---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-25-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:03:22.711793+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains closes sale of Obion ethanol plant for $183.8M; uses proceeds to retire $127.5M in debt

## Summary
- Closed sale of Obion ethanol plant to POET for $170M plus $13.8M working capital ($183.8M total).
- Used $127.5M of proceeds to retire junior mezzanine notes due 2026; balance added to liquidity.
- Pro forma net loss attributable to Green Plains improves to ($133.4M) from ($145.1M) for H1 2025.
- FY2024 pro forma revenue falls to $2.23B from $2.46B; operating loss widens to ($56.6M) from ($47.5M).
- Divestiture simplifies operations and reduces debt; nonrecurring gain excluded from pro forma.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-25-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000151/0001309402-25-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000151/gpre-20250925.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-25-000151.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  Green Plains Inc. completed a disposition involving POET Biorefining - Obion, LLC for $170 million plus related working capital (closed 2025-09-25).
  - Action: disposition
  - Counterparty: POET Biorefining - Obion, LLC
  - Consideration: $170 million plus related working capital
  - Closing: 2025-09-25
  source text: On September 25, 2025, the Company closed on the sale and received proceeds of $170 million plus related working capital (the “POET Transaction”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940225000151/0001309402-25-000151-index.htm

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