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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 employees (including the Named Executive Officers), and consultants and enables us to obtain and retain services of these individuals, which is essential to our long-term success. We made grants under the 2019 Stock Plan to our Named Executive Officers as set forth in the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2024” section below. The Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee believes that a compensation plan weighted towards equity grants provides the best incentive for the Company’s Named Executive Officers. Consistent with our compensation philosophy, we have emphasized the use of equity to encourage our Named Executive Officers to focus on the growth of our overall enterprise value and, correspondingly, the creation of value for our equity holders. We consider equity-based compensation a significant motivator in encouraging executives to come, stay, grow, and lead. As part of our equity compensation, our stock option grants to our Named Executive Officers other than our CEO have three-year vesting to help us retain our Named Executive Officers and align their interest with the long-term performance of our stock.

Severance Benefits-We have entered into employment agreements with our Named Executive Officers that are summarized below under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control.”

Retirement Savings-We have established a 401(k) retirement savings plan for our employees, including the Named Executive Officers, who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Our Named Executive Officers are eligible to participate on the same terms as all of our employees. Under the 401(k) plan, eligible employees may elect to contribute a portion of their current compensation up to the prescribed annual limits set by the IRS. We provide a matching contribution of up to 100% of the first 4% of salaries or wages contributed by participating employees.

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Other Benefits and Perquisites-Additional benefits received by our Named Executive Officers include certain benefits provided to our employees generally, including medical, dental and vision benefits, flexible spending and/or health care saving accounts, basic and voluntary life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. From time to time, we may provide perquisites, special expense reimbursements, or other personal benefits in limited circumstances, such as where we believe it is appropriate to assist an individual executive officer in the performance of their duties, to make our executive officers more efficient and effective, and for recruitment, motivation or retention purposes. All future practices with respect to perquisites or other personal benefits for our Named Executive Officers will be approved and subject to periodic review by the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee. We do not expect