---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-066988"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T08:43:34.796874+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo RNG subsidiary issues $40M new bonds, refinances debt, releases $30M liquidity

## Summary
- Gevo NW Iowa RNG issued $40M in 2025 bonds (8.125%-8.5%) to refinance $40M of the $68.2M Series 2021 bonds.
- Refinancing released $30M of restricted cash to Gevo's balance sheet after transaction costs and reserve funding.
- Bonds mature in 2030 ($13.8M) and 2036 ($26.2M); interest payable semiannually starting January 1, 2026.
- Gevo expects to refinance the remaining 2021 bond balance later this year with an additional series of 2025 bonds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-066988
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465925066988/0001104659-25-066988-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465925066988/tm2520303d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Gevo, Inc. incurred senior notes of $26,165,000 with UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee at 8.500% per annum maturing July 1, 2036.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $26,165,000
  - Counterparty: UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee
  - Rate: 8.500% per annum
  - Maturity: July 1, 2036
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Pursuant to a promissory note evidencing the Company’s obligations under the Bond Financing Agreement, the Company has promised to pay to the Issuer, on July 1, 2030, the principal amount of $13,835,000 for the Bonds with a 2030 maturity subject to redemption prior to stated maturity (the “2030 Bonds”), on July 1, 2036, the principal amount of $26,165,000 for the Bonds with a 2036 maturity subject to redemption prior to stated maturity (the “2036 Bonds”), and interest at the interest rates and at the times provided for the Bonds, which is 8.125% per annum for the 2030 Bonds and 8.500% per annum for the 2036 Bonds on each January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465925066988/0001104659-25-066988-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  Gevo, Inc. incurred senior notes of $13,835,000 with UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee at 8.125% per annum maturing July 1, 2030.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $13,835,000
  - Counterparty: UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee
  - Rate: 8.125% per annum
  - Maturity: July 1, 2030
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Pursuant to a promissory note evidencing the Company’s obligations under the Bond Financing Agreement, the Company has promised to pay to the Issuer, on July 1, 2030, the principal amount of $13,835,000 for the Bonds with a 2030 maturity subject to redemption prior to stated maturity (the “2030 Bonds”), on July 1, 2036, the principal amount of $26,165,000 for the Bonds with a 2036 maturity subject to redemption prior to stated maturity (the “2036 Bonds”), and interest at the interest rates and at the times provided for the Bonds, which is 8.125% per annum for the 2030 Bonds and 8.500% per annum for the 2036 Bonds on each January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465925066988/0001104659-25-066988-index.htm

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