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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):
December 5, 2018
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BUNGE LIMITED |
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) |
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Bermuda |
(State of Incorporation) |
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001-16625 | 98-0231912 |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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50 Main Street | |
White Plains, New York | 10606 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(914) 684-2800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 5, 2018, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Bunge Limited (the “Company”) appointed J. Erik Fyrwald as a director of the Company. Mr. Fyrwald was appointed to the Board in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement, dated October 31, 2018, among the Company, Continental Grain Company and Mr. Paul Fribourg, and the separate Cooperation Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2018, with D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. and D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Cooperation Agreements”), pursuant to which an additional mutually agreed independent director would be appointed to the Board.
Mr. Fyrwald was appointed to the Audit Committee and the Finance and Risk Policy Committee of the Board. Mr. Fyrwald will be entitled to the same compensation, indemnification and other benefits as the Company’s other non-employee directors. Mr. Fyrwald is the Chief Executive Officer of Syngenta International AG (“Syngenta”). From time to time over the past three years, the Company has engaged in ordinary course commercial transactions with Syngenta. These transactions represented less than 0.1% of the Company’s consolidated revenues in each year.
The foregoing references to the Cooperation Agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Cooperation Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.01 and 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2018.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company on December 5, 2018 relating to Mr. Fyrwald's appointment to the Board is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit | Description |
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| Press Release issued by Bunge Limited on December 5, 2018. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| BUNGE LIMITED |
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Dated: December 7, 2018 | By: | /s/ Carla L. Heiss |
| | Name: Carla L. Heiss |
| | Title: Deputy General Counsel and Secretary |
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