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): August 13, 2024 (August 7, 2024)
Commission file number: 000-55610
GREENBACKER RENEWABLE ENERGY CO LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 80-0872648 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1560
New York, NY 10169
Tel (646) 237-7884
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrants Principal Executive Office)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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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 August 7, 2024, the Board of Directors Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (collectively with its direct and indirect parents, subsidiaries and its successors and assigns, the “Company”) appointed Michael Cunningham as Principal Accounting Officer effective August 15, 2024.
Mr. Cunningham has served as Vice President and Controller of the Company since February 2023. He is responsible for all areas of accounting, tax, internal and external financial reporting, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and related internal controls. He previously served as Vice President and Assistant Controller of the Company from February 2020 through February 2023, and as Vice President of Technical Accounting and Audit Management of the Company from November 2019 through February 2020. Mr. Cunningham’s prior roles include Senior Manager at CFGI and Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University, an MSA/MBA in Business and Accounting from Northeastern University and is a licensed CPA in the state of Massachusetts.
No family relationships exist between Mr. Cunningham and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers. There are no arrangements between Mr. Smith and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Cunningham was selected as an officer, nor are there any transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Mr. Cunningham has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: August 13, 2024 | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC | |
| By: | /s/ Charles Wheeler | |
| Name: | Charles Wheeler | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director | |
