AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC - AENEY Securities Registration Statement (S-1/A) SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

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The following is an excerpt from a S-1/A SEC Filing, filed by AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC on 7/11/2006.

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AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC - S-1/A - 20060711 - SELLING_SHAREHOLDERS

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

This prospectus covers shares sold in our recent private equity placement. We sold shares to Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. ("FBR") as initial purchaser who also acted as sole placement agent in the offering. Some of the shares sold in the private equity placement were sold to "accredited investors" as defined by Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act pursuant to an exemption from registration provided in Regulation D, Rule 506 under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. In addition, FBR sold the shares it purchased from us in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act to persons that it reasonably believed were "qualified institutional buyers," as defined by Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The selling shareholders who purchased shares in the private equity placement and their transferees, pledgees, donees, assignees or successors, may from time to time offer and sell under this prospectus any or all of the shares listed opposite each of their names below.

The following table sets forth information about the number of shares owned by each selling stockholder that may be offered from time to time under this prospectus. Certain selling stockholders may be deemed to be "underwriters" as defined in the Securities Act. Any profits realized by the selling stockholder may be deemed to be underwriting commissions.

The table below has been prepared based upon the information furnished to us by the selling stockholders as of May 17, 2006. The selling stockholders identified below may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of some or all of their shares since the date on which the information in the following table is presented in transactions exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Information concerning the selling stockholders may change from time to time and, if necessary, we will supplement this prospectus accordingly. We cannot give an estimate as to the amount of shares of common stock that will be held by the selling stockholders upon termination of this offering because the selling stockholders may offer some or all of their common stock under the offering contemplated by this prospectus. The total amount of shares that may be sold hereunder will not exceed the number of shares offered hereby. Please read "Plan of Distribution."

Except as noted below, to our knowledge, none of the selling stockholders has, or has had within the past three years, any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates, other than their ownership of shares described below.

Name of Selling Stockholder	Number of Shares of Common Stock that May Be Sold	Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding
Leslie Lee Alexander 1200 N. Federal Highway, Suite 411 Boca Raton, Florida 33432	534,120	1.3	%
Alexandra Global Master Fund Ltd.(1) c/o Alexandra Investment Management 767 Third Avenue, 6 ^th Floor New York, New York 10017	96,000	*
Amber Fund Ltd.(2) 450 Park Avenue, Suite 3201 New York, New York 10022	17,500	*
Anima S.G.R.p.A.(3) Via Brera 18 20121 Milano	36,000	*

Ardsley Offshore Fund, Ltd.(4) 262 Harbor Drive, 4 ^th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06902	128,500	*
Ardsley Partners Fund II, L.P.(4) 262 Harbor Drive, 4 ^th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06902	106,000	*
Ardsley Partners Institutional Fund, L.P.(4) 262 Harbor Drive, 4 ^th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06902	65,500	*
Barton Living Trust(5) 458 Broadway Costa Mesa, California 92627	4,200	*
Blue Ridge Limited Partnership(6) c/o Blue Ridge Capital 660 Madison Avenue, 20 ^th Floor New York, New York 10021	586,900	1.4	%
Blue Ridge Offshore Master Limited Partnership(6) c/o Blue Ridge Capital 660 Madison Avenue, 20 ^th Floor New York, New York 10021	358,100	*
Canyon Balanced Equity Master Fund, Ltd.(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	133,100	*
The Canyon Value Realization Fund (Cayman), Ltd.(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	912,185	2.2	%
Canyon Value Realization Fund, L.P.(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	259,475	*
Canyon Value Realization MAC 18, Ltd.(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	25,930	*
Citi Canyon, Ltd.(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	10,000	*
Jonathan H.F. Crystal c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	2,000	*

Albert David 25 W. 36 ^th Street New York, New York 10018	2,000	*
DBX-Convertible Arbitrage 9 Fund(1) c/o Alexandra Investment Management 767 Third Avenue, 6 ^th Floor New York, New York 10017	4,000	*
Edward A. Eckenhoff 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 504 Washington, District of Columbia 20037	2,000	*
EJF Crossover Master Fund LP(8) 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 410 Arlington, Virginia 22201	45,000	*
David P. Foley c/o Grove Creek Asset Management 153 East 53 ^rd Street, 29 ^th Floor New York, New York 10022	10,000	*
George Frelinghuysen c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	1,000	*
Gabriel Capital, L.P.(2) 450 Park Avenue, Suite 3201 New York, New York 10022	25,000	*
GLG North American Opportunity Fund(9) P.O. Box 908 GT Georgetown Grand Cayman Cayman Islands	360,000	*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.(10) 1 New York Plaza New York, New York 10004	845,000	2.0	%
Philippe Grelsamer 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1940 New York, New York 10110	5,000	*
Gryphon Hidden Values VII L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	21,164	*
Gryphon Hidden Values VIII L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	25,794	*
Gryphon Hidden Values VIII Ltd.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	220,302	*

Halcyon Diversified Fund L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	25,856	*
Halcyon Mac 19 Ltd.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	73,804	*
Halcyon Fund L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	179,829	*
Halcyon Offshore Enhanced Master L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	165,711	*
Halcyon Offshore Event Driven Strategies Fund(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	215,705	*
Halcyon Special Situations Fund L.P.(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	7,861	*
George Hall and Kathleen Miller Martin c/o CCG LLC 129 N. West Street Easton, Maryland 21601	6,000	*
Felix R. Harke — SEP IRA 108 2 ^nd Avenue, Suite 402 Kirkland, Washington 98033	1,669	*
Michael C. Hayes P.O. Box 904 Avon, Colorado 81620	774	*
HFD ED Select Performance Master Trust(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	21,831	*
Edward and Jill Im 2055 79 ^th Avenue NE Medina, Washington 98039	1,667	*
Impala Funds LP(12) c/o Impala Asset Management LLC 134 Main Street New Canaan, Connecticut 06840	42,498	*
Impala Funds LTD(12) c/o Impala Asset Management LLC 134 Main Street New Canaan, Connecticut 06840	36,202	*

Institutional Benchmark Master Fund (Arbitrage)(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	17,416	*
Institutional Benchmark Master Fund (Event Driven)(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	21,101	*
Institutional Benchmark Series (Master Feeder) Limited in respect of Centaur Series(7) c/o Canyon Capital Advisors LLC 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, California 90212	15,310	*
Iron City Fund, Ltd.(13) c/o Duquesne Capital Management, LLC 2579 Washington Road, Suite 322 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241	6,800	*
JAM Investments, LLC(14) 3299 K Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, District of Columbia 20007	2,000	*
Kamunting Street Master Fund, Ltd.(15) 140 E. 45 ^th Street, 15 ^th Floor New York, New York 10017	175,000	*
Patrick J. Keeley c/o Friedman Billings Ramsey 1001 19 ^th Street North Arlington, Virginia 22209	20,000	*
Stephen N. Keyes-Grevelis 299 Park Avenue, 7 ^th Floor New York, New York 10171	2,000	*
Jeffrey Lake 9872 E. Stone Ridge Place Tucson, Arizona 85750	1,000	*
James Locke and Susan Locke Tenants by the Entirety 6219 Kennedy Drive Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815	19,300	*
T. Ferguson Locke 1908 E. Cumberland Boulevard Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin 53211	7,700	*
LRM Holdings Inc.(16) Le Millefiori, Apt. 10F 1 Rue des Genets Monaco 98000	3,000	*

Daryll and Jennifer Marshall-Inman 24114 E. Greystone Lany Woodway, Washington 98020	1,667	*
Millennium Partners, L.P.(2) 450 Park Avenue, Suite 3201 New York, New York 10022	4,500	*
Modern Capital Fund LLC(17) 22 Petersville Road Mount Kisco, New York 10549	30,000	*
James C. Moeser IRA 1001 Raleigh Road Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514	2,000	*
Nite Capital LP(18) 100 E. Cook Avenue, Suite 201 Libertyville, Illinois 60048	25,000	*
Northern Institutional Fund Small Company Growth Portfolio(19) 50 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603	200	*
Northern Small Cap Growth Fund(19) 50 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603	3,500	*
Pacific Partners, LP(20) c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	6,600	*
Steven W. & Sheryl Kaplan Papish JTWROS c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	500	*
Park West Investors LLC(21) 900 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 165 Larkspur, California 94939	50,655	*
Park West Partners International, Ltd.(21) 900 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 165 Larkspur, California 94939	10,595	*
PEA Target Fund 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10105	125,000	*
Precept Capital Master Fund, G.P.(22) 100 Crescent Court, Suite 850 Dallas, Texas 75201	39,500	*

Raytheon Company Combined DB/DC Master Trust(23) c/o DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc. 250 Park Avenue South, Suite 250 Winter Park, Florida 32789	23,000	*
Raytheon Company Master Pension Trust(23) c/o DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc. 250 Park Avenue South, Suite 250 Winter Park, Florida 32789	126,000	*
Royal Bank of Canada(24) One Liberty Plaza, 2 ^nd Floor New York, New York 10006	567,900	1.4	%
Jane I. Schaefer Trust c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	13,500	*
Seamark Fund, LP(25) Attn: John Fraser 223 Wilmington West Chester Pike, Suite 115 Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 19317	21,000	*
Seneca Capital LP(26) 590 Madison Avenue, 28 ^th Floor New York, New York 10022	190,384	*
Rajendra and Neera Singh JTWROS 9801 Bellerive Terrace Alexandria, Virginia 22309	71,101	*
Soundpost Partners, LP(27) 152 W. 57 ^th Street, 33 ^rd Floor New York, New York 10017	41,000	*
Peter J. Spengler IRA Rollover c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	2,000	*
Larence D. Sperling and Jane A. Sperling JTWROS c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	5,000	*
Sphinx Special Situations Fund SPC(11) 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022	3,716	*
SuNOVA Offshore Ltd.(28) 780 Third Avenue, 5 ^th Floor New York, New York 10017	16,400	*

SuNOVA Partners, L.P.(28) 780 Third Avenue, 5 ^th Floor New York, New York 10017	8,600	*
James A. and Phyllis K. Syme 13501 Over Ridge Court Chantilly, VA 20151	2,200	*
Tax Managed Equity Fund, Sun America Equity Funds(29) Harborside Financial Center 3200 Plaza 5 Jersey City, New Jersey 07311	85,000	*
Tivoli Partners LP(30) 42 East 81st Street New York, New York 10028	30,486	*
Christopher William Washburn 2412 Heather Stone Drive Gambrille, Maryland 21054	7,685	*
Jay S. Weiss 8613 Country Club Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20817	8,000	*
John Whalen and Linda Rabbitt 9119 Burdette Road Bethesda, Maryland 20817	1,250	*
Brian Wilmovsky SEP IRA 2627 Capital Mall Drive SW, Suite B-3A Olympia, Washington 98502	1,667	*
Windmill Master Fund, LP(12) c/o Duquesne Capital Management, LLC 2579 Washington Road, Suite 322 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241	271,800	*
Nancy L. Winton c/o Trainer Wortham & Company 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020	600	*
WRA Master Fund, Ltd.(31) 101 Park Avenue, 48 ^th Floor New York, New York 10178	161,000	*
John C. York 9714 Bemenwoods Way Potomac, Maryland 20854	15,000	*

(1): Alexandra Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Alexandra"), serves as investment adviser to Alexandra Global Master Fund Ltd. and to DBX—Convertible Arbitrage 9 Funds. Messrs. Mikhail A. Filimonov and Dimitri Sogoloff are managing members of Alexandra who make investment and voting decisions with respect to our shares stated as

beneficially owned by Alexandra Global Master Fund Ltd. and DBX—Convertible Arbitrage 9 Funds.

(2): David K. Sherman as Authorized Agent makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Amber Fund Ltd., Gabriel Capital, L.P. and Millennium Parners, L.P.
(3): Mr. Giordano Martinelli makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Anima S.G.R.p.A.
(4): Steven Napoli and Philip J. Hempleman make investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Ardsley Offshore Fund, Ltd., Ardsley Partners Fund II, L.P. and Ardsley Partners Institutional Fund, L.P.
(5): Daniel W. Barton and Bina M. Barton, trustees of the Barton Living Trust, make investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by the Barton Living Trust.
(6): John A. Griffin makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Blue Ridge Limited Partnership and Blue Ridge Offshore Master Limited Partnership.
(7): Canyon Capital Advisors LLC is the investment advisor for Canyon Balanced Equity Master Fund, Ltd., The Canyon Value Realization Fund (Cayman), Ltd., Canyon Value Realization Fund, L.P., Canyon Value Realization MAC 18 Ltd., Institutional Benchmarks Series (Master Feeder) Limited in respect of Centaur Series and Citi Canyon, Ltd. The managing partners of Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Josh S. Friedman, Mitchell R. Julis and Robert K. Turner, make investment and voting decisions with respect to the above mentioned funds.
(8): Emanuel J. Friedman makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by EJF Crossover Master Fund LP.
(9): Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange and Emmanuel Roman make investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by GLG North American Opportunity Fund.
(10): Steve Hicky, Partner Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Goldman, Sachs & Co.
(11): John Bader makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Gryphon Hidden Values VII L.P., Gryphon Hidden Values VIII L.P., Gryphon Hidden Values VIII Ltd, Halcyon Diversified Fund L.P., Halcyon Mac 19 Ltd, Halcyon Fund L,P, Halcyon Offshore Enhanced Master L.P., Halcyon Offshore Event Driven Strategies Fund, Halcyon Special Situations Fund L.P., HFD ED Select Performance Master Trust, Institutional Benchmark Master Fund (Arbitrage), Institutional Benchmark Master Fund (Event Driven) and Sphinx Special Situations Fund SPC.
(12): Impala Asset Management LLC (the LLC) is the investment advisor of this fund. Robert Bishop, as the Managing Member of the LLC, has voting and investment control of the securities beneficially owned by the LLC.
(13): Stanley F. Druckenmiller makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Iron City Fund, Ltd. and Windmill Master Fund, LP.
(14): Joseph S. Galli makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by JAM Investments, LLC.
(15): Allan Teh makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Kamunting Street Master Fund, Ltd.
(16): Pravin Khatau makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by LRM Holdings Inc.
(17): Dennis Mykytyn makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Modern Capital Fund LLC.

(18): Keith Goodman, Manager of the General Partner of Nite Capital, LP has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Nite Capital, LP. Mr. Goodman disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Nite Capital, LP.
(19): Christopher Guinther is the portfolio manager for both the Northern Institutional Fund Small Company Growth Portfolio and Northern Small Cap Growth Fund. Mr. Guinther makes the voting and investment decisions with respect to shares held by these two funds.
(20): Larry Ach makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Pacific Parners, LP.
(21): Peter S. Park makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Park West Investors LLC and Park West Partners International, Ltd.
(22): D. Blair Baker makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Precept Capital Master Fund, G.P.
(23): John D. Race, the Portfolio Manager at DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc., makes investment and voting decisions with respect to our shares held by the above Raytheon trusts.
(24): Steven Milke, Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets Corporation, makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by the Royal Bank of Canada.
(25): John D. Fraser and David T. Harrington, managing partners of Seamark Fund, LP, make voting and investment decisions with respect to our shares held by Seamark Fund, L.P.
(26): Doug Hirsch is the managing member of the general partner of Seneca Capital, L.P. and as such has investment and voting power for the securities owned by such entity. Mr. Hirsch disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(27): Jaime Lester makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Soundpost Partners, LP.
(28): Matthew Byrnes and Felice Gelman make investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by SuNOVA Offshore Ltd. and SuNOVA Partners, L.P.
(29): Paul Ma makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Tax Managed Equity Fund, Sun America Equity Funds.
(30): Peter Kenner, General Partner of Tivoli Partners, LP, makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by Tivoli Partners LP.
(31): William R. Araskog makes investment and voting decisions with respect to shares held by WRA Master Fund, Ltd.