Green Plains Inc. to acquire all public units of Green Plains Partners LP in stock-and-cash deal

On September 16, 2023, Green Plains Inc., an Iowa corporation (“GPRE”), GPLP Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE (“Holdings”), GPLP Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Merger Sub”), Green Plains Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and Green Plains Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Partnership, with the Partnership surviving as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of GPRE (the “Merger”).