SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-11-09

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 Exhibit 101
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 <a name="_Ref53912197"></a><a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">Exhibit 10.1</font>
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 <font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">SEVENTH </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">AMENDMENT TO the CREDIT aGReement</font>
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 <font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Seventh</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Amendment to the Credit Agreement ("</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Amendment</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">") is dated </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">as of </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">October</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> ___</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, 2018</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, between by and among GREEN PLAINS CATTLE COMPANY LLC </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">the "</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Borrower</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">"), the commercial, banking or financial institutions whose signatures appear on the signature pages hereof or which hereafter become parties to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (and such commercial, banking or financial institutions are sometimes referred to hereinafter collectively as the "</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Lenders</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">" and individually as a "</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Lender</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">"), and BANK OF THE WEST and ING CAPITAL, LLC, as "</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Joint Administrative Agent</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">").&nbsp;&nbsp;Borrower, Lenders, and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Joint Administrative Agent </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">agree as follows: </font>
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 <font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.&nbsp;&nbsp;Borrower, Lenders, and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Joint </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Administrative</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> Agent</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 3, 2014 (that credit agreement as amended herein and by any and all other modifications or amendments thereto is hereinafter referred to as the "</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Credit Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">"; the terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Borrower, Lenders, and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Joint Administrative Agent</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> wish to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement. </font>
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 <font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:</font>
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