---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T14:16:51.248216+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains appoints three new directors, forms strategic committee, settles with Ancora

## Summary
- Appointed Steven Furcich, Carl Grassi, and Patrick Sweeney as independent directors; board expands to at least 10 members.
- Two tenured directors will retire at the 2025 annual meeting; board size capped at 11 after new CEO appointment.
- Board formed a Strategic Planning Committee co-chaired by a new and a tenured director, with four members total.
- Entered cooperation agreement with Ancora Holdings; includes standstill, 9.9% ownership cap, and voting commitment.
- Ancora portfolio manager Patrick Sweeney joins board; agreement runs until ~30 days before 2026 nomination deadline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000063/0001309402-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000063/gpre-20250411.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Sweeney was appointed as Director at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 14, 2025, Green Plains Inc. appointed three individuals as independent members of its board of directors, including Steven Furcich, Carl Grassi, and Patrick Sweeney.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000063/0001309402-25-000063-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carl Grassi was appointed as Director at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 14, 2025, Green Plains Inc. appointed three individuals as independent members of its board of directors, including Steven Furcich, Carl Grassi, and Patrick Sweeney.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000063/0001309402-25-000063-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven Furcich was appointed as Director at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 14, 2025, Green Plains Inc. appointed three individuals as independent members of its board of directors, including Steven Furcich, Carl Grassi, and Patrick Sweeney.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000063/0001309402-25-000063-index.htm

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