EcoSystem Closes $76 Million Equity Financing Wednesday August 5, 2009, 8:58 am EDT
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EcoSystem Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ESYM - News) today announced the
closing of its pending $76 Million equity financing with five investment
funds.
EcoSystem will use the investment proceeds to acquire distressed ethanol
production facilities, to acquire other strategically-compatible assets,
and to develop and integrate EcoSystem’s Cellulosic Corn™ technologies
into EcoSystem’s planned ethanol production facilities. The funds will
be held in a restricted EcoSystem account and be available for use
according to the use of proceeds schedule and other conditions specified
in the agreements.
EcoSystem’s goal is to achieve an annualized renewable fuel production
rate of 500 million gallons per year within three years, and to
demonstrate market leadership by using its technologies to refine more
fuel out of corn for less cost on reduced energy consumption and carbon
emitted.
Detailed information regarding this investment is available online at www.eco-system.com
in EcoSystem’s July 30, 2009 and August 5, 2009 Current Reports on Form
8K.
Cellulosic Corn™
The corn ethanol industry contributed over $65 billion to the GDP by
offsetting 7% of America's fossil fuel needs in 2008. EcoSystem intends
to prove that corn has much more to add.
EcoSystem’s view is that the established first generation corn ethanol
infrastructure is the only practical pathway in North America to
cost-effectively increase the production and use of carbon-neutral
biofuels on globally-meaningful scales. To accomplish this in a
competitive and environmentally superior way, the installed base of
first generation corn ethanol facilities will need to evolve to achieve
significantly improved production efficiencies. EcoSystem intends to do
just that, and to become a leading low cost and low carbon producer of
renewable fuels by leveraging its technology portfolio to acquire and
upgrade corn ethanol facilities into increased financial and
environmental sustainability while facilitating the convergence of
cellulosic and corn ethanol.
EcoSystem’s portfolio of patented and patent-pending Cellulosic Corn™
technologies are designed to achieve the following key goals:
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Increase the net energy balance of biofuel derived from corn;
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Increase profitability of corn ethanol;
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Decrease amount of petroleum burned to make corn derived biofuel;
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Increase the nutritional content of corn ethanol co-products;
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Reduce, reuse and recycle the carbon emissions of corn ethanol
production;
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Diversify the biomass mix accepted and produced by traditional corn
ethanol facilities;
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Decrease the commodity and financial risk profile of corn ethanol;
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Standardize corn-friendly cellulosic technology by building on the
existing corn ethanol complex; and,
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Enhance the competitive positioning of corn ethanol in the domestic
and global markets.
About EcoSystem Corporation
EcoSystem’s ambition is to become a leading low cost and low carbon
producer of renewable fuels by acquiring and upgrading existing corn
ethanol facilities with technologies designed to increase the yield and
to reduce the energy consumption and carbon intensity of refining fuel
out of corn. Additional information is available online at www.eco-system.com.
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include
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and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by
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those in forward-statements include fluctuation of operating results,
the ability to compete successfully, and the ability to complete
before-mentioned transactions. The company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed
assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future
operating results.
Contact:
EcoSystem Corporation 212-994-5374 Fax: 646-572-6336 investorrelations@eco-system.com www.eco-system.com
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