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1. Notes of Activities and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Notes Of Activities And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Tables

Schedule of dilutive securities

The following table shows the number of potentially dilutive shares excluded from the diluted net income/(loss) per share calculation as of September 30, 2012 and 2011:

		September 30, 2012				September 30, 2011
Aemetis Series B preferred			-				3,125,008
Aemetis Series B warrants			3,008				429,609
Aemetis Common stock options and warrants			1,776,067				7,187,734
Convertible interest & fees on related party note			1,029,973				33,734,053
Total number of potentially dilutive shares excluded from the diluted net income/(loss) per share calculation			2,809,048				44,476,404

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 128

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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