---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-025560"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADM"
cik: "0000007084"
company_name: "Archer-Daniels-Midland Co"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:11:55.390912+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ADM settles SEC investigation for $40M; DOJ closes probe with no action

## Summary
- ADM reaches settlement with SEC, agrees to pay $40M civil penalty without admitting or denying wrongdoing.
- DOJ closes investigation of ADM with no further action, ending all government probes.
- Settlement addresses prior reporting errors in intersegment sales; no impact on consolidated balance sheet or cash flows.
- ADM previously restated 2023 Form 10-K and Q1/Q2 2024 10-Qs to correct segment reporting errors.
- Company has implemented significant changes to financial leadership and internal controls since discovery.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-025560
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADM
- cik: 0000007084
- company_name: Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312526025560/0001193125-26-025560-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7084/000119312526025560/d884185d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-025560.txt

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