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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Common Stock Market

The Company’s common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ADM”.

The number of registered stockholders of the Company’s common stock at February 14, 2025, was 7,524.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased**(1)**Average Price Paid per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program**(2)**Number of Shares Remaining to be Purchased Under the Program**(2)**
October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024—$——14,764,049
November 1, 2024 to November 30, 20241,11052.333—14,764,049
December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024———114,764,049
Total1,110$52.333—114,764,049

(1)Total shares purchased represent those shares purchased in the open market as part of the Company’s publicly announced stock repurchase program described below, shares received as payment for the exercise price of stock option exercises, and shares received as payment for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards. During the three-month period ended December 31, 2024, there were 1,110 shares received as payments for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards.

(2)On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 100,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock during the period commencing January 1, 2015 and ending December 31, 2019. On August 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the extension of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2024 and the repurchase of up to an additional 100,000,000 shares under the extended program. On December 11, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved a second extension of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2029 and the repurchase of up to an additional 100,000,000 shares under the extended program.

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ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY

PART II

Performance Graph

The graph below compares the Company’s common stock with those of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Consumer Staples Index. The graph assumes an initial investment of $100 on December 31, 2019 and assumes all dividends have been reinvested through December 31, 2024. The stock performance shown in the graph is not indicative of nor intended to forecast the potential future performance of ADM's common stock.

COMPARISON OF 60 MONTH CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS

1663

Index Data: Copyright Standard and Poor’s, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

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