Alto Ingredients Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 5, 2024, Alto Pekin, LLC (“Alto Pekin”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Alto Ingredients, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a CO2 Transportation and Sequestration Agreement, dated November 5, 2024 (the “CO2 Agreement”), by and between Vault Dragon CCS Holdings LP (“Vault”) and Alto Pekin pursuant to which Alto Pekin will deliver a composite of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) and other components through certain CO2 transportation facilities that Vault is planning to construct, own, operate and maintain for permanent sequestration at certain injection and sequestration facilities that Vault is planning to construct, own, operate and maintain in such a manner that will permit Alto Pekin to qualify for, claim and receive certain tax credits and other benefits.
The description of the CO2 Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the CO2 Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 10.1*# | CO2 Transportation and Sequestration Agreement dated November 5, 2024 by and between Vault Dragon CCS Holdings LP and Alto Pekin, LLC | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |
| * | Exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
| # | Certain information has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted information to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
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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.
| Date: November 12, 2024 | ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC. | |
| By: | /S/ AUSTE M. GRAHAM | |
| Auste M. Graham, | ||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
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