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Related Party Transactions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS As of June 30, 2025 the Company entered into several agreements with Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (“TAFE”), including the ones described further below among others, to resolve all outstanding disputes and other matters related to the commercial relationship between AGCO and TAFE as well as TAFE's shareholding in AGCO, ownership and use of the Massey Ferguson brand in India and certain other countries, and other key governance issues between the parties. Specifically as it relates to AGCO's shareholding in TAFE, the Company and TAFE entered into a Buyback Agreement (the “Buyback Agreement”) pursuant to which TAFE will repurchase the Company’s remaining shareholdings in TAFE for an aggregate amount of $260 million. On September 30, 2025, AGCO completed the sale to TAFE of AGCO’s ownership interest in TAFE for an aggregate amount of $260 million, with after-tax proceeds from the sale totaling approximately $230 million and recorded a gain of $251.9 million on the sale of the investment in affiliate within “Other expense (income), net” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. As part of the sale process, the substantive provisions of the agreements AGCO entered into with TAFE on June 30, 2025 became effective, and the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement between AGCO and TAFE dated April 24, 2019, as most recently amended on July 7, 2025, expired. Settlement Agreements On June 30, 2025, the Company and TAFE entered into an Arbitrations Settlement Agreement and an India Litigation Settlement Agreement (collectively, the “Settlement Agreements”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to resolve claims arising from the Company’s termination of various commercial and brand agreements with TAFE and related arbitrations and litigation. Under the Settlement Agreements, the parties agreed to mutually release any and all claims against one another. Intellectual Property Agreement On June 30, 2025, the Company and TAFE entered into an Intellectual Property Agreement (the “Intellectual Property Agreement”) pursuant to which TAFE will take ownership of the Massey Ferguson brand in India, Nepal and Bhutan, having previously been a brand licensee for over 60 years, and the Company will retain certain protective rights, including rights of first refusal upon a proposed transfer of these intellectual property assets. The Intellectual Property Agreement also provides for certain customary confidentiality provisions. Buyback Agreement On June 30, 2025, the Company and TAFE entered into a Buyback Agreement (the “Buyback Agreement”) pursuant to which TAFE will repurchase the Company’s remaining shareholdings in TAFE for an aggregate amount of $260 million. As discussed above, AGCO completed the sale to TAFE of AGCO's ownership interest in TAFE on September 30, 2025. Cooperation Agreement On June 30, 2025, the Company and TAFE entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) pursuant to which TAFE agreed to standstill provisions with respect to its actions with regard to the Company, including the limitation on TAFE purchasing additional shares of the Company that would increase its holdings above its current percentage of outstanding shares, the requirement to vote its shares of the Company in accordance with recommendations from the Company’s Board of Directors and not engaging in future public stockholder activism. The standstill provisions do not expire. TAFE retained the discretion to vote independently on any publicly-announced proposals related to an Extraordinary Transaction (as defined in the Cooperation Agreement). The Cooperation Agreement releases TAFE from the restriction on purchasing shares in the Company following certain events such as (i) the Company’s public announcement of a possible sale of the Company, (ii) any person commencing a Board-approved public tender to acquire the Company, (iii) certain persons (other than TAFE) acquiring 12.5% or more of the Company’s outstanding shares, (iv) any person commencing a Qualified Tender Offer (as defined in the Cooperation Agreement), (v) any person commencing a public tender offer by filing a Schedule TO, or (vi) any person publicly announcing its intention to commence a public tender offer or makes a public offer. TAFE also agreed to participate pro rata in the Company’s share repurchase programs as authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors from time to time, but retains the right to maintain its current percentage level of beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock.

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