altair_8k-090209.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
____________

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 2, 2009

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
Canada   1-12497   33-1084375
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission 
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer 
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
Amendment of a Material Definitive Agreement

Item 9.01
Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
EX. 10.1:
Amendment No.2 to Registration Rights Agreement

 
 
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Item 1.01
Amendment of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 2, 2009 Altair Nanotechnologies Inc and Al Yousuf LLC signed Amendment No. 2 to their November 29, 2007 Registration Rights Agreement. The Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement (Amendment No. 2”) has an effective date of August 14, 2009. The November 29, 2007 Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) was filed with the SEC on Form 8-K on November 30, 2007. Amendment No. 2 modifies Sections 2(a) and 2(b)(i) of the Registration Rights Agreements extending by 6 months the required registration date of the securities involved in the Registration Rights Agreement.

The description of the Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement set forth above is, by its nature, a summary description and omits certain detailed terms set forth in the underlying agreement. The summary set forth above is qualified by the terms and conditions of the Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

 
10.1
Amendment No.2 to Registration Rights Agreement

 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange 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 3, 2009 
By:
/s/ John Fallini   
    John Fallini, Chief Financial Officer  
       

 
 
 
 
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