UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
____________________
 
FORM 11-K
 
[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
 
OR
 
[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
for the transition period from        to
 
Commission File Number:   1-16625
 
A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A
c/o Bunge North America, Inc.
11720 Borman Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63146

B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
Bunge Limited
50 Main Street
White Plains, NY  10606
 

 


 
BUNGE SAVINGS PLAN – SUPPLEMENT A
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS


Page
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
1
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
 
   
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
2
   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Years Ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007
3
   
Notes to Financial Statements
4–8
   
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE:
 
   
Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
as of December 31, 2008
9

NOTE:
All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules
and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employment Retirement Income
Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.
 
SIGNATURE PAGE
10
   
EXHIBIT INDEX
11


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A:
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule listed in the Table of Contents is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic 2008 financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2008 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic 2008 financial statements taken as a whole.
 
 
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
St. Louis, Missouri
June 24, 2009
 
 

 
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BUNGE SAVINGS PLANSUPPLEMENT A
           
             
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
           
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007
           
             
             
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
INVESTMENTS:
           
Interest bearing cash
  $ 621,436     $ -  
Mutual funds
    1,203,938       1,986,542  
Common collective trusts
    -       570,059  
Interest in Bunge Limited common shares
    104,818       129,203  
Participant loans
    111,899       112,032  
                 
Total investments
    2,042,091       2,797,836  
                 
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE
    4,428       4,429  
                 
PLAN TRANSFER RECEIVABLE
    -       20,650  
                 
PLAN TRANSFER PAYABLE
    -       (44,976 )
                 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
  $ 2,046,519     $ 2,777,939  


See notes to financial statements.

 

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BUNGE SAVINGS PLANSUPPLEMENT A
           
             
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
       
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007
           
             
             
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
ADDITIONS:
           
Investment income — interest
  $ 24,260     $ 27,834  
Investment income — dividends
    59,706       115,965  
Participant contributions
    247,083       244,151  
Rollovers
    11,597       -  
                 
Total
    342,646       387,950  
                 
DEDUCTIONS:
               
Net depreciation on fair value of investments
    836,506       2,372  
Administrative expenses
    1,906       4,554  
Benefits paid to participants
    89,552       215,587  
Plan transfers
    146,102       23,737  
Total
    1,074,066       246,250  
                 
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
    (731,420 )     141,700  
                 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS — Beginning of year
    2,777,939       2,636,239  
                 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS — End of year
  $ 2,046,519     $ 2,777,939  
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

 
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BUNGE SAVINGS PLAN – SUPPLEMENT A
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A (the “Plan”) is a subplan of the Bunge Savings Plan (the “Savings Plan”), which was established as of April 1, 1996. Prior to January 1, 2004, the Plan was a stand-alone plan known as the Central Soya 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees. The Savings Plan was amended effective January 1, 2004, to transfer the assets of the Central Soya 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees to the Savings Plan and master trust. The Savings Plan was further amended to provide that the plan provisions applicable to the participants in the Central Soya 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees are set forth in a separate subplan known as the Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A. Effective January 1, 2005, Bunge Limited (the parent of the Plan sponsor) separated the Plan from the Savings Plan.
 
Basis of Accounting — The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition — Investments in Bunge Limited common shares, common collective trusts, and mutual funds are stated at estimated fair value, which is based on quoted market prices. Purchases and sales of investments are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Earnings on investments are allocated to participants based on account balances.
 
Administrative Expenses — Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the participants as provided in the Plan document.
 
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Risks and Uncertainties — The Plan invests in various securities, including mutual funds, common collective trusts, and common stock. These investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.
 
New Accounting Pronouncements — The financial statements reflect the prospective adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurement (SFAS No. 157), as of the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2008 (see Note 9). SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 157 had no impact on the statements of net assets available for benefits and statements of changes in net assets available for benefits.
 
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2.
PLAN DESCRIPTION
 
The Plan is a defined contribution plan designed to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) and is administered by the Savings Plan Committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Board of Directors of Bunge North America, Inc. (the “Company”). The Company has appointed Fidelity Management Trust Company (“Fidelity”) to serve as recordkeeper, administrator, and trustee of the Plan. The descriptions of Plan terms in the following notes to financial statements are provided for general information purposes only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Plan document. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information. All regular hourly employees of Bunge North America (East), L.L.C., whose terms and conditions of employment are subject to a collective bargaining agreement that bargained to participate in the Plan, are eligible participants. Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
 
3.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS
 
Contribution limits for participants are based on their respective collective bargaining agreements. The total amount which a participant could elect to contribute to the Plan on a pre-tax basis in 2008 and 2007 could not exceed $15,500. However, in 2008 and 2007, if a participant reached age 50 by December 31 of that year, they were able to contribute an additional $5,000 “catch up” contribution to the Plan on a pre-tax basis.
 
The contribution amounts and allocation between pre-tax and post-tax basis of participant accounts are subject to Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) discrimination tests. The participants’ contributions, plus any actual earnings thereon, vest immediately.
 
Participants may elect from a number of investment alternatives for their contributions.
 
Participants may not withdraw pre-tax contributions except as provided for hardship withdrawals permitted by the Plan. Following normal retirement, participants must withdraw their entire account balances in a lump sum or any other form of payment allowed by the Plan. Withdrawals by participants are recorded upon distribution.
 
The Plan allows participants the option of making qualified (as defined by the Plan document and the IRC) rollover contributions into the Plan.
 
4.
PARTICIPANT LOANS
 
Plan participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms range from one to five years with the exception of loans for the purchase of a primary residence, which may have a longer term. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at rates commensurate with the prevailing interest rate charged on similar commercial loans by lending institutions as determined by the plan administrator. Loan payments, including interest due, are paid ratably through payroll deductions. Participant loans are valued at the outstanding loan balance. As of December 31, 2008, participant loans bear interest rates from 4.5% to 8.75% and maturities through June 2013.
 
5.
PLAN TERMINATION
 
Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event the Plan is terminated, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.
 
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6.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS
 
The IRS has determined and informed the Plan administrator by a letter, dated February 6, 2003, that the Plan and related trust were designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter (see Note 1). However, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and the Plan and related trust continue to be tax exempt. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been recorded in the Plan’s financial statements.
 
7.
EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
 
Certain of the Plan’s investments are in shares of funds offered by the Trustee. Therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. Such investments as of December 31, 2008 are disclosed in the supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes.
 
Personnel and facilities of the Company have been used by the Plan for its accounting and other activities at no charge to the Plan.
 
8.
INVESTMENTS
 
The Plan’s investments that represented 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund
  $ 615,402     $ - *
Fidelity International Discovery Fund
    105,175       - *
Janus Advisor Forty Fund – Class S
    230,318       - *
T. Rowe Price Value Fund
    371,327       - *
Participant Loans
    111,899       112,032 *
Interest in Bunge Limited common shares
    104,818       129,203 *
Legg Mason Value Fund
    - *     684,682  
SSgA Money Market Fund
    - *     519,998  
Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund
    - *     392,883  
American Funds New Perspective Fund
    - *     230,141  
SSgA Moderate Strategic Asset Allocation Fund
    - *     202,684  
SSgA Conservative Strategic Asset Allocation Fund
    - *     148,395  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    - *     145,932  
 
 
*
Amount less than 5% of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits.
 
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During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) (depreciated) appreciated  in value as follows:
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
Mutual funds
  $ (753,414 )   $ (88,496 )
Common collective trusts
    -       35,059  
Interest in Bunge Limited common shares (1)
    (83,092 )     51,065  
                 
Net (depreciation) appreciation in value of investments
  $ (836,506 )   $ (2,372 )
 
(1)
The Plan allows for participants to invest in Bunge Limited common shares. Bunge Limited is the parent company of the sponsoring employer. The Plan held 2,025 and 1,064 common shares of Bunge Limited at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. During 2008 and 2007, the Plan recorded dividend income of $3,776 and $579, respectively, and net (depreciation) appreciation in fair value of $(83,092) and $51,065, respectively, from Bunge Limited common shares.
 
9.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, which provides a framework for measuring fair value.
 
In accordance with SFAS No. 157, the Plan classifies its investments into Level 1, which refers to securities valued using quoted prices from active markets for identical assets; Level 2, which refers to securities not traded on an active market but for which observable market inputs are readily available; and Level 3, which refers to securities valued based on significant unobservable inputs. Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy a summary of the Plan’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2008.
 
   
Fair Value Measurements
 
   
at December 31, 2008, Using
 
                         
   
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
                         
Mutual funds
  $ 1,203,938     $ -     $ -     $ 1,203,938  
Interest in Bunge Limited common shares
    -       104,818       -       104,818  
Participant loans
    -       111,899       -       111,899  
Total
  $ 1,203,938     $ 216,717     $ -     $ 1,420,655  
 
The Plan has no assets or liabilities carried at Level 3 fair value.
 
10.
PLAN TRANSFERS
 
Certain Plan participants had accounts in another defined contribution plan sponsored by the Company or a company within the same control group. Plan transfers included in the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits reflect transfers made to combine multiple participant accounts into each participant’s active account. In addition, if a change in a participant’s employment classification
 
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occurs during a Plan year (for example, transfer from union to non-union classification), the assets related to such participant would be transferred to the applicable plan within the control group for such participant’s new employment status. Such transfer will be made within a reasonable period of time following the change in employment classification. Timing of such transfers may, from time to time, result in Plan payables or receivables in the respective plans.
 
11.
ASSET TRANSFER
 
Effective January 1, 2008, CitiStreet and State Street were terminated as recordkeeper, and administrator and trustee, of the assets related to the Plan, respectively. Fidelity was named as successor recordkeeper, administrator and trustee. The market value of the assets transferred from CitiStreet to Fidelity on January 1, 2008 was as follows:
 
PIMCO Total Return Fund
  $ 145,932  
SSgA Money Market Fund
    519,998  
SSgA Russell 2000 Fund
    5,721  
Oakmark Select Fund
    12,906  
Loan Fund
    112,032  
Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund
    392,883  
American Funds New Perspective Fund
    230,141  
Interest in Bunge Limited Common Shares
    129,203  
SSgA Conservative Strategic Asset Allocation Fund
    148,395  
SSgA Moderate Strategic Asset Allocation Fund
    202,684  
SSgA Aggressive Strategic Asset Allocation Fund
    132,486  
SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund
    62,022  
Legg Mason Value Fund
    684,682  
SSgA S&P Midcap Index Fund
    18,751  
         
Total
  $ 2,797,836  
 
Each Fund’s assets were transferred to a comparable investment fund at Fidelity. The PIMCO Total Return Fund assets were transferred to the Fidelity Total Bond Fund. The SSgA Money Market Fund assets were transferred to the Vanguard Prime Money Market-Institutional Shares Fund. The SSgA Russell 2000 Fund assets were transferred to the Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Signal Shares Fund. The Loan Fund assets were transferred to the Fidelity Loan Fund. The Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund assets and the Oakmark Select Fund assets were transferred to the Janus Adviser Forty Fund – Class S. The American Funds New Perspective Fund assets were transferred to the Fidelity Institutional Discovery Fund. The Plan’s interest in Bunge Limited common shares were transferred to the Bunge Stock Fund. The SSgA Conservative Strategic Asset Allocation Fund assets, the SSgA Moderate Strategic Asset Allocation Fund assets, and the SSgA Aggressive Strategic Asset Allocation Fund assets were transferred to the Fidelity Freedom Funds by Age Fund. The SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund assets were transferred to the Vanguard Institutional Index Fund-Institutional Shares Fund. The Legg Mason Value Fund assets were transferred to T. Rowe Price Value Fund. The SSgA S&P Midcap Index Fund assets were transferred to the Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund-Institutional Shares.
 
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BUNGE SAVINGS PLAN – SUPPLEMENT A
 
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i —
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008

 
 
     
Number of
     
Current
 
Description  
Shares/Units
 
Cost**
 
Value
 
                 
INTEREST IN INTEREST BEARING CASH:              
 
Cash
    -       $ 6,034  
 
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund
    615,402.26         615,402  
                     
 
Total interest in interest-bearing cash
    -         621,436  
                     
INTEREST IN MUTUAL FUNDS:                  
 
American Century Heritage Fund – Investor Class
    1,171.47         13,671  
 
American Century Real Estate Fund – Investor Class
    677.43         7,899  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2005
    2,374.40         19,921  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2010
    7,474.90         77,440  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2015
    9,293.95         79,556  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2020
    7,404.07         74,411  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2025
    3,435.38         28,273  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2030
    1,955.28         19,083  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2035
    2,628.10         21,104  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2040
    1,057.37         5,911  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2045
    476.85         3,139  
*
Fidelity Freedom 2050
    1,247.16         8,057  
*
Fidelity International Discovery Fund
    4,452.11         105,175  
*
Fidelity Total Bond Fund
    6,697.31         61,615  
 
Janus Adviser Forty Fund – Class S
    10,490.86         230,318  
 
T. Rowe Price Value Fund
    24,510.65         371,327  
 
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund – Institutional Shares
    477.00         39,360  
 
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund – Investor Shares
    1,460.54         17,512  
 
Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund – Institutional Shares
    1,358.93         16,063  
 
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund SignalTM Shares
    223.11         4,103  
                     
 
Total interest in mutual funds
              1,203,938  
                     
INTEREST IN COMMON STOCK:                  
*
Interest in Bunge Limited common shares
    2,025         104,818  
                     
*
PARTICIPANT LOANS — Loan Fund, rates from
                 
 
 4.5% to 8.75%, maturity through June 2013
              111,899  
                     
 
Total investments
            $ 2,042,091  
 
*
Party-in-interest.
**
Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator of the Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Bunge Savings Plan – Supplement A
 
       
Date:  June 25, 2009
By:  
/s/ Philip Staggs  
    Philip Staggs  
    Plan Administrator  
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit
Number
     Description of Document
 
       
 
23.1
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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