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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130430160918
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-13-001556
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130430
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130430

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000778164
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				412170618
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21467
		FILM NUMBER:		13797540

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		916-403-2123

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACCESSITY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030627

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DRIVERSSHIELD COM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PRIORITY GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.2pt; text-indent: -12.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filed
by the Registrant </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.2pt; text-indent: -12.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filed
by a Party other than the Registrant </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.2pt; text-indent: -12.25pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.2pt; text-indent: -12.25pt">Check the appropriate box:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Preliminary Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings 2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &sect; 240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">x</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">No fee required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Pacific
Ethanol ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL TIME FOR<BR>
 STOCKHOLDERS TO CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON PROPOSED<BR>
 REVERSE stock SPLIT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><B>Sacramento, CA, April 30, 2013 &ndash; Pacific
Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX)</B>,<B> </B>the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western
United States, today announced that its special meeting of stockholders scheduled today at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time, has been
adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060, Sacramento, California
95814, to provide its stockholders further time to vote upon a proposed reverse stock split. All stockholders of record as of
March 19, 2013 are entitled to vote on the proposed reverse stock split. A significant majority of the votes received to date
are in favor of the proposal. However, insufficient votes have been received to achieve a  majority of the outstanding
shares required to amend Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s charter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><B>Business of the Special Meeting</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">At the special meeting, stockholders will be asked to approve
an amendment to Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a reverse split of its issued and outstanding
shares of common stock at a ratio of between 1-for-5 and 1-for-15, inclusive, to be selected at the sole discretion of the Board
of Directors (&ldquo;Reverse Stock Split&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><B>Pacific Ethanol strongly recommends that stockholders
vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; the reverse stock split as it is in the best interest of Pacific Ethanol and its stockholders. If you have
not voted, or have mislaid your proxy materials or are uncertain if you have voted all the shares you are entitled to vote please
see &ldquo;<I>How You Can Vote</I>,&rdquo; below. Every single vote counts. Please vote TODAY&mdash;by internet or by telephone.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><B>How You Can Vote</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Stockholders will not have time to vote by mail and should
instead vote by telephone or over the Internet. To vote over the Internet, visit www.proxyvote.com which provides specific instructions
on how to vote. You will need your 12-digit control number from your proxy card to vote. If you do not have your control number,
please contact Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s proxy solicitor, Georgeson, at (800) 790-6795 for assistance in voting your shares. If you
received multiple mailings and are uncertain if all your shares have been voted or wish to confirm or change your vote, please
contact Georgeson at (800) 790-6795.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>Important Information</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">This material may be deemed to be
solicitation material in respect of the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with the special meeting. Pacific
Ethanol has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with
the special meeting, and advises its stockholders to read the proxy statement and any and all supplements and amendments thereto
because they contain important information. Stockholders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement and other documents filed
by Pacific Ethanol with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The proxy statement and these other documents may
also be obtained upon request addressed to Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s Secretary at Pacific Ethanol, Inc., 400 Capitol Mall, Suite
2060, Sacramento, California 95814.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>About Pacific Ethanol, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX)
is the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. Pacific Ethanol also sells co-products,
including wet distillers grain (&ldquo;WDG&rdquo;), a nutritious animal feed. Serving integrated oil companies and gasoline marketers
who blend ethanol into gasoline, Pacific Ethanol provides transportation, storage and delivery of ethanol through third-party
service providers in the Western United States, primarily in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Washington.
Pacific Ethanol has an 83% ownership interest in New PE Holdco LLC, the owner of four ethanol production facilities. Pacific Ethanol
operates and manages the four ethanol production facilities, which have a combined annual production capacity of 200 million gallons.
The facilities in operation are located in Boardman, Oregon, Burley, Idaho and Stockton, California, and one idled facility is
located in Madera, California. The facilities are near their respective fuel and feed customers, offering significant timing,
transportation cost and logistical advantages. Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s subsidiary, Kinergy Marketing LLC, markets ethanol from
Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s managed plants and from other third-party production facilities, and another subsidiary, Pacific Ag. Products,
LLC, markets WDG. For more information please visit www.pacificethanol.net.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B><U>Safe Harbor Statement
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">With the exception of historical information,
the matters discussed in this press release including, without limitation, the ability of Pacific Ethanol to continue as the leading
marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States are forward-looking statements and considerations
that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of Pacific Ethanol could differ from those statements.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, adverse economic and market conditions;
changes in governmental regulations and policies; and other events, factors and risks previously and from time to time disclosed
in Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, specifically, those factors set forth
in the &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; section contained in Pacific Ethanol&rsquo;s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 1, 2013.</FONT></P>

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