UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): February 12, 2025
Aemetis, Inc.
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
Delaware | 001-36475 | 26-1407544 |
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | Commission File Number | IRS Employer Identification Number |
20400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 700
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 213-0940
Registrant's address and telephone number of principal executive office
N/A
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Common Stock, par value $0.001 | AMTX | NASDAQ Global Market |
| Title of class of registered securities | Trading Symbol | Name of exchange on which registered |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 12, 2025, Aemetis, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement further amending that certain At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated January 26, 2021, as amended by that certain letter agreement dated August 18, 2021 (as amended, the “Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Distribution Agent”). In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Company may offer and sell from time to time through the Distribution Agent the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $210,000,000 (the “Placement Shares”). The Placement Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 9, 2024, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed with the Commission on February 4, 2025 and declared effective on February 11, 2025 (Registration No. 333-281457). The Company filed a prospectus supplement, dated February 12, 2025, with the Commission in connection with the offer and sale of the Placement Shares.
Sales of the Placement Shares, if any, will be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NASDAQ Global Market at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Distribution Agent. The Company shall pay to the Distribution Agent in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares pursuant to the Agreement, an amount up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The summary of the Agreement in this report does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to such Agreement, which is filed as Exhibits 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 hereto. The legal opinion relating to the Placement Shares is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | Aemetis, Inc. |
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| February 19, 2025 | /s/ Eric A. McAfee |
| | Eric A. McAfee |
| | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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