Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
September 27, 2017, BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Settlement Agreement
and Stipulation (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Tarpon Bay Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“TBP”),
pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue common stock to TBP in exchange for the settlement of $999,630.45 (the “Settlement
Amount”) of past-due obligations and accounts payable of the Company. TBP purchased the obligations and accounts payable
from certain vendors of the Company as described below.
On
October 11, 2017, the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida (the “Court”), entered an order (the “TBP Order”)
approving, among other things, the fairness of the terms and conditions of an exchange pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in accordance with a stipulation of settlement, pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement between the Company and TBP, in the matter entitled
Tarpon Bay Partners, LLC v. BlueFire Renewables, Inc
. (the
“TBP Action”). TBP commenced the TBP Action against the Company to recover an aggregate of $999,630.45 of past-due
obligations and accounts payable of the Company (the “TBP Claim”), which TBP had purchased from certain vendors of
the Company pursuant to the terms of separate receivable purchase agreements between TBP and each of such vendors (the “TBP
Assigned Accounts”). The TBP Assigned Accounts relate to certain contractual obligations and legal services provided to
the Company. The TBP Order provides for the full and final settlement of the TBP Claim and the TBP Action. The Settlement Agreement
became effective and binding upon the Company and TBP upon execution of the TBP Order by the Court on October 11, 2017.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Settlement Agreement approved by the TBP Order, on October 11, 2017, the Company agreed to issue to TBP shares
(the “TBP Settlement Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”).
The Settlement Agreement provides that the TBP Settlement Shares will be issued in one or more tranches, as necessary, sufficient
to satisfy the TBP Settlement Amount through the issuance of freely trading securities issued pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of
the Securities Act. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, TBP may deliver a request to the Company for shares of Common Stock
to be issued to TBP (the “TBP Share Request”).
The
parties reasonably estimate that the fair market value of the TBP Settlement Shares to be received by TBP is equal to approximately
$1,666,000. In connection with the Settlement Agreement, on October 16, 2017, the Company issued 37,000,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock to TBP. Additional tranche requests shall be made as requested by TBP until the TBP Settlement Amount is paid in
full.
In
the event that the Company needs to increase the amount of its authorized common stock to satisfy its obligations under the Settlement
Agreement, it will file a proxy statement with it shareholders reccommending an increase in the Company’s authorized shares.
The
Settlement Agreement provides that in no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock issued to TBP or its designee in connection
with the Settlement Agreement, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by TBP and its affiliates
(as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
and the rules and regulations thereunder), result in the beneficial ownership by TBP and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant
to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) at any time of more than 9.99% of the Common Stock.
The
Company has reserved a minimum of 37,319,891 shares of Common Stock to provide for issuances upon full satisfaction of the Settlement
Amount. To the extent such shares do not satisfy the Settlement Amount, the Company anticipates taking the necessary steps to
ensure it increases its authorized capital stock to meet its obligations under the Settlement Agreement.
The
description of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Settlement
Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.