secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Gevo, Inc. (GEVO)
CIK:        0001392380
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-000442
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gevo COO Ryan to retire June 2026; Hanselman hired as successor
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- Chris Ryan retires as President and COO effective June 5, 2026; Greg Hanselman hired as EVP Operations to succeed him.
- Paul Bloom's amended employment agreement: base salary $550K, target bonus 100% of base, severance up to 12 months salary plus bonus in CIC.
- Leke Agiri (CFO) enters new agreement: base salary $380K, target bonus 65% of base, severance up to 12 months salary plus 1.0x bonus in CIC.
- Non-compete and non-solicitation with 10,000 restricted stock grants; non-compete payments of 18 months (Bloom) or 12 months (Agiri) salary plus bonus.
- Hanselman previously VP Global Engineering at Ingredion, SVP at Tate & Lyle, and roles at ADM.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465926000442/0001104659-26-000442-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465926000442/tm2534603d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-000442

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