AGCO CORP /DE 10-K

Item 3. Legal Proceedings During 2017, the Company purchased Precision Planting, which provides precision agricultural technology solutions. In 2018, Deere & Company (“Deere”) filed separate complaints in the U.S. District Court of Delaware against the Company and Precision Planting alleging that certain products of those entities infringed certain patents of Deere. The two complaints subsequently were consolidated into a single case, Case No. 1:18-cv-00827-CFC. In July 2022, the case was tried before a jury, which determined that the Company and Precision Planting had not infringed the Deere patents. Following customary post-trial procedures, the Court entered a judgement in the Company’s favor, and Deere appealed the judgment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On January 24, 2025, the Court ruled in favor of the Company and Precision Planting. The case remains subject to the right of Deere to file for a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court. The Company has an indemnity right under the purchase agreement related to the acquisition of Precision Planting from its previous owner. Pursuant to that right, the previous owner of Precision Planting currently is responsible for the litigation costs associated with the complaint and is obligated to reimburse AGCO for some or all of the damages in the event of an adverse outcome in the litigation. In April 2024, the Company gave notice to Tractors & Farm Equipment Limited (“TAFE”) that the Company was terminating all of its commercial arrangements with TAFE. TAFE responded by disputing the terminations and bringing several lawsuits against the Company in India. The Company filed for arbitration of several of the disputes in London. In general, the lawsuits contend that the Company is not entitled to terminate the commercial relationships and that TAFE has an interest in the Massey Ferguson trademark in India. The Company does not believe that TAFE’s positions have merit and is defending the litigation, and pursuing the arbitrations, vigorously. We believe the reasonably possible range of losses for the unresolved legal actions would not have a material effect on our financial statements. Refer to Note 18 of our Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” for further discussion of our relationship with TAFE. We are a party to various other legal claims and actions incidental to our business. We believe that none of these claims or actions, either individually or in the aggregate, is material to our business or financial statements as a whole, including our results of operations and financial condition. Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures Not Applicable. 24 Table of Contents PART II