---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-004619"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTX"
cik: "0000738214"
company_name: "AEMETIS, INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:53:30.951509+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aemetis shareholders approve increase in authorized common stock; preferred stock decrease fails

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to increase authorized common stock from 80M to 140M shares at Feb 18, 2026 special meeting.
- Proposal to decrease authorized preferred stock from 65M to 5M shares did not receive requisite vote (26.2M for vs 1.3M against, with 13.4M broker non-votes).
- Total authorized shares increased from 145M to 205M via Certificate of Amendment filed with Delaware on Feb 18, 2026.
- Company files legal opinion for up to $210M placement shares under at-market issuance agreement with H.C. Wainwright.
- As of Feb 16, 2026, 66.36M common shares outstanding and no preferred shares outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-004619
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTX
- cik: 0000738214
- company_name: AEMETIS, INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774926004619/0001437749-26-004619-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774926004619/amtx20260206c_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5618a08989f9dd40c87128df7ac0ff808fb2aa92
  claim: AEMETIS, INC: Increased authorized common stock from 80,000,000 to 140,000,000 shares (effective 2026-02-18).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 18, 2026, Aemetis, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's capital stock from 145,000,000 shares to 205,000,000 shares, which reflects the increase in the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), from 80,000,000 to 140,000,000 shares.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/738214/000143774926004619/0001437749-26-004619-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.