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Alto Ingredients, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 3/26/21, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1213900-21-17995   ·   File #:  0-21467

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/26/21  Alto Ingredients, Inc.            10-K       12/31/20  107:9.1M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    733K 
 2: EX-10.85    Series A Warrant to Purchase Common Stock Dated     HTML    133K 
                October 28, 2020 for 8,900,493 Shares by and                     
                Between the Registrant and Cvi Investments, Inc                  
 3: EX-10.86    Registration Rights Agreement Dated October 28,     HTML    143K 
                2020 by and Between the Registrant and Cvi                       
                Investments, Inc                                                 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant                      HTML     29K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Independent Registered Public            HTML     27K 
                Accounting Firm                                                  
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
15: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     67K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    150K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     56K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    106K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     50K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML     82K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    141K 
22: R8          Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     86K 
23: R9          Asset Sales and Held-For-Sale Classification.       HTML     42K 
24: R10         Intercompany Agreements.                            HTML     37K 
25: R11         Segments.                                           HTML     78K 
26: R12         Property and Equipment.                             HTML     38K 
27: R13         Intangible Asset.                                   HTML     30K 
28: R14         Derivatives.                                        HTML     54K 
29: R15         Debt.                                               HTML     70K 
30: R16         Leases.                                             HTML     39K 
31: R17         Pension Plans.                                      HTML     81K 
32: R18         Income Taxes.                                       HTML     73K 
33: R19         Preferred Stock.                                    HTML     40K 
34: R20         Common Stock and Warrants.                          HTML     44K 
35: R21         Stock-based compensation.                           HTML     56K 
36: R22         Commitments and Contingencies.                      HTML     34K 
37: R23         Fair Value Measurements.                            HTML     94K 
38: R24         Parent Company Financials.                          HTML     87K 
39: R25         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    149K 
40: R26         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     61K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R27         Asset Sales and Held-For-Sale Classification.       HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R28         Segments. (Tables)                                  HTML     75K 
43: R29         Property and Equipment. (Tables)                    HTML     36K 
44: R30         Derivatives. (Tables)                               HTML     54K 
45: R31         Debt. (Tables)                                      HTML     54K 
46: R32         Leases. (Tables)                                    HTML     35K 
47: R33         Pension Plans. (Tables)                             HTML     84K 
48: R34         Income Taxes. (Tables)                              HTML     74K 
49: R35         Common Stock and Warrants. (Tables)                 HTML     40K 
50: R36         Stock-based compensation. (Tables)                  HTML     61K 
51: R37         Fair Value Measurements. (Tables)                   HTML     92K 
52: R38         Parent Company Financials. (Tables)                 HTML     88K 
53: R39         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     95K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R40         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     36K 
                (Details) - Schedule of concentrations of credit                 
                risk major customers                                             
55: R41         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     36K 
                (Details) - Schedule of purchases from external                  
                customers                                                        
56: R42         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     42K 
                (Details) - Schedule of inventory                                
57: R43         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     41K 
                (Details) - Schedule of property and equipment                   
                useful lives                                                     
58: R44         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     47K 
                (Details) - Schedule of earnings per share                       
59: R45         Asset Sales and Held-For-Sale Classification.       HTML     88K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R46         Asset Sales and Held-For-Sale Classification.       HTML     48K 
                (Details) - Schedule of assets and liabilities as                
                held-for-sale                                                    
61: R47         Intercompany Agreements. (Details)                  HTML     55K 
62: R48         Segments. (Details)                                 HTML     38K 
63: R49         Segments. (Details) - Schedule of financial data    HTML     94K 
                for operating segments                                           
64: R50         Segments. (Details) - Schedule of assets by         HTML     42K 
                operating segments                                               
65: R51         Property and Equipment. (Details)                   HTML     34K 
66: R52         Property and Equipment. (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     45K 
                property and equipment                                           
67: R53         Intangible Asset. (Details)                         HTML     30K 
68: R54         Derivatives. (Details)                              HTML     31K 
69: R55         Derivatives. (Details) - Schedule of derivatives    HTML     37K 
                not designated as hedging instruments                            
70: R56         Derivatives. (Details) - Schedule of recognized     HTML     37K 
                gains (losses) for derivatives                                   
71: R57         Debt. (Details)                                     HTML    116K 
72: R58         Debt. (Details) - Schedule of long term debt        HTML     54K 
73: R59         Debt. (Details) - Schedule of maturities of         HTML     36K 
                long-term debt                                                   
74: R60         Leases. (Details)                                   HTML     49K 
75: R61         Leases. (Details) - Schedule of operating lease     HTML     53K 
                liabilities                                                      
76: R62         Pension Plans. (Details)                            HTML     42K 
77: R63         Pension Plans. (Details) - Schedule of information  HTML     80K 
                related to the retirement plan                                   
78: R64         Pension Plans. (Details) - Schedule of expected     HTML     43K 
                benefit payments                                                 
79: R65         Pension Plans. (Details) - Schedule of defined      HTML     71K 
                contribution plan                                                
80: R66         Pension Plans. (Details) - Schedule of expected     HTML     43K 
                benefit payments                                                 
81: R67         Income Taxes. (Details)                             HTML     44K 
82: R68         Income Taxes. (Details) - Schedule of provision     HTML     39K 
                for income taxes                                                 
83: R69         Income Taxes. (Details) - Schedule of               HTML     46K 
                reconciliation of effective tax rate                             
84: R70         Income Taxes. (Details) - Schedule of components    HTML     70K 
                of deferred income taxes                                         
85: R71         Income Taxes. (Details) - Schedule of net           HTML     64K 
                operating loss carryforwards                                     
86: R72         Income Taxes. (Details) - Schedule of income tax    HTML     85K 
                in the United States jurisdiction and various                    
                state jurisdictions                                              
87: R73         Preferred Stock. (Details)                          HTML     57K 
88: R74         Common Stock and Warrants. (Details)                HTML     62K 
89: R75         Common Stock and Warrants. (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     59K 
                warrant activity                                                 
90: R76         Stock-based compensation. (Details)                 HTML     46K 
91: R77         Stock-based compensation. (Details) - Schedule of   HTML     42K 
                option activity                                                  
92: R78         Stock-based compensation. (Details) - Schedule of   HTML     46K 
                stock options by exercise price range                            
93: R79         Stock-based compensation. (Details) - Schedule of   HTML     49K 
                unvested restricted stock activity                               
94: R80         Stock-based compensation. (Details) - Schedule of   HTML     36K 
                stock-based compensation expense                                 
95: R81         Commitments and Contingencies. (Details)            HTML     62K 
96: R82         Fair Value Measurements. (Details)                  HTML     36K 
97: R83         Fair Value Measurements. (Details) - Schedule of    HTML     40K 
                used and related fair value for the warrants                     
98: R84         Fair Value Measurements. (Details) - Schedule of    HTML     52K 
                fair value of pre-funded warrants and other                      
                warrants                                                         
99: R85         Fair Value Measurements. (Details) - Schedule of    HTML     44K 
                fair values of warrants based on unobservable                    
                inputs                                                           
100: R86         Fair Value Measurements. (Details) - Schedule of    HTML     95K  
                recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements               
101: R87         Parent Company Financials. (Details)                HTML     31K  
102: R88         Parent Company Financials. (Details) - Schedule of  HTML    110K  
                parent company financial statements                              
103: R89         Parent Company Financials. (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     69K  
                statement of operations parent company                           
104: R90         Parent Company Financials. (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     94K  
                statement of cash flows parent company                           
106: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    201K  
105: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    132K  
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- alto-20201231_cal               XML    161K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- alto-20201231_def                XML   1.30M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- alto-20201231_lab                     XML   2.30M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- alto-20201231_pre              XML   1.27M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- alto-20201231                         XSD    351K 
107: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-21-017995-xbrl      Zip    269K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — alto-20201231_pre

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