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FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC

For the period ended Dec 27, 2024. Filed Feb 24, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 24, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission file number 333-07708

FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Cayman IslandsN/A
(State or Other Jurisdiction ofIncorporation or Organization)(I.R.S EmployerIdentification No.)
c/o H&C Corporate Services LimitedN/A
P.O. Box 1569, 6th Floor, Athena Tower, 71 Fort Street
George Town,Grand Cayman,KY1-1110
Cayman Islands
(Address of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

(305)520-8400

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Please send copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission to:

c/o Del Monte Fresh Produce Company

241 Sevilla Avenue

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Address of Registrant’s U.S. Executive Offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each ClassTrading SymbolName of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, Par Value $0.01 Per ShareFDPNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No☐

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes ☒ No☐

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.

Large Accelerated FilerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐ No☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ☒ No☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐

The aggregate market value of Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates at June 28, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter, was $739,018,246 based on the number of shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant and the reported closing price of Ordinary Shares on June 28, 2024 of $21.85.

As of February 14, 2025, there were 47,940,300 ordinary shares of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year are incorporated by reference in Part III of this report.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I
Item 1.Business1
Item 1A.Risk Factors14
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments28
Item 1C.Cybersecurity28
Item 2.Properties29
Item 3.Legal Proceedings31
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures31
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities32
Item 6.Reserved34
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations34
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk46
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data50
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure110
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures110
Item 9B.Other Information110
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections110
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance112
Item 11.Executive Compensation112
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters112
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence112
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services112
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules113
SIGNATURES118
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