---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-22-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:19:48.286593+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains amends bylaws to implement universal proxy rules

## Summary
- Board adopted Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws effective November 14, 2022.
- New Sections 2.11(d) and (e) added to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy requirements.
- No other changes to governance structure or fiscal year were made.
- Amendment is purely procedural to align with updated SEC proxy regulations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-22-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940222000101/0001309402-22-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940222000101/gpre-20221114.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-22-000101.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-22-000101.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Green Plains Inc.: Added Section 2.11 (d) and (e) to address universal proxy rules under Rule 14a-19 (effective 2022-11-14).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-14
  source text: On November 14, 2022, the Board of Directors of Green Plains Inc. (the “Company”), approved and adopted the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of such date. Section 2.11 (d) and (e) have been added to the Amended and Restated Bylaws. The amendment changes are designed to address new universal proxy rules under Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940222000101/0001309402-22-000101-index.htm

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