Company: SDSYA
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001163609-25-000013
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Company: SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS LLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 that is available for review on our website at www.sdsbp.com under “Investors,” “Nomination Committee Charter.” The members of the nomination committee for the 2025 Annual Meeting are Brandon Hope, who serves as the chairman of the committee, Spencer Enninga, and Mark Brown. New members of the nomination committee are selected each year and will be appointed for purposes of the 2026 Annual Meeting. The nomination committee reviews the nomination petition forms submitted by members and searches for and contacts potential nominees for open positions on the board. We believe that, with the exception of Mr. Hope, all of the members of the nomination committee are independent within the meaning of NASDAQ Rule 5605(a). Mr. Hope is not independent because he received payment from the Company for the sale and delivery of soybeans to the Company within any of the three preceding years. The nomination committee held two meetings in 2024 and through March 31, 2025.

Board Attendance at Board, Committee and Annual Member Meetings

The board held ten regularly scheduled meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Each board member attended at least 75% of the meetings of the board during the fiscal year ended 2024. Each manager attended at least 75% of the committee meetings of which each was a member during the fiscal year ended 2024. The Company does not have a formal attendance policy for the Annual Meeting; however, we encourage all board members to attend the Annual Meeting of members. All board members attended the Annual Meeting of members in 2024.

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#### Board Nomination
Criteria for Nomination to the Board. The nomination committee is responsible for identifying, evaluating and approving qualified candidates for nomination as managers. The committee has not adopted minimum qualifications that nominees must meet in order for the committee to recommend them to the board. Rather, the committee evaluates each prospective nominee against general standards and qualifications, including their:

• experience in the Company's core business or ancillary markets;

• ability to represent the interests of the members of the Company;

• level of integrity, commitment and independence of thought and judgment; and

• ability to dedicate sufficient time, energy and attention to the diligent performance of his or her duties.

The committee also considers other relevant factors as it deems appropriate, including:

• the current composition of the board, and the extent to which the prospective nominee would contribute to the board's diversity in terms of talent, skill, knowledge, and expertise; and