altnano_8k-091211.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  September 12, 2011

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 Canada    1-12497    33-1084375
 (State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission    (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)    File Number)    Identification No.)
 
204 Edison Way
Reno, NV
  89502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    (Zip Code) 
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(801) 858-3750
 
N/A
(Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1.01 
Entry into Material Definitive Agreement

Item 7.01 
Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 9.01 
Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EXHIBIT INDEX

EX. 99.1 
Press Release

 
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Item 1.01 
Entry into Material Definitive Agreement

On September 12, 2011, Altairnano, Inc. (the "Company") and Inversiones Energeticas S.A. de C.V. (“INE”) entered into a 120-day extension of an automatic termination provision of the contract originally dated February 9, 2011 between the Company and INE (as amended, the “Contract”) in the amount of $17,967,985 for the provision of a ten megawatt ALTI-ESS advanced battery system in El Salvador. Consistent with the Contract, the 120-day extension permits INE to continue to seek regulatory approval.

Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 15, 2011 the Company issued a press release entitled “INE Grants 120-Day Extension to Conclude Regulatory Approval for ALTI-ESS System for El Salvador”. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

99.1           Press release issued by Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. dated September 15, 2011 entitled “INE Grants 120-Day Extension to Conclude Regulatory Approval for ALTI-ESS System for El Salvador

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.
 
       
Dated: September 15, 2011
By:
/s/ John Fallini  
    John Fallini, Chief Financial Officer  
       
       


 
 
 
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