secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Green Plains Inc. (GPRE)
CIK:        0001309402
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001309402-26-000009
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940226000009/0001309402-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940226000009/gpre-20260112.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-26-000009

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