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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): September 14, 2023
VERTEX ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
001-11476 |
94-3439569 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1331 Gemini Street
Suite 250
Houston, Texas |
77058 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code: (866) 660-8156
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock,
$0.001 Par Value Per Share |
VTNR |
The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Capital Market) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an
emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On
September 14, 2023, Vertex Refining Alabama LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vertex Energy, Inc. (“Vertex” or the
“Company”), and Macquarie Energy North America Trading Inc. (“Macquarie”), entered into Amendment
No. 2 to Supply and Offtake Agreement (“Amendment No. 2”). Amendment No. 2 amended that certain April 1, 2022 Supply
and Offtake Agreement entered into between Vertex and Macquarie (as amended from time to time, the “Supply and Offtake Agreement”),
to, among other things, include certain hydrocarbon storage tanks located at the BWC Storage Terminal at Blakeley Island, Alabama (the
“Product Tanks”) as Included Product Tanks under and as defined in the Supply and Offtake Agreement. The Product Tanks
have an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 310,000 barrels. In connection with Amendment No. 2, the Company entered into certain
ancillary agreements with Macquarie and the owners/operators of the Product Tanks, providing Macquarie with, among other things, certain
storage rights with respect to the Product Tanks and related consents and acknowledgments with respect to the Product Tanks and Macquarie’s
usage of such tanks.
The
foregoing description of Amendment No. 2 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text
of Amendment No. 2, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated into this Item 1.01
by reference in its entirety.
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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10.1*+ |
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Amendment No. 2 to Supply and Offtake Agreement dated September 1, 2023, and effective September 14, 2023, between Vertex Refining Alabama LLC and Macquarie Energy North America Trading Inc. |
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Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K |
| + | Certain schedules, annexes and similar attachments have been omitted
pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities
and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however that Vertex Energy, Inc. may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule
24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished. |
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.
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VERTEX ENERGY, INC. |
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Date: September 19, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Chris Carlson |
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Chris Carlson |
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Chief Financial Officer |
VERTEX ENERGY, INC. 8-K
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT
NO. 2
TO
SUPPLY AND
OFFTAKE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
SUPPLY AND OFFTAKE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered effective September 1, 2023, by and between VERTEX
REFINING ALABAMA LLC (“Vertex” or “Company”) and MACQUARIE ENERGY NORTH AMERICA TRADING INC. (“Macquarie”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Vertex and Macquarie
are parties to that certain Supply and Offtake Agreement dated April 1, 2022, as amended on or about May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes,
schedules and exhibits thereto, and as further amended from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto
desire to amend the Agreement as set forth in more detail herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
AGREEMENT
Section
1.
Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meaning
given to them in the Agreement.
Section
2.
Amendments to Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)
Section 1.1 [Definitions] is hereby amended in part as follows:
(i)
The following defined terms are added:
"BWC Agreements" means:
| (a) | the BWC Terminalling Agreements; |
| (b) | the BWC Storage Rights Agreement; and |
| (c) | the BWC Consent Letters. |
"BWC Consent Letters" means each "Consent
to Storage and Usage Agreement" dated or effective on or around the effective date of this Agreement and entered into between the
BWC Operator, Macquarie and the Company.
“BWC Inclusion Date” means first date on
which any tank located at the BWC Storage Facilities is specified as an “Included Product Tank” in Schedule E.
"BWC Operator" means BWC Terminals LLC, BWC
Alabama LLC, or such other successor or assignee that operates the BWC Storage Facilities.
"BWC Storage Facilities"
has the meaning given to such term in the BWC Storage Rights Agreement.
"BWC Storage Rights Agreement"
means the sub-lease agreement entered into between the Company and Macquarie dated or effective on or about the effective date of this
Amendment.
"BWC Terminalling
Agreements" means the “Terminalling Agreements” as such term is defined in the BWC Storage Rights Agreement.
| (ii) | The definition of “Third Party Storage Agreements” is deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following new definition: |
“Third
Party Storage Agreements” means the Center Point Agreements (but only from and including the Center Point Inclusion Date), the
BWC Agreements (but only from and including the BWC Inclusion Date), the Plains Agreement, and any other agreements entered into between
or among the Company, Macquarie and/or a Third Party Storage Provider as “Third Party Storage Agreements” by Macquarie and
the Company.
| (iii) | The definition of “Third Party Storage Provider” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new definition: |
“Third
Party Storage Provider” means: (a) from and including the BWC Inclusion Date, each BWC Operator; (b) from and including the
Center Point Inclusion Date, the Center Point Operator; (c) the Plains Operator; and, (d) each other third party storage provider approved
in writing by Macquarie and the Company provided that Macquarie enters into a “Consent to Storage and Usage Agreement” or
similar agreement concerning such provider.
| (iv) | The definition of “Third Party Terminalling Agreement” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new
definition: |
“Third
Party Terminalling Agreement” means: (a) in respect of the BWC Storage Facilities from and including the BWC Inclusion Date,
the BWC Terminalling Agreement, (b) in respect of the Center Point Storage Facilities from and including the Center Point Inclusion Date,
the Center Point Terminalling Agreement; (c) in respect of the Plains Storage Facilities, the Plains Terminalling Agreement; and, (d)
in respect of any other Third Party Storage Provider, the terminalling services agreement entered into between the Company and such other
Third Party Storage Provider.
| (v) | Schedule E, as in effect as of the date hereof (including as a result of any amendments or modifications
prior to the date hereof effected pursuant to Section 31 of the Agreement) is hereby replaced in its entirety by the Schedule
E attached hereto and incorporated herein. |
| (vi) | Schedule F-11 (BWC Terminal Daily Inventory Report) and Schedule F-12 (BWC Terminal Monthly
Inventory Report), each in the form attached hereto, shall be added to the Agreement. |
| (vii) | Schedule I (Scheduling and Communications Protocol) is amended and replaced by Schedule I
hereto. |
| (viii) | Schedule O (Form of Included Storage Locations) is amended to include the following additional
Included Storage Locations: |
| (8) | From and after the BWC Inclusion Date, terminalling and storage facilities at the Blakeley Terminal, located
at 1437 Cochrane Causeway, Mobile, Alabama 36602, regardless of whether owned and operated by BWC Terminals LLC and/or BWC Alabama LLC. |
Section
3. Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This
Amendment may be executed via electronic, digital, or handwritten signature. For all purposes, a copy of this Amendment as executed
shall have the same force and effect as an original thereof.
Section
4.
Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted pursuant to the Agreement, as amended hereby.
Section
5.
Severability. In case one or more provisions of this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal,
or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein or therein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
6.
Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
EXECUTED effective
as of the date first above written.
MACQUARIE ENERGY NORTH
AMERICA TRADING INC.
By: /s/ Brian Houstoun
Name: Brian Houstoun
Title: Senior Managing Director
By: /s/ Travis McCullough
Name: Travis McCullough
Title: Division Director
VERTEX REFINING ALABAMA LLC
By: /s/ Chris Carlson
Name: Chris Carlson
Title: CFO
SCHEDULE
O
FORM
OF INCLUDED STORAGE LOCATIONS
| (1) | Terminalling
and storage at the Refinery owned and operated by Vertex Refining Alabama, LLC, except for
all sulfur, LPGs and molecules within the processing units. |
| (2) | Internal
pipe systems located at the Refinery in Saraland, Alabama owned and operated by Vertex Refining
Alabama, LLC (the “Saraland Refinery”). |
| (3) | Terminalling
and storage facility at Blakely Island owned and operated by Vertex Refining Alabama, LLC
(the “Blakely Island Facility”). |
| (4) | Terminalling
and storage facility at Plains Mobile Terminal located at 1871 Hess Road Mobile, AL 36610
(the “Plains Mobile Terminal Facility”), whether or not owned and operated
by Plains Marketing, L.P. |
| (5) | Terminalling
and storage facility at BWC Blakeley Terminal located at 1437 Cochrane Causeway Mobile, AL
36602 (the “BWC Blakeley Terminal Facility”), whether or not owned and
operated by BWC Alabama LLC |
| (6) | In
transit to and from the Saraland Refinery to the Blakely Island Facility. |
| (7) | In
transit to and from the Saraland Refinery to the Plains Mobile Terminal Facility. |
| (8) | In
transit to and from the Saraland Refinery to the Chickasaw Dock. |
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