Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS) and LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech), a
US-based carbon capture and transformation company, have announced
a strategic collaboration with the signing of a Strategic Framework
Agreement.
Under the Strategic Framework Agreement Woodside
will, in collaboration with LanzaTech and subject to a positive
final investment decision, design, construct, own, maintain and
operate pilot facilities relating to LanzaTech’s technologies. The
Strategic Framework Agreement also allows Woodside and LanzaTech to
explore opportunities for the potential commercial scale-up of
LanzaTech’s technology, which seeks to convert greenhouse gas
emissions into new products.
In conjunction, Woodside has entered into a
Subscription Agreement for a US$50 million investment in the common
stock private investment in public equity (PIPE) of AMCI
Acquisition Corp. II (AMCI) (Nasdaq: AMCI), with which LanzaTech is
expected to merge in a previously announced business combination
transaction. The Strategic Framework Agreement and Woodside’s PIPE
investment are conditional on closing of the proposed business
combination between LanzaTech and AMCI. Upon closing, the combined
company is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol
“LNZA”.
Woodside’s investment is a major milestone for
the LanzaTech and AMCI business combination. The collaboration with
Woodside is expected to unlock significant value for LanzaTech,
allowing LanzaTech to expand the applications of its technology to
different feedstocks and rethink waste management systems.
Woodside and LanzaTech expect to further
collaborate to explore and develop additional products from
greenhouse gas emissions.
Woodside CEO, Meg O’Neill said, “As the energy
transition advances, we anticipate increasing demand for carbon
capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). LanzaTech have an
innovative approach towards not just reducing greenhouse gas
emissions but transforming them into useful products. Their
skillset in the fields of synthetic biology, bioinformatics,
artificial intelligence, and machine learning coupled with
engineering offers a potential opportunity to realise this
aspiration.
This is a step forward in achieving our goal of
building a new energy portfolio centered on profitably investing in
the products and services to support our customers’ chosen
decarbonisation pathways.”
“We are excited to be part of Woodside Energy’s
journey as they build a portfolio of lower-carbon services,” said
LanzaTech CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren.
“Conversion of greenhouse gases into value added
products unlocks multiple benefits for our environment. With both
this collaboration agreement and new investment into the PIPE, we
see the potential to work together to reduce emissions and
repurpose carbon into useful products.”
Contacts:
MEDIABen CranstonE:
ben.cranston@woodside.com.auM: +61 427 482 365 |
Freya BurtonE: freya@lanzatech.com |
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About Woodside
Woodside is a global energy company, proudly
Australian with a spirit of innovation and determination. Woodside
provides energy that the world needs to heat homes, keep lights on
and support industry. The company aims to thrive through the global
energy transition with a low-cost, lower-carbon, profitable,
resilient and diversified portfolio.
Woodside has a growing portfolio of carbon
services (offsets, carbon capture and storage, carbon capture and
utilisation), hydrogen, ammonia and renewable power opportunities
in Australia and internationally. Our new energy opportunities
include proposed hydrogen and ammonia projects H2Perth and H2TAS in
Australia and a proposed hydrogen project H2OK in North
America.
Website: www.woodside.com
About LanzaTech:
LanzaTech harnesses the power of biology and big
data to create climate-safe materials and fuels. With expertise in
synthetic biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and
machine learning coupled with engineering, LanzaTech has created a
platform that converts waste carbon into new everyday products that
would otherwise come from virgin fossil resources. LanzaTech’s
first two commercial scale gas fermentation plants have produced
over 40 million gallons of ethanol, which is the equivalent of
offsetting the release of 200,000 metric tons of CO2 into the
atmosphere. Additional plants are under construction globally.
LanzaTech is based in Illinois, USA. For more LanzaTech company
news, visit lanzatech.com.
As previously announced, LanzaTech has entered
into a merger agreement for a business combination transaction
(“the “Business Combination”) with AMCI Acquisition Corp. II
(Nasdaq: AMCI). Upon closing, the combined company is expected to
trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LNZA”.
Important Information About the Business
Combination and Where to Find It
The proposed Business Combination will be
submitted to stockholders of AMCI for their consideration. AMCI has
filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
that includes both a preliminary prospectus with respect to the
combined company’s securities to be issued in connection with the
Business Combination and a proxy statement to be distributed to
AMCI's stockholders in connection with AMCI's solicitation of
proxies for the vote by its stockholders in connection with the
Business Combination and other matters as described in the
Registration Statement. AMCI urges its investors, stockholders and
other interested persons to read, when available, the preliminary
proxy statement/prospectus and any amendments thereto and the
definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other documents
filed by AMCI with the SEC, because these documents will contain
important information about AMCI, LanzaTech and the business
combination. After the Registration Statement is declared
effective, AMCI will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus
to its stockholders as of a record date to be established for
voting on the proposed business combination. Stockholders will also
be able to obtain a copy of the Registration Statement, including
the preliminary and definitive proxy statement/prospectus, once
available, as well as other documents filed with the SEC regarding
the business combination and other documents filed by AMCI with the
SEC, without charge, at the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov or
by directing a request to: AMCI Acquisition Corp. II, 600 Steamboat
Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
Participants in the
Solicitation
AMCI and LanzaTech and their respective
directors and executive officers may be considered participants in
the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed Business
Combination under the rules of the SEC. Information about the
directors and executive officers of AMCI is set forth in the
Registration Statement (and will be included in the definitive
proxy statement/prospectus). Information regarding the persons who
may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the
solicitation of AMCI stockholders in connection with the proposed
business combination is set forth in the Registration Statement
(and will be included in the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus). Stockholders, potential investors and other
interested persons should read the proxy statement/prospectus
carefully before making any voting or investment decisions. These
documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking
statements regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies and
prospects, both business and financial, of LanzaTech and Woodside.
These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the
management of LanzaTech and Woodside, respectively. Although
LanzaTech and Woodside believe that their respective plans,
intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, they cannot assure you
that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or
expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that
are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible
or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results
of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may
be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,”
“estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,”
“should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends”
or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements are based on
projections prepared by, and are the responsibility of, LanzaTech’s
management and Woodside’s management, respectively. These
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important
factors, many of which are outside the control of LanzaTech and
Woodside, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
New risk factors that may affect actual results or outcomes emerge
from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk
factors, nor can LanzaTech or Woodside assess the impact of all
such risk factors on its business, or the extent to which any
factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You
should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only
as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable
to LanzaTech, Woodside or persons acting on their behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary
statements. Neither LanzaTech nor Woodside undertakes any
obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law.
Non-Solicitation
This press release shall not constitute a proxy
statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with
respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Business
Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except
by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
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