---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-24-000137"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T23:39:21.715621+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Phil Boggs gets $400K base as Green Plains CFO; Jim Stark severance includes 24K RSUs and 25K PSUs

## Summary
- Phil Boggs appointed CFO effective Nov 1, 2024; annual base salary set at $400,000.
- Boggs eligible for Executive Change in Control Severance Plan with 2.5x severance multiple.
- Jim Stark retired as CFO effective Nov 15, 2024; entered Confidential Severance Agreement.
- Stark receives 24,189 unvested restricted shares and 25,166 performance share units reinstated.
- Performance share units will settle on original vesting dates based on actual performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-24-000137
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000137/0001309402-24-000137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000137/gpre-20241031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000137.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Phil Boggs was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 12, 2024, due to the appointment of Mr. Boggs as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Company amended the employment agreement ("Employment Agreement") dated December 2, 2021, with Mr. Boggs
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000137/0001309402-24-000137-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Stark retired as Chief Financial Officer at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 15, 2024, in relation to the retirement of Jim Stark from the Chief Financial Officer role, Mr. Stark and the Company entered into a Confidential Severance Agreement and Release
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000137/0001309402-24-000137-index.htm

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