UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the

~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act OFof 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2012 (May 931, 2012)

AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in ~~its Certificate of Incorporation~~Charter)

Delaware	001-32922	05-0569368
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Lincoln Centre 5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 450 Dallas, TX		75240
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

One Lincoln Centre

~~Registrant’s~~5400 ~~telephone~~LBJ ~~number~~Freeway, ~~including area code: (214) 451-6750~~Suite 450

~~Not~~Dallas, ~~Applicable~~TX 75240

(~~Former~~Address ~~name~~of orPrincipal ~~former~~Executive ~~address,~~Offices) if(Zip ~~changed since last report~~Code)

(214) 451-6750

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 28.0201. ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operations and Financial Condition~~Events.

On May 9 31, 2012, Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~issued~~served Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company (“Aurora”) with a ~~press~~petition ~~release~~for ~~announcing~~declaratory relief filed in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, 160th Judicial District. The petition alleges, among other things, that Aurora has improperly threatened — in direct contravention of the agreement between the Company and Aurora — to invoke a contractual option to repurchase the land on which the Company’s ~~financial~~Aurora ~~results~~West ~~for~~ethanol plant (the ~~quarter ended~~“Plant”) ~~March 31,~~is ~~2012~~located. ~~The~~Aurora’s ~~press~~stated ~~release~~position is ~~attached~~that asAurora ~~Exhibit~~has the right to invoke the option if the Plant has not been producing ethanol for thirty days, at a daily rate equivalent to an annualized production rate of 90 million gallons, by July ~~99.1~~31, ~~hereto~~2012.

The ~~information~~petition ~~contained~~alleges inthat ~~Exhibit 99.1~~the iscontract ~~incorporated~~setting ~~herein~~forth bythe ~~reference. The~~option ~~information~~does not require thirty days of production in ~~this~~order ~~Current~~to ~~Report~~prevent isAurora’s ~~being~~exercise ~~furnished~~of ~~and~~the ~~shall~~contractual ~~not~~option. Rather bethe ~~deemed~~Company ~~“filed”~~asserts ~~for~~the contract only requires that the ~~purposes~~Company of“diligently ~~Section 18~~pursue construction” of the ~~Securities~~Plant ~~Exchange~~“to ~~Act~~completion ofby ~~1934~~July 1, ~~as amended~~2012,” orwhere ~~otherwise~~“diligently ~~subject~~pursue construction . . . to ~~the~~completion” ~~liabilities~~does ofnot ~~that~~mean ~~Section~~“operation” or “production. ” The ~~information~~Company inis ~~this~~seeking ~~Current~~a ~~Report~~declaratory ~~shall~~judgment that the Company is not berequired ~~incorporated~~to operate the plant or produce ethanol at the Plant at the rates or amounts asserted by ~~reference~~Aurora ~~into~~before ~~any~~July 31, ~~registration~~2012 ~~statement~~and the Company need not operate the Plant or ~~other~~meet ~~document~~the ~~pursuant~~production requirements to avoid the ~~Securities~~exercise ~~Act~~ of ~~1933,~~the ascontractual ~~amended~~option. The Company intends to pursue any and all rights available to it with respect to the foregoing.

2Forward-Looking Statements

~~Item~~Certain 9information included in this current report on Form 8-K may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.01 In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” and the negatives of these terms and other comparable terminology. ~~Financial~~These ~~Statements~~forward-looking statements, which are subject to known and ~~Exhibits~~unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, may include statements regarding the Company’s intent to pursue any and all rights available to it. These statements are only predictions based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include the risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent filings on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, or in information disclosed in public conference calls, the date and time of which are released in advance. The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update any of the information in this report if any forward-looking statement later turns out to be inaccurate whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

~~(d) Exhibits~~2

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., dated May 9, 2012.

SIGNATURE

3Pursuant 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.

~~SIGNATURE~~AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Calvin Stewart Name: Calvin Stewart Title: Chief Financial Officer

~~Pursuant~~Date: ~~to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~June 6, ~~the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.~~2012

Dated: May 9, 2012
	AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY
	HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Calvin Stewart
	Name:	Calvin Stewart
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. dated May 9, 2012.

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