Brian Peterson - Jan 9, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Green Plains Inc. (GPRE)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Brian Peterson
Stock symbol: GPRE
Transactions as of: Jan 9, 2024
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 1/10/2024, 05:31 PM
Previous filing: May 15, 2023
Next filing: May 13, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	GPRE	Common Stock	Award		+2.43K	+7.49%		34.9K	Jan 9, 2024	Direct	F1
holding	GPRE	Common Stock						15K	Jan 9, 2024	Jointly with child

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 16, 2023, by and among Green Plains Inc. ("GPRE"), GPLP Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE ("Holdings"), GPLP Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings, Green Plains Partners LP (the "Partnership"), and Green Plains Holdings LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), GPRE acquired all of the outstanding common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership not already held by GPRE, the General Partner and their respective affiliates (the "Public Common Units") via a merger (the "Merger") that resulted in the Partnership surviving the Merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Public Common Unit previously held by the reporting person was converted into the right to receive (i) 0.405 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of GPRE and (ii) $2.50 in cash, without interest.

Content

Pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 16, 2023, by and among Green Plains Inc. ("GPRE"), GPLP Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE ("Holdings"), GPLP Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings, Green Plains Partners LP (the "Partnership"), and Green Plains Holdings LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), GPRE acquired all of the outstanding common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership not already held by GPRE, the General Partner and their respective affiliates (the "Public Common Units") via a merger (the "Merger") that resulted in the Partnership surviving the Merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Public Common Unit previously held by the reporting person was converted into the right to receive (i) 0.405 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of GPRE and (ii) $2.50 in cash, without interest.