Renewable Energy To Buy Tyson Foods' 50% Stake In Dynamic Fuels - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) said that it has reached an agreement with Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) to acquire Tyson's 50% ownership position in Dynamic Fuels, LLC.

Completion of the transaction with Tyson Foods, which is contingent upon the closing of REG's December 2013 announced agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corp. (SYNM), would give REG full ownership of Dynamic Fuels and its 75-million gallon per year nameplate capacity renewable diesel biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana.

Tyson and Syntroleum formed Dynamic Fuels in 2007 as a 50/50 joint venture. The Geismar facility, completed in 2010, was the first large scale renewable diesel biorefinery built in the U.S.

As per the terms of the agreement, an REG subsidiary would acquire Tyson Foods' 50% membership interest in Dynamic Fuels by paying Tyson approximately $18 million in cash at closing and up to $35 million in future payments tied to production volume at the Geismar biorefinery over a period of up to eleven and a half years. REG will also fund repayment of approximately $12 million of Dynamic Fuels' indebtedness to Tyson at closing.

A portion of the development and construction of the Geismar biorefinery was funded by $100 million in Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds, issued through the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority.

Closing of the acquisition from Tyson Foods is conditioned on REG's replacement of the letter of credit Tyson Foods obtained to support issuance of the bonds or completion of a financing sufficient to refinance the bonds prior to December 31, 2014 on terms acceptable to REG.

REG said it may seek to use existing cash on hand and/or one or more financing vehicles, including public or private debt or equity, to satisfy this condition. Closing is also subject to satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.