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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-18-016719
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180906
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180907
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180907

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:	001-35103
		FILM NUMBER:		181060298

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8235 FORSYTH BOULEVARD SUITE 400
		CITY:			CLAYTON
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		314-854-8385

	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
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)<br>
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 6, 2018</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FUTUREFUEL CORP.</b><br>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>8235 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 400<br>
St. Louis, Missouri 63105</b><br>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(</b><b>314) 854-8385</b><br>
(Registrant&rsquo;s Telephone Number)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 5.07 &ndash; Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">On September 6, 2018, FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE: FF) (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) held its annual shareholders&rsquo; meeting, at which a quorum of its shareholders was present either in person or by proxy. The matters submitted to a vote of the Company&rsquo;s shareholders were:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">(1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">to elect three directors: Paul A. Novelly, Dale E. Cole, and Alain J. Louvel; and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">(2)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">to ratify the appointment of RubinBrown LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2018.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">No other business was conducted at such meeting. Of the 43,742,677 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock eligible to vote at the Company&rsquo;s annual shareholder meeting, 41,864,930 shares were voted. The results of the voting were as follows:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>For</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Broker</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Non-Votes</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt; text-align: justify;">Election of Paul A. Novelly</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">35,386,841&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">n/a&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">1,101,394&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">0&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">5,376,965&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt; text-align: justify;">Election of Dale E. Cole</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:13.6%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">35,856,598&nbsp;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 11.9%; border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">n/a&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">631,637&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">0&nbsp;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 13.2%; border-right: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">5,376,965&nbsp;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 34.2%; border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:13.6%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 11.9%; border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 12.8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 14.2%; border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt; text-align: justify;">Election of Alain J. Louvel</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">36,226,372&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">n/a&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">261,863&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">0&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">5,376,965&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt; text-align: justify;">Ratification of the appointment of RubinBrown LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2018</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">41,189,986&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">661,587&nbsp;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 12.8%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">n/a&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">13,357&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">n/a&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">As a result, all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting were approved.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 8.01 &ndash; Other Events</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">The Company is filing its standard form Option Agreement, attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, under which the Company may issue options pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (filed as Appendix A to the Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on July 26, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 9.01 &ndash; Financial Statements and Exhibits</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><a href="ex_123586.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form of Option Agreement</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><b>FUTUREFUEL CORP.</b></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; margin-left: 18pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;</font>Jordan Federko</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font>Jordan Federko, Secretary</p>
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			<td colspan="2" rowspan="1" valign="top" width="3%">Date: September&nbsp;7, 2018</td>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>OPTION AGREEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>TO PURCHASE _____________ SHARES OF</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>COMMON</b><b> STOCK, PAR VALUE</b><b> </b><b>$0.0001 </b><b>PER</b><b> </b><b>SHARE</b><b>, ISSUED BY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FUTUREFUEL CORP.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">This is to certify that _____________ (&ldquo;<b><i>Participant</i></b>&rdquo;) is entitled, upon the due exercise hereof at any time during the Exercise Period (as defined below), to purchase, in whole or in part, from FutureFuel Corp., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<b><i>Company</i></b>&rdquo;), _____________ shares (subject to adjustment as herein provided) of Common Stock (as defined below) at the Exercise Price (as defined below) (subject to adjustment as herein provided), all on the terms and conditions and pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set forth.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">This Option Agreement is entered into, and the Options hereunder are granted, pursuant to that 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of the Company as adopted on July 12, 2017 by the Company&rsquo;s board of directors and approved by the Company&rsquo;s shareholders on September 7, 2017.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Definitions.</b> For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings. In addition, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Agreement</i></b>&rdquo; means this Option Agreement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Business Day</i></b>&rdquo; means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required to close under the laws of the United States of America or the State of Missouri.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Code</i></b>&rdquo; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Commission</i></b>&rdquo; means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Common Stock</i></b>&rdquo; means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Company</i></b>&rdquo; means FutureFuel Corp., a Delaware corporation.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>$</i></b>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<b><i>Dollar</i></b>&rdquo; means United States of America dollars.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Exercise Period</i></b>&rdquo; means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and terminating at 5:00&nbsp;p.m. St. Louis time on the Option Expiration Date.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Exercise Price</i></b>&rdquo; means $__________ per Share, as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Notice of Exercise</i></b>&rdquo; means the form of Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;A.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Option</i></b>&rdquo; means an option granted under this Agreement to purchase Shares.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&ldquo;<b><i>Shares</i></b>&rdquo; means shares of Common Stock, and any class of stock of the Company now or hereafter authorized into which such shares may be converted.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intent as to Nonqualified Stock Options.</b> Each Option is a Nonqualified Stock Option. The Options granted hereunder are not intended to be considered &ldquo;nonqualified deferred compensation&rdquo; within the meaning of &sect;409A of the Code. It is also intended that the receipt, transfer, or exercise of the Options will be subject to taxation pursuant to Code &sect;83 and Treasury Regulation &sect;1.83-7.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>4.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Right to Exercise.</b> Subject to and upon compliance with the conditions of this Section&nbsp;4, the Participant has the right, at the Participant&rsquo;s option and at any time and from time to time during the Exercise Period, to exercise vested Options in whole or in part. The aggregate number of Shares which may be purchased from time to time during the Exercise Period by the Participant upon the exercise of the vested Options is _____________ Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;5.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>4.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notice of Exercise.</b> To exercise a vested Option, the Participant must deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company at the Company&rsquo;s principal office at 8235 Forsyth Blvd., 4<sup>th</sup> Floor, Clayton, Missouri 63105, Attention: Corporate Secretary (or such other place as the Company may specify by written notice to the Participant): (i)&nbsp;a Notice of Exercise duly executed by the Participant and specifying the number of full Shares to be purchased; (ii)&nbsp;an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of full Shares as to which Options are then being exercised; and (iii)&nbsp;this Agreement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>4.3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment of Exercise Price.</b> Payment of the Exercise Price must be made, at the option of the Participant: (i)&nbsp;by wire transfer to an account in a bank located in the United States of America designated for such purpose by the Company; or (ii)&nbsp;by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company. The Company may also, at the sole Administrator&rsquo;s discretion, to accept other consideration as set forth in the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>4.4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of Shares.</b> Upon receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the aggregate Exercise Price set forth in the Notice of Exercise, the Company will, as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days thereafter, cause to be issued and delivered to the Participant or to such other Person as is designated by the Participant in the Notice of Exercise, one or more certificates representing the aggregate number of full Shares issuable upon such exercise, which Shares must be registered in the name of the Participant or such other Person or held in electronic format.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>4.6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Partial Exercises.</b> If the vested Options are exercised in part, the Company will, at the time of delivery of the applicable certificates for Shares (unless the Options have then expired), issue and deliver to the Participant or the Person designated by the Participant in the applicable Notice of Exercise, a new Agreement evidencing the right of the Participant or such other Person to purchase the aggregate number of Shares for which Options have not been exercised and otherwise in form and substance identical to this Agreement, upon which this Agreement will be canceled.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>5.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustment of the Number of Shares Purchasable and Adjustment of the Exercise Price.</b> The Exercise Price in effect at any time and the number of Shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Options will be subject to adjustment as set forth in Section&nbsp;17 of the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>5.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Requirement to Issue Fractional Shares.</b> The Company will not be required to issue fractional shares upon any exercise of a vested Option. If any fractional interest in a Share would, but for the provisions of this Section, be deliverable upon the exercise of a vested Option, the Company will, in lieu of delivering any certificate of such fractional interest, satisfy such fractional interest by paying to the Participant any amount in Dollars equal (computed to the nearest cent) to the appropriate fraction of the Current Market Price of a Share on the date of exercise of the Option.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>6.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate Actions.</b> The Company will: (i)&nbsp;take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Shares upon the exercise of the Options and any required issuance of additional Shares pursuant to Sections&nbsp;5.1 and 5.2; and (ii)&nbsp;take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions, or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof and take all such other action as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>6.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reservation of Shares.</b> The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance, sale, and delivery upon the exercise of the Options, a number of Shares equal to the number of full Shares issuable from time to time upon the exercise of the Options. All Shares issuable upon the exercise of an Option will, when issued upon such exercise: (i)&nbsp;be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and (ii)&nbsp;be free from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue thereof other than any share transfer taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue. The Company will not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any exercise of an Option or transfer of the Shares issuable upon the exercise of an Option, and the Company will not be required to issue or deliver any Shares issuable upon the exercise of an Option until such tax or other charge has been paid or it has been established to the Company&rsquo;s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>7.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transfers of Option.</b> The Participant may not transfer, directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law (including a merger or consolidation), judicial decree, or otherwise (including a collateral pledge), this Agreement or any Option or any right therein, without the Company&rsquo;s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in the Company&rsquo;s sole discretion.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>7.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transfer of Shares.</b> Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the holder of any Shares issuable upon the exercise of a vested Option (either in whole or in part), may transfer such Shares, in whole or in part, without the Company&rsquo;s consent.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>7.3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notice of Transfers; Transfers.</b> The Participant or the holder of any Shares issuable upon the exercise of a vested Option, by acceptance hereof or thereof, agrees to give written notice to the Company prior to any proposed transfer of an Option or any interest herein of its intention to make such transfer, which notice must include a brief description of such proposed transfer. If in the opinion of counsel to the Company the proposed transfer may be effected without registration or qualification under applicable securities laws, such counsel will, as promptly as practicable, notify the Company and the Participant of such opinion and of the terms and conditions, if any, to be observed in such transfer. Provided the Company gives its consent as set forth in Section&nbsp;7.1 and subject to the restrictions, if any, in Section&nbsp;7.2, the Participant will be entitled to transfer an Option or such Shares in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered to the Company and the opinion of such counsel. In the event an Option is exercised as an incident to such transfer, such exercise relates back and for all purposes of this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred as of the date of such notice regardless of delays incurred by reason of the provisions of this Section which may result in the actual exercise on any later date.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally.</b> Upon a Participant&rsquo;s Termination of Employment other than as a result of circumstances otherwise described in this Section&nbsp;9, any unexercised vested Options remain exercisable until the earlier of the Option Expiration Date or the date that is 90 days after the date of such Termination of Employment.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For Cause.</b> If prior to the Option Expiration Date, a Participant&rsquo;s employment or service, as applicable, with the Employer is terminated by the Employer for Cause, all unexercised Options immediately expire as of the date of such Termination of Employment.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Retirement.</b> If prior to the Option Expiration Date, a Participant&rsquo;s employment or service, as applicable, with the Employer terminates by reason of such Participant&rsquo;s retirement, any unexercised vested Options expire on the earlier of the Option Expiration Date or the date that is 180 days after the date of such termination due to such retirement of the Participant. Retirement will be determined by the Administrator in accordance with the Company&rsquo;s retirement policy.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Disability or Death.</b> If prior to the Option Expiration Date, a Participant&rsquo;s employment or service, as applicable, with the Employer terminates by reason of such Participant&rsquo;s death or Disability, any unexercised Options expire on the earlier of the Option Expiration Date or the date that is 365 days after the date of such termination due to death or Disability of the Participant.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Divestiture.</b> If a Participant will cease to be an Employee because of a divestiture by the Company, prior to such Termination of Employment, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that any unexercised Options remain exercisable for a period of time to be determined by the Administrator but not later than the 15<sup>th</sup> day of the third month following the date at which the Options would have otherwise expired. The determination of whether a divestiture will occur will be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion. If, after the close of the divestiture, the Participant does not exercise the unexercised Options within the time specified therein, such Options automatically terminate.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>9.6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Work Force Restructuring or Similar Program.</b> If a Participant will cease to be an Employee because of a work force restructuring or similar program, prior to such Termination of Employment, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that any unexercised Options remain exercisable for a period of time to be determined by the Administrator but not later than the 15<sup>th</sup> day of the third month following the date at which the Options would have otherwise expired. The determination of whether a work force restructuring will occur will be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion. If, after Participant&rsquo;s Termination of Employment, the Participant does not exercise his unexercised Options within the time specified therein, such Options automatically terminate.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>10.6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Invalidity.</b> In the event that any provision of this Agreement is declared to be illegal, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision will be reformed, if possible, to the extent necessary to render it legal, valid and enforceable, or otherwise deleted, and the remainder of the terms of this Agreement will not be affected except to the extent necessary to reform or delete such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>10.7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limitation on Liability.</b> The Company and any Affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence is not liable to a Participant or any other Person as to: (i)&nbsp;the non-issuance or sale of Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company&rsquo;s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of such Shares hereunder; or (ii)&nbsp;any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other Person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Option granted hereunder.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>10.8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Right to Awards or to Employment.</b> No Person (including Participant) has any claim or right to be granted an additional award under the Plan and the grant of the Options may not be construed as giving Participant the right to continue in the employ of the Company or its Affiliates. Further, the Company and its Affiliates expressly reserve the right, at any time, to dismiss any Participant at any time without liability or any claim under this Agreement, except as provided herein.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>10.12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Successors.</b> The terms of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the Company and Participant and their respective permitted heirs, beneficiaries, successors, and assigns.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;"><b>10.13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Withholding Obligations.</b> As a condition to the exercise of any Option, the Administrator may require that the Participant satisfy, through a cash payment by the Participant or, in the discretion of the Administrator, through deduction or withholding from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant, or through such other arrangements as are satisfactory to the Participant, the minimum amount of all federal, state and local income and other taxes of any kind required or permitted to be withheld in connection with such exercise. The Administrator in its discretion may permit Shares to be used to satisfy tax withholding requirements and such Shares will be valued at their Current Market Price as of the settlement date of the Option. However, the aggregate Current Market Price of the number of Shares that may be used to satisfy tax withholding requirements may not exceed the minimum statutory required withholding amount with respect to such Option.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 53.8%;">[_____________], [Secretary]</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM OF NOTICE OF EXERCISE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(To be executed upon a partial or full exercise of the Options)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">The undersigned Participant irrevocably exercises Options for and purchases __________ shares of common stock (the &ldquo;<b><i>Shares</i></b>&rdquo;) of FutureFuel Corp. (the &ldquo;<b><i>Company</i></b>&rdquo;), and agrees to make payment therefor in the total amount of $______________________, all at the price per share and on the terms and conditions specified in Participant&rsquo;s Option Agreement with the Company dated ______________. If such Shares do not include all of the Shares issuable as provided in the referenced Agreement, the undersigned requests that a new Agreement for the number of Shares of the Company not being purchased hereunder, and otherwise in form and substance identical to the referenced Agreement, be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Please deliver shares in electronic format <u>or</u> prepare and deliver stock certificate(s) for such Shares titled and addressed as follows (<u>note</u>: Participant must either provide DTC instructions for shares to be held in street name or full name and mailing address for certificated shares):</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Dated: ___________________, 20____&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[NAME OF </b><b>PARTICIPANT</b><b>]</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:216pt;">Title: _________________________________</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:216pt;">(Signature of Registered Participant)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">By: ___________________________________</p>

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