UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Amendment No. __)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
05356X403
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2006
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing
of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(c)
[X] Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 05356X403 13G Page 2 of 10 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Touradji Capital Management, LP
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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6 SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED 3,727,364
BY EACH REPORTING ----- ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,727,364
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,727,364
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, PN
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CUSIP No. 05356X403 13G Page 3 of 10 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Touradji Global Resources Master Fund, Ltd.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Cayman Islands
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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6 SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED 3,489,286
BY EACH REPORTING ----- ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,489,286
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,489,286
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.3%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
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CUSIP No. 05356X403 13G Page 4 of 10 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Paul Touradji
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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6 SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED 3,727,364
BY EACH REPORTING ----- ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,727,364
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,727,364
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
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Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (the "Company").
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
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1300 South 2nd Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Items 2(a) and 2(b) Name of Person Filing and Address of Business Office:
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This Schedule 13G is filed by and on behalf of (a) Touradji
Capital Management, LP ("TCM"), (b) Touradji Global
Resources Master Fund, Ltd. ("Global Resources"), and (c)
Mr. Paul Touradji ("Mr. Touradji"), with respect to shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
("Common Stock"). TCM and Mr. Touradji are filing this
Schedule 13G to report indirect beneficial ownership of
shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") which are directly
beneficially owned by Global Resources and another
investment fund (together with Global Resources, the
"Funds"). TCM serves as the Investment Manager to the Funds.
Mr. Touradji is a partner of TCM and the portfolio manager
of the Funds. By virtue of the foregoing relationships, TCM
and Mr. Touradji may be deemed to share beneficial ownership
of the Shares with the Funds.
TCM, Global Resources, and Mr. Touradji are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Reporting
Persons." Any disclosures herein with respect to persons
other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and
belief after making inquiry to the appropriate party.
The business address of TCM and Paul Touradji is 101 Park
Avenue, 48th Floor, New York, NY 10178.
The business address of Global Resources is c/o Spectrum
Global Fund Administration (Cayman) Anchorage Center, Second
Floor, P.O. Box 10243 APO, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands,
BWI.
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
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TCM is a Delaware limited partnership. Global Resources is a
Cayman Islands company. Mr. Touradji is a United States
citizen.
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
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Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
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05356X403
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to ss.ss.240.13d-1(b) or
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240.13d2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
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A. [ ] Broker or dealer registered under
Section 15 of the Act,
B. [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act,
C. [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of
the Act,
D. [ ] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940,
E. [ ] Investment Adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1
(b)(1)(ii)(E),
F. [ ] Employee Benefit Plan or Endowment Fund in
accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F),
G. [ ] Parent Holding Company or control person in
accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G),
H. [ ] Savings Association as defined in Section 3(b) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
I. [ ] Church Plan that is excluded from the definition of
an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940,
J. [ ] Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
Item 4 Ownership:
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A. Touradji Capital Management, LP
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(a) Amount beneficially owned: 3,727,364 Shares.
(b) Percent of Class: 8.9%. The percentages used herein and
in the rest of this Schedule 13G are calculated based upon a
total of 41,832,276 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
November 9, 2006, as reported on the Issuer's Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006.
(c) (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: -0-
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 3,727,364
(iii) Sole power to dispose of or direct the
disposition: -0-
(iv) Shared power to dispose of or direct the
disposition of: 3,727,364
B. Touradji Global Resources Master Fund, Ltd.
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(a) Amount beneficially owned: 3,489,286 Shares.
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(b) Percent of Class: 8.3%.
(c) (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: -0-
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 3,489,286
(iii) Sole power to dispose of or direct the
disposition: -0-
(iv) Shared power to dispose of or direct the
disposition of: 3,489,286
C. Paul Touradji
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(a) Amount beneficially owned: 3,727,364 Shares.
(b) Percent of Class: 8.9%.
(c) (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: -0-
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 3,727,364
(iii) Sole power to dispose of or direct the
disposition: -0-
(iv) Shared power to dispose of or direct the
disposition of: 3,727,364
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
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If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as
of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check the following: [ ]
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
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Person:
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Other than as set forth herein, no other person has the
right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, in excess of
5% of the total outstanding Common Stock.
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the
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Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
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Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
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Not applicable
Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members
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of the Group:
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Not applicable
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group:
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Not applicable
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Item 10 Certification:
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Each of the Reporting Persons hereby makes the following
certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were not
acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the
effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction
having that purpose or effect.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: February 14, 2007
TOURADJI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
By: Touradji Capital GP, LLC, its general partner
By: Paul Touradji, Managing Member
By: /s/ Thomas S. Dwan
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Name: Thomas S. Dwan
Title: Attorney-in-fact
TOURADJI GLOBAL RESOURCES MASTER FUND, LTD.
By: Paul Touradji, Director
By: /s/ Thomas S. Dwan
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Name: Thomas S. Dwan
Title: Attorney-in-fact
PAUL TOURADJI
By: /s/ Thomas S. Dwan
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Name: Thomas S. Dwan
Title: Attorney-in-fact
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SCHEDULE 13G
WITH RESPECT TO
AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC.]
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 99.1: Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 14, 2007, by and among
Touradji Capital Management, LP, Touradji Global Resources
Master Fund, Ltd. and Mr. Paul Touradji.