secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Green Plains Inc. (GPRE)
CIK:        0001309402
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001309402-25-000021
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Green Plains amends Mapes agreement, eliminates CTO role; Simpkins to lead subsidiary
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- Michelle Mapes (CLAO) gets expanded duties including Carbon, Legal, Compliance, restructure leadership; salary $450k unchanged.
- Employment guaranteed through Dec 31, 2025; thereafter position eliminated with severance: 6 months base + vesting of all outstanding restricted shares.
- 2025 annual bonus set at no less than 2024 amount; 12 months health insurance premium equivalent provided.
- Chief Transformation Officer role eliminated; Patrich Simpkins becomes CEO of majority-owned Fluid Quip Technologies.
- Mapes' planned departure not due to any disagreement with the company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000021/0001309402-25-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000021/gpre-20250228.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000021

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