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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-23-000145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNET"
cik: "0000875729"
company_name: "BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:10:06.622001+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meat industry veteran Bill Rupp to join Bion's Board effective Feb 15, 2023

## Summary
- Bill Rupp, former President of Cargill Beef and JBS Beef, joins Bion's Board effective February 15, 2023.
- Rupp brings 37 years of experience, including senior roles at Cargill and JBS with over $45B in combined sales.
- He will work with CEO Bill O'Neill to commercialize Bion's technology for sustainable beef production.
- Rupp was named to Bion's Advisory Group in September 2022 before joining the Board.
- The appointment supports Bion's LOI with Olson Farms/TD Angus, a founding member of Sustainable Beef, LLC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-23-000145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNET
- cik: 0000875729
- company_name: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997323000145/0001079973-23-000145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997323000145/bion_8k.htm

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