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BROKER
NON-VOTES

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2018



Delaware	001-35397	26-4785427
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
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Item 5.07.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 9, 2018, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (the "Company") held the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").

At the Annual Meeting, a total of 33,455,182 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were present in person or by proxy, representing 86.14% of the total number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and a quorum for all matters before the stockholders.

The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions, as applicable, with respect to each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting is as follows:

The Company’s stockholders elected two directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each for a three-year term as follows.



	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
Michael M. Scharf	25,784,368	626,333	39,687	7,004,794
James C. Borel	25,791,916	619,074	39,398	7,004,794

Proposal No. 2 – "Say-On-Pay" Advisory Vote on the Executive Compensation

The allocation of votes of the stockholders of the Company for the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was as follows:

Proposal No. 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2018

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was approved by the votes of the stockholders of the Company as follows.

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.



	RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP, INC.


	By:	/s/ Chad Stone
		Chad Stone
		Chief Financial Officer