Form 10-Q

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 10-Q

 

þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2015

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-10351

 

 

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Canada    N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

122 — 1st Avenue South

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

S7K 7G3

(Zip Code)

306-933-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 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  þ    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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

  Yes  ¨    No  ¨

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  þ

 

Accelerated filer   ¨

 

Non-accelerated filer  ¨

  

Smaller reporting company  ¨

    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

  Yes  ¨    No  þ

As at April 10, 2015, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. had 834,080,020 Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 


Part I. Financial Information

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars except as otherwise noted

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
      2015      2014  

Sales (Note 2)

   $            1,665       $              1,680   

Freight, transportation and distribution

     (128      (166

Cost of goods sold

     (870      (949

Gross Margin

     667         565   
 

Selling and administrative expenses

     (60      (68

Provincial mining and other taxes

     (95      (54

Share of earnings of equity-accounted investees

     36         33   

Dividend income

             69   

Impairment of available-for-sale investment

             (38

Other income

     11         24   

Operating Income

     559         531   
 

Finance costs

     (49      (47

Income Before Income Taxes

     510         484   
 

Income taxes (Note 3)

     (140      (144

Net Income

   $ 370       $ 340   

Net Income per Share

       

Basic

   $ 0.45       $ 0.40   

Diluted

   $ 0.44       $ 0.40   

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

       

Basic

     831,390,000         852,919,000   

Diluted

     837,099,000         859,675,000   

(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
(Net of related income taxes)    2015      2014  

Net Income

   $       370       $       340   

Other comprehensive income

       

Items that have been or may be subsequently reclassified to net income:

       

Available-for-sale investments (1)

       

Net fair value gain during the period

     38         50   

Cash flow hedges

       

Net fair value loss during the period (2)

     (22      (1

Reclassification to income of net loss (3)

     11         6   

Other

     (4      2   

Other Comprehensive Income

     23         57   

Comprehensive Income

   $       393       $       397   

 

(1) Available-for-sale investments are comprised of shares in Israel Chemicals Ltd. and Sinofert Holdings Limited.
(2)  Cash flow hedges are comprised of natural gas derivative instruments and treasury lock derivatives and were net of income taxes of $12 (2014 – $1).
(3)  Net of income taxes of $(6) (2014 – $(4)).

(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
      2015      2014  

Operating Activities

       

Net income

   $     370       $ 340   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities (Note 4)

     181         262   

Changes in non-cash operating working capital (Note 4)

     (30      (63

Cash provided by operating activities

     521         539   

Investing Activities

       

Additions to property, plant and equipment

     (228      (224

Other assets and intangible assets

     (5      (2

Cash used in investing activities

     (233      (226

Financing Activities

       

Proceeds from long-term debt obligations

     494         737   

Repayment of short-term debt obligations

     (536      (470

Dividends

     (274      (293

Repurchase of common shares

             (396

Issuance of common shares

     30         14   

Cash used in financing activities

     (286      (408

Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

     2         (95

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period

     215         628   

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period

   $ 217       $ 533   

Cash and cash equivalents comprised of:

       

Cash

   $ 96       $ 134   

Short-term investments

     121         399   
     $ 217       $     533   

(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars

 

                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              
     Share
Capital
    Contributed
Surplus
    Net
unrealized
gain on
available-for-
sale
investments
    Net loss on
derivatives
designated as
cash flow
hedges
    Other     Total
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
    Retained
Earnings
    Total
Equity (1)
 

Balance – December 31, 2014

  $ 1,632      $ 234      $ 623      $ (119   $ (1   $ 503      $ 6,423      $ 8,792   

Net income

                                              370        370   

Other comprehensive income (loss)

                  38        (11     (4     23               23   

Dividends declared

                                              (313     (313

Effect of share-based compensation including issuance of common shares

    44        (1                                        43   

Shares issued for dividend reinvestment plan

    14                                                  14   

Balance – March 31, 2015

  $ 1,690      $ 233      $ 661      $ (130   $ (5   $ 526      $ 6,480      $ 8,929   

Balance – December 31, 2013

  $ 1,600      $ 219      $ 780      $ (105   $ (2   $ 673      $ 7,136      $ 9,628   

Net income

                                              340        340   

Other comprehensive income

                  50        5        2        57               57   

Share repurchase

    (21     (1                                 (377     (399

Dividends declared

                                              (299     (299

Effect of share-based compensation including issuance of common shares

    22        12                                           34   

Shares issued for dividend reinvestment plan

    10                                                  10   

Balance – March 31, 2014

  $   1,611      $     230      $     830      $     (100   $     –      $     730      $   6,800      $   9,371   

 

(1)  All equity transactions were attributable to common shareholders.

(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars except as otherwise noted

 

As at    March 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Assets

       

Current assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 217       $ 215   

Receivables

     837         1,029   

Inventories (Note 5)

     715         646   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     61         48   
     1,830         1,938   

Non-current assets

       

Property, plant and equipment

     12,692         12,674   

Investments in equity-accounted investees

     1,243         1,211   

Available-for-sale investments

     1,565         1,527   

Other assets

     294         232   

Intangible assets

     142         142   

Total Assets

   $ 17,766       $ 17,724   

Liabilities

       

Current liabilities

       

Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt

   $ 495       $ 1,032   

Payables and accrued charges

     978         1,086   

Current portion of derivative instrument liabilities

     86         80   
     1,559         2,198   

Non-current liabilities

       

Long-term debt (Note 6)

     3,709         3,213   

Derivative instrument liabilities

     129         115   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     2,226         2,201   

Pension and other post-retirement benefit liabilities

     507         503   

Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs

     595         589   

Other non-current liabilities and deferred credits

     112         113   

Total Liabilities

     8,837         8,932   

Shareholders’ Equity

       

Share capital (Note 7)

     1,690         1,632   

Contributed surplus

     233         234   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     526         503   

Retained earnings

     6,480         6,423   

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     8,929         8,792   

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $     17,766       $     17,724   

(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

 

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015

 

Unaudited

In millions of US dollars except as otherwise noted

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

With its subsidiaries, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (“PCS”) – together known as “PotashCorp” or “the company” except to the extent the context otherwise requires – forms an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are based on International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”), and have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34, “Interim Financial Reporting.” The accounting policies and methods of computation used in preparing these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those used in the preparation of the company’s 2014 annual consolidated financial statements.

These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PCS and its subsidiaries; however, they do not include all disclosures normally provided in annual consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the company’s 2014 annual consolidated financial statements. In management’s opinion, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary to fairly present such information. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the fiscal year.

These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were authorized by the audit committee of the Board of Directors for issue on May 5, 2015.

 

 

Standards, Amendments and Interpretations not yet Effective and not Applied

The International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”) have issued the following standards and amendments or interpretations to existing standards that were not yet effective and not applied as at March 31, 2015. The company does not anticipate early adoption of these standards at this time.

 

Standard   Description   Impact   Effective Date (1)

Amendments to IAS 1,

Presentation of Financial

Statements

  Issued to improve the effectiveness of presentation and disclosure in financial reports, with the objective of reducing immaterial note disclosures.   The company is reviewing the standard to determine the potential impact, if any.   January 1, 2016, applied prospectively.
Amendments to IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 38, Intangible Assets   Issued to clarify acceptable methods of depreciation and amortization.   The company is reviewing the standard to determine the potential impact, if any; however, no significant impact is anticipated.   January 1, 2016, applied prospectively.
Amendments to IFRS 11, Joint Arrangements   Issued to provide additional guidance on accounting for the acquisition of an interest in a joint operation.   The company is reviewing the standard to determine the potential impact, if any; however, no significant impact is anticipated.   January 1, 2016, applied prospectively.
IFRS 15, Revenue From Contracts With Customers   Issued to provide guidance on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers, including multiple-element arrangements and transactions not previously addressed comprehensively, and enhance disclosures about revenue.   The company is reviewing the standard to determine the potential impact, if any.   January 1, 2017, applied retrospectively with certain limitations. The IASB has voted to propose a deferral of the effective date to January 1, 2018.
IFRS 9, Financial Instruments   Issued to replace IAS 39, providing guidance on the classification, measurement and disclosure of financial instruments and introducing a new hedge accounting model.   The company is reviewing the standard to determine the potential impact, if any.   January 1, 2018, applied retrospectively with certain exceptions.

 

(1) 

Effective date for annual periods beginning on or after the stated date.

 

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2. Segment Information

The company has three reportable operating segments: potash, nitrogen and phosphate. These segments are differentiated by the chemical nutrient contained in the products that each produces. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1 and are measured in a manner consistent with that of the financial statements. Inter-segment sales are made under terms that approximate market value. The company’s operating segments have been determined based on reports reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer, assessed to be the company’s chief operating decision-maker, that are used to make strategic decisions.

 

     Three Months Ended March 31, 2015  
      Potash      Nitrogen      Phosphate      All Others      Consolidated  

Sales – third party

   $        738       $        482       $        445       $        –       $        1,665   

Freight, transportation and distribution – third party

     (64      (23      (41              (128

Net sales – third party

     674         459         404              

Cost of goods sold – third party

     (246      (290      (334              (870

Margin (cost) on inter-segment sales (1)

             12         (12                

Gross margin

     428         181         58                 667   

Depreciation and amortization

     (58      (46      (64      (4      (172

Assets

     9,668         2,369         2,395         3,334         17,766   

Cash outflows for additions to property, plant and equipment

     111         60         36         21         228   

 

(1)  Inter-segment net sales were $18.

 

     Three Months Ended March 31, 2014  
      Potash      Nitrogen      Phosphate      All Others      Consolidated  

Sales – third party

   $ 671       $ 581       $ 428       $       $ 1,680   

Freight, transportation and distribution – third party

     (86      (31      (49              (166

Net sales – third party

     585         550         379              

Cost of goods sold – third party

     (285      (323      (341              (949

Margin (cost) on inter-segment sales (1)

             12         (12                

Gross margin

     300         239         26                 565   

Depreciation and amortization

     (52      (42      (78      (4      (176

Assets

       9,365           2,247           2,444           3,920           17,976   

Cash outflows for additions to property, plant and equipment

     124         67         31         2         224   

 

(1)  Inter-segment net sales were $25.

3. Income Taxes

A separate estimated average annual effective tax rate was determined for each taxing jurisdiction and applied individually to the interim period pre-tax income of each jurisdiction.

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
      2015      2014  

Income tax expense

   $         140       $         144   

Actual effective tax rate on ordinary earnings

     27%         27%   

Actual effective tax rate including discrete items

     27%         30%   

Discrete tax adjustments that impacted the tax rate

   $ 3       $ 2   

In the first quarter of 2014, a $38 discrete non-tax deductible impairment of an available-for-sale investment was recorded, which increased the actual effective tax rate including discrete items by 2 percentage points.

 

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Income tax balances within the condensed consolidated statements of financial position were comprised of the following:

 

Income Tax Assets (Liabilities)    Statements of Financial Position Location    March 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Current income tax assets

          

Current

   Receivables    $         79       $ 145   

Non-current

   Other assets      75         83   

Deferred income tax assets

   Other assets      10         10   

Total income tax assets

        $ 164       $       238   

Current income tax liabilities

          

Current

   Payables and accrued charges    $ (4    $ (5

Non-current

   Other non-current liabilities and deferred credits      (109      (109

Deferred income tax liabilities

   Deferred income tax liabilities      (2,226      (2,201

Total income tax liabilities

        $ (2,339    $ (2,315

4. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
      2015      2014  

Reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities

       

Net income

   $        370       $        340   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities

       

Depreciation and amortization

     172         176   

Share-based compensation

     15         15   

Net undistributed earnings of equity-accounted investees

     (35      (31

Impairment of available-for-sale investment

             38   

Provision for deferred income tax

     25         46   

Pension and other post-retirement benefits

     5         9   

Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs

     (13      8   

Other long-term liabilities and miscellaneous

     12         1   

Subtotal of adjustments

     181         262   

Changes in non-cash operating working capital

       

Receivables

     56         (158

Inventories

     (62      20   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (8      18   

Payables and accrued charges

     (16      57   

Subtotal of changes in non-cash operating working capital

     (30      (63

Cash provided by operating activities

     521         539   

Supplemental cash flow disclosure

       

Interest paid

   $ 38       $ 24   

Income taxes paid

   $ 42       $ 50   

5. Inventories

 

     

March 31,

2015

     December 31,
2014
 

Finished products

   $        320       $        267   

Intermediate products

     93         85   

Raw materials

     82         78   

Materials and supplies

     220         216   
     $ 715       $ 646   

 

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6. Long-Term Debt

On March 26, 2015, the company closed the issuance of $500 of 3.00 percent senior notes due April 1, 2025. The senior notes were issued under a US shelf registration statement.

 

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7. Share Capital

Authorized

The company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of first preferred shares. The common shares are not redeemable or convertible. The first preferred shares may be issued in one or more series with rights and conditions to be determined by the Board of Directors. No first preferred shares have been issued.

Issued

 

      Number of
Common Shares
     Consideration  

Balance – December 31, 2014

     830,242,574       $     1,632   

Issued under option plans

     3,447,010         44   

Issued for dividend reinvestment plan

     374,686         14   

Balance – March 31, 2015

     834,064,270       $ 1,690   

Dividends Declared

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the company declared dividends per share of $0.38 (2014 – $0.35).

 

 

8. Financial Instruments

Fair Value

Estimated fair values for financial instruments are designed to approximate amounts at which the instruments could be exchanged in a current arm’s-length transaction between knowledgeable willing parties. The valuation policies and procedures for financial reporting purposes are determined by the company’s finance department.

Financial instruments included in the consolidated statements of financial position are measured either at fair value or amortized cost. The tables below explain the valuation methods used to determine the fair value of each financial instrument and its associated level in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value   Fair Value Method
Cash and cash equivalents   Approximated carrying value.
Investments in Israel Chemicals Ltd. (“ICL”) and Sinofert Holdings Limited (“Sinofert”) designated as available-for-sale   Based on the closing bid price of the common shares (Level 1) as at the statements of financial position dates.
Foreign currency derivatives not traded in an active market   Determined using quoted forward exchange rates (Level 2) as at the statements of financial position dates.
Natural gas swaps not traded in an active market   Based on a discounted cash flow model. The inputs used in the model included contractual cash flows based on prices for natural gas futures contracts, fixed prices and notional volumes specified by the swap contracts, the time value of money, liquidity risk, the company’s own credit risk (related to instruments in a liability position) and counterparty credit risk (related to instruments in an asset position). Certain of the futures contract prices used as inputs in the model were supported by prices quoted in an active market (Level 2) and others were not based on observable market data (Level 3). For valuations that included both observable and unobservable data, if the unobservable input was determined to be significant to the overall inputs, the entire valuation was categorized in Level 3.
Natural gas futures   Based on closing prices provided by the exchange (NYMEX) (Level 1) as at the statements of financial position dates.

 

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For natural gas swaps, the primary input into the valuation model was natural gas futures prices, which were based on delivery at the Henry Hub and were observable only for up to three years in the future. The unobservable futures price range as at March 31, 2015 was $3.29 to $4.21 per MMBtu (December 31, 2014 – $3.82 to $4.74 per MMBtu). A 10 percent increase in the unobservable natural gas futures prices that are not counterbalanced by offsetting derivative positions would result in a $9 (December 31, 2014 – $3) decrease in the fair value of the liability. A 10 percent decrease in the unobservable natural gas futures prices that are not counterbalanced by offsetting derivative positions would result in an $8 (December 31, 2014 – $3) increase in the fair value of the liability. Interest rates used to discount estimated cash flows as at March 31, 2015 were between 0.18 percent and 3.09 percent (December 31, 2014 – between 0.17 percent and 3.48 percent) depending on the settlement date.

 

Financial Instruments Measured at Amortized Cost   Fair Value Method
Receivables, short-term debt and payables and accrued charges   Assumed to approximate carrying value due to their short-term nature.
Long-term debt senior notes   Quoted market prices (Level 1 or 2 depending on the market liquidity of the debt).
Other long-term debt instruments   Assumed to approximate carrying value.

Presented below is a comparison of the fair value of the company’s senior notes to their carrying values.

 

     March 31, 2015      December 31, 2014  
     

Carrying Amount of

Liability

    

Fair Value of

Liability

    

Carrying Amount of

Liability

    

Fair Value of

Liability

 

Long-term debt senior notes

   $     4,250       $     4,742       $     3,750       $     4,182   

The following table presents the company’s fair value hierarchy for financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

            Fair Value Measurements as at Reporting Dates Using:  
      Carrying Amount
of Asset
(Liability)
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1) (1)
    

Significant Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2) (1,2)

    

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3) (2)

 

March 31, 2015

           

Derivative instrument assets

           

Natural gas derivatives

   $            11       $            –       $           3       $             8   

Investments in ICL and Sinofert

     1,565         1,565                   

Derivative instrument liabilities

           

Natural gas derivatives

     (214              (102      (112

Foreign currency derivatives

     (1              (1        

December 31, 2014

           

Derivative instrument assets

           

Natural gas derivatives

   $ 7       $       $ (13    $ 20   

Investments in ICL and Sinofert

     1,527         1,527                   

Derivative instrument liabilities

           

Natural gas derivatives

     (193      (4      (58      (131

Foreign currency derivatives

     (2              (2        

 

(1)  During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and twelve months ended December 31, 2014, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.
(2)  During the three months ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers into Level 3 and $15 of losses was transferred out of Level 3 into Level 2 as (due to the passage of time) the terms of certain natural gas derivatives now matured in their entirety within 36 months. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, there were no transfers into Level 3 and $50 of losses was transferred out of Level 3 into Level 2 as (due to the passage of time) the terms of certain natural gas derivatives now matured in their entirety within 36 months. The company’s policy is to recognize transfers at the end of the reporting period.

 

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The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the company’s fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

 

     Natural Gas Derivatives  
      Three Months Ended
March 31, 2015
     Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Balance, beginning of period

   $ (111    $ (141

Total (losses) gains (realized and unrealized) before income taxes

       

Included in net income, within cost of goods sold

     (6      (19

Included in other comprehensive income

     (10      (30

Purchases

               

Sales

               

Issues

               

Settlements

     8         29   

Transfers of losses out of Level 3

     15                 50   

Balance, end of period

   $ (104    $ (111

Losses for the period included in net income, within cost of goods sold, were:

       

Change in unrealized losses relating to instruments still held at the reporting date

   $         –       $ (1

Total losses, realized and unrealized

     (6      (19

 

9. Seasonality

The company’s sales of fertilizer can be seasonal. Typically, fertilizer sales are highest in the second quarter of the year, due to the North American spring planting season. However, planting conditions and the timing of customer purchases will vary each year and sales can be expected to shift from one quarter to another.

10. Contingencies and Other Matters

Canpotex

PCS is a shareholder in Canpotex Limited (“Canpotex”), which markets Saskatchewan potash offshore. Should any operating losses or other liabilities be incurred by Canpotex, the shareholders have contractually agreed to reimburse it for such losses or liabilities in proportion to each shareholder’s productive capacity. Through March 31, 2015, there were no such operating losses or other liabilities.

Mining Risk

The risk of underground water inflows, as with other underground risks, is currently not insured.

Legal and Other Matters

The company is engaged in ongoing site assessment and/or remediation activities at a number of facilities and sites, and anticipated costs associated with these matters are added to accrued environmental costs in the manner previously described in Note 22 to the company’s 2014 annual consolidated financial statements. This includes matters related to investigation of potential brine migration at certain of the potash sites. The following environmental site assessment and/or remediation

matters have uncertainties that may not be fully reflected in the amounts accrued for those matters:

Nitrogen and phosphate

 

Ÿ   The US Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) has identified PCS Nitrogen, Inc. (“PCS Nitrogen”) as a potentially responsible party at the Planters Property or Columbia Nitrogen site in Charleston, South Carolina. PCS Nitrogen is subject to a final judgment by the US District Court for the District of South Carolina allocating 30 percent of the liability for response costs at the site to PCS Nitrogen, as well as a proportional share of any costs that cannot be recovered from another responsible party. In December 2013, the USEPA issued an order to PCS Nitrogen and four other respondents requiring them jointly and severally to conduct certain cleanup work at the site and reimburse the USEPA’s costs for overseeing that work. PCS Nitrogen is currently performing the work required by the USEPA order. The USEPA also has requested reimbursement of $4 of previously incurred response costs. The ultimate amount of liability for PCS Nitrogen depends upon the final outcome of litigation to impose liability on additional parties, the amount needed for remedial activities, the ability of other parties to pay and the availability of insurance.

 

Ÿ  

PCS Phosphate Company, Inc (“PCS Phosphate”) has agreed to participate, on a non-joint and several basis, with parties to an Administrative Settlement Agreement with the USEPA (“Settling Parties”) in a removal action and the payment of certain other costs associated with PCB soil contamination at the Ward Transformer Superfund Site in Raleigh, North Carolina (“Site”), including reimbursement of past USEPA costs. The removal activities commenced in August 2007 and are believed to be

 

 

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nearly complete. In September 2013, PCS Phosphate and other parties entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with the USEPA, pursuant to which a supplemental remedial investigation and focused feasibility study will be performed on the portion of the Site that was subject to the removal action. The completed and anticipated work on the Site is estimated to cost a total of $80. PCS Phosphate is a party to ongoing Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) contribution and cost recovery litigation for the recovery of costs of the removal activities. The USEPA has also issued an order to a number of entities requiring remediation downstream of the area subject to the removal action (“Operable Unit 1”). PCS Phosphate did not receive this order. At this time, the company is unable to evaluate the extent of any exposure that it may have for the matters addressed in the CERCLA litigation or for Operable Unit 1.

 

Ÿ   In 1996, PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. (“PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer”), then known as Arcadian Fertilizer, L.P., entered into a Consent Order (the “Order”) with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (“GEPD”) in conjunction with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer’s acquisition of real property in Augusta, Georgia. Under the Order, PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer is required to perform certain activities to investigate and, if necessary, implement corrective measures for substances in soil and groundwater. The investigation has proceeded and the results have been presented to GEPD. Two interim corrective measures for substances in groundwater have been proposed by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer and approved by GEPD. PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer is implementing the approved interim corrective measures, which may be modified by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer from time to time, but it is unable to estimate with reasonable certainty the total cost of its corrective action obligations under the Order at this time.

Based on current information and except for the uncertainties described in the preceding paragraphs, the company does not believe that its future obligations with respect to these facilities and sites are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Other legal matters with significant uncertainties include the following:

Nitrogen and phosphate

 

Ÿ   The USEPA has an ongoing initiative to evaluate implementation within the phosphate industry of a particular exemption for mineral processing wastes under the hazardous waste program. In connection with this industry-wide initiative, the USEPA conducted inspections at numerous phosphate operations and notified the company of alleged violations of the US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) at its plants in Aurora,
   

North Carolina; Geismar, Louisiana; and White Springs, Florida; and one alleged Clean Air Act (“CAA”) violation at its Geismar, Louisiana plant. The company has entered into RCRA 3013 Administrative Orders on Consent and has performed certain site assessment activities at all of these plants. At this time, the company does not know the scope of action, if any, that may be required. As to the alleged RCRA violations, the company continues to participate in settlement discussions with the USEPA but is uncertain if any resolution will be possible without litigation, or, if litigation occurs, what the outcome would be.

 

Ÿ   The USEPA has pursued an initiative to evaluate compliance with the CAA at sulfuric acid and nitric acid plants. In connection with this industry-wide initiative, the company, without admitting liability, reached a “global settlement” with the USEPA in September 2014, which covers the sulfuric acid plants at the Aurora, North Carolina; Geismar, Louisiana; and White Springs, Florida facilities. The consent decree to implement the settlement became effective on February 26, 2015. The total estimated costs for complying with the consent decree are expected to be at least $51 over a compliance period that extends into 2020.

General

 

Ÿ   The scope or timing of any final, effective requirements to control the company’s greenhouse gas emissions in the US or Canada is uncertain. Canada has withdrawn from participation in the Kyoto Protocol, and the Canadian government has announced its intention to coordinate greenhouse gas policies with the US. Although the US Congress has not passed any greenhouse gas emission control laws, the USEPA has adopted several rules to control such emissions using authority under existing environmental laws. Some Canadian provinces and US states are considering the adoption of greenhouse gas emission control requirements. In Saskatchewan, provincial regulations pursuant to the Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Act, which impose a type of carbon tax to achieve a goal of a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared to 2006 levels, may become effective in 2015. None of these regulations has resulted in material limitations on greenhouse gas emissions at the company’s facilities. The company is monitoring these developments and their future effect on its operations cannot be determined with certainty at this time.

In addition, various other claims and lawsuits are pending against the company in the ordinary course of business. While it is not possible to determine the ultimate outcome of such actions at this time, and inherent uncertainties exist in predicting such outcomes, it is the company’s belief that the ultimate resolution of such actions is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

 

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The breadth of the company’s operations and the global complexity of tax regulations require assessments of uncertainties and judgments in estimating the taxes it will ultimately pay. The final taxes paid are dependent upon many factors, including negotiations with taxing authorities in various jurisdictions, outcomes of tax litigation and resolution of disputes arising from federal, provincial, state and local tax audits. The resolution of these uncertainties and the associated final taxes may result in adjustments to the company’s tax assets and tax liabilities.

The company owns facilities that have been either permanently or indefinitely shut down. It expects to incur nominal annual expenditures for site security and other maintenance costs at certain of these facilities. Should the facilities be dismantled, certain other shutdown-related costs may be incurred. Such costs

are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations and would be recognized and recorded in the period in which they are incurred.

11. Related Party Transactions

The company sells potash from its Saskatchewan mines for use outside Canada and the US exclusively to Canpotex, a potash export, sales and marketing company owned in equal shares by the three producers in Saskatchewan. Sales are at prevailing market prices and are settled on normal trade terms. Sales to Canpotex for the three months ended March 31, 2015 were $355 (2014 – $249). At March 31, 2015, $183 (December 31, 2014 – $216) was owing from Canpotex.

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis is the responsibility of management and is as of May 5, 2015. The Board of Directors carries out its responsibility for review of this disclosure principally through its audit committee, comprised exclusively of independent directors. The audit committee reviews and, prior to its publication, approves this disclosure, pursuant to the authority delegated to it by the Board of Directors. The term “PCS” refers to Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. and the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “PotashCorp” and “the company” refer to PCS and, as applicable, PCS and its direct and indirect subsidiaries as a group. Additional information relating to PotashCorp (which, except as otherwise noted, is not incorporated by reference herein), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2014 Form 10-K), can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The company is a foreign private issuer under the rules and regulations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC); however, it currently files voluntarily on the SEC’s domestic forms.

PotashCorp and Our Business Environment

PotashCorp is an integrated producer of fertilizer, industrial and animal feed products. We are the world’s largest fertilizer company by capacity, producing the three primary crop nutrients: potash (K), nitrogen (N) and phosphate (P). As the world’s largest potash producer by capacity, we are responsible for nearly one-fifth of global capacity through our Canadian operations. To enhance our global footprint, we have investments in four potash-related businesses in South America, the Middle East and Asia. We complement our potash assets with focused positions in nitrogen and phosphate.

A detailed description of our markets and customers can be found on pages 45 and 46 (potash), 55 and 56 (nitrogen) and 63 and 64 (phosphate) in our 2014 Annual Integrated Report (2014 AIR).

How We Create Value

Our Value Model, depicted below and outlined on pages 16 and 17 in our 2014 AIR, informs the goals and strategies we put in place to create value for all stakeholders.

 

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We believe strong financial performance is the cornerstone of PotashCorp’s value creation. It rewards our shareholders while allowing us to fulfill our broader social and environmental responsibilities. Our business strategies, depicted below and described in further detail on pages 18 and 19 in our 2014 AIR, did not change during the first quarter of 2015.

 

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How We Approach Risk

In our 2014 AIR, we provide an overview of our approach to risk (page 21), explain how we use a risk management ranking methodology to assess the key risks specific to our company (page 22) and describe each key risk and our risk management approach (pages 23 to 25). Our business is subject to constant and significant change that can result in changes to our key risks.

No additional key risks were identified or removed during the first quarter of 2015 compared to those outlined in our 2014 AIR. The following table outlines our continuing key risks as of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015.

 

Key Risks  

Risk Level

Mar 31/15

 

Risk Level

Dec 31/14

  Status   Link to
Business
Strategies1
      Key Risks  

Risk Level

Mar 31/15

 

Risk Level

Dec 31/14

  Status   Link to
Business
Strategies1
Global potash demand   B   B   LOGO  

LOGO  

  LOGO    

Product transportation mishaps

  C   C   LOGO    

LOGO

Competitive potash supply   B   B   LOGO  

LOGO  

  LOGO    

Sustaining growth opportunities

  C   C   LOGO    

LOGO

Offshore potash sales and distribution   B   B   LOGO     LOGO    

Transportation and distribution infrastructure

  C   C   LOGO  

LOGO  

 

LOGO

Potash operating capability   C   C   LOGO  

LOGO  

  LOGO    

Trinidad natural gas supply

  C   C   LOGO  

LOGO  

 

LOGO

Safety, health, environmental and security   C   C   LOGO  

LOGO  

  LOGO    

Cyber security

  C   C   LOGO  

LOGO  

 

LOGO

International operations   C   C   LOGO 2

LOGO  

  LOGO            

LOGO   No change to risk                 LOGO   Increased risk   LOGO     Decreased risk

    LOGO   Risk has materialized in part in the current or previous periods

 

1 

Darker sections of the triangle indicate the specific strategy (described in the triangle on page 14 of this 10-Q) impacted by the described risk in the table above. Faded sections of the triangle mean the specific strategy is not significantly impacted by the described risk.

2 

While the relative residual ranking of this risk has not changed since year end, we believe the risk level is trending higher due to external factors affecting the business and operating environment in the foreign jurisdictions in which we have equity investments. This risk is further described on page 20 of our 2014 Form 10-K.

 

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Key Performance Drivers – Performance Compared to Targets

Through our integrated value model, we set, evaluate and refine our goals and priorities to drive improvements that benefit all those impacted by our business. We demonstrate our accountability by tracking and reporting our progress against targets related to each goal. Our long-term goals and 2015 targets are set out on pages 36 to 41 of our 2014 AIR. A summary of our progress against selected goals and representative annual targets is set out below.

 

Goal   Representative 2015 Annual Target   Performance to March 31, 2015
Create superior long-term shareholder value.   Exceed total shareholder return performance for our sector and the DAXglobal Agribusiness Index.   PotashCorp’s total shareholder return was -8 percent in the first three months of 2015 compared to our sector’s weighted average return (based on market capitalization) of 4 percent and the DAXglobal Agribusiness Index weighted average return (based on market capitalization) of -2 percent.
Attract, retain, develop and engage employees to achieve our long-term goals.   Fill 75 percent of senior staff openings with qualified internal candidates.   The percentage of senior staff positions filled internally in the first three months of 2015 was 74 percent.
Achieve no harm to people.   Achieve zero life-altering injuries at our sites.   Sadly, a workplace accident resulted in the loss of an employee at our White Springs phosphate operation during the first quarter of 2015.
   

 

Reduce total site recordable injury rate to 0.95 (or lower) and total lost-time injury rate to 0.10 (or lower).

 

 

During the first three months of 2015, total site recordable injury rate was 0.92 and total lost-time injury rate was 0.12.

Achieve no damage to the environment.   By 2018, reduce total reportable incidents (releases, permit excursions and spills) by 40 percent from 2014 levels.   Annualized total reportable incidents were down 17 percent during the first three months of 2015 compared to 2014 annual levels. Compared to the first three months of 2014, total reportable incidents were unchanged.

Performance Overview

This discussion and analysis are based on the company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (financial statements in this Form 10-Q) based on International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS), unless otherwise stated. All references to per-share amounts pertain to diluted net income per share.

For an understanding of trends, events, uncertainties and the effect of critical accounting estimates on our results and financial condition, this Form 10-Q should be read carefully, together with our 2014 AIR.

Earnings Guidance – First Quarter 2015

 

 

      Company Guidance    Actual Results  

Earnings per share

   $0.45 – $0.55    $ 0.44   

Overview of Actual Results

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
Dollars (millions), except per-share amounts    2015      2014      Change      % Change  

Sales

   $     1,665       $     1,680       $ (15      (1

Gross margin

     667         565             102         18   

Operating income

     559         531         28         5   

Net income

     370         340         30         9   

Net income per share – diluted

     0.44         0.40         0.04         10   

Other comprehensive income

     23         57         (34      (60

 

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Earnings in the first quarter of 2015 were higher than the first quarter of 2014 mainly due to higher gross margin in potash and phosphate, partially offset by lower gross margin in nitrogen. Earnings were also negatively impacted by increased provincial mining and other taxes coupled with no dividend income from our investment in Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) in 2015 (a special dividend was received in 2014) partially offset by no investment-related impairments in 2015.

Following a period of especially robust potash markets, demand and pricing in spot markets eased slightly during the first quarter of 2015. While currency headwinds, weaker demand in Brazil and later settlements of annual Chinese contracts caused some caution among buyers, strong consumption needs kept demand at historically elevated levels. Potash exports from North American producers increased in the quarter as rail constraints that limited deliveries in last year’s first quarter largely abated. In the North American market, a slow start to the spring planting season and record offshore imports resulted in weaker domestic producer sales compared to last year’s first quarter.

In nitrogen, market fundamentals weakened during the quarter on reduced agricultural demand and increased supply, including record Chinese urea exports. Prices for most nitrogen products moved lower during the quarter, although supply challenges in key

exporting regions kept ammonia prices in North America elevated relative to the same period last year.

In phosphate, the first quarter of 2015 saw supportive market fundamentals – especially for liquid fertilizers – on strong demand and North American supply outages. Prices for all phosphate products increased compared to the same period last year, although the solid fertilizer market weakened as the quarter progressed.

Other comprehensive income for the first quarter of 2015 mainly resulted from an increase in the fair value of our investment in Sinofert Holdings Limited (Sinofert), partially offset by a decrease in the fair value of our investment in ICL and net fair value losses on natural gas hedging derivatives. Other comprehensive income for the first quarter of 2014 mainly consisted of an increase in the fair value of our investment in ICL.

 

Operating Segment Review

We report our results (including gross margin) in three business segments: potash, nitrogen and phosphate as described in Note 2 to the financial statements in this Form 10-Q. Our reporting structure reflects how we manage our business and how we classify our operations for planning and measuring performance. We include net sales in segment disclosures in the financial statements in this Form 10-Q pursuant to IFRS, which require segmentation based upon our internal organization and reporting of revenue and profit measures. As a component of gross margin, net sales (and the related per-tonne amounts) are the primary revenue measures we use and review in making decisions about operating matters on a business segment basis. These decisions include assessments about potash, nitrogen and phosphate performance and the resources to be allocated to these segments. We also use net sales (and the related per-tonne amounts) for business planning and monthly forecasting. Net sales are calculated as sales revenues less freight, transportation and distribution expenses. Realized prices refer to net sales prices.

Our discussion of segment operating performance is set out below and includes nutrient product and/or market performance results, where applicable, to give further insight into these results.

 

 

 

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Potash Performance

Financial Performance

 

 

    Three Months Ended March 31  
    Dollars (millions)     Tonnes (thousands)     Average per Tonne (1)  
     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change  

Manufactured product

                       

Net sales

                       

North America

  $ 279      $ 291        (4     800        988        (19   $ 349      $ 295        18   

Offshore

    388        287        35        1,549        1,323        17      $ 250      $ 217        15   
    667        578        15        2,349        2,311        2      $ 284      $ 250        14   

Cost of goods sold

    (237     (274     (14                           $ (101   $ (119     (15

Gross margin

    430        304        41              $ 183      $ 131        40   

Other miscellaneous and purchased product gross margin (2)

    (2     (4     (50                                                

Gross Margin

  $ 428      $ 300        43                              $ 182      $ 130        40   

 

(1) 

Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars in per-tonne calculations.

(2) 

Comprised of net sales of $7 million (2014 — $7 million) less cost of goods sold of $9 million (2014 — $11 million).

Potash gross margin variance was attributable to:

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31
2015 vs. 2014
 
            Change in
Prices/Costs
        
Dollars (millions)   

Change in

Sales Volumes

    

Net

Sales

    

Cost of

Goods Sold

     Total  

Manufactured product

           

North America

   $ (41    $ 44       $ 12       $  15   

Offshore

     30         51         30         111   

Change in market mix

     18         (16      (2      –     

Total manufactured product

   $     7       $ 79       $  40         126   

Other miscellaneous and purchased product

                                2   

Total

                              $  128   

Sales to major offshore markets were as follows:

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
     By Canpotex  (1)      From New Brunswick  
     Percentage of Annual
Sales Volumes
            Percentage of Annual
Sales Volumes
        
      2015      2014      % Change      2015      2014      % Change  

Other Asian countries (2)

     47         47                                   

Latin America

     21         27         (22      100         100           

China

     12         16         (25                        

India

     11         3         267                           

Oceania, Europe and Other

     9         7         29                           
       100         100                  100         100            

 

(1) 

Canpotex Limited (Canpotex).

(2) 

All Asian countries except China and India.

 

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The most significant contributors to the change in total gross margin quarter over quarter were as follows (direction of arrows refers to impact on gross margin):

 

Net Sales Prices   Sales Volumes   Cost of Goods Sold

h  Realized prices reflected the strong recovery throughout 2014 driven by record consumption.

 

i   North American sales volumes declined due to a slow start to the spring planting season and record offshore imports.

 

h  Shipments to offshore markets rose as improved rail logistics enhanced the ability of Canpotex to meet customer demands.

 

h  The Canadian dollar weakened relative to the US dollar, reducing cost of goods sold.

 

 

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Non-Financial Performance

 

          Three Months Ended March 31  
            2015      2014      % Change  

Production

  

KCl tonnes produced (thousands)

     2,612         2,395         9   

Safety

  

Life-altering injuries

             1         (100
  

Total site recordable injury rate

     1.41         1.34         5   
  

Total lost-time injury rate

     0.20         0.22         (9

Employee

  

Percentage of senior staff positions filled internally

     100%         100%           

Environmental

  

Environmental incidents

     1         4         (75
    

Waste (million tonnes)

     5.3         4.5         18   

The most significant contributors to the change in non-financial results quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

Environmental   

In the first quarter of 2015, we had one environmental incident related to a minor propane gas release. Environmental incidents for the first quarter of 2014 included brine and slurry pipeline failures resulting in brine spills.

 

Waste, as defined in our 2014 AIR, increased quarter over quarter due to increased mining activity and brine injection.

 

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Nitrogen Performance

Financial Performance

 

 

    Three Months Ended March 31  
    Dollars (millions)     Tonnes (thousands)     Average per Tonne (1)  
     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change  

Manufactured product (2)

                       

Net sales

                       

Ammonia

  $ 228      $ 246        (7     489        583        (16   $ 466      $ 422        10   

Urea

    97        150        (35     252        348        (28   $ 386      $ 433        (11

Solutions, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate

    134        164        (18     568        698        (19   $ 235      $ 234          
    459        560        (18     1,309        1,629        (20   $ 351      $ 344        2   

Cost of goods sold

    (282     (324     (13                           $ (215   $ (199     8   

Gross margin

    177        236        (25           $ 136      $ 145        (6

Other miscellaneous and purchased product gross margin (3)

    4        3        33                                                   

Gross Margin

  $ 181      $ 239        (24                           $ 138      $ 147        (6

 

(1) 

Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars in per-tonne calculations.

(2) 

Includes inter-segment ammonia sales, comprised of: net sales $18 million, cost of goods sold $6 million and 33,000 sales tonnes (2014 — net sales $25 million, cost of goods sold $12 million and 48,000 sales tonnes). Inter-segment profits are eliminated on consolidation.

(3) 

Comprised of third-party and inter-segment sales, including: third-party net sales $18 million less cost of goods sold $14 million (2014 — net sales $15 million less cost of goods sold $11 million) and inter-segment net sales $NIL less cost of goods sold $NIL (2014 — net sales $NIL less cost of goods sold $1 million). Inter-segment profits are eliminated on consolidation.

Nitrogen gross margin variance was attributable to:

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31
2015 vs. 2014
 
            Change in
Prices/Costs
        
Dollars (millions)   

Change in

Sales Volumes

    

Net

Sales

    

Cost of

Goods Sold

     Total  

Manufactured product

           

Ammonia

   $ (19    $ 22       $ (7    $ (4)   

Urea

     (20      (12              (32

Solutions, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate

     (19      1         4         (14

Hedge

                     (9      (9

Change in product mix

     2         (2                

Total manufactured product

   $ (56    $ 9       $ (12      (59

Other miscellaneous and purchased product

                                1   

Total

                              $ (58

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
     Sales Tonnes
(thousands)
     Average Net Sales Price
per Tonne
 
      2015      2014      2015      2014  

Fertilizer

     388         577       $ 342       $ 370   

Industrial and Feed

     921         1,052       $ 354       $ 330   
       1,309         1,629       $ 351       $ 344   

 

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The most significant contributors to the change in total gross margin quarter over quarter were as follows (direction of arrows refers to impact on gross margin, while the • symbol signifies a neutral impact):

 

 

Net Sales Prices   Sales Volumes   Cost of Goods Sold

h   Supply challenges in key exporting regions kept ammonia prices in North America elevated, offsetting lower prices for most other nitrogen products.

 

i    Sales volumes were affected by issues related to product availability caused by mechanical challenges at our Lima facility and curtailments in Trinidad related to natural gas supply.

 

i    A delayed start to the spring planting season in North America led to weaker fertilizer demand, which constrained sales, especially for urea and nitrogen solutions.

 

i   Costs were higher due to an increase in losses on natural gas hedging derivatives.

 

•     Lower natural gas costs in the US were offset by a rise in Trinidad natural gas costs.

 

 

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Non-Financial Performance

 

          Three Months Ended March 31  
            2015      2014      % Change  

Production

  

N tonnes produced (thousands)

     792         833         (5

Safety

  

Total site recordable injury rate

     0.14         0.49         (71
  

Total lost-time injury rate

             0.16         (100

Employee

  

Percentage of senior staff positions filled internally

             100%         (100

Environmental

  

Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalent tonnes/tonne of product)

     2.1         2.2         (5
    

Environmental incidents

     2         1         100   

 

The most significant contributors to the change in non-financial results quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

Safety

 

There was one recordable injury and no lost-time injuries in the first three months of 2015 compared to three recordable injures and one lost-time injury in the same period in 2014. Combined with more hours worked in 2015, the total site recordable injury rate and total lost-time injury rate declined.

  Employee   In the first quarter of 2015, the one available senior staff position was not filled internally while both of the two available senior staff positions were filled internally in the same period in 2014.

 

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Phosphate Performance

Financial Performance

 

    Three Months Ended March 31  
    Dollars (millions)     Tonnes (thousands)     Average per Tonne (1)  
     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change     2015     2014     % Change  

Manufactured product

                       

Net sales

                       

Fertilizer

  $ 194      $ 210        (8     371        502        (26   $ 524      $     417        26   

Feed and Industrial

    179        165        8        280        272        3      $ 640      $ 608        5   
    373        375        (1     651        774        (16   $ 574      $ 484        19   

Cost of goods sold

    (317     (351     (10                           $ (487   $ (453     8   

Gross margin

    56        24        133                $ 87      $ 31        181   

Other miscellaneous and purchased product gross margin (2)

    2        2                                                          

Gross Margin

  $ 58      $ 26        123                              $ 89      $ 34        162   

 

(1) 

Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars in per-tonne calculations.

(2) 

Comprised of net sales of $31 million (2014 — $4 million) less cost of goods sold of $29 million (2014 — $2 million).

Phosphate gross margin variance was attributable to:

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31
2015 vs. 2014
 
            Change in
Prices/Costs
        
Dollars (millions)   

Change in

Sales Volumes

    

Net

Sales

    

Cost of

Goods Sold

     Total  

Manufactured product

           

Fertilizer

   $     (13    $     40       $     5       $     32   

Feed and Industrial

     2         11         (13        

Change in product mix

     (7      6         1           

Total manufactured product

   $ (18    $ 57       $ (7      32   

Other miscellaneous and purchased product

                                  

Total

                              $ 32   

The most significant contributors to the change in total gross margin quarter over quarter were as follows (direction of arrows refers to impact on gross margin):

 

Net Sales Prices   Sales Volumes   Cost of Goods Sold

h

  Our first-quarter average realized price was above the same period in 2014 as a result of improved market fundamentals and a greater proportion of sales volumes coming from higher-netback feed, industrial and liquid fertilizer products.   i        While we experienced production constraints in the first quarter of 2015 and 2014, this year’s first-quarter also reflected the closure of Suwannee River capacity and a greater proportion of our phosphoric acid being directed to products with higher phosphate content.   h       

Depreciation was lower due to accelerated depreciation in the first-quarter of 2014 related to fertilizer resulting from operational changes announced in late 2013.

 

        i       

Sulfur costs were up 26 percent, increasing our cost of goods sold.

 

                i       

Rock costs were higher as a result of certain mining conditions at White Springs.

 

 

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Non-Financial Performance

 

 

            Three Months Ended March 31  
              2015      2014      % Change  

Production

    

P2O5 tonnes produced (thousands)

     366         369         (1
    

P2O5 operating rate percentage

     62%         62%           

Safety

    

Life-altering injuries

     1                 n/m   
    

Total site recordable injury rate

     1.15         1.42         (19
    

Total lost-time injury rate

     0.14         0.16         (13

Employee

    

Percentage of senior staff positions filled internally

             100%         (100

Environmental

    

Environmental incidents

     2                 n/m   
      

Water usage (m3 per tonne of product)

     27         30         (10

n/m = not meaningful

The most significant contributors to the change in non-financial results quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

 

Safety

 

Sadly, a workplace accident resulted in the loss of an employee at our White Springs phosphate operation during the first quarter of 2015. The total site recordable injury rate and total lost-time injury rate decreased from 2014 due to more hours being worked as the number of recordable injuries and lost-time injures was unchanged.

  Employee   In the first quarter of 2015, the one available senior staff position was not filled internally while all of the six available positions were filled internally in the same period in 2014.

 

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Other Expenses and Income

 

 

             Three Months Ended March 31           
Dollars (millions), except percentage amounts    2015      2014      Change      % Change  

Selling and administrative expenses

   $ (60    $ (68    $ 8         (12

Provincial mining and other taxes

     (95      (54      (41      76   

Share of earnings of equity-accounted investees

     36         33         3         9   

Dividend income

             69         (69      (100

Impairment of available-for-sale investment

             (38      38         (100

Other income

     11         24         (13      (54

Finance costs

     (49      (47      (2      4   

Income taxes

     (140      (144      4         (3

 

The most significant contributors to the change in other expenses and income quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

Provincial Mining and Other Taxes

  Provincial mining and other taxes were higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the same period in 2014. This was due to higher potash production tax resulting from a weaker Canadian dollar and stronger potash prices, which increased revenues. In addition, deductible costs decreased due to the recently announced changes to potash taxation in the Province of Saskatchewan which deferred the timing of the annual allowable deduction for capital expenditures.       

Dividend Income

  Dividend income was down due to the company receiving a special dividend of $69 million from ICL in the first quarter of 2014. No special dividends were received in the first quarter of 2015.    

Available-for-Sale Investment

  A non-tax deductible impairment loss of $38 million was recorded in net income on our investment in Sinofert during the first quarter of 2014. No such losses were recognized in 2015.    

Finance Costs

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Income Taxes

  The decrease in the actual effective tax rate including discrete items is described in Note 3 to the financial statements in this Form 10-Q. For the first three months of 2015, 67 percent of the effective tax rate on the current year’s ordinary earnings pertained to current income taxes (2014 – 68 percent) and 33 percent related to deferred income taxes (2014 – 32 percent).      
   

Effective Tax Rates and Discrete Items

Dollars (millions), except percentage amounts

 

     
         Three Months Ended March 31   
           2015         2014   
  Actual effective tax rate on ordinary earnings      27%         27%   
  Actual effective tax rate including discrete items      27%         30%   
  Discrete tax adjustments that impacted the rate    $ (3)       $ (2)   

 

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Other Non-Financial Information

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
Dollars (millions), except percentage amounts    2015      2014      Change      % Change  

Taxes and royalties expense (1)

     242         170         72         42   

 

(1) 

Includes tax and royalty amounts on an accrual basis calculated as: current income tax expense less investment tax credits and realized excess tax benefit related to share-based compensation plus potash production tax, resource surcharge, royalties, municipal taxes and other miscellaneous taxes.

The most significant contributors to the change in other non-financial information quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

Taxes and Royalties

   Taxes and royalties increased in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014 due to the increases in provincial mining and other taxes (described above) and current income taxes. The increase in current income taxes was primarily due to higher current income taxes in Canada as a result of increased potash earnings in 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

Financial Condition Review

Statement of Financial Position Analysis

 

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The most significant contributors to the changes in our statements of financial position were as follows (direction of arrows refers to increase or decrease):

 

Assets   Liabilities

i Receivables decreased mainly due to lower trade accounts receivable and lower income taxes receivable (due to income taxes accrued during the quarter being applied against income tax receivables at December 31, 2014).

 

h  Inventories increased mainly as a result of increased potash and nitrogen inventory volumes.

 

i Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt declined due to a decrease in our outstanding commercial paper.

 

h Long-term debt was higher as a result of the issuance of $500 million in senior notes in the first quarter of 2015.

 

i  Payables and accrued charges were lower mainly due to lower trade payables and employee bonuses accrued at year-end being paid out during the quarter.

Equity

i Equity was mainly impacted by net income (discussed in more detail above) and dividends declared.

As at March 31, 2015, $122 million (December 31, 2014 – $127 million) of our cash and cash equivalents was held in certain foreign subsidiaries. There are no current plans to repatriate the funds at March 31, 2015 in a taxable manner.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Requirements

Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments

Our contractual obligations and other commitments detailed on page 76 of our 2014 AIR summarize certain of our liquidity and capital resource requirements, excluding obligations that have original maturities of less than one year, planned (but not legally committed) capital expenditures or potential share repurchases. The issuance of $500 million of 3.00 percent senior notes due April 1, 2025 during the first quarter of 2015 increased our long-term debt obligations ($500 million) and total estimated interest payments on long-term debt obligations ($150 million) in the contractual obligations and other commitments table referenced above.

Capital Expenditures

 

 

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Page 51 of our 2014 AIR outlines key potash construction projects and their expected total cost, as well as the impact of these projects on capacity expansion/debottlenecking and any expected remaining spending on each project still in progress. The most significant of these potash projects(1) on which funds are expected to be spent in 2015, excluding capitalized interest, are outlined in the table below:

 

CDN Dollars (billions)    2015 Forecast      Total Forecast  (2)      Started     

Construction Completion (3)

(Description)

  

Forecasted

Remaining Spending

(after 2015) (2)

 

New Brunswick (4)

   $ 0.1       $ 2.2         2007       2014 (mine shaft and mill completed)    $ 0.2   

Rocanville, Saskatchewan

   $ 0.2       $ 2.9         2008       2015 (mine shaft and mill)    $   

 

(1) 

The expansion at each of these projects is discussed in the technical report for such project filed on SEDAR in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

(2) 

Amounts are based on the most recent forecasts approved by the Board of Directors, and are subject to change based on project timelines and costs.

(3) 

Construction completion does not include ramp-up time.

(4) 

Remaining expenditures at New Brunswick relate to port and other site infrastructure required for ramp-up.

In 2013, we began a brownfield expansion at our Lima facility which is expected to add approximately 100,000 tonnes of ammonia capacity and approximately 73,000 tonnes of urea capacity by the fourth quarter of 2015 at an estimated cost of approximately $210 million. We expect to spend approximately $70 million in 2015 related to this expansion.

We anticipate that all capital spending will be financed by internally generated cash flows supplemented, if and as necessary, by borrowing from existing financing sources.

 

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Sources and Uses of Cash

The company’s cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are summarized in the following table:

 

     Three Months Ended March 31  
Dollars (millions), except percentage amounts    2015      2014      Change      % Change  

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 521       $ 539       $ (18      (3

Cash used in investing activities

     (233      (226      (7      3   

Cash used in financing activities

     (286      (408      122         (30

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2       $ (95    $ 97         n/m   

 

n/m = not meaningful

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The most significant contributors to the changes in cash flows quarter over quarter were as follows:

 

Cash Provided by Operating Activities  

Cash provided by operating activities was impacted by:

 

Ÿ    Higher net income in 2015;

 

Ÿ    Cash inflows from receivables in the first quarter of 2015 compared to cash outflows in the first quarter of 2014; and

 

Ÿ    Cash outflows from inventories and payables and accrued charges in the first quarter of 2015 compared to cash inflows in the first quarter of 2014.

Cash Used in Investing Activities   Cash used in investing activities was primarily for additions to property, plant and equipment in both periods.
Cash Used in Financing Activities   Cash used in financing activities decreased due to share repurchases in the first quarter of 2014 not recurring in 2015 partially offset by proceeds from senior notes being lower in 2015 compared to 2014.

 

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We believe that internally generated cash flow, supplemented if necessary by available borrowings under our existing financing sources, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated capital expenditures and other cash requirements for at least the next 12 months, exclusive of any possible acquisitions. At this time, we do not reasonably expect any presently known trend or uncertainty to affect our ability to access our historical sources of liquidity.

 

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Capital Structure and Management

Principal Debt Instruments

 

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(1) 

The authorized aggregate amount under the company’s commercial paper programs in Canada and the US is $2,500 million. The amounts available under the commercial paper programs are limited to the availability of backup funds under the credit facility. Included in the amount outstanding and committed is $NIL of commercial paper.

We use a combination of cash generated from operations and short-term and long-term debt to finance our operations. We typically pay floating rates of interest on our short-term debt and credit facility borrowings, and fixed rates on our senior notes.

During the first quarter of 2015, there were no significant changes to the nature of our outstanding commercial paper, including interest rates, syndicated credit facility, short-term line of credit and uncommitted letter of credit facility described on Page 79 in our 2014 AIR.

The line of credit and credit facility have financial tests and covenants, including consequences of non-compliance, referenced on page 79 of our 2014 AIR, with which we must comply at each quarter-end. We were in compliance with all covenants as at March 31, 2015 and at this time anticipate being in compliance with such covenants through 2015.

The accompanying table summarizes the limits and results of certain covenants:

 

Debt covenants at March 31              
Dollars (millions), except ratio amounts    Limit      2015  

Debt-to-capital ratio (1)

   £ 0.6         0.3   

Long-term debt-to-EBITDA ratio (2)

   £ 3.5         1.1   

Debt of subsidiaries

   <$  1,000       $ 6   

The following non-IFRS financial measures are requirements of our debt covenants and should not be considered as substitutes for, nor superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS:

(1) 

Debt-to-capital ratio = debt (short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt + long-term debt) / (debt + shareholders’ equity).

(2) 

Long-term debt-to-EBITDA ratio = long-term debt / EBITDA. EBITDA is calculated according to the definition in Note 17 to the 2014 audited annual consolidated financial statements for the trailing 12 months. As compared to net income according to IFRS, EBITDA is limited in that periodic costs of certain capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues are excluded. Long-term debt to net income for the trailing 12 months was 2.4.

Our ability to access reasonably priced debt in the capital markets is dependent, in part, on the quality of our credit ratings. We currently maintain investment-grade credit ratings for our long-term debt. A downgrade of the credit rating of our long-term debt would increase the interest rates applicable to borrowings under our credit facility and our line of credit.

 

 

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Commercial paper markets are normally a source of same-day cash for the company. Our access to the Canadian and US commercial paper markets primarily depends on maintaining our current short-term credit ratings as well as general conditions in the money markets.

 

    Long-Term Debt   Short-Term Debt
    Rating (Outlook)   Rating
     March 31,
2015
  December 31,
2014
  March 31,
2015
  December 31,
2014

Moody’s

  A3 (stable)   A3 (stable)   P-2   P-2

Standard & Poor’s

  A- (stable)   A- (stable)   A-2 (1)   A-2 (1)

DBRS

  n/a   n/a   R-1 (low)   R-1 (low)

 

(1) 

S&P assigned a global commercial paper rating of A-2, but rated our commercial paper A-1 (low) on a Canadian scale.

 

n/a = not applicable

A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Such rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the respective credit rating agency and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

Our $4,250 million of outstanding senior notes were issued under US shelf registration statements.

For the first three months of 2015, our weighted average cost of capital was 6.6 percent (2014 – 9.5 percent), of which 87 percent represented the cost of equity (2014 – 88 percent).

 

Outstanding Share Data

 

      March 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Common shares issued and outstanding

     834,064,270         830,242,574   

Options to purchase common shares outstanding

     17,384,975         20,909,835   

Number of stock option plans

     10         10   

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Off-balance sheet arrangements are described on page 80 of our 2014 AIR. We do not reasonably expect any presently known trend or uncertainty to affect our ability to continue using these arrangements. Refer to Note 10 to the financial statements in this Form 10-Q for a contingency related to Canpotex. Refer to page 80 of our 2014 AIR for information pertaining to our guarantees and derivative instruments. See “Cash Requirements” above and our 2014 AIR for obligations related to operating leases and certain of our long-term raw materials agreements which contain fixed price and/or volume components.

 

 

Quarterly Financial Highlights

 

 

Dollars (millions), except

per-share amounts

  March 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    September 30,
2014
    June 30,
2014
    March 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    September 30,
2013
    June 30,
2013
 

Sales

  $ 1,665      $ 1,902      $ 1,641      $ 1,892      $ 1,680      $ 1,541      $ 1,520      $ 2,144   

Gross margin

    667        746        589        747        565        460        484        979   

Net income

    370        407        317        472        340        230        356        643   

Net income per share – basic  (1)

    0.45        0.49        0.38        0.56        0.40        0.27        0.41        0.74   

Net income per share – diluted (1)

    0.44        0.49        0.38        0.56        0.40        0.26        0.41        0.73   

 

(1) 

Net income per share for each quarter has been computed based on the weighted average number of shares issued and outstanding during the respective quarter, including the dilutive number of shares assumed for the diluted earnings per share computation; therefore, as the number of shares varies each period, quarterly amounts may not add to the annual total.

 

   Certain aspects of our business can be impacted by seasonal factors. Fertilizers are sold primarily for spring and fall application in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. However, planting conditions and the timing of customer purchases will vary each year and fertilizer sales can be expected to shift from one quarter to another. Most feed and industrial sales are by contract and are more evenly distributed throughout the year.

 

 

Other Financial Information

Related Party Transactions

Refer to Note 11 to the financial statements in this Form 10-Q for information pertaining to transactions with related parties.

Critical Accounting Estimates

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting estimate policies in the first three months of 2015.

We have discussed the development, selection and application of our key accounting policies, and the critical accounting estimates and assumptions they involve, with the audit committee of the

Board of Directors, and the committee reviewed the disclosures described in this Form 10-Q.

Recent Accounting Changes

Refer to Note 1 to the financial statements in this Form 10-Q for information on issued accounting pronouncements that will be effective in future periods. There were no accounting changes effective in 2015.

 

 

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Outlook

Market Outlook

We continue to see encouraging signs in potash. With positive consumption trends, buyers in all key markets remain engaged and opportunities are emerging for reliable suppliers who can quickly respond to customers’ needs.

With China’s annual potash contracts now in place and planting underway in the Northern Hemisphere, we expect global shipments to accelerate and market fundamentals to improve in the second quarter. Although volatile currency markets and risks to crop economics have the potential to disrupt demand expectations, we believe underlying consumption needs will support 2015 global potash shipments at the upper end of our previous guidance range of 58-60 million tonnes.

In North America, the need to replenish soil nutrients from last year’s record crop is expected to support strong potash demand at the farm level. Increased offshore imports are likely to keep domestic producer shipments – including those for PotashCorp – below robust 2014 levels through the balance of the year. Based on these factors – along with a potential decline in planted acres – we have lowered our 2015 shipment estimate for North America to 9.3-9.8 million tonnes.

In Latin America, a drawdown of distributor inventories through the first quarter is expected to support higher potash import requirements as the year progresses. We continue to see significant agronomic needs supporting total shipments to this market of 10.8-11.3 million tonnes, slightly below 2014’s record level.

In China, we expect encouraging consumption trends to continue, especially for bulk blends and compound fertilizers with higher potassium content. Recently signed potash contracts with most major suppliers – including Canpotex contracts with minimum shipment requirements above those of 2014 – are expected to support robust shipments through the balance of the year. As a result of higher-than-anticipated contracted tonnes we have raised our estimate for total Chinese demand to 14.0-14.5 million tonnes.

In India, we expect positive consumption trends for direct application and compound fertilizers to help bolster demand growth. While contract negotiations between Canpotex and its customers in India are ongoing, we believe the need for improved fertility will provide the necessary incentive to ensure potash settlements are completed in a timely manner. For 2015, we have increased the upper end of our estimate range for total shipments, which are now forecast at 4.5-5.0 million tonnes.

In Other Asian countries (outside of China and India), agronomic need is expected to support strong consumption through the balance of 2015. Higher distributor inventories to begin the year are likely to keep total potash import requirements below last year’s record level, with those for 2015 forecast in the range of 8.4-8.8 million tonnes.

Financial Outlook

We have maintained our annual estimate for potash gross margin of $1.5-$1.8 billion and sales volumes of 9.2-9.7 million tonnes. While global demand could push our sales volumes to the upper end of our guidance range, weaker pricing and a higher proportion of offshore sales tonnes are likely to result in lower average realizations compared to previous expectations. High operating rates, along with lower costs and a weaker Canadian dollar are expected to result in lower per-tonne operating costs relative to 2014. As a result of recent changes to potash taxes in Saskatchewan, we now forecast provincial mining and other taxes for 2015 to total 20-22 percent of potash gross margin.

In nitrogen, lower global energy costs and increased supply are anticipated to keep markets subdued relative to 2014. Our production run rate is expected to improve from first-quarter levels, but challenges experienced early in the year are likely to result in annual sales volumes slightly below 2014’s total.

In phosphate, we expect market conditions to support a stronger pricing environment relative to 2014. Although we anticipate improved production levels will reduce our per-tonne cost of goods sold through the balance of the year, first-quarter production challenges, the closure of our Suwannee River facility and a greater proportion of our sales volume being directed to higher phosphate content products are expected to keep sales volumes below 2014 levels and our initial expectations for 2015.

Given these considerations, we now forecast our combined nitrogen and phosphate gross margin will be in the range of $1.0-$1.2 billion in 2015.

We have lowered our estimate of income from offshore equity investments to a range of $180-$200 million due to a slightly more subdued potash price environment and reduced dividend expectations from ICL related to ongoing labor issues. Selling and administrative expenses are now forecast between $230 million and $245 million.

We have lowered our full-year 2015 earnings guidance to $1.75-$2.05 per share. For the second quarter, we forecast a range of $0.45-$0.55 per share.

 

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those in the “Outlook” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contain forward-looking statements or forward-looking information (“forward-looking statements”). These statements can be identified by expressions of belief, expectation or intention, as well as those statements that are not historical fact. These statements often contain words such as “should,” “could,” “expect,” “may,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimates,” “plans” and similar expressions. These statements are based on certain factors and assumptions as set forth in this Form 10-Q, including with respect to: foreign exchange rates, expected growth, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities, and effective tax rates. While the company considers these factors and assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. The results or events set forth in forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Several factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the following: variations from our assumptions with respect to foreign exchange rates,

expected growth, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities, and effective tax rates; fluctuations in supply and demand in the fertilizer, sulfur, transportation and petrochemical markets; changes in competitive pressures, including pricing pressures; costs and availability of transportation and distribution of our raw materials and products, including railcars and ocean freight; risks and uncertainties related to operating and workforce changes made in response to our industry and the markets we serve; risks and uncertainties related to our international operations and assets; failure to prevent or respond to a major safety incident; adverse or uncertain economic conditions and changes in credit and financial markets; the results of sales contract negotiations within major markets; economic and political uncertainty around the world; risks associated with natural gas and other hedging activities; changes in capital markets; unexpected or adverse weather conditions; catastrophic events or malicious acts, including terrorism; changes in currency and exchange rates; imprecision in reserve estimates; adverse developments in new and pending legal proceedings or government investigations; our prospects to reinvest capital in strategic opportunities and acquisitions; our ownership of noncontrolling equity interests in other companies; the impact of further technological innovation; increases in the price or reduced availability of the raw materials that we use; security risks related to our information technology systems; strikes or other forms of work stoppage or slowdowns; timing and impact of capital expenditures; rates of return on, and the risks associated with, our investments and capital expenditures; changes in, and the effects of, government policies and regulations; certain complications that may arise in our mining process, including water inflows; our ability to attract, retain, develop and engage skilled employees; risks related to reputational loss; and earnings and the decisions of taxing authorities, which could affect our effective tax rates. Additional risks and uncertainties can be found in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 1A – Risk Factors” and in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian provincial securities commissions. Forward-looking statements are given only as at the date of this report and the company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the potential for loss from adverse changes in the market value of financial instruments. The level of market risk to which we are exposed varies depending on the composition of our derivative instrument portfolio, as well as current and expected market conditions. A discussion of enterprise-wide risk management can be found in our 2014 AIR, pages 21 to 25.

Price, foreign exchange and interest rate risks faced by the company and how we manage those risks are outlined in Notes 19 and 25 to the 2014 audited annual consolidated financial statements and there were no significant changes as at March 31, 2015.

 

Price Risk

There were no substantial changes to the price sensitivities related to our available-for-sale investments and natural gas derivatives reported in Note 25 to the 2014 audited annual consolidated financial statements.

As at March 31, 2015, the company’s net exposure to natural gas derivatives in the form of swaps was a notional amount of 110 million MMBtu (December 31, 2014 – swaps and futures a notional amount of 101 million MMBtu) with maturities in 2015 through 2022.

 

Foreign Exchange Risk

As at March 31, 2015, the company had entered into foreign currency forward contracts to sell US dollars and receive Canadian dollars in the notional amount of $140 million (December 31, 2014 – $140 million) at an average exchange rate of 1.2563 (December 31, 2014 – 1.1403) per US dollar with maturities in 2015. There were no substantial changes to the foreign exchange sensitivities reported in Note 25 to the 2014 audited annual consolidated financial statements.

 

Interest Rate Risk

As at March 31, 2015, the company had no significant exposure to interest rate risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As of March 31, 2015, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon that evaluation and as of March 31, 2015, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports the company files and submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

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Part II. Other Information

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

For a description of certain other legal and environmental proceedings, see Note 11 to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Item 4. Other Information

Mine Safety Disclosures

Safety is the company’s top priority, and we are committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment for our employees, contractors and all others at our sites to help meet our company-wide goal of achieving no harm to people.

The operations at the company’s Aurora, Weeping Water and White Springs facilities are subject to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended by the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, and the implementing regulations, which impose stringent health and safety standards on numerous aspects of mineral extraction and processing operations, including the training of personnel, operating

procedures, operating equipment and other matters. Our Senior Safety Leadership Team is responsible for managing compliance with applicable government regulations, as well as implementing and overseeing the elements of our safety program as outlined in our Safety, Health and Environment Manual.

Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Section 1503(a)) requires us to include certain safety information in the periodic reports we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The information concerning mine safety violations and other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

 

 

         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

 
Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
 
3(a)    Articles of Continuance of the registrant dated May 15, 2002.    10-Q      6/30/2002      
3(b)    General By-Law of the registrant, as amended, effective April 27, 2015.    8-K      4/27/2015         3 (a) 
4(a)    Indenture dated as of February 27, 2003, between the registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York.    10-K      12/31/2002         4 (c) 
4(b)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 5.875% Notes due December 1, 2036.    8-K      11/30/2006         4 (a) 
4(c)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 6.50% Notes due May 15, 2019.    8-K      5/1/2009         4 (b) 
4(d)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.75% Notes due September 30, 2015.    8-K      9/25/2009         4 (a) 
4(e)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 4.875% Notes due March 30, 2020.    8-K      9/25/2009         4 (b) 
4(f)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $750,000,000 principal amount of 3.625% Notes due March 15, 2024.    8-K      3/7/2014         4 (a) 
4(g)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.000% Notes due April 1, 2025.    8-K      3/26/2015         4 (a) 
4(h)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated December 11, 2009.    8-K      12/15/2009         4 (a) 
4(i)    Revolving Term Credit Facility First Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated September 23, 2011.    8-K      9/26/2011         4 (a) 
4(j)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Second Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated as of May 24, 2013.    8-K      5/28/2013         4 (a) 

 

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Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

 
Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
 
4(k)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.25% Notes due December 1, 2017.    8-K      11/29/2010         4 (a) 
4(l)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 5.625% Notes due December 1, 2040.    8-K      11/29/2010         4 (b) 
4(m)    Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of June 25, 2013, by and among the registrant, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York and U.S. Bank National Association.    8-K      6/27/2013         4 (a) 
4(n)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Third Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated July 8, 2014.    10-Q      07/29/2014         4 (m) 

The registrant hereby undertakes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of any constituent instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the registrant or its subsidiaries that have not been filed herewith because the amounts represented thereby are less than 10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(a)    Consolidated, Restated and Amended Canpotex Shareholders’ Agreement, Eighth Memorandum of Agreement dated January 1, 2014 between Agrium Inc., Mosaic Canada Crop Nutrition, LP, by its general partner, 4379934 Canada Ltd., the registrant and Canpotex Limited.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(b)    Consolidated, Restated and Amended Producer Agreement, Eighth Memorandum of Agreement dated January 1, 2014 between Canpotex Limited, Agrium Inc., Mosaic Canada Crop Nutrition, LP, by its general partner, 4379934 Canada Ltd. and the registrant.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(c)    Short-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January 1, 2000, as amended.    8-K      3/13/2012       10(a)
10(d)    Resolution and Forms of Agreement for Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan, for officers and key employees of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(o)
10(e)    Amending Resolution and revised forms of agreement regarding Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the registrant.    10-Q      6/30/1996       10(x)
10(f)    Amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan of the registrant and text of amendment to existing supplemental income plan agreements.    10-Q      9/30/2000       10(mm)
10(g)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(r)
10(h)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(r)
10(i)    Form of Letter of amendment to existing supplemental income plan agreements of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/2002       10(cc)
10(j)    Amended and restated agreement dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2006       10(s)
10(k)    Amendment, dated December 24, 2008, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(u)
10(l)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(v)
10(m)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated agreement, dated August 2, 1996, between the registrant and Wayne R. Brownlee concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(w)

 

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Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(n)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(y)
10(o)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated agreement, dated August 2, 1996, between the registrant and Wayne R. Brownlee concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(z)
10(p)    Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated December 24, 2008, between the registrant and Stephen F. Dowdle.    10-K      12/31/2011       10(bb)
10(q)    Supplemental Retirement Benefits Plan for U.S. Executives dated effective January 1, 1999.    10-Q      6/30/2002       10(aa)
10(r)    Amendment No. 1, dated December 24, 2008, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(z)
10(s)    Amendment No. 2, dated February 23, 2009, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(aa)
10(t)    Amendment No. 3, dated December 2, 2013, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(u)    Amendment No. 4, dated February 25, 2014 to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(v)    Forms of Agreement dated December 30, 1994, between the registrant and certain officers of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(p)
10(w)    Amendment, dated December 31, 2010, to the Agreement, dated December 30, 1994 between the registrant and William J. Doyle.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(ff)
10(x)    Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated August 8, 1995, between the registrant and certain officers and directors of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(q)
10(y)    Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated January 24, 2001.    10-K      12/31/2000       10(ii)
10(z)    Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated July 21, 2004.    10-Q      6/30/2004       10(ii)
10(aa)    Chief Executive Officer Medical and Dental Benefits.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(jj)
10(bb)    The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Deferred Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors.    10-Q      3/31/2012       10(ll)
10(cc)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2005 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement, as amended.    10-Q      3/31/2005       10(nn)
10(dd)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2006 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement, as amended.    10-Q      3/31/2006      
10(ee)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2007 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2007      
10(ff)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2008 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2008      
10(gg)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2009 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2009       10(mm)
10(hh)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2010 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/7/2010       10.1
10(ii)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2011 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/13/2011       10(a)
10(jj)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2012 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/18/2012       10(a)
10(kk)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2013 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/17/2013       10(a)
10(ll)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2014 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/16/2014       10(a)

 

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Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(mm)    Medium-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January 1, 2012.    10-K      12/31/2011       10(uu)
10(nn)    Executive Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2014, between the registrant and Jochen E. Tilk.    10-Q      9/30/2014      
10(oo)    PCS Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Canadian Executives.    10-K      12/31/2014      
10(pp)    CEO Multi-year Incentive Plan.    10-K      12/31/2014      
31(a)    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
31(b)    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
32    Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
95    Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.         

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INC.
May 5, 2015   By:   /s/ Joseph Podwika
    Joseph Podwika
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
May 5, 2015   By:   /s/ Wayne R. Brownlee
    Wayne R. Brownlee
   

Executive Vice President, Treasurer and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

 
Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
 
3(a)    Articles of Continuance of the registrant dated May 15, 2002.    10-Q      6/30/2002      
3(b)    General By-Law of the registrant, as amended, effective April 27, 2015.    8-K      4/27/2015         3 (a) 
4(a)    Indenture dated as of February 27, 2003, between the registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York.    10-K      12/31/2002         4 (c) 
4(b)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 5.875% Notes due December 1, 2036.    8-K      11/30/2006         4 (a) 
4(c)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 6.50% Notes due May 15, 2019.    8-K      5/1/2009         4 (b) 
4(d)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.75% Notes due September 30, 2015.    8-K      9/25/2009         4 (a) 
4(e)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 4.875% Notes due March 30, 2020.    8-K      9/25/2009         4 (b) 
4(f)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $750,000,000 principal amount of 3.625% Notes due March 15, 2024.    8-K      3/7/2014         4 (a) 
4(g)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.000% Notes due April 1, 2025.    8-K      3/26/2015         4 (a) 
4(h)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated December 11, 2009.    8-K      12/15/2009         4 (a) 
4(i)    Revolving Term Credit Facility First Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated September 23, 2011.    8-K      9/26/2011         4 (a) 
4(j)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Second Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated as of May 24, 2013.    8-K      5/28/2013         4 (a) 

 


         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

 
Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
 
4(k)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.25% Notes due December 1, 2017.    8-K      11/29/2010         4 (a) 
4(l)    Form of Note relating to the registrant’s offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 5.625% Notes due December 1, 2040.    8-K      11/29/2010         4 (b) 
4(m)    Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of June 25, 2013, by and among the registrant, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York and U.S. Bank National Association.    8-K      6/27/2013         4 (a) 
4(n)    Revolving Term Credit Facility Third Amending Agreement between the Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the registrant dated July 8, 2014.    10-Q      07/29/2014         4 (m) 

The registrant hereby undertakes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of any constituent instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the registrant or its subsidiaries that have not been filed herewith because the amounts represented thereby are less than 10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(a)    Consolidated, Restated and Amended Canpotex Shareholders’ Agreement, Eighth Memorandum of Agreement dated January 1, 2014 between Agrium Inc., Mosaic Canada Crop Nutrition, LP, by its general partner, 4379934 Canada Ltd., the registrant and Canpotex Limited.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(b)    Consolidated, Restated and Amended Producer Agreement, Eighth Memorandum of Agreement dated January 1, 2014 between Canpotex Limited, Agrium Inc., Mosaic Canada Crop Nutrition, LP, by its general partner, 4379934 Canada Ltd. and the registrant.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(c)    Short-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January 1, 2000, as amended.    8-K      3/13/2012       10(a)
10(d)    Resolution and Forms of Agreement for Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan, for officers and key employees of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(o)
10(e)    Amending Resolution and revised forms of agreement regarding Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the registrant.    10-Q      6/30/1996       10(x)
10(f)    Amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan of the registrant and text of amendment to existing supplemental income plan agreements.    10-Q      9/30/2000       10(mm)
10(g)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(r)
10(h)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(r)
10(i)    Form of Letter of amendment to existing supplemental income plan agreements of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/2002       10(cc)
10(j)    Amended and restated agreement dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2006       10(s)
10(k)    Amendment, dated December 24, 2008, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(u)
10(l)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(v)
10(m)    Amendment, dated February 23, 2009, to the amended and restated agreement, dated August 2, 1996, between the registrant and Wayne R. Brownlee concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(w)

 


         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(n)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated agreement, dated February 20, 2007, between the registrant and William J. Doyle concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(y)
10(o)    Amendment, dated December 29, 2010, to the amended and restated agreement, dated August 2, 1996, between the registrant and Wayne R. Brownlee concerning the Supplemental Executive Retirement Income Plan.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(z)
10(p)    Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated December 24, 2008, between the registrant and Stephen F. Dowdle.    10-K      12/31/2011       10(bb)
10(q)    Supplemental Retirement Benefits Plan for U.S. Executives dated effective January 1, 1999.    10-Q      6/30/2002       10(aa)
10(r)    Amendment No. 1, dated December 24, 2008, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(z)
10(s)    Amendment No. 2, dated February 23, 2009, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2008       10(aa)
10(t)    Amendment No. 3, dated December 2, 2013, to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(u)    Amendment No. 4, dated February 25, 2014 to the Supplemental Retirement Plan for U.S. Executives.    10-K      12/31/2013      
10(v)    Forms of Agreement dated December 30, 1994, between the registrant and certain officers of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(p)
10(w)    Amendment, dated December 31, 2010, to the Agreement, dated December 30, 1994 between the registrant and William J. Doyle.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(ff)
10(x)    Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated August 8, 1995, between the registrant and certain officers and directors of the registrant.    10-K      12/31/1995       10(q)
10(y)    Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated January 24, 2001.    10-K      12/31/2000       10(ii)
10(z)    Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated July 21, 2004.    10-Q      6/30/2004       10(ii)
10(aa)    Chief Executive Officer Medical and Dental Benefits.    10-K      12/31/2010       10(jj)
10(bb)    The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Deferred Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors.    10-Q      3/31/2012       10(ll)
10(cc)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2005 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement, as amended.    10-Q      3/31/2005       10(nn)
10(dd)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2006 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement, as amended.    10-Q      3/31/2006      
10(ee)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2007 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2007      
10(ff)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2008 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2008      
10(gg)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2009 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    10-Q      3/31/2009       10(mm)
10(hh)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2010 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/7/2010       10.1
10(ii)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2011 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/13/2011       10(a)
10(jj)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2012 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/18/2012       10(a)
10(kk)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2013 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/17/2013       10(a)
10(ll)    Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2014 Performance Option Plan and Form of Option Agreement.    8-K      5/16/2014       10(a)

 


         

Incorporated By Reference

(File No. 001-10351, unless otherwise indicated)

Exhibit
Number
   Description of Document    Form    Filing Date/Period
End Date
     Exhibit Number
(if different)
10(mm)    Medium-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January 1, 2012.    10-K      12/31/2011       10(uu)
10(nn)    Executive Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2014, between the registrant and Jochen E. Tilk.    10-Q      9/30/2014      
10(oo)    PCS Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Canadian Executives.    10-K      12/31/2014      
10(pp)    CEO Multi-year Incentive Plan.    10-K      12/31/2014      
31(a)    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
31(b)    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
32    Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.         
95    Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.