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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001392380-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T14:19:09.345938+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo stockholders approve 15M share increase under 2010 Stock Plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to increase authorized shares under 2010 Stock Incentive Plan by 15,000,000 shares.
- Carol J. Battershell and Patrick R. Gruber elected as Class I directors; Battershell 73.5M for, Gruber 68.4M for, 52.5M broker non-votes.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 122.7M votes for, 4.1M against, 2.8M abstain.
- Advisory vote approved executive compensation (61.8M for, 13.9M against); frequency set to annual.
- Proposals saw 52.5M broker non-votes, reflecting high institutional ownership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001392380-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/noticker-20230522.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001392380-23-000034
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001392380-23-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Gevo, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: Proposal 5 — Advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gevo, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class I directors to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of two Class I directors to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gevo, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: Proposal 3 — Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gevo, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment and restatement of the Gevo, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: Proposal 2 — Approval of an amendment and restatement of the Gevo, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gevo, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: Proposal 4 — Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000034/0001392380-23-000034-index.htm

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