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2021 ANNUAL REPORT

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

OPERATING RESULTS (IN THOUSANDS)

Sales and merchandising revenues

Gross profit

Operating, administrative and general expenses

Income (loss) before income taxes1

Income (loss) before income taxes attributable to The Andersons, Inc.1

Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)1, 2

Cash used in operating activities

FINANCIAL POSITION (IN THOUSANDS)

Total assets

Working capital1

Readily marketable inventories

Short-term debt

Long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt

Total equity

PER SHARE DATA

Diluted earnings1

Dividends declared

Year-end market value

RATIOS AND OTHER DATA

Long-term debt, including current maturities to Adjusted EBITDA1, 2

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands)

Effective tax rate

2O21

2O20 % Change

$12,612,050 

$8,064,620 

592,697

423,752

160,770

128,890

103,986 

355,236 

(51,050)

366,197

377,695

(27,081)

(5,156)

7,710 

159,768 

(74,432)

$4,569,219 

$4,272,121 

900,893

1,410,892

501,792

632,743

1,307,704

477,345

983,234

403,703

955,819

1,160,660

2.94

0.705

38.71

1.79

33,855

18.2 %

0.17

0.70

24.51

5.62

33,189

40.3 %

56.4 %

61.9 %

12.2 %

693.7 %

2599.8 %

1248.7 %

122.3 %

31.4 %

7.0 %

88.7 %

43.5 %

24.3 %

(33.8) %

12.7 %

1629.4 %

0.7 %

57.4 %

(68.1) %

2.0 %

(54.8) %

Adjusted EPS3

Adjusted EBITDA2
(In Millions)

Cash from Operations Before 
Working Capital Changes4
(In Millions)

$2.89

$353.0

$322.0

$1.17

$0.96

$0.53

2017

2018

2019

($0.04)
2020

2021

1 Measure represents only continuing operations of the company.

$187.9

$170.1

$102.6

$119.9

$192.6

$200.9

$108.9

$116.6

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2 EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are both non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA is calculated as interest expense, tax expense, depreciation and amortization added back to net income. Reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net income can be 
found in our fourth quarter earnings release and investor presentation posted to the Investor Relations webpage at https://theandersonsinc.gcs-web.com.

3 Adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP financial measure. The measure excludes after-tax charges for acquisition costs, asset impairments, loss on a cost method investment and a gain on the sale of a business for 2021; after-tax charges for severance and acquisi-
tion costs as well as income tax benefits resulting from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for 2020; after-tax charges for acquisition costs, asset impairments (including equity method investments) and after-tax gains on asset 
sales (including equity method investments) for 2019; after-tax charges for acquisition costs for 2018; and after-tax charges for goodwill impairments, asset impairments as well as income tax benefits resulting from U.S. federal income tax reform for 2017. 
A statutory tax rate of 25% was used to approximate the earnings from continuing operations after the removal of the Rail segment in both 2018 and 2017.

4 Cash from operations before working capital changes is a non-GAAP financial measure. This measure is calculated by adding back changes in working capital to cash provided by (used in) operating activities as stated in the audited statement of cash 
flows. Reconciliations of Cash from operations before working capital changes to Cash provided by (used in) operating activities can be found in our fourth quarter earnings release and investor presentation posted to the Investor Relations webpage at 
https://theandersonsinc.gcs-web.com.

DEAR SHAREHOLDERS 
AND FRIENDS, 

What a difference a year makes! Over the past year, we saw 
significant global demand and supply chain volatility, which 
created opportunities in our core agricultural businesses. 
Our teams executed well in these dynamic markets, 
and when combined with the actions taken in 2020 to 
reorganize, simplify our leadership structure, reduce cost, 
and more fully integrate our operations, led us to a record-
breaking 2021. We are happy to report our 2021 results; 
evidence that we successfully managed through challenges 
and seized opportunities in the front of us.

Throughout the pandemic, we have operated steadily as an 
essential business and continue to keep our nearly 2,400 
employees safe and healthy. While there were supply chain 
disruptions across many industries, including inflation in raw 
materials, supplies, and labor this past year, The Andersons 
weathered these issues very well and in fact, some of 
these disruptions caused commercial opportunities. We’ve 
also embraced new opportunities to be more flexible and 
efficient in our work. We are grateful to our employees for 
their dedication throughout these turbulent times.

We are extremely pleased with our 2021 operating 
results, which set several records. We reported 2021 net 
income from continuing operations attributable to the 
company of $100 million, or $2.94 per diluted share. 
Adjusted net income was $98 million or $2.89 per diluted 
share, our second-best earnings year ever. Our adjusted 
2021 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and 
amortization (EBITDA) from continuing operations was a 
record $353 million compared to adjusted 2020 EBITDA of 
$170 million.

During 2021, we made the strategic decision to sell our 
Rail business. We completed the sale of the rail leasing 
business in the third quarter and expect to complete the 
sale of our rail repair business in 2022. These transactions 
provided cash to reduce debt and fund future growth 
in our identified strategic agricultural verticals. We also 
updated our overall strategy and have reaffirmed our core 
grain and fertilizer businesses, including:

•  Fixed-asset light growth and M&A in carbon, ag supply 

extensions, proteins, and propane; 

•  Premium products focused on food and feed 

ingredients, considering evolving trends of food 
sustainability factors;

•  Renewables, including renewable diesel feedstocks and 

ethanol plant optimization; and,

•  Organic fertilizers, new product development, and 

disciplined M&A in our plant nutrient business.

As we shift back to growth in an exciting agricultural up 
cycle, we will continue our disciplined processes around 
capital allocation. We are focused on investing in and 
growing businesses that are strategically aligned with 
our core, have appropriate returns, and are focused on 
sustainable practices. We will also remain vigilant in 
monitoring our costs. 

The Andersons Trade and Processing (ATP) has further 
integrated their Trade and Renewables businesses 
in 2021 by making holistic merchandising decisions 
about commodities that are interdependent, as well as 
developing a business strategy that contemplates future 
trends and potential disruptors to our existing businesses.  

Within ATP, the TRADE segment recorded its second-
best adjusted pretax income in 2021. With the presence 
of an inverse market in the first half, we executed well, 
made good commercial merchandising decisions, and 

soaring. How this conflict plays out in 2022 will have a 
huge impact to our markets. We expect the high input 
cost environment and increased demand from renewable 
diesel to influence growers’ planting intentions. These 
conditions drive strong elevation margins and considerable 
volatility, which creates good merchandising opportunities. 
In addition, we’re seeing excellent results in other products 
we merchandise such as feed ingredients and propane. 

While spot ethanol crush margins are seasonally impacted 
by lower demand in the winter, industry maintenance 
seasons and spring driving demand should improve 
margins into the second quarter. The current energy 
market shock is driving U.S. gasoline prices higher. The 
outlook for 2022 remains very bright for ethanol co-
products with high demand for corn oil used in renewable 
diesel production. We expect to continue to grow our 
renewable diesel feedstock merchandising business which 
includes materials sourced outside of our five ethanol 
plants. In addition, traditional and high-protein DDG values 
remain high, supported by the overall strong grain prices.

In our Plant Nutrient business, early orders for our 
agricultural fertilizers suggest that concerns over input 
pricing and availability are influencing purchase decisions. 
Again, the war in Ukraine impacts fertilizer supplies 
globally. We expect momentum in this business to continue 
but it could be difficult to have the expansion in 2022 that 
we experienced in 2021. We are expanding our organic 
fertilizer offering and anticipate further growth in our 
industrial and manufactured product lines.

As stated previously, we expect to grow but will remain 
disciplined in capital allocation and stay true to investing 
within our core. Our balance sheet is strong, and our team 
is energized to find new opportunities. 

We are celebrating our 75th anniversary this year and 
were recently recognized in the Forbes List of America’s 
Best Midsize Employers. Our people are the source of our 
success and have executed extremely well in these past 
few years of volatility. We have expanded our geographic 
footprint and become a more nimble and innovative 
company in the North American ag supply chain from our 
roots in 1947. We look forward to providing extraordinary 
service to our customers, supporting our suppliers 
and communities, and rewarding our employees and 
shareholders for many more years to come. 

Thank you for your continued support,

Pat Bowe
President and
Chief Executive Officer

Brian Valentine
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

earned outstanding elevation margins in many of our profit 
centers. Harvest results in the core grain assets as well as 
Louisiana and Idaho were also significantly better than in 
the recent past. We successfully added an international 
trading desk in Lausanne, Switzerland, in the third quarter 
that primarily supplies the Middle East and North Africa, 
areas that require imported grains to feed their growing 
populations. We also purchased Capstone Commodities, 
LLC of Round Rock, Texas, in the fourth quarter, an existing 
company that merchandises feed ingredients primarily into 
dairies in the southwest U.S. Both additions extend our 
existing supply chain strengths and are closely linked to 
our strategy. Trade gross profit rose by more than 20% and 
adjusted EBITDA increased nearly 58% from 2020, which 
was a new record. 

The RENEWABLES segment had the most significant year-
over-year improvement. Our ethanol production facilities 
were significantly impacted by the pandemic in 2020, 
when driving demand virtually disappeared in March. With 
the 2021 growth in ethanol, high feed values, and the return 
of driving demand, coupled with supply chain disruptions, 
ethanol crush margins escalated in the fourth quarter. Our 
plants produced a record 524 million gallons of ethanol 
in the year. Our share of pretax earnings of $50 million 
increased nearly $75 million compared to a 2020 loss of 
$25 million. Contributing to our success in production 
was healthy earnings from third-party merchandising of 
ethanol, renewable diesel feedstocks, and feed products. 
This was the best year for this segment since the very 
strong ethanol years of 2013 and 2014. We built out our 
renewable diesel feedstock supply and trading business in 
2021. We not only merchandise our own corn oil production 
but have added other third-party vegetable oils and fats to 
supply the new Renewable Diesel production plants.

The combination of our Rail and Plant Nutrient businesses 
into The Andersons Nutrient and Industrial business (ANI) 
brought together logistics and manufacturing under unified 
leadership. With the decision to sell Rail, the remaining 
Plant Nutrient segment is focused on the ag supply chain 
but also performs manufacturing using agricultural inputs 
for industrial businesses, golf and turf customers as well 
as contract manufacturing for consumer-packaged goods 
companies. PLANT NUTRIENT celebrated its best year 
ever in 2021! We were able to capitalize on an ideal spring 
planting season along with supply-constrained price 
increases of key fertilizer inputs. Pretax income more than 
doubled year over year, as tons sold increased by 6% and 
EBITDA increased by 54%. 

As we’ve previously communicated, we have developed 
internal targets for EBITDA growth and long-term debt to 
EBITDA. Our strong cash generation in 2021, combined with 
the sale of the rail leasing business, enabled us to reduce 
long-term debt in 2021 by more than $320 million, and our 
long-term debt to EBITDA is now well below our stated goal 
of less than 2.5x. Our businesses are focused on generating 
free cash flow, improving returns for our shareholders, as 
well as growing within our strategic verticals and focusing 
on sustainable businesses and operations. These businesses 
return strong cash flow from operations before working 
capital changes and we will continue to take a disciplined 
approach to capital spending. 

As we share this report in the first quarter of 2022, 
commodity markets are continuing to experience volatility 
and high prices on geopolitical uncertainty and concerns 
about growing conditions in various countries. The Russian 
invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and grain prices 

CORPORATE 
INFORMATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gerard M. Anderson (3)(4)
Executive Chairman
DTE Energy

Michael J. Anderson
Chairman
The Andersons, Inc.

Patrick E. Bowe
President and 
Chief Executive Officer
The Andersons, Inc.

Pamela S. Hershberger (1)(2)
Retired Managing Partner
Toledo, Ohio Office
Ernst & Young, LLP 

Catherine M. Kilbane (1)(4)(5)
Retired Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Robert J. King, Jr. (2)(3)
Senior Advisor
First National Bank Corporation

Gary A. Douglas (1)
President
Nationwide National Partners

Ross W. Manire (1)(2)
Retired President and 
Chief Executive Officer
ExteNet Systems, Inc.

Stephen F. Dowdle (3)(4)
Retired President of Sales
PotashCorp

John T. Stout, Jr. (2)(3)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Plaza Belmont Management Group, LLC

CORPORATE OFFICERS

Patrick E. Bowe
President and
Chief Executive Officer

Christine M. Castellano
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

Michael T. Hoelter
Vice President, Corporate 
Controller and Investor 
Relations

William E. Krueger
President, Trade 
and Processing

Joseph E. McNeely
President, Nutrient and Industrial

Anne G. Rex
Vice President, Strategy, 
Planning and Development

Brian A. Valentine
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer

Brian K. Walz
Vice President and Treasurer

(1) Audit Committee
(2) Compensation/Leadership 

Development Committee

(3) Finance Committee
(4) Governance/Nominating Committee
(5) Lead Independent Director

INVESTOR INFORMATION

CORPORATE OFFICES
The Andersons, Inc. 
1947 Briarfield Boulevard 
Maumee, OH 43537 
419-893-5050 
www.andersonsinc.com

NASDAQ SYMBOL
The Andersons, Inc. common shares 
are traded on the Nasdaq Global 
Select Market tier of The Nasdaq 
Stock Market under the symbol ANDE.

COMMON STOCK
34 million shares outstanding 
as of December 31, 2021.

DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE AND 
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
Computershare CIP, which is a 
direct stock purchase and dividend 
reinvestment plan sponsored and 
administered by Computershare 
Trust Company, N.A. and not by      
The Andersons, Inc., provides an 
alternative to traditional methods 
of buying and selling shares in 
The Andersons, Inc. Through 
Computershare CIP, one can purchase 
and sell The Andersons, Inc. shares 
directly, rather than dealing with 
a broker. For more information on 
Computershare CIP, please go to 
www.computershare.com/investor 
or call toll-free at 877-373-6374.

TRANSFER AGENT 
AND REGISTRAR
Computershare Investor Services, LLC 
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233
Phone: 312-360-5260 
Toll-free: 877-373-6374 
Investor CentreTM portal: 
www.computershare.com/investor

FORM 10-K
Additional copies of The Andersons 
2021 Form 10-K, filed on February 24, 
2022, with the SEC, are available 
to shareholders and interested 
individuals without charge by writing 
or calling Investor Relations.

INVESTOR RELATIONS
Michael Hoelter
Vice President, Corporate Controller 
and Investor Relations  
419-897-6715
mike_hoelter@andersonsinc.com

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED 
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP | Cleveland, OH

ANNUAL MEETING
The annual shareholders’ 
meeting of The Andersons, Inc. 
will be held virtually at 8 a.m. 
Eastern Time on May 6, 2022.

 
The Andersons, Inc.
1947 Briarfield Boulevard
Maumee, Ohio 43537

www.andersonsinc.com