Bunge Global SA (BG)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1996862. Latest filing source: 0001628280-26-009842.
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Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 70,329,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-19 |
| Net income | 816,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-19 |
| Assets | 44,528,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-19 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-19. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001996862.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 59,152,000,000 | 67,232,000,000 | 59,540,000,000 | 53,108,000,000 | 70,329,000,000 |
| Net income | 2,078,000,000 | 1,610,000,000 | 2,243,000,000 | 1,137,000,000 | 816,000,000 |
| Gross profit | 3,363,000,000 | 3,682,000,000 | 4,845,000,000 | 3,393,000,000 | 3,409,000,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 13.64 | 10.51 | 14.87 | 7.99 | 4.91 |
| Operating cash flow | -2,894,000,000 | -5,549,000,000 | 3,308,000,000 | 1,900,000,000 | 844,000,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 399,000,000 | 555,000,000 | 1,122,000,000 | 1,376,000,000 | 1,723,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | 289,000,000 | 349,000,000 | 383,000,000 | 378,000,000 | 459,000,000 |
| Share buybacks | 100,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 600,000,000 | 1,100,000,000 | 551,000,000 |
| Assets | 23,819,000,000 | 24,580,000,000 | 25,372,000,000 | 24,899,000,000 | 44,528,000,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 9,224,000,000 | 10,851,000,000 | 9,913,000,000 | 15,904,000,000 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 902,000,000 | 1,104,000,000 | 2,602,000,000 | 3,311,000,000 | 1,135,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | -3,293,000,000 | -6,104,000,000 | 2,186,000,000 | 524,000,000 | -879,000,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.51% | 2.39% | 3.77% | 2.14% | 1.16% |
| Return on equity | 17.45% | 20.67% | 11.47% | 5.13% | |
| Return on assets | 8.72% | 6.55% | 8.84% | 4.57% | 1.83% |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 2.13 | 2.15 | 1.61 |
Financial Charts
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-04-29. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001996862.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 13,417,000,000 | 244,000,000 | 1.68 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 13,241,000,000 | 70,000,000 | 0.48 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 12,908,000,000 | 221,000,000 | 1.56 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 13,542,000,000 | 602,000,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 11,643,000,000 | 201,000,000 | 1.48 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 12,769,000,000 | 354,000,000 | 2.61 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 22,155,000,000 | 166,000,000 | 0.84 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 23,762,000,000 | 95,000,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 21,861,000,000 | 68,000,000 | 0.35 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001628280-26-028235.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
First Quarter 2026 Overview
You should refer to "Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Factors Affecting Operating Results" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, for a discussion of key factors affecting operating results in each of our business segments. In addition, you should refer to "Item 9A, Controls and Procedures" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and to "Item 4, Controls and Procedures" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2026, for a discussion of our internal controls over financial reporting.
Viterra Acquisition
On July 2, 2025, we completed our previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Viterra Limited ("Viterra"). Pursuant to the terms of the business combination agreement, Viterra shareholders received approximately 65.6 million registered shares of Bunge, with an aggregate value of approximately $5.3 billion as of July 2, 2025, and approximately $1.9 billion in cash, in return for 100% of the outstanding equity of Viterra.
This section is inclusive of the results of operations of Viterra from the date of Acquisition. Therefore, results attributable to Viterra are not included in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2025. As such, the Acquisition of Viterra is frequently one of the primary drivers of the year-over-year variances discussed throughout this section.
Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
Total earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT") is an operating performance measure used by Bunge’s management to evaluate reportable segment operating activities as well as Corporate and Other results. Bunge also uses Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT to evaluate the operating performance of Bunge’s reportable segments and Total reportable segments together with Corporate and Other activities. Segment EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of each of Bunge’s Soybean Processing and Refining, Softseed Processing and Refining, Tropical Oils and Specialty Ingredients, and Grain Merchandising and Milling reportable segments. Total EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of Bunge’s reportable segments, together with Corporate and Other activities. Bunge’s management believes Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT are useful measures of operating profitability since the measures allow for an evaluation of performance without regard to financing methods or capital structure. In addition, EBIT is a financial measure that is widely used by analysts and investors in Bunge’s industry. Total EBIT is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and is not intended to replace Net income (loss) attributable to Bunge shareholders, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Further, Total EBIT excludes EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests and is not a measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to Net income (loss) or any other measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP. See the reconciliation of Net income (loss) attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT below.
Executive Summary
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Bunge Shareholders - For the three months ended March 31, 2026, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders was $68 million, a decrease of $133 million compared to $201 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was primarily due to lower Segment EBIT and Corporate and Other EBIT, as further discussed in the Segment Results section below. In addition, the decrease is due to higher net interest expense as a result of increased debt levels to finance the Viterra Acquisition, partially offset by an income tax benefit recorded in the current period compared to an expense in the prior period, as further described in the Consolidated Results of Operations section below.
Net income (loss) attributable to Bunge shareholders - Earnings per share - Diluted - For the three months ended March 31, 2026, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders - diluted, was $0.35 per share, a decrease of $1.13 per share, compared to $1.48 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease is primarily due to lower Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders discussed above, as well as dilution from the issuance of registered shares as part of the Viterra Acquisition.
Total EBIT - For the three months ended March 31, 2026, Total EBIT was $184 million, a decrease of $144 million compared to $328 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in Total EBIT for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was primarily due to lower Segment EBIT, resulting primarily from less favorable results in our
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Grain Merchandising and Milling and Soybean Processing and Refining segments, as well as lower Corporate and Other EBIT, resulting from higher Selling, general and administrative expense. These decreases were partially offset by more favorable results in our Tropical Oils and Specialty Ingredients segment. The Segment Overview section below provides further details as well as a reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT.
Liquidity and Capital Resources – At March 31, 2026, working capital, which equals Total current assets less Total current liabilities, was $10,154 million, an increase of $1,316 million, compared to working capital of $8,838 million at March 31, 2025, and an increase of $890 million, compared to working capital of $9,264 million at December 31, 2025. The increase in working capital at March 31, 2026, compared to March 31, 2025, was primarily due to higher Inventories and Other current assets, partially offset by lower Cash and cash equivalent balances and higher Trade accounts payable and Other current liabilities. The increase in working capital at March 31, 2026, compared to December 31, 2025, was primarily due to higher Inventories, partially offset by higher Trade accounts payable and Other current liabilities, as further discussed in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.
Consolidated Results of Operations
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | % Change | ||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 21,861 | $ | 11,643 | 88 | % | ||||
| Cost of goods sold | (21,095) | (11,046) | 91 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | 766 | 597 | 28 | % | ||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | (531) | (380) | 40 | % | ||||||
| Interest income | 45 | 59 | (24) | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | (181) | (104) | 74 | % | ||||||
| Foreign exchange gains (losses) – net | (94) | 25 | (476) | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense) – net | 53 | 82 | (35) | % | ||||||
| Income (loss) from affiliates | 3 | 5 | (40) | % | ||||||
| Income (loss) before income tax | 61 | 284 | (79) | % | ||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | 14 | (80) | (118) | % | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | 75 | 204 | (63) | % | ||||||
| Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests | (7) | (3) | 133 | % | ||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to Bunge shareholders | $ | 68 | $ | 201 | (66) | % |
Net Sales – Net sales increased 88%, to $21,861 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. See Segment Results section below for further discussion.
Cost of goods sold - Cost of goods sold increased 91%, to $21,095 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The increase in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to higher Net sales as well as overall more unfavorable mark-to-market results in the current period.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses - Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased 40%, to $531 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The increase is primarily due to increased labor costs as a result of the Viterra Acquisition.
Interest - Interest income decreased 24%, to $45 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Interest expense increased 74%, to $181 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Lower interest income is the result of lower average balances in Cash and cash equivalents, partially offset by higher balances in other short-term investments related to funding strategies in Argentina. Higher Interest expense is a result of higher debt levels, driven by the financing of the Viterra Acquisition, partially offset by lower average net interest rates.
Foreign exchange (losses) gains – net - Foreign exchange gains (losses) – net decreased 476%, to a loss of $94 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The net loss in the current quarter primarily reflects the impact of hedging costs attributable to monetary assets in South America, as well as net losses in Europe on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable and net U.S. dollar-denominated monetary liabilities in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations as a result of a stronger U.S. dollar.
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Income Tax (Expense) Benefit - Income tax (expense) benefit decreased 118% to an income tax benefit of $14 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily due to tax benefits in South America, as well as lower pre-tax income in 2026.
Segment Overview
Effective in the third quarter of 2025, we changed our reportable segments to align with our new value chain operational structure as a result of the completion of the Acquisition of Viterra. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2026, the Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining segment was renamed to Tropical Oils and Specialty Ingredients. The segment name change had no impact on the composition of the Company’s existing four reportable segments, nor to the Company’s previously reported segment results or the consolidated financial statements. See Note 19- Segment Information to our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Therefore, our operations are now organized, managed and classified into four reportable segments based upon their similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services offered, production processes, types and classes of customer, and distribution methods. Reportable operations comprise our Soybean Processing and Refining, Softseed Processing and Refining, Tropical Oils and Specialty Ingredients, and Grain Merchandising and Milling reportable segments.
Our remaining operations are not reportable segments, as defined by the applicable accounting standard, and are classified as Corporate and Other. Corporate and Other includes salaries and overhead for corporate functions, including acquisition and integration costs related to the Viterra Acquisition, that are not allocated to our individual reportable segments because the operating performance of each reportable segment is evaluated by the Company's chief operating decision maker exclusive of these items, as well as certain other activities including Bunge Ventures, the Company's captive insurance activities, accounts receivable securitization activities, and certain income tax assets and liabilities.
Further, we enhanced our volume reporting in the third quarter of 2025 to align with the new segment reporting structure and with the Company's primary income-generating activities. Volumes are now reported as follows:
•Soybean Processing and Refining volumes represent (1) oilseed volumes processed (crushed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same reporting period (2) merchandised volumes, which represent sales volumes of soybeans to third
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Latest 10-K MD&A
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following should be read in conjunction with "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements" and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Operating Results
Factors Affecting Operating Results
Bunge Global SA, a Swiss company, together with its subsidiaries, is a premier agribusiness solutions company, connecting farmers to consumers and delivering essential food, feed and fuel to the world. The commodity nature of the Company's principal products, as well as regional and global supply and demand variations that occur as an inherent part of the business, make volumes an important operating measure. Accordingly, information is included in "Segment Overview and Results of Operations" that summarizes certain items in our consolidated statements of income and volumes by reportable segment. The common unit of measure for all reported volumes is metric tons.
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Effective in the third quarter of 2025, we changed our reportable segments to align with our new value chain operational structure as a result of the completion of the Acquisition of Viterra. See Note 26- Segment Information to our consolidated financial statements. We also enhanced our volume reporting to align with our new segment reporting structure and with the Company's primary income-generating activities. Volumes are now reported as follows:
•Soybean Processing and Refining volumes represent (1) oilseed volumes processed (crushed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same reporting period (2) merchandised volumes, which represent sales volumes of soybeans to third-party customers during a reporting period and (3) a supplemental refined oil production volume, which will also be provided representing the total refined volume during a reporting period.
•Softseed Processing and Refining volumes represent (1) oilseed volumes processed (crushed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same reporting period (2) merchandised volumes, which represent sales volumes of softseeds to third-party customers during a reporting period and (3) a supplemental refined oil production volume, which will also be provided representing the total refined volume during a reporting period.
•Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers.
•Grain Merchandising and Milling volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers.
Further, effective January 1, 2025, Bunge is no longer separately presenting a Sugar and Bioenergy segment, as discussed in Note 26- Segment Information to our consolidated financial statements, nor presenting Core and Non-core segment results.
Corresponding prior period amounts have been recast to conform to the current period presentations described above.
Overview
Profitability in our reportable segments is affected by the availability and market prices of agricultural commodities, including oilseeds and grains, and the availability and costs of energy, transportation, and logistics services. Profitability in our processing and refining operations is also impacted by volumes procured, processed, refined, and sold and by capacity utilization rates. Availability of agricultural commodities is affected by many factors, including weather, farmer planting and selling decisions, plant diseases, governmental policies, and agricultural sector economic conditions.
Demand for our purchased and processed agricultural commodity products is affected by many factors, including global and regional economic and political conditions, changes in per capita income, the financial condition of our customers and their access to credit, worldwide consumption of food products, particularly pork and poultry, population growth rates, relative prices of substitute agricultural products, outbreaks of disease associated with livestock and poultry, and demand for renewable fuels produced from agricultural commodities and commodity products.
We expect that the factors described above will continue to affect global supply and demand for our agricultural commodity products for the foreseeable future. We also expect that, from time to time, imbalances will likely exist between oilseed processing and refining capacity and demand for oilseed products in certain regions, which impacts our decisions regarding whether, when, and where to purchase, store, transport, process, or sell these commodities, including whether to change the location of or adjust our own oilseed processing and refining capacity.
Additionally, price fluctuations and availability of agricultural commodities may cause fluctuations in our working capital, reflected in the level of inventories, accounts receivable, and outstanding borrowings over the course of a given year. For example, increased availability of commodities at harvest times often causes fluctuations in our inventories and borrowings. Increases in agricultural commodity prices will also generally cause our cash flow requirements to increase as our operations require increased use of cash and associated borrowings to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange-traded futures that we use to hedge our physical inventories.
Soybean Processing and Refining
Our Soybean Processing and Refining segment is a globally integrated business principally involved in the purchase, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, refining, marketing, and sale of soybeans and soybean related products, as well as biodiesel and fertilizer production and distribution. We process soybeans into protein meals and crude and refined vegetable oils and fats, principally for the food, animal feed, and biofuel industries, through a global network of facilities. As described above, Soybean Processing and Refining volumes represent (1) oilseed volumes processed (crushed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same reporting period (2) merchandised volumes, which represent sales volumes of soybeans to third-party customers during a reporting period and (3) a supplemental refined oil production volume, representing the total refined volume during a reporting period. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
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Softseed Processing and Refining
Our Softseed Processing and Refining segment is a globally integrated business principally involved in the purchase, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, refining, marketing, and sale of softseeds and softseed related products, as well as biodiesel production and distribution. As described above, Softseed Processing and Refining volumes represent (1) oilseed volumes processed (crushed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same reporting period (2) merchandised volumes, which represent sales volumes of softseeds to third-party customers during a reporting period and (3) a supplemental refined oil production volume, which will also be provided representing the total refined volume during a reporting period. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining
Our Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining segment is a globally integrated business principally involved in products of a specialty nature, including the purchase, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, refining, marketing, and sale of these related products. As described above, Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Grain Merchandising and Milling
Our Grain Merchandising and Milling segment involves the purchase, storage, transportation, distribution, and marketing of certain commodities primarily consisting of corn, wheat, barley, cotton, pulses, and sugar; activities also include the milling of wheat and sugar; and related services including ocean freight and financial services. As described above, Grain Merchandising and Milling volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Viterra Acquisition
On July 2, 2025, we completed our previously announced Acquisition of Viterra. Pursuant to the terms of the business combination agreement, Viterra shareholders received approximately 65.6 million registered shares of Bunge, with an aggregate value of approximately $5.3 billion as of July 2, 2025 and approximately $1.9 billion in cash, in return for 100% of the outstanding equity of Viterra.
This section is inclusive of the results of operations of Viterra from the date of Acquisition, July 2, 2025. As such, the Acquisition of Viterra is frequently one of the primary drivers of the year-over-year variances discussed throughout this section.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
Due to the global nature of our operations, our operating results can be materially impacted by foreign currency exchange rates. Both translation of our foreign subsidiaries' financial statements and foreign currency transactions can affect our results. On a monthly basis, for subsidiaries whose functional currency is a currency other than the U.S. dollar, subsidiary statements of income and cash flows must be translated into U.S. dollars for consolidation purposes based on weighted-average exchange rates in each monthly period. As a result, fluctuations of local currencies compared to the U.S. dollar during each monthly period impact our consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each reported period (per quarter and year-to-date) and also affect comparisons between those reported periods. Subsidiary balance sheets are translated using exchange rates as of the balance sheet date with the resulting translation adjustments reported in our consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Additionally, we record transaction gains or losses on monetary assets and liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currency of the entity. These amounts are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates as of the balance sheet date, with the resulting gains or losses included in the entity's statement of income and, therefore, in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net.
We primarily use a combination of equity and intercompany loans to finance our subsidiaries. Intercompany loans that are of a long-term investment nature with no intention of repayment in the foreseeable future are considered permanently invested and as such are treated as analogous to equity for accounting purposes. As a result, any foreign currency translation gains or losses on such permanently invested intercompany loans are reported in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets. In contrast, foreign currency translation gains or losses on intercompany loans that are not of a permanent nature are recorded in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net.
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Income Taxes
As a Swiss corporation, we are subject to corporate income tax at federal, cantonal, and communal levels on our Swiss income. Qualifying net dividend income and net capital gains on the sale of qualifying investments in subsidiaries are effectively exempt from federal, cantonal, and communal corporate income tax. Consequently, we expect dividends from our subsidiaries and capital gains from sales of investments in our subsidiaries to be exempt from Swiss corporate income tax. In addition, our subsidiaries, which operate in multiple tax jurisdictions, are subject to income taxes at various statutory rates ranging from 0% to 35%. The jurisdictions that significantly impact our effective tax rate are Argentina, Brazil, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. Determination of taxable income requires the interpretation of related and often complex tax laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which we operate, and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding future events.
Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
Total earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT") is an operating performance measure used by Bunge’s management to evaluate reportable segment operating activities as well as Corporate and Other results. Bunge also uses Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT to evaluate the operating performance of Bunge’s reportable segments and Total reportable segments together with Corporate and Other activities. Segment EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of each of Bunge’s Soybean Processing and Refining, Softseed Processing and Refining, Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining, and Grain Merchandising and Milling reportable segments. Total EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of Bunge’s reportable segments, together with Corporate and Other activities. Bunge’s management believes Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT are useful measures of operating profitability since the measures allow for an evaluation of performance without regard to financing methods or capital structure. In addition, EBIT is a financial measure that is widely used by analysts and investors in Bunge’s industry. Total EBIT is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and is not intended to replace Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Further, Total EBIT excludes EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests and EBIT attributable to discontinued operations and is not a measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to Net income or any other measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP. See the reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT below.
2025 Overview
Net Income Attributable to Bunge Shareholders - For the year ended December 31, 2025, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders was $816 million, a decrease of $321 million compared to a Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders of $1,137 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower Corporate and Other EBIT as well as higher net interest expense due to increased debt levels to finance the Viterra Acquisition, partially offset by higher Segment EBIT, as further discussed in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section below, and lower income tax expense as discussed further below.
Net Income Attributable to Bunge Shareholders - Earnings Per Share - Diluted - For the year ended December 31, 2025, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders - diluted, was $4.91 per share, a decrease of $3.08 per share, compared to $7.99 per share for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease is primarily due to lower Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders discussed above, as well as dilution from the issuance of registered shares as part of the Viterra Acquisition.
Total EBIT - For the year ended December 31, 2025, Total EBIT was $1,533 million, a decrease of $259 million compared to Total EBIT of $1,792 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in Total EBIT for the year ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to lower Corporate and Other EBIT, resulting from higher SG&A expense and a reduction in Other income - net due to the settlement of one of the Company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plans, an impairment charge related to certain long-term investments, and the absence of a prior year gain on the sale of Bunge's 50% ownership share in BP Bunge Bioenergia. This decrease was partially offset by higher Segment EBIT, resulting primarily from higher results in our Soybean Processing and Refining segment and a gain on the sale of Bunge's North America corn milling business recognized in our Grain Merchandising and Milling segment. The Segment Overview and Results of Operations section below provides further details, as well as, a reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT.
Income Tax Expense - Income tax expense was $288 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to income tax expense of $336 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to lower pre-tax income and a net benefit on various outstanding tax matters. See Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources – At December 31, 2025, working capital, which equals Total current assets less Total current liabilities, was $9,264 million, an increase of $741 million, compared to working capital of $8,523 million at December 31, 2024. The increase in working capital was primarily due to higher Inventories, Trade accounts receivables, and Other current assets, partially offset by higher Short-term debt, Trade accounts payable, Other current liabilities, and lower Cash and cash equivalents, as further discussed in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.
Segment Overview and Results of Operations
As described in "Factors Affecting Operating Results", our operations are organized, managed, and classified into four reportable segments based upon their similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services offered, production processes, types and classes of customer, and distribution methods. Reportable operations comprise our Soybean Processing and Refining, Softseed Processing and Refining, Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining, and Grain Merchandising and Milling reportable segments.
Our remaining operations are not reportable segments, as defined by the applicable accounting standard, and are classified as Corporate and Other. Corporate and Other includes salaries and overhead for corporate functions, including acquisition and integration costs related to the Viterra Acquisition, that are not allocated to our individual reportable segments because the operating performance of each reportable segment is evaluated by the Company's chief operating decision maker exclusive of these items, as well as certain other activities including Bunge Ventures, the Company's captive insurance activities, accounts receivable securitization activities, and certain income tax assets and liabilities. Corporate and Other also includes historical results of Bunge's previously recognized Sugar and Bioenergy segment as discussed above.
A reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders | $ | 816 | $ | 1,137 | $ | 2,243 | |||||
| Interest income | (202) | (163) | (148) | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 628 | 471 | 516 | ||||||||
| Income tax expense | 288 | 336 | 714 | ||||||||
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| Noncontrolling interests' share of interest and tax | — | 11 | 8 | ||||||||
| Total EBIT | $ | 1,533 | $ | 1,792 | $ | 3,333 | |||||
| Soybean Processing and Refining | $ | 1,225 | $ | 872 | $ | 2,222 | |||||
| Softseed Processing and Refining | 521 | 663 | 1,074 | ||||||||
| Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining | 118 | 216 | 94 | ||||||||
| Grain Merchandising and Milling | 465 | 408 | 301 | ||||||||
| Segment EBIT | 2,329 | 2,159 | 3,691 | ||||||||
| Corporate and Other EBIT | (796) | (367) | (358) | ||||||||
| Total EBIT | $ | 1,533 | $ | 1,792 | $ | 3,333 |
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Reportable Segments
Soybean Processing and Refining
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soybeans processed | 41,013 | 36,824 | 35,950 | 11 | % | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Soybeans merchandised | 20,489 | 15,399 | 11,851 | 33 | % | 30 | % | |||||||||||
| Refined oil production | 3,612 | 3,528 | 3,676 | 2 | % | (4) | % | |||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 36,313 | $ | 31,930 | $ | 36,147 | 14 | % | (12) | % | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (34,548) | (30,516) | (33,414) | 13 | % | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (552) | (465) | (452) | 19 | % | 3 | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange losses – net | (35) | (128) | (31) | (73) | % | 313 | % | |||||||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (2) | (8) | (72) | (75) | % | (89) | % | |||||||||||
| Other income – net | 27 | 110 | 53 | (75) | % | 108 | % | |||||||||||
| Income (loss) from affiliates | 22 | (51) | (9) | 143 | % | (467) | % | |||||||||||
| Total Soybean Processing and Refining Segment EBIT | $ | 1,225 | $ | 872 | $ | 2,222 | 40 | % | (61) | % |
2025 Compared to 2024
Soybean Processing and Refining segment Net sales increased 14%, to $36,313 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to Net sales contributions from the Acquisition of Viterra, in addition to overall higher prices in Argentina, which encouraged farmer selling and higher volumes of oilseeds merchandised in our global soybean distribution business. The increases were partially offset by lower prices in almost all other regions driven by relative price stabilization from a more balanced supply environment as well as lower processed volumes in Argentina due to a reduction in third-party tolling activity.
Cost of goods sold increased 13%, to $34,548 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The net increase was primarily due to higher Net sales, partially offset by a reduction in mark-to-market losses.
Foreign exchange losses - net decreased 73%, to a loss of $35 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The lower net loss in the current year is primarily the result of a weaker U.S. dollar on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations, partially offset by losses resulting from unfavorable hedging and remeasurement results on monetary assets.
Other income - net decreased 75%, to $27 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to lower gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning compared to the prior year, as well as a $15 million reserve for expected credit losses related to certain loan guarantees for a minority investment in South America.
Income (loss) from affiliates increased 143%, to net income of $22 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to improved results from our portfolio of equity method investments, particularly in South America, and a $19 million nonrecurring impairment charge in the prior period associated with a minority investment in North America.
Segment EBIT increased 40%, to $1,225 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The net increase was primarily driven by improved results in our South American soybean processing and refining businesses and contributions from the Viterra Acquisition, partially offset by lower results in our North American processing and refining business. In addition, the increase is the result of a reduction in foreign currency losses and income from affiliates in the current period compared to losses from affiliates in the prior period as further described above. The increase was partially offset by the reduction in Other income - net further described above.
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2024 Compared to 2023
Soybean Processing and Refining segment Net sales decreased 12%, to $31,930 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower average sales prices experienced in almost all regions for our global soybean oilseed processing businesses, driven by relative price stabilization due to a more balanced supply and demand environment, in addition to overall lower volumes in our global soybean oilseed processing business. The above decreases were slightly offset by higher volumes in South America resulting from the non-recurrence of the prior year drought in Argentina and higher volumes of oilseeds merchandised in our global soybean origination business.
Cost of goods sold decreased 9%, to $30,516 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The net decrease was primarily due to lower Net sales as described above. The decrease was partially offset by unfavorable mark-to-market results compared to the prior year.
Foreign exchange losses - net increased 313%, to a loss of $128 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The net loss in 2024 was primarily the result of the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations. The loss was partially offset by net remeasurement gains on net monetary assets, excluding the impact of loans payable described above, as a result of U.S. dollar exposure in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations.
EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests, an expense when subsidiaries with noncontrolling interests generate earnings before interest and tax, versus income when subsidiaries with noncontrolling interests generate loss before interest and tax, decreased 89%, to an expense of $8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was due to less favorable results recognized by our less than wholly-owned subsidiary, Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables LLC.
Other income - net increased 108%, to income of $110 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning.
Income (loss) from affiliates decreased 467%, to a net loss of $51 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to unfavorable results from equity method investments in South America, as well as a $19 million impairment charge associated with a minority investment in North America.
Segment EBIT decreased 61%, to $872 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The net decrease was primarily due to lower results across all businesses and regions, foreign exchange losses, and impairment charges incurred in the current year, as described above. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in Other income - net as highlighted above.
Softseed Processing and Refining
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Softseeds processed | 10,751 | 9,308 | 8,777 | 16 | % | 6 | % | |||||||||||
| Softseeds merchandised | 2,763 | 755 | 771 | 266 | % | (2) | % | |||||||||||
| Refined oil production | 2,883 | 2,903 | 2,720 | (1) | % | 7 | % | |||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 11,252 | $ | 6,951 | $ | 7,736 | 62 | % | (10) | % | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (10,575) | (6,097) | (6,526) | 73 | % | (7) | % | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (212) | (146) | (146) | 45 | % | — | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange gains (losses) – net | 79 | (27) | 31 | 393 | % | (187) | % | |||||||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4) | — | — | 100 | % | — | % | |||||||||||
| Other expense – net | (14) | (18) | (23) | (22) | % | (22) | % | |||||||||||
| (Loss) income from affiliates | (5) | — | 2 | 100 | % | (100) | % | |||||||||||
| Total Softseed Processing and Refining Segment EBIT | $ | 521 | $ | 663 | $ | 1,074 | (21) | % | (38) | % |
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2025 Compared to 2024
Softseed Processing and Refining segment Net sales increased 62%, to $11,252 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to Net Sales contributions from the Viterra Acquisition, in addition to higher average sales prices in our European business resulting from a drought in the region impacting the sunflower seed crop in the current year and higher prices in our global softseed distribution business. The above increases were partially offset by lower volumes for both oilseeds processed and oilseeds merchandised across all our legacy business.
Cost of goods sold increased 73%, to $10,575 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to higher Net sales as well as unfavorable mark-to-market results. In addition, the prior year included insurance recoveries for damaged property and business interruption related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net increased 393% to a gain of $79 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The net gain in the current year is primarily the result of a weaker U.S. dollar on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable in non-U.S. functional currency operations and net remeasurement gains on net monetary liabilities, excluding the impacts of loan payables described above, as a result of U.S. dollar exposure in non-U.S dollar functional currency operations.
Segment EBIT decreased 21%, to $521 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The net decrease was primarily due to lower results in our legacy European and North American businesses, partially offset by the contribution from the Acquisition of Viterra as well as foreign currency gains as described above.
2024 Compared to 2023
Softseed Processing and Refining segment Net sales decreased 10%, to $6,951 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower average sales prices experienced in all regions, driven by relative price stabilization due to a more balanced supply and demand environment. The decrease was slightly offset by higher volumes in South America resulting from the non-recurrence of the prior year drought in Argentina along with higher volumes in our European softseed business primarily driven from increased activity at our Ukrainian facilities.
Cost of goods sold decreased 7%, to $6,097 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to lower prices in all regions, as described in Net sales above and the non-recurrence of a prior year fixed asset impairment charge in North America. The decrease was also attributable to $1 million in insurance recoveries, related to certain previously damaged property, as well as a business interruption insurance recovery of $46 million related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war, both of which were recognized in 2024. The decrease was partially offset by less favorable mark-to-market results in 2024 as well as the absence of mark-to-market gains from the recovery of inventory in Ukraine recognized in 2023.
Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net decreased 187%, to a loss of $27 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The net loss in the current year was primarily due to the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations.
Segment EBIT decreased 38%, to $663 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower results in all businesses and regions, as well as foreign exchange losses.
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Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining
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| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 2,467 | 2,561 | 2,414 | (4) | % | 6 | % | |||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 4,633 | $ | 4,151 | $ | 4,237 | 12 | % | (2) | % | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (4,256) | (3,613) | (3,829) | 18 | % | (6) | % | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (231) | (254) | (278) | (9) | % | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange (losses) gains – net | (8) | (21) | 1 | (62) | % | 2200 | % | |||||||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (13) | (33) | (19) | (61) | % | 74 | % | |||||||||||
| Other expense – net | (7) | (15) | (1) | (53) | % | 1400 | % | |||||||||||
| Income (loss) from affiliates | — | 1 | (17) | (100) | % | 106 | % | |||||||||||
| Total Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining Segment EBIT | $ | 118 | $ | 216 | $ | 94 | (45) | % | 130 | % |
2025 Compared to 2024
Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining segment Net sales increased 12%, to $4,633 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to higher sales prices in our tropical oils business due to stronger demand resulting from global biofuel mandates and import tariffs, partially offset by lower volumes.
Cost of goods sold increased 18%, to $4,256 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to higher net sales in addition to unfavorable mark-to-market results.
EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests, an expense when subsidiaries with noncontrolling interests generate earnings before interest and tax, versus income when subsidiaries with noncontrolling interests generate loss before interest and tax, decreased 61% to expense of $13 million resulting from less favorable results attributable to noncontrolling interests in our Loders joint venture primarily due to lower results in the Europe region from the competitive market environment.
Segment EBIT decreased 45%, to $118 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to lower results in our tropical oils business in addition to a decrease in EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests, as described above.
2024 Compared to 2023
Other Oilseeds Processing and Refining segment Net sales decreased 2%, to $4,151 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease is due to lower sales prices in our tropical oils business, driven by a more balanced supply and demand environment and uncertainty related to U.S. biofuel policies. The decrease was partially offset by increased volumes in Asia due to higher demand for certain products driven by better pricing, as well as increased volumes in North America, primarily due to full year impact and higher capacity utilization at our refinery in Avondale, Louisiana.
Cost of goods sold decreased 6%, to $3,613 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to lower prices, as described in Net sales above, in addition to more favorable mark-to-market results.
SG&A expenses decreased 9%, to $254 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by the lack of recurring prior year accelerated amortization charges, related to the discontinuance of the Loders Croklaan trademark.
Segment EBIT increased 130%, to $216 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to higher results in our tropical oils business as well as lower SG&A expenses as highlighted above. The increase was partially offset by unfavorable Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net, primarily driven by the devaluation of the Egyptian pound in the first quarter of 2024.
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Grain Merchandising and Milling
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| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 67,166 | 36,660 | 34,072 | 83 | % | 8 | % | |||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 18,128 | $ | 10,073 | $ | 11,415 | 80 | % | (12) | % | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (17,520) | (9,458) | (10,910) | 85 | % | (13) | % | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (391) | (261) | (251) | 50 | % | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange (losses) gains – net | (83) | (18) | 6 | 361 | % | (400) | % | |||||||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (11) | (2) | 1 | 450 | % | 300 | % | |||||||||||
| Other income – net | 331 | 81 | 33 | 309 | % | 145 | % | |||||||||||
| Income (loss) from affiliates | 11 | (7) | 7 | 257 | % | (200) | % | |||||||||||
| Total Grain Merchandising and Milling Segment EBIT | $ | 465 | $ | 408 | $ | 301 | 14 | % | 36 | % |
2025 Compared to 2024
Grain Merchandising and Milling segment Net sales increased 80%, to $18,128 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to Net sales contributions from the Viterra Acquisition, in addition to higher sales prices and volumes in our global corn business, as well as higher volumes in our global wheat business as a result of higher demand across various regions for both businesses. The increase was partially offset by lower average sales prices in our global wheat business, in addition to the lack of recurring sales from our North American corn milling business that was divested in the second quarter of 2025 (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements).
Cost of goods sold increased 85%, to $17,520 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to higher Net Sales in addition to unfavorable mark-to-market results. In addition, the prior year included insurance recoveries for damaged property and business interruption related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 50% to $391 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to the Viterra Acquisition.
Other income - net increased 309% to a gain of $331 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to a $155 million gain on the sale of Bunge's North America corn milling business in the second quarter of 2025, in addition to gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning.
Segment EBIT increased 14%, to $465 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to higher Other income - net, as described above, partially offset by higher Selling, general and administrative expense and lower results from our ocean freight and financial services businesses.
2024 Compared to 2023
Grain Merchandising and Milling segment Net sales decreased 12%, to $10,073 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower average sales prices in our global corn and wheat businesses as well as all businesses in our milling operations, in addition to lower volumes in our global wheat business. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in volumes in our global corn business, primarily due to fewer supply constraints compared to the prior period.
Cost of goods sold decreased 13%, to $9,458 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower Net sales as described above, as well as favorable mark-to-market results in 2024. The decrease was also attributable to $5 million in insurance recoveries, related to certain previously damaged property, as well as a business interruption insurance recovery of $6 million related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war, both of which were recognized in 2024. The decrease was partially offset by the lack of mark-to-market gains from the recovery of inventory in Ukraine recognized in 2023.
Other income - net increased 145%, to $81 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning.
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Segment EBIT increased 36%, to $408 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to more favorable results in our ocean freight business.
Corporate and Other
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| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 5 | — | % | (40) | % | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (21) | (31) | (16) | (32) | % | 94 | % | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (727) | (650) | (588) | 12 | % | 11 | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange (losses) gains — net | (4) | 5 | 13 | (180) | % | (62) | % | |||||||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | % | (25) | % | |||||||||||
| Other (expense) income — net | (48) | 284 | 67 | 117 | % | (324) | % | |||||||||||
| (Loss) income from affiliates | (2) | 19 | 157 | 111 | % | (88) | % | |||||||||||
| Total Corporate and Other EBIT | $ | (796) | $ | (367) | $ | (358) | (117) | % | (3) | % |
2025 Compared to 2024
Corporate and Other EBIT decreased 117%, to a loss of $796 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $118 million loss recorded in Other (expense) income - net, related to the settlement of one of the Company’s US defined benefit pension plans and a $30 million impairment charge recorded in Other (expense) income - net, related to certain long-term investments held in Other non-current assets. The decrease was further attributable to the absence of a $195 million prior year gain on the sale of Bunge's 50% ownership share in BP Bunge Bioenergia, recorded in Other (expense) income - net. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions in the consolidated financial statements for further details regarding the Company's disposition of BP Bunge Bioenergia.
In addition, the decrease was attributable to an increase in SG&A expense resulting from the Acquisition of Viterra, partially offset by overall lower acquisition and integration costs associated with the Viterra Acquisition. The company recognized acquisition and integration costs within Corporate and Other EBIT of $223 million, and $244 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
2024 Compared to 2023
Corporate and Other EBIT decreased 3%, to a loss of $367 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in Income from affiliates and an increase in SG&A expense. The decrease in Income from affiliates was the result of less favorable results from Bunge's 50% ownership share in BP Bunge Bioenergia in 2024 compared to 2023, primarily resulting from a tax valuation allowance release in 2023, foreign exchange losses on U.S. dollar denominated debt in 2024, and lower margins in 2024. The increase in SG&A expense was the result of increased acquisition and integration costs associated with the Acquisition of Viterra. The company recognized acquisition and integration costs within Corporate and Other EBIT of $244 million, and $114 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
The EBIT decrease was partially offset by a $195 million gain, in 2024, on the sale of Bunge's 50% ownership share in BP Bunge Bioenergia, recorded in Other (expense) income – net, and 2023 impairment charges of $20 million, reported in Other (expense) income - net, related to a long-term investment and $16 million, reported in (Loss) income from affiliates, related to a minority investment in Australian Plant Proteins, a start-up manufacturer of novel protein ingredients. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions in the consolidated financial statements for further details regarding the Company's disposition of BP Bunge Bioenergia.
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Interest—A summary of consolidated interest income and expense follows:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 Compared to 2024 % Change | 2024 Compared to 2023 % Change | |||||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 202 | $ | 163 | $ | 148 | 24 | % | 10 | % | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (628) | (471) | (516) | 33 | % | (9) | % |
2025 Compared to 2024
Interest income increased 24%, to $202 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. Interest expense increased 33%, to $628 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. Higher interest income is the result of higher average balances in cash and cash equivalents in the first half of the current year as well as higher balances in marketable securities and other short-term investments related to funding strategies in Argentina in the current year. Higher interest expense is the result of higher debt levels to finance the Viterra Acquisition.
2024 Compared to 2023
Interest income increased 10%, to $163 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Interest expense decreased 9%, to $471 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Higher interest income is the result of higher balances in cash and cash equivalents for the year ended December 31, 2024. Lower interest expense is the result of lower interest rates.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our main financial objectives are to prudently manage financial risks, ensure consistent access to liquidity, and minimize cost of capital in order to efficiently finance our business and maintain balance sheet strength. We generally finance our ongoing operations with cash flows generated from operations, issuances of commercial paper, borrowings under various bilateral and syndicated revolving credit facilities, term loans, and proceeds from the issuance of senior notes. Acquisitions and long-lived assets are generally financed with a combination of equity and long-term debt.
Working Capital
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions, except current ratio) | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,135 | $ | 3,311 | ||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 3,870 | 2,148 | ||||
| Inventories | 13,198 | 6,491 | ||||
| Other current assets(1) | 6,188 | 4,008 | ||||
| Total current assets | $ | 24,391 | $ | 15,958 | ||
| Short-term debt | $ | 3,883 | $ | 875 | ||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 1,337 | 669 | ||||
| Trade accounts payable | 4,881 | 2,777 | ||||
| Current operating lease obligations | 499 | 286 | ||||
| Other current liabilities(2) | 4,527 | 2,828 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | $ | 15,127 | $ | 7,435 | ||
| Working capital(3) | $ | 9,264 | $ | 8,523 | ||
| Current ratio(3) | 1.61 | 2.15 |
(1)Comprises Time deposits under trade structured finance program, Assets held for sale and Other current assets.
(2)Comprises Letter of credit obligations under trade structured finance program, Liabilities held for sale and Other current liabilities.
(3)Working capital is defined as Total current assets less Total current liabilities; Current ratio represents Total current assets divided by Total current liabilities.
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Working capital was $9,264 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $741 million from working capital of $8,523 million at December 31, 2024.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents were $1,135 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $2,176 million from $3,311 million at December 31, 2024. Cash balances are managed in accordance with our investment policy, the objectives of which are to preserve the principal value of our cash assets, maintain a high degree of liquidity, and deliver competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. Cash balances are typically invested in short-term deposits, money market funds, and commercial paper programs with highly-rated financial institutions and in U.S. government securities. Please refer to the Cash Flows section of this report, below, for details regarding the primary factors giving rise to the change in Cash and cash equivalents during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Trade accounts receivable, net - Trade accounts receivable, net were $3,870 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $1,722 million from $2,148 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase of receivables outstanding as of December 31, 2025 from the Acquisition of Viterra and increased Net sales in the current period driven by factors described in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section above.
Inventories - Inventories were $13,198 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $6,707 million from $6,491 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to increased inventory balances from the Acquisition of Viterra. In addition, the increase was due to higher volumes as well as slightly higher prices on certain commodities.
Readily marketable inventories ("RMI") comprise agricultural commodity inventories, such as soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn, softseeds, softseed oil, and wheat that are readily convertible to cash because of their commodity characteristics, widely available markets and international pricing mechanisms. Total RMI reported at fair value were $11,361 million and $5,224 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively (see Note 5- Inventories, to our consolidated financial statements).
Other current assets - Other current assets were $6,188 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $2,180 million from $4,008 million at December 31, 2024. The increase is primarily due to an increase of Other current assets as of December 31, 2025 from the Acquisition of Viterra. In addition, the increase was also attributable to an increase in secured advances to suppliers, net as improved market conditions in Brazil have led to an increase in new advances in the current period, an increase in marketable securities and other short term investments as a result of strategic investment opportunities in South America, higher assets held for sale related to our European margarines and spreads business (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements), and an increase in margin deposits. These increases were partially offset by lower unrealized gains on derivative contracts as a result of volatile commodity prices, the collection of an insurance recovery receivable related to the business interruption resulting from the Ukraine-Russia war (see Note 6- Other Current Assets to our consolidated financial statements), and a decrease in disposition receivable reflecting the collection of a deferred payment in connection with the sale of BP Bunge Bioenergia, partially offset by the recognition of a disposition receivable in connection with the sale of 40% of our interest in BISA, our Spanish operating subsidiary (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements).
Short-term debt - Short-term debt, including the Current portion of long-term debt, was $5,220 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $3,676 million from $1,544 million at December 31, 2024. The higher Short-term debt level at December 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024 is primarily due to increased borrowings under one of our revolving credit facilities, the commercial paper program, and increased borrowings by operating companies on local bank facilities to fund working capital requirements, which includes additional Short-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2025 from the Acquisition of Viterra. In addition, increased short-term debt levels resulted from an increase in the Current portion of long-term debt associated with two tranches of senior notes maturing in 2026, partially offset by the repayment of $600 million senior notes which matured in the current period.
Trade accounts payable - Trade accounts payable were $4,881 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $2,104 million from $2,777 million at December 31, 2024. The increase in Trade accounts payable was primarily due to an increase in payables outstanding as of December 31, 2025 from the Acquisition of Viterra, higher inventory volumes, and slightly higher prices on certain commodities.
Other current liabilities - Other current liabilities were $4,527 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of $1,699 million from $2,828 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase of Other current liabilities outstanding as of December 31, 2025 from the Acquisition of Viterra. In addition, the increase is due to higher dividends payable (see Note 22- Equity to our consolidated financial statements), higher liabilities held for sale related to our European margarines and spreads business (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements), and contingent consideration related to our acquisition of ViOil (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements).
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Debt
As highlighted in Note 17- Debt and discussed further below, we utilize a variety of debt financing structures to maintain financial flexibility to meet our various financial objectives.
Revolving Credit Facilities—At December 31, 2025, we had $9,065 million unused and available committed borrowing capacity comprising committed revolving credit facilities. The following table summarizes these facilities for the years presented:
| Committed Capacity | Borrowings Outstanding | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolving Credit Facilities (1) | Maturities | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| $1.1 Billion 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement | 2026 | $ | 1,100 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
| $3.5 Billion Revolving Facility Agreement | 2028 | 3,500 | 600 | — | ||||||||||
| $4.2 Billion Revolving Credit Agreement | 2030 | 4,200 | — | — | ||||||||||
| $865 Million Revolving Credit Agreement | 2030 | 865 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total Revolving Credit Facilities | $ | 9,665 | $ | 600 | $ | — |
(1)See Note 17- Debt for further information on these programs.
Commercial Paper Program - The following table summarizes the facility as of the periods presented:
| (US$ in millions) | Program Capacity | Borrowings Outstanding | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Paper Program(1) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| $3 Billion Commercial Paper Program | $ | 3,000 | $ | 300 | $ | — |
(1) The short-term credit ratings of the commercial paper program require Bunge to keep same day unused committed borrowing capacity under its long-term committed credit facilities in an amount greater or equal to the amount of commercial paper issued and outstanding.
Short and long-term debt—
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US$ in millions | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Short-term debt | $ | 3,883 | $ | 875 | ||
| Long-term debt, including current portion | 10,168 | 5,363 | ||||
| Total debt | $ | 14,051 | $ | 6,238 | ||
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Average total debt outstanding | $ | 11,153 | $ | 5,480 |
Our total debt increased by $7,813 million to $14,051 million at December 31, 2025, from $6,238 million at December 31, 2024, primarily due to an increase in short-term borrowings as described above and an increase in long-term debt, including current portion, resulting from the issuance of two tranches of senior notes for an aggregate principle amount of $1.3 billion in August 2025 and borrowings outstanding of $1.3 billion on term loans due in 2028 drawn in June 2025 to finance the Viterra Acquisition. In addition, in the third quarter of 2025, Bunge completed exchange offers which resulted in exchanging $1.92 billion of existing senior notes of Viterra for new notes issued by Bunge Limited Finance Corp ("BLFC"), a wholly owned finance subsidiary of Bunge, and completed the European consent solicitation to become the issuer and guarantor of a 700 million Euro aggregate principal amount of 1.000% senior unsecured note due 2028 originally issued by Viterra. These increases were partially offset by the repayment of $600 million senior notes which matured in the current period. See Note 17- Debt to our consolidated financial statements for further information.
From time to time, through our financing subsidiaries, we enter into bilateral short-term credit lines as necessary. At December 31, 2025, there were $900 million of borrowings outstanding under these bilateral short-term credit lines, compared
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to no borrowing outstanding at December 31, 2024. The increase in the current period is primarily to support working capital requirements as a result of the Acquisition of Viterra.
In addition, Bunge's operating companies had $2,083 million and $875 million in short-term borrowings outstanding from local bank lines of credit at December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively, to support working capital requirements.
Registered Senior Notes — BLFC had the following outstanding debt securities (collectively referred to as the "BLFC Notes") registered under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, at December 31, 2025.
| (US$ in millions) | Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding | Balance Outstanding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.00% Senior Notes due 2026 | $ | 580 | 575 | |||
| 3.25% Senior Notes due 2026 | 700 | 700 | ||||
| 4.90% Senior Notes due 2027 | 440 | 443 | ||||
| 3.75% Senior Notes due 2027 | 600 | 599 | ||||
| 4.10% Senior Notes due 2028 | 400 | 398 | ||||
| 4.20% Senior Notes due 2029 | 800 | 794 | ||||
| 4.55% Senior Notes due 2030 | 650 | 645 | ||||
| 3.20% Senior Notes due 2031 | 599 | 557 | ||||
| 2.75% Senior Notes due 2031 | 1,000 | 994 | ||||
| 5.25% Senior Notes due 2032 | 300 | 307 | ||||
| 4.65% Senior Notes due 2034 | 800 | 791 | ||||
| 5.15% Senior Notes due 2035 | 650 | 643 |
Bunge unconditionally guarantees BLFC's obligations with respect to the BLFC Notes. Bunge's guarantees are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Bunge and rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Bunge. The guarantees provide that in the event of a default in payment of principal of, or interest on, BLFC Notes of a particular series, the holder of such series of senior debt securities may institute legal proceedings directly against Bunge to enforce the applicable guarantee without first proceeding against BLFC.
As a holding company, Bunge is dependent upon dividends, loans, or advances or other intercompany transfers of funds from its subsidiaries to meet its obligations, including its obligations under the guarantee. The ability of certain of its subsidiaries to pay dividends and make other payments to Bunge may be restricted by, among other things, applicable laws, as well as agreements to which those subsidiaries may be party. Therefore, the ability of Bunge to make payments with respect to the guarantee may be limited. The BLFC Notes effectively rank junior to all liabilities of Bunge's subsidiaries (other than BLFC). In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or dissolution of a subsidiary (other than BLFC) and following payment of its liabilities, the subsidiary may not have sufficient assets remaining to make payments to Bunge as a shareholder or otherwise.
Credit Ratings—Bunge's debt ratings and outlook by major credit rating agencies at December 31, 2025 were as follows:
| Short-term Debt(1) | Long-term Debt | Outlook | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Poor's | A-2 | A- | Stable | ||
| Moody's | P-2 | Baa1 | Stable | ||
| Fitch | F-2 | BBB+ | Stable |
(1)Short-term debt rating applies only to the commercial paper program with BLFC as the issuer.
Following the announcement of the Viterra Acquisition, all three rating agencies reviewed our credit ratings and published updated credit opinions on us, reflecting their views of the credit profile of the Company both on a standalone basis, and a pro-forma at closing basis. Recent rating agency actions include the following:
•Standard & Poor's upgraded Bunge’s credit rating to A- on July 2, 2025 and removed CreditWatch Positive outlook and assigned a Stable outlook;
•Standard & Poor's also assigned a A- issue-level rating to Bunge's outstanding $1 billion unsecured term loan due 2028 and Bunge's previously issued $2 billion Senior Notes;
•Moody’s upgraded Bunge’s long-term debt credit rating to Baa1 on August 1, 2024 with stable outlook; and affirmed the rating on July 28, 2025.
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•Fitch upgraded Bunge’s long-term debt credit rating to BBB+ on September 5, 2024 with stable outlook; and affirmed the rating on July 2, 2025.
Our debt agreements do not have any credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate maturity of our debt. However, credit rating downgrades would increase borrowing costs under our syndicated credit facilities (a credit rating upgrade, on the other hand, would reduce our borrowing cost) and, depending on their severity, could impede our ability to obtain credit facilities or access the capital markets in the future on competitive terms. A significant increase in our borrowing costs could impair our ability to compete effectively in our business relative to competitors with higher credit ratings.
Our credit facilities and certain senior notes require us to comply with specified financial covenants, including minimum current ratio, maximum debt to capitalization ratio, and limitations on secured indebtedness. We were in compliance with these covenants as of December 31, 2025.
Trade Receivable Securitization Program
Bunge and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a trade receivables securitization program (the "Program") with a financial institution, as administrative agent, and certain commercial paper conduit purchasers and committed purchasers (collectively, the "Purchasers"). The Program is designed to enhance our financial flexibility by providing an additional source of liquidity for our operations. As referenced in Note 4- Trade Accounts Receivable and Trade Receivable Securitization Program, the aggregate size of the program is $1.5 billion, with an accordion feature of $1 billion. The Program terminates on May 17, 2031; however, each committed purchaser's commitment to purchase trade receivables under the Program will terminate on December 15, 2026, with a feature that permits us to request 364-day extensions.
Under the Program's pledge structure, Bunge Securitization B.V. ("BSBV"), a consolidated bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, transfers certain trade receivables to the Purchasers in exchange for a cash payment up to the aggregate size of the Program. Bunge also retains ownership of a population of unsold receivables. BSBV agrees to guarantee the collection of sold receivables and grants a lien to the administrative agent on all unsold receivables. Collections on unsold receivables and guarantee payments are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Bunge’s risk of loss following the sale of the trade receivables is substantially the same and limited to the assets of BSBV, primarily comprised of unsold receivables pledged to the administrative agent.
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
We may use interest rate swaps in hedge accounting relationships and record the swaps at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded contemporaneously in earnings. Additionally, the carrying amount of the associated debt is adjusted through earnings for changes in fair value due to changes in benchmark interest rates. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements.
Equity
Total equity is set forth in the following table:
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Registered shares | $ | 2 | $ | 1 | |||
| Additional paid-in capital (1) | 9,841 | 5,325 | |||||
| Retained earnings | 13,152 | 12,838 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (6,084) | (6,702) | |||||
| Treasury shares, at cost (2025—15,103,107 and 2024—21,318,307) (1) | (1,007) | (1,549) | |||||
| Total Bunge shareholders' equity | 15,904 | 9,913 | |||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 1,465 | 1,032 | |||||
| Total equity | $ | 17,369 | $ | 10,945 |
(1) In the fourth quarters of 2025 and 2024, Bunge Global SA cancelled 12,382,610 and 6,146,930 shares held in treasury totaling $1,045 million and $572 million, respectively. See Note 22- Equity to our consolidated financial statements.
Total Bunge shareholders' equity was $15,904 million at December 31, 2025 compared to $9,913 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to Bunge stock issued as consideration in the Acquisition of Viterra of $5,340 million, $816 million of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders, $567 million of income in Accumulated other comprehensive loss resulting from favorable foreign exchange translation adjustments, and a $240 million increase resulting
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from the sale of a redeemable noncontrolling interest in our Spanish operating subsidiary (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements) impacting both Additional paid-in capital and Accumulated other comprehensive loss. These increases were partially offset by share repurchases of $551 million and $502 million of declared dividends to shareholders, as described in Note 22- Equity to our consolidated financial statements.
Noncontrolling interests increased to $1,465 million at December 31, 2025 from $1,032 million at December 31, 2024 primarily due to acquired Noncontrolling interests of $441 million from the Acquisition of Viterra, $34 million of income from favorable foreign exchange translations adjustments in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, $24 million of Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, and $32 million of contributions from noncontrolling interests. These increases were partially offset by an $89 million reduction on the acquisition of noncontrolling interest in Terminal de Granéis de Santa Catarina ("TGSC") (see Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities to our consolidated financial statements).
Share repurchase program - As noted in Note 22- Equity, on November 13, 2024, Bunge Global SA's Board approved the expansion of an existing share repurchase program by an additional $500 million bringing total authorizations under the program since inception to $2.7 billion. The program continues to have an indefinite term. As of December 31, 2025, a total of 26,417,080 shares were repurchased under the program for $2.5 billion with an aggregate purchase authorization of approximately $249 million remaining outstanding for repurchases under the program. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, Bunge repurchased 6,749,341 shares for $551 million.
Cash Flows
| Year ended December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Cash provided by operating activities | $ | 844 | $ | 1,900 | |||
| Cash used for investing activities | (5,227) | (1,114) | |||||
| Cash provided by (used for) financing activities | 2,229 | (90) | |||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | (8) | 9 | |||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | (2,162) | $ | 705 |
Our cash flows from operations vary depending on, among other items, Net income and the market prices and timing of the purchase and sale of our inventories. Generally, during periods when commodity prices are rising, our agribusiness operations require increased use of cash to support working capital to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange traded futures that we use to minimize price risk related to the purchase and sale of our inventories.
2025 Compared to 2024
For the year ended December 31, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash decreased $2,162 million, compared to an increase of $705 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Operating: Cash provided by operating activities was $844 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1,900 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a decrease of $1,056 million. The decrease was primarily due to lower reported net income during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 as discussed in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section above as well as an overall reduction to net changes in working capital driven by the drivers discussed in Working Capital section above.
Certain of our non-U.S. operating subsidiaries are primarily funded with U.S. dollar-denominated debt, while currency risk is hedged with U.S. dollar-denominated assets. The functional currency of our operating subsidiaries is generally the local currency. The financial statements of our subsidiaries are calculated in the functional currency, and when the local currency is the functional currency, translated into U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar-denominated loans are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates at the applicable balance sheet date. Also, certain of our U.S. dollar functional operating subsidiaries outside the U.S. are partially funded with local currency borrowings, while the currency risk is hedged with local currency denominated assets. Local currency loans in U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries outside the U.S. are remeasured into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the applicable balance sheet date. The resulting gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net. For the year ended December 31, 2025, we recorded a foreign currency gain on net debt of $216 million largely due to the strengthening of the Brazilian real in the current year versus a foreign currency loss on net debt for the year ended December 31, 2024 of $174 million, which were included as adjustments to reconcile Net income to Cash provided by operating activities in the line item "Foreign exchange (gain) loss on net debt" in our consolidated statements of cash flows. This adjustment is required as the gains and losses are non-cash items that arise from financing activities and therefore will have no impact on cash flows from operations.
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Investing: Cash used for investing activities was $5,227 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $1,114 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $4,113 million. The increase was primarily due to cash payments for the Acquisition of Viterra, net of cash acquired, of $4,116 million in addition to payments for the acquisition of ViOil, as well as higher payments for investments, as a result of certain cash deployment strategies in Argentina, lower proceeds in the current year compared to the prior year from the sale of our investment in affiliate, BP Bunge Bioenergia, and higher spend on capital projects. The increase was partially offset by the current period receipts of $470 million in proceeds from the sale of Bunge's corn milling business in North America and $457 million, net of cash, related to the EU Oilseeds divestment, both as further described in Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements, as well as higher proceeds from investments, due to the cash deployment strategies described above.
Financing: Cash provided by financing activities was $2,229 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to cash used for financing activities of $90 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $2,319 million. The increase was primarily due to an increase in net cash proceeds of short and long-term debt of $1,679 million resulting from our use of our revolving credit facilities, the commercial paper program, and draws on long term debt facilities to both fund the Acquisition of Viterra, as well as for current and future working capital requirements. Additionally, the increase was due to $206 million in proceeds received from the sale of redeemable noncontrolling interest related to our Spanish operating subsidiary (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements) in addition to less cash used for share repurchases in the current period compared to the prior period. These increases were partially offset by higher cash dividends and an $18 million payment for the acquisition of noncontrolling interest in TGSC (see Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities to our consolidated financial statements).
For a comparison of cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, see Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Bunge Global SA's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025.
Capital Expenditures
Our cash payments made for capital expenditures were $1,723 million and $1,376 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in capital expenditures compared to the prior year was primarily due to higher spend on capital projects in North America and additional spend as a result of the Acquisition of Viterra. We intend to make capital expenditures in the range of $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion in 2026. Our priorities for 2026 are to maintain the cash generating capacity of our assets through non-discretionary projects, such as maintenance, safety and compliance, as well as discretionary investments in growth and productivity projects, focusing on our strategy to strengthen our oilseeds platform, increase participation in biofuels and plant-based proteins, and grow our value-added oils business. These discretionary and non-discretionary capital investments will also help us achieve certain of our environmental and sustainability related objectives. We intend to fund these capital expenditures primarily with cash flows from operations and cash on hand.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Guarantees and Indemnifications
Please refer to Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for details concerning our off-balance sheet arrangements related to guarantees and indemnifications.
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Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our scheduled contractual obligations and their expected maturities at December 31, 2025, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in the future periods indicated.
| Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | Total | 2026 | 2027 - 2028 | 2029 - 2030 | 2031 and thereafter | |||||||||
| Short-term debt | $ | 3,883 | $ | 3,883 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
| Long-term debt, including current portion(1) | 10,412 | 1,378 | 4,128 | 1,517 | 3,389 | |||||||||
| Variable interest rate obligations | 225 | 106 | 119 | — | — | |||||||||
| Interest obligations on fixed rate debt | 1,488 | 299 | 467 | 359 | 363 | |||||||||
| Non-cancelable lease obligations(2) | 1,992 | 568 | 642 | 295 | 487 | |||||||||
| Capital commitments | 288 | 285 | 3 | — | — | |||||||||
| Freight supply agreements(3) | 296 | 296 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Inventory purchase commitments | 333 | 329 | 3 | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Power supply purchase commitments | 85 | 51 | 31 | 3 | — | |||||||||
| Other commitments and obligations(4) | 800 | 343 | 259 | 100 | 98 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations(5) | $ | 19,802 | $ | 7,538 | $ | 5,652 | $ | 2,275 | $ | 4,337 |
(1)Includes components of long-term debt attributable to unamortized premiums of $116 million and excludes components of long-term debt attributable to fair value hedge accounting of $128 million.
(2)Represents future minimum payments under non-cancelable leases with initial terms of one year or more. Minimum lease payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease income receipts of $73 million due in future periods under non-cancelable subleases.
(3)Represents purchase commitments for voyage and time on ocean freight vessels and railroad freight lines for the purpose of transporting agricultural commodities. The ocean freight service agreements are short term contracts with a duration of less than a year. Ocean freight service agreements with terms in excess of one year are included in non-cancelable lease obligations. The railroad freight service agreements require a minimum monthly payment regardless of the actual level of freight services used. The costs of our freight supply agreements are typically passed through to our customers as a component of the prices we charge for our products. However, changes in the market value of such freight services compared to the rates at which we have contracted them may affect margins on the sales of agricultural commodities.
(4)Represents other purchase commitments and obligations, such as take-or-pay contracts, throughput contracts, and debt commitment fees.
(5)Does not include estimated payments of liabilities associated with uncertain income tax positions. As of December 31, 2025, Bunge had uncertain income tax liabilities of $77 million, including interest and penalties. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with these tax liabilities; therefore, such amounts are not included in the above contractual obligations table. See Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Employee Benefit Plans
We expect to contribute $19 million to our defined benefit pension plans and $6 million to our postretirement benefit plans in 2026. In the fourth quarter of 2025, we settled the U.S. Pension Plan through a lump sum buyout and conversion of a previously acquired third-party insurance buy-in contract to a buy-out arrangement. In connection with the settlement, the Company realized a pre-tax settlement loss of $118 million within Other income - net on the consolidated statements of income, comprising a $6 million settlement of the related defined benefit plan obligations, as well as the reclassification of $124 million from Accumulated other comprehensive loss. See Note 18- Employee Benefit Plans for further information.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As disclosed in Note 1, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make substantial judgments or estimates in their application that may significantly affect reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. We believe the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management's most difficult, subjective and complex judgments.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation of Foreign Currency Financial Statements
Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the majority of our foreign subsidiaries is their local currency. The determination of functional currency may require significant judgment to identify the currency of the primary economic environment in which a subsidiary operates. This may include an evaluation of a number of economic factors including cash flow, sales price, sales market, expense, and financing indicators, as well as the extent of the subsidiary’s intra-entity transactions. However, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, if a foreign entity's economy is determined to be highly inflationary, then such foreign entity's financial statements are remeasured as if the functional currency were the reporting currency.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net unless the remeasurement gain or loss relates to an intercompany transaction that is of a long-term investment nature and for which settlement is neither planned nor anticipated in the foreseeable future, in which case the remeasurement gain or loss is reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets.
At period-end, amounts included in the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in equity are translated using average exchange rates during each period. Assets and liabilities are translated at period-end exchange rates and resulting foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Inventories and Commodity Derivatives
Our RMI, forward RMI purchase and sale contracts, and exchange-traded futures and options are primarily valued at fair value. RMI are freely-traded, have quoted market prices, may be sold without significant additional processing and have predictable and insignificant disposal costs (see Note 5- Inventories to our consolidated financial statements for RMI balances as of December 31, 2025). We estimate the fair values of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories based on commodity futures exchange quotations, broker or dealer quotations, or market transactions in either listed or over-the-counter ("OTC") markets with appropriate adjustments for differences in local markets where our inventories are located. Certain inventories may utilize significant unobservable data related to local market adjustments to determine fair value. The significant unobservable inputs for RMI and physically-settled forward purchase and sale contracts relate to certain management estimates regarding transportation costs and other local market or location-related adjustments, primarily freight-related adjustments in the interior of Brazil and the lack of market corroborated information in Canada. In both situations, we use proprietary information such as purchase and sale contracts and contracted prices to value freight, premiums, and discounts in our contracts. Counterparty credit and performance risk on forward commodity purchase and sale contracts is included in the determination of fair value. From time to time, we have experienced instances of counterparty non-performance as a result of significant declines in counterparty profitability under these contracts due to movements in commodity prices between the time the contracts were executed and the contractual forward delivery period. However, based on historical experience with our suppliers and customers, our own credit risk, and knowledge of current market conditions, we do not view non-performance risk to be a significant input to fair value for the majority of our forward commodity purchase and sale contracts.
Changes in the fair values of these inventories and contracts are recognized in our consolidated statements of income as a component of Cost of goods sold. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair values, amounts reported as Inventories and Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts in the consolidated balance sheets and Cost of goods sold in the consolidated statements of income could differ. Additionally, if market conditions change subsequent to year-end, amounts reported in future periods as Inventories, Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts, and Cost of goods sold could differ. See Note 15- Fair Value Measurements to our consolidated financial statements for further details of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories carried at fair value.
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Derivatives - Designated Hedging Activities
We manage currency risk on certain forecasted purchases, sales and selling, general and administrative expenses with currency forwards designated as cash flow hedges and we utilize cross-currency swaps to manage currency risk on foreign currency-denominated debt. Assuming normal market conditions, the change in the market value of such derivative instruments has historically been, and is expected to continue to be, highly effective at offsetting changes in the cash flows of the hedged item attributable to changes in currency exchange rates. Gains and losses arising from open and closed hedging transactions are deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes, and recognized as a component of earnings in the consolidated statement of income in the same caption as the hedged items when the hedged item is recognized in earnings. If it is determined that the derivative hedging instruments are no longer effective at offsetting changes in the cash flows of the hedged item attributable to changes in currency exchange rates, then the changes in the market value of the derivative instrument would be recorded immediately in the consolidated statements of income in the same caption as the hedged items. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements for further details and impacts of cash flow hedges on the consolidated financial statements.
Business Combinations
We account for business combinations under the acquisition method of accounting, which requires consideration transferred to be allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective fair value at the date of the acquisition. The excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill.
We use various valuation methods to estimate the acquisition date fair value depending on the nature of the underlying asset or liability, including the income approach, market approach, and cost approach. For example, to determine the fair value of Property, plant, and equipment acquired as part of the Viterra Acquisition, we primarily utilized the cost approach, including replacement cost and trended cost methodologies.
Determining fair value requires significant estimates and assumptions based on an evaluation of a number of factors, including market participants, projected growth rates, replacement cost, the amounts and timing of future cash flows, the discount rates applied to the cash flows, and the determination of useful life of an asset. For significant acquisitions, including the Viterra Acquisition in the current year, we engage third-party valuation specialists to assist in estimating the fair value of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
During the measurement period, which is up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments may be made to the preliminary amounts recorded at the acquisition date, with the corresponding offset recorded to goodwill. Measurement period adjustments will be recorded in the period determined, as if it had been completed at the acquisition date. Upon conclusion of the measurement period, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to earnings. As of December 31, 2025, the measurement period is ongoing for the Viterra Acquisition. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements for further information on current year acquisitions.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess consideration over the fair value assigned to identifiable assets and liabilities, including intangible assets, of a business acquired. Our goodwill balance is not amortized to expense. Instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. We generally perform our annual impairment analysis during the fourth quarter, from an income approach using a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method and/or a market approach using a guideline public companies ("GPC") method. If events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment analyses, we perform an impairment analysis at that date. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, or sale or disposition of a significant asset. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we: (1) determine our reporting units; (2) allocate goodwill to our various reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates; (3) determine the carrying value, or book value, of our reporting units; (4) estimate the fair value of each reporting unit using a discounted cash flow model and/or a market multiples model based on guideline public companies; (5) compare the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value; and (6) if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, we recognize an impairment charge for such amount, but not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis, including the identification of our reporting units, identification and allocation of the assets and liabilities to each of our reporting units, and determination of fair value. In estimating the fair value of a reporting unit for the purposes of our annual or periodic impairment analysis, we make estimates and significant judgments about the future cash flows of that reporting unit aligned with management’s strategic business plans. We believe the assumptions and estimates used are appropriate based on the information currently available to management. Critical estimates in the determination of fair value
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under the income approach include, but are not limited to, assumptions about variables such as commodity prices, crop and related throughput and production volumes, gross profit, future capital expenditures, other expenses, and discount rates, all of which are subject to a high degree of judgment. Critical estimates in the determination of fair value under the market approach include, but are not limited to, determination of the guideline public companies and selection of the market multiples. Changes in judgment related to these assumptions and estimates could result in goodwill impairment charges.
In connection with the Acquisition of Viterra, the Company updated its segment reporting to align with its new value chain operational structure, resulting in changes to our reporting units. The results of our annual impairment assessment, performed on October 1, 2025, indicated that the estimated fair values of each of our goodwill reporting units exceeded each of their carrying values by a substantial amount, with the exception of Grain Merchandising and Global Cotton, which exceeded their carrying values by approximately 9% and by approximately 15%, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, we had $593 million and $47 million of goodwill in our Grain Merchandising reporting unit and Global Cotton reporting unit, respectively. See Note 8- Goodwill, to our consolidated financial statements.
The Grain Merchandising and Global Cotton reporting units are both included within our Grain Merchandising and Milling reportable segment and include assets acquired and liabilities assumed as part of the Viterra Acquisition. The Viterra Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting that requires assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recognized at fair value as of the date of the transaction close. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements for further information. The close proximity of the Acquisition date to the 2025 goodwill impairment test contributed in part to the ratios of excess fair value over carrying value noted above.
Grain Merchandising: During the fourth quarter of 2025, we performed our annual impairment assessment of the Grain Merchandising reporting unit using both a DCF method and a GPC method, giving equal weight to each. We determined equal weight was appropriate as the DCF method captured the growth and gross profit expectations specific to the reporting unit; whereas the GPC method captured market-specific factors using a reasonably similar set of guideline public companies.
In addition to the impact of the Viterra Acquisition noted above, general market downturns and higher interest rates negatively impacted the fair value of the Grain Merchandising reporting unit. The fair value estimates for this reporting unit are sensitive to significant assumptions, including crop and related throughput volumes, gross profit, and discount rate.
Global Cotton: During the fourth quarter of 2025, we performed our annual impairment assessment of the Global Cotton reporting unit using a DCF method. We determined a full weighting of the DCF method was appropriate primarily driven by the lack of available guideline public companies from which to compare relevant market data. The fair value estimates for this reporting unit are sensitive to significant assumptions, including crop and related throughput volumes, gross profit, and discount rate.
While management believes its estimates of fair value for all reporting units are reasonable, actual financial results may vary due to the inherent uncertainty in such estimations. Changes in future estimates or performance could result in the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeding its fair value.
Property, Plant and Equipment and Other Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment and other finite-lived intangible assets. Property, plant and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets are depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful life on a straight line basis. When facts and circumstances indicate the carrying values of these assets may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the carrying value of the assets to the undiscounted projected future cash flows to be generated by such assets from their use and ultimate disposal. If the carrying value of our assets is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss in the amount that carrying value exceeds fair value. Impairment is recognized as a charge against results of operations. Our judgments related to the expected useful lives of these assets and our ability to realize undiscounted cash flows in excess of the carrying amount of such assets are affected by factors such as the ongoing maintenance of the assets, changes in economic conditions and changes in operating performance. As we assess the ongoing expected cash flows and carrying amounts of these assets, changes in these factors could cause us to realize material impairment charges.
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Investments in Affiliates
We have investments in various unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for using the equity method, minus impairment. We review our investments annually or when events or circumstances indicate that a potential decline in value may be other than temporary. We consider various factors in determining whether to recognize an impairment charge, including the length of time the fair value of the investment is expected to be below its carrying value, the financial condition, operating performance and near-term prospects of the affiliate, and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery of the fair value. Critical estimates in the determination of the fair value include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue growth, and discount rates. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair value, the amount of recorded impairment and the carrying value of our investments could differ. Please refer to Note 10- Impairments and Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities to our consolidated financial statements for further details.
Contingencies
We are a party to a large number of claims and lawsuits, primarily non-income tax and labor claims in Brazil and non-income tax claims in Argentina, and we make provisions for potential liabilities arising from such claims when we deem them probable and reasonably estimable. These estimates of probable loss have been developed in consultation with in-house and outside counsel and are based on an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. Future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions or the effectiveness of our strategies relating to these proceedings. For more information on tax and labor claims in Brazil, see "Item 3. Legal Proceedings" and Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements.
Indemnifications
We have provided certain indemnifications in connection with our divestitures. In some instances, we have recorded indemnification liabilities upon inception measured at fair value in accordance with ASC 460, Guarantees and ASC 450, Contingencies. The estimates to determine the fair value prioritize observable inputs in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. Our estimation techniques often employ probability weighting, assigning probabilities to various outcomes and weighting the associated costs accordingly, based on consultations with internal experts. Changes in these assumptions and estimates could impact the recorded liability. For additional information on indemnifications, see Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes
We record valuation allowances to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that we are likely to realize. We apply a "more likely than not" threshold to the recognition and de-recognition of tax benefits. Accordingly, we recognize the amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being ultimately realized upon settlement. We consider projections of future taxable income and prudent tax planning strategies to assess the need for and the amount of the valuation allowances. If we determine that we can realize a deferred tax asset in excess of our net recorded amount, we decrease the valuation allowance, thereby decreasing income tax expense. Conversely, if we determine that we are unable to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset, we increase the valuation allowance, thereby increasing income tax expense. During 2025, we increased valuation allowances by $295 million, primarily attributable to purchase accounting recorded through goodwill, with a small portion related to current year operations offset by currency movement in certain jurisdictions.
The calculation of our uncertain tax positions involves complexities in the application of intricate tax regulations in a multitude of jurisdictions across our global operations. Future changes in judgment related to the ultimate resolution of unrecognized tax benefits will affect the earnings in the quarter of such change. At December 31, 2025, we had recorded uncertain tax positions of $77 million in our consolidated balance sheet. For additional information on income taxes, please refer to Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Recoverable Taxes
We evaluate the collectability of our recoverable taxes and record allowances if we determine that collection is doubtful. Recoverable taxes include value-added taxes paid upon the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, raw materials and taxable services, as well as other transactional taxes, which can be recovered in cash or as compensation against income taxes, or other taxes we may owe, primarily in Brazil and Europe. Management's assumption about the collectability of recoverable taxes requires significant judgment because it involves an assessment of the ability and willingness of the applicable federal or local government to refund the taxes. The balance of these allowances fluctuates depending on the sales activity of existing inventories, purchases of new inventories, percentages of export sales, seasonality, changes in applicable tax rates, cash payments by the applicable government agencies and the offset of outstanding balances against income or certain other taxes owed to the applicable governments, where permissible. At December 31, 2025, the allowance for recoverable taxes was $46 million. We continue to monitor the economic environment and events taking place in the applicable countries and in cases where we determine that recovery is doubtful, recoverable taxes are reduced by allowances for the estimated unrecoverable amounts.
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New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001996862-25-000008.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following should be read in conjunction with "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements" and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
For a comparison of results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, see Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Bunge Global SA's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2024.
Operating Results
Factors Affecting Operating Results
Bunge Global SA, a Swiss company, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading global agribusiness and food company with integrated operations that stretch from farmer to consumer. The commodity nature of the Company's principal products, as
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well as regional and global supply and demand variations that occur as an inherent part of the business, make volumes an important operating measure. Accordingly, information is included in "Segment Overview and Results of Operations" that summarizes certain items in our consolidated statements of income and volumes by reportable segment. The common unit of measure for all reported volumes is metric tons.
Agribusiness
In the Agribusiness segment, we purchase, store, transport, process, and sell agricultural commodities and commodity products. Profitability in this segment is affected by the availability and market prices of agricultural commodities and processed commodity products and the availability and costs of energy, transportation, and logistics services. Profitability in our processing operations is also impacted by volumes procured, processed, and sold and by capacity utilization rates. Availability of agricultural commodities is affected by many factors, including weather, farmer planting and selling decisions, plant diseases, governmental policies, and agricultural sector economic conditions. Reported Processing volumes comprise oilseed volumes crushed (processed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same period. Reported Merchandising volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers.
Demand for our purchased and processed Agribusiness products is affected by many factors, including global and regional economic conditions, changes in per capita income, the financial condition of our customers and their access to credit, worldwide consumption of food products, particularly pork and poultry, population growth rates, relative prices of substitute agricultural products, outbreaks of disease associated with livestock and poultry, and demand for renewable fuels produced from agricultural commodities and commodity products.
We expect that the factors described above will continue to affect global supply and demand for our Agribusiness products for the foreseeable future. We also expect that, from time to time, imbalances will likely exist between oilseed processing capacity and demand for oilseed products in certain regions, which impacts our decisions regarding whether, when, and where to purchase, store, transport, process or sell these commodities, including whether to change the location of or adjust our own oilseed processing capacity.
Additionally, price fluctuations and availability of commodities may cause fluctuations in our working capital, reflected in the level of inventories, accounts receivable, and outstanding borrowings over the course of a given year. For example, increased availability of commodities at harvest times often causes fluctuations in our inventories and borrowings. Increases in agricultural commodity prices will also generally cause our cash flow requirements to increase as our operations require increased use of cash and associated borrowings to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange-traded futures that we use to hedge our physical inventories.
Refined and Specialty Oils
In the Refined and Specialty Oils segment, our operating results are affected by changes in the prices of raw materials such as crude vegetable oils, the mix of products that we sell, changes in consumer eating habits, changes in per capita income, consumer purchasing power levels, availability of credit to customers, governmental dietary guidelines and policies, changes in regional economic conditions, and the general competitive environment in our markets. Raw material inputs to our production processes in the Refined and Specialty Oils segment are largely sourced at market prices from our Agribusiness segment. Reported volumes in this segment reflect sales volumes to third-party customers. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Milling
In the Milling segment, our operating results are affected by changes in the prices of raw materials such as grains, the mix of products that we sell, changes in consumer eating habits, changes in per capita income, consumer purchasing power levels, availability of credit to customers, governmental dietary guidelines and policies, changes in regional economic conditions and the general competitive environment in our markets. Raw material inputs to our production processes in the Milling segment are largely sourced at market prices from our Agribusiness segment. Reported volumes in this segment reflect feedstock ground (processed) during a period, again approximating sales volumes during the same period. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Viterra
Following the completion of our pending Viterra Acquisition, our operations will be impacted by the integration of Viterra's network of agricultural storage, processing, and transport assets. Viterra businesses operate in similar industries as we do, so we expect the factors that impact Viterra's operations will be broadly consistent with the factors that we have described above that impact each of our segments.
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Sugar and Bioenergy
Our Sugar and Bioenergy segment primarily comprised our 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with BP. On October 1, 2024, we completed the sale of our 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia. See Note 2 - Acquisitions and Dispositions to our consolidated financial statements for further details.
BP Bunge Bioenergia operated on a stand-alone basis with a total of 11 mills located across the Southeast, North, and Midwest regions of Brazil. We accounted for our interest in the joint venture under the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, our reported Sugar and Bioenergy results include our share of the net earnings in BP Bunge Bioenergia.
Prior to the sale of our interest in October 2024, profitability of this segment, the value of our investment, and the timing of distributions we received, if any, were affected by the profitability of the joint venture. In turn, the profitability of the joint venture was affected by the availability and quality of sugarcane, which impacted capacity utilization rates and the amount of sugar that could be extracted from the sugarcane, and by market prices of sugar and ethanol. The availability and quality of sugarcane is affected by many factors, including weather, geographical factors such as soil quality and topography, and agricultural practices. Demand for the joint venture's products was affected by many factors, including changes in global or regional economic conditions, the financial condition of customers and customer access to credit, worldwide consumption of food products, population growth rates, changes in per capita income, and demand for and governmental support of renewable fuels produced from agricultural commodities, including sugarcane.
In addition to these industry related factors which impact our business areas, our results of operations in all business areas and segments are affected by the following factors:
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
Due to the global nature of our operations, our operating results can be materially impacted by foreign currency exchange rates. Both translation of our foreign subsidiaries' financial statements and foreign currency transactions can affect our results. On a monthly basis, for subsidiaries whose functional currency is a currency other than the U.S. dollar, subsidiary statements of income and cash flows must be translated into U.S. dollars for consolidation purposes based on weighted-average exchange rates in each monthly period. As a result, fluctuations of local currencies compared to the U.S. dollar during each monthly period impact our consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each reported period (per quarter and year-to-date) and also affect comparisons between those reported periods. Subsidiary balance sheets are translated using exchange rates as of the balance sheet date with the resulting translation adjustments reported in our consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Additionally, we record transaction gains or losses on monetary assets and liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currency of the entity. These amounts are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates as of the balance sheet date, with the resulting gains or losses included in the entity's statement of income and, therefore, in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net.
We primarily use a combination of equity and intercompany loans to finance our subsidiaries. Intercompany loans that are of a long-term investment nature with no intention of repayment in the foreseeable future are considered permanently invested and as such are treated as analogous to equity for accounting purposes. As a result, any foreign currency translation gains or losses on such permanently invested intercompany loans are reported in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets. In contrast, foreign currency translation gains or losses on intercompany loans that are not of a permanent nature are recorded in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net.
Income Taxes
As a Swiss corporation, we are subject to corporate income tax at federal, cantonal, and communal levels on our Swiss income. Qualifying net dividend income and net capital gains on the sale of qualifying investments in subsidiaries are effectively exempt from federal, cantonal, and communal corporate income tax. Consequently, we expect dividends from our subsidiaries and capital gains from sales of investments in our subsidiaries to be exempt from Swiss corporate income tax. In addition, our subsidiaries, which operate in multiple tax jurisdictions, are subject to income taxes at various statutory rates ranging from 0% to 35%. The jurisdictions that significantly impact our effective tax rate are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland and the United States. Determination of taxable income requires the interpretation of related and often complex tax laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which we operate, and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding future events.
Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
Total earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT") is an operating performance measure used by Bunge’s management to evaluate reportable segment operating activities as well as Corporate and Other results. Bunge also uses Core Segment EBIT, Non-core Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT to evaluate segment operating performance of Bunge’s
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Core reportable segments, Non-core reportable segments, and Total reportable segments together with Corporate and Other. Core Segment EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of each of Bunge’s Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling reportable segments. Non-core Segment EBIT is the EBIT of Bunge’s Sugar & Bioenergy reportable segment. Total EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of Bunge’s Core and Non-core reportable segments, together with Corporate and Other. Bunge’s management believes Core Segment EBIT, Non-core Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total EBIT are useful measures of operating profitability since the measures allow for an evaluation of the performance of its segments without regard to financing methods or capital structure. In addition, EBIT is a financial measure that is widely used by analysts and investors in Bunge’s industry. Total EBIT is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and is not intended to replace Net income attributable to Bunge, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Further, Total EBIT excludes EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests and is not a measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to Net income or any other measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP. See the reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge to Total EBIT below.
2024 Overview
Net Income Attributable to Bunge Shareholders - For the year ended December 31, 2024, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders was $1,137 million, a decrease of $1,106 million compared to a Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders of $2,243 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to lower Core Segment EBIT, as further discussed in the Segment Overview & Results of Operations section below, partially offset by lower income tax expense as discussed further below.
Earnings Per Share - Diluted - For the year ended December 31, 2024, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders - diluted, was $7.99 per share, a decrease of $6.88 per share, compared to $14.87 per share for the year ended December 31, 2023.
EBIT - For the year ended December 31, 2024, Total EBIT was $1,792 million, a decrease of $1,541 million compared to EBIT of $3,333 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in Total EBIT for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to lower Core Segment EBIT, resulting primarily from lower gross profit in our Agribusiness segment, as further discussed in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section below, and which also provides a reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT.
Income Tax Expense - Income tax expense was $336 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to income tax expense of $714 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to lower pre-tax income and earnings mix.
Liquidity and Capital Resources – At December 31, 2024, working capital, which equals Total current assets less Total current liabilities, was $8,523 million, a decrease of $140 million, compared to working capital of $8,663 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease in working capital was primarily due to a higher Current portion of long-term debt balance, lower Inventories and lower Trade accounts receivables, net, partially offset by lower Trade accounts payable balances and higher Cash and cash equivalents, as further discussed in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.
Segment Overview and Results of Operations
Our operations are organized, managed, and classified into four reportable segments based upon their similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services offered, production processes, types and classes of customer, and distribution methods. We further organize these reportable segments into Core operations and Non-core operations. Core operations comprise our Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling reportable segments. Non-core operations comprise our Sugar & Bioenergy reportable segment, which itself primarily comprised the Company’s 50% interest in the net earnings of BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with BP p.l.c. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions for details regarding Bunge's disposition of its 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia.
Our remaining operations are not reportable segments, as defined by the applicable accounting standard, and are classified as Corporate and Other. Corporate and Other includes salaries and overhead for corporate functions that are not allocated to our individual reportable segments because the operating performance of each reportable segment is evaluated by the Company's chief operating decision maker exclusive of these items, as well as certain other activities including Bunge Ventures, the Company's captive insurance activities, and trade receivables securitization program, as well as certain income tax assets and liabilities.
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A reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders to Total EBIT follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders | $ | 1,137 | $ | 2,243 | |||
| Interest income | (163) | (148) | |||||
| Interest expense | 471 | 516 | |||||
| Income tax expense | 336 | 714 | |||||
| Noncontrolling interests' share of interest and tax | 11 | 8 | |||||
| Total EBIT | $ | 1,792 | $ | 3,333 | |||
| Agribusiness Segment EBIT | 1,301 | 2,786 | |||||
| Refined and Specialty Oils Segment EBIT | 759 | 865 | |||||
| Milling Segment EBIT | 111 | 66 | |||||
| Core Segment EBIT | 2,171 | 3,717 | |||||
| Corporate and Other EBIT | (594) | (548) | |||||
| Sugar and Bioenergy Segment EBIT | 215 | 164 | |||||
| Non-core Segment EBIT | 215 | 164 | |||||
| Total EBIT | $ | 1,792 | $ | 3,333 |
Core Segments
Agribusiness Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 80,628 | 76,019 | 6 | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 38,598 | $ | 42,764 | (10) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (36,684) | (39,443) | (7) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 1,914 | 3,321 | (42) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (603) | (592) | 2 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange losses — net | (171) | — | (100) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (9) | (70) | (87) | % | |||||||
| Other income — net | 226 | 126 | 79 | % | |||||||
| (Loss) income from affiliates | (56) | 1 | (5,700) | % | |||||||
| Total Agribusiness Segment EBIT | $ | 1,301 | $ | 2,786 | (53) | % |
2024 Compared to 2023
Agribusiness segment Net sales decreased 10% to $38,598 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was due to the following:
•In Processing, Net sales decreased 11%, primarily due to lower average sales prices experienced in all regions for our global soybean oilseed processing businesses as well as our Europe softseed businesses, driven by relative price stabilization due to a more balanced supply and demand environment, in addition to overall lower volumes in our global soybean oilseed processing businesses. The above decreases were slightly offset by higher volumes in South America resulting from the non-recurrence of the prior year drought in Argentina along with higher volumes in our Europe softseed business primarily driven from increased activity at our Ukrainian facilities.
•In Merchandising, Net sales decreased 7%, primarily due to lower average sales prices in our global corn, wheat, and oil businesses, in addition to lower volumes in our global wheat business. The decrease was partially offset by an
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increase in volumes in our global corn and oils businesses, primarily due to fewer supply constraints compared to the prior period.
Cost of goods sold decreased 7%, to $36,684 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to the following:
•In Processing, Cost of goods sold decreased 7%, primarily due to lower Net sales and the non-recurrence of a prior year fixed asset impairment charge in North America. The decrease was also attributable to $5 million in insurance recoveries, related to certain previously damaged property, as well as a business interruption insurance recovery of $38 million related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war, both of which were recognized in the current year. The decrease was partially offset by unfavorable mark-to-market results in the current period as well as the absence of mark-to-market gains from the recovery of inventory in Ukraine recognized in the prior period.
•In Merchandising, Cost of goods sold decreased by 8%, primarily due to lower Net sales, as further described above, and favorable mark-to-market results in the current period. The decrease was also attributable to $1 million in insurance recoveries, related to certain previously damaged property, as well as a business interruption insurance recovery of $14 million related to our Ukrainian operations as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war, both of which were recognized in the current year. The decrease was partially offset by the lack of mark-to-market gains from the recovery of inventory in Ukraine recognized in the prior period.
Foreign exchange losses - net was a loss of $171 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 . The net loss in the current year was the result of losses in our processing business, primarily due to the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations. The loss was partially offset by net remeasurement gains on net monetary assets, excluding the impact of loans payable described above, as a result of U.S. dollar exposure in non-U.S. dollar functional currency operations.
Other income - net was income of $226 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to income of $126 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning.
(Loss) income from affiliates was a loss of $56 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to income of $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to unfavorable results from equity method investments in South America, as well as a $19 million impairment charge in the current period associated with a minority investment in North America.
Segment EBIT decreased 53% to $1,301 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to the following:
•In Processing, a decrease of 62% was primarily due to lower Gross profit across all businesses and regions, foreign exchange losses, and impairment charges incurred in the current year, as described above. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in Other income (expense) - net as highlighted above.
•In Merchandising, an increase of 20% was primarily due to higher Gross profit, driven by more favorable results in our ocean freight business.
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Refined and Specialty Oils Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 9,134 | 8,908 | 3 | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 12,771 | $ | 14,603 | (13) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (11,484) | (13,234) | (13) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 1,287 | 1,369 | (6) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (416) | (425) | (2) | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange (losses) gains — net | (20) | 7 | (386) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (35) | (21) | 67 | % | |||||||
| Other (expense) — net | (57) | (65) | (12) | % | |||||||
| Total Refined and Specialty Oils Segment EBIT | $ | 759 | $ | 865 | (12) | % |
2024 Compared to 2023
Refined and Specialty Oils segment Net sales decreased 13%, to $12,771 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to lower average sales prices in all regions, driven by a more balanced supply and demand environment and uncertainty related to U.S. biofuel policies, partially offset by increased volumes in Asia due to higher demand for certain products driven by better pricing, as well as increased volumes in North America, primarily due to expanded capacity at our Avondale refinery.
Cost of goods sold decreased 13%, to $11,484 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to lower prices in all regions, as described in Net sales above, in addition to favorable mark-to-market results.
SG&A expenses decreased 2%, to $416 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by the lack of recurring prior year accelerated amortization charges, related to the discontinuance of the Loders Croklaan trademark.
Segment EBIT decreased 12% to $759 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by lower Gross profit driven by overall lower margins, particularly in North America, as well as unfavorable Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net, primarily driven by the devaluation of the Egyptian pound in the first quarter of 2024.
Milling Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 3,703 | 3,391 | 9 | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 1,555 | $ | 1,896 | (18) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (1,337) | (1,729) | (23) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 218 | 167 | 31 | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (97) | (95) | 2 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange (losses) gains — net | (3) | 1 | (400) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | 1 | (100) | % | |||||||
| Other expense — net | (6) | (7) | (14) | % | |||||||
| Loss from affiliates | (1) | (1) | — | % | |||||||
| Total Milling Segment EBIT | $ | 111 | $ | 66 | 68 | % |
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2024 Compared to 2023
Milling segment Net sales decreased 18%, to $1,555 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales prices in both our South American wheat milling and North American corn milling businesses. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in volumes across both regions.
Cost of goods sold decreased 23%, to $1,337 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales prices, as described for Net sales above, as well as favorable mark-to-market results.
Segment EBIT increased 68% to $111 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to higher Gross profit in both regions, as described above.
Corporate and Other
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 54 | $ | 42 | 29 | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (83) | (60) | 38 | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | (29) | (18) | (61) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (658) | (602) | 9 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange gains — net | 5 | 12 | (58) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | 4 | 4 | — | % | |||||||
| Other income — net | 83 | 73 | 14 | % | |||||||
| Income (loss) from affiliates | 1 | (17) | 106 | % | |||||||
| Total Corporate and Other EBIT | $ | (594) | $ | (548) | (8) | % |
2024 Compared to 2023
Corporate and Other EBIT decreased 8%, to a loss of $594 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by an increase in SG&A expense resulting from increased acquisition and integration costs associated with the announced acquisition of Viterra, partially offset by lower variable compensation expense. The company recognized acquisition and integrations costs within Corporate and Other EBIT of $244 million, and $114 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The decrease described above was partially offset by the absence of recurring prior year impairment charges of $20 million, reported in in Other income - net, related to a long-term investment and $16 million, reported in Income (loss) from affiliates, related to a minority investment in Australian Plant Proteins, a start-up manufacturer of novel protein ingredients.
Non-core Segment
Sugar and Bioenergy Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 130 | $ | 235 | (45) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (127) | (229) | (45) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 3 | 6 | (50) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (2) | (1) | 100 | % | |||||||
| Other income — net | 196 | 2 | 9,700 | % | |||||||
| Income from affiliates | 18 | 157 | (89) | % | |||||||
| Total Sugar and Bioenergy Segment EBIT | $ | 215 | $ | 164 | 31 | % |
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2024 Compared to 2023
Segment EBIT increased 31%, to $215 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $195 million gain on the sale of Bunge's 50% ownership share in BP Bunge Bioenergia, recorded in Other income - net. The increase was partially offset by less favorable results from our investment in BP Bunge Bioenergia, primarily resulting from the absence of a tax valuation allowance release in the current period as compared to the prior period, current period foreign exchange losses on U.S. dollar denominated debt at BP Bunge Bioenergia, lower current period gross margins, and lower equity method earnings following the sale. See Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions in the consolidated financial statements for further details regarding the Company's disposition of BP Bunge Bioenergia.
Interest—A summary of consolidated interest income and expense follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | % Change | ||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 163 | $ | 148 | 10 | % | |||||
| Interest expense | (471) | (516) | (9) | % |
2024 Compared to 2023
Interest income increased 10% to $163 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Interest expense decreased 9% to $471 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Higher interest income is the result of higher balances in cash and cash equivalents in the current year. Lower interest expense is the result of lower interest rates.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our main financial objectives are to prudently manage financial risks, ensure consistent access to liquidity, and minimize cost of capital in order to efficiently finance our business and maintain balance sheet strength. We generally finance our ongoing operations with cash flows generated from operations, issuances of commercial paper, borrowings under various bilateral and syndicated revolving credit facilities, term loans, and proceeds from the issuance of senior notes. Acquisitions and long-lived assets are generally financed with a combination of equity and long-term debt.
Working Capital
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions, except current ratio) | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,311 | $ | 2,602 | ||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 2,148 | 2,592 | ||||
| Inventories | 6,491 | 7,105 | ||||
| Other current assets | 4,008 | 4,051 | ||||
| Total current assets | $ | 15,958 | $ | 16,350 | ||
| Short-term debt | $ | 875 | $ | 797 | ||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 669 | 5 | ||||
| Trade accounts payable | 2,777 | 3,664 | ||||
| Current operating lease obligations | 286 | 308 | ||||
| Other current liabilities | 2,828 | 2,913 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | $ | 7,435 | $ | 7,687 | ||
| Working capital(1) | $ | 8,523 | $ | 8,663 | ||
| Current ratio(1) | 2.15 | 2.13 |
(1)Working capital is defined as Total current assets less Total current liabilities; Current ratio represents Total current assets divided by Total current liabilities.
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Working capital was $8,523 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $140 million from working capital of $8,663 million at December 31, 2023.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents were $3,311 million at December 31, 2024, an increase of $709 million from $2,602 million at December 31, 2023. Cash balances are managed in accordance with our investment policy, the objectives of which are to preserve the principal value of our cash assets, maintain a high degree of liquidity, and deliver competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. Cash balances are typically invested in short-term deposits, money market funds, and commercial paper programs with highly-rated financial institutions and in U.S. government securities. Please refer to the Cash Flows section of this report, below, for details regarding the primary factors giving rise to the change in Cash and cash equivalents during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Trade accounts receivable, net - Trade accounts receivable, net were $2,148 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $444 million from $2,592 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to decreased Net sales in the current period driven by factors described in the Segment Overview & Results of Operations section above.
Inventories - Inventories were $6,491 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $614 million from $7,105 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to certain lower average commodity prices, including soybeans and wheat, as well as overall lower volumes.
Readily marketable inventories ("RMI") comprise agricultural commodity inventories, such as soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, palm oil, corn, and wheat that are readily convertible to cash because of their commodity characteristics, widely available markets and international pricing mechanisms. Total RMI reported at fair value were $5,224 million and $5,837 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively (see Note 5- Inventories, to our consolidated financial statements).
Other current assets - Other current assets were $4,008 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $43 million from $4,051 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in secured advances to supplies, net as market conditions in Brazil have led to a reduction in new advances in the current period, lower unrealized gains on derivative contracts as a result of volatile commodity prices, and a decrease in prepaid expenses due to the changing market environment. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in marketable securities and other short-term investments, a deferred payment recorded in the current year in connection with the sale of BP Bunge Bioenergia that was collected in early 2025, and the recognition of an insurance recovery receivable related to business interruption resulting from the Ukraine-Russia war in the current year (see Note 6- Other Current Assets to our consolidated financial statements).
Short-term debt - Short-term debt, including the Current portion of long-term debt, was $1,544 million at December 31, 2024, an increase of $742 million from $802 million at December 31, 2023. The higher Short-term debt level at December 31, 2024 compared to December 31, 2023 is primarily due to an increase in the Current portion of long-term debt associated with our 1.63% Senior Notes, due 2025, and higher borrowings by Bunge operating companies on local bank lines of credit.
Trade accounts payable - Trade accounts payable were $2,777 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $887 million from $3,664 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease in Trade accounts payable was primarily due to certain lower average commodity prices, including soybeans and wheat, lower volumes, and timing of payments.
Other current liabilities - Other current liabilities were $2,828 million at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $85 million from $2,913 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to lower income tax payable as a result of lower earnings, partially offset by higher unrealized losses on derivative contracts as a result of volatile commodity prices.
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Debt
Revolving Credit Facilities—At December 31, 2024, we had $5,665 million unused and available committed borrowing capacity comprising committed revolving credit facilities. The following table summarizes these facilities for the years presented:
| Committed Capacity | Incremental Commitments(2) | Borrowings Outstanding | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolving Credit Facilities (1) | Maturities | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| $1.1 Billion 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement | 2025 | $ | 1,100 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
| $3.2 Billion 5-year Revolving Credit Agreement | 2029 | 1,950 | 1,250 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| $3.5 Billion 3-year Revolving Facility Agreement | 2026 | 1,750 | 1,750 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| $865 Million 5-year Revolving Credit Facility | 2026 | 865 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Total Revolving Credit Facilities | $ | 5,665 | $ | 3,000 | $ | — | $ | — |
(1)See Note 17- Debt for further information on these programs. The short-term credit ratings of the commercial paper program require Bunge to keep same day unused committed borrowing capacity under its long-term committed credit facilities in an amount greater or equal to the amount of commercial paper issued and outstanding.
(2)Incremental commitments are available to be drawn following the completion of the Viterra Acquisition subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Short and long-term debt—
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US$ in millions | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| Short-term debt | $ | 875 | $ | 797 | ||
| Long-term debt, including current portion | 5,363 | 4,085 | ||||
| Total debt | $ | 6,238 | $ | 4,882 | ||
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Average total debt outstanding | $ | 5,480 | $ | 5,293 |
Our total debt increased by $1,356 million to $6,238 million at December 31, 2024, from $4,882 million at December 31, 2023, primarily due to an increase in Long-term debt, including current portion, resulting from the issuance of three tranches of the September 2024 Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion, partially offset by the prepayment of a $750 million 3-year term loan agreement due in 2025. See Note 17- Debt for further information.
From time to time, through our financing subsidiaries, we enter into bilateral short-term credit lines as necessary. At December 31, 2024, there were no borrowings outstanding under these bilateral short-term credit lines.
In addition, Bunge's operating companies had $875 million and $797 million in short-term borrowings outstanding from local bank lines of credit at December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively, to support working capital requirements.
As described in Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions, we have secured a total of $8.0 billion in acquisition debt financing ("Acquisition Financing"). On September 17, 2024, we completed the sale and issuance of three tranches of Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion. See Note 17- Debt for further information. As a result of the Senior Notes issuance, and in accordance with its terms, the Acquisition Financing commitment was reduced by $2.0 billion with $6.0 billion available as of December 31, 2024. Bunge intends to use a portion of the proceeds from the Acquisition Financing and Senior Notes issuance to fund a portion of the cash consideration for Bunge's Acquisition of Viterra and to repay a portion of certain Viterra debt to be assumed in connection with the Acquisition, including, in each case, related fees and expenses, and, with any remaining amounts, for general corporate purposes.
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Also, in the third quarter of 2024, Bunge's wholly-owned subsidiary, Bunge Limited Finance Corp. ("BLFC"), commenced offers (the "US Exchange Offers") to exchange all outstanding notes of certain series issued by Viterra Finance B.V. ("VFBV") and guaranteed by Viterra and Viterra B.V., for up to $1.95 billion aggregate principal amount of new notes issued by BLFC and guaranteed by Bunge. In addition, in the third quarter of 2024, Viterra commenced a consent solicitation (the "European Consent Solicitation") to amend the indenture governing VFBV's outstanding 500 million Euro aggregate principal amount of 0.375% senior unsecured notes due 2025 and outstanding 700 million Euro aggregate principal amount of 1.000% senior unsecured notes due 2028 to, among other things, substitute the issuer and guarantors of such notes with Bunge Finance Europe B.V. ("BFE"), a wholly owned finance subsidiary of Bunge, as issuer, and Bunge as guarantor. See Note 17- Debt for further information.
The US Exchange Offers and European Consent Solicitation are conditioned among other things, upon the consummation of the Acquisition. This Annual Report is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of any vote of approval or the solicitation of tenders or consents with respect to any security. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Registered Senior Notes — BLFC, a wholly owned finance subsidiary of Bunge, had the following outstanding debt securities (collectively referred to as the "BLFC Notes") registered under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, at December 31, 2024.
| (US$ in millions) | Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding | Balance Outstanding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.63% Senior Notes due 2025 | $ | 600 | 599 | |||
| 3.25% Senior Notes due 2026 | 700 | 699 | ||||
| 3.75% Senior Notes due 2027 | 600 | 598 | ||||
| 4.10% Senior Notes due 2028 | 400 | 397 | ||||
| 4.20% Senior Notes due 2029 | 800 | 793 | ||||
| 2.75% Senior Notes due 2031 | 1,000 | 993 | ||||
| 4.65% Senior Notes due 2034 | 800 | 790 |
Bunge unconditionally guarantees BLFC's obligations with respect to the BLFC Notes. Bunge's guarantees are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Bunge and rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Bunge. The guarantees provide that in the event of a default in payment of principal of, or interest on, BLFC Notes of a particular series, the holder of such series of senior debt securities may institute legal proceedings directly against Bunge to enforce the applicable guarantee without first proceeding against BLFC.
As a holding company, Bunge is dependent upon dividends, loans, or advances or other intercompany transfers of funds from its subsidiaries to meet its obligations, including its obligations under the guarantee. The ability of certain of its subsidiaries to pay dividends and make other payments to Bunge may be restricted by, among other things, applicable laws, as well as agreements to which those subsidiaries may be party. Therefore, the ability of Bunge to make payments with respect to the guarantee may be limited. The BLFC Notes effectively rank junior to all liabilities of Bunge's subsidiaries (other than BLFC). In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or dissolution of a subsidiary (other than BLFC) and following payment of its liabilities, the subsidiary may not have sufficient assets remaining to make payments to Bunge as a shareholder or otherwise.
Credit Ratings—Bunge's debt ratings and outlook by major credit rating agencies at December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Short-term Debt(1) | Long-term Debt | Outlook | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Poor's | A-2 | BBB+ | CreditWatch Positive | ||
| Moody's | P-2 | Baa1 | Stable | ||
| Fitch | F-2 | BBB+ | Stable |
(1)Short-term debt rating applies only to the commercial paper program with BLFC as the issuer.
Following the announcement of the Viterra Acquisition and the related financing activity described above, all three rating agencies reviewed our credit ratings and published updated credit opinions on us, reflecting their views of the credit profile of the Company both on a current standalone basis, and a pro-forma at closing basis. As well as with the issuance of Bunge Senior Notes in September 2024, S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch have taken the following actions:
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•S&P upgraded Bunge’s long-term debt credit rating to BBB+ on June 13, 2023 and further placed the outlook on CreditWatch Positive for an upgrade to A- on September 9, 2024;
•S&P also assigned a preliminary A- issue-level rating to Bunge's newly issued 2024 Senior Notes on September 10, 2024;
•Moody’s upgraded Bunge’s long-term debt credit rating to Baa1 on August 1, 2024 with stable outlook; and
•Fitch upgraded Bunge’s long-term debt credit rating to BBB+ on September 5, 2024 with stable outlook.
We expect Standard and Poor's to resolve their CreditWatch Positive status at or before the closing date of the Acquisition, based on a variety of factors including but not limited to our operating performance, our financial position and high certainty that the Acquisition will close.
Our debt agreements do not have any credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate maturity of our debt. However, credit rating downgrades would increase borrowing costs under our syndicated credit facilities (a credit rating upgrade, on the other hand, would reduce our borrowing cost) and, depending on their severity, could impede our ability to obtain credit facilities or access the capital markets in the future on competitive terms. A significant increase in our borrowing costs could impair our ability to compete effectively in our business relative to competitors with higher credit ratings.
Our credit facilities and certain senior notes require us to comply with specified financial covenants, including minimum current ratio, maximum debt to capitalization ratio, and limitations on secured indebtedness. We were in compliance with these covenants as of December 31, 2024.
Trade Receivable Securitization Program
Bunge and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a trade receivables securitization program (the "Program") with a financial institution, as administrative agent, and certain commercial paper conduit purchasers and committed purchasers (collectively, the "Purchasers"). The Program is designed to enhance our financial flexibility by providing an additional source of liquidity for our operations. As referenced in Note 4 - Trade Accounts Receivable and Trade Receivables Securitization Program, the aggregate size of the program is $1.5 billion, with an accordion feature of $1 billion. The Program terminates on May 17, 2031; however, each committed purchaser's commitment to purchase trade receivables under the Program will terminate on December 16, 2025, with a feature that permits us to request 364-day extensions.
Under the Program's pledge structure, Bunge Securitization B.V. ("BSBV"), a consolidated bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, transfers certain trade receivables to the Purchasers in exchange for a cash payment up to the aggregate size of the Program. Bunge also retains ownership of a population of unsold receivables. BSBV agrees to guaranty the collection of sold receivables and grants a lien to the administrative agent on all unsold receivables. Collections on unsold receivables and guarantee payments are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Bunge’s risk of loss following the sale of the trade receivables is substantially the same and limited to the assets of BSBV, primarily comprised of unsold receivables pledged to the administrative agent.
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
We may use interest rate swaps in hedge accounting relationships and record the swaps at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded contemporaneously in earnings. Additionally, the carrying amount of the associated debt is adjusted through earnings for changes in fair value due to changes in benchmark interest rates. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements.
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Equity
Total equity is set forth in the following table:
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Registered shares | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | |||
| Additional paid-in capital (1) | 5,325 | 5,900 | |||||
| Retained earnings | 12,838 | 12,077 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (6,702) | (6,054) | |||||
| Treasury shares, at cost (2024—21,318,307 and 2023—16,109,804) (1) | (1,549) | (1,073) | |||||
| Total Bunge shareholders' equity | 9,913 | 10,851 | |||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 1,032 | 963 | |||||
| Total equity | $ | 10,945 | $ | 11,814 |
(1) In the fourth quarter of 2024, Bunge Global SA cancelled 6,146,930 shares held in treasury totaling $572 million.
Total Bunge shareholders' equity was $9,913 million at December 31, 2024 compared to $10,851 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to $1,100 million in repurchases of registered shares, as described in Note 22- Equity to our consolidated financial statements and in the Share repurchase program paragraph below, $648 million of loss in Other comprehensive loss and $373 million of declared dividends to shareholders, as described in Note 22- Equity, partially offset by $1,137 million of Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders.
Noncontrolling interests increased to $1,032 million at December 31, 2024 from $963 million at December 31, 2023 primarily due to $52 million of Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and $53 million of contributions from noncontrolling interests, partially offset by $32 million of loss in Other comprehensive loss.
Share repurchase program - As noted in Note 22- Equity, on November 13, 2024, Bunge Global SA's Board approved the expansion of an existing program by an additional $500 million bringing total authorizations under the program since inception to $2.7 billion. The program continues to have an indefinite term. As of December 31, 2024, a total of 19,667,739 shares were repurchased under the program for $1.9 billion with an aggregate purchase authorization of approximately $800 million remaining outstanding for repurchases under the program. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, Bunge repurchased 12,150,763 shares for $1.1 billion.
Cash Flows
| Year ended December 31, | |||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,900 | $ | 3,308 | |||
| Cash used for investing activities | (1,114) | (1,009) | |||||
| Cash used for financing activities | (90) | (856) | |||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | 9 | 28 | |||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 705 | $ | 1,471 |
Our cash flows from operations vary depending on, among other items, Net income and the market prices and timing of the purchase and sale of our inventories. Generally, during periods when commodity prices are rising, our Agribusiness operations require increased use of cash to support working capital to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange traded futures that we use to minimize price risk related to the purchase and sale of our inventories.
2024 Compared to 2023
For the year ended December 31, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and cash held for sale increased $705 million, compared to an increase of $1,471 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Operating: Cash provided by operating activities was $1,900 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $3,308 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $1,408 million. The decrease was primarily due to lower reported net income during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 as discussed in
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the Segment Overview & Results of Operations section above as well as an overall reduction to net changes in working capital driven by the drivers discussed in Working Capital section above.
Certain of our non-U.S. operating subsidiaries are primarily funded with U.S. dollar-denominated debt, while currency risk is hedged with U.S. dollar-denominated assets. The functional currency of our operating subsidiaries is generally the local currency. The financial statements of our subsidiaries are calculated in the functional currency, and when the local currency is the functional currency, translated into U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar-denominated loans are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates at the applicable balance sheet date. Also, certain of our U.S. dollar functional operating subsidiaries outside the U.S. are partially funded with local currency borrowings, while the currency risk is hedged with local currency denominated assets. Local currency loans in U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries outside the U.S. are remeasured into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the applicable balance sheet date. The resulting gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net. For the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded a foreign currency loss on net debt of $174 million largely due to the weakening of the Brazilian real in the current year versus a foreign currency gain on net debt for the year ended December 31, 2023 of $281 million, which were included as adjustments to reconcile Net income to Cash provided by operating activities in the line item "Foreign exchange loss (gain) on net debt" in our consolidated statements of cash flows. This adjustment is required as the gains and losses are non-cash items that arise from financing activities and therefore will have no impact on cash flows from operations.
Investing: Cash used for investing activities was $1,114 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $1,009 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of $105 million. The increase was primarily due to higher net payments for investments at Bunge Financial Services, higher spend on capital expenditures related to certain growth and productivity projects in North America, and lower proceeds from the disposal of businesses and property, plant and equipment during the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to proceeds received on the sale of our Russian operations during the year ended December 31, 2023. These uses of cash were partially offset by proceeds from the sale of our investment in affiliate, BP Bunge Bioenergia, to BP.
Financing: Cash used for financing activities was $90 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $856 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $766 million. For the year ended December 31, 2024, we received additional net cash proceeds from short-term and long-term debt of $1,186 million as a result of the issuance of three tranches of Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion, partially offset by the prepayment of a $750 million term loan that occurred in 2024, as described above, and repurchased an additional $500 million registered shares compared to the previous period.
Capital Expenditures
Our cash payments made for capital expenditures were $1,376 million and $1,122 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We intend to make capital expenditures in the range of $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion in 2025. Our priorities for 2025 are to maintain the cash generating capacity of our assets through non-discretionary projects, such as maintenance, safety and compliance, as well as discretionary investments in growth and productivity projects, focusing on our strategy to strengthen our oilseeds platform, increase participation in biofuels and plant-based proteins, and grow our value-added oils business. These discretionary and non-discretionary capital investments will also help us achieve certain of our environmental and sustainability related objectives. We intend to fund these capital expenditures primarily with cash flows from operations and cash on hand.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Guarantees and Indemnifications
Please refer to Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for details concerning our off-balance sheet arrangements related to guarantees and indemnifications.
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Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our scheduled contractual obligations and their expected maturities at December 31, 2024, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in the future periods indicated.
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| (US$ in millions) | Total | 2025 | 2026 - 2027 | 2028 - 2029 | 2030 and thereafter | |||||||||
| Short-term debt | $ | 875 | $ | 875 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
| Long-term debt, including current portion(1) | 5,663 | 690 | 1,627 | 1,464 | 1,882 | |||||||||
| Variable interest rate obligations | 149 | 33 | 71 | 30 | 15 | |||||||||
| Interest obligations on fixed rate debt | 898 | 169 | 297 | 205 | 227 | |||||||||
| Non-cancelable lease obligations(2) | 1,077 | 315 | 354 | 143 | 265 | |||||||||
| Capital commitments | 243 | 243 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Freight supply agreements(3) | 138 | 138 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Inventory purchase commitments | 188 | 182 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Power supply purchase commitments | 77 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
| Other commitments and obligations(4) | 669 | 310 | 191 | 90 | 78 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations(5) | $ | 9,977 | $ | 2,983 | $ | 2,570 | $ | 1,943 | $ | 2,481 |
(1)Includes components of long-term debt attributable to unamortized premiums of $32 million and excludes components of long-term debt attributable to fair value hedge accounting of $269 million.
(2)Represents future minimum payments under non-cancelable leases with initial terms of one year or more. Minimum lease payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease income receipts of $57 million due in future periods under non-cancelable subleases.
(3)Represents purchase commitments for time on ocean freight vessels and railroad freight lines for the purpose of transporting agricultural commodities. The ocean freight service agreements are short term contracts with a duration of less than a year. Ocean freight service agreements with terms in excess of one year are included in non-cancelable lease obligations. The railroad freight service agreements require a minimum monthly payment regardless of the actual level of freight services used. The costs of our freight supply agreements are typically passed through to our customers as a component of the prices we charge for our products. However, changes in the market value of such freight services compared to the rates at which we have contracted them may affect margins on the sales of agricultural commodities.
(4)Represents other purchase commitments and obligations, such as take-or-pay contracts, throughput contracts, and debt commitment fees.
(5)Does not include estimated payments of liabilities associated with uncertain income tax positions. As of December 31, 2024, Bunge had uncertain income tax liabilities of $75 million, including interest and penalties. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with these tax liabilities; therefore, such amounts are not included in the above contractual obligations table. See Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Employee Benefit Plans
We expect to contribute $14 million to our defined benefit pension plans and $4 million to our postretirement benefit plans in 2025. Further, we expect approximately $508 million in benefit payments related to our defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans in 2025. The expected benefit payments in 2025 include $487 million related to the lump sum payments and transfer of all remaining benefits due to the future conversion of the buy-in contract to a buy-out arrangement for one of Bunge's defined benefit U.S. pension plans. See Note 18- Employee Benefit Plans for further information.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As disclosed in Note 1, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make substantial judgment or estimation in their application that may significantly affect reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. We believe the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management's most difficult, subjective and complex judgments.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation of Foreign Currency Financial Statements
Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the majority of our foreign subsidiaries is their local currency. The determination of functional currency may require significant judgment to identify the currency of the primary economic environment in which a subsidiary operates. This may include an evaluation of a number of economic factors including, cash flow, sales price, sales market, expense, and financing indicators, as well, as the extent of the subsidiary’s intra-entity transactions. However, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, if a foreign entity's economy is determined to be highly inflationary, then such foreign entity's financial statements are remeasured as if the functional currency were the reporting currency.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange (losses) gains - net unless the remeasurement gain or loss relates to an intercompany transaction that is of a long-term investment nature and for which settlement is neither planned nor anticipated in the foreseeable future, in which case the remeasurement gain or loss is reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets.
At period-end, amounts included in the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in equity are translated using average exchange rates during each period. Assets and liabilities are translated at period-end exchange rates and resulting foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Inventories and Commodity Derivatives
Our RMI, forward RMI purchase and sale contracts, and exchange-traded futures and options are primarily valued at fair value. RMI are freely-traded, have quoted market prices, may be sold without significant additional processing and have predictable and insignificant disposal costs (see Note 5- Inventories to our consolidated financial statements for RMI balances as of December 31, 2024). We estimate the fair values of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories based on commodity futures exchange quotations, broker or dealer quotations, or market transactions in either listed or over-the-counter ("OTC") markets with appropriate adjustments for differences in local markets where our inventories are located. Certain inventories may utilize significant unobservable data related to local market adjustments to determine fair value. The significant unobservable inputs for RMI and physically-settled forward purchase and sale contracts relate to certain management estimates regarding transportation costs and other local market or location-related adjustments, primarily freight-related adjustments in the interior of Brazil and the lack of market corroborated information in Canada. In both situations, we use proprietary information such as purchase and sale contracts and contracted prices to value freight, premiums, and discounts in our contracts. Counterparty credit and performance risk on forward commodity purchase and sale contracts is included in the determination of fair value. From time to time, we have experienced instances of counterparty non-performance as a result of significant declines in counterparty profitability under these contracts due to movements in commodity prices between the time the contracts were executed and the contractual forward delivery period. However, based on historical experience with our suppliers and customers, our own credit risk, and knowledge of current market conditions, we do not view non-performance risk to be a significant input to fair value for the majority of our forward commodity purchase and sale contracts.
Changes in the fair values of these inventories and contracts are recognized in our consolidated statements of income as a component of Cost of goods sold. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair values, amounts reported as Inventories and Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts in the consolidated balance sheets and Cost of goods sold in the consolidated statements of income could differ. Additionally, if market conditions change subsequent to year-end, amounts reported in future periods as Inventories, Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts, and Cost of goods sold could differ. See Note 15- Fair Value Measurements to our consolidated financial statements for further details of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories carried at fair value.
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Derivatives - Designated Hedging Activities
We manage currency risk on certain forecasted purchases, sales and selling, general and administrative expenses with currency forwards designated as cash flow hedges. Assuming normal market conditions, the change in the market value of such derivative instruments has historically been, and is expected to continue to be, highly effective at offsetting changes in price movements of the hedged item. Gains and losses arising from open and closed hedging transactions are deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes, and recognized as a component of earnings in the consolidated statement of income in the same caption as the hedged items when the hedged item is recognized in earnings. If it is determined that the derivative hedging instruments are no longer effective at offsetting changes in the price of the hedged item, then the changes in the market value of the derivative instrument would be recorded immediately in the consolidated statements of income in the same caption as the hedged items. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements for further details and impacts of cash flow hedges on the consolidated financial statements.
Goodwill
When we acquire a business, the consideration is first assigned to identifiable assets and liabilities, including intangible assets, based on estimated fair values, with any excess recorded as goodwill. Determining fair value requires significant estimates and assumptions based on an evaluation of a number of factors, including market participants, projected growth rates, the amounts and timing of future cash flows, the discount rates applied to the cash flows, and the determination of useful life of an asset.
Our goodwill balance is not amortized to expense. Instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. We generally perform our annual impairment analysis during the fourth quarter. If events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment analyses, we perform an impairment analysis at that date. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, or sale or disposition of a significant asset. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we: (1) determine our reporting units; (2) allocate goodwill to our various reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates; (3) determine the carrying value, or book value, of our reporting units; (4) estimate the fair value of each reporting unit using a discounted cash flow model and/or a market multiples model based on guideline public companies; (5) compare the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value; and (6) if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, we recognize an impairment charge for such amount, but not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis, including the identification of our reporting units, identification and allocation of the assets and liabilities to each of our reporting units, and determination of fair value. In estimating the fair value of a reporting unit for the purposes of our annual or periodic impairment analysis, we make estimates and significant judgments about the future cash flows of that reporting unit aligned with management’s strategic business plans. Changes in judgment related to these assumptions and estimates could result in goodwill impairment charges. We believe the assumptions and estimates used are appropriate based on the information currently available to management. Estimates based on market earnings multiples of peer companies identified for the reporting unit may also be used, where available. Critical estimates in the determination of fair value under the income approach include, but are not limited to, assumptions about variables such as commodity prices, crop and related throughput and production volumes, profitability, future capital expenditures, other expenses, and discount rates, all of which are subject to a high degree of judgment. Critical estimates in the determination of fair value under the market approach include, but are not limited to, determination of the guideline public companies and selection of the market multiples.
During the fourth quarter of 2024, we performed our annual impairment assessment using a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method from the income approach and a guideline public companies method ("GPC") from the market approach, giving equal emphasis to each. We determined equal emphasis was appropriate as the DCF method captured the growth and margin expectations specific to the reporting units; whereas the GPC method captured market-specific factors using a reasonably similar set of guideline public companies. The results of our annual impairment assessment determined that the estimated fair values of each of our goodwill reporting units exceeded each of their carrying values by a significant amount. See Note 8- Goodwill, to our consolidated financial statements.
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Property, Plant and Equipment and Other Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment and other finite-lived intangible assets. Property, plant and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets are depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful life on a straight line basis. When facts and circumstances indicate the carrying values of these assets may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the carrying value of the assets to the undiscounted projected future cash flows to be generated by such assets from their use and ultimate disposal. If the carrying value of our assets is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss in the amount that carrying value exceeds fair value. Impairment is recognized as a charge against results of operations. Our judgments related to the expected useful lives of these assets and our ability to realize undiscounted cash flows in excess of the carrying amount of such assets are affected by factors such as the ongoing maintenance of the assets, changes in economic conditions and changes in operating performance. As we assess the ongoing expected cash flows and carrying amounts of these assets, changes in these factors could cause us to realize material impairment charges.
Investments in Affiliates
We have investments in various unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for using the equity method, minus impairment. We review our investments annually or when an event or circumstances indicate that a potential decline in value may be other than temporary. We consider various factors in determining whether to recognize an impairment charge, including the length of time the fair value of the investment is expected to be below its carrying value, the financial condition, operating performance and near-term prospects of the affiliate, and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery of the fair value. During the third quarter of 2024, certain of the above factors indicated an other than temporary decline in value of one of our minority investments in North America. Critical estimates in the determination of the fair value include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue growth, and discount rates. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair value, the amount of recorded impairment and the carrying value of our investments could differ. Please refer to Note 10- Impairments and Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities to our consolidated financial statements for further details.
Contingencies
We are a party to a large number of claims and lawsuits, primarily non-income tax and labor claims in Brazil and non-income tax claims in Argentina, and we make provisions for potential liabilities arising from such claims when we deem them probable and reasonably estimable. These estimates of probable loss have been developed in consultation with in-house and outside counsel and are based on an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. Future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions or the effectiveness of our strategies relating to these proceedings. For more information on tax and labor claims in Brazil, see "Item 3. Legal Proceedings" and Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements.
Indemnifications
We have provided certain indemnifications in connection with our divestitures. In some instances, we have recorded indemnification liabilities upon inception measured at fair value in accordance with ASC 460, Guarantees and ASC 450, Contingencies. The estimates to determine the fair value prioritize observable inputs in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. Our estimation techniques often employ probability weighting, assigning probabilities to various outcomes and weighting the associated costs accordingly, based on consultations with internal experts. Changes in these assumptions and estimates could impact the recorded liability. During the fourth quarter of 2024, in connection with the sale of our 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia, we agreed to indemnify BP against future losses associated with certain legal claims as defined in the share purchase agreement. As a consequence, we recognized a liability of $95 million. Refer to Note 20- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements for further details.
Income Taxes
We record valuation allowances to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that we are likely to realize. We apply a "more likely than not" threshold to the recognition and de-recognition of tax benefits. Accordingly, we recognize the amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being ultimately realized upon settlement. We consider projections of future taxable income and prudent tax planning strategies to assess the need for and the amount of the valuation allowances. If we determine that we can realize a deferred tax asset in excess of our net recorded amount, we decrease the valuation allowance, thereby decreasing income tax expense. Conversely, if we determine that we are unable to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset, we increase the valuation allowance, thereby increasing income tax expense. During 2024, we increased valuation allowances by $5 million, primarily attributable to current year operations offset by currency movement in certain jurisdictions.
The calculation of our uncertain tax positions involves complexities in the application of intricate tax regulations in a multitude of jurisdictions across our global operations. Future changes in judgment related to the ultimate resolution of
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unrecognized tax benefits will affect the earnings in the quarter of such change. At December 31, 2024, we had recorded uncertain tax positions of $75 million in our consolidated balance sheet. For additional information on income taxes, please refer to Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Recoverable Taxes
We evaluate the collectability of our recoverable taxes and record allowances if we determine that collection is doubtful. Recoverable taxes include value-added taxes paid upon the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, raw materials and taxable services, as well as other transactional taxes, which can be recovered in cash or as compensation against income taxes, or other taxes we may owe, primarily in Brazil and Europe. Management's assumption about the collectability of recoverable taxes requires significant judgment because it involves an assessment of the ability and willingness of the applicable federal or local government to refund the taxes. The balance of these allowances fluctuates depending on the sales activity of existing inventories, purchases of new inventories, percentages of export sales, seasonality, changes in applicable tax rates, cash payments by the applicable government agencies and the offset of outstanding balances against income or certain other taxes owed to the applicable governments, where permissible. At December 31, 2024, the allowance for recoverable taxes was $25 million. We continue to monitor the economic environment and events taking place in the applicable countries and in cases where we determine that recovery is doubtful, recoverable taxes are reduced by allowances for the estimated unrecoverable amounts.
New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001996862-24-000007.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following should be read in conjunction with "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements" and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
For a comparison of results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, see Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Bunge Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2023.
Operating Results
Factors Affecting Operating Results
Bunge Global SA, a Swiss company, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading global agribusiness and food company with integrated operations that stretch from farmer to consumer. The commodity nature of the Company's principal products, as well as regional and global supply and demand variations that occur as an inherent part of the business, make volumes an important operating measure. Accordingly, information is included in "Segment Overview and Results of Operations" that summarizes certain items in our consolidated statements of income and volumes by reportable segment. The common unit of measure for all reported volumes is metric tons.
Agribusiness
In the Agribusiness segment, we purchase, store, transport, process, and sell agricultural commodities and commodity products. Profitability in this segment is affected by the availability and market prices of agricultural commodities and processed commodity products and the availability and costs of energy, transportation, and logistics services. Profitability in our processing operations is also impacted by volumes procured, processed, and sold and by capacity utilization rates. Availability of agricultural commodities is affected by many factors, including weather, farmer planting and selling decisions, plant diseases, governmental policies, and agricultural sector economic conditions. Reported Processing volumes comprise oilseed volumes crushed (processed) during a period, which approximate sales volumes to third parties during the same period. Reported Merchandising volumes represent sales volumes to third-party customers.
Demand for our purchased and processed Agribusiness products is affected by many factors, including global and regional economic conditions, changes in per capita income, the financial condition of our customers and their access to credit, worldwide consumption of food products, particularly pork and poultry, population growth rates, relative prices of substitute agricultural products, outbreaks of disease associated with livestock and poultry, and demand for renewable fuels produced from agricultural commodities and commodity products.
We expect that the factors described above will continue to affect global supply and demand for our Agribusiness products for the foreseeable future. We also expect that, from time to time, imbalances will likely exist between oilseed processing capacity and demand for oilseed products in certain regions, which impacts our decisions regarding whether, when, and where to purchase, store, transport, process or sell these commodities, including whether to change the location of or adjust our own oilseed processing capacity.
Additionally, price fluctuations and availability of commodities may cause fluctuations in our working capital, reflected in the level of inventories, accounts receivable, and outstanding borrowings over the course of a given year. For example, increased availability of commodities at harvest times often causes fluctuations in our inventories and borrowings. Increases in agricultural commodity prices will also generally cause our cash flow requirements to increase as our operations require increased use of cash and associated borrowings to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange-traded futures that we use to hedge our physical inventories.
Refined and Specialty Oils
In the Refined and Specialty Oils segment, our operating results are affected by changes in the prices of raw materials such as crude vegetable oils, the mix of products that we sell, changes in consumer eating habits, changes in per capita income, consumer purchasing power levels, availability of credit to customers, governmental dietary guidelines and policies, changes in regional economic conditions, and the general competitive environment in our markets. Raw material inputs to our production processes in the Refined and Specialty Oils segment are largely sourced at market prices from our Agribusiness segment. Reported volumes in this segment reflect sales volumes to third-party customers. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
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Milling
In the Milling segment, our operating results are affected by changes in the prices of raw materials such as grains, the mix of products that we sell, changes in consumer eating habits, changes in per capita income, consumer purchasing power levels, availability of credit to customers, governmental dietary guidelines and policies, changes in regional economic conditions and the general competitive environment in our markets. Raw material inputs to our production processes in the Milling segment are largely sourced at market prices from our Agribusiness segment. Reported volumes in this segment reflect feedstock ground (processed) during a period, again approximating sales volumes during the same period. The unit of measure for these volumes is metric tons as these businesses are linked to the commodity raw materials, which are their primary inputs.
Sugar and Bioenergy
Our Sugar and Bioenergy segment primarily comprises our 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with BP. BP Bunge Bioenergia operates on a stand-alone basis with a total of 11 mills located across the Southeast, North, and Midwest regions of Brazil. We account for our interest in the joint venture under the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, our reported Sugar and Bioenergy results include our share of the net earnings in BP Bunge Bioenergia. While we are committed to supporting the growth and development of BP Bunge Bioenergia, our long-term goal is to seek strategic opportunities for our investment in the joint venture.
Profitability of this segment, the value of our investment, and the timing of distributions we receive, if any, are affected by the profitability of the joint venture. In turn, the profitability of the joint venture is affected by the availability and quality of sugarcane, which impacts capacity utilization rates and the amount of sugar that can be extracted from the sugarcane, and by market prices of sugar and ethanol. The availability and quality of sugarcane is affected by many factors, including weather, geographical factors such as soil quality and topography, and agricultural practices. Once planted, sugarcane may be harvested for several continuous years, but the yield decreases with each subsequent harvest. As a result, the current optimum economic cycle is generally five to seven consecutive harvests, depending on location. The joint venture owns and/or has partnership agreements to manage farmland on which it grows and harvests sugarcane and also purchases sugarcane from third parties. Prices of sugarcane in Brazil are established by Consecana, the state of São Paulo sugarcane, sugar, and ethanol council, and are based on the sucrose content of the cane and the market prices of sugar and ethanol. Demand for the joint venture's products is affected by many factors, including changes in global or regional economic conditions, the financial condition of customers and customer access to credit, worldwide consumption of food products, population growth rates, changes in per capita income, and demand for and governmental support of renewable fuels produced from agricultural commodities, including sugarcane.
In addition to these industry related factors which impact our business areas, our results of operations in all business areas and segments are affected by the following factors:
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
Due to the global nature of our operations, our operating results can be materially impacted by foreign currency exchange rates. Both translation of our foreign subsidiaries' financial statements and foreign currency transactions can affect our results. On a monthly basis, for subsidiaries whose functional currency is a currency other than the U.S. dollar, subsidiary statements of income and cash flows must be translated into U.S. dollars for consolidation purposes based on weighted-average exchange rates in each monthly period. As a result, fluctuations of local currencies compared to the U.S. dollar during each monthly period impact our consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each reported period (per quarter and year-to-date) and also affect comparisons between those reported periods. Subsidiary balance sheets are translated using exchange rates as of the balance sheet date with the resulting translation adjustments reported in our consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Additionally, we record transaction gains or losses on monetary assets and liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currency of the entity. These amounts are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates as of the balance sheet date, with the resulting gains or losses included in the entity's statement of income and, therefore, in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net.
We primarily use a combination of equity and intercompany loans to finance our subsidiaries. Intercompany loans that are of a long-term investment nature with no intention of repayment in the foreseeable future are considered permanently invested and as such are treated as analogous to equity for accounting purposes. As a result, any foreign currency translation gains or losses on such permanently invested intercompany loans are reported in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets. In contrast, foreign currency translation gains or losses on intercompany loans that are not of a permanent nature are recorded in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net.
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Income Taxes
As a Swiss corporation, we are subject to corporate income tax at federal, cantonal and communal levels on our Swiss income. Qualifying net dividend income and net capital gains on the sale of qualifying investments in subsidiaries are effectively exempt from federal, cantonal and communal corporate income tax. Consequently, we expect dividends from our subsidiaries and capital gains from sales of investments in our subsidiaries to be exempt from Swiss corporate income tax. In addition, our subsidiaries, which operate in multiple tax jurisdictions, are subject to income taxes at various statutory rates ranging from 0% to 35%. The jurisdictions that significantly impact our effective tax rate are Brazil, the United States, Argentina and Switzerland. Determination of taxable income requires the interpretation of related and often complex tax laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which we operate, and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding future events.
Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
Total segment earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT") is an operating performance measure used by Bunge’s management to evaluate segment operating activities. Bunge also uses Core Segment EBIT, Non-core Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total Segment EBIT to evaluate segment operating performance of Bunge’s Core reportable segments, Non-core reportable segments, and Total reportable segments together with Corporate and Other. Core Segment EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of each of Bunge’s Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling segments. Non-core Segment EBIT is the EBIT of Bunge’s Sugar & Bioenergy segment. Total Segment EBIT is the aggregate of the EBIT of Bunge’s Core and Non-core reportable segments, together with Corporate and Other. Bunge’s management believes Core Segment EBIT, Non-core Segment EBIT, Corporate and Other EBIT, and Total Segment EBIT are useful measures of operating profitability since the measures allow for an evaluation of the performance of its segments without regard to financing methods or capital structure. In addition, EBIT is a financial measure that is widely used by analysts and investors in Bunge’s industry. Total Segment EBIT is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and is not intended to replace Net income attributable to Bunge, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Further, Total Segment EBIT excludes EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests and is not a measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to Net income or any other measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP. See the reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge to Total Segment EBIT below.
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities, adjusted is calculated by including the Proceeds from beneficial interests in securitized trade receivables with Cash provided by (used for) operating activities. Cash provided by (used for) operating activities, adjusted is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and is not intended to replace Cash provided by (used for) operating activities, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Our management believes presentation of this measure allows investors to view our cash generating performance using the same measure that management uses in evaluating financial and business performance and trends. Calculation of the measure, including Proceeds from beneficial interests in securitized trade receivables, was affected by the November 2022 securitization program change described in Note 4 - Trade Accounts Receivable and Trade Receivables Securitization.
2023 Overview
Net Income Attributable to Bunge - For the year ended December 31, 2023, Net income attributable to Bunge was $2,243 million, an increase of $633 million compared to a Net income attributable to Bunge of $1,610 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher Segment EBIT in our Core and Non-core segments, partially offset by lower EBIT in our Corporate and Other activities, as further discussed in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section below, and increased income tax expense.
Earnings Per Share - Diluted - For the year ended December 31, 2023, Net income attributable to Bunge shareholders, diluted, was $14.87 per share, an increase of $4.36 per share, compared to $10.51 per share for the year ended December 31, 2022.
EBIT - For the year ended December 31, 2023, Total Segment EBIT was $3,333 million, an increase of $1,002 million compared to EBIT of $2,331 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in Total Segment EBIT for the year ended December 31, 2023 was due to higher Segment EBIT in our Core and Non-core segments, partially offset by lower Segment EBIT in our Corporate and Other activities, as further discussed in the Segment Overview and Results of Operations section below, and which also provides a reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge to Total Segment EBIT.
Income Tax Expense - Income tax expense was $714 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to income tax expense of $388 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily due to higher pre-tax income and earnings mix, partially offset by $90 million of net benefit related to tax credits granted in Switzerland.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources – At December 31, 2023, working capital, which equals Total current assets less Total current liabilities, was $8,663 million, an increase of $1,505 million, compared to working capital of $7,158 million at December 31, 2022. The increase in working capital was primarily due to higher Cash and cash equivalents balances as well as lower Trade accounts payable and Current portion of long-term debt balances, driven by strong operating cash flows, partially offset by lower Inventories driven by lower average commodity prices partially offset by higher volumes.
Segment Overview and Results of Operations
Our operations are organized, managed, and classified into four reportable segments based upon their similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services offered, production processes, types and classes of customer, and distribution methods. We further organize these reportable segments into Core operations and Non-core operations. Core operations comprise our Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling segments. Non-core operations comprise our Sugar & Bioenergy segment, which itself primarily comprises the Company’s 50% interest in the net earnings of BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with BP.
Our remaining operations are not reportable segments, as defined by the applicable accounting standard, and are classified as Corporate and Other. Corporate and Other includes salaries and overhead for corporate functions that are not allocated to our individual reportable segments because the operating performance of each reportable segment is evaluated by the Company's chief operating decision maker exclusive of these items, as well as certain other activities including Bunge Ventures, the Company's captive insurance activities, and trade receivables securitization program, as well as certain income tax assets and liabilities.
A reconciliation of Net income attributable to Bunge to Total Segment EBIT follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net income attributable to Bunge | $ | 2,243 | $ | 1,610 | |||
| Interest income | (148) | (71) | |||||
| Interest expense | 516 | 403 | |||||
| Income tax expense | 714 | 388 | |||||
| Noncontrolling interests' share of interest and tax | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Total segment EBIT | $ | 3,333 | $ | 2,331 | |||
| Agribusiness Segment EBIT | 2,786 | 1,715 | |||||
| Refined and Specialty Oils Segment EBIT | 865 | 746 | |||||
| Milling Segment EBIT | 66 | 162 | |||||
| Core Segment EBIT | 3,717 | 2,623 | |||||
| Corporate and Other EBIT | (548) | (397) | |||||
| Sugar and Bioenergy Segment EBIT | 164 | 105 | |||||
| Non-core Segment EBIT | 164 | 105 | |||||
| Total Segment EBIT | $ | 3,333 | $ | 2,331 |
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Core Segments
Agribusiness Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 76,019 | 77,492 | (2) | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 42,764 | $ | 47,700 | (10) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (39,443) | (45,410) | (13) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 3,321 | 2,290 | 45 | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (592) | (532) | 11 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange gains — net | — | 2 | (100) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (70) | (45) | (56) | % | |||||||
| Other income (expense) — net | 126 | (67) | 288 | % | |||||||
| Income from affiliates | 1 | 67 | (99) | % | |||||||
| Total Agribusiness Segment EBIT | $ | 2,786 | $ | 1,715 | 62 | % |
2023 Compared to 2022
Agribusiness segment Net sales decreased 10% to $42,764 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was due to the following:
•In Processing, Net sales decreased 5%, primarily due to lower average sales prices experienced in almost all regions for our global soybean oilseed processing businesses and our Europe softseed business. Lower average sales prices resulted from a reduction in the current year relative to the higher price environment in the prior year following the onset of the Ukraine-Russia war. Also contributing to the decrease in Net sales was lower volumes resulting primarily from decreased sales in Argentina due to the drought experienced in the region in the current year. The above decreases were partially offset by higher volumes in our global soybean oilseed processing business as a result of strong demand in both China and North America and increased activity in our Europe softseed business in the last half of 2023 at our Ukrainian facilities, which more than offset the reduction due to the sale of our Russian Oilseed Processing business in the first quarter of 2023.
•In Merchandising, Net sales decreased 23%, primarily due to lower average sales prices in our global corn, wheat, and oil businesses, as a result of higher global commodity prices in the prior year following the onset of the Ukraine-Russia war, which exacerbated an already tight commodity supply environment. Volumes were also down due to decreased demand in our global corn and oil businesses. Net sales were down in our ocean freight business due to lower prices and stabilizing demand. The above decreases were partially offset by higher sales volumes in our global wheat business, as a result of the partial resumption of operations in Ukraine.
Cost of goods sold decreased 13%, to $39,443 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to the following:
•In Processing, Cost of goods sold decreased 9% due to lower Net sales, favorable mark-to-market results, lack of recurring prior year losses in relation to the Ukraine-Russia war and impairment of the Russian business upon classification as held-for-sale, and an $18 million benefit in the current year from the recognition of mark-to-market gains on the recovery of inventories in Ukraine, partially offset by a current year $37 million fixed asset impairment charge in North America.
•In Merchandising, Cost of goods sold decreased by 22% due to lower Net sales, lack of recurring losses in relation to the Ukraine-Russia war and a $11 million benefit in the current year from the recognition of mark-to-market gains related to the recovery of inventories in Ukraine primarily from our Mykolaiv facility, partially offset by unfavorable mark-to-market results.
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses increased 11%, to $592 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily driven by increased personnel costs and higher costs as a result of inflationary pressures, partially offset by favorable currency movements, primarily from the weakening Argentine peso.
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Other income (expense) - net increased 288%, to income of $126 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to expense of $67 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was due to gains in Argentina related to foreign currency positioning and positive results in our Bunge Financial Services business compared to prior year losses on marketable securities and other short-term investments with exposures to Ukraine, following the onset of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Income from affiliates decreased 99% to income of $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to income of $67 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to results from equity method investments in South America resellers.
Segment EBIT increased 62% to $2,786 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to the following:
•In Processing, an increase of 121% was primarily due to higher Gross profit driven by improved margins in our Europe softseed business, our global oilseed processing businesses, and our North America oilseed processing business, and higher Other income (expense) - net, partially offset by higher SG&A expense and a reduction in Income from affiliates as described above.
•In Merchandising, a decrease of 49% was primarily due to lower Gross profit, driven by lower results in our ocean freight business, and higher SG&A, partially offset by higher Other income (expense) - net, as described above.
Refined and Specialty Oils Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 8,908 | 9,201 | (3) | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 14,603 | $ | 16,850 | (13) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (13,234) | (15,692) | (16) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 1,369 | 1,158 | 18 | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (425) | (357) | 19 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange losses (gains) — net | 7 | (14) | 150 | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | (21) | (12) | 75 | % | |||||||
| Other (expense) — net | (65) | (29) | 124 | % | |||||||
| Income from affiliates | — | — | — | % | |||||||
| Total Refined and Specialty Oils Segment EBIT | $ | 865 | $ | 746 | 16 | % |
2023 Compared to 2022
Refined and Specialty Oils segment Net sales decreased 13%, to $14,603 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to lower average sales prices in most regions, driven by prices stabilizing and increased supply. Sales volumes were also lower in most regions, driven by the 2022 partial expiration of leased capacity at the Rotterdam facility as well as the sale of our Russia operations in the first quarter of 2023.
Cost of goods sold decreased 16%, to $13,234 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in Cost of goods sold was primarily due to lower average commodity prices and volumes in most regions, as described for Net sales above, a lack of a non-recurring impairment charge and employee severance expenses related to the classification of our Russian oilseed and processing business as held-for-sale in the prior period, and more favorable mark-to-market results.
SG&A expenses increased 19%, to $425 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily driven by accelerated amortization charges of $21 million, which included $4 million attributable to noncontrolling interests, primarily related to the discontinuance of the Loders Croklaan trademark, as well as, higher personnel costs and higher costs as a result of inflationary pressures.
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Segment EBIT increased 16% to $865 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to higher Gross profit driven by overall higher margins in most regions partially offset by higher SG&A, as described above.
Milling Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Volumes (in thousand metric tons) | 3,391 | 4,331 | (22) | % | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 1,896 | $ | 2,388 | (21) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (1,729) | (2,128) | (19) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 167 | 260 | (36) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (95) | (102) | (7) | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange gains — net | 1 | 4 | (75) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | 1 | (1) | 200 | % | |||||||
| Other (expense) income — net | (7) | 1 | (800) | % | |||||||
| Loss from affiliates | (1) | — | (100) | % | |||||||
| Total Milling Segment EBIT | $ | 66 | $ | 162 | (59) | % |
2023 Compared to 2022
Milling segment Net sales decreased 21%, to $1,896 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to lower volumes in our North America wheat milling business, driven by the completion of the sale of our Mexican wheat milling business in the third quarter of 2022, and our South American wheat milling business, partially offset by higher prices in the South American wheat milling business.
Cost of goods sold decreased 19%, to $1,729 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to lower volumes, as described for Net sales above, due to the sale of our Mexican wheat milling business in the third quarter of 2022, partially offset by unfavorable mark-to-market results compared to a strong prior year in South America during a period of high market volatility.
Segment EBIT decreased 59% to $66 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to lower Gross profit resulting from unfavorable mark-to-market results in South America and sale of our Mexican wheat milling business in 2022, as described above.
Corporate and Other
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 42 | $ | 35 | 20 | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (60) | (70) | (14) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | (18) | (35) | 49 | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (602) | (377) | 60 | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange gains (losses) — net | 12 | (5) | 340 | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | 4 | (9) | 144 | % | |||||||
| Other income — net | 73 | 84 | (13) | % | |||||||
| Loss from affiliates | (17) | (55) | (69) | % | |||||||
| Total Corporate and Other EBIT | $ | (548) | $ | (397) | (38) | % |
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2023 Compared to 2022
Corporate and Other EBIT decreased 38%, to a loss of $548 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by increased SG&A expense, including $114 million related to acquisition and integration costs associated with the announced acquisition agreement with Viterra as well as increased expenses associated with other growth and productivity-related initiatives and higher personnel costs as a result of inflationary pressures. Also contributing to the decrease were impairment charges of $20 million, in Other income (expense) - net, related to a long-term investment, and $16 million, in Income from affiliates, related to a minority investment in Australian Plant Proteins, a start-up manufacturer of novel protein ingredients. In addition, results in the prior year included a gain of $29 million, at Bunge's then-70% share, related to the settlement of one of the Company's international defined benefit pension plans. The decreases described above were partially offset by impairment charges in the prior year of $53 million related to the impairment of minority investments in two start-up manufacturers of novel protein ingredients, Merit Functional Foods and Australian Plant Proteins, and a $11 million impairment charge related to the classification of our Russian business as held-for-sale.
Non-core Segment
Sugar and Bioenergy Segment
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 235 | $ | 259 | (9) | % | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (229) | (250) | (8) | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 6 | 9 | (33) | % | |||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (1) | (1) | — | % | |||||||
| Foreign exchange losses — net | — | 2 | (100) | % | |||||||
| EBIT attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | % | |||||||
| Other income — net | 2 | 2 | — | % | |||||||
| Income from affiliates | 157 | 93 | 69 | % | |||||||
| Total Sugar and Bioenergy Segment EBIT | $ | 164 | $ | 105 | 56 | % |
2023 Compared to 2022
Segment EBIT increased 56%, to $164 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was due to more favorable results from our investment in BP Bunge Bioenergia, primarily resulting from the release of a tax valuation allowance in the current period as well as higher sugar sales prices. The release of the tax valuation allowance is related to our investment in BP Bunge Bioenergia. Therefore, the tax valuation release is recorded within Income from affiliates and included in EBIT.
Interest—A summary of consolidated interest income and expense follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | ||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 148 | $ | 71 | 108 | % | |||||
| Interest expense | (516) | (403) | 28 | % |
2023 Compared to 2022
Interest income increased 108% to $148 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Interest expense increased 28% to $516 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Higher interest income is the result of significantly higher investments in cash equivalents in the current year and higher variable interest rates. Higher interest expense is the result of higher variable interest rates on debt, as well as, $16 million in financing related fees associated with the announced Business Combination Agreement with Viterra in the current period. Partially offsetting the current period increase in interest expense is a prior year charge of $47 million resulting from the early redemption of all issued and outstanding 4.35% Senior Notes due March 2024.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our main financial objectives are to prudently manage financial risks, ensure consistent access to liquidity and minimize cost of capital in order to efficiently finance our business and maintain balance sheet strength. We generally finance our ongoing operations with cash flows generated from operations, issuances of commercial paper, borrowings under various bilateral and syndicated revolving credit facilities, term loans, and proceeds from the issuance of senior notes. Acquisitions and long-lived assets are generally financed with a combination of equity and long-term debt.
Working Capital
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions, except current ratio) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,602 | $ | 1,104 | ||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 2,592 | 2,829 | ||||
| Inventories | 7,105 | 8,408 | ||||
| Other current assets(1) | 4,051 | 4,417 | ||||
| Total current assets | $ | 16,350 | $ | 16,758 | ||
| Short-term debt | $ | 797 | $ | 546 | ||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 5 | 846 | ||||
| Trade accounts payable | 3,664 | 4,386 | ||||
| Current operating lease obligations | 308 | 425 | ||||
| Other current liabilities(2) | 2,913 | 3,397 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | $ | 7,687 | $ | 9,600 | ||
| Working capital(3) | $ | 8,663 | $ | 7,158 | ||
| Current ratio(3) | 2.13 | 1.75 |
(1)Comprises Assets held for sale and Other current assets
(2)Comprises Liabilities held for sale and Other current liabilities
(3)Working capital is defined as Total current assets less Total current liabilities; Current ratio represents Total current assets divided by Total current liabilities
Working capital was $8,663 million at December 31, 2023, an increase of $1,505 million from working capital of $7,158 million at December 31, 2022.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents were $2,602 million at December 31, 2023, an increase of $1,498 million from $1,104 million at December 31, 2022. Cash balances are managed in accordance with our investment policy, the objectives of which are to preserve the principal value of our cash assets, maintain a high degree of liquidity, and deliver competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. Cash balances are typically invested in short-term deposits with highly-rated financial institutions, in U.S. government securities and A-1/P-1 commercial papers. Please refer to the Cash Flows section of this report, below, for details regarding the primary factors giving rise to the change in Cash and cash equivalents during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Trade accounts receivable, net - Trade accounts receivable, net were $2,592 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $237 million from $2,829 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to decreased Net sales in the current period driven by factors described in the Segment Overview & Results of Operations above.
Inventories - Inventories were $7,105 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $1,303 million from $8,408 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to lower average commodity prices relative to the prior year, partially offset by higher volumes.
RMI comprises agricultural commodity inventories, including soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn, and wheat that are readily convertible to cash because of their commodity characteristics, widely available markets and international pricing mechanisms. Total RMI reported at fair value were $5,837 million and $6,680 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively (see Note 5- Inventories, to our consolidated financial statements).
Other current assets - Other current assets, including Assets held for sale, were $4,051 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $366 million from $4,417 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in margin
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deposits as well as lower unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value as a result of volatile commodity prices, a decrease in Assets held for sale due to the completion of the sale of our Russian operations in the first quarter of 2023 (see Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions, to our consolidated financial statements), partially offset by an increase in secured advances to suppliers, net and prepaid commodity contracts.
Short-term debt - Short-term debt, including the Current portion of long-term debt, was $802 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $590 million from $1,392 million at December 31, 2022. The lower Short-term debt level at December 31, 2023 compared to December 31, 2022 is primarily due to the repayment of 1.85% Senior Notes - Euro in June 2023 partially offset by higher borrowings by Bunge operating companies on local bank lines of credit.
Trade accounts payable - Trade accounts payable were $3,664 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $722 million from $4,386 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease in Trade accounts payable was primarily due to lower average inventory purchase prices during the current year.
Other current liabilities - Other current liabilities, including Liabilities held for sale, were $2,913 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $484 million from $3,397 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to lower unrealized losses on derivative contracts, as a result of volatile commodity prices, and lower advances on sales during the current period due to a reduction in commodity prices, partially offset by an increase in accrued liabilities driven by increased acquisition and integration costs as well as higher income tax payable.
Debt
Financing Arrangements and Outstanding Indebtedness— Prior to June 21, 2023, we conducted most of our third-party financing activities through a centralized financing structure that provided the Company with efficient access to debt and capital markets. This structure included a master trust (the "Bunge Master Trust"), the primary assets of which comprised intercompany loans made to Bunge Limited and its subsidiaries. Certain of Bunge Limited’s 100% owned finance subsidiaries, including Bunge Limited Finance Corp., Bunge Finance Europe B.V., and Bunge Asset Funding Corp., funded the Bunge Master Trust with short and long-term debt obtained from third parties, including through our commercial paper program and certain credit facilities, as well as the issuance of senior notes. Borrowings by these finance subsidiaries carry full, unconditional guarantees by Bunge Limited or Bunge Global SA.
On June 21, 2023, Bunge Limited and its finance subsidiaries terminated the Bunge Master Trust in accordance with a termination and lien release agreement in order to simplify the legal framework around its capital structure (see Note 17- Short-term Debt and Credit Facilities). In connection with the termination of the Bunge Master Trust, Bunge amended its existing credit agreements and related guarantees to remove all references and provisions related to the Bunge Master Trust. The amendments also resulted in Bunge Limited’s obligations as the existing guarantor being automatically assigned to Bunge Global SA, the new Swiss holding company, as successor guarantor, effective November 1, 2023, the completion date of the Redomestication.
On June 21, 2023, we also terminated our then existing $600 million asset-backed commercial paper program and the related liquidity and letter of credit facilities as well as established a new $1 billion unsecured corporate commercial paper program (the "$1 Billion Commercial Paper Program").
Revolving Credit Facilities—At December 31, 2023, we had $5,665 million unused and available committed borrowing capacity comprising committed revolving credit facilities. The following table summarizes these facilities for the years presented:
| Total CommittedCapacity (2) | Borrowings Outstanding | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolving Credit Facilities (1) | Maturities | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||
| Revolving credit facilities | |||||||||||||
| $1.1 Billion 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement | 2024 | $ | 1,100 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
| $1.75 Billion 2026 Revolving Credit Facility | 2026 | 1,750 | — | — | |||||||||
| $1.95 Billion 5-year Revolving Credit Agreement | 2026 | 1,950 | — | — | |||||||||
| $865 Million 2026 Revolving Credit Facility | 2026 | 865 | — | — | |||||||||
| Total revolving credit facilities | $ | 5,665 | $ | — | $ | — |
(1)See Note 17- Short-term Debt and Credit Facilities for further information on these programs.
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(2)The short-term credit ratings of the new $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program (see Note 17- Short-term Debt and Credit Facilities for further details on program) require Bunge to keep same day unused committed borrowing capacity under its long-term committed credit facilities in an amount greater or equal to the amount of commercial paper issued and outstanding.
Short and long-term debt—Our short and long-term debt increased by $231 million to $4,882 million at December 31, 2023, from $4,651 million at December 31, 2022, primarily due to the draws on our $250 Million February 2023 Delayed Draw Term Loan and $750 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan and an increase in short-term bank borrowings, offset by the repayment of the 1.85% Senior Notes - Euro in June 2023 and 5-year term loan agreement due 2024 in October 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023, our average short and long-term debt outstanding was approximately $5,293 million compared to approximately $5,986 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Our Long-term debt outstanding balance, including the Current-portion of long-term debt, was $4,085 million at December 31, 2023 compared to $4,105 million at December 31, 2022.
The following table summarizes our short-term debt activity at December 31, 2023.
| (US$ in millions) | OutstandingBalance atDecember 31,2023 | WeightedAverageInterestRate at December 31,2023 | HighestBalanceOutstandingDuring2023 | AverageBalanceDuring2023 | WeightedAverageInterestRateDuring2023 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Borrowings(1) | $ | 797 | 8.36 | % | $ | 955 | $ | 685 | 19.26 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial Paper | — | — | % | 483 | 79 | 5.54 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | 797 | 8.36 | % | $ | 764 | 17.84 | % |
(1)Includes $179 million of local currency bank borrowings in certain European, South American, and Asia-Pacific countries at a weighted average interest rate of 15.30% as of December 31, 2023.
From time to time, through our financing subsidiaries, we enter into bilateral short-term credit lines as necessary based on our financing requirements. At December 31, 2023, there were no borrowings outstanding under these bilateral short-term credit lines. In addition, Bunge's operating companies had $797 million and $546 million in short-term borrowings outstanding from local bank lines of credit at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, to support working capital requirements.
As described in Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions, we have secured a total of $8.0 billion in acquisition financing in the form of a $7.7 billion financing commitment from a consortium of lenders, arranged by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and a $300 million 5-year delayed draw term loan from CoBank and the U.S. farm credit system executed on July 7, 2023 that may be drawn upon the closing of the Acquisition. The commitment for the $7.7 billion financing commitment is in the form of a three-tranche term loan maturing 364-days, 2-years and 3-years from closing of the Acquisition. We intend to use a portion of the acquisition financing to fund the cash portion of the Transaction Consideration, and the remainder for repayment of certain indebtedness of Viterra which is expected to be repaid at closing and for the ongoing operations of the combined company following closing.
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The following table summarizes our short and long-term debt:
| December 31, | |||||||
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| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Short-term debt: (1) | |||||||
| Short-term debt (2) | $ | 797 | $ | 546 | |||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 5 | 846 | |||||
| Total short-term debt | 802 | 1,392 | |||||
| Long-term debt: (3) | |||||||
| Term loan due 2024 - three-month TONAR plus 0.75% (Tranche A) (4) | — | 232 | |||||
| Term loan due 2024 - three-month SOFR plus 1.40% (Tranche B) (4) | — | 90 | |||||
| Term loan due 2025 - SOFR plus 0.90% | 750 | — | |||||
| Term loan due 2027 - SOFR plus 1.125% | 250 | — | |||||
| Term loan due 2028 - SOFR plus 1.325% | 249 | 249 | |||||
| 1.85% Senior Notes due 2023 - Euro (5) | — | 853 | |||||
| 1.63% Senior Notes due 2025 | 598 | 597 | |||||
| 3.25% Senior Notes due 2026 | 698 | 698 | |||||
| 3.75% Senior Notes due 2027 | 597 | 597 | |||||
| 2.75% Senior Notes due 2031 | 991 | 990 | |||||
| Cumulative adjustment to long-term debt from application of hedge accounting | (260) | (341) | |||||
| Other | 212 | 140 | |||||
| Subtotal | 4,085 | 4,105 | |||||
| Less: Current portion of long-term debt | (5) | (846) | |||||
| Total long-term debt (6) | 4,080 | 3,259 | |||||
| Total debt | $ | 4,882 | $ | 4,651 |
(1) Includes secured debt of $200 million and $56 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
(2) Includes $179 million and $207 million of local currency borrowings in certain European, South American, and Asia-Pacific countries at a weighted average interest rate of 15.30% and 32.12% as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
(3) Variable interest rates are as of December 31, 2023.
(4) On October 6, 2023, Bunge prepaid and terminated its 5-year term loan agreement due in 2024.
(5) Upon maturity in June 2023, Bunge repaid the principal and accrued interest due on all of the issued and outstanding 1.85% Senior Notes - Euro.
(6) Includes secured debt of $100 million and $21 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Credit Ratings—Bunge's debt ratings and outlook by major credit rating agencies at December 31, 2023 were as follows:
| Short-termDebt(1) | Long-term Debt | Outlook | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Poor's | A-2 | BBB+ | Positive | ||
| Moody's | P-2 | Baa2 | Review for Upgrade | ||
| Fitch | F-2 | BBB | Rating Watch Positive |
(1)Short-term debt rating applies only to $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program with Bunge Limited Finance Corp. as the issuer.
Following the announcement of the Acquisition, all three rating agencies reviewed our credit ratings and published updated credit opinions on us, reflecting their views of the credit profile of the Company both on a current standalone basis, and a pro-forma at closing basis. Based on its review, Standard and Poor's upgraded our credit rating to BBB+ and further placed us
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on positive outlook for an upgrade to A-. Moody’s kept our credit rating unchanged at Baa2 and placed us on a review for upgrade to Baa1. Fitch kept our credit rating unchanged at BBB and placed us on credit watch positive for an upgrade to BBB+. We expect Standard and Poor's, Moody’s and Fitch to resolve their positive outlook, review for upgrade and credit watch positive status respectively at or before the closing date of the Acquisition, based on a variety of factors including but not limited to our operating performance, our financial position and high certainty that the Acquisition will close.
On June 21, 2023, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s assigned short-term ratings to the $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program of A-2 and P-2, respectively. Subsequently, on August 11, 2023, Fitch assigned F-2 rating to the program.
Our debt agreements do not have any credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate the maturity of our debt. However, credit rating downgrades would increase borrowing costs under our credit facilities and, depending on their severity, could impede our ability to obtain credit facilities or access the capital markets in the future on competitive terms. A significant increase in our borrowing costs could impair our ability to compete effectively in our business relative to competitors with higher credit ratings.
Our credit facilities and certain senior notes require us to comply with specified financial covenants, including minimum current ratio, maximum debt to capitalization ratio, and limitations on secured indebtedness. We were in compliance with these covenants as of December 31, 2023.
Trade Receivable Securitization Program
Bunge and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a trade receivables securitization program (the "Program") with a financial institution, as administrative agent, and certain commercial paper conduit purchasers and committed purchasers (collectively, the "Purchasers"). The Program is designed to enhance our financial flexibility by providing an additional source of liquidity for our operations. As referenced in Note 4 - Trade Accounts Receivable and Trade Receivables Securitization Program, the aggregate size of the program is $1.5 billion, with an accordion feature of $1 billion. The Program terminates on May 17, 2031; however, each committed purchaser's commitment to purchase trade receivables under the Program will terminate on December 17, 2024, with a feature that permits us to request 364-day extensions.
The Program’s current pledge structure results from a November 16, 2022 amendment which replaced the existing DPP structure. Under the new structure, Bunge Securitization B.V. ("BSBV"), a consolidated bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, transfers certain trade receivables to the Purchasers in exchange for a cash payment up to the aggregate size of the Program. Bunge also retains ownership of a population of unsold receivables. BSBV agrees to guaranty the collection of sold receivables and grants a lien to the administrative agent on all unsold receivables. Collections on unsold receivables and guarantee payments are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Previously, under the DPP structure, we reflected cash flows related to the DPP as investing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
Under the Program’s previous structure, Bunge's risk of loss following the sale of the trade receivables was limited to the DPP, included in Other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The DPP was repaid in cash as receivables were collected, generally within 30 days. Under the amended structure, Bunge’s risk of loss following the sale of the trade receivables is substantially the same and limited to the assets of BSBV, primarily comprised of unsold receivables pledged to the administrative agent.
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
We may use interest rate swaps in hedge accounting relationships and record the swaps at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded contemporaneously in earnings. Additionally, the carrying amount of the associated debt is adjusted through earnings for changes in fair value due to changes in benchmark interest rates. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements.
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Equity
Total equity is set forth in the following table:
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Common shares | $ | — | $ | 1 | |||
| Registered shares | 1 | — | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 5,900 | 6,692 | |||||
| Retained earnings | 12,077 | 10,222 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (6,054) | (6,371) | |||||
| Treasury shares, at cost (2023—16,109,804 and 2022—18,835,812) (1) | (1,073) | (1,320) | |||||
| Total Bunge shareholders' equity | 10,851 | 9,224 | |||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 963 | 732 | |||||
| Total equity | $ | 11,814 | $ | 9,956 |
(1) In connection with the Redomestication described in Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Significant Accounting Policies, 8,102,179 shares held in treasury with an acquisition cost of $845 million were cancelled to comply with the Swiss Code limitation on issuer’s holding of registered share capital.
Total Bunge shareholders' equity was $10,851 million at December 31, 2023 compared to $9,224 million at December 31, 2022. The increase in Bunge shareholders' equity during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily due to $2,243 million of Net income attributable to Bunge, $317 million of Other comprehensive income, as described in Note 23- Equity, $69 million of share-based compensation expense partially offset by $600 million of share repurchases, as described in Note 23- Equity, and $386 million of declared dividends to shareholders.
Noncontrolling interests increased to $963 million at December 31, 2023 from $732 million at December 31, 2022 primarily due to $95 million of Net income attributable to our noncontrolling interest entities, $91 million related to the acquisition of noncontrolling interest in Terminal de Granéis de Santa Catarina ("TGSC") (see Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities for further details), and $56 million of contributions from noncontrolling interests, partially offset by $17 million of dividends paid to noncontrolling interest holders.
Share repurchase program - As noted in Note 2- Acquisitions and Dispositions, on June 12, 2023, Bunge Limited's Board approved the expansion of the existing $500 million program for the repurchase of our issued and outstanding common shares. At the time, approximately $300 million of capacity for the repurchase of Bunge Limited common shares remained available under the existing program and Bunge Limited's Board approved the expansion of the program by an additional $1.7 billion, for an aggregate unutilized capacity of $2.0 billion at June 12, 2023. The program continues to have an indefinite term. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, Bunge repurchased 5,407,861 shares for $600 million. As of December 31, 2023, 7,516,976 shares were repurchased for $800 million and $1.4 billion remained outstanding for repurchases under the program.
Subsequent to the consolidated balance sheet date, from December 31, 2023 through February 21, 2024, Bunge repurchased an additional 3,319,987 shares for $301 million. Therefore, as of February 21, 2024, 10,836,963 shares were repurchased for $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion remains outstanding for repurchases under the program.
Cash Flows
| Year ended December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Cash provided by (used for) operating activities | $ | 3,308 | $ | (5,549) | |||
| Cash (used for) provided by investing activities | (1,009) | 6,499 | |||||
| Cash used for financing activities | (856) | (769) | |||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and cash held for sale | 28 | 66 | |||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and cash held for sale | $ | 1,471 | $ | 247 |
Our cash flows from operations vary depending on, among other items, the market prices and timing of the purchase and sale of our inventories. Generally, during periods when commodity prices are rising, our Agribusiness operations require
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increased use of cash to support working capital to acquire inventories and fund daily settlement requirements on exchange traded futures that we use to minimize price risk related to the purchase and sale of our inventories.
2023 Compared to 2022
For the year ended December 31, 2023, our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and cash held for sale increased $1,471 million, compared to an increase of $247 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Operating: Cash provided by operating activities was $3,308 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of $8,857 million compared to cash used for operating activities of $5,549 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to net changes in working capital, driven by lower average commodity prices, and decreased beneficial interest in securitized trade receivables, due to a change in structure of the securitization program discussed above.
| Year ended December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Cash provided by (used for) operating activities | $ | 3,308 | $ | (5,549) | |||
| Net proceeds from beneficial interest in securitized trade receivables (1) | 87 | 6,824 | |||||
| Cash provided by operating activities, adjusted | $ | 3,395 | $ | 1,275 |
(1) On November 16, 2022, Bunge and certain of its subsidiaries amended its trade receivables securitization program from a DPP structure to a pledge structure, see above for further details.
Cash provided by operating activities, including net proceeds from beneficial interest in securitized trade receivables was $3,395 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $1,275 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was driven by net working capital changes, driven by lower average commodity prices, as well as higher Net income during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Certain of our non-U.S. operating subsidiaries are primarily funded with U.S. dollar-denominated debt, while currency risk is hedged with U.S. dollar-denominated assets. The functional currency of our operating subsidiaries is generally the local currency. The financial statements of our subsidiaries are calculated in the functional currency, and when the local currency is the functional currency, translated into U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar-denominated loans are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates at the applicable balance sheet date. Also, certain of our U.S. dollar functional operating subsidiaries outside the U.S. are partially funded with local currency borrowings, while the currency risk is hedged with local currency denominated assets. Local currency loans in U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries outside the U.S. are remeasured into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the applicable balance sheet date. The resulting gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net. For the year ended December 31, 2023 we recorded a foreign currency gain on net debt of $281 million versus a foreign currency gain on net debt for the year ended December 31, 2022 of $101 million, which were included as adjustments to reconcile Net income to Cash provided by (used for) operating activities in the line item "Foreign exchange (gain) loss on net debt" in our consolidated statements of cash flows. This adjustment is required as the gains and losses are non-cash items that arise from financing activities and therefore will have no impact on cash flows from operations.
Investing: Cash used for investing activities was $1,009 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to cash provided by investing activities of $6,499 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, a decrease of $7,508 million. The decrease was primarily due to lower net proceeds from beneficial interests in securitized trade receivable as a result of the change in the program structure above, and higher capital expenditures including the acquisition of the Avondale refinery. Additionally, lower proceeds were received on the sale of our Russian operations during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to proceeds received from the sale of our Mexican wheat milling business during the year ended December 31, 2022.
Financing: Cash used for financing activities was $856 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of $87 million, compared to cash used for financing activities of $769 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. For the year ended December 31, 2023, we received net cash proceeds from short-term and long-term debt of $200 million, primarily from delayed term draw loans of $750 million and $250 million as well as increased short term bank borrowings, offset by the repayment of the 1.85% Senior Notes - Euro in June 2023 and a 5-year loan agreement due in 2024, repurchased $600 million of common shares, and paid $383 million in dividend payments to common shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we made net cash repayments from short-term and long-term debt of $708 million, paid $349 million in dividends to our common and preference shareholders, repurchased $200 million of common shares, and paid $102 million to acquire an additional 10% ownership interest from redeemable noncontrolling interest holders in our subsidiary, Bunge Loders Croklaan Group B.V. These cash outflows were partially offset by $542 million in cash received from the sale of noncontrolling interests,
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including upon formation of the Bunge Chevron JV, and $92 million in proceeds from the exercise of options for common shares.
Capital Expenditures
Our cash payments made for capital expenditures were $1,122 million and $555 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We intend to make capital expenditures in the range of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion in 2024. Our priorities for 2024 are to maintain the cash generating capacity of our assets through non-discretionary projects, such as maintenance, safety and compliance, as well as discretionary investments in growth and productivity projects, focusing on our strategy to strengthen our oilseeds platform, increase participation in biofuels and plant-based proteins, and grow our value-added oils business. These discretionary and non-discretionary capital investments will also help us achieve certain of our environmental and sustainability related objectives. We intend to fund these capital expenditures primarily with cash flows from operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Guarantees
We have issued or were party to the following guarantees at December 31, 2023:
| (US$ in millions) | Recorded Liability | Maximum Potential Future Payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconsolidated affiliates guarantee (1) | $ | — | $ | 94 | ||
| Residual value guarantee (2) | — | 388 | ||||
| Russia disposition indemnity (3) | 9 | 235 | ||||
| Other guarantees | — | 14 | ||||
| Total | $ | 9 | $ | 731 |
(1)We have issued guarantees to certain financial institutions related to debt of certain of our unconsolidated affiliates. The terms of the guarantees are equal to the terms of the related financings, which have maturity dates through 2034. There are no recourse provisions or collateral that would enable us to recover any amounts paid under these guarantees. In addition, certain of our subsidiaries have guaranteed the obligations of certain of their unconsolidated affiliates and in connection therewith have secured their guarantee obligations through a pledge to the financial institutions of certain of their unconsolidated affiliates' shares plus loans receivable from the unconsolidated affiliates in the event that the guaranteed obligations are enforced.
Based on the amounts drawn under guaranteed debt facilities of unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2023, our potential liability was $83 million, and less than $1 million of obligations related to these guarantees have been recorded within Other non-current liabilities.
(2)We have issued guarantees to certain financial institutions that are party to certain operating lease arrangements for railcars, barges and buildings. These guarantees provide for a minimum residual value to be received by the lessor at the conclusion of the lease term. These leases expire at various dates from 2024 through 2029. At December 31, 2023, no obligation has been recorded related to these guarantees. Any obligation recorded would be recognized in Current operating lease obligations or Non-current operating lease obligations. (see Note 26- Leases, to our consolidated financial statements).
(3)On February 3, 2023, Bunge agreed to indemnify the buyer of its Russian operations against certain existing legal claims involving Bunge's former Russian subsidiary. The indemnity expires on February 2, 2030. As of December 31, 2023, we recorded a $9 million obligation related to this indemnity within Other non-current liabilities.
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Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our scheduled contractual obligations and their expected maturities at December 31, 2023, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in the future periods indicated.
| Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ in millions) | Total | 2024 | 2025 - 2026 | 2027 - 2028 | 2029 and thereafter | |||||||||
| Short-term debt | $ | 797 | $ | 797 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
| Long-term debt, including current portion(1) | 4,361 | 9 | 2,142 | 1,135 | 1,075 | |||||||||
| Variable interest rate obligations | 303 | 80 | 129 | 66 | 28 | |||||||||
| Interest obligations on fixed rate debt | 390 | 88 | 155 | 78 | 69 | |||||||||
| Non-cancelable lease obligations(2) | 1,086 | 338 | 345 | 139 | 264 | |||||||||
| Capital commitments | 219 | 219 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Freight supply agreements(3) | 507 | 507 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Inventory purchase commitments | 283 | 270 | 13 | — | — | |||||||||
| Power supply purchase commitments | 97 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 18 | |||||||||
| Other commitments and obligations(4) | 509 | 282 | 117 | 75 | 35 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations(5) | $ | 8,552 | $ | 2,616 | $ | 2,933 | $ | 1,514 | $ | 1,489 |
(1)Includes components of long-term debt attributable to unamortized premiums of $16 million and excludes components of long-term debt attributable to fair value hedge accounting of $260 million.
(2)Represents future minimum payments under non-cancelable leases with initial terms of one year or more. Minimum lease payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease income receipts of $115 million due in future periods under non-cancelable subleases.
(3)Represents purchase commitments for time on ocean freight vessels and railroad freight lines for the purpose of transporting agricultural commodities. The ocean freight service agreements are short term contracts with a duration of less than a year. Ocean freight service agreements with terms in excess of one year are included in non-cancelable lease obligations. The railroad freight service agreements require a minimum monthly payment regardless of the actual level of freight services used. The costs of our freight supply agreements are typically passed through to our customers as a component of the prices we charge for our products. However, changes in the market value of such freight services compared to the rates at which we have contracted them may affect margins on the sales of agricultural commodities.
(4)Represents other purchase commitments and obligations, such as take-or-pay contracts, throughput contracts, and debt commitment fees.
(5)Does not include estimated payments of liabilities associated with uncertain income tax positions. As of December 31, 2023, Bunge had uncertain income tax liabilities of $68 million, including interest and penalties. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with these tax liabilities; therefore, such amounts are not included in the above contractual obligations table. See Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Employee Benefit Plans
We expect to contribute $24 million to our defined benefit pension plans and $4 million to our postretirement benefit plans in 2024.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As disclosed in Note 1, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make substantial judgment or estimation in their application that may significantly affect reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. We believe the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management's most difficult, subjective and complex judgments.
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Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation of Foreign Currency Financial Statements
Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the majority of our foreign subsidiaries is their local currency. The determination of functional currency may require significant judgment to identify the currency of the primary economic environment in which a subsidiary operates. This may include an evaluation of a number of economic factors including, cash flow, sales price, sales market, expense, and financing indicators, as well, as the extent of the subsidiary’s intra-entity transactions. However, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, if a foreign entity's economy is determined to be highly inflationary, then such foreign entity's financial statements are remeasured as if the functional currency were the reporting currency.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured into their respective functional currencies at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gain or loss is included in our consolidated statements of income as Foreign exchange gains (losses) - net unless the remeasurement gain or loss relates to an intercompany transaction that is of a long-term investment nature and for which settlement is neither planned nor anticipated in the foreseeable future, in which case the remeasurement gain or loss is reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets.
At period-end, amounts included in the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in equity are translated using average exchange rates during each period. Assets and liabilities are translated at period-end exchange rates and resulting foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Inventories and Commodity Derivatives
Our RMI, forward RMI purchase and sale contracts, and exchange-traded futures and options are primarily valued at fair value. RMI are freely-traded, have quoted market prices, may be sold without significant additional processing and have predictable and insignificant disposal costs (see Note 5- Inventories to our consolidated financial statements for RMI balances as of December 31, 2023). We estimate the fair values of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories based on commodity futures exchange quotations, broker or dealer quotations, or market transactions in either listed or over-the-counter ("OTC") markets with appropriate adjustments for differences in local markets where our inventories are located. Certain inventories may utilize significant unobservable data related to local market adjustments to determine fair value. The significant unobservable inputs for RMI and physically-settled forward purchase and sale contracts relate to certain management estimates regarding transportation costs and other local market or location-related adjustments, primarily freight-related adjustments in the interior of Brazil and the lack of market corroborated information in Canada. In both situations, we use proprietary information such as purchase and sale contracts and contracted prices to value freight, premiums, and discounts in our contracts. Counterparty credit and performance risk on forward commodity purchase and sale contracts is included in the determination of fair value. From time to time, we have experienced instances of counterparty non-performance as a result of significant declines in counterparty profitability under these contracts due to movements in commodity prices between the time the contracts were executed and the contractual forward delivery period. However, based on historical experience with our suppliers and customers, our own credit risk, and knowledge of current market conditions, we do not view non-performance risk to be a significant input to fair value for the majority of our forward commodity purchase and sale contracts.
Changes in the fair values of these inventories and contracts are recognized in our consolidated statements of income as a component of Cost of goods sold. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair values, amounts reported as Inventories and Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts in the consolidated balance sheets and Cost of goods sold in the consolidated statements of income could differ. Additionally, if market conditions change subsequent to year-end, amounts reported in future periods as Inventories, Unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts, and Cost of goods sold could differ. See Note 15- Fair Value Measurements to our consolidated financial statements for further details of commodity inventories and forward purchase and sale contracts on these inventories carried at fair value.
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Derivatives - Designated Hedging Activities
We manage currency risk on certain forecasted purchases, sales and selling, general and administrative expenses with currency forwards designated as cash flow hedges. Assuming normal market conditions, the change in the market value of such derivative instruments has historically been, and is expected to continue to be, highly effective at offsetting changes in price movements of the hedged item. Gains and losses arising from open and closed hedging transactions are deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes, and recognized as a component of earnings in the consolidated statement of income in the same caption as the hedged items when the hedged item is recognized in earnings. If it is determined that the derivative hedging instruments are no longer effective at offsetting changes in the price of the hedged item, then the changes in the market value of the derivative instrument would be recorded immediately in the consolidated statements of income in the same caption as the hedged items. See Note 16- Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements for further details and impacts of cash flow hedges on the consolidated financial statements.
Goodwill
When we acquire a business, the consideration is first assigned to identifiable assets and liabilities, including intangible assets, based on estimated fair values, with any excess recorded as goodwill. Determining fair value requires significant estimates and assumptions based on an evaluation of a number of factors, including market participants, projected growth rates, the amounts and timing of future cash flows, the discount rates applied to the cash flows, and the determination of useful life of an asset.
Our goodwill balance is not amortized to expense. Instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. We generally perform our annual impairment analysis during the fourth quarter. If events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment analyses, we perform an impairment analysis at that date. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, or sale or disposition of a significant asset. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we: (1) determine our reporting units; (2) allocate goodwill to our various reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates; (3) determine the carrying value, or book value, of our reporting units; (4) estimate the fair value of each reporting unit using a discounted cash flow model and/or using market multiples; (5) compare the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value; and (6) if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, we recognize an impairment charge for such amount, but not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis, including the identification of our reporting units, identification and allocation of the assets and liabilities to each of our reporting units, and determination of fair value. In estimating the fair value of a reporting unit for the purposes of our annual or periodic impairment analysis, we make estimates and significant judgments about the future cash flows of that reporting unit aligned with management’s strategic business plans. Changes in judgment related to these assumptions and estimates could result in goodwill impairment charges. We believe the assumptions and estimates used are appropriate based on the information currently available to management. Estimates based on market earnings multiples of peer companies identified for the reporting unit may also be used, where available. Critical estimates in the determination of fair value under the income approach include, but are not limited to, assumptions about variables such as commodity prices, crop and related throughput and production volumes, profitability, future capital expenditures, other expenses, and discount rates, all of which are subject to a high degree of judgment.
During the fourth quarter of 2023, we performed our annual impairment assessment and determined the estimated fair values of each of our goodwill reporting units exceeded each of their carrying values by a significant amount. See Note 8- Goodwill, to our consolidated financial statements.
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Property, Plant and Equipment and Other Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment and other finite-lived intangible assets. Property, plant and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets are depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful life on a straight line basis. When facts and circumstances indicate the carrying values of these assets may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the carrying value of the assets to the undiscounted projected future cash flows to be generated by such assets from their use and ultimate disposal. If the carrying value of our assets is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss in the amount that carrying value exceeds fair value. Impairment is recognized as a charge against results of operations. Our judgments related to the expected useful lives of these assets and our ability to realize undiscounted cash flows in excess of the carrying amount of such assets are affected by factors such as the ongoing maintenance of the assets, changes in economic conditions and changes in operating performance. As we assess the ongoing expected cash flows and carrying amounts of these assets, changes in these factors could cause us to realize material impairment charges. Please refer to Note 10- Impairments to our consolidated financial statements for details of property, plant and equipment and other finite-lived intangible asset impairment charges recorded in the year ended December 31, 2023.
Investments in Affiliates
We have investments in various unconsolidated joint ventures accounted for using the equity method, minus impairment. We review our investments annually or when an event or circumstances indicate that a potential decline in value may be other than temporary. We consider various factors in determining whether to recognize an impairment charge, including the length of time the fair value of the investment is expected to be below its carrying value, the financial condition, operating performance and near-term prospects of the affiliate, and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery of the fair value. During the second quarter of 2023, certain of the above factors indicated an other than temporary decline in value of our investment in Australia Plant Proteins ("APP"), a start-up manufacturer of novel protein ingredients. As a result of the impairment, there is no carrying value associated with the equity method investment in APP at December 31, 2023. Critical estimates in the determination of the fair value include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue growth, and discount rates. If we used different methods or factors to estimate fair value, the amount of recorded impairment and the carrying value of our investments could differ. Please refer to Note 10- Impairments and Note 11- Investments in Affiliates and Variable Interest Entities to our consolidated financial statements for further details.
Contingencies
We are a party to a large number of claims and lawsuits, primarily non-income tax and labor claims in Brazil and non-income tax claims in Argentina, and we make provisions for potential liabilities arising from such claims when we deem them probable and reasonably estimable. These estimates of probable loss have been developed in consultation with in-house and outside counsel and are based on an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. Future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions or the effectiveness of our strategies relating to these proceedings. For more information on tax and labor claims in Brazil, see "Item 3. Legal Proceedings" and Note 21- Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes
We record valuation allowances to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that we are likely to realize. We apply a "more likely than not" threshold to the recognition and de-recognition of tax benefits. Accordingly, we recognize the amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being ultimately realized upon settlement. We consider projections of future taxable income and prudent tax planning strategies to assess the need for and the amount of the valuation allowances. If we determine that we can realize a deferred tax asset in excess of our net recorded amount, we decrease the valuation allowance, thereby decreasing income tax expense. Conversely, if we determine that we are unable to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset, we increase the valuation allowance, thereby increasing income tax expense. During 2023, we increased valuation allowances by $321 million, primarily attributable to valuation allowance established on tax credits generated during the year where Bunge believes a portion of the deferred tax asset is not more likely than not to be realized.
The calculation of our uncertain tax positions involves complexities in the application of intricate tax regulations in a multitude of jurisdictions across our global operations. Future changes in judgment related to the ultimate resolution of unrecognized tax benefits will affect the earnings in the quarter of such change. At December 31, 2023, we had recorded uncertain tax positions of $68 million in our consolidated balance sheet. For additional information on income taxes, please refer to Note 14- Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.
Recoverable Taxes
We evaluate the collectability of our recoverable taxes and record allowances if we determine that collection is doubtful. Recoverable taxes include value-added taxes paid upon the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, raw materials and taxable services, as well as other transactional taxes, which can be recovered in cash or as compensation against income taxes, or other taxes we may owe, primarily in Brazil and Europe. Management's assumption about the collectability of recoverable
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taxes requires significant judgment because it involves an assessment of the ability and willingness of the applicable federal or local government to refund the taxes. The balance of these allowances fluctuates depending on the sales activity of existing inventories, purchases of new inventories, percentages of export sales, seasonality, changes in applicable tax rates, cash payments by the applicable government agencies and the offset of outstanding balances against income or certain other taxes owed to the applicable governments, where permissible. At December 31, 2023, the allowance for recoverable taxes was $35 million. We continue to monitor the economic environment and events taking place in the applicable countries and in cases where we determine that recovery is doubtful, recoverable taxes are reduced by allowances for the estimated unrecoverable amounts.
New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1- Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.