SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC [ AVR ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/05/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 07/07/2006	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/05/2006		S		2,081,487	D	$40.85	11,833,495	D(1)(2)(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Metalmark Capital LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MSDW Capital Partners IV, L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MSDW IV 892 INVESTORS L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL INVESTORS IV L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MSDW CAPITAL PARTNERS IV LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MSDW CAPITAL PARTNERS IV INC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O METALMARK CAPITAL LLC 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 40TH FLOOR (Street) NY NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners IV, L.P. ("MSDW IV") may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 9,837,909 shares of the reported securities and MSDW IV 892 Investors, L.P. ("MSDW 892"), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 839,340 shares of the reported securities, in each case by virtue of their direct ownership interest in the Reporting Person. Metalmark Capital LLC ("Metalmark") may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 10,677,249 shares of the reported securities indirectly beneficially owned by MSDW IV and MSDW 892. (continued on footnote 2)

2. (Continued from Footnote 1) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Investors IV, L.P. ("MSDW Capital Investors") may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 269,172 shares of the reported securities through its direct ownership interest in the Reporting Person. MSDW Capital Partners IV, LLC ("MSDW Capital Partners") is the general partner of MSDW IV, MSDW 892 and MSDW Capital Investors. MSDW Capital Partners IV, Inc. ("MSDW Inc.") is the institutional managing member of MSDW Capital Partners. By virtue of these relationships, each of MSDW Capital Investors and MSDW Capital Partners may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 269,172 shares of the reported securities indirectly beneficially owned by MSDW Capital Investors.

3. MSDW IV, MSDW 892, MSDW Capital Investors, MSDW Capital Partners, MSDW Inc. and Metalmark each disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interests therein.

4. This amendment corrects the share ownership numbers indicated in the footnotes of the Form 4 filed on July 7, 2006.

	/s/ Kenneth F. Clifford, as authorized signatory of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings LLC	07/12/2006
	/s/ Kenneth F. Clifford, as authorized signatory of Metalmark	07/12/2006
	/s/ Kenneth F. Clifford, Chief Financial Officer of Metalmark, as attorney-in-fact for, MSDW Capital Partners and MSDW Inc. and for the institutional managing member of the general partner of each of MSDW IV, MSDW 892, and MSDW Capital Investors	07/12/2006
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