{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001309402-25-000137","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GPRE","cik":"0001309402","company_name":"Green Plains Inc.","filed_at":"2025-08-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:43.626500+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T09:38:37.488898+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","7.01","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Green Plains sells Obion ethanol plant to POET for $190M; retires junior mezzanine debt","bullets":["Sale of Rives, TN ethanol plant (120M gal nameplate capacity, ~13% of total) to POET for $190M cash including ~$20M working capital.","Proceeds will fully retire junior mezzanine notes due 2026 and enhance liquidity; expected close Q3 2025.","Strategic review concluded: Board determined best positioned to create value by executing current strategy under existing leadership.","Green Plains to continue carbon reduction strategy and capital discipline following divestiture.","BMO Capital Markets and Moelis & Company served as financial advisors; Vinson & Elkins as legal advisor."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000137","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000137.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000137.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000137.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000137/0001309402-25-000137-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000137/gpre-20250822.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T09:38:37.488898+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}