Green Plains shareholders elect six directors, ratify KPMG, approve executive compensation at 2024 annual meeting

Green Plains Inc.

All six director nominees elected; James D. Anderson received 49,930,683 votes for and 1,508,746 withheld.
KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 55,518,912 votes for, 286,337 against, 36,006 abstain.
Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 49,007,172 for, 2,387,859 against, 44,398 abstain; 4,401,826 broker non-votes.
No other matters voted on; meeting held on May 7, 2024.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Green Plains Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of selection of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accountants at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

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2. Proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2024. For Against Abstain 55,518,912 286,337 36,006

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Green Plains Inc. shareholders approved Election of six directors to serve one-year terms at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

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Green Plains Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2024. All matters voted on were approved. The numbers of shares cast for, against or withheld are as follows: 1. Proposal to elect six directors, each to serve a one-year term that expires at the 2025 annual meeting. Nominee Name For Withheld James D. Anderson 49,930,683 1,508,746 Todd A. Becker 49,773,279 1,666,150 Ejnar A. Knudsen III 50,996,625 442,804 Brian Peterson 49,930,124 1,509,305 Alain Treuer 49,841,633 1,597,796 Kimberly Wagner 45,485,110 5,954,319 There were 4,401,826 broker non-votes with respect to this matter.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Green Plains Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

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3. Proposal to cast an advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation. For Against Abstain 49,007,172 2,387,859 44,398 There were 4,401,826 broker non-votes with respect to this matter.

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