Add-on Acquisition • Chemicals

Green Plains Acquires Global Ethanol

On October 22, 2010, Green Plains acquired chemicals company Global Ethanol for 169M USD

Acquisition Context

This is Green Plains’ 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
This is Green Plains’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Green Plains’ 5th transaction in the United States.
This is Green Plains’ 2nd transaction in Iowa.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	October 22, 2010
Target	Global Ethanol
Sector	Chemicals
Buyer(s)	Green Plains
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	169M USD

Target Company

Global Ethanol

Lakota, Iowa, United States

Global Ethanol LLC owns two operating ethanol plants which are located in Lakota, IA and Riga, MI and have a combined annual production capacity of approximately 157 million gallons.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Green Plains

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Category	Company
Founded	2004
Sector	Renewable Energy
Employees	923
Revenue	2.5B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Green Plains is a producer, markets and distributes of ethanol. Green Plains was founded in 2004 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	6 of 15
Sector: Chemicals	2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition	4 of 6
State: Iowa	2 of 3
Country: United States	5 of 14
Year: 2010	2 of 2
Size (of disclosed)	3 of 7

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2010-09-30	Lakota Ethanol Plant Lakota, United Kingdom Lakota Ethanol Plant provides energy services.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2010-09-30

Lakota Ethanol Plant

Lakota, United Kingdom

Lakota Ethanol Plant provides energy services.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2011-02-17	Otter Tail Ag Enterprises - Ethanol Plant Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC - Ethanol Plant is a provider of 55 million gallon per year.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2011-02-17

Otter Tail Ag Enterprises - Ethanol Plant

Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States

Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC - Ethanol Plant is a provider of 55 million gallon per year.

Buy

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