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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-21-023537
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210423
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210429
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210429

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alto Ingredients, 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:		21871158

	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:	Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050324

	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
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Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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earliest event reported):&#9;<B><U>April 23, 2021</U></B></P>

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is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On April 23, 2021,
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC (&ldquo;PE Madera&rdquo;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alto Ingredients, Inc. (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;), and the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 23, 2021 (the &ldquo;Asset
Purchase Agreement&rdquo;) by and between Seaboard Energy California, LLC (the &ldquo;Purchaser&rdquo;), PE Madera and, for purposes
of Article IV and Article IX of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company, to sell certain properties and assets located in Madera
County, California, including rail infrastructure, an ethanol plant, a solar field and station, a feed mill (collectively, the
&ldquo;Site&rdquo;) and other tangible and intangible assets used in connection with the operations on the Site to the Purchaser,
for total consideration of $28.3 million, comprised of $19.5 million in cash and $8.8 million in assumption of liabilities, subject
to certain closing adjustments (the &ldquo;Transaction&rdquo;).</P>

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to close in the second quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this type. There can be no assurance
that the Transaction will be consummated.</P>

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also 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">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="vertical-align: top">Date: April 29, 2021</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 35%">/S/ CHRISTOPHER W. WRIGHT</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">Christopher W. Wright,<BR>Vice President, General
    Counsel &amp; Secretary</TD></TR>
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