0001140361-17-033299.txt : 20170825 0001140361-17-033299.hdr.sgml : 20170825 20170825164601 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-17-033299 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170821 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20170825 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170825 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RiceBran Technologies CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001063537 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 870673375 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36245 FILM NUMBER: 171052470 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2928 RAMCO STREET STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WEST SACRAMENTO STATE: CA ZIP: 95691 BUSINESS PHONE: 6025223000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2928 RAMCO STREET STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WEST SACRAMENTO STATE: CA ZIP: 95691 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NUTRACEA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030930 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NUTRASTAR INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011221 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE CONSUMER INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010418 8-K 1 form8k.htm 8-K
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):  August 21, 2017
 
 
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
California
  
0-32565
  
87-0673375
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2928 Ramco Street, Suite 120
West Sacramento, CA
  
95691
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (602) 522-3000

(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
 
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 21, 2017, RiceBran Technologies (the “Company”) appointed Robert S. Bucklin, 67, to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Mr. Bucklin brings over 38 years of extensive financial services experience within the food and agriculture industries to the Company. Mr. Bucklin recently completed twenty years of service at Rabobank International, culminating with his position as Vice Chairman of North America Wholesale banking where his primary responsibilities included U.S. and Canadian Wholesale Clients, Corporate Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory. Prior to being named Vice Chairman, he served as Chief Corporate Banking Officer of Rabobank International, where he led the significant growth of Rabobank’s regional business and client relationships, and helped establish Rabobank as the premier Food & Beverage bank in North America. Before joining Rabobank International, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of First City-Dallas bank and in various executive level capacities at The First Bank of Chicago.

Mr. Bucklin currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Fresh Del Monte Produce, OSI Group, LLC, Agrivida, Inc., Bay State Milling Company and Frequentz, Inc. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Jacob Stern & Sons, as Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee for Cultivian Sandbox, and as Chairman of Global Green USA, a non-profit organization. Mr. Bucklin holds a Bachelors degree in Finance from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bucklin will receive compensation for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company’s standard compensatory arrangement for non-employee directors. A description of the Company’s non-employee director compensation appears under the caption “Director Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017. The Board has not determined the Board committees on which Mr. Bucklin will serve.
 
SIGNATURE

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.

 
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
     
Date:  August 25, 2017
By:
/s/ Robert Smith
   
Robert Smith
   
Chief Executive Officer
   
(Duly Authorized Officer)