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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

ADM names Carrie Nichol Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 1, 2025

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

ADM said its board appointed Carrie Nichol as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 1, 2025, succeeding Molly Strader Fruit, who moves to a Vice President role in total rewards and HR operations. Nichol most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Global Process Leader at Cargill, and the filing sets out her initial pay package. The filing does not report financial results; the change concerns who leads ADM's accounting, internal control and insurance and risk management functions.

Key points

  • Carrie Nichol, age 45, becomes Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 1, 2025, and reports to Chief Financial Officer Monish Patolawala.
  • Initial pay includes a $550,000 base salary and a $500,000 target annual bonus under the 2025 cash incentive plan.
  • Equity award with about $1,315,000 target grant value (60% performance stock units, 40% restricted stock units), plus make-whole cash payments of $796,000 and $585,000 and a make-whole restricted stock unit award of about $980,000.

The filing

CompanyArcher Daniels Midland (ADM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 29, 2025, 9:12 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-015021

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 29, 2025.

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