UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
Current Report
Dated July 20, 2011
of
AGCO CORPORATION
A Delaware Corporation
IRS Employer Identification No. 58-1960019
SEC File Number 1-12930
4205 River Green Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30096
(770) 813-9200
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Explanatory Note
This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by AGCO Corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2011 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation. No other changes have been made to the Original Filing.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 21, 2011, AGCO Corporation shareholders conducted a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The Company’s shareholders recommended that the Company hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation. In light of and consistent with the vote of the Company’s shareholders, the Board of Directors determined that AGCO Corporation will hold future advisory votes on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes for this purpose.
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.
| AGCO Corporation
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| By: | /s/ Andrew H. Beck | |
| Andrew H. Beck Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dated: October 7, 2011