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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 28, 2024
 
CHS Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Commission File Number: 001-36079
 
Minnesota41-0251095
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
5500 Cenex Drive
Inver Grove Heights,Minnesota55077
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(651)355-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
8% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred StockCHSCPThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 1CHSCOThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class B Reset Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 2CHSCNThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class B Reset Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 3CHSCMThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 4CHSCLThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐  



Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Securitization Facility Amendment

On August 28, 2024, CHS Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Fourteenth Amendment (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment”), by and among Cofina Funding, LLC (“Cofina Funding”), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, as seller, the Company, as servicer, and, solely with respect to Section 6 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment, as the performance guarantor, each of the conduit purchasers, committed purchasers and purchaser agents set forth on the signature pages thereto and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch), as administrative agent (“MUFG”), to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2017, by and among Cofina Funding, the Company, the purchasers and the purchaser agents party thereto and MUFG (as previously amended, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”). The Receivables Purchase Agreement Amendment further amends and restates the Receivables Purchase Agreement to extend the term of the Company’s receivables and loans securitization facility provided under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to August 27, 2025, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

Repurchase Facility Amendment

On August 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Omnibus Amendment No. 2 (the “Omnibus Amendment”), by and among Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, a Dutch coöperatieve acting through its New York Branch (“Rabobank”), as buyer, the Company and CHS Capital, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (“CHS Capital”), as sellers, the Company, as agent for the sellers and solely for purposes of Section 7.3 of the Omnibus Amendment, as guarantor, to that certain Master Framework Agreement, dated July 11, 2023, by and among Rabobank, the Company and CHS Capital (as previously amended, the “Framework Agreement”). The Omnibus Amendment extends the scheduled term of the Company’s repurchase financing facility under the Framework Agreement to August 27, 2025.

Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

Reference is made to the information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.








SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     
  CHS Inc.
      
Date: August 28, 2024 By: /s/ Olivia Nelligan
    Olivia Nelligan
    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer