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Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Joins Russell 3000 Index
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) joined the broad-market Russell 3000® Index upon Russell
Investments reconstituting its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity
indexes on June 26, 2009. Annual reconstitution of Russell's U.S. indexes
captures the 4,000 largest U.S. stocks as of the end of May, ranking them
by total market capitalization. Membership in the Russell 3000, which
remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the small-cap
Russell 2000® Index. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes
primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style
attributes.
The Russell 3000 also serves as the U.S. component to the Russell Global
Index, which Russell launched in 2007. Russell indexes are widely used by
investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as
benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. An
industry-leading $4 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them.
Total returns data for the Russell 3000 and other Russell Indexes is
available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp.
About Russell
Russell Investments provides strategic advice, world-class implementation,
state-of-the-art performance benchmarks and a range of
institutional-quality investment products. Russell has $136 billion in
assets under management as of March 31, 2009, and serves individual,
institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries. Founded in
1936, Russell is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
About Green Plains
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. is a low-cost ethanol producer
operating four ethanol plants in Iowa, Indiana and Tennessee with a
combined expected operating capacity of 330 million gallons of ethanol per
year. Green Plains also operates an independent third-party ethanol
marketing service, with marketing capacity of 305 million gallons of
ethanol per year. Green Plains owns 51% of Blendstar, LLC, a Houston-based
biofuel terminal operator with six facilities in five states. Green Plains'
agribusiness segment operates grain storage facilities and complementary
agronomy, feed, and fuel businesses in northern Iowa and southern
Minnesota.
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