---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-24-000828"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNET"
cik: "0000875729"
company_name: "BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:40:31.855522+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bion CEO Bill O'Neill resigns; interim COO and board additions announced

## Summary
- CEO Bill O'Neill resigned effective June 1, 2024; will assist transition through end of June.
- Gregory Schoener appointed interim COO and joined the board; he is a major shareholder and brings business experience.
- Craig Scott appointed to board effective June 1; he will assume broader management role including business development.
- Chairman Mark Smith, who planned to retire in June 2024, agreed to continue to assist transition.
- Company refocusing on capital needs and third-party engineering of Ammonia Recovery System at Fair Oaks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-24-000828
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNET
- cik: 0000875729
- company_name: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997324000828/0001079973-24-000828-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997324000828/bion_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-24-000828
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-24-000828.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  S. Craig Scott was appointed as Director at BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 30, 2024, the Board of Directors appointed S. Craig Scott, the Company’s Head of Business Development, to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997324000828/0001079973-24-000828-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gregory Schoener was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Schoener will assume the COO position on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997324000828/0001079973-24-000828-index.htm
- Executive change
  William O'Neill resigned as Chief Executive Officer at BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 21, 2024 William O’Neill, then Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, informed other members of the Company’s Board of Directors (by email) of his intention to resign from his positions with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875729/000107997324000828/0001079973-24-000828-index.htm

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