Green Plains Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 2025
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 16, 2025, Green Plains Trade Group LLC, a subsidiary of Green Plains Inc., an Iowa corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Ethanol Marketing Agreement (the “Marketing Agreement”) with Eco-Energy, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company ( the “Marketer”). The Marketing Agreement is for a term of five years, with certain early termination rights, and requires the Company to sell exclusively to the Marketer and the Marketer to purchase from the Company all fuel grade ethanol, or other ethanol specifications as agreed to for a predetermined market-based marketing fee that may be adjusted based on gallons shipped. Marketer has also agreed to handle certain back office duties related to the ethanol marketing and logistics across Green Plains' platform, providing end-to-end support to optimize value, expand market access and improve supply chain efficiency.
The foregoing description of the Marketing Agreement contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full terms and conditions of the Marketing Agreement, which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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) | |||||||
•Certain provisions and terms of Exhibit 10.1 have been redacted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-K because the Company customarily and actually treats that information as private or confidential, and the omitted information is not material. The Company will supplementally provide an unredacted copy of this exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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: April 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ Michelle Mapes | |||||||||
| Michelle Mapes | |||||||||||
Chief Legal & Administration Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||