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10-K 1 mos-20151231x10k.htm 10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K


x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the year ended December 31, 2015

¨ 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 001-32327


The Mosaic Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware20-1026454
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3033 Campus Drive

Suite E490

Plymouth, Minnesota 55441

(800) 918-8270

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices and registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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

Title of each className of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareNew 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 x 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 x

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 x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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 x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

As of June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common stock held by stockholders, other than directors, executive officers, subsidiaries of the Registrant and any other person known by the Registrant as of the date hereof to beneficially own ten percent or more of any class of Registrant’s outstanding voting common stock, and consisting of shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, was approximately $19.6 billion based upon the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on that date.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock: 352,516,131 shares of Common Stock, 0 shares of Class A Common Stock and 0 shares of Class B Common Stock, each par value $0.01 per share, as of February 16, 2016.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

1.Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be delivered in conjunction with the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Part III)

2015 FORM 10-K CONTENTS

Part I:Page
Item 1.Business1
• Overview1
• Business Segment Information4
• Sales and Distribution Activities16
• Competition17
• Factors Affecting Demand19
• Other Matters19
• Executive Officers20
Item 1A.Risk Factors22
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments38
Item 2.Properties38
Item 3.Legal Proceedings38
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures39
Part II:
Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities40
Item 6.Selected Financial Data40
Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations40
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk41
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data41
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures41
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures41
Item 9B.Other Information41
Part III:
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance42
Item 11.Executive Compensation42
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters42
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence42
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services42
Part IV.
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules43
SignaturesS-1
Exhibit IndexE-1
Financial Table of ContentsF-1

PART I.

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