---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTX"
cik: "0000738214"
company_name: "AEMETIS, INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:12:39.261500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aemetis appoints J. Michael Rockett as EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

## Summary
- Appointed J. Michael Rockett as EVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary effective Aug 28, 2023.
- Initial annual salary $280,000, eligible for performance-based annual bonuses per CEO evaluation.
- Granted 100,000 stock options at $1.88/share (closing price on grant date), vesting quarterly over three years.
- Employment agreement for three-year initial term, with automatic extensions and one-year severance on certain terminations.
- Rockett brings 28 years legal experience, previously GC at InEnTec, attorney at Pillsbury, and DOJ trial attorney.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTX
- cik: 0000738214
- company_name: AEMETIS, INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024742/0001437749-23-024742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024742/amtx20230827_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024742
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024742.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024742.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Michael Rockett was appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at AEMETIS, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Aemetis, Inc. (the “Company”) has appointed J. Michael Rockett as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, effective as of August 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024742/0001437749-23-024742-index.htm

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