Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal


           Year.

On January 12, 2021, Alto Ingredients, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to change the Company's corporate name from Pacific Ethanol, Inc. to Alto Ingredients, Inc., effective January 12, 2021. The Company's new name will be reflected on The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") on January 14, 2021. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.

In connection with the name change, the board of directors of the Company also amended the Company's amended and restated bylaws to reflect the corporate name Alto Ingredients, Inc., also effective January 12, 2021 (the "Second Amended and Restated Bylaws"). No other changes were made to the amended and restated bylaws. A copy of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws reflecting the new name is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.

The Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "PEIX" until January 31, 2021. The Company expects that shares of its Common Stock will begin trading on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol "ALTO" on February 1, 2021, at which time the Company will cease trading its Common Stock under the symbol "PEIX". The new CUSIP numbers for the Company's Common Stock and non-voting Common Stock are 021513 106 and 021513 205, respectively. Outstanding stock certificates for shares of the Company are not affected by the name change and will continue to be valid and need not be exchanged.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






 (d) Exhibits.




Number    Description
            Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation effective
3.1       January 12, 2021
3.2         Second Amended and Restated Bylaws




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