Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 27, 2023, Montauk Renewables, Inc. (“Montauk”) through its subsidiary Bowerman Power LFG, LLC (“Bowerman”), entered into the Third Amendment to the Landfill Gas Rights and Production Facilities Agreement and Settlement Agreement with the County of Orange (the “Agreement”). Under this Agreement, Bowerman plans to develop a renewable natural gas project in Irvine, California at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill (the “Project”). With a targeted commissioning date in 2026, Montauk currently expects the Project capital investment to range between $85 million and $95 million and a production nameplate capacity of approximately 3,600 MMBtu per day, assuming currently forecasted biogas feedstock volumes that are projected to be available from the host landfill at the time of commissioning.
The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.1, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This Report contains forward-looking statements regarding our planned development on a new facility in California and the expected production capacity and capital expenditures associated therewith.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Future events or circumstances may change our expectations and may also affect the nature of the assumptions, risk and uncertainty to which our forward-looking statements are subject. The forward-looking statements in this Report speak only as of the date of this Report, and we assume no duty, and do not undertake, to update them. Actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those that we anticipated in these forward-looking statements. As a result, we caution against placing undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict, including, without limitation, risks related to the acquisition, financing, construction and development of new projects and the other risk factors described in more detail in our 2022 Form 10-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. We have included this web address as inactive textual reference only. Information on this website is not part of this document.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.