RiceBran Technologies filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update

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On December 5, 2024, to be effective immediately, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed William J. Keneally to serve as a director of the Company.

 

All directors of the Company will serve as non-executives of the Company and from November 15, 2024, receive $6,000 of quarterly compensation paid in arrears.

 

From December 5, 2024, all directors will serve on each of the Committees of the Board with Mr. Keneally as Chair of the Audit Committee, Mr. James P. Flynn as Chair of the Compensation Committee and Mr. Eric Tompkins Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

 

Among the ongoing operations of the Company to be overseen by the Board are (1) providing transitional services to its former subsidiary MGI Grain, Incorporated, which on November 1, 2024, was acquired through a public foreclosure auction by the Company’s secured lender and largest shareholder Funicular Funds, L.P. and (2) continuing to evaluate potential strategic transactions, which may include reorganizing under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.