AEMETIS, INC 10-K

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market Information Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol “AMTX.” Prior to trading on NASDAQ, between November 15, 2011 and June 5, 2014 our common stock was traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “AMTX.” Between December 7, 2007 and November 15, 2011, our common stock traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “AEBF.” Prior to December 7, 2007, our common stock traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “MWII.” Shareholders of Record According to the records of our transfer agent, we had 173 stockholders of record as of February 23, 2022. This figure does not include “street name” holders or beneficial holders of our common stock whose shares are held of record by banks, brokers and other financial institutions. Dividends We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to retain any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and to reduce our outstanding debt and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Information with respect to restrictions on paying dividends is set forth in Note 4. Debt of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K. 31 Table of Contents Performance Graph The graph below compares the cumulative five-year total return to shareholders of our common stock (AMTX) alongside the cumulative total return of the NASDAQ Composite Index (IXIC) and NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index (CELS). The total cumulative return assumes dividends were reinvested at each year-end and is based on an original $100 investment at the respective closing prices on December 31, 2016. Note that historic stock price performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance. Year Ended December 31 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Aemetis, Inc. $ 100 $ 40 $ 44 $ 60 $ 179 $ 894 NASDAQ Composite Index $ 100 $ 128 $ 123 $ 167 $ 239 $ 291 NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index $ 100 $ 131 $ 114 $ 160 $ 451 $ 437 Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities None. Item 6. Selected Financial Data [Reserved]