As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1,
2022
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Adecoagro S.A.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
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Not applicable |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
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Identification Number) |
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Seventh Amended and Restated Restricted Share and Restricted Stock
Unit Plan |
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(Full Title of the Plan) |
Adecoagro S.A.
Société anonyme
Vertigo Naos Building, 6, Rue Eugène Ruppert, L - 2453
Luxembourg
Tel: +352.2644.9372
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Corporation Service Company
19 West 44th Street
Suite 200
New York, NY 10036
(800) 927-9801
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all correspondence to:
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Maurice Blanco, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 450-4000
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a
smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Adecoagro S.A., a
company organized under the laws of Luxembourg (the “Company” or
the “Registrant”), is filing this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) to register 1,406,565 shares of common stock of the
Company, par value, $1.50 per share (“Common Shares”), for issuance
pursuant to the Adecoagro S.A. Seventh Amended Restricted Share and
Restricted Stock Unit Plan (as amended from time to time, the
“Plan”) following an amendment to increase the number of Common
Shares to be granted pursuant to the Plan approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company on March 11, 2022.
The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form
S-8 on March 29, 2019 (Registration No. 333-230636) (the “2019 S-8
Registration Statement”) with the Commission to register 1,264,189
Common Shares, for issuance pursuant to the Plan. A Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the 2019 S-8 Registration Statement was filed
with the Commission on March 12, 2021 (Registration No.
333-230636)
(the “2019 Post-Effective Amendment”) to reflect certain amendments
to the Plan. In addition, on April 1, 2021, the Registrant filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Company (Registration
No. 333-254958)
to register an additional 1,980,000 Common Shares (the “2021
Registration Statement”).
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company
hereby incorporates by reference the 2019 S-8 Registration
Statement, the 2019 Post-Effective Amendment and the 2021 S-8
Registration Statement, together with all exhibits filed therewith
or incorporated therein by reference.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
Information.*
* Pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act, the
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to each participant in the Plan. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II below, taken
together, constitute the Section 10(a) prospectus. Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the
introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a) The description of the Company’s common shares contained in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35052) filed with
the Commission on January 24, 2011 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
which incorporates by reference the description of the Company’s
common shares set forth under “Description of Share Capital” in the
Company’s prospectus dated January 13, 2011 filed with the
Commission on January 13, 2011, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description;
(b) The Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2020
filed with the Commission on April 29, 2021 (the “Annual Report”);
and
(c) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Company’s Annual Report referred to in (b) above, including the
Report of Foreign Private
Issuer on Form 6-K filed on March 14, 2022 which includes the
Company’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for
the year-ended December 31, 2021.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, including any Reports of Foreign Private Issuers
on Form 6-K submitted during such period (or portion thereof) that
is identified in such form as being incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents. The Registrant is
not incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof,
whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are
not deemed “filed” with the Commission.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein, (or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number |
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5.1* |
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23.1* |
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23.2* |
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23.3* |
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24.1* |
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page
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99.1* |
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10.7* |
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* Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
on April 1, 2022.
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Adecoagro S.A. |
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/s/ Mariano Bosch |
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Mariano Bosch |
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Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mariano Bosch and
Carlos A. Boero Hughes each his attorney-in-fact with full power of
substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all
pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to file such
amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or each his substitute
or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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/s/ Mariano Bosch |
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Chief Executive Officer & Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Mariano Bosch |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Carlos A. Boero Hughes |
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Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer |
April 1, 2022 |
Carlos A. Boero Hughes |
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(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer) |
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/s/ Plinio Musetti |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
April 1, 2022 |
Plinio Musetti |
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/s/ Alan Leland Boyce |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Alan Leland Boyce |
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/s/ Guillaume van der Linden |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Guillaume van der Linden |
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/s/ Alejandra Smith |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Alejandra Smith |
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/s/ Ivo Andres Sarjanovic |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Ivo Andres Sarjanovic |
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/s/ Mark Schachter |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Mark Schachter |
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/s/ Daniel Gonzalez |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Daniel Gonzalez |
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/s/ Andrés Velasco Brañes |
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Director |
April 1, 2022 |
Andrés Velasco Brañes |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Under the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized
representative in the United States of Adecoagro S.A., has signed
this Registration Statement in Newark, Delaware, on April 1,
2022.
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Puglisi & Associates |
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/s/ Donald J. Puglisi |
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Name: Donald J. Puglisi
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Title: Managing Director
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