Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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): June 20, 2023

South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

South Dakota			000-50253			46-0462968
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)			(Commission File Number)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 Caspian Avenue; PO Box 500 Volga, South Dakota						57071
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

[phone]
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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¨						Emerging growth company

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.

On June 20, 2023, South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC ("the Company") held it 2023 Annual Meeting of Members in Volga, South Dakota. The primary purposes of the meeting were: (1) To receive the report of management on the business of the Company and the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022; (2) To elect nine members of the board of managers, one from each of the three newly created geographical districts; and (3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any and adjournments thereof.

On the proposal to elect nine members to the board of managers, the following persons were elected:

District 1:    Brandon Hope, Doyle Renaas and Craig Weber

District 2:    Spencer Enninga, Gary Goplen and Robert Nelsen

District 3:    Lewis Bainbridge, Mark Brown and Ned Skinner

Messrs. Hope, Renaas and Weber ran unopposed in District 1 and were unanimously elected to the board.

In District 2, Spencer Enninga, Gary Goplen and Robert Nelsen were elected by the following voting tally:

Gary Goplen        97

Spencer Enninga    85

Robert Nelsen        78

Lyle "Duff" Trautman    72

Dale Hansen        54

In District 3, Lewis Bainbridge, Ned Skinner and Mark Brown were elected by the following voting tally:

Lewis Bainbridge    69

Ned Skinner        63

Mark Brown        60

Adam Schindler    48

Michael Reiner    41

Ronald Welter        40

Gary Kruggel        34

Steven Geis        28

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.

						SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS, LLC
Dated: June 23, 2023						/s/ Mark Hyde
						Mark Hyde, Chief Financial Officer