EX-10.6



 Exhibit 10.6 

 

			
	 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 6, 2014 by GREEN PLAINS ATKINSON 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 6, 2014 (such Term Loan Agreement, 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
Guaranty of even date herewith (as it may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise modified, the “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 $225,000,000, 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 Holt 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
without causing a default thereunder or 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


  
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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 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. 

  
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 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
Parties. 
 (c) The name and address of the Debtor are as set forth in the Preamble to this document. 

  
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 (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
agrees to provide to the Agent, at any time upon request, official receipts showing payment of all taxes, 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. 

  
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 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
shall set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP. 

  
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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
by the Trustee may, at once or at any 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


  
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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
taken under the provisions of this Deed of Trust shall be applied as follows: 
 (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 

  
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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. 
 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. 

  
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 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
any right vested in the Grantor or any affiliate to limit the right of the Agent 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. 

  
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 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
this Deed of Trust. 
 21. Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the provisions of this Deed of Trust. 

  
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 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 Indemnitee, arising out of any of the following: (i) any presence, release, 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 

  
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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. 

(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. 

  
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 (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 ATKINSON LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michelle Mapes
	Name: Michelle Mapes
	Title: EVP-General Counsel & Corporate Secretary


  

			
	STATE OF	  	)
		  	) SS.
	COUNTY OF	  	)

 On this             day of June, 2014 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 ATKINSON 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. 
  

	
	 
	Notary Public


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 Exhibit A 

Legal Description 
 Tract 1: 

Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 29 North, Range 14 West of the 6th P.M., Holt County, Nebraska, and
assuming the West line of said Northeast Quarter has a bearing of South 00 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds East; thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Northeast Quarter, 1,312.51 feet; thence North 00 degrees
59 minutes 49 seconds West, 694.43 feet; thence North 89 degrees 00 minutes 11 seconds East, 539.97 feet; thence North 00 degrees 59 minutes 49 seconds West, 635.59 feet, to the Southwesterly right of way line of the Cowboy Trail; thence North 51
degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds West along said Southwest right of way, 732.65 feet; thence South 38 degrees 07 minutes 29 seconds West, 200.00 feet; thence North 51 degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds West, 200.00 feet; thence North 38 degrees 07 minutes
29 seconds East, 200.00 feet to said Southwest right of way line of the Cowboy Trail; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 11 seconds West, 1,073.08 feet, to a point 25.00 feet East of said West line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4; thence
North 00 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds West, parallel with said West line, 776.67 feet to the North line of said Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds West along said North line 25.00 feet to the North Quarter corner of
said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 36 seconds West along the North line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 4, 35.05 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds East, parallel with said West line of the
Northeast Quarter 2,699.74 feet to the South line of said Northwest Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 57 seconds East along said South line, 35.05 feet to the point of beginning. 

-And- 
 A tract of land located in the Northwest Quarter of
Section 4, Township 29 North, Range 14 West of the 6th P.M., Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows: 
 Beginning at a point on the South line of
said Northwest Quarter and 35.05 feet West of the Southeast corner of said Northwest Quarter and assuming the South line to have a bearing of South 89 degrees 30 minutes 01 seconds West; thence North 00 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds West and
parallel with the East line of said Northwest Quarter, 200.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 01 seconds West and parallel with the South line of the said Northwest Quarter, 900.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds East to
a point on the South line of said Northwest Quarter 200.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 30 minutes 01 seconds East on the South line of said Northwest Quarter 900.00 feet to the point of beginning. 







 Tract 2: 
 A tract
of land located on the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 25, Township 29 North, Range 12 west of the 6th P.M., Holt County, Nebraska, described as follows: 

Beginning at a point that is 421.95 feet South of the Northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 25; thence continuing South on the
Quarter Section line a distance of 309.60 feet; thence Right 99 degrees 35 minutes, a distance of 1,336.60 feet, along the Northerly right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence Right 80 degrees 31 minutes, a distance of 380.20
feet, to the Southerly right of way of Highway 20; thence Right 89 degrees 37 minutes, a distance of 735.90 feet; thence right 90 degrees 17 minutes, a distance of 300.00 feet; thence Left 90 degrees 17 minutes, a distance of 580.80 feet to the
point of beginning. 
 Tax Parcel ID#: 450011107; 2013 County / 2014 City Taxes payable in the year 2014 billed as follows: $111.44 Total; first half is
paid; second half is due and payable. (Tract 900 X 200 in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 4-29-14) 
 Tax Parcel ID#: 450021540; 2013 County / 2014 City Taxes payable in the
year 2014 billed as follows: $507,534.40 and $873.84 Total; first half is paid; second half is due and payable. (Part of NE 1/4 4-29-14) 
 Tax Parcel ID#:
450021542; 2013 County / 2014 City Taxes payable in the year 2014 billed as follows: $787.20 Total; first half is paid; second half is due and payable. (SW Part of NE 1/4 4-29-14) 

Tax Parcel ID#: 450629000; 2013 County / 2014 City Taxes payable in the year 2014 billed as follows: $69,378.44 Total; first half is paid; second half is due
and payable. (Pt of NE 1/4 SW 1/4; N of RR 25-29-12) 

  
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