---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-119821"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKH"
cik: "0001130464"
company_name: "BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:49:09.984762+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Black Hills director Mark Schober to retire at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Mark A. Schober will not stand for re-election; retirement effective April 23, 2025.
- Schober served 9 years on the Board, including 5 years as Audit Committee Chair.
- Retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company, management, or Board.
- No replacements or other director changes announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-119821
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKH
- cik: 0001130464
- company_name: BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017024119821/0000950170-24-119821-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017024119821/bkh-20241028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-119821
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-119821.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-119821.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark A. Schober departed as Director at BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 28, 2024, Mark A. Schober informed the Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of Black Hills Corporation (the “Company”) that he will not seek re-election at the end of his term and will retire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 23, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017024119821/0000950170-24-119821-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.