0001309402-24-000012.txt : 20240110 0001309402-24-000012.hdr.sgml : 20240110 20240110173455 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001309402-24-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240109 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240110 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Simpkins G Patrich Jr CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001549615 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32924 FILM NUMBER: 24527427 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68106 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Green Plains Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001309402 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] ORGANIZATION NAME: 08 Industrial Applications and Services IRS NUMBER: 841652107 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68106 BUSINESS PHONE: 402-884-8700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68106 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100106 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060314 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041123 4 1 wk-form4_1704926077.xml FORM 4 X0508 4 2024-01-09 0 0001309402 Green Plains Inc. GPRE 0001549615 Simpkins G Patrich Jr 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE OMAHA NE 68106 0 1 0 0 Chief Transformation Officer 0 Common Stock 2024-01-09 4 A 0 2025 A 209477 D 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. /s/ G. Patrich Simpkins Jr 2024-01-10