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style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</span></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Emerging growth company&#160;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i0ec1b24cc1c14db7ad5c0dc062c465c2_D20220824-20220824" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" 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id="iff8bed6de5d146fc939bacd4f541915a_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:27pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 24, 2022, Green Plains Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) en</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">tered into a privately </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">negotiated exchange agreement (the &#8220;Exchange Agreement&#8221;) with certain noteholders (the &#8220;Noteholders&#8221;) of the Company&#8217;s 4.125% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2022 (the &#8220;2022 Notes&#8221;), pursuant to which the Noteholders have agreed to exchange</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">$13.55 </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">million in aggregate principal amount of the Company&#8217;s outstanding 2022 Notes for shares of the Company&#8217;s commo</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">n stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company to the Noteholders upon consummation of the exchange will be 487,616 shares of Common Stock. The Company has agreed to pay the Noteholders accrued but unpaid interest on the 2022 Notes in cash. The Company expects to complete the exchange by August 26, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:27pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The exchange of treasury shares of Common Stock for the 2022 Notes is being made pursuant to an exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to exchange the 2022 Notes or other securities of the Company for Common Stock or other securities of the Company.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:27pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The description of the Exchange Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Exchange Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</span></div><div id="iff8bed6de5d146fc939bacd4f541915a_10"></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:27pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.</span></div><div id="iff8bed6de5d146fc939bacd4f541915a_13"></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.415%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.406%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.779%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit No.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description of Exhibit</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exh101-exchangeagreementxb.htm">10.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exh101-exchangeagreementxb.htm">Exchange Agreement, dated August 24, 2022, by and between Green Plains Inc and the applicable Noteholders.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="iff8bed6de5d146fc939bacd4f541915a_16"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.900%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date: August 25, 2022</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ G. 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Patrich Simpkins Jr.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer<br/>(Principal Financial Officer)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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gpre-20220824
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 24, 2022
_______________________________
GREEN PLAINS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_______________________________
Iowa
001-32924
84-1652107
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1811 Aksarben Drive
Omaha
,
Nebraska
68106
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(
402
)
884-8700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
GPRE
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
_______________________________
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 24, 2022, Green Plains Inc. (the "Company") en
tered into a privately
negotiated exchange agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with certain noteholders (the "Noteholders") of the Company's 4.125% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2022 (the "2022 Notes"), pursuant to which the Noteholders have agreed to exchange
$13.55
million in aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 2022 Notes for shares of the Company's commo
n stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company to the Noteholders upon consummation of the exchange will be 487,616 shares of Common Stock. The Company has agreed to pay the Noteholders accrued but unpaid interest on the 2022 Notes in cash. The Company expects to complete the exchange by August 26, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
The exchange of treasury shares of Common Stock for the 2022 Notes is being made pursuant to an exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to exchange the 2022 Notes or other securities of the Company for Common Stock or other securities of the Company.
The description of the Exchange Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Exchange Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
10.1
Exchange Agreement, dated August 24, 2022, by and between Green Plains Inc and the applicable Noteholders.
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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.
Green Plains Inc.
Date: August 25, 2022
By:
/s/ G. Patrich Simpkins Jr.
G. Patrich Simpkins Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)