Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) (“Green Plains”) and Green Plains Partners LP (NASDAQ: GPP) (the “Partnership”) today announced the completion of the transactions contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Green Plains acquired all of the publicly held common units of the Partnership not already owned by Green Plains and its affiliates in exchange for a combination of 0.405 shares of Green Plains common stock and $2.00 in cash, plus an amount of cash equal to unpaid distributions from the end of the last quarter for which a quarterly distribution was made to the closing date, as determined in accordance with the Merger Agreement, without interest, for each outstanding common unit representing a limited partner interest in the Partnership (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Partnership became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Green Plains and the Partnership’s common units will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ, and will be deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
