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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, 2017
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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 Ave. PO Box 500
Volga, South Dakota
 
57071
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(605) 627-9240
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.
On June 20, 2017, South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC ("the Company") held its 2017 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 year ended December 31, 2016, (2) to elect five persons to serve on the Company's board of managers, and (3) to approve amendments to the Company's Operating Agreement.
In the first proposal, the following persons were elected to the Company's board of managers:
District 1:    Jonathan Kleinjan
District 2:    Maurice Odenbrett
District 3:    Wayne Enger
District 4:    Mark Brown
District 5:    Ronald Anderson
Messrs. Brown, Enger, Kleinjan, and Odenbrett, each of whom ran unopposed, were elected by unanimous ballot.
In District 5, Ronald Anderson was elected by the following tally:
 
Ronald Anderson
 
24

 
Edward Verhelst
 
8

 
Larry Nielsen
 
7

In the second proposal, the members voted to approve amendments to the Company's Operating Agreement to increase the maximum ownership percentage from 1.5% to 10% of the Company's total outstanding capital units, by the following tally:
 
For
 
86

 
Against
 
46

 
Abstain
 
7

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)    Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:
3.1(ii)    Amended and Restated Operating Agreement dated June 20, 2017.
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 21, 2017
 
/s/ Thomas Kersting
 
 
Thomas Kersting, Chief Executive Officer