Andersons, Inc. — Annual Report 2018

Jun 22, 2018

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One):

[X] Annual Report Pursuant To Section 15(d) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

or

[ ] Transition Report Pursuant To Section 15(d) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 for the transition period from _ to ____

Commission file number 000-20557

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan.

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: The Andersons, Inc., 1947 Briarfield Boulevard, Maumee, Ohio 43537.

Contents
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	1
Financial Statements:
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits	2
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits	3
Notes to Financial Statements	4
Supplemental Schedule:
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)	10

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Retirement Benefits Committee, Plan Administrator, and Plan Participants of

The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in Note 7 of the financial statements, the Plan Sponsor had a reduction in workforce resulting in a partial plan termination during 2016 and 2017.

Report on Supplemental Information

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2017, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental 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 information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

/s/ RSM US LLP

We have served as the Plan's auditor since 2009.

Columbus, Ohio

June 22, 2018

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The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

	December 31, — 2017	2016
Assets
Participant-directed investments:
Mutual funds:
Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund - Mutual Fund	$ 18,951,746	$ 19,025,255
Fidelity 500 Index Fund - Mutual Fund	44,520,023	42,155,800
Fidelity Money Market Trust, Retirement Government Portfolio	—	11,328,564
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund - Mutual Fund	12,852,979	12,537,256
Fidelity Contrafund - Mutual Fund	24,537,717	22,892,687
Fidelity International Index Fund	8,911,939	—
Fidelity Money Market Government Portfolio	10,828,112	—
Fidelity Freedom Funds	81,675,004	72,351,654
Harbor International Institutional Fund - Mutual Fund	—	1,964,992
Janus Enterprise Fund - Mutual Fund	16,700,360	14,344,036
Dodge and Cox Stock Fund - Mutual Fund	14,761,574	17,430,178
T. Rowe Price Overseas Stock Fund	3,793,252	—
First Eagle Overseas Fund - Mutual Fund	6,928,175	9,500,830
Invesco Developing Markets Fund - Mutual Fund	3,035,595	1,637,926
Litman Gregory Masters Fund - Mutual Fund	—	5,679,592
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund - Mutual Fund	4,196,426	5,064,059
Vanguard Short-Term Investment Fund - Mutual Fund	4,550,498	5,644,785
RBC Small Cap Core I - Mutual Fund	3,299,396	4,528,775
Common Stock of The Andersons, Inc.	9,676,422	15,843,911
Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts	1,105,368	975,152
Cash	536,278	—
Receivables:
Notes from Participants	4,103,154	4,284,872
Employer Supplemental Contribution	1,060,714	793,802
Net Assets Available for Benefits	$ 276,024,732	$ 267,984,126

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

	Year Ended December 31, 2017
Additions
Contributions:
Participants	$ 8,743,353
Employer	7,242,868
Rollovers	539,242
Total Contributions	16,525,463
Investment Income:
Interest and Dividends	11,349,237
Net Appreciation in Fair Value of Investments	26,840,639
Total Investment Income	38,189,876
Interest Income on Notes Receivable from Participants	195,960
Total Additions	54,911,299
Deductions
Benefit Payments to Active and Terminated Participants	46,780,563
Administrative Fees	90,130
Total Deductions	46,870,693
Net Increase	8,040,606
Net Assets Available for Benefits - Beginning of year	267,984,126
Net Assets Available for Benefits - End of year	$ 276,024,732

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017 and 2016

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting records of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan (the “Plan”) are maintained on the accrual basis by The Andersons, Inc. (the “Plan Sponsor”, "Plan Administrator" or “Employer”). Plan assets are maintained by Fidelity Management Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and monitored by the Retirement Benefits Committee established by the Plan Sponsor.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair values of the Plan’s investments in mutual funds and self-directed brokerage accounts are based on net asset values on the last business day of the plan year. The fair value of the Plan’s investments in The Andersons, Inc. common stock is based on NASDAQ closing market price on the last business day of the plan year.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held, during the year.

Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risk. It is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Participant contributions are recognized when the participant contributions are withheld from the employee’s earnings. Employer matching and employer transition contributions are recognized each pay period. Employer supplemental contributions are recognized when declared.

The Plan Administrator has evaluated subsequent events through the date and time the financial statements were issued.

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan document.

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The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

Note 2 - Description of the Plan

The following description of the Plan is provided for general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that covers substantially all employees of The Andersons, Inc. The Plan provides for retirement, disability, and death benefits for participants who meet certain eligibility requirements, including attaining age 21. Full-time employees are eligible to begin deferring money into the Plan as soon as administratively practicable following their date of hire. Part-time employees are eligible to begin deferring money into the Plan upon meeting the 1,000 hours and 12-month service requirement. Employer matching contributions begin once the employee enters the Plan.

Participants are automatically enrolled in the Plan with an effective pretax deferral of 5% of compensation unless the participant affirmatively elects out of the automatic deferral feature or elects a different deferral rate. Employee contributions may be made by salary reduction up to 75% of annual compensation (in 1.0% increments) subject to the maximum annual contribution allowed by law. The Plan provides for a required minimum employer matching contribution of 100% of the first 3% of a participant’s deferred compensation plus 50% of the next 2% of a participant’s deferred compensation, subject to limitations in the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). The Plan was amended in 2013 to include an automatic deferral. As of February 25, 2013 new participants enrolled in the Plan will incur an automatic increase in their withholding amount of 1% per year, up to 6% withheld. The Plan was also amended on December 20, 2013 to provide participants the option to choose Roth deferrals and again on January 2, 2014 to provide participants the option to allocate their earnings into a self-directed brokerage account. The Plan was then amended on December 31, 2015 to waive the last day of the Plan Year employment and the 1,000 Hours of Service requirements for any Participant who incurs a Severance from Employment during the Plan Year and who, as of the date of Severance from Employment, has (i) attained age 60 and (ii) been credited with at least 15 Years of Service.

The Plan may accept rollover contributions from certain IRAs or from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans of The Andersons, Inc. or participants’ former employers. In addition, the Plan Sponsor may make supplemental contributions to the Plan at its discretion.

The Plan includes an employer transition contribution that is intended to reduce the impact of the Company’s defined benefit pension plan freeze, which was effective July 1, 2010 for all of its non-retail line of business employees. Therefore, the employee must be a defined benefit plan participant under age 65 as of June 30, 2010 to be eligible for the transition contribution. The transition contribution is a per-pay contribution based on age and years of service in the defined benefit plan and it represents a minimum Plan contribution regardless of performance.

A performance contribution is an annual employer supplemental contribution. All employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan, accumulate 1,000 hours during the year, and are active at the Plan’s year-end will be eligible to receive a performance contribution. The Company determines how much to contribute to each participant based on the Company’s performance, with the measure of performance being pretax income. The performance contribution will range from 0% to 5% of eligible compensation depending on the actual level of Company performance (a minimum of 20% of budgeted income must be achieved before a minimum performance contribution of 1% will be made).

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If a participant is eligible to receive an employer transition contribution, the participant will receive the greater of the transition contribution or the performance contribution. That means if the discretionary employer supplemental performance contribution is greater than the transition contribution received during the year, the participant will receive the difference after the end of the Plan’s year when the employer supplemental performance contribution is paid. Employer supplemental performance contributions, in excess of employer transition contributions, were $ 1,060,714 for the year ended December 31, 2017 .

Forfeited balances of terminated accounts are used to reduce future employer contributions. The Plan was amended on July 20, 2017 to permit forfeitures to be used to offset Employer Contributions that are Qualified Nonelective Contributions (QNECs), Qualified Matching Contributions (QMACs), and contributions made pursuant to code §401(k)(12) (ADP Safe Harbor Contributions). Specifically, any Plan language stating or implying that QNEC, QMAC, or ADP Safe Harbor Contribution must be fully vested when made or when contributed is modified to provide that such contributions must be fully vested only at the time such contributions are allocated. The balance of forfeited nonvested accounts was not material at December 31, 2017 and 2016 .

Each participant directs Fidelity Management Trust Company to invest any or all of his or her account among various investment options, including an option to invest in the common stock of The Andersons, Inc. Participants may transfer account balances among the different funds on a daily basis.

Each participant’s account is credited with their contributions, the employer matching contributions, the employer transition contributions, the employer supplemental contributions, and an allocation of investment earnings. Allocations are based on the participant’s selected allocation percentages. Investment income is allocated to participant accounts by investment fund balance on a daily basis. This allocation is based upon the ratio of each participant’s weighted average fund balance to the total of all participants’ fund balances. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. No assets of any participant account may be used for the benefit of any other account or participant.

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Plan Sponsor has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan and the trust at any time. In the event of termination of the Plan, participants become fully vested in their individual accounts.

A participant is entitled to a benefit representing his or her salary reduction contributions, the vested amount of employer contributions, and allocated income thereon (including realized and unrealized gains and losses). Upon termination of employment due to retirement, permanent disability, or death, a participant or his or her beneficiary is entitled to receive distribution of the vested account balance in a lump sum or in monthly installments.

Participants are immediately 100% vested in the participant, employer matching, and rollover contributions and any income or loss thereon. The transition and performance contributions ratably vest over a five-year period. The Plan was amended as of March 19, 2013 to include employees of an acquired entity or business into the Plan and recognize each individual's service for vesting purposes if such service would have been treated as service if it had been rendered at the Company.

Withdrawals of employer and employee salary reduction contributions and related income thereon during the participant’s employment are prohibited unless the participant has attained age 59 ½ or the participant can show immediate and extreme financial hardship as determined by the Retirement Benefits Committee.

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Additional information about the Plan Agreement and limitations on contributions is available from the human resources department of the Plan Sponsor or from designated individuals at the Company.

Participants may borrow up to 50% percent of their vested account balances. The minimum loan amount is $1,000 and the maximum is $50,000. Each participant may only have one loan outstanding and each loan bears interest at a fixed rate equal to the prime rate at the end of the quarter previous to initiation of the loan plus one percent. Loans must provide for at least quarterly repayments utilizing a level amortization schedule. Loan terms will not exceed five years unless the loan qualifies as a home loan in which the term will be established by the Plan Administrator at the time of the loan.

The Plan Sponsor pays substantially all costs of administering the Plan, including trustee fees. The Plan pays investment fees.

Note 3 - Fair Value Measurements

Generally accepted accounting principles provide a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan has the ability to access. Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset or liability. In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The Plan’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgment and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.

Disclosures concerning assets measured at fair value are presented below. The Plan has no liabilities measured at fair value.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2017 :

	Quotes Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	Total
Mutual funds	$ 259,542,796	$ —	$ —	$ 259,542,796
Common stock of The Andersons, Inc.	9,676,422	—	—	9,676,422
Self-directed brokerage accounts	1,105,368	—	—	1,105,368
	$ 270,324,586	$ —	$ —	$ 270,324,586

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The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2016 :

	Quotes Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	Total
Mutual funds	$ 246,086,389	$ —	$ —	$ 246,086,389
Common stock of The Andersons, Inc.	15,843,911	—	—	15,843,911
Self-directed brokerage accounts	975,152	—	—	975,152
	$ 262,905,452	$ —	$ —	$ 262,905,452

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. There were no transfers between fair value levels for the year ended December 31, 2017 .

Note 4 – Investments

The Plan’s investments at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are held by the Trustee. The Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the year) appreciated in fair value during the year ended December 31, 2017 by a total of $ 26,840,639 .

Note 5 - Transactions with Parties-in-interest

Certain investments held by the Plan are invested in securities managed by Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., an affiliate of the Trustee, as well as shares of the Company’s common stock. Fees paid by the Plan for administrative services provided by Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. amounted to $ 90,130 for the year ended December 31, 2017 . Certain employees of the Company provide administrative services for the Plan and are not reimbursed for their services from the Plan. Certain other administrative and legal expenses are paid by the Company on behalf of the Plan.

Note 6 - Income Tax Status

On March 31, 2014, the Plan Administrator received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service relating to its tax exempt status under Section 401(a) of the IRC. The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC and ERISA to maintain its tax-exempt status. The Plan Administrator is not aware of any course of action or events that have occurred that might adversely affect the Plan’s qualified status. The Plan has been amended since the determination letter was issued. Management believes that the amendments do not change the Plan's status for meeting the requirements for Section 401(a) of the IRC and that the trust is still exempt from taxation.

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, management evaluated the Plan’s tax positions and concluded that the Plan had maintained its tax exempt status and had taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes has been included in the financial

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statements. With few exceptions, the Plan is no longer subject to income tax examinations by the U.S. federal, state, or local tax authorities for years before 2014 .

Note 7 - Partial Plan Termination

During 2016, The Andersons, Inc. experienced downsizing of its operations that would not only affect participant terminations for the current fiscal year, but would also have a future impact on participants under the Plan. Then in January 2017, the Company announced the decision to close all remaining retail operations in the first half of 2017. The total forfeiture amount related to distributions from the Plan resulting from these workforce reductions were $16,432 and $36,665 in Plan Assets in fiscal years 2017 and 2016, respectively. These amounts were refunded to all affected participants in 2017 and 2018.

Note 8 - Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The Form 5500 includes notes receivable from participants as investments.

A reconciliation of net assets available for benefits as follows:

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements:	Year Ended December 31, 2017 — $ 276,024,732
Differences in:
Difference in outstanding distributions recorded in cash	(536,278	)
Participant loans deemed as benefit payments per Form 5500	(114,657	)
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500	$ 275,373,797

A reconciliation of change in net assets available for benefits as follows:

Change in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements:	Year Ended December 31, 2017 — $ 8,040,606
Less: Difference in outstanding distributions recorded in cash	(536,278	)
Less: Participant loans deemed as benefit payments per Form 5500	(114,657	)
Plus: Participant loans deemed as benefit payments per prior year Form 5500	77,430
Changes in net assets available for benefits per Form 5500	$ 7,467,101

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Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) Form 5500, Schedule H, Item 4i EIN 34-1562374, Plan No. 003

December 31, 2017

Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party	Description of Investment	Shares Held or Rate of Interest	Cost	Fair Value
Participant-Directed Investments:
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund - Mutual Fund	1,635,181 Shares	*	$ 18,951,746
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity 500 Index Fund - Mutual Fund	476,405 Shares	*	44,520,023
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund - Mutual Fund	235,964 Shares	*	12,852,979
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Contrafund - Mutual Fund	200,488 Shares	*	24,537,717
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity International Index	206,390 Shares	*	8,911,939
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Money Market Government Portfolio	10,828,112 Shares	*	10,828,112
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom Income K	163,207 Shares	*	1,919,319
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2005 K	25,708 Shares	*	322,384
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2010 K	223,596 Shares	*	3,586,481
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2015 K	313,510 Shares	*	4,188,492
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2020 K	742,250 Shares	*	12,284,237
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2025 K	855,633 Shares	*	12,303,997
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2030 K	648,926 Shares	*	11,700,133
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2035 K	629,733 Shares	*	9,578,243
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2040 K	792,708 Shares	*	8,474,051
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2045 K	616,476 Shares	*	7,465,529
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2050 K	525,687 Shares	*	6,397,614
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2055 K	219,257 Shares	*	3,008,207
** Fidelity Investments	Fidelity Freedom 2060 K	36,523 Shares	*	446,317
Janus	Janus Enterprise Fund - Mutual Fund	140,824 Shares	*	16,700,360
Dodge and Cox	Dodge and Cox Stock Fund - Mutual Fund	72,499 Shares	*	14,761,574
T. Rowe Price	T. Rowe Price Overseas Stock Fund	336,281 Shares	*	3,793,252
First Eagle	First Eagle Overseas Fund - Mutual Fund	274,710 Shares	*	6,928,175
Invesco	Invesco Developing Markets Fund - Mutual Fund	80,928 Shares	*	3,035,595
American Beacon	American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund - Mutual Fund	153,098 Shares	*	4,196,426
Vanguard	Vanguard Short-Term Investment Fund - Mutual Fund	428,081 Shares	*	4,550,498
RBC	RBC Small Cap Core I - Mutual Fund	79,831 Shares	*	3,299,396
** The Andersons, Inc.	The Andersons, Inc. Common Stock	310,599 Shares	*	9,676,422
** BrokerageLink	Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts	-	*	1,105,368
** Participants	Participant Loans	4.25% to 9.25%		4,103,154
			Total	$ 274,427,740

• Cost information is not required under ERISA for participant directed investments

** Represents party-in-interest

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan

(Name of Plan)

	The Andersons, Inc.
	(Registrant)
Date: June 22, 2018	/s/ Patrick E. Bowe
	Patrick E. Bowe
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: June 22, 2018	/s/ Anne G. Rex
	Anne G. Rex
	Interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President & Corporate Controller
	(Principal Financial Officer)

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-202442) on Form S-8 of The Andersons, Inc. of our report dated June 27, 2017, relating to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan for the year ended December 31, 2016.

/s/ RSM US LLP

Columbus, Ohio

June 22, 2018