UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 4, 2022
AEMETIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-36475 | 26-1407544 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
20400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 700
Cupertino, California 95014
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(408) 213-0940
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Title of class of registered securities Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | Ticker Symbol AMTX | Name of exchange on which registered NASDAQ |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Construction Loan Agreement
On October 4, 2022, Aemetis Biogas 1 LLC, as borrower (“Borrower”) and Aemetis Biogas Holdings LLC, as guarantor (“Guarantor”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of Aemetis, Inc., entered into a Construction Loan Agreement (“Loan Agreement”) with Greater Nevada Credit Union (“GNCU”) for itself and as agent/nominee for other lending institutions having an interest, direct or indirect, in the Loan (as defined below) from time to time (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”).
Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Lender has made available for the Borrower to borrow an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25 million (the “Loan”), of which, at closing, (i) $12 million will be available to pay Third Eye Capital Corporation for the release of its security interest in certain personal property collateral of Borrower, (ii) approximately $6.8 million will be available for the purpose of development, design, permitting, financing, construction and operation of six anaerobic digester systems located on the Dairies to be utilized for the collection of methane gas from dairy and other cow manure and the process of such gas into Renewable Natural Gas (the “Project”) and (iii) approximately $0.8 million will be available for working capital purposes.
The Loan is secured by all personal property collateral and real property collateral of the Borrower. Other material terms of the Loan include: (i) an interest rate of 5.95% per annum, with interest only payments to be paid in monthly installments, and (ii) a maturity date of March 4, 2023, at which time the entire unpaid principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due and payable. The Loan is expected to be repaid from the proceeds of a term loan in the principal amount of $25 million, to be 80% guaranteed by one or more USDA Guarantees issued by the USDA pursuant to a USDA Conditional Commitment.
The Loan Agreement contains certain financial covenants including, but not limited to, requirements that Borrower (i) maintain a ratio of Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth of less than 9.0 to 1.0 measured annually, beginning at the end of the second year after Closing for the term of the Loan and (ii) maintain a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 beginning the second full year of operations of the Project, to be measured as of the last day of each fiscal year beginning fiscal year end 2023, annually for the term of the Loan. The Loan Agreement also contains other affirmative and negative covenants, representations and warranties and events of default customary for loan agreements of this nature.
The foregoing description of the Loan Agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Loan Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures exchanged between the parties in connection with the execution of the agreement.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
To the extent required, the information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 6, 2022, the Company issued a press release, posted to its website at www.aemetis.com, announcing the Loan Agreement, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) shall not be considered “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into future filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
* Schedules and exhibits to the Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | Aemetis, Inc. | |
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| October 7, 2022 | By: | //s// Eric A. McAfee | |
| | | Eric A. McAfee | |
| | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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