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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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 9, 2009

AgFeed Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada
 
001-33674
 
20-2597168
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Suite A1001-1002, Tower 16, Hengmao Int'l Center
Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China 330003
(Address of principal executive offices; zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:       86-791-6669093

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Item 1.01.      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On September 9, 2009, AgFeed Industries, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Equity Credit Agreement with an institutional investor (the "Investor") providing the Company with the right, but not the obligation, to issue shares of its common stock (the "Shares") at any time and from time to time during the next two years for gross proceeds of up to $50,000,000. The Company also agreed to issue to the investor warrants to purchase an additional 400,000 shares of its common stock during a five year period at an exercise price of $5.75 per share (the "Warrants"). The Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement as part of the transaction.
 
The following is a summary of the Equity Credit Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the form of Warrant, is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of those agreements, each of which are attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Readers should review those agreements for a complete understanding of the terms and conditions associated with this financing.
 
The provisions of the Equity Credit Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, and form of Warrant, including without limitation the representations and warranties contained therein, are not intended as documents for investors and the public to obtain factual information about the current state of affairs of the parties to those documents and agreements. Rather, investors and the public should look to other disclosures contained in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
 
Equity Credit Agreement
 
Terms of Sale
 
The Company may require the Investor to purchase its shares of common stock from time to time under the Equity Credit Agreement by delivering a put notice specifying the total purchase price for the shares to be purchased (the "Investment Amount"). The Investment Amount may not be greater than the lesser of (a) $2,500,000 or (b) 300% of the average dollar volume (closing bid price times the volume on the Nasdaq Global Market for a trading day) for the 20 trading days preceding the put notice.
 
The purchase price per share for the shares to be purchased for the Investment Amount will be 95% of the lowest closing bid price on the Nasdaq Global Market during the five trading days following the put notice (the "Valuation Period"). If the closing bid price on any day during the Valuation Period is less than 80% of the average of the closing bid prices for the five trading days before the put notice (the "Floor Price"), the Investment Amount is reduced by 20%. If the closing bid price on any two days during the Valuation Period is less than 80% of the Floor Price, the Investment Amount will be reduced to an amount equal to 20% of the Investment Amount for each trading day during the Valuation Period that the closing bid price was 80% or more of the Floor Price.
 
If within 15 trading days after the closing of any purchase and sale of shares under the Equity Credit Agreement (a "Closing") the Company delivers a notice (a "Blackout Notice") to the Investor that the Company's Board of Directors has determined in good faith that (a) either (i) the Company possesses material information not ripe for disclosure in a registration statement or (ii) the Company is engaged in a material activity that would be adversely affected by disclosure in a registration statement and (b) the registration statement would be materially misleading absent the inclusion of such information and the Investor still holds shares of common stock purchased at such Closing and the Company suspends the right of the Investor to sell the common stock for a period (a "Blackout Period"), the Company may be required to issue additional shares of common stock to the Investor if the closing bid price for the common stock on the first trading day following the Blackout Period (the "New Bid Price") is less than the closing bid price for the common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the Blackout Period (the "Old Bid Price"). The number of additional shares to be issued, if any, will be equal to the difference between (a) the number of shares purchased at such Closing still held by the Investor (the "Remaining Shares") multiplied by the Old Bid Price, divided by the New Bid Price and (b) the Remaining Shares.
 
 
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The Equity Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor which are typical for transactions of this type. The representations and warranties made by the Company in the Equity Credit Agreement are qualified by reference to certain exceptions contained in disclosure schedules delivered to the Investor. Accordingly, the representations and warranties contained in the Equity Credit Agreement should not be relied upon by third parties who do not have access to those disclosure schedules.
 
The Equity Credit Agreement contains a variety of covenants on the part of the Company which are typical for transactions of this type, as well as the obligation, without the prior written consent of the Investor, not to enter into any other equity line of credit agreement with a third party during the term of the Equity Credit Agreement.
 
The Equity Credit Agreement also obligates the Company to indemnify the Investor and other holders of the securities issued to them for certain losses resulting from any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company or breach of any obligation of the Company.
 
Warrant
 
The Warrant will entitle the Investor to purchase up to an aggregate of 400,000 shares of common stock. The Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part upon issuance and will remain exercisable for a five year period.  The exercise price of the Warrant is $5.75 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances as set forth in the form of Warrant.
 
Registration Rights Agreement
 
The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to file a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Company’s existing shelf registration statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 26, 2009 and declared effective by the SEC on July 6, 2009 for the resale of the Shares and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant. The post-effective amendment or supplement must be filed by September 25, 2009 and must remain effective and available for use until earlier of (a) six months after the completion of the last Closing Date under the Equity Credit Agreement, (b) the date the Investor has sold all of the securities covered by the registration statement and (c) the date the Investor can resell all of such securities pursuant to Rule 144 free of the manner of sale and volume limitations.
 
 
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If the prospectus included in the registration statement, as then in effect, includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a "Registration Default"), and the Company fails to cure the Registration Default within 10 business days, the Company is required to pay liquidated damages in an amount equal to 2% of the Purchase Price of all registrable securities then held by the Investor and still subject to Rule 144 volume limitations for each thirty (30) calendar day period or portion thereof, beginning on the date of suspension.  The Registration Rights Agreement provides for customary indemnification for the Company and the Investor.
 
Item 7.01.       Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On September 10, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, that it had entered into the Equity Credit Agreement with an institutional investor, as described above. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Beginning in September, 2009, the Company will be making the investor presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto. Exhibit 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act.
 
 
(d) Exhibits
   
10.20
Equity Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2009
10.21
Registration Rights Agreement dated September 9, 2009
10.22
Form of Warrant
99.1
AgFeed September 10, 2009 press release
99.2
AgFeed Investor Presentation, dated September 2009
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
Dated:  September 10, 2009
 
 
AGFEED INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
       
 
By:
 /s/ Junhong Xiong
 
   
Junhong Xiong
 
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
       
 
 
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