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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 for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof.

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote:

| • | “FOR” the individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors |

| • | “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers |

You are encouraged to vote. Each stockholder will receive an email or a mailed notice with instructions to access the proxy materials on the internet and to vote, depending on preferences you have provided. You will be able to vote on the internet or by phone by following the instructions in the communication you receive. If you receive a proxy card, you can also vote by completing and returning the card. If you want to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, you may do so whether or not you vote or return a proxy in advance.

| BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS         |
| /s/ J. Michael Rockett                     |
| J. Michael Rockett                         |
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel, |
| and Corporate Secretary                    |

<div align='center'>YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, WHETHER YOU OWN A FEW SHARES OR MANY.

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PROXY STATEMENT FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 14, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS</div>

|                                                                        | Page |
| Information Concerning Solicitation of Proxies and Voting              |    4 |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND OUR ANNUAL MEETING |    4 |
| Board of Directors                                                     |    7 |
| Audit Committee Report                                                 |   10 |
| Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors                                  |   14 |
| Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Auditor                                |   15 |
| Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation                |   16 |
| Executive Compensation                                                 |   17 |
| GOVERNANCE, COMPENSATION, AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT              |   19 |
| PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE                                                 |   22 |
| POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL               |   24 |
| Equity Compensation Plans                                              |   24 |
| Security Ownership by Certain Beneficial Ownership and Management      |   25 |
| Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance                |   25 |
| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS