Item
1.01. Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
October 5, 2007, Xethanol Corporation (“Xethanol”), the registrant, entered into
a Stock Purchase and Termination Agreement (the “Agreement”) with H2Diesel
Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), and Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, H2Diesel,
Inc. On signing the Agreement, Holdings paid Xethanol a $250,000 non-refundable
deposit that will apply towards the purchase price described below. Xethanol
and
H2Diesel, Inc. are parties to an Amended and Restated Sublicense Agreement
dated
June 15, 2006, a Technology Access Agreement dated June 15, 2006 and a Letter
Agreement regarding registration rights dated October 16, 2006. Xethanol
currently owns 5,850,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.001 per share,
of
Holdings.
The
common stock of Holdings is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the trading
symbol HTWO.OB. According to Yahoo Finance, the closing price of the common
stock of Holdings on October 5, 2007 was $7.00 per share, and the average daily
trading volume over the previous three months was approximately 9,200
shares.
Under
the
Agreement, which provides for a future closing as described below, Xethanol
agreed to sell to Holdings 5,460,000 shares of the common stock of Holdings,
or
approximately 31.6% of Holdings’ outstanding common stock. The purchase price is
$7.0 million, or approximately $1.28 per share. In addition, the agreements
described in the previous paragraph will be terminated at the closing, and
a
$50,000 loan from Xethanol to H2Diesel will be deemed to be satisfied and
cancelled. The closing is conditioned on the closing of a transaction in which
Holdings obtains a minimum of $10,000,000 of new financing, although Holdings
may waive this condition in its sole discretion. (Xethanol will retain the
remaining 390,000 shares of Holdings’ common stock that it now
owns.)
If
the
closing does not occur on or before November 9, 2007, or a later date as the
parties may agree in writing, each party shall have an independent right to
terminate the Agreement on 10 calendar days’ written notice to the other party.
Neither party will incur any obligation to the other party as a result of the
termination, unless the termination results from a failure to close arising
from
a breach by a party of its obligations under the Agreement, in which case the
non-breaching party will be entitled to pursue remedies at law or equity. The
failure of Holdings to obtain new financing will not be a breach of the
Agreement. If the Agreement is terminated other than as a result of a breach
by
Xethanol of its obligations under the Agreement, Xethanol will retain the
non-refundable deposit of $250,000.
The
board
of directors of Xethanol unanimously approved the transaction. In its
deliberation, the board took into account a fairness opinion from Taylor
Consulting Group, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, to the effect that the terms of the
transaction were fair and reasonable from a financial point of view to Xethanol
and to its shareholders.
Xethanol
recommends that investors read the Agreement carefully. A copy of the Agreement
is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated into this report
by this reference.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
No.
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Exhibit
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10.1
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Stock
Purchase and Termination Agreement by and among Xethanol Corporation,
H2Diesel Holdings, Inc. and H2Diesel, Inc. dated October 5,
2007.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
| Xethanol Corporation | ||
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| Date: October 9, 2007 | By: | /s/ David R. Ames |
| David R. Ames | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and President | ||