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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:47:41.701715+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains appoints Ryan Loneman as General Counsel and Secretary, effective Jan 26, 2026

## Summary
- Ryan Loneman, 42, joins from Lindsay Corp (VP-Legal); prior General Counsel at Signal Security and associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
- Annual base salary $300k, short-term target 80%, long-term incentive eligibility, and $200k in restricted shares vesting over 3 years.
- One-time bonus of $50k for 100-day milestones; offer letter and employment agreement filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.
- Loneman will oversee legal function, governance, strategic transactions, and regulatory matters; no family relationships or related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940226000009/0001309402-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940226000009/gpre-20260112.htm

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