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MEMBERS' EQUITY
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
MEMBERS' EQUITY  
MEMBERS' EQUITY

9.   MEMBERS' EQUITY

 

Granite Falls Energy

 

GFE has one class of membership units.  The units have no par value and have identical rights, obligations and privileges.  Income and losses are allocated to all members based upon their respective percentage of units held. As of April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019, GFE had 30,606 membership units authorized, issued, and outstanding.

 

In December 2018, GFE’s Board of Governors declared a cash distribution of $40 per unit or approximately $1,224,000 for GFE unit holders of record as of December 20, 2018 and was paid by GFE in January 2019.

 

Heron Lake BioEnergy

 

On December 11, 2019, HLBE Pipeline Company acquired the remaining non-controlling interest of Agrinatural for a total price of $2.225 million. A deposit of $225,000 was paid in October 2019 and recorded within other assets at October 31, 2019, and the remaining amount was paid on December 11, 2019. The change of interest is recorded as an equity transaction in accordance with ASC 805.