---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T10:08:58.175901+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains Chairman Wayne Hoovestol to retire at 2023 annual meeting; board to reduce size

## Summary
- Wayne Hoovestol, Chairman since 2008, will retire at the end of his term at the May 9, 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Board size will be reduced from nine to eight directors upon his retirement, completing the board refreshment initiative announced in 2021.
- A new Chairperson will be elected by the Board following the Annual Meeting.
- Hoovestol previously served as CEO (2007-2008) and COO; founded Hoovestol Inc. (10 Roads Express).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000058/0001309402-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000058/gpre-20230329.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-23-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-23-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-23-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne Hoovestol retired as Chairman of the Board at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On March 29, 2023, Wayne Hoovestol, Chairman of the Board, notified the Board of Directors of Green Plains Inc. that he will retire at the end of his current term at the 2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000058/0001309402-23-000058-index.htm

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