Green Plains SEC Filings

Chris Osowski, who serves as CEO and a Director of Green Plains Inc. (GPRE), reported an acquisition of 83,933 shares of the company’s common stock on 08/19/2025 at a reported price of $8.34 per share. After this transaction Mr. Osowski beneficially owned 155,008 shares. The filing notes these shares are subject to a grant with first vesting on 08/19/2026, when one-third of the total grant vests with the remaining two-thirds vesting on each of the next two anniversaries.

This Form 4 was signed by Mr. Osowski on 08/20/2025. The filing shows the transaction as an acquisition and indicates the report was filed by one reporting person.

Green Plains Inc. announced the appointment of Chris Osowski as Chief Executive Officer and director, replacing the interim principal executive officer and dissolving the interim Executive Committee. Mr. Osowski joins from internal executive ranks, bringing over 20 years of experience in chemical, agribusiness and renewable energy sectors and holds an MBA and a BS in Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering.

The company agreed to an Employee Agreement providing Mr. Osowski a $650,000 base salary, a $50,000 one-time special bonus tied to first-100-day deliverables, a target annual bonus equal to 100% of base salary, restricted stock and performance share awards each with $700,000 grant-date fair value, and customary benefits. Severance provisions provide lump-sum pay equal to one times (or 2.5 times if within 24 months of a change in control) base salary plus target bonus and accelerated equity vesting in certain termination scenarios. The company also promoted Trent Collins to Senior Vice President of Operations with a $315,600 base salary and equity awards valued at $132,000 each.

Amendment No. 2 to Green Plains Inc.'s Form S-3 updates the registration statement's exhibit list while leaving the prospectuses unchanged and omitted from this filing. The filing discloses an SEC registration fee of $53,437.27 and states that other issuance and distribution expenses cannot currently be estimated because they depend on the securities offered and the number of issuances. The company confirms indemnification protections in its Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws, indemnification agreements with each officer and director, and D&O insurance; those agreements provide for advancement of legal expenses subject to Iowa law and list specific exceptions to indemnification. The exhibit list incorporates material transaction documents by reference, including asset purchase agreements and an Agreement and Plan of Merger, and adds multiple warrant agreements, a subscription agreement and convertible note indentures and related consents and legal opinions.

Green Plains Inc. reported consolidated revenue of $552.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, down from $618.8 million a year earlier, and a net loss of $72.2 million for the quarter (six‑month net loss $144.9 million versus $75.2 million prior year).

The company recorded a significant loss from equity method investees of $28.3 million, a $10.7 million impairment of assets held for sale, and a $4.0 million pretax loss on sale of Proventus. Segment EBITDA remained positive in the quarter (ethanol $9.0 million; agribusiness $5.0 million) but corporate costs, higher interest expense and restructuring charges drove an operating loss of $28.4 million. Cash and cash equivalents declined to $108.6 million from $173.0 million at year end, and total assets fell to $1.612 billion. The company entered a $37.1 million product financing arrangement and recorded $24.2 million receivable from the sale of an equity method investment. Major customer concentration is material: Customer A represented 45% of total revenues in the quarter.

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC reports beneficial ownership of 4,452,363 shares of Green Plains Inc. common stock, representing 6.8% of the class. The filing is a Schedule 13G amendment and identifies the filer as an investment adviser (IA) with sole voting and sole dispositive power over the reported shares. The statement certifies the holdings were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of the issuer.

No group affiliation, parent holding company, or subsidiary acquisition is indicated in the filing; items addressing group membership and related disclosures are marked Not Applicable.