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Issuer:     FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP (AGM)
CIK:        0000845877
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000845877-25-000244
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Farmer Mac CEO Nordholm to retire by March 2027; Carpenter named President/COO and successor CEO
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- Bradford T. Nordholm to retire as CEO on March 31, 2027; resigned as President effective Sept 25, 2025.
- Zachary N. Carpenter appointed President and COO, effective Sept 25, 2025; to become CEO on April 1, 2027 or earlier.
- Nordholm's employment agreement extended to March 31, 2027; fixed 2027 incentive salary of $200,000; $1.5M RSU grant in March 2026.
- Carpenter's base salary raised to $575,000 as President/COO; future CEO base salary at least $650,000 with 80% target bonus.
- Carpenter's CEO Employment Agreement includes two-year non-compete, severance equal to base salary plus bonus, and COBRA continuation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587725000244/0000845877-25-000244-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587725000244/agm-20250925.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000845877-25-000244

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