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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000880266-24-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGCO"
cik: "0000880266"
company_name: "AGCO CORP /DE"
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:57:36.710975+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AGCO SVP Bob Crain to retire Dec 31 after 19 years; oversaw Grain & Protein divestiture

## Summary
- Robert B. Crain, SVP and GM of Grain & Protein, will retire effective December 31, 2024.
- Crain joined AGCO in 2006 and had 30+ years in ag equipment; his most recent role included strategic review leading to majority divestiture of Grain & Protein to AIP in November.
- No successor named; Crain also served on AEM Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000880266-24-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGCO
- cik: 0000880266
- company_name: AGCO CORP /DE
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880266/000088026624000064/0000880266-24-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880266/000088026624000064/agco-20241210.htm

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