UNITED
STATES
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): September 2, 2010
PURE
BIOFUELS CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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000-50903
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47-0930829
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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3811
Shadow Trace Circle
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Houston,
TX
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77082-5637
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Address
of principal executive offices
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Zip
Code
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1-281-540-9317
Issuer’s
telephone number
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Item
5.02 (c) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
September 2, 2010, we elected a new Director, Mr. Ahmad
Al-Sati. Since July 2008, Mr. Ahmad Al-Sati has been a senior vice
president of Plainfield Asset Management and a member of the Plainfields’
private portfolio group where he is currently responsible for the firm’s energy
portfolio and leads restructuring efforts. Mr. Al-Sati serves on the
boards of directors of BioEnergy Holding LLC (an ethanol production company)
since January, 2010 and Heliosphera Holdings Societe Anonyme (a solar panel
production company) since June, 2010. Prior to joining Plainfield in July 2008,
Ahmad Al-Sati worked from September, 2003 to May, 2008 at MatlinPatterson Global
Advisers LLC, where he, among other things, sourced, analyzed, and negotiated
distressed private-equity transactions in Asia, Europe and the Americas, and
served on Board of Directors of portfolio companies. From September
2000 to May, 2003, Mr. Al-Sati was a practicing attorney with the business
reorganization group of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, representing investors in
distressed securities and assets. He received an M.B.A. in 2008 from the Stern
Graduate School of Business at New York University, a J.D. in 2000 from Columbia
School of Law and a B.A. with Honors in 1995 in Economics and History from
Wesleyan University. He is currently a member of the NY Bar
(inactive). As such, he brings significant management, board
membership, financial and legal skills to the Board.
He was
elected pursuant to the provisions of our Shareholders’ Agreement with
Plainfield Asset Management allowing them to select up to three
directors.
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 thereunto
duly authorized.
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PURE
BIOFUELS CORP.
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Date:
September 2, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Carlos Alberto Pinto
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Carlos
Alberto Pinto
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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