Allegro
Completes Sale of Biodiesel Plant and Related Assets
LOS
ANGELES September 10, 2008 -- Allegro Biodiesel Corporation (OTC: ABDS)
(“Allegro” or the “Company”) announced today that it has successfully completed
the previously announced sale of its biodiesel plant and related assets to
Consolidated Energy Holdings, LLC (“CEH”). Pursuant to the Interest Purchase
Agreement, dated June 13, 2008, CEH purchased 100% of Allegro’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, Vanguard Synfuels, LLC (“Vanguard”) which holds all of the Company’s
biodiesel operations and related assets (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was
approved by a majority of our shareholders acting pursuant to written consent.
As
part
of the consideration for the purchase of Vanguard, CEH paid Allegro the sum
of
$1,000, assumed approximately $2.9 million in senior secured debt, assumed
approximately $400,000 in trade payables, assumed obligations of Allegro and/or
Vanguard under existing employment agreements with employees of Allegro and
of
Vanguard and assumed the accrued compensation for certain Allegro employees
that
has accumulated since our Company-wide expense reduction plan, which was enacted
on October 15, 2007. CEH has also been funding Vanguard’s operating expenses
since both parties executed a Letter of Intent on May 16, 2008. Darrell Dubroc
and Tim Collins, who are members of CEH and officers and directors of Allegro,
resigned from their positions with Allegro upon close of the Transaction.
Allegro
has eliminated all of its secured debt and most of its outstanding liabilities.
Although the Company will no longer have operations on the closing date, the
Company will continue as a publicly-traded corporation and will have several
non-operating assets, including its remaining cash, its equity investment in
Community Power Corporation (“CPC”) and Allegro’s claims on the assets in the
escrow account that was established in connection with Allegro’s original
acquisition of Vanguard.
The
complete terms of the Transaction were detailed in Allegro’s Form 8-K that was
filed on June 13, 2008.
Allegro
is actively seeking and evaluating potential strategic transactions, either
building upon its biomass gasification assets in the renewable energy industry
or exploring other options.
Caution
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. To the extent that this press release discusses
expectations about future financial performance, future disclosures, or
otherwise statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking
and
are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors
include the risk factors discussed in the Risk Factors, Business Description
and
Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of our Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007, and subsequent Quarterly Reports
on
Form 10-QSB and current reports on Form 8-K.
Contact:
Tel: (310)
670-2093
Fax: (310)
670-4107
E-mail: info@allegrobio.com