On November 10, 2016, the board of directors of Aemetis, Inc. voted to increase the number of directors on the board from five to six, with the additional director designated as a Class III director. The board appointed Lydia I. Beebe as a Class III director to fill the new vacancy on the board, with an initial term to continue until the company’s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. Ms. Beebe is currently Senior of Counsel for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. Prior to this, Ms. Beebe served as Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Chevron Corporation from 2007 – 2015.