6.2025 Minimum Steam Supply Obligation Reduction. During the 2025 Contract Period and, if applicable, the Extended 2025 Contract Period and notwithstanding Section 6.9(b) of the Coke Sale Agreement, the Minimum Steam Supply Obligation shall be defined as [***] lbs/hr of Conforming Steam at or above [***] degrees Fahrenheit on an instance (continuous) basis. In the event of a U. S. Steel Requested Charge Increase Event, the Parties will mutually determine, acting in good faith, a commensurate increase in the temperature of the Conforming Steam during the duration of the U. S. Steel Requested Charge Increase Event, provided, that if a U. S. Steel Requested Charge Increase Event results in increased tonnage equal to the amount required under the Agreement prior to the 2025 Contract Period, the temperature requirement for Conforming Steam will automatically revert to [***].
7.Information; Industry Practices. Gateway and U. S. Steel agree to work in good faith to increase transparency of the total delivered cost of coal and the coke sampling and analysis procedures. In addition to any other rights set forth in the Agreement, U.S. Steel shall have the right to visit the Plant at any time, with reasonable notice to enable appropriate safety training and escort, to inspect the Coke sample collection and laboratory analysis procedures being utilized by Gateway or its subcontractor. Gateway shall notify U.S. Steel in writing within twelve (12) hours of any disruption, error, or other issue or concern with or to any of the following operations/procedures: coal blending; change in charge weights; soak time; carbonization; changes to screening operations; scale; or blast furnace Coke sampling. Gateway will use commercially reasonable efforts to fix any issue as soon as practicable. Gateway agrees to instruct and cause the governing laboratory to not crush the Coke sample prior to Coke moisture testing.
8.Miscellaneous. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS-OF-LAW RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE CONSTRUCTION OR INTERPRETATION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE. EACH PARTY HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND TO VENUE IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
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Except as expressly modified hereby, all terms and conditions of the Coke Sale Agreement (as amended to date) remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of the Coke Sale Agreement (as amended to date) and this Amendment, this Amendment shall control. On and after the Amendment Effective Date: Each reference to the Coke Sale Agreement in any document created by any of the Parties hereto shall be deemed to be a reference to the Coke Sale Agreement as amended to date and as further amended by this Amendment; and the terms “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof”, and words of similar import, as used in the Coke Sale Agreement, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the Coke Sale Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
This Amendment, together with the Coke Sale Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to such subject matter. This Amendment may not be amended or modified except by written instrument signed by all of the Parties hereto.
The Parties hereby stipulate and agree that each of them fully participated and was adequately represented by counsel in the negotiation and preparation of this Amendment and the Parties further stipulate and agree that in the event of any ambiguity or other necessity for the interpretation to be made of the context of this Amendment, this Amendment shall not be construed in favor of or against U. S. Steel or Gateway as a consequence of one Party having had a greater role in the preparation of this Amendment, but shall be construed as if the language were mutually drafted by both Parties with full assistance of counsel.
The captions and headings in this Amendment are for convenience of reference purposes only and have no legal force or effect. Such captions and headings shall not be considered a part of this Amendment for purposes of interpreting, construing or applying this Amendment and will not define, limit, extend, explain or describe the scope or extent of this Amendment or any of its terms and conditions.
This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts (including by electronic transmission), each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.
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