FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 03/31/2010 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC [ AVRW ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
Common Stock(1) | 1,053,216 | I(2) | See Footnote(3) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. Shares acquired are held directly by Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, L.P. ("WMSP"), F-Cubed Partners, L.P. ("FCP"), Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Partners, L.P. ("WCAP"), DRE Partners, L.P. ("DP"), and Pandora Select Partners, L.P. ("PSP"). |
2. The general partner of , WMSP and FCP is Whitebox Multi-Strategy Advisors, LLC ("WMSA"), WCAP and DP is Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Advisors, LLC ("WCAA"), and PSP is Pandora Select Advisors, LLC ("PSA"). The managing member and controlling owner of WMSA, WCAA, and PSA is Whitebox Advisors, LLC ("WA"). |
3. Shares attributable to interests held by WA as Managing Member of WMSA, WCAA, and PSA, which act as General Partners to WMSP, FCP, WCAP, DP, and PSP which directly hold the shares. |
Remarks: |
Based on the relationships described in notes (1) and (2), the entities referenced therein may be deemed to constitute a group for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that WA, WMSA, WMSP, FCP, WCAA, WCAP, DP, PSA, and PSP are a group, or have agreed to act as a group. WA, WMSA, WMSP, FCP, WCAA, WCAP, DP, PSA, and PSP each disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest in such shares. |
/s/ Jonathan D. Wood, Chief Operating Officer, on behalf of Whitebox Advisors, LLC | 10/04/2010 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. |