Green Plains Renewable Energy announces offering of $100 million in notes

In Nebraska, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced the pricing of its offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2018, which was upsized from the previously announced $75 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The notes will be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by the initial purchasers of the notes. The company has also granted the initial purchasers of the notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $20 million aggregate principal amount of notes, solely to cover over-allotments.