Company: AMTX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010522
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Company: AEMETIS, INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 $               | 124,000 |     |                       | 17,000 |     | $                | 52,530 |     | $         | 176,530 |
| Lydia I. Beebe    |     | $               |  93,000 |     |                       | 13,500 |     | $                | 41,715 |     | $         | 134,715 |
| John R. Block     |     | $               |  75,000 |     |                       | 11,000 |     | $                | 33,990 |     | $         | 108,990 |
| Naomi L. Boness   |     | $               |  75,000 |     |                       | 11,000 |     | $                | 33,990 |     | $         | 108,990 |
| Timothy A. Simon  |     | $               |  75,000 |     |                       | 11,000 |     | $                | 33,990 |     | $         | 108,990 |

"Stock Awards" listed above are in the form of Common Stock with immediate vesting under the Aemetis, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Plan.

The table includes $442 thousand as the total amount of fees earnedduring 2024. Fees actually paidin 2024 were $449 thousand, which includes partial payment of amounts due from prior years. In addition, the Company issued to independent directors 64,767 shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value of $265 thousand (based on $4.09 per share price at close of Nasdaq stock market on Nov. 21, 2024) as payment for accrued but unpaid director fees. As a result, as of December 31, 2024, there were no accrued payables to independent directors.

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Since 2007, the Board has applied a director compensation policy pursuant under which each non-employee director is paid an annual cash retainer of $75,000. In addition, we pay an annual cash retainer of $24,000 to the Lead Independent Director, an annual retainer of $18,000 to the Chair of the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee, and an annual cash retainer of $25,000 to the Chair of the Audit Committee. In January 2021, the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee set the