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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">May </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">, 2017</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).&nbsp;&nbsp;Emerging growth company </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Segoe UI Symbol;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x2610;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 5.07.&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The company held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders on May 9, 2017, in Omaha, Nebraska. All matters </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">voted on were approved.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The numbers of shares cast for, against or withheld are as follows:</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Withheld</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Jim Anderson</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">28,035,937</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">501,251</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Wayne Hoovestol</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">24,325,352</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">4,211,836</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:3.50pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Ejnar Knudsen</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:3.50pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">28,113,554</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:109.50pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:3.50pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">423,634</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:100%;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">There were </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">10,119,769 </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">broker non-votes with respect to this matter.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:100%;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"><p style="width:18pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 18.00pt; display: inline;">
			<p style="line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;;"> 2.</font>
			</p>
		</td><td style="width:0pt;"><p style="width:0pt;width:0pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Proposal to approve an amendment to the company&#x2019;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan to (i) add a minimum vesting requirement of one year for all but 5% of awards under the plan and (ii) increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the plan as stock-based awards from 3,000,000 to 4,110,000.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:100%;margin-left:0pt;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"></font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.35pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">For</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Against</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.35pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Abstain</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">27,748,383</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.30pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">780,080</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:110.35pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">8,725</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;line-height:100%;text-indent: -18pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">There were </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">10,119,769</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> broker non-votes with respect to this matter.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"><p style="width:18pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 18.00pt; display: inline;">
			<p style="line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;;"> 3.</font>
			</p>
		</td><td style="width:0pt;"><p style="width:0pt;width:0pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Proposal to cast an advisory vote to </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">approve </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">the company&#x2019;s executive compensation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;line-height:100%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:100%;margin-left:0pt;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">For</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Against</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Abstain</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.60pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">21,800,199</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">6,705,467</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:111.65pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">31,522</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;line-height:100%;text-indent: -18pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">There were </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">10,119,769</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> broker non-votes with respect to this matter.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"><p style="width:18pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="width: 18.00pt; display: inline;">
			<p style="line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;;"> 4.</font>
			</p>
		</td><td style="width:0pt;"><p style="width:0pt;width:0pt;font-size:0pt;"></p></td><td align="left" valign="top">
			<p style="line-height:100%;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt;margin:0pt;">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Proposal to cast an advisory vote regarding the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;line-height:100%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font>
		</p>
		<div style="width:100%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:100%;margin-left:0pt;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"></font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Every year</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Every 2 years</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Every 3 years</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Abstain</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">17,077,349</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">29,436</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">11,174,755</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="width:82.70pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">255,648</font></p>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;line-height:100%;text-indent: -18pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">There were </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">10,119,769</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> broker non-votes with respect to this matter.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;text-indent:18pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">No other matters were voted on at the annual meeting.</font>
		</p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 8.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;text-indent:18pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">On May 9, 2017, Green Plains Inc. announced that its board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on the company&#x2019;s common stock. The dividend will be payable on June 1</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">6</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">7</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 2</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">6</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">7</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;text-indent:18pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(d) Exhibits</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">. The following exhibit </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">is</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> filed as part of this report.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:25pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Number</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:410pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:right"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;"></font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:37pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Press release, dated </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">May </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 2017</font>
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			<a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">SIGNATURES</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">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.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Date: </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">May </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, 2017</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Green Plains Inc.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">By: </font><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Jerry L. Peters</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Jerry L. Peters</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Chief </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Financial</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> Officer </font></p>
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Form 8-K - Annual Meeting
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
﻿
FORM 8-K
﻿
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
﻿
﻿
﻿
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
May
9
, 2017
﻿
GREEN PLAINS INC
.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
﻿
Iowa
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
﻿
﻿
001-32924
84-1652107
(Commission file number)
(IRS employer identification no.)
1811 Aksarben Drive
, Omaha, Nebraska
681
06
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
﻿
﻿
(402) 884-8700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
﻿
﻿
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
﻿
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
﻿
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
﻿
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
﻿
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).  Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The company held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders on May 9, 2017, in Omaha, Nebraska. All matters
voted on were approved.
The numbers of shares cast for, against or withheld are as follows:
﻿
1.
Proposal to elect three directors, each to serve three-year terms that expire at the 20
20
annual meeting.
﻿
﻿
Nominee Name
For
Withheld
Jim Anderson
28,035,937
501,251
Wayne Hoovestol
24,325,352
4,211,836
Ejnar Knudsen
28,113,554
423,634
﻿
There were
10,119,769
broker non-votes with respect to this matter.
﻿
2.
Proposal to approve an amendment to the company's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan to (i) add a minimum vesting requirement of one year for all but 5% of awards under the plan and (ii) increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the plan as stock-based awards from 3,000,000 to 4,110,000.
﻿
For
Against
Abstain
27,748,383
780,080
8,725
﻿
There were
10,119,769
broker non-votes with respect to this matter.
﻿
3.
Proposal to cast an advisory vote to
approve
the company's executive compensation.
﻿
﻿
For
Against
Abstain
21,800,199
6,705,467
31,522
﻿
There were
10,119,769
broker non-votes with respect to this matter.
﻿
4.
Proposal to cast an advisory vote regarding the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation.
﻿
Every year
Every 2 years
Every 3 years
Abstain
17,077,349
29,436
11,174,755
255,648
﻿
There were
10,119,769
broker non-votes with respect to this matter.
﻿
No other matters were voted on at the annual meeting.
﻿
Item 8.01.  Other Events.
On May 9, 2017, Green Plains Inc. announced that its board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend will be payable on June 1
6
, 201
7
, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 2
6
, 201
7
.
﻿
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(d) Exhibits
. The following exhibit
is
filed as part of this report.
﻿
Number
Description
99.1
Press release, dated
May
9
, 2017
﻿
SIGNATURES
﻿
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.
﻿
﻿
Date:
May
9
, 2017
Green Plains Inc.
By:
/s/ Jerry L. Peters
Jerry L. Peters
Chief
Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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