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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001826466-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GGROU"
cik: "0001489874"
company_name: "Golden Growers Cooperative"
filed_at: "2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T07:06:23.835029+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Growers Cooperative elects three directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Blane Benedict elected North District director with 57 of 57 votes cast.
- Larry Vipond elected South District director with 78 of 78 votes cast.
- Mark Harless elected Director-at-Large with 184 of 184 votes cast.
- All terms begin March 21, 2024 and expire in March 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001826466-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GGROU
- cik: 0001489874
- company_name: Golden Growers Cooperative
- filed_at: 2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489874/000182646624000037/0001826466-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489874/000182646624000037/form8k_am.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001826466-24-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Golden Growers Cooperative shareholders approved Election of Directors from North District, South District, and Director-at-Large at the 2024-03-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-21
  source text: The members elected directors from two geographical districts and for a Director-at-Large position as established by the Cooperative’s Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws. There were no elections for director in the Central District. Brett Johnson and Nicolas Pyle will continue as a directors for the Central District. Members from the North District elected Blane Benedict as a director. He received 57 of the 57 votes cast. His three-year term begins on March 21, 2024 and expires in March 2027. David Kragnes will continue as a director for the North District. Members from the South District elected Larry Vipond as a director. He received 78 of the 78 votes cast. His three-year term begins on March 21, 2024 and expires in March 2027. Richard Pot will continue as a director for the South District. For the Director-at-Large position, the members elected Mark Harless as a director for a three-year term. He received 184 of the 184 votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489874/000182646624000037/0001826466-24-000037-index.htm

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