-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OuHn3KYSvLMjQwTbSAnnfdD6fRnH/G5i2sPqVn2lfirDFtGDULlD+Zumbgnel++2 1WyhpEXsV219DV2/oq1J7A== 0001068800-10-000076.txt : 20100730 0001068800-10-000076.hdr.sgml : 20100730 20100730111753 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001068800-10-000076 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100727 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20100730 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100730 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FutureFuel Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001337298 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 203340900 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-52577 FILM NUMBER: 10979989 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8235 FORSYTH BOULEVARD SUITE 400 CITY: CLAYTON STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 BUSINESS PHONE: 314-854-8520 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8235 FORSYTH BOULEVARD SUITE 400 CITY: CLAYTON STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Viceroy Acquisition CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050829 8-K 1 future8k.htm future8k.htm
 
 

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): July 27, 2010
 
FUTUREFUEL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
0-52577
20-3340900
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
8235 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 400
St. Louis, Missouri  63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(314) 854-8520
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
 
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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Item 8.01                      Other Events.
 
FutureFuel Chemical Company applied for an Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative and was informed on August 5, 2009 that it had been selected for negotiations that could lead to a financial assistance award of approximately $12.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.  On July 27, 2010, FutureFuel Chemical Company accepted the award granted in the amount of $12.6 million.  FutureFuel Chemical Company will use the funds to modify existing idle assets and to acquire and construct new assets to be used for the production of specialized materials for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and other applications.
 
The $12.6 million grant is funded from $2.0 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was allocated to the U.S. Department of Energy for an Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.
 
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.
 
FUTUREFUEL CORP.



By:         /s/ Douglas D. Hommert 
Douglas D. Hommert, Executive Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer
 

 
Date: July 28, 2010
 

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