Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Retirement of Delbert Christensen

As disclosed in the Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (the "Company") Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 5, 2022, Mr. Christensen did not stand for re-election and retired on May 17, 2022, when his term expired at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As of March 21, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 50,390,403 shares of the Company's Common Stock issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 45,030,791 shares of the Company's Common Stock were present in person or by proxy, representing 89.36% of the total number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and a quorum for all matters before the Stockholders as required by the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws.

The number of votes cast for and against, as well as abstention votes and broker non-votes, as applicable, with respect to each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting was as follows:

Proposal No. 1 - Adoption of the Merger Agreement

The Stockholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2022 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Chevron Corporation, Cyclone Merger Sub Inc. and Renewable Energy Group, Inc. as follows:



     FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN        BROKER NON-VOTES
  40,768,257        148,569        83,194            4,030,771

Proposal No. 2 - Approval on an advisory (non-binding) basis certain compensation arrangements for the company's named executive officers in connection with the Merger.

The Stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the certain compensation arrangements paid to the Company's named executive officers in connection with the merger of the Company and Cyclone Merger Sub Inc. as follows:



     FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN        BROKER NON-VOTES
  40,437,054        398,896        164,070           4,030,771

Proposal No. 3 - Election of Directors

The Stockholders elected three directors to the Company's Board of Directors, each for a three-year term as follows:



                          FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN        BROKER NON-VOTES
Randolph L. Howard     37,128,622       3,737,335       134,063           4,030,771
Debora M. Frodl        39,015,213       1,848,899       135,908           4,030,771
Dylan Glenn            40,671,212        192,428        136,380           4,030,771

Proposal No. 4 - "Say-On-Pay" Advisory Vote on the Executive Compensation

The Stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers as follows:



     FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN        BROKER NON-VOTES
  40,095,531        773,027        131,462           4,030,771

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Proposal No. 5 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2022.

The Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 as follows:



     FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN
  44,497,051        436,698        97,042

Proposal No. 6 - Approval of the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to continue to solicit additional proxies to adopt the Merger Agreement.

The Stockholders approved the proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to continue to solicit additional proxies to adopt the Merger Agreement as follows:



     FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN        BROKER NON-VOTES
  36,161,085       4,741,276       97,659            4,030,771

However, because the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement was approved, the adjournment of the Annual Meeting was not necessary to continue to solicit additional proxies and, accordingly, the Annual Meeting was not adjourned.

The information in this Form 8-K, including the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)  Exhibits
99.1    Merger Approval Press Rele    ase
104  Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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