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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 1999
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AGCO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 58-1960019
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
4205 River Green Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30096
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
AGCO Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
Michael F. Swick, Esq.
Vice President-General Counsel
AGCO Corporation
4205 River Green Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30096
(Name and address of agent for service)
(770) 813-9200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
John J. Kelley III
King & Spalding
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1763
(404) 572-4600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of
Securities to to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
be Registered Registered Per Share Offering Price Fee
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Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share.. 1,000,000 shares (1) $6.53 (2) $6,530,000 (2) $1,816
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(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as
provided in the AGCO Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive
Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales prices per share of Common Stock of AGCO Corporation
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 1999.
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PART II
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of AGCO Corporation
("AGCO" or the "Company") to be issued to employees of the Company pursuant to
the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents have been previously filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
(b) All reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), since December 31, 1998.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 17, 1992,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have
been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, provides
in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:
SECTION 145. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS;
INSURANCE
(a) A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the
person's conduct was unlawful.
(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that
no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such
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person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or
former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances
because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with
respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a
committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even
though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit
or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents
may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems
appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.
(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such
person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such
person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, references to "the corporation" shall
include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
any
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person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under
this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such
person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
(i) For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises"
shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any
service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or
agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or
beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries
of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this
section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to
hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification
brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily
determine a corporation's obligations to advance expenses (including attorneys'
fees).
Article XI of the Company's Bylaws provides in regard to indemnification
of directors and officers as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this article, the term "person" means
any past, present or future director or officer of the corporation
or a designated officer of an operating division of the corporation.
2. Indemnification Granted. The corporation shall indemnify, defend,
and hold harmless against all liability, loss and expenses (including
attorneys' fees reasonably incurred), to the full extent and under the
circumstances permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware in effect from time to time, any person as defined above,
made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer of the corporation or designated officer of an
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operating division of the corporation, or is or was an employee or agent of
the corporation acting as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
company or other enterprise in which the corporation owns, directly or
indirectly, an equity or other interest or of which it may be a creditor.
If a person indemnified herein must retain an attorney directly, the
corporation may, in its discretion, pay the expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a
director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding
shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or
officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined
that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this
article or otherwise.
This right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which a person indemnified herein may be entitled by
By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, designated officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and other legal
representatives of such person. It is not intended that the provisions of
this article be applicable to, and they are not to be construed as granting
indemnity with respect to, matters as to which indemnification would be in
contravention of the laws of Delaware or of the United States of America
whether as a matter of public policy or pursuant to statutory provision.
3. Miscellaneous. The board of directors may also on behalf of the
corporation grant indemnification to any individual other than a person
defined herein to such extent and in such manner as the board in its sole
discretion may from time to time and at any time determine.
Article 7 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides in
regard to the limitation of liability of directors and officers as follows:
A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same
exists or hereafter may be amended or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the
Delaware General Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize the
further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then, in
addition to the limitation or personal liability provided herein, the
liability of a director of the corporation shall be limited to the fullest
extent
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permitted by the amended Delaware General Corporation Law. Any repeal or
modification of this paragraph by the stockholders of the corporation shall be
prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal
liability of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.
The Company's directors and officers are also insured against claims
arising out of the performance of their duties in such capacities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit
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4.1 -- Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
incorporated by reference to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 1996.
4.2 -- Bylaws of the Company, incorporated by
reference to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997.
5.1 -- Opinion of King & Spalding regarding the
validity of the securities being registered.
23.1 -- Consent of King & Spalding (included as part
of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent
public accountants.
24.1 -- Power of Attorney (included on signature
page).
99.1 -- AGCO Corporation Amended and Restated Long-
Term Incentive Plan.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or
Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1998 and incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 1998
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as
indicated in their reports with respect thereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Duluth, State of Georgia on the 2nd day of April,
1999.
AGCO Corporation
By: /s/ John M. Shumejda
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John M. Shumejda
President
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Chris E. Perkins and Michael F. Swick
and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for such person and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of the 2nd day of April, 1999:
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Robert J. Ratliff Chairman of the Board of Directors April 2, 1999
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Robert J. Ratliff
/s/ John M. Shumejda President and Chief Executive Officer, April 2, 1999
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John M. Shumejda
/s/ Patrick S. Shannon Vice President and Chief Financial April 2, 1999
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Patrick S. Shannon and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Henry J. Claycamp Director April 2, 1999
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Henry J. Claycamp
/s/ William H. Fike Director April 2, 1999
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William H. Fike
/s/ Gerald B. Johanneson Director April 2, 1999
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Gerald B. Johanneson
/s/ Richard P. Johnston Director April 2, 1999
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Richard P. Johnston
/s/ Anthony D. Loehnis Director April 2, 1999
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Anthony D. Loehnis
/s/ Alan S. McDowell Director April 2, 1999
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Alan S. McDowell
/s/ Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Director April 2, 1999
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Hamilton Robinson, Jr.
/s/ Wolfgang Sauer Director April 2, 1999
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Wolfgang Sauer
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Wolfgang Deml
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No.
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4.1 -- Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996.
4.2 -- Bylaws of the Company, incorporated by reference to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.
5.1 -- Opinion of King & Spalding regarding the validity of the securities
being registered.
23.1 -- Consent of King & Spalding (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
24.1 -- Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1 -- AGCO Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
KING & SPALDING
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1763
April 2, 1999
AGCO Corporation
4205 River Green Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30096
Re: AGCO Corporation -- Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for AGCO Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to
the registration of an additional 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), issuable by the Company pursuant
to the AGCO Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"LTIP").
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon such
records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are
necessary or appropriate to form the basis for the opinions hereinafter set
forth. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures
on original documents and the conformity to such original documents of all
copies submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies, and as to
certificates of public officials, we have assumed the same to have been properly
given and to be accurate. As to matters of fact material to this opinion, we
have relied upon statements and representations of representatives of the
Company and of public officials.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that the Shares that
may be issued pursuant to the LTIP will continue to be duly authorized on the
dates of such issuance.
The opinions expressed herein are limited in all respects to the
federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of
Delaware, and no opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other
jurisdiction or any effect which such laws may have on the opinions expressed
herein. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is
implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.
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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications and
assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
(i) The Shares are duly authorized.
(ii) Upon the issuance of the Shares as provided in the LTIP, the
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to
advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our
attention or changes in law that occur which could affect the opinions contained
herein. This letter is being rendered solely for the benefit of the Company
in connection with the matters addressed herein. This opinion may not be
furnished to or relied upon by any person or entity for any purpose without our
prior written consent.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
King & Spalding
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated
February 3, 1999 included (or incorporated by reference) in AGCO Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
March 29, 1999
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EXHIBIT 99.1
AGCO CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION I. PURPOSE
The AGCO Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP" or the
"Plan") is intended to be the primary long-term incentive vehicle for senior
management. While other managers and key employees are eligible to receive stock
option grants, participants in the LTIP do not receive stock options. The Plan
is designed to advance the interests of AGCO Corporation (the "Company") by
encouraging senior management to seek ways to improve efficiencies, spend
capital wisely, reduce debt and generate cash, all of which should combine to
cause stock price appreciation. The Plan is not subject to any provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") nor is it qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").
The Company's address is 4830 River Green Parkway, Duluth, Georgia
30136, and its telephone number is (770) 813-9200.
SECTION II. ADMINISTRATION
a. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Committee") consisting of not less than three
members of the Board of Directors. Each member of the Committee is selected
annually by the Board of Directors. Any member of the Committee may be removed
at any time, either with or without cause, and any vacancy on the Committee may
at any time be filled, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. All
members of the Committee are required to be "nonemployee directors" as defined
in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and "outside directors" within the meaning of Section
162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Code. For additional information about the Committee,
participants should contact the Company at the address and telephone number
listed above.
b. The Committee selects the participants and determines: (i) when to
grant a restricted stock award; (ii) the base price and the amount of Common
Stock subject to each restricted stock award; and (iii) the vesting schedule of
the award. The Committee also has authority to construe and amend the Plan and
all awards granted under it, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, to determine (subject to Sections VI and VII)
the terms and provisions of the awards granted under the Plan (which need not be
identical) and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for
administering the Plan.
April 23, 1997
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SECTION III. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
a. Awards for a total of 4,750,000 shares of the Company's $.01 par
value Common Stock (the "Common Stock") may be granted pursuant to the terms of
the Plan. The Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares of Common
Stock or shares of issued Common Stock held in the Company's treasury, or both.
No individual may receive awards for over 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock over
the life of the Plan.
b. The number of shares of the Company's Common Stock available under
the Plan, the maximum number of shares for which awards may be granted to any
one individual and the number of shares of outstanding awards are subject to
appropriate adjustment by the Committee in accordance with Section IX.
c. If any award granted under the Plan expires or otherwise terminates
for any reason without having been vested in full, the forfeited stock again
becomes available for issuance under the Plan.
SECTION IV. DURATION, AMENDMENT, AND TERMINATION
a. Unless sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, the Plan will
terminate on December 14, 2003. The termination or any amendment of the Plan may
not impair or adversely affect, without the consent of the participants, the
rights of holders of outstanding awards. The Boards of Directors may amend or
terminate the Plan at any time, and from time to time.
b. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, amend the Plan
without stockholder approval except to the extent that any such amendment fails
to comply with any applicable provision of the Code, ERISA or the rules of the
New York Stock Exchange or causes the Plan to fail to be treated as qualified
performance-based compensation under applicable Treasury Regulations.
SECTION V. ELIGIBILITY
Awards may be granted under the Plan only to executive officers and
senior managers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Members of the
Committee are not eligible to receive awards.
SECTION VI. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS
a. The LTIP provides opportunities for participants to earn shares of
the Company's Common Stock if performance goals and continued employment
requirements are met.
b. The LTIP operates over a five-year performance period. Under the
LTIP, each participant receives a contingent allocation of shares which can be
earned during the five-year performance period. The size of the participant's
total share allocation is established to provide a
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long-term incentive opportunity which is competitive with the practices of a
cross-section of U.S. industrial companies. If the share allocation is not fully
earned during the performance period, any remaining opportunity is forfeited.
c. The share allocation is earned in increments for each 20% increase
in average stock price (with the average calculated over 20 consecutive trading
days) over the base price set by the Committee (the fair market value of the
stock at the time the contingent allocations are made or, where the Committee
deems appropriate and the contingent allocations are made within 10 business
days after a prior allocation has been fully earned, the stock price at which
such prior allocation has been fully earned); accordingly, the stock price must
double during a five-year period for the full allocation to be earned. The
increments of award earnings for each 20% increase in stock price are as
follows:
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% OF
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20%............................................................10%
40%............................................................25%
60%............................................................45%
80%............................................................70%
100%..........................................................100%
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d. Absent any action by the Committee to the contrary, when an
increment of the share allocation is earned, it will be awarded in the form of
restricted stock which will carry a five-year vesting period. Under such vesting
period, one-third of each award vests on the last day of the 36th, 48th, and
60th month, respectively, after each award is earned. The Committee has
discretionary authority to alter the normal vesting period relating to any
participant's award of restricted shares.
e. The ultimate value of the restricted stock is determined by the
stock price at the end of the vesting period. During the vesting period, the
earned awards of restricted stock are forfeitable upon voluntary termination of
employment prior to age 65 or upon termination of employment by the Company for
"cause." Upon retirement, at no earlier than age 65, awards earned on or prior
to that date immediately vest to the benefit of the participant.
f. The LTIP requires stock price appreciation to earn awards, the
earned awards are 100% forfeitable for a period of three years if service is
broken, and the actual value of the award is determined at the time the stock
vests. During the vesting period, participants receive any dividends issued on
their restricted shares and have full voting rights, but they may not sell,
transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of such shares except as provided in
Section XII(c).
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SECTION VII. CASH BONUS AWARDS
a. When the restricted shares are vested, a cash payment designed to
satisfy a portion of the federal and state income tax obligations of the
participant is then payable by the Company to the participant. Cash bonus awards
will be made on the last day of the 36th, 48th, and 60th month after each award
is earned unless the vesting schedule is altered by the Committee. The cash
bonus award shall be an amount equal to 40% of the value of the vested shares on
the date the stock award is earned.
b. The tax payment is provided to remove the necessity for the
executive to sell a significant portion of the stock earned under the LTIP to
pay taxes. The value of the tax payments is considered in determining the
appropriate size of the participant's share allocations.
SECTION VIII. DEATH, DISABILITY OR RETIREMENT OF PARTICIPANT
a. Upon the death or total disability of a participant or upon
retirement, at no earlier than age 65, the program will terminate on the date of
such event with respect to the participant, and award shares earned to that date
shall be considered vested and pass to the estate of the deceased or to the
disabled or retired participant.
b. The cash bonus award shall likewise be made to the estate of the
deceased or the disabled or retired participant.
SECTION IX. ADJUSTMENTS
The Committee may adjust the number of shares of Common Stock under the
Plan at any time to reflect any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock
through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of
shares, or other like change in capital structure of the Company. With respect
to outstanding awards, such adjustment shall be made such that the participant
shall be made whole and suffer no dilution as a result of any change.
SECTION X. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
a. Restricted Stock Awards. An individual receiving an award under the
Plan does not recognize taxable income on the date of grant of the award,
assuming that no Code Section 83(b) election is made with respect to the
restricted stock. An individual will ordinarily recognize taxable income on the
date he or she earns an award of shares based on the fair market value of the
Common Stock on the date the award is earned, and the Company is entitled to a
tax deduction at the same time and in the same amount. Upon subsequent
disposition, any further gain or loss is taxable either as a short-term or
long-term capital gain or loss, depending upon the length of time that the
shares of Common Stock are held.
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b. Dividends on Restricted Stock. Any dividends paid on restricted
stock are taxable to the individual recipient, and are deductible by the
Company, as ordinary compensation when paid, if no Code Section 83(b) election
has been made with respect to such stock.
c. Cash Bonus Awards. An individual receiving a cash bonus award under
the Plan must recognize ordinary income upon receipt of the award. The cash
bonus award is deductible by the Company in the year that the income is
recognized by the individual.
SECTION XI. CHANGE OF CONTROL
a. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Company
will require any successor to fulfill the terms and conditions of the Plan in
the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to
perform if no such succession had taken place. However, effective with the
Change in Control, the participant will be immediately vested for all shares
earned under the Plan.
b. "Change in Control" shall mean change in the ownership of a
corporation, change in the effective control of a corporation or change in
ownership of a substantial portion of the corporation's assets, as described in
Section 280G of the Code, including the following:
(1) A change in the ownership of a corporation occurs on the
date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group,
acquires ownership of stock of that corporation that, together with
stock held by such person or group, possess more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock
of such corporation (unless any one person, or more than one person
acting as a group, who is considered to own more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock
of a corporation, acquires additional stock).
(2) A change in the effective control of a corporation is
presumed (which presumption may be rebutted by the Committee) to occur
on the date that either: any one person, or more than one person acting
as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12)-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person
or persons) ownership of stock of the corporation possessing twenty
percent (20%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of such
corporation; or a majority of members of the corporation's board of
directors is replaced during any twenty four (24)-month period by
directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority
of the members of the corporation's board of directors prior to the
date of the appointment or election of such new directors.
(3) A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a
corporation's assets occurs on the date that any one person, or more
than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the
twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of the most recent
acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that
have a total fair
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market value equal to or more than one-third of the total fair market
value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately prior to such
acquisition or acquisitions unless the assets are transferred to: a
stockholder of the corporation (immediately before the asset transfer)
in exchange for or with respect to its stock; an entity, fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned,
directly or indirectly by the corporation; a person, or more than one
person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all of the
outstanding stock of the corporation; or an entity, at least fifty
percent (50%) of the total value or voting power is owned, directly or
indirectly, by a person, or more than one person acting as a group,
that owns directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total value of voting power of all of the outstanding stock of the
corporation.
SECTION XII. RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES
a. An employee shall have no right to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or
otherwise dispose of or encumber any interest in any right to receive shares of
Common Stock granted under the LTIP except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and, if any employee earns any shares of Common Stock during the
first six months of any five-year performance period, the employee shall hold
(within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) such stock at least until
the end of such six month period.
b. Since the participants in the Plan would generally be considered
"affiliates" of the Company, as that term is defined in the Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), shares of
the Company's Common Stock acquired under awards may be subject to restrictions
on resale imposed by the Securities Act. Such shares could be resold under the
terms of Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations, pursuant to another applicable
exemption, if any, from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or
pursuant to an effective registration statement, should the Company elect to
prepare and file one with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Rule 144
limits the number of shares which may be sold by an affiliate within a
three-month period. An "affiliate" of the Company is defined by the Rules and
Regulations as a person that "directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with"
the Company. Directors, officers, substantial stockholders and others, who by
one means or another have the ability to exercise control over the Company, may
be deemed to be "affiliates." In connection with the awards, the Company may, in
order to ensure that resales are made in compliance with the Securities Act,
imprint a legend on certificates representing shares awarded to the effect that
the shares may not be resold in the absence of compliance with the applicable
restrictions or a determination that no restrictions are applicable.
c. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, during the vesting
period participants shall have the right (subject to Section XII(a)) to transfer
all or any portion of the participants' restricted shares to any of the
following: a revocable living trust primarily for the benefit of the
participant, an irrevocable trust in which the participant is the settlor, or a
partnership in which the participant is a general partner.
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SECTION XIII. MISCELLANEOUS
a. No award payable under the Plan shall be deemed salary or
compensation for the purpose of computing benefits under any employee benefit
plan unless the Company shall determine otherwise.
b. The Plan and the grant of awards shall be subject to all applicable
federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approval by any
governmental or regulatory agency as may be required.
c. The terms of the Plan shall be binding upon the Company and its
successors and assigns.
d. Captions preceding the sections hereof are inserted solely as a
matter of convenience and in no way define or limit the scope or intent of any
provision hereof.
e. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Company from
adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation arrangements.
SECTION XIV. EFFECTIVE DATE
a. The Effective Date of the Plan shall be December 14, 1993. No awards
will be granted under the Plan after the expiration of ten years from the
Effective Date.
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