Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 17, 2011

 

 

THE MOSAIC COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32327   20-1026454

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3033 Campus Drive

Suite E490

Plymouth, Minnesota

  55441
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 918-8270

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 17, 2011, The Mosaic Company (“Mosaic”) purchased an aggregate of 21,300,000 shares, consisting of outstanding Class A Common Stock, Series A-4 (the “Shares”), from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation established under the Acorn Trust dated January 30, 1995, as amended, and the Anne Ray Charitable Trust dated August 20, 1996, as amended (collectively, the “MAC Trusts”). The purchase price was $54.58 per share, the closing price for the Company’s Common Stock on November 16, 2011, resulting in a total purchase price of $1,162,554,000.00 for the Shares.

This repurchase completes the disposition of 157 million shares designated to be sold by Cargill and the MAC Trusts during the 15-month period following the May 25, 2011 transaction in which Cargill, Incorporated (“Cargill”), split off its approximately 64% interest in Mosaic.

Mosaic has included additional information about the split-off and orderly distribution of the shares formerly owned by Cargill in Mosaic’s annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended May 31, 2011.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    THE MOSAIC COMPANY
Date: November 22, 2011     By:   /s/ Richard L. Mack
    Name:   Richard L. Mack
    Title:  

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary