Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2018, by and among Green Plains Cattle Company LLC and Bank of the West and ING Capital LLC, as Joint Administrative Agents, and the lenders party to the Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

sixth AMENDMENT TO the CREDIT aGReement

This Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement ("Amendment") is dated as of July 31st, 2018, between by and among GREEN PLAINS CATTLE COMPANY LLC (the "Borrower"), 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 "Lenders" and individually as a "Lender"), and BANK OF THE WEST and ING CAPITAL, LLC, as "Joint Administrative Agent").  Borrower, Lenders, and the Joint Administrative Agent agree as follows:

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.  Borrower, Lenders, and the Joint Administrative Agent    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 "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined).  Borrower, Lenders, and the Joint Administrative Agent wish to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.



NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

2.16Increase in Revolving Facility.

(a)Request for Increase.  Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Joint Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Revolving Lenders), the Borrower may from time to time, request an increase in the Revolving Facility (for all such requests) not exceeding $100,000,000 (an “Incremental Facility”); provided that (i) any such request for an Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 plus additional increments in the amount of $5,000,000, and (ii) the Borrower may make a maximum of three (3) such requests.  At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Joint Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Revolving Lender is requested to respond which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Revolving Lenders.



(b)Lender Elections to Increase.  Each Revolving Lender shall notify the Joint Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not in its sole discretion it agrees to increase its Revolving Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Revolving Percentage of such requested increase.  Any Revolving Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Commitment.



(c)Notification by Joint Administrative Agent; Additional Revolving Lenders.  The Joint Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Revolving Lender of the Revolving Lenders’ responses

to each request made hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, and subject to the approval of the Joint Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement (“New Revolving Lenders”) in form and substance satisfactory to the Joint Administrative Agent and its counsel.



(d)Effective Date and Allocations.  If the Revolving Facility is increased in accordance with this Section, the Joint Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Revolving Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase.  The Joint Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders and the New Revolving Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Revolving Increase Effective Date. 



(e)Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase.  As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Joint Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Revolving Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct, on and as of the Revolving Increase Effective Date, and except that for purposes of this Section, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) both before and after giving effect to the Incremental Facility, no Default exists.  The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any other customary documents, including, without limitation, legal opinions) as reasonably requested by the Joint Administrative Agent in connection with any Incremental Facility. The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Loans outstanding on the Revolving Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Revolving Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this Section.



(f)Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.



(g)Incremental Facility.  Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, all of the other terms and conditions applicable to such Incremental Facility shall be identical to the terms and conditions applicable to the Revolving Facility.

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Joint Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a)(i) of this Section, the Joint Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and the Required Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate (which rate shall not be less than zero) for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Joint Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (a)(i) of this Section, (2) the Joint Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify the Joint Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to [the] Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Joint Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.

(a)Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its formation.



(b)The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower  of this Amendment, any Notes  and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are within Borrower's powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, if necessary, and do not contravene Borrower's operating agreement, or any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting Borrower , as applicable, or result in, or require, the creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the properties.



(c)No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by Borrower  of this Amendment, any Notes and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. 



(d)This Amendment,  the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and any Notes constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower  enforceable against Borrower  in accordance with their respective terms.



(e)No event listed in Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.



GREEN PLAINS CATTLE COMPANY LLC







BANK OF THE WEST, as Joint Administrative Agent





BANK OF THE WEST, as Swingline Lender, and

Lender





ING CAPITAL LLC, as Joint Administrative Agent,  

L/C Issuer, and Lender





and



RABO AGRIFINANCE LLC,  Lender





FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCA, Lender





FCS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP, for AGCOUNTRY FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA, Lender



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Lender







AMERICAN AGCREDIT, PCA, Lender





INTRUST BANK, N.A., Lender



AG COUNTRY FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA, Lender





FARM CREDIT MID-AMERICA, PCA, Lender



GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, ACA, Lender



GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT





The undersigned hereby consent to this Amendment and further acknowledge and agree that their respective Guaranty remains in full force and effect.

GREEN PLAINS INC.



GREEN PLAINS I LLC



GREEN PLAINS II LLC



FLEISCHMANN'S VINEGAR COMPANY, INC.



Green plains agricultural and

energy fund llc



GREEN PLAINS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC



GREEN PLAINS GRAIN COMPANY TN LLC











GREEN PLAINS INDUSTRIAL CLEANING

SERVICES LLC



GREEN PLAINS TRUCKING LLC



GREEN PLAINS HEREFORD LLC



GREEN PLAINS HOPEWELL LLC



GREEN PLAINS MADISON LLC



GREEN PLAINS MOUNT VERNON LLC



GREEN PLAINS YORK LLC



GREEN PLAINS PROCESSING LLC







GREEN PLAINS ATKINSON LLC



GREEN PLAINS BLUFFTON LLC



GREEN PLAINS CENTRAL CITY LLC



GREEN PLAINS COMMODITIES LLC



GREEN PLAINS CORN OIL LLC



GREEN PLAINS FAIRMONT LLC



GREEN PLAINS HOLDINGS II LLC



GREEN PLAINS  OBION LLC



GREEN PLAINS ORD LLC



GREEN PLAINS OTTER TAIL LLC



GREEN PLAINS SHENANDOAH LLC



GREEN PLAINS SUPERIOR LLC



GREEN PLAINS WOOD RIVER LLC



SCHEDULE 1.01(b)



Initial Commitments and Applicable Percentages