IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. AGREE CONVENIENCE NO. 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; GPM MIDWEST, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants. ) ) Case # 2026 ED 1 Parcel # 20321020TE Job # R-92-003-21 PLAINTIFF DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the acquisition for the use of the people of the State of Illinois for highway purposes, the premises described as follows, to-wit: See Exhibit "A"," attached hereto and made a part hereof. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court: Stephenson County Circuit Court Clerk 15 N. Galena Ave., 2nd Floor Freeport, Illinois 610332 on or before May 29, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Dated: ______________________________ Clerk of the Circuit Court Stephenson County, Illinois Prepared by: Emily R. Vivian, ARDC #6290977 Special Assistant Attorney General Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine, LLC 114 E. Everett Street, Suite 300 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) vivian@egbclaw.com EXHIBIT A Owner Route County Job No. Parcel No. P.I.N. No. Section Station Station Agree Convenience No. 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company FAP 5 (USBR 20) Stephenson R-92-003-21 20321020TE 18-13-36-227-030 (20-1,19Z)RS-7 253+68 254+11.03 EASEMENT That part of Lot 4 as designated upon the Plat of Trunk's Subdivision, being a subdivision of part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 27 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded in Book D of Plats, Page 18, in the Recorder's Office of Stephenson County, Illinois, with bearings and grid distances referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System, West Zone NAD 83 (2011 ADJ), with a combined factor of 1.00006813949, described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 4; thence North 01 degree 20 minutes 52 seconds West, on the east line of said Lot 4, a distance of 133.19 feet to the Point of Beginning. From said Point of Beginning; thence North 19 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds West, 25.27 feet; thence North 40 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West, 12.81 feet; thence North 83 degrees 10 minutes 32 seconds West, 27.29 feet; thence North 01 degree 36 minutes 09 seconds West, 4.04 feet to the existing southerly right of way line of a public highway designated FAP Route 5 (USBR 20); thence on said existing southerly right of way line the following three (3) courses and distances: 1) North 88 degrees 24 minutes 02 seconds East, 17.44 feet; 2) thence South 77 degrees 33 minutes 48 seconds East, 13.53 feet; 3) thence South 48 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds East, 16.95 feet to the east line of said Lot 4; thence South 01 degree 20 minutes 52 seconds East, on said east line, 27.27 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.009 acre (374 square feet), more or less (area based on ground distances). April 28, May 5, 12 2026 LILS0506726