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AGCO CORPORATION 2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

Stock Option Agreement

AGCO CORPORATION
                          2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

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Title: AGCO CORPORATION 2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
Date: 5/10/2006
Industry: Constr. and Agric. Machinery     Sector: Capital Goods

AGCO CORPORATION
                          2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

                   NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT, Parties: agco corp /de
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                AGCO CORPORATION
                          2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

                   NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT, entered into as of the Grant Date (as defined in Section
1), by and between the Participant and AGCO Corporation (the "Company");

     WHEREAS, the Company maintains the AGCO Corporation 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which is incorporated into and forms a part of this
Agreement, and the Participant has been selected by the committee administering
the Plan (the "Committee") to receive a Non-Qualified Stock Option Award under
the Plan;

     NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED, by and between the Company and the
Participant, as follows:

     1. TERMS OF AWARD AND DEFINITIONS. The following terms used in this
Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:

          (a) COVERED SHARES. The number of "Covered Shares" shall be _________
     shares of Stock.

          (b) DATE OF TERMINATION. The Participant's "Date of Termination" shall
     be the first day occurring on or after the Grant Date on which the
     Participant is neither employed by the Company or any Subsidiary, a
     director of the Company or any Subsidiary, an independent contractor
     performing services for the Company or any Subsidiary nor providing
     services as a consultant to the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that a
     termination shall not be considered to have occurred while the Participant
     is on an approved leave of absence from the Company or a Subsidiary. If, as
     a result of a sale or other transaction, a Participant who is an employee
     ceases to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary (and the
     Participant's employer is or becomes an entity that is separate from the
     Company or any Subsidiary), the occurrence of such transaction shall be
     treated as the Participant's Date of Termination caused by the Participant
     being discharged by the employer.

          (c) DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. The "Designated Beneficiary" shall be the
     beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant in a writing
     filed with the Committee in such form and at such time as the Committee
     shall require.

          (d) DISABILITY. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, the
     Participant shall be considered to have a "Disability" if he is eligible
     for disability payments under the Company's long-term disability plan.

          (e) EXERCISE PRICE. The "Exercise Price" is $__________ per share.

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          (f) GRANT DATE. The "Grant Date" is ____________________.

          (g) GOOD CAUSE. With respect to any dismissal of the Participant from
     his or her employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, shall mean (i) if
     the Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or
     any Subsidiary that defines "cause," "good cause" or a similar term, "Good
     Cause" shall mean such term as so defined, and (ii) otherwise (A) the
     conviction of the Participant of, or the entry of a plea of guilty, first
     offender probation before judgment, or nolo contendere by the Participant
     to, any felony; (B) fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the
     Participant; (C) the Participant's willful failure or gross negligence in
     the performance of his assigned duties for the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (D) the Participant's failure to follow reasonable and lawful directives of
     his supervisor or his breach of his fiduciary duty to the Company or any
     Subsidiary; (E) any act or omission of the Participant that has a
     demonstrated and material adverse impact on the Company's or any
     Subsidiary's business or reputation for honesty and fair dealing, other
     than an act or failure to act by the Participant in good faith and without
     reason to believe that such act or failure to act would adversely impact on
     the Company's or any Subsidiary's business or reputation for honesty and
     fair dealing; or (F) the breach by the Participant of any confidentiality
     or non-competition agreement in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary.

          (h) IMMEDIATE FAMILY. "Immediate Family" shall mean the Participant's
     spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters,
     brothers and grandchildren and, for this purpose, shall also include the
     Participant.

          (i) PARTICIPANT. The "Participant" is ______________________.

          (j) RETIREMENT. "Retirement" of the Participant shall mean the
     occurrence of the Participant's Date of Termination on or after the date
     the Participant attains age 65 or such earlier date as may be approved by
     the Committee in its sole discretion.

     Except where the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word,
     term, or phrase used in the Plan is similarly used in this Agreement.

     2. AWARD AND EXERCISE PRICE. This Agreement specifies the terms of the
option (the "Option") granted to the Participant to purchase the number of
Covered Shares of Stock at the Exercise Price per share as set forth in Section
1. The Option is not intended to constitute an "incentive stock option" as that
term is used in Code section 422.

     3. DATE OF EXERCISE.

          (a) Subject to the limitations of this Agreement, the Option shall be
     exercisable according to the following schedule, with respect to each
     installment shown in the schedule on and after the Vesting Date applicable
     to such installment (each an "Installment"):


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          (b)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     VESTING DATE APPLICABLE TO
               INSTALLMENT                    INSTALLMENT
              -----------             --------------------------
<S>                          <C>
                            [FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRANT DATE]
                            [SECOND YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRANT DATE]
                            [THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRANT DATE]
                            [FOURTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRANT DATE]
</TABLE>

          (c) An Installment shall not become exercisable on the otherwise
      applicable Vesting Date if the Participant's Date of Termination occurs on
     or before such Vesting Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
     this Section 3, the Option shall become exercisable with respect to all of
     the Covered Shares (to the extent it is not then otherwise exercisable) as
     follows:

               (i) The Option shall become fully exercisable upon the
          Participant's Date of Termination, if the Participant's Date of
          Termination occurs by reason of the Participant's death or Disability;
          and

               (ii) The Option shall become fully exercisable upon a Change in
          Control, if the Participant's Date of Termination does not occur on or
          before the Change in Control.

          (d) Otherwise, the Option may be exercised on or after the Date of
     Termination only as to that portion of the Covered Shares as to which it
     was exercisable immediately prior to the Date of Termination, or as to
     which it became exercisable on the Date of Termination in accordance with
     this Section 3.

     4. EXPIRATION. The Option shall not be exercisable after the Company's
close of business on the last business day that occurs prior to the Expiration
Date. The "Expiration Date" shall be earliest to occur of:

          (a) The seven-year anniversary of the Grant Date;

          (b) If the Participant's Date of Termination occurs by reason of
     death, Disability or Retirement, the one-year anniversary of such Date of
      Termination;

          (c) If the Participant's Date of Termination occurs for reasons other
     than death, Disability, Retirement, or Good Cause the 90-day anniversary of
     such Date of Termination; or

          (d) The date the Participant is dismissed from the Company for Good
     Cause.


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     5. METHOD OF OPTION EXERCISE.

          (a) Subject to the Agreement and the Plan, the Option may be exercised
     in whole or in part by filing a written notice in substantially the form
     attached hereto as Exhibit 1 with the Secretary of the Company at its
     corporate headquarters prior to the Company's close of business on the last
     business day that occurs prior to the Expiration Date. Such notice shall
     specify the number of shares of Stock which the Participant elects to
     purchase, and shall be accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for
     such shares of Stock indicated by the Participant's election.

          (b) Payment shall be by cash or by check payable to the Company, or,
     alternatively as follows to the extent permitted by the Committee at the
     time of exercise:

               (i) all or a portion of the Exercise Price may be paid by the
          Participant by delivery of shares of Stock owned by the Participant
          and acceptable to the Committee having an aggregate Fair Market Value
          (valued as of the date of exercise) that is equal to the amount of
          cash that would otherwise be required;

               (ii) the Participant may pay the Exercise Price by authorizing a
          third party to sell shares of Stock (or a sufficient portion of the
          shares) acquired upon exercise of the Option and remit to the Company
           a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire Exercise
          Price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise or,

               (iii) the Participant may pay the Exercise Price by authorizing
          the Company to withhold shares of Stock (or a sufficient portion of
          the shares) acquired upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate
          Fair Market Value (valued as of the date of exercise) that is equal to
          the amount of cash that would be required to pay the entire Exercise
          Price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise.

          (c) The Option shall not be exercisable if and to the extent the
     Company determines that such exercise would violate applicable state or
      Federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of any securities
     exchange on which the Stock is traded. If the Company makes such a
     determination, it shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain compliance
     with such laws, rules or regulations. In making any determination
     hereunder, the Company may rely on the opinion of counsel for the Company.

          (d) If the Company is an S-Corporation at the time a Participant seeks
     to exercise the Award, the Option shall not be exercisable if and to the
     extent the Company determines that such exercise would result in the loss
     of the Company's status as an S Corporation. In making any determination
     hereunder, the Company may rely on the opinion of counsel for the Company.

          (e) As a condition to exercising the Option, the Optionee shall, if
     requested by the Company, execute a shareholder agreement in the form
     provided by the Company.


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     6. WITHHOLDING. To the extent necessary, the Optionee must satisfy his
federal, state, and local, if any, withholding taxes imposed by reason of the
exercise of the Option either by paying to the Company the full amount of the
withholding obligation (i) in cash; (ii) by tendering shares of Stock which are
owned by the Optionee prior to the date of exercise having a Fair Market Value
equal to the withholding obligation (a "Withholding Election"); (iii) by
electing, irrevocably and in writing (also a "Withholding Election"), to have
the smallest number of whole shares of Stock withheld by the Company which, when
multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Stock as of the date the Option is
exercised, is sufficient to satisfy the amount of withholding tax; or (iv) by
any combination of the above. Optionee may make a Withholding Election only if
the following conditions are met:

          (a) The Withholding Election is made on or prior to the date on which
     the amount of tax required to be withheld is determined (the "Tax Date") by
     executing and delivering to the Company a properly completed Notice of
     Withholding Election in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
     2; and

          (b) Any Withholding Election will be irrevocable; however, the
     Committee may, in its sole discretion, disapprove and give no effect to the
     Withholding Election.

     7. TRANSFERABILITY.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, the Option is not
     transfe


 
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