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Green Investor News - Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc (NGM:GPRE) Joins Russell 3000 Index
OMAHA, NE - Jun 29, 2009 - Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc (NGM:GPRE) joined the broad-market Russell 3000(R) 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(R) Index. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
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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.
Green Plains Contact:
Jim Stark
Vice-President - Investor Relations
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
(402) 884-8700
jim.stark@gpreinc.com
Green Plains Investor Contact:
John Baldissera
BPC Financial Marketing
(800) 368-1217
SOURCE: Green Plains Renewable Energy
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