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font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">(Address of principal executive offices)</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: none;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 239.25pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">(Zip code)</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; 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color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">(Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 40.4%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 39.4%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: 2.2pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;text-decoration: underline;">Title of each class</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 20.2%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: 2.2pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;text-decoration: underline;">Trading Symbol</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 40.4%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: 2.2pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; 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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">On October 26, 2021, Green Plains Inc. appointed Ms. Farha Aslam as an independent member of its board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Aslam has joined the board filling a vacant position created by the retirement of Gene Edwards from the Board in August 2021. Ms. Aslam&#8217;s term will expire at the 2022 annual meeting. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Aslam and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Aslam was appointed to the board, or transactions in which Ms. Aslam has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Ms. Aslam has not yet been assigned to serve on any committees of the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Ms. Aslam will participate in the standard compensation program for the Company&#8217;s non-employee directors, described on pages 38 through 39 of the Company&#8217;s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021), and her compensation will be prorated to reflect the commencement date of her service on the Board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Ms. Aslam is a Managing Partner at Crescent House Capital, an investment and strategic advisory firm she founded that focuses on the agriculture, energy, and food processing industries. Ms. Aslam has worked in the finance industry since 1996. Prior to founding Crescent House in 2019, she was Managing Director at Stephens Inc., where she led the firm&#8217;s Food and Agribusiness equity research team and built a top-tier research franchise that spanned the grain, ethanol, protein, and packaged food sectors and successfully positioned several lead managed equity offerings and debt financings. Previously, Ms. Aslam was a vice president at Merrill Lynch and a risk management advisor at UBS. Ms. Aslam serves on the boards of directors of Pilgrim&#8217;s Pride Corporation (Nasdaq: PPC); Calavo Growers, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGW); PSSI; and Saffron Road. She is a member of the audit committees at both Pilgrim&#8217;s Pride and Calavo. At Calavo, she is also a member of the board&#8217;s compensation and sustainability committees. Ms. Aslam graduated from the University of California with a B.A. degree in Economics. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the Company&#8217;s press release dated October 27, 2021.  The press release is incorporated by this reference and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> (d)  Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><div style="text-align:center"><table dir="ltr" style="border: none;border-collapse: collapse;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width: 100%;"><tr style="height: 0.01in;"><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 18.3%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 1pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 81.7%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 1pt;line-height: 115.0%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.09in;"><td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 18.3%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0.10in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Exhibit No.</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 81.7%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Description of Exhibit</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.09in;"><td style="border-bottom: none;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 18.3%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: none;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 81.7%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.09in;"><td style="border-bottom: none;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 18.3%;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">99.1</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: none;border-left: none;border-right: none;border-top: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 81.7%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; 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gpre-20211026x8k
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)
October 26, 2021
GREEN PLAINS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-32924
84-1652107
(Commission file number)
(IRS 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)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 26, 2021, Green Plains Inc. appointed Ms. Farha Aslam as an independent member of its board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Aslam has joined the board filling a vacant position created by the retirement of Gene Edwards from the Board in August 2021. Ms. Aslam's term will expire at the 2022 annual meeting. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Aslam and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Aslam was appointed to the board, or transactions in which Ms. Aslam has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Ms. Aslam has not yet been assigned to serve on any committees of the board.
Ms. Aslam will participate in the standard compensation program for the Company's non-employee directors, described on pages 38 through 39 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021), and her compensation will be prorated to reflect the commencement date of her service on the Board.
Ms. Aslam is a Managing Partner at Crescent House Capital, an investment and strategic advisory firm she founded that focuses on the agriculture, energy, and food processing industries. Ms. Aslam has worked in the finance industry since 1996. Prior to founding Crescent House in 2019, she was Managing Director at Stephens Inc., where she led the firm's Food and Agribusiness equity research team and built a top-tier research franchise that spanned the grain, ethanol, protein, and packaged food sectors and successfully positioned several lead managed equity offerings and debt financings. Previously, Ms. Aslam was a vice president at Merrill Lynch and a risk management advisor at UBS. Ms. Aslam serves on the boards of directors of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Nasdaq: PPC); Calavo Growers, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGW); PSSI; and Saffron Road. She is a member of the audit committees at both Pilgrim's Pride and Calavo. At Calavo, she is also a member of the board's compensation and sustainability committees. Ms. Aslam graduated from the University of California with a B.A. degree in Economics. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the Company's press release dated October 27, 2021.  The press release is incorporated by this reference and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
99.1
Press Release, dated October 27, 2021
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document)
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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.
Date: October 27, 2021
Green Plains Inc.
By:
/s/ Michelle Mapes
Michelle Mapes
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Chief Legal & Administration Officer and Corporate Secretary