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Issuer:     AGCO CORP /DE (AGCO)
CIK:        0000880266
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T13:20:32+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-113567
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

AGCO restructures executive leadership; Torsten Dehner steps down, Stefan Caspari to lead Fendt/Valtra
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- AGCO reduced its executive leadership team by one member, effective October 5, 2026, consolidating functions under existing senior leaders.
- Torsten Dehner stepped down as SVP and GM of Global Fendt/Valtra and Product Management; he will remain based in Switzerland to support the transition.
- Stefan Caspari, previously SVP of Customer Success & North America Ag, was named SVP and GM of Fendt/Valtra & Product Management, retaining North American ag leadership.
- Luis Felli will lead Massey Ferguson, Parts & Customer Support, while Damon Audia becomes President of PTx, Corporate Strategy & Distribution.
- CEO Eric Hansotia credited Caspari's North American ag experience and thanked Dehner for advancing AGCO's AI transformation; Dehner has severance under his Jan 1, 2020 employment agreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880266/000110465926113567/0001104659-26-113567-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113567

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