---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-011608"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADM"
cik: "0000007084"
company_name: "Archer-Daniels-Midland Co"
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:50:05.175214+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ADM CFO placed on administrative leave amid Nutrition segment accounting probe; appoints interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Vikram Luthar placed on administrative leave effective immediately pending investigation into Nutrition segment accounting practices and intersegment transactions.
- SEC issued voluntary document request; ADM cooperating with outside counsel and Audit Committee investigation.
- Ismael Roig appointed Interim CFO; previously President of EMEA and Animal Nutrition.
- ADM expects 2023 adjusted EPS above $6.90; delays Q4/full year earnings release and 10-K filing from historical schedule.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-011608
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADM
- cik: 0000007084
- company_name: Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312524011608/0001193125-24-011608-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312524011608/d737314d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-011608.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co reported the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: EPS above $6.90 in adjusted earnings per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - EPS: above $6.90 in adjusted earnings per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: ADM now expects to deliver above $6.90 in adjusted earnings per share for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, subject to completion of annual close processes and related internal controls.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312524011608/0001193125-24-011608-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vikram Luthar departed as Chief Financial Officer at Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
  - Action: placed on administrative leave
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The appointment follows the decision of the Board on January 19, 2024 to place Vikram Luthar, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, on administrative leave, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312524011608/0001193125-24-011608-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ismael Roig was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 21, 2024, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has appointed Ismael Roig to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312524011608/0001193125-24-011608-index.htm

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