Type	Name	Date
Credit agreement	Amended and Restated Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement among Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and administrative agent	09/27/2012
Credit agreement	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., Aventine Renewable Energy — Aurora West, LLC, Aventine Renewable Energy — Mt. Vernon, LLC, Aventine Renewable Energy — Canton, LLC, Aventine Power, LLC and Nebraska Energy, L.L.C., as borrowers, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as lender and agent	09/27/2012
Credit agreement	Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement among Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., as borrower, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, the other lenders party thereto, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint book-runners, and Citibank, N.A. and Jefferies Finance LLC, as co-syndication agents	12/22/2010
Registration rights agreement	Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., Brigade Capital Management, LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC and Senator Investment Group LP	03/19/2010
Indenture	Indenture, among Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, and form of note	03/19/2010

Type	Name	Date
By-Laws	Amended and Restated Bylaws	03/19/2010

Type	Name	Date
Separation agreement	Separation Agreement between the Company and Ben Borgen	03/20/2012
Employment agreement	Employment Agreement between the Company and John Castle	11/23/2011
Employment agreement	Employment Agreement between the Company and Calvin Stewart	11/23/2011