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): April 12, 2011
RENTECH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Colorado
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001-15795
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84-0957421
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(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600
Los Angeles, California
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90024
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(310) 571-9800
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(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
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Item 1.01
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Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
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On April 12, 2011, GCSEC Holdings, LLC (GCSEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rentech, Inc. (the Company or
Rentech), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Biomass Energy
Holdings LLC (Seller), to purchase 100% of the membership interests of Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center LLC
(NWFREC). GCSEC and Seller have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement.
The Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby have been approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company and the Members of Seller.
NWFREC is developing the Port St. Joe Renewable Energy Center (the Port St. Joe Project) located in Port St.
Joe, Florida. The Port St. Joe Project is designed to use a Rentech-SilvaGas biomass gasifier to provide synthesis gas
to a combined-cycle power plant to produce renewable power from woody biomass. Rentech has signed a term sheet with
White Construction, Inc. to serve as the basis for an engineering, procurement and construction contract for
construction of the Port St. Joe Project (the EPC Contract).
The consideration for the purchase of NWFREC has been deferred and may be paid in part at the closing of
construction financing from proceeds of the financing, and in part from available operating cash flow of the project
following commencement of commercial operation. Subject to adjustments set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the
maximum consideration to be paid for the project is $6 million, consisting of approximately $4.9 million of cash
payments and $1.1 million of equity in NWFREC. The cash portion represents development costs to date paid by Seller
plus 10% of such costs. The cash consideration may be paid 30% at the closing of construction financing, and 70% from
available cash flows of the project, both subject to approval of any lenders to, or new equity investors in, the
project. The purchase price can be decreased in certain instances, including in the event that the lump sum turnkey
price in the EPC Contract exceeds an agreed-upon maximum price.
GSEC has agreed in the Purchase Agreement to continue to develop the Port St. Joe Project through the fall of 2011
in accordance with a development budget. In the event that we fail to fund development activities in accordance with
the budget, other than for good cause (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), Rentech would be obligated to pay Seller
a $1 million break fee and Seller may, at its option, require GCSEC to re-convey NWFREC back to Seller for a potential
deferred purchase price. If the Port St. Joe Project achieves financial close within five years of a re-conveyance,
then Rentech would be reimbursed for its development costs and any break-up fee and it would receive an equity interest
in NWFREC on terms substantially similar to those described above for deferred payments and equity for Seller.
The Purchase Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding
its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about GCSEC, the Company, Seller or NWFREC. The
representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of that
agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, may be
subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures
made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement instead of
establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting
parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Purchase
Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as
characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of GCSEC or Seller or any of their respective subsidiaries
or affiliates.
The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement, and related transactions, does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is attached to this
Current Report as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference.