---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-018012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGPI"
cik: "0000835011"
company_name: "MGP INGREDIENTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T14:07:15.702977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MGP Ingredients elects Gerardo Lopez and Martin Roper to board; Preet Michelson resigns

## Summary
- Gerardo I. Lopez (former CEO of AMC Entertainment) and Martin Roper (CEO of Vita Coco, former CEO of Boston Beer) elected as Group B directors effective April 14, 2025.
- Both independent directors appointed to Audit, Compensation, and Nominating committees; each received $90,000 RSU grant vesting in 2 years.
- Preet H. Michelson resigned as Group B director, effective April 14, 2025; resignation not due to disagreement with company.
- Board size returns to nine directors, eight of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-018012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGPI
- cik: 0000835011
- company_name: MGP INGREDIENTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828025018012/0001628280-25-018012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828025018012/mgpi-20250414.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Martin Roper was elected as Group B member of the Board of Directors at MGP INGREDIENTS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Group B member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On April 14, 2025, Gerardo I. Lopez and Martin Roper were elected as Group B members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MGP Ingredients, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828025018012/0001628280-25-018012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gerardo I. Lopez was elected as Group B member of the Board of Directors at MGP INGREDIENTS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Group B member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On April 14, 2025, Gerardo I. Lopez and Martin Roper were elected as Group B members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MGP Ingredients, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828025018012/0001628280-25-018012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Preet H. Michelson resigned as Group B member of the Board of Directors at MGP INGREDIENTS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Group B member of the Board of Directors
  source text: In addition, Preet H. Michelson resigned as a Group B member of the Board, effective April 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828025018012/0001628280-25-018012-index.htm

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