UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 28, 2024
CHS Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 001-36079
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| Minnesota | | | | | | | | | 41-0251095 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) | | | | | | | | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
| | 5500 Cenex Drive | | |
| | | Inver Grove Heights, | Minnesota | 55077 | | |
| | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | | |
| | (651) | | 355-6000 | | | |
| | (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | | |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| 8% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | CHSCP | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 1 | CHSCO | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class B Reset Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 2 | CHSCN | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class B Reset Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 3 | CHSCM | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 4 | CHSCL | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Securitization Facility Amendment
On August 28, 2024, CHS Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Fourteenth Amendment (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment”), by and among Cofina Funding, LLC (“Cofina Funding”), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, as seller, the Company, as servicer, and, solely with respect to Section 6 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment, as the performance guarantor, each of the conduit purchasers, committed purchasers and purchaser agents set forth on the signature pages thereto and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch), as administrative agent (“MUFG”), to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2017, by and among Cofina Funding, the Company, the purchasers and the purchaser agents party thereto and MUFG (as previously amended, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”). The Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment further amends and restates the Receivables Purchase Agreement to extend the term of the Company’s receivables and loans securitization facility provided under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to August 27, 2025, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Repurchase Facility Amendment
On August 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Omnibus Amendment No. 2 (the “Omnibus Amendment”), by and among Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, a Dutch coöperatieve acting through its New York Branch (“Rabobank”), as buyer, the Company and CHS Capital, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (“CHS Capital”), as sellers, the Company, as agent for the sellers and solely for purposes of Section 7.3 of the Omnibus Amendment, as guarantor, to that certain Master Framework Agreement, dated July 11, 2023, by and among Rabobank, the Company and CHS Capital (as previously amended, the “Framework Agreement”). The Omnibus Amendment extends the scheduled term of the Company’s repurchase financing facility under the Framework Agreement to August 27, 2025.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Reference is made to the information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | | CHS Inc. |
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| Date: August 28, 2024 | | By: | | /s/ Olivia Nelligan |
| | | | | Olivia Nelligan |
| | | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer |
