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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001352081-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001352081"
company_name: "Cardinal Ethanol LLC"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:46:09.420969+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cardinal Ethanol CEO Jeffrey Painter to retire by Dec 31, 2024; successor search underway

## Summary
- Jeffrey Painter to retire as CEO and President on or before Dec 31, 2024; will serve until then.
- Painter may provide consulting services post-retirement to ensure smooth transition.
- Retirement is personal, not due to any dispute with company on operations or policies.
- Company has initiated a full internal and external search for Painter's successor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001352081-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001352081
- company_name: Cardinal Ethanol LLC
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1352081/000135208124000026/0001352081-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1352081/000135208124000026/card-20240515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001352081-24-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001352081-24-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001352081-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Painter retired as Chief Executive Officer and President at Cardinal Ethanol LLC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On May 15, 2024, Jeffrey Painter announced his plans to retire from his position as Chief Executive Officer and President of Cardinal Ethanol, LLC
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1352081/000135208124000026/0001352081-24-000026-index.htm

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