Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-277740
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 14, 2024
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated March 7, 2024)
$
% Senior Notes due 20
% Senior Notes due 20
AGCO Corporation is offering $ aggregate principal amount of its % senior notes due , 20 (the “20 Notes”) and $ aggregate principal amount of its % senior notes due , 20 (the “20 Notes” and, together with the 20 Notes, the “Notes”). We will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, beginning on , 2024. The Notes will be issued only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
We may, at our option, redeem some or all of the Notes at any time prior to maturity at the applicable redemption prices discussed under the caption “Description of Notes — Optional Redemption.”
On September 28, 2023, we entered into a sale and contribution agreement (the “Sale and Contribution Agreement”) with Trimble Inc. and its subsidiary, Trimble Solutions, LLC (the “Joint Venture”), pursuant to which, among other things, we would contribute our interest in JCA Industries, Inc. d/b/a JCA Technologies to the Joint Venture and purchase membership interests in the Joint Venture resulting in our ownership of 85% of the membership interests in the Joint Venture (the “Acquisition”). We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for the Acquisition and related transaction costs.
This offering is not conditioned upon the consummation of the Acquisition, which, if completed, will occur subsequent to the closing of this offering. If (i) the consummation of the Acquisition has not occurred on or prior to the later of (x) June 28, 2024, or (y) such later date to which the Sale and Contribution Agreement as in effect on the closing date of this offering may be extended in accordance with its terms (such later date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Outside Date”), (ii) prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Outside Date, the Sale and Contribution Agreement is terminated without the consummation of the Acquisition, or (iii) we otherwise notify the trustee for the Notes in writing that we will not pursue the consummation of the Acquisition, we will be required to redeem the Notes then outstanding at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of the special mandatory redemption. There is no escrow account for, or security interest in, the proceeds of this offering for the benefit of holders of the Notes. See “Description of Notes — Special Mandatory Redemption.”
Payment on the principal, premium and interest and any other amounts on the Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally (the “Guarantees”), by AGCO International Holdings B.V, AGCO International GmbH, Massey Ferguson Corp. and The GSI Group, LLC, direct and indirect subsidiaries of AGCO and referred to herein as the “Guarantors.” The Notes and the Guarantees will be senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of AGCO Corporation and each of the Guarantors, respectively, and will rank equally in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of AGCO Corporation and each of the Guarantors, respectively. The Notes and the Guarantees will be effectively subordinate to any secured debt of AGCO Corporation or the Guarantors, to the extent of the collateral securing such debt, and effectively subordinate to all existing and future liabilities of all subsidiaries of AGCO Corporation that do not guarantee the Notes. See “Description of Notes — Guarantees” for additional information.
Investing in the Notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-14 of this prospectus supplement and those risk factors incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement for a discussion of certain risks you should consider before investing in the Notes. We do not intend to list the Notes on any securities exchange or automated quotation system. Currently, there is no public market for the Notes.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Plus accrued interest from , 2024, if settlement occurs after that date.
We expect the Notes will be ready for delivery in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants, including Clearstream Banking, S.A. and Euroclear Banking SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear, against payment in New York, New York, on or about , 2024.
Joint Book-Running Managers
| Morgan Stanley | | | J.P. Morgan | | | Rabo Securities | |
, 2024