Right of first refusal contracts

Contract Terms for Right of First Refusal based on Public Law 108-199
A.

The right of first refusal will apply to sales of the following processing shares:
1.
2.

PQS and
IPQs, if more than 20 percent of a PQS holder’s community based IPQs (on a fishery by fishery basis) has
been processed outside the community of origin by another company in 3 of the preceding 5 years.

B.
Any right of first refusal must be on the same terms and conditions of the underlying agreement and will
include all processing shares and other goods included in that agreement.
C.
Intra-company transfers within a region are exempt from this provision. To be exempt from the first right of
refusal, IPQs must be used by the same company. In the event that a company uses IPQs outside of the community of
origin for a period of 3 consecutive years the right of first refusal on those processing shares (the IPQs and the
underlying PQS) shall lapse. With respect to those processing shares, the right of first refusal will not exist in any
community thereafter.
D.
Any sale of PQS for continued use in the community of origin will be exempt from the right of first refusal. A
sale will be considered to be for use in the community of origin if the purchaser contracts with the community to:
1.
2.

use at least 80 percent of the annual IPQ allocation in the community for 2 of the following 5 years
(on a fishery by fishery basis), and
grant the community a right of first refusal on the PQS subject to the same terms and conditions
required of the processor receiving the initial allocation of the PQS.

E.
All terms of any right of first refusal and contract entered into related to the right of first refusal will be
enforced through civil contract law.
F.

A community group or CDQ group can waive any right of first refusal.

G.
The right of first refusal will be exercised by the CDQ group or community group by providing the seller
within 60 days of receipt of a copy of the contract for sale of the processing shares:
1. notice of the intent to exercise and
2. earnest money in the amount of 10 percent of the contract amount or $500,000
whichever is less.
The CDQ group or community group must perform all of the terms of the contract of sale within the longer of:
1.
120 days of receipt of the contract or
2.
in the time specified in the contract.
H.
The right of first refusal applies only to the community within which the processing history was earned. If the
community of origin chooses not to exercise the right of first refusal on the sale of PQS that is not exempt under
paragraph D, that PQS will no longer be subject to a right of first refusal.
I.
Any due diligence review conducted related to the exercise of a right of first refusal will be undertaken by a
third party bound by a confidentiality agreement that protects any proprietary information from being released or made
public.
2.

GOA First Right of Refusal

For communities with at least three percent of the initial PQS allocation of any BSAI crab fishery based on history in
the community that are in the area on the Gulf of Alaska north of 56º20’N latitude, groups representing qualified
communities will have a first right of refusal to purchase processing quota shares which are being proposed to be
transferred from unqualified communities in the identified Gulf of Alaska area.
The entity granted the right of first refusal and terms and method of establishing the right of first refusal will the same
as specified in the general right of first refusal.