secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Green Plains Inc. (GPRE)
CIK:        0001309402
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001309402-21-000122
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Green Plains director Gene Edwards retires; board seeks diverse candidates, rotates committee chairs
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- Gene Edwards retires from board effective Aug. 23, 2021 after seven years as part of refreshment.
- Korn Ferry retained to lead search for diverse candidates; commitment to add diversity before 2022 annual meeting.
- Board intends to reduce size to eight members by 2023 annual shareholders meeting.
- Committee rotations: Martin Salinas Jr. audit chair, Kim Wagner Nominating/Governance chair, Brian Peterson Compensation chair.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940221000122/0001309402-21-000122-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940221000122/gpre-20210823x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-21-000122

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