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Page 1: Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group - nebula.wsimg.com

Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group

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Table of Contents

I. Executive Summary

II. Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group Overview

I. Primary Trade Plans

III.Trade Strategy

I. Global Tactical Strategy

II. Private Equity Plus Strategy

IV.Current Products and Pricing April 2012

V. Partners and Financials

I. Attachments

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I. Executive Summary

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Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group is expanding its Global

Commodity Trade business:

– Currently the majority of our trade is limited to North America

and we look to continue expanding it by infusing

Credit/Capital in South America and Dubai

– The goal will be to export Corn, Wheat and Soybeans (as well

as by-products). Biomass Pellets, Edible Oils, Wheat, Scrap

Metals and other highly sought after commodities from North

America to South America where they can be sold in bulk and

retailed.

– We will also look to export Coal, Fine Pottery, Coffee and

other commodities from Columbia to other parts of the World

Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group seeks to combine our

Trade relationships in Dubai & South America with our

Agriculture activity and relationships in North America

– Surefire Bioenergy already manages and farms directly here

in the Southern Ontario market

– We are backed by several Finance groups primed for

expansion into South and North America who has offered us

potential Credit Extension..

I. Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group: Executive

Summary

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II. Firm Overview

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Industry Experience

An agricultural base with over 30 years of cash

crop experience with Mr. Martin and Surefire

Bioenergy. Mr. Wilfong has been in the Global

Trade Market and is currently the CEO of Arkadis

Inc.

Socially conscious

We work with and partner with The Joe Beasley

Foundation as well as United Nations sub-groups

in order to provide advice and assistance to

struggling international nations and groups

Innovative approach to trading

Invest opportunistically in emerging-global and

regional companies that meet our discipline

investment criteria and long-term return thresholds

Unique access to deal flow

Partner with local groups in Asia to identify

undiscovered trade opportunities that they

typically have limited access to

Customization

Construct unique trade portfolios through our

partner companies that meets our clients distinct

delivery and risk/return tolerance

II. Surefire Trade Group Overview

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Focused Management Team

Brad Martin

& Roland Wilfong

North America

Managing Directors

Dr. Dashrath Reddy &

Kamal Govindarajulu GLOBAL

George Paul White, Jr. United States and Canada

Trade Managers

Jose Eusebio Moncaleano

Acosta & Guillermo Cifuentes

South America

CONSULTING AND MANAGEMENT

IN IMPORTATIONS S.A.S

South America

MAC Eurocem Europe, Dubai, USA

Oneness Group, LDA Asia, India, Europe

External Relationship Partners

Tippens & Zurosky Legal Counsel

PK Chan and Associates

Financial Auditing and

Operations

Arkadis Inc.

Finance and Capital

Business Development

Arkadis Adv/Design Marketing and

Communications

Legal, Finance and Marketing

II. Surefire Bioenergy Trade Firm Overview

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Roland Wilfong, Managing Partner -Director

• Brings to the group a solid base of operations in North America within the Financial, Consulting,

Agricultural and Humanitarian sectors.

• Roland is currently the Chairman and CEO for Arkadis Inc, an international Finance and

Consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA. He started the Firm in 2004 and has been able to grow it

from a single entity into a multi-divisional award winning conglomerate.

• A Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roland has worked at the Executive

level within several Fortune 500 Consulting and Developmental firms in the course of his career.

• Roland has been a sought after Advisor for International trade and finance as his firms holdings

currently consist of companies in several markets, Canada, America, China, India, BVI, Mexico

and Columbia highlight the list.

• He also works closely with The Joe Beasley Foundation by assisting them in furthering their

Humanitarian mission with the United Nations, having travelled throughout Africa, Haiti and South

America with the group.

Bradley Martin, Managing Partner

• Founder and Managing Member with over Thirty Years experience in Agriculture and Advanced Horticulture

• His experience is in growing and marketing various types of Cash Crops

• Corn

• Wheat

• Beans (Soy and other)

• Various other products thru the years

• Advanced Horticultural Science

• Brad also owns and operates a seasonal retail produce store in Amherstburg Ontario which retails Surefire

Bioenergy fresh produce

II. Surefire Bioenergy Trade Group Overview

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Kamalanathan Govindarajulu, Trade Partner

• Managing Member with over 20 years of Trade and Investment experience working in the HSBC

Private Client Group and Global Trade finance Group

• His responsibilities included raising assets and facilitating trades throughout Asia in excess of $2B

annually

• He has financed and facilitated trades on every Continent with the exception of Antarctica

• Kamal works with high net worth individuals and Trade Groups in order to finance and complete

trades with a 100% satisfaction and return business record

• Kamal also spent five years in Europe, based in London, working with HSBC Private Client Group

Dashrath Gurram Reddy, Trade Partner

• Has of 25 years of international business experience with a base of operations in the UAE and Southeast Asia

• Mr. Reddy is currently the Managing Director of Oneness Products FZE in Dubai – United Arab Emirates a leader in

the Petroleum and Building Materials business.

• A Graduate of Karnatake State University Mr. Reddy has worked at the Executive level within several Governmental

companies from 1972-1997 as a Mechanical Engineer and Project/Programme Manager

• Having started his own business in February 2006 mobilizing Petroleum Products and Business Materials, Mr. Reddy

quickly established himself as a leader with his integrity and relationship management skills.

• He has been a sought after Advisor for International trade and finance and has worked extensively with Mr. Kamal

and Mr. Roland over the past several years on ventures in Switzerland, Hong Kong, India and Dubai.

.

II. Team Overview

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III. Trade Strategy

We are a simple buy and sale entity

with a Private Equity component to allow

for larger margins and returns. We are

looking to increase our international Trade

capacity in South America to take

advantage of current surpluses in the

Global market, by trading more product

internationally.

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+ = 5%

PE

Global

Tactical Trade

Strategy

10%

Investment

Return on fee

redistribution

Total Return

95%

An innovative return model that adds socially responsible investing without additional risk

• 95% of investment returns come

from a traditional trade portfolio

• 5% of investment return is

generated from investments

An additional gain of 10%

on returns generated from

fee-based risk free PE

investments

A portfolio that provides

traditional long only investment

style with a multi-layered PE

investment strategy

+

WIN: Traditional

Trade Strategy

WIN: Multi Layer

Payment Delivery

Strategy

WIN: Socially

Responsible

Investments

III. Trade Strategy: Return Model

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Global Tactical Strategy • Analyze economic statistics and projections for major economies, including: GDP growth, inflation, foreign

exchange, trade statistics, energy prices, unemployment

• Evaluate general economic trends -- growth, stagnation, staglation, recession

• Consider political and economic risks including changes of government, tax laws, war, energy prices,

banking sector stability

Assess Global Economic Conditions

• Consider how economic fundamentals are likely to affect market values and directions

• Determine regions, industries and asset classes that appear to offer most favorable investment

opportunities

• Review available retail partners and map to attractive investment opportunities

Disciplined Bulk vs. Retail Screening

• Review price-earnings and other indicators for short list of Trade opportunities

• Consider degree to which proprietary market view is already priced into markets and identify opportunities

where it may not be priced in

Fundamental Evaluation

The Global Tactical Strategy selects positions that represent the most opportunistic

economic themes at an attractive valuation across all regions and sectors

III. Trade Strategy: Global Tactical

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• Surefire Bioenergy – Surefire Bioenergy Inc.

•CIBC, Canada

•United Communities Credit Union

•FCC -Agribank

• MAC Eurochem

•Banca di Cividale

• Arkadis Inc.

•Citibank

•5/3 Bank

Finance Partners

Risk Management

• Soybean Meal / Distillers Grain / Corn, Soybeans, Wheat / Biomass Pellets / Edible Oils (Partial Listing)

•Self Production via Surefire Bioenergy

•Great Lakes Co-op

•Thompsons Limited

•ADM

•Andersen's Inc

•GR Enterprises

Portfolio Construction

Our objective is to partner with industry leaders with proven performance levels

III. Trade Partners: Supply & Finance

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Surefire Bioenergy Growth and Credit Maximization Strategy

► High barriers to entry

We hope to increase our credit line to trade Globally

► Size Unlimited Market potential given global food demand

► Limited access to capital $1,250,000 currently

► Fees for professional services Will help our banking partner grow

III. Investment Strategy: Growth

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Competitive

Advantage

Recurring

Revenue

Streams

Strong or

Improving

Cash flow

Private Equity Alpha Plus Strategy: Investing Criteria

III. Investment Strategy: Private Equity Alpha Plus

We grow our own product and are Self-Sustaining

We have access to the Ontario Canada Trade Board

http://www.gfo.ca/Media/News_Announcements/Hom

e.aspx

As well as being members of AGRIS Cooperative

http://www.agris.coop/

We grow our own product and are Self-Sustaining

We have access to the Ontario Canada Trade Board

http://www.gfo.ca/Media/News_Announcements/Hom

e.aspx

As well as being members of AGRIS Cooperative

http://www.agris.coop/

Our cash flow remains high and has increase d over

%18 NET in the last 9-months.

Land we purchased over the past 2-3 years has

gained us over $1M in equity on less then $5M in

value so 20% increase

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Private Equity Alpha Plus Strategy: Investing Criteria

Strong

Management

& Operations

Capacity to

Grow

III. Investment Strategy: Private Equity Alpha Plus

We seek to use our relaionships to make us a Global

Enterprise with Experts with over 50 years of

combined international trade experience.

Our operation in Canada is 3rd Generation and we

have a solid land based foundation that has

expanded even during the last economic downturn.

The addition of a Trade Facility in South America that

would allow us to continue with our trade

acquisitions and expansion into new markets with

highly sought after commodities.

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Private Equity Alpha Plus Strategy Investing Criteria

•Focus on emerging under supplied markets where at least a

large portion of domestic supply is subsidized

•Strong management in expanding industries, (6 to 18 month

investment horizons)

•Partner the investment with government contracting or

arrange one of our Private Equity partners to invest larger

amounts in a short period of time to liquidate our position.

•We accomplish this by partnering with United Nations

sanctioned groups and Nationally recognized leaders in trade

import/expert performance

III. Investment Strategy: Private Equity Alpha Plus

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Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles

Packaging & Delivery

Packaging Detail:

In Bulk In Container (40')

Delivery Detail:

Pricing will be quoted at time of LOI acceptance and approval of

Buyer

Specifications

Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS)

Guaranteed Analysis

As Is Basis

Moisture, not more than.12.5

Crude Protein, not less than..28.0

Crude Fat, not less than.7.5

Crude Fiber, not more than...10

Sulfur, not more than..0.75

Ingredients: Corn Distillers Grains with Solubles

PRICE: $TBDMT with 15,000MT/Month supply

(based on min 3-month Contract)

Soybean Meal (Feed Grade)

Packaging & Delivery

Packaging Detail:

In Bulk In Container (40')

Delivery Detail:

Pricing will be quoted at time of LOI acceptance and approval of

Buyer

Specifications

Soybean Meal (SBM)

Guaranteed Analysis

As Is Basis

Number: 1247

Moisture: 12

Crude Protein: above 47

Crude Fiber: above 3

Crude Fat: 1.5

Ash: 6.4 or less

KOH solubility: 86

PRICE: $TBD/MT with 15,000MT/Month supply

(based on min 3-month Contract)

IV. Products and Pricing (sample)*

These products is farmed and processed in Southern Ontario. All Pricing will be based on FOB our Dock if you require shipping

please check with a logistics group or we can make a referral. Our location is Amherstburg Ontario Canada.

For Detailed Specifications and Information on our Corn, Wheat and Soybean products please refer to:

http://www.gfo.ca/Marketing/CBOTCornSoyWheatQuotes.aspx

Corn Supply 10,000MT/Month ; Soybean Supply 12,500MT/Month ; Wheat (No Supply available for April Allotments)

*Upon receipt of LOI pricing will be guaranteed for 14-days—We will not honor Quote without approved LOI*

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V. Partners & Financials

Available upon request:

Partner Individual Bio’s

Current Balance Sheet

Letter of Credit Guarantee

from Banking Partners

New Agreement O&G

Partnership in Dubai with

Jupiter Group Intl.