PURE BIOFUELS ANNOUNCES FINANCING TRANSACTION
LOS ANGELES and LIMA, PERU (July 31, 2009) – Pure Biofuels Corp. (OTCBB:
PBOF) today announced that it has entered into a financing transaction with Banco
Internacional Del Peru S.A.A. (“Interbank”) in the amount of approximately $43 million to
restructure its existing debts . This transaction allowed the Company to pay off its
approximately $41 million loan from Plainfield Peru I LLC and Plainfield Peru II LLC
(“Plainfield”). As part of the financing, the Company announced that it has issued and
sold to Plainfield $34,312,219.62 in convertible notes, which are convertible into
114,374,066 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to adjustment and entered
into related agreements with Plainfield, allowing the Company to secure this funding for
its working capital needs
President of Pure Biofuels Alberto Pinto said, “We are pleased to restructure our debt and
secure funds to proceed with our immediate growth strategy. It is gratifying that such a
well-regarded bank in Peru has shown confidence in our business during the current period
of global credit uneasiness. We are now in a much stronger position to continue to pursue
our strategic goals and build value for our shareholders.”
About Pure Biofuels Corporation Pure Biofuels is committed to becoming a leader in
Latin America's rapidly emerging biofuels industry. Pure Biofuels built the Callao Port
biodiesel refinery on approximately 4.7 hectares (almost 12 acres) of land close to the Port
of Callao, the largest port on the Pacific Coast of South America. It also acquired the 7.5
MMgy InterPacific refinery in Chorrillos, and subsequently upgraded it to 10 MMgy, with
production commencing. When fully operational, the combined output of Pure Biofuels’
new 52.5 MMgy biodiesel facility in the Port of Callao and the InterPacific Oil biodiesel
facility total 62.5 MMgy, which will make Pure Biofuels one of Latin America’s largest
producers of biodiesel. For more information about Pure Biofuels, please visit:
www.purebiofuels.com.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in Section
27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements in this press
release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any
statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Since
the forward-looking statements relate to future developments, results or events, these
statements are highly speculative and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are
difficult to assess. You should not construe any of these statements as a definitive or
invariable expression of what will actually occur or result. Such forward-looking
statements include, among others, the expectation and/or claim, as applicable, regarding
the final permitting of the Callao Port refinery. Actual results could differ from those
projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include,
among others, (i) Pure Biofuels’ ability to obtain any necessary government, regulatory or
other permits or approvals to permit it to operate the biodiesel refinery; (ii) Pure Biofuels’
ability to keep pace with technological advances and correctly identify and invest in the
technologies that become commercially accepted; (iii) Pure Biofuels’ ability to operate the
biodiesel refinery, if and when construction is completed, efficiently, without work
stoppages, labor disputes, equipment/mechanical break-downs, political, economic and
social unrest and in compliance with new governmental regulations; (iv) Pure Biofuels’
ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws; and (v) Pure Biofuels’ ability
to negotiate binding agreements for the sale of biodiesel, if and when production
commences. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release
and the company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to
update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forwardlooking
statements. Although the company believes that the beliefs, plans, expectations
and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance
those beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should
consider all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors
disclosed in the company's periodic reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov.