---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-024771"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALTO"
cik: "0000778164"
company_name: "Alto Ingredients, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T14:51:03.214989+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alto Ingredients settles with activist Radoff/Torok; two directors not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Chairman Douglas L. Kieta and director Michael D. Kandris will not stand for re-election at June 25, 2025 annual meeting.
- Board will have sole discretion to fill the vacancies created by their departures.
- Radoff/Torok Group agrees to vote for Board nominees and abide by standstill through 2026 annual meeting.
- Standstill restricts Radoff/Torok from acquiring >19.9% of ALTO, nominating directors, or soliciting proxies.
- No disagreements with company operations or policies cited; departures are part of the agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-024771
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALTO
- cik: 0000778164
- company_name: Alto Ingredients, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390025024771/0001213900-25-024771-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390025024771/ea0234644-8k_altoingred.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-024771.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas L. Kieta departed as Chairman of the Board at Alto Ingredients, Inc..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On March 17, 2025, Douglas L. Kieta, the Chairman of the Board of the Company notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting to be held on June 25, 2025, and therefore his term as a director will end at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390025024771/0001213900-25-024771-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael D. Kandris departed as Director at Alto Ingredients, Inc..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 17, 2025, Michael D. Kandris, a member of the Board, notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting, and therefore his term as a director will end at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390025024771/0001213900-25-024771-index.htm

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