---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-23-000748"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCHT"
cik: "0000728385"
company_name: "Birchtech Corp."
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T01:28:02.970917+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Midwest Energy enters license & supply deal with CEO-owned Dakin for emissions technology

## Summary
- ME2C receives exclusive U.S. license and limited manufacturing license for Dakin's boiler combustion IP.
- Dakin, controlled by CEO Richard MacPherson, must buy 100% of product requirements from ME2C for non-U.S. sales.
- ME2C pays $12,500/month license fee through Dec 2025; royalties on U.S. sales as set in Appendix D.
- Agreement term is 10 years; includes technical support at ME2C's standard rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-23-000748
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCHT
- cik: 0000728385
- company_name: Birchtech Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223000748/0001477932-23-000748-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223000748/meec_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-23-000748
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-23-000748.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Birchtech Corp. entered into Dakin Agreement with Dakin Holdings Ltd. (effective 2023-01-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Dakin Holdings Ltd.
  - Effective: 2023-01-01
  source text: On January 31, 2023, Midwest Energy Emissions Corp., along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, MES, Inc. (together, the “Company”), entered into a License and Supply Agreement with Dakin Holdings Ltd., a company incorporated in Barbados (“Dakin”), effective as of January 1, 2023 (the “Dakin Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223000748/0001477932-23-000748-index.htm

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