SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  May 11, 2015

 

 

PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 000-21467 41-2170618
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060

Sacramento, California

  95814
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)
    
    
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (916) 403-2123

 

 

      
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
       

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

xWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 
 

Item 2.02.       Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On May 11, 2015, Pacific Ethanol, Inc. issued a press release announcing certain results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015. A copy of the press release is furnished (not filed) as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information furnished in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is not incorporated by reference into any filings of Pacific Ethanol, Inc. made under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing unless specifically stated so therein.

 

Item 8.01.       Other Events.

 

The information set forth in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

Item 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

Number Description
   
99.1 Press Release dated May 11, 2015

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date:  May 11, 2015 PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.
   
   
  By: /S/ CHRISTOPHER W. WRIGHT
  Christopher W. Wright
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBITS FILED WITH THIS REPORT

 

Number Description
   
99.1 Press Release dated May 11, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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