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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000845877-25-000240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGM"
cik: "0000845877"
company_name: "FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-09-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:43:50.242037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Mac CEO Nordholm to retire March 2027; Carpenter named President/COO and successor CEO

## Summary
- Bradford T. Nordholm to retire as CEO on March 31, 2027.
- Zachary N. Carpenter appointed President and COO immediately, will become CEO upon Nordholm's retirement.
- Carpenter, previously EVP & Chief Business Officer, joined Farmer Mac in 2019 from CoBank, Goldman Sachs.
- Board conducted a year-long internal and external search before selecting Carpenter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000845877-25-000240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGM
- cik: 0000845877
- company_name: FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-09-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587725000240/0000845877-25-000240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587725000240/agm-20250925.htm

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