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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt" align=center>As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2008</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=right>Registration No. 333-151900 </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt" align=center><B>FORM
S-8</B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>______________________</B></P>
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align=center><B>GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Iowa</B></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>84-1652107</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=301>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>9420 Underwood Ave., Suite 100,
</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Omaha, Nebraska 68114</B></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>(402) 884-8700</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Address of principal executive
offices, including zip code)</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number,
including area code)</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>(1) Employment Agreement with Todd Becker
(150,000 shares)</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>(2) Non-Statutory Stock Option and
Restricted Stock Agreements (310,000 shares)</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>(3) Consulting Agreements and Option
Assumption Agreements (267,528 shares)</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Full title of the plan)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Wayne B. Hoovestol</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>9420 Underwood Ave., Suite 100</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Omaha, Nebraska 68114</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(402) 884-8700</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Name, address and telephone number of agent
for service)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Copy to:</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Michelle S. Mapes, Esq.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>1620 Dodge Street, Suite 2100</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Omaha, Nebraska 68102</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(402) 964-5000</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Large accelerated filer</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings 2" align=center><FONT
face=Wingdings>o</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Accelerated filer</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings 2" align=center><FONT
face=Wingdings>x</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Non-accelerated filer</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=26>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings 2" align=center><FONT
face=Wingdings>o</FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=160>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Smaller reporting company</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=26>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings 2" align=center><FONT
face=Wingdings>o</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Title of securities to be
registered</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Amount to be registered (1)</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Proposed maximum</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>offering price per share (2)</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Proposed maximum</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>aggregate offering price</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Amount of registration fee</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>&nbsp;727,528</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>&nbsp;$5.48</P></TD>
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vAlign=bottom width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>&nbsp;$3,986,853</P></TD>
<TD
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vAlign=bottom width=113>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>&nbsp;$157</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>(1)</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>This Registration
Statement shall also be deemed to register any additional shares of common stock
that may be issued pursuant to any anti-dilution provisions of the plans as the
result of any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>(2)</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Estimated solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act of 1933. &nbsp;The maximum offering price per share is based
on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s Common Stock as
listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market on October 10, 2008.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>PART I</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>As permitted by Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8.
&nbsp;The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will be
sent or given to plan participants as required by Rule 428(b). &nbsp;Green
Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. ( the &#147;Company&#148;) is not filing these documents
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this
Registration Statement or prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Securities Act.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><B>Item 1. &nbsp;Plan Information.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Not required to be filed
with the Commission.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><B>Item 2. &nbsp;Registrant
Information.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Not required to be filed
with the Commission.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>PART II</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><B>Items 3. &nbsp;Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>The following documents
previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>1.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2007.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>2.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February 28, 2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>3.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>4.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>5.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>All other reports filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since November 30, 2007, except for information
furnished under Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are not deemed filed and not
incorporated herein by reference.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px; TEXT-INDENT: -24px"
align=justify>6.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>The description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement
on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on December 16,
2005, including any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating this description.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>All documents
subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.</P>
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<P style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; MARGIN: 0px"><B>Item 4. &nbsp;Description
of Securities.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Item 5. &nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Not applicable.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><B>Item 6. &nbsp;Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>The Company has entered
into Indemnity Agreements with each of its officers and directors. Those
Indemnity Agreements generally obligate the Company to indemnify such persons
for costs, such as attorney's fees, relating to claims or threats of claims or
investigations against such persons. The Company is not obligated to so
indemnify such persons for costs associated with claims brought by such persons
(subject to certain exceptions), where a settlement is not consented to be the
Company, where insurance coverage applies to such costs, or where such person is
found to have acted unlawfully or a court determines that the indemnification
would be unlawful. Iowa law authorizes, and the Company&#146;s Bylaws provide for,
indemnification of the Company&#146;s directors and officers against claims,
liabilities, amounts paid in settlement, and expenses in a variety of
circumstances. Indemnification for liabilities may be permitted for the
Company&#146;s directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing
or otherwise. However, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, indemnification for certain liabilities is against public policy as
expressed in the Exchange Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. &nbsp;The
Company carries an insurance policy covering officers and directors, as well as
its potential liability under the Indemnity Agreements. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><B>Item 7. &nbsp;Exemption From
Registration Claimed.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Not applicable.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Item 8. &nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B><U>Number</U></B></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>5.1</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>23.1</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>23.2</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=518>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Consent of L.L. Bradford &amp; Company,
LLC</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: -42px"
align=justify><B>Item 9. &nbsp;Undertakings</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=a.1></A>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"
align=justify>a.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=a.1.i></A>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -17px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"
align=justify>i.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 96px" align=justify>To include any
prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=a.1.ii></A>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -17px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"
align=justify>ii.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 96px" align=justify>To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.</P><A name=a.1.iii></A>
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align=justify>iii.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 96px" align=justify>To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 62px; MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Provided however, That:
<A name=a.1.iii.A></A>Paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement; and</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=a.1.iii.B></A><A
name=a.2></A>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"
align=justify>b.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px"
align=justify>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=a.3></A>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"
align=justify>c.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</P><A name=a.4></A><A name=a.6></A><A name=b></A>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"
align=justify>d.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P><A name=h.1></A><A name=h.2></A><A
name=h.3></A>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"
align=justify>e.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 24px; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px"
align=justify>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 720px">
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>4</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 9px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 9px" noShade SIZE=1>
</DIV>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 624px">
<P
style="PADDING-LEFT: 48px; PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: -42px"
align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha,
State of Nebraska, on October 15, 2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 288px; MARGIN: 0px"><B>GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY,
INC.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 288px; MARGIN: 0px">By: <I><U>&nbsp;/s/ Wayne B.
Hoovestol</U></I></P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 288px; MARGIN: 0px">Wayne B. Hoovestol</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 288px; MARGIN: 0px">Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 288px; MARGIN: 0px">(Principal Executive Officer)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px" align=justify>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below in so signing also
makes, constitutes and appoints Wayne B. Hoovestol as true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute
and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all
amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority &nbsp;to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellSpacing=0 align=center>
<TR style="FONT-SIZE: 0px" height=0>
<TD width=156></TD>
<TD width=294></TD>
<TD width=144></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B><U>Signature</U></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B><U>Title</U></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B><U>Date</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Wayne B. Hoovestol</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Chief Executive Officer,
Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Wayne B. Hoovestol</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>&nbsp;(Principal Executive
Officer)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Jerry L. Peters</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Chief Financial Officer</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Jerry L. Peters</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Brian D. Peterson</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Brian D. Peterson</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Gordon F. Glade</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Gordon F. Glade</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Gary R. Parker</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Gary R. Parker</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Jim Anderson</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Jim Anderson</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ James Barry</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">James Barry</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ James Crowley</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">James Crowley</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Michael Walsh</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Michael Walsh</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>/s/ Alain Treuer</I></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>October 15, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=156>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Alain Treuer</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=294>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=144>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 720px">
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>5</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 9px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 9px" noShade SIZE=1>
</DIV>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 624px">
<P style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Index of
Exhibits</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellSpacing=0>
<TR style="FONT-SIZE: 0px" height=0>
<TD width=107></TD>
<TD width=518></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=107>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Exhibit</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B><U>Number</U></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=518>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=107>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>5.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=518>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=107>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>23.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=518>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=107>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>23.2</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=518>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Consent of L.L. Bradford &amp; Company,
LLC</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 720px">
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>6</P>
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FORM S 8
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2008
Registration No. 333-151900
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Iowa
84-1652107
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
9420 Underwood Ave., Suite 100,
Omaha, Nebraska 68114
(402) 884-8700
(Address of principal executive
offices, including zip code)
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
(1) Employment Agreement with Todd Becker
(150,000 shares)
(2) Non-Statutory Stock Option and
Restricted Stock Agreements (310,000 shares)
(3) Consulting Agreements and Option
Assumption Agreements (267,528 shares)
(Full title of the plan)
Wayne B. Hoovestol
Chief Executive Officer
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
9420 Underwood Ave., Suite 100
Omaha, Nebraska 68114
(402) 884-8700
(Name, address and telephone number of agent
for service)
Copy to:
Michelle S. Mapes, Esq.
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
1620 Dodge Street, Suite 2100
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
(402) 964-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
727,528
$5.48
$3,986,853
$157
(1)
This Registration
Statement shall also be deemed to register any additional shares of common stock
that may be issued pursuant to any anti-dilution provisions of the plans as the
result of any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act of 1933.  The maximum offering price per share is based
on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock as
listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market on October 10, 2008.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
As permitted by Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8.
 The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will be
sent or given to plan participants as required by Rule 428(b).  Green
Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. ( the "Company") is not filing these documents
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this
Registration Statement or prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
Item 1.  Plan Information.
Not required to be filed
with the Commission.
Item 2.  Registrant
Information.
Not required to be filed
with the Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Items 3.  Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The following documents
previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement:
1.
Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2007.
2.
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February 28, 2008.
3.
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2008.
4.
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2008.
5.
All other reports filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), since November 30, 2007, except for information
furnished under Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are not deemed filed and not
incorporated herein by reference.
6.
The description of the
Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's registration statement
on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on December 16,
2005, including any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating this description.
All documents
subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
2
Item 4.  Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.
The Company has entered
into Indemnity Agreements with each of its officers and directors. Those
Indemnity Agreements generally obligate the Company to indemnify such persons
for costs, such as attorney's fees, relating to claims or threats of claims or
investigations against such persons. The Company is not obligated to so
indemnify such persons for costs associated with claims brought by such persons
(subject to certain exceptions), where a settlement is not consented to be the
Company, where insurance coverage applies to such costs, or where such person is
found to have acted unlawfully or a court determines that the indemnification
would be unlawful. Iowa law authorizes, and the Company's Bylaws provide for,
indemnification of the Company's directors and officers against claims,
liabilities, amounts paid in settlement, and expenses in a variety of
circumstances. Indemnification for liabilities may be permitted for the
Company's directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing
or otherwise. However, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, indemnification for certain liabilities is against public policy as
expressed in the Exchange Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  The
Company carries an insurance policy covering officers and directors, as well as
its potential liability under the Indemnity Agreements.
Item 7.  Exemption From
Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.   Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
23.1
Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of L.L. Bradford & Company,
LLC
Item 9.  Undertakings
The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:
a.
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
i.
To include any
prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
ii.
To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
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iii.
To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
Provided however, That:
Paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement; and
b.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
c.
To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
d.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
e.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha,
State of Nebraska, on October 15, 2008.
GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY,
INC.
By:
/s/ Wayne B.
Hoovestol
Wayne B. Hoovestol
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below in so signing also
makes, constitutes and appoints Wayne B. Hoovestol as true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute
and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all
amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority  to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Wayne B. Hoovestol
Chief Executive Officer,
Director
October 15, 2008
Wayne B. Hoovestol
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Jerry L. Peters
Chief Financial Officer
October 15, 2008
Jerry L. Peters
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Brian D. Peterson
Director
October 15, 2008
Brian D. Peterson
/s/ Gordon F. Glade
Director
October 15, 2008
Gordon F. Glade
/s/ Gary R. Parker
Director
October 15, 2008
Gary R. Parker
/s/ Jim Anderson
Director
October 15, 2008
Jim Anderson
/s/ James Barry
Director
October 15, 2008
James Barry
/s/ James Crowley
Director
October 15, 2008
James Crowley
/s/ Michael Walsh
Director
October 15, 2008
Michael Walsh
/s/ Alain Treuer
Director
October 15, 2008
Alain Treuer
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Index of
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
23.1
Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of L.L. Bradford & Company,
LLC
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