Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTX) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTX) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 3, 2018, Aemetis Property Keyes, Inc. (“APKI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aemetis, Inc. (the “Registrant”), borrowed funds for the purchase of approximately 5.4 acres of land adjoining its ethanol plant in Keyes, CA to be used for the construction of a facility to convert gaseous CO2 produced at the Keyes ethanol plant to liquid CO2. In connection with such land purchase, Goodland Advanced Fuels, Inc. (the “Borrower”) entered into Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 10, 2017 (the “Original Note Purchase Agreement”, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement dated June 28, 2018 (“Amendment No. 1”), and, as further amended by Amendment No. 2, the “NPA”) by and among Borrower, Third Eye Capital Corporation (“Agent”), the noteholders party thereto (the “Noteholders”), with the Registrant and its wholly owned subsidiaries Aemetis Advanced Product Keyes, Inc. (“AAPK” and together with the Registrant, the “Existing Guarantors”), APKI and Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (“AEFK” and together with APKI, the “New Guarantors”) as guarantors, in order to (i) provide funding for APKI to purchase such land and to undertake certain related commercial arrangements with third parties and (ii) fund other capital expenditures and approved working capital expenditures related to the construction of the CO2 conversion facility at the Keyes ethanol plant.

to Amendment No. 2, the NPA was amended to provide for an additional term loan in the amount of $3,500,000 (the “Additional Term Loan”) and accruing interest at an interest rate per annum of ten percent. Amendment No. 2 also included, among other terms, amendments relating to certain financial covenants, interest payment calculations and mandatory repayment of the Additional Term Loan.

In consideration of the direct and indirect benefits derived by the Existing Guarantors and the New Guarantors from the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 2, the Existing Guarantors entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Guaranty, dated as of December 3, 2018 (the “Second A&R Limited Guaranty”), and each of APKI and AEFK entered into a limited guaranty in favor of the Agent (such limited guaranty made by APKI, the “APKI Guaranty” and such limited guaranty made by AEFK, the “AEFK Guaranty”) toguarantee all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under the NPA, including the Additional Term Loan. Such obligations are secured by a first priority lien over all assets of the Registrant, AAPK and APKI to separate general security agreements entered into by the Registrant, AAPK and APKI (such general security agreement entered into by the Registrant, the “Registrant Security Agreement”, such general security agreement entered into by AAPK, the “AAPK Security Agreement” and such security agreement entered into by APKI, the “APKI Security Agreement”).

The Borrower and APKI also entered into a separate Intercompany Revolving Promissory Note, dated December 3, 2018 (the “APKI Intercompany Revolving Note”), to which the Borrower may, from time to time, lend substantially all of the Additional Term Loan to APKI.

On December 3, 2018, AE Advanced Fuels, Inc. (“AEFI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant, also entered into a Pledge Agreement (the “AEFI Pledge Agreement”) with Agent in connection with Amendment No. 2, to which AEFI pledged and granted a security interest in all of the shares of stock of APKI held by AEFI to Agent.

As consideration for the extension of the Additional Term Loan by Agent and the Noteholders, Borrower agreed to pay Agent an amendment fee in the amount of $175,000.

The foregoing descriptions of the Original Note Purchase Agreement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, the Second A&R Limited Guaranty, the Registrant Security Agreement, the AAPK Security Agreement, the APKI Guaranty, the AEFK Guaranty, the APKI Security Agreement, the APKI Intercompany Revolving Note and the AEFI Pledge Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Original Note Purchase Agreement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, the Second A&R Limited Guaranty, the Registrant Security Agreement, the AAPK Security Agreement, the APKI Guaranty, the AEFK Guaranty, the APKI Security Agreement, the APKI Intercompany Revolving Note and the AEFI Pledge Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3, Exhibit 10.4, Exhibit 10.5, Exhibit 10.6, Exhibit 10.7, Exhibit 10.8, Exhibit 10.9, Exhibit 10.10 and Exhibit 10.11 respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

AEMETIS, INC ExhibitEX-10.3 2 amtx_ex103.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS Blueprint Exhibit 10.3   AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT   This Amendment No. 2 to Note Purchase Agreement (this “Amendment”),…To view the full exhibit click here
About Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTX)
Aemetis, Inc. is an international renewable fuels and biochemicals company. The Company is focused on the production of fuels and chemicals through the acquisition, development and commercialization of technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products by conversion of first-generation ethanol and biodiesel plants into biorefineries. Its segments include North America and India. The North America segment includes the Company’s approximately 60 million gallon per year capacity ethanol manufacturing plant in Keyes, California and its technology lab in College Park, Maryland. The India segment includes the Company’s over 50 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel manufacturing plant in Kakinada, the administrative offices in Hyderabad, India, and the holding companies in Nevada and Mauritius. The Keyes plant produces denatured ethanol, Wet Distillers Grains, corn oil and Condensed Distillers Solubles. It produces biodiesel and refined glycerin at the Kakinada plant.