{"url_path":"/sec/gevo/8-k/2026-07-16/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 ****Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/0001104659-26-084096-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-084096","cik":"0001392380","ticker":"GEVO","issuer_name":"Gevo, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/0001104659-26-084096-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001392380","primary_entity_name":"Gevo, Inc."},"word_count":255,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02.****Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of\nCertain Officers.**\n\n \n\nEffective as of August 20, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”)\nof Gevo, Inc. (“Gevo” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Todd Werpy to the Board as a Class II\ndirector, with a current term that will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. Mr. Werpy will receive an\nannual cash retainer of $85,000 and an equity grant valued at $94,500 for service as a non-employee director, subject to the Company’s\ncompensation policy for non-employee directors as specified from time to time by the Board. The equity award will be made pursuant to\nthe Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. Mr. Werpy will also be eligible to receive annual grants of equity\nand other compensation consistent with the Company’s compensation policy for his service as a non-employee director, as specified\nfrom time to time by the Board. Mr. Werpy also entered into the Company’s customary form of indemnification agreement upon\nhis appointment to the Board.\n\n \n\nThere are no understandings or arrangements with any person pursuant\nto which Mr. Werpy was selected as a director, and Mr. Werpy is not party to any related party transaction required to be reported\npursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\nThe Board considered the independence of Mr. Werpy under The Nasdaq\nStock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) listing standards and concluded that Mr. Werpy is an independent director under the applicable\nNasdaq standards."}