Archer Daniels Midland Company

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 9, 2026, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company from 12 to 13 directors and elected Michael C. McMurray as an independent director, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the size of the Board. Mr. McMurray will serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. McMurray was appointed to serve on each of the Audit Committee and the Sustainability and Technology Committee of the Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. McMurray and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. McMurray was elected as a director of the Company. Mr. McMurray has not engaged in any related person transactions (as defined in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K) with the Company. Mr. McMurray’s compensation as a director will be consistent with the compensation policies applicable to the Company’s other non-employee directors, as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement relating to its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2025.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. On March 9, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. McMurray. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.