Shareholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

Accelerated Share Repurchase

On March 12, 2024, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) transaction agreement (“ASR Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch International, an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., to repurchase $1.0 billion (the “Prepayment Amount”) of ADM common stock (“Common Stock”). The ASR transaction is part of ADM’s existing share repurchase program to repurchase up to 200 million shares through December 31, 2024.

Under the terms of the ASR Agreement, on March 13, 2024, the Company paid the Prepayment Amount and received no upfront shares of Common Stock. The total number of shares of Common Stock to be repurchased under the ASR Agreement will be based on volume weighted-average prices of the Common Stock during the term of the ASR transaction less a discount and subject to certain adjustments pursuant to the terms of the ASR Agreement. ADM will receive share deliveries at the end of each month commencing in March 2024, and upon final settlement of the ASR transaction, which is expected to occur no later than the end of the second quarter of 2024.

On March 28, 2024, the Company received an interim delivery of 8,880,986 shares at an average share price of $60.596 or $538 million. The Prepayment Amount initially recorded in additional paid in capital was partially reclassified to reinvested earnings for the $538 million amount repurchased.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had 38.5 million remaining shares under its share repurchase program.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following tables set forth the changes in AOCI by component for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the reclassifications out of AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:

	Three months ended March 31, 2024
	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Deferred Gain (Loss) on Hedging Activities		Pension Liability Adjustment		Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments		Total
	(In millions)
Balance at December 31, 2023	$	(2,539)	$	158	$	(108)	$	2	$	(2,487)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(77)		(50)		(2)		(7)		(136)
Gain (loss) on net investment hedges	84		—		—		—		84
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—		(19)		(2)		—		(21)
Tax effect	(20)		10		1		(1)		(10)
Net of tax amount	(13)		(59)		(3)		(8)		(83)
Balance at March 31, 2024	$	(2,552)	$	99	$	(111)	$	(6)	$	(2,570)

	Amount reclassified from AOCI
	Three months ended March 31,				Affected line item in the consolidated statements of earnings
Details about AOCI components	2024		2023
	(In millions)
Deferred loss (gain) on hedging activities
	(19)		104		Cost of products sold
	(19)		104		Total before tax
	4		(18)		Tax
	$	(15)	$	86	Net of tax
Pension liability adjustment
Amortization of defined benefit pension items:
Prior service loss (credit)	$	(5)	$	(11)	Other (income) expense-net
Actuarial losses	3		(20)		Other (income) expense-net
	(2)		(31)		Total before tax
	1		(12)		Tax
	$	(1)	$	(43)	Net of tax

The Company’s accounting policy is to release the income tax effects from AOCI when the individual units of account are sold, terminated, or extinguished.