Edgar Filing: Green Plains Inc.

Green Plains Inc.

Date: July 24, 2017

/s/ Jerry L. Peters

Jerry L. Peters

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

July 24, 2017

GREEN PLAINS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


001-32924		84-1652107
(Commission file number)		(IRS employer identification no.)


1811 Aksarben Drive, Omaha, Nebraska		68106
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

(402) 884-8700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

Green Plains Inc. expects to host a lender meeting on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The purpose of the lender meeting will be to discuss the possible refinancing of credit facilities at two of the company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Green Plains Processing LLC and Fleischman’s Vinegar Company, by issuing a new $500 million senior secured Term Loan B credit facility.

The information in this current Report on Form 8-K shall be deemed “furnished,” not “filed,” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in the filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

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.