Edgar Filing: FutureFuel Corp.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

√	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
or
⁫	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _____________ to ______________

Commission file number: 0-52577

FUTUREFUEL CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware		20-3340900
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8235 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 400

Clayton, Missouri 63105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(805) 565-9800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

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State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. $80,580,688

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 39,983,849

Table of Contents

Page
Part I	1
Item 1. Business.	1
Item 1A. Risk Factors.	16
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.	23
Item 2. Properties.	23
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.	24
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved].	24

Part II	25

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.	25
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.	28
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.	30
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.	40
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.	42
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.	70
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.	70

Part III	73

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.	73
Item 11. Executive Compensation.	77
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.	85
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.	88
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.	89
Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Information	90

Part IV	91

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.	91

PART I

Item 1. Business.

General Development of the Business

The Company

FutureFuel Corp. (including our wholly-owned subsidiaries, the “Company” or “we”, “our” or “us”) is a Delaware corporation incorporated on August 12, 2005 under the name “Viceroy Acquisition Corporation”. We were formed to serve as a vehicle for the acquisition by way of an asset acquisition, merger, capital stock exchange, share purchase, or similar transaction of one or more operating businesses in the oil and gas industry. On July 12, 2006, we completed an offering of 22,500,000 units, each unit consisting of one share of our common stock and one warrant to acquire one share of our common stock. These units were issued at $8.00 per unit. On July 21, 2006, we entered into an acquisition agreement with Eastman Chemical Company to acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eastman SE, Inc., a chemical manufacturer which had just launched a biobased products platform. Our shareholders approved the acquisition of Eastman SE, Inc. on October 27, 2006. On October 31, 2006, the acquisition of Eastman SE, Inc. was consummated (effective after the close of business on that day) and Eastman SE, Inc. became our wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with such closing, we changed our name to FutureFuel Corp. and Eastman SE, Inc. changed its name to FutureFuel Chemical Company.

Our shares of common stock are quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTC Bulletin Board”). The OTC Bulletin Board is an electronic trading service offered by the National Association of Security Dealers that shows real-time quotes, last sale prices, and volume information for over-the-counter equity securities.

On July 12, 2010, all outstanding unexercised warrants to purchase our common stock expired. Our warrants were not listed or quoted on any established exchange.

We declared a special cash dividend on February 3, 2011 of $0.10 per share on our common stock, with a record date of March 1, 2011 and payable on March 15, 2011.

On February 10, 2011, we filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Form S-3 Registration Statement commonly referred to as a “shelf registration” whereby we registered shares of our common stock, preferred stock, warrants, rights, and units which we might issue in the future in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million. This registration statement was amended on March 4, 2011 and became effective on March 10, 2011.

On March 8, 2011, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) approved the listing of our common stock for trading on the exchange, and on March 9, 2011 we filed with the SEC a Form 8-A Registration Statement under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) with respect to our common stock. We anticipate that trading of our common stock on the NYSE will commence on March 23, 2011 under the symbol “FF”.

FutureFuel Chemical Company

FutureFuel Chemical Company is a Delaware corporation incorporated on September 1, 2005 under the name Eastman SE, Inc. It owns approximately 2,200 acres of land six miles southeast of Batesville in north central Arkansas fronting the White River. Approximately 500 acres of the site are occupied with batch and continuous manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and associated infrastructure, including on-site liquid waste treatment. The plant is staffed by approximately 500 non-union full-time employees. FutureFuel Chemical Company manufacturers diversified chemical products and biobased products comprised of biofuels and biobased specialty chemical products.

In the chemicals segment, the 2010 demand for our core existing product lines remained in line with our expectations. We also completed plant modifications and additions in 2010 to enable the processing of several new product lines. We continue to focus on building and maintaining our reputation as a technology-driven competitive chemical producer. We have retained a strong emphasis on cost control and efficiency improvements that, we

believe, will enable us to take advantage of growth opportunities that exist as a result of conditions in the worldwide chemical industry.

With respect to our biofuels segment, in 2009 we completed a project to increase our production capacity to 59 million gallons of biodiesel per year through the addition of a new continuous processing line. We initiated commercial production from this new line in May 2009. By the end of the second quarter of 2009, daily production volumes from the new processing line were demonstrated at approximately 80% of nameplate capacity. This production line was designed to produce biodiesel from feedstock with low fatty acids. We believe we successfully demonstrated our ability to keep this continuous processing line at or near capacity for sustained periods of time as well as our ability to procure and logistically handle large quantities of feedstock with low fatty acids. However, with the expiration of the $1.00 federal blender’s credit at the end of 2009 (see the discussion below), we determined that feedstocks with low fatty acids were too costly to consistently produce biodiesel with positive margins. Accordingly, in 2010, we redesigned our continuous line to produce biodiesel from feedstock with high fatty acids. We are still in the process of debugging this redesigned line.

There currently is uncertainty as to whether we will produce biodiesel in the future. This uncertainty results from: (i) changes in feedstock prices relative to biodiesel prices; (ii) the continuance of the $1.00 per gallon federal blender’s tax credit, which credit terminates on December 31, 2011; and (iii) the permanency of government mandates. See “Risk Factors” beginning at page 16 below.

Financial Information about Segments

Unless otherwise noted, the financial data presented herein represents our consolidated operations for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008. The following table sets forth: (i) our consolidated revenues from external customers for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008; (ii) our consolidated net income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008; and (iii) our total assets at December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008.

(Dollars in thousands)

Period	Revenues from External Customers		Net Income		Total Assets
Year ended December 31, 2010	$	219,183	$	23,094	$	343,156
Year ended December 31, 2009	$	196,711	$	16,992	$	246,007
Year ended December 31, 2008	$	198,330	$	22,675	$	238,126

We have two business reporting “segments” as defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles: chemicals and biofuels. We are not able to allocate net income and total assets between these two business segments. However, revenues from external customers and gross margins can be allocated between the two business segments as set forth in the following table.

(Dollars in thousands)

Period	Revenues from Chemical Segment		Revenues from Biofuels Segment		Total Revenues from External Customers		Gross Margin from Chemical Segment		Gross Margin from Biofuels Segment			Gross Margin
Year ended December 31, 2010	$	178,280	$	40,903	$	219,183	$	41,433	$	(149	)	$	41,284
Year ended December 31, 2009	$	143,759	$	52,952	$	196,711	$	33,007	$	1,430		$	34,437
Year ended December 31, 2008	$	155,553	$	42,777	$	198,330	$	32,738	$	7,679		$	40,417

See note 21 to our consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for adjustments to segment gross margins to arrive at net income.

Narrative Description of the Business

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 8235 Forsyth Blvd., 4th Floor, Clayton, Missouri 63105. Our telephone number is (805) 565-9800. FutureFuel Chemical Company’s principal executive offices are located at 2800 Gap Road, Highway 394 South, Batesville, Arkansas 72501-9680. Its telephone number at such office is (870) 698-1811.

The Company

We completed the offering described above on July 12, 2006 and acquired FutureFuel Chemical Company at the close of business on October 31, 2006. On July 11, 2008, our common stock began to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “FTFL”. All of our warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2009 have either: (i) been exercised by the holder thereof; (ii) been purchased by us and canceled; or (iii) expired effective July 12, 2010; and are no longer outstanding. Our warrants were not listed or quoted on any national exchange or any other price quotation system.

We own approximately 2,200 acres of land six miles southeast of Batesville in north central Arkansas fronting the White River. Approximately 500 acres of the site are occupied with batch and continuous manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and associated infrastructure, including on-site liquid waste treatment. The plant is staffed by approximately 500 non-union full-time employees. Land and support infrastructure are available to support expansion and business growth. In March 2009, we acquired a granary in Marianna, Arkansas.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, approximately 78% of site revenue was derived from manufacturing specialty chemicals for specific customers (“custom manufacturing”) with 4% of revenues being derived from multi-customer specialty chemicals (“performance chemicals”) and 18% from biofuels. Custom manufacturing involves producing unique products for individual customers, generally under long-term contracts. The plant’s custom manufacturing product portfolio includes a bleach activator for a major detergent manufacturer, a proprietary herbicide and intermediates for a major life sciences company, and chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors for a major chemical company. The performance chemicals product portfolio includes polymer (nylon) modifiers and several small-volume specialty chemicals for diverse applications.

We are committed to growing our chemical and biofuels businesses. We also intend to pursue commercialization of other products, including building block chemicals. In pursuing this strategy, we will continue to establish a name identity in the biofuels business, leverage our technical capabilities and quality certifications, secure local and regional markets, and expand marketing efforts to fleets and regional/national customers. These items are discussed in greater detail below.

Biofuels Business Segment

Overview of the Segment

Our biofuels segment was established in early 2005 as an initiative of the site management team to leverage technical and operational expertise as well as available manufacturing capacity to pursue business growth opportunities in addition to the legacy specialty chemicals business. The biofuels segment had revenue of $40,903,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010, $52,952,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009, and $42,777,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Biofuel Products

Our biofuels business segment currently targets biodiesel. In addition, we sell petrodiesel in blends with our biodiesel and, from time to time, with no biodiesel added. Our biofuels segment also includes the operation of a granary in central Arkansas that we acquired in March 2009. The infrastructure and location of the granary provide an advantaged position related to several expansion projects we are evaluating within our biofuels segment. We can provide no assurance that any of these expansion projects will come to fruition. Until such time as we elect to pursue one or more of these expansion projects, we intend to continue purchasing grain from farmers in central

Arkansas and reselling that grain to buyers at major agricultural centers for export out of our region. Finally, we are a shipper of refined petroleum products on a common carrier pipeline and, from time-to-time, we buy and sell petroleum products to maintain our active shipper status on this pipeline.

Biodiesel is a renewable energy consisting of mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids. The mono-alkyl esters are typically produced from vegetable oil, fat, or grease feedstocks. Biodiesel is used primarily as a blend with petrodiesel (usually 2% (B2) to 20% (B20) by volume). A major advantage of biodiesel is that it can be used in most existing diesel engines and fuel injection equipment in blends up to 20% with no material impact to engine performance. Biodiesel has about 93% of the energy content of petrodiesel on a per gallon basis, and a cetane number between 50 and 60. Biodiesel’s chemical composition translates to better engine performance and lubrication; however, its lower energy content may result in a slight decrease in fuel economy. As an additional benefit, biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to meet all testing requirements of the Clean Air Act and, in 1998, Congress approved the use of biodiesel as an Energy Policy Act compliance strategy (which allows federal, state, and public fleets covered by this Act to meet their alternative fuel vehicle purchase requirements simply by buying biodiesel and burning it in new or existing diesel vehicles in at least a 20% blend). Finally, biodiesel also benefits from favorable properties compared to petrodiesel (e.g., negligible sulfur content and lower particulate matter and greenhouse gas emissions). See Status and Issues for Biodiesel in the United States, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Robert L. McCormick, Teresa Alleman, Aaron Williams, Yoshio Coy, Andrew Hudgins, and Wendy Dafoe, October 2009 and Pew Center on Global Climate Change, http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/factsheet/biodiesel.

Biodiesel commercialization was achieved at our Batesville plant in October 2005. Technical and operational competency developed as a supplier of specialty chemicals enabled the development of a flexible manufacturing process which can utilize the broadest possible range of feedstock oils, including soy oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, pork lard, poultry fat, and beef tallow. The Batesville plant produces B100. B20 is currently used in the facility’s diesel fleet and is available for retail sale at the site. In the second quarter of 2009, we began offering B100, biodiesel blended with petrodiesel (B2, B5, B10, and B20 grades), and petrodiesel at our leased storage facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition, we deliver blended product to a small group of customers within our region.

Biodiesel Production

Biodiesel can be made from renewable sources such as: (i) crude and refined virgin vegetable oils; (ii) crude and refined animal fats; and (iii) used cooking oils and trap grease. The choice of feedstock is determined primarily by the price and availability of each feedstock variety, yield loss of lower quality feedstock, and the capabilities of the producer’s biodiesel production facility. In the United States, the majority of biodiesel historically has been made from domestically produced soybean oil. See Pew Center on Global Climate Change, http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/factsheet/biodiesel. However, this reliance on soybean oil has constrained biodiesel production in the United States due to its higher cost and competition with food demands. As such, the biodiesel feedstock market in the United States is in a transition from this increasingly expensive first-generation soy feedstock to alternative second-generation lower-cost, non-food feedstocks such as used vegetable oil, tallow, and algae. See http://www.emerging-markets.com/biodiesel/default.asp.

In 2009, we completed a project to increase our production capacity to 59 million gallons of biodiesel per year through the addition of a new continuous processing line. We initiated commercial production from this new line in May 2009. By the end of the second quarter of 2009, daily production volumes from the new processing line were demonstrated at approximately 80% of nameplate capacity. This production line was designed to produce biodiesel from feedstock with low fatty acids. We believe we successfully demonstrated our ability to keep this continuous processing line at or near capacity for sustained periods of time as well as our ability to procure and logistically handle large quantities of feedstock with low fatty acids. However, with the expiration of the $1.00 federal blender’s credit at the end of 2009 (see the discussion below), we determined that feedstocks with low fatty acids were too costly to consistently produce biodiesel with positive margins. Accordingly, we redesigned our continuous line to produce biodiesel from feedstock with high fatty acids. We are still in the process of debugging this redesigned line.

Legislative Incentives

Historically, the acceptance of biodiesel in the United States has been driven to a great degree by legislative initiatives. For example, agencies of the United States government, including the Department of Energy, the

Environmental Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Agriculture, as well as many states, offer biodiesel incentives or have mandates for the use of biodiesel, or both. There are other governmental incentives that do not directly reduce the net cost of producing or blending biodiesel but that drive the demand for biodiesel. For example, tax credits are available under the Internal Revenue Code for investment in qualifying refueling property, the Environmental Protection Agency will pay 50-100% of the cost for schools to upgrade and/or replace their buses, and programs administered by the Department of Energy indirectly require government fleet operators to purchase substantial amounts of biodiesel. The principal federal incentives that we believe have the greatest positive effect on our business are discussed below.

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires government fleet operators to use a certain percentage of alternatively fueled vehicles. The Act established a goal of replacing 10% of motor fuels with non-petroleum alternatives by 2000, increasing to 30% by the year 2010. Currently, 75% of all new light-duty federal vehicles purchased are required to have alternative fuel capability to set an example for the private automotive and fuel industries.

Under the Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998, vehicle fleets that are required to purchase alternatively fueled vehicles can generate credit toward this requirement by purchasing and using biodiesel in a conventional vehicle. Since there are few cost-effective options for purchasing heavy-duty alternatively fueled vehicles, federal and state fleet providers can meet up to 50% of their heavy-duty alternatively fueled vehicle purchase requirements with biodiesel. The biodiesel fuel credit allows fleets to purchase and use 450 gallons of biodiesel in vehicles in excess of 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight instead of alternatively fueled vehicles. Fleets must purchase and use the equivalent of 450 gallons of pure biodiesel in a minimum of a 20% blend to earn one credit. Covered fleets earn one vehicle credit for every light-duty alternatively fueled vehicle they acquire annually beyond their base vehicle acquisition requirements. Credits can be banked or sold.

Congress passed a biodiesel tax incentive, structured as a federal excise tax credit, as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The credit amounted to one cent for each percentage point of vegetable oil or animal fat biodiesel that was blended with petrodiesel (and one-half cent for each percentage point of recycled oils and other non-agricultural biodiesel). For example, blenders that blended B20 made from soy, canola, and other vegetable oils and animal fats received a 20¢ per gallon excise tax credit, while biodiesel made from recycled restaurant oils (yellow grease) received half of this credit. The tax incentive generally was taken by petroleum distributors and was substantially passed on to the consumer. It was designed to lower the cost of biodiesel to consumers in both taxable and tax-exempt markets. The tax credit was scheduled to expire at the end of 2006, but was extended in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to the end of 2008 and then to December 31, 2009 through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in August 2005 and included a number of provisions intended to spur the production and use of biodiesel. In particular, the Act’s provisions include biodiesel as part of the minimum volume of renewable fuels (the renewable fuels standard or “RFS”), in the nationwide gasoline and diesel pool, with the Environmental Protection Agency being directed to determine the share to be allocated to biodiesel and other details through its rulemaking process. More specifically, the RFS requires a specific amount of renewable fuel to be used each year in the nationwide gasoline and diesel pool. The volume increases each year, from 4 billion gallons per year in 2006 to 7.5 billion gallons per year in 2012. The Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency, beginning in 2006, to publish by November 30th of each year, “renewable fuel obligations” that will be applicable to refiners, blenders, and importers in the contiguous 48 states. The renewable fuel obligations are required to be expressed in terms of a volume percentage of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce and consist of a single applicable percentage that will apply to all categories of refiners, blenders, and importers. The renewable fuel obligations are to be based on estimates that the Energy Information Association provides to the Environmental Protection Agency on the volumes of gasoline it expects will be sold or introduced into commerce. The Environmental Protection Agency released the final rules to implement the RFS on April 10, 2007. Under those rules, the RFS compliance period did not begin until September 1, 2007. The applicable volume of renewable fuel under this program was 4.7 billion gallons for 2007, 5.4 billion gallons for 2008, 11.1 billion gallons for 2009, and 12.95 billion gallon for 2010, increasing to 36 billion gallons per year by 2022. Beginning in 2010, a certain percentage of renewable fuel blended into transportation fuels must be cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel (biodiesel), and/or advanced biofuel.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 also created a new tax credit for small agri-biodiesel producers with production capacity not in excess of 60 million gallons, of 10¢ per gallon for the first 15 million gallons of agri-biodiesel sold.

Our 2010 biodiesel production capacity did not exceed 60 million gallons and thus we qualified for this credit. We expect that our 2011 biodiesel production capacity will not exceed 60 million gallons and that we will qualify for this credit in 2011.

On December 19, 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was enacted which, among other things, expanded the RFS (also referred to as “RFS2”). In contrast to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, this bill provided an RFS carve-out applicable specifically to biodiesel; the RFS requirement of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 had mostly been filled by ethanol. Beginning January 1, 2009, the 2007 Act mandates that 500 million gallons of biomass-based diesel (biodiesel) be used per year. On November 21, 2008, the USEPA announced that the 2009 RFS2 for refiners, importers, and blenders was 10.21%. The 2008 RFS was 7.76%. The 2009 RFS2 represents 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel and includes 500 million gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel. The mandate under the 2007 Act increases each year and reaches 1 billion gallons per year in 2012. Beyond 2012, the mandate is to be determined by the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in coordination with the secretaries of energy and agriculture, but with a minimum of that mandated in 2012, thus a 1 billion gallons per year floor. On November 23, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2011 RFS2 biodiesel volume at 800 million gallons.

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 extended the biodiesel tax credit through December 31, 2009 and qualified all biodiesel for a $1.00 per gallon tax credit, including biodiesel made from non-virgin feedstocks such as yellow grease. As noted above, prior legislation limited the tax credit for biodiesel manufactured from non-virgin feedstocks to $0.50 per gallon.

On February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was enacted which, among other things, appropriated monies to support various investments and offered incentives (such as tax credits, grant programs, and other funding) for projects related to alternative fuels, energy independence, and renewable energy technologies. For example, the Department of Energy was provided with $800 million for projects related to biomass, and $2 billion was made available for grants for manufacturing advanced battery systems and electric vehicle components to support domestic manufacturing of advanced lithium ion batteries and hybrid electric systems.

The $1.00 per gallon blender tax credit expired on December 31, 2009. However, in December 2010, the credit was reinstated retroactive to January 1, 2010 by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. The tax credit is now scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. If this tax credit is not renewed, its expiration could have a material adverse effect on our biodiesel business. See “Risk Factors” beginning at page 16 below.

The federal government offers other programs, including those summarized in the table below.

Federal Agency that Administers/ Oversees	Type of Incentive	Who Receives Incentive	Commonly Known As	Summary
Internal Revenue Service	income tax credit	infrastructure providers	Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Credit	Provides a tax credit in an amount equal to 50% of the cost of any qualified non-residential alternatively fueled vehicle refueling property placed into service in the United States up to $50,000 in 2009 and 2010, subject to certain limits, and up to 30% of the cost, not to exceed $30,000, for equipment placed into service in 2011.
Environmental Protection Agency	grant program	school districts	Clean School Bus Program	Reduces operating costs and children’s exposure to harmful diesel exhaust by limiting bus idling, implementing pollution reduction technology, improving route logistics and switching to biodiesel. The Energy Bill of 2005

Federal Agency that Administers/

Oversees

Type of Incentive

Who Receives Incentive

Commonly Known As

Summary

				utilizes this program to grant up to a 50% cost share (depending on the age and emissions of the original bus) to replace school buses with buses that operate on alternative fuel or low-sulfur diesel, or up to 100% for retrofit projects.
	grants/funding	cities, ports, and public entities	National Clean Diesel Campaign	Offers grants and funding to reduce pollution from diesel engines and adoption of clean technologies for agricultural and construction equipment and other projects.
	grants/funding	state, local, and tribal agencies	Air Pollution Control Program	Assists project costs to implement plans for developing, improving, and maintaining prevention of air pollution and the national ambient air quality standards with emphasis on alternative fuels.
Department of Agriculture	grant program	agricultural producers and small businesses	Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grant	In 2005, the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development made available $22.8 million in competitive grant funds and guaranteed loans for the purchase of renewable energy systems and energy improvements for agricultural producers and small rural businesses. Eligible projects include biofuels, hydrogen and energy efficiency improvements, as well as solar, geothermal and wind.
Department of Agriculture/ Department of Energy	grant program	biobased fuels researchers	Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000	Funds research, development and demonstration biomass projects with respect to renewable energy resources from the agricultural and agro-forestry sectors. Biomass is defined as organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis.

Department of Energy

grants/funding

municipalities and local agencies

Clean Cities

Supports local initiatives to reduce the use of petroleum in transportation with volunteer coalitions to promote alternative fuels

Federal Agency that Administers/

Oversees

Type of Incentive

Who Receives Incentive

Commonly Known As

Summary

Department of Transportation

grants/funding

states, municipalities, state DOTs, and transit agencies

Clean Fuels Grant program and Congestion Migration and Air Quality Improvement Program

Assists designated non-attainment areas for ozone and carbon monoxide in maintaining the national ambient air quality standards; promotes low-emission buses, equipment, alternative fuel stations and infrastructure, use of biodiesel, and cost-effective congestion mitigation activities to improve air quality.

Many states are following the federal government’s lead and are offering similar programs and incentives to spur biodiesel production and use. For example, Arkansas provides an income tax credit of 5% of the cost of the facilities and equipment used directly in the wholesale or retail distribution of biodiesel where the equipment has not been claimed in a previous tax year. In addition, Arkansas offers a tax refund of $0.50 for each gallon of biodiesel used by a supplier to produce a biodiesel/petrodiesel mixture of not more than 2% biodiesel. In April 2007, Arkansas passed legislation that provides for a $0.20 per gallon biodiesel producer credit and up to $50,000 in grants per site for biodiesel producers and distributors to install distribution infrastructure. The $0.20 per gallon Arkansas producer credit is capped at 10 million gallons of production, or $2 million, per defined time intervals. The first interval was January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. We submitted an application for the $0.20 per gallon biodiesel producer credit for production during this 18-month interval and received the $2 million credit in March 2008. The next funding interval was July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. We applied for funding under this program for biodiesel produced during this interval and received the $2 million credit in July 2009. No funding was available for this program in 2010, nor do we expect funding to be available in 2011. However, we intend to apply for the credit in future years when and as such credit is available.

Our review of state statutes reveals that virtually all states provide either user or producer incentives for biodiesel, several states provide both types of incentives, and approximately 37 states provide incentives to biodiesel producers to build facilities in their states, typically offering tax credits, grants, and other financial incentives. As we expand our business outside of Arkansas, we will evaluate these additional state incentives to determine if we qualify for them.

We will continue to identify and pursue other incentives to support our business. However, no assurances can be given that we will qualify for any such incentives or, if we do qualify, what the amount of such incentives will be.

ASTM D6751 Standard

For quality specification purposes, and to qualify for the blender’s tax credit, biodiesel must meet the requirements of ASTM D6751. This specification ensures that blends up to B20 are compatible with diesel engines and associated fuel system hardware. See Status and Issues for Biodiesel in the United States, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Robert L. McCormick, Teresa Alleman, Aaron Williams, Yoshio Coy, Andrew Hudgins, and Wendy Dafoe, October 2009. All biodiesel manufactured at our Batesville plant is tested in on-site quality control laboratories and confirmed to meet the ASTM D6751 standard.

Renewable Identification Numbers

As noted above, the RFS mandates levels of various types of renewable fuels that are to be blended with U.S. gasoline and diesel fuel by U.S. refiners, blenders, and importers. Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) are the mechanism for insuring that the prescribed levels of blending are reached. As ethanol and biodiesel is produced or imported, the producer or importer has the responsibility to assign a series of numbers (i.e., a RIN) to their product. Assignment is made according to guidelines established by the Environmental Protection Agency. Once the RIN is assigned to the fuel, it essentially becomes the renewable fuel credit. When biofuels change ownership to the refiners, importers, and blenders of the fuel, the RINs are also transferred. The RINs ultimately are separated from the renewable fuel generally at the time the renewable fuel is blended. The refiners, importers, and blenders

generally use the RINs to establish that they have blended their applicable percentage of renewable fuels during the applicable reporting period. However, once the RINs are separated from the underlying biofuels (e.g., by blending the underlying biodiesel with petrodiesel), they can also be sold separate and apart from the underlying biofuel.

We generally create RINs when we produce biodiesel. Those RINs may be separated from the biodiesel at the time, if any, that we blend the biodiesel with petrodiesel. If we sell the biodiesel prior to blending, the RIN goes with the biodiesel. If we blend the biodiesel prior to selling it, we then sell the RINs with our blended biodiesel or we sell them separate from the biodiesel, dependent upon whether there is a market for the separated RINs and the prices at which they can be sold. However, no assurances can be given that a separate market for RINs will be sustained.

Future Strategy

Prior to 2009, the growth of the biodiesel industry had been significant. However, as the price of petrodiesel dropped in 2009, the relative cost of biodiesel increased due to rising prices of feedstocks (among other things), and the $1.00 producer credit terminated at the end of 2009 (with uncertainty about its reinstatement), the production of biodiesel in the United States decreased in 2009 and 2010. This trend may continue given challenging economic conditions and the leveling off of government requirements after 2012, as well as the uncertainty of the federal blender’s credit. See Pew Center on Global Climate Change, http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/factsheet/biodiesel. Researchers believe that the U.S. market will transition to larger plants, alternative feedstocks, and second generation technologies, resulting in a consolidation among smaller, first-generation producers accompanied by a series of mergers and acquisitions in the field. However, we believe that producers who are proactive in responding to these changes can benefit in this emerging market. These responses include: new and improved technologies; alternative feedstocks with higher yields; production scalability and flexibility options; supply chain, distribution, and co-location strategies; the sale of RINs separate from the underlying biodiesel; and innovative risk management strategies. See http://www.emerging-markets.com/biodiesel/default.asp.

Our future strategy for our biofuels segment is geared towards these responses. For example, in 2009, we commercialized two biobased solvents: FUTURESOL FAME and FUTURESOL Glysol, which we intend to market. In addition, we intend to expand our biodiesel capacity utilizing available facilities as market conditions dictate. All future capacity will be operated primarily in continuous processing mode to realize operating economies and optimum throughput. Existing and future processes will accommodate a wide range of feedstock oils, allowing optimization relative to supply and pricing. However, our continued production of biodiesel may be severely limited, or eliminated entirely, in the event Congress does not renew the $1.00 per gallon blenders tax credit past December 31, 2011. See “Risk Factors” beginning at page 16.

Customers and Markets

We currently market our biodiesel products by truck and rail directly to customers in the United States. Through the utilization of liquid bulk storage facilities and barge loading capabilities, we are positioned to market biodiesel throughout the United States for transportation and home heating fuel usage. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2010, 12 of our customers represented 80% of biofuels revenues (15% of total revenues) with the remaining 20% of biofuels revenues (5% of total revenues) spread across a large number of customers. Although the regional market is still being developed, we estimate that the regional direct market available to us at maturity will be at least 30 million gallons per year.

Competition

As of December 2010, there was a reported 2.73 billion gallons per year of biodiesel production capacity in the United States, although only approximately 545 million gallons of biodiesel were estimated to have been produced in 2009 (http://www.biodiesel.org.buyingbiodiesel/plants), and 280 million gallons of biodiesel were estimated to have been produced in 2010 (http://www.thebioenergysite.com/news/7153/international-bioenergy-days-2010-biodiesel-gets-burned). We compete with other producers of biodiesel, both locally, regionally, and nationally. There are four biodiesel plants in the state of Arkansas, but only our plant is currently operating. There are several operating facilities in surrounding states and announced biodiesel production facilities in surrounding states. We estimate that regional competitive producers had approximately 95 million gallons of capacity at the end of 2010. Our production and the national production of biodiesel were significantly reduced in 2010 for a number of reasons,

including uncertainty about the loss of the dollar tax credit, which has now been retroactively reinstated to January 1, 2010 (but which expires December 31, 2011). We anticipate that biodiesel production at our plant and nationally will likely increase in 2011 over 2010 with the renewal of the tax credit and the RFS2 mandate, although no assurances can be given that there will be such an increase.

In addition to biodiesel producers, we compete with new technologies that are being developed as alternatives to biodiesel. For example, biotech company LS9 Inc. announced that it is producing renewable diesel fuel from E. coli excrement. See http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2010/01/28/jbei-ls9-reengineer-e-coli-to-produce-renewable-diesel-directly-from-biomass-cbp-arrives-in-the-drop-in-sphere/. UOP, a major supplier to the petrochemical refining industry, has also reported the development of technology for the conversion of natural oils and wastes to green diesel. See http://www.uop.com/renewables/10010.html. We cannot give any assurances that renewable diesel fuel, green diesel, or some other product produced by these competing technologies will not supplant biodiesel as an alternative to conventional petrodiesel.

Supply and Distribution

As a result of our feedstock-flexible process, we are able to source feedstock from a broad supplier base which includes pork, chicken, and beef rendering facilities from both national and regional suppliers. Soybean oil has been sourced from several national and regional producers. Cottonseed oil has been sourced from a regional cooperative. All feedstocks are currently supplied by either rail or truck. We believe that an adequate supply of feedstocks can be sourced to support anticipated production.

We intend that biodiesel and other biofuels will be sold from the plant site as well as shipped to liquid bulk storage facilities for further distribution. Sales from the plant site are made by railcar and tank truck. Biodiesel is being delivered to liquid bulk storage facilities by company-owned tank trucks and common carriers for distribution there and for further transportation by barge or tank truck.

Cyclicality and Seasonality

The following charts depict our monthly sales of biodiesel (in gallons) for 2009 and 2010.

Our sales of biodiesel have been limited in winter months. Non-seasonal business (primarily on-road transportation) has not been sufficient regionally to generate biodiesel sales at blends greater than B5 in winter months at the end of farming activity. Also, cold weather usage and storage properties which reduce biodiesel demand during winter months require resolution in order to fully exploit year-round demand opportunities.

Chemicals Business Segment

Overview of the Segment

Our chemicals segment manufactures diversified chemical products that are sold externally to third party customers. This segment comprises two components: “custom manufacturing” (manufacturing chemicals for specific customers); and “performance chemicals” (multi-customer specialty chemicals). The chemicals segment had

revenue of $178,280,000, $143,759,000, and $155,553,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.

Chemical Products

Custom manufacturing involves producing unique products for individual customers, generally under long-term contracts. Many of these products are produced under confidentiality agreements in order to protect intellectual property. This is a service-based business where customers value technical capabilities, responsiveness, and process improvement to continually improve costs and reliability. Our plant’s custom manufacturing product portfolio includes two large products or product families which are generally produced throughout the year: (i) a bleach activator for a major detergent and consumer products manufacturer; and (ii) a proprietary herbicide (and intermediates) for a major life sciences company. The portfolio also contains a number of smaller products which are produced intermittently in a “batch campaign” mode, for diverse customers and end markets.

Performance chemicals comprise multi-customer products which are sold based upon specification and/or performance in the end-use application. This portfolio includes a family of polymer (nylon) modifiers and several small-volume specialty chemicals for diverse applications. In addition, we have recently been successful in growing our performance chemical business through new product development. New products include a family of acetal based solvents, including diethoxymethane, dimethoxymethane, dibutoxymethane, and glycerol formal, and phenol sulfonic acid, which build on our sulfonations technology.

Future Strategy

To build on and maintain our reputation as a technology-driven competitive chemical producer, we believe that we must continuously focus on cost control, operational efficiency, and capacity utilization to maximize earnings. The ability to utilize large scale batch and continuous production processes and a continuous focus on process improvements allow us to compete effectively in the custom manufacturing market and to remain cost competitive with, and for some products cost-advantaged over, our competitors. We intend to improve margins in this area of our business by careful management of product mix with regard to size of opportunity, timing to market, capital efficiency, and matching of opportunities to assets and capabilities.

We expect to derive significant growth in performance chemicals as a result of the application of new technologies to the conversion of biomass and waste carbon sources in order to produce a range of specialty chemical products. If we are successful in developing these products, they would represent a first generation of renewable chemicals that we believe would displace materials currently produced from fossil fuels. However, no assurances can be made that we will successfully develop such products or, if developed, that they will be accepted commercially.

Customers and Markets

Our chemical products are used in a variety of markets and end uses, including detergent, agrochemical, automotive, photographic imaging, coatings, nutrition, and polymer additives. These products are generally non-cyclical; however, the customers are often the “brand owners” and therefore control factors related to demand, such as market development strategy. In many cases, we may be unable to increase or maintain our level of sales revenue for these products.

All sales of the bleach activator are made to The Procter & Gamble Company pursuant to a multi-year supply agreement that was effective April 1, 2008. Sales of the bleach activator totaled $79,537,000, $73,466,000, and $83,995,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. Additionally, all sales of a proprietary herbicide and certain other intermediates used in the production of this herbicide are made to Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation pursuant to contracts which continue year-to-year unless terminated by notice given no later than 270 days prior to the end of the current term for the herbicide and not later than 18 months prior to the current term for the intermediates. No assurances can be given that these contracts will not be terminated. Sales of this herbicide and its intermediates totaled $36,509,000, $31,587,000, and $34,156,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. These two customers represented approximately 54%, 53%, and 60% of our revenues in 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.

Competition

Historically, there have been significant barriers to entry for competitors with respect to chemicals primarily due to the fact that the relevant technology and manufacturing capability has been held by a small number of companies. As technology and investment have increasingly moved outside of North America, competition from multi-national chemical manufacturers has intensified, primarily from India and China. We compete with these and other producers primarily based on price, customer service, technology, quality, and reliability. Our major competitors in this segment include large multi-national companies with specialty chemical business units, and smaller independent producers. The multi-national competitors are often disadvantaged by poor responsiveness and customer service, while the small producers often have limited technology and financial resources. We believe that we should be well positioned for growth due to the combination of our scale of operations, technical capabilities, and financial resources.

Supply and Distribution

Specialty chemicals are generally high unit value products sold in packaged, or low-volume bulk form, for which distribution is a relatively minor component of cost. Most products are sold FOB the Batesville site for distribution globally. Similarly, raw materials for these products are comparatively higher-value components that are sourced globally. An exception will be the biofuels co-products, which will be recovered from local processing and purified or further functionalized into other products at the site.

Cyclicality and Seasonality

Our chemical products typically are not cyclical but they are sensitive to global economic conditions. Supply and demand dynamics determine profitability at different stages of cycles and global economic conditions affect the length of each cycle. Despite some sensitivity to global economic conditions, many of the products in the chemical segment provide a stable foundation of earnings.

Backlog

The majority of our revenues are derived under custom manufacturing agreements with specific customers. These customers generally provide us with forecasts of demand on a monthly or quarterly basis. These forecasts are intended to enable us to optimize the efficiency of our production processes and generally are not firm sales orders. As such, we do not monitor or report backlog.

Intellectual Property

We consider our intellectual property portfolio to be a valuable corporate asset which we intend to expand and protect globally through a combination of trade secrets, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, patents, and copyrights. As a producer of a broad and diverse portfolio of chemicals, our intellectual property relates to a wide variety of products and processes acquired through the development and manufacture of over 300 specialty chemicals during the history of the site. Our primary strategy regarding our intellectual property portfolio will be to appropriately protect all innovations and know-how in order to provide our business segments with a technology-based competitive advantage wherever possible. In the chemicals business segment, custom manufacturing projects are primarily conducted within the framework of confidentiality agreements with each customer to ensure that intellectual property rights are defined and protected. In the biofuels business segment, innovations and process know-how will be vigorously protected as appropriate. As may be necessary, we will seek to license technology from third parties that complements our strategic business objectives. Neither our business as a whole nor any particular segment is materially dependent upon any one particular patent, copyright, or trade secret. As the laws of many foreign countries do not protect intellectual property to the same extent as the laws of the United States, we can make no assurance that we will be able to adequately protect all of our intellectual property assets.

Research and Development

We devote significant resources to our research and development programs which are primarily targeted towards two objectives:

innovating, developing, and improving biofuels processes, in particular biodiesel and other biofuels, including value-up technology and applications for co-products; and

developing and improving processes for custom manufacturing products and performance chemicals.

Our research and development capabilities comprise analytical chemistry competencies to assay and characterize raw materials and products, organic chemistry expertise applied across a breadth of reaction chemistries and materials, and process engineering capabilities for batch and continuous processing of both solid and liquid materials. We believe that these core competencies, established in support of the legacy chemical business, are applicable to building a technology-based position in biofuels and associated biobased specialty products.

Research and development expense incurred by us for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 were $3,494,000, $4,165,000, and $3,951,000, respectively. Substantially all of such research and development expense related to the development of new products, services, and processes or the improvement of existing products, services, and processes.

Environmental Matters

Various aspects of our operations are subject to regulation by state and federal agencies. Biofuel and chemical operations are subject to numerous, stringent, and complex laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels governing the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection. These laws and regulations may:

require acquisition of permits regarding discharges into the air and discharge of waste waters;

place restrictions on the handling and disposal of hazardous and other wastes; and

require capital expenditures to implement pollution control equipment.

Compliance with such laws and regulations can be costly and noncompliance can result in substantial civil and even criminal penalties. Some environmental laws impose strict liability for environmental contamination, rendering a person liable for environmental damages and cleanup costs without regard to negligence or fault. Moreover, public interest in the protection of the environment has increased substantially in recent years. Our operations could be adversely affected to the extent laws are enacted or other governmental action is taken that imposes environmental protection requirements that result in increased costs to the biofuels and/or chemical manufacturing industry in general. The following provides a general discussion of some of the significant environmental laws and regulations that impact our activities.

The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), and analogous state laws, impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault or the legality of the original act, on certain classes of persons that contributed to the release of a hazardous substance into the environment. These persons include the owner and operator of the site where the release occurred, past owners and operators of the site, and companies that disposed or arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances found at the site. Responsible parties under CERCLA may be liable for the costs of cleaning up hazardous substances that have been released into the environment and for damages to natural resources. Additionally, it is not uncommon for third parties to assert claims for personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by the release of hazardous substances or other pollutants into the environment.

The federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), is the principal federal statute governing the management of wastes, including the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes. RCRA imposes stringent operating requirements, and liability for failure to meet such

requirements, on a person who is either a generator or transporter of hazardous waste or an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Many of the wastes generated in our manufacturing facility are governed by RCRA.

The federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”) and regulations thereunder impose liability on responsible parties for damages resulting from oil spills into or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or in the exclusive economic zone of the United States. A responsible party includes the owner or operator of an onshore facility. OPA limits liability for onshore facilities to $350 million. These liability limits may not apply if a spill is caused by a party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, the spill resulted from violation of a federal safety, construction, or operating regulation, or if a party fails to report a spill or to cooperate fully in a clean-up. Failure to comply with OPA’s requirements may subject a responsible party to civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement actions.

The federal Water Pollution Control Act (“Clean Water Act”) imposes restrictions and controls on the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters. These controls have become more stringent over the years, and it is possible that additional restrictions may be imposed in the future. Permits must be obtained to discharge pollutants into state and federal waters. The Clean Water Act provides for civil, criminal, and administrative penalties for discharges of oil and other pollutants, and imposes liability on parties responsible for those discharges for the costs of cleaning up any environmental damage caused by the release and for natural resource damages resulting from the release. Comparable state statutes impose liability and authorize penalties in the case of an unauthorized discharge of petroleum or its derivatives, or other pollutants, into state waters.

The federal Clean Air Act (“Clean Air Act”), and associated state laws and regulations, restrict the emission of air pollutants from many sources, including facilities involved in manufacturing chemicals and biofuels. New facilities are generally required to obtain permits before operations can commence, and new or existing facilities may be required to incur certain capital expenditures to install air pollution control equipment in connection with obtaining and maintaining operating permits and approvals. Federal and state regulatory agencies can impose administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for non-compliance with permits or other requirements of the Clean Air Act and associated state laws and regulations.

The federal Endangered Species Act, the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, and similar federal and state wildlife protection laws prohibit or restrict activities that could adversely impact protected plant and animal species or habitats. Manufacturing activities could be prohibited or delayed in areas where such protected species or habitats may be located, or expensive mitigation may be required to accommodate such activities.

Our policy is to operate our plant and facilities in a manner that protects the environment and the health and safety of our employees and the public. We intend to continue to make expenditures for environmental protection and improvements in a timely manner consistent with our policies and with the technology available. In some cases, applicable environmental regulations such as those adopted under the Clean Air Act and RCRA, and related actions of regulatory agencies, determine the timing and amount of environmental costs incurred by us.

In addition to our general environmental policies and policies for asset retirement obligations and environmental reserves, we accrue environmental costs when it is probable that we have incurred a liability and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In some instances, the amount cannot be reasonably estimated due to insufficient data, particularly in the nature and timing of the future performance. In these cases, the liability is monitored until such time that sufficient data exists. With respect to a contaminated site, the amount accrued reflects our assumptions about remedial requirements at the site, the nature of the remedy, the outcome of discussions with regulatory agencies and other potentially responsible parties at multi-party sites, and the number and financial viability of other potentially responsible parties. Changes in the estimates on which the accruals are based, unanticipated government

enforcement action, or changes in health, safety, environmental, chemical control regulations, and testing requirements could result in higher or lower costs.

Our cash expenditures related to environmental protection and improvement were approximately $9,376,000, $9,923,000, and $11,507,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. These amounts pertain primarily to operating costs associated with environmental protection equipment and facilities, but also include expenditures for construction and development. We do not expect future environmental capital expenditures arising from requirements of environmental laws and regulations to materially increase our planned level of annual capital expenditures for environmental control facilities.

We believe that we have obtained in all material respects the necessary environmental permits and licenses to carry on our operations as presently conducted. We have reviewed environmental investigations of the properties owned by us and believe, on the basis of the results of the investigations carried out to date, that there are no material environmental issues which adversely impact us. In addition, under our acquisition agreement with Eastman Chemical Company, Eastman Chemical Company acquired environmental insurance with respect to environmental conditions at the Batesville plant existing as of the closing date and Eastman Chemical Company has agreed, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify FutureFuel Chemical Company with respect to such environmental conditions through October 31, 2011.

Management Team and Workforce

Our executive management team at the Batesville plant consists of four individuals with a combined 100 plus years of experience in the chemicals industry, comprising technical, operational, and business responsibilities. The members of the executive team also have international experience, including assignments in Europe and Asia. The operational and commercial management group at the Batesville site includes six additional degreed professionals with an average experience of over 20 years in the chemical industry.

The Batesville workforce comprises approximately 490 full-time employees (in addition to the ten senior managers), with a total of 75 degreed professionals, including 19 chemists (10 PhDs) and 40 engineers (including 10 licensed professional engineers and 21 chemical engineers). The site is non-unionized. Operations personnel are highly skilled as all site manufacturing and infrastructure is fully automated and computer-controlled. The workforce is substantially self-sufficient in the range of required operational skills and experience due to the lack of locally-available process industry infrastructure. Voluntary attrition at the site has averaged less than 1.6% annually since 2006.

Financial Information about Geographic Areas

Most of our sales are FOB the Batesville plant, although some FOB points are in other states or at foreign ports. While many of our chemicals are utilized to manufacture products that are shipped, further processed, and/or consumed throughout the world, the chemical products, with limited exceptions, generally leave the United States only after ownership has transferred from us to the customer. Rarely are we the exporter of record, never are we the importer of record into foreign countries, and we are not always aware of the exact quantities of our products that are moved into foreign markets by our customers. We do track the addresses of our customers for invoicing purposes and use this address to determine whether a particular sale is within or outside the United States. Our revenues for the last three fiscal years attributable to the United States and foreign countries (based upon the billing addresses of our customers) were as set forth in the following table.

(Dollars in thousands)

Period	United States		All Foreign Countries		Total
Year ended December 31, 2010	$	201,496	$	17,687	$	219,183
Year ended December 31, 2009	$	179,505	$	17,206	$	196,711
Year ended December 31, 2008	$	164,963	$	33,367	$	198,330

For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, revenues from Mexico accounted for 7%, 8%, and 11%, respectively, of total revenues. During 2008, FutureFuel Chemical Company sold significant quantities of biodiesel

to companies from Canada, during which time revenues from Canada became a material component of total revenues. Revenues from Canada accounted for 0%, 0%, and 5% of total revenues for each of the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. Other than Mexico and Canada, revenues from a single foreign country during 2010, 2009, and 2008 did not exceed 1% of our total revenues.

All of our long-lived assets are located in the United States.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly, and other reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers such as us that file electronically with the SEC. You may access that site at http://www.sec.gov.

Such documents may also be viewed at our website at http://ir.futurefuelcorporation.com/sec.cfm.

We make available free of charge, through the “Investor Relations - SEC Filings” section of our Internet website (http://ir.futurefuelcorporation.com/sec.cfm), our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such material with, or furnishing it to, the SEC.

We also make available free of charge, through the “Investor Relations - Corporate Governance” section of our website (http://ir.futurefuelcorporation.com/governance.cfm), the corporate governance guidelines of our board of directors, the charters of each of the committees of our board of directors, and the code of business conduct and ethics for our directors, officers, and employees. Such materials will be made available in print upon the written request of any shareholder to FutureFuel Corp., 8235 Forsyth Blvd., 4th Floor, Clayton, Missouri 63105, Attention: Investor Relations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

An investment in us involves a high degree of risk and may result in the loss of all or part of your investment. You should consider carefully all of the information set out in this document and the risks attaching to an investment in us, including, in particular, the risks described below. The information below does not purport to be an exhaustive list and should be considered in conjunction with the contents of the rest of this document.

Risks Associated With Our Business Activities

The federal excise tax credit for biodiesel will expire on December 31, 2011 and Congress has not enacted legislation to extend this credit. If the credit is not renewed, our cost of producing biodiesel will be increased, which could have an adverse effect on our financial position.

In October 2004, Congress passed a biodiesel tax incentive, structured as a federal excise tax credit, as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The credit amounted to one cent for each percentage point of vegetable oil or animal fat biodiesel that was blended with petrodiesel (and one-half cent for each percentage point of recycled oils and other non-agricultural biodiesel, subsequently amended and increased to one cent). For example, blenders that blended B20 made from soy, canola, and other vegetable oils and animal fats received a 20¢ per gallon excise tax credit. The tax incentive generally was taken by petroleum distributors and was passed on to the consumer. It was designed to lower the cost of biodiesel to consumers in both taxable and tax-exempt markets. The tax credit was scheduled to expire at the end of 2006, but was extended in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to December 31, 2008 and most recently it was extended to December 31, 2011.

Congress has not enacted any legislation to extend this tax credit beyond December 31, 2011 and it expires at that time. If biodiesel feedstock costs do not decrease significantly relative to biodiesel prices, we could realize a

negative gross margin on biodiesel. As a result, we could cease producing biodiesel, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.

The industries in which we compete are highly competitive.

The biodiesel industry, as well as the chemical business, are highly competitive. There is competition within these industries and also with other industries in supplying the energy, fuel, and chemical needs of industry and individual consumers. We compete with other firms in the sale or purchase of various goods or services in many national and international markets. We compete with large national and multi-national companies that have longer operating histories, greater financial, technical, and other resources, and greater name recognition than we do. In addition, we compete with several smaller companies capable of competing effectively on a regional or local basis, and the number of these smaller companies is increasing. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and services and changes in customer requirements. As a result of competition, we may lose market share or be unable to maintain or increase prices for our products and/or services or to acquire additional business opportunities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. Although we will employ all methods of competition which are lawful and appropriate for such purposes, no assurances can be made that they will be successful. A key component of our competitive position, particularly given the expected commodity-based nature of many of our products, will be our ability to manage expenses successfully, which requires continuous management focus on reducing unit costs and improving efficiency. No assurances can be given that we will be able to successfully manage such expenses.

Our competitive position in the markets in which we participate is, in part, subject to external factors in addition to those that we can impact. Natural disasters, changes in laws or regulations, war or other outbreak of hostilities, or other political factors in any of the countries or regions in which we operate or do business, or in countries or regions that are key suppliers of strategic raw materials, could negatively impact our competitive position and our ability to maintain market share.

Production of biodiesel requires adequate supplies of cost-effective feedstocks. Our inability to acquire adequate volumes of feedstocks may adversely affect our anticipated results of operation and financial condition.

Reaching the federally mandated one billion gallons of biodiesel use by 2012, if met through soybean-based biodiesel alone, would require about 690 million bushels of soybeans, which is about 22% of the U.S. annual soybean crop. Analysts have cautioned that using more than 35% of the soybean crop for biodiesel would cause significant shocks in food and agricultural markets. To increase consumption beyond 1.5 billion gallons of soy-based biodiesel, the U.S. would need to depend on imports, continue increasing soybean yields, or develop other feedstocks and/or conversion processes. Although waste feedstocks are available for biodiesel production, the quantities of such wastes are limited (wastes generated in the U.S. would yield on an annual basis approximately 390 million gallons of biodiesel (150 million gallons from yellow grease and 240 million gallons from animal fats)). See Pew Center on Global Climate Change, http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/factsheet/biodiesel. There are several sources of additional feedstock that could be developed in the near-term (such as algae), but no assurances can be made that they will be developed or, if developed, that they will be available at a cost-effective price. Accordingly, as annual production of biodiesel in the United States increases, the availability of feedstocks could become scarce and/or prices of feedstocks could increase, either of which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial conditions.

Anti-subsidy and anti-dumping complaints have been filed with the European Commission concerning imports of biodiesel originating in the United States. The existence of such complaints, and an adverse decision by the European Commission, could reduce demand for biodiesel produced in the United States.

Anti-subsidy and anti-dumping complaints have been filed with the European Commission concerning imports of biodiesel originating in the United States. The European Commission initiated an investigation into these complaints on August 12, 2010 to determine whether anti-dumping and countervailing measures imposed by the European Commission on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States had been circumvented. This investigation is currently pending. Although we are not a target of such complaints and do not import biodiesel into the European community, the existence of such complaints, and an adverse decision by the European Commission,

could reduce demand for biodiesel produced in the United States. Such a reduction in demand could reduce the amount of biodiesel that we sell, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.

Fluctuations in commodity prices may cause a reduction in the demand or profitability of the products or services we produce.

Prices for alternative fuels tend to fluctuate widely based on a variety of political and economic factors. These price fluctuations heavily influence the oil and gas industry. Lower energy prices for existing products tend to limit the demand for alternative forms of energy services and related products and infrastructure. Historically, the markets for alternative fuels have been volatile, and they are likely to continue to be volatile. Wide fluctuations in alternative fuel prices may result from relatively minor changes in the supply of and demand for oil and natural gas, market uncertainty, and other factors that are beyond our control, including:

worldwide and domestic supplies of oil and gas;

the price and/or availability of biodiesel feedstocks;

weather conditions;

the level of consumer demand;

the price and availability of alternative fuels;

the availability of pipeline and refining capacity;

the price and level of foreign imports;

domestic and foreign governmental regulations and taxes;

the ability of the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to agree to and maintain oil price and production controls;

political instability or armed conflict in oil-producing regions; and

the overall economic environment.

These factors and the volatility of the commodity markets make it extremely difficult to predict future alternative fuel price movements with any certainty. There may be a decrease in the demand for our products or services and our profitability could be adversely affected.

We are reliant on certain strategic raw materials for our operations.

We are reliant on certain strategic raw materials (such as acetic anhydride, pelargonic acid, soybean oil, and methanol) for our operations. We have implemented certain risk management tools, such as multiple suppliers and hedging, as appropriate, to mitigate short-term market fluctuations in raw material supply and costs. There can be no assurance, however, that such measures will result in cost savings or that all market fluctuation exposure will be eliminated. In addition, natural disasters, changes in laws or regulations, war or other outbreak of hostilities, or other political factors in any of the countries or regions in which we operate or do business, or in countries or regions that are key suppliers of strategic raw materials, could affect availability and costs of raw materials.

While temporary shortages of raw materials may occasionally occur, these items have historically been sufficiently available to cover current requirements. However, their continuous availability and price are impacted by natural disasters, plant interruptions occurring during periods of high demand, domestic and world market and political conditions, changes in government regulation, and war or other outbreak of hostilities. In addition, as we increase our biodiesel capacity, we will require larger supplies of raw materials which have not yet been secured and may not be available for the foregoing reasons, or may be available only at prices higher than current levels. Our operations or products may, at times, be adversely affected by these factors.

We are reliant upon two customers for a substantial amount of our sales.

All sales of the bleach activator are made to The Procter & Gamble Company and all sales of a proprietary herbicide and certain other intermediates used in the production of this herbicide are made to Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation. These two customers represented approximately 54% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010. The contract with The Procter & Gamble Company is a multi-year contract and no assurances can be given that such contract will be extended or, if extended, upon what terms. The contracts with Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation contain certain termination provisions and no assurances can be given that these contracts will not be terminated. The loss of these two companies as customers would have a material adverse effect on us.

Changes in technology may render our products or services obsolete.

The alternative fuel and chemical industries may be substantially affected by rapid and significant changes in technology. Examples include competitive product technologies, such as green gasoline and renewable diesel produced from catalytic hydroforming of renewable feedstock oils and competitive process technologies such as advanced biodiesel continuous reactor and washing designs that increase throughput. These changes may render obsolete certain existing products, energy sources, services, and technologies currently used by us. We cannot assure you that the technologies used by or relied upon by us will not be subject to such obsolescence. While we may attempt to adapt and apply the services provided by us to newer technologies, we cannot assure you that we will have sufficient resources to fund these changes or that these changes will ultimately prove successful.

Failure to comply with governmental regulations could result in the imposition of penalties, fines, or restrictions on operations and remedial liabilities.

The biofuel and chemical industries are subject to extensive federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations related to the general population’s health and safety and those associated with compliance and permitting obligations (including those related to the use, storage, handling, discharge, emission, and disposal of municipal solid waste and other waste, pollutants or hazardous substances or waste, or discharges and air and other emissions) as well as land use and development. Existing laws also impose obligations to clean up contaminated properties or to pay for the cost of such remediation, often upon parties that did not actually cause the contamination. Compliance with these laws, regulations, and obligations could require substantial capital expenditures. Failure to comply could result in the imposition of penalties, fines, or restrictions on operations and remedial liabilities. These costs and liabilities could adversely affect our operations.

Changes in environmental laws and regulations occur frequently, and any changes that result in more stringent or costly waste handling, storage, transport, disposal, or cleanup requirements could require us to make significant expenditures to attain and maintain compliance and may otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business segments in general and on our results of operations, competitive position, or financial condition. We are unable to predict the effect of additional environmental laws and regulations which may be adopted in the future, including whether any such laws or regulations would materially adversely increase our cost of doing business or affect our operations in any area.

Under certain environmental laws and regulations, we could be held strictly liable for the removal or remediation of previously released materials or property contamination regardless of whether we were responsible for the release or contamination, or if current or prior operations were conducted consistent with accepted standards of practice. Such liabilities can be significant and, if imposed, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Our biofuels operations may be harmed if the government were to change current laws and regulations.

Alternative fuels businesses benefit from tax credits and government subsidies. If any of the state or federal laws and regulations relating to the tax credits and government subsidies change, the ability to recover capital expenditures from our alternative fuels business could be harmed. Our biofuels platform is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing the application and use of alternative energy products, including those related specifically to biodiesel. For instance, biodiesel products benefit from being the only alternative fuel certified by the Environmental Protection Agency that fulfills the requirements of Section 211(B) of the Clean Air

Act. If agency determinations, laws, and regulations relating to the application and use of alternative energy are changed, the marketability and sales of biodiesel production could be materially adversely affected.

Market conditions or transportation impediments may hinder access to raw goods and distribution markets.

Market conditions, the unavailability of satisfactory transportation, or the location of our manufacturing complex from more lucrative markets may hinder our access to raw goods and/or distribution markets. The availability of a ready market for biodiesel depends on a number of factors, including the demand for and supply of biodiesel and the proximity of the plant to trucking and terminal facilities. The sale of large quantities of biodiesel necessitates that we transport our biodiesel to other markets since the Batesville, Arkansas regional market is not expected to absorb all of our contemplated production. Currently, common carrier pipelines are not transporting biodiesel or biodiesel/ petrodiesel blends. This leaves trucks, barges, and rail cars as the means of distribution of our product from the plant to these storage terminals for further distribution. However, the current availability of rail cars is limited and at times unavailable because of repairs or improvements, or as a result of priority transportation agreements with other shippers. Additionally, the current availability of barges is limited, particularly heated barges to transport biodiesel during winter months. If transportation is restricted or is unavailable, we may not be able to sell into more lucrative markets and consequently our cash flow from sales of biodiesel could be restricted.

The biodiesel industry also faces several challenges to wide biodiesel acceptance, including cold temperature limitations, storage stability, fuel quality standards, and exhaust emissions. If the industry does not satisfy consumers that these issues have been resolved or are being resolved, biodiesel may not gain widespread acceptance which may have an adverse impact on our cash flow from sales of biodiesel.

Our insurance may not protect us against our business and operating risks.

We maintain insurance for some, but not all, of the potential risks and liabilities associated with our business. For some risks, we may not obtain insurance if we believe the cost of available insurance is excessive relative to the risks presented. As a result of market conditions, premiums and deductibles for certain insurance policies can increase substantially and, in some instances, certain insurance policies may become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage. As a result, we may not be able to renew our existing insurance policies or procure other desirable insurance on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Although we will maintain insurance at levels we believe are appropriate for our business and consistent with industry practice, we will not be fully insured against all risks which cannot be sourced on economic terms. In addition, pollution and environmental risks generally are not fully insurable. Losses and liabilities from uninsured and underinsured events and delay in the payment of insurance proceeds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

If a significant accident or other event resulting in damage to our operations (including severe weather, terrorist acts, war, civil disturbances, pollution, or environmental damage) occurs and is not fully covered by insurance or a recoverable indemnity from a customer, it could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We depend on key personnel, the loss of any of whom could materially adversely affect our future operations.

Our success will depend to a significant extent upon the efforts and abilities of our executive officers. The loss of the services of one or more of these key employees could have a material adverse effect on us. Our business will also be dependent upon our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. Acquiring or retaining these personnel could prove more difficult to hire or cost substantially more than estimated. This could cause us to incur greater costs, or prevent us from pursuing our expansion strategy as quickly as we would otherwise wish to do.

If we are unable to effectively manage the commodity price risk of our raw materials or finished goods, we may have unexpected losses.

We hedge our raw materials and/or finished products for our biofuels segment to some degree to manage the commodity price risk of such items. This requires the purchase or sale of commodity futures contracts and/or options on those contracts or similar financial instruments. We may be forced to make cash deposits available to counterparties as they mark-to-market these financial hedges. This funding requirement may limit the level of commodity price risk management that we are prudently able to complete. If we do not or are not capable of

managing the commodity price risk of our raw materials and/or finished products for our biofuels segment, we may incur losses as a result of price fluctuations with respect to these raw materials and/or finished products.

In most cases we are not capable of hedging raw material and/or finished products for our chemicals segment. Certain of our products are produced under manufacturing agreements with our customers which provide us the contractual ability to pass along raw material price increases. However, we do not have this protection for all product lines within the chemicals segment. If we do not or are not capable of managing escalating raw material prices and/or passing these increases along to our customers via prices for our finished products, we may incur losses.

If we are unable to acquire or renew permits and approvals required for our operations, we may be forced to suspend or cease operations altogether.

The operation of our manufacturing plant requires numerous permits and approvals from governmental agencies. We may not be able to obtain all necessary permits (or modifications thereto) and approvals and, as a result, our operations may be adversely affected. In addition, obtaining all necessary renewal permits (or modifications to existing permits) and approvals for future expansions may necessitate substantial expenditures and may create a significant risk of expensive delays or loss of value if a project is unable to function as planned due to changing requirements.

The lack of business diversification may adversely affect our results of operations.

It is possible that we will not consummate more than one business combination with the proceeds from our July 2006 offering and FutureFuel Chemical Company may be the only target business that we acquire. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be entirely dependent upon FutureFuel Chemical Company. Unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations of entities operating in multiple industries or multiple areas of a single industry, it is possible that we will not have the resources to diversify effectively our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses.

Our indebtedness may limit our ability to borrow additional funds or capitalize on acquisition or other business opportunities.

We have entered into a $50 million revolving credit facility with a commercial bank. The restrictions governing this indebtedness (such as total debt to EBITDA limitations) may reduce our ability to incur additional indebtedness, engage in certain transactions, or capitalize on acquisition or other business opportunities. If we are unable to meet our future debt service obligations and other financial obligations, we could be forced to restructure or refinance such indebtedness and other financial transactions, seek additional equity, or sell assets.

We expect to have capital expenditure requirements, and we may be unable to obtain needed financing on satisfactory terms.

We expect to make capital expenditures for the expansion of our biofuels and chemicals production capacity and complementary infrastructure. We intend to finance these capital expenditures primarily through cash flow from our operations, borrowings under our credit facility, and existing cash. However, if our capital requirements vary materially from those provided for in our current projections, we may require additional financing sooner than anticipated. A decrease in expected revenues or adverse change in market conditions could make obtaining this financing economically unattractive or impossible. As a result, we may lack the capital necessary to complete the projected expansions or capitalize on other business opportunities.

We may be unable to successfully integrate future acquisitions with our operations or realize all of the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions.

Failure to successfully integrate future acquisitions, if any, in a timely manner may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. The difficulties of combining acquired operations include, among other things:

operating a significantly larger combined organization;

consolidating corporate technological and administrative functions;

integrating internal controls and other corporate governance matters; and

diverting management’s attention from other business concerns.

In addition, we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits from future acquisitions, such as increased earnings, cost savings, and revenue enhancements, for various reasons, including difficulties integrating operations and personnel, higher and unexpected acquisition and operating costs, unknown liabilities, and fluctuations in markets. If benefits from future acquisitions do not meet the expectations of financial or industry analysts, the market price of our shares of common stock may decline.

Risks Associated With Owning Our Shares

A minimum holding period for our shares received upon exercise of our warrants commenced upon the exercise of such warrants.

The shares of our common stock issued upon the exercise of a warrant generally are considered restricted securities subject to a six-month holding period. In general, a security holder who has not been our affiliate for three months may resell these securities without any restriction after satisfying the six-month holding period, provided that we are current in our SEC filings. The Rule 144 holding period for the shares of our common stock received upon exercise of our warrants started upon the exercise of such warrants. Accordingly, holders of our warrants that exercised their warrants for cash received shares of our common stock subject to trading restrictions which are greater than those imposed on the trading of previously issued shares. Such restrictions may mean the value of the shares received upon exercise of the warrants may be significantly lower, at least until the six-month holding period has expired, than the shares originally issued.

If our founding shareholders and Mr. Novelly or his designees exercise their registration rights, such exercise may have an adverse effect on the market price of our shares of common stock.

Those shareholders holding shares of our common stock prior to our July 2006 offering (the “founding shareholders”; see “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters -- Founding Shares Owned by the Founding Shareholders” below for a list of the founding shareholders) and Mr. Paul A. Novelly, our executive chairman of the board, or his designees, are entitled to demand that we register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the resale of their shares of our common stock issued prior to our July 2006 offering (the “founding shares”) and their shares included in the units purchased in our July 2006 offering. The demand may be made at any time after the date on which we have become a reporting company under the Exchange Act, and their founding shares have been released from escrow. This occurred on July 12, 2009. If our founding shareholders exercise their registration rights with respect to all of their shares of our common stock, there will be an additional 16,250,000 shares (which includes the 5,000,000 shares issued on exercise of their warrants) eligible for trading in the public market. The presence of this additional number of shares eligible for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our shares.

We may be suspended or delisted from the New York Stock Exchange if we do not satisfy their continued listing requirements.

Under the investor rights agreement that we entered into on July 12, 2006 with CRT Capital Group LLC and KBC Peel Hunt Ltd, we were obligated to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause our shares of common stock to be authorized to be quoted and/or listed (to the extent applicable) on the American Stock Exchange, the NYSE, the NASD Automated Quotation System, or the NASDAQ National Market (or, in each case, a successor thereto) or a similarly recognized national trading platform, if our common stock so qualified. Prior to December 2008, we did not satisfy the listing requirements of any such exchange other than the OTC Bulletin Board. Application for listing was made to the OTC Bulletin Board and our shares of common stock are quoted thereon. In December 2008, we met the listing requirements for certain of the NASDAQ markets, and in December 2010 we met the listing requirements for the NYSE. We determined that it was in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders to list on the NYSE. We applied for such listing and we were authorized to list our common stock on the NYSE on

March 8, 2011. We expect our common stock to commence trading on the NYSE on March 23, 2011 under the symbol “FF”.

Securities admitted to the NYSE may be suspended from dealing or delisted at any time the listed company fails to satisfy certain continued listing criteria. These criteria could be triggered if, among other things, the number of our publicly-held shares falls below 600,000, the average closing price of our common stock is less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30 trading-day period, or we fail to file certain reports with the SEC. As a matter of practice, the NYSE generally gives a listed company notice if any of these criteria are triggered, and generally provides the listed company with certain cure periods. If we suffer such an event but do not cure it, or if such event cannot be cured, trading of our common stock on the NYSE may be suspended from dealing or our stock may be delisted. Any such suspension or delisting may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

We may issue substantial amounts of additional shares without stockholder approval.

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of 75,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. We have filed with the SEC a Form S-3 Registration Statement commonly known as a “shelf registration”. Pursuant to this registration statement, we may issue common stock or preferred stock, or warrants or rights, or units comprised of any of the foregoing, in an amount not to exceed $50 million, without any action or approval by our stockholders. As of the date of this report, 39,983,849 shares of our common stock currently are outstanding. The issuance of any additional shares of our common stock or preferred stock would dilute the percentage ownership of our company held by existing stockholders.

The market price of our common stock is highly volatile and may increase or decrease dramatically at any time.

The market price of our common stock is highly volatile and our shares are thinly traded. Our stock price may change dramatically as the result of: (i) announcements of new products or innovations by us or our competitors; (ii) uncertainty regarding the viability of any of our product initiatives; (iii) significant customer contracts; (iv) significant litigation; or (v) other factors or events that would be expected to affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and future prospects.

The market price for our common stock may also be affected by various factors not directly related to our business or future prospects, including the following:

intentional manipulation of our stock price by existing or future shareholders;

a reaction by investors to trends in our stock rather than the fundamentals of our business;

a single acquisition or disposition, or several related acquisitions or dispositions, of a large number of our shares, including by short sellers covering their position;

the interest of the market in our business sector, without regard to our financial condition, results of operations, or business prospects;

positive or negative statements or projections about us or our industry by analysts and other persons;

the adoption of governmental regulations or government grant programs and similar developments in the United States or abroad that may enhance or detract from our ability to offer our products and services or affect our cost structure; and

economic and other external market factors, such as a general decline in market price due to poor economic conditions, investor distrust, or a financial crisis.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

Our principal asset is a manufacturing plant situated on approximately 2,200 acres of land six miles southeast of Batesville in north central Arkansas fronting the White River. Approximately 500 acres of the site are occupied with batch and continuous manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and infrastructure, including on-site liquid waste treatment. FutureFuel Chemical Company is the fee owner of this plant and the land upon which it is situated (which plant and land are not subject to any major encumbrances), and manufactures both biofuels and chemicals at the plant. Utilization of these facilities may vary with product mix and economic, seasonal, and other business conditions, but the plant is substantially utilized with the exception of facilities designated for capacity expansion of biodiesel. The plant, including approved expansions, has sufficient capacity for existing needs and expected near-term growth. We believe that the plant is generally well maintained, in good operating condition, and suitable and adequate for its uses.

In February 2009, we formed FFC Grain, L.L.C. to acquire a granary in Marianna, Arkansas. FFC Grain, L.L.C. acquired the granary in March 2009 and owns it in fee simple, and the land and improvements thereon are not subject to any material encumbrances.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

We are not a party to, nor is any of our property subject to, any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business. However, from time to time, we may be parties to, or targets of, lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings, including product liability, personal injury, asbestos, patent and intellectual property, commercial, contract, environmental, antitrust, health and safety, and employment matters, which we expect to be handled and defended in the ordinary course of business. While we are unable to predict the outcome of any matters currently pending, we do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any such pending matters will have a material adverse effect on our overall financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. However, adverse developments could negatively impact earnings or cash flows in future periods.

Item 4. [Removed and Reserved].

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Commencing July 11, 2008, shares of our common stock were quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “FTFL”. The high and low bid quotations on the OTC Bulletin Board for our shares of common stock for 2009 and 2010 are set forth in the following table.

	Shares
Period	High	Low
January 1, 2009 - March 31, 2009	$4.98	$3.83
April 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009	$5.15	$4.70
July 1, 2009 - September 30, 2009	$7.04	$5.03
October 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009	$7.10	$6.00
January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2010	$6.36	$4.85
April 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010	$6.32	$5.66
July 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010	$7.45	$6.22
October 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010	$10.00	$7.00

On March 8, 2011, the NYSE approved our application to list our common stock on the exchange. We expect that our common stock will commence trading on the NYSE on March 23, 2011 under the symbol “FF”. Our common stock will continue to quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “FTFL” until the transfer is completed.

Our warrants were not quoted or listed on any established exchange or quotation system.

There are currently outstanding 39,983,849 shares of our common stock. None of our warrants are currently outstanding. See the discussion below. Under U.S. securities laws at the time of our offering, shares of our common stock and warrants that were sold or acquired on July 12, 2006 could not be re-sold until they had been held for two years, unless registered with the SEC or unless an exemption from registration was available. The relevant U.S. securities laws were revised to reduce the holding period for non-affiliates to six months, effective February 15, 2008. As a result, such shares and warrants (subject, in the case of warrants, to the qualification discussed below) may be sold by non-affiliates of the Company, either within or outside the U.S., without restrictions imposed by U.S. securities laws. Affiliates of the Company, defined generally as any person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company (typically directors, executive officers, and primary shareholders) remain limited in the amount and manner in which they may sell our shares and warrants. Thus, non-affiliates who acquired our shares and warrants which were issued in our initial offering on July 12, 2006 may generally freely trade those shares and warrants in the United States.

Please note, however, that the exercise of the warrants for shares of our common stock were subject to certain conditions designed to ensure compliance with U.S. securities laws. These conditions included the provision to us of a written certification that the exercising shareholder was neither within the U.S. nor a U.S. person and that the warrant was not being exercised on behalf of a U.S. person. In the case of a holder who could not make the foregoing representation, we may have required the holder to provide to us a written opinion of counsel to the effect that the warrants and the shares of our common stock to be delivered upon the exercise of such warrants had been registered under the Securities Act, or were exempt from registration thereunder and such securities were qualified for sale or were exempt from qualification under applicable securities laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which the registered holder resides. The shares of our common stock issued upon the exercise of a warrant were considered restricted securities subject to a six-month holding period. In general, a security holder who had not been an affiliate of the Company for three months may resell these securities without any restriction after satisfying the six-month holding period, provided that we are current in our SEC filings. Because of these restrictions, the certificates for shares of our common stock issued upon the exercise of our warrants must contain an appropriate legend, which means they must be certificated, generally for the twelve months after the warrant was exercised.

Holders

The shares of our common stock were held by approximately 384 holders of record on March 11, 2011 as recorded on our transfer agents’ registers.

Dividends

The payment of cash dividends by us is dependent upon our existing cash and cash equivalents, future earnings, capital requirements, and overall financial condition. Based on such criteria, we paid special cash dividends in 2009 and 2010 as follows.

Per Share Amount	Record Date	Payment Date	Date of Declaration
$0.30	December 7, 2009	December 15, 2009	November 30, 2009
$0.20	March 23, 2010	April 9, 2010	March 12, 2010
$0.20	May 18, 2010	June 8, 2010	June 30, 2010
$0.20	September 14, 2010	September 30, 2010	August 17, 2010
$0.20	December 1, 2010	December 15, 2010	November 12, 2010

In addition, we declared a special cash dividend on February 3, 2011 of $0.10 per share on our common stock, with a record date of March 1, 2011 and payable on March 15, 2011. No assurances can be given that we will pay additional dividends in 2011 or thereafter or, if we do pay dividends in the future, no assurances can be given as to the amount of such dividends. There are no material restrictions on our ability to pay dividends except those which are imposed under applicable Delaware corporate law.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plan

Our board of directors adopted an omnibus incentive plan which was approved by our shareholders at our 2007 annual shareholder meeting on June 26, 2007. We do not have any other equity compensation plan or individual equity compensation arrangement. Under this plan, we are authorized to issue 2,670,000 shares of our common stock. The shares to be issued under the plan were registered with the SEC on a Form S-8 filed on April 29, 2008. Through December 31, 2010, we issued options to purchase 690,500 shares of our common stock and awarded an additional 39,800 shares to participants under the plan. The following additional information regarding this plan is as of December 31, 2010.

Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
	(a)	(b)	(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	417,500	$6.40	1,939,700

Performance Graph

The following graph shows changes over the 53-month period beginning July 13, 2006 (the completion of our offering of units) through December 31, 2010 in the value of a $100 investment in: (i) our common stock; (ii) Russell 2000; and (iii) an industry group of other companies that file reports with the SEC using SIC Code 2860. These companies are: AE Biofuels Inc., All Fuels & Energy Company, Altair Nano Technologies, Inc., Alternative Energy Sources Inc., American Jianye Greentech Holdings In., Amyris Inc., Aspa Gold Corp., Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., Balchem Corp., Biofuel Energy Corp., Biofuels Power Corp., Bluefire Renewables, Inc., Carbonics Capital Corp., Chemtura Corp., China Clean Energy Inc., China Jianye Fuel Inc., China Rutai International Holdings Company, Clean Tech Biofuels Inc., Easylink Solutions Corp., Ecotech Energy Group Inc., Evolution Fuels Inc., Four Rivers Bioenergy Inc., Gevo Inc., Global Nutech Inc., Green Energy Live Inc., Green

Energy Resources Inc., Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., Greenhouse Holdings Inc., Green Energy Inc., Greenshift Corp., Hybrid Fuels Inc., Incoming Inc., International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc., KL Energy Corp., KMG Chemicals Inc., Kreido Biofuels Inc., Luna Technologies International Inc., New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc., Newmarket Corp., Omnova Solutions, Inc., Originoil Inc., Orion Ethanol Inc., Pacific Ethanol Inc., Panda Ethanol Inc., Petroalgae Inc., Pure Biofuels Corp., Sino Clean Energy Inc., Solutia Inc., Southridge Enterprises Inc., Spartan Gold Limited, Sterling Chemicals Inc., Syntec Biofuel Inc., Verenium Corp., and Westlake Chemical Corp.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We did not sell any of our securities within the three-year period ended December 31, 2010 in transactions that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

Purchase of Securities by Us

Neither we nor anyone acting on our behalf purchased during 2010 any shares of our common stock, which is the only class of our equity securities that is registered pursuant to section 12 of the Exchange Act.

The following sets forth the status of our warrants.

Initial issuance of warrants			22,500,000
Warrants exercised in 2006			-
Outstanding warrants at December 31, 2006			22,500,000
Warrants exercised in 2007			-
Outstanding warrants at December 31, 2007			22,500,000
Warrants exercised in 2008			1,182,500
Outstanding warrants at December 31, 2008			21,317,500

No warrants were exercised in 2009. During 2009, our board approved the purchase by us of our outstanding warrants, whether in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3 million. Pursuant to that authorization, during 2009, we purchased and canceled the following warrants.

Date	# of Warrants	Average Price Per Warrant	Purchase Price
August 1-31, 2009	1,100,000	$0.35	$ 385,005
October 1-31, 2009	91,400	$0.70	63,985
November 1-30, 2009	450,900	$0.78	350,720
Total	1,642,300		$ 799,710

As a result of those purchases, there were 19,675,200 of our warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2009.

During 2010, 11,783,549 warrants were exercised. Pursuant to the 2009 board authorization, we purchased and canceled the following warrants in 2010.

Date	# of Warrants	Average Price Per Warrant	Purchase Price
May 1-31, 2010	558,000	$0.35	$ 195,300
June 1-30, 2010	2,216,130	$0.31	682,111
July 1-31, 2010	2,843,100	$0.12	332,650
Total	5,617,230		$ 1,210,061

The remaining 2,274,421 warrants expired on July 12, 2010. As a result, no warrants were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

Historically, the business and assets included in FutureFuel Chemical Company were accounted for by Eastman Chemical Company in various segments of Eastman Chemical Company’s overall business. Although FutureFuel Chemical Company was incorporated on September 1, 2005, Eastman Chemical Company did not begin transferring assets into FutureFuel Chemical Company until January 1, 2006 and completed the transfer in subsequent periods prior to the closing of our acquisition of FutureFuel Chemical Company. Notwithstanding that FutureFuel Chemical Company was a separately incorporated entity, Eastman Chemical Company did not prepare separate financial statements for FutureFuel Chemical Company nor was it required to do so under local law or accounting rules. Rather, the operations of the Batesville plant were reported within Eastman Chemical Company based upon the underlying products, and the revenues and expenses of the plant were presented in various segments within Eastman Chemical Company’s financial statements. In addition, allocations to the plant of Eastman Chemical Company overhead (such as insurance, employee benefits, legal expenses, and the like) were based upon assumptions made by Eastman Chemical Company and such assumptions historically did not reflect expenses which FutureFuel Chemical Company would have incurred had it been a stand-alone entity. Since we did not acquire or succeed to all of the assets and liabilities of Eastman Chemical Company, “carve-out” financial statements have been prepared for the acquired component business, excluding the continuing operations retained by Eastman Chemical Company, and allocations for overhead components described above have been effected.

For purposes of preparing our financial statements, we initially accounted for the acquisition of Eastman SE, Inc. as a reverse acquisition and did not apply purchase accounting to such transaction. On July 27, 2007, we issued a Form 8-K pursuant to Item 4.02(a) of Form 8-K, informing investors that our 2006 Annual Financial Statements should not be relied upon for the reasons set forth therein. A copy of that Form 8-K may be obtained free of charge on our website at http://ir.futurefuelcorporation.com/sec.cfm or by requesting the same from us at FutureFuel Corp., 8235 Forsyth Blvd., 4th Floor, Clayton, Missouri 63105 Attn: Investor Relations. We restated our 2006 financial statements to apply purchase accounting to our acquisition of Eastman SE, Inc., a portion of which 2006 financial statements are included herein. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 included in Amendment No. 3 to our Form 10 filed with the SEC on April 9, 2008 for a detailed discussion of the effects of such restatement.

The following table sets forth our and FutureFuel Chemical Company’s summary historical financial and operating data for the periods indicated below. This summary historic financial and operating data has been derived from FutureFuel Chemical Company’s “carve-out” financial statements as of and for the ten months ended October 31, 2006 (the period between January 1, 2006 and the date we acquired FutureFuel Chemical Company), and our consolidated financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The information presented in the table below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and notes thereto. The selected financial data for FutureFuel Chemical Company prior to our acquisition thereof represent financial information prepared and provided by Eastman Chemical Company to us in conjunction with the carve out and sale of the Batesville plant to us for the ten months ended October 31, 2006.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	FutureFuel Corp Consolidated												FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company Combined			FutureFuel Corp. Consolidated			FutureFuel Chemical Company
Item	Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2010			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2009			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2008			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2007			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2006			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2006			Ten Months Ended October 31, 2006
Operating Revenues	$	219,183		$	196,711		$	198,330		$	169,788		$	150,770		$	23,043		$	127,727
Net income (loss)	$	23,094		$	16,992		$	22,675		$	8,408		$	2,242		$	2,717		$	(475	)
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	0.63		$	0.60		$	0.84		$	0.31		$	0.08		$	0.10		NA
Diluted	$	0.62		$	0.58		$	0.82		$	0.26		$	0.07		$	0.09		NA
Total Assets	$	343,156		$	246,007		$	238,126		$	216,113		$	203,059		$	203,516		NA
Long-term obligations	$	46,674		$	34,842		$	34,377		$	24,353		$	20,740		$	20,740		NA
Cash dividends per common share	$	0.80		$	0.30		$	0.70		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	17,839		$	25,883		$	36,275		$	21,554		$	(3,960	)	$	(12,494	)	$	8,534
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(30,767	)	$	21,430		$	(52,009	)	$	(29,978	)	$	(91,168	)	$	(82,619	)	$	(8,549	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	38,473		$	(9,256	)	$	(11,466	)	$	(50	)	$	158,229		$	158,214		$	15

For the combined year ended December 31, 2006, operating revenues, net income (loss), and earnings per common share combine our consolidated results for the entire twelve months ended December 31, 2006 and FutureFuel Chemical Company’s results for the ten months ended October 31, 2006. This information is for illustrative purposes only. The consolidated company would likely have performed differently had they always been combined. The information should not be relied on as an indication of future results that the combined company will experience after the acquisition of FutureFuel Chemical Company because of a variety of factors, including access to additional information and changes in value.

Our Amendment No. 3 to Form 10 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on April 9, 2008 contains all the financial statements and selected financial data for FutureFuel Chemical Company that was provided to us by Eastman Chemical Company.

Prior to the initiation of its biofuels program in 2005, the Batesville plant did not report financial results by business “segments” as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. After the initiation of such program and upon divestiture, it defined two segments: chemicals and biofuels.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, set forth herein. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. See “Forward Looking Information” below for additional discussion regarding risks associated with forward-looking statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 are set forth in the following table.

(Dollars in thousands)

	2010			2009			2008
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	17,839		$	25,883		$	36,275
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(30,767	)	$	21,430		$	(52,009	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	38,473		$	(9,256	)	$	(11,446	)

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities decreased from $25,883,000 in 2009 to $17,839,000 in 2010. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily the result of an $11,695,000 decrease in the cash provided by the change in accounts receivables and an $12,070,000 decrease in the cash provided by the change in inventory. Partially offsetting these decreases was an $8,604,000 increase in the cash provided by deferred revenue, a $2,404,000 increase in the cash provided by the provision for deferred income taxes, and a $6,102,000 increase in net income. The decrease in cash provided by the change in accounts receivable was a result of the December 2010 retroactive reinstatement of the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel blender’s tax credit. A key component of the impact of this reinstatement was the booking of a $10,785,000 receivable from the federal government. This receivable remained uncollected until February 2011 when payment was received in full. The decrease in the cash provided by the change in inventory stemmed from an inventory build of feedstocks and raw materials at December 31, 2010 along with end-of-the-year purchases of petrodiesel. The increase in cash provided by deferred revenue was a result of progress made on capital projects we undertook on behalf of our customers. The increase in cash provided by the provision for deferred income taxes was a result of the effects of tax laws such as bonus depreciation which allowed for an early recognition of income tax expenses.

Cash provided by operating activities decreased from $36,275,000 in 2008 to $25,883,000 in 2009. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily the result of a $4,164,000 decrease in cash provided by the change in fair value of derivative instruments and a $9,069,000 decrease in cash provided by the change in deferred

revenue. Partially offsetting these decreases was an increase in cash provided by the change in inventory. The decrease in cash provided by the change in fair value of derivative instruments was primarily a result of a decrease in our short position of regulated options at December 31, 2009 as compared to December 31, 2008. The decrease in cash provided by the change in deferred revenue resulted from the completion of the capital project we undertook on behalf of our customer at the end of 2008 and the resultant termination of spending on this project and reimbursements from our customer in 2009. The increase in cash provided by the change in inventory resulted from an inventory build from 2007 to 2008, as compared to a moderate liquidation of inventory from 2008 to 2009.

Investing Activities

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities decreased from $21,430,000 in 2009 to $(30,767,000) in 2010. This decrease was primarily a result of increased investing activity, as cash held in a restricted account for purposes of securing a short position increased by $21,086,000 and purchases of marketable securities increased $30,152,000. These decreases in cash were partially offset by a decrease of $12,239,000 in capital expenditures.

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities increased from $(52,009,000) in 2008 to $21,430,000 in 2009. The increase in cash provided by investing activities was almost entirely related to the liquidation of investments in marketable securities, auction rate securities, and commercial paper in 2009. Cash used in the purchase of marketable securities decreased from $40,835,000 in 2008 to $19,999,000 in 2009. We reported net purchases of auction rate securities of $14,985,000 in 2008 as compared to net sales of auction rate securities of $12,185,000 in 2009. Cash provided by (used in) the net purchases of commercial paper increased from $(15,384,000) in 2008 to $15,424,000 in 2009. Also contributing to the increase in cash provided by investing activities was an increase in cash provided by (used in) the collateralization of derivative instruments from $(7,037,000) in 2008 to $5,270,000 in 2009. Partially offsetting the increase in cash provided by investing activities was an increase in capital expenditures from $16,436,000 in 2008 to $21,910,000 in 2009 and the purchase of $3,965,000 of preferred stock and trust preferred securities in 2009.

Financing Activities

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities increased from $(9,256,000) in 2009 to $38,473,000 in 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the exercise of warrants to purchase our common stock and the exercise of stock options. Proceeds from such stock issuances totaled $70,736,000 in 2010. Partially offsetting the positive impact from the stock issuances was the effect of increased dividends paid. The payment of dividends increased from $8,457,000 in 2009 to $31,053,000 in 2010.

Cash used in financing activities decreased from $11,466,000 in 2008 to $9,256,000 in 2009. The decrease in cash used in financing activities resulted from a decrease in cash used in the payment of dividends from $19,705,000 in 2008 to $8,457,000 in 2009, partially offset by a decrease in cash provided by proceeds from the issuance of stock from $8,169,000 in 2008 to $-0- in 2009, which itself resulted from no exercise of warrants or options in 2009.

Capital Expenditure Commitments

We had two capital projects as of December 31, 2010 with material capital expenditure commitments of $6,583,000. The capital projects were the construction of two specialty chemical plants.

Historically, we finance capital requirements for our business with cash flows from operations and have not had the need to incur bank indebtedness to finance any of our operations during the periods discussed herein.

Credit Facility

We entered into a $50 million credit agreement with a commercial bank in March 2007. The loan is a revolving facility the proceeds of which may be used for our working capital, capital expenditures, and general corporate purposes. The facility terminates on June 30, 2013. Advances are made pursuant to a borrowing base. Advances are secured by a perfected first priority security interest in our accounts receivable and inventory. The interest rate floats at certain margins over LIBOR or base rate based upon the leverage ratio from time to time. There is an unused commitment fee. The ratio of total funded debt to EBITDA may not be less than 3:1. We had no borrowings under this credit facility at December 31, 2010, 2009, or 2008.

We intend to fund future capital requirements for our businesses from cash flow generated by us as well as from existing cash and cash investments and borrowings under our credit facility. We do not believe there will be a need to issue any securities to fund such capital requirements.

Department of Energy Grant

We entered into a contract with a customer to design, construct, and operate a commercial-scale plant to produce intermediate anode powder as a component of high-performance graphite anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. In connection with this contract, we applied for a financial assistance award under the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative administered by the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. An award was granted to us in the amount of $12,600,000, which we accepted on July 27, 2010. We will use the funds to modify existing idle assets and to acquire and construct new assets to be used for the production of specialized materials for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and other applications. We receive grant monies as we incur construction-related expenditures. The amounts received under this arrangement are recorded as deferred revenue and will be amortized into earnings over the anticipated life of the customer relationship. Such amortization will begin once construction is completed and the plant is placed into service.

Special Dividend

In 2010, we declared special cash dividends aggregating $0.80 per share on our common stock, with record dates and payment dates as set forth above. The special cash dividends amounted to $31,053,000.

On November 30, 2009, we declared a special cash dividend of $0.30 per share on our common stock, with a record date of December 1, 2009 and a payment date of December 22, 2009. The special cash dividend amounted to $8,457,000.

On October 1, 2008, we declared a special cash dividend of $0.70 per share on our common stock, with a record date of October 22, 2008 and a payment date of November 11, 2008. The special cash dividend amounted to $19,705,000.

Capital Management

As a result of our initial equity offering, our subsequent positive operating results, and the exercise of warrants, we accumulated excess working capital. Some of this excess working capital was paid out in 2008, 2009, and 2010 as a special cash dividend. We intend to retain the remaining cash to fund infrastructure and capacity expansion at our Batesville plant and to pursue complimentary acquisitions in the energy and chemical industries. Third parties have not placed significant restrictions on our working capital management decisions.

These funds were predominantly held in cash or cash equivalents at multiple financial institutions. In 2010, we also had investments in certain preferred stock, trust preferred securities, and other equity instruments. In 2009, we had investments in certain preferred stock and trust preferred securities. We classify these investments as current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and designate them as being “available-for-sale”. Accordingly, they are recorded at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. The fair value of these preferred stock, trust preferred securities, and other equity instruments, including accrued interest, totaled $28,200,000 and $4,011,000 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

We also maintained a position in auction rate securities during 2010 and 2009. We have selectively made investments in certain auction rate securities that we believe offer sufficient yield along with sufficient liquidity. To date, all the auction rate securities in which we invested have maintained a mechanism for liquidity, meaning that the respective auctions have not failed, the issuers have called the instruments, or a secondary market exists for liquidation of the securities. We classified these instruments as current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and carry them at their estimated fair market value. These securities were repurchased on October 15, 2010 for par value. The fair value of these instruments approximated their par value and, including accrued interest, totaled $0 and $2,800,000 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Auction rate securities are typically long term bonds issued by an entity for which there is a series of auctions over the life of the bond that serve to reset the interest rate on the bonds to a market rate. These auctions also serve as a mechanism to provide liquidity to the bond

holders; as long as there are sufficient purchasers of the auction rate securities, the then owners of the auction rate securities are able to liquidate their investment through a sale to the new purchasers. In the event of an auction failure, a situation when there are more sellers than buyers of a particular issue, the current owners of an auction rate security issue may not be able to liquidate their investment. As a result of an auction failure, a holder may be forced to hold the particular security either until maturity or until a willing buyer is found. Even if a willing buyer is found, however, there is no guarantee that this willing buyer will purchase the security for its carrying value, which would result in a loss being realized on the sale. The liquidity problems recently experienced in the U.S. auction rate securities markets have generally been focused on closed-end fund and student loan auction rate securities, asset classes that we have avoided.

At December 31, 2010, we had a short position in certain marketable debt securities. Such a position did not exist at December 31, 2009. The purpose of this position was to help mitigate the potential negative impact an increase in interest rates would have on other marketable securities we had purchased. The securities comprising this position are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of net income. We realized gains of $528,000 and $0 on these securities in 2010 and 2009, respectively. The fair value of these securities totaled $(19,295,000) and $0 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The margin account maintained with a broker to collateralize these securities carried a balance of $21,086,000 and $0 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and is classified as restricted cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheet.

Lastly, we maintain depository accounts such as checking accounts, money market accounts, and other similar accounts at selected financial institutions.

Results of Operations

In General

We break our chemicals business into two main product groups: custom manufacturing and performance chemicals. Custom manufacturing consists of products made for specific customers based upon specifications provided by such customers. Major products in the custom manufacturing group include: (i) nonanoyloxybenzene-sulfonate, a bleach activator manufactured exclusively for a customer for use in a household detergent; and (ii) a proprietary herbicide (and intermediates) manufactured exclusively for a customer. The custom manufacturing group also includes agrochemicals as well as industrial and consumer products (cosmetics and personal care products, ink colorants, adhesion promoters, polymer additives, polymer and specialty dyes, specialty polymers, photographic and imaging chemicals, and food additives).

Revenues generated from the bleach activator are based on a supply agreement with the customer. The supply agreement stipulates selling price per kilogram based on volume sold, with price moving up as volumes move down, and vice-versa. The current contract expires in March 2013. We pay for raw materials required to produce the bleach activator. The contract with the customer provides that the price received by us for the bleach activator is indexed to changes in certain items, enabling us to pass along most inflationary increases in production costs to the customer.

We have been the primary manufacturer for a customer of a proprietary herbicide and certain intermediates. These products are facing generic competition, and no assurances can be given that we will remain the primary manufacturer for this product line. The contracts automatically renew for successive one-year periods, subject to the right of either party to terminate the contract not later than 270 days prior to the end of the then current term for the herbicide and not later than 18 months prior to the then current term for the intermediates. No assurances can be given that these contracts will not be terminated. The customer supplies most of the key raw materials for production of the proprietary herbicide. There is no pricing mechanism or specific protection against cost changes for raw materials or conversion costs that we are responsible for purchasing and/or providing.

In 2008, we entered into a contract with a new customer for the toll manufacture of an industrial intermediate utilized in the antimicrobial industry. We invested approximately $10 million in capital expenditures to modify and expand our plant to produce this industrial intermediate. The customer reimbursed these expenditures, which reimbursements have been classified as deferred revenue on our balance sheet and will be earned into income over the expected life of the product. The contract stipulates a price curve based on volumes sold and has an inflationary

pricing provision whereby we pass along most inflationary changes in production costs to the customer. The contract expires in December 2013.

Pricing for the other custom manufacturing products is negotiated directly with the customer. Some, but not all, of these products have pricing mechanisms and/or protections against raw material or conversion cost changes.

Performance chemicals consist of specialty chemicals that are manufactured to general market-determined specifications and are sold to a broad customer base. The major product line in the performance chemicals group is SSIPA/LiSIPA, a polymer modifier that aids the properties of nylon. This group of products also includes sulfonated monomers and hydrotropes, specialty solvents, polymer additives, and chemical intermediates.

SSIPA/LiSIPA revenues are generated from a diverse customer base of nylon fiber manufacturers and other customers that produce condensation polymers. Contract sales are indexed to key raw materials for inflation; otherwise, there is no pricing mechanism or specific protection against raw material or conversion cost changes.

Pricing for the other performance chemical products is established based upon competitive market conditions. Some, but not all, of these products have pricing mechanisms and/or specific protections against raw material or conversion cost changes.

We procure all of our own feedstock and only sell biodiesel for our own account. In rare instances, we purchase biodiesel from other producers for resale. We have the capability to process multiple types of vegetable oils and animal fats, we can receive feedstock by rail or truck, and we have completed the construction of substantial storage capacity to acquire feedstock at advantaged prices when market conditions permit. In 2009, we completed a project to increase our production capacity to 59 million gallons of biodiesel per year through the addition of a new continuous processing line. We initiated commercial production from this new line in May 2009. By the end of the second quarter of 2009, daily production volumes from the new processing line were demonstrated at approximately 80% of nameplate capacity. This production line was designed to produce biodiesel from feedstock with low fatty acids. We believe we successfully demonstrated our ability to keep this continuous processing line at or near capacity for sustained periods of time as well as our ability to procure and logistically handle large quantities of feedstock with low fatty acids. However, with the expiration of the $1.00 federal blender’s credit at the end of 2009, we determined that feedstock with low fatty acids were too costly to consistently produce biodiesel with positive margins. Accordingly, we redesigned our continuous line to produce biodiesel from feedstock with high fatty acids. We are still in the process of debugging this redesigned line.

There currently is uncertainty as to whether we will produce biodiesel in the future. This uncertainty results from: (i) changes in feedstock prices relative to biodiesel prices; (ii) continuance of the $1.00 per gallon federal blender’s tax credit, which credit terminates on December 31, 2011; and (iii) the permanency of government mandates. See “Risk Factors” above.

While biodiesel is the principal component of the biofuels segment, we also generate revenue from the sale of petrodiesel both in blends with our biodiesel and, from time to time, with no biodiesel added. Petrodiesel and biodiesel blends are available to customers at our leased storage facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition, we deliver blended product to a small group of customers within our region. We also sell refined petroleum products from time-to-time to maintain our status as a shipper on a common carrier pipeline.

The majority of our expenses are cost of goods sold. Cost of goods sold include raw material costs as well as both fixed and variable conversion costs, conversion costs being those expenses that are directly or indirectly related to the operation of our plant. Significant conversion costs include labor, benefits, energy, supplies, depreciation, and maintenance and repair. In addition to raw material and conversion costs, cost of goods sold includes environmental reserves and costs related to idle capacity. Finally, cost of goods sold includes hedging gains and losses recognized by us related to our biofuels segment. Cost of goods sold is allocated to the chemicals and biofuels business segments based on equipment and resource usage for most conversion costs and based on revenues for most other costs.

Operating costs include selling, general and administrative, and research and development expenses. These expense categories include expenses that were directly incurred by us.

The discussion of results of operations that follows is based on revenues and expenses in total and for individual product lines and do not differentiate related party transactions.

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009

Revenues

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 were $219,183,000 as compared to revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 of $196,711,000, an increase of 11%. Revenues from biofuels decreased 23% and accounted for 18% of total revenues in 2010 as compared to 27% in 2009. Revenues from chemicals increased 24% and accounted for 82% of total revenues in 2010 as compared to 73% in 2009. Within the chemicals segment, revenues for 2010 changed as follows as compared to 2009: revenues from the bleach activator increased 8%; revenues from the proprietary herbicide and intermediates increased 16%; revenues from CPOs increased 195%; revenues from DIPB increased 10%; and revenues from other products increased 62%.

Revenues from the bleach activator and the proprietary herbicide and intermediates are together the most significant components of our revenue base, accounting for 54% of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 53% for the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase in revenue from the bleach activator during 2010 as compared to 2009 was attributable to higher volumes sold in 2010. The future volume of and revenues from the bleach activator depend on both consumer demand for the product containing the bleach activator and the manufacturing, sales, and marketing priorities of our customer. We are unable to predict with certainty the revenues we will receive from this product in the future. With respect to the proprietary herbicide, the increase in revenues in 2010 as compared to 2009 was primarily a result of higher volumes.

Revenues from CPOs and DIPB together increased 57% during 2010. The end market for CPOs is the automotive industry and demand for this product has benefited from the improvement in economic conditions. Revenues from DIPB in 2010 were higher in 2010 as compared to 2009; revenues in the second half of 2009 were sufficient to offset reduced revenues in the first half of the year related to a scheduled maintenance shutdown and reduced demand from our customer.

Decreased revenues in 2010 from the biofuels segment resulted from lower volume of biodiesel, a direct result of the expiration of the $1 blender’s credit, and reduced volume of agricultural commodities, primarily soybeans, rice, and corn from the granary we purchased in March 2009. The volume of biodiesel sold in 2010 decreased 47% as compared to 2009. The volume of petrodiesel and biodiesel blends (ranging from less than 5% biodiesel to as much as 99% biodiesel) increased 21% as compared to 2009; this increase was primarily a result of our success with our regional fuel distribution strategy and strategic purchases and sales of fuel.

Cost of Goods Sold and Distribution

Total cost of goods sold and distribution for 2010 were $177,899,000 as compared to total cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 of $162,274,000, an increase of 10%.

Cost of goods sold and distribution for 2010 for our chemicals segment were $136,847,000 as compared to cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 of $110,752,000. On a percentage basis, the 24% increase in cost of goods sold and distribution were directly in line with the 24% increase in chemicals segment revenues.

Cost of goods sold and distribution for 2010 for our biofuels segment were $41,052,000 as compared to cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 of $51,522,000. On a percentage basis, cost of goods sold and distribution decreased 20% versus a decrease in revenues of 23%. This decrease is primarily attributed to reduced sales volume in the absence of the $1 blender’s credit and losses incurred in our biodiesel hedging activities. Additionally, the 2009 results reflect a $2,000,000 award from the Arkansas Alternative Fuels Development Program. Under this program, biodiesel producers in the state of Arkansas were eligible to receive $0.20 per gallon for every gallon of biodiesel produced during defined time periods, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 per period, subject to funding by the State of Arkansas. The grant was not funded in 2010. Based on the characteristics of the Arkansas Alternative Fuels Development Program and the State funding behind this program, we recognized income in the period funding was received.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased 5% from $9,598,000 in 2009 to $9,129,000 in 2010. Compensation expense decreased 3% as a result of reduced administrative staff. Other expense increased 17%, primarily as a result of the addition of our granary and, to a lesser extent, from increased legal fees stemming from issues described under “Other Matters”. Related party expense decreased 14%. Related party expense is described in detail in Note 20 of our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 reflect our expected tax rate on reported operating earnings before income taxes. We have determined that we do not believe that we have a more likely than not probability of realizing a portion of our deferred tax assets. As such, we have recorded a valuation allowance of $277,000 at December 31, 2010.

Income Taxes

We had no liability for uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2010. See Note 15 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008

Revenues

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $196,711,000 as compared to revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008 of $198,330,000, a decrease of 1%. Revenues from biofuels increased 24% and accounted for 27% of total revenues in 2009 as compared to 21% in 2008. Revenues from chemicals decreased 8% and accounted for 73% of total revenues in 2009 as compared to 79% in 2008. Within the chemicals segment, revenues for 2009 changed as follows as compared to 2008: revenues from the bleach activator decreased 13%; revenues from the proprietary herbicide and intermediates decreased 8%; revenues from CPOs decreased 65%; revenues from DIPB increased 2%; and revenues from other products decreased 3%.

Revenues from the bleach activator and the proprietary herbicide and intermediates are together the most significant components of FutureFuel Chemical Company’s revenue base, accounting for 53% of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 59% for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease in revenue from the bleach activator during 2009 as compared to 2008 was attributable to lower volumes sold in 2009. The future volume of and revenues from the bleach activator depend on both consumer demand for the product containing the bleach activator and the manufacturing, sales, and marketing priorities of our customer. We are unable to predict with certainty the revenues we will receive from this product in the future. With respect to the proprietary herbicide, the decrease in revenues in 2009 as compared to 2008 was primarily a result of lower volumes, although we did reduce the price of our product as a result of declines in raw material prices.

Revenues from CPOs and DIPB together decreased 31% during 2009. The end market for CPOs is the automotive industry and demand for this product has been impacted by both economic conditions and an inventory build by our customer at the end of 2008. Revenues from DIPB in 2009 were roughly in line with revenues in 2008; revenues in the second half of 2009 were sufficient to offset reduced revenues in the first half of the year related to a scheduled maintenance shutdown and reduced demand from our customer.

Increased revenues in 2009 from the biofuels segment resulted from higher volumes of biodiesel produced and sold, higher volumes of petrodiesel and biodiesel blends distributed to our regional market, and the addition of revenues from our granary. The volume of biodiesel sold in 2009 increased 59% as compared to 2008; this was a result of new customer relationships both in our region and throughout the United States. The volume of petrodiesel and biodiesel blends (ranging from less than 5% biodiesel to as much as 20% biodiesel) increased more than twenty-fold in 2009 as compared to 2008; this increase was primarily a result of our success with regional fuel distribution strategy. We purchased a granary in March 2009. Because we anticipate future synergies with our biofuels business, we include the granary’s operating results in our biofuels segment. Granary revenues are generated from the sale of agricultural commodities, primarily soybeans, rice, and corn.

Cost of Goods Sold and Distribution

Total cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 were $162,274,000 as compared to total cost of goods sold and distribution for 2008 of $157,913,000, an increase of 3%.

Cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 for our chemicals segment were $110,752,000 as compared to cost of goods sold and distribution for 2008 of $122,815,000. On a percentage basis, the 10% decrease in cost of goods sold and distribution was slightly greater than the 8% decrease in chemicals segment revenues. Improved margin for the chemicals segment is a result of our continued focus on cost control as well as the growth of our biofuels segment, as some of our cost is allocated to segments based on revenue.

Cost of goods sold and distribution for 2009 for our biofuels segment were $51,522,000 as compared to cost of goods sold and distribution for 2008 of $35,098,000. On a percentage basis, cost of goods sold and distribution increased 47% versus an increase in revenues of 24%. This difference is a result of growth in our fuel distribution business, higher distribution costs, and decreases in gains from hedging activity. In our fuel distribution business, we sell petrodiesel and biodiesel blends of less than 5% to as much as 20%. The margin we earn on the petrodiesel resold as a stand-alone product or as a component of the biodiesel blend is less than we earn on biodiesel. The increase in our distribution costs in 2009 is primarily related to railcar leases and rail transport charges. Finally, our gain on hedging activity in 2009 was substantially less than in 2008. Both the 2008 and 2009 periods include the $2,000,000 award from the Arkansas Alternative Fuels Development Program. Under this program, biodiesel producers in the state of Arkansas are eligible to receive $0.20 per gallon for every gallon of biodiesel produced during defined time periods, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 per period, subject to funding by the State of Arkansas. We applied for and, in the first quarter of 2008, received the maximum $2,000,000 funding under this program for biodiesel produced between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. We applied for and, in the third quarter of 2009, received maximum funding under the program for biodiesel produced between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Based on the characteristics of the Arkansas Alternative Fuels Development Program and the State funding behind this program, we recognize income in the period funding is received.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased 17% from $8,236,000 in 2008 to $9,598,000 in 2009. Compensation expense increased 24% as a result of additions to our chemical sales department and, to a lesser extent, additions to our administrative team. Other expense increased 28%, primarily as a result of the addition of our granary and, to a lesser extent, from increased legal fees stemming from issues described under “Other Matters”. Related party expense increased 59%, though on a dollar value basis the increase was less significant. Related party expense is described in detail in Note 20 of our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 reflect our expected tax rate on reported operating earnings before income taxes. We have determined that we do not believe that we have a more likely than not probability of realizing a portion of our deferred tax assets. As such, we have recorded a valuation allowance of $714,000 at December 31, 2009.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We reduce our accounts receivable by amounts that may be uncollectible in the future. This estimated allowance is based upon management’s evaluation of the collectability of individual invoices and is based upon management’s evaluation of the financial condition of our customers and historical bad debt experience. This estimate is subject to change based upon the changing financial condition of our customers. At December 31, 2010, we recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts of $10,000, which pertained to one customer. We recorded no allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2009. We historically have not experienced significant problems in collecting our receivables and we do not expect this to change going forward.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided for using the straight-line method over the associated assets’ estimated useful lives. We primarily base our estimate of an asset’s useful life on our experience with other similar assets. The actual useful life of an asset may differ significantly from our estimate for such reasons as the asset’s build quality, the manner in which the asset is used, or changes in the business climate. When the actual useful life differs from the estimated useful life, impairment charges may result. We monitor the estimated useful lives of our assets and do not currently anticipate impairment charges.

Asset Retirement Obligations

We establish reserves for closure/post-closure costs associated with the environmental and other assets we maintain. Environmental assets include waste management units such as incinerators, landfills, storage tanks, and boilers. When these types of assets are constructed or installed, a reserve is established for the future costs anticipated to be associated with the closure of the site based on an expected life of the environmental assets, the applicable regulatory closure requirements, and our environmental policies and practices. These expenses are charged into earnings over the estimated useful life of the assets. The future costs anticipated to be associated with the closure of the site are based upon estimated current costs for such activities adjusted for anticipated future inflation rates. Unanticipated changes in either of these two variables or changes in the anticipated timing of closure/post-closure activities may significantly affect the established reserves. As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we recorded a reserve for closure/post-closure liabilities of $702,000 and $680,000, respectively. We monitor this reserve and the assumptions used in its calculation. As deemed necessary, we have made changes to this reserve balance and anticipate that future changes will occur.

Revenue Recognition

For most product sales, revenue is recognized when product is shipped from our facilities and risk of loss and title have passed to the customer, which is in accordance with our customer contracts and the stated shipping terms. Nearly all custom manufactured products are manufactured under written contracts. Performance chemicals and biodiesel are generally sold pursuant to the terms of written purchase orders. In general, customers do not have any rights of return, except for quality disputes. However, all of our products are tested for quality before shipment, and historically returns have been inconsequential. We do not offer volume discounts, rebates, or warranties.

Revenue from bill and hold transactions in which a performance obligation exists is recognized when the total performance obligation has been met. Bill and hold transactions for four specialty chemical customers in both 2010 and 2009 related to revenue that was recognized in accordance with contractual agreements based on product produced and ready for use. These sales were subject to written monthly purchase orders with agreement that production was reasonable. The inventory was custom manufactured and stored at the customer’s request and could not be sold to another buyer. Credit and payment terms for bill and hold customers are similar to other specialty chemical customers. Sales revenue under bill and hold arrangements were $57,074,000, $42,773,000, and $50,527,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective income tax basis. A future income tax asset or liability is estimated for each temporary difference using enacted and substantively enacted income tax rates and laws expected to be in effect when the asset is realized or the liability settled. Changes in the expected tax rates and laws to be in effect when the asset is realized or the liability settled could significantly affect the income tax assets and liabilities booked by us. We monitor changes in applicable tax laws and adjust our income tax assets and liabilities as necessary.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We engage in two types of hedging transactions. First, we hedge our biofuels sales through the purchase and sale of futures contracts and options on futures contracts of energy commodities. This activity was captured on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Second, we hedge our biofuels feedstock through the

execution of purchase contracts and supply agreements with certain vendors. These hedging transactions are recognized in earnings and were not recorded on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009 as they do not meet the definition of a derivative instrument as defined under accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The purchase of biofuels feedstock generally involves two components: basis and price. Basis covers any refining or processing required as well as transportation. Price covers the purchases of the actual agricultural commodity. Both basis and price fluctuate over time. A supply agreement with a vendor constitutes a hedge when we have committed to a certain volume of feedstock in a future period and have fixed the basis for that volume.

At December 31, 2010, we had a short position in certain marketable debt securities. Such a position did not exist at December 31, 2009. The purpose of this position was to help mitigate the potential negative impact an increase in interest rates would have on other marketable securities we have purchased. We are committed to repurchase these short-sold securities in the future. We are required to maintain a margin account at a broker to collateralize this obligation. It is possible that this margin account balance will not be sufficient to meet our obligations, which would place an addition commitment on our available cash balances.

Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth as of December 31, 2010 the payments due by period for the following contractual obligations.

(Dollars in thousands)

Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 Year		1-3 Years		4-5 Years		More than 5 Years
Long-term debt obligations(a)	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Capital lease obligations		-		-		-		-		-
Operating lease obligations		2,338		759		922		477		180
Purchase obligations(b)		6,583		6,583		-		-		-
Other long-term liabilities reflected on our balance sheet under GAAP(c)		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	8,921	$	7,342	$	922	$	477	$	180

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(a)	As of December 31, 2010, we had no borrowings under the $50 million credit agreement described above.

(b)	Purchase obligations within less than one year include the construction of two specialty chemical plants.

(c)

A component of other noncurrent liabilities is a reserve for asset retirement obligations and environmental contingencies of $702 at December 31, 2010. We are liable for these asset retirement obligations and environmental contingencies only in certain events, primarily the closure of our Batesville, Arkansas facility. As such, we do expect a payment related to these liabilities in the foreseeable future and therefore we have excluded this amount from the table above.

Other Matters

We entered into an agreement with a customer to construct at a fixed price a processing plant and produce a certain chemical for the customer. We engaged a third party to act as general contractor on the construction of this plant for a guaranteed price. That general contractor defaulted on its obligations under its contract with us and abandoned the project. As a result, we undertook the general contractor role ourselves. We also filed suit against our former contractor to recoup any damages that we may incur as a result of his default. The former contractor counterclaimed against us for amounts he asserts are due him under our contract with him. At this time, we are unable to determine what effect the general contractor’s default and/or his counterclaim will have on us or on our financial condition.

We entered into an agreement with a biodiesel trade association to pay certain fees and dues to the association in order to obtain access and registration to the association’s compiled biodiesel health effects data (“HED”) required by the Environmental Protection Agency for biodiesel manufacturers. Manufacturers of biodiesel who pay their fair share of costs for the HED can have access to and obtain registration with the Environmental Protection Agency.

We brought suit against the trade association for rescission of the agreement for various reasons including, among other things, that we already paid our fair share of costs for the data to the trade association; and that the fees and dues structure of the trade association were overly excessive and against public policy. The trade association filed suit against us for collection of alleged fees and dues owed by us to it. At this time, we are unable to determine what effect the trade association’s suit against us will have on us or on our financial condition.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

In recent years, general economic inflation has not had a material adverse impact on our costs and, as described elsewhere herein, we have passed some price increases along to our customers. However, we are subject to certain market risks as described below.

Market risk represents the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. Commodity price risk is inherent in the chemical and biofuels business both with respect to input (electricity, coal, biofuel feedstocks, etc.) and output (manufactured chemicals and biofuels).

We seek to mitigate our market risks associated with the manufacturing and sale of chemicals by entering into term sale contracts that include contractual market price adjustment protections to allow changes in market prices of key raw materials to be passed on to the customer. Such price protections are not always obtained, however, so raw material price risk remains a significant risk.

In order to manage price risk caused by market fluctuations in biofuel prices, we may enter into exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts. We account for these derivative instruments in accordance with ASC 815-20-25, Derivatives and Hedging, Hedging-General, Recognition. Under this standard, the accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends upon whether it has been designated as an accounting hedging relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. To qualify for designation as an accounting hedging relationship, specific criteria must be met and appropriate documentation maintained. We had no derivative instruments that qualified under these rules as designated accounting hedges in 2010 or 2009. Changes in the fair value of our derivative instruments are recognized at the end of each accounting period and recorded in the statement of operations as a component of cost of goods sold.

Our immediate recognition of derivative instrument gains and losses can cause net income to be volatile from quarter to quarter due to the timing of the change in value of the derivative instruments relative to the sale of biofuel being sold. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the fair values of our derivative instruments were a net liability in the amount of $1,649,000 and $1,930,000, respectively.

Our gross profit will be impacted by the prices we pay for raw materials and conversion costs (costs incurred in the production of chemicals and biofuels) for which we do not possess contractual market price adjustment protection. These items are principally comprised of animal fat, electricity, and petrodiesel. The availability and price of these items are subject to wide fluctuations due to unpredictable factors such as weather conditions, overall economic conditions, governmental policies, commodity markets, and global supply and demand.

We prepared a sensitivity analysis of our exposure to market risk with respect to key raw materials and conversion costs for which we do not possess contractual market price adjustment protections, based on average prices in 2010. We included only those raw materials and conversion costs for which a hypothetical adverse change in price would result in a 1% or greater decrease in gross profit. Assuming that the prices of the associated finished goods could not be increased and assuming no change in quantities sold, a hypothetical 10% change in the average price of the commodities listed below would result in the following change in annual gross profit.

(Volumes and dollars in thousands)

Item	Volume(a) Requirements		Units	Hypothetical Adverse Change in Price			Decrease in Gross Profit		Percentage Decrease in Gross Profit
Animal fat		58,197,386	LB		10	%	$	1,688		4.1	%
Electricity		88,385	MWH		10	%	$	454		1.1	%
Petrodiesel		2,217,359	GAL		10	%	$	451		1.1	%

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(a)	Volume requirements and average price information are based upon volumes used and prices obtained for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. Volume requirements may differ materially from these quantities in future years as our business evolves.

We had no borrowings as of December 31, 2010 or 2009 and, as such, we were not exposed to interest rate risk for those years. Due to the relative insignificance of transactions denominated in a foreign currency, we consider our foreign currency risk to be immaterial.

At December 31, 2010, we had a short position in certain marketable debt securities. The purpose of this position was to help mitigate the potential negative impact an increase in interest rates would have on our other marketable securities. The fair value of the securities totaled $(19,295,000) at December 31, 2010. We maintain a margin account to collateralize these marketable debt securities. This margin account maintained a balance of $21,086,000 at December 31, 2010 and is classified as restricted cash and cash equivalents in our consolidated balance sheet included herein. We will be obligated to purchase these securities at a future date. To the extent that these marketable debt securities appreciate in value, we are exposed to off-balance sheet risks.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Financial Statements.

The following sets forth our consolidated balance sheets as at December 31, 2010 and 2009 and our consolidated statements of operations, statements of cash flows, and statements of stockholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, together with RubinBrown LLP’s report thereon.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

FutureFuel Corp.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of FutureFuel Corp. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), FutureFuel Corp. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 16, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ RubinBrown LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

March 16, 2011

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009

(Dollars in thousands)

	2010		2009
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	91,057	$	65,512
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $10 and $0, respectively		35,165		21,759
Inventory		37,372		26,444
Income taxes receivable		519		912
Prepaid expenses		1,240		1,297
Prepaid expenses - related parties		-		23
Marketable and auction rate securities		28,200		6,811
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		21,086		-
Other current assets		1,015		828
Total current assets		215,654		123,586
Property, plant and equipment, net		125,007		119,248
Intangible assets		94		208
Other assets		2,401		2,965
Total noncurrent assets		127,502		122,421
Total Assets	$	343,156	$	246,007

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$	14,628	$	14,269
Accounts payable - related parties		468		556
Current deferred income tax liability		4,661		3,172
Deferred revenue – short-term		1,758		-
Short position – marketable debt securities		19,295		-
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		3,341		2,832
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities - related parties		8		67
Total current liabilities		44,159		20,896
Deferred revenue – long-term		17,118		9,348
Contingent liability – long-term		2,289		-
Other noncurrent liabilities		903		1,376
Noncurrent deferred income tax liability		26,364		24,118
Total noncurrent liabilities		46,674		34,842
Total Liabilities		90,833		55,738
Commitments and contingencies
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding		-		-
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 39,978,849 and 28,190,300 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively		4		3
Accumulated other comprehensive income		525		38
Additional paid in capital		237,123		167,598
Retained earnings		14,671		22,630
Total stockholders’ equity		252,323		190,269
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	343,156	$	246,007

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	2010			2009			2008
Revenues	$	219,090		$	194,217		$	193,466
Revenues – related parties		93			2,494			4,864
Cost of goods sold		169,776			151,359			149,122
Cost of goods sold – related parties		4,044			5,933			5,331
Distribution		3,553			4,894			3,460
Distribution - related parties		526			88			-
Gross profit		41,284			34,437			40,417
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
Compensation expense		3,500			3,605			2,907
Other expense		1,794			1,530			1,191
Related party expense		341			298			187
Research and development expenses		3,494			4,165			3,951
		9,129			9,598			8,236
Income from operations		32,155			24,839			32,181
Interest income		1,135			403			2,965
Interest expense		(74	)		(27	)		(26	)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency		-			(3	)		287
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities		997			(15	)		(377	)
Other income (expense)		(35	)		249			(34	)
		2,023			607			2,815
Income before income taxes		34,178			25,446			34,996
Provision for income taxes		11,084			8,454			12,321
Net income	$	23,094		$	16,992		$	22,675

Earnings per common share
Basic	$	0.63		$	0.60		$	0.84
Diluted	$	0.62		$	0.58		$	0.82
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic		36,526,105			28,190,300			27,029,210
Diluted		37,188,328			29,254,272			27,550,441

Comprehensive income	2010		2009		2008
Net income	$	23,094	$	16,992	$	22,675
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (benefit) of $306 in 2010, $14 in 2009, and $(26) in 2008		487		23		(43	)
Comprehensive income	$	23,581	$	17,015	$	22,632

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008

(Dollars in thousands)

	2010			2009			2008
Cash flows provided by operating activities
Net income	$	23,094		$	16,992		$	22,675
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		7,564			7,517			5,800
Provision for deferred income taxes		3,429			1,025			3,053
Change in fair value of derivative instruments and marketable securities		(93	)		(1,236	)		2,928
Loss (gain) on the sale of investments		(1,184	)		15			377
Accretion of the discount of marketable debt securities		-			-			(188	)
Losses on disposals of fixed assets		318			240			24
Stock based compensation		-			873			849
Noncash interest expense		22			22			22
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(13,406	)		(1,711	)		(2,534	)
Inventory		(10,929	)		1,141			(4,149	)
Income taxes receivable		393			(120	)		(793	)
Prepaid expenses		56			(3	)		(94	)
Prepaid expenses - related parties		23			(23	)		-
Accrued interest on marketable securities		32			5			63
Other assets		338			(19	)		1,042
Accounts payable		360			937			711
Accounts payable - related parties		(88	)		134			300
Income taxes payable		-			-			(1,231	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		509			581			(1,119	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities - related parties		(60	)		47			20
Deferred revenue		7,958			(646	)		8,423
Other noncurrent liabilities		(497	)		112			96
Net cash provided by operating activities		17,839			25,883			36,275

		2010			2009			2008
Cash flows from investing activities
Restricted cash		(21,086	)		-			3,263
Collateralization of derivative instruments		326			5,270			(7,037	)
Purchase of marketable securities		(50,151	)		(19,999	)		(40,835	)
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities		47,012			35,972			39,557
Net sales (purchases) of auction rate securities		2,800			12,185			(14,985	)
Purchase of commercial paper		-			-			(15,384	)
Proceeds from the sale of commercial paper		-			15,424			-
Purchase of preferred stock and trust preferred securities		-			(3,965	)		-
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets		3			17			8
Acquisition of a granary		-			(1,252	)		-
Contingent purchase price payment		-			(312	)		(250	)
Capital expenditures		(9,671	)		(21,910	)		(16,346	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(30,767	)		21,430			(52,009	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from the issuance of stock		70,736			-			8,169
Purchase of warrants		(1,210	)		(799	)		-
Payment of dividend		(31,053	)		(8,457	)		(19,705	)
Excess tax benefit associated with stock options		-			-			70
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		38,473			(9,256	)		(11,466	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		25,545			38,057			(27,200	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		65,512			27,455			54,655
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	91,057		$	65,512		$	27,455

Cash paid for interest	$	2		$	8		$	4

Cash paid for income taxes	$	8,081		$	7,677		$	11,117

Non-cash capital expenditures	$	3,859		$	-		$	-

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008

(Dollars in thousands)

	Common Stock				Other Comprehensive			Additional Paid-In			Retained			Total Stockholders’
	Shares		Amount		Income			Capital			Earnings			Equity
Balance - December 31, 2007	26,700,000	$	3	$	58		$	158,436		$	11,125		$	169,622
Special cash dividend	-		-		-			-			(19,705	)		(19,705	)
Stock based compensation	39,800		-		-			849			-			849
Proceeds from the issuance of stock	1,450,500		-		-			8,169			-			8,169
Excess income tax benefits from exercise of stock options	-		-		-			70			-			70
Other comprehensive income (loss)	-		-		(43	)		-			-			(43	)
Net income	-		-		-			-			22,675			22,675
Balance - December 31, 2008	28,190,300		3		15			167,524			14,095			181,637
Special cash dividend	-		-		-			-			(8,457	)		(8,457	)
Stock based compensation	-		-		-			873			-			873
Purchase of warrants	-		-		-			(799	)		-			(799	)
Other comprehensive income	-		-		23			-			-			23
Net income	-		-		-			-			16,992			16,992
Balance - December 31, 2009	28,190,300		3		38			167,598			22,630			190,269
Special cash dividend	-		-		-			-			(31,053	)		(31,053	)
Proceeds from the issuance of stock	11,788,549		1		-			70,735			-			70,736
Purchase of warrants	-		-		-			(1,210	)		-			(1,210	)
Other comprehensive income	-		-		487			-			-			487
Net income	-		-		-			-			23,094			23,094
Balance – December 31, 2010	39,978,849	$	4	$	525		$	237,123		$	14,671		$	252,323

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

1) Nature of operations and basis of presentation

Viceroy Acquisition Corporation

Viceroy Acquisition Corporation (“Viceroy”) was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on August 12, 2005 to serve as a vehicle for the acquisition by way of asset acquisition, merger, capital stock exchange, share purchase, or similar transaction (“Business Combination”) of one or more operating businesses in the oil and gas industry. On July 12, 2006 Viceroy completed an equity offering (see Note 17).

On July 21, 2006, Viceroy entered into an acquisition agreement with Eastman Chemical Company (“Eastman Chemical”) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding stock of Eastman SE, Inc. (“Eastman SE”). On October 27, 2006, a special meeting of the shareholders of Viceroy was held and the acquisition of Eastman SE was approved by the shareholders. On October 31, 2006, Viceroy acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastman SE from Eastman Chemical. Immediately subsequent to the acquisition, Viceroy changed its name to FutureFuel Corp. (“FutureFuel”) and Eastman SE changed its name to FutureFuel Chemical Company (“FutureFuel Chemical”).

Eastman SE, Inc.

Eastman SE was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on September 1, 2005 and subsequent thereto operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastman Chemical through October 31, 2006. Eastman SE was incorporated for purposes of effecting a sale of Eastman Chemical’s manufacturing facility in Batesville, Arkansas (the “Batesville Plant”). Commencing January 1, 2006, Eastman Chemical began transferring the assets associated with the business of the Batesville Plant to Eastman SE.

The Batesville Plant was constructed to produce proprietary photographic chemicals for Eastman Kodak Company (“Eastman Kodak”). Over the years, Eastman Kodak shifted the plant’s focus away from the photographic imaging business to the custom synthesis of fine chemicals and organic chemical intermediates used in a variety of end markets, including paints and coatings, plastics and polymers, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, household detergents, and agricultural products.

In 2005, the Batesville Plant began the implementation of a biobased products platform. This includes the production of biofuels (biodiesel) and biobased specialty chemical products (biobased solvents, chemicals and intermediates). In addition to biobased products, the Batesville Plant continues to manufacture fine chemicals and other organic chemicals.

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

2) Significant accounting policies

Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FutureFuel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, FutureFuel Chemical and FFC Grain, L.L.C., which was formed in February 2009 to acquire a granary in Marianna, Arkansas. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased and are carried at cost, which approximates market. FutureFuel places its temporary cash investments with high credit quality financial institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limit.

Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts, and credit risk

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. FutureFuel has established procedures to monitor credit risk and has not experienced significant credit losses in prior years.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Accounts receivable have been reduced by an allowance for amounts that may be uncollectible in the future. This estimated allowance is based upon management’s evaluation of the collectibility of individual invoices and is based upon management’s evaluation of the financial condition of its customers and historical bad debt experience. Write-offs are recorded at the time a customer receivable is deemed uncollectible.

Customer concentrations

Significant portions of FutureFuel’s sales are made to a relatively small number of customers. All sales of a bleach activator are made to a leading North American consumer products company pursuant to a supply contract that is set to expire in May 2013. Sales of the bleach activator totaled $79,537 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $73,466 for the year ended December 31, 2009. Additionally, all sales of a herbicide and certain other intermediates used in the production of this herbicide are made to one customer. Sales of this herbicide and its intermediates totaled $36,509 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $31,587 for the year ended December 31, 2009. These two customers represented 24% and 41% of FutureFuel’s accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Inventory

FutureFuel determines the cost of substantially all raw materials and finished goods inventories by the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. FutureFuel writes down its inventories for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the carrying value of inventory and the estimated market value based upon current demand and market conditions.

Financial and derivative instruments

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

FutureFuel maintains inventories of biodiesel and utilizes various derivative instruments such as regulated futures and regulated options as an economic hedge to reduce the effects of fluctuations in the prices of biodiesel. These derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting under the specific guidelines of ASC 815-20-25, Derivatives and Hedging, Hedging-General, Recognition. While management believes each of these instruments are entered into in order to effectively manage various market risks, none of the derivative instruments are designated and accounted for as hedges primarily as a result of the extensive record-keeping requirements.

FutureFuel records all derivative instruments at fair value. Fair value is determined by using the closing prices of the derivative instruments on the New York Mercantile Exchange at the end of an accounting period. Changes in fair value of the derivative instruments are recorded in the statements of operations as a component of cost of goods sold. FutureFuel maintains a margin account with a broker to collateralize these derivative instruments.

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment is carried at cost. Maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings; replacements and betterments are capitalized. When FutureFuel retires or otherwise disposes of assets, it removes the cost of such asset and related accumulated depreciation from the accounts. FutureFuel records any profit and loss on retirement or other disposition in earnings. Asset impairments are reflected as increases in accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Buildings and building equipment	20 – 39 years
Machinery and equipment	3 – 33 years
Transportation equipment	5 – 33 years
Other	5 – 33 years

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Customer relationships

Customer relationships are recorded at acquisition cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of five years. FutureFuel reviews and evaluates the recoverability of the carrying amounts of its acquired customer contracts annually, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Impairment of assets

FutureFuel evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Such events and circumstances include, but are not limited to, significant decreases in the market value of the asset, adverse changes in the extent or manner in which the asset is being used, significant changes in business climate, or current or projected cash flow losses associated with the use of the assets. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the total projected undiscounted cash flows from such assets are separately identifiable and are less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. For long-lived assets to be held for use in future operations and for fixed (tangible) assets, fair value is determined primarily using either the projected cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved or appraisal. For long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale or other than sale, fair value is determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for disposal costs.

Deferred revenue

FutureFuel has signed contracts with customers to construct plant and related assets on FutureFuel’s property for the manufacture of custom chemicals. The cost of construction has been funded by the customers with title and risk of loss to the equipment residing with FutureFuel. Reimbursements are recognized as deferred revenue and are amortized over the expected life of the customer relationship starting upon the completion of construction and the asset being placed into service.

Additionally, FutureFuel has been awarded grants from governmental agencies related to the construction of production equipment and infrastructural improvements at its plant site. The cost of construction of these projects has been either funded by the governmental agencies directly or funded by FutureFuel who has then been reimbursed by the governmental agencies. Direct payments and reimbursements for construction costs have been recognized as deferred revenue and will be amortized into earnings over the expected life of the applicable customer relationship or the life of the asset if no direct customer relationship is tied to the asset. Such amortization will not begin until the asset has been placed into service and all contingencies associated with the grants are fulfilled.

Asset retirement obligations

FutureFuel establishes reserves for closure/post-closure costs associated with the environmental and other assets it maintains. Environmental assets include but are not limited to waste management units such as destructors, landfills, storage tanks, and boilers. When these types of assets are constructed or installed, a reserve is established for the future costs anticipated to be associated with the closure of the site based on an expected life of the environmental assets, the applicable regulatory closure requirements, and FutureFuel’s environmental policies and practices. These expenses are charged into earnings over the estimated useful life of the assets. Currently, FutureFuel estimates the useful life of each individual asset up to 35 years. Changes made in estimates of the asset retirement obligation costs or the estimate of the useful lives of these assets are reflected in earnings as an increase or decrease in the period such changes are made.

Environmental costs are capitalized if they extend the life of the related property, increase its capacity, and/or mitigate or prevent future contamination. The cost of operating and maintaining environmental control facilities is charged to expense.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for using the asset and liability method. Under this method, income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective income tax basis. A future income tax asset or liability is estimated for each temporary difference using enacted and substantively enacted income tax rates and laws expected to be in effect when the asset is realized or the liability settled. A valuation allowance is established, if necessary, to reduce any future income tax asset to an amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. ASC 740 provides that a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold to be recognized. ASC 740 also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. These provisions are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The adoption of these provisions did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations of FutureFuel.

Revenue recognition

For most product sales, revenue is recognized when product is shipped from our facilities and risk of loss and title have passed to the customer, which is in accordance with our customer contracts and the stated shipping terms. All custom manufactured products are manufactured under written contracts. Performance chemicals and biofuels are usually sold pursuant to the terms of written purchase orders. In general, customers do not have any rights of return, except for quality disputes. However, all of our products are tested for quality before shipment, and historically returns have been inconsequential. FutureFuel does not offer volume discounts, rebates, or warranties.

Bill and hold transactions for 2010 related to four specialty chemical customers whereby revenue was recognized in accordance with contractual agreements based on product produced and ready for use. These sales were subject to written monthly purchase orders with agreement that production was reasonable. The inventory was custom manufactured and stored at the customer’s request and could not be sold to another buyer. Credit and payment terms for bill and hold transactions are similar to other specialty chemical customers. Sales revenue under bill and hold arrangements were $57,074, $42,773, and $50,527 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.

Shipping and handling fees

Shipping and handling fees related to sales transactions are billed to customers and recorded as sales revenues.

Cost of goods sold and selling, general and administration expense

Cost of goods sold includes the costs of inventory sold, related purchasing, distribution, and warehousing costs, costs incurred for shipping and handling, and environmental remediation costs. Netted from cost of goods sold is the biodiesel tax incentive for blending biodiesel with petrodiesel. The biodiesel tax credit amounts to one cent for each percentage point of vegetable oil or animal fat biodiesel that is blended with petrodiesel. The credit is recognized as it is earned, i.e., when biodiesel blended with petrodiesel is sold.

Selling, general, and administration expense includes personnel costs associated with sales, marketing and administration, legal and legal-related costs, consulting and professional services fees, advertising expenses, and other similar costs.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Research and development

All costs identified as research and development costs are charged to expense when incurred.

Planned major maintenance activities

Expenditures for planned major maintenance activities are recognized as expense as incurred.

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (the numerator) by the weighted average number of outstanding shares (the denominator) for the period. Diluted earnings per share are calculated in accordance with the treasury stock method to determine the dilutive effect of warrants and options. The computation of diluted earnings per share includes the same numerator, but the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares from the exercise of warrants and options that would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive common shares had been issued.

Comprehensive income

Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and other comprehensive income (“OCI”). Comprehensive income comprises all changes in shareholders’ equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. FutureFuel’s OCI is comprised of gains resulting from its investment in certain marketable securities classified as available for sale (see Note 7). For the year ended December 31, 2010, FutureFuel recorded an unrealized gain of $487, net of income taxes of $306, on these securities. For the year ended December 31, 2009, FutureFuel recorded an unrealized gain of $23, net of income taxes of $14, on these securities. For the year ended December 31, 2008, FutureFuel recorded an unrealized loss of $43, net of income tax benefit of $26, on these securities.

Commitments and contingent liabilities

In the ordinary course of its business, FutureFuel enters into supply and sales contracts as deemed commercially desirable. Supply contracts are utilized to ensure the availability of raw materials used in the production process. Sales contracts are utilized to ensure the future sale of produced product.

FutureFuel and its operations from time to time may be parties to or targets of lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings including product liability, personal injury, patent and intellectual property, commercial, contract, environmental, health and safety, and environmental matters, which are handled and defended in the ordinary course of business. FutureFuel accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. When a single amount cannot be reasonably estimated but the cost can be estimated within a range, FutureFuel accrues the minimum amount.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during a reporting period. Estimates are used when accounting for allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciation, amortization, asset retirement obligations, and income taxes as well as the evaluation of potential losses due to impairments or future liabilities. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Segment reporting

FutureFuel identifies operating segments when separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by its chief operating decision maker in assessing the performance of those segments and in determining how to allocate resources. FutureFuel has determined that it has two reportable segments organized along product lines -- chemicals and biofuels.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

3) Business combination

FutureFuel was incorporated on August 12, 2005 to serve as a vehicle for a business combination of one or more operating businesses in the oil and gas industry. In 2006, FutureFuel identified such an operating business in Eastman SE. Eastman SE, as owner of the Batesville Plant, began the implementation of a biobased products platform, including the production of biofuels (biodiesel) and biobased specialty products (biobased lubricants, solvents, and intermediates). In addition to the biobased products platform, the Batesville Plant continued the custom synthesis of fine chemicals and other organic chemicals. On October 31, 2006, FutureFuel acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastman SE from Eastman Chemical for cash consideration and $0.02 per gallon of biodiesel sold by FutureFuel during the three-year period commencing on November 1, 2006 and ending on October 31, 2009. Immediately subsequent to its acquisition, Eastman SE changed its name to FutureFuel Chemical. The results of FutureFuel Chemical have been included in FutureFuel’s results of operations since October 31, 2006. After final purchase price adjustments, a price of $70,970 was paid for the stock of Eastman SE. Cumulative contingent purchase price payments to Eastman Chemical based on volumes of biodiesel sold totaled $11 through December 31, 2006, $183 through December 31, 2007, $433 through December 31, 2008, and $745 through December 31, 2009. The obligation to make this contingent payment terminated on October 31, 2009. The contingent purchase price payments offset a contingent consideration liability that FutureFuel recorded as of the closing date of the acquisition. This contingent consideration liability was established based upon management’s estimates, as of the closing date of the acquisition, of the volume of biodiesel that would be sold during the three-year period beginning November 1, 2006 and ending October 31, 2009. The value of the contingent consideration liability at October 31, 2006 was $2,370. As indicated immediately above, actual contingent purchase price payments during the three-year period totaled $745, leaving a balance of $1,625 at October 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, FutureFuel eliminated this remaining liability from its balance sheet as it no longer has any obligation to Eastman Chemical, and FutureFuel simultaneously wrote-down its assets by the same amount; the elimination of the contingent consideration liability had no impact on earnings.

4) Reinstatement of biodiesel blender’s tax credit

In December 2010, the government of the United States passed into law the retroactive reinstatement of the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel blender’s tax credit. This action resulted in FutureFuel’s biodiesel blending activities from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 qualifying for this credit. The credit related to 2010 activity totaled $10,785 and was recorded as a reduction to cost of goods sold in the forth quarter of 2010. The related receivable was recorded as a component of accounts receivable at December 31, 2010. No such receivable existed at December 31, 2009. This receivable was fully collected in February 2011.

5) Inventories

The carrying values of inventory were as follows as of December 31:

	2010			2009
At average cost (approximates current cost)
Finished goods	$	6,659		$	14,078
Work in process		1,999			1,841
Raw materials and supplies		36,652			16,451
		45,310			32,370
LIFO reserve		(7,938	)		(5,926