Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Aemetis Keyes Grain Procurement and Working Capital Agreement

On May 25, 2023, Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Aemetis Keyes") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aemetis. Inc., a Delaware corporation, and J.D. Heiskell Holdings, LLC, a California limited liability company ("Heiskell", and together with Aemetis Keyes, the "Parties"), executed a Second Amendment (the "Second Procurement Agreement Amendment") to that certain Amended and Restated Aemetis Keyes Grain Procurement and Working Capital Agreement dated as of May 13, 2020 (as amended and/or restated from time to time, the "Procurement Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment.

Pursuant to the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment Aemetis Keyes agreed to pay to Heiskell, in addition to all other payments owed to Heiskell, the sum of the equivalent of four days of Grain payable in daily equal installments over one hundred twenty days (120) days or September 30th, 2023, whichever is sooner, commencing five (5) days after the Re-Start.

Aemetis Keyes also agreed to pay, in addition to all other payments owed to Heiskell, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) each day to build up an aggregate cash deposit amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) (the "Cash Deposit"). The Cash Deposit is intended to cover Grain purchased from Heiskell by Aemetis Keyes over weekends or three-day holidays but shall not be applied to any balance owed to Heiskell by Aemetis Keyes, unless an Event of Default occurs under the Procurement Agreement or any Related Agreements, or if any Related Agreements are terminated.

In connection with the entry into the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment, Aemetis Keyes delivered to Heiskell warrants to purchase one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of the common stock of Aemetis, Inc., par value $0.001 per share ("Aemetis Common Shares"), exercisable at a price of $2.50 per share with a term of ten years (the "Heiskell Warrants").

Neither the Heiskell Warrants nor the Aemetis Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Heiskell Warrants (the "Warrant Shares") are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Heiskell Warrants and the Warrant Shares were issued in reliance on the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.

The foregoing description of the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Heiskell Purchasing Agreement

On May 25, 2023, Aemetis Keyes and Heiskell executed a Second Amendment ("Second Purchasing Agreement Amendment") to that certain Amended and Restated Heiskell Purchasing Agreement dated May 16, 2013. The Second Purchasing Agreement Amendment includes, among other things, Heiskell's obligation to purchase and market ethanol produced at the Keyes plant.

Pursuant to the Second Purchasing Agreement Amendment, Aemetis Keyes agreed to grant Heiskell exclusive rights to purchase wet distiller grains, condensed distillers solubles, corn oil, and ethanol produced from the Keyes plant. Additionally, Heiskell agreed to sell all ethanol produced by Aemetis Keyes to certain designated purchasers and pay to Aemetis Keyes the same price as it receives from such designated purchasers for such ethanol.

The foregoing description of the Second Purchasing Agreement Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Purchasing Agreement Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Second Amendment to the Keyes Ethanol and Corn Tank Lease

In connection with the entry into the Second Procurement Agreement Amendment and the Second Purchase Agreement Amendment, on May 25, 2023, Aemetis Keyes and Heiskell executed a Second Amendment (the "Second Lease Amendment") to that certain Keyes Ethanol and Corn Tank Lease dated March 9, 2011, amended by that certain First Amendment dated May 13, 2020.

Pursuant to the Second Lease Amendment, Aemetis Keyes agreed to lease certain additional tanks located at the Keyes plan to Heiskell for an annual rent of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.

The foregoing description of the Second Lease Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Lease Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

To the extent required, the information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above related to the Heiskell Warrants and the Warrant Shares is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.02.




Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.


Exhibit
Number    Description of the Exhibit



10.1 Second Amendment to the


     Amended and Restated Aemetis
     Keyes Grain Procurement and
     Working Capital Agreement,
     dated as of May 25, 2023, by
     and between Aemetis Advanced
     Fuels Keyes, Inc. and J.D.
     Heiskell Holdings LLC
10.2    Second Amendment to the
     Amended and Restated
     Heiskell Purchasing
     Agreement, dated as of May
     25, 2023, by and between
     Aemetis Advanced Fuels
     Keyes, Inc. and J.D.
     Heiskell Holdings, LLC
10.3    Second Amendment to the
     Keyes Ethanol and Corn Tank
     Lease, dated as of May 25,
     2023, by and between Aemetis
     Advanced Fuel Keyes, Inc.
     and J.D. Heiskell Holdings,
     LLC

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