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): June 14, 2018
 
CHS Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Commission File Number: 001-36079
 
Minnesota
 
41-0251095
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
5500 Cenex Drive
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(651) 355-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 5, CHS Inc. (“CHS” or the “Company”) appointed Daniel Lehmann, as its Vice President, Finance, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective July 15, 2018. In this role, Mr. Lehmann will be responsible for enterprise wide accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and financial disclosures. In connection with this appointment, on July 15, 2018, Mr. Lehmann will supersede Jean Briand as the Company’s principal accounting officer. Following that date, Mr. Briand will continue in his Senior Vice President, Finance role, assuming the chief financial officer role for the Company’s Country Operations business unit, in addition to other responsibilities.

Mr. Lehmann 45, joined CHS in August 2014 as the director of financial reporting and was named assistant corporate controller in 2017. Prior to joining CHS, from May 2012 through July 2014, Mr. Lehmann was employed by Kroll Ontrack, a leading provider of data recovery and electronic discovery services, as the controller overseeing the enterprise wide accounting functions. From March 2006 to May 2012, Mr. Lehmann was the director of financial reporting of G&K Services, a national leader in the uniform rental and facility products business, where he was responsible for financial reporting and corporate accounting functions. Prior to 2006, Mr. Lehmann held positions focusing on accounting, financial reporting and internal controls at companies in the technology, health insurance, and public accounting industries.

There are no familial relationships or related party transactions requiring disclosure under Item 401(d) or Item 404(a), respectively, of Regulation S-K.


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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHS Inc.
  
 
 
 
 
June 14, 2018
 
By:
 
/s/ Timothy Skidmore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name: Timothy Skidmore
 
 
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer