AE
BIOFUELS, INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
(State
of Incorporation)
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0-51354
(Commission
File No.)
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84-0925128
(IRS
Employer ID No.)
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· |
Permitted
for 113 million gallon ethanol
plant
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· |
Qualified
access to require natural gas, electricity and water
resources
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· |
Site
offers access to both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Railroads
with
adequate roadway system
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· |
207
million bushels of corn within 50 miles of site (40 million bushels
required)
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· |
Proximity
to 650,000 head of cattle within 50 miles for DDG
consumption
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Location
|
Approximate
Acreage
|
Annual
ethanol
capacity
(in
millions of gallons
per
year)
|
Ethanol
Plant
Permitting
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|
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Nebraska
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|||||||||
Sutton,
Clay County*
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200
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113
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Permit
Granted
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|||||||
Red
Cloud, Webster County
|
400
|
115
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In
Process
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Illinois
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||||||||||
Danville,
Vermilion County**
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175
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118
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Permit
Granted
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Gilman,
Iroquois County
|
204
|
118
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Permit
Granted
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|||||||
Allen
Station, Mason County
|
107
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118
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Permit
Granted
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|||||||
Stillman
Valley, Ogle County
|
200
|
118
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Permit
Granted
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Litchfield,
Montgomery County
|
182
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118
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Permit
Granted
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· |
Policy
and legislative support
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· |
Strong
petroleum prices and outlook
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· |
MTBE
transition
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· |
Production
capacity and import expansion
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· |
Increasing
feedstock yields
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· |
Technological
innovation
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· |
Volumetric
Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) from the recently passed American
Jobs
Creation Act of 2004 (H.R. 4520)
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· |
Heartland,
Habitat, Harvest and Horticulture (4-H) Act of
2007
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· |
MTBE
Ban (state by state currently)
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· |
Energy
Policy Act of 2005
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· |
State
Level Ethanol Incentives
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· |
limiting
our ability to borrow additional amounts for operating capital or
other
purposes and causing us to be able to borrow additional funds only
on
unfavorable terms;
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· |
reducing
funds available for operations and distributions because a substantial
portion of our cash flow will be used to pay interest and principal
on debt;
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· |
making
us vulnerable to increases in prevailing interest
rates;
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· |
placing
us at a competitive disadvantage because we may be substantially
more
leveraged than some of our
competitors;
|
· |
subjecting
all or substantially all of our assets to liens, which means that
there
may be no assets left for our shareholders in the event of a liquidation;
and
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· |
limiting
our ability to adjust to changing market conditions, which could
increase
our vulnerability to a downturn in our business as a result of general
economic conditions.
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Common
Shares
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Series
B Preferred
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Name
of Beneficial Owner
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#
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%
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#
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%
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Officers
and Directors
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Eric
A. McAfee (1)
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13,000,000
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(2)
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15.5
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-
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-
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Laird
Q. Cagan (1)
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15,032,905
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(3)
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17.9
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-
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-
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||||||||
Surendra
Ajjarapu (4)
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7,200,000
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8.6
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-
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-
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Andy
Foster (5)
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350,000
|
*
|
-
|
-
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William
Maender (6)
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800,000
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*
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-
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-
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|||||||||
Michael
Peterson (7)
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1,200,000
|
(7)
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1.4
|
-
|
-
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||||||||
LtGen
Michael DeLong (8)
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5,000
|
*
|
-
|
-
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|||||||||
Harold
Sorgenti
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-
|
*
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-
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-
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|||||||||
All
executive officers and directors as a group (8
persons)
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37,587,905
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44.7
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-
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-
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5%
Holders
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Cagan
McAfee Capital Partners, LLC
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(1)(2
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)
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-
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-
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Cagan
Capital, LLC
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(1)(3
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)
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-
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-
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Liviakis
Financial Communications, Inc.
655
Redwood Hwy, Suite 255, Mill Valley, CA 94941
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4,400,000
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5.2
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-
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-
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Telecom
Investments Holdings Limited
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8,100,000
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9.6
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Dalrymple
Global Resources Master Fund, LP
3300
Oak Lawn Ave.
Suite
650
Dallas,
TX 75219
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-
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-
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999,999
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15.4
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(1)
|
Address:
c/o Cagan McAfee Capital Partners, LLC, 10600 N. De Anza Blvd.,
Suite 250, Cupertino, California 95014.
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(2)
|
Includes
(i) 6,200,000 shares held by McAfee Capital, LLC, a fund owned by Mr.
McAfee and his wife; (ii) 800,000 shares owned by P2 Capital, LLC,
a fund
owned by Mr. McAfee’s wife and children, and (iii) 12,000,000 shares held
by Cagan McAfee Capital Partners, LLC, of which Mr. McAfee is a 50%
owner.
Mr. McAfee disclaims beneficial ownership over 50% of the shares held
by Cagan McAfee Capital Partners, LLC except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest therein.
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(3)
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Includes
(i) 7,200,000 shares held by Cagan Capital, LLC, a fund owned by Mr.
Cagan; (ii) 400,000 shares owned by KRC Trust and 400,000 shares
owned by
KQC Trust, trusts for Mr. Cagan’s daughters for which Mr. Cagan is
trustee; (iii) 12,000,000 shares held by Cagan McAfee Capital Partners,
LLC, of which Mr. Cagan is a 50% owner; and (iv) 760,000 shares of
common
stock issuable pursuant to an outstanding warrant. Mr. Cagan is a
registered representative of Chadbourn Securities, Inc. and received
95%
of the placement agent warrants received by Chadbourn Securities,
Inc. in
connection with the Series A Preferred Stock offering. Mr. Cagan
disclaims beneficial ownership over 50% of the shares held by Cagan
McAfee
Capital Partners, LLC except to the extent of his pecuniary interest
therein.
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(4)
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Includes
300,000 shares issuable pursuant to options exercisable within 60
days
of November 30, 2007.
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(5)
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Includes
225,000 shares issuable pursuant to options exercisable within 60
days
of November 30, 2007.
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(6)
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Mr.
Maender’s Restricted Purchase Agreement and provides for the sale to Mr.
Maender of 800,000 shares of American Ethanol common stock, at a
nominal
price per share, with 200,000 shares immediately vesting and the
remaining
shares subject to American Ethanol’s right of repurchase decreasing at the
rate of 200,000 shares per year.
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(7)
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Address:
17 Canary Court, Danville, California 94526. Includes 1,000,000 shares
of
common stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred held
by Pascal
Investment Partners Equity Fund. Mr. Peterson holds 41% of Pascal
Investment Partners Equity Fund and 100% of Pascal Management LLC,
which
is its sole general partner, and therefore may be deemed to beneficially
own the shares held by Pascal Investment Partners Equity Fund. Mr.
Peterson disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest therein.
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(8)
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Includes
5,000 shares issuable pursuant to options exercisable within 60 days
of
November 30, 2007.
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Eric
A. McAfee
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45
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Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman
of the Board
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Surendra
Ajjarapu
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37
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President
and Director
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Laird
Q. Cagan
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49
|
Director
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Michael
L. Peterson
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44
|
Director
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||
LtGen
Michael P. DeLong
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62
|
Director
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Harold
Sorgenti
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73
|
Director
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Andrew
Foster
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42
|
Executive
Vice President and
Chief
Operating Officer
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William
J. Maender
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61
|
Chief
Financial Officer and
Secretary
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Name
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Fees
Earned or
Paid
in Cash
($)
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Stock
Awards(1)
($)
|
Total
($)
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Eric
A. McAfee
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110,000
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(2)
|
—
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110,000
|
||||||
Laird
Cagan
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—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Michael
Peterson
|
—
|
150,000
|
(3)
|
150,000
|
||||||
William
Maender
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—
|
—
|
—
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|||||||
LtGen
Michael DeLong (4)
|
—
|
—
|
—
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Harold
Sorgenti (5)
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—
|
—
|
—
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Name
and Principal
Position
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Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Stock
|
Total
Compensation
|
|||||||||||
Timothy
Morris, Chief Executive Officer(1)
|
2006
|
$
|
191,667
|
$
|
125,000
|
(2)
|
-
|
$
|
316,667
|
|||||||
Surendra
Ajjarapu, President
|
2006
|
$
|
172,500
|
$
|
80,000
|
-
|
$
|
252,500
|
||||||||
William
J. Maender, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
|
2006
|
$
|
172,500
|
$
|
100,000
|
(2)
|
-
|
$
|
272,500
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|||||||
Andrew
Foster, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
|
2006
|
$
|
150,000
|
$
|
50,000
|
-
|
$
|
200,000
|
Stock
Awards
|
|||||||
Name
|
# of Unvested Shares
|
Market
Value of
Unvested Shares(1)
|
|||||
William
J. Maender (2)
|
400,000
|
$
|
5,596,000
|
||||
Andrew
Foster (3)
|
100,000
|
$
|
1,399,000
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·
|
Increase
or decrease (other than by redemption or conversion) the total
number of
authorized shares of Series B Preferred
Stock;
|
·
|
Effect
an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of all or a part
of the
Series B Preferred Stock, including a reverse stock split, but
excluding a
stock split;
|
·
|
Effect
an exchange, or create a right of exchange, of all or part of the
shares
of another class of shares into shares of Series B Preferred Stock;
or
|
·
|
Alter
or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the shares of
Series B
Preferred Stock so as to affect adversely the shares of such
series.
|
·
|
20
to 33 1/3%;
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· |
33
1/3 to 50%; or
|
·
|
more
than 50%.
|
· |
has
200 or more shareholders of record, at least 100 of whom have Nevada
addresses appearing on the corporation's stock ledger; and
|
· |
does
business in Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation.
|
· |
an
aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market
value
of the assets of the corporation;
|
· |
an
aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market
value
of all outstanding shares of the corporation; or
|
· |
representing
10% or more of the earning power or net income of the corporation.
|
· |
the
highest price per share paid by the interested shareholder (after
it held
at least 5% of the voting shares) within the three years immediately
preceding the date of the announcement of the combination or in the
transaction in which he became an interested shareholder, whichever
is
higher, plus interest thereon and less any dividends received up
to the
amount of such interest;
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· |
the
market value per common share on the date of announcement of the
combination or the date the interested shareholder acquired the shares,
whichever is higher, plus interest thereon and less any dividends
received
up to the amount of such interest; or
|
· |
if
higher for the holders of preferred stock, the highest liquidation
value
of the preferred stock.
|
COMMON
STOCK
|
|||||||
HIGH
|
LOW
|
||||||
FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 2007:
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|
|
|||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
|||
Second
Quarter
|
$
|
39.00
|
$
|
0
|
|||
Third
Quarter
|
$
|
24.00
|
$
|
11.50
|
|||
Fourth
Quarter
|
$
|
17.50
|
$
|
10.10
|
|||
FISCAL
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2007:
|
|||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
16.00
|
$
|
11.75
|
|||
Second
Quarter
|
$
|
13.90
|
$
|
10.00
|
|||
Third
Quarter
|
$
|
13.50
|
$
|
10.00
|
· |
the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation;
and
|
· |
with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to
believe the person’s conduct was
unlawful.
|
1. |
Audited
consolidated financial statements of American Ethanol, Inc. and
subsidiaries from inception through December 31,
2006.
|
2. |
Unaudited
consolidated financial statements of American Ethanol, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30,
2007.
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Exhibit
|
|
|
Number
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of AE Biofuels, Inc.
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|
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3.2
|
Certificate
of Designation of AE Biofuels, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment of AE Biofuels, Inc.
|
|
3.4
|
Bylaws
of AE Biofuels, Inc.
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate.
|
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
Specimen
Series B Preferred Stock Certificate
|
|
4.3
|
Form
of Common Stock Warrant
|
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
Form
of Series B Preferred Stock Warrant
|
|
10.1
|
2007
Stock Plan
|
|
|
|
|
10.2
|
2007
Stock Plan form of Stock Option Agreement
|
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 28,
2007
|
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
Executive
Chairman Agreement, dated January 30, 2006 with Eric A.
McAfee
|
|
10.5
|
Amended
Executive Employment Agreement, dated June 1, 2007, with Surendra
Ajjarapu
|
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
Executive
Employment Agreement, dated January 12, 2006, with William J.
Maender
|
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
Executive
Employment Agreement, dated May 22, 2007 with Andrew
Foster
|
|
10.8
|
Sublease,
dated August 20, 2007, by and between Navio Systems, Inc. and American
Ethanol, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
First
Addendum to Sublease, dated September 6, 2007 by and between Navio
Systems, Inc. and American Ethanol, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
Amended
and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 19, 2007, by
and
among American Ethanol, Inc., Marwich II, Ltd., a Colorado corporation,
Marwich II, Ltd., a Nevada corporation and AE Biofuels, Inc., a Nevada
corporation*
|
|
10.11
|
Engagement
Letter, dated August 7, 2006 by and between American Ethanol, Inc.
and
Chadbourn Securities, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of the Company
|
AE
Biofuels, Inc.
|
||
|
|
|
Date:
December 11, 2007
|
/s/
Eric
A. McAfee
|
|
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
||
/s/ William J. Maender | ||
William J. Maender |
||
Chief Financial Officer |
December
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|||||
Current
Assets
|
|
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,213,134
|
$
|
4,170
|
|||
Accounts
and other receivables
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
348,869
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Current Assets
|
1,562,003
|
4,170
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
14,727,918
|
-
|
|||||
Other
assets, net
|
1,073,872
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
17,363,793
|
$
|
4,170
|
|||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
$
|
528,800
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Short
term borrowings (related party)
|
1,250,000
|
-
|
|||||
Unrealized
losses on foreign currency forward contracts
|
46,820
|
-
|
|||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
35,714
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
1,861,334
|
-
|
|||||
Long-Term
Debt
|
205,357
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities
|
2,066,691
|
-
|
|||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
|||||||
Members’
units 53,320,000 issued
|
-
|
4,170
|
|||||
Preferred
Series A Convertible - 4,999,999 shares at $.001 par value
|
5,000
|
-
|
|||||
Preferred
Series B Convertible - 2,828,996 shares at $.001 par value
|
2,828
|
-
|
|||||
Common
Stock @ $ .001 par value
|
74,710
|
-
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
21,972,363
|
-
|
|||||
Deficit
accumulated during development stage
|
(6,951,198
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
193,399
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
|
15,297,102
|
4,170
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$
|
17,363,793
|
$
|
4,170
|
For
the Year ended December 31,
|
2006
|
Period from
November
29,
2005
(Date of Inception) to
December
31,
2005
|
|||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
744,450
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Cost
of goods sold
|
735,000
|
-
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
9,450
|
-
|
|||||
Costs
and expenses
|
|||||||
Selling
and administrative expenses
|
(6,163,724
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Unrealized
losses on foreign currency forward contracts
|
(46,820
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Other
income, net
|
132,013
|
-
|
|||||
|
|||||||
(Loss)
earnings from operations before income taxes
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Income
tax expense
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Net
(Loss) Earnings
|
$
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
2006
|
Period from November 29,
2005
(Date of Inception) to December 31,
2005
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|
|
|||||
Net
(loss) earnings
|
$
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss) earnings to net cash (used in)
provided
by operating activities
|
|||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
363,460
|
-
|
|||||
Unrealized
losses on foreign currency forward contracts
|
46,820
|
-
|
|||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
528,800
|
-
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
(348,869
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(5,478,870
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|||||||
Purchase
of Marwich II, Ltd., net of losses
|
(662,406
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Exchange
rate gain
|
(193,399
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Additions
to property, plant and equipment
|
(14,727,918
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Additions
to other assets
|
(1,073,872
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(16,657,595
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|||||||
Sale
of members’ units
|
-
|
4,170
|
|||||
Short
term borrowings (related party)
|
1,250,000
|
-
|
|||||
Proceeds
from long-term debt
|
250,000
|
-
|
|||||
Payments
on long-term debt
|
(8,929
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Proceeds
from capital contributions
|
21,854,358
|
-
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
23,345,429
|
4,170
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Net
Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
1,208,964
|
4,170
|
|||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
at
beginning of period
|
4,170
|
-
|
|||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
at
end of period
|
$
|
1,213,134
|
$
|
4,170
|
Members’
Units
|
Common
Stock (2)
|
Series
A Preferred Stock (1)
|
Series
B Preferred Stock
|
Paid-in
Capital in Excess of Par
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Units
|
Dollars
|
Shares
|
Dollars
|
Shares
|
Dollars
|
Shares
|
Dollars
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
November 29, 2005 (date of inception)
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Sale
of members’ units during 2005
|
53,320,000
|
4,170
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,170
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
53,320,000
|
4,170
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,170
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of units to common shares
|
(53,320,000
|
)
|
(4,170
|
)
|
53,320,000
|
53,320
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(49,150
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
and grant of founder’s shares to advisor's and strategic
partners
|
-
|
-
|
12,692,000
|
12,692
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
26,038
|
-
|
-
|
38,730
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of founder's shares to executives
|
-
|
-
|
4,400,000
|
4,400
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6,600
|
-
|
-
|
11,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for acquisitions
|
-
|
-
|
3,752,000
|
3,752
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
484,248
|
-
|
-
|
488,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued to an outside director
|
-
|
-
|
200,000
|
200
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25,800
|
-
|
-
|
26,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued to an employee
|
-
|
-
|
160,000
|
160
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20,640
|
-
|
-
|
20,800
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Preferred Series A convertible stock net of issuance
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,999,999
|
5,000
|
-
|
-
|
14,110,719
|
-
|
-
|
14,115,719
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
on purchase of subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(882,117
|
)
|
-
|
(882,117
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued to a director and advisors
|
-
|
-
|
186,000
|
186
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
278,814
|
-
|
-
|
279,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Preferred Series B convertible stock net of issuance
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,828,996
|
2,828
|
7,693,401
|
-
|
-
|
7,696,229
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to options issued to employees
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
37,659
|
-
|
-
|
37,659
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of shares in Marwich II, Ltd. net of acquired losses for current
year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(662,406
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(662,406
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss from start up operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
-
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
193,399
|
193,399
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
74,710,000
|
$
|
74,710
|
4,999,999
|
$
|
5,000
|
2,828,996
|
$
|
2,828
|
$
|
21,972,363
|
$
|
(6,951,198
|
)
|
$
|
193,399
|
$
|
15,297,102
|
December
31
|
2006
|
|||
|
|
|||
Land
|
$
|
1,956,995
|
||
Construction
in progress
|
9,265,530
|
|||
Prepayment
to contractors
|
3,505,393
|
|||
|
||||
Total
gross property, plant and equipment
|
14,727,918
|
|||
|
||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
-
|
|||
Total
net property, plant and equipment
|
$
|
14,727,918
|
Year
ending December 31,
|
Amount
|
|||
|
|
|||
2007
|
$
|
1,285,714
|
||
2008
|
35,712
|
|||
2009
|
35,712
|
|||
2010
|
35,712
|
|||
2011
|
35,712
|
|||
Thereafter
|
62,509
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
1,491,071
|
Number
of Warrants Issued
|
Price
per share
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
40,000
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
30,340
|
|||
760,000
|
1.52
|
578,162
|
|||||
226,320
|
|
1.52
|
|
344,006
|
Number
of Shares Issued
|
Price
per share
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
1,573,000
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
15,730
|
|||
740,000
|
0.52
|
384,800
|
|||||
186,000
|
|
1.50
|
|
279,000
|
Number
of Options Issued
|
Price
per share
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
50,000
|
$
|
0.76
|
$
|
38,000
|
|||
|
|||||||
120,000
|
|
0.48
|
|
57,600
|
Number
of
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual Life
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
January 1, 2006
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Granted
|
170,000
|
2.56
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Expired
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
December 31, 2006
|
170,000
|
2.56
|
4.6
|
-
|
|||||||||
Exercisable
December 31, 2006
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|
Estimated
NOL
Carry-Forward
|
Tax
Rate
|
Estimated
NOL Carry-Forward
|
Valuation
Allowance
|
Net
Tax
Benefit
|
|||||||||||
Period
ended December 31, 2006
|
$
|
6,506,778
|
39.0
|
%
|
$
|
2,537,643
|
$
|
(2,537,643
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
6. |
The
parties recited their intent to pursue the development and construction
of
three additional ethanol facilities on terms and conditions substantially
similar to those for the Sutton
Project.
|
1. |
Siva
Limited agreed to loan American Ethanol up to $4.5 million for
the purpose
of investing in American Ethanol’s International Biofuels subsidiary for
the continued construction of a 50 million gallon biodiesel facility.
If
the note is repaid prior to thirty days from the date of the advance,
no
interest will be due. If the note is not fully paid in that time
period,
interest shall accrue at the rate of 2.5% per month and the note
shall
mature 12 months from the date of closing. Interest is payable
quarterly.
The loan is secured by a pledge by American Ethanol of 6% of the
membership units of Sutton Ethanol,
LLC.
|
2. |
Siva
Limited agreed to loan American Ethanol $32 million for the purpose
of
funding American Ethanol’s remaining equity contribution to Sutton
Ethanol, LLC. If the funds are borrowed, the loan will bear interest
at
the rate of 15% per annum, and will be due and payable on December
30,
2007. Interest is payable quarterly. The loan is secured by a
pledge by
American Ethanol of 35% of the membership units of Sutton Ethanol,
LLC.
American Ethanol is not obligated to borrow under this facility
and at
this time, no amount is
outstanding.
|
September
30,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
Assets
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
|
$
|
6,555,846
|
$
|
1,213,134
|
|||
Accounts
Receivable
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
90,000
|
348,869
|
|||||
Other
Current Assets
|
285,908
|
-
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
6,931,754
|
1,562,003
|
|||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
|
17,361,690
|
14,727,918
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
2,422,165
|
1,073,872
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
26,715,609
|
$
|
17,363,793
|
|||
Liabilities
and stockholders' equity
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
$
|
358,333
|
$
|
528,800
|
|||
Short
term borrowings (related party)
|
-
|
1,250,000
|
|||||
Unrealized
losses on foreign currency forward contracts
|
-
|
46,820
|
|||||
Current
portion of long term debt
|
-
|
35,714
|
|||||
Minority
partner investment in JV
|
56,696
|
||||||
Other
|
131,908
|
-
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
546,937
|
1,861,334
|
|||||
Long
term debt
|
33,866
|
205,357
|
|||||
Stockholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Common
Stock - outstanding 74,115,000 at
|
|||||||
September
30, 2007 and 74,710,000 at
|
|||||||
December
31, 2006 at $.001 par value
|
74,115
|
74,710
|
|||||
Series
A Preferred Stock - 4,999,999 shares at
|
|||||||
September
30, 2007 and December 31, 2006
|
|||||||
at
$.001 par value
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
|||||
Series
B Preferred Stock - outstanding 6,487,491 shares
|
|||||||
September
30, 2007 and 2,828,996 shares at
|
|||||||
December
31, 2006 at $.001 par value
|
6,487
|
2,828
|
|||||
Additional
Paid-in Capital
|
34,392,833
|
21,972,363
|
|||||
Retained
Deficit
|
(6,951,197
|
)
|
(882,117
|
)
|
|||
Current
year earnings(loss)
|
(2,981,706
|
)
|
(6,069,081
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive income
|
1,589,274
|
193,399
|
|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
26,134,806
|
15,297,102
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
26,715,609
|
$
|
17,363,793
|
For
the nine
months
ended
|
For
the three
months
ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
2007
|
September
30,
2006
|
September
30,
2007
|
September
30,
2006
|
||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
Cost
of Goods Sold
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
General
and Administrative Expenses
|
12,782,218
|
5,564,970
|
8,698,783
|
1,952,901
|
|||||||||
Operating
Loss
|
(12,782,218
|
)
|
(5,564,970
|
)
|
(8,698,783
|
)
|
(1,952,901
|
)
|
|||||
Other
Income
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income net of expense
|
20,259
|
116,466
|
69,150
|
13,396
|
|||||||||
Other
income net of expenses
|
154,796
|
-
|
138,036
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain
from sale of subsidiary
|
9,061,141
|
-
|
8,206,446
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain
on foreign currency exchange
|
544,775
|
-
|
492,659
|
-
|
|||||||||
Income
related to 50/50 joint venture
|
67,670
|
-
|
(87,866
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(2,933,577
|
)
|
(5,448,504
|
)
|
119,642
|
(1,939,505
|
)
|
||||||
Income
Taxes
|
(48,129
|
)
|
-
|
(48,129
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
Loss
|
$
|
(2,981,706
|
)
|
$
|
(5,448,504
|
)
|
$
|
71,513
|
$
|
(1,939,505
|
)
|
For
the nine months ended
|
|||||||
September
30,
2007
|
September
30,
2006
|
||||||
Operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,981,706
|
)
|
$
|
(5,448,504
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile Net loss to
|
|||||||
net
cash provided by operations:
|
|||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
1,659,963
|
341,530
|
|||||
Expired
land options
|
322,500
|
-
|
|||||
Amortization
of Intangibles
|
33,333
|
-
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of subsidiary
|
(881,481
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Loss
on impairment of assets
|
5,114,236
|
-
|
|||||
Gain
on foreign contracts
|
(46,820
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
-
|
(4,616
|
)
|
||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
258,869
|
(348,546
|
)
|
||||
Other
assets
|
(1,319,064
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Accounts
payable
|
(170,469
|
)
|
100,523
|
||||
Other
Liabilities
|
131,907
|
-
|
|||||
Other
|
-
|
(361,000
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided (used) by operating activities
|
2,121,268
|
(5,720,613
|
)
|
||||
Investing
activities:
|
-
|
||||||
Capital
Expenditures
|
(10,486,715
|
)
|
(14,493,241
|
)
|
|||
Refund
of capital expenditures
|
2,775,000
|
-
|
|||||
Investment
in Subsidiaries
|
(600,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Additions
to other assets and intangibles
|
(70,970
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Sale
of Wahoo facility
|
2,000,000
|
-
|
|||||
Cash
acquired in acquisitions
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(6,382,685
|
)
|
(14,493,241
|
)
|
|||
Financing
activities:
|
|||||||
(Payments
of) proceeds from short term borrowings
|
(1,250,000
|
)
|
250,000
|
||||
(Payments
of) proceeds from long term borrowings
|
33,868
|
-
|
|||||
Forfeited
stocks
|
200
|
14,648
|
|||||
Investment
in subsidiary
|
599,800
|
-
|
|||||
Minority
interest in operating subsidiary
|
56,696
|
-
|
|||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
200,000
|
-
|
|||||
Sale
of Series A Preferred Stock
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Sale
of Series B Preferred Stock
|
9,963,565
|
21,190,399
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
9,604,129
|
21,455,047
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
Net
cash increase for period
|
5,342,712
|
1,241,193
|
|||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
1,213,134
|
4,170
|
|||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$
|
6,555,846
|
$
|
1,245,363
|
Common
Stock (2)
|
Series
A Preferred
Stock
(1)
|
|
Series
B Preferred
Stock
(3)
|
|
Paid-in
Capital
in
excess
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Accumulated
other
compensation
|
|
Total
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Shares
|
|
Dollars
|
|
Shares
|
|
Dollars
|
|
Shares
|
|
Dollars
|
|
of
Par
|
|
Deficit
|
|
income
|
|
Dollars
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
74,710,000
|
$
|
74,710
|
4,999,999
|
$
|
5,000
|
2,828,996
|
$
|
2,828
|
$
|
21,972,363.00
|
$
|
(6,951,197
|
)
|
$
|
193,398
|
$
|
15,297,102
|
|||||||||||||
Sale
of Series B preferred
|
3,688,495
|
3,689
|
10,052,765
|
10,056,454
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited
shares of former employee
|
(800,000
|
)
|
(800
|
)
|
800
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Addition
Paid in Capital
from
settlement
|
200,000
|
200,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued to employee as compensation
|
5,000
|
5
|
14,995
|
15,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to warrants and options
|
1,642,080
|
1,642,080
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refund
of Investment
|
(30,000
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
(89,970
|
)
|
(90,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Biofuels
Marketing Merger
|
200,000
|
200
|
599,800
|
600,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
1,395,876
|
1,395,876
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss from start up operations
|
(2,981,706
|
)
|
(2,981,706
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2007
|
74,115,000
|
$
|
74,115
|
4,999,999
|
$
|
5,000
|
6,487,491
|
$
|
6,487
|
$
|
34,392,833
|
$
|
(9,932,903
|
)
|
$
|
1,589,274
|
$
|
26,134,806
|
September
30,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
Land
|
$
|
2,917,400
|
$
|
1,956,995
|
|||
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
30,617
|
-0-
|
|||||
Construction
in Progress
|
14,413,777
|
12,770,923
|
|||||
Total
gross property, plant & equipment
|
17,361,794
|
14,727,918
|
|||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(104
|
)
|
-0-
|
||||
Total
net property, plant & equipment
|
$
|
17,361,690
|
$
|
14,727,918
|
September
30,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
Current
|
|||||||
Land
options
|
$
|
267,160
|
$
|
-0-
|
|||
Interest
Receivable
|
18,748
|
-0-
|
|||||
$
|
285,908
|
$
|
-0-
|
||||
Long
Term
|
|||||||
Land
options
|
$
|
-0-
|
$
|
515,500
|
|||
Intangible
Assets, net of amortization
|
566,667
|
-0-
|
|||||
Domain
names
|
46,098
|
28,000
|
|||||
Deposits
|
75,000
|
-0-
|
|||||
Contract
lease prepayments for India JV
|
1,734,400
|
530,372
|
|||||
$
|
2,422,165
|
$
|
1,073,872
|
September
30,
2007
|
|
December
31,
2006
|
|||||
Accrued
compensation
|
$
|
92,677
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Accrued
accounting fees
|
25,000
|
-
|
|||||
Other
|
14,231
|
||||||
$
|
131,908
|
$
|
-
|
Number
of Warrants Issued
|
Price
per
share
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
40,000
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
30,340
|
|||
760,000
|
1.52
|
578,162
|
|||||
220,653
|
1.52
|
335,393
|
|||||
430,727
|
1.54
|
663,320
|
|||||
28,801
|
1.54
|
44,354
|
|||||
97,063
|
3.00
|
291,189
|
Number
of Shares Issued
|
Price
Per
Share
|
|
Fair
Value
|
||||
1,573,000
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
15,730
|
|||
740,000
|
0.52
|
384,800
|
|||||
186,000
|
1.50
|
279,000
|
|||||
5,000
|
3.00
|
15,000
|
Number
of Options Issued
|
Price
Per
Share
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|||
50,000
|
$
|
0.76
|
$
|
38,000
|
|||
120,000
|
0.48
|
57,600
|
|||||
647,000
|
3.00
|
975,455
|
Number
of Warrants Issued
|
Price
per
share
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
40,000
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
30,340
|
|||
760,000
|
1.52
|
578,162
|
|||||
220,653
|
1.52
|
335,393
|
|||||
430,727
|
1.54
|
663,320
|
|||||
28,801
|
1.54
|
44,354
|
|||||
67,063
|
3.00
|
201,189
|
Number
of Warrants Outstanding at December 31, 2005
|
-0-
|
|||
Granted
|
1,020,653
|
|||
Exercised
|
-0-
|
|||
Expired
|
-0-
|
|||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
1,020,653
|
|||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2006
|
1,020,653
|
|||
Granted
|
526,591
|
|||
Exercised
|
-0-
|
|||
Expired
|
-0-
|
|||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2007
|
1,547,244
|
|||
Exercisable
at September 30, 2007
|
1,547,244
|
·
|
American
Ethanol agreed to sell all of its interest in and to its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Wahoo Ethanol, LLC, to E85 for the purchase price of
$2
million;
|
·
|
American
Ethanol, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sutton Ethanol, LLC,
is
currently developing an ethanol production facility to be located
near
Sutton, Nebraska, which has a permitted production capacity of
approximately 115 million gallons per year (the "Sutton Project").
E85
agreed to acquire a 50% membership interest in Sutton Ethanol, LLC
for a
total equity contribution of $58 million, of which $24 million was
funded
on March 26, 2007 and American Ethanol agreed to make an additional
equity
contribution to Sutton Ethanol, LLC of $34 million. American Ethanol
will
retain a 50% membership interest in Sutton Ethanol,
LLC.
|
·
|
In
addition, American Ethanol will have the lead responsibility to negotiate,
on behalf of Sutton Ethanol, LLC the terms and conditions of a turnkey,
engineering, procurement and construction contract ("EPC Contract")
with a
suitable qualified construction contractor ("Contractor"), which
EPC
Contract will have terms and conditions sufficient to allow the Sutton
Project to obtain, on commercially reasonable terms, non-recourse
construction and term loan financing in an amount of approximately
$100,000,000 (the "Financing"), including, without limitation, a
completion guarantee from the Contractor that will be backed by a
performance bond. E85 will assist American Ethanol in such negotiations
as
reasonably requested by American Ethanol. In addition, American Ethanol
shall have the lead responsibility to negotiate, on behalf of Sutton
Ethanol, LLC, the terms and conditions of the Financing. E85 shall
assist
American Ethanol in such negotiations as reasonably requested by
American
Ethanol.
|
·
|
E85
and American Ethanol agreed that American Ethanol will enter into
a
management agreement with Sutton Ethanol, LLC to manage the operation
of
the Sutton ethanol facility on such terms and conditions as are consistent
with arms length management agreements for ethanol facilities of
a similar
type and size.
|
·
|
E85
and American Ethanol agreed that American Ethanol or its biofuels
marketing subsidiary will enter into an exclusive marketing agreement
with
Sutton Ethanol, LLC to market ethanol and any other products from
the
Sutton ethanol facility for a fee to American Ethanol of one percent
(1.0%) of gross sales, and on such terms and conditions as are consistent
with arms length marketing agreements for ethanol facilities of a
similar
type and size; and
|
·
|
The
parties recited their intent to pursue the development and construction
of
three additional ethanol facilities on terms and conditions substantially
similar to those for the Sutton
Project.
|
·
|
In
addition, American Ethanol, Inc. entered into the following credit
facilities with Siva Limited, a Bermuda corporation, an affiliated
entity
of E85, Inc:
|
·
|
Siva
Limited agreed to loan American Ethanol up to $4.5 million for the
purpose
of investing in American Ethanol’s International Biofuels subsidiary for
the continued construction of a 50 million gallon biodiesel facility.
If
the note is repaid prior to thirty days from the date of the advance,
no
interest will be due. If the note is not fully paid in that time
period,
interest shall accrue at the rate of 2.5% per month and the note
shall
mature 12 months from the date of closing. Interest is payable quarterly.
The loan is secured by a pledge by American Ethanol of 6% of the
membership units of Sutton Ethanol,
LLC
|
·
|
Siva
Limited agreed to loan American Ethanol $32 million for the purpose
of
funding American Ethanol’s remaining equity contribution to Sutton
Ethanol, LLC. If the funds are borrowed, the loan will bear interest
at
the rate of 15% per annum, and will be due and payable on December
30,
2007. Interest is payable quarterly. The loan is secured by a pledge
by
American Ethanol of 35% of the membership units of Sutton Ethanol,
LLC.
American Ethanol is not obligated to borrow under this facility and
at
this time, no amount is
outstanding.
|
·
|
Permitted
for 113 million gallon ethanol
plant
|
·
|
Qualified
access to require natural gas, electricity and water
resources
|
·
|
Site
offers access to both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Railroads
with
adequate roadway system
|
·
|
207
million bushels of corn within 50 miles of site (40 million bushels
required)
|
·
|
Proximity
to 650,000 head of cattle within 50 miles for DDG
consumption
|
Location
|
Approximate
Acreage
|
Annual
ethanol
capacity
(in
millions
of gallons
per
year)
|
Permitting
|
|||
Nebraska
|
||||||
Sutton,
Clay County
|
200
|
113
|
Permit
Granted
|
|||
Red
Cloud, Webster County
|
400
|
115
|
In
Process
|
|||
Illinois
|
||||||
Danville,
Vermilion County*
|
175
|
118
|
Permit
Granted
|
|||
Gilman,
Iroquois County
|
204
|
118
|
Permit
Granted
|
|||
Allen
Station, Mason County
|
107
|
118
|
Permit
Granted
|
|||
Stillman
Valley, Ogle County
|
200
|
118
|
Permit
Granted
|
|||
Litchfield,
Montgomery County
|
182
|
118
|
Permit
Granted
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
Change
in
|
|
Net
|
|
||||||||
|
|
NOL
Carry-
|
|
Tax
|
|
Tax
benefit
|
|
Valuation
|
|
Valuation
|
|
Tax
|
|
||||||
|
forward
|
|
Rate
|
|
From
NOL
|
|
Allowance
|
|
Allowance
|
|
Benefit
|
||||||||
December
31, 2006
|
$
|
6,506,778
|
39.0
|
%
|
$
|
2,537,643
|
($2,537,643
|
)
|
($2,537,643
|
)
|
$
|
0
|
Executed
on November 14, 2007
|
/s/
Eric A. McAfee
|
|
Eric
A. McAfee
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
/s/ Eric McAfee | |
Eric
McAfee, Director
|
Warrant
Holder:
|
|
|
or
its assigns
|
||
Warrant
Shares:
|
Shares
of the Company’s Common Stock
|
||||
Number
of Shares:
|
|
, |
subject
to adjustment as provided herein
|
||
Warrant
Exercise Price:
|
|
per
share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided
herein
|
|||
Issue
Date:
|
|||||
Expiration
Date:
|
X
=
|
(B-A)
|
Y
|
B
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
|
|
A
Nevada corporation
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
William Maender |
Title:
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Address:
|
10600
N. De Anza Blvd., Suite 250
|
Cupertino, CA 95014 |
Accepted
and Agreed:
|
|
[INVESTOR]
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
|
Title:
|
|
Address:
|
o |
elects
to purchase __________ shares of Warrant Stock (as defined in the
Warrant)
of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and
tenders
herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full;
or
|
o |
elects
to exercise its net issuance rights pursuant to Section 11 of the
attached
Warrant with respect to __________ shares Warrant
Stock.
|
|
(Name)
|
|
(Address)
|
|
(City,
State)
|
|
||
(Date)
|
||
|
||
(Signature)
|
||
Signature
must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a member
firm
of a major stock exchange if shares of Warrant Stock are to be
issued, or
securities are to be delivered, other than to or in the name of
the
registered holder of this
Warrant.
|
o |
such
sale, transfer or other disposition may be effected without registration
or qualification (under the Securities Act of 1933 as then in effect
and
any applicable state securities law then in effect) of this Warrant
or the
securities issuable thereunder and has attached hereto a written
opinion
of such Holder’s counsel to that effect;
or
|
o |
such
sale, transfer or other disposition has been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registered and/or qualified
under
all applicable state securities
laws.
|
|
||
(Date)
|
||
|
||
(Signature)
|
||
Signature
must correspond in all respects with the name as written upon
the face of
the Warrant in every particular without alteration or any change
whatever.
|
Warrant
Number:
|
WB
-
|
Warrant
Holder:
|
____________________
or its assigns
|
Warrant
Shares:
|
Shares
of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock
|
Number
of Shares:
|
_____________________
(______),
subject to adjustment as provided herein
|
Warrant
Exercise Price:
|
_________
(_____)
per share of Series B Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as provided
herein
|
Issue
Date:
|
|
Expiration
Date:
|
X
=
|
(
B-A
)
B
|
Y |
Where: |
X
=
the number of shares of Warrant Stock that may
be
issued to
holder
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
A
Nevada corporation
By:
Name:
Eric
McAfee, Executive Chairman
Address:
10600
N. De Anza Blvd., Suite 250,
Cupertino, CA 95014
|
o |
elects
to purchase __________ shares of Warrant Stock (as defined in the
Warrant)
of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and
tenders
herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full;
or
|
o |
elects
to exercise its net issuance rights pursuant to Section 11 of the
attached
Warrant with respect to __________ shares Warrant
Stock.
|
(Signature)
Signature
must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a member
firm
of a major stock exchange if shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued,
or
securities are to be delivered, other than to or in the name of the
registered holder of this Warrant.
|
o |
such
sale, transfer or other disposition may be effected without registration
or qualification (under the Securities Act of 1933 as then in effect
and
any applicable state securities law then in effect) of this Warrant
or the
securities issuable thereunder and has attached hereto a written
opinion
of such Holder’s counsel to that effect;
or
|
o |
such
sale, transfer or other disposition has been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registered and/or qualified
under
all applicable state securities
laws.
|
(Signature)
Signature
must correspond in all respects with the name as written upon
the face of
the Warrant in every particular without alteration or any change
whatever.
|
Submitted
by:
|
Accepted
by:
|
|
OPTIONEE
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
|
|
Signature
|
By
|
|
Print
Name
|
Title
|
|
Address
:
|
Address
:
|
|
Date
Received
|
OPTIONEE:
|
|
COMPANY:
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
|
SECURITY:
|
COMMON
STOCK
|
AMOUNT:
|
|
DATE:
|
Signature
of Optionee:
|
||||
Date:
|
,
|
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Eric A. McAfee |
|
Eric
A. McAfee, Chairman
|
SERIES
A INVESTORS:
|
|
SERIES
B INVESTORS:
|
|
ADVISOR
|
AMERICAN ETHANOL, LLC | |||
/s/
Eric McAfee
|
/s/ Tim Morris | |||
Eric
McAfee
|
Tim Morris, CEO | |||
|
||||
Address:
|
10600
N. De Anza Blvd., #250
|
Address:
|
203
North LaSalle Street, Suite 2100
|
|
Cupertino,
CA 95014
|
Chicago,
IL 60601
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC., a Nevada corporation
|
/s/
Eric A McAfee
|
Eric
A. McAfee
|
Executive
Chairman
|
EXECUTIVE
|
/s/
Surendra Ajjarapu
|
Surendra
Ajjarapu
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, LLC
|
/s/
Eric McAfee
|
Eric
McAfee
|
Chairman/CEO
|
EXECUTIVE
|
/s/
William Maender
|
William
Maender
|
AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.
|
/s/
Eric A. McAfee
|
Eric
A. McAfee
|
Executive
Chairman
|
Date:
May 22, 2007
|
EMPLOYEE
|
/s/
Andrew Foster
|
Andrew
Foster
|
Date:
May 22, 2007
|
1. |
Basic
Provisions ("Basic Provisions")
.
|
1.1
|
Parties
:
This Sublease ("
Sublease
"),
dated for reference purposes only August 20, 2007, is made by and
between
Navio Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation ("
Sublessor
")
and American Ethanol Inc., a Nevada corporation ("
Sublessee
"),
(collectively the "
Parties
",
or individually a "
Party
").
|
1.2(a)
|
Premises
:
That certain portion of the Project (as defined below), known as
20400
Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 700, Cupertino, CA - a portion of a
larger
multi-tenant office building , consisting of approximately
6,134
rentable
square
feet ("
Premises")
.
The Premises are located at: See Exhibit A, in the City of Cupertino
,
County of Santa Clara , State of California , with zip code 95014.
In
addition to Sublessee's rights to use and occupy the Premises as
hereinafter specified, Sublessee shall have nonexclusive rights
to the
Common Areas (as defined below) as hereinafter specified, but shall
not
have any rights to the roof, the exterior walls, or the utility
raceways
of the building containing the Premises ("
Building
")
or to any other buildings in the Project. The Premises, the Building,
the
Common Areas, the land upon which they are located, along with
all other
buildings and improvements thereon, are herein collectively referred
to as
the "
Project
."
|
1.2(b)
|
Parking
:
18 unreserved and 0 reserved vehicle parking spaces.
|
1.3
|
Term
:
_________years and 25 months commencing September 1, 2007 ("
Commencement
Date
")
and ending September 30, 2009 ("
Expiration
Date
").
|
1.4
|
Early
Possession
:
N/A
("
Early
Possession Date
").
|
1.5
|
Base
Rent
:
$
15,948.40 per month ("
Base
Rent
)",
payable on the 1st day of each month commencing October 1, 2007.
|
o
If this box is
checked, there are provisions in this Sublease for the Base Rent
to be
adjusted.
|
|
1.6
|
Sublessee's
Share of Operating Expenses
:
twenty-nine point eight percent (29.8%) ("
Sublessee's
Share
").
|
1.7
|
Base
Rent and Other Monies Paid Upon Execution
:
|
(a)
|
Base
Rent
:
$15,948.40 for the period September 1, 2007 - September31,
2007.
|
(b)
|
Security
Deposit
:
$22,389.10 ("
Security
Deposit
").
|
(c)
|
Other
:
$6,440.70 for Pro-rata share of Operating Expenses for September
1, 2007 -
September 31, 2007.
|
(d)
|
Total
Due Upon Execution of this Lease
:
$44,778.20.
|
1.8
|
Agreed
Use
:
Per Section 8 of the Master Lease dated June 23, 2004.
|
|
1.
9
|
Real
Estate Brokers:
|
|
(a)
|
Representation
:
The following real estate brokers (the “Brokers”) and brokerage
relationships exist in this transaction (check applicable
boxes):
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x
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CB
Richard Ellis represents Sublessor exclusively (“
Sublessor’s
Broker
”);
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x
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Cornish
& Carey represents Sublessee exclusively (“
Sublessee’s
Broker
”)
or
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represents both Sublessor and Sublessee (“
Dual
Agency
”).
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an
Addendum consisting of Paragraphs 14 through 17;
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a
plot plan depicting the Premises and/or Project;
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a
current set of the Rules and Regulations;
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o
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a
Work Letter;
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x
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a
copy of the Master Lease;
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x
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other
(specify): a copy of the First Amendment to Lease and Exhibit A
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Furniture Inventory.
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3. |
Possession
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4. |
Rent
and Other Charges
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5. |
Security
Deposit
.
The rights and obligations of Sublessor and Sublessee as to said
Security
Deposit shall be as set forth in Paragraph 5 of the Master Lease
(as
modified by Paragraph 7.3 of this Sublease).
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6. |
Agreed
Use
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The Premises shall be used and occupied only for Per Section 8 of
the
Master Lease,
and
for no other purpose.
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7. |
Master
Lease
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8. |
Assignment
of Sublease and Default.
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9. |
Consent
of Master Lessor.
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10. |
Additional
Brokers Commissions
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Executed
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Cupertino,
Ca
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Executed
at:
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Cupertino,
Ca
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September
6, 2007
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6, 2007
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SUBLESSOR:
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By
SUBLESSEE:
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Navio
Systems Inc, a Delaware corporation
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American
Ethanol Inc., a corporation
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By:
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/s/
Elmar Jakoby
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By:
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/s/
Eric A. McAfee
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Name
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Printed: Elmar Jakoby |
Name
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Printed: Eric A. McAfee | |||||||
Title:
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CFO |
Title:
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CEO | |||||||
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Name
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Name
Printed:
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Title:
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Title:
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Address:
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20400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 750 |
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Address:
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10600 N DeAnza #250 | ||||||
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Cupertino, CA 95014 | Cupertino, CA 95014 | ||||||||
Telephone:
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(408 ) 777-2700 | Telephone: | (408 ) 390-3275 | |||||||
Facsimile:
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(408 ) 777-2791 | Facsimile: | (408 ) 877-1654 | |||||||
Federal
ID
No.
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Federal
ID No.
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BROKER:
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Attn:
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Address:
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Suite
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1
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Professionally
steam clean the carpets
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2
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Paint
the office area or provide “touch up” paint, including painting the
demising wall, in a professional workmanlike manner in accordance
with the
Building Standard that has previously been approved by Master Lessor
for a
first class office space.
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3
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Demise
the Premises from neighboring Suite 740 in a professional workmanlike
manner in accordance with the Building Standard that has previously
been
approved by Master Lessor for demising walls between independent
tenants
in a first class office space.
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A.
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Terms
of Option to extend. Subject to the conditions below, Sublessee shall
have
the option to extend the term of this Sublease for one (1) additional
period of twenty five (25) months, in no event expiring beyond October
31,
2011. The extension period shall commence upon the expiration of
the
previous term. Sublessee's option to extend shall be subject to the
following conditions:
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B.
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Base
Rent for the Option Period
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SUBLESSOR:
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Navio
Systems Inc.
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SUBLESSEE:
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American
Ethanol Inc.
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A
Delaware Corporation
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A
Nevada Corporation
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BY:
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/s/
Elmar Jakoby
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BY:
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/s/
Eric McAfee
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BY:
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Elmar
Jakoby
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BY:
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Eric
McAfee
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Date:
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September
6, 2007
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Date:
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September
6, 2007
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(a) |
Financing
Advisory Services Originated by Chadbourn
.
In the event that Chadbourn or its subsidiary(s) directly originates
or
provides an accepted Equity Funding, SPV Funding or Debt Funding, the
Company shall pay to Chadbourn from net proceeds received by the Company
at closing(s) the following, minus any amounts paid by the Company
to
mutually approved intermediaries listed on
Exhibit
B
(if any), attached hereto:
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(i) |
An
advisory fee equal to Seven Percent (7%) of the total net proceeds
from
Chadbourn-originated Equity Fundings received by the Company;
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(ii) |
An
additional unallocated expense reimbursement fee equal to One Percent
(1%)
of the total net proceeds from all Equity Fundings received by the
Company;
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(iii) |
Warrants
equal to (Eight Percent) 8% of the number of shares sold in the Equity
Offering. Such warrants should have a seven year maturity, an exercise
price equal to the offering price of each respective offering by the
Company, piggyback registration rights and a cashless exercise provision;
and
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(iv) |
An
advisory fee subject to future negotiation for proceeds from
Chadbourn-originated SPV Fundings or Debt Fundings received by the
Company.
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(a) |
The
Company agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to Chadbourn all
necessary or appropriate information for use in its engagement and
hereby
represents and warrants that any information relating to the Company
or
transaction that is furnished to Chadbourn by or on behalf of the Company
will be true and correct in all material respects and not misleading.
The
Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by Chadbourn
or any
of our representatives in connection with this engagement is for the
confidential use of the Company only in its evaluation of a transaction
and the Company will not, and will not permit any third party to, use
it
for any other purpose or disclose or otherwise refer to such advice
or
information, or to Chadbourn, in any manner without our prior written
consent.
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(b) |
Chadbourn
recognizes and confirms that the Company, in acting pursuant to this
engagement, may be providing material non-public information to Chadbourn,
and that Chadbourn assumes responsibility that no such material non-public
information shall be communicated or divulged to any other party without
the express written consent of Company and that any recipient of such
material non-public information shall not trade in the securities of
the
Company (or any public company intending to merge with or acquire the
Company) until such information is either public or rendered
moot.
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(c) |
Each
of the Company and Chadbourn agrees to conduct any offering and sale
of
securities in any transaction in accordance with applicable federal
and
state securities laws, and neither the Company nor Chadbourn, nor any
person acting on behalf of either of them, will offer or sell any
securities in a transaction by any form of general solicitation, general
advertising, or by any other means that would be deemed a public offering
under applicable law. Chadbourn has no obligation, express or implied,
to
purchase or underwrite any transaction or to itself provide any type
of
financing to the Company or be a party to any transaction, or to solicit
investors outside the United States.
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(d) |
Chadbourn
further acknowledges that by the very nature of its relationship with
the
Company it may, from time to time, have knowledge of or access to material
non-public information (as such term is defined by the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended). Chadbourn hereby agrees and covenants that:
1)
Chadbourn will not make any purchases or sales in the stock of the
Company
based on such information; 2) Chadbourn will utilize its commercially
reasonable efforts to safeguard and prevent the dissemination of such
information to third parties unless authorized in writing by the Company
to do so as may be necessary in the performance of its services under
this
agreement; and 3) Chadbourn will not, in any way, utilize or otherwise
include such information, in actual form or in substantive content,
in its
analysis for, preparation of or release of any Chadbourn literature
or
other communication(s) relating to the Company, including, but not
limited
to: research reports, press releases, publications, letters to investors
and telephone or other personal communication(s) with potential or
current
investors, including Chadbourn related
investors.
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Very
truly yours,
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CHADBOURN
SECURITIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Laird Q. Cagen |
Laird
Q. Cagan
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Managing
Director
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AMERICAN
ETHANOL, INC.,
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a
California corporation
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By:
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/s/ Tim S. Morris |
Tim
S. Morris, CEO
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NAME
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COMMISSION
OR FEE
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