party of the Company.

On September 24, 2010, the Company entered into a Bridge Loan Agreement with certain affiliates of Greenlight Capital, Inc. and certain affiliates of Third Point LLC (together, the “Bridge Loan Lenders”) pursuant to which the Company borrowed $19.4 million (the “Bridge Loan”). The proceeds of the Bridge Loan were used (i) to repay the $17.9 million in outstanding working capital loans under the Senior Debt facility, and (ii) to pay certain fees and expenses of the transaction, which consisted of a bridge loan funding fee of $0.8 million and a backstop commitment fee of $0.7 million. The bridge loan funding fee and the backstop commitment fee were included in other current assets. The Bridge Loan was secured by a pledge of the Company's equity interest in the LLC. The Bridge Loan accrued interest at a rate of 12.5% per annum, compounded quarterly. On February 4, 2011, the Company paid off the outstanding Bridge Loan balance of $20.3 million, including accrued interest, with a portion of the proceeds from its Rights Offering and LLC Concurrent Private Placement, as described in Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity. Debt issuance costs associated with the Bridge Loan were deferred and expensed as interest over the term of the agreement. In February 2011 the remaining unamortized fees and expenses totaling $0.4 million were expensed when the Bridge Loan balance was paid off.

The LLC, through its subsidiary that constructed the Fairmont plant, has entered into an agreement with the local utility pursuant to which the utility has built and owns and operates a substation and distribution facility in order to supply electricity to the plant. The LLC is paying a fixed facilities charge based on the cost of the substation and distribution facility of $34,000 per month, over the 30-year term of the agreement. This fixed facilities charge is being accounted for as a capital lease in the accompanying financial statements. The agreement also includes a $25,000 monthly minimum energy charge that also began in the first quarter of 2008.

Notes payable relate to certain financing agreements in place at each of our sites, as well as the Cargill Debt prior to its repayment. The subsidiaries of the LLC that constructed the plants entered into financing agreements in the first quarter of 2008 for the purchase of certain rolling stock equipment to be used at the facilities for $748,000. The notes have fixed interest rates (weighted average rate of approximately 5.6%) and require 48 monthly payments of principal and interest, maturing in the first and second quarter of 2012. In addition, the subsidiary of the LLC that constructed the Wood River facility had entered into a note payable for $2,220,000 with a fixed interest rate of 11.8% for the purchase of our natural gas pipeline. The note required 36 monthly payments of principal and interest and matured in the first quarter of 2011. In addition, the subsidiary of the LLC that constructed the Wood River facility has entered into a note payable for $419,000 with the City of Wood River for special assessments related to street, water, and sanitary improvements at our Wood River facility. This note requires ten annual payments of $58,000, including interest at 6.5% per annum, and matures in 2018.

The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities of our long term debt as of June 30, 2011 (in thousands):

Remainder of 2011	$	6,444
2012		12,709
2013		12,652
2014		151,635
2015		57
Thereafter		2,593
Total	$	186,090