0001181749-11-000002.txt : 20110524 0001181749-11-000002.hdr.sgml : 20110524 20110524115239 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181749-11-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110519 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20110524 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110524 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Granite Falls Energy, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001181749 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 411997390 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51277 FILM NUMBER: 11867281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15045 HIGHWAY 23 S.E. CITY: GRANITE FALLS STATE: MN ZIP: 56241-0216 BUSINESS PHONE: 320-564-3100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15045 HIGHWAY 23 S.E. CITY: GRANITE FALLS STATE: MN ZIP: 56241-0216 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRANITE FALLS COMMUNITY ETHANOL PLANT LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020821 8-K 1 a8-kredirectorappointment.htm 8-K re Director Appointment
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 19, 2011
 
GRANITE FALLS ENERGY, LLC
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
 
Minnesota
000-51277
41-1997390
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
15045 Highway 23 SE, Granite Falls, MN
56241-0216
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(320) 564-3100
(Issuer's telephone number)
 
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Item 5.02 Appointment of Directors
 
On May, 19, 2011, pursuant to the Granite Falls Energy, LLC (the “Company”) Fifth Amended and Restated Operating and Member Control Agreement (“Member Control Agreement”), the at-large members of the board of governors exercised their right to appoint an alternate at-large governor to the board of governors of the Company. The at-large members of the board of governors have appointed Mr. Martin Seifert to fill this seat. Mr. Seifert will serve at the pleasure of the at-large members of the board of governors. Mr. Seifert’s biography is as follows:
 
Martin Seifert - Age 39, Alternate At-Large Governor. Mr. Seifert was appointed as the Company’s alternate at-large governor in May 2011. Mr. Seifert has served as the executive director of the Avera Marshall Foundation at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center since 2010. The Avera Marshall Foundation provides financial support for the Marshall Regional Medical Center hospital and long term care facility. Mr. Seifert has also been a Realtor with Real Estate Retrievers since 2010. Prior to joining the Avera Marshall Foundation and Real Estate Retrievers, Mr. Seifert was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1996 to 2011. He also served as minority leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Seifert graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in 1995. Mr. Seifert currently resides in Marshall, Minnesota.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
GRANITE FALLS ENERGY, LLC
 
 
Date: May 24, 2011
/s/ Stacie Schuler
 
Stacie Schuler, Chief Financial Officer