EX-10.9



 Exhibit 10.9 
  

			
	 Prepared by and After
 Recording, Return
to
		 Jack Edelbrock
 c/o Mayer Brown LLP

71 S. Wacker Drive
 Chicago, Illinois 60606

Telephone: 312 701 7158


 THIS DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING STATEMENT
(this “Deed of Trust”) is made as of June     , 2015 by GREEN PLAINS WOOD RIVER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and permitted assigns,
“Grantor”) having an address of 450 Regency Parkway, Suite 400, Omaha, NE 68114 to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (“Trustee”), having an address at 2111 S 67th St., Omaha, NE 68106 for the use and
benefit of BNP PARIBAS (“BNPP”), as Agent (as hereinafter defined), having an address of 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019. Agent is the beneficiary under this Deed of Trust. 

RECITALS 
 A. BNPP, as
administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Lenders (defined below) hereinafter identified and defined (BNPP in such capacity as agent for the Lenders, and its successors and assigns in such capacity, being hereinafter referred to as the
“Agent”), has entered into a Term Loan Agreement dated as of June 10, 2014 (such Term Loan Agreement, as amended contemporaneously herewith and as the same may be amended or modified from time to time as permitted thereunder,
including amendments and restatements thereof in its entirety as permitted thereunder, being hereinafter referred to as the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which certain lenders from time to time party to the Loan Agreement (such
lenders being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Lenders” and individually as a “Lender”) have agreed, subject to certain terms and conditions, to extend credit and make certain other financial
accommodations available to GREEN PLAINS PROCESSING LLC (the “Borrower”). Any capitalized term used in this Deed of Trust that is not otherwise defined herein, either directly or by reference to another document, shall have the
meaning for purposes of this Deed of trust as it is given in the Loan Agreement. 
 B. Grantor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and as such
will receive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extension of credit and other financial accommodations made to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. 

C. The Grantor, has executed and delivered to the Agent a Joinder Agreement of even date herewith (as it may from time to time be amended,
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“Guaranty”) pursuant to which the Grantor has guarantied the obligations of the Borrower with respect to the loans made under the Loan Agreement (the “Loans”)
and the other extensions of credit and financial accommodations made under each of the other Loan Documents, (together with the Loans, collectively, the “Guarantied Obligations”). 

D. It is a condition to the obligation of the Lenders to make the Loans that the Grantor execute and deliver this Deed of Trust to secure the
Guarantied Obligations and all direct obligations of the Grantor with respect to the Loans (collectively, the “Obligations Secured”). 

The total principal amount of Secured Obligations secured hereby may increase or decrease from time to time, but the total unpaid principal
balance secured hereby at any time shall not exceed $345,000,000, plus interest thereon and any protective disbursements which Beneficiary may make under this Deed of Trust and interest thereon. 

GRANT: 
 NOW, THEREFORE,
(A) in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in hand paid, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and (B) in consideration of the foregoing Recitals, for the purpose of securing the complete and timely performance and
payment of all present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations which the Grantor has from time to time incurred or may incur or be liable to the Lenders and the Agent (each, a “Secured Party”, collectively, the
“Secured Parties”) under or in connection with the Obligations Secured, 
 THE GRANTOR HEREBY CONVEYS TO TRUSTEE AND HEREBY GRANTS,
ASSIGNS, TRANSFERS AND SETS OVER TO TRUSTEE, IN TRUST WITH POWER OF SALE FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF AGENT, AND GRANTS AGENT (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) AND TRUSTEE AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS A SECURITY INTEREST IN, 

the real estate legally described in Exhibit A hereto (the “Land”) in Valley County (the “County”), Nebraska (the
“State”); together (i) with all right, title and interest, if any, that the Grantor may now have or hereafter acquire in and to all improvements, buildings and structures of every nature whatsoever now or hereafter located on
the Land; and (ii) all air rights, water rights and powers, development rights or credits, zoning rights or other similar rights or interests that benefit or are appurtenant to the Land (all of the foregoing, including the Land, the
“Premises”). 
 TOGETHER WITH all right, title and interest, if any, including any after-acquired right, title and
interest, and including any right of use or occupancy, that the Grantor may now have or hereafter acquire in and to any of the following related to the Land: (a) all easements, rights of way or gores of land or any lands occupied by streets,
ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water courses and public places, and any other interests in property constituting appurtenances to the Premises, or that hereafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto, (b) all
licenses, authorizations, certificates, variances, consents, approvals and other permits now or hereafter relating to the Real Property (as defined below), excluding any of the foregoing items that cannot be transferred or encumbered by the Grantor
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a termination thereof, (c) all hereditaments, gas, oil and minerals (with the right to extract, sever and remove such gas, oil and minerals) located in, on or under the Premises,
(d) all split or division rights with respect to the Land and easements of every nature whatsoever and (e) all other rights and privileges thereunto belonging or appertaining and all extensions, additions, improvements, betterments,
renewals, substitutions and replacements to or of any of the rights and interests described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above (all of the foregoing, the “Property Rights”). 

TOGETHER WITH all right, title and interest, if any, including any after-acquired right, title and interest, and including any right of use or
occupancy, that the Grantor may now possess or hereafter acquire in and to all fixtures and appurtenances of every nature whatsoever now or hereafter located in or on, or attached to, or used or intended to be used in connection with (or with the
operation of), the Premises, including (a) all apparatus, machinery and equipment of the Grantor (to the extent that any of the foregoing constitute “fixtures” under applicable law); and (b) all extensions, additions,
improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutions and replacements to or of any of the foregoing (all items listed in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the “Fixtures”). Grantor and Agent agree that the Premises
and all of the Property Rights and Fixtures owned by the Grantor (collectively the “Real Property”) shall, so far as permitted by law, be deemed to form a part and parcel of the Land and for the purpose of this Deed of Trust to be
real estate and covered by this Deed of Trust. 
 TOGETHER WITH all the estate, right, title and interest, if any, of the Grantor in and to
(i) all judgments, insurance proceeds, awards of damages and settlements resulting from condemnation proceedings or the taking of the Real Property, or any part thereof, under the power of eminent domain or for any damage (whether caused by
such taking or otherwise) to the Real Property, or any part thereof, or to any rights appurtenant thereto, and all proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Real Property or any part thereof (it being understood that, except as otherwise
provided herein or in the Loan Agreement, the Grantor is hereby authorized to collect and receive such awards and proceeds and to give proper receipts and acquittance therefor, and to apply the same as provided herein); (ii) all contract
rights, general intangibles, actions and rights in action relating to the Real Property, including all rights to insurance proceeds and unearned premiums arising from or relating to damage to the Real Property; (iii) all plans and
specifications, designs, drawings and other information, materials and matters heretofore or hereafter prepared relating to the Real Property; and (iv) all proceeds, products, replacements, additions, substitutions, renewals and accessions of
and to the Real Property (the rights and interests described in this paragraph, the “Intangibles”). 
 The Grantor
(i) pledges and assigns to the Agent from and after the date of the effectiveness hereof (including any period of redemption), primarily and on a parity with the Real Property, and not secondarily, all rents, issues and profits of the Real
Property and all rents, issues, profits, revenues, royalties, bonuses, rights and benefits due, payable or accruing (including all deposits of money as advance rent, for security, as earnest money or as down payment for the purchase of all or any
part of the Real Property) under any and all present and future leases, contracts or other agreements relative to the ownership or occupancy of all or any portion of the Real Property (all of the foregoing, the “Rents”), and
(ii) except to the extent such a transfer or assignment is not permitted by the terms thereof, transfers and assigns to Agent all such leases, contracts and agreements (including all the Grantor’s rights under any contract for 

  
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the sale of any portion of the Trust Property and all revenues and royalties under any oil, gas and mineral lease relating to the Real Property) (collectively the “Leases”);
provided however, that subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a license is hereby given to Grantor to collect and use such Rents. 

All of the property described above, including the Land, the Premises, the Property Rights, the Fixtures, the Real Property, the Intangibles,
the Rents and the Leases, is called the “Trust Property.” 
 Nothing herein contained shall be construed as constituting
the Agent a mortgagee-in-possession in the absence of the taking of title and/or possession of the Trust Property by the Agent. Nothing contained in this Deed of Trust shall be construed as imposing on the Agent any obligation of any lessor under
any Lease of the Trust Property in the absence of an explicit assumption thereof by the Agent. In the exercise of the powers herein granted the Agent, prior to Agent taking title to or possession of the Trust Property, no liability shall be asserted
or enforced against the Agent, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the Grantor, except for any such liability arising on account of the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. 
 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Trust Property, and all other properties, rights and privileges
hereby conveyed or assigned, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee, its beneficiaries, successors and assigns, forever for the uses and purposes herein set forth. Except to the extent such a release or waiver is not permitted by applicable law, the
Grantor hereby releases and waives all rights of redemption or reinstatement, if any, under and by virtue of any of the laws of the State, and the Grantor hereby covenants, represents and warrants that, at the time of the execution and delivery of
this Deed of Trust, (a) the Grantor has good and marketable fee simple title to the Trust Property, with lawful authority to grant, remise, release, alien, convey, mortgage and warrant the Trust Property, (b) the title to the Trust
Property is free and clear of all encumbrances, except the Permitted Liens (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and (c) except for the Permitted Liens, the Grantor will forever defend the Trust Property against all claims in derogation of the
foregoing. 
 SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FINANCING STATEMENT 

The Agent and the Grantor further agree that if any of the property herein mortgaged is of a nature so that a security interest therein can be
created and perfected under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State (the “Code”), this Deed of Trust shall constitute a security agreement, fixture filing and financing statement, and for that purpose, the following
information is set forth: 
 (a) In addition to the foregoing grant of mortgage, the Grantor hereby grants a continuing security interest to
the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in that portion of the Trust Property in which the creation and/or perfection of a security interest is governed by the Code. 

(b) The “Debtor” is the Grantor and the “Secured Party” is the Agent for the benefit of itself and the other Secured
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 (c) The name and address of the Debtor are as set forth in the Preamble to this document. 

(d) The name and address of the Secured Party are as set forth in the Preamble to this document. 

(e) The description of the types or items of property covered by this financing statement is: All of the Trust Property in which a security
interest may be perfected pursuant to the Code. 
 (f) The description of the real estate to which collateral is attached or upon which
collateral is located is set forth on Exhibit A. 
 (g) The Agent may file this Deed of Trust, or a reproduction hereof, in the real
estate records or other appropriate index, as a financing statement for any of the items specified herein as part of the Trust Property. Any reproduction of this Deed of Trust or of any other security agreement or financing statement is sufficient
as a financing statement. 
 The Grantor authorizes the Agent to file any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument
that the Agent or the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement) may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate from time to time to perfect or continue the security interest granted above under the Code. 

FIXTURE FILING 
 To the extent
permitted by law, (i) all of the Fixtures are or are to become fixtures on the Land and (ii) this instrument, upon recording or registration in the real estate records of the proper office, shall constitute a “fixture-filing”
within the meaning of Sections 9-604 and 9-502 of the Code as in effect on the date hereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the remedies for any violation of the covenants, terms and conditions of the agreements herein
contained shall be as prescribed herein, in any other Loan Document, or by general law, or, as to that part of the security in which a security interest may be perfected under the Code, by the specific statutory consequences now or hereafter enacted
and specified in the Code, all at the election of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement). 
 THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL
ALSO CONSTITUTE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS DEED OF TRUST: 
 1. Payment of Taxes on this Deed of Trust. Without limiting any provision
of the Loan Agreement, the Grantor agrees that, if the government of the United States or any department, agency or bureau thereof or if the State or any of its subdivisions having jurisdiction shall at any time require documentary stamps to be
affixed to this Deed of Trust or shall levy, assess or charge any tax, assessment or imposition upon this Deed of Trust or the credit or indebtedness secured hereby or the interest of any Secured Party in the Premises or upon any Secured Party by
reason of or as holder of any of the foregoing then, the Grantor shall pay for such documentary stamps in the required amount and deliver them to the Agent or pay (or reimburse the Agent for) such taxes, assessments or impositions. The Grantor
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assessments and charges that the Grantor is required or elects to pay under this Section. The Grantor agrees to indemnify each Secured Party against liability on account of such documentary
stamps, taxes, assessments or impositions, whether such liability arises before or after payment of the Obligations Secured and regardless of whether this Deed of Trust shall have been released. 

2. Leases Affecting the Real Property. All future lessees under any Lease made after the date of recording of this Deed of Trust shall,
at the direction of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement) or at the Agent’s option and without any further documentation, attorn to the Agent as lessor if for any reason the Agent becomes lessor thereunder, and, upon demand
after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, pay rent to the Agent, and the Agent shall not be responsible under such Lease for matters arising prior to the Agent becoming lessor thereunder; provided that the Agent shall not
become lessor or obligated as lessor under any such Leases unless and until it shall have been directed by the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement) to do so, or it shall elect in writing to do so. 

3. Use of the Real Property. The Grantor agrees that it shall not (a) permit the public to use any portion of the Real Property in
any manner that could reasonably be expected to impair the Grantor’s title to such property, or to make possible any claim of easement by prescription or of implied dedication to public use, provided Grantor has actual knowledge of such use;
(b) institute or acquiesce in any proceeding to change the zoning classification of the Real Property, nor shall the Grantor change the use of the Trust Property in any material way, without the consent of the Required Lenders (as defined in
the Loan Agreement), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and (c) permit any material legal or economic waste to occur with respect to the Trust Property. 

4. Insurance. Subject to Section 10.1 of the Loan Agreement, the Grantor shall, at its sole expense, obtain for, deliver to,
assign to and maintain for the benefit of the Agent, until the Obligations Secured are paid in full, insurance policies relating to the Trust Property as specified in the Loan Agreement. Prior to an Event of Default, use of insurance proceeds shall
be governed by Sections 10.1 and 6.2.3 of the Loan Agreement. Each such policy shall name the Agent as additional insured or loss payee, as applicable, under a standard mortgage endorsement. If an Event of Default exists and is continuing, and the
Agent has given notice to the Grantor that the Agent intends to exercise its rights under this Section 4, then the Agent shall be entitled to (a) adjust any casualty loss and (b) apply the proceeds thereof as provided in
Section 8 of this Deed of Trust. 
 5. Real Property Taxes. The Grantor covenants and agrees to pay before delinquent all real
property taxes, assessments, ground rent, if any, water and sewer rents, fees and charges, levies, permit, inspection and license fees and other dues, charges or impositions, including all charges and license fees for the use of vaults, chutes and
similar areas adjoining the Land, maintenance and similar charges and charges for utility services, in each instance whether now or in the future, directly or indirectly, levied, assessed or imposed on the Premises or the Grantor and whether levied,
assessed or imposed as excise, privilege or property taxes; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Grantor to pay any of the foregoing so long as it shall contest the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
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 6. Condemnation Awards. Subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Grantor assigns to
the Agent, as additional security, all awards of damage resulting from condemnation proceedings or the taking of or injury to the Real Property for public use (“Eminent Domain Proceedings”). If an Event of Default exists and is
continuing and the Agent has given notice to the Grantor that the Agent intends to exercise its rights under this Section 6, then the Agent shall be entitled to (a) participate in and/or direct (at the sole discretion of the Required
Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement)) any Eminent Domain Proceedings and (b) apply the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 8 of this Deed of Trust. 

7. Remedies. Subject to the provisions of the Loan Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
including a failure to perform or observe any of the covenants set forth in this Deed of Trust that is not cured within any applicable cure period, in addition to any rights and remedies provided for in the Loan Agreement or other Loan Document, if
and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the following provisions shall apply: 
 (a) Power of Sale. Agent may
direct Trustee to exercise Trustee’s power of sale with respect to the Trust Property, or any part thereof, in a non-judicial procedure as permitted by applicable law. If Agent elects to exercise its power of sale with respect to the Real
Property and other portions of the Trust Property, or any part thereof, Trustee shall record a notice of default in each county in which any part of such Real Property and other Trust Property is located in the form prescribed by applicable law and
shall mail copies of such notice in the manner prescribed by applicable law. After the time required by applicable law, Trustee shall give public notice of the sale to the persons and in the manner prescribed by applicable law. Trustee, without
demand on Grantor, shall sell such Real Property and other Trust Property at public auction to the highest bidder at the time and place and under the terms designated in the notice of sale in one or more parcels and in any order Trustee determines.
Trustee may postpone sale of all or any parcel of the Trust Property in accordance with the provisions of applicable law. Trustee, Agent, or their designee, may purchase at any such sale. Upon receipt of the price bid, Trustee shall deliver to the
purchaser a Trustee’s deed conveying the Real Property and other Trust Property that are sold. The recitals in the deed of compliance with applicable law shall be prima facie evidence of such compliance and conclusive evidence thereof in favor
of bona fide purchasers and encumbrancers for value and without notice. Grantor acknowledges that the power of sale granted in this Deed of Trust may be exercised by Trustee without prior judicial hearing. Grantor has the right to bring an action to
assert the non-existence of an Event of Default or any other defense of Grantor to acceleration and sale. 
 Trustee shall
deliver to the purchaser at the sale, within a reasonable time after the sale, a Trustee’s deed conveying the Trust Property so sold without any covenant or warranty, express or implied. The recitals in Trustee’s deed shall be prima facie
evidence of the truth of the statements made therein. 
 (b) Agent’s Power of Enforcement. The Agent may
immediately foreclose this Deed of Trust by judicial action. The court in which any proceeding is pending for the purpose of foreclosure of this Deed of Trust by judicial procedure or in connection with the exercise of any non-judicial power of sale
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time thereafter, either before or after sale, without notice and without requiring bond, and without regard to the solvency or insolvency of any person liable for payment of the Obligations
Secured, and without regard to the then value of the Trust Property or the occupancy thereof as a homestead, appoint a receiver (the provisions for the appointment of a receiver and assignment of rents being an express condition upon which the loans
and other financial accommodations hereby secured are made) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with power to collect the Rents, due and to become due, during such foreclosure suit and the full statutory period of redemption notwithstanding any
redemption. The receiver, out of the Rents when collected, may pay reasonable costs incurred in the management and operation of the Real Property, prior and subordinate liens, if any, and taxes, assessments, water and other utilities and insurance,
then due or thereafter accruing, and may make and pay for any necessary repairs to the Real Property, and may pay any part of the Obligations Secured in accordance with the Loan Agreement or any deficiency decree entered in such foreclosure
proceeding. Upon or at any time after the filing of a suit to foreclose this Deed of Trust, the court in which such suit is filed shall have full power to enter an order placing the Agent in possession of the Real Property with the same power
granted to a receiver pursuant to this clause (b) and with all other rights and privileges of a mortgagee-in-possession under applicable law. 

(c) Agent’s Right to Enter and Take Possession, Operate and Apply Income. The Agent shall, at the direction of
Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement) or at its option, have the right, acting through its agents or attorneys or a receiver, with process of law, to enter upon and take possession of the Real Property, to expel and remove any persons,
goods or chattels occupying or upon the same, to collect or receive all the Rents, to manage and control the Real Property, to lease the Real Property or any part thereof, from time to time, and, after deducting all reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses of outside counsel, and all reasonable expenses incurred in the protection, care, maintenance, management and operation of the Real Property, to distribute and apply the remaining net income in such order and to such of the Obligations
Secured in accordance with the Loan Agreement or any deficiency decree entered in any foreclosure proceeding. 
 (d)
Foreclosure as Mortgage. This instrument shall be effective as a mortgage as well as a deed of trust and upon the occurrence of an Event of Default may be foreclosed as to any of the Real Property in any manner permitted by the laws of the
State of Nebraska or of any other state in which any part of the Real Property is situated, and any foreclosure suit may be brought by the Trustee or by the Agent. 

(e) Grantor, on its own behalf and on behalf of each party hereto, hereby requests a copy of any notice of default and a copy
of any notice of sale hereunder be mailed to them at the applicable address provided in the first paragraph of this Deed of Trust. 
 8.
Application of the Rents or Proceeds from Foreclosure or Sale. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the proceeds or avails of any trustee or foreclosure sale and all moneys received by Agent pursuant to any right given or action
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 (a) To the payment of the costs and expenses of any such sale or other
enforcement proceedings in accordance with the terms hereof and of any judicial proceeding wherein the same may be made (including payment of the Trustee’s fees of not more than 5% of the gross sale price, attorneys’ fees and costs of
title evidence), and in addition thereto, reasonable compensation to Agent, its agents and counsel, and all actual out of pocket expenses, advances, liabilities and sums made or furnished or incurred by Trustee, Agent or Lenders under this Deed of
Trust and the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with interest at the maximum rate permitted by law, and all taxes, assessments or other charges, except any taxes, assessments or other charges subject to which the Trust Property
shall have been sold; 
 (b) In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Loan Agreement; 

(c) To the payment of any other sums required to be paid by Grantor pursuant to any provision of this Deed of Trust, or any
other Loan Document; and 
 (d) To the payment of the surplus, if any, to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the
same. 
 The Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency to the extent provided in the documents that create the Obligations Secured.

 9. Cumulative Remedies; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No remedy or right of the Agent shall be exclusive of, but shall be in
addition to, every other remedy or right now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay in the exercise or omission to exercise any remedy or right available during the existence of any Event of Default shall impair any such remedy or right
or be construed to be a waiver of such Event of Default or acquiescence therein, nor shall it affect any subsequent Event of Default of the same or different nature. To the extent permitted by applicable law, every such remedy or right may be
exercised concurrently or independently and when and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Agent. 
 10. Agent’s Remedies
against Multiple Parcels. If more than one property, lot or parcel is covered by this Deed of Trust, and this Deed of Trust is foreclosed upon, or judgment is entered upon any Obligations Secured (or, in the case of a trustee’s sale, shall
have met the statutory requirements thereof with respect to such collateral), execution may be made upon any one or more of the properties, lots or parcels and not upon the others, or upon all of such properties or parcels, either together or
separately, and at different times or at the same time, and execution sales or sales by advertisement may likewise be conducted separately or concurrently, in each case at the election of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement). 

11. No Merger. In the event of a foreclosure of this Deed of Trust or any other mortgage or trust deed securing the Obligations
Secured, the Obligations Secured then due shall, at the option of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement), not be merged into any decree of foreclosure entered by the court, and the Trustee or Agent may concurrently or subsequently
seek to foreclose one or more mortgages or deeds of trust that also secure the Obligations Secured. 

  
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 12. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be given in the manner, within the time periods and to the applicable address identified in the Loan Agreement. Grantor requests that copies of the notice of default and notice of sale be sent to Grantor at Grantor’s address stated in the
initial paragraph of this Deed of Trust. 
 13. Governing Law. This Deed of Trust shall be construed, governed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State. Wherever possible, each provision of this Deed of Trust shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Deed of Trust shall be prohibited by
or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be effective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Deed of Trust. 

14. Satisfaction of Deed of Trust. Upon full payment and performance of all the Obligations Secured, or upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement for release of the Trust Property from this Deed of Trust, then the Agent shall, promptly upon request of the Grantor, request the Trustee to reconvey the Trust Property and shall surrender this Deed of
Trust and evidence of satisfaction of the Obligations Secured to the Trustee. Trustee shall reconvey the Trust Property without warranty tot person or persons legally entitled thereto 

15. Successors and Assigns Included in Parties; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Deed of Trust shall be binding upon the parties hereto
and upon the successors, assigns and vendees of the Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; all references herein to the Grantor and to the Agent shall be deemed to include their
respective successors and assigns. The Grantor’s successors and assigns shall include, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for the Grantor. Wherever used herein, the singular number shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders. The Secured Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the Grantor’s representations, warranties, covenants and agreements hereunder. 

16. WAIVER OF APPRAISEMENT, VALUATION, STAY, EXTENSION AND REDEMPTION LAWS. The Grantor agrees, to the full extent permitted by
law, that neither the Grantor nor anyone claiming through or under it shall set up, claim or seek to take advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, homestead or extension law, whether now or hereafter in force, in order to prevent or hinder
the enforcement or foreclosure of this Deed of Trust or the absolute sale of the Trust Property or the final and absolute putting into possession thereof, immediately after such sale, of the purchaser thereof; and the Grantor, for itself and all who
may at any time claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the full extent that it may lawfully so do, the benefit of all such laws and any right to have the assets comprising the Trust Property marshaled upon any foreclosure of the encumbrance
hereof and agrees that the Agent or any court having jurisdiction to foreclose such encumbrance may sell the Trust Property in part or as an entirety. To the full extent permitted by law, the Grantor irrevocably waives all statutory or other rights
of redemption from sale under any order or decree of foreclosure of this Deed of Trust, on its own behalf and on behalf of each and every person acquiring any interest in or title to the Trust Property subsequent to the date hereof. The Grantor
further waives, to the full extent it may lawfully do so, all statutory and other rights in its favor, limiting concurrent actions to foreclose this Deed of Trust and the exercise of other rights with respect to the Obligations Secured, including
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to pursue or commence concurrent actions against the Grantor or any such affiliate or any property owned by any one or more of them. Grantor further waives, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, all errors and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Agent or Trustee under this Deed of Trust and all notices of any Event of Default (except as may be provided for under the terms of this Deed of Trust) or of Agent’s or
Trustee’s election to exercise or its actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under this Deed of Trust. 
 17.
Interpretation with Other Documents. Notwithstanding anything in this Deed of Trust to the contrary, in the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Deed of Trust and the Loan Agreement, the provisions of the Loan Agreement will
govern. 
 18. Future Advances. This Deed of Trust is a “Future Advance Deed of Trust” under Nebraska Revised Statute
§76-1002. Any and all future advances (subject to the limitations on the principal amount of Obligations Secured elsewhere contained in this Deed of Trust) under this Deed of Trust and the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents shall have the
same priority as if the future advance was made on the date that this Deed of Trust was recorded. This Deed of Trust shall secure the Obligations Secured, whenever incurred, such Obligations Secured to be due at the times provided in the Loan
Agreement. Notice is hereby given that the Obligations Secured may increase as a result of any defaults hereunder by Grantor due to, for example, and without limitation, unpaid interest or late charges, unpaid taxes or insurance premiums which the
Agent elects to advance, defaults under leases that the Agent elects to cure, attorney fees or costs incurred in enforcing the Loan Documents or other expenses incurred by the Agent in protecting the Collateral, the security of this Deed of Trust or
the Agent’s rights and interests. 
 19. Changes. Neither this Deed of Trust nor any term hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated orally, or by any action or inaction, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. To the extent permitted by law, any
agreement hereafter made by the Grantor and the Agent relating to this Deed of Trust shall be superior to the rights of the holder of any intervening lien or encumbrance. 

20. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. 

(a) The Grantor irrevocably (i) submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the State, or in such other location
as may be specified in the Loan Agreement, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Deed of Trust, and the Grantor hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in
any state or federal court sitting in the State or in such other location as may be specified in the Loan Agreement. 
 (b) The provisions
of the Loan Agreement contained in Sections 14.14 and 14.15 thereof are hereby incorporated by reference as if set out in their entirety in this Deed of Trust. 

(c) To the extent that the Grantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, the Grantor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under
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 21. Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the provisions of this Deed of
Trust. 
 22. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Deed of
Trust. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Deed of Trust shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Deed of Trust. 
 23. Agent’s Right to Appear. After the occurrence of an
Event of Default, or in any situation where the Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably determine that the Grantor’s action is not protective of the interest of the Agent in the Trust Property, Agent shall have the right to appear in and
defend any legal proceeding brought regarding the Trust Property and to bring any legal proceeding, in the name and on behalf of the Grantor or in the Agent’s name, that the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement), in their sole
discretion, determine is necessary to be brought to protect the Secured Parties’ interest in the Trust Property, as long as Agent provided Grantor fifteen (15) days prior written notice of its intent to bring such proceeding, except in the
event of an emergency, in which case no prior notice shall be required (but Agent shall promptly thereafter notify Grantor of the bringing of such proceeding). Nothing herein is intended to prohibit Grantor from bringing or defending any suit
relating to the Trust Property. 
 24. No Liability of Secured Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Deed of Trust, this Deed of Trust is only intended as security for the Obligations Secured and the Secured Parties shall not be obligated to perform or discharge, and do not hereby undertake to perform or discharge, any obligation, duty or liability
of the Grantor with respect to any of the Trust Property. Unless and until a Secured Party takes title or possession of the Trust Property, either through foreclosure, the taking of a deed in lieu thereof or otherwise, no Secured Party shall be
responsible or liable for the control, care, management or repair of the Trust Property or for any negligence in the management, operation, upkeep, repair or control of the Trust Property resulting in loss or injury or death to any licensee,
employee, tenant or stranger or other person. The Grantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Secured Parties from and against all loss, cost and liability incurred by the Grantor in connection with any of the foregoing that are not the
responsibility of the Secured Parties in accordance with this Section; provided that the Grantor shall not be liable for such indemnification to any Secured Party to the extent that resulting from such Secured Party’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. 
 25. Indemnity. Grantor
unconditionally agrees to forever indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and covenants not to sue for any claim for contribution against, each Secured Party and their respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, financial advisors,
consultants, affiliates and controlling persons (each such person, an “Indemnitee”) for any damages, costs, loss or expense, including response, remedial or removal costs and all fees and disbursements of counsel for any such
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threatened release or disposal of any Hazardous Material by Grantor or any subsidiary of Grantor or otherwise occurring on or with respect to the Trust Property, (ii) the operation or
violation of any Environmental Law by Grantor or any subsidiary of Grantor or otherwise occurring on or with respect to the Trust Property, (iii) any claim for personal injury, property damage related to Grantor or any subsidiary of Grantor or
otherwise occurring on or with respect to the Trust Property, (iv) any claim for actual or threatened injury to, destruction of or loss of natural resources in connection with Grantor or any subsidiary of Grantor or otherwise occurring on or
with respect to the Trust Property and (v) the inaccuracy or breach of any environmental representation, warranty or covenant by Grantor made herein or in any other Loan Document (as defined in the Loan Agreement) evidencing or securing any
obligation under the Loan Documents or setting forth terms and conditions applicable thereto or otherwise relating thereto. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Deed of Trust and shall remain in force beyond the expiration
of any applicable statute of limitations and payment or satisfaction in full of any single claim thereunder. 
 26. Variable Interest
Rate. The Obligations Secured include obligations that bear interest at rates that vary from time to time, as provided in the Loan Agreement and the other documents relating to the Obligations Secured. 

27. Trustee Provisions. 

(a) Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment or act done by Trustee in good faith, or be otherwise responsible or accountable
under any circumstances whatsoever, except for Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Trustee shall not be personally liable in case of entry by him, or anyone entering by virtue of the powers herein granted him, upon the Trust
Property for debts contracted or liability or damages incurred in the management or operation of the Trust Property. Trustee shall have the right to rely on any instrument, document or signature authorizing or supporting any action taken or proposed
to be taken by him hereunder, believed by him in good faith to be genuine. Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties hereunder and to reasonable compensation for such of his services
hereunder as shall be rendered. Grantor will, from time to time, pay the compensation due to Trustee hereunder and reimburse Trustee for, and save him harmless against, any and all liability and expenses which may be incurred by him in the
performance of his duties. 
 (b) All moneys received by Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the
purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated in any manner from any other moneys (except to the extent required by law), and Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by her hereunder. 

(c) Trustee may resign by the giving of notice of such resignation in writing to Agent. If Trustee shall die, resign or become disqualified
from acting in the execution of this trust or shall fail or refuse to execute the same when requested by Agent so to do, or if, for any reason, Agent shall prefer to appoint a substitute trustee to act instead of the forenamed Trustee, Agent shall
have full power to appoint a substitute trustee and, if preferred, several substitute trustees in succession who shall succeed to all the estate, rights, powers and duties of the forenamed Trustee. 

  
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 (d) Agent may, from time to time, by a written instrument executed and acknowledged by Agent,
mailed to Grantor and recorded in the County in which the Real Property is located and by otherwise complying with the provisions of the applicable law of the State of Nebraska, substitute a successor or successors to the Trustee named herein or
acting hereunder. 
 (e) Any new Trustee appointed pursuant to any of the provisions hereof shall, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, become vested with all the estate, properties, rights, powers and trusts of its, her or his predecessor in the rights hereunder with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but nevertheless, upon the written request of
Agent or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee, upon the trusts herein expressed, all the estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts of the Trustee so
ceasing to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver any of the property and moneys held by such Trustee to the successor Trustee so appointed in its, her or his place. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed as of the day and year first above written by the
individual identified below on behalf of the Grantor (and said individual hereby represents that s/he possesses full power and authority to execute and deliver this instrument). 

THE MORTGAGOR HEREBY DECLARES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE MORTGAGOR HAS RECEIVED, WITHOUT CHARGE, A TRUE COPY OF THIS DEED OF TRUST. 

 

			
			 GREEN PLAINS WOOD RIVER LLC, a

Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Michelle Mapes

	Name:		Michelle Mapes
	Title:		EVP-General Counsel & Corporate Secretary


  

					
	 STATE OF NEBRASKA
		)		
			) SS.		
	 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
		)		

 On this 10th day of June, 2015 before me appeared
Michelle Mapes, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that s/he is the EVP-General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of GREEN PLAINS WOOD RIVER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and that the foregoing
instrument was signed on behalf of such company, pursuant to due authority, properly exercised, and s/he acknowledged such instrument to be the free act and deed of such company. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the County and State aforesaid, the day and year first above
written. 
  

									
							 /s/ ANGELA Y. MADATHIL
		
							Notary Public		
	My term expires:		 1/5/2016