ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 9, 2012-- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, today responded to a limited court order relating to the Butamax^TM Advanced Biofuels, LLC (Butamax) appeal of the U.S. District Court of Delaware’s decision to dismiss its Preliminary Injunction Motion.

“We anticipated Butamax’s appeal and were satisfied to see that in denying the preliminary injunction request of Butamax the judge’s opinion ‘that plaintiff (Butamax) does not hold a valid patent, nor would the defendant (Gevo) infringe if it did’ remains intact,” said Brett Lund, Executive Vice President and General Counsel. “The judge did issue a temporary order while Butamax appeals to the Federal Court. Under the temporary order, Gevo remains free to operate in markets such as chemicals, jet fuel, marine fuel, small engine fuel and all other markets, except Gevo may not supply the automotive fuel blendstock market with biobased isobutanol from our Luverne facility during the appeals process. We disagree with that decision and have filed an appeal of the order. Testing for automobile fuels will continue, but with non-biobased isobutanol.”

About Gevo

Gevo is converting existing ethanol plants into biorefineries to make renewable building block products for the chemical and fuel industries. The Company plans to convert renewable raw materials into isobutanol and renewable hydrocarbons that can be directly integrated on a “drop in” basis into existing chemical and fuel products to deliver environmental and economic benefits. Gevo is committed to a sustainable biobased economy that meets society’s needs for plentiful food and clean air and water. For more information, visit www.gevo.com

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