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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024856"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTX"
cik: "0000738214"
company_name: "AEMETIS, INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:09:34.511815+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aemetis amends bylaws to align with SEC Rule 14a-19 on director nominations

## Summary
- Board approved amendments to Article II Section 2.2 and Article III Section 3.1 effective August 24, 2023.
- Stockholders nominating directors must solicit at least 67% voting power and comply with Rule 14a-19.
- Non-compliance with Rule 14a-19 may cause nominations and proxies to be disregarded; proxy cards must not be white (reserved for board).
- Amended bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024856
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTX
- cik: 0000738214
- company_name: AEMETIS, INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024856/0001437749-23-024856-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024856/amtx20230828_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024856.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AEMETIS, INC: Amended Bylaws to revise director nomination and proxy solicitation requirements to comply with Rule 14a-19 (effective 2023-08-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-08-24
  source text: On August 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aemetis, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774923024856/0001437749-23-024856-index.htm

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