<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001213900-19-026890.txt : 20191226
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-19-026890
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191216
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191226

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:		191308085

	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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8-K</FONT></P>

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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>December 16, 2019</B></FONT></P>
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ETHANOL, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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                                         communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></TD>
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registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</FONT></P>

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    of each class</B></FONT></TD>
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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
&sect;230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR &sect;240.12b-2). Emerging growth company&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></P>

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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></P>

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                                         into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><I>First
Amendment to Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On
December 16, 2019, Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC (&ldquo;PE Pekin&rdquo;), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Ethanol,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), Compeer Financial, PCA (the &ldquo;Lender&rdquo;) (as successor by merger to 1st Farm Credit
Services, PCA) and CoBank, ACB (together with Lender, the &ldquo;Lender Parties&rdquo;) entered into a First Amendment to Amendment
No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents (the &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) dated as of December 15, 2019, amending that
certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents dated November 15, 2019 by and among PE Pekin and the Lender
Parties (&ldquo;Amendment No. 6&rdquo;), and further amending that certain Credit Agreement dated December 15, 2016 by and among
PE Pekin, 1st Farm Credit Services, PCA, as lender, and CoBank, ACB, as cash management provider and agent (the &ldquo;Credit
Agreement&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Under
the Amendment, the Lender Parties agreed to extend the deferral of all scheduled principal payments payable on February 20, 2019,
May 20, 2019 and November 20, 2019 to December 20, 2019.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Amendment also contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, and other terms and conditions.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A description of Amendment
No. 6 is set forth in the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K for November 15, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 19, 2019 and is incorporated herein by this reference. Descriptions of the Credit Agreement are set forth
in the Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Forms 8-K for December 15, 2016, August 7, 2017, March 30, 2018, March 21, 2019 and July
15, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2016, August 11, 2017, April 5, 2018, March 27, 2019
and July 19, 2019, respectively, and are incorporated herein by this reference.</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which
is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by this reference.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Senior
Secured Note Amendment Agreement No. 1</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
December 16, 2019, the Company entered into a Senior Secured Note Amendment Agreement No. 1 (the &ldquo;Note Amendment&rdquo;)
dated as of December 16, 2019 with the noteholders named therein, amending those certain Senior Secured Notes (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;)
originally issued by the Company pursuant to either (i) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2016 by and among
the Company and the noteholders named therein (the &ldquo;Initial Purchase Agreement&rdquo;, and the Notes issued pursuant to
the Initial Purchase Agreement, the &ldquo;2016 Notes&rdquo;) or (ii) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated June 26, 2017
by and among the Company and the noteholders named therein (the &ldquo;Additional Purchase Agreement&rdquo;, and the Notes issued
pursuant to the Additional Purchase Agreement, the &ldquo;2017 Notes&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Note Amendment extended the maturity date of the Notes from December 15, 2019 to December 23, 2019 and amended the interest rate
from the greater of 1% and the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 11% between December 15, 2018 through December 14,
2019 to 15% commencing on September 15, 2019. Under the Note Amendment, the Company also agreed to pay the December 15, 2019 interest
payment 50% in cash and 50% in-kind through the issuance of an additional note in the principal amount equal thereto.</FONT></P>

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contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, and other terms and conditions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Descriptions of the Initial
Purchase Agreement and 2016 Notes are set forth in the Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Forms 8-K for December 12, 2016 and December
15, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2016 and December 20, 2016, respectively, and are incorporated
herein by this reference. Descriptions of the Additional Note Purchase Agreement and 2017 Notes are set forth in the Company&rsquo;s
Current Reports on Forms 8-K for June 26, 2017 and June 30, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27,
2017 and July 5, 2017, respectively, and are incorporated herein by this reference.</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
description of the Note Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note Amendment,
which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and is incorporated herein by this reference.</FONT></P>


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                                         9.01.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Financial
                                         Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold"><A HREF="f8k121619ex10-1_pacific.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">First Amendment to Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents dated as of December 15, 2019 by and among Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC, Compeer Financial, PCA and CoBank, ACB (*)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><A HREF="f8k121619ex10-2_pacific.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior Secured Note Amendment Agreement No. 1 to the Notes dated as of December 16, 2019 by and among Pacific Ethanol, Inc. and the noteholders named therein (*)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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herewith. The agreement filed as an exhibit to this report contains representations and warranties made by the parties thereto.
The assertions embodied in such representations and warranties are not necessarily assertions of fact, but a mechanism for the
parties to allocate risk. Accordingly, investors should not rely on the representations and warranties as characterizations of
the actual state of facts or for any other purpose at the time they were made or otherwise.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;December 20, 2019</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/S/ CHRISTOPHER W.&nbsp;&nbsp;WRIGHT</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher W. Wright, </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Execution
Version</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">FIRST
AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 6</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;6 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, dated as of December 15, 2019 (this &ldquo;<B>Amendment</B>&rdquo;),
is entered into by and between PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (&ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, a federally-chartered instrumentality of the United States, successor
by merger to 1<SUP>st</SUP> Farm Credit Services, PCA (&ldquo;<B>Lender</B>&rdquo;), and COBANK, ACB, a federally-chartered instrumentality
of the United States (&ldquo;<B>Agent</B>&rdquo; and together with Lender, the &ldquo;<B>Lending Parties</B>&rdquo;). Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>WHEREAS</B>,
the Company, Lender and Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;15, 2016 (as amended,
restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, collectively the &ldquo;<B>Credit Agreement</B>&rdquo;) and the
other Loan Documents;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>WHEREAS</B>,
the Company, Lender and Agent entered into that certain Amendment No.&nbsp;6 to Credit Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;15,
2019 (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, collectively the &ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;6</B>&rdquo;)
and the other Loan Documents;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>WHEREAS</B>,
the Company has requested that, as of the Effective Date, Amendment No.&nbsp;6, the Credit Agreement and certain other Loan Documents
be amended solely to extend the Deferral Period Termination Date to December&nbsp;20, 2019; and</FONT></P>

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Agent and Lender are willing, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make such amendments;</FONT></P>

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THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:</FONT></P>

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1 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to Amendment No.&nbsp;6.</FONT></P>

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<B>Extension of Deferral Period Termination Date</B>. Amendment No.&nbsp;6 is hereby amended by amending the following definitions
in their entireties to read as follows:</FONT></P>

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Period Termination Date</B>&rdquo; means that date which is the earliest of (a)&nbsp;5:00&nbsp;p.m. (Mountain time) on December&nbsp;20,
2019, (b)&nbsp;the occurrence of a Deferral Period Termination Event, or (c)&nbsp;the occurrence of an Event of Default under
the Loan Documents (excluding therefrom, however, the Excluded Events, the occurrence of which, whether prior to or during the
Deferral Period, shall not constitute an Event of Default during the Deferral Period).&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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Period Termination Event</B>&rdquo; means the occurrence of any of the following: (a)&nbsp;the breach of any covenant, representation
and warranty contained in Article 3 of this Agreement, or (b)&nbsp;the termination or expiration of any forbearance arrangement,
payment date extension or maturity date extension, in each case without further extension, now or hereafter provided under or
in connection with the Wells Fargo Loan Documents or the Senior Notes Documents.</FONT></P>

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Other Terms and Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein (including in
the preamble and recitals hereto) have the meanings provided for in Amendment No.&nbsp;6. This Amendment is not intended by the
parties to be a novation of Amendment No.&nbsp;6 and, except as expressly waived, deferred or otherwise modified herein, all terms,
conditions, rights, and obligations as set out in Amendment No.&nbsp;6 are hereby reaffirmed and shall otherwise remain in full
force and effect as originally written and agreed.</FONT></P>

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2 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to Credit Agreement.</FONT></P>

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on (and subject to the occurrence of) the Effective Date (defined below), Annex&nbsp;A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by amending the following definitions in their entirety to read as follows:</FONT></P>

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Documents</B>&rdquo; means this Agreement, each Note, the Environmental Indemnity and Reimbursement Agreement, each Interest Rate
Hedge, the PEC Guaranty, the PEC Pledge Agreement, the PEC Security Agreement, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the
Sixth Amendment (as the Sixth Amendment may be modified and amended from time to time) and each other agreement, guaranty, security
agreement, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, agreement, certificate, application, invoice and document executed or
delivered in connection herewith or therewith, each as amended or as amended and restated from time to time.</FONT></P>

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3 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Representations and Warranties; Acknowledgments.</FONT></P>

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In order to induce Agent and Lender to make the amendments provided for in Articles&nbsp;1 and 2, the Company hereby represents
and warrants to Agent and the Lending Parties as of the Effective Date that:</FONT></P>

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The recitals set forth in Amendment No.&nbsp;6 are true, complete, accurate, and correct in all material respects (unless qualified
by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects);</FONT></P>

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All representations and warranties made and given by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents are true, complete, accurate, and
correct in all material respects (unless qualified by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects),
as if given on the Effective Date (or, as to representations and warranties that specifically refer to an earlier date, as of
such earlier date) after giving effect to this Amendment;</FONT></P>

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The Loan Parties have no claims, offsets, rights of recoupment, counterclaims, or defenses (other than payment) with respect to:
(a)&nbsp;the payment of any amount due under the Loans and the Loan Documents; (b)&nbsp;the performance of the Loan Parties&rsquo;
obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c)&nbsp;the liability of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents;</FONT></P>

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Agent and the Lending Parties: (i)&nbsp;have not breached any duty to the Loan Parties in connection with the Loans or the Loan
Documents; and (ii)&nbsp;have fully performed all obligations they may have had or now have to the Loan Parties;</FONT></P>

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The Loan Parties have had the assistance of independent counsel of their own choice, or have had the opportunity to retain such
independent counsel, in reviewing, discussing, and considering all the terms of this Amendment. Before execution of this Amendment,
the Loan Parties have had adequate opportunity to make whatever investigation or inquiry it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the subject matter of this Amendment;</FONT></P>

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The Loan Parties are not acting in reliance on any representation, understanding, or agreement from or with Agent or the Lending
Parties not expressly set forth herein. The Loan Parties acknowledge that none of Agent or the Lending Parties has made any representation
with respect to the subject of this Amendment except as expressly set forth herein. The Company has executed this Amendment as
its free and voluntary act, without any duress, coercion, or undue influence exerted by or on behalf of any Person;</FONT></P>

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All interest or other fees or charges which have been imposed, accrued or collected by Agent under the Loan Documents or in connection
with the Loans through the date of this Amendment, and the method of computing the same, were and are proper and agreed to by
the Loan Parties, and were properly computed and collected;</FONT></P>

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This Amendment is not intended by the parties to be a novation of the Loan Documents and, except as expressly waived, deferred
or otherwise modified herein, all terms, conditions, rights, and obligations as set out in the Loan Documents are hereby reaffirmed
and shall otherwise remain in full force and effect as originally written and agreed;</FONT></P>

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Amendment, except as waived, deferred or modified herein, the Loan Documents
are in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms, remain legal, valid and binding obligations of the Loan
Parties that are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, have not been modified or amended (except in written amendments
executed by the parties), and are hereby reaffirmed and ratified by the Loan Parties;</FONT></P>

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All information provided by the Loan Parties (or any of its agents or representatives) to Agent or the Lending Parties prior to
the Effective Date is true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date provided and does not contain any untrue
statements of fact or omit to state a fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading in any material respect;</FONT></P>

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All financial statements delivered by the Loan Parties (or any of its agents or representatives) to Agent or the Lending Parties
prior to the Effective Date are true and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial condition of the Loan
Parties;</FONT></P>

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As of the Effective Date, the Company has delivered to Agent all statements, notices, certificates, projections, updates, and
other information required under Article 6 of the Credit Agreement;</FONT></P>

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The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder are within the corporate
or company powers and authority of the Company, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not and will
not contravene or conflict with the charter or by-laws of the Company;</FONT></P>

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This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, covenants, and conditions; and</FONT></P>

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After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default (other than related to any Excluded Event) has occurred
and is continuing.</FONT></P>

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4 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Conditions to Effectiveness.</FONT></P>

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Agreement shall become effective on such date (the &ldquo;<B>Effective Date</B>&rdquo;) when each of the following conditions
has been satisfied:</FONT></P>

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<B>Representations and Warranties</B>. All covenants, representations and warranties made by the Company pursuant to Article&nbsp;3
shall be true and correct.</FONT></P>

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<B>Guarantor Acknowledgment</B>. Agent shall have received an Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantor, duly executed by PEC.</FONT></P>

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<B>Other Requests</B>. Agent shall have received such other certificates, instruments, documents, agreements, information and
reports as may be requested by Agent, in form and substance acceptable to Agent.</FONT></P>

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<B>Reimbursement of Fees/Expenses</B>. The Company shall have paid all out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Agent and the Lending
Parties (including legal, advisory, and audit fees) that accrued in relation to the Loan Documents, including, without limitation,
all out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, drafting, negotiation, implementation of this
Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<B>Required Consents, etc</B>. The Company shall have delivered to Agent all consents, authorizations and amendments determined
by Agent to be necessary to ensure the enforceability of the Loan Documents, including a certificate of the secretary or other
appropriate officer of each Loan Party certifying (i)&nbsp;that the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby and the other Loan Documents have been duly approved by all necessary action of the governing
board of such Loan Party, and attaching true and correct copies of the applicable resolutions granting such approval; (ii)&nbsp;that
the organizational document of such Loan Party, which were certified and delivered to the Agent pursuant to the most recent certificate
of secretary or other appropriate officer of such Loan Party, continue in full force and effect and have not been amended or otherwise
modified except as set forth in the certificate to be delivered as of the date hereof; and (iii)&nbsp;that the officers and agents
of such Loan Party who have been certified to the Agent, pursuant to the most recent certificate of secretary or other appropriate
officer given by such Loan Party, as being authorized to sign and to act on behalf of such Loan Party continue to be so authorized
or setting forth the sample signatures of each of the officers and agents of such Loan Party authorized as of the date hereof
to execute and deliver this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents, agreements and certificates on behalf
of such Loan Party.</FONT></P>

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the delivery by Agent of a fully executed copy of this Agreement to the Company, the conditions set forth above shall be deemed
satisfied and the Effective Date shall be deemed to have occurred as of the date so delivered.</FONT></P>

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5 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Release.</FONT></P>

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a material part of the consideration for Agent and Lender entering into this Agreement, the Company agrees as follows (the &ldquo;<B>Release
Provision</B>&rdquo;)</FONT></P>

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The Company hereby releases and forever discharges Agent and the Lending Parties and each such parties&rsquo; respective predecessors,
successors, assigns, participants, officers, managers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys, representatives,
parent corporations, subsidiaries, and affiliates (hereinafter all of the above collectively referred to as &ldquo;<B>Released
Group</B>&rdquo;), jointly and severally, from any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, damages, debts, agreements, covenants,
suits, contracts, obligations, liabilities, accounts, offsets, rights, actions, and causes of action of any nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, all claims, demands, and causes of action for contribution and indemnity, whether arising at law
or in equity, whether presently possessed or possessed in the future, whether known or unknown, whether liability be direct or
indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, whether presently accrued or to accrue hereafter, whether absolute or contingent, foreseen
or unforeseen, and whether or not heretofore asserted, and including whether arising from the negligence (but not the gross negligence
or willful misconduct) of any of the Released Group, which the Company may have or claim to have against any of the Released Group,
in each case only to the extent arising or accruing prior to and including the Effective Date.</FONT></P>

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The Company agrees not to sue any of the Released Group or in any way assist any other person or entity in suing any of the Released
Group with respect to any claim released herein. This Release Provision may be pleaded as a full and complete defense to, and
may be used as the basis for an injunction against, any action, suit, or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted,
or attempted in breach of the release contained herein.</FONT></P>

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The Company is the sole owner of the claims released by the Release Provision, and the Company has not heretofore conveyed or
assigned any interest in any such claims to any other person or entity. The Company understands that the Release Provision was
a material consideration in the agreement of Agent and Lender to enter into this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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It is the express intent of the Company that the release and discharge set forth in the Release Provision be construed as broadly
as possible in favor of the Released Group so as to foreclose forever the assertion by the Company of any claims released hereby
against any of the Released Group. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of the Release Provision is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force
and effect.</FONT></P>

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6 </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Miscellaneous.</FONT></P>

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<B>Loan Document Pursuant to Credit Agreement</B>. This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Credit
Agreement and each other Loan Document shall remain unamended and otherwise unmodified and in full force and effect.</FONT></P>

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<B>Limitation of Amendments</B>. The amendments provided in Articles&nbsp;1 and 2 shall be limited precisely as provided for therein
and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any other term or provision of the Credit
Agreement or any term or provision of any other Loan Document or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of
the Loan Parties which would require the consent of Agent or the Lending Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document.</FONT></P>

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<B>Collateral</B>. To the extent any Collateral is personal property, the Loan Parties hereby renounce and waive all rights that
are waivable under Article&nbsp;9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the &ldquo;<B>UCC</B>&rdquo;) of any jurisdiction in which any
Collateral may now or hereafter be located. The Loan Parties also hereby acknowledge and agree that a public sale shall constitute
a commercially reasonable manner for the disposition of the Collateral.</FONT></P>

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<B>Counterparts; Effectiveness</B>. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Agent and when Agent shall have received counterparts
hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or email shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<B>Incorporation of Credit Agreement Provisions</B>. The provisions of Article&nbsp;11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to
this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.</FONT></P>

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Bryon T. McGregor</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Bryon T. McGregor</FONT></TD></TR>
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kevin Buente</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kevin Buente</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their Authorized Officers, have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AND AGREEMENT OF GUARANTOR</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated
as of December 15, 2019</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the Guaranty and Contribution Agreement dated as of March 20, 2019 (the &ldquo;<B>Guaranty</B>&rdquo;), the undersigned (the
&ldquo;<B>Guarantor</B>&rdquo;) is a guarantor of the indebtedness of PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the &ldquo;<B>Borrower</B>&rdquo;), to CoBank, ACB, a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States, in its
capacity as the Agent (as described in the &ldquo;<B>Credit Agreement</B>&rdquo; defined in the First Amendment to Amendment No.&nbsp;6
to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents of even date herewith (the &ldquo;<B>Amendment</B>&rdquo;); capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Amendment).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
undersigned hereby (i)&nbsp;acknowledges receipt of the Amendment; (ii)&nbsp;acknowledges that the Borrower has made certain representations,
warranties, and acknowledgments with respect to the Guarantor and hereby represents and warrants that, to the best of its knowledge,
all such representations, warranties, and acknowledgments with respect to it are true and correct as of the date hereof; (iii)&nbsp;consents
to the terms and execution of the Amendment and acknowledges that indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents that constitutes
the Guaranteed Amount shall continue to constitute indebtedness guaranteed under the Guaranty; (iv)&nbsp;ratifies and confirms
all of the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively,
the &ldquo;<B>Guarantor Loan Documents</B>&rdquo;), as same may be modified pursuant to the Amendment, and hereby agrees, acknowledges
and reaffirms that (a)&nbsp;the Guarantor Loan Documents as modified herein constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Guarantor, enforceable against the undersigned in accordance with their respective terms, covenants, and conditions, (b)&nbsp;the
Guarantor remains unconditionally liable to Agent and the Lending Parties in accordance with the respective terms, covenants,
and conditions set forth in the Guarantor Loan Documents, (c)&nbsp;Agent and the Lending Parties have valid, duly perfected, fully
enforceable Liens on the Collateral, (d)&nbsp;all Liens heretofore granted to Agent and the Lending Parties in the Collateral
continue in full force and effect and secure the Obligations, (e)&nbsp;the Guarantor shall execute and deliver to Agent and the
Lending Parties any and all agreements and other documentation and to take any and all actions reasonably requested by Agent and
the Lending Parties at any time to assure the perfection, protection, priority, and enforcement of Agent&rsquo;s and the Lending
Parties&rsquo; rights under the Guarantor Loan Documents with respect to all such Liens (but without any increase to the obligations
or liabilities of the Guarantor under the Guarantor Loan Documents); (v)&nbsp;acknowledges that the Agent and the Lending Parties
may amend, restate, extend, renew or otherwise modify any Loan Documents (other than Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party)
and any indebtedness or agreement of the Borrower in accordance with their terms, or enter into any agreement with or extend additional
or other credit accommodations to the Borrower, without notifying or obtaining the consent of the undersigned and without impairing
the liability of the undersigned under the Guaranty; and (vi)&nbsp;releases and forever discharges Agent and the Lending Parties
and each such parties&rsquo; respective predecessors, successors, assigns, participants, officers, managers, directors, shareholders,
employees, agents, advisors, attorneys, representatives, parent corporations, subsidiaries, and affiliates (hereinafter all of
the above collectively referred to as &ldquo;<B>Released Group</B>&rdquo;), jointly and severally, from any and all claims, counterclaims,
demands, damages, debts, agreements, covenants, suits, contracts, obligations, liabilities, accounts, offsets, rights, actions,
and causes of action of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all claims, demands, and causes of action for contribution
and indemnity, whether arising at law or in equity, whether presently possessed or possessed in the future, whether known or unknown,
whether liability be direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, whether presently accrued or to accrue hereafter, whether
absolute or contingent, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not heretofore asserted, and including whether arising from the
negligence (but not the gross negligence or willful misconduct) of any of the Released Group, which the Guarantor may have or
claim to have against any of the Released Group, in each case only to the extent arising or accruing prior to and including the
Effective Date (as defined in the Amendment).</FONT></P>

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the party hereto has caused this Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantor to be executed as of the date first
above written.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Bryon T. McGregor</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DESCRIPTION>SENIOR SECURED NOTE AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 1 TO THE NOTES DATED AS OF DECEMBER 16, 2019 BY AND AMONG PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC. AND THE NOTEHOLDERS NAMED THEREIN
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 10.2</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>EXECUTION VERSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">SENIOR SECURED NOTE AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
NO. 1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">THIS SENIOR SECURED
NOTE AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO.&nbsp;1 (the &ldquo;<B>Agreement</B>&rdquo;), dated as of December 16, 2019, is made by and among Pacific
Ethanol, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters located at 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060, Sacramento, CA 95814 (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;),
and the noteholders listed on the signature page hereto (each, a &ldquo;<B>Noteholder</B>&rdquo; and collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Noteholders</B>&rdquo;)
as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS, the Noteholders
are holders of the Company&rsquo;s Senior Secured Notes (each a &ldquo;<B>Note</B>&rdquo; and collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Notes</B>&rdquo;)
that were originally issued by the Company pursuant to either (i)&nbsp;the Note Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2016 by and
among the Company and certain of the Noteholders (the &ldquo;<B>Initial Purchase Agreement</B>&rdquo;) or (ii)&nbsp;the Additional
Note Purchase Agreement dated June 20, 2017 by and among the Company and certain other Noteholders (the &ldquo;<B>Additional Purchase
Agreement</B>&rdquo;), with the current list of all Noteholders and the principal amount of each Noteholder&rsquo;s Note set forth
in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U> attached hereto; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS, the Company
and the Noteholders desire to enter into this Agreement in order to amend the Notes as set forth herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Noteholders hereby agree as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">1.
</FONT><U>Definitions</U>. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed
thereto in the Notes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">2.
</FONT><U>Amendments</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.1 Section&nbsp;19.11
of the Notes issued under the Initial Purchase Agreement and Section&nbsp;19.14 of the Notes issued under the Additional Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to &ldquo;December 15, 2019&rdquo; in such Notes and inserting in its place
&ldquo;December 23, 2019&rdquo;. The parties agree that each other reference in the Transaction Documents to the Notes being due
December 15, 2019 shall refer to the Notes being due December 23, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.2 Section&nbsp;19.9
of the Notes issued under the Initial Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section&nbsp;19.9 in its entirety and inserting
in its place the following new Section&nbsp;19.9, which shall read in its entirety as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;19.9
&ldquo;<B>Interest Rate</B>&rdquo; means (i) for the period commencing on the Issuance Date through December 14, 2019, a rate per
annum equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (&ldquo;<B>LIBOR</B>&rdquo;), plus 7.0% (the &ldquo;<B>Interest Rate Spread</B>&rdquo;);
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that on December 15, 2017 and December 15, 2018, the &ldquo;Interest Rate Spread&rdquo; shall
be increased to 9.0% and 11.0%, respectively; and, <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that if at any time prior to December 15, 2019
LIBOR is less than 1.0% per annum, the &ldquo;Interest Rate&rdquo; shall equal 1.0% plus the amount of the then current &ldquo;Interest
Rate Spread,&rdquo; and (ii) for the period commencing September&nbsp;15, 2019, a rate per annum equal to 15%. The &ldquo;Interest
Rate&rdquo; shall in all cases be subject to adjustment as set forth in <U>Section&nbsp;2</U>.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.3 Section&nbsp;19.12
of the Notes issued under the Additional Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section&nbsp;19.12 in its entirety and
inserting in its place the following new Section&nbsp;19.12, which shall read in its entirety as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;19.12
&ldquo;<B>Interest Rate</B>&rdquo; means (i) for the period commencing on the Issuance Date through December 14, 2019, a rate per
annum equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (&ldquo;<B>LIBOR</B>&rdquo;), plus 7.0% (the &ldquo;<B>Interest Rate Spread</B>&rdquo;);
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that on December 15, 2017 and December 15, 2018, the &ldquo;Interest Rate Spread&rdquo; shall
be increased to 9.0% and 11.0%, respectively; and, <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that if at any time prior to December 15, 2019
LIBOR is less than 1.0% per annum, the &ldquo;Interest Rate&rdquo; shall equal 1.0% plus the amount of the then current &ldquo;Interest
Rate Spread,&rdquo; and (ii) for the period commencing September&nbsp;15, 2019, a rate per annum equal to 15%. The &ldquo;Interest
Rate&rdquo; shall in all cases be subject to adjustment as set forth in <U>Section&nbsp;2</U>.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.4 Section&nbsp;2
of the Notes issued under the Initial Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section&nbsp;2 in its entirety and inserting
in its place the following new Section&nbsp;2, which shall read in its entirety as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;2. INTEREST;
INTEREST RATE. Interest on this Note shall accrue at the applicable Interest Rate and shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date
and Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in cash to the record
Holder in arrears on March&nbsp;15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each calendar year, beginning with March 15, 2017
and ending on the repayment of the Note; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company shall make the December 15, 2019 interest
payment on December&nbsp;16, 2019 as follows: (x) 50% of such payment shall be made in cash and (y) 50% of such payment shall be
made through the issuance of an additional Note to the Holder within two (2) Business Days of such date in the form attached to
the Purchase Agreement (with such changes thereto as contemplated by the Senior Secured Note Amendment Agreement No.&nbsp;1 dated
as of December 16, 2019) with a Principal amount equal thereto; it being understood that such additional Note shall be deemed a
Note issued under the Purchase Agreement (each a &ldquo;<B>PIK Note</B>&rdquo;). From and after the occurrence and during the continuance
of any Event of Default, the applicable Interest Rate shall automatically be increased by two percent (2%) per annum above the
Interest Rate otherwise applicable in accordance with the terms hereof, and all such interest shall be payable on demand. In the
event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be
effective as of the date of such cure, <U>provided</U> that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during
the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such
Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default. Any payments made pursuant to this <U>Section&nbsp;2</U>
shall be applied pro rata to the Note and the Other Notes in accordance with the respective Principal amounts thereof.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.5 Section&nbsp;2
of the Notes issued under the Additional Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section&nbsp;2 in its entirety and inserting
in its place the following new Section&nbsp;2, which shall read in its entirety as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;2. INTEREST;
INTEREST RATE. Interest on this Note shall accrue at the applicable Interest Rate and shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date
and Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in cash to the record
Holder in arrears on March&nbsp;15, June&nbsp;15, September 15 and December 15 of each calendar year, beginning with March 15,
2017 and ending on the repayment of the Note; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company shall make the December 15, 2019
interest payment on December&nbsp;16, 2019 as follows: (x) 50% of such payment shall be made in cash and (y) 50% of such payment
shall be made through the issuance of an additional Note to the Holder within two (2) Business Days of such date in the form attached
to the Additional Purchase Agreement (with such changes thereto as contemplated by the Senior Secured Note Amendment Agreement
No.&nbsp;1 dated as of December 16, 2019) with a Principal amount equal thereto; it being understood that such additional Note
shall be deemed a Note issued under the Additional Purchase Agreement (each a &ldquo;<B>PIK Note</B>&rdquo;). From and after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the applicable Interest Rate shall automatically be increased by
two percent (2%) per annum above the Interest Rate otherwise applicable in accordance with the terms hereof, and all such interest
shall be payable on demand. In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding
sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure, <U>provided</U> that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at
such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days
after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default. Any payments
made pursuant to this <U>Section&nbsp;2</U> shall be applied pro rata to the Note and the Other Notes in accordance with the respective
Principal amounts thereof.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">3.
</FONT><U>Amendments; Waivers</U>. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived other than by an instrument in writing
signed by the Company and the Required Holders, (or, as set forth in Section&nbsp;6 of the Notes, each affected Noteholder) provided
that any party may give a waiver of this Agreement in writing as to itself. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Noteholder
to amend or consent to a waiver or modification, in of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered
to all of the Noteholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">4.
</FONT><U>Representations and Warranties</U>. The Company represents and warrants to the Noteholders as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b) The Company has the
requisite corporate authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the PIK Notes
and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of this Agreement and the
PIK Notes by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further consent or action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors
or its stockholders. Each of this Agreement and the PIK Notes has been (or upon delivery will be) duly executed by the Company
and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, and
(ii)&nbsp;the effect of rules of law governing the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c) The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the PIK Notes by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not, and will not, (i)&nbsp;conflict with or violate any provision of the Company&rsquo;s or any Subsidiary&rsquo;s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with, or constitute
a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound, or affected,
or (iii)&nbsp;result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any
court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company
or a Subsidiary is bound or affected.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(d) Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any
filing or registration with (other than the filing of a Form&nbsp;D with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any filings
as may be required by any state securities agencies), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency
or any other Person in order for the Company to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this
Agreement and the PIK Notes, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(e) The offer, issuance
and sale of the PIK Notes to the Noteholders pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933
Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">5.
</FONT><U>General Provisions</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a) <U>Governing Law;
Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial</U>. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning
the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State
of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York
or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated
hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent
that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which
may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement. <B>THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION
OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY</B>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b) <U>Execution</U>.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being
understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or email attachment, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or email-attached signature page were an original thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c) <U>Severability</U>.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt
to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate
such substitute provision in this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(d) <U>Full Force and
Effect</U>. Except as otherwise provided in this Amendment, the Notes shall remain in full force and effect and each Note shall
be legally binding on the parties thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Senior Secured Note Amendment Agreement No.&nbsp;1 to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Neil M. Koehler</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Neil M. Koehler</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Address for Notices:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060<BR>
        Sacramento, CA 95814</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Facsimile No.: 916-403-2785<BR>
        Telephone No.: 916-403-2130<BR>
        Attn: Christopher W. Wright, Esq.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">With a copy to:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Troutman Sanders LLP<BR>
        5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400<BR>
        Irvine, CA 92614-2545<BR>
        Facsimile No.: 949-622-2739</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Telephone No.: 949-622-2710</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Attn: Larry A. Cerutti</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>NOTEHOLDERS:</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>CWD Summit, LLC,</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">acting for and on behalf of</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Candlewood Renewable Energy Series I</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ David Koenig</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">David Koenig</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Authorized Signatory</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Address for Notices:</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">555 Theodore Fremd Ave.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Suite C303</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Rye, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;10580&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>CKP South LLC</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="margin: 0">/s/ [illegible]</P>


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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"></TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"></TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">400 South Ave.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">214 N. Tryon St.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Suite 1950</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Charlotte, NC&nbsp;&nbsp;28202&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>CIF-Income Partners (A), LLC</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Black Rock Financial Management, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Its investment manager</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Address for Notices:</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">49 East 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 16<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">New York, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;10022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Orange 2015 DisloCredit Fund, L.P.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Black Rock Financial Management, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Its investment manager</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">49 East 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 16<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">New York, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;10022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Sainsbury&rsquo;s Credit Opportunities Fund, Ltd.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Black Rock Financial Management, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Its investment manager</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">49 East 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 16<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">New York, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;10022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Co-Investment Income Fund, L.P. &ndash; </B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>US Taxable Series</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Address for Notices:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">49 East 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 16<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">New York, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;10022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Co-Investment Income Fund, L.P. &ndash; </B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>US Tax-Exempt Series</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 4%">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 32%">Stephen Kavalich</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">Address for Notices:</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">49 East 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 16<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">New York, NY 10022</TD></TR>
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Principal<BR>
Amount of Existing<BR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; text-align: justify">CWD Summit, LLC - acting for and on behalf of Candlewood Renewable Energy Series I</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">32,822,599</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">CKP South LLC</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,500,000</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Corrum Capital Alternative Income Fund LP</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">2,500,000</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Orange 2015 DisloCredit Fund, L.P.</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">14,174,718</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">CIF Income Partners (A) LLC</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">9,131,495</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Sainsbury&rsquo;s Credit Opportunities Fund LTD</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,181,227</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Co-Investment Income Fund, L.P. - US Taxable Series</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">789,584</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">Co-Investment Income Fund, L.P. - US Tax-Exempt Series</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">1,100,378</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 4pt double">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 4pt double">63,200,001</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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