NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LOCATION AND FORMAT
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022
Given recent global outbreaks and the potential for resurgence of the COVID-19 virus as the Annual Meeting approaches, out of an abundance of caution ADM has made the decision to change the Annual Meeting to a virtual-only format to support the health and well-being of ADM’s stockholders and other meeting participants. Accordingly, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the location and format of the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the “Company”) has been changed.
As previously announced, the Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 8:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time. The Annual Meeting will now be held in a virtual meeting format only. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.
There is no change to the items of business to be addressed at the Annual Meeting, which are described in the proxy materials previously made available to the Company’s stockholders. As described in those proxy materials, the Board fixed the close of business on March 14, 2022 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof (the “Record Date”). Stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Stockholders as of the close of business on the Record Date may attend the online meeting, submit questions, and vote their shares electronically during the meeting via the internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ADM2022. To enter the Annual Meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number that is printed in the box marked by the arrow on the proxy card, notice of internet availability of proxy materials or voting instruction form you previously received. We recommend that you log in at least 15 minutes before the meeting to ensure that you are logged in when the meeting starts. Online check-in will start shortly before the meeting on May 5, 2022.
Stockholders may submit questions during the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ADM2022, and management will respond to questions in the same way as it would if the Company held an in-person meeting. If you have questions during the Annual Meeting, you may type them in the dialog box provided at any point during the meeting until the floor is closed to questions.
Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the meeting. If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again. The proxy card or voting instruction form included with the proxy materials previously distributed will not be updated to reflect the change in location and format and may continue to be used to vote your shares in connection with the Annual Meeting.
If you encounter any technical difficulties accessing the virtual annual meeting on the meeting day, the virtual annual meeting website will include technical support line contact information for you.
