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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-13-001558
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130430
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21467
		FILM NUMBER:		13798042

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>April
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>41-2170618</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in"><B>Item 8.01.&#9;Other
Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">On April 30, 2013,
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. issued a press release announcing 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. Instructions on how to vote are included in the
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of the press
release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#9;<U>Financial
statements of businesses acquired</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 1in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#9;<U>Shell company
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 1in">&#9;Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&#9;<U>Exhibits</U>.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt">By: <U>/S/ CHRISTOPHER W. WRIGHT</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Becky Herrick</TD>
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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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