Green Plains Inc. — Capital/Financing Update 2014

Feb 14, 2014

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) February 14, 2014

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa	001-32924	84-1652107
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission file number)	(IRS employer identification no.)

450 Regency Parkway, Ste. 400, Omaha, Nebraska	68114
(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:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 14, 2014, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced that it had called for redemption all of its outstanding 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Convertible Notes”), pursuant to the provisional “optional redemption” right in the indenture governing the 2015 Convertible Notes. The aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2015 Convertible Notes is $90,000,000. Any 2015 Convertible Notes outstanding on March 20, 2014 will be redeemed in cash for 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. A copy of this press release is attached hereto at Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, 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.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Number	Description
99.1	Press release, dated February 14, 2014

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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.

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. — By:
Jerry L. Peters
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

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