Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2006

 


ENVIRONMENTAL POWER CORPORATION

(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   001-32393   75-3117389

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Cate Street, Fourth Floor, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(603) 431-1780

(Company’s telephone number, including area code)

NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions:

 

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

On November 9, 2006, we issued a press release announcing that we had closed (i) a tax-exempt bond financing through the Gulf Coast Industrial Development Authority of Texas resulting in gross proceeds of $60 million, to be used to finance part of the construction costs for four multi-digester renewable natural gas facilities in Texas, including the Huckabay Ridge facility, and (ii) the private placement of shares of our Series A 9% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock for gross proceeds of approximately $15 million, to be used to fund our required equity contributions to the Texas facilities, other development activities and working capital and general corporate purposes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibits    
99.1   Press Release, dated November 9, 2006, relating the closing of the bond and equity offerings.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL POWER CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John F. O’Neill

  John F. O’Neill
  Chief Financial Officer

Dated: November 9, 2006

 

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