Green Plains Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 25, 2025
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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
As previously announced, Green Plains Obion LLC (“Green Plains Obion”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Agreement” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Transaction”) for the sale of the ethanol plant located in Rives, Tennessee (the “Facility”) to POET Biorefining – Obion, LLC (“Buyer”). On September 25, 2025, the Company completed the Transaction for $190 million in cash. The total includes an estimated $20 million in working capital, to be finalized post-closing. The proceeds from the Transaction were used to retire the Company’s junior mezzanine notes that were due in 2026 and to supplement corporate liquidity.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 26, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the completed sale of the Facility and the repayment of the junior mezzanine notes. A copy of the press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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: September 26, 2025 | By: | /s/ Philip B. Boggs | |||||||||
Philip B. Boggs | |||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||