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UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-K



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One) 
ý
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
OR
2015
OR
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-32597

CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 20-2697511
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 
4 Parkway North, Suite 400, Deerfield, Illinois 60015
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code(847) 405-2400
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class 
 
Name of each exchange on which registered 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
 New York Stock Exchange Inc.

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yesý Noo

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yeso Noý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesý Noo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yesý Noo

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

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 filerý
 
Accelerated filero
 
Non-accelerated filero
 
Smaller reporting companyo

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

The aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates was $12,081,046,149$14,966,659,383 based on the closing sale price of common stock on June 30, 2012.

         63,004,2572015.

233,082,556 shares of the registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value per share, were outstanding atas of January 31, 2013.

29, 2016.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 20132016 annual meeting of stockholders (Proxy Statement) are incorporated herein by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the 20122015 fiscal year, or, if we do not file the proxy statement within such 120-day period, we will amend this Annual Report on Form 10-K to include the information required under Part III hereof not later than the end of such 120-day period.


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PART I

   

 

Business

1

 

Risk Factors

18

Unresolved Staff Comments

 34

 

Properties

34

 

Legal Proceedings

34

Mine Safety Disclosures

PART II

   

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 36

Selected Financial Data

 36

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 39

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 76

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  

Consolidated Statements of Operations

  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

  

Consolidated Statements of Equity

  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 84

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 162

Controls and Procedures

 162

Other Information

PART III

   

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 165

 

Executive Compensation

165

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 166

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 167

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

PART IV

   

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules






CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

PART I

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS.

Our Company

        All references to "CF Holdings," "the Company," "we," "us""us," and "our" refer to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, except where the context makes clear that the reference is only to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. itself and not its subsidiaries. All references to "CF Industries" refer to CF Industries, Inc., a 100% owned subsidiary of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Notes referenced throughout this document refer to consolidated financial statement footnote disclosures that are found in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

We are one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizerother nitrogen products in the world. Our operations are organized into two business segments—the nitrogen segment and the phosphate segment. Our principal customers are cooperatives, and independent fertilizer distributors.distributors, farmers and industrial users. Our principal nitrogen fertilizer products in the nitrogen segment are ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution or UAN,(UAN) and ammonium nitrate or AN.(AN). Our other nitrogen products include urea liquor, diesel exhaust fluid or DEF,(DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid and aqua ammonia, which are sold primarily to our industrial customers. Our principalcustomers, and compound fertilizer products in(NPKs), which are solid granular fertilizer products for which the phosphate segment are diammonium phosphate, or DAP,nutrient content is a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, and monoammonium phosphate, or MAP.

potassium. Our core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States and other major agricultural areas of the U.S.United States, Canada and Canada.the United Kingdom. We also export nitrogen fertilizer products from our Donaldsonville, LouisianaLouisiana; Yazoo City, Mississippi; and Billingham, United Kingdom manufacturing facilitiesfacilities.

Prior to March 17, 2014, we also manufactured and distributed phosphate fertilizer products. Our principal phosphate products fromwere diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, phosphate operations through our Tampa port facility.

to The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.

Our principal assets include:

    five
six North American nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities inlocated in: Donaldsonville, Louisiana (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in North America),; Medicine Hat, Alberta (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada); Port Neal, Iowa,Iowa; Courtright, Ontario,Ontario; Yazoo City, MississippiMississippi; and Woodward, Oklahoma;

two United Kingdom nitrogen manufacturing complexes located in Ince and Billingham that produce AN, ammonia and NPKs;

a 75.3% interest in Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), a publicly tradedpublicly-traded limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner and the majority limited partner and which, through its subsidiary Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership (TNLP), operates a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma;


a 66% economic interest in the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada which we operate in Medicine Hat, Alberta through Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL), a consolidated variable interest entity. We have announced our plans to acquire all of the noncontrolling interests of CFL (see Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A));

one of the largest integrated ammonium phosphate fertilizer complexes in the United States in Plant City, Florida;

the most-recently constructed phosphate rock mine and associated beneficiation plant in the United States in Hardee County, Florida;

an extensive system of terminals and associated transportation equipment located primarily in the midwestern United States; and

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We acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK Group Limited (formerly known as GrowHow UK Group Limited) (CF Fertilisers UK) not previously owned by us on July 31, 2015 for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us. This transaction added CF Fertilisers UK’s nitrogen manufacturing complexes in Ince, United Kingdom and Billingham, United Kingdom to our consolidated manufacturing capacity. 

We sold our interests in KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade), a global fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland.

Switzerland, to the other key principals of Keytrade.


We sold our 50% ownership interest in an ammonia storage joint venture in Houston, Texas.


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We entered into a definitive agreement (as amended, the Combination Agreement) under which we will combine with the European, North American and global distribution businesses (collectively, the ENA Business) of OCI N.V. (OCI). The combination transaction includes OCI’s nitrogen production facility in Geleen, Netherlands; its nitrogen production facility under construction in Wever, Iowa; its approximately 79.88% equity interest in an ammonia and methanol complex in Beaumont, Texas; and its global distribution business and the assumption of approximately $2 billion in net debt. Under the terms of the Combination Agreement, CF Holdings will become a subsidiary of a new holding company (New CF) domiciled in the Netherlands. This transaction is expected to close in mid-2016, subject to the approval of shareholders of both CF Holdings and OCI, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, and other closing conditions. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.

We entered into a strategic venture with CHS Inc. (CHS). The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (CFN), a subsidiary of CF Holdings, for $2.8 billion. CHS also began receiving deliveries from us pursuant to a supply agreement under which CHS has the right to purchase annually from us up to approximately 1.1 million tons of granular urea and 580,000 tons of UAN at market prices. CHS is entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CFN as a result of its minority equity interest in CFN. See Note 27—Subsequent Event for additional information on this strategic venture.
We are currently constructing new ammonia and UAN plants at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex and new ammonia and urea plants at our Port Neal, Iowa complex. In November 2015, the new urea plant at the Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex came on line and was the first plant to be commissioned as part of our capacity expansion projects in North America. See Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A)—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capacity Expansion Projects and Restricted Cash for additional information related to our capacity expansion projects.
In the third quarter of 2015, we changed our reportable segment structure to separate AN from our Other segment as our AN products increased in significance as a result of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition. Our reportable segment structure reflects how our chief operating decision maker (CODM), as defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), assesses the performance of our operating segments and makes decisions about resource allocation. Our reportable segments now consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, Other, and phosphate. These segments are differentiated by products. Our management uses gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect the new reportable segment structure on a comparable basis. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.
On May 15, 2015, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a five-for-one split of our common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. On June 17, 2015, stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 1, 2015 (Record Date) received four additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock held on the Record Date. Shares reserved under the Company's equity and incentive plans were adjusted to reflect the stock split. All share and per share data has been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split, except for the number of authorized shares of common stock. Since the par value of the common stock remained at $0.01 per share, the recorded value for common stock has been retroactively restated to reflect the par value of total outstanding shares with a corresponding decrease to paid-in capital.
On March 17, 2014, we sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business which was reported in our phosphate segment. The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter. However, the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.
The ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and Other segments are also referred to throughout this document as the “Nitrogen Product Segments." For the yearyears ended December 31, 2012,2015, 2014 and 2013, we sold 13.013.7 million, 13.3 million and 12.9 million product tons of nitrogen fertilizers and 2.0 million tons of phosphate fertilizers,from the Nitrogen Product Segments generating net sales of $6.1$4.31 billion, $4.57 billion and pre-tax earnings of $2.8 billion.

$4.68 billion, respectively.

Our principal executive offices are located outside of Chicago, Illinois, at 4 Parkway North, Suite 400, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 and our telephone number is 847-405-2400. Our Internet website address iswww.cfindustries.com. Information made available on our website does not constitute part of thethis Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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We make available free of charge on or through our Internet website,www.cfindustries.com, all of our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is filed electronically with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Corporate Conduct and charters for the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of our Board of Directors are also available on our Internet website. We will provide electronic or paper copies of these documents free of charge upon request. The SEC also maintains a website atwww.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

Company History

We were founded in 1946 as a fertilizer brokerage operation by a group of regional agricultural cooperatives. During the 1960s, we expanded our distribution capabilities and diversified into fertilizer manufacturing through the acquisition of several existing plants and facilities. During the 1970s and again during the 1990s, we expanded our production and distribution capabilities significantly, spending approximately $1 billion in each of these decades.

We operated as a traditional manufacturing and supply cooperative until 2002, when we adopted a new business model that established financial performance as our principal objective, rather than assured supply to our owners. A critical aspect of the new business model was to establish a more economically driven approach to the marketplace.

In August 2005, we completed our initial public offering (IPO) of common stock, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In connection with the IPO, we consummated a reorganization transaction whereby we ceased to be a cooperative and our pre-IPO owners' equity interests in CF Industries Inc., now our wholly-owned subsidiary, were cancelledcanceled in exchange for all of the proceeds of the offering and shares of our common stock.

In April 2010, we acquired Terra Industries Inc. (Terra), a leading North American producer and marketer of nitrogen fertilizer products for a purchase price of $4.6 billion, which was paid in cash and shares of our common stock. Terra's financial results have been included in our consolidated financial results and in the nitrogen segment results since the acquisition date of April 5, 2010. As a result of the


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Terra acquisition, we acquired five nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities, our 75.3% interest in TNCLP and certain joint venture interests.

Operating Segments

        Our

In March 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, to Mosaic for approximately $1.4 billion in cash.
In July 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us.
Product Tons and Nutrient Tons
Unless otherwise stated, we measure our production and sales volume in this Annual Report on Form 10-K in product tons, which represents the weight of the product measured in short tons (one short ton is divided into two operatingequal to 2,000 pounds). References to UAN product tons assume a 32% nitrogen content basis for production volume. 
We also provide certain supplementary volume information measured in nutrient tons. Nutrient tons represent the weight of the product’s nitrogen content, which varies by product. Ammonia represents 82% nitrogen content, granular urea represents 46% nitrogen content, UAN represents between 28% and 32% nitrogen content and AN represents between 29% and 35% nitrogen content. 
Reportable Segments
As discussed above, our reportable segments now consist of the nitrogen segment and the phosphate segment. The nitrogen segment includes the manufacture and sale offollowing segments: ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, Other, and AN. The phosphatephosphate. These segments are differentiated by products. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect this new reportable segment includesstructure on a comparable basis. See Note 21—Segment Disclosures for additional information.
We use gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Total other operating costs and expenses (consisting of selling, general and administrative expenses and other operating—net) and non-operating expenses (interest and income taxes), are centrally managed and are not included in the manufacture and salemeasurement of DAP and MAP.

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Nitrogen SegmentProduct Segments

We are the largest nitrogen fertilizer producer in North America. Our primary nitrogen fertilizer products are ammonia, granular urea, UAN and AN. Our historical sales of nitrogen fertilizer products from our Nitrogen Product Segments are shown in the following table. TheNet sales shown do not reflect amounts used internally, such as ammonia, in the manufacture of other products.

 2015 2014 2013
 Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales
 (tons in thousands; dollars in millions)
Nitrogen Product Segments       
  
  
Ammonia2,995
 $1,523.1
 2,969
 $1,576.3
 2,427
 $1,437.9
Granular urea2,460
 788.0
 2,459
 914.5
 2,506
 924.6
UAN5,865
 1,479.7
 6,092
 1,669.8
 6,383
 1,935.1
AN1,290
 294.0
 958
 242.7
 859
 215.1
Other(1)
1,108
 223.5
 798
 171.5
 770
 165.1
Total13,718
 $4,308.3
 13,276
 $4,574.8
 12,945
 $4,677.8

 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales 
 
 (tons in thousands; dollars in millions)
 

Nitrogen Fertilizer Products

                   

Ammonia

  2,786 $1,677.6  2,668 $1,562.8  2,809 $1,129.4 

Granular urea

  2,593  1,143.4  2,600  1,069.7  2,602  777.7 

UAN

  6,131  1,886.2  6,241  1,991.6  4,843  994.3 

AN

  839  222.8  953  247.5  788  164.7 

Other nitrogen products(1)

  620  166.6  540  140.5  419  121.4 
              

Total

  12,969 $5,096.6  13,002 $5,012.1  11,461 $3,187.5 
              


(1)
Other segment products include DEF, urea liquor, nitric acid, aqua ammonia and NPKs.
(1)
Other nitrogen segment products include aqua ammonia, nitric acid, urea liquor and DEF.

Gross margin for the nitrogen segmentNitrogen Product Segments was $2,913.6 million, $2,563.2 million$1.55 billion, $1.77 billion and $1,026.7 million$2.45 billion for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 2010,2013, respectively. Total assets for the nitrogen segment were $6.0 billion as of both December 31, 2012 and 2011 and $6.1 billion as of December 31, 2010.

We operate seven nitrogen fertilizer productionmanufacturing facilities in North America. We own 100% of four productionnitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities in the Central United States, one in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada and one in Courtright, Ontario, Canada. We also have a 75.3% interest in TNCLP and its subsidiary, TNLP, which owns a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma, and a 66% economic interest in CFL, a variable interest entity that owns the nitrogen fertilizer complex in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.Oklahoma. In 2012,2015, the combined production capacity of these seven facilities represented approximately 39%37%, 34%, 47%45% and 22%21% of North American ammonia, granular urea, UAN and ammonium nitrateAN production capacity, respectively. Each of our nitrogen fertilizer productionmanufacturing facilities in North America has on-site storage to provide flexibility to manage the flow of outbound shipments without impacting production.

        Our joint venture interests in PLNL and GrowHow provide additional production capacity in three additional

We also operate two United Kingdom nitrogen fertilizer production facilities, onemanufacturing complexes located in Ince and Billingham that produce ammonia, AN and NPKs and serve primarily the Republic of TrinidadBritish agricultural and Tobago and two located in the United Kingdom.

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The following table shows the production capacities at each of our nitrogen fertilizer productionmanufacturing facilities:

 
Average Annual Capacity(1)
 
Gross
Ammonia(2)
 
Net
Ammonia(2)
 
UAN(3)
 
Urea(4)
 
AN(5)
 NPKs
 (tons in thousands)
Donaldsonville, Louisiana(6)(7)
3,070
 1,130
 2,415
 1,680
 
 
Medicine Hat, Alberta1,250
 790
 
 810
 
 
Port Neal, Iowa(8)
380
 30
 800
 50
 
 
Verdigris, Oklahoma(9)(10)
1,180
 390
 1,975
 
 
 
Woodward, Oklahoma480
 140
 820
 25
 
 
Yazoo City, Mississippi(8)(10)(11)
560
 
 160
 40
 1,075
 
Courtright, Ontario(8)(10)
500
 265
 345
 160
 
 
Ince, U.K.(12)
380
 20
 
 
 575
 385
Billingham, U.K.(10)
550
 270
 
 
 620
 
 8,350
 3,035
 6,515
 2,765
 2,270
 385
Unconsolidated Affiliate 
  
  
  
  
  
Point Lisas, Trinidad(13)
360
 360
 
 
 
 
Total8,710
 3,395
 6,515
 2,765
 2,270
 385


 
 Average Annual Capacity(1) 
 
 Gross
Ammonia(2)
 Net
Ammonia(2)
 UAN(3) Urea(4) Ammonium
Nitrate(5)
 Fertilizer
Compounds
 
 
 (in thousands of tons)
 

Donaldsonville, Louisiana(6)

  2,950  1,010  2,415  1,680     

Medicine Hat, Alberta(7)

  1,250  790    810     

Port Neal, Iowa(8)

  380  30  800  50     

Verdigris, Oklahoma(7)(10)

  1,130  345  1,965       

Woodward, Oklahoma

  480  140  820  25     

Yazoo City, Mississippi(8)(9)(10)

  560    160  20  1,075   

Courtright, Ontario(8)(10)

  500  265  345  160     
              

  7,250  2,580  6,505  2,745  1,075   

Unconsolidated Affiliates(11)

                   

Point Lisas, Trinidad

  360  360         

Ince, U.K.(12)

  190        330  165 

Billingham, U.K. 

  275  135      310   
              

Total

  8,075  3,075  6,505  2,745  1,715  165 
              
4

(1)
Average annual capacity includes allowance for normal outages and planned maintenance shutdowns.

(2)
Gross ammonia capacity includes ammonia used to produce upgraded products. Net ammonia capacity is gross ammonia capacity less ammonia used to produce upgraded products based on the product mix shown in the table.

(3)
Measured in tons of UAN containing 32% nitrogen by weight.

(4)
Urea is sold as granular urea from the Donaldsonville and Medicine Hat facilities, as urea liquor from the Port Neal, Woodward and Yazoo City facilities and as either granular urea or urea liquor from the Courtright facility. Urea liquor produced at the Yazoo City, Courtright, Woodward and Port Neal facilities can be sold as DEF.

(5)
Ammonium nitrate includes prilled products (Amtrate and IGAN) and ammonium nitrate solution produced for sale.

(6)
The Donaldsonville facility's production capacity depends on product mix. With the UAN plants operating at capacity, approximately 1.7 million tons of granular urea can be produced. Granular urea production can be increased to 2 million tons if UAN production is reduced.

(7)
Represents 100% of the capacity of each of these facilities.

(8)
Production of urea products at the Port Neal and Courtright facilities can be increased by reducing UAN production. Urea liquor production at the Yazoo City facility can be increased by obtaining additional ammonia to supplement the facility's ammonia production.

(9)
The Yazoo City facility's production capacity depends on product mix. With the facility maximizing the production of AN products, 160,000 tons of UAN can be produced. UAN production can be increased to 450,000 tons by reducing the production of AN nitrate products.

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(10)
The Yazoo City, Courtright and Verdigris facilities also produce merchant nitric acid by reducing UAN or ammonium nitrate production.

(11)
Represents our 50% interest in the capacity of each of these facilities.

(12)
The Ince facility's production capacity depends on product mix. The facility can increase production of fertilizer compounds to 335,000 tons by reducing ammonium nitrate production to 220,000 tons (volumes represent our 50% interest).

(1)
Average annual capacity includes allowance for normal outages and planned maintenance shutdowns.
(2)
Gross ammonia capacity includes ammonia used to produce upgraded products. Net ammonia capacity is gross ammonia capacity less ammonia used to produce upgraded products based on the product mix shown in the table.
(3)
Measured in tons of UAN containing 32% nitrogen by weight.
(4)
Urea is sold as granular urea from the Donaldsonville and Medicine Hat facilities, as urea liquor from the Port Neal, Woodward and Yazoo City facilities and as either granular urea or urea liquor from the Courtright facility. Urea liquor produced at the Yazoo City, Courtright, Woodward and Port Neal facilities can be sold as DEF.
(5)
AN includes prilled products (Amtrate and IGAN) and AN solution produced for sale.
(6)
The urea expansion capacity at Donaldsonville is online and available (Note: the urea expansion capacity of approximately 1.3 million tons has not been added to the capacity table above). If the full urea expansion capacity of approximately 1.3 million tons were produced, then the net ammonia balance would decrease by approximately 768,000 tons.
(7)
The Donaldsonville facility's remaining production capacity depends on product mix. Including the urea expansion capacity, the facility is capable of producing approximately 3.0 million tons of granular urea with UAN running at capacity. Granular urea production can be increased to approximately 3.3 million tons if UAN production is reduced to approximately 1.6 million tons.
(8)
Production of urea products at the Port Neal and Courtright facilities can be increased by reducing UAN production. Urea liquor production at the Yazoo City facility can be increased by obtaining additional ammonia to supplement the facility's ammonia production.
(9)
Represents 100% of the capacity of this facility.
(10)
Reduction of UAN or AN production at the Yazoo City, Courtright, Verdigris and Billingham facilities can allow more merchant nitric acid to be made available for sale.
(11)
The Yazoo City facility's production capacity depends on product mix. With the facility maximizing the production of AN products, 160,000 tons of UAN can be produced. UAN production can be increased to 450,000 tons by reducing the production of AN to 945,000 tons.
(12)
The Ince facility's production capacity depends on product mix. The facility can increase production of NPKs to 550,000 tons by reducing AN production to 485,000 tons.
(13)
Represents our 50% interest in the capacity of PLNL.

The following table summarizes our nitrogen fertilizer production volume for the last three years.

 December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (tons in thousands)
Ammonia(1)
7,673
 7,011
 7,105
Granular urea2,520
 2,347
 2,474
UAN (32%)5,888
 5,939
 6,332
AN1,283
 950
 882

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (tons in thousands)
 

Ammonia(1)

  7,067  7,244  6,110 

Granular urea

  2,560  2,588  2,488 

UAN (32%)

  6,027  6,349  4,626 

AN

  839  952  796 


(1)
Gross ammonia production, including amounts subsequently upgraded on-site into granular urea, UAN or AN.
(1)
Gross ammonia production, including amounts subsequently upgraded on-site into granular urea or UAN.

Donaldsonville, Louisiana

The Donaldsonville nitrogen fertilizer complex is the largest nitrogen fertilizer production facility in North America. It has five world-scale ammonia plants, fourfive urea plants, three nitric acid plants and two UAN plants. The complex, which is located on the Mississippi River, includes deep-water docking facilities, access to an ammonia pipeline, and truck and railroad loading capabilities. The complex has on-site storage for 130,000160,000 tons of ammonia, 168,000 tons of UAN (measured on a 32% nitrogen content basis) and 83,000163,000 tons of granular urea.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we announced plans to invest $2.1 billion in anour expansion project atplans for our Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility, which is projected to be completed by 2016. When completed, this project will increase our annual capacity of ammonia and granular urea each by approximatelyup to 1.3 million tons each and UAN by up to 1.8 million tons. The new Donaldsonville urea plant became operational during the fourth quarter of 2015. For additional details regarding this project, see Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Resources—Capacity Expansion Projects and Restricted Cash.


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Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Medicine Hat is the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada. The facility is owned by CFL, a variable interest entity which we consolidate in our financial statements. It has two ammonia plants and aone urea plant. The complex has on-site storage for 60,000 tons of ammonia and 70,00060,000 tons of granular urea.

        We operate the Medicine Hat facility and purchase approximately 66% of the facility's ammonia and urea production, pursuant to a management agreement and a product purchase agreement. We ship our share of ammonia and urea produced at the Medicine Hat nitrogen fertilizer

The complex is owned by truck and rail to customers in the United States and Canada and to our storage facilities in the northern United States. Viterra, Inc. (Viterra)Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL), which owns 34% of CFL, has the right, but not the obligation, to purchaseuntil April 30, 2013, was a variable interest entity which we consolidated in our financial statements. In April 2013, we purchased the remaining 34% of the facility's ammonia and urea production undernoncontrolling interest. CFL is now a similar product purchase agreement. To the extent that Viterra does not purchase its 34% of the facility's production, we are obligated to purchase any remaining amounts. However, since 1995, Viterra and its predecessor purchased at least 34% of the facility's production each year.

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        In August 2012, we entered into an agreement to acquire the 34% of CFL's common and preferred shares owned by Viterra and the product purchase agreement between Viterra and CFL for a total purchase price of C$0.9 billion, subject to certain adjustments. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement with each of GROWMARK and La Coop fédérée to acquire CFL's common shares held by them. As a result of these transactions, we will own 100% of CFL and will be entitled to purchase 100% of CFL's ammonia and granular urea production. The completion of the transactions is subject to receipt of regulatory approvals in Canada and other terms and conditions in the definitive agreements.

For further information about CFL, see Note 4—15—Noncontrolling Interest.

Port Neal, Iowa

The Port Neal facility is located approximately 12 miles south of Sioux City, Iowa on the Missouri River. The facility consists of an ammonia plant, two urea plants, two nitric acid plants and a UAN plant. The location has on-site storage for 30,000 tons of ammonia and 81,000 tons of 32% UAN.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we also announced plans to invest $1.7 billion in anour expansion project atplans for our Port Neal, Iowa facility, which is projected to be completed by 2016. When completed, this project will increase our annual capacity of ammonia by approximately 0.8 million tons and granular urea by approximately 1.3 million tons. For additional details regarding this project, see Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Resources—Capacity Expansion Projects and Restricted Cash.

Verdigris, Oklahoma

The Verdigris facility is located northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma, near the Verdigris River and is owned by TNLP. It is the second largest UAN production facility in North America. The facility comprises two ammonia plants, two nitric acid plants, two urea plants, two UAN plants and a port terminal. Through our 75.3% interest in TNCLP and its subsidiary, TNLP, we operate the plants and lease the port terminal from the Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority. The complex has on-site storage for 28,00060,000 tons of ammonia and 49,100100,000 tons of 32% UAN.

Woodward, Oklahoma

The Woodward facility is located in rural northwest Oklahoma and consists of an ammonia plant, two nitric acid plants, two urea plants and two UAN plants. The facility has on-site storage for 36,000 tons of ammonia and 83,900 tons of 32% UAN.

Yazoo City, Mississippi

The Yazoo City facility is located in central Mississippi and includes one ammonia plant, four nitric acid plants, an AN plant, two urea plants, a UAN plant and a dinitrogen tetroxide production and storage facility. The site has on-site storage for 28,00050,000 tons of ammonia, 48,000 tons of 32% UAN and 7,000 tons of AN and related products.

Courtright, Ontario, Canada

The Courtright facility is located south of Sarnia, Ontario near the St. Clair River. The facility consists of onean ammonia plant, a UAN plant, a nitric acid plant and onea urea plant. The location has on-site storage for 64,100 tons of ammonia, 10,400 tons of granular urea and 16,000 tons of 32% UAN.

Point Lisas, Trinidad

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annually from natural gas supplied under a contract with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ince, United Kingdom

        GrowHow is a 50/50 joint venture between us and Yara International ASA (Yara) that owns and operates the Ince and Billingham facilities.

The Ince facility is located in northwestern England and consists of an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants, an AN plant and three fertilizer compoundNPK plants. The location has on-site storage for 11,000 tons of ammonia, 110,000 tons of AN, and 50,000 tons of NPKs.
Billingham, United Kingdom
The Billingham facility, located in the Teesside chemical area in northeastern England, is geographically split among twothree primary areas:locations: the main site, which contains an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants and a carbon dioxide plant andplant; the Portrack site, approximately two miles away, which contains an AN fertilizer plant.

plant; and the North Tees site, approximately seven miles away, which contains an ammonia storage area. These locations collectively have on-site storage for 40,000 tons of ammonia and 128,000 tons of AN.


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Point Lisas, Trinidad
The Point Lisas Nitrogen facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is owned jointly through a 50/50 venture with Koch Fertilizer LLC. This facility has the capacity to produce 720,000 tons of ammonia annually from natural gas supplied under a contract with The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago.
Nitrogen Fertilizer Raw Materials

Natural gas is the principal raw material and primary fuel source used in the ammonia production process at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities. In 2012,2015, natural gas accounted for approximately 39%45% of our total cost of salesproduction costs for nitrogen fertilizers and a higher percentage of cash production costs (total production costs less depreciation and amortization).fertilizer products. Our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities have access to abundant, competitively-priced natural gas through a reliable network of pipelines that are connected to major natural gas trading hubs near the facilities. We haveOur facilities located at or nearutilize the following natural gas hubs: Henry Hub in Louisiana,Louisiana; ONEOK in Oklahoma,Oklahoma; AECO in Alberta,Alberta; Ventura in Iowa andIowa; Demarcation in Kansas; Dawn in Ontario.

Ontario; and the National Balancing Point in the United Kingdom.

Our nitrogen manufacturing facilities consume, in the aggregate, in excess of 250approximately 280 million MMBtus of natural gas annually. We employ a combination of spot and term purchases from a variety of quality suppliers to maintain a reliable, competitively-priced supply of natural gas. We also use certain financial instruments to hedge natural gas prices. For further information about our natural gas hedging activities, see Note 25—16—Derivative Financial Instruments.

Nitrogen Fertilizer Distribution

The safe, efficient and economical distribution of nitrogen fertilizer products is critical for successful operations. Our nitrogen fertilizer production facilities have access to multiple transportation modes by which we ship fertilizer products to terminals, warehouses and customers. Each of our production facilities has a unique distribution pattern based on its production capabilitycapacity and location.

Our North American nitrogen production facilities can ship products via truck and rail to customers and our storage facilities in the U.S. and Canada, with access to our leased railcar fleet of approximately 5,2005,600 tank and hopper cars, as well as railcars provided by rail carriers.

Our United Kingdom nitrogen production facilities ship products via truck.

The North American waterway system is also used extensively to ship products from our Donaldsonville, Verdigris and Yazoo City facilities. We employ a fleet of tentwelve leased tow boats and 3240 river barges to ship ammonia and UAN. We also utilize contract marine services to move urea and phosphate fertilizers.

fertilizer. We also export nitrogen fertilizer products via barge from our Billingham, United Kingdom manufacturing facility.

Three of our nitrogen production facilities also have access to pipelines for the transportation of ammonia. The Donaldsonville facility is connected to the 2,000-mile long Nustar pipeline through which we transport ammonia to more than 20 terminals and shipping points in the midwestern U.S. corn belt. Our Verdigris and Port Neal facilities are connected to the 1,100-mile long Magellan ammonia pipeline that also serves the U.S. Midwest.

Phosphate Segment
The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter although the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases.
Upon selling the phosphate business, we began to supply Mosaic with ammonia produced by our PLNL joint venture. The contract to supply ammonia to Mosaic from our PLNL joint venture represents the continuation of a supply practice that previously existed between our former phosphate mining and manufacturing business and other operations of the Company. Prior to March 17, 2014, PLNL sold ammonia to us for use in the phosphate business and the cost was included in our production costs in our phosphate segment. Subsequent to the sale of the phosphate business, we now sell the PLNL-sourced ammonia to Mosaic. The revenue from these sales to Mosaic and the costs to purchase the ammonia from PLNL are now included in our ammonia segment. Our 50% share of the operating results of our PLNL joint venture continues to be included in equity in earnings of operating affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. Because of the significance of this continuing supply practice, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the phosphate mining and manufacturing business is not reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations. For additional information regarding this sale, see Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures.

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Phosphate Segment

        We are a major manufacturer of phosphate fertilizer products. Our phosphate fertilizer products are DAP and MAP.


Our historical sales of phosphate fertilizer products are shown in the table below.


 2012 2011 2010 2014 2013

 Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales Tons Net Sales

 (tons in thousands; dollars in millions)
 (tons in thousands; dollars in millions)

Phosphate Fertilizer Products

  
  
  
  

DAP

 1,611 $794.5 1,468 $829.1 1,412 $583.3 372
 $127.6
 1,408
 $600.6

MAP

 424 212.9 454 256.7 455 194.2 115
 40.8
 449
 196.3
             

Total

 2,035 $1,007.4 1,922 $1,085.8 1,867 $777.5 487
 $168.4
 1,857
 $796.9
             

Gross margin for the phosphate segment was $199.7 million, $332.4$10.1 million and $152.8$74.9 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 20112014 and 2010,2013, respectively. Total assets for the phosphate segment were $795.2 million, $696.4 million and $618.3 million as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        Our phosphate fertilizer manufacturing operations are located in central Florida and consist of a phosphate fertilizer chemical complex in Plant City, a phosphate rock mine, a beneficiation plant and phosphate rock reserves in Hardee County and a deepwater terminal facility in the port of Tampa. We own each of these facilities and properties.

        The following table summarizes our phosphate fertilizer production volumes for the last three years and current production capacities for phosphate-related products.

 
 December 31,  
 
 
 Normalized
Annual
Capacity(2)
 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (tons in thousands)
 

Hardee Phosphate Rock Mine

             

Phosphate rock

  3,483  3,504  3,343  3,500 

Plant City Phosphate Fertilizer Complex

             

Sulfuric acid

  2,530  2,633  2,419  2,785 

Phosphoric acid as P2O5(1)

  975  1,005  906  1,055 

DAP/MAP

  1,952  1,997  1,799  2,165 

(1)
P2O5 is the basic measure of the nutrient content in phosphate fertilizer products.

(2)
Capacities shown for phosphate rock at the Hardee County Phosphate Rock Mine and DAP/MAP granulation at the Plant City facility are constrained by Plant City's capacity to produce phosphoric acid.

Hardee County Phosphate Rock Mine

        In 1975, we purchased 20,000 acres of land in Hardee County, Florida that was originally estimated to contain in excess of 100 million tons of recoverable rock reserves. Between 1978 and 1993, we operated a one million ton per year phosphate rock mine on a 5,000-acre portion of these reserves. In 1995, we began operations at an expanded mine on the remaining 15,000-acre area of the reserve property. Since that time, we have acquired additional rock reserves through acquisitions or exchanges of several smaller parcels of land.


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        The table below shows the estimated reserves at the Hardee phosphate complex as of December 31, 2012. Also reflected in the table is the grade of the reserves, expressed as a percentage of bone phosphate of lime (BPL) and P2O5. The table also reflects the average values of the following material contaminants contained in the reserves: ferrous oxide (Fe2O3) plus aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO).


PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES(1)
As of December 31, 2012

 
 Recoverable Tons(2)
(in millions)
 % BPL % P2O5 % Fe2O3+AI2O3 % MgO 

Permitted

  42.2  65.21  29.84  2.38  0.74 

Pending permit

  34.7  64.61  29.57  2.38  0.78 

Total

  76.9  64.94  29.72  2.38  0.76 

(1)
The minimum drill hole density for the proven reserves classification is 1 hole per 20 acres.

(2)
The reserve estimates provided have been developed by the Company in accordance with Industry Guide 7 promulgated by the SEC. We estimate that 99% of the reserves are proven.

        Our phosphate reserve estimates are based on geological data assembled and analyzed by our staff geologist as of December 31, 2012. Reserve estimates are updated periodically to reflect actual phosphate rock recovered, new drilling information and other geological or mining data. Estimates for 99% of the reserves are based on 20-acre density drilling.

Plant City Phosphate Complex

        Our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex is one of the largest phosphate fertilizer facilities in North America. At one million tons per year, its phosphoric acid capacity represents approximately 10% of the total U.S. capacity. All of Plant City's phosphoric acid is converted into ammonium phosphates (DAP and MAP), representing approximately 13% of U.S. capacity for ammonium phosphate fertilizer products in 2012. The combination of the Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex and the Hardee mine gives us one of the largest integrated ammonium phosphate fertilizer operations in North America.

Bartow Phosphate Complex

        We own a site in Bartow, Florida on which we operated a phosphate manufacturing complex. This complex ceased production in 1999 and the former manufacturing facilities have been dismantled and disposed of in accordance with local laws and regulations. The related phosphogypsum stack has been closed and the former storage and distribution facilities were sold along with excess land. We continue to be obligated for the closure of the cooling pond, management of water treatment on the site and providing long-term care for the site in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Phosphate Raw Materials

        Phosphate Rock Supply.    Phosphate rock is the basic nutrient source for phosphate fertilizers. Approximately 3.5 tons of phosphate rock are needed to produce one ton of P2O5 (the measure of nutrient content of phosphate fertilizers). Our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex typically consumes in excess of three million tons of rock annually. As of December 31, 2012, our Hardee rock mine had approximately 12 years of fully permitted recoverable phosphate reserves remaining at current operating rates. We have initiated the process of applying for authorization and permits to


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expand the geographical area at our Hardee property where we can mine. The expanded area has an estimated 34.7 million tons of recoverable phosphate reserves. We estimate that we will be able to conduct mining operations at our Hardee property for approximately 10 additional years at current operating rates, assuming we secure the authorization and permits to mine in this area.

        Sulfur Supply.    Sulfur is used to produce sulfuric acid, which is combined with phosphate rock to produce phosphoric acid. Approximately three quarters of a long ton of sulfur is needed to produce one ton of P2O5. Our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex uses approximately 800,000 long tons of sulfur annually when operating at capacity. We obtain molten sulfur from several domestic and foreign producers under contracts of varied duration. In 2012, Martin Sulphur, our largest molten sulfur supplier, supplied approximately 61% of the molten sulfur used at Plant City.

        Ammonia Supply.    DAP and MAP have a nitrogen content of 18% and 11%, respectively, and a phosphate nutrient content of 46% and 52%, respectively. Ammonia is the primary source of nitrogen in DAP and MAP. Operating at capacity, our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex consumes approximately 400,000 tons of ammonia annually.

        The ammonia used at our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex is shipped by rail from our ammonia storage facility located in Tampa, Florida. This facility consists of a 38,000-ton ammonia storage tank, access to a deep-water dock that is capable of discharging ocean-going vessels, and rail and truck loading facilities. In addition to supplying our Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex, our Tampa ammonia distribution system has the capacity to support ammonia sales to, and distribution services for other customers. Sales of ammonia from our Tampa terminal are reported in our nitrogen business segment. The ammonia supply for Tampa is purchased from offshore sources, providing us with access to the broad international ammonia market.

Phosphate Distribution

        We operate a phosphate fertilizer warehouse located at a deep-water port facility in Tampa, Florida. Most of the phosphate fertilizer produced at Plant City is shipped by truck or rail to our Tampa warehouse, where it is loaded onto vessels for shipment to export customers or for transport across the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River. In 2012, our Tampa warehouse handled approximately 1.3 million tons of phosphate fertilizers, or about 67% of our production. The remainder of our phosphate fertilizer production is transported by truck or rail directly to customers or to in-market storage facilities.

        Phosphate fertilizer shipped across the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River is transferred into river barges near New Orleans. Phosphate fertilizer in these river barges is transported to our storage facilities or delivered directly to customers. River transportation is provided primarily under an agreement with one of the major inland river system barge operators.

Storage Facilities and Other Properties

        At

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warehouse and ammonia terminal, we have an aggregate storage capacity for approximately three3.3 million tons of fertilizer. Our storage capabilities are summarized in the following table.

 Ammonia Granular Urea 
UAN(1)
 AN
 
Number of
Facilities
 
Capacity
(000 Tons)
 
Number of
Facilities
 
Capacity
(000 Tons)
 
Number of
Facilities
 
Capacity
(000 Tons)
 
Number of
Facilities
 
Capacity
(000 Tons)
Plants9
 511
 3
 233
 6
 497
 3
 245
Terminal and Warehouse Locations               
Owned22
 815
 1
 40
 8
 219
 
 
Leased(2)
3
 110
 2
 49
 52
 534
 
 
Total In-Market25
 925
 3
 89
 60
 753
 
 
Total Storage Capacity 
 1,436
  
 322
  
 1,250
  
 245

 
 Ammonia UAN(1) Ammonium Nitrate Dry Products(2) 
 
 Number of
Facilities
 Capacity
(000 Tons)
 Number of
Facilities
 Capacity
(000 Tons)
 Number of
Facilities
 Capacity
(000 Tons)
 Number of
Facilities
 Capacity
(000 Tons)
 

Plants

  7  376  6  446  1  7  4  220 

Tampa Port

  1  38          1  100 
                      

     414     446     7     320 

Terminal & Warehouse Locations Owned

  
19
  
700
  
10
  
269
  
  
  
1
  
170
 

Leased(3)

  2  90  41  493  1  8  2  39 
                  

Total In-Market

  21  790  51  762  1  8  3  209 

Total Storage Capacity

     
1,204
     
1,208
     
15
     
529
 
                      


(1)
Capacity is expressed as the equivalent volume of UAN measured on a 32% nitrogen content basis.
(2)
Our lease agreements are typically for periods of one to five years.
Customers
(1)
Capacity is expressed as the equivalent volume of UAN measured on a 32% nitrogen content basis.

(2)
Our dry products include urea, DAP and MAP.

(3)
Our lease agreements are typically for periods of one to three years.

Customers

The principal customers for our nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizersother nitrogen products are cooperatives, and independent fertilizer distributors. CHS Inc. wasdistributors, farmers and industrial users. None of our largest customercustomers in 2012 and2015 accounted for more than ten percent of our consolidated net sales. Sales are generated by our internal marketing and sales force.

Competition

Our markets are global and intensely competitive, based primarily on delivered price and, to a lesser extent, on customer service and product quality. During the peak demand periods, product availability and delivery time also play a role in the buying decisions of customers.

        In our nitrogen segment, our

Our primary North American-based competitors include Agrium Inc., Koch Fertilizer LLC and Koch Nitrogen.Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. There is also significant competition from products sourced from other regions of the world, including some with lower natural gas or other feedstock costs. Because ammonia, urea and UAN are widely-traded fertilizer products and there are limited barriers to entry, we experience competition from foreign-sourced products continuously.

        In our phosphate segment, our

Our primary North American-based competitors include Agrium, Mosaic, Potash Corp.United Kingdom competition comes from imported products supplied by companies including Yara International, Origin Fertilisers, Bunn Fertiliser Limited (Koch), Ameropa, CHS and Simplot. The domestic phosphate industry is tied to the global market through its position as the world's largest exporter of DAP/MAP. Consequently, phosphate fertilizer pricesHelm. Urea and demand for U.S. DAP/MAPUAN are subject to considerable volatility and dependent on a wide variety of factors impacting the world market, including fertilizer and/or trade policies of foreign governments, changes in ocean bound freight rates and international currency fluctuations.

Seasonality

        The sales patterns of our six major products are seasonal. The strongest demand for our products occurs during the spring planting season, with a second period of strong demand following the fall harvest. We and/or our customers generally build inventories during the low demand periods of the year in order to ensure timely product availability during the peak sales seasons. Seasonality is greatest for ammonia due to the limited ability of our customers and their customers to store significant


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quantities of this product. The seasonality of fertilizer demand generally results in our sales volumes and net sales being the highest during the spring and our working capital requirements being the highest just prior to the start of the spring season. Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.

Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Sales and Operations

        The amount of net sales attributable to our sales to foreign and domestic markets over the last three fiscal years and the carrying value of our foreign and domestic assets are set forth in Note 30—Segment Disclosures.

Environment, Health and Safety

        We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including laws and regulations relating to land reclamation; the generation, treatment, storage, disposal and handling of hazardous substances and wastes; and the cleanup of hazardous substance releases. These laws include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Toxic Substances Control Act and various other federal, state, provincial, local and international statutes. Violations can result in substantial penalties, court orders to install pollution-control equipment, civil and criminal sanctions, permit revocations and facility shutdowns. In addition, environmental, health and safety laws and regulations may impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs on potentially responsible parties who have released or disposed of hazardous substances into the environment.

Environmental Health and Safety Expenditures

        Our environmental, health and safety capital expenditures in 2012 totaled approximately $45.2 million. In 2013, we estimate that we will spend approximately $61.3 million for environmental, health and safety capital expenditures. The increase in expenditures in 2013 is primarily related to certain projects to reduce emissions from our facilities, including projects to improve the integrity and capacity of storage tanks at certain plant locations. Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent over time. We expect that continued government and public emphasis on environmental issues will result in increased future expenditures for environmental controls at our operations. Such expenditures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Clean Air Act—Section 185 Fee

        Our Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex is located in a five-parish region near Baton Rouge, Louisiana that, as of 2005, was designated as being in "severe" nonattainment with respect to the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone (the "1-hour ozone standard") pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (the Clean Air Act). Section 185 of the Act requires states, in their state implementation plans, to levy a fee (Section 185 fee) on major stationary sources (such as the Donaldsonville facility) located in a severe nonattainment area that did not meet the 1-hour ozone standard by November 30, 2005. For additional information on the Section 185 fee, see Note 29—Contingencies.


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Clean Air Act Information Request

        On February 26, 2009, the Company received a letter from the EPA under Section 114 of the Federal Clean Air Act requesting information and copies of records relating to compliance with New Source Review and New Source Performance Standards at the Donaldsonville facility. For additional information on the Clean Air Act Information Request, see Note 29—Contingencies.

Clean Air Act Investigation.

        By letter dated June 16, 2010, the Company received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from the EPA alleging violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Clean Air Act regulations relating to certain projects undertaken at the Company's sulfuric acid plants at its Plant City, Florida facility. For additional information on the Clean Air Act Investigation, see Legal Proceedings—Environmental and Note 29—Contingencies.

EPCRA/CERCLA Investigation

        By letter dated July 6, 2010, the EPA issued to the Company a NOV alleging violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA) and CERCLA. For additional information on the EPCRA/CERCLA Investigation, see Legal Proceedings—Environmental and Note 29—Contingencies.

CERCLA/Remediation Matters

        From time to time, we receive notices from governmental agencies or third parties alleging that we are a potentially responsible party at certain cleanup sites under CERCLA or other environmental cleanup laws. In 2002 and in 2009, we were asked by the current owner of a former phosphate mine and processing facility that we owned in the late 1950s and early 1960s located in Georgetown Canyon, Idaho, to contribute to a cleanup of the former processing portion of the site. For additional information on the CERCLA/Remediation matters, see Note 29—Contingencies.

Federal and State Numeric Nutrient Criteria Regulation

        On August 18, 2009, the EPA entered into a consent decree with certain environmental groups with respect to the promulgation of numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorous in surface waters in Florida. The consent decree was approved by a Federal District Court (the Court) on November 16, 2009. The EPA adopted final numeric nutrient criteria for Florida lakes and inland flowing waters on November 14, 2010. On February 18, 2012, the Court upheld parts of the numeric nutrient criteria regulation, but found that the EPA had not adequately justified the criteria for streams and therefore concluded that the adoption of such criteria was arbitrary and capricious. The Court ordered the EPA to issue proposed or final numeric nutrient criteria for streams by May 21, 2012 (subject to the EPA seeking an extension of such time period pursuant to the terms of the 2009 consent decree). Subsequently, the Court granted the EPA's motion to allow the EPA to propose numeric nutrient criteria for streams by November 30, 2012 and to finalize such criteria by August 31, 2013.

        In December 2011, the State of Florida proposed its own numeric nutrient criteria for surface waters. The nitrogen and phosphorous criteria in the proposed rule are substantially identical to the federal rule, but the state proposal includes biological verification as a component of the criteria and adopts existing nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) as applicable numeric criteria. The impact of these modifications could be to provide more flexibility with respect to nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits so long as such discharges do not impair the biological health of receiving water bodies. Environmental groups filed a challenge to the proposed


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state rule, but the rule was upheld by an administrative law judge on June 8, 2012 and became final. An appeal of the administrative decision upholding the rule is now pending before a Florida appellate court.

        On November 30, 2012, the EPA approved Florida's rule. However, because the EPA identified what it considered to be gaps in the scope of the waters covered by Florida's rule and potential legal issues that might bar the Florida rule from going into effect, the EPA, pursuant to the Court order described above, has again proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida streams. There is substantial uncertainty as to whether this rule will be withdrawn before it is finalized or, if a rule is finalized, as to the scope of Florida inland flowing waters that will be covered by the EPA regulation.

        Moreover, notwithstanding the EPA's approval of the Florida rule, the federal criteria for lakes and inland waters previously upheld by the Court (excluding the criteria found to be arbitrary and capricious) became effective on January 6, 2013. The EPA has proposed to stay the effective date of these criteria in light of the on-going developments with the Florida regulation.

        The 2009 consent decree also requires the EPA to develop numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The numeric criteria adopted by the State of Florida and approved by the EPA includes numeric criteria for some coastal and estuarine waters, but, as with streams, EPA has raised issues regarding the scope of coverage of Florida's regulation. Accordingly, on November 30, 2012, the EPA proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The EPA must finalize these criteria by September 30, 2013 unless future developments allow the EPA to withdraw the rule.

        Depending on the developments discussed herein, federal or state numeric nutrient water quality criteria for Florida waters could result in substantially more stringent nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits for our mining, manufacturing and distribution operations in Florida. More stringent limits on wastewater discharge could increase our costs and limit our operations and, therefore, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

        We are subject to regulationsproduced in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States concerning climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

        The United Kingdom is a partybut along with AN, are widely-traded fertilizer products with limited barriers to the Kyoto Protocol. As a result of agreements reached during a conference in Durban, South Africa in 2011, the Kyoto Protocol will continue in force for a second commitment period, which will expire by 2020, to be replaced by another international agreement to be negotiated by 2015 (which agreement is to go into effect in 2020). The United Kingdom has adopted GHG emissions regulations, including regulations to implement the European Union Greenhouse Gas Trading System. Our joint venture U.K. manufacturing plants are required to report GHG emissions annually to the United Kingdom Environment Agency pursuant to their site Environmental Permits and Climate Change Agreement, which specify energy efficiency targets. Failure to meet efficiency targets may require the joint venture to purchase CO2 emissions allowances. The steam boilers at each of our joint venture U.K. sites are also subject to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. More stringent GHG emission limits in the U.K and Europe are expected to go into effect beginning in 2013.

        In Canada (which in December 2011 withdrew from further participation in the Kyoto Protocol, but signed the Durban platform to negotiate a new international GHG agreement or protocol by 2015), we are required to conduct an annual review of our operations with respect to compliance with Environment Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory and Ontario's Mandatory Monitoring and

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Reporting Regulation and the GHG Reporting Regulation. Ontario is also a party to the Western Climate Initiative, comprised of California (the other states in the initiative having withdrawn) and several Canadian provinces, which intends to establish a cap and trade regime for the trading of GHG credits within the regional area beginning in 2013. Although Ontario has not disavowed its participation in the initiative, it has not developed regulations to establish a cap and trade program.

        In the United States (not a party to the Kyoto Protocol, but a signatory to the Durban platform with respect to the negotiation of a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol), GHG regulation is evolving at state, regional and federal levels. The EPA has issued federal GHG regulations that impact our facilities, including a mandatory GHG reporting rule that required all of our U.S. manufacturing facilities to commence monitoring GHG emissions beginning on January 1, 2010 and begin reporting the previous year's emissions annually starting in 2011. In May 2010, the EPA issued the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule (Tailoring Rule). This regulation establishes that the construction of new or modification of existing major sources of GHG emissions would become subject to the PSD air permitting program (and later, the Title V permitting program) beginning in January 2011, and the regulation could significantly decrease the emissions thresholds that would subject facilities to these regulations in the future. On December 20, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a request to reconsider its decision to uphold the GHG regulations. Regulation of GHG emissions pursuant to the PSD program could subject new capital projects to additional permitting requirements that may result in increased costs or delays in completing such projects.

        Under the Title V provisions of the Tailoring Rule, all of our U.S. manufacturing facilities will be required to include GHG emissions in future Title V air permit applications. Other than the states' implementation of the Tailoring Rule, none of the states where our U.S. production facilities are located—Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa and Oklahoma—has proposed control regulations limiting GHG emissions. Iowa is a member of the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, signed in 2007, but the member states appear to have discontinued any action to implement the accord.

Revisions to New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants.

        We operate 13 nitric acid plants in the United States. On August 14, 2012, the EPA issued a final regulation revising air emission standards applicable to newly constructed, reconstructed or modified nitric acid plants. The regulations will apply to these plants if and when we undertake activities or operations that are considered modifications, including physical changes that would allow us to increase our production capacity at these plants. The regulations include certain provisions that could make it difficult for us to meet the limits on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) notwithstanding pollution controls we may add to our plants, and accordingly, the regulations, could impact our ability to expand production at our existing plants. The EPA regulation did not include a limitation on emissions of nitrous oxide (a greenhouse gas).

Regulatory Permits and Approvals

        We hold numerous environmental and mining permits authorizing operations at our facilities. A decision by a government agency to deny or delay issuing a new or renewed material permit or approval, or to revoke or substantially modify an existing permit, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations at the affected facility. Any future expansion of our existing operations is also predicated upon securing the necessary environmental or other permits or approvals.

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requirements, at current production rates, for approximately 12 years. We have secured the necessary permits to mine these reserves from the FDEP and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We have initiated the process of applying for authorization and permits to expand the geographical area in which we can mine at our Hardee property. The expanded geographical area has an estimated additional 34.7 million tons of recoverable phosphate reserves, which we expect will allow us to conduct mining operations at our Hardee property for approximately 10 additional years at current operating rates, assuming we secure the authorization and permits to mine in this area. The estimated recoverable phosphate reserves are reflective of the anticipated permittable mining areas based on recent similar permitting efforts. In Florida, local community participation has become an important factor in the authorization and permitting process for mining companies. A denial of the authorizations or permits to continue and/or expand our mining operations at our Hardee property would prevent us from mining all of our reserves and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        We have secured the state environmental authorization to increase the capacity of our phosphogypsum stack system at Plant City. With the completion of our current expansion project, this stack has sufficient capacity to meet our requirements through 2026 at current operating rates and subject to regular renewals of our operating permits. Including additional expansion phases, the estimated stack system capacity is expected to meet our requirements until 2040 at current operating rates and is subject to securing the corresponding operating permits. This date is approximately six years beyond our current estimate of available phosphate rock reserves at our Hardee mine. A decision by the state or federal authorities to deny a renewal of our current permits or to deny operating permits for the expansion of our stack system could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        In certain cases, as a condition to procuring such permits and approvals, we may be required to comply with financial assurance regulatory requirements. The purpose of these requirements is to assure that sufficient company funds will be available for the ultimate closure, post-closure care and/or reclamation at our facilities. We currently utilize a trust established for the benefit of the EPA and the FDEP and an escrow account established for the benefit of the FDEP as a means of complying with financial assurance requirements for the closure and long-term care of our phosphogypsum stack systems. For additional information on the cash deposit arrangements, see Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations.

        Several of our permits, including our mining permit at the Hardee phosphate complex, require us to reclaim any property disturbed by our operations. At our Hardee property, we currently mine approximately 300 to 500 acres of land each year, all of which must be reclaimed. The costs to reclaim this land vary based on the type of land involved and range from $3,700 to $18,200 an acre, with an average of $11,000 an acre. For additional information on our Hardee asset retirement obligations, see Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations.

        Our phosphate operations in Florida are subject to regulations governing the closure and long-term maintenance of our phosphogypsum stack systems. At the site of our former Bartow phosphate complex, we estimate that we will spend a total of approximately $2 million between 2013 and 2016 to complete closure of the cooling pond and channels. Water treating expenditures at Bartow are estimated to require about $11 million over the next 44 years. Post-closure long-term care expenditures at Bartow are estimated to total approximately $51 million for a 50 year period including 2013. To close the phosphogypsum stack at the Plant City phosphate complex including the recently constructed expansion, we estimate that we will spend approximately $96 million during the years 2033 through 2037, and another $45 million in 2087 to close the cooling pond. Water treating expenditures at Plant City are estimated to approximate $6 million in 2018, $63 million in 2033 through 2037, and


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$164 million thereafter through 2087. Post-closure long-term care expenditures at Plant City are estimated to total $105 million for a 50 year period commencing in 2038. These amounts are in nominal dollars using an assumed inflation rate of 3%.

        Cost estimates for closure of our phosphogypsum stack systems are based on formal closure plans submitted to the State of Florida, which are subject to revision during negotiations over the next several years. Moreover, the time frame involved in the closure of our phosphogypsum stack systems extends as far as the year 2087. Accordingly, the actual amount to be spent also will depend upon factors such as the timing of activities, refinements in scope, technological developments, cost inflation and changes in applicable laws and regulations. These cost estimates may also increase if the Plant City phosphogypsum stack is expanded further. For additional information on asset retirement obligations related to our phosphogypsum systems, see Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations.

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ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS.

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, you should carefully consider the factors discussed below before deciding to invest in any of our securities. These risks and uncertainties could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our business is dependent on North American natural gas, the prices of which are subject to volatility.

        Natural gas is the principal raw material used to produce nitrogen fertilizers. We use natural gas both as a chemical feedstock and as a fuel to produce ammonia, urea, UAN, AN and other nitrogen products. Because most of our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities are located in the United States and Canada, North American natural gas comprises a significant portion of the total production cost of our nitrogen fertilizers.

        The price of natural gas in North America has been volatile in recent years. During 2012, the average daily closing price at the Henry Hub, the most heavily-traded natural gas pricing basis in North America, reached a low of $1.84 per MMBtu on April 20, 2012 and a high of $3.77 per MMBtu on November 27, 2012. During the three year period ended December 31, 2012, the average daily closing price at the Henry Hub reached a high of $7.51 per MMBtu on January 8, 2010 and a low of $1.84 per MMBtu on April 20, 2012.

        Changes in the supply of and demand for natural gas can lead to periods of high natural gas prices. If this were to occur during a period of low fertilizer selling prices, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        Over the last several years, North American natural gas prices have declined in response to increased supply from the development of production from shale gas formations. Future production of natural gas from shale gas formations could be reduced by regulatory changes that restrict drilling or increase its cost for other reasons. If this were to occur, natural gas prices could rise, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our business is cyclical, resulting in periods of industry oversupply during which our results of operations tend to be negatively impacted.

        Historically, selling prices for our products have fluctuated in response to periodic changes in supply and demand conditions. Demand is affected by planted acreage and application rates, driven by population growth, changes in dietary habits, non-food usage of crops such as the production of ethanol and other biofuels, among other things. Supply is affected by available capacity and operating rates, raw material costs and availability, government policies and global trade.

        Periods of high demand, high capacity utilization and increasing operating margins tend to result in investment in production capacity, which may cause supply to exceed demand and selling prices and capacity utilization to decline. Future growth in demand for fertilizer may not be sufficient to absorb excess industry capacity.

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Our products are global commodities, and we face intense global competition from other fertilizer producers.

        We are subject to intense price competition from both domestic and foreign sources. Fertilizers are global commodities, with little or no product differentiation, and customers make their purchasing decisions principally on the basis of delivered price and to a lesser extent on customer service and product quality. We compete with a number of domestic and foreign producers, including state-owned and government-subsidized entities.

        Some of these competitors have greater total resources and are less dependent on earnings from fertilizer sales, which make them less vulnerable to industry downturns and better positioned to pursue new expansion and development opportunities. Our competitive position could suffer to the extent we are not able to expand our own resources either through investments in new or existing operations or through acquisitions, joint ventures or partnerships.

        China, the world's largest producer and consumer of fertilizers, is expected to continue expanding its fertilizer production capability. If Chinese policy encourages exports, this expected increase in capacity could adversely affect the balance between global supply and demand and may put downward pressure on global fertilizer prices, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        We may face increased competition from Russian and Ukrainian urea and fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate. Almost all urea imports from Russia and Ukraine are currently subject to antidumping duty orders that impose duties of approximately 65 percent on urea imported into the United States from these two countries. Russia and Ukraine currently have considerable capacity to produce urea and are among the world's largest urea exporters. In Russia, the price for natural gas used for industrial production continues to be set by the government on a non-market basis. Russian nitrogen fertilizer producers benefit from these government-controlled natural gas prices, encouraging inefficient urea production and high volumes of exports. In Ukraine, we believe that the government intervenes with respect to natural gas prices available to fertilizer producers so as to permit continued exports. The antidumping orders have been in place since 1987, and there has been very little urea imported into the United States from Russia or Ukraine since that time. The U.S. Department of Commerce regularly reviews the U.S. sales of urea made by Russian exporters. In October 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce completed a review of U.S. sales made by the Russian exporter EuroChem and concluded that duties of approximately one percent should be imposed. This low rate of duty resulted in a marked increase in exports of Russian urea to the United States. In October 2012, the Commerce Department completed another review of EuroChem's sales, and reduced to zero the duty applied to EuroChem's U.S. urea imports. This may result in more Russian urea exports to the United States.

        In 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission conducted the third "sunset review" of the urea antidumping orders and determined that they should remain in effect for another five years. The next sunset review of those orders will not be initiated until late 2016.

        Russia is the world's largest ammonium nitrate producer and exporter. As in the case of urea, Russian ammonium nitrate producers benefit from non-market pricing of natural gas. Fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate from Russia is subject to an antidumping duty order, which currently imposes antidumping duties of almost 254 percent on Russian ammonium nitrate imports into the United States. In May 2011, this order replaced a longstanding "suspension agreement" which had imposed volume and pricing restrictions on Russian ammonium nitrate imports. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission completed the second "sunset review" of the


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Russian ammonium nitrate antidumping order and concluded that it will remain in effect for at least another five years. Russian producers of ammonium nitrate are likely to participate in legal processes through which they may reduce the applicable antidumping duty rate applicable to their U.S. imports and, if they are successful, there may be an increase in U.S. imports of unfairly priced Russian ammonium nitrate. Further, one Russian producer is currently seeking permission to import an ammonium nitrate product outside the reach of the antidumping order. If successful, this effort would likely result in a significant increase in U.S. imports of this Russian ammonium nitrate product.

        Fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine is also subject to an antidumping duty order under which imports of this product are currently subject to a duty of over 156 percent. That order is currently being reviewed and a decision as to whether the order will remain in place for an additional five years is expected to be issued by May, 2013. If the order is revoked, we are likely to experience a significant increase in U.S. imports of unfairly priced Ukrainian ammonium nitrate.

A decline in U.S. agricultural production or limitations on the use of our products for agricultural purposes could materially adversely affect the market for our products.

        Conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry significantly impact our operating results. The U.S. agricultural industry can be affected by a number of factors, including weather patterns and field conditions, current and projected grain inventories and prices, domestic and international demand for U.S. agricultural products and U.S. and foreign policies regarding trade in agricultural products. These factors are outside of our control.

        State and federal governmental policies, including farm and biofuel subsidies and commodity support programs, as well as the prices of fertilizer products, may also directly or indirectly influence the number of acres planted, the mix of crops planted and the use of fertilizers for particular agricultural applications. In recent years, for example, ethanol production in the United States has increased significantly due, in part, to federal legislation mandating greater use of renewable fuels. This increase in ethanol production has led to an increase in the amount of corn grown in the United States and to increased fertilizer usage on both corn and other crops that have also benefited from improved farm economics. While the current Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) encourages continued high levels of corn-based ethanol production, a continuing "food versus fuel" debate and other factors have resulted in calls to allow increased ethanol imports and eliminate the fuel mandate, either of which could have an adverse effect on corn-based ethanol production, planted corn acreage and fertilizer demand. Developments in crop technology, such as nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds that plants can assimilate, could also reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and adversely affect the demand for our products. In addition, from time to time various state legislatures have considered limitations on the use and application of chemical fertilizers due to concerns about the impact of these products on the environment.

Our transportation and distribution activities rely on third party providers, which subjects us to risks and uncertainties beyond our control that may adversely affect our operations.

        We rely on railroad, trucking, pipeline, river barge and ocean vessel companies to transport raw materials to our manufacturing facilities, to coordinate and deliver finished products to our distribution system and to ship finished products to our customers. We also lease rail cars in order to ship raw materials and finished products. These transportation operations, equipment and services are subject to various hazards, including adverse operating conditions on the inland waterway system, extreme weather conditions, system failures, work stoppages, delays, accidents such as spills and derailments and other accidents and other operating hazards.


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        These transportation operations, equipment and services are also subject to environmental, safety, and regulatory oversight. Due to concerns related to accidents, terrorism or the potential use of fertilizers as explosives, local, state and federal governments could implement new regulations affecting the transportation of raw materials or finished products.

        If shipping of our products is delayed or we are unable to obtain raw materials as a result of these transportation companies' failure to operate properly, or if new and more stringent regulatory requirements are implemented affecting transportation operations or equipment, or if there are significant increases in the cost of these services or equipment, our revenues and cost of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, increases in our transportation costs, or changes in such costs relative to transportation costs incurred by our competitors, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

        The railroad industry continues various efforts to limit the railroads' potential liability stemming from the transportation of Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) materials, such as the anhydrous ammonia we transport to and from our manufacturing and distribution facilities. These efforts by the railroads include (i) requesting that the Surface Transportation Board, or STB, issue a policy statement finding that it is reasonable for a railroad to require a shipper to indemnify the railroads and carry insurance for all liability above a certain amount arising from the transportation of TIH materials; (ii) requesting that the STB approve an increase in the maximum reasonable rates that a railroad can charge for the transportation of TIH materials (including the recovery of the cost to implement the mandatory anti-collision train control system referred to as Positive Train Control); (iii) lobbying for new legislation or regulations that would limit or eliminate the railroads' common carrier obligation to transport TIH materials; and (iv) limit the liability or railroads in Canada when transporting TIH materials. If the railroads were to succeed in one or more of these initiatives, it could materially and adversely affect our operating expenses and potentially our ability to transport anhydrous ammonia and increase our liability for releases of our anhydrous ammonia while in the care, custody and control of the railroads. New regulations also could be implemented affecting the equipment used to ship our raw materials or finished products.

Difficulties in the implementation of our new enterprise resource planning system or cyber security risks could result in disruptions in business operations and adverse operating results.

        Since the Terra acquisition, CF Industries continued to utilize legacy Terra's separate information management systems to process transactions involving business operations of the legacy Terra plants. In the first quarter of 2013, we consolidated all business processes for the combined companies under a new, single enterprise resource planning (ERP) system utilizing software provided by SAP. This company-wide system aligns business processes and procedures, institutes more efficient transaction processing and improves access to and consistency of information to enable standardization of business activities. The implementation of an ERP system across the combined organization entails certain risks. If we do not complete the implementation of the system successfully, or if the system does not perform in a satisfactory manner, it could disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        As we continue to increase our dependence on information technologies to conduct our operations, the risks associated with cyber security also increase. We rely on management information systems, among other things, to manage our accounting, manufacturing, supply chain and financial functions. This risk not only applies to us, but also to third parties on whose systems we place significant reliance for the conduct of our business. We have implemented security procedures and measures in order to protect our information from being vulnerable to theft, loss, damage or interruption from a number of potential sources or events. We believe these measures and procedures


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are appropriate. However, we may not have the resources or technical sophistication to anticipate, prevent, or recover from rapidly evolving types of cyber attacks. Compromises to our information systems could have severe financial and other business implications.

Adverse weather conditions may decrease demand for our fertilizer products, increase the cost of natural gas or materially disrupt our operations.

        Weather conditions that delay or intermittently disrupt field work during the planting and growing seasons may cause agricultural customers to use different forms of nitrogen fertilizer, which may adversely affect demand for the forms that we sell or may impede farmers from applying our fertilizers until the following growing season, resulting in lower demand for our products.

        Adverse weather conditions following harvest may delay or eliminate opportunities to apply fertilizer in the fall. Weather can also have an adverse effect on crop yields, which could lower the income of growers and impair their ability to purchase fertilizer from our customers. Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.

        Weather conditions or, in certain cases, weather forecasts, also can affect the price of natural gas, the principal raw material used to make our nitrogen based fertilizers. Colder than normal winters and warmer than normal summers increase the demand for natural gas for residential and industrial use. In addition, hurricanes affecting the Gulf of Mexico coastal states can impact the supply of natural gas and cause prices to rise.

We may not be able to complete our recently announced capacity expansion projects on schedule as planned, on budget or at all due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

        On November 1, 2012, we announced that we will construct new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at our complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and new ammonia and urea units at our complex in Port Neal, Iowa. Our Board of Directors has authorized expenditures of $3.8 billion for the projects. The design, development, construction and start-up of the new plants are subject to a number of risks, any of which could prevent us from completing the projects on schedule as planned and on budget or at all, including cost overruns, performance of third parties, permitting matters, adverse weather, defects in materials and workmanship, labor and raw material shortages, transportation constraints, engineering and construction change orders, and other unforeseen difficulties.

        The Donaldsonville and Port Neal expansion projects are dependent on the availability and performance of the engineering firms, construction firms, equipment suppliers, transportation providers and other vendors necessary to build the new units on a timely basis and on acceptable economic terms. Although we have entered into contracts with an affiliate of ThyssenKrupp Uhde for engineering and procurement services for each of the projects and we have procured bids from several construction firms, we have not yet entered into definitive agreements for construction services for either project. If ThyssenKrupp Uhde or any of the other third parties fails to perform as we expect, our ability to meet our expansion goals would be affected.

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have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

        Our expansion plans may also result in other unanticipated adverse consequences, such as the diversion of management's attention from our existing plants and businesses and other opportunities.

Other expansions of our business may result in unanticipated adverse consequences.

        We routinely consider possible expansions of our business, both domestically and in foreign locations. Major investments in our business, including as a result of acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures or other major investments require significant managerial resources, which may be diverted from our other activities and may impair the operation of our businesses. The risks of any expansion of our business through investments, acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures are increased due to the significant capital and other resources that we may have to commit to any such expansion, which may not be recoverable if the expansion initiative to which they were devoted is ultimately not implemented. As a result of these and other factors, including general economic risk, we may not be able to realize our projected returns from any future acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures or other major investments.

We are subject to numerous environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and permitting requirements, as well as potential environmental liabilities, which may require us to make substantial expenditures.

        We are subject to numerous environmental and health and safety laws and regulations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, including laws and regulations relating to land reclamation; the generation, treatment, storage, disposal and handling of hazardous substances and wastes; the cleanup of hazardous substance releases; and the demolition of existing plant sites upon permanent closure. In the United States, these laws include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, the Toxic Substances Control Act and various other federal, state, provincial, local and international statutes.

        As a fertilizer company working with chemicals and other hazardous substances, our business is inherently subject to spills, discharges or other releases of hazardous substances into the environment. Certain environmental laws, including CERCLA, impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs on persons who have disposed of or released hazardous substances into the environment. Given the nature of our business, we have incurred, are incurring currently, and are likely to incur periodically in the future, liabilities under CERCLA and other environmental cleanup laws at our current or former facilities, adjacent or nearby third-party facilities or offsite disposal locations. The costs associated with future cleanup activities that we may be required to conduct or finance may be material. Additionally, we may become liable to third parties for damages, including personal injury and property damage, resulting from the disposal or release of hazardous substances into the environment.

        Violations of environmental and health and safety laws can result in substantial penalties, court orders to install pollution-control equipment, civil and criminal sanctions, permit revocations and facility shutdowns. Environmental and health and safety laws change rapidly and have tended to become more stringent over time. As a result, we have not always been and may not always be in compliance with all environmental and health and safety laws and regulations. Additionally, future environmental and health and safety laws and regulations or reinterpretation of current laws and regulations may require us to make substantial expenditures. Additionally, our costs to comply with, or any liabilities under, these laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.


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        From time to time, our production of anhydrous ammonia has resulted in accidental releases that have temporarily disrupted our manufacturing operations and resulted in liability for administrative penalties and claims for personal injury. To date, our costs to resolve these liabilities have not been material. However, we could incur significant costs if our liability coverage is not sufficient to pay for all or a large part of any judgments against us, or if our insurance carrier refuses coverage for these losses.

        We may be impacted by the development of Federal and State numeric nutrient criteria regulation. On August 18, 2009, the EPA entered into a consent decree with certain environmental groups with respect to the promulgation of numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorous in surface waters in Florida. The consent decree was approved by a Federal district court judge on November 16, 2009. The EPA adopted final numeric nutrient criteria for Florida lakes and inland flowing waters on November 14, 2010. On February 18, 2012, the Court upheld parts of the numeric nutrient criteria regulation, but found that the EPA had not adequately justified the criteria for streams and therefore concluded that the adoption of such criteria was arbitrary and capricious. The Court ordered the EPA to issue proposed or final numeric nutrient criteria for streams by May 21, 2012 (subject to the EPA seeking an extension of such time period pursuant to the terms of the 2009 consent decree). Subsequently, the Court granted the EPA's motion to allow the EPA to propose numeric nutrient criteria for streams by November 30, 2012 and to finalize such criteria by August 31, 2013.

        In December 2011, the State of Florida proposed its own numeric nutrient criteria for surface waters. The nitrogen and phosphorous criteria in the proposed rule are substantially identical to the federal rule, but the state proposal includes biological verification as a component of the criteria and adopts existing nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) as applicable numeric criteria. The impact of these modifications could be to provide more flexibility with respect to nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits so long as such discharges do not impair the biological health of receiving water bodies. Environmental groups filed a challenge to the proposed state rule, but the rule was upheld by an administrative law judge on June 8, 2012 and became final. An appeal of the administrative decision upholding the rule is now pending before a Florida appellate court.

        On November 30, 2012, the EPA approved Florida's rule. However, because the EPA identified what it considered to be gaps in the scope of the waters covered by Florida's rule and potential legal issues that might bar the Florida rule from going into effect, the EPA, pursuant to the Court order described above, has again proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida streams. There is substantial uncertainty as to whether this rule will be withdrawn before it is finalized or, if a rule is finalized, as to the scope of Florida inland flowing waters that will be covered by the EPA regulation.

        Moreover, notwithstanding the EPA's approval of the Florida rule, the federal criteria for lakes and inland waters previously upheld by the Court (excluding the criteria found to be arbitrary and capricious) became effective on January 6, 2013. The EPA has proposed to stay the effective date of these criteria in light of the on-going developments with the Florida regulation.

        The 2009 consent decree also requires the EPA to develop numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The numeric criteria adopted by the State of Florida and approved by the EPA includes numeric criteria for some coastal and estuarine waters, but, as with streams, EPA has raised issues regarding the scope of coverage of Florida's regulation. Accordingly, on November 30, 2012, the EPA proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The EPA must finalize these criteria by September 30, 2013 unless future developments allow the EPA to withdraw the rule.


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        Depending on the developments discussed herein, federal or state numeric nutrient water quality criteria for Florida waters could result in substantially more stringent nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits for our mining, manufacturing and distribution operations in Florida. More stringent limits on wastewater discharge permits could increase our costs and limit our operations and, therefore, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our operations are dependent on numerous required permits, approvals and meeting financial assurance requirements from governmental authorities.

        We hold numerous environmental, mining and other governmental permits and approvals authorizing operations at each of our facilities. Expansion of our operations is dependent upon securing the necessary environmental or other permits or approvals. A decision by a government agency to deny or delay issuing a new or renewed material permit or approval, or to revoke or substantially modify an existing permit or approval, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations at the affected facility and on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        In certain cases, as a condition to procure such permits and approvals or as a condition to maintain existing approvals, we may be required to comply with regulatory financial assurance requirements. The purpose of these requirements is to assure local, state or federal government agencies that we will have sufficient funds available for the ultimate closure, post-closure care and reclamation at our facilities. For example, we have funded an escrow account for the benefit of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as a means of complying with Florida's regulations governing financial assurance related to closure and post-closure of phosphogypsum stacks. Also, pursuant to a Consent Decree with the U.S. EPA and the FDEP, we have funded a trust as a means of complying with similar requirements for closure, post closure and monitoring of the phosphogypsum stack system at our Plant City, Florida phosphate fertilizer complex.

        Florida regulations also mandate payment of certain mining taxes based on the quantity of ore mined and are subject to change based on local regulatory approvals. Additional financial assurance requirements or other increases in local mining regulations and taxes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        Florida regulations also require phosphate rock mining companies to demonstrate financial responsibility for wetland and other surface water mitigation measures in advance of any mining activities. If and when we are able to expand our Hardee mining activities to areas not currently permitted, we will be required to demonstrate financial responsibility for wetland and other surface water mitigation measures in advance of any mining activities. The demonstration of financial responsibility may be provided by passage of financial tests. In the event that we are unable to satisfy these financial tests, alternative methods of complying with the financial assurance requirements would require us to expend funds for the purchase of bonds, letters of credit, insurance policies or similar instruments. It is possible that we will not be able to comply with either current or new financial assurance regulations in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        As of December 31, 2012, the area permitted by local, state and federal authorities for mining at our Hardee phosphate complex contained approximately 42.2 million tons of recoverable phosphate rock reserves, which will meet our requirements, at current operating rates, for approximately 12 years. We have initiated the process of applying for authorization and permits to expand the geographical area in which we can mine at our Hardee property. The expanded geographical area has an estimated 34.7 million tons of recoverable phosphate reserves, which will allow us to conduct mining operations at


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our Hardee property for approximately 10 additional years at current operating rates, assuming we secure the authorization and permits to mine in this area. In Florida, local community participation has become an important factor in the authorization and permitting process for mining companies. A denial of the authorizations or permits to continue or expand our mining operations at our Hardee property would prevent us from mining all of our reserves and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        We have secured the state environmental authorization to increase the capacity of our phosphogypsum stack system at Plant City. With the completion of our "Phase II" expansion that is currently being constructed, this stack has sufficient capacity to meet our requirements through 2026 at current operating rates and subject to regular renewals of our operating permits. Including further expansion phases, the estimated stack system capacity is expected to meet our requirements until 2040 at current operating rates and is subject to securing the corresponding operating permits. This time frame is approximately six years beyond our current estimate of available phosphate rock reserves at our Hardee mine. A decision by the state or federal authorities to deny a renewal of our current permits or to deny operating permits for the expansion of our stack system could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Future regulatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions in the jurisdictions in which we operate could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        We are subject to greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. There are substantial uncertainties as to the nature, stringency and timing of any future GHG regulations. More stringent GHG limitations, if they are enacted, are likely to have significant impacts on the fertilizer industry due to the fact that our production facilities emit GHGs such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Regulation of GHGs may require us to make changes in our operating activities that would increase our operating costs, reduce our efficiency, limit our output, require us to make capital improvements to our facilities, increase our costs for or limit the availability of energy, raw materials or transportation, or otherwise materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, to the extent that GHG restrictions are not imposed in countries where our competitors operate or are less stringent than in the United States or Canada, our competitors may have cost or other competitive advantages over us.

Our inability to predict future seasonal fertilizer demand accurately could result in excess inventory, potentially at costs in excess of market value, or product shortages. Our operating results fluctuate due to seasonality.

The fertilizer business is seasonal. The degree of seasonality of our business can change significantly from year to year due to conditions in the agricultural industry and other factors. The strongest demand for our products occurs during the spring planting season, with a second period of strong demand following the fall harvest. We and our customers generally build inventories during the low demand periods of the year in order to ensure timely product availability during the peak sales seasons. Seasonality is greatest for ammonia due to the short application season and the limited ability of our customers and their customers to store significant quantities of this product. The seasonality of fertilizer demand generally results in our sales volumes and net sales being the highest during the spring and our working capital requirements being the highest just prior to the start of the spring planting season.

Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.

Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Sales and Operations
The amount of net sales attributable to our sales to foreign and domestic markets over the last three fiscal years and the carrying value of our foreign and domestic long-lived assets are set forth in Note 21—Segment Disclosures.
Environmental, Health and Safety
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, including laws and regulations relating to the generation and handling of hazardous substances and wastes; the cleanup of hazardous substance releases; the discharge of regulated substances to air or water; and the demolition of existing plant sites upon permanent closure. In the United States, these laws include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and various other federal, state, provincial, local and international statutes. Violations of environmental, health and safety laws can result in substantial penalties, court orders to install pollution-control equipment, civil and criminal sanctions, permit revocations and facility shutdowns. In addition, environmental, health and safety laws and regulations may impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs on potentially responsible parties who have released or disposed of hazardous substances into the environment. We may be subject to more stringent enforcement of existing or new environmental, health and safety laws in the future.
Environmental, Health and Safety Expenditures
Our environmental, health and safety capital expenditures in 2015 totaled approximately $32.0 million. In 2016, we estimate that we will spend approximately $43.0 million for environmental, health and safety capital expenditures. Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent over time. We expect that continued government and public emphasis on environmental issues will result in increased future expenditures for environmental controls at our operations. Such expenditures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Additionally, future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations or reinterpretation of current laws and regulations may require us to make substantial expenditures. Our costs to comply with, or any liabilities under, these laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Clean Air Act—Section 185 Fee
Our Donaldsonville nitrogen complex is located in a five-parish region near Baton Rouge, Louisiana that, as of 2005, was designated as being in "severe" nonattainment with respect to the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone (the 1-hour ozone standard) pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (the Act). Section 185 of the Act requires states, in their state implementation plans, to levy a fee (Section 185 fee) on major stationary sources (such as the Donaldsonville complex) located in a severe nonattainment area that did not meet the 1-hour ozone standard by November 30, 2005. For additional information on the Section 185 fee, see Note 20—Contingencies.
Clean Air Act Information Request
On February 26, 2009, we received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Section 114 of the Act requesting information and copies of records relating to compliance with New Source Review and New Source Performance Standards at our Donaldsonville facility. For additional information on the Clean Air Act Information Request, see Note 20—Contingencies.

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CERCLA/Remediation Matters
From time to time, we receive notices from governmental agencies or third parties alleging that we are a potentially responsible party at certain cleanup sites under CERCLA or other environmental cleanup laws. In 2011, we received a notice from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) that alleged that we were a potentially responsible party for the cleanup of a former phosphate mine we owned in the late 1950s and early 1960s located in Georgetown Canyon, Idaho. The current owner of the property and a former mining contractor received similar notices for the site. We and the current owner are currently conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study of the site. In 2015, we and several other parties received a notice that the U.S. Department of Interior and other trustees intend to undertake a natural resource damage assessment for a group of former phosphate mines in southeast Idaho, including the former Georgetown Canyon mine. For additional information on the CERCLA/Remediation matters, see Note 20—Contingencies.
Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
We are subject to regulations in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The United Kingdom is a party to the Kyoto Protocol. As a result of agreements reached during a conference in Durban, South Africa in 2011, the Kyoto Protocol will continue in force for a second commitment period, which will expire by 2020. On December 12, 2015, 195 countries adopted by consensus a new international agreement known as the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is intended to provide a framework pursuant to which the parties to the agreement will attempt to hold the increase in global average temperatures to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement could result in more aggressive efforts to reduce GHG emissions in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
The United Kingdom has adopted GHG emissions regulations, including regulations to implement the European Union Greenhouse Gas Trading System. Our U.K. manufacturing plants are required to report GHG emissions annually to the United Kingdom Environment Agency pursuant to their site Environmental Permits and Climate Change Agreement, which specify energy efficiency targets. Failure to meet efficiency targets may require these plants to purchase CO2 emissions allowances. The steam boilers at each of our U.K. sites are also subject to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.
Canada withdrew from further participation in the Kyoto Protocol in December 2011, but is a signatory to the Paris Agreement. In Canada, we are required to conduct an annual review of our operations with respect to compliance with Environment Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory and Ontario's Mandatory Monitoring and Reporting Regulation and the GHG Reporting Regulation. Ontario is party to the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), comprising California and several Canadian provinces. In April 2015, Ontario announced that it intended to implement its own GHG cap and trade program. On November 16, 2015, Ontario published a notice seeking comments on the design of its cap and trade system. The notice stated that Ontario was proposing to commence operation of the cap and trade program by January 1, 2017 and that this program would link with the cap and trade programs already in operation in California and Quebec. The design document further proposed that the initial cap be set at forecasted GHG emissions for 2017, with annual reductions in the cap designed to achieve the objective of reducing Ontario's GHG emissions to 15% below 1990 levels by 2020.
In Alberta, the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (GHG Regulation) was implemented in 2007. This program requires facilities emitting more than 100,000 tons of GHGs per year to reduce emissions by 12% over such facilities' 2007 levels. To meet this requirement, companies can reduce emissions, purchase/use offset credits, or contribute to a technology fund at an annual rate of $15 per ton of CO2. Currently, our Medicine Hat facility’s method of compliance is to make contributions to the technology fund. Alberta has recently announced that it is replacing its current approach with respect to carbon by introducing a carbon tax that applies across all sectors. The carbon tax is set at $20 per ton (Canadian dollars) effective January 1, 2016 with an emissions reduction target of 15%, rise to $30 per ton (Canadian dollars) effective January 1, 2017 with an emissions reduction target of 20% and increase with the rate of inflation thereafter.
The United States is not a party to the Kyoto Protocol, but is a signatory to the Paris Agreement. In the United States, GHG regulation is evolving at state, regional and federal levels, although some of the more significant developments to date, including EPA's Clean Power Plan, do not directly impose obligations on our facilities. The EPA has issued a mandatory GHG reporting rule that required all of our U.S. manufacturing facilities to commence monitoring GHG emissions beginning on January 1, 2010 and begin reporting the previous year's emissions annually starting in 2011. In addition, if we seek to modify or expand any of our major facilities and as a result, are required to obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit applicable to such facilities, we could be subject to pollution control requirements applicable to GHGs in addition to requirements applicable to conventional air pollutants. Such requirements may result in increased costs or delays in completing such projects. Other than the states' implementation of this permitting requirement, none of the states where our

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U.S. production facilities are located—Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa and Oklahoma—has proposed control regulations limiting GHG emissions.
New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants
We operate 13 nitric acid plants in the United States. On August 14, 2012, the EPA issued a final regulation revising air emission standards applicable to newly constructed, reconstructed or modified nitric acid plants. The regulations will apply to these plants if and when we undertake activities or operations that are considered modifications, including physical changes that would allow us to increase our production capacity at these plants. The regulations include certain provisions that could make it difficult for us to meet the limits on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) notwithstanding pollution controls we may add to our plants, and accordingly, the regulations, could impact our ability to expand production at our existing plants. The EPA regulation did not include a limitation on emissions of nitrous oxide (a greenhouse gas).
Regulatory Permits and Approvals
We hold numerous environmental and other governmental permits and approvals authorizing operations at each of our facilities. A decision by a government agency to deny or delay issuing a new or renewed regulatory material permit or approval, or to revoke or substantially modify an existing material permit or approval, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations at the affected facility. Any future expansion of our existing operations is also predicated upon securing the necessary environmental or other permits or approvals. More stringent environmental standards may impact our ability to obtain such permits. The Baton Rouge area, where our Donaldsonville facility is located, currently is classified as marginal nonattainment for ozone with respect to the ozone standard issued in 2008. EPA has proposed reclassifying the Baton Rouge area as in attainment with the 2008 ozone standard based on 2012-2014 data. However, on October 26, 2015, EPA published a more stringent national ambient air quality standard for ozone that could cause Baton Rouge to again be classified as a nonattainment area. Such a classification (in the Baton Rouge area or in other areas where our manufacturing facilities are located) could result in more stringent air pollution emissions limits for our existing operations and would also subject our facilities to more stringent requirements to obtain approvals for plant expansions, or could make it difficult to obtain such approvals.
Employees
As of December 31, 2015, we employed approximately 2,800 full-time and 100 part-time employees.

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ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS.
In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, you should carefully consider the factors discussed below before deciding to invest in any of our securities. These risks and uncertainties could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Any changes to the tax laws or relevant facts may jeopardize or delay the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI.
Each of our and OCI’s respective obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement is subject to a condition that there shall have been no (i) change in law, official interpretation thereof, or officially proposed action by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the U.S. Department of the Treasury, other than those rules described in Notice 2015-79 issued by the Department of the Treasury and IRS on November 19, 2015, (whether or not yet approved or effective) with respect to subject matters covered by Code Section 7874 or (ii) passage of any bill that would implement a change in applicable laws by either the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate with respect to subject matters covered by Code Section 7874, that, in either of case (i) or (ii), if finalized and made effective, in the opinion of our legal counsel or OCI’s legal counsel, (A) would reasonably be expected to cause New CF to be treated as a U.S. domestic corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes or (B) would cause New CF to fail to qualify for relevant benefits of the U.S.-Netherlands Tax Treaty. In addition, our obligation to consummate the combination is subject to a condition that we shall have received from our legal counsel (i) an opinion dated as of the closing date to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. tax laws), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance, should not apply in such a manner so as to cause New CF to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date and (ii) an opinion dated as of the closing date to the effect that New CF should qualify for relevant benefits of the U.S.-Netherlands Tax Treaty. OCI’s obligations to consummate the combination are subject to a condition that OCI shall have received from OCI’s legal counsel an opinion dated as of the closing date to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the separation should be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) and a distribution qualifying under Section 355 of the Code. In the event that one or more of the above conditions are not satisfied, the relevant party (or if applicable, each party) will determine, based on the facts and circumstances existing at the applicable time, whether to invoke the applicable condition and not consummate the combination or waive the condition and consummate the combination (assuming the other closing conditions are satisfied or waived). Accordingly, any changes in applicable tax laws, regulations or the underlying facts before the closing date could jeopardize or delay the combination and/or have a material adverse effect on New CF’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and/or share price.
Governmental or regulatory actions could delay the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement or result in the imposition of conditions that reduce the anticipated benefits from the combination or cause the parties to abandon the combination.
Conditions to closing the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI include clearance by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and that there is no judgment, temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, ruling, determination, decision, opinion or comparable judicial or regulatory action of a governmental body in effect that prohibits the combination. At any time before or after the completion of the merger, and notwithstanding the termination of applicable waiting periods, the Antitrust Division and the FTC or any state Attorney General could take such action under the antitrust laws as it deems necessary or desirable in the public interest. Such action could include seeking to enjoin the completion of the merger or seeking divestiture of substantial assets of the parties. In addition, in some circumstances, a third party could initiate a private action under antitrust laws challenging or seeking to enjoin the combination, before or after it is completed. We and OCI may not prevail and may incur significant costs in defending or settling any action under the antitrust and competition laws. We have agreed to pay OCI $150 million if the Combination Agreement is terminated in certain circumstances if certain regulatory approvals are not obtained.
We are subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions while the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI is pending, which could adversely affect our business and operations.
In connection with the pending combination with the ENA Business of OCI, it is possible that some customers, suppliers and other persons with whom we have business relationships may delay or defer certain business decisions, or might decide to seek to terminate, change or renegotiate their relationship with us as a result of the combination, which could negatively affect our revenues and earnings, as well as the market price of our common stock, regardless of whether the combination is completed.

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Under the terms of the Combination Agreement, we are subject to certain restrictions on the conduct of our business prior to the closing, which may adversely affect our ability to execute certain of our business strategies. These restrictions, the waiver of which is subject to the consent of OCI (not to be unreasonably withheld), could prevent us from taking certain actions that may be beneficial to our business, such as making acquisitions, pursuing certain business opportunities or entering into certain financing instruments. Such limitations could negatively affect our operations and business prior to the closing.
Furthermore, the process of planning to integrate two businesses and organizations for the post-combination period can divert management attention and resources and could ultimately have an adverse effect on us.
The Combination Agreement contains provisions that limit our ability to pursue alternative transactions to the combination, could discourage potential alternative transactions and/or third parties from making alternative transaction proposals and could require, in certain circumstances, that we pay a termination fee of $150 million.
Pursuant to the terms of the Combination Agreement, we may be required to pay a termination fee of $150 million if the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement are not consummated because of the occurrence of certain events, including a change to the recommendation of our Board of Directors with respect to the proposals related to the combination that are to be voted on by our stockholders. Such a fee could be payable even if no other alternative transaction is consummated. In addition, if the Combination Agreement is terminated because we fail to obtain the required approval of our stockholders, we are obligated to reimburse OCI’s expenses up to a cap of $30 million.
We are generally prohibited from entering into an acquisition agreement with a third party, soliciting an alternative proposal from any third party involving 15% or more of our common stock, assets or earning power, and, subject to limited exceptions, participating in any discussions or negotiations regarding any proposal that is or could reasonably be expected to lead to an alternative acquisition proposal or furnishing any nonpublic information in connection therewith. In addition, under the terms of the Combination Agreement, we are not permitted to terminate the Combination Agreement if our Board of Directors withdraws its recommendation of the Combination Agreement or approves or recommends an alternative acquisition proposal and must continue in these circumstances to submit the Combination Agreement for consideration by our stockholders unless OCI terminates the Combination Agreement.
The presence of the above provisions and the termination fee could discourage third parties from making alternative acquisition proposals, even if such third party were prepared to pay consideration with a higher per share cash or market value than the proposed market value of the shares in the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement. As a result, third parties may make acquisition proposals, if at all, at a lower price than they would otherwise be willing to make in the absence of such restrictions on the ability of our Board of Directors to consider and/or negotiate with respect to such proposals. We may not be able to enter into an agreement with respect to a more favorable alternative transaction without incurring significant liability.
Failure to complete the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, or significant delays in completing the combination, could negatively affect the trading price of our common stock and/or our future business and financial results.

The consummation of the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI is subject to numerous conditions, which may not be satisfied in a timely manner or at all. If the combination is not completed, or if there are significant delays in completing the combination, the trading price of our common stock and/or our future business and financial results could be negatively affected, and we will be subject to various risks, including the following:

we may be liable for damages to OCI under the terms and conditions of the Combination Agreement;
negative reactions from the financial markets, including declines in the price of our common stock due to the fact that current prices may reflect a market assumption that the combination will be completed;
having to pay certain significant costs relating to the combination;
lost opportunities resulting from restrictions on the conduct of our business during the pendency of the transaction; and
the attention of management will have been diverted to the combination rather than to current operations and pursuit of other opportunities that could have been beneficial to us.

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We may have difficulty attracting, motivating and retaining executives and other employees in light of the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI.

We could experience difficulty in attracting, motivating and retaining executives and other employees due to the uncertainty of the closing of the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI. In addition, certain key employees of the ENA Business may not wish to become employees of New CF. Until completion of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement, employee retention could be a challenge for us as employees may have uncertainty about the combination and their future roles with New CF. If our employees or employees of the ENA Business depart prior to the closing of the combination due to uncertainty or the difficulty of integrating the two businesses, New CF's ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement could be reduced or delayed.
We are subject to risk associated with the CHS strategic venture.
We may not realize the full benefits from the CHS strategic venture that are expected. The realization of the expected benefits of the CHS strategic venture depends on our ability to successfully operate and manage the strategic venture, and on the market prices of the nitrogen fertilizer products that are the subject of our supply agreement with CHS over the life of the agreement, among other factors. Additionally, any challenges related to the CHS strategic venture could harm our relationships with our customers, employees or suppliers.
Our business is dependent on natural gas, the prices of which are subject to volatility.
Natural gas is the principal raw material used to produce nitrogen fertilizers. We use natural gas both as a chemical feedstock and as a fuel to produce ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and other nitrogen products.
Because most of our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities are located in the United States and Canada, North American natural gas comprises a significant portion of the total production cost of our products. The price of natural gas in North America has been volatile in recent years. During 2015, the daily closing price at the Henry Hub, the most heavily-traded natural gas pricing point in North America, reached a low of $1.54 per MMBtu on four consecutive days in December 2015 and a high of $3.30 per MMBtu on January 16, 2015. During the three year period ended December 31, 2015, the daily closing price at the Henry Hub reached a low of $1.54 per MMBtu on four consecutive days in December 2015 and a high of $7.94 per MMBtu on March 5, 2014.
We also have manufacturing facilities located in the United Kingdom. These facilities are subject to fluctuations associated with the price of natural gas in Europe. The major natural gas trading point for the United Kingdom is the National Balancing Point (NBP). During 2015, the daily closing price at NBP reached a low of $4.60 per MMBtu on December 23, 2015 and December 24, 2015 and a high of $8.50 per MMBtu on February 12, 2015. During the three year period ended December 31, 2015, the daily closing price at NBP reached a low of $4.60 per MMBtu on December 23, 2015 and December 24, 2015 and a high of $16.00 per MMBtu on March 22, 2013.
Changes in the supply of and demand for natural gas can lead to periods of volatile natural gas prices. If high prices were to occur during a period of low fertilizer selling prices, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The price of natural gas in North America and worldwide has been volatile in recent years and has declined on average due in part to the development of significant natural gas reserves, including shale gas, and the rapid improvement in shale gas extraction techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Future production of natural gas from shale formations could be reduced by regulatory changes that restrict drilling or hydraulic fracturing or increase its cost or by reduction in oil exploration and development prompted by lower oil prices and resulting in production of less associated gas. Additionally, increased demand for natural gas, particularly in the Gulf Coast Region, due to increased industrial demand and increased natural gas exports could result in increased natural gas prices. If such reduced production or increased demand were to occur, or if other developments adversely impact the supply/demand balance for natural gas in the United States or elsewhere, natural gas prices could rise, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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Our business is cyclical, resulting in periods of industry oversupply during which our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows tend to be negatively affected.
Historically, selling prices for our products have fluctuated in response to periodic changes in supply and demand conditions. Demand is affected by planted acreage and application rates, driven by population growth, changes in dietary habits and non-food usage of crops, such as the production of ethanol and other biofuels, among other things. Supply is affected by available capacity and operating rates, raw material costs and availability, government policies and global trade. The construction of new nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing capacity in the industry, plus improvements to increase output from the existing production assets, increase nitrogen supply and affect the supply demand balance.
Periods of high demand, high capacity utilization and increasing operating margins tend to result in investment in production capacity, which may cause supply to exceed demand and selling prices and capacity utilization to decline. Future growth in demand for fertilizer may not be sufficient to absorb excess industry capacity.
During periods of industry oversupply, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows tend to be affected negatively as the price at which we sell our products typically declines, resulting in possible reduced profit margins, write-downs in the value of our inventory and temporary or permanent curtailments of production.
Our products are global commodities, and we face intense global competition from other fertilizer producers.
We are subject to intense price competition from our competitors. Most fertilizers are global commodities, with little or no product differentiation, and customers make their purchasing decisions principally on the basis of delivered price and to a lesser extent on customer service and product quality. We compete with many producers, including state-owned and government-subsidized entities.
Consolidation in the industry has increased the resources of several of our competitors. Some of these competitors have greater total resources and are less dependent on earnings from fertilizer sales, which make them less vulnerable to industry downturns and better positioned to pursue new expansion and development opportunities. Our competitive position could suffer to the extent we are not able to expand our own resources either through investments in new or existing operations or through acquisitions, joint ventures or partnerships.
China, the world's largest producer and consumer of nitrogen fertilizers, is expected to continue expanding its fertilizer production capacity in the medium term. If Chinese government policy, devaluation of the Chinese renminbi or decreases in Chinese producers' underlying costs such as the price of Chinese coal, encourage exports, this expected increase in capacity could adversely affect the balance between global supply and demand and may put downward pressure on global fertilizer prices, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our competitors in Russia and Ukraine have significant nitrogen fertilizer export capacity and continue to benefit from non-market pricing of natural gas, which allows them to increase exports at aggressive prices, depending on market conditions.  Most U.S. antidumping measures on solid urea and fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate from Russia and Ukraine will be under review by government agencies in the coming year and any revocation of such measures could lead to significant increases in imports from these countries.
We also face competition from other fertilizer producers in the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, who, depending on market conditions, fluctuating input prices, geographic location and freight economics, may take actions at times with respect to price or selling volumes that adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
A decline in agricultural production or limitations on the use of our products for agricultural purposes could materially adversely affect the market for our products.
Conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry significantly impact our operating results. Our operating results are also affected by conditions in the European agricultural industry. The agricultural industries in the United States and Europe can be affected by a number of factors, including weather patterns and field conditions, current and projected grain inventories and prices, demand for agricultural products and governmental policies regarding trade in agricultural products. These factors are outside of our control.
Governmental policies, including farm and biofuel subsidies and commodity support programs, as well as the prices of fertilizer products, may also directly or indirectly influence the number of acres planted, the mix of crops planted and the use of fertilizers for particular agricultural applications. Ethanol production in the United States contributes significantly to corn demand, due in part to federal legislation mandating use of renewable fuels. An increase in ethanol production has led to an increase in the amount of corn grown in the United States and to increased fertilizer usage on both corn and other crops that

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have also benefited from improved farm economics. While the current Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) encourages continued high levels of corn-based ethanol production, a continuing "food versus fuel" debate and other factors have resulted in calls to eliminate or reduce the renewable fuel mandate, or to eliminate or reduce corn-based ethanol as part of the renewable fuel mandate. This could have an adverse effect on corn-based ethanol production, planted corn acreage and fertilizer demand.
Developments in crop technology, such as nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds that plants can assimilate, could also reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and adversely affect the demand for our products. In addition, from time to time various state legislatures have considered limitations on the use and application of chemical fertilizers due to concerns about the impact of these products on the environment. Any reduction in the demand for chemical fertilizer products, including any limitation on the use and application of chemical fertilizer, could affect the demand for our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our operations and those of our joint venture are dependent upon raw materials provided by third parties, and any delay or interruption in the delivery may adversely affect our business.
We and our joint venture use natural gas and other raw materials in the manufacture of fertilizers. We purchase the natural gas and other raw materials from third party suppliers. Our natural gas is transported by pipeline to our facilities and those of our joint venture by third party transportation providers or through the use of facilities owned by third parties. Delays or interruptions in the delivery of natural gas or other raw materials may be caused by, among other things, severe weather or natural disasters, unscheduled downtime, labor difficulties, insolvency of our suppliers or their inability to meet existing contractual arrangements, deliberate sabotage and terrorist incidents, or mechanical failures. In addition, the transport of natural gas by pipeline is subject to additional risks, including delays or interruptions caused by capacity constraints, leaks or ruptures. Any delay or interruption in the delivery of natural gas or other raw materials, even for a limited period, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our transportation and distribution activities rely on third party providers and are subject to environmental, safety and regulatory oversight. This exposes us to risks and uncertainties beyond our control that may adversely affect our operations and exposes us to additional liability.
We rely on railroad, truck, pipeline, river barge and ocean vessel companies to transport raw materials to our manufacturing facilities, to coordinate and deliver finished products to our distribution system and to ship finished products to our customers. We also lease rail cars in order to ship raw materials and finished products. These transportation operations, equipment and services are subject to various hazards, including adverse operating conditions on the inland waterway system, extreme weather conditions, system failures, work stoppages, delays, accidents such as spills and derailments and other accidents and operating hazards. Additionally, due to the aging infrastructure of certain bridges, roadways, rail lines, river locks, and equipment that our third party service providers utilize, we may experience delays in both the receipt of raw materials or the shipment of finished product while repairs, maintenance or replacement activities are conducted. Also, certain third party service providers, particularly railroads, have experienced periodic service slowdowns due to capacity constraints in their systems which impact the shipping times of our products.
These transportation operations, equipment and services are also subject to environmental, safety, and regulatory oversight. Due to concerns related to accidents, discharges or other releases of hazardous substances, terrorism or the potential use of fertilizers as explosives, governmental entities could implement new regulations affecting the transportation of raw materials or finished products.
If shipping of our products is delayed or we are unable to obtain raw materials as a result of these transportation companies' failure to operate properly, or if new and more stringent regulatory requirements are implemented affecting transportation operations or equipment, or if there are significant increases in the cost of these services or equipment, our revenues and cost of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, increases in our transportation costs, or changes in such costs relative to transportation costs incurred by our competitors, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
In the United States and Canada, the railroad industry continues various efforts to limit the railroads' potential liability stemming from the transportation of Toxic Inhalation Hazard materials, such as the anhydrous ammonia we transport to and from our manufacturing and distribution facilities. For example, various railroads have implemented tariffs that include provisions that purport to shift liability to shippers to the extent that liabilities arise from third parties with insufficient resources. These initiatives could materially and adversely affect our operating expenses and potentially our ability to transport anhydrous ammonia and increase our liability for releases of our anhydrous ammonia while in the care, custody and control of the railroads, for which our insurance may be insufficient or unavailable. New regulations also could be implemented affecting the equipment used to ship our raw materials or finished products. Increases in transportation costs, or changes in such costs

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relative to transportation costs incurred by our competitors, and any railroad industry initiatives that may impact our ability to transport our products, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our operations and the production and handling of our products involve significant risks and hazards. We are not fully insured against all potential hazards and risks incident to our business. Therefore, our insurance coverage may not adequately cover our losses.
Our operations are subject to hazards inherent in the manufacture, transportation, storage and distribution of chemical products, including ammonia, which is highly toxic and corrosive. These hazards include: explosions; fires; severe weather and natural disasters; train derailments, collisions, vessel groundings and other transportation and maritime incidents; leaks and ruptures involving storage tanks, pipelines and rail cars; spills, discharges and releases of toxic or hazardous substances or gases; deliberate sabotage and terrorist incidents; mechanical failures; unscheduled plant downtime; labor difficulties and other risks. Some of these hazards can cause bodily injury and loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment and environmental damage, and may result in suspension of operations and the imposition of civil or criminal penalties and liabilities.
We maintain property, business interruption, casualty and liability insurance policies, but we are not fully insured against all potential hazards and risks incident to our business. If we were to incur significant liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. We are subject to various self-retentions, deductibles and limits under these insurance policies. The policies also contain exclusions and conditions that could have a material adverse impact on our ability to receive indemnification thereunder. Our policies are generally renewed annually. As a result of market conditions, our premiums, self-retentions and deductibles for certain insurance policies can increase substantially and, in some instances, certain insurance may become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage. In addition, significantly increased costs could lead us to decide to reduce, or possibly eliminate, coverage. There can be no assurance that we will be able to buy and maintain insurance with adequate limits and reasonable pricing terms and conditions.
In April 2013, there was a fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. fertilizer storage and distribution facility in West, Texas. According to published reports, 15 people were killed and approximately 200 people were injured in the incident, and the fire and explosion damaged or destroyed a number of homes and buildings around the facility. Various subsidiaries of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (the CF Entities) have been named as defendants along with other companies in lawsuits filed in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas by the City of West, individual residents of the County and other parties seeking recovery for damages allegedly sustained as a result of the explosion. The cases have been consolidated for discovery and pretrial proceedings in the District Court of McLennan County under the caption “In re: West Explosion Cases.” The two-year statute of limitations expired on April 17, 2015. As of that date, over 400 plaintiffs had filed claims, including at least 9 entities, 325 individuals, and 80 insurance companies. Plaintiffs allege various theories of negligence, strict liability, and breach of warranty under Texas law. Although we do not own or operate the facility or directly sell our products to West Fertilizer Co., products that the CF Entities have manufactured and sold to others have been delivered to the facility and may have been stored at the West facility at the time of the incident. The Court granted in part and denied in part the CF Entities' Motions for Summary Judgment in August 2015. Thirty-four cases, including the three cases scheduled to begin trial on October 12, 2015 and some of the ten cases scheduled to begin trial on February 1, 2016, were resolved pursuant to confidential settlements fully funded by insurance. The remaining cases are in various stages of discovery and pre-trial proceedings. These cases will be set for trial in the upcoming months at the discretion of the Court. We believe we have strong legal and factual defenses and intend to continue defending the CF Entities vigorously in the pending lawsuits. The increased focus on the risks associated with fertilizers as a result of the incident could impact the regulatory environment and requirements applicable to fertilizer manufacturing and storage facilities.
Cyber security risks could result in disruptions in business operations and adverse operating results.
We rely on information technology and computer control systems in many aspects of our business, including internal and external communications, the management of our accounting, financial and supply chain functions and plant operations. Business and supply chain disruptions, plant and utility outages and information technology system and network disruptions due to cyber attacks could seriously harm our operations and materially adversely affect our operating results. Cyber security risks include attacks on information technology and infrastructure by hackers, damage or loss of information due to viruses, the unintended disclosure of confidential information, the misuse or loss of control over computer control systems, and breaches due to employee error. Our exposure to cyber security risks includes exposure through third parties on whose systems we place significant reliance for the conduct of our business. We have implemented security procedures and measures in order to protect our systems and information from being vulnerable to cyber attacks. We believe these measures and procedures are appropriate. However, we may not have the resources or technical sophistication to anticipate, prevent, or recover from rapidly evolving

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types of cyber attacks. Compromises to our information and control systems could have severe financial and other business implications. 
Adverse weather conditions may decrease demand for our fertilizer products, increase the cost of natural gas or materially disrupt our operations.
Weather conditions that delay or disrupt field work during the planting and growing seasons may cause agricultural customers to use different forms of nitrogen fertilizer, which may adversely affect demand for the forms that we sell or may impede farmers from applying our fertilizers until the following growing season, resulting in lower demand for our products.
Adverse weather conditions following harvest may delay or eliminate opportunities to apply fertilizer in the fall. Weather can also have an adverse effect on crop yields, which could lower the income of growers and impair their ability to purchase fertilizer from our customers. Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.
Weather conditions or, in certain cases, weather forecasts, also can affect the price of natural gas, the principal raw material used to make our nitrogen fertilizer products. Colder than normal winters and warmer than normal summers increase the demand for natural gas for power generation and for residential and industrial use, which can increase the cost and/or decrease the availability of natural gas. In addition, adverse weather events such as very low temperatures leading to well freeze-offs or hurricanes affecting the Gulf of Mexico coastal states can impact the supply of natural gas and cause prices to rise.
We may not be able to complete our capacity expansion projects on schedule as planned, on budget or at all due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control.
We are constructing new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at our complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and new ammonia and urea plants at our complex in Port Neal, Iowa. A portion of these multi-billion dollar projects was completed in late 2015 and the remaining projects are scheduled for completion at various times in 2016.
The design, development, construction and start-up of the new plants are subject to a number of risks, any of which could prevent us from completing the projects on schedule as planned and on budget or at all, including cost overruns, performance of third parties, the inability to obtain necessary permits or to obtain such permits without undue delay, inability to comply with permit terms and conditions, adverse weather, defects in materials and workmanship, labor and raw material shortages, transportation constraints, engineering and construction change orders, errors in the design, construction or start-up, and other unforeseen difficulties.
The Donaldsonville and Port Neal capacity expansion projects are dependent on the availability and performance of the engineering firms, construction firms, equipment suppliers, transportation providers and other vendors necessary to design and build the new units on a timely basis and on acceptable economic terms. If any of the third parties fails to perform as we expect, our ability to meet our expansion goals would be affected.
Our expansion plans may also result in other unanticipated adverse consequences, such as the diversion of management's attention from our existing plants and businesses and other opportunities.
We may not be successful in the expansion of our business.
We routinely consider possible expansions of our business, both within the United States and elsewhere. Major investments in our business, including as a result of acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, business combination transactions or other major investments require significant managerial resources, the diversion of which from our other activities may impair the operation of our business. We may be unable to identify or successfully compete for certain acquisition targets, which may hinder or prevent us from acquiring a target or completing other transactions. The risks of any expansion of our business through investments, acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures or business combination transactions are increased due to the significant capital and other resources that we may have to commit to any such expansion, which may not be recoverable if the expansion initiative to which they were devoted is ultimately not implemented. As a result of these and other factors, including general economic risk, we may not be able to realize our projected returns from any future acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, business combination transactions or other major investments. Among the risks associated with the pursuit and consummation of acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures or other major investments or business combination transactions are those involving:
difficulties in integrating the parties' operations, systems, technologies, products and personnel;
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potential impairment charges related to the goodwill, intangible assets or other assets to which any such transaction relates, in the event that the economic benefits of such transaction prove to be less than anticipated;
other unanticipated costs associated with such transactions;
our ability to achieve operating and financial efficiencies, synergies and cost savings;
our ability to obtain the desired financial or strategic benefits from any such transaction;
the parties’ ability to retain key business relationships, including relationships with employees, customers, partners and suppliers;
potential loss of key personnel;
entry into markets or involvement with products with which we have limited current or prior experience or in which competitors may have stronger positions;
assumption of contingent liabilities, including litigation;
exposure to unanticipated liabilities;
differences in the parties' internal control environments, which may require significant time and resources to resolve in conformity with applicable legal and accounting standards;
increased scope, geographic diversity and complexity of our operations;
the tax effects of any such transaction; and
the potential for costly and time-consuming litigation, including stockholder lawsuits.

International acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, business combination or investments and other international expansions of our business involve additional risks and uncertainties, including:

the impact of particular economic, tax, currency, political, legal and regulatory risks associated with specific countries;
challenges caused by distance and by language and cultural differences;
difficulties and costs of complying with a wide variety of complex laws, treaties and regulations;
unexpected changes in regulatory environments;
political and economic instability, including the possibility for civil unrest;
nationalization of properties by foreign governments;
tax rates that may exceed those in the United States, and earnings that may be subject to withholding requirements;
the imposition of tariffs, exchange controls or other restrictions; and
the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations.

If we finance acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, business combination transactions or other major investments by issuing equity or convertible or other debt securities or loans, our existing stockholders may be diluted or we could face constraints under the terms of, and as a result of the repayment and debt-service obligations under, the additional indebtedness. A business combination transaction between us and another company could result in our stockholders receiving cash or shares of another entity on terms that such stockholders may not consider desirable. Moreover, the regulatory approvals associated with a business combination may result in divestitures or other changes to our business, the effects of which are difficult to predict.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permitting requirements, as well as potential environmental liabilities, which may require us to make substantial expenditures.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, including laws and regulations relating to the generation and handling of hazardous substances and wastes; the cleanup of hazardous substance releases; the discharge of regulated substances to air or water; and the demolition of existing plant sites upon permanent closure. In the United States, these laws include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the RCRA, the CERCLA, the TSCA and various other federal, state and local laws.
As a fertilizer company working with chemicals and other hazardous substances, our business is inherently subject to spills, discharges or other releases of hazardous substances into the environment. Certain environmental laws, including CERCLA, impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs on persons who have disposed of or released hazardous substances into the environment. Given the nature of our business, we have incurred, are incurring currently, and are likely to incur periodically in the future, liabilities under CERCLA and other environmental cleanup laws at our current facilities or facilities previously owned by us or other acquired businesses, adjacent or nearby third-party facilities or offsite disposal locations. The costs associated with future cleanup activities that we may be required to conduct or finance may be

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material. Additionally, we may become liable to third parties for damages, including personal injury and property damage, resulting from the disposal or release of hazardous substances into the environment.
Violations of environmental, health and safety laws can result in substantial penalties, court orders to install pollution-control equipment, civil and criminal sanctions, permit revocations and facility shutdowns. Environmental, health and safety laws change rapidly and have tended to become more stringent over time. As a result, we have not always been and may not always be in compliance with all environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. We may be subject to more stringent enforcement of existing or new environmental, health and safety laws in the future. Additionally, future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations or reinterpretation of current laws and regulations may require us to make substantial expenditures. We sell, among other products, DEF, which is subject to EPA emissions standards that may become more stringent in the future. Our costs to comply with, or any liabilities under, these laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
From time to time, our production of anhydrous ammonia has resulted in accidental releases that have temporarily disrupted our manufacturing operations and resulted in liability for administrative penalties and claims for personal injury. To date, our costs to resolve these liabilities have not been material. However, we could incur significant costs if our liability coverage is not sufficient to pay for all or a large part of any judgments against us, or if our insurance carrier refuses coverage for these losses.
We hold numerous environmental and other governmental permits and approvals authorizing operations at each of our facilities. Expansion or modification of our operations is predicated upon securing necessary environmental or other permits or approvals. A decision by a government agency to deny or delay issuing a new or renewed regulatory material permit or approval, or to revoke or substantially modify an existing permit or approval, or a determination that we have violated a law or permit as a result of a governmental inspection of our facilities could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations at our facilities and on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. On October 1, 2015, the EPA released a final regulation lowering the national ambient air quality standard for ozone. This action is expected to result in additional areas of the country being classified as being in nonattainment with the ozone standard and subject to more stringent permitting requirements, which in turn could make it much more difficult and expensive to obtain permits to construct new facilities or expand our existing operations.
Future regulatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions in the jurisdictions in which we operate could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We are subject to GHG regulations in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. In the United States, our existing facilities currently are only subject to GHG emissions reporting obligations, although our new and modified facilities are likely to be subject to GHG emissions standards included in their air permits. Our facilities in the United Kingdom are subject to regulatory emissions trading systems, which generally require us to hold or obtain emissions allowances to offset GHG emissions from those aspects of our operations that are subject to regulation under this program. Our facility in Alberta, Canada is subject to a provincial regulation requiring reductions in the facility's net emissions intensity, which can be met by facility improvements, the purchase of emissions offsets or performance credits, or contributions to a non-profit climate change fund established by Alberta. Alberta has recently announced that it is replacing its current approach with respect to carbon by introducing a carbon tax that applies across all sectors. The carbon tax will be set at $20 per ton (Canadian dollars) effective January 1, 2017, rise to $30 per ton (Canadian dollars) effective January 1, 2018 and increase with the rate of inflation thereafter. In April 2015, the province of Ontario, Canada, announced that it intends to implement a GHG cap and trade program. In November 2015, Ontario published a notice seeking comments on the design of its cap and trade system, which notice indicated that Ontario intended to commence operation of the cap and trade program effective January 1, 2017. There are substantial uncertainties as to the nature, stringency and timing of any future GHG regulations. More stringent GHG limitations, if they are enacted, are likely to have a significant impact on us, because our production facilities emit GHGs such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide and because natural gas, a fossil fuel, is a primary raw material used in our nitrogen production process. Regulation of GHGs may require us to make changes in our operating activities that would increase our operating costs, reduce our efficiency, limit our output, require us to make capital improvements to our facilities, increase our costs for or limit the availability of energy, raw materials or transportation, or otherwise materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, to the extent that GHG restrictions are not imposed in countries where our competitors operate or are less stringent than regulations that may be imposed in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom, our competitors may have cost or other competitive advantages over us.

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Our operating results fluctuate due to seasonality. Our inability to predict future seasonal fertilizer demand accurately could result in our having excess inventory, potentially at costs in excess of market value, or product shortages.
The fertilizer business is seasonal. The degree of seasonality of our business can change significantly from year to year due to conditions in the agricultural industry and other factors. The strongest demand for our products occurs during the spring planting season, with a second period of strong demand following the fall harvest. We and our customers generally build inventories during the low demand periods of the year to ensure timely product availability during the peak sales seasons. Seasonality is greatest for ammonia due to the short application season and the limited ability of our customers and their customers to store significant quantities of this product. The seasonality of fertilizer demand results in our sales volumes and net sales being the highest during the spring and our working capital requirements being the highest just prior to the start of the spring planting season.
If seasonal demand is less than we expect, we may be left with excess inventory that will have to be stored (in which case our results of operations will be negatively affected by any related increased storage costs) or liquidated (in which case the selling price may be below our production, procurement and storage costs). The risks associated with excess inventory and product shortages are particularly


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acute with respect to our nitrogen fertilizer business because ofexacerbated by the volatility of natural gas and nitrogen fertilizer prices and the relatively brief periods during which farmers can apply nitrogen fertilizers. If prices for our products rapidly decrease, we may be subject to inventory write-downs, causing an adverse change inadversely affecting our operating results.

If seasonal demand is greater than we expect, we may experience product shortages, and customers of ours may turn to our competitors for products that they would otherwise have purchased from us.

A change in the volume of products that our customers purchase on a forward basis, or the percentage of our sales volume that is sold to our customers on a forward basis, could increase our exposure to fluctuations in our profit margins and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We offer our customers the opportunity to purchase productproducts from us on a forward basis at prices and delivery dates we propose. This improves our liquidity due to the cash payments received from customers in advance of shipment of the product and allows us to improve our production scheduling and planning and the utilization of our manufacturing assets.

Under our forward sales programs, customers generally make an initial cash down payment at the time of order and pay the remaining portion of the contract sales value in advance of the shipment date, thereby significantly increasingdate. Forward sales improve our liquidity. liquidity due to the cash payments received from customers in advance of shipment of the product and allow us to improve our production scheduling and planning and the utilization of our manufacturing and distribution assets.

Any cash payments received in advance from customers in connection with forward sales are reflected on our consolidated balance sheetsheets as a current liability until the related orders are shipped, which can take up to several months. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, our current liability for customer advances related to unshipped orders equaled approximately 17% and 21%, respectively, of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

We believe the ability to purchase productproducts on a forward basis is most appealing to our customers during periods of generally increasing prices for nitrogen fertilizers. Our customers may be less willing or even unwilling to purchase products on a forward basis during periods of generally decreasing or stable prices or during periods of relatively high fertilizer prices due to the expectation of lower prices in the future or limited capital resources. In periods of rising fertilizer prices, selling our nitrogen fertilizers on a forward basis may result in lower profit margins than if we had not sold fertilizer on a forward basis. Conversely, in periods of declining fertilizer prices, selling our nitrogen fertilizers on a forward basis may result in higher profit margins than if we had not sold fertilizer on a forward basis. In addition, fixing the selling prices of our products, often months in advance of their ultimate delivery to customers, typically causes our reported selling prices and margins to differ from spot market prices and margins available at the time of shipment.

        We also sell phosphate products on a forward basis. In 2012, forward sales of phosphate fertilizer products represented approximately 23% of our phosphate fertilizer volume. Unlike our nitrogen fertilizer products where we have the opportunity to fix or cap the cost of natural gas, we typically are unable to do the same for the cost of phosphate raw materials, such as sulfur and ammonia, which are among the largest components of our phosphate fertilizer costs. As a result, we are typically exposed to margin risk on phosphate products sold on a forward basis.

Our business is subject to risks involving derivatives, including the risk that our hedging activities might not prevent losses.

We manage the risk of changes in commodity prices and foreign currency exchange rates using derivative instruments. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected by changes involving commodity price volatility, adverse correlation of commodity prices, or market liquidity issues.

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physical purchase and sales contracts, futures, financial swaps and option contracts traded in the over-the-counter markets or on exchanges. In order to manage our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, from time to time, we may use foreign currency derivatives, primarily forward exchange contracts. Hedging arrangements are imperfect and unhedged risks will always exist.

Our use of derivatives can result in volatility in reported earnings due to the unrealized mark-to-market adjustments that occur from changes in the value of the derivatives that do not qualify for, or forto which we do not apply, hedge accounting. To the extent that our derivative positions lose value, we may be required to post collateral with our counterparties, thereby negatively impactingadversely affecting our liquidity.

Hedging arrangements are imperfect and unhedged risks will always exist. In addition, our hedging activities may themselves give rise to various risks that could adversely affect us. For example, we are exposed to counterparty credit risk when our derivatives are in a net asset position. The counterparties to our derivatives are either large oil and gas companiesmulti-national commercial banks,

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major financial institutions or large financial institutions.energy companies. We monitor the derivative portfolio and credit quality of our counterparties and adjust the level of activity we conduct with individual counterparties as necessary. We also manage the credit risk through the use of multiple counterparties, established credit limits, credit monitoring procedures, cash collateral requirements and master netting arrangements. However, our liquidity could be negatively impacted by a counterparty default on derivative settlements.

Our operations and the production and handlingsettlement of one or more of our products involve significant risks and hazards. We are not fully insured against all potential hazards and risks incident to our business. Therefore, our insurance coverage may not adequately cover our losses.

        Our operations are subject to hazards inherent in the manufacturing, transportation, storage and distribution of chemical fertilizers, including ammonia, which is highly toxic and corrosive. These hazards include: explosions; fires; severe weather and natural disasters; train derailments, collisions, vessel groundings and other transportation and maritime incidents; leaks and ruptures involving storage tanks, pipelines and rail cars; spills, discharges and releases of toxic or hazardous substances or gases; deliberate sabotage and terrorist incidents; mechanical failures; unscheduled downtime; labor difficulties and other risks. Some of these hazards can cause bodily injury and loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment and environmental damage, and may result in suspension of operations and the imposition of civil or criminal penalties and liabilities.

        We maintain property, business interruption, casualty and liability insurance policies, but we are not fully insured against all potential hazards and risks incident to our business. If we were to incur significant liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations,derivative financial condition and cash flows. We are subject to various self-retentions, deductibles and limits under these insurance policies. The policies also contain exclusions and conditions that could have a material adverse impact on our ability to receive indemnification thereunder. Our policies are generally renewed annually. As a result of market conditions, our premiums, self-retentions and deductibles for certain insurance policies can increase substantially and, in some instances, certain insurance may become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage. In addition, significantly increased costs could lead us to decide to reduce, or possibly eliminate, coverage.

instruments.

We are reliant on a limited number of key facilities.

Our nitrogen fertilizer operations are concentrated in sevennine separate nitrogen complexes, the largest of which is the Donaldsonville complex, which currently represents approximately 35% of our ammonia production capacity and will represent approximately 40% of the Company'sour ammonia production capacity. Our phosphate fertilizer operationscapacity after the Donaldsonville and Port Neal capacity expansion projects are dependent on our phosphate


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mine and associated beneficiation plant in Hardee County, Florida; our phosphate fertilizer complex in Plant City, Florida; and our ammonia terminal in Tampa, Florida.fully operational. The suspension of operations at any of these key facilitiescomplexes could adversely affect our ability to produce our products and fulfill our commitments, and could have a material adverse effect on our business.business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, a number of our key facilities, including the Donaldsonville complex and all of our phosphate operations, areis located in regionsan area of the United States that experienceexperiences a relatively high level of hurricane activity.activity and our other complexes are located in areas that experience severe weather. Such storms, depending on their severity and location, have the potential not only to damage our facilities and disrupt our operations, but also to adversely affect the shipping and distribution of our products and the supply and price of natural gas and sulfur in the Gulfrespective regions. Moreover, our facilities may be subject to failure of Mexico region.

equipment that may be difficult to replace and could result in operational disruptions.

We are exposed to risks associated with our joint ventures.

        We participateventure.

As of December 31, 2015, our remaining joint venture is a 50% ownership interest in joint ventures including CFL (which owns our facility in Medicine Hat, Alberta), Point LisasPLNL (which owns a facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago), GrowHow (which owns facilities in Billingham and Ince, United Kingdom) and Keytrade (a global fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland). Our joint venture partners may sharepartner shares a measure of control over the operations of our PLNL joint ventures.venture. As a result, our investmentsinvestment in our PLNL joint ventures involveventure involves risks that are different from the risks involved in owning facilities and operations independently. These risks include the possibility that our PLNL joint venturesventure or our partners:partner: have economic or business interests or goals that are or become inconsistent with our economic or business interests or goals; are in a position to take action contrary to (or have veto rights over) our instructions, requests, policies or objectives; subject theour PLNL joint venture to liabilities exceeding those contemplated; take actions that reduce our return on investment; or take actions that harm our reputation or restrict our ability to run our business.

In addition, we may become involved in disputes with our PLNL joint venture partners,partner, which could lead to impasses or situations that could harm the joint venture, which could reduce our revenues or increase our costs.

Our PLNL joint venture operates an ammonia plant that relies on natural gas supplied by The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC). The joint venture has experienced natural gas curtailments due to major maintenance activities being conducted at upstream natural gas facilities and decreased gas exploration and development activity in Trinidad. These curtailments have continued into 2015 and we are unable to predict when the curtailments will cease to occur. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we recorded a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL as we determined the carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL exceeded its fair value, primarily due to the ongoing natural gas curtailments and the expectation that these curtailments will continue into the future. In addition, failure to secure a long-term gas supply from NGC on a cost effective basis could adversely affect our ability to produce ammonia at the joint venture which could result in further impairment to the value of the joint venture, and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Acts of terrorism and regulations to combat terrorism could negatively affect our business.

Like other companies with major industrial facilities, our plants and ancillary facilitieswe may be targets of terrorist activities. Many of theseour plants and facilities store significant quantities of ammonia and other materials that can be dangerous if mishandled. Any damage to infrastructure facilities, such as electric generation, transmission and distribution facilities, or injury to employees, who could be direct targets or indirect casualties of an act of terrorism, may affect our operations. Any disruption of our ability to produce or distribute our products could result in a significant decrease in revenues and significant additional costs to replace, repair or insure our assets, which could have a material adverse impacteffect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

        In addition, due

Due to concerns related to terrorism or the potential use of certain fertilizers as explosives, local, state, federalwe are subject to various security laws and foreign governmentsregulations. In the United States, these security laws include the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002and the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards regulation. In addition, President Obama issued Executive Order 13650 Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security to improve chemical facility safety in coordination with owners and operators. Governmental entities could implement new or impose more stringent regulations impactingaffecting the security of our plants, terminals and warehouses or the transportation and use of fertilizers. These regulations could result in higher operating costs or

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limitations on the sale of our products and could result in significant unanticipated costs, lower revenues and reduced profit margins. We manufacture and sell certain nitrogen fertilizers that can be used as explosives. It is possible that governmental entities in the U.S.United States or foreign governmentselsewhere could impose additional limitations on the use, sale or distribution of nitrogen fertilizers, thereby limiting our ability to manufacture or sell those products, or that such illicit use of our products could result in liability for the Company.

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Our operations and those of our joint ventures are dependent upon raw materials provided by third parties and an increase in the price or any delay or interruption in the delivery of these raw materials may adversely affect our business.

        We and our joint ventures use natural gas, ammonia and sulfur as raw materials in the manufacture of fertilizers. We purchase these raw materials from third-party suppliers. Prices for these raw materials can fluctuate significantly due to changes in supply and demand. We may not be able to pass along to our customers increases in the costs of raw materials, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. These products are transported by barge, truck, rail or pipeline to our facilities and those of our joint ventures by third-party transportation providers or through the use of facilities owned by third parties. Any delays or interruptions in the delivery of these key raw materials, including those caused by capacity constraints; explosions; fires; severe weather and natural disasters; train derailments, collisions, vessel groundings and other transportation and maritime incidents; leaks and ruptures involving pipelines; deliberate sabotage and terrorist incidents; mechanical failures; unscheduled downtime; or labor difficulties, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are subject to risks associated with international operations.

Our international business operations are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including difficulties and costs associated with complying with a wide variety of complex laws, treaties and regulations; unexpected changes in regulatory environments; currency fluctuations; tax rates that may exceed those in the United States; earnings that may be subject to withholding requirements; and the imposition of tariffs, exchange controls or other restrictions. During 2012,
Our principal reporting currency is the U.S. dollar and our business operations and investments outside the United States increase our risk related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The main currencies to which we derived approximately 14%are exposed, besides the U.S. dollar, are the Canadian dollar, British pound and the Euro. We may selectively reduce some foreign currency exchange rate risk by, among other things, requiring contracted purchases of our net sales from outsideproducts to be settled in, or indexed to, the U.S. dollar or a currency freely convertible into U.S. dollars, or hedging through foreign currency derivatives. These efforts, however, may not be effective and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We are subject to anti-corruption laws and regulations and economic sanctions programs in various jurisdictions, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the United Kingdom Bribery Act of 2010, and economic sanctions programs administered by the United Nations, the European Union and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States. OurU.S. Department of the Treasury, and regulations set forth under the Comprehensive Iran Accountability Divestment Act. As a result of doing business internationally, we are exposed to a risk of violating anti-corruption laws and sanctions regulations applicable in those countries where we, our partners or agents operate. Violations of anti-corruption and sanctions laws and regulations are punishable by civil penalties, including fines, denial of export privileges, injunctions, asset seizures, debarment from government contracts (and termination of existing contracts) and revocations or restrictions of licenses, as well as criminal fines and imprisonment. The violation of applicable laws by our employees, consultants, agents or partners could subject us to penalties and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations include a 66% economic interestand cash flows.
We are subject to antitrust and competition laws in CFL, a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturervarious countries throughout the world. We cannot predict how these laws or their interpretation, administration and enforcement will change over time. Changes in Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada, a 50% interestantitrust laws globally, or in an ammonia production joint venture in Trinidad, a 50% interest in a U.K. joint venture for the production of anhydrous ammoniatheir interpretation, administration or enforcement, may limit our existing or future operations and other fertilizer products and a 50% interest in a fertilizer trading operation headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland.

growth.

Our investments in securities are subject to risks that may result in losses.

        Our cash flows from operations have resulted in cash and cash-equivalents of approximately $2.3 billion as of December 31, 2012.

We generally invest these cash and cash-equivalentscash equivalents from our operations in what we believe to be relatively short-term, highly liquid and high credit quality instruments, including notes and bonds issued by governmental entities or corporations and money market funds. Securities issued by governmental agenciesentities include those issued directly by the U.S.United States government, those issued by state, local or other governmental entities, and those guaranteed by entities affiliated with governmental entities. Our investments are subject to fluctuations in both market value and yield based upon changes in market conditions, including interest rates, liquidity, general economic and credit market conditions and conditions specific to the issuers.

Due to the risks of investments, we may not achieve expected returns or may realize losses on our investments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Deterioration of global market and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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others: conditions in the credit markets could impactaffect the ability of our customers and their customers to obtain sufficient credit to support their operations; the failure of our customers to fulfill their purchase obligations could result in increases in bad debts and impact our working capital; and the failure of certain key suppliers could increase our exposure to disruptions in supply or to financial losses. We also may experience declining demand and falling prices for some of our products due to our customers' reluctance to replenish inventories. The overall impact of a global economic downturn on us is difficult to predict, and our business could be materially adversely impacted.


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In addition, conditions in the international market for nitrogen fertilizerfertilizers significantly influence our operating results. The international market for fertilizers is influenced by such factors as currency exchange rates, including the relative value of the U.S. dollar and its impact onupon the importationcost of importing of nitrogen fertilizers into the United States, foreign agricultural policies, the existence of, or changes in, import or foreign currency exchange barriers in certain foreign markets and other regulatory policies of foreign governments, as well as the laws and policies of the United States affectingmarkets in which we operate that affect foreign trade and investment.

We have a material amount of indebtedness, expect to have a substantial amount of indebtedness on a consolidated basis following consummation of the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, and may need to incur additional indebtedness or need to refinance existing indebtedness, in the future, which may adversely affect our operations.

business.

As of December 31, 2012,2015, we had approximately $1.6$5.6 billion of total funded indebtedness, consisting primarily of $800 million of our senior notes due inwith varying maturity dates between 2018 and $800 million of our senior notes due in 2020.2044. We had excess borrowing capacity for general corporate purposes under our existing revolving credit facilityagreement of approximately $491.0$1,995.1 million. The termsIn addition, upon the consummation of the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, we expect to have a substantial amount of indebtedness on a consolidated basis. We expect that this indebtedness will include our existing indebtedness, allowapproximately $1.2 billion of existing secured project finance indebtedness relating to the ENA Business, and indebtedness under any of the existing OCI convertible bonds assumed by us in connection with the combination. In addition, to fund the cash requirements in connection with the consummation of the combination, we expect that we or our subsidiaries will use either cash on hand or a combination of cash on hand and cash proceeds from external sources (whether using alternative financing arranged prior to the closing under the Combination Agreement or, if such financing is not arranged, a portion of the financing under our bridge credit agreement) of approximately $1.0 billion. In addition, upon the consummation of the combination, our bridge credit agreement provides for borrowings of up to $1.3 billion for general corporate purposes and our existing revolving credit agreement provides for up to $2.0 billion of borrowings for general corporate purposes.
Our substantial debt service obligations could have an adverse impact on our earnings and cash flows. Our substantial indebtedness could, as a result of our debt service obligation or through the operation of the financial and other restrictive covenants to which we are subject under the agreements and instruments governing that indebtedness and otherwise, have important consequences. For example, it could:
make it more difficult for us to incurpay or refinance our debts as they become due during adverse economic and industry conditions because any related decrease in revenues could cause us to not have sufficient cash flows from operations to make our scheduled debt payments;
cause us to be less able to take advantage of significant business opportunities, such as acquisition opportunities, and to react to changes in market or industry conditions;
cause us to use a portion of our cash flow from operations for debt service, reducing the availability of cash to fund working capital and capital expenditures, research and development and other business activities;
cause us to be more vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
expose us to the risk of increased interest rates because certain of our borrowings, including borrowings under our credit agreements, could be at variable rates of interest;
make us more leveraged than some of our competitors, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage;
limit our ability to borrow additional debt in the future. Our existing indebtedness and any additional debt we may incurmonies in the future to fund working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes; and
result in a downgrade in the credit rating of our indebtedness which could have negative consequences on our business should operating cash flows be insufficientincrease the cost of further borrowings.
We expect to cover debt service, which would adversely affect our operations and liquidity.

        From time to time we consider our options to refinance our outstanding indebtedness.indebtedness from time to time. Our ability to obtain any financing, whether through the issuance of new debt securities or otherwise, and the terms of any such financing are dependent on, among other things, our financial condition, financial market conditions within our industry and generally, credit ratings and numerous other factors.factors, including factors beyond our control. Consequently, in the event that we need to access the credit markets, including to refinance our debt, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms or within an acceptable timeframe, if at all. An inability to obtain financing with acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The loss of key members

We expect that the terms of our management and professional staff may adversely affect our business.

        We believe our continued success depends onindebtedness will allow us to incur significant additional debt in the collective abilities and effortsfuture. If we incur additional indebtedness, the risks that we face as a result of our senior management and professional staff. The loss of one or more key personnelleverage could have a material adverse effect onintensify. If our results of operations. Additionally, if we are unable to find, hire and retain needed key personnel in the future, our business, financial condition or operating results deteriorate, our relations with our creditors, including the holders of operationsour outstanding debt securities, the lenders under our revolving credit agreement and cash flows couldour bridge credit agreement and our suppliers, may be materially and adversely affected.



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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

From time to time, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as in other written reports and verbal statements, we make forward-looking statements that are not statements of historical fact and may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements may also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. We have used the words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions, to identify forward-looking statements in this document. These forward-looking statements are made based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data, our current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industries and markets in which we operate and management's beliefs and assumptions concerning future events affecting us. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, our actual results may differ materially from what is expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statements. We want to caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any responsibility to release publicly any revisions to these forward- lookingforward-looking statements to take into account events or circumstances that occur after the date of this document. Additionally, we do not undertake any responsibility to provide updates regarding the occurrence of any unanticipated events which may cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this document.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are disclosed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Such factors include, among others:

the risk that changes to the tax laws or relevant facts may jeopardize or delay the combination or cause the parties to abandon the combination;
the risk that the governmental or regulatory actions could delay the combination or result in the imposition of conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits from the combination or cause the parties to abandon the combination;
risks from the business uncertainties and contractual restrictions we are subject to while the combination is pending;
risks associated with the failure to complete the combination, or significant delays in completing the combination;
our ability to attract, motivate and retain executives and other employees in light of the combination;
risks associated with the operation or management of the CHS strategic venture, risks and uncertainties relating to the market prices of the fertilizer products that are the subject of our supply agreement with CHS over the life of the supply agreement, and the risk that any challenges related to the CHS strategic venture will harm our other business relationships;
the volatility of natural gas prices in North America;

America and Europe;
the cyclical nature of our business and the agricultural sector;

the global commodity nature of our fertilizer products, the impact of global supply and demand on our selling prices, and the intense global competition from other fertilizer producers;

conditions in the U.S. and European agricultural industry;

reliance on third party providers of transportation services and equipment;

difficulties in the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning system and risks associated with cyber security;

weather conditions;

our ability to complete our recently announced production capacity expansion projects on schedule as planned, on budget or at all;

risks associated with other expansions of our business, including unanticipated adverse consequences and the significant resources that could be required;

potential liabilities and expenditures related to environmental and health and safety laws and regulations;

our potential inability to obtain or maintain required permits and governmental approvals or to meet financial assurance requirements from governmental authorities;

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ITEM 1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES.

Information regarding our facilities and properties is included in Part I, Item 1. Business—OperatingReportable Segments and Part I, Item 1. Business—Storage Facilities and Other Properties.

ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Litigation

West Fertilizer Co.
On April 17, 2013, there was a fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. fertilizer storage and distribution facility in West, Texas. According to published reports, 15 people were killed and approximately 200 people were injured in the incident, and the fire and explosion damaged or destroyed a number of homes and buildings around the facility. Various subsidiaries of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (the CF Entities) have been named as defendants along with other companies in lawsuits filed in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas by the City of West, individual residents of the County and other parties seeking recovery for damages allegedly sustained as a result of the explosion. The cases have been consolidated for discovery and pretrial proceedings in the District Court of McLennan County under the caption "In re: West Explosion Cases." The two-year statute of limitations expired on April 17, 2015. As of that date, over 400 plaintiffs had filed claims, including at least 9 entities, 325 individuals, and 80 insurance companies. Plaintiffs allege various theories of negligence, strict liability, and breach of warranty under Texas law. Although we do not own or operate the facility or directly sell our products to West Fertilizer Co., products that the CF Entities have manufactured and sold to others have been delivered to the facility and may have been stored at the West facility at the time of the incident.
The Court granted in part and denied in part the CF Entities' Motions for Summary Judgment in August 2015. Thirty-four cases, including the three cases scheduled to begin trial on October 12, 2015 and some of the ten cases scheduled to begin trial on February 1, 2016, were resolved pursuant to confidential settlements fully funded by insurance. The remaining cases are in various stages of discovery and pre-trial proceedings. These cases will be set for trial in the upcoming months at the discretion of the Court. We believe we have strong legal and factual defenses and intend to continue defending the CF Entities vigorously in the pending lawsuits.
Other Litigation
From time to time, we are subject to ordinary, routine legal proceedings related to the usual conduct of our business, including proceedings regarding public utility and transportation rates, environmental matters, taxes and permits relating to the operations of our various plants and facilities. Based on the information available as of the date of this filing, we believe that the ultimate outcome of these routine matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, or results of operations.

operations or cash flows.

Environmental

Florida Environmental Matters
On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, to Mosaic. Pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement executed in October 2013 among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc. and Mosaic, Mosaic has assumed the following environmental matters and we have agreed to indemnify Mosaic with respect to losses arising out of the matters below, subject to a maximum indemnification cap and the other terms of the definitive agreement.
Clean Air Act Investigation

        On March 19, 2007, the Company received a letter from the EPA under Section 114Notice of the Federal Clean Air Act requesting information and copies of records relating to compliance with New Source Review, New Source Performance Standards, and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants at the Plant City facility. The Company provided the requested information to the EPA in late 2007. The EPA initiated this same process in relation to numerous other sulfuric acid plants and phosphoric acid plants throughout the nation, including other facilities in Florida.

        The CompanyViolation

We received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from the EPAEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) by letter dated June 16, 2010. The NOV alleges the Company2010, alleging that we violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Clean Air Act regulations relating to certain projects undertaken at the former Plant City, Florida facility's sulfuric acid plants. This NOV further alleges that the actions that are the basis for the alleged PSD violations also resulted in violations of Title V air operating permit regulations. Finally, the NOV alleges that the Companywe failed to comply with certain compliance dates established by hazardous air pollutant regulations for phosphoric acid manufacturing plants and phosphate fertilizer production plants. Although this matter has been referred to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Company has continued to meetWe had several meetings with the EPA with

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respect to discuss these alleged violations. The Company doesthis matter prior to our sale of the phosphate mining and manufacturing business in March 2014. We do not know at this time if itthis matter will settle this matterbe settled prior to initiation of formal legal action.

We cannot estimate the potential penalties, fines or other expenditures, if any, that may result from the Clean Air Act NOV and, therefore, we cannot determine if the ultimate outcome of this matter will have a material impact on the Company'sour consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

EPCRA/CERCLA Investigation

        Pursuant to aNotice of Violation

By letter from the DOJ dated July 28, 2008 that was sent to representatives of the major U.S. phosphoric acid manufacturers, including CF Industries, the DOJ stated that it and6, 2010, the EPA believe that apparentissued a NOV to us alleging violations of Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which in connection with the former Plant City facility. EPCRA requires annual reports to be submitted with respect to the use of


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certain toxic chemicals, have occurred at all of the phosphoric acid facilities operated by these manufacturers.chemicals. The letterNOV also statesincluded an allegation that the DOJ and the EPA believe that most of these facilities havewe violated Section 304 of EPCRA and Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) by failing to provide required notificationsfile a timely notification relating to the release of hydrogen fluoride from these facilities. The letter did not specifically identify alleged violations at our Plant City, Florida complex or assert a claim for a specific amount of penalties. The EPA submitted an information request to the Company on February 11, 2009, as a follow-up to the July 2008 letter. The Company provided information in response to the agency's inquiry on May 14 and May 29, 2009.

        By letter dated July 6, 2010, the EPA issued a NOV to the Company alleging violations of EPCRA and CERCLA. The Company had an initial meeting with the EPA to discuss these alleged violations. The Company doesabove applicable reportable quantities. We do not know at this time if itthis matter will settle this matterbe settled prior to initiation of formal legal action.

We do not expect that penalties or fines, if any, that may arise out of the EPCRA/CERCLA matter will have a material impact on the Company'sour consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Federal and State Numeric Nutrient Criteria Regulation

        For information on the Company's challenge to the EPA's regulation establishing numeric nutrient criteria for Florida waters, see Business—Environmental, Health and Safety and Note 29—Contingencies.

Other
CERCLA/Remediation Matters

For information on pending proceedings relating to environmental remediation matters, see Item 1. Business—Environmental, Health and Safety and Note 29—20—Contingencies.

ITEM 4.    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

        The 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 and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit 95 to the annual report.

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PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE) under the symbol "CF". Quarterly high and low sales prices, as reported by the NYSE, are provided below:


 Sales Prices  
 

 Dividends
per Share
 Sales Prices Dividends
per Share
2012
 High Low 
2015High Low Dividends
per Share

First Quarter

 $195.48 $149.58 $0.40 $62.89
 $54.60
 

Second Quarter

 203.32 154.17 0.40 65.69
 55.60
 0.30

Third Quarter

 227.99 190.10 0.40 70.32
 43.88
 0.30

Fourth Quarter

 226.50 191.90 0.40 54.27
 39.64
 0.30



 Sales Prices  
 

 Dividends
per Share
 Sales Prices Dividends
per Share
2011
 High Low 
2014High Low Dividends
per Share

First Quarter

 $153.83 $120.01 $0.10 $53.55
 $44.02
 

Second Quarter

 158.42 127.29 0.10 53.39
 46.48
 0.20

Third Quarter

 192.70 123.09 0.40 56.07
 47.71
 0.30

Fourth Quarter

 176.97 115.34 0.40 58.06
 47.89
 0.30

The per share amounts above have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock as discussed in Note 1—Background and Basis of Presentation in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.
As of February 13, 2013,18, 2016, there were 934794 stockholders of record.
The following table sets forth stock repurchases for each of the three months of the quarter ended December 31, 2015.
 Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
PeriodTotal Number
of Shares
(or Units)
Purchased
 Average
Price Paid
per Share
(or Unit)
 Cumulative Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
 
Maximum Number (or
Approximate Dollar
Value) of Shares (or
Units) that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs
(in thousands)
(1)
October 1, 2015 - October 31, 2015
 $
  

 $100,000
November 1, 2015 - November 30, 2015
 
 
 100,000
December 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
 
 
 100,000
Total
 
  
  


(1)
Represents the authorized share repurchase program announced on August 6, 2014 that allows management to repurchase common stock for a total expenditure of up to $1.0 billion through December 31, 2016 (the 2014 Program). This program is discussed in Note 18—Stockholders' Equity, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.




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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

The following selected historical financial data as of December 31, 20122015 and 20112014 and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 20102013 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this document. The following selected historical financial data as of December 31, 2010, 20092013, 2012 and 20082011 and for the years ended December 31, 20092012 and 20082011 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements, which are not included in this document. Since April 2010, the results of Terra have been included in our consolidated financial statements.


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The selected historical financial data should be read in conjunction with the information contained in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.


 Year ended December 31, Year ended December 31,

 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
2015(1)
 
2014(2)
 2013 2012 2011

 (in millions, except per share amounts)
 (in millions, except per share amounts)

Statement of Operations Data:

  
  
  
  
  

Net sales

 $6,104.0 $6,097.9 $3,965.0 $2,608.4 $3,921.1 $4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,474.7
 $6,104.0
 $6,097.9

Cost of sales

 2,990.7 3,202.3 2,785.5 1,769.0 2,698.4 2,761.2
 2,964.7
 2,954.5
 2,990.7
 3,202.3
           

Gross margin

 3,113.3 2,895.6 1,179.5 839.4 1,222.7 1,547.1
 1,778.5
 2,520.2
 3,113.3
 2,895.6
           

Selling, general and administrative

 151.8 130.0 106.1 62.9 68.0 
Selling, general and administrative expenses169.8
 151.9
 166.0
 151.8
 130.0
Transaction costs56.9
 
 
 
 

Restructuring and integration costs

  4.4 21.6   
 
 
 
 4.4

Other operating—net

 49.1 20.9 166.7 96.7 4.5 92.3
 53.3
 (15.8) 49.1
 20.9
           

Total other operating costs and expenses

 200.9 155.3 294.4 159.6 72.5 319.0
 205.2
 150.2
 200.9
 155.3
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 750.1
 
 
 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

 47.0 50.2 10.6   (35.0) 43.1
 41.7
 47.0
 50.2
           

Operating earnings

 2,959.4 2,790.5 895.7 679.8 1,150.2 1,193.1
 2,366.5
 2,411.7
 2,959.4
 2,790.5

Interest expense (income)—net

 131.0 145.5 219.8 (3.0) (24.5)131.6
 177.3
 147.5
 131.0
 145.5

Loss on extinguishment of debt

   17.0   

Other non-operating—net

 (1.1) (0.6) (28.8) (12.8) (0.7)3.9
 1.9
 54.5
 (1.1) (0.6)
           

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates

 2,829.5 2,645.6 687.7 695.6 1,175.4 
Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates1,057.6
 2,187.3
 2,209.7
 2,829.5
 2,645.6

Income tax provision

 964.2 926.5 273.7 246.0 378.1 395.8
 773.0
 686.5
 964.2
 926.5

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

 58.1 41.9 26.7 (1.1) 4.2 
           
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes72.3
 22.5
 9.6
 58.1
 41.9

Net earnings

 1,923.4 1,761.0 440.7 448.5 801.5 734.1
 1,436.8
 1,532.8
 1,923.4
 1,761.0

Less: Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

 74.7 221.8 91.5 82.9 116.9 
           
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest34.2
 46.5
 68.2
 74.7
 221.8

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,539.2 $349.2 $365.6 $684.6 $699.9
 $1,390.3
 $1,464.6
 $1,848.7
 $1,539.2
           

Cash dividends declared per common share

 $1.60 $1.00 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 
           
Cash dividends declared per common share(3)
$1.20
 $1.00
 $0.44
 $0.32
 $0.20

Share and per share data:

  
  
  
  
  

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders:

 
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders(3):
 
  
  
  
  

Basic

 $28.94 $22.18 $5.40 $7.54 $12.35 $2.97
 $5.43
 $4.97
 $5.79
 $4.44

Diluted

 28.59 21.98 5.34 7.42 12.13 2.96
 5.42
 4.95
 5.72
 4.40

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding(3):
 
  
  
  
  

Basic

 63.9 69.4 64.7 48.5 55.4 235.3
 255.9
 294.4
 319.3
 347.0

Diluted

 64.7 70.0 65.4 49.2 56.4 236.1
 256.7
 296.0
 323.3
 350.2
Other Financial Data: 
  
  
  
  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization$479.6
 $392.5
 $410.6
 $419.8
 $416.2
Capital expenditures2,469.3
 1,808.5
 823.8
 523.5
 247.2


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 December 31,
 
2015(1)
 
2014(2)
 2013 2012 2011
 (in millions)
Balance Sheet Data: 
  
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents$286.0
 $1,996.6
 $1,710.8
 $2,274.9
 $1,207.0
Total assets(4)
12,738.9
 11,254.2
 10,618.1
 10,157.4
 8,974.5
Customer advances161.5
 325.4
 120.6
 380.7
 257.2
Total debt5,592.7
 4,592.5
 3,098.1
 1,605.0
 1,617.8
Total equity4,387.2
 4,572.5
 5,438.4
 6,282.2
 4,932.9

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
 
 (in millions)
 

Other Financial Data:

                

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 $419.8 $416.2 $394.8 $101.0 $100.8 

Capital expenditures

  523.5  247.2  258.1  235.7  141.8 


 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
 
 (in millions)
 

Balance Sheet Data:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $2,274.9 $1,207.0 $797.7 $697.1 $625.0 

Short-term investments

      3.1  185.0   

Total assets

  10,166.9  8,974.5  8,758.5  2,494.9  2,387.6 

Customer advances

  380.7  257.2  431.5  159.5  347.8 

Total debt

  1,605.0  1,617.8  1,959.0  4.7  4.1 

Total equity

  6,282.2  4,932.9  4,433.4  1,744.9  1,350.7 
(1)
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us. CF Fertilisers UK is now wholly owned by us. The financial results of CF Fertilisers UK have been consolidated within our financial results since July 31, 2015. Prior to July 31, 2015, our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK was accounted for as an equity method investment and the financial results of this investment were included in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures, to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(2)
On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business. The selected historical financial data above includes the results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014. The results of the phosphate mining and manufacturing business are not reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations, as further described in Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures, to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(3)
Share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
(4)
Deferred income taxes included in total assets have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect our adoption during fiscal year 2015 of Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (an update to Topic 740, Income Taxes), which requires the classification of all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent. See Note 3—New Accounting Standards and Note 10—Income Taxes, to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.


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ITEM 7.    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

    You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 8,8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. All references to "CF Holdings," "we," "us""us," "our" and "our""the Company" refer to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including CF Industries, Inc. except where the context makes clear that the reference is only to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. itself and not its subsidiaries. FootnotesAll references to "CF Industries" refer to CF Industries, Inc., a 100% owned subsidiary of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. References to tons refer to short-tons. Notes referenced in this discussion and analysis refer to the notes to consolidated financial statements that are found in the following section: Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The following is an outline of the discussion and analysis included herein:

Overview of CF Holdings
Our Company
Items Affecting Comparability of Results
Strategic Initiatives
Financial Executive Summary
Key Industry Factors
Factors Affecting Our Results
Results of Consolidated Operations
Year Ended December 31, 20122015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20112014
Year Ended December 31, 20112014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20102013
Operating Results by Business Segment
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Discussion of Seasonality Impacts on Operations

Overview of CF Holdings

Our Company

We are one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizerother nitrogen products in the world. Our operations are organized into two business segments—the nitrogen segment and the phosphate segment. Our principal customers are cooperatives, and independent fertilizer distributors.distributors, farmers and industrial users. Our principal nitrogen fertilizer products in the nitrogen segment are ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution or UAN,(UAN) and ammonium nitrate or AN.(AN). Our other nitrogen products include urea liquor, diesel exhaust fluid or DEF,(DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid and aqua ammonia, which are sold primarily to our industrial customers. Our principalcustomers, and compound fertilizer products in(NPKs), which are solid granular fertilizer products for which the phosphate segment are diammonium phosphate, or DAP,nutrient content is a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, and monoammonium phosphate, or MAP.

potassium. Our core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States and other major agricultural areas of the U.S.United States, Canada and Canada.the United Kingdom. We also export nitrogen fertilizer products from our Donaldsonville, LouisianaLouisiana; Yazoo City, Mississippi; and Billingham, United Kingdom manufacturing facilitiesfacilities.

Prior to March 17, 2014, we also manufactured and distributed phosphate fertilizer products. Our principal phosphate products fromwere diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, phosphate operations through our Tampa port facility.

to The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. See the section titled Items Affecting Comparability of Results for further information on this transaction and its impact.

Our principal assets include:

six North American nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities inlocated in: Donaldsonville, Louisiana (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in North America),; Medicine Hat, Alberta (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada); Port Neal, Iowa,Iowa; Courtright, Ontario,Ontario; Yazoo City, MississippiMississippi; and Woodward, Oklahoma;
two United Kingdom nitrogen manufacturing complexes located in Ince and Billingham that produce AN, ammonia and NPKs;

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a 75.3% interest in Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), a publicly tradedpublicly-traded limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner and the majority limited partner and which, through its subsidiary Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership (TNLP), operates a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma;

a 66% economic interest in the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada (which we operate in Medicine Hat, Alberta through Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL), a consolidated variable interest entity);

one of the largest integrated ammonium phosphate fertilizer complexes in the United States in Plant City, Florida;

the most-recently constructed phosphate rock mine and associated beneficiation plant in the United States in Hardee County, Florida;

an extensive system of terminals and associated transportation equipment located primarily in the midwestern United States; and

joint venture investments that we account for under the equity method, which consist of:

a 50% interest in GrowHow UK Limited (GrowHow), a nitrogen products production joint venture located in the United Kingdom and serving primarily the British agricultural and industrial markets;

a 50% interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), an ammonia production joint venture located in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago;Tobago that we account for under the equity method.
In 2015, we entered into a number of strategic agreements and

a transactions as follows:
We acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK Group Limited (formerly known as GrowHow UK Group Limited) (CF Fertilisers UK) not previously owned by us on July 31, 2015 for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us. This transaction added CF Fertilisers UK's nitrogen manufacturing complexes in Ince, United Kingdom and Billingham, United Kingdom to our consolidated manufacturing capacity. The impact of this acquisition is summarized below in the section titled Items Affecting Comparability of Results.
We sold our interests in KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade), a global fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland.

Switzerland, to the other key principals of Keytrade.

We sold our 50% ownership interest in an ammonia storage joint venture in Houston, Texas.
We entered into a definitive agreement (as amended, the Combination Agreement) under which we will combine with the European, North American and global distribution businesses (collectively, the ENA Business) of OCI N.V. (OCI). The combination transaction includes OCI’s nitrogen production facility in Geleen, Netherlands; its nitrogen production facility under construction in Wever, Iowa; its approximately 79.88% equity interest in an ammonia and methanol complex in Beaumont, Texas; and its global distribution business and the assumption of approximately $2 billion in net debt. Under the terms of the Combination Agreement, CF Holdings will become a subsidiary of a new holding company (New CF) domiciled in the Netherlands. This transaction is expected to close in mid-2016, subject to the approval of shareholders of both CF Holdings and OCI, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, and other closing conditions. See Strategic Initiatives—Agreement to Combine with Certain of OCI N.V.’s Businesses below, for further details on this transaction.
We entered into a strategic venture with CHS Inc. (CHS). The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (CFN), a subsidiary of CF Holdings, for $2.8 billion. CHS also began receiving deliveries from us pursuant to a supply agreement under which CHS has the right to purchase annually from us up to approximately 1.1 million tons of granular urea and 580,000 tons of UAN at market prices. CHS is entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CFN as a result of its minority equity interest in CFN. See Strategic Initiatives—Strategic Venture with CHS below, for further details on this strategic venture.

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Items Affecting Comparability of Results

CF Fertilisers UK Acquisition
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became a wholly-owned subsidiary. CF Fertilisers UK Limited (formerly known as GrowHow UK Limited), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CF Fertilisers UK, operates two nitrogen manufacturing complexes in the United Kingdom, in the cities of Ince and Billingham. We recorded a $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK that is included in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes for the year ended December 31, 2015. This transaction increased our manufacturing capacity with the acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK nitrogen manufacturing complexes in Ince and Billingham, United Kingdom. The Ince complex is located in northwestern England and consists of an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants, an AN plant and three NPK plants. The Billingham complex is located in the Teesside chemical area in northeastern England, and consists of an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants, a carbon dioxide plant and an AN fertilizer plant. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for additional information on the preliminary allocation of the total purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition on July 31, 2015.
The financial results of CF Fertilisers UK have been consolidated within our financial results since July 31, 2015. Prior to July 31, 2015, our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK was accounted for as an equity method investment, and the financial results of this investment were included in our consolidated statements of operations in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes. The following table presents CF Fertilisers UK results since July 31, 2015, the date it became a consolidated subsidiary, which are included within our 2015 financial results.
 CF Holdings Reportable Segments  
CF Fertilisers UKAmmonia AN Other Consolidated
 (in millions, except percentages)
Five months ended December 31, 2015 
    
  
Net sales$38.4
 $117.0
 $53.0
 $208.4
Cost of sales30.7
 108.6
 45.6
 184.9
Gross margin$7.7
 $8.4
 $7.4
 $23.5
Gross margin percentage20.1% 7.2% 14.0% 11.3%
New Segments
In the third quarter of 2015, we changed our reportable segment structure to separate AN from our Other segment as our AN products increased in significance as a result of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition. Our new reportable segment structure reflects how our chief operating decision maker (CODM), as defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), assesses the performance of our reportable segments and makes decisions about resource allocation. Our reportable segments now consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, Other, and phosphate. These segments are differentiated by products. Our management uses gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect the new reportable segment structure on a comparable basis.
A description of our reportable segments is included in the discussion of the operating results by business segment later in this discussion and analysis.
Five-for-One Common Stock Split
On May 15, 2015, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a five-for-one split of our common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. On June 17, 2015, stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 1, 2015 (Record Date) received four additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock held on the Record Date. Shares reserved under the Company's equity and incentive plans were adjusted to reflect the stock split. All share and per share data has been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split, except for the number of authorized shares of common stock. Since the par value of the common stock remained at $0.01 per share, the recorded value for common stock has been retroactively restated to reflect the par value of total outstanding shares with a corresponding decrease to paid-in capital.

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Transaction Costs
As more fully described below in the section titled Strategic Initiatives, in 2015 we incurred $56.9 million of transaction costs attributable to various consulting and legal services associated primarily with executing the strategic agreements and preparing for the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, our strategic venture with CHS and our acquisition of the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us.
Phosphate Business Disposition
On March 17, 2014, we sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business and recognized pre-tax and after-tax gains on the sale of the phosphate business of $750.1 million and $462.8 million, respectively. Under the terms of the definitive transaction agreement, the accounts receivable and accounts payable pertaining to the phosphate mining and manufacturing business and certain phosphate inventory held in distribution facilities were not sold to Mosaic in the transaction and were settled in the ordinary course.
Upon selling the phosphate business, we began to supply Mosaic with ammonia produced by our PLNL joint venture. The contract to supply ammonia to Mosaic from our PLNL joint venture represents the continuation of a supply practice that previously existed between our former phosphate mining and manufacturing business and other operations of the Company. Prior to March 17, 2014, PLNL sold ammonia to us for use in the phosphate business and the cost was included in our production costs in our phosphate segment. Subsequent to the sale of the phosphate business, we now sell the PLNL-sourced ammonia to Mosaic. The revenue from these sales to Mosaic and the costs to purchase the ammonia from PLNL are now included in our ammonia segment. Our 50% share of the operating results of our PLNL joint venture continues to be included in our equity in earnings of operating affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. Because of the significance of this continuing supply practice, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the phosphate mining and manufacturing business is not reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations.
The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter. However, the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases.
Impairment of our Investment in PLNL
In 2015, our equity in earnings of operating affiliates includes a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we determined the carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL exceeded its fair value. This was primarily due to the ongoing natural gas curtailments impacting the results of operations of PLNL and the expectation that these curtailments will continue into the future. Our PLNL joint venture investment in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago operates an ammonia plant that relies on natural gas supplied by The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC). The joint venture has experienced natural gas curtailments in 2015 and 2014 due to major maintenance activities being conducted at upstream natural gas facilities and decreased gas exploration and development activity in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Commitments from NGC regarding the level of future availability and the related cost are not available. The future availability and cost of natural gas represents a significant assumption in the discounted cash flow models utilized for recoverability and impairment testing. No impairment was recognized in 2014 or 2013 related to this investment.
CFL Selling Price Modification

Modifications

Prior to April 30, 2013, CF Industries currently ownsowned 49% of the voting common shares and 66% of the non-voting preferred shares of Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL), an Alberta, Canada-basedCanada based nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer and purchaseshad the right to purchase 66% of the production of CFL pursuantCFL. Also prior to a product purchase agreement between CF Industries and CFL.April 30, 2013, Viterra, Inc. (Viterra) holdsheld 34% of CFL's voting common sharesthe equity ownership of CFL and non-voting preferred shares and purchaseshad the right to purchase up to the remaining 34% of CFL's production pursuantproduction. Both CF Industries and Viterra were entitled to a product purchase agreement between Viterra andreceive distributions of net earnings of CFL based upon their respective purchases from CFL. CFL iswas a variable interest entity that iswas consolidated in our financial statements. AsOn April 30, 2013, CF Industries completed the acquisitions of all of the outstanding interests in CFL that it did not already own and CFL became our wholly-owned subsidiary. Once CFL became a result,wholly-owned subsidiary, CF Industries began purchasing all of the netoutput of CFL for resale and reported those sales the resulting earningsin its consolidated financial statements at market prices.
CF Industries' and Viterra's purchases of nitrogen fertilizer products from CFL were made under product purchase agreements, and the noncontrolling interest expense fromselling prices were determined under the 34%provisions of CFL's sales that are made to Viterra are includedthese agreements. Until April 30, 2013, when CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary in our consolidated financial results. There is no net impact of these CFL sales to Viterra on our net earnings attributable to common stockholders since the net earnings from the 34% of CFL's sales that are made to Viterra are included in our earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest. There is also no impact on our net cash flows since profits from the sales to Viterra are paid to Viterra as part of the distribution payable to the noncontrolling interest. The net sales from CFL to Viterra do impact our consolidated net sales, gross margin, operating earnings, and earnings before income taxes.

        Under the provisions of CFL's respective product purchase agreements with CF Industries and Viterra in effect until the fourth quarter of 2012, CFL's selling prices were based on market prices. An initial portion of the selling price was paid based upon production cost plus an agreed-upon margin once title passed as the product was shipped. The remaining portion of the selling price, representing the difference between the market price and production cost plus an agreed-upon margin, was paid


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CFL arewere solely generated solely by CFL's transactions with Viterra, as CFL'sall transactions with CF Industries arewere eliminated in consolidation.

        Inconsolidation in our financial statements.

The following summarizes the fourth quarter of 2012,selling prices in the CFL Board of Directors approved an amendment to each of the respective product purchase agreements that impacted the Company's results due to sales transactions to Viterra both before and after the effective date of the amendment.
Between the period of January 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013, CFL selling prices were based on production cost plus an agreed-upon margin.
Starting on April 30, 2013, CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CF IndustriesIndustries. Once CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary, CF industries began purchasing all of the output of CFL for resale and Viterra with CFL. The amendments modifiedreported those sales in its consolidated financial statements at market prices.
As a result, the consolidated financial results for both 2015 and 2014 included a full year of market-based selling prices, that CFL charges for products sold to CF Industries and Viterra. The modifiedwhile 2013 included four months of selling prices are based on production cost plus an agreed-upon margin and are effective retroactively to January 1, 2012. As a resulteight months of market-based selling prices. These changes affect the January 1, 2012 effective dateyear-over-year comparability of the amendment, we recognized in our fourth quarter 2012 consolidated statement of operations a reduction in net sales revenue from Viterra of $129.7 million and a corresponding reduction in net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest to reverse the interim market price accruals recognized in the first three quarters of 2012. These items had no impact on our net earnings attributable to common stockholders, but they did reduce each of our consolidated net sales, gross margin, operating earnings, earnings before income taxes and net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest by $129.7 million inof 2013 as compared to 2014 and 2015, however, these changes do not impact the fourth quarter. The selling price modification also had no impact oncomparability of our net earnings attributable to common stockholders or net cash flows asfor the selling price modification was entirely offset by a change in distributions payablesame period.
In order to the noncontrolling interest.

        The CFL selling price modification effective retroactively to January 1, 2012 affected the comparability between the 2012 and 2011 results for certain line items in our financial statements. To provide comparable information for thosethe periods we have included in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operationspresented, certain financial information on an asis being provided for the 2013 comparable period adjusted basis as if all CFL sales to Viterratwelve months of market-based selling prices had been priced based on the modified pricing calculation methodology (production cost plus an agreed-upon margin) beginning January 1, 2011. Such information includes net sales, gross margin, net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest, nitrogen net sales, nitrogen gross margin, nitrogen gross margin as a percentage of nitrogen net sales, and average selling prices per ton of ammonia and urea. Tables highlighting these modifications can be foundused in the discussion of the results of consolidated operations and in the operating results for the nitrogen segment, in each case under the heading "Impact of CFL Selling Price Modifications." Financial results provided on an "as adjusted" basis in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations refer to the items in those tables.

2013 comparable period.

We report our consolidated financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).GAAP. Management believes that the presentation in this report of net sales, gross margin, net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest, nitrogen net sales, nitrogen gross margin, nitrogen gross margin as a percentagenon-GAAP financial measures of nitrogen net sales, and average selling prices per ton of ammonia and urea on an ascertain adjusted basis as if all CFL sales to Viterra had been priced based on the modified pricing calculation methodology (production cost plus an agreed-upon margin) beginning January 1, 2011,data and the presentation of period-to-period percentage changes in those adjusted items, all of which adjusted items and percentage changes are non-GAAP financialsuch measures, provides investors with additional meaningful information to assess period-to-period changes in our underlying operating performance. This information includes consolidated net sales, gross margin, net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest, in addition to segment net sales, gross margin, gross margin as a percentage of net sales, and average selling prices per ton of ammonia and granular urea presented on an as adjusted basis as if all CFL sales to the noncontrolling interest had been priced based on market-based selling prices for the twelve months of 2013. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided only for the purpose of facilitating comparisons between our 2012 and 2011 full-yearthe periods' operating performance, and do not purport to represent what our actual consolidated results of operations would have been, had the amendment to the CFL product purchase agreements been in effect beginning on January 1, 2011, nor are they necessarily indicative of our future consolidated results of operations. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, our reported results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.


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Terra Industries Inc. (Terra) Acquisition

our initial public offering (IPO) in 2005, we had accumulated a substantial amount of NOLs. Due to the uncertainty of realizing the tax benefit from the NOLs when we ceased to be a non-exempt cooperative for income tax purposes and became a public company, a full valuation allowance was recorded against the benefit of those NOLs. At that time, we entered into an agreement (NOL Agreement) with the pre-IPO owners under which they would benefit should any of the pre-IPO NOLs be realized in future years by using the NOLs to offset post-IPO taxable income. If this were to occur, we would pay the pre-IPO owners amounts equal to the resulting federal and state income taxes actually saved. As of December 31, 2012, the NOLs had a potential tax benefit of $94.3 million, which had been fully reserved by the valuation allowance.

In April 2010,January 2013, we completedand the acquisitionpre-IPO owners amended the NOL Agreement to provide, among other things, that we would be entitled to retain 26.9% of any settlement realized and merger73.1% would be payable to them.
In March 2013, we entered into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to resolve the tax treatment of Terra,the pre-IPO NOLs. Pursuant to the closing agreement, we agreed with the IRS that we will be entitled to a leading North American producer and marketertax deduction equal to a portion of nitrogen fertilizer products, for a purchase price of $4.6 billion. Terra's financial results have been includedthe NOLs over five years commencing with the 2012 tax year. The $20.6 million net benefit from this NOL settlement was recognized in our consolidated financial results and in the nitrogen segment results since the acquisition date of April 5, 2010. Therefore, Terra's financial results are not included in the consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2010. Further information regarding2013 as follows:
NOL tax benefits of $75.8 million were recognized, which reduced income tax expense.
A charge of $55.2 million was recognized for the acquisition73.1% portion of Terra, including the related issuanceNOL benefit that will be paid to the pre-IPO owners as the tax benefits are realized. The $55.2 million charge was recognized in the consolidated statement of long-term debtoperations in other non-operating—net.

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Strategic Initiatives
Agreement to Combine with Certain of OCI N.V.’s Businesses
On August 6, 2015, we announced that we entered into a definitive agreement (as amended, the Combination Agreement), under which we will combine with the European, North American and global distribution businesses (collectively, the ENA Business) of OCI. OCI is a global producer and distributor of natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals based in the Netherlands. The combination transaction includes OCI’s nitrogen production facility in Geleen, Netherlands; its nitrogen production facility under construction in Wever, Iowa; its approximately 79.88% equity interest in an ammonia and methanol complex in Beaumont, Texas; and its global distribution business and the public offeringassumption of commonapproximately $2 billion in net debt. The combination transaction also includes the purchase by CF Holdings or its designee of a 45% interest plus an option to acquire the remaining interest in OCI’s Natgasoline project in Texas, which upon completion in 2017 will be one of the world’s largest methanol facilities.
Under the terms of the Combination Agreement, CF Holdings will become a subsidiary of a new holding company (New CF) domiciled in the Netherlands. OCI will contribute the entities holding the ENA Business (other than the Natgasoline project) to New CF in exchange for ordinary shares of New CF (base share consideration), plus additional consideration of $700 million (subject to adjustment) to be paid in cash, ordinary shares of New CF or a mixture of cash and ordinary shares of New CF, as determined by CF Holdings canin accordance with the terms of the Combination Agreement. The base share consideration will represent 25.6% of the ordinary shares of New CF that, upon consummation of the combination, subject to downward adjustment to account for the assumption by New CF, as contemplated by the Combination Agreement, of any of OCI’s 3.875% convertible bonds due 2018 that remain outstanding as of the closing date of the combination. The consideration for the 45% interest in Natgasoline is $517.5 million in cash. The actual ownership split of New CF upon completion of the combination as between former CF Holdings shareholders, on the one hand, and OCI and its shareholders, on the other hand, will be founddependent on our share price at the time of closing, the amount of convertible bonds to be assumed by New CF at closing, the amount of adjustments to the amount of the additional consideration, and the mix of cash and New CF ordinary shares used to pay the additional consideration.
The transaction is expected to close in Notes 12mid-2016, subject to the approval of shareholders of both CF Holdings and 26OCI, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The consummation of the Natgasoline portion of the transaction is subject to conditions that are in addition to the conditions to which the consummation of the portion of the transaction involving the ENA Business other than the Natgasoline project is subject, and the consummation of the Natgasoline portion of the transaction is not a condition to consummation of the portion of the transaction involving the ENA Business other than the Natgasoline project. New CF will operate under a name to be determined by CF Holdings and be led by our existing management.
In conjunction with entering into the Combination Agreement, on August 6, 2015, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. obtained financing commitments from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA to finance the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement and for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of such committed financing are available under a senior unsecured bridge term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3.0 billion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. See Note 12—Financing Agreements—Bridge Credit Agreement to our consolidated financial statements included in Part IIItem 8 of this report for additional information.
Strategic Venture with CHS
On August 12, 2015, we announced that we agreed to enter into a strategic venture with CHS. The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in CFN for $2.8 billion. CHS also began receiving deliveries from us pursuant to a supply agreement under which CHS has the right to purchase annually from us up to approximately 1.1 million tons of granular urea and 580,000 tons of UAN at market prices. CHS is entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CFN as a result of its minority equity interest in the section titled "Acquisition of Terra" later in this discussion and analysis.

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Capacity Expansion Projects
In 2012, we announced plans tothat we would construct new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at our complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex and new ammonia and urea plants at our complex in Port Neal, Iowa. Our Board of Directors authorized expenditures of $3.8 billion for the projects.Iowa complex. These projectsnew plants will increase our production capacity, increase our product mix flexibility at Donaldsonville, improve our ability to serve upper-Midwest urea customers from our cost-advantaged Port Neal location, and allow us to benefit from the global cost advantageadvantages of North American natural gas. AllIn combination, these new facilities will be able to produce 2.1 million tons of gross ammonia per year, upgraded products ranging from 2.0 million to 2.7 million tons of granular urea per year and up to 1.8 million tons of UAN 32% solution per year, depending on our choice of product mix.

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In November 2015, the new urea plant at the Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex came on line and was the first plant to be commissioned as part of our capacity expansion projects. The new UAN plant at Donaldsonville is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2016. The remaining plants are expected to be commissioned in mid-2016.
Financial Executive Summary
We reported net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $699.9 million in 2015, compared to net earnings of $1.39 billion in 2014, or a decline of $690.4 million or 50%. The 2014 reported results were significantly impacted by the sale of our phosphate business. In the first quarter of 2014, we sold the phosphate business and recognized a pre-tax gain of $750.1 million ($462.8 million after tax) on the sale of this business.
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders decreased 45% to $2.96 per share in 2015 from $5.42 per share in 2014. This decrease is due to lower net earnings partly offset by the lower diluted weighted-average shares outstanding in 2015 as compared to the prior year. During 2015, we repurchased 8.9 million shares of our common stock representing 4% of the new facilities are scheduledprior year end outstanding shares, at a cost of $527.2 million.
In 2015, our total gross margin declined by $231.4 million, or 13%, to be on-stream$1.55 billion in 2015 from $1.78 billion in 2014. The impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition increased gross margin by 2016. We expect to finance the capital expenditures through the use$23.5 million. The remaining decline in our gross margin of cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations and borrowings.

Significant Items

2012

        Robust demand in 2012 for nitrogen fertilizer products$254.9 million, or 14%, was due to favorable application conditionsthe $244.8 million decrease in bothgross margin in the springNitrogen Product Segments and the fall, near record corn acreage planted$10.1 million decline in 2012 and expectations of a similar level of acreage to be planted in 2013. High actual and expected planting levels were driven by record crop prices that resulted in record farm income. These market conditions led to higher average selling prices in the nitrogen segment in 2012 that, combined with lower natural gas costs, resulted in record profitability. Average selling prices in our phosphate segment were down due to lower demand from India and additional production capacity, notably from Saudi Arabia. Consolidated net sales of $6.1 billion in 2012 approximated the same level realized in 2011 as increases in the nitrogen segment, due primarily to the higher average selling prices, were offset by decreasesgross margin in the phosphate segment as the phosphate business was sold in the first quarter of 2014. The remaining decrease in Nitrogen Product Segments gross margin, as more fully described below, was due primarily to lower average selling prices. In 2012, average nitrogen fertilizer selling prices, increased by 2%, but average phosphate fertilizer selling prices decreased by 12%. Gross margin increased by $217.7 million, or 8%, to $3.1 billion in 2012 from $2.9 billion in 2011. Nitrogen segmentlower sales to Viterra were made on a cost-plus basis in 2012, in contrast tovolume, and the market-price basis that applied in


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2011 and prior years, a difference that impacts the comparability of net sales and certain other items between 2012 and prior periods and is discussed above under the heading "Items Affecting Comparability of Results—CFL Selling Price Modification." The 2012 results include $74.6 million ($46.2 million after tax) unrealized net mark-to-market gainslosses on natural gas derivatives, partially offset by lower physical natural gas costs.

Average selling prices, primarily UAN and granular urea, decreased by 8%, which reduced gross margin by $348.8 million as international nitrogen fertilizer prices continued to decline due to excess global supply. The combination of falling global production costs, foreign currency devaluation and reduced ocean freight costs allowed many international producers to continue operations and the resulting supply weighed on global prices.
Sales volume, primarily ammonia, decreased by 3%, which decreased gross margin by $72.3 million due primarily to a poor fall application season and weaker demand as customers were unable to apply ammonia due to poor weather conditions and customers were hesitant to buy in a declining pricing environment.
Unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives decreased gross margin by $96.8 million as 2015 included a $176.3 million loss compared to $79.5 million loss in 2014.
Lower physical natural gas costs in 2015, partially offset by the impact of natural gas derivatives that settled in the period, increased gross margin by $229.8 million compared to 2014. Lower gas costs were primarily driven by increased North American natural gas production, as increased well efficiencies increased supply. Warm weather conditions, especially in the fourth quarter, also contributed to high storage levels and the resulting decline in gas prices. 
Selling, general and foreign currency derivatives, a $15.2administrative expenses increased $17.9 million pre-tax charge ($9.4to $169.8 million after tax) for the accelerated amortization of deferred fees on the 2010 Credit Agreement that we replaced in May 2012 and a $10.92015 from $151.9 million pre-tax curtailment gain ($6.8 million after tax) from a reduction in certain retiree medical benefits.

2011

        In 2011, average selling prices increased due primarily to higher demand for fertilizer for the following reasons: higher planted acres in the spring season due to strong demand for corn and other grains which supported favorable farm economics; global fertilizer supply constraints resulting from both export restrictions and production curtailments affecting certain foreign fertilizer producers; and an expected high level of planted acres and fertilizer usage in the 2012 growing season. Higher average selling prices and sales volumes due to increased demand led to robust operating results in 2011. Consolidated net sales in 2011 increased by $2.1 billion, or 54%, to $6.1 billion, with increases due primarily to higher average selling prices in both the nitrogen and phosphate segments and higher sales volume2014. The increase was due primarily to the impact of the Terra acquisition. In 2011, average nitrogenCF Fertilisers UK acquisition, an increase in corporate project activities, and phosphate fertilizer selling priceshigher intangible amortization costs.

Transaction costs incurred in 2015 of $56.9 million are attributable to various consulting and legal services associated primarily with executing the strategic agreements and preparing for the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, our strategic venture with CHS and our acquisition of the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us.
Other operating—net increased by 38% and 36%, respectively. Gross margin increased by $1.7 billion, or 146%, to $2.9 billion in 2011$39.0 million from $1.2 billion in 2010. The 2011 results include a $77.3 million ($48.0 million after tax) unrealized net mark-to-market loss on natural gas derivatives. Results in 2011 also include $145.5$53.3 million of netexpense in 2014 to expense of $92.3 million in 2015. The increased expense was due primarily to increased expansion project costs pertaining to our Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa capacity expansion projects that did not qualify for capitalization compared to 2014.
Net interest expense ($90.2decreased by $45.7 million after tax), a $34.8to $131.6 million pre-tax ($21.6in 2015 from $177.3 million after tax) non-cash impairment chargein 2014 due primarily to the higher amounts of capitalized interest related to our Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plantcapacity expansion projects, partially offset by higher interest expense pertaining to the $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion of senior notes that were issued in September 2015 and

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in March 2014, respectively. We recorded capitalized interest of $154.5 million in 2015 primarily related to our capacity expansion projects compared to $74.2 million in 2014.
Net cash provided by operating activities in 2015 was $1.20 billion as compared to $1.41 billion in 2014, a $32.5decline of $204.9 million. This decline was primarily due to unfavorable working capital changes as customer advances were lower and inventory levels were higher in 2015 as compared to 2014 levels. Due to the declining pricing environment for nitrogen fertilizers in 2015, customers delayed making forward purchase commitments to purchase fertilizer in 2015, which reduced the amount of customer advances that were received, as compared to 2014 when fertilizer pricing was stronger. Inventory levels were also higher in 2015 due to a poor fall ammonia application season, as compared to 2014 when inventory levels declined.
Net cash used in investing activities was $2.98 billion in 2015 compared to $343.5 million ($20.0 million after tax) gain onin 2014 when we received proceeds of $1.37 billion from the sale of four dry product warehouses.

2010

the phosphate business. During 2015, capital expenditures totaled $2.47 billion compared to $1.81 billion in 2014. The increase in capital expenditures is primarily related to the capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa. We also acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for a net cash payment of $551.6 million, which is net of cash acquired of $18.8 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $79.9 million in 2015 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $775.1 million in 2014. In April 2010,September 2015, we completedissued senior notes and received proceeds of $1.0 billion. In March 2014, we issued senior notes and received proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion. In 2015, we repurchased shares of our common stock for $556.3 million in cash; in 2014, we repurchased shares of our common stock for $1.93 billion in cash. Dividends paid on common stock were $282.3 million and $255.7 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The following is a summary of certain significant items that impacted the $4.6 billion acquisition of Terra and it became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CF Holdings. This acquisition made us a global leader in the nitrogen fertilizer industry, diversified our asset base and increased our geographic reach and operational efficiency, as well as significantly increased our scale and capital market presence. Theconsolidated financial results of the Terra business are included in the consolidated results subsequent to the acquisition date. Consolidated net sales in 2010 were $4.0 billion, up 52%, as compared to $2.6 billion in 2009 due to the impact of the Terra acquisition, optimal weather conditions during both fertilizer application seasons,2015, 2014 and a favorable fertilizer environment due to strong farm economics. While average nitrogen fertilizer selling prices declined by 11% in 2010, average phosphate fertilizer prices increased by 28%. Gross margin increased by $340.1 million, or 41%, in 2010 to $1,179.5 million. The 2010 results include a $9.6 million ($5.9 million after tax) unrealized net mark-to-market gain on natural gas derivatives. Results in 2010 also include $219.8 million of net interest expense ($136.1 million after tax), $150.4 million ($148.8 million after tax) of business combination expenses and Peru project costs, a $28.3 million gain ($17.5 million after tax) on the sale of Terra common stock acquired during 2009, and $21.6 million ($13.4 million after tax) of restructuring and integration costs associated with the acquisition of Terra.

2013:
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $699.9 million for 2015 included a $94.4 million gain as a result of the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK ($94.4 million after tax), a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL ($61.9 million after tax), a $176.3 million unrealized net mark-to-market loss ($110.9 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $42.8 million of losses ($30.9 million after tax) as a result of the sale of equity method investments, $56.9 million of transaction costs ($56.9 million after tax), $51.3 million of expenses ($32.3 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa that did not qualify for capitalization, and $21.6 million ($13.6 million after tax) of realized and unrealized net losses on foreign currency derivatives related to our capacity expansion projects. During 2015, we repurchased 8.9 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $59 per share representing 4% of the prior year end's outstanding shares at a cost of $527.2 million.
In 2014, we reported net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.39 billion. Our 2014 results included a $750.1 million gain ($462.8 million after tax) on the sale of the phosphate business, a $79.5 million unrealized net mark-to-market loss ($50.1 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $30.7 million of expenses ($19.4 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects that did not qualify for capitalization, $38.4 million ($24.2 million after tax) of realized and unrealized net losses on foreign currency derivatives and a $13.1 million ($8.2 million after tax) of retirement benefit settlement charges. During 2014, we repurchased 38.4 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $50 per share representing 14% of the prior year end's outstanding shares at a cost of $1.92 billion.
In 2013, we reported net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.46 billion. Our 2013 results included a $52.9 million unrealized net mark-to-market gain ($33.5 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $10.8 million of expenses ($6.8 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects that did not qualify for capitalization, $20.8 million ($13.2 million after tax) of realized and unrealized net gains on foreign currency derivatives and a net $20.6 million benefit from a settlement with the IRS concerning certain pre-IPO NOLs. During 2013, we repurchased 36.7 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $39 representing 12% of the prior year end's outstanding shares at a cost of $1.45 billion.


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Key Industry Factors

We operate in a highly competitive, global industry. Our agricultural products are globally-traded commodities and, as a result, we compete principally on the basis of delivered price and to a lesser extent on customer service and product quality. Moreover, our operating results are influenced by a broad range of factors, including those outlined below.

Global Supply & Demand

Historically, global fertilizer demand has been driven primarily by population growth, changes in dietary habits and planted acreage, and application rates, among other things. We expect these key variables to continue to have major impacts on long-term fertilizer demand for the foreseeable future. Short-term fertilizer demand depends on global economic conditions, weather patterns, the level of global grain stocks relative to consumption, federalgovernmental regulations, including requirements mandating increased use of bio-fuels and farm sector income. Other geopolitical factors like temporary disruptions in fertilizer trade related to government intervention or changes in the buying/selling patterns of key consuming/exportingexporting/consuming countries such as China, India and Brazil, among others, often play a major role in shaping near-term market fundamentals. The economics of fertilizer manufacturing play a key role in decisions to increase or reduce production capacity. Supply of fertilizers is generally driven by available capacity and operating rates, raw material costs and availability, of raw materials, government policies and global trade.

Raw materials are dependent on energy sources such as natural gas or coal; supply costs are affected by the supply availability and demand for these commodities.

Natural Gas Prices

Natural gas is the principal raw material used to produce nitrogen fertilizers. We use natural gas both as a chemical feedstock and as a fuel to produce ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and AN.other nitrogen products. Because most of our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities are located in the United States and Canada, the price of natural gas in North America directly impacts a substantial portion of our operating expenses. Due to increases in natural gas production resulting from the rise in production from shale gas formations, natural gas prices in North America have declined over the last three years.past several years, but are subject to volatility. During the three year period ended December 31, 2012,2015, the average daily closing price at the Henry Hub reached a highlow of $7.51$1.54 per MMBtu on January 8, 2010four consecutive days in December 2015 and a high of $7.94 per MMBtu on March 5, 2014.
We also have manufacturing facilities located in the United Kingdom. These facilities are subject to fluctuations associated with the price of natural gas in Europe. The major natural gas trading point for the United Kingdom is the National Balancing Point (NBP). During 2015, the daily closing price at NBP reached a low of $1.84$4.60 per MMBtu on April 20, 2012.December 23, 2015 and December 24, 2015 and a high of $8.50 per MMBtu on February 12, 2015. During the three year period ended December 31, 2015, the daily closing price at NBP reached a low of $4.60 per MMBtu on both December 23, 2015 and December 24, 2015 and a high of $16.00 per MMBtu on March 22, 2013.
Natural gas costs, including the impact of realized natural gas derivatives, declined 28% in 2015 from 2014. Expenditures on natural gas represent a significant portion of our production costs. For example, natural gas costs, including realized gains and losses, comprised approximately 39%45% of theour Nitrogen Product Segments total cost of sales for our nitrogen fertilizer products in 2012 down from 45% in 2011. Natural gas costs represented a higher percentage of cash production costs (total production costs less depreciation and amortization).

in 2015.

Farmers' Economics

The demand for fertilizer is affected by the aggregate crop planting decisions and fertilizer application rate decisions of individual farmers. Individual farmers make planting decisions based largely on prospective profitability of a harvest, while the specific varieties and amounts of fertilizer they apply depend on factors like their current liquidity, soil conditions, weather patterns, crop prices and the types of crops planted.


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Global Trade in Fertilizer

In addition to the relationship between global supply and demand, profitability within a particular geographic region is determined by the supply/demand balance within that region. Regional supply and demand can be influenced significantly by factors affecting trade within regions. Some of these factors include the relative cost to produce and deliver product, relative currency values, the availability of


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credit and governmental policies affecting trade and other matters.policies. The development of additional natural gas reserves in North America over the last few years has decreased natural gas costs relative to the rest of the world, making North American nitrogen fertilizer producers more competitive. These lower natural gas costs contributed to announcements of several nitrogen fertilizer capacity expansion projects in North America.America, including our capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa. Changes in currency values may also alter our cost competitiveness relative to producers in other regions of the world.

Imports account for a significant portion of the nitrogen fertilizer consumed in North America. Producers of nitrogen basednitrogen-based fertilizers located in the Middle East, the Ukraine, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, North Africa, Russia and China are major exporters to North America.

        The domestic phosphate industry is tied to the global market through its position as the world's largest exporter of DAP/MAP. Consequently, phosphate fertilizer prices and demand for U.S. DAP/MAP are subject to considerable volatility and dependent on a wide variety of factors impacting the world market, including fertilizer and trade policies of foreign governments, changes in ocean bound freight rates and international currency fluctuations.

Political and Social

Government Policies

The political and social policies of governments around the world can result in restrictions on imports and exports, the subsidization of natural gas prices, the subsidization ofand subsidies or quotas applied to domestic producers, farmers, and the subsidization of exports.imported or exported product. Due to the critical role that fertilizers play in food production, the construction and operation of fertilizer plants often are influenced by these political and social objectives.

Ethanol Industry and the Renewable Fuel Standard
Corn used to produce ethanol accounts for approximately 38% of total U.S. corn demand. U.S. government policy, as expressed in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), is a major determinant for the ethanol market. The RFS establishes minimum volumes of various types of renewable fuels, including ethanol, that must be included in the United States’ supply of fuel for transportation. In addition, Congress, at various times, has proposed legislation to either reduce or eliminate the RFS. While past legislation proposing changes to the RFS has not passed, there can be no assurance that future legislation will not be passed into law. Other factors that drive the ethanol market include the prices of ethanol, gasoline and corn. Lower gasoline prices may put pressure on ethanol prices that could result in reduced profitability and lower production for the ethanol industry.
Factors Affecting Our Results

Net Sales.    Our net sales are derived primarily from the sale of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers and are determined by the quantities of fertilizers we sell and the selling prices we realize. The volumes, mix and selling prices we realize are determined to a great extent by a combination of global and regional supply and demand factors. Net sales also include shipping and handling costs that are billed to our customers. Sales incentives are reported as a reduction in net sales.

Cost of Sales.    Our cost of sales includes manufacturing costs, purchased product costs, and distribution costs. Manufacturing costs, the most significant element of cost of sales, consist primarily of raw materials, realized and unrealized gains and losses on natural gas derivative instruments, maintenance, direct labor, depreciation and other plant overhead expenses. Purchased product costs primarily include the cost to purchase nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers to augment or replace production at our facilities. Distribution costs include the cost of freight required to transport finished products from our plants to our distribution facilities and storage costs incurred prior to final shipment to customers.

We offer our customers the opportunity to purchase productproducts from us on a forward basis at prices and on delivery dates we propose. As our customers enter into forward nitrogen fertilizer purchase contracts with us, we often use derivative instruments to reduce our exposure to changes in the cost of natural gas, the largest and most volatile component of our manufacturing cost.costs for nitrogen-based fertilizer. We report our natural gas derivatives on the consolidated balance sheetsheets at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded in cost of sales as the changes occur. See "Forward Sales and Customer Advances" later in this discussion and analysis. As a result of fixing the selling prices of our products, often months in advance of their ultimate delivery to customers, our reported selling prices and margins may differ from market spot prices and margins available at the time of shipment. Volatility in quarterly reported earnings also may arise from the unrealized mark-to-market adjustments in the value of derivatives.


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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.    Our selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of corporate office expenses such as salaries and other payroll-related costs for our executive, administrative, legal, financial and marketing functions, as well as certain taxes and insurance and other professional service fees.fees, including those for corporate initiatives.


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        Restructuring and IntegrationTransaction Costs.    Restructuring and integrationTransaction costs consist of expensesvarious consulting and legal services associated primarily with executing the strategic agreements and preparing for the proposed combination with the integrationENA Business of OCI, our strategic venture with CHS and our acquisition of the operations of Terra andremaining 50% equity interest in CF Industries.Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us.

Other Operating—Net.    Other operating—net includes theadministrative costs associated with engineering studies for proposed capitalour capacity expansion projects and other costs that do not relate directly to our central operations. Costs included in "other costs" can include foreign exchange gains and losses, unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency derivatives, costs associated with our closed facilities, amounts recorded for environmental remediation for other areas of our business, litigation expenses and gains and losses on the disposal of fixed assets. In 2010, other operating-net also included business combination related expenses and Peru project development costs. The business combination related expenses were associated with our acquisition of Terra and costs associated with responding to Agrium's proposed acquisition of CF Holdings. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on activity related to our acquisition of Terra.

Equity in Earnings of Operating Affiliates.    We have investments accounted for under the equity method for which the results are includedEquity in ourearnings of operating earnings. These consistaffiliates consists of the following: (1)our 50% ownership interest in PLNL and (2) 50% interest in an ammonia storage joint venture located in Houston, Texas.PLNL. We include our share of the net earnings from these investmentsour investment in PLNL as an element of earnings from operations because these investments providethis investment provides additional production and storage capacity to our operations and areis integrated with our other supply chain and sales activities in the nitrogen segment.Nitrogen Product Segments. Our share of the net earnings includes the amortization of certain tangible and intangible assets identified as part of the application of purchase accounting at acquisition. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we recognized a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL.

Interest Expense.    Our interest expense includes the interest on our long-term debt, and notes payable, amortization of the related fees required to execute financing agreements and annual fees onpursuant to our senior revolving credit facility. It excludes capitalizedagreement. Capitalized interest relating to the construction of major capital projects.projects reduces interest expense as the interest is capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful lives of the facility along with all other construction costs.

Interest Income.    Our interest income represents amounts earned on our cash, cash equivalents, investments and advances to unconsolidated affiliates.

Income Tax Provision.    Our income tax provision includes all currently payable and deferred United States and foreign income tax expense applicable to our ongoing operations.

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are projected to be recovered or settled. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income, of an appropriate character, in future periods. A valuation allowance is established if it is determined to be more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are reported as interest expense and income tax expense, respectively.

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pre-IPO owners amounts equal to the resulting federal and state income taxes actually saved. On January 2, 2013, we and the pre-IPO owners amended the NOL Agreement to provide, among other things, that we are entitled to retain 26.9% of any settlement realized with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the IRS Appeals level. In January 2013, we entered into a Mediation Report with the IRS to resolve the tax treatment of the pre-IPO NOLs. Pursuant to the Mediation Report, we have agreed with the IRS that we will be entitled to deduct a portion of the NOLs in future years. Our mediation agreement is subject to finalization in a Closing Agreement with the IRS and will be recognized in our financial statements at that time. Under the terms of the amended NOL agreement, 73.1% of the federal and state tax savings will be payable to our pre-IPO owners.

Equity in Earnings of Non-Operating Affiliates—Net of Taxes.    Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes represents our share of the net earnings of the entities in whichthat we have an ownership interestaccount for using the equity method and exert significant operational and financial influence.exclude from operating earnings. Income taxes related to these investments, if any, are reflected in this line. The amounts recorded as equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes relate to our investments in GrowHowCF Fertilisers UK and Keytrade. Our shareDuring the second quarter of 2015, we sold our interests in Keytrade. On July 31, 2015, we acquired the net earnings includesremaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million and recognized a $94.4 million gain on the amortizationremeasurement to fair value of certain tangibleour initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK. CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us and intangible assets identified asbeginning July 31, 2015, the operating results of CF Fertilisers UK became part of the application of purchase accounting at acquisition. We account for these investments as non-operating equity method investments, and exclude the net earnings of these investments in earnings from operations since these operations do not provide additional production capacity to us, nor are these operations integrated within our supply chain.consolidated financial results.

Net Earnings Attributable to the Noncontrolling Interest.    Amounts reported asNet earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest include the net earnings attributable to the 24.7% interest of the publicly-held common units of TNCLP. Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest representfor the first four months of 2013 also included the interest of the 34% interest in the net operating results of CFL and the 24.7% interest in the net operating results of TNCLP, a master limited partnership that owns the nitrogen manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma.

        We own 49% of the voting common stock of CFL and 66%holder of CFL's non-voting preferred stock. Viterra Inc. (Viterra) owns 34%equity ownership. On April 30, 2013, we purchased the noncontrolling interests of the voting common stock and non-voting preferred stock of CFL.

        The remaining 17% of the voting common stock of CFL is owned by GROWMARK and La Coop fédérée.

We operate CFL's Medicine Hat facility and purchase approximately 66% of the facility's ammonia and urea production, pursuant to a management agreement and a product purchase agreement. Both the management agreement and the product purchase agreement can be terminated by either us or CFL upon a twelve-month notice. Viterra has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the remaining 34% of the facility's ammonia and urea production under a similar product purchase agreement. To the extent that Viterra does not purchase its 34% of the facility's production, we are obligated to purchase any remaining amounts. Since 1995, however, Viterra or its predecessor has purchased at least 34% of the facility's production each year. The product purchase agreement also provides that CFL will distribute its net earnings to us and Viterra annually based on the respective quantities of product purchased from CFL. See our previous discussion on the CFL selling price modification.

        On August 2, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore to acquire the interests in CFL currently owned by Viterra for total cash consideration of C$0.9 billion subject to certain adjustments. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement with each of GROWMARK and La Coop fédérée to acquire the CFL common shares held by them. When these transactions are completed we will own 100% of CFL and will be entitled to purchase 100% of CFL's ammonia and urea production. The completion of the transactions is subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals in Canada, and other terms and conditions in the definitive purchase agreements. CFL's results are currently included in our financial statements as a consolidated variable interest entity. See Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on CFL.


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        Through the acquisition of Terra in April 2010, we own an aggregate 75.3% of TNCLP and outside investors own the remaining 24.7%. The TNCLP Agreement of Limited Partnership allows the General Partner to receive Incentive Distribution Rights once a minimum distribution threshold has been met. Partnership interests in TNCLP are traded on the NYSE and TNCLP is separately registered with the SEC.


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Results of Consolidated Operations

The following tables presenttable presents our consolidated results of operations:

 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,474.7
 $(434.9) (9)% $(731.5) (13)%
Cost of sales2,761.2
 2,964.7
 2,954.5
 (203.5) (7)% 10.2
  %
Gross margin1,547.1
 1,778.5
 2,520.2
 (231.4) (13)% (741.7) (29)%
Gross margin percentage35.9% 37.5% 46.0% (1.6)%   (8.5)%  
Selling, general and administrative expenses169.8
 151.9
 166.0
 17.9
 12 % (14.1) (8)%
Transaction costs56.9
 
 
 56.9
 N/M
 
 N/M
Other operating—net92.3
 53.3
 (15.8) 39.0
 73 % 69.1
 N/M
Total other operating costs and expenses319.0
 205.2
 150.2
 113.8
 55 % 55.0
 37 %
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 750.1
 
 (750.1) (100)% 750.1
 N/M
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates(35.0) 43.1
 41.7
 (78.1) (181)% 1.4
 3 %
Operating earnings1,193.1
 2,366.5
 2,411.7
 (1,173.4) (50)% (45.2) (2)%
Interest expense—net131.6
 177.3
 147.5
 (45.7) (26)% 29.8
 20 %
Other non-operating—net3.9
 1.9
 54.5
 2.0
 105 % (52.6) (97)%
Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates1,057.6
 2,187.3
 2,209.7
 (1,129.7) (52)% (22.4) (1)%
Income tax provision395.8
 773.0
 686.5
 (377.2) (49)% 86.5
 13 %
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes72.3
 22.5
 9.6
 49.8
 221 % 12.9
 134 %
Net earnings734.1
 1,436.8
 1,532.8
 (702.7) (49)% (96.0) (6)%
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest34.2
 46.5
 68.2
 (12.3) (26)% (21.7) (32)%
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders$699.9
 $1,390.3
 $1,464.6
 $(690.4) (50)% $(74.3) (5)%
Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders(1)
$2.96
 $5.42
 $4.95
 $(2.46) (45)% $0.47
 9 %
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding(1)           
236.1
 256.7
 296.0
 (20.6) (8)% (39.3) (13)%
Dividends declared per common share(1)
$1.20
 $1.00
 $0.44
 $0.20
  
 $0.56
  
Supplemental Data:             
Purchased natural gas costs (per MMBtu)(2)
$2.81
 $4.49
 $3.64
 $(1.68)   $0.85
  
Realized derivatives loss (gain) (per MMBtu)(3)
0.26
 (0.24) 0.02
 0.50
   (0.26)  
Cost of natural gas (per MMBtu)$3.07
 $4.25
 $3.66
 $(1.18) (28)% $0.59
 16 %
Average daily market price of natural gas (per MMBtu) Henry Hub (Louisiana)$2.61
 $4.32
 $3.72
 $(1.71) (40)% $0.60
 16 %
Average daily market price of natural gas (per MMBtu) National Balancing Point (UK)(4)
$6.53
 
 
 $6.53
 N/M
 
 N/M
Capital expenditures$2,469.3
 $1,808.5
 $823.8
 $660.8
 37 % $984.7
 120 %
Production volume by product tons (000s):             
      Ammonia(5)
7,673
 7,011
 7,105
 662
 9 % (94) (1)%
      Granular urea2,520
 2,347
 2,474
 173
 7 % (127) (5)%
      UAN (32%)5,888
 5,939
 6,332
 (51) (1)% (393) (6)%
AN1,283
 950
 882
 333
 35 % 68
 8 %

 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2012 v. 2011 2011 v. 2010 
 
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
 

Net sales(1)

 $6,104.0 $6,097.9 $3,965.0 $6.1   $2,132.9  54%

Cost of sales

  2,990.7  3,202.3  2,785.5  (211.6) (7)% 416.8  15%
                  

Gross margin(1)

  3,113.3  2,895.6  1,179.5  217.7  8% 1,716.1  145%

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  
151.8
  
130.0
  
106.1
  
21.8
  
17

%
 
23.9
  
23

%

Restructuring and integration costs

    4.4  21.6  (4.4) (100)% (17.2) (80)%

Other operating—net

  49.1  20.9  166.7  28.2  135% (145.8) (87)%
                  

Total other operating costs and expenses

  200.9  155.3  294.4  45.6  29% (139.1) (47)%

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

  47.0  50.2  10.6  (3.2) (6)% 39.6  N/M 
                  

Operating earnings

  2,959.4  2,790.5  895.7  168.9  6% 1,894.8  212%

Interest expense

  135.3  147.2  221.3  (11.9) (8)% (74.1) (33)%

Interest income

  (4.3) (1.7) (1.5) (2.6) 153% (0.2) 13%

Loss on extinguishment of debt

      17.0    N/M  (17.0) N/M 

Other non-operating—net

  (1.1) (0.6) (28.8) (0.5) 83% 28.2  (98)%
                  

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

  2,829.5  2,645.6  687.7  183.9  7% 1,957.9  285%

Income tax provision

  
964.2
  
926.5
  
273.7
  
37.7
  
4

%
 
652.8
  
239

%

Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

  58.1  41.9  26.7  16.2  39% 15.2  57%
                  

Net earnings

  1,923.4  1,761.0  440.7  162.4  9% 1,320.3  N/M 

Less: Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest(1)

  74.7  221.8  91.5  (147.1) (66)% 130.3  142%
                   

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,539.2 $349.2 $309.5  20%$1,190.0  N/M 
                  

Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders

 $28.59 $21.98 $5.34 $6.61    $16.64    

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

  
64.7
  
70.0
  
65.4
  
(5.3

)
    
4.6
    

Dividends declared per common share

 
$

1.60
 
$

1.00
 
$

0.40
 
$

0.60
    
$

0.60
    

N/M—Not Meaningful

(1)
During 2012, the CFL selling prices to Viterra were modified to cost plus an agreed-upon margin from market-based pricing in the prior years. This impacts the comparability of certain amounts between 2012 and the previous years. To provide comparable information for 2012 and 2011, the table presented below under the heading "Impact of CFL Selling Price Modifications" presents these line items adjusted as if the CFL selling price modifications had been in effect beginning on January 1, 2011.
(1)
Share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
(2)
Includes the cost of natural gas purchased during the period for use in production.
(3)
Includes the impact of gains and losses on natural gas derivatives that were settled and realized during the period. Excludes the unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses on natural gas derivatives.
(4)
Amount represents average daily market price for the full year 2015.
(5)
Gross ammonia production, including amounts subsequently upgraded on-site into granular urea, UAN, or AN.


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Impact of CFL Selling Price Modifications

As discussed in the Items Affecting Comparability of Results section of this Management's Discussiondiscussion and Analysisanalysis, on April 30, 2013, CF Industries acquired the noncontrolling interests in CFL and CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Financial ConditionCF Industries. As a result, the consolidated financial results for 2015 and Results2014 included twelve months of Operations, during 2012, the CFLmarket-based selling prices, to Viterra were modified towhile 2013 included four months of selling prices based on production cost plus an agreed-upon margin fromand eight months of market-based pricing inselling prices. These changes affect the prior years. This change had noyear-over-year comparability of net sales, gross margin, operating earnings, earnings before income taxes and net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest, but do not impact onthe comparability of our net earnings attributable to common stockholders sinceor net sales and net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest were each modified bycash flows for the same amount. However, this change impacts the comparability of certain amounts between 2012 and 2011. period. 
The following table is presentedadjusts the results for 2013 to provide comparable information between 2012 and 2011 by presentingmarket-based selling prices for the 2011 informationfull year to be on a comparable basis comparable with the 2012 data with respect to CFL selling prices.

2015 and 2014.


 Year Ended December 31 Twelve months ended December 31,

 2012 2011 2012 v. 2011 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013

 (in millions)
 (in millions, except percentages)

Net sales

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $6,104.0 $6,097.9 $6.1 0%$4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,474.7
 $(434.9) (9)% $(731.5) (13)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (142.6) 142.6   
 
 71.1
 
  
 (71.1)  
         

As adjusted

 $6,104.0 $5,955.3 $148.7 2%$4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,545.8
 $(434.9) (9)% $(802.6) (14)%
         

Gross margin

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $3,113.3 $2,895.6 $217.7 8%$1,547.1
 $1,778.5
 $2,520.2
 $(231.4) (13)% $(741.7) (29)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (142.6) 142.6   
 
 71.1
 
  
 (71.1)  
         

As adjusted

 $3,113.3 2,753.0 $360.3 13%$1,547.1
 $1,778.5
 $2,591.3
 $(231.4) (13)% $(812.8) (31)%
         

Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

 
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest 
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $74.7 $221.8 $(147.1) (66)%$34.2
 $46.5
 $68.2
 $(12.3) (26)% $(21.7) (32)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (142.6) 142.6   
 
 71.1
 
  
 (71.1)  
         

As adjusted

 $74.7 $79.2 $(4.5) (6)%$34.2
 $46.5
 $139.3
 $(12.3) (26)% $(92.8) (67)%
         

Year Ended December 31, 20122015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20112014

Consolidated Operating Results

Our reportable segments consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, other, and phosphate and include the results of CF Fertilisers UK as a result of our acquisition that closed on July 31, 2015. The ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and Other segments are referred to in this discussion and analysis as the “Nitrogen Product Segments.”
Our total gross margin increased $217.7declined by $231.4 million, or 8%13%, to $3.1$1.55 billion in 20122015 from $2.9$1.78 billion in 20112014. The impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition increased gross margin by $23.5 million. The remaining decline in our gross margin of $254.9 million, or 14%, was due to an increasethe $244.8 million decrease in gross margin in the nitrogen segment, partially offset by a decreaseNitrogen Product Segments and the $10.1 million decline in gross margin in the phosphate segment.segment as the phosphate business was sold in the first quarter of 2014. The 8%remaining decrease in Nitrogen Product Segments gross margin, increaseas more fully described below, was impacted by lower average CFL selling prices in 2012 as compared to 2011 due to the CFL selling price modification previously discussed. On an as adjusted basis, the gross margin increased 13%.

        In the nitrogen segment, the gross margin increased by $350.4 million, or 14%, to $2.9 billion as compared to $2.6 billion in 2011 due to an increase in average nitrogen fertilizer selling prices, a decline in natural gas costs and unrealized mark-to-market gains on natural gas derivatives in the current year as compared to unrealized losses in 2011. The 14% increase in nitrogen segment gross margin was impacted by lower average CFL selling prices in 2012 as compared to 2011 due to the CFL selling price modification previously discussed. On an as adjusted basis, the gross margin for the nitrogen segment increased 20%.


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        In the phosphate segment, gross margin decreased by $132.7 million, or 40%, to $199.7 million in 2012 from $332.4 million in 2011, due primarily to lower average phosphate fertilizer selling prices, lower sales volume, and the impact of mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives, partially offset by an increaselower physical natural gas costs.

Average selling prices, primarily UAN and granular urea, decreased by 8%, which reduced gross margin by $348.8 million as international nitrogen fertilizer prices continued to decline due to excess global supply. The combination of falling global production costs, foreign currency devaluation and reduced ocean freight costs allowed many international producers to continue operations and the resulting supply weighed on global prices.
Sales volume, primarily ammonia, decreased by 3%, which decreased gross margin by $72.3 million due primarily to a poor fall application season and weaker demand as customers were unable to apply ammonia due to poor weather conditions and customers were hesitant to buy in sales volume.

a declining pricing environment.

Unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives decreased gross margin by $96.8 million as 2015 included a $176.3 million loss compared to a $79.5 million loss in 2014.

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Lower physical natural gas costs in 2015, partially offset by the impact of natural gas derivatives that settled in the period, increased gross margin by $229.8 million compared to 2014. Lower gas costs were primarily driven by increased North American natural gas production, as increased well efficiencies increased supply. Warm weather conditions, especially in the fourth quarter, also contributed to high storage levels and the resulting decline in gas prices.
 Net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.8 billion$699.9 million for 20122015 included a $74.6$94.4 million pre-tax unrealized net mark-to-market gain as a result of the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK ($46.294.4 million after tax) on natural gas and foreign currency derivatives,, a $15.2$61.9 million chargeimpairment of our equity method investment in PLNL ($9.461.9 million after tax) for the accelerated amortization of deferred loan fees on our 2010 Credit Agreement that we replaced in May 2012 and, a $10.9$176.3 million pre-tax curtailment gain ($6.8 million after tax) from a reduction in certain retiree medical benefits.

        The net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.5 billion for 2011 included a $77.3 million pre-tax unrealized net mark-to-market loss ($48.0110.9 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, a $34.8$42.8 million pre-taxof losses ($21.630.9 million after tax) non-cash impairment chargeas a result of the sale of equity method investments, $56.9 million of transaction costs ($56.9 million after tax), $51.3 million of expenses ($32.3 million after tax) related to our Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plant, a $32.5capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa that did not qualify for capitalization, and $21.6 million of realized and unrealized losses ($20.013.6 million after tax) on foreign currency derivatives related to our capacity expansion projects. Net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.39 billion in 2014 included a $750.1 million gain ($462.8 million after tax) on the sale of four dry product warehouses, $19.9the phosphate business, a $79.5 million unrealized net mark-to-market loss ($12.350.1 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $30.7 million of expenses ($19.4 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects that did not qualify for capitalization, $38.4 million ($24.2 million after tax) of acceleratedrealized and unrealized net losses on foreign currency derivatives and $13.1 million ($8.2 million after tax) of retirement benefits settlement charges.

Net Sales
Our total net sales decreased $434.9 million, or 9%, to $4.31 billion in 2015 compared to $4.74 billion in 2014. The impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition increased our net sales by $208.4 million. The remaining decline in our net sales of $643.3 million, or 14%, included a $474.9 million decrease attributable to the Nitrogen Product Segments and a $168.4 million decrease due to the sale of the phosphate business in March 2014. The remaining Nitrogen Product Segments net sales decreased due to an 8% decline in average selling prices and a 3% decline in sales volume.
Nitrogen Product Segments average selling prices, excluding the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition, were $318 per ton in 2015 compared to $345 per ton in 2014 due primarily to lower UAN, granular urea and ammonia selling prices in 2015 as international nitrogen fertilizer prices continued to decline due to excess global supply. The combination of falling global production costs, foreign currency devaluation and reduced ocean freight costs allowed many international producers to continue operations and the resulting supply weighed on global prices. The decline in UAN average selling prices was primarily due to excess global supply. Granular urea exports from China were at a record high in 2015 and Russian exports have increased significantly while global capacity additions in 2015 further contributed to the global supply excess and the decline in average selling prices compared to 2014. The decrease in ammonia average selling prices from prior year levels is due primarily to weaker nitrogen fertilizer market conditions compared to the prior year, as a weak fall application season combined with higher producer inventory levels and slowing demand from phosphate fertilizer producers weighed on prices at the end of 2015.
Our total Nitrogen Product Segments sales volume increased by 3%. The impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition increased our sales volume by 6%. The remaining decline in our Nitrogen Product Segments sales volume of 3% was due primarily to lower ammonia and UAN sales volume. Our ammonia sales volume was lower in 2015 partly due to a poor fall application season in North America as a result of poor weather conditions in the Midwest. The season started late and ended early in November due to snow in the Midwest. In addition, our ammonia and UAN sales volume were lower as customers were hesitant to buy in a declining pricing environment.
Cost of Sales
Total cost of sales decreased $203.5 million, or 7%, from 2014 to 2015 including the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition which increased cost of sales by $184.9 million, or 6%. The remaining decrease in our cost of sales of $388.4 million, or 13%, was due primarily to lower natural gas costs. The cost of sales per ton in our Nitrogen Product Segments averaged $200 in 2015, a 5% decrease from the $211 per ton in 2014. The realized natural gas costs, including the impact of lower purchased natural gas costs and realized derivative losses during 2015, decreased 28% compared to 2014. Cost of sales in 2015 also included $176.3 million of unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives compared to losses of $79.5 million in 2014. Lower gas costs were primarily driven by increasing North American natural gas production, as increased well efficiencies increased supply. Warm weather conditions, especially in the fourth quarter, also contributed to the high storage levels and the resulting decline in gas prices.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $17.9 million to $169.8 million in 2015 from $151.9 million in 2014. The increase was due primarily to the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition, an increase in corporate project activities, and higher intangible amortization costs.
Transaction Costs
In 2015, we incurred $56.9 million of debt issuancetransaction costs recognized upon repaymentfor various consulting and legal services associated primarily with executing the strategic agreements and preparing for the proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI, our strategic venture with CHS and our acquisition of the remaining balance50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us.
Other Operating—Net
Other operating—net changed by $39.0 million from $53.3 million of expense in 2014 to expense of $92.3 million in 2015. The increased expense was due primarily to higher expansion project costs pertaining to our Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa capacity expansion projects that did not qualify for capitalization. This was partially offset by the decrease in realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency derivatives from $38.4 million of losses in 2014 to $21.6 million of losses in 2015.
Equity in Earnings of Operating Affiliates
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates consists of our 50% share of the operating results of PLNL. Equity in earnings of operating affiliates decreased by $78.1 million in 2015 as compared to 2014 due primarily to a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL that was recognized in the fourth quarter of 2015. The remaining decrease was due primarily to lower operating results from PLNL due to lower average selling prices.
Interest—Net
Net interest expense was $131.6 million in 2015 compared to $177.3 million in 2014. The $45.7 million decrease in net interest expense was due primarily to higher amounts of capitalized interest related to our capacity expansion projects, partially offset by higher interest expense pertaining to the $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion of senior secured term loannotes issued in September 2015 and in March 2014, respectively. We recorded capitalized interest of $154.5 million in 2015 primarily related to our capacity expansion projects compared to $74.2 million in 2014.
Other Non-Operating—Net
Other non-operatingnet was a $3.9 million expense in 2015 compared to expense of $1.9 million in 2014.
Income Taxes
Our income tax provision for 2015 was $395.8 million on pre-tax income of $1.06 billion, or an effective tax rate of 37.4%, compared to an income tax provision of $773.0 million on pre-tax income of $2.19 billion, or an effective tax rate of 35.3% in the prior year. The increase in the effective tax rate in 2015 was due primarily to the impact of certain transactional expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes. The income tax provision in 2014 included $287.3 million of income tax expense relating to the phosphate business sale, which increased the effective tax rate by 1.5%.
During the third quarter of 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us and recognized a $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK. The earnings in CF Fertilisers UK have been permanently reinvested. Therefore, the recognition of the $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement of the historical equity investment does not include the recognition of tax expense on the gain.
In the fourth quarter of 2015, we determined the carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL exceeded fair value and recognized an impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL of $61.9 million, which is included in the equity in earnings of operating affiliates in 2015. Our income tax provision does not include a tax benefit for the impairment of the equity investment as it does not give rise to a tax deduction.
The effective tax rate does not reflect a tax provision on the earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest in TNCLP (a partnership), which is not a taxable entity. For additional information on income taxes, see Note 10—Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.

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Equity in Earnings of Non-Operating Affiliates—Net of Taxes
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes consists of our share of the financial results of unconsolidated joint venture interests in CF Fertilisers UK and Keytrade. During the second quarter of 2015, we sold our interests in Keytrade. On July 31, 2015, we completed the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us and became part of our consolidated financial results.
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes increased by $49.8 million in 2015 compared to 2014 due primarily to the $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK that was recorded in connection with the closing of the transaction. This was partially offset by the combination of operating losses experienced at Keytrade and from the loss on sale of our investments in Keytrade during the second quarter of 2015.
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest decreased $12.3 million in 2015 compared to 2014 due primarily to lower net earnings attributable to the 24.7% interest of the publicly-held common units of TNCLP.
Diluted Net Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders
Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders decreased $2.46, or 45%, to $2.96 per share in 2015 from $5.42 per share in 2014. This decrease is primarily due to the $1.80 per share gain from the sale of the phosphate business in 2014, partially offset by the impact of lower diluted weighted-average shares outstanding in 2015 as compared to 2014 due to the impact of our share repurchase programs. We repurchased 8.9 million shares in 2015 for $527.2 million, or an average cost of $59 per share. The total shares repurchased during 2015 represent 4% of the shares outstanding as of December 31, 2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
Consolidated Operating Results
Our total gross margin declined by $741.7 million, or 29%, to $1.78 billion in 2014 from $2.52 billion in 2013. The sale of the phosphate business reduced gross margin between the periods by $64.8 million as the business was sold in the first quarter of 2011, $4.42014, but had reported results in both the first half of 2014 and the entire year in 2013. Gross margin for the Nitrogen Product Segments declined by $676.9 million, or 28%. This decline in gross margin is due primarily to the following factors:
Average selling prices in the Nitrogen Product Segments declined by 4%, which reduced gross margin by $358.9 million.
Sales volume in the Nitrogen Product Segments increased by 3%, which increased gross margin by $73.5 million.
Higher natural gas costs reduced gross margin by $122.3 million.
Unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives decreased gross margin by $132.4 million as 2014 included a $79.5 million loss and 2013 included a $52.9 million gain.
Other production costs, including production outage related expenses, and distribution and storage expenses increased compared to 2013.
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.39 billion for 2014 included a $750.1 million pre-tax gain ($2.7462.8 million after tax) on the sale of the phosphate business, a $79.5 million of pre-tax unrealized mark-to-market loss ($50.1 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $30.7 million of expenses ($19.4 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and Port Neal, Iowa, $38.4 million ($24.2 million after tax) of restructuringrealized and integration costs associated with the acquisition of Terraunrealized net losses on foreign currency derivatives and a $2.0$13.1 million ($1.38.2 million after tax) of retirement benefits settlement charges. Net earnings in 2013 of $1.46 billion included $52.9 million of unrealized net mark-to-market gain ($33.5 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, $10.8 million of expenses ($6.8 million after tax) related to our capacity expansion projects, $20.8 million ($13.2 million after tax) of realized and unrealized net gains on foreign currency derivatives and a net $20.6 million benefit from a settlement with the saleIRS concerning certain pre-IPO NOLs.

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Net Sales

Net sales were $6.1decreased $731.5 million, or 13%, to $4.74 billion in both 2012 and 2011 as increases2014 compared to $5.47 billion in the nitrogen segment in 2012 were offset by declines in the phosphate segment.2013. These results were impacted by lower average CFL selling prices in 2012 as compared to 2011 due to the CFL selling price modification.modifications in 2013. On an as adjusted basis, the 2014 net sales increased 2%.

        In the nitrogen segment,decreased 14% compared to 2013. The $731.5 million decrease in net sales increased by $84.5is attributable to a $103.0 million decrease in the Nitrogen Product Segments and a $628.5 million decrease in the phosphate segment due to the sale of the phosphate business in March 2014.

Nitrogen Product Segments net sales decreased $103.0 million, or 2%, due primarily to higher nitrogen fertilizer average selling prices which were partially offset by lower sales volume. Average selling prices for nitrogen fertilizer increased due primarily to positive market conditions as favorable weather created a longer application window, tight world market conditions existed for ammonia and urea due to lower international ammonia production and tight domestic supply conditions existed due to increased demand caused by the high level of planted acres and low downstream inventories. The 2% increase in nitrogen segment net sales was impacted by lower average CFL selling prices in 2012 as compared to 2011 due to the CFL selling price modification. On an as adjusted basis, net sales in the nitrogen segment increased 5%.

        In the phosphate segment, net sales declined $78.4 million, or 7%, due to a 12% decline4% decrease in average phosphate fertilizer selling prices, partially offset by a 6%3% increase in phosphate sales volume.

Nitrogen Product Segments average selling prices declined due primarily to lower ammonia and UAN selling prices compared to the prior year period. Ammonia prices were lower due primarily to the higher producer inventory levels that carried over from the end of 2013 as compared to the previous year as a result of the shortened 2013 fall ammonia application season caused by cold weather conditions. The decline in UAN prices was due primarily to customer preferences for attractively priced ammonia during the extended spring ammonia application season in 2014.

Nitrogen Product Segments sales volume increased due primarily to increased sales of ammonia and AN along with the increased sales in the Other segment, mainly DEF. Ammonia volume benefited in 2014 from a combination of attractive pricing compared to other forms of nitrogen fertilizer, favorable weather conditions that resulted in an extended spring application season, and effective utilization of our terminal and logistics system to resupply in advance of periods of high demand. In addition, sales to Mosaic under our ammonia supply contract from our PLNL joint venture also increased volume compared to 2013. AN segment sales volume increased due to higher AN exports and increased late season AN fertilizer demand compared to 2013. DEF volume increased along with the growing North American DEF market.
Cost of Sales

Total cost of sales increased $10.2 million from 2013 to 2014 due primarily to higher Nitrogen Product Segments cost of sales partially offset by the sale of the phosphate business in our nitrogen segment averaged approximately $168March 2014. Total cost of sales per ton in 2012our Nitrogen Product Segments averaged $211 in 2014 compared to $188 per ton$172 in 2011.2013. This 11%23% increase was due primarily to higher natural gas costs and higher other production costs. Total realized gas costs increased 16%. Natural gas costs for 2014 also included a $79.5 million unrealized net mark-to-market loss on natural gas derivatives and 2013 included a $52.9 million gain. Additionally, we incurred higher other production costs, including production outage related expenses, and distribution and storage expenses compared to 2013.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $14.1 million to $151.9 million in 2014 from $166.0 million in 2013. The decrease was due primarily to lower realized natural gas costincentive compensation costs and a $66.5lower corporate office costs for certain corporate activities such as information technology projects.
Other Operating—Net
Other operating—net changed by $69.1 million unrealizedfrom $15.8 million net mark-to-market gain on natural gas derivativesincome in the current year compared2013 to a $77.3 million unrealized net loss in the prior year. Phosphate segment costexpense of sales averaged $397 per ton in 2012 compared to $392 per ton in the prior year.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

        Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $21.8 million to $151.8$53.3 million in 2012 from $130.0 million in 20112014. The increased expense was due primarily to higher corporate office$38.4 million of realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency derivatives in 2014 compared to $20.8 million of gains in 2013. Additionally, expenses including higher professional


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service fees associated withrelated to the design and implementation of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and higher outside legal fees and employee incentive compensation costs. The higher legal costs were primarily associated with environmental regulatory costs and corporate activities including our planned acquisition of the noncontrolling interest in CFL and capacity expansion projects atin Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa.

RestructuringIowa that did not qualify for capitalization increased by $19.9 million between the years.

Phosphate Business Disposition
In March 2014, we completed the sale of the Company’s phosphate mining and Integration Costs

        No restructuringmanufacturing business to Mosaic pursuant to the terms of the definitive transaction agreement executed in October 2013, among the Company, CF Industries and integration costs were incurredMosaic for approximately $1.4 billion in 2012 compared to $4.4 million in 2011, as integration activities associated with the acquisition of Terra were completed in 2011.

Other Operating—Net

        Other operating—net was $49.1 million in 2012 compared to $20.9 million in 2011. The expense recorded in 2012 consisted primarily of $21.9 million of costs associated with engineering studies for capacity expansion projects at various nitrogen complexes, $13.3 million of environmentalcash. In 2014, we recognized pre-tax and other costs associated with our closed facilities and $5.5 million of losses on the disposal of fixed assets. The expense recorded in 2011 included a $34.8 million impairment charge related to our Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plant, $8.1 million of costs associated with our closed facilities and losses of $7.2 million on the disposal of fixed assets, partially offset by a $32.5 million gainafter-tax gains on the sale of four dry product warehousesthe phosphate business of $750.1 million and a $2.0$462.8 million, gain on the sale of a non-core transportation business.

respectively.

Equity in Earnings of Operating Affiliates

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates consists of our 50% share of the operating results of PLNL and our 50% interest in an ammonia storage joint venture located in Houston, Texas. Equity in earnings of operating affiliates decreased $3.2 million to $47.0was $43.1 million in 20122014 as compared to $50.2$41.7 million in 20112013. The increase was due primarily to reduced sales and earnings at PLNL due to a planned turnaround, which was partially offset by improved sales and earnings for the ammonia storage joint venture.

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Interest—Net

Net interest expense was $131.0$177.3 million in 20122014 compared to $145.5$147.5 million in 2011.2013. The decrease$29.8 million increase in net interest expense was due primarily to the interest expense on the $1.5 billion of senior notes we issued during the first quarter of 2014 and the $1.5 billion of senior notes issued during the second quarter of 2013. This increase was partially offset by capitalized interest of $74.2 million in 2014 primarily related to our capacity expansion projects compared to $26.7 million in 2013.
Other Non‑Operating—Net
Other non‑operating—net was a decrease$1.9 million expense in amortized loan fees, including2014 compared to expense of $54.5 million in 2013. As discussed under Items Affecting Comparability of ResultsNOL Settlement, in 2013, a $4.7charge of $55.2 million decrease in accelerated loan fee amortization. In 2012,was recognized for the 73.1% portion of the NOLs we terminated the 2010 Credit Agreement and recognized $15.2 million accelerated amortization of deferred loan fees. In 2011, we repaid the remaining balance ofhad accumulated prior to our senior secured term loan and recognized $19.9 million accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs.

2005 public offering that are being paid to pre‑IPO owners as NOL tax benefits are realized.

Income Taxes

Our income tax provision for 20122014 was $964.2$773.0 million on pre-tax income of $2.8$2.19 billion, or an effective tax rate of 34.1%35.3%, compared to an income tax provision of $926.5$686.5 million on a pre-tax income of $2.6$2.21 billion, andor an effective tax rate of 35.0%31.1% in 2011.2013. The declineprimary increase in the effective tax rate in 2014 was driven primarilydue to the fact that we recognized a tax benefit in 2013 for the impact of our closing agreement with the IRS (2.2%), enabling us to utilize a portion of our pre-IPO NOLs. The 2014 effective tax rate is also impacted by lower U.S. taxes on foreign earnings as well as lower state taxesreduced tax benefits from depletion (1.1%) related to our disposed phosphate business. The income tax provision in 2012 than in2014 includes $287.3 million of income tax expense relating to the prior year. phosphate business sale, which increased the effective tax rate by 1.5%.
The effective tax rate does not includereflect a tax provision on the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interestsinterest in TNCLP (a partnership), which doesis not record ana taxable entity. For additional information on income tax provision. On August 2, 2012 we entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore International plc ("Glencore") to acquire the interest in CFL currently owned by Viterra. As a result, CFL recorded an income tax


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provision in 2012. In 2011, CFL did not record an income tax provision. Seetaxes, see Note 1110—Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on income taxes.

included in Item 8 of this report.

Equity in Earnings of Non-Operating Affiliates—Net of Taxes

Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes consists of our share of the operating results of unconsolidated joint venture interests in GrowHowCF Fertilisers UK and Keytrade. The $16.2$12.9 million increase in 20122014 compared to 20112013 was due primarily to higher netincreased earnings from CF Fertilisers UK reflecting lower natural gas costs in the United Kingdom and improved trading performance at GrowHow due to improved operating results, declines in UK corporate tax rates and an $11.1 million insurance settlement related to a fire that occurred in 2011.

Keytrade.

Net Earnings Attributable to the Noncontrolling Interest

Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest include the interest of the 34% holder of CFL's common and preferred shares and thedecreased $21.7 million in 2014 compared to 2013 due primarily to lower net earnings attributable to the 24.7% interest of the publicly heldpublicly-held common units of TNCLP. The $147.1 million decrease was mainly due to the impact of the CFL selling price modification that was made in 2012. During each quarter of 2012 and 2011, the TNCLP minimum quarterly distribution was exceeded, which entitled us to receive increased distributions on our general partner interests as provided for in the TNCLP Agreement of Limited Partnership. For additional information, see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements.

Diluted Net Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders

Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders increased to $28.59$5.42 in 20122014 from $21.98$4.95 in 20112013 due primarily to an increase in net earnings attributable to common stockholdersthe gain on the phosphate business sale and a decrease in the weighted averagelower weighted-average number of shares outstanding due to the impact of our share repurchase program under which weprograms. We repurchased 6.538.4 million shares of our common stock in 2011 and2014 for $1.92 billion, or an additional 3.1 millionaverage cost of $50 per share. The total shares in 2012.

Year Endedrepurchased during 2014 represent 14% of the shares outstanding as of December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010

Consolidated Operating Results

        Our total gross margin increased $1.7 billion, or 146%, to $2.9 billion for the year ended December 31, 2011 from $1.2 billion in 2010 due to increases in both the nitrogen and phosphate segments. In the nitrogen segment, the gross margin increased by $1.6 billion to $2.6 billion for 2011 compared to $1.0 billion in 2010 due primarily to higher average selling prices, the acquisition of Terra, the results of which were included for four quarters in 2011 and three quarters in 2010, and lower realized natural gas costs. These results were partially offset by unrealized mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives in 2011 compared to unrealized gains in 2010. In the phosphate segment, gross margin increased by $179.6 million to $332.4 million for 2011 compared to $152.8 million for 2010, due primarily to higher average phosphate fertilizer selling prices, partially offset by higher raw material costs, namely sulfur and ammonia.

        The net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $1.5 billion for 2011 included a $77.3 million pre-tax unrealized net mark-to-market loss ($48.0 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives, a $34.8 million pre-tax ($21.6 million after tax) non-cash impairment charge related to our Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plant, a $32.5 million ($20.0 million after tax) gain on the sale of four dry product warehouses, $19.9 million ($12.3 million after tax) of accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs recognized upon repayment of the remaining balance of the senior secured term loan in the first quarter of 2011, $4.4 million ($2.7 million after tax) of restructuring and integration costs

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On July 31, 2015, we acquired the acquisition of Terraremaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us. CF Fertilisers UK is now wholly owned by us and a $2.0 million ($1.3 million after tax) gain on the sale of a non-core transportation business.

        The 2010 net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $349.2 millionits results are included $219.8 million ($136.1 million after tax) of net interest expense including $85.9 million ($53.1 million after tax) of accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount recognized upon repaymentin our results as of the senior secured bridge loan and partial repaymentdate of the senior secured term loan, $150.4 million ($148.8 million after tax) of business combination related expenses and Peru project development costs, a $28.3 million ($17.5 million after tax) gain on the sale of 5.0 million shares of Terra common stock, $21.6 million ($13.4 million after tax) of restructuring and integration costs associated with the acquisition of Terra, a $19.4 million ($12.0 million after tax) non-cash charge in cost of sales recognized upon the sale of Terra's product inventory due to revaluing it to fair value under purchase accounting, a loss of $17.0 million ($10.5 million after tax) on the early retirement of Terra's 2019 Notes, and a $9.6 million pre-tax unrealized net mark-to-market gain ($5.9 million after tax) on natural gas derivatives.

Net Sales

        Our net sales increased 54% to $6.1 billion in the year ended December 31, 2011 from $4.0 billion in 2010. This $2.1 billion increase was due to higher nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer average selling prices and sales volumes, including the impact of the Terra acquisition. Average nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer selling prices increased by 38% and 36%, respectively. Average selling prices increased due primarily to higher demand for fertilizer for the following reasons: higher planted acres in the spring season due to strong demand for corn and other grains which supported favorable farm economics; global fertilizer supply constraints resulting from both export restrictions and production curtailments at certain foreign fertilizer producers; and expected high planted acres and fertilizer usage in the 2012 growing season. Total sales volume increased 1.6 million tons, or 12%, in 2011 to 14.9 million tons as compared to 13.3 million tons in 2010, as higher UAN and AN sales volumes due to the impact of the Terra acquisition and phosphate fertilizer sales volumes were partially offset by lower ammonia sales volume.

Cost of Sales

        Average cost of sales in our nitrogen segment of $188 per ton in 2011 approximated 2010 as lower realized natural gas costs in 2011 were offset by unrealized mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives. Phosphate segment cost of sales averaged $392 per ton in 2011 compared to $335 per ton in the prior year, an increase of 17%, due primarily to higher sulfur and ammonia costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

        Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $23.9 million to $130.0 million in 2011 from $106.1 million in 2010 due primarily to higher professional service fees, costs associated with the design and implementation of a new ERP system and higher performance-based incentive compensation.

Restructuring and Integration Costs

        Restructuring and integration costs decreased $17.2 million to $4.4 million in 2011 from $21.6 million in 2010, as integration activities associated with the acquisition of Terra declined substantially and were completed in 2011.


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Other Operating—Net

        Other operating—net decreased $145.8 million to $20.9 million in 2011 compared to $166.7 million in 2010. The $20.9 million of expense recorded in 2011 consists primarily of the following items: a $34.8 million impairment charge related to our Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plant, a $32.5 million gain that was recognized on the sale of four dry-product warehouses, $8.1 million of costs associated with our closed facilities, losses of $7.2 million on the disposal of fixed assets and a $2.0 million gain on the sale of a non-core transportation business.

        The Woodward, Oklahoma methanol plant was part of a nitrogen complex that was acquired with the Terra acquisition. The Woodward complex could produce both nitrogen based fertilizers and methanol. Based on a strategic review that was completed in the third quarter of 2011, the Woodward complex will focus on fertilizer production. As a result, management approved the permanent shutdown, removed the methanol plant, and recognized the impairment charge.

        The expense in 2010 is primarily business combination costs associated with our acquisition of Terra, including a $123.0 million termination fee paid to Yara International ASA in the first quarter of 2010, and project development costs.

Equity in Earnings of Operating Affiliates

        Equity in earnings of operating affiliates in 2011 and 2010 consists of our 50% share of the operating results of PLNL and our 50% interest in an ammonia storage joint venture located in Houston, Texas. The $39.6 million increase in 2011 compared to 2010 is due to improved PLNL operating results due primarily to higher ammonia prices caused by a strong international market.

Interest—Net

        Net interest expense was $145.5 million in 2011 compared to $219.8 million in 2010. The financing costs of the Terra acquisition, including the accelerated amortization of debt fees, impacted both 2010 and 2011. In the second quarter of 2010, we financed the Terra acquisition with a senior secured bridge loan, a senior secured term loan and senior notes. The senior secured bridge loan and a portion of the senior secured term loan were repaid over the last three quarters of 2010 and accelerated loan fee amortization of $85.9 was recognized in 2010. In the first quarter of 2011, the remaining balance of the senior secured term loan was repaid in full and accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs of $19.9 million was recognized.

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt

        Loss on extinguishment of debt in 2010 consisted of the $17.0 million loss on the early retirement of Terra's 2019 Notes. This amount represents the difference between the amount paid to settle the debt of $744.5 million and the fair value of the notes on April 5, 2010 of $727.5 million as the notes were recognized at fair value under purchase accounting.

Other Non-Operating—Net

        Other non-operating—net was $0.6 million in 2011 compared to $28.8 million in 2010. The income in 2010 includes a $28.3 million gain on the sale of 5.0 million shares of Terra's common stock.

Income Taxes

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$926.5 million and reported pre-tax income of $2.6 billion was 35.0%. This compares to 39.8% in the prior year. The decrease in the effective tax rate resulted primarily from a decrease in non-deductible costs associated with our acquisition of Terra and Peru project development activities, partially offset by higher U.S. taxes related to foreign operations. The effective tax rate does not include tax provisions on the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests in TNCLP and CFL, which recorded no income tax provisions. See Note 118—Equity Method Investments to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for additional information on income taxes.

Equityinformation. CF Fertilisers UK has nitrogen manufacturing complexes located in EarningsInce, United Kingdom, and Billingham, United Kingdom. The Ince complex produces AN, ammonia and NPKs while the Billingham complex produces AN and ammonia. In the third quarter of Non-Operating Affiliates—Net2015, we changed our reportable segment structure to separate AN from our Other segment as our AN products increased in significance as a result of Taxes

        Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes for 2011 and 2010 consiststhe CF Fertilisers UK acquisition. Our new reportable segment structure reflects how our CODM assesses the performance of our sharereportable segments and makes decisions about resource allocation. Our reportable segments now consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, other, and phosphate. These segments are differentiated by products. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect the new reportable segment structure on a comparable basis.

The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the operating results of unconsolidated joint venture interests in GrowHow and Keytrade. The $15.2 million increase in 2011 compared to 2010 was due primarily to higher GrowHow earnings resulting from a strong U.K. nitrogen fertilizer market.

Net Earnings Attributable tophosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the Noncontrolling Interest

        Amounts reported as net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests include the interestcontinuing sales of the 34% holder of CFL's common and preferred shares and the net earnings attributable to the 24.7% interest of the publicly held common units of TNCLP. During all four quarters of 2011 and the last three quarters of 2010, the TNCLP minimum quarterly distribution was exceeded, which entitled us to receive increased distributions on our general partner interests as provided forphosphate inventory in the TNCLP Agreement of Limited Partnership. For additional information, see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements.

Diluted Net Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders

        Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders increased to $21.98 per share in 2011 from $5.34 per share in 2010 due primarily to the increase in net earnings attributable to common stockholders, partially offset by an increasedistribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the diluted weighted average shares outstanding. In April 2010, we issued 9.5 million sharessecond quarter of our common stock in connection with the Terra acquisition and 12.9 million shares in the subsequent public offering. During the last half of 2011, we repurchased 6.5 million shares.

Operating Results by Business Segment

        Our business is organized and managed internally based on two segments, the nitrogen segment and2014; therefore, the phosphate segment whichdoes not have operating results subsequent to that quarter. However, the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases. We use gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Total other operating costs and expenses (consisting of selling, general and administrative expenses and other operatingnet) and non-operating expenses (interest and income taxes), are differentiated primarilycentrally managed and are not included in the measurement of segment profitability reviewed by their products, the markets they serve and the regulatory environments in which they operate.

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Nitrogen Segment

The following table presents summary operating data for our nitrogen segment:

results by business segment, including the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition:
 Ammonia 
Granular Urea(1)
 
UAN(1)
 
AN(1)
 
Other(1)
 Phosphate Consolidated
 (in million, except percentages)
Year ended December 31, 2015        

    
Net sales$1,523.1
 $788.0
 $1,479.7
 $294.0
 $223.5
 $
 $4,308.3
Cost of sales883.7
 469.5
 954.5
 290.8
 162.7
 
 2,761.2
Gross margin$639.4
 $318.5
 $525.2
 $3.2
 $60.8
 $
 $1,547.1
Gross margin percentage42.0% 40.4% 35.5% 1.1% 27.2% % 35.9%
Year ended December 31, 2014 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Net sales$1,576.3
 $914.5
 $1,669.8
 $242.7
 $171.5
 $168.4
 $4,743.2
Cost of sales983.2
 516.6
 997.4
 189.1
 120.1
 158.3
 2,964.7
Gross margin$593.1
 $397.9
 $672.4
 $53.6
 $51.4
 $10.1
 $1,778.5
Gross margin percentage37.6% 43.5% 40.3% 22.1% 30.0% 6.0% 37.5%
Year ended December 31, 2013 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Net sales$1,437.9
 $924.6
 $1,935.1
 $215.1
 $165.1
 $796.9
 $5,474.7
Cost of sales656.5
 410.1
 895.6
 155.9
 114.4
 722.0
 2,954.5
Gross margin$781.4
 $514.5
 $1,039.5
 $59.2
 $50.7
 $74.9
 $2,520.2
Gross margin percentage54.3% 55.6% 53.7% 27.5% 30.7% 9.4% 46.0%

 
 Year Ended December 31 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2012 v. 2011 2011 v. 2010 
 
 (in millions, except as noted)
 

Net sales(1)

 $5,096.6 $5,012.1 $3,187.5 $84.5  2%$1,824.6  57%

Cost of sales

  2,183.0  2,448.9  2,160.8  (265.9) (11)% 288.1  13%
                  

Gross margin(1)

 $2,913.6 $2,563.2 $1,026.7 $350.4  14%$1,536.5  150%
                  

Gross margin percentage(1)

  
57.2

%
 
51.1

%
 
32.2

%
            

Tons of product sold (000s)

  
12,969
  
13,002
  
11,461
  
(33

)
 
(0

)%
 
1,541
  
13

%

Sales volume by product (000s)

                      

Ammonia

  2,786  2,668  2,809  118  4% (141) (5)%

Granular urea

  2,593  2,600  2,602  (7) (0)% (2) (0)%

UAN

  6,131  6,241  4,843  (110) (2)% 1,398  29%

AN

  839  953  788  (114) (12)% 165  21%

Other nitrogen products

  620  540  419  80  15% 121  29%

Average selling price per ton by product

                      

Ammonia(1)

 $602 $586 $402 $16  3%$184  46%

Granular urea(1)

  441  411  299  30  7% 112  37%

UAN

  308  319  205  (11) (3)% 114  56%

AN

  266  260  209  6  2% 51  24%

Cost of natural gas (per MMBtu)(2)

 $3.39 $4.28 $4.47 $(0.89) (21)%$(0.19) (4)%

Average daily market price of natural gas (per MMBtu)

                      

Henry Hub (Louisiana)

 $2.75 $3.99 $4.37 $(1.24) (31)%$(0.38) (9)%

Depreciation and amortization

 $334.6 $316.3 $229.2 $18.3  6%$87.1  38%

Capital expenditures

 $431.3 $177.0 $204.9 $254.3  144%$(27.9) (14)%

Production volume by product (000s)

                      

Ammonia(3)

  7,067  7,244  6,110  (177) (2)% 1,134  19%

Granular urea

  2,560  2,588  2,488  (28) (1)% 100  4%

UAN (32%)

  6,027  6,349  4,626  (322) (5)% 1,723  37%

AN

  839  952  796  (113) (12)% 156  20%

(1)
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During 2012, the CFL selling prices to Viterra were modified to cost plus an agreed-upon margin from market-based pricing in the prior years. This impacts the comparability of certain amounts between 2012 and the previous years. To provide comparable information for 2012 and 2011, the table presented below under the heading "Impact of CFL Selling Price Modifications" presents these line items adjusted as if the CFL selling price modifications had been in effect beginning on January 1, 2011.

(2)
Includes the cost of natural gas purchases and realized gains and losses on natural gas derivatives.

(3)
Gross ammonia production, including amounts subsequently upgraded on-site into granular urea, UAN or AN.

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Impact of CFL Selling Price Modifications

As discussed in the Items Affecting Comparability of Results section of this discussion and analysis, on April 30, 2013, CF Industries acquired the Management Discussionnoncontrolling interests in CFL and Analysis, during 2012,CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CF Industries. As a result, the CFLconsolidated financial results for 2015 and 2014 included twelve months of market-based selling prices, to Viterra were modified towhile 2013 included four months of selling prices based on production cost plus an agreed-upon margin fromand eight months of market-based pricing inselling prices. These changes affect the prior years. This change had noyear-over-year comparability of net sales, gross margin, operating earnings, earnings before income taxes and net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest, but do not impact onthe comparability of our net earnings attributable to common stockholders sinceor net sales and net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest were each modified bycash flows for the same amount. However, this change impacts the comparability of certain amounts between 2012 and 2011. period. 
The following table is presentedadjusts the results for 2013 to provide comparable information between 2012 and 2011 by presentingmarket-based selling prices for the 2011 informationfull year to be on a comparable basis comparable with the 2012 data with respect to CFL selling prices.

2015 and 2014.


 Year Ended December 31 

 2012 2011 2012 v. 2011 Year Ended December 31,

 (in millions, except as noted)
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
(in millions, except percentages)
Ammonia Segment             

Net sales

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $5,096.6 $5,012.1 $84.5 2%$1,523.1
 $1,576.3
 $1,437.9
 $(53.2) (3)% $138.4
 10 %

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (142.6) 142.6   
 
 44.8
 
  
 (44.8)  
         

As adjusted

 $5,096.6 $4,869.5 $227.1 5%$1,523.1
 $1,576.3
 $1,482.7
 $(53.2) (3)% $93.6
 6 %
         

Gross margin

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $2,913.6 $2,563.2 $350.4 14%$639.4
 $593.1
 $781.4
 $46.3
 8 % $(188.3) (24)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (142.6) 142.6   
 
 44.8
 
  
 (44.8)  
         

As adjusted

 $2,913.6 $2,420.6 $493.0 20%$639.4
 $593.1
 $826.2
 $46.3
 8 % $(233.1) (28)%
         

Gross margin percentage

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 57.2% 51.1%     42.0% 37.6% 54.3%  
  
  
  

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (1.4)     
 
 1.4
  
  
  
  
       
As adjusted42.0% 37.6% 55.7%  
  
  
  
Average selling price per product ton 
  
  
  
  
  
  
As reported$509
 $531
 $592
 $(22) (4)% $(61) (10)%
Impact of selling price adjustment
 
 19
 
  
 (19)  

As adjusted

 57.2% 49.7%     $509
 $531
 $611
 $(22) (4)% $(80) (13)%
                    

Average selling price per ton by product

 

Ammonia

 
Granular Urea Segment 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Net sales             

As reported

 $602 $586 $16 3%$788.0
 $914.5
 $924.6
 $(126.5) (14)% $(10.1) (1)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (28) 28   
 
 26.3
 
  
 (26.3)  
         

As adjusted

 $602 $558 $44 8%$788.0
 $914.5
 $950.9
 $(126.5) (14)% $(36.4) (4)%
         

Granular urea

 
Gross margin 
  
  
  
  
  
  

As reported

 $441 $411 $30 7%$318.5
 $397.9
 $514.5
 $(79.4) (20)% $(116.6) (23)%

Impact of selling price adjustment

  (26) 26   
 
 26.3
 
  
 (26.3)  
         

As adjusted

 $441 $385 $56 15%$318.5
 $397.9
 $540.8
 $(79.4) (20)% $(142.9) (26)%
         
Gross margin percentage 
  
  
  
  
  
  
As reported40.4% 43.5% 55.6%  
  
  
  
Impact of selling price adjustment
 
 1.3
  
  
  
  
As adjusted40.4% 43.5% 56.9%  
  
  
  
Average selling price per product ton 
  
  
  
  
  
  
As reported$320
 $372
 $369
 $(52) (14)% $3
 1 %
Impact of selling price adjustment
 
 10
 
  
 (10)  
As adjusted$320
 $372
 $379
 $(52) (14)% $(7) (2)%


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Ammonia Segment
Our ammonia segment produces anhydrous ammonia (ammonia), which is our most concentrated nitrogen fertilizer product as it contains 82% nitrogen. The results of our ammonia segment consist of sales of ammonia to external customers. In addition, ammonia is the “basic” nitrogen product that we upgrade into other nitrogen products such as granular urea, UAN and AN. We produce ammonia at all of our nitrogen manufacturing complexes.
The following table presents summary operating data for our ammonia segment including the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$1,523.1
 $1,576.3
 $1,437.9
 $(53.2) (3)% $138.4
 10 %
Cost of sales883.7
 983.2
 656.5
 (99.5) (10)% 326.7
 50 %
Gross margin$639.4
 $593.1
 $781.4
 $46.3
 8 % $(188.3) (24)%
Gross margin percentage(1)
42.0% 37.6% 54.3% 4.4%   (16.7)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)2,995
 2,969
 2,427
 26
 1 % 542
 22 %
Sales volume by nutrient tons (000s)(2)
2,456
 2,434
 1,990
 22
 1 % 444
 22 %
Average selling price per product ton$509
 $531
 $592
 $(22) (4)% $(61) (10)%
Average selling price per nutrient ton(2)
$620
 $648
 $723
 $(28) (4)% $(75) (10)%
Gross margin per product ton$213
 $200
 $322
 $13
 7 % $(122) (38)%
Gross margin per nutrient ton(2)
$260
 $244
 $393
 $16
 7 % $(149) (38)%
Depreciation and amortization$95.4
 $69.0
 $58.2
 $26.4
 38 % $10.8
 19 %


(1)
Includes the impact of tons purchased from PLNL at market-based prices and sold to Mosaic, which began in the first quarter of 2014.
(2)
Ammonia represents 82% nitrogen content. Nutrient tons represent the tons of nitrogen within the product tons.
Year Ended December 31, 20122015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20112014

Net Sales. NetTotal net sales in the nitrogenammonia segment increased $84.5decreased by $53.2 million, or 2%3%, to $5.1$1.52 billion in 20122015 from $5.0$1.58 billion in 20112014 due primarily to a 2% increase4% decrease in average selling prices. The 2012 nitrogen segmentprices partially offset by a 1% increase in sales volume. These results include the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition completed on July 31, 2015 which increased net sales were impacted by $38.4 million, or 2%. The remaining decrease in our ammonia net sales of $91.6 million, or 6%, was due to lower average CFL selling prices asand lower sales volume compared to 20112014. The decrease in average ammonia selling prices from prior year levels is due primarily to weaker nitrogen fertilizer market conditions compared to the prior year as a weak fall application season combined with higher producer inventory levels and slowing demand from phosphate fertilizer producers weighed on prices at the end of 2015. At the end of 2014, the pricing environment was stronger due to a tighter supply after the strong North American 2014 spring season and a higher level of global production outages in 2014. Sales volumes are lower in 2015 due to the CFL selling price modification described earlier. On anweak fall application season in North America as adjusted basis, net salesa result of poor weather conditions in the nitrogen segment increased 5%. Average nitrogen fertilizer selling prices increasedMidwest. The fall application season started late and then ended early in November due to $393snow in the Midwest.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in 2012 from $385our ammonia segment averaged $296 per ton in 2011 with increases in ammonia and urea. Higher ammonia and urea2015, an 11% decrease over the average selling prices resulted from tight industry-wide supply conditions due to increased U.S. demand


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caused by the higher level of planted acres in 2012 and expected in 2013, and lower downstream inventories. Sales volume in 2012 approximated the level in 2011 as higher sales of ammonia and other nitrogen products were offset by lower sales volumes of UAN and ammonium nitrate. A favorable application environment for ammonia during 2012 supported the higher sales volume for this product. The lower sales volumes of UAN and ammonia nitrate were due to scheduled plant turnaround and maintenance activities during 2012 that resulted in lower production of these products. Lower UAN sales volume was also due to a shift in product mix favoring higher margin nitrogen products during the year.

        Cost of Sales.    Total cost of sales in the nitrogen segment averaged approximately $168$331 per ton in 2012 compared to $188 per ton in 2011.2014. The 11% decrease was due primarily to lower realized natural gas costs and $66.5 million induring 2015 partly offset by increased unrealized net mark-to-market gainslosses on natural gas derivatives in 20122015 compared to net losses of $77.3 million in 2011. The average cost of natural gas declined by 21% from $4.28 per MMBtu in 2011 to $3.39 per MMBtu in 2012.2014.

Year Ended December 31, 20112014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20102013

Net Sales. NitrogenNet sales in the ammonia segment net sales increased $1.8 billion,by $138.4 million, or 57%10%, to $5.0$1.58 billion in 2011 compared to $3.22014 from $1.44 billion in 20102013 due primarily to higher average nitrogen fertilizer selling prices and UAN and ANa 22% increase in sales volume, partially offset by lowera 10% decrease in average selling prices. The comparability of the ammonia segment net sales volume. Average nitrogen fertilizerwas impacted by the CFL selling price modifications in 2013. On an as adjusted basis, net sales in the ammonia segment increased by $93.6 million, or 6%, and average selling prices decreased 13%. The increased volume is due to $385 per tona combination of attractive pricing compared to other forms of nitrogen, favorable weather conditions that resulted in 2011 from $278 per ton in 2010, with increases across all products. Strong demand for thean extended spring application season, dueand effective utilization of our terminal and logistics system to an increaseresupply in planted acres, depleted supplies available at both the producer and customer level dueadvance of periods of high demand. In addition, sales to strong demand, globalMosaic under our contract to supply constraints and expectations that 2012 planted acres will remain at historically high levels resultedammonia

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from our PLNL joint venture also increased sales volume compared to 2013. The decrease in higher average selling prices. Nitrogen fertilizer sales volume in 2011 increased 1.5 million tonsprices from 2010 due primarily to higher UAN and AN sales volumes, partially offset by lower ammonia sales volume. UAN sales volume increased significantly during 2011 compared to 2010 due primarily to the acquisition of Terra and the increased supply available from the Woodward, Oklahoma UAN plant expansion. The increased UAN production capacity allowed us to meet increased demand for UAN resulting from favorable spring application conditions and customers replenishing depleted downstream inventories after the strong spring application season. The increase in AN sales in 2011 from the prior year is due to the inclusion of a full year of AN sales in 2011 as the production capacity for this product was obtained in the Terra acquisition. The 2011 decrease in ammonia sales2013 levels is due primarily to the additionalNorth American inventory levels that were higher entering 2014 as a result of the shortened 2013 fall ammonia requiredapplication season caused by cold weather conditions. This was partially offset by a stronger pricing environment at the end of 2014 due to supporttighter supply after the strong 2014 spring season and a high level of global production from the UAN plant expansion at Woodward.

outages in 2014.

Cost of Sales. Total costCost of sales in the nitrogenour ammonia segment averaged approximately $188$331 per ton in 2011 compared to $1892014, a 23% increase over the $270 per ton in 2010. Lower realized2013 due primarily to higher natural gas costs in 2011 were offset by unrealizedand higher other production cost. Total gas costs for 2014 increased 16%, plus the impact of mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives. We recognized a $77.3derivatives increased ammonia segment gas costs by $42.9 million unrealized net mark-to-market loss in 2011 compared to a $9.6 million unrealized net mark-to-market gain in 2010.2013.



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Phosphate

Granular Urea Segment

        The phosphate

Our granular urea segment results, as shown inproduces granular urea, which contains 46% nitrogen. Produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide, it has the highest nitrogen content of any of our solid nitrogen fertilizers. Granular urea is produced at our Courtright, Ontario; Donaldsonville, Louisiana; and Medicine Hat, Alberta nitrogen complexes.
The following table include resultspresents summary operating data for our DAP and MAP phosphate products.

granular urea segment:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$788.0
 $914.5
 $924.6
 $(126.5) (14)% $(10.1) (1)%
Cost of sales469.5
 516.6
 410.1
 (47.1) (9)% 106.5
 26 %
Gross margin$318.5
 $397.9
 $514.5
 $(79.4) (20)% $(116.6) (23)%
Gross margin percentage40.4% 43.5% 55.6% (3.1)%   (12.1)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)2,460
 2,459
 2,506
 1
  % (47) (2)%
Sales volume by nutrient tons (000s)(1)
1,132
 1,131
 1,153
 1
  % (22) (2)%
Average selling price per product ton$320
 $372
 $369
 $(52) (14)% $3
 1 %
Average selling price per nutrient ton(1)
$696
 $809
 $802
 $(113) (14)% $7
 1 %
Gross margin per product ton$129
 $162
 $205
 $(33) (20)% $(43) (21)%
Gross margin per nutrient ton(1)
$281
 $352
 $446
 $(71) (20)% $(94) (21)%
Depreciation and amortization$50.5
 $37.5
 $37.4
 $13.0
 35 % $0.1
  %

(1)
Granular urea represents 46% nitrogen content. Nutrient tons represent the tons of nitrogen within the product tons.
 
 Year Ended December 31 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2012 v. 2011 2011 v. 2010 
 
 (in millions, except as noted)
 

Net sales

 $1,007.4 $1,085.8 $777.5 $(78.4) (7)%$308.3  40%

Cost of sales

  807.7  753.4  624.7  54.3  7% 128.7  21%
                  

Gross margin

 $199.7 $332.4 $152.8 $(132.7) (40)%$179.6  118%
                  

Gross margin percentage

  
19.8

%
 
30.6

%
 
19.7

%
            

Tons of product sold (000s)

  
2,035
  
1,922
  
1,867
  
113
  
6

%
 
55
  
3

%

Sales volume by product (000s)

                      

DAP

  1,611  1,468  1,412  143  10% 56  4%

MAP

  424  454  455  (30) (7)% (1) (0)%

Domestic vs. export sales (000s)

                      

Domestic

  1,254  1,197  1,259  57  5% (62) (5)%

Export

  781  725  608  56  8% 117  19%

Average selling price per ton by product

                      

DAP

 $493 $565 $413 $(72) (13)%$152  37%

MAP

  502  565  426  (63) (11)% 139  33%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 
$

43.5
 
$

50.7
 
$

48.6
 
$

(7.2

)
 
(14

)%

$

2.1
  
4

%

Capital expenditures

 $64.4 $52.0 $52.6 $12.4  24%$(0.6) (1)%

Production volume by product (000s)

                      

Phosphate rock

  3,483  3,504  3,343  (21) (1)% 161  5%

Sulfuric acid

  2,530  2,633  2,419  (103) (4)% 214  9%

Phosphoric acid as P2O5(1)

  975  1,005  906  (30) (3)% 99  11%

DAP/MAP

  1,952  1,997  1,799  (45) (2)% 198  11%


(1)
P2O5 is the basic measure of the nutrient content in phosphate fertilizer products.

Year Ended December 31, 20122015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20112014

Net Sales. PhosphateNet sales in the granular urea segment net sales decreased $78.4by $126.5 million, or approximately 7%14%, to $1.0 billion in 2012for 2015 compared to $1.1 billion2014 due primarily to a 14% decrease in 2011 due to lower average selling prices, partially offset by higher sales volume.prices. Average selling prices for 2012 decreased by 12%to $320 per ton in 2015 compared to $372 per ton in 2014 primarily due to the excess global supply availability weighing on global nitrogen fertilizer selling prices. Granular urea exports from China were at a record high in 2015 and Russian exports have increased significantly while global capacity additions in 2015 further contributed to the excess global supply. Our sales volume was flat compared to the prior year reflecting loweras we offset weaker domestic demand with sales out of our new urea production at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex that came on line in November of 2015.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our granular urea segment averaged $191 per ton in 2015, a 9% decrease from India and additional production capacity, notably from Saudi Arabia. Our total sales volume of phosphate fertilizer of 2.0 million tonsthe $210 per ton in 20122014. The decrease was 6% higher than in 2011 due primarily to higher export sales volume.

        Costlower realized natural gas costs partly offset by the impact of Sales.    Average phosphate segment cost of sales of $397 per tonincreased unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives in 2012 was comparable2015 compared to the $392 per ton in the prior year.2014.

Year Ended December 31, 20112014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20102013

Net Sales. PhosphateNet sales in the granular urea segment decreased by $10.1 million, or 1%, for 2014 compared to 2013 due primarily to a 2% decrease in sales volume, partially offset by a 1% increase in average selling prices. The comparability of the granular urea segment net sales was impacted by the CFL selling price modifications in 2013. On an as adjusted basis, net sales decreased by $36.4 million, or 4%, and average selling prices decreased 2%. Volumes were lower mainly due to our decision to reduce export volume as compared to 2013 due to anticipated robust domestic demand. The poor fall 2014 ammonia season combined with a tight ammonia supply contributed to increased $308.3demand at the end of 2014 and expectations for a strong 2015 spring season.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our granular urea segment averaged $210 per ton in 2014, a 28% increase over the $164 per ton in 2013 due primarily to increased natural gas costs which increased 16%, plus the impact of mark-to-market on natural gas derivatives which increased granular urea segment gas costs by $33.0 million compared to $1.1 billion2013.


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UAN Segment
Our UAN segment produces urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN). UAN, a liquid fertilizer product with a nitrogen content that typically ranges from 28% to 32%, is produced by combining urea and ammonium nitrate. UAN is produced at our nitrogen complexes in 2011Courtright, Ontario; Donaldsonville, Louisiana; Port Neal, Iowa; Verdigris, Oklahoma; Woodward, Oklahoma; and Yazoo City, Mississippi.
The following table presents summary operating data for our UAN segment:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$1,479.7
 $1,669.8
 $1,935.1
 $(190.1) (11)% $(265.3) (14)%
Cost of sales954.5
 997.4
 895.6
 (42.9) (4)% 101.8
 11 %
Gross margin$525.2
 $672.4
 $1,039.5
 $(147.2) (22)% $(367.1) (35)%
Gross margin percentage35.5% 40.3% 53.7% (4.8)%   (13.4)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)5,865
 6,092
 6,383
 (227) (4)% (291) (5)%
Sales volume by nutrient tons (000s)(1)
1,854
 1,925
 2,015
 (71) (4)% (90) (4)%
Average selling price per product ton$252
 $274
 $303
 $(22) (8)% $(29) (10)%
Average selling price per nutrient ton(1)
$798
 $867
 $960
 $(69) (8)% $(93) (10)%
Gross margin per product ton$90
 $110
 $163
 $(20) (18)% $(53) (33)%
Gross margin per nutrient ton(1)
$283
 $349
 $516
 $(66) (19)% $(167) (32)%
Depreciation and amortization$191.6
 $179.3
 $172.6
 $12.3
 7 % $6.7
 4 %


(1)
UAN represents between 28% and 32% of nitrogen content, depending on the concentration specified by the customer. Nutrient tons represent the tons of nitrogen within the product tons.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Net Sales. Net sales in the UAN segment decreased $190.1 million, or 11%, in 2015 due primarily to an 8% decrease in average selling prices and a 4% decrease in sales volume. Average selling prices decreased to $252 per ton in 2015 compared to $274 in 2014. The decline in UAN average selling prices was due to excess global supply availability weighing on global nitrogen fertilizer selling prices. Sales volume was lower as customers delayed purchases in the declining pricing environment.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our UAN segment averaged $162 in 2015, a 1% decrease from $777.5the average of $164 per ton in 2014. The decrease was due primarily to lower realized natural gas costs partly offset by the impact of higher unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives in 2015 compared to 2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
Net Sales. Net sales in the UAN segment decreased by $265.3 million, or 14%, due to a 10% decrease in average selling prices and a 5% decrease in sales volume. The decrease in UAN prices and volume was due primarily to the combination of customer preferences for attractively priced ammonia during the extended spring ammonia application season and lower production. Sales volume was negatively impacted by unplanned outages at the Woodward, Oklahoma nitrogen complex for maintenance and repairs of certain critical equipment.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our UAN segment averaged $164 in 2014, a 17% increase over the $140 per ton in 2013 due primarily to increased natural gas costs which increased 16%, plus the impact of mark-to-market on natural gas derivatives which increased UAN segment gas costs by $49.3 million compared to 2013.

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AN Segment
Our AN segment produces ammonium nitrate (AN). AN is a nitrogen-based product with a nitrogen content between 29% and 35%. AN is used as nitrogen fertilizer and is also used by industrial customers for commercial explosives and blasting systems. AN is produced at our nitrogen complexes in Yazoo City, Mississippi and Ince and Billingham, United Kingdom.
The following table presents summary operating data for our AN segment including the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$294.0
 $242.7
 $215.1
 $51.3
 21 % $27.6
 13 %
Cost of sales290.8
 189.1
 155.9
 101.7
 54 % 33.2
 21 %
Gross margin$3.2
 $53.6
 $59.2
 $(50.4) (94)% $(5.6) (9)%
Gross margin percentage1.1% 22.1% 27.5% (21.0)%   (5.4)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)1,290
 958
 859
 332
 35 % 99
 12 %
Sales volume by nutrient tons (000s)(1)
437
 329
 295
 108
 33 % 34
 12 %
Average selling price per product ton$228
 $253
 $250
 $(25) (10)% $3
 1 %
Average selling price per nutrient ton(1)
$673
 $738
 $729
 $(65) (9)% $9
 1 %
Gross margin per product ton$2
 $56
 $69
 $(54) (96)% $(13) (19)%
Gross margin per nutrient ton(1)
$7
 $163
 $201
 $(156) (96)% $(38) (19)%
Depreciation and amortization$65.6
 $46.5
 $41.0
 $19.1
 41 % $5.5
 13 %


(1)
Nutrient tons represent the tons of nitrogen within the product tons.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Net Sales.    Total net sales in our AN segment increased $51.3 million, or 21%, in 2015 from 2014 due primarily to a 35% increase in sales volume partially offset by a 10% decrease in average selling prices. These results include the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition completed on July 31, 2015, which increased net sales by $117.0 million, or 48%. The remaining decrease in our AN net sales of $65.7 million, or 27%, was due primarily to 18% lower average selling prices and 11% lower sales volume as a result of weak North American domestic demand.
Cost of Sales.    Total cost of sales per ton in our AN segment averaged $226 in 2015. These results include the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition, which averaged $249 per ton and includes the revaluation of the CF Fertilisers UK inventory in acquisition accounting of $6.6 million in 2010the second half of 2015. The remaining cost of sales per ton averaged $213 per ton, an 8% increase from the average of $197 per ton in 2014, due primarily to the impact of higher unrealized net mark-to-market losses on natural gas derivatives in 2015 compared to 2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
Net Sales. Net sales in our AN segment increased $27.6 million, or 13%, to $242.7 million in 2014 from $215.1 million in 2013 due primarily to a 12% increase in sales volume. AN sales volume increased due to higher agricultural grade sales, both domestic and exports.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our AN segment averaged $197 in 2014, a 9% increase over the $181 per ton in 2013 due primarily to increased natural gas costs.

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Other Segment
This segment primarily includes the following products:
Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) is an aqueous urea solution typically made with 32.5% high-purity urea and 67.5% deionized water.
Urea liquor is a liquid product that we sell in concentrations of 40%, 50% and 70% urea as a chemical intermediate.
Nitric acid is a nitrogen-based product with a nitrogen content of 22.2%.
Compound fertilizer products (NPKs) are solid granular fertilizer products for which the nutrient content is a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
The following table presents summary operating data for our Other segment, including the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$223.5
 $171.5
 $165.1
 $52.0
 30 % $6.4
 4 %
Cost of sales162.7
 120.1
 114.4
 42.6
 35 % 5.7
 5 %
Gross margin$60.8
 $51.4
 $50.7
 $9.4
 18 % $0.7
 1 %
Gross margin percentage27.2% 30.0% 30.7% (2.8)%   (0.7)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)1,108
 798
 770
 310
 39 % 28
 4 %
Sales volume by nutrient tons (000s)(1)
215
 155
 151
 60
 39 % 4
 3 %
Average selling price per product ton$202
 $215
 $214
 $(13) (6)% $1
  %
Average selling price per nutrient ton(1)
$1,040
 $1,106
 $1,093
 $(66) (6)% $13
 1 %
Gross margin per product ton$55
 $64
 $66
 $(9) (14)% $(2) (3)%
Gross margin per nutrient ton(1)
$283
 $332
 $336
 $(49) (15)% $(4) (1)%
Depreciation and amortization$35.2
 $20.4
 $19.2
 $14.8
 73 % $1.2
 6 %


(1)
Nutrient tons represent the tons of nitrogen within the product tons.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Net Sales. Total net sales in our Other segment increased $52.0 million, or 30%, for 2014 due to a 39% increase in sales volume. These results include the impact of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition completed on July 31, 2015, which increased net sales by $53.0 million, or 31%. The remaining decrease in our Other net sales of $1.0 million, or 1%, was due primarily to lower average phosphate fertilizerselling prices, primarily urea liquor, due to overall weaker pricing conditions. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in our DEF average selling prices and sales volume. Average phosphate fertilizer selling prices for 2011 increased by 36%volume as the North American DEF market continued to grow in response to stricter diesel engine emission requirements.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in our Other segment averaged $147 in 2015, a 3% decrease from the $151 per ton in 2014 due primarily to lower realized natural gas costs in 2015 compared to the prior year, resulting2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
Net Sales. Total net sales in our Other segment increased $6.4 million, or 4%, to $171.5 million in 2014 from supply constraints$165.1 million in the international market and strong domestic demand for the


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spring application season. Our total2013 due to a 4% increase in sales volume, of phosphate fertilizerprimarily DEF. DEF sales increased 3%along with the growing North American DEF market in response to 1.9 million tonsstricter engine emission requirements.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales per ton in 2011our Other segment averaged $151 in 2014, a 2% increase over the average of $148 per ton in 2013 due primarily to increased planted corn acres, favorable farm-level economics duringnatural gas costs.

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Phosphate Segment
On March 17, 2014, we sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business to Mosaic pursuant to the spring application seasonterms of the definitive transaction agreement executed in October 2013, among the Company, CF Industries and increased exportMosaic. The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter although the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases.
The following table presents summary operating data for our phosphate segment:
 Twelve months ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013 2015 v. 2014 2014 v. 2013
 (in millions, except as noted)
Net sales$
 $168.4
 $796.9
 $(168.4) (100)% $(628.5) (79)%
Cost of sales
 158.3
 722.0
 (158.3) (100)% (563.7) (78)%
Gross margin$
 $10.1
 $74.9
 $(10.1) (100)% $(64.8) (87)%
Gross margin percentage% 6.0% 9.4% (6.0)%   (3.4)%  
Sales volume by product tons (000s)(1)

 487
 1,857
 (487) (100)% (1,370) (74)%
Average selling price per product ton$
 $346
 $429
 $(346) (100)% $(83) (19)%
Gross margin per product ton$
 $21
 $40
 $(21) (100)% $(19) (48)%
Depreciation, depletion and amortization(2)
$
 $
 $42.3
 $
 N/M
 $(42.3) (100)%


(1)
Represents DAP and MAP product sales.

(2)
On March 17, 2014, we sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business. The assets and liabilities sold were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2013; therefore, no depreciation, depletion or amortization was recorded in 2014 for the related property, plant and equipment.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
Net Sales. Net sales in the fourth quarterphosphate segment decreased due to the sale of 2011the phosphate business in response to weakness in the domestic market.

March 2014.

Cost of Sales. Phosphate segment costCost of sales averaged $392 per ton in 2011 compared to $335 per ton in the prior year. The 17% increase wasphosphate segment averaged $325 in 2014, a 16% decrease over the average of $389 per ton in 2013 due primarily to higherlower raw material costs for sulfur and ammonia.costs.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

        Generally, our primary source of cash is cash from operations, which includes cash generated by customer advances.

Our primary uses of cash are generally for operating costs, working capital, capital expenditures, debt service, investments, taxes, share repurchases and dividends. Our working capital requirements are affected by several factors, including demand for our products, selling prices, raw material costs, freight and storage costs and seasonal factors inherent in the business.

Generally, our primary source of cash is cash from operations, which includes cash generated by customer advances. We may also from time to time access the capital markets or engage in borrowings under our credit agreements.

During 2012, we announced2015, the following significant events that have had or will have an impact on our cash and liquidity position.

On July 31, 2015, we completedacquired the remaining portion50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million.
On August 12, 2015, we announced that we agreed to enter into a strategic venture with CHS. The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in our subsidiary CFN for $2.8 billion in cash.
In September 2015, we issued $1.0 billion in senior notes with $250 million due in 2022, $500 million due in 2025 and $250 million due in 2027.
In 2015, we spent $1.7 billion on capital expenditures related to our capacity expansion projects. In November 2015, the $1.5new urea plant at the Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex came on line and is the first plant to be commissioned as part of our capacity expansion projects in North America. The UAN plant at Donaldsonville is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2016. The remaining projects are expected to be on line in mid-2016.
In 2015, we repurchased 8.9 million shares for $527.2 million under the $1.0 billion share repurchase program announced in August 2011;

In August 2012,authorized by our Board of Directors authorized an additional $3 billion share repurchase program;

Inin August 2012, we announced our agreement to acquire the 34% interest in CFL that is held by Viterra, Inc. for C$0.9 billion, subject to regulatory approval and certain closing conditions, and;

In November 2012, our Board of Directors authorized expenditures of $3.8 billion to construct new ammonia, urea and UAN plants at two of our existing manufacturing complexes, in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa.

2014.

Further details regarding these announcementsevents are provided below.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We had cash and cash equivalents of $2.3 billion$286.0 million and $1.2$2.0 billion as of December 31, 2012,2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less. Under our short-term investment policy, we may invest our excess cash balances, either directly or through mutual funds, in several types of investment-grade securities, including notes and bonds issued by governmental entities or corporations, and money market funds.corporations. Securities issued by governmental agenciesentities include those issued directly by the U.S. and Canadian federal governments; those issued by state, local or other governmental entities; and those guaranteed by entities affiliated with governmental entities.


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Share Repurchase Programs

and Retirements

Our Board of Directors has authorized certain programs to repurchase shares of our common stock. Each of these programs is consistent in that repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, through privately-negotiated transactions, through block transactions or otherwise. The manner, timing and amount of repurchases are determined by our management based on the evaluation of market conditions, stock price and other factors. 
In the third quarter of 2011,2012, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.5$3.0 billion of the common stock of CF Holdings common stock through December 31, 2013. During 2011, we repurchased 6.5 million shares2016 (the 2012 Program). The repurchases under the program for $1.0 billion, and2012 Program were completed in the second quarter of 2014. On August 6, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of the common stock of CF Holdings through December 31, 2016 (the 2014 Program). As of December 31, 2015, there were approximately $100 million remaining repurchases under the 2014 Program.
The following table summarizes the share repurchases under the 2014 Program and the 2012 Program. The number of shares has been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
 2014 Program 2012 Program
 Shares Amounts Average Price Per Share Shares Amounts Average Price Per Share
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
Shares repurchased in 2013
 $
 $
 36.7
 $1,449.3
 $39
Shares repurchased in 2014:           
First quarter
 $
 $
 16.0
 $793.9
 $50
Second quarter
 
 
 15.4
 756.8
 49
Third quarter
 
 
 
 
 
Fourth quarter7.0
 372.8
 53
 
 
 
Total shares repurchased in 20147.0
 372.8
 53
 31.4
 1,550.7
 49
Shares repurchased as of December 31, 2014 
7.0
 $372.8
 $53
 68.1
 $3,000.0
 $44
Shares repurchased in 2015:           
First quarter4.1
 $236.6
 $58
      
Second quarter4.5
 268.1
 60
      
Third quarter0.3
 22.5
 63
      
Fourth quarter
 
 
      
Total shares repurchased in 20158.9
 527.2
 59
      
Shares repurchased as of December 31, 201515.9
 $900.0
 $57
      
The retirement of the repurchased shares of our common stock was recognized as follows:
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retired.repurchased. In our consolidated balance sheet, the retirement of these shares eliminated the recorded treasury stock and reduced retained earnings and paid-in capitalpaid-in-capital by $1,125.9$535.0 million and $374.2$62.0 million, respectively, asrespectively.

In 2014, we retired 38.6 million shares of June 30, 2012.

        In the third quarter of 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of CF Holdings common stock through December 31, 2016. Repurchases under this program may be made from time to time inthat had been repurchased. In our consolidated balance sheet, the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. The manner, timing,retirement of these shares eliminated the recorded treasury stock and amountreduced retained earnings and paid-in-capital by $1.68 billion and $220.3 million, respectively.

In 2013, we retired 32.3 million shares of any repurchases will be determinedour common stock that had been repurchased. In our consolidated balance sheet, the retirement of these shares eliminated the recorded treasury stock and reduced retained earnings and paid-in-capital by our management based on evaluation$1.07 billion and $180.1 million, respectively.

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Capacity Expansion Projects and other factors. There were no repurchases under this program in 2012.

Major Capital Expansion Projects

Restricted Cash

In November 2012, we announced plans tothat we would construct new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex and new ammonia and urea plants at our Port Neal, Iowa complex. Our Board of Directors authorized expenditures of $3.8 billion for these projects. In combination, these twoThese new facilities will be able to produce 2.1 million tons of gross ammonia per year and upgraded products ranging from 2.0 to 2.7 million tons of granular urea per year and up to 1.8 million tons of UAN 32% solution per year, depending on product mix. The $3.8 billion cost estimate includes: engineering and design; equipment procurement; construction; associated infrastructure including natural gas connections, power supply; and product storage and handling systems. These plants will increase our product mix flexibility at Donaldsonville, improve our ability to serve upper-Midwest urea customers from our Port Neal location, and allow us to benefit from the favorable pricing advantagecost advantages of North American natural gas. All ofIn combination, these new facilities are scheduledwill be able to produce 2.1 million tons of gross ammonia per year, upgraded products ranging from 2.0 million to 2.7 million tons of granular urea per year and up to 1.8 million tons of UAN 32% solution per year, depending on our choice of product mix.
In November 2015, the new urea plant at the Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex came on line and was the first plant to be on-stream bycommissioned as part of our capacity expansion projects. The UAN plant at Donaldsonville is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2016. We expectThe remaining plants are expected to finance thebe commissioned in mid-2016.
The estimated aggregate capital expenditures for both projects remains at approximately $4.6 billion and total cash spent to date on capital expenditures for the capacity expansion projects was $3.5 billion, including $1.7 billion in 2015. We have financed expenditures for the capacity expansion projects through the use ofavailable cash and short-term investments,cash equivalents, cash generated from operations and borrowings. DuringIn addition, $471.1 million was invested in the fourth quartercapacity expansion projects and not paid as of 2012, we incurred capital expenditures of $120.8 million on these projects, contributing toDecember 31, 2015 and recognized as liabilities in the increase in capital expenditures in 2012 over those in 2011.

consolidated balance sheets.

We have retained engineering and procurement services from an affiliate of ThyssenKrupp Uhde (Uhde) through their affiliate Uhde Corporation of AmericaIndustrial Solutions (ThyssenKrupp) for both the Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowacapacity expansion projects. Under the terms of the Uhdeengineering and procurement services contract, we are required to establish a separate cash account and granthave granted ThyssenKrupp a security interest in thea restricted cash account to Uhde. We are required toand maintain in this account a cash balance in that account equal to the cancellation fees for procurement services and equipment that would arise if we were to cancel thesethe projects. The amount of cash in the account will change over time based on procurement costs and is projected to reach approximately $500 million at certain points in time during the lifecosts. As of the projects. At December 31, 2012,2015, there was no cash$22.8 million held in this account. Cash placed in this account in the future will be considered restricted cash since a security interest in the account has been granted to Uhde. This restricted cash will not be included inis excluded from our cash and cash equivalents and will be reported separately on our consolidated balance sheet.

sheets and statements of cash flows.

Capital Spending

        Capital expenditures totaled $523.5 million in 2012 as compared to $247.2 million in 2011 and $258.1 million in 2010. The increase in 2012

We make capital expenditures is primarily the result of the $120.8 million capital expenditures for the two major capital expansion projects discussed above plus certain capital improvement projects at our production facilities. Capital expenditures are made to sustain our asset base, to increase our capacity, to improve plant efficiency and to comply with various environmental, health and safety requirements.


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the $422.4 million increase in cash spent on the two capacity expansion projects and increased capital expenditures on sustaining projects in 2015 compared to 2014.

Projected Capital Spending

We expect capital expenditures in 2016 to spend between $1.4be approximately $1.8 billion, and $1.7including $1.2 billion on capital projects during 2013, of which $1.0 billion to $1.3 billion relates tofor the major capitalcapacity expansion projects at Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa, discussed above.$0.6 billion of sustaining and other capital expenditures. Planned capital expenditures are subject to change due to delays in regulatory approvals or permitting, unanticipated increases in the cost, changes in scope and completion time, performance of third parties, adverse weather, defects in materials and workmanship, labor or material shortages, transportation constraints, acceleration or delays in the timing of the work and other unforeseen difficulties.

CF Fertilisers UK Acquisition
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million. The purchase price was funded with cash on hand. Beginning July 31, 2015, the operating results of CF Fertilisers UK became part of our consolidated financial results. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for additional information.
Disposition of Phosphate Business and Ammonia Supply Agreements
In October 2013, we entered into a definitive transaction agreement with Mosaic to sell our entire phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, for a purchase price of approximately $1.4 billion in cash and entered into two agreements to supply ammonia to Mosaic. The first agreement provides for us to supply between 600,000 and 800,000 tons of ammonia per year from our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex beginning no later than 2017. The second agreement provides for us to supply approximately 300,000 tons of ammonia per year sourced from our PLNL joint venture, which began at the closing of the phosphate business sale transaction.

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In 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business and recognized pre-tax and after-tax gains on the sale of the phosphate business of $750.1 million and $462.8 million, respectively. Under the terms of the definitive transaction agreement, the accounts receivable and accounts payable pertaining to the phosphate mining and manufacturing business and certain phosphate inventory held in distribution facilities were not sold to Mosaic in the transaction and were settled in the ordinary course.
The phosphate mining and manufacturing business assets we sold in the transaction included the Hardee County Phosphate Rock Mine; the Plant City Phosphate Complex; an ammonia terminal, phosphate warehouse and dock at the Port of Tampa; and the site of the former Bartow Phosphate Complex. In addition, Mosaic assumed certain liabilities related to the phosphate mining and manufacturing business, including responsibility for closure, water treatment and long-term maintenance and monitoring of the phosphogypsum stacks at the Plant City and Bartow complexes. Mosaic also received the value of the phosphate mining and manufacturing business asset retirement obligation trust and escrow funds totaling approximately $200 million. The assets and liabilities sold to Mosaic were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2013; therefore, no depreciation, depletion or amortization was recorded in 2014 for the related property, plant and equipment.
See further discussion of this transaction in the section titled Items Affecting Comparability of Results.
Acquisitions of the Noncontrolling InterestInterests in Canadian Fertilizers Limited

CFL

In August 2012, we entered into an agreementagreements to acquire the 34% of CFL's common and preferred shares owned by Viterra, and the product purchase agreement between CFL and Viterra, and the CFL common shares held by GROWMARK and La Coop fédérée for a total purchase price of approximately C$0.9 billion. In April 2013, we completed the acquisitions. Since CFL was previously a consolidated variable interest entity, the purchase price was recognized as follows: a $0.8 billion subject to certain adjustments. See Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements for further information regarding CFL. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement with eachreduction in paid-in capital; a $0.1 billion deferred tax asset; and the removal of GROWMARK and La Coop fédérée to acquire the CFL common shares held by them. Asnoncontrolling interest. CFL is now a result of these transactions,wholly-owned subsidiary and we will own 100% of CFL and will beare entitled to purchase 100% of CFL's ammonia and granular urea production. The completionFor additional information, see Note 15—Noncontrolling Interest to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of these transactions is subject to receipt of regulatory approvals in Canada and other terms and conditions in the definitive agreements.

this report.

Repatriation of Foreign Earnings and Income Taxes

We have operations in Canada, and interests in corporate joint ventures in the United Kingdom and interest in a joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Switzerland.Tobago. The estimated additional U.S. and foreign income taxes due upon repatriation of the earnings of these foreign operations to the U.S. are recognized in our consolidated financial statements as the earnings are recognized, unless the earnings are considered to be indefinitely reinvested based upon our current plans. However, the cash payment of the income tax liabilities associated with repatriation of earnings from foreign operations occurs at the time of the repatriation. As a result, the recognition of income tax expense related to foreign earnings, as applicable, and the payment of taxes resulting from repatriation of those earnings can occur in different periods. Cash balances held by corporateour joint venturesventure are maintained at sufficient levels to fund local operations as accumulated earnings are repatriated from the joint venturesventure on a periodic basis.

        At

As of December 31, 2012,2015, approximately $886.0$44.7 million of our consolidated cash and cash equivalents balance of $2.3 billion$286.0 million was held by our Canadian and United Kingdom subsidiaries. It is expected that a significant portion of this cash balance will be used to fund the acquisition of the noncontrolling interest in CFL noted above, if the transaction is completed. The cash balance held by the Canadian subsidiaries represents accumulated earnings of our foreign operations, which is not considered to be permanently reinvested. We have recognized deferred income taxes on these earnings for the foreign and domestic taxes that would be due upon their repatriation to the United States. AtAs of December 31, 2012,2015, the cash tax cost to repatriate the Canadian and United Kingdom cash balances would be approximately $45$3.2 million. Depending upon how we implement the acquisition
Impact of the noncontrolling interest in CFL, some or allProtecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015
On December 18, 2015, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 was signed into law and applies to tax years 2015 through 2019. One of the Canadianprovisions of the PATH Act permits companies to deduct 50% of their capital expenditures for federal income tax purposes in the year qualifying assets were placed into service. As a result of this provision, for the year ended December 31, 2015, we recorded a federal tax receivable of approximately $120 million that is expected to result in a tax refund. This receivable is primarily associated with the new urea plant and related offsites that were placed into service at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex during November of 2015.
In 2016, we expect to place into service (i) the new UAN and ammonia plants at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex and (ii) the new urea and ammonia plants at our Port Neal, Iowa complex. Most of these assets will also qualify for 50% bonus depreciation for fiscal year 2016. As a result of these additional assets being placed into service in 2016, we expect to have significantly reduced cash balancestax payments in 2016.


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Debt
Revolving Credit Agreement
We have a senior unsecured revolving credit agreement (as amended, the Revolving Credit Agreement) providing for a revolving credit facility of up to $2.0 billion with a maturity of September 18, 2020. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be repatriatedused for working capital and general corporate purposes. CF Industries is a borrower, and CF Industries and CF Holdings are guarantors, under the Revolving Credit Agreement. Following the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement (the Combination Agreement Closing Date), New CF would be required to be a borrower and a guarantor under the U.S., resultingRevolving Credit Agreement, at which time CF Industries would cease to be a borrower under the Revolving Credit Agreement. CF Industries or, following the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF, may designate as borrowers one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries that are organized in the paymentUnited States or any state thereof, the District of Columbia, England and Wales or the Netherlands.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be denominated in dollars, Canadian dollars, Euro and Sterling, and bear interest at a per annum rate equal to an applicable eurocurrency rate or base rate plus, in either case, a specified margin, and the borrowers are required to pay an undrawn commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the foreign taxescommitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement and customary letter of credit fees. The specified margin and the amount of the commitment fee depend on CF Holdings’ (or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement on the repatriation.

Debt

        At both December 31, 2012Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF’s) credit rating at the time.

Certain of CF Holdings’ U.S. subsidiaries, and, 2011, we had $1.6 billionon and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of senior notes outstandingNew CF’s and CF Holdings’ material wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement if (i) such subsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to specified exceptions) of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500 million or (ii) such subsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF, including debt under the Bridge Credit Agreement (as defined below).
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants for a financing of this type, including two series of $800 million each. The first series carries anfinancial maintenance covenants: (i) a requirement that the interest rate of 6.875% and is duecoverage ratio, as defined in the aggregate in 2018. The second series carries an interest rateRevolving Credit Agreement, be maintained at a level of 7.125%not less than 2.75 to 1.00 and is due(ii) a requirement that the total leverage ratio, as defined in the aggregateRevolving Credit Agreement, be maintained at a level of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00.
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains events of default (with notice requirements and cure periods, as applicable) customary for a financing of this type, including, but not limited to, non-payment of principal, interest or fees; inaccuracy of representations and warranties in 2020. At


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December 31, 2011 we also had $13.0 millionan event of Terra 7% senior notes due 2017, which were redeemed indefault under the second quarterRevolving Credit Agreement and after any applicable cure period, subject to specified exceptions, the administrative agent may, and at the request of 2012.

the requisite lenders is required to, accelerate the loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement or terminate the lenders’ commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

As of December 31, 2012, $491.02015, we had excess borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Agreement of $1,995.1 million was available for borrowing under our credit agreement, net of $9.0 million(net of outstanding letters of credit $4.9 million), and there were no borrowings outstanding borrowings. Our 2012as of December 31, 2015 or 2014. Maximum borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2015 were $367.0 million with a weighted-average annual interest rate of 1.47%. There were no borrowings during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement includes representations, warranties, covenants
CF Fertilisers UK Group Limited as borrower and eventsCF Fertilisers UK Limited as guarantor entered into a £40.0 million senior unsecured credit agreement, dated October 1, 2012 (the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement), which provided for a revolving credit facility of default, including requirements that we maintainup to £40.0 million with a minimum interest coverage ratiomaturity of five years.
On December 8, 2015, the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement was canceled. There were no borrowings outstanding under the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement as of its cancellation or any time during the year ended December 31, 2015.


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Senior Notes
Long-term debt presented on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio, as well as other customary covenants and eventsDecember 31, 2014 consisted of default. Ourthe following unsecured senior notes:
  December 31,
2015
 December 31,
2014
  (in millions)
Public Senior Notes:    
6.875% due 2018 $800.0
 $800.0
7.125% due 2020 800.0
 800.0
3.450% due 2023 749.4
 749.4
5.150% due 2034 746.3
 746.2
4.950% due 2043 748.8
 748.8
5.375% due 2044 748.2
 748.1
Private Senior Notes:    
4.490% due 2022 250.0
 
4.930% due 2025 500.0
 
5.030% due 2027 250.0
 
  5,592.7
 4,592.5
Less: Current portion 
 
Net long-term debt $5,592.7
 $4,592.5
Public Senior Notes
On April 23, 2010, CF Industries issued $800 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes indentures also include certain covenantsdue May 1, 2018 and events$800 million aggregate principal amount of default.7.125% senior notes due May 1, 2020 (the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes). Interest on the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on May 1 and November 1 and the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices. As of December 31, 2012, we were2015, the carrying value of the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes was $1.60 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.78 billion.
On May 23, 2013, CF Industries issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.450% senior notes due June 1, 2023 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.950% senior notes due June 1, 2043 (the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes). Interest on the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on June 1 and December 1 and the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in compliancewhole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices. We received net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, of approximately $1.48 billion. As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes was approximately $1.50 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.34 billion.
On March 11, 2014, CF Industries issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% senior notes due March 15, 2034 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.375% senior notes due March 15, 2044 (the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes). Interest on the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on March 15 and September 15 and the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices. We received net proceeds of $1.48 billion from the issuance and sale of the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes was approximately $1.49 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.35 billion.
Under the indentures (including the applicable supplemental indentures) governing the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes, the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes and the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes (collectively, the Public Senior Notes), each series of the Public Senior Notes is guaranteed by CF Holdings. The indentures governing the Public Senior Notes contain customary events of default and covenants that limit, among other things, the ability of CF Holdings and its subsidiaries, including CF Industries, to incur liens on certain properties to secure debt.

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If a Change of Control occurs together with all covenantsa Ratings Downgrade (as both terms are defined under the 2012indentures governing the Public Senior Notes), CF Industries would be required to offer to repurchase each series of Public Senior Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, in the event that a subsidiary of ours, other than CF Industries, becomes a borrower or a guarantor under the Revolving Credit Agreement (or any renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof), such subsidiary would be required to become a guarantor of the Public Senior Notes, provided that such requirement will no longer apply with respect to the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes and 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes following the repayment of the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes or the subsidiaries of ours, other than CF Industries, otherwise becoming no longer subject to such a requirement to guarantee the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes.
Private Senior Notes
On September 24, 2015, CF Industries issued in a private placement $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.49% senior notes due October 15, 2022, $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.93% senior notes due October 15, 2025 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.03% senior notes due October 15, 2027 (the Private Senior Notes). CF Industries received proceeds of $1.0 billion from the issuance and sale of the Private Senior Notes. The Private Senior Notes are governed by the terms of a note purchase agreement (as amended, the Note Purchase Agreement) and are guaranteed by the Company. Interest on the Private Senior Notes is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15.
CF Industries may prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, any series of the Private Senior Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of such series of the Private Senior Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus a make-whole amount determined as specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), each holder of the Private Senior Notes may require CF Industries to prepay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Private Senior Notes held by such holder at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Private Senior Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, but without any make-whole amount or other premium.
All obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement are unsecured. On and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF would be required to guarantee the obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement. In addition, certain of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries, and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of New CF’s and the Company’s material wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement if (i) such subsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to specified exceptions) of the Company, CF Industries or New CF in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500 million or (ii) such subsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of the Company, CF Industries or New CF.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants for a financing of this type, including two financial maintenance covenants: (i) a requirement that the interest coverage ratio (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) be maintained at a level of not less than 2.75 to 1.00 and (ii) a requirement that the total leverage ratio (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) be maintained at a level of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains events of default (with notice requirements and cure periods, as applicable) customary for a financing of this type, including, but not limited to, non-payment of principal, make-whole amounts, or interest; inaccuracy of representations and warranties in any material respect; and failure to comply with specified covenants. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default under the Note Purchase Agreement and after any applicable cure period, subject to specified exceptions, the holder or holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Private Senior Notes outstanding may declare all the Private Senior Notes then outstanding due and payable.
As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the Private Senior Notes was $1.0 billion and the fair value was approximately $0.99 billion.
Bridge Credit Agreement
On September 18, 2015, in connection with CF Holdings' proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI (see Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information). CF Holdings, as a guarantor, and CF Industries, as the tranche A borrower, entered into a senior unsecured 364-Day Bridge Credit Agreement (as amended, the Bridge Credit Agreement). On the tranche B closing date, as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement, New CF would become a party to the Bridge Credit Agreement as the tranche B borrower. The tranche B closing date would occur upon the satisfaction of specified conditions, including the occurrence of the closing under the Combination Agreement.

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The Bridge Credit Agreement (1) provided for a single borrowing of a tranche A bridge loan of up to $1.0 billion that would have been used by CF Industries first to reduce amounts outstanding, if any, under the Revolving Credit Agreement and then for general corporate purposes; and (2) provides for a single borrowing of a tranche B bridge loan of up to $3.0 billion that may be used by New CF to pay the cash portion, if any, of the purchase price for specified equity interests to be acquired pursuant to the Combination Agreement; to consummate the refinancing of specified debt in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement; to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Bridge Credit Agreement and the senior notes indentures.

Combination Agreement; and in an amount of up to $1.3 billion for general corporate purposes.

The obligations of the lenders to fund the tranche A bridge loan under the Bridge Credit Agreement automatically terminated on September 24, 2015 in connection with the issuance of the Private Senior Notes. The obligations of the lenders to fund the tranche B bridge loan under the Bridge Credit Agreement are subject to customary limited conditionality and expire on August 6, 2016 (or no later than November 6, 2016, if extended pursuant to the terms thereof), or earlier as provided in the Bridge Credit Agreement. The tranche B bridge loan would mature on the date that is 364 days after the initial funding of such loan.
The Bridge Credit Agreement is voluntarily prepayable from time to time without premium or penalty and is mandatorily prepayable with, and the commitments thereunder will automatically be reduced by, the net cash proceeds from specified issuances of equity interests of CF Holdings and its subsidiaries and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF and its subsidiaries, specified issuances or incurrences of debt by such persons and the net cash proceeds (including casualty insurance proceeds and condemnation awards) from specified dispositions of assets of such persons, with specified exceptions, including a right to reinvest such proceeds or awards in assets used or useful in the business of such persons and their subsidiaries. Commitments under the Bridge Credit Agreement will also be reduced by the amount of commitments under certain designated term loan facilities and by the amount of any specified debt as to which, on or prior to the tranche B closing date, arrangements have been made to permit such debt to remain outstanding in accordance with its terms or permanent repayment or termination has been effected by OCI and its affiliates.
Borrowings under the Bridge Credit Agreement will be denominated in dollars and bear interest at a per annum rate equal to an applicable LIBOR rate or base rate plus, in either case, a specified margin that depends on CF Holdings’ (or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement on the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF’s) credit rating at the time and that will increase by a specified amount every 90 days commencing with the 90th day after the date of the initial funding of the tranche B bridge loan through the date that is 270 days after the date of such initial funding. CF Industries is required to pay an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.15% of the undrawn portion of the commitments under the Bridge Credit Agreement. CF Industries and New CF will also be required to pay duration fees ranging from 0.50% to 1.00% at specified intervals following the funding of the tranche B bridge loan.
Currently, CF Holdings and CF Industries are the only guarantors of the obligations under the Bridge Credit Agreement. Certain of CF Holdings’ U.S. subsidiaries, and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of New CF’s and CF Holdings’ material wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the Bridge Credit Agreement if (i) such subsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to specified exceptions) of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500 million or (ii) such subsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF, including debt under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
The representations, warranties, events of default and covenants contained in the Bridge Credit Agreement are substantially similar to those contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

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Forward Sales and Customer Advances

We offer our customers the opportunity to purchase productproducts from us on a forward basis at prices and on delivery dates we propose. We also use derivative financial instruments to reduceTherefore, our exposure to changes in prices for natural gas that will be purchased in the future. Natural gas is the largest and most volatile component of our manufacturing cost for nitrogen-based fertilizers. As a result of using derivative instruments to hedge against movements of future prices of natural gas, volatility in reported quarterly earnings can result from the unrealized mark-to-market adjustments in the value of the derivatives and our reportedfertilizer selling prices and margins may differ from market spot prices and margins available at the time of shipment. Unlike nitrogen fertilizer products sold under forward sales contracts, we typically are unable to use hedges to reduce our exposure to raw material price changes for components of our phosphate manufacturing cost, the largest of which are sulfur and ammonia. As a result, we typically are exposed to margin risk on phosphate products sold on a forward basis.

Customer advances, which typically represent a portion of the contract's sales value, are received shortly after the contract is executed, with any remaining unpaid amount generally being collected by the time the product is shipped, thereby reducing or eliminating the accounts receivable related to such sales. Any cash payments received in advance from customers in connection with forward sales contracts are reflected on our consolidated balance sheets as a current liability until the related orders are shipped which may be several months after the order is placed. As is the case for all of our sale transactions,and revenue is recognized when title and risk of loss transfers upon shipment or delivery of the product to customers.recognized. As of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, we had approximately $380.7$161.5 million and $257.2$325.4 million, respectively, in customer advances on our consolidated balance sheets.

While customer advances wereare generally a significant source of liquidity, in both 2012 and 2011, the level of forward sales contracts is affected by many factors including current market conditions and our customers' outlook of future market fundamentals. TheIf the level of sales under our forward orders may reflectsales programs were to decrease in the future, our customers' viewscash received from customer advances could likely decrease and our accounts receivable balances would likely increase. Additionally, borrowing under the Revolving Credit Agreement could become necessary. Due to the volatility inherent in our business and changing customer expectations, we cannot estimate the amount of the current fertilizer pricing environment and expectations regarding future pricing and availability of supply.

forward sales activity.

Under our forward sales programs, a customer may delay delivery of an order due to weather conditions or other factors. These delays generally subject the customer to potential charges for storage or may be grounds for termination of the contract by us. Such a delay in scheduled shipment or termination of a forward sales contract due to a customer's inability or unwillingness to perform may negatively impact our reported sales. We may also be subject to storage charges under these arrangements should we be unable to deliver product at the specified time. If the level of sales under our forward sales programs were to decrease in the future, our cash received from customer advances would likely decrease and our accounts receivable balances would likely increase. Also, borrowing under our senior revolving credit facility could become necessary. Due to the volatility inherent in our


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business and changing customer expectations, we cannot estimate the amount of future forward sales activity.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We use derivative financial instruments to reduce our exposure to changes in commodity prices for natural gas that will be purchased in the future. Natural gas is the largest and most volatile component of our manufacturing cost for nitrogen-based fertilizers. We also use derivative financial instruments to reduce our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Because we use derivative instruments, volatility in reported quarterly earnings can result from the unrealized mark-to-market adjustments in the value of the derivatives.
Derivatives expose us to counterparties and the risks associated with their ability to meet the terms of the contracts. The counterparties to our derivatives are either large oil and gas companies or large financial institutions. Cash collateral is deposited with or received from counterparties when predetermined unrealized loss or gain thresholds are exceeded. For derivatives that are in net asset positions, we are exposed to credit loss from nonperformance by the counterparties. We control our credit risk through the use of multiple counterparties individual credit limits, monitoring procedures, cash collateral requirementsthat are multinational commercial banks, major financial institutions or large energy companies, and, in most cases, the use of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master netting arrangements.

The ISDA master netting arrangements to somemost of our derivative instruments also contain credit-risk-related contingent features, thatsuch as cross default provisions and credit support requirements. In the event of certain defaults or a credit ratings downgrade, our counterparty may request early termination and net settlement of certain derivative trades or may require us to maintain minimumcollateralize derivatives in a net worth levels and certain financial ratios. If we fail to meet these minimum requirements, the counterparties to those derivative instruments where we hold liability positions could require daily cash settlement of unrealized losses or some other form of credit support.

position.

As of December 31, 2012,2015 and 2014, the aggregate fair value of the derivative instruments with credit risk relatedcredit-risk-related contingent features in a net liability positionpositions was $0.9 million. We$211.3 million and $47.1 million, respectively, which also approximates the fair value of the maximum amount of additional collateral that would need to be posted or assets needed to settle the obligations if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered at the reporting dates. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had open natural gas derivative contracts for 431.5 million MMBtus and 58.7 million MMBtus, respectively. At both December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had no cash collateral on deposit with counterparties for derivative contracts ascontracts.
As of December 31, 2012.

Financial Assurance Requirements

        In addition to various operational2015 and environmental regulations related to our phosphate segment, we are also subject to financial assurance requirements related to2014, the closure and maintenancenotional amount of our phosphogypsum stack systems at both our Plant City, Florida phosphate fertilizer complexopen foreign currency derivatives was €89.0 million and our former Bartow, Florida phosphate fertilizer complex. There are two sources€209.0 million, respectively. None of these financial assurance requirements. First, in 2010, we entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)open foreign currency derivatives were designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes.

Pension and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) with respect to our compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at our Plant City, Florida complex (the Plant City Consent Decree). Second, the State of Florida financial assurance regulations (Florida Financial Assurance) apply to both our Plant City and Bartow complexes. Both of these regulations allow the use of a funding mechanism as a means of complying with the financial assurance requirements associated with the closure, long-term maintenance, and monitoring costs for the phosphogypsum stacks, as well as costs incurred to manage the water contained in the stack system upon closure. We have established a trust account for the benefit of the EPA and FDEP and an escrow account for the benefit of the FDEP to meet these financial assurance requirements. On our consolidated balance sheet, these are collectively referred to as "Asset retirement obligation funds" (ARO funds). In October 2012, we deposited $53.0 million into the trust for the Plant City Consent Decree, thereby reaching full funding of that obligation, and we expect to fund the remaining approximately $4.0 million of the State of Florida Financial Assurance escrow account near the end of 2015. Both financial assurance funding obligations require estimates of future expenditures that could be impacted by refinements in scope, technological developments, cost inflation, changes in regulations, discount rates and the timing of activities. Additional funding will be required in the future if increases in cost estimates exceed investment earnings in the trust or escrow accounts. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the balance in the ARO funds was $200.8 million and $145.4 million, respectively.


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        The amounts recognized as expense in operations pertaining to our phosphogypsum stack systems closure and land reclamation are determined and accounted for on an accrual basis as described in Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements. These expense amounts are expected to differ from the anticipated contributions to the trust and escrow accounts, which are based on the guidelines set forth in the Plant City Consent Decree and Florida Financial Assurance regulations. Ultimately, the funds in these accounts will be used to fund the closure and maintenance of the phosphogypsum stack systems.

        Florida regulations require mining companies to demonstrate financial responsibility for reclamation, wetland and other surface water mitigation measures in advance of any mining activities. We will also be required to demonstrate financial responsibility for reclamation and for wetland and other surface water mitigation measures, if and when we are able to expand our Hardee mining activities to areas not currently permitted. The demonstration of financial responsibility by mining companies in Florida may be provided by passing a financial test or by establishing a trust fund agreement or escrow account. Based on these current regulations, we will have the option to demonstrate financial responsibility in Florida utilizing any of these methods.

Acquisition of Terra

        In April of 2010, we completed the acquisition and merger of Terra. As a result of the merger, each outstanding share of Terra common stock was converted into the right to receive $37.15 in cash and 0.0953 of a share of CF Holdings common stock. CF Holdings issued an aggregate of 9.5 million shares of its common stock with a fair value of $882.0 million and paid an aggregate of $3.2 billion in cash, net of $0.5 billion cash acquired, for 100% of Terra's common stock. Additional details regarding the Terra acquisition can be found in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements.

Other Liquidity Requirements

        We are subject to federal, state and local laws and rules concerning surface and underground waters. Such rules evolve through various stages of proposal or development and the ultimate outcome of such rulemaking activities often cannot be predicted prior to enactment. At the present time, rules in the State of Florida are being developed to limit nutrient content in water discharges, including certain specific rules pertaining to water bodies near our Florida operations. Additional information regarding numeric nutrient criteria regulations in surface and ground water can be found in Note 29 to the consolidated financial statements, titled Contingencies. We are monitoring the evolution of these rules. Potential costs associated with compliance cannot be determined currently and we cannot reasonably estimate the impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Postretirement Benefits

We contributed approximately $20.1$27.7 million to our pension plans in 2012.2015. We expect to contribute approximately $23.2$39.8 million to our pension plans in 2013.

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Cash Flows

Operating Activities

Year Ended December 31, 20122015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20112014

Net cash generated from operating activities in 2012 was $2.4 billion as compared to $2.1 billion in 2011. The $296.7 million increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2015 was due primarily to an increase in net earnings from the nitrogen segment, and a lower level of working capital invested in the business at the end of 2012$1.20 billion as compared to the end$1.41 billion in 2014, a decline of 2011$204.9 million. This decline was primarily due to unfavorable working capital changes as lower inventory, lower receivables and


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higher customer advances were lower and accounts payable and accrued expensesinventory levels were higher in 2015 as compared to 2014 levels. Due to the declining pricing environment for nitrogen fertilizers in 2015, customers delayed making forward purchase commitments to purchase fertilizer in 2015, which reduced the amount of customer advances that were received, as compared to 2014 when fertilizer pricing was stronger. A poor fall ammonia application season contributed to the lowerhigher inventory levels of working capital.

in 2015 as compared to 2014 when inventory levels declined.

Year Ended December 31, 20112014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20102013

Net cash generated from operating activities in 2011 was $2.1 billion as compared to $1.2 billion in 2010. The $884.5 million increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2014 was due primarily$1.41 billion as compared to improved$1.47 billion in 2013. The $58.2 million decrease in net cash provided by operating activities resulted from lower earnings in both the nitrogen and phosphate segments,from core operating activities partially offset by favorable working capital changes in 2014 as compared to 2013. The lower earnings from core operating activities were primarily a result of the $741.7 million decline in gross margin. Partially offsetting the decline in gross margin, $638.6 million less was invested in net working capital than in 2013. Improvements in working capital during 2014 were due to a combination of higher customer advances, lower inventory levels and an increaselower amounts paid for income taxes in cash invested2014 as compared in inventory and accounts receivable2013. Customer advances were higher in 2011anticipation of a busy spring 2015 application season combined with tighter North American nitrogen fertilizer supply compared to 2010.

2013.

Investing Activities

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 20102013

Net cash used in investing activities was $513.5$2.98 billion in 2015 compared to $343.5 million in 20122014 when we received proceeds of $1.37 billion from the sale of the phosphate business. During 2015, capital expenditures totaled $2.47 billion compared to $173.8$1.81 billion in 2014. The increase in capital expenditures is primarily related to the capacity expansion projects in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa. We also acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for a net cash payment of $551.6 million, in 2011.which was net of cash acquired of $18.8 million. The $1.02 billion net cash used in investing activities in 2012 was primarily for capital expenditures, partially offset by $65.42013 included $823.8 million from the sale of short term securities and property, plant and equipment. The cash used in investing activities in 2011 was primarily for capital expenditures, partially offset by $54.7 million in proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment and $37.9 million in sales and maturities of short term securities. The proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment in 2011 primarily related to the sale of four dry product warehouses and a non-core transportation business. The $3.1 billion in cash used in investing activities in 2010 was due primarily to the net cash consideration of $3.2 billion for the acquisition of Terra, partially offset by $209.6 million of cash provided by net sales of short-term investments and redemptions of auction rate securities, and proceeds of $167.1 million from the sale of Terra common stock prior to the acquisition of Terra. Additions to property, plant and equipment accounted for $523.5 million, $247.2 million, and $258.1 million of cash used in investing activities in 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. The increase in capital expenditures and $154.0 million transferred to a restricted cash account in 2012 related primarily to cash spendingsupport of $120.8 million for the major capitalcapacity expansion projects at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa facilities, plus certain other significant capital projects at our existing production complexes to sustain our asset base, increase our production capacity, improve plant efficiency and comply with various environmental, health and safety requirements.

        We made contributions of $55.4 million, $50.4 million, and $58.5 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, to our asset retirement obligation trust and escrow accounts. The balance in these accounts is reported at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets.

projects.

Financing Activities

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 20102013

Net cash provided by financing activities was $79.9 million in 2015 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $775.1 million and $980.3 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. In 2015, we issued senior notes and received proceeds of $1.0 billion. In both 2014 and 2013, we issued senior notes and received proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion. Net cash used in financing activities was $796.8 million in 2012 compared to $1.5 billion in 2011. In 2012, we repurchased $500.0 million of our common stock and distributed $231.82013 included $918.7 million to acquire the noncontrolling interests.interests in CFL. Cash used for share repurchases in 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $556.3 million, $1.93 billion and $1.41 billion, respectively. We repurchased $1.0 billion of our common stock and distributed $145.7$45.0 million to the noncontrolling interests in 2011. In 2012, $13.0 million was used for the repayment of long term debt2015, compared to $346.0$46.0 million in 2011. Dividends paid on common stock increased to $102.72014 and $73.7 million in 2012 from $68.7 million2013. The decrease in 2011distributions to noncontrolling interests in 2015 and 2014 as compared to 2013 was due to the increaseacquisition of the noncontrolling interests in CFL in April 2013, which impacted the payments made in the common dividend to $0.40 per share from $0.10 per share which started in the third quarterfirst four months of 2011 partially offset by a reduction in number of outstanding shares. Net cash provided by financing activities in 2010 of $2.0 billion was due primarily to $5.2 billion of proceeds from the issuance of debt and $1.2 billion from the issuance of common stock in a public offering associated with our acquisition of Terra,

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partially offset by $4.0 billion of prepayments on our debt and $0.2 billion of financing fees. Dividends paid on common stock were $26.2 million in 2010 and we also paid $20.0 million of dividends declared by Terra prior to the acquisition date. We also paid distributions to our noncontrolling interests of $117.0 million in 2010.

Obligations


Contractual Obligations

The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2012:

2015:
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 After 2020 Total
 (in millions)
Contractual Obligations 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Debt 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Long-term debt(1)
$
 $
 $800.0
 $
 $800.0
 $4,000.0
 $5,600.0
Interest payments on long-term debt(1)
312.9
 305.4
 277.9
 250.4
 221.1
 2,602.5
 3,970.2
Other Obligations 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Operating leases82.2
 87.9
 70.8
 58.3
 46.3
 115.6
 461.1
Equipment purchases and plant improvements142.5
 23.6
 1.5
 
 
 
 167.6
Capacity expansion projects(2)
953.2
 
 
 
 
 
 953.2
Transportation(3)
62.6
 11.1
 8.4
 7.6
 3.3
 
 93.0
Purchase obligations(4)(5)
641.6
 335.5
 109.5
 38.1
 37.2
 148.3
 1,310.2
Contributions to pension plans(6)
39.8
 
 
 
 
 
 39.8
Net operating loss settlement(7)
10.8
 10.6
 
 
 
 
 21.4
Total(8)(9)
$2,245.6
 $774.1
 $1,268.1
 $354.4
 $1,107.9
 $6,866.4
 $12,616.5

(1)
Based on debt balances before discounts, offering expenses and interest rates as of December 31, 2015.
(2)
We expect to spend approximately $1.2 billion during 2016 related to the Donaldsonville and Port Neal capacity expansion projects expected to be completed in mid-2016. Contractual commitments do not include any amounts related to our foreign currency derivatives. For further information, see our previous discussion under Capacity Expansion Projects and Restricted Cash in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of this discussion and analysis.
(3)
Includes anticipated expenditures under certain contracts to transport raw materials and finished product to and from our facilities. The majority of these arrangements allow for reductions in usage based on our actual operating rates. Amounts set forth above are based on projected normal operating rates and contracted or current spot prices, where applicable, as of December 31, 2015 and actual operating rates and prices may differ.
(4)
Includes minimum commitments to purchase natural gas based on prevailing market-based forward prices as of December 31, 2015. Purchase obligations do not include any amounts related to our natural gas derivatives.
(5)
Includes a commitment to purchase ammonia from PLNL at market-based prices under an agreement that expires in 2018. The annual commitment based on market prices as of December 31, 2015 is $87.1 million with a total remaining commitment of $239.6 million.
(6)
Represents the contributions we expect to make to our pension plans during 2016. Our pension funding policy is to contribute amounts sufficient to meet minimum legal funding requirements plus discretionary amounts that we may deem to be appropriate.
(7)
Represents the amounts we expect to pay to our pre-IPO owners in conjunction with the amended NOL Agreement and the 2013 settlement with the IRS. See Note 10—Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for further discussion of this matter.
(8)
Excludes $182.6 million of unrecognized tax benefits due to the uncertainty in the timing of potential tax payments.
(9)
Excludes $10.6 million of environmental remediation liabilities.

 
 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 After 2017 Total 
 
 (in millions)
 

Debt

                      

Long-term debt(1)

 $ $ $ $ $ $1,600.0 $1,600.0 

Notes payable(2)

  5.0            5.0 

Interest payments on long-term debt and notes payable(1)

  113.5  113.4  113.4  113.4  112.5  170.0  736.2 

Other Obligations

                      

Operating leases

  78.0  52.3  34.7  31.6  24.1  49.6  270.3 

Equipment purchases and plant improvements

  129.3  14.3          143.6 

Major capital expansion projects(3)

  133.9  109.9  12.9        256.7 

Transportation(4)

  93.7  30.7  24.5  19.4  16.0  126.3  310.6 

Purchase obligations(5)(6)

  499.0  230.6  201.5  197.0  195.8  195.7  1,519.6 

Contributions to Pension Plans(7)

  23.2            23.2 
                

Total(8)

 $1,075.6 $551.2 $387.0 $361.4 $348.4 $2,141.6 $4,865.2 
                
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(1)
Based on debt balances and interest rates as of December 31, 2012.

(2)
Represents notes payable to the CFL noncontrolling interest holder. While the entire principal amount is due December 31, 2013, CFL may prepay all or a portion of the principal at its sole option.

(3)
Contractual commitments do not include any amounts related to our foreign currency derivatives. We expect to spend in the range of $1.0 billion to $1.3 billion during 2013 related to the planned $3.8 billion Donaldsonville and Port Neal capacity expansion projects expected to be completed by 2016. For further information, see our previous discussion under Major Capital Expansion Projects in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section.

(4)
Includes anticipated expenditures under certain contracts to transport raw materials and finished product between our facilities. The majority of these arrangements allow for reductions in usage based on our actual operating rates. Amounts set forth above are based on projected normal operating rates and contracted or current spot prices, where applicable, as of December 31, 2012 and actual operating rates and prices may differ.

(5)
Includes minimum commitments to purchase natural gas based on prevailing market-based forward prices at December 31, 2012. Purchase obligations do not include any amounts related to our natural gas derivatives.

(6)
Includes a commitment to purchase ammonia from PLNL at market-based prices under an agreement that expires in 2018. The annual commitment based on market prices at December 31, 2012 is $195.6 million with a total remaining commitment of $1.2 billion.

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(7)
Represents the contributionsSubsequent Event
On August 12, 2015, we expect to make to our pension plans during 2013. Our pension funding policy is to contribute amounts sufficient to meet minimum legal funding requirements plus discretionary amountsannounced that we may deemagreed to be appropriate.

(8)
Excludes the planned purchases of C$0.9 billion for the 34%enter into a strategic venture with CHS Inc. (CHS). The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in CFL ownedCF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (CFN), a subsidiary of CF Holdings, for $2.8 billion. CHS also began receiving deliveries from us pursuant to a supply agreement under which CHS has the right to purchase annually from us up to approximately 1.1 million tons of granular urea and 580,000 tons of UAN at market prices. CHS is entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CFN as a result of its minority equity interest in CFN based generally on the volume of granular urea and UAN purchased by Viterra, the amounts relatedCHS pursuant to the purchase of the remaining minority interests in CFL and $93.9 million of unrecognized tax benefits due to the uncertainty in the timing of payments, if any, on these items. See Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the purchase of the interests in CFL and Note 11 for discussion of the unrecognized tax benefits.

Other Long-Term Obligations

        As of December 31, 2012, our other liabilities included balances related to asset retirement obligations (AROs) and environmental remediation liabilities. The estimated timing and amount of cash outflows associated with these liabilities are as follows:

 
 Payments Due by Period 
 
 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 After
2017
 Total 
 
 (in millions)
 

Asset retirement obligations(1)(2)

 $16.1 $7.6 $6.3 $10.5 $8.5 $714.3 $763.3 

Environmental remediation liabilities

  0.5  0.5  0.5  0.5  0.5  3.4  5.9 
                

Total

 $16.6 $8.1 $6.8 $11.0 $9.0 $717.7 $769.2 
                

(1)
Represents the undiscounted, inflation-adjusted estimated cash outflows required to settle the recorded AROs. The corresponding present value of these future expenditures is $145.0 million as of December 31, 2012. Excludes any amounts we may be required to deposit into our escrow or trust accounts to meet our financial assurance funding requirements. See the discussion of our financial assurance requirements earlier in this section.

We also have unrecorded AROs at our nitrogen manufacturing facilities and at our distribution and storage facilities that are conditional upon cessation of operations. These AROs include certain decommissioning activities as well as the removal and disposition of certain chemicals, waste materials, structures, equipment, vessels, piping and storage tanks. Also included is reclamation of land and closure of effluent ponds. The most recent estimate of the aggregate cost of these AROs expressed in 2012 dollars is approximately $51.0 million. We do not believe that there is a reasonable basis for currently estimating a date or range of dates of cessation of operations at these facilities. Therefore, the table above does not contain any payments for these AROs. See Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion of our AROs. As described in "Financial Assurance Requirements," we intend to set aside cash on an annual basis in escrow and trust accounts established to cover costs associated with closure of our phosphogypsum stack systems as required. These accounts will be the source of a significant portion of the cash required to settle the AROs pertaining to the phosphogypsum stack systems.

(2)
Cash flows occurring after 2017 are detailed in the following table.

        The following table details the undiscounted, inflation-adjusted estimated payments after 2017 required to settle the recorded AROs, as discussed above.

 
 Payments Due by Period 
 
 2018 - 19 2020 - 29 2030 - 39 2040 - 49 2050 - 59 After
2059
 Total 
 
 (in millions)
 

Asset retirement obligations

 $18.4 $47.2 $250.4 $137.9 $57.9 $202.5 $714.3 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have operating leases for certain property and equipment under various noncancelable agreements, the most significant of which are rail car leases and barge tow charters for the transportation of fertilizer. The rail car leases currently have minimum terms ranging from one to teneleven years and the barge charter commitments currently have terms rangingrange from onetwo to seven years. We also have terminal and warehouse storage agreements for our distribution system, some of which contain minimum throughput requirements. The storage agreements contain minimum terms generally ranging from one to threefive years and commonly contain automatic annual renewal provisions thereafter unless canceled by either party. See Note 2324—Leases in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for additional information concerning leases.

We do not have any other off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. U.S. GAAP requires that we select policies and make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience, technological assessment, opinions of appropriate outside experts, and the most recent information available to us. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Changes in estimates that may have a material impact on our results are discussed in the context of the underlying financial statements to which they relate. The following discussion presents information about our most critical accounting policies and estimates.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when title and risk of loss are transferred to the customer, which can be at the plant gate, a distribution facility, a supplier location or a customer destination. In some cases, application of this policy requires that we make certain assumptions or estimates regarding a component of revenue, discounts and allowances, rebates, or creditworthiness of some of our customers. We base our estimates on historical experience, and the most recent information available to us, which can change as market conditions change. Amounts related to shipping and handling that are billed to our customers in sales transactions are classified as sales in our consolidated statements of operations. Sales incentives are reported as a reduction in net sales.


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Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment isare stated at historical cost and depreciation depletion and amortization isare computed using either the straight-line method or the units-of-production method over the lives of the assets. The lives used in computing depreciation and amortization expense are based on estimates of the period over which the assets will be of economic benefit to us. Estimated lives are based on historical experience, manufacturers' or engineering estimates, valuation or appraisal estimates and future business plans. We review the depreciable lives assigned to our property, plant and equipment on a periodic basis, and change our estimates to reflect the results of those reviews.

Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at our continuous process manufacturing facilities during a full plant shutdown are referred to as plant turnarounds. We account for plant turnarounds under the deferral method, as opposed to the direct expense or built-in overhaul methods. Under the deferral method, expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized intoin property, plant and equipment when incurred and amortized to production costs on a straight-line basis over the period benefited, which is until the next scheduled turnaround in up to 5 years. Should the estimated period between turnarounds change, we may be required to amortize the remaining cost of the turnaround over a shorter period, which would lead to higher productiondepreciation and amortization costs. If we used the direct expense method,

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turnaround costs would be expensed as incurred. Scheduled replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment include the dismantling, repair or replacement and installation of various components including piping, valves, motors, turbines, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers and the replacement of catalyst when a full plant shutdown occurs. Scheduled inspections are also conducted during a full plant shut down including required safety inspections, which entails the disassembly of various components such as steam boilers, pressure vessels and other equipment requiring safety certifications. Capitalized turnaround costs have been applied consistently in the periods presented. Internal employee costs and overhead amounts are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized. Turnaround costs are classified as investing activities in the Consolidated Statementsconsolidated statements of Cash Flowscash flows in the line entitled, "Additions to property, plant and equipment."

Inventory Valuation

We review our inventory account balances at least quarterly, and more frequently if required by market conditions, to determine ifwhether the carrying amount of inventories exceeds their net realizablemarket value. This review process incorporates current industry and customer-specific trends, current operating plans, historical price activity, and selling prices expected to be realized. If the carrying amount of our inventory exceeds its estimated net realizablemarket value, we immediately adjust our carrying values accordingly. Upon inventory liquidation, if the actual sales prices ultimately realized are less than our most recent estimate of net realizablemarket value, additional losses would be recorded in the period of liquidation. Fixed production costs related to idle capacity are not included in the cost of inventory but are charged directly to cost of sales.

Asset Retirement Obligations
Asset retirement obligations (AROs) and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

        AROs are legal obligations associated with the closureretirement of our phosphogypsum stack systems atlong-lived assets that result from the Bartow and Plant City, Florida phosphate fertilizer complexes, land reclamation activities at our Hardee, Florida phosphate rock mine and the cessationacquisition, construction, development or normal operation of operations at all of our facilities. If the cost of closure can be reasonably estimated,such assets. AROs are initially recognized in the period in which the related assets are put into service. We are requiredas incurred when sufficient information exists to recognize an ARO for costs associated with the cessation of operations at our facilities at the time those obligations are imposed, even if the timing and manner of settlement are difficult to ascertain. The obligations at active facilities related to closure, reclamation


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and cessation of operations are capitalized at their present value and a corresponding asset retirement liability is recorded. The liability is adjusted in subsequent periods through accretion expense. Accretion expense represents the increase in the present value of the liability due to the passage of time. The asset retirement costs capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the related asset are depreciated over the estimated useful life. In the case of reclamation, the asset is depreciated over the period the mining occurs, which in some cases, may be after initial recognition of the liability. The aggregate carrying value of all of our AROs was $145.0 million as of December 31, 2012 and $131.6 million as of December 31, 2011. The increase in the aggregate carrying value of these AROs is due to normal accretion expense and the recognition of new obligations, partially offset by cash expenditures on AROs and reductions in previous estimates.

        Environmental remediation liabilities are recognized when the related costs are considered probable and can be reasonably estimated. Estimates of these costs are based upon currently available facts, existing technology, site-specific costs and currently enacted laws and regulations. In reporting environmental liabilities, no offset is made for potential recoveries. All liabilities are monitored and adjusted as new facts or changes in law or technology occur. In accordance with GAAP, environmental expenditures are capitalized when such costs provide future economic benefits. Changes in laws, regulations or assumptions used in estimating these costs could have a material impact on our financial statements. The amount recorded for environmental remediation liabilities totaled $5.9 million as of December 31, 2012 and $6.7 million as of December 31, 2011.

        The actual amounts to be spent on AROs and environmental remediation liabilities will depend on factors such as the timing of activities, refinements in scope, technological developments and cost inflation, as well as present and future environmental laws and regulations. The estimates of amounts to be spent are subject to considerable uncertainty and long timeframes. We are also required to select discount rates to calculate the present value of AROs. Changes in these estimates or the selection of a different discount rate could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position.

estimate fair value. We have unrecorded AROs at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilitiescomplexes and at our distribution and storage facilities that are conditional upon cessation of operations. These AROs include certain decommissioning activities as well as the removal and dispositiondisposal of certain chemicals, waste materials, structures, equipment, vessels, piping and storage tanks. Also included are reclamation of land and the closure of certain effluent ponds. A liability has not been recorded for these conditional AROs. The most recent estimate of the aggregate cost of these AROs expressed in 20122015 dollars is $51.0$66.4 million. We have not recorded a liability for these conditional AROs atas of December 31, 20122015 because we do not believe there is currently a reasonable basis for estimating a date or range of dates of cessation of operations at theseour nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities or our distribution and storage facilities, which is necessary in order to estimate fair value. In reaching this conclusion, we considered the historical performance of each complex or facility and have taken into account factors such as planned maintenance, asset replacements and upgrades of plant and equipment, which if conducted as in the past, can extend the physical lives of our nitrogen manufacturing facilities and our distribution and storage facilities indefinitely. We also considered the possibility of changes in technology, risk of obsolescence, and availability of raw materials in arriving at our conclusion.

Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets, Goodwill and Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries

We review the carrying values of our property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets, including our finite-lived intangible assets, goodwill and investments in unconsolidated subsidiariesaffiliates including joint ventures in accordance with U.S. GAAP in order to assess recoverability. Factors that we must estimate when performing impairment tests include sales volume, selling prices, raw material costs, operating rates, operating expenses, inflation, discount rates, exchange rates, tax rates and capital spending. Significant judgment is involved in estimating each of these factors, which include inherent uncertainties. The factors we use are


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consistent with those used in our internal planning process. The recoverability of the values associated with our goodwill, long-lived assets and investments in unconsolidated subsidiariesaffiliates is dependent upon future operating performance of the specific businesses to which they are attributed. Certain of the operating assumptions are particularly sensitive to the cyclical nature of the fertilizer business. Adverse changes in demand for our products, increases in supply and the availability and costs of key raw materials could significantly affect the results of our review.

The recoverability and impairment tests of long-lived assets are required only when conditions exist that indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. For goodwill, impairment tests are required at least annually, or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that it may be impaired. We reviewOur investments in unconsolidated affiliates are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of our investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries annually to determine if there is a loss in value of the investment. We determinemay not be recoverable. When circumstances indicate that the fair value of theour investment using an income approach valuation method. If the sum of the expected future discounted net cash flowsin any such affiliate is less than theits carrying value, an impairment lossand the reduction in value is other than temporary, the reduction in value is recognized immediately.

immediately in earnings.

Our joint venture investment in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago operates an ammonia plant that relies on natural gas supplied by The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC). The joint venture is accounted for under the equity method and continues to generate positive income and cash flow. The financial results are included in the information in

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Note 8—Equity Method Investments to the consolidated financial statements. The joint venture has experienced natural gas curtailments in 2015 and 2014 due to major maintenance activities being conducted at upstream natural gas facilities and decreased gas exploration and development activity in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. These curtailments are expected to continue into the future. Commitments from NGC regarding the level of future availability and the related cost are not available. The future availability and cost of natural gas represents a significant assumption in the discounted cash flow models utilized for recoverability and impairment testing. In 2015, our equity in earnings of operating affiliates includes a $61.9 million impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL. No impairment was recognized in 2014 or 2013 related to this investment.
We evaluate goodwill for impairment in the fourth quarter at the reporting unit level, which in our case, are the nitrogenammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and phosphateOther segments. Our evaluation can begin with a qualitative assessment of the factors that could impact the significant inputs used to estimate fair value. If after performing the qualitative assessment, we determine that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill, then no further testing is performed. However, if it is unclear based on the results of the qualitative test, we perform a quantitative test involving potentially two steps. The first step compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. We use an income basedincome-based valuation method, determining the present value of future cash flows, to estimate the fair value of a reporting unit. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its positive carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired, and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. The second step of the goodwill impairment test, if needed, compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. We recognize an impairment loss immediately to the extent the carrying value exceeds its implied fair value. We identified no goodwill impairment in our 20122015, 2014 or 20112013 reviews. As of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, the carrying value of our goodwill resulting mainly from thewas $2.39 billion and $2.09 billion, respectively.
Intangible assets identified in connection with our 2010 acquisition of Terra Industries Inc. consist of customer relationships, which are being amortized over a period of 18 years. The intangible assets identified in connection with our 2015 acquisition was $2.1 billion.

Fair Value Measurements

        We have classified our investments in auction rate securities includedof CF Fertilisers UK consist of customer relationships and trade names which are being amortized over a remaining period of approximately 20 years. Our intangible assets are presented in other assets as those measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 securities) underon the provisions of the current rules for assessing fair value. No other assets or liabilities are classified as Level 3 items on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012. See Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements forsheets. For additional information concerning fair value measurements.

Derivative Financial Instruments

        The accounting for the change in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on whether the instrument has been designated as a hedging instrumentregarding our goodwill and whether the instrument is effective as part of a hedging relationship. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments considered effective are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) as the changes occur,intangible assets, see Note 7—Goodwill and are reclassified into income or expense as the hedge item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges and changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are recorded in the statement of operations as the changes occur.

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        Certain of our foreign currency derivatives that we use to manage our exposure to changes in exchange rates on Euro-denominated expenditures associated with our capital expansion projects have been designated as cash flow hedges. The expected cash flows for the capital projects involve the use of judgments and estimates which are subject to change. We assess, both at the hedge's inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the designated cash flow hedges are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items. When a derivative is determined not to be highly effective as a hedge or the underlying hedged transaction is no longer probable, hedge accounting is discontinued in accordance with the derecognition criteria for hedge accounting.

Income Taxes

We recognize expenses, assets and liabilities for income taxes based on estimates of amounts that ultimately will be determined to be taxable or deductible in tax returns filed in various jurisdictions. U.S. income taxes are provided on that portion of the earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is expected to be remitted to the U.S. and be taxable. The final taxes paid are dependent upon many factors and judgments, including negotiations with taxing authorities in various jurisdictions and resolution of disputes arising from federal, state and international tax audits. The judgments made at any point in time may change from previous conclusions based on the outcome of tax audits, as well as changes to, or further interpretations of, tax laws and regulations. We adjust income tax expense in the period whenin which these changes occur.
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are projected to be recovered or settled. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income of an appropriate character in future periods. A valuation allowance is established if it is determined to be more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and the magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are reported as interest expense and income tax expense, respectively.
A deferred income tax liability is recorded for income taxes that would result from the repatriation of the portion of the investment in our non-U.S. subsidiaries and joint venture that are considered to not be permanently reinvested. No deferred income tax liability is recorded for the remainder of our investment in non-U.S. subsidiaries and joint venture, which we believe to be indefinitely reinvested.
As a large commercial enterprise with international operations, our income tax expense and our effective tax rate may change from period to period due to many factors. The most significant of these factors are changes in tax legislation, changes in the geographic mix of earnings, the tax characteristics of our income, the ability to realize certain foreign tax credits and net operating losses, and the portion of the income of our foreign subsidiaries and joint venture that is expected to be remitted to the U.S. and be taxable. It is reasonably likely that these items will impact income tax expense, net income and liquidity in future periods.

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We operate in a number of countries and as a result have a significant amount of cross border transactions. The taxability of cross border transactions has received an increasing level of scrutiny among regulators in countries across the globe, including the countries in which we operate. The tax rules and regulations within the various countries in which we operate are complex and in many cases there is not symmetry between the rules of the various countries. As a result, there are instances where regulators within the countries involved in a cross border transaction may reach different conclusions regarding the taxability of the transaction in their respective jurisdictions based on the same set of facts and circumstances. We work closely with regulators to reach a common understanding and conclusion regarding the taxability of cross border transactions.  However, there are instances where reaching a common understanding is not possible or practical. As of December 31, 2015, we have recorded a reserve for unrecognized tax benefits, including penalties and interest, of $182.6 million, which is related predominantly to certain potential tax exposures involving cross border transactions. This amount represents our best estimate of the amounts due based on our interpretations of the rules and the facts and circumstances of the transactions. Differences in interpretation of the tax laws, including agreements between governments surrounding our cross border transactions, can result in differences in taxes paid which may be higher or lower than our estimates.
Pension Assets and Liabilities
Pension assets and liabilities are affected by the fair value of plan assets, estimates of the expected return on plan assets, plan design, actuarial estimates and discount rates. Actual changes in the fair value of plan assets and differences between the actual return on plan assets and the expected return on plan assets affect the amount of pension expense ultimately recognized. Key assumptions that affect our projected benefit obligation (PBO) are discount rates and, in addition for our United Kingdom plans, an adjusted retail price index (RPI). Key assumptions affecting pension expense include discount rates, the expected long-term rate of return on assets and, in addition for our United Kingdom plans, RPI.
The December 31, 2015 PBO was computed based on a weighted-average discount rates of 4.3% for our North America plans and 3.8% for our United Kingdom plans, which were based on yields for high-quality (AA rated or better) fixed income debt securities that match the timing and amounts of expected benefit payments as of the measurement date of December 31. Declines in comparable bond yields would increase our PBO. The weighted-average discount rate used to calculate pension expense in 2015 was 4.0% for North America plans and 3.7% for United Kingdom plans. Our net benefit obligation, after deduction of plan assets, could increase or decrease depending on the extent to which returns on pension plan assets are lower or higher than the discount rate. The 4.8% weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on assets used to calculate pension expense in 2015 for our North America plans is based on studies of actual rates of return achieved by equity and non-equity investments, both separately and in combination over historical holding periods. The 5.4% weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on assets used to calculate pension expense in 2015 for our United Kingdom plans is based on expected long-term performance of underlying investments, net of investment managers' fees. The 3.1% RPI used to calculate our United Kingdom plan PBO and pension expense is developed using the Bank of England implied retail price inflation curve based on the difference between yields on fixed interest and index-linked gilts adjusted for inflation risk.
For North America qualified pension plans, our PBO was $735.8 million as of December 31, 2015, which was $109.2 million higher than pension plan assets. If the discount rate used to compute the PBO for North America plans was lower or higher by 50 basis points, our PBO would have been $46.1 million higher or $41.8 million lower, respectively, than the amount previously discussed. If the discount rate used to compute the 2015 pension expense for North America plans decreased or increased by 50 basis points, the expense would have been approximately $3.5 million higher or $2.8 million lower, respectively, than the amount calculated. If the expected long-term rate of return on assets for North America plans was higher or lower by 50 basis points, pension expense for 2015 would have been $3.0 million lower or higher, respectively.
For our United Kingdom pension plans, our PBO was $562.7 million as of December 31, 2015 which was $148.7 million higher than pension plan assets. If the discount rate used to compute the United Kingdom PBO was lower or higher by 50 basis points, our PBO would have been $47.0 million higher or $42.9 million lower, respectively, than the amount previously discussed. If the discount rate used to compute the 2015 United Kingdom pension expense decreased or increased by 50 basis points, the expense would have been $0.5 million lower or higher, respectively. If the expected long-term rate of return on assets for our United Kingdom plans was higher or lower by 50 basis points, pension expense for 2015 would have been $0.8 million lower or higher, respectively. If RPI was higher or lower by 50 basis points, our PBO for United Kingdom plans would have been $28.3 million higher or $26.7 million lower, respectively and pension expense for 2015 would have been $0.5 million higher or lower, respectively.
See Note 11—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for further discussion of our pension plans.

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Consolidation
We consolidate all entities that we control by ownership of a majority interest and use the equity method to account for investments in affiliates that we do not consolidate, but for which we have the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies. Our consolidated net earnings include our share of the net earnings of these companies plus the amortization expense of certain tangible and intangible assets identified as part of purchase accounting. Our judgment regarding the level of influence over our equity method investments includes considering key factors such as ownership interest, representation on the Board of Directors, participation in policy decisions and material intercompany transactions. We regularly review for potential changes in the consolidation of variable interest entities.
We eliminate from our consolidated financial results all significant intercompany transactions.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 3—New Accounting Standards to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
Discussion of Seasonality Impacts on Operations
The fertilizer business is seasonal. The degree of seasonality of our business can change significantly from year to year due to conditions in the agricultural industry and other factors. The strongest demand for our products occurs during the spring planting season, with a second period of strong demand following the fall harvest. We and our customers generally build inventories during the low demand periods of the year in order to ensure timely product availability during the peak sales seasons. Seasonality is greatest for ammonia due to the short application season and the limited ability of our customers and their customers to store significant quantities of this product. The seasonality of fertilizer demand generally results in our sales volumes and net sales being the highest during the spring and our working capital requirements being the highest just prior to the start of the spring planting season. Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.


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ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are exposed to the impact of changes in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.
Commodity Prices
Our net sales, cash flows and estimates of future cash flows related to nitrogen-based fertilizers are sensitive to changes in fertilizer prices as well as changes in the prices of natural gas and other raw materials unless these costs have been fixed or hedged. A $1.00 per MMBtu change in the price of natural gas would change the cost to produce a ton of ammonia, granular urea, UAN (32%) and AN by approximately $32, $22, $14 and $15, respectively.
Natural gas is the largest and most volatile component of the manufacturing cost for nitrogen-based fertilizers. We manage the risk of changes in natural gas prices primarily with the use of derivative financial instruments covering periods through December 2018. The derivative instruments that we use are primarily natural gas fixed price swaps and natural gas options. These derivatives settle using primarily NYMEX futures price indexes, which represent the basis for fair value at any given time. The contracts represent anticipated natural gas needs for future periods and settlements are scheduled to coincide with anticipated natural gas purchases during those future periods.
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had open derivative contracts for 431.5 million MMBtus and 58.7 million MMBtus, respectively. A $1.00 per MMBtu increase in the forward curve prices of natural gas as of December 31, 2015 would result in a favorable change in the fair value of these derivative positions of $407 million, and a $1.00 per MMBtu decrease in the forward curve prices of natural gas would change their fair value unfavorably by $407 million.
From time to time we may purchase nitrogen products on the open market to augment or replace production at our facilities.
Interest Rate Fluctuations
As of December 31, 2015, we had nine series of senior notes totaling $5.59 billion outstanding with maturity dates of May 1, 2018; May 1, 2020, October 15, 2022, June 1, 2023, October 15, 2025, October 15, 2027, March 15, 2034, June 1, 2043 and March 15, 2044. The senior notes have fixed interest rates. The fair value of our senior notes outstanding as of December 31, 2015 was approximately $5.46 billion.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Bridge Credit Agreement bear current market rates of interest and we are subject to interest rate risk on such borrowings. Maximum borrowings during 2015 were $367.0 million and zero for both 2014 and 2013. There were no borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
Since the fourth quarter of 2012, we have entered into euro/U.S. dollar derivative hedging transactions related to the euro-denominated construction costs associated with our capacity expansion projects at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Port Neal, Iowa facilities. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the notional amount of our open foreign currency forward contracts was approximately €89.0 million and €209.0 million, and the fair value was a net unrealized loss of $0.1 million and $22.4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, a 10% change in U.S. dollar/euro forward exchange rates would change the fair value of these positions by $9.7 million.
We are also directly exposed to changes in the value of the Canadian dollar, the British pound and the Euro. Outside of the transactions mentioned above, we do not maintain any exchange rate derivatives or hedges related to these currencies.

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ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 25, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
(signed) KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
February 25, 2016


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
Net sales$4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,474.7
Cost of sales2,761.2
 2,964.7
 2,954.5
Gross margin1,547.1
 1,778.5
 2,520.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses169.8
 151.9
 166.0
Transaction costs56.9
 
 
Other operating—net92.3
 53.3
 (15.8)
Total other operating costs and expenses319.0
 205.2
 150.2
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 750.1
 
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates(35.0) 43.1
 41.7
Operating earnings1,193.1
 2,366.5
 2,411.7
Interest expense133.2
 178.2
 152.2
Interest income(1.6) (0.9) (4.7)
Other non-operating—net3.9
 1.9
 54.5
Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates1,057.6
 2,187.3
 2,209.7
Income tax provision395.8
 773.0
 686.5
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes72.3
 22.5
 9.6
Net earnings734.1
 1,436.8
 1,532.8
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest34.2
 46.5
 68.2
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders$699.9
 $1,390.3
 $1,464.6
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders(1):
 
  
  
Basic$2.97
 $5.43
 $4.97
Diluted$2.96
 $5.42
 $4.95
Weighted-average common shares outstanding(1):
 
  
  
Basic235.3
 255.9
 294.4
Diluted236.1
 256.7
 296.0


(1)
Share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Net earnings$734.1
 $1,436.8
 $1,532.8
Other comprehensive income (loss): 
  
  
Foreign currency translation adjustment—net of taxes(157.3) (72.4) (30.2)
Unrealized (loss) gain on hedging derivatives—net of taxes
 (1.8) 1.9
Unrealized gain on securities—net of taxes0.2
 0.2
 1.0
Defined benefit plans—net of taxes67.1
 (43.2) 33.6
 (90.0) (117.2) 6.3
Comprehensive income644.1
 1,319.6
 1,539.1
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest34.2
 46.5
 67.5
Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders$609.9
 $1,273.1
 $1,471.6

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 
(in millions, except share and
per share amounts)
Assets 
  
Current assets: 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$286.0
 $1,996.6
Restricted cash22.8
 86.1
Accounts receivable—net267.2
 191.5
Inventories321.2
 202.9
Prepaid income taxes184.6
 34.8
Other current assets45.3
 18.6
Total current assets1,127.1
 2,530.5
Property, plant and equipment—net8,539.0
 5,525.8
Investments in and advances to affiliates297.8
 861.5
Goodwill2,390.1
 2,092.8
Other assets384.9
 243.6
Total assets$12,738.9
 $11,254.2
Liabilities and Equity 
  
Current liabilities: 
  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$917.7
 $589.9
Income taxes payable5.5
 16.0
Customer advances161.5
 325.4
Other current liabilities130.5
 48.4
Total current liabilities1,215.2
 979.7
Long-term debt5,592.7
 4,592.5
Deferred income taxes916.2
 734.6
Other liabilities627.6
 374.9
Equity: 
  
Stockholders' equity: 
  
Preferred stock—$0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized
 
Common stock—$0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 2015—235,493,395 shares issued and 2014—245,904,140 shares issued(1)
2.4
 2.5
Paid-in capital(1)
1,377.4
 1,413.9
Retained earnings3,057.9
 3,175.3
Treasury stock—at cost, 2015—2,411,839 shares and 2014—4,231,090 shares(1)
(152.7) (222.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(249.8) (159.8)
Total stockholders' equity4,035.2
 4,209.7
Noncontrolling interest352.0
 362.8
Total equity4,387.2
 4,572.5
Total liabilities and equity$12,738.9
 $11,254.2


(1)
December 31, 2014 amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
 Common Stockholders    
 
$0.01 Par
Value
Common
Stock
(1)
 
Treasury
Stock
(1)
 
Paid-In
Capital
(1)
 Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interest
 Total
Equity
 (in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2012$3.1
 $(2.3) $2,489.9
 $3,461.1
 $(49.6) $5,902.2
 $380.0
 $6,282.2
Net earnings
 
 
 1,464.6
 
 1,464.6
 68.2
 1,532.8
Other comprehensive income: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Foreign currency translation adjustment—net of taxes
 
 
 
 (29.5) (29.5) (0.7) (30.2)
Unrealized net gain on hedging derivatives—net of taxes
 
 
 
 1.9
 1.9
 
 1.9
Unrealized net gain on securities—net of taxes
 
 
 
 1.0
 1.0
 
 1.0
Defined benefit plans—net of taxes
 
 
 
 33.6
 33.6
 
 33.6
Comprehensive income 
  
  
  
  
 1,471.6
 67.5
 1,539.1
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL)
 
 (752.5) 
 
 (752.5) (16.8) (769.3)
Purchases of treasury stock
 (1,449.3) 
 
 
 (1,449.3) 
 (1,449.3)
Retirement of treasury stock(0.3) 1,247.8
 (180.1) (1,067.4) 
 
 
 
Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans
 (3.2) 
 
 
 (3.2) 
 (3.2)
Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans
 5.2
 8.7
 (3.6) 
 10.3
 
 10.3
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 12.6
 
 
 12.6
 
 12.6
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
 
 13.5
 
 
 13.5
 
 13.5
Cash dividends ($0.44 per share)(1)

 
 
 (129.1) 
 (129.1) 
 (129.1)
Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 (68.5) (68.5)
Effect of exchange rates changes
 
 
 
 
 
 0.1
 0.1
Balance as of December 31, 2013$2.8
 $(201.8) $1,592.1
 $3,725.6
 $(42.6) $5,076.1
 $362.3
 $5,438.4
Net earnings
 
 
 1,390.3
 
 1,390.3
 46.5
 1,436.8
Other comprehensive income: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Foreign currency translation adjustment—net of taxes
 
 
 
 (72.4) (72.4) 
 (72.4)
Unrealized net loss on hedging derivatives—net of taxes
 
 
 
 (1.8) (1.8) 
 (1.8)
Unrealized net gain on securities—net of taxes
 
 
 
 0.2
 0.2
 
 0.2
Defined benefit plans—net of taxes
 
 
 
 (43.2) (43.2) 
 (43.2)
Comprehensive income 
  
  
  
  
 1,273.1
 46.5
 1,319.6
Purchases of treasury stock
 (1,923.7) 
 
 
 (1,923.7) 
 (1,923.7)
Retirement of treasury stock(0.3) 1,905.5
 (220.3) (1,684.9) 
 
 
 
Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans
 (3.1) 
 
 
 (3.1) 
 (3.1)
Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans
 0.9
 16.7
 
 
 17.6
 
 17.6
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 16.7
 
 
 16.7
 
 16.7
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
 
 8.7
 
 
 8.7
 
 8.7
Cash dividends ($1.00 per share)(1)

 
 
 (255.7) 
 (255.7) 
 (255.7)
Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 (46.0) (46.0)
Balance as of December 31, 2014$2.5
 $(222.2) $1,413.9
 $3,175.3
 $(159.8) $4,209.7
 $362.8
 $4,572.5
Net earnings
 
 
 699.9
 
 699.9
 34.2
 734.1
Other comprehensive income: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Foreign currency translation adjustment—net of taxes
 
 
 
 (157.3) (157.3) 
 (157.3)
Unrealized net gain on securities—net of taxes
 
 
 
 0.2
 0.2
 
 0.2
Defined benefit plans—net of taxes
 
 
 
 67.1
 67.1
 
 67.1
Comprehensive income 
  
  
  
  
 609.9
 34.2
 644.1
Purchases of treasury stock
 (527.2) 
 
 
 (527.2) 
 (527.2)
Retirement of treasury stock(0.1) 597.1
 (62.0) (535.0) 
 
 
 
Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans
 (1.3) 
 
 
 (1.3) 
 (1.3)
Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans
 0.9
 7.5
 
 
 8.4
 
 8.4
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 16.5
 
 
 16.5
 
 16.5
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
 
 1.5
 
 
 1.5
 
 1.5
Cash dividends ($1.20 per share)
 
 
 (282.3) 
 (282.3) 
 (282.3)
Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 (45.0) (45.0)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$2.4
 $(152.7) $1,377.4
 $3,057.9
 $(249.8) $4,035.2
 $352.0
 $4,387.2

(1)
Amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Operating Activities: 
  
  
Net earnings$734.1
 $1,436.8
 $1,532.8
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization479.6
 392.5
 410.6
Deferred income taxes77.9
 18.5
 (34.3)
Stock-based compensation expense16.8
 16.6
 12.6
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation(1.5) (8.7) (13.5)
Unrealized loss on derivatives162.8
 119.2
 (59.3)
Gain on remeasurement of CF Fertilisers UK investment(94.4) 
 
Impairment of equity method investment in PLNL61.9
 
 
Loss on sale of equity method investments42.8
 
 
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 (750.1) 
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment21.4
 3.7
 5.6
Undistributed earnings of affiliates—net of taxes(3.3) (11.5) (11.3)
Changes in: 
  
  
Accounts receivable—net(4.8) 36.1
 0.4
Inventories(71.0) 63.8
 (80.3)
Accrued and prepaid income taxes(147.8) (56.8) (153.4)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses41.7
 (53.2) 49.5
Customer advances(163.9) 204.8
 (260.1)
Other—net51.4
 (3.1) 67.5
Net cash provided by operating activities1,203.7
 1,408.6
 1,466.8
Investing Activities: 
  
  
Additions to property, plant and equipment(2,469.3) (1,808.5) (823.8)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment12.4
 11.0
 12.6
Proceeds from sale of equity method investment12.8
 
 
Proceeds from sale of phosphate business
 1,372.0
 
Purchase of CF Fertilisers UK, net of cash acquired(551.6) 
 
Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities
 5.0
 13.5
Canadian terminal acquisition
 
 (72.5)
Deposits to restricted cash funds
 (505.0) (154.0)
Withdrawals from restricted cash funds63.3
 573.0
 
Deposits to asset retirement obligation funds
 
 (2.9)
Other—net(43.5) 9.0
 7.8
Net cash used in investing activities(2,975.9) (343.5) (1,019.3)
Financing Activities: 
  
  
Proceeds from long-term borrowings1,000.0
 1,494.2
 1,498.0
Proceeds from short-term borrowings367.0
 
 
Payments of short-term borrowings(367.0) 
 
Financing fees(46.4) (16.0) (14.5)
Purchases of treasury stock(556.3) (1,934.9) (1,409.1)
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in CFL
 
 (918.7)
Dividends paid on common stock(282.3) (255.7) (129.1)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest(45.0) (46.0) (73.7)
Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans8.4
 17.6
 10.3
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation1.5
 8.7
 13.5
Other—net
 (43.0) 43.0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities79.9
 (775.1) (980.3)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(18.3) (4.2) (31.3)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(1,710.6) 285.8
 (564.1)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period1,996.6
 1,710.8
 2,274.9
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$286.0
 $1,996.6
 $1,710.8
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.    Background and Basis of Presentation
We are one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen fertilizer and other nitrogen products in the world. Our principal customers are cooperatives, independent fertilizer distributors, farmers and industrial users. Our principal nitrogen fertilizer products are ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) and ammonium nitrate (AN). Our other nitrogen products include diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid and aqua ammonia, which are sold primarily to our industrial customers, and compound fertilizer products (NPKs), which are solid granular fertilizer products for which the nutrient content is a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Our core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States and other major agricultural areas of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. We also export nitrogen fertilizer products from our Donaldsonville, Louisiana; Yazoo City, Mississippi; and Billingham, United Kingdom manufacturing facilities.
All references to "CF Holdings," "the Company," "we," "us" and "our" refer to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, except where the context makes clear that the reference is only to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. itself and not its subsidiaries. All references to "CF Industries" refer to CF Industries, Inc., a 100% owned subsidiary of CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Our principal assets include:
six North American nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities located in: Donaldsonville, Louisiana (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in North America); Medicine Hat, Alberta (the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada); Port Neal, Iowa; Courtright, Ontario; Yazoo City, Mississippi; and Woodward, Oklahoma;
two United Kingdom nitrogen manufacturing complexes located in Ince and Billingham that produce AN, ammonia and NPKs;
a 75.3% interest in Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), a publicly-traded limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner and the majority limited partner and which, through its subsidiary Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership (TNLP), operates a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma;
an extensive system of terminals and associated transportation equipment located primarily in the midwestern United States; and
a 50% interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), an ammonia production joint venture located in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago that we account for under the equity method.
Reclassifications and Changes in Presentation
During the fourth quarter of 2015, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (an update to Topic 740, Income Taxes) (ASU 2015-17) on a retrospective basis. As required by ASU 2015-17, all deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent in our consolidated balance sheets, which is a change from our historical presentation whereby certain of our deferred income taxes were classified as current assets and the remainder were classified as noncurrent deferred income tax liabilities. Upon adoption of ASU 2015-17, deferred income taxes of $84.0 million previously classified as current assets as of December 31, 2014, were reclassified as an offset to noncurrent deferred income taxes liabilities. See Note 3—New Accounting Standards and Note 10—Income Taxes, for additional information.
On May 15, 2015, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a five-for-one split of our common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. On June 17, 2015, stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 1, 2015 (Record Date) received four additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock held on the Record Date. Shares reserved under the Company's equity and incentive plans were adjusted to reflect the stock split. All share and per share data has been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split, except for the number of authorized shares of common stock. Since the par value of the common stock remained at $0.01 per share, the recorded value for common stock has been retroactively restated to reflect the par value of total outstanding shares with a corresponding decrease to paid-in capital.

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CF Fertilisers UK Acquisition
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK Group Limited (formerly known as GrowHow UK Group Limited) (CF Fertilisers UK) not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became a wholly-owned subsidiary. CF Fertilisers UK Limited (formerly known as GrowHow UK Limited), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CF Fertilisers UK, operates two nitrogen manufacturing complexes in the United Kingdom, in the cities of Ince and Billingham. We recorded a $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK that is included in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes for the year ended December 31, 2015. The financial results of CF Fertilisers UK have been consolidated within our financial results since July 31, 2015. Prior to July 31, 2015, our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK was accounted for as an equity method investment, and the financial results of this investment were included in our consolidated statements of operations in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures, for additional information on the preliminary allocation of the total purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition.
New Segments
In the third quarter of 2015, we changed our reportable segment structure to separate AN from our Other segment as our AN products increased in significance as a result of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition. Our reportable segment structure reflects how our chief operating decision maker (CODM), as defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), assesses the performance of our operating segments and makes decisions about resource allocation. Our reportable segments now consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, Other, and phosphate. These segments are differentiated by products. Our management uses gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect the new reportable segment structure on a comparable basis. See Note 21—Segment Disclosures for additional information and a description of our reportable segments.
Phosphate Business Disposition
Prior to March 17, 2014, we also manufactured and distributed phosphate fertilizer products. Our principal phosphate products were diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, to The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. The transaction followed the terms of the definitive agreement executed in October 2013. The accounts receivable and accounts payable pertaining to the phosphate mining and manufacturing business and certain phosphate inventory held in distribution facilities were not sold to Mosaic in the transaction and were settled in the ordinary course.
Upon selling the phosphate business, we began to supply Mosaic with ammonia produced by our PLNL joint venture. The contract to supply ammonia to Mosaic from our PLNL joint venture represents the continuation of a supply practice that previously existed between our former phosphate mining and manufacturing business and other operations of the Company. Prior to March 17, 2014, PLNL sold ammonia to us for use in the phosphate business and the cost was included in our production costs in our phosphate segment. Subsequent to the sale of the phosphate business, we now sell the PLNL-sourced ammonia to Mosaic. The revenue from these sales to Mosaic and the costs to purchase the ammonia from PLNL are now included in our ammonia segment. Our 50% share of the operating results of our PLNL joint venture continues to be included in equity in earnings of operating affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. Because of the significance of this continuing supply practice, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the phosphate mining and manufacturing business is not reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.

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2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Consolidation and Noncontrolling Interest
The consolidated financial statements of CF Holdings include the accounts of CF Industries and all majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
TNCLP is a master limited partnership that is consolidated in the financial statements of CF Holdings. TNCLP owns the nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma. We own an aggregate 75.3% of TNCLP and outside investors own the remaining 24.7%. Partnership interests in TNCLP are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). As a result, TNCLP files separate financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The outside investors' limited partnership interests in the partnership are included in noncontrolling interest in our consolidated financial statements. This noncontrolling interest represents the noncontrolling unitholders' interest in the partners' capital of TNCLP.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Significant estimates and assumptions are used for, but are not limited to, net realizable value of inventories, environmental remediation liabilities, environmental and litigation contingencies, the cost of customer incentives, useful lives of property and identifiable intangible assets, the assumptions used in the evaluation of potential impairments of property, investments, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill, income tax and valuation reserves, allowances for doubtful accounts receivable, the measurement of the fair values of investments for which markets are not active, assumptions used in the determination of the funded status and annual expense of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans, the assumptions used to determine the relative fair values of our new reportable segments and the assumptions used in the valuation of stock-based compensation awards granted to employees.
Revenue Recognition
The basic criteria necessary for revenue recognition are: (1) evidence that a sales arrangement exists, (2) delivery of goods has occurred, (3) the seller's price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. We recognize revenue when these criteria have been met and when title and risk of loss transfers to the customer, which can be at the plant gate, a distribution facility, a supplier location or a customer destination. Revenue from forward sales programs is recognized on the same basis as other sales (when title and risk of loss transfers to the customer) regardless of when the customer advances are received.
We offer certain incentives that typically involve rebates if a customer reaches a specified level of purchases. Customer incentives are accrued monthly and reported as a reduction in net sales. This process is intended to report sales at the ultimate net realized price and requires the use of estimates.
Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are reported in revenue. Shipping and handling costs incurred by us are included in cost of sales.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value.
Investments
Short-term investments and noncurrent investments are accounted for primarily as available-for-sale securities reported at fair value with changes in fair value reported in other comprehensive income unless fair value is below amortized cost (i.e., the investment is impaired) and the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, in which case, some or all of the decline in value would be charged to earnings. The carrying values of short-term investments approximate fair values because of the short maturities and the highly liquid nature of these investments.

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Restricted Cash
In connection with our capacity expansion projects, we granted a contractor a security interest in a restricted cash account. We maintain a cash balance in that account equal to the cancellation fees for procurement services and equipment that would arise if the projects were canceled. This restricted cash is not included in our cash and cash equivalents and is reported separately on our consolidated balance sheets. Contributions to the restricted cash account are reported on our consolidated statements of cash flows as investing activities.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts receivable are recorded at face amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance is an estimate based on historical collection experience, current economic and market conditions, and a review of the current status of each customer's trade accounts receivable. A receivable is past due if payments have not been received within the agreed-upon invoice terms. Account balances are charged-off against the allowance when management determines that it is probable that the receivable will not be recovered.
Accounts receivable includes trade receivables and non-trade receivables.
Inventories
Inventories are reported at the lower of cost or market with cost determined on a first-in, first-out or average cost basis. Inventory includes the cost of materials, production labor and production overhead. Inventory at warehouses and terminals also includes distribution costs to move inventory to the distribution facilities. Market value is reviewed at least quarterly. Fixed production costs related to idle capacity are not included in the cost of inventory but are charged directly to cost of sales.
Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate
The equity method of accounting is used for our investments in affiliates that we do not consolidate, but over which we have the ability to exercise significant influence. Our equity method investment for which the results are included in operating earnings consists of our 50% ownership interest in PLNL, which operates an ammonia production facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Our share of the net earnings from this investment is reported as an element of earnings from operations because PLNL's operations provide additional production and are integrated with our supply chain and sales activities in the ammonia segment. See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional information.
Profits resulting from sales or purchases with our equity method investee are eliminated until realized by the investee or investor, respectively. Our investment in the affiliate is reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. When circumstances indicate that the fair value of our investment in affiliate is less than its carrying value, and the reduction in value is other than temporary, the reduction in value is recognized immediately in earnings.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method or the units-of-production (UOP) method. Depreciable lives are as follows:
Years
Mobile and office equipment3 to 10
Production facilities and related assets2 to 30
Land improvements10 to 30
Buildings10 to 40
We periodically review the depreciable lives assigned to our property, plant and equipment, as well as estimated production capacities used to develop UOP depreciation expense, and we change the estimates to reflect the results of those reviews.

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Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at our continuous process manufacturing facilities during a full plant shutdown are referred to as plant turnarounds. Plant turnarounds are accounted for under the deferral method, as opposed to the direct expense or built-in overhaul methods. Under the deferral method, expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized in property, plant and equipment when incurred and amortized to production costs on a straight-line basis over the period benefited, which is until the next scheduled turnaround in up to five years. If the direct expense method were used, all turnaround costs would be expensed as incurred. Internal employee costs and overhead amounts are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized. Turnaround costs are classified as investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. For additional information, see Note 6—Property, Plant and Equipment—Net.
Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets
We review property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets in order to assess recoverability based on expected future undiscounted cash flows whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. If the sum of the expected future net cash flows is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized. The impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired entity over the amounts assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized, but is reviewed for impairment annually or more frequently if certain impairment conditions arise. We perform our annual goodwill impairment review in the fourth quarter of each year at the reporting unit level, which in our case, are the ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and Other segments. Our evaluation can begin with a qualitative assessment of the factors that could impact the significant inputs used to estimate fair value. If after performing the qualitative assessment, we determine that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill, then no further testing is performed. However, if it is unclear based on the results of the qualitative test, we perform a quantitative test involving potentially two steps. The first step compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. We use an income-based valuation method, determining the present value of future cash flows, to estimate the fair value of a reporting unit. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its positive carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired, and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. The second step of the goodwill impairment test, if needed, compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. We recognize an impairment loss immediately to the extent the carrying value exceeds its implied fair value.
Our intangible assets are presented in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. For additional information regarding our goodwill and other intangible assets, see Note 7—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.
Leases
Leases may be classified as either operating leases or capital leases. Assets acquired under capital leases, if any, would be depreciated on the same basis as property, plant and equipment. For operating leases, rental payments, including rent holidays, leasehold incentives, and scheduled rent increases are expensed on a straight-line basis. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the depreciable lives of the corresponding fixed assets or the lease term including any applicable renewals.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are projected to be recovered or settled. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income of an appropriate character in future periods. A valuation allowance is established if it is determined to be more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are reported as interest expense and income tax expense, respectively.

        A deferred income tax liability is recorded for income taxes that would result from the repatriation of the portion of the investment in our non-U.S. subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures which are considered to not be permanently reinvested. No deferred income tax liability is recorded for the remainder of our investment in non-U.S. subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures which we believe to be indefinitely reinvested.

        As a large commercial enterprise with international operations, our income tax expense and our effective tax rate may change from period to period due to many factors. The most significant of these factors are changes in tax legislation, changes in the geographic mix of earnings, the tax characteristics of our income, the ability to realize certain foreign tax credits and net operating losses, and the portion of the income of our foreign subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures that is expected to be remitted to the U.S. and be taxable. It is reasonably likely that these items will impact income tax expense, net income and liquidity in future periods.

        In connection with our IPO in August 2005, CFI ceased to be a non-exempt cooperative for income tax purposes, and we entered into an NOL Agreement with CFI's pre-IPO owners relating to the future utilization of the pre-IPO NOLs. The NOL Agreement provided that if we ultimately could utilize the pre-IPO NOLs to offset applicable post-IPO taxable income, we would pay our pre-IPO owners amounts equal to the resulting federal and state income taxes actually saved. On January 2, 2013, we and the pre-IPO owners amended the NOL Agreement to provide, among other things, that


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we are entitled to retain 26.9% of any settlement realized with the IRS at the IRS Appeals level. See Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information concerning the utilization of the NOLs.

Pension Assets and Liabilities

        Pension assets and liabilities are affected by the fair value of plan assets, estimates of the expected return on plan assets, plan design, actuarial estimates and discount rates. Actual changes in the fair value of plan assets and differences between the actual return on plan assets and the expected return on plan assets affect the amount of pension expense ultimately recognized. Our projected benefit obligation (PBO) related to our qualified pension plans was $832.4 million at December 31, 2012, which was $112.5 million higher than pension plan assets. The December 31, 2012 PBO was computed based on a weighted average discount rate of 4.0%, which was based on yields for high-quality (Aa rated or better) fixed income debt securities that match the timing and amounts of expected benefit payments as of the measurement date of December 31. Declines in comparable bond yields would increase our PBO. If the discount rate used to compute the PBO was lower or higher by 50 basis points, our PBO would have been $57.5 million higher or $51.8 million lower, respectively, than the amount previously discussed.

        The weighted average discount rate used to calculate pension expense in 2012 was 4.6%. If the discount rate used to compute 2012 pension expense decreased or increased by 50 basis points, the expense would have been approximately $3.8 million higher or $2.9 million lower, respectively, than the amount calculated. Our net benefit obligation, after deduction of plan assets, could increase or decrease depending on the extent to which returns on pension plan assets are lower or higher than the discount rate. The 5.7% weighted average expected long-term rate of return on assets used to calculate pension expense in 2012 is based on studies of actual rates of return achieved by equity and non-equity investments, both separately and in combination over historical holding periods. If the expected long-term rate of return on assets was higher or lower by 50 basis points, pension expense for 2012 would have been $3.0 million lower or higher, respectively. See Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion of our pension plans.

Consolidation

        We consolidate all entities that we control by ownership of a majority interest as well as variable interest entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. Our judgment in determining whether we are the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entities includes: assessing our level of involvement in setting up the entity; determining whether the activities of the entity are substantially conducted on our behalf; determining whether we provide more than half the subordinated financial support to the entity; and determining whether we direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance and absorb the majority of the entity's expected losses or returns.

        We use the equity method to account for investments in affiliates that we do not consolidate, but for which we have the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies. Our consolidated net earnings include our share of the net earnings of these companies plus the amortization expense of certain tangible and intangible assets identified as part of purchase accounting. Our judgment regarding the level of influence over our equity method investment includes considering key factors such as ownership interest, representation on the board of directors, participation in policy decisions and material intercompany transactions. We regularly review our variable interest entities for potential changes in consolidation status.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

        See Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Discussion of Seasonality Impacts on Operations

        Our sales of fertilizers to agricultural customers are typically seasonal in nature. The strongest demand for our products occurs during the spring planting season, with a second period of strong demand following the fall harvest. We and our customers generally build inventories during the low demand periods of the year in order to ensure timely product availability during the peak sales seasons. Seasonality is greatest for ammonia due to the limited ability of our customers and their customers to store significant quantities of this product. The seasonality of fertilizer demand results in our sales volumes and net sales being the highest during the spring and our working capital requirements being the highest just prior to the start of the spring season. Our quarterly financial results can vary significantly from one year to the next due to weather-related shifts in planting schedules and purchasing patterns.

ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

        We are exposed to the impact of changes in commodity prices, the valuation of our investments, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.

Commodity Prices

        Our net sales, cash flows and estimates of future cash flows related to fertilizer sales are sensitive to changes in fertilizer prices as well as changes in the prices of natural gas and other raw materials unless these costs have been fixed or hedged. A $1.00 per MMBtu change in the price of natural gas would change the cost to produce a ton of ammonia, granular urea and UAN (32%) by approximately $33, $22 and $14, respectively.

        Natural gas is the largest and most volatile component of the manufacturing cost for nitrogen-based fertilizers. We manage the risk of changes in natural gas prices primarily through the use of derivative financial instruments covering periods of generally less than 18 months. The derivative instruments that we use currently are natural gas swaps and options. These derivatives settle using NYMEX futures price indexes, which represent the basis for fair value at any given time. The contracts are traded in months forward and settlements are scheduled to coincide with anticipated natural gas purchases during those future periods.

        At December 31, 2012, we had open derivative contracts for 58.9 million MMBtus of natural gas, consisting primarily of options. A $1.00 per MMBtu increase in the forward curve prices of natural gas at December 31, 2012 would favorably change the fair value of these derivative positions by $28.0 million, and a $1.00 per MMBtu decrease in the forward curve prices of natural gas would unfavorably change their fair value by $10.3 million. At December 31, 2011, we had open derivative contracts for 156.3 million MMBtus of natural gas, consisting primarily of swaps.

        We purchase ammonia and sulfur for use as raw materials in the production of DAP and MAP. There can be no guarantee that significant increases in input prices can always be recovered through increases in selling prices. We enter into raw material purchase contracts to procure ammonia and sulfur at market prices. A $10 per ton change in the related cost of a short ton of ammonia or a long ton of sulfur would change DAP production cost by $2.10 per ton and $3.80 per ton, respectively. We


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also may, from time to time, purchase ammonia, granular urea, UAN, DAP and MAP to augment or replace production at our facilities.

Interest Rate Fluctuations

        As of September 30, 2012, we had two series of senior notes, each with $800.0 million outstanding and original maturity dates of May 1, 2018 and May 1, 2020. The senior notes have fixed interest rates. The fair value of our senior notes outstanding at December 31, 2012 was approximately $2.0 billion. Borrowings under our 2012 Credit Agreement bear a current market rate of interest and we are subject to interest rate risk on such borrowings. However, in 2012, there were no borrowings under that agreement.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

        In the fourth quarter of 2012, we entered into Euro/U.S. Dollar derivative hedging transactions related to the Euro denominated construction costs associated with our recently announced capacity expansion projects at our Donaldsonville and Port Neal facilities. At December 31, 2012, the notional amount of our open foreign currency forward contracts was approximately $884.0 million and the fair value was $15.3 million. A 10% change in USD/Euro forward exchange rates would change the fair value of these positions by $88.4 million.

        We are also directly exposed to changes in the value of the Canadian dollar, the British pound, and the Swiss franc. We do not maintain any exchange rate derivatives or hedges related to these currencies, and prior to the fourth quarter of 2012 we did not utilize any foreign currency derivatives.


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ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
CF industries Holdings, Inc.:

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

        We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

        In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

        We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 27, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
February 27, 2013


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions, except
per share amounts)

 

Net sales

 $6,104.0 $6,097.9 $3,965.0 

Cost of sales

  2,990.7  3,202.3  2,785.5 
        

Gross margin

  3,113.3  2,895.6  1,179.5 
        

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  151.8  130.0  106.1 

Restructuring and integration costs

    4.4  21.6 

Other operating—net

  49.1  20.9  166.7 
        

Total other operating costs and expenses

  200.9  155.3  294.4 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

  47.0  50.2  10.6 
        

Operating earnings

  2,959.4  2,790.5  895.7 

Interest expense

  135.3  147.2  221.3 

Interest income

  (4.3) (1.7) (1.5)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

      17.0 

Other non-operating—net

  (1.1) (0.6) (28.8)
        

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

  2,829.5  2,645.6  687.7 

Income tax provision

  964.2  926.5  273.7 

Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

  58.1  41.9  26.7 
        

Net earnings

  1,923.4  1,761.0  440.7 

Less: Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

  74.7  221.8  91.5 
        

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,539.2 $349.2 
        

Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders

          

Basic

 $28.94 $22.18 $5.40 
        

Diluted

 $28.59 $21.98 $5.34 
        

Weighted average common shares outstanding

          

Basic

  63.9  69.4  64.7 
        

Diluted

  64.7  70.0  65.4 
        

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net earnings

 $1,923.4 $1,761.0 $440.7 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

          

Foreign currency translation adjustment—net of taxes

  46.7  (7.6) 24.2 

Unrealized gain on hedging derivatives—net of taxes

  4.6     

Unrealized gain (loss) on securities—net of taxes

  2.6  1.9  (14.6)

Defined benefit plans—net of taxes

  (3.5) (40.9) (18.3)
        

  50.4  (46.6) (8.7)
        

Comprehensive income

  1,973.8  1,714.4  432.0 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest

  75.4  221.2  92.9 
        

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $1,898.4 $1,493.2 $339.1 
        

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions,
except share and
per share amounts)

 

Assets

       

Current assets:

       

Cash and cash equivalents

 $2,274.9 $1,207.0 

Accounts receivable—net

  217.4  269.4 

Inventories—net

  277.9  304.2 

Deferred income taxes

  9.5   

Other

  27.9  18.0 
      

Total current assets

  2,807.6  1,798.6 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  3,900.5  3,736.0 

Asset retirement obligation funds

  200.8  145.4 

Investments in and advances to affiliates

  935.6  928.6 

Goodwill

  2,064.5  2,064.5 

Other assets

  257.9  301.4 
      

Total assets

 $10,166.9 $8,974.5 
      

Liabilities and Equity

       

Current liabilities:

       

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $366.5 $327.7 

Income taxes payable

  187.1  128.5 

Customer advances

  380.7  257.2 

Notes payable

  5.0   

Deferred income taxes

    90.1 

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest

  5.3  149.7 

Other

  5.6  78.0 
      

Total current liabilities

  950.2  1,031.2 
      

Notes payable

    4.8 

Long-term debt

  1,600.0  1,613.0 

Deferred income taxes

  938.8  956.8 

Other noncurrent liabilities

  395.7  435.8 

Equity:

       

Stockholders' equity:

       

Preferred stock—$0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized

     

Common stock—$0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 2012—62,961,628 shares issued and 2011—71,935,838 shares issued

  0.6  0.7 

Paid-in capital

  2,492.4  2,804.8 

Retained earnings

  3,461.1  2,841.0 

Treasury stock—at cost, 2012—10,940 shares and 2011—6,515,251 shares

  (2.3) (1,000.2)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (49.6) (99.3)
      

Total stockholders' equity

  5,902.2  4,547.0 

Noncontrolling interest

  380.0  385.9 
      

Total equity

  6,282.2  4,932.9 
      

Total liabilities and equity

 $10,166.9 $8,974.5 
      

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

 
 Common Stockholders  
  
 
 
 $0.01 Par
Value
Common
Stock
 Treasury
Stock
 Paid-In
Capital
 Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interest
 Total
Equity
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Balance at December 31, 2009

 $0.5 $ $723.5 $1,048.1 $(43.2)$1,728.9 $16.0 $1,744.9 

Net earnings

        349.2    349.2  91.5  440.7 

Other comprehensive income

                         

Foreign currency translation adjustment

          22.8  22.8  1.4  24.2 

Unrealized (loss) on securities—net of taxes

          (14.6) (14.6)   (14.6)

Defined benefit plans—net of taxes

          (18.3) (18.3)   (18.3)
                       

Comprehensive income

                 339.1  92.9  432.0 
                       

Acquisition of Terra Industries Inc. 

              373.0  373.0 

Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock in connection with acquisition of Terra Industries Inc. 

  0.1    881.9      882.0    882.0 

Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock in connection with equity offering, net of costs of $41.4 million

  0.1    1,108.5      1,108.6    1,108.6 

Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans

    (0.7)       (0.7)   (0.7)

Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans

    0.7  4.6  (0.3)   5.0    5.0 

Stock-based compensation expense

      7.9      7.9    7.9 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

      5.8      5.8    5.8 

Cash dividends ($0.40 per share)

        (26.2)   (26.2)   (26.2)

Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest

              (101.1) (101.1)

Effect of exchange rates changes

              2.2  2.2 
                  

Balance at December 31, 2010

 $0.7 $ $2,732.2 $1,370.8 $(53.3)$4,050.4 $383.0 $4,433.4 

Net earnings

        1,539.2    1,539.2  221.8  1,761.0 

Other comprehensive income

                         

Foreign currency translation adjustment

          (7.0) (7.0) (0.6) (7.6)

Unrealized gain on securities—net of taxes

          1.9  1.9    1.9 

Defined benefit plans—net of taxes

          (40.9) (40.9)   (40.9)
                       

Comprehensive income

                 1,493.2  221.2  1,714.4 
                       

Purchases of treasury stock

    (1,000.2)       (1,000.2)   (1,000.2)

Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans

    (0.4)       (0.4)   (0.4)

Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans

    0.4  15.5  (0.3)   15.6    15.6 

Stock-based compensation expense

      9.9      9.9    9.9 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

      47.2      47.2    47.2 

Cash dividends ($1.00 per share)

        (68.7)   (68.7)   (68.7)

Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest

              (213.9) (213.9)

Effect of exchange rates changes

              (4.4) (4.4)
                  

Balance at December 31, 2011

 $0.7 $(1,000.2)$2,804.8 $2,841.0 $(99.3)$4,547.0 $385.9 $4,932.9 

Net earnings

        1,848.7    1,848.7  74.7  1,923.4 

Other comprehensive income

                         

Foreign currency translation adjustment

          46.0  46.0  0.7  46.7 

Unrealized gain on hedging derivatives—net of taxes

          4.6  4.6    4.6 

Unrealized gain on securities—net of taxes

          2.6  2.6    2.6 

Defined benefit plans—net of taxes

          (3.5) (3.5)   (3.5)
                       

Comprehensive income

                 1,898.4  75.4  1,973.8 
                       

Purchases of treasury stock

    (500.0)       (500.0)   (500.0)

Retirement of treasury stock

  (0.1) 1,500.2  (374.2) (1,125.9)        

Acquisition of treasury stock under employee stock plans

    (2.3)       (2.3)   (2.3)

Issuance of $0.01 par value common stock under employee stock plans

      14.6      14.6    14.6 

Stock-based compensation expense

      11.1      11.1    11.1 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

      36.1      36.1    36.1 

Cash dividends ($1.60 per share)

        (102.7)   (102.7)   (102.7)

Distributions declared to noncontrolling interest

              (83.1) (83.1)

Effect of exchange rates changes

              1.8  1.8 
                  

Balance at December 31, 2012

 $0.6 $(2.3)$2,492.4 $3,461.1 $(49.6)$5,902.2 $380.0 $6,282.2 
                  

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating Activities:

          

Net earnings

 $1,923.4 $1,761.0 $440.7 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities

          

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  419.8  416.2  394.8 

Deferred income taxes

  (138.4) (32.9) 88.6 

Stock compensation expense

  11.9  10.6  8.3 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  (36.1) (47.2) (5.8)

Unrealized (gain) loss on derivatives

  (78.8) 77.3  (9.4)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

      17.0 

Gain on sale of marketable equity securities

      (28.3)

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

  5.5  8.8  11.0 

Undistributed earnings of affiliates—net of taxes

  (14.9) (13.5) (49.9)

Changes in (net of effects of acquisition):

          

Accounts receivable

  53.2  (35.5) 70.6 

Margin deposits

  0.8  1.4  (5.1)

Inventories

  34.8  (38.5) 79.8 

Accrued income taxes

  58.7  101.6  95.7 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  25.5  5.2  (71.3)

Customer advances

  123.3  (174.3) 166.4 

Other—net

  (13.1) 38.7  (8.7)
        

Net cash provided by operating activities

  2,375.6  2,078.9  1,194.4 
        

Investing Activities:

          

Additions to property, plant and equipment

  (523.5) (247.2) (258.1)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

  17.0  54.7  16.5 

Purchases of short-term and auction rate securities

      (28.6)

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

  48.4  37.9  238.2 

Sale of marketable equity securities

      167.1 

Deposits to asset retirement obligation funds

  (55.4) (50.4) (58.5)

Purchase of Terra Industries Inc.—net of cash acquired

      (3,177.8)

Other—net

    31.2  31.0 
        

Net cash used in investing activities

  (513.5) (173.8) (3,070.2)
        

Financing Activities:

          

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

      5,197.2 

Payments of long-term debt

  (13.0) (346.0) (4,008.7)

Advances from unconsolidated affiliates

  40.5     

Repayments of advances from unconsolidated affiliates

  (40.5)    

Financing fees

    (1.5) (209.1)

Dividends paid on common stock

  (102.7) (68.7) (26.2)

Dividends paid to former Terra stockholders

      (20.0)

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

  (231.8) (145.7) (117.0)

Issuance of common stock

      1,150.0 

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

  14.6  15.5  5.0 

Purchase of treasury stock

  (500.0) (1,000.2)  

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  36.1  47.2  5.8 
        

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (796.8) (1,499.4) 1,977.0 
        

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  2.6  3.6  (0.6)
        

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

  1,067.9  409.3  100.6 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  1,207.0  797.7  697.1 
        

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $2,274.9 $1,207.0 $797.7 
        

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.     Background and Basis of Presentation

        We are one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in the world. Our operations are organized into two business segments—the nitrogen segment and the phosphate segment. Our principal customers are cooperatives and independent fertilizer distributors. Our principal fertilizer products in the nitrogen segment are ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution, or UAN, and ammonium nitrate, or AN. Our other nitrogen products include urea liquor, diesel exhaust fluid, or DEF, and aqua ammonia, which are sold primarily to our industrial customers. Our principal fertilizer products in the phosphate segment are diammonium phosphate, or DAP, and monoammonium phosphate, or MAP.

        Our core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States and other major agricultural areas of the U.S. and Canada. We also export nitrogen fertilizer products from our Donaldsonville, Louisiana manufacturing facilities and phosphate fertilizer products from our Florida phosphate operations through our Tampa port facility.

        Our principal assets include:


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        All references to "CF Holdings," "the Company," "we," "us" and "our" refer to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Holdings) and its subsidiaries, including CF Industries, Inc. (CF), except where the context makes clear that the reference is only to CF Holdings itself and not its subsidiaries.

        The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). In these notes to our consolidated financial statements, certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.

2.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Consolidation and Noncontrolling Interest

        The consolidated financial statements of CF Holdings include the accounts of CF, all majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which CF Holdings or a subsidiary is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

        CFL is a variable interest entity that is consolidated in the financial statements of CF Holdings. CFL owns a nitrogen fertilizer complex in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada and supplies fertilizer products to CF and Viterra Inc. (Viterra). CF Industries, Inc. owns 49% of CFL's voting common shares and 66% of CFL's nonvoting preferred shares. Viterra owns 34% of the voting common stock and non-voting preferred stock of CFL. The remaining 17% of the voting common stock is owned by GROWMARK, Inc. and La Coop fédérée. Viterra's 34% interest in the distributed and undistributed earnings of CFL is included in noncontrolling interest reported in the consolidated statement of operations. The interests of Viterra and the holders of 17% of CFL's common shares are included in noncontrolling interest reported on the consolidated balance sheet. During the second half of 2012, we entered into agreements to purchase all of the noncontrolling interests in CFL. For additional information, see Note 4—Noncontrolling Interest.

        TNCLP is a master limited partnership that is consolidated in the financial statements of CF Holdings. TNCLP owns the nitrogen manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma. Through the acquisition of Terra in April 2010, we own an aggregate 75.3% of TNCLP and outside investors own the remaining 24.7%. Partnership interests in TNCLP are traded on the NYSE. As a result, TNCLP files separate financial reports with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The outside investors' limited partnership interests in the partnership are included in noncontrolling interest in the consolidated financial statements. This noncontrolling interest represents the noncontrolling unitholders' interest in the partners' capital of TNCLP.

Revenue Recognition

        The basic criteria necessary for revenue recognition are: (1) evidence that a sales arrangement exists, (2) delivery of goods has occurred, (3) the seller's price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. We recognize revenue when these criteria have been met and when title and risk of loss transfers to the customer, which can be at the plant gate, a distribution facility, a supplier location or a customer destination. Revenue from forward sales programs is recognized on the same basis as other sales (when title transfers to the customer) regardless of when the customer advances are received.

        We offer certain incentives that typically involve rebates if a customer reaches a specified level of purchases. Incentives are accrued monthly and reported as a reduction in net sales. This process is intended to report sales at the ultimate net realized price and requires the use of estimates.


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        Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are reported in revenue. Shipping and handling costs incurred by us are included in cost of sales. Fees billed to third parties for ancillary throughput and storage services at distribution facilities are reported as a reduction of cost of sales.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

        Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value.

Investments

        Short-term investments and noncurrent investments are accounted for primarily as available-for-sale securities reported at fair value with changes in fair value reported in other comprehensive income unless fair value is below amortized cost (i.e., the investment is impaired) and the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, in which case, some or all of the decline in value would be charged to earnings. The carrying values of short-term investments approximate fair values because of the short maturities and the highly liquid nature of these investments.

        We also hold auction rate securities (ARS), which are included in other assets. They are classified as noncurrent assets as a result of continuing market illiquidity and our judgment regarding the period of time that may elapse until the traditional auction process resumes or other market trading mechanisms develop. We intend to hold our ARS until a market recovery occurs and, based on our current liquidity position, we do not believe it is likely that these securities will need to be sold prior to their recovery in value. Therefore, we expect to recover our cost basis in the investments. As a result, the unrealized holding loss on the ARS is classified as a temporary impairment and is reported in other comprehensive income.

        Also included in our investments are a trust fund and an escrow account that we utilize as a means of complying with regulations and consent decrees pertaining to financial assurance requirements for certain asset retirement obligations (AROs) in Florida. These ARO funds are carried at fair value as noncurrent assets on the consolidated balance sheet. Contributions to the ARO funds are reported in the consolidated statements of cash flow as investing activities.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

        Accounts receivable are recorded at face amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance is an estimate based on historical collection experience, current economic and market conditions, and a review of the current status of each customer's trade accounts receivable. A receivable is past due if payments have not been received within the agreed-upon invoice terms. Account balances are charged-off against the allowance when management determines that it is probable that the receivable will not be recovered.

        Accounts receivable includes trade receivables and non-trade receivables such as miscellaneous non-product related billings.

Inventories

        Fertilizer inventories are reported at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out or average cost basis. Inventory includes the cost of materials, production labor and production overhead. Inventory at warehouses and terminals also includes distribution costs. Net realizable value is reviewed at least quarterly. Fixed production costs related to idle capacity are not included in the cost of inventory but are charged directly to cost of sales.


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Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Affiliates

        The equity method of accounting is used for investments in affiliates that we do not consolidate, but over which we have the ability to exercise significant influence. Profits resulting from sales or purchases with equity method investees are eliminated until realized by the investee or investor, respectively. Losses in the value of an investment in an unconsolidated affiliate, which are other than temporary, are recognized when the current fair value of the investment is less than its carrying value. Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates is included in the Other segment in our segment disclosures.

        Our equity method investments for which the results are included in operating earnings consist of: (1) 50% ownership interest in PLNL, which operates an ammonia production facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and (2) 50% interest in an ammonia storage joint venture located in Houston, Texas. Our share of the net earnings from these investments is reported as an element of earnings from operations because these operations provide additional production and storage capacity to our operations and are integrated with our supply chain and sales activities in the nitrogen segment.

        Our non-operating equity method investments consist of: (1) 50% ownership in Keytrade, a fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland and (2) a 50% ownership in GrowHow, which operates nitrogen production facilities in the United Kingdom. Our share of the net earnings of these investments is not reported in earnings from operations since these operations do not provide us with additional capacity, nor are these operations integrated within our supply chain. Advances to unconsolidated affiliates are loans made to Keytrade and are classified as held-to-maturity debt securities and are reported at amortized cost.

Property, Plant and Equipment

        Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation, depletion and amortization are computed using the units-of-production method or the straight-line method. Depreciable lives are as follows:


Years

Mobile and office equipment

3 to 12

Production facilities and related assets

3 to 25

Mining assets and phosphogypsum stacks

20

Land improvements

10 to 20

Buildings

10 to 45

        We periodically review the depreciable lives assigned to production facilities and related assets, as well as estimated production capacities used to develop units-of-production (UOP) depreciation expense, and we change the estimates to reflect the results of those reviews.

        Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at the Company's continuous process manufacturing facilities during a full plant shutdown are referred to as plant turnarounds. Plant turnarounds are accounted for under the deferral method, as opposed to the direct expense or built-in overhaul methods. Under the deferral method, expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized into property, plant and equipment when incurred and amortized to production costs on a straight-line basis over the period benefited, which is until the next scheduled turnaround in up to 5 years. If the direct expense method were used, all turnaround costs would be expensed as incurred. Internal employee costs and overhead amounts are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized. Turnaround costs are classified as investing activities in the consolidated


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statements of cash flows. For additional information, see Note 18—Property, Plant and Equipment—Net.

Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets

        We review property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets in order to assess recoverability based on expected future undiscounted cash flows whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. If the sum of the expected future net cash flows is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized. The impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

        Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired entity over the amounts assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized, but is reviewed for impairment annually or more frequently if certain impairment conditions arise. We perform our annual goodwill impairment review in the fourth quarter of each year at the reporting unit level, which in our case, are the nitrogen and phosphate segments. Our evaluation can begin with a qualitative assessment of the factors that could impact the significant inputs used to estimate fair value. If after performing the qualitative assessment, we determine that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill, then no further testing is performed. However, if it is unclear based on the results of the qualitative test, we perform a quantitative test involving potentially two steps. The first step compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. We use an income based valuation method, determining the present value of future cash flows, to estimate the fair value of a reporting unit. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its positive carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired, and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. The second step of the goodwill impairment test, if needed, compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. We recognize an impairment loss immediately to the extent the carrying value exceeds its implied fair value.

        Intangible assets identified with our acquisition of Terra consist of customer relationships and trademarks, which are being amortized over amortization periods of 18 years and 10 years, respectively. Our intangible assets are presented in noncurrent other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

Leases

        Leases are classified as either operating leases or capital leases. Assets acquired under capital leases are depreciated on the same basis as property, plant and equipment. Rental payments, including rent holidays, leasehold incentives, and scheduled rent increases are expensed on a straight-line basis. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the depreciable lives of the corresponding fixed assets or the lease term including any applicable renewals.

Income Taxes

        Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are projected to be recovered or settled. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income of an appropriate character in future periods. A valuation allowance is established if it is determined to be more likely than not that a


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deferred tax asset will not be realized. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are reported as interest expense and income tax expense, respectively.

A deferred income tax liability is recorded for income taxes that would result from the repatriation of the portion of the investment in the Company's non-U.S. subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures which isventure that are considered to not be permanently reinvested. No deferred income taxes have beentax liability is recorded for the remainder of our investment in non-U.S. subsidiaries and corporate joint venturesventure, which we believe to be indefinitely reinvested.


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Derivative Financial Instruments

Natural gas is the principal raw material used to produce nitrogen fertilizers. We manage the risk of changes in natural gas prices primarily through the use of derivative financial instruments. The derivative instruments currently usedthat we use are primarily fixed price swaps and options traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets. The derivatives reference primarily NYMEX futures contract prices, which represent the basis for fair value at any given time. These derivatives are traded in months forward and settlements are scheduled to coincide with anticipated gas purchases during those future periods. In order to manage our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, we use foreign currency derivatives, primarily forward exchange contracts.

The accounting for the change in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on whether the instrument has been designated as a hedging instrument and whether the instrument is effective as part of a hedging relationship. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments and the ineffective portion of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in the statementconsolidated statements of operations as the changes occur. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments considered effective are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) as the changes occur, and are reclassified into income or expense as the hedgehedged item is recognized in earnings.

Derivative financial instruments are accounted for at fair value and recognized as current or noncurrent assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.sheets. The fair values of derivative instruments and any related cash collateral are reported on a gross basis rather than on a net basis.

Cash flows related to natural gas derivatives are reported as operating activities. Cash flows related to foreign currency derivatives are reported as investing activities since they hedge future payments for the construction of long termlong-term assets.

We do not use derivatives for trading purposes and are not a party to any leveraged derivatives. For additional information, see Note 25—16—Derivative Financial Instruments.

Asset Retirement Obligations

        Asset Retirement Obligations (AROs) are legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of such assets. AROs are initially recognized as incurred when sufficient information exists to estimate fair value. When initially recognized, the fair value based on discounted future cash flows is recorded both as a liability and an increase in the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. In subsequent periods, depreciation of the asset and accretion of the liability are recorded. For additional information, see Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations.


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        Our most significant AROs are driven by regulations in Florida governing the construction, operation, closure and long-term maintenance of phosphogypsum stack systems and site reclamation for the phosphate rock mine in Hardee County, Florida. Other AROs consist of conditional AROs for the Plant City, Bartow and Hardee facilities for which a reasonable basis exists for estimating a settlement date. These AROs relate to cessation of operations, and generally include the removal and disposition of certain chemicals, waste materials, asbestos, equipment, vessels, piping, and storage tanks.

        We also have unrecorded AROs at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing complexes and at our distribution and storage facilities, that are conditional upon cessation of operations. These AROs include certain decommissioning activities as well as the removal and disposition of certain chemicals, waste materials, structures, equipment, vessels, piping and storage tanks. Also included are reclamation of land and closure of effluent ponds. A liability has not been recorded for these conditional AROs because we do not believe there is currently a reasonable basis for estimating a date or range of dates of cessation of operations at these facilities, which is necessary in order to estimate fair value.

Customer Advances

Customer advances represent cash received from customers following acceptance of orders under the Company'sour forward sales programs. Such advances typically represent a significant portion of the contract's sales value and are generally collected by the time the product is shipped, thereby reducing or eliminating accounts receivable from customers upon shipment. Revenue is recognized when title and risk of loss transfers upon shipment or delivery of the product to customers.

Environmental

Environmental expenditures that relate to current operations are expensed or capitalized as appropriate. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations are expensed. Expenditures that increase the capacity or extend the useful life of an asset, improve the safety or efficiency of the operations, or mitigate or prevent future environmental contamination are capitalized. Liabilities are recorded when it is probable that a liabilityan obligation has been incurred and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Environmental liabilities are not discounted.

Stock-based Compensation

We grant stock-based compensation awards under the CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2009 Equityour equity and Incentive Plan.incentive plans. The awards that have been granted to date are nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and restricted stock.performance share units. The cost of employee services received in exchange for the awards is measured based on the fair value of the award on the grant date and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the period during which the employee is required to provide the services. For additional information, see Note 27—19—Stock-Based Compensation.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company iswe are subject to ordinary, routine legal proceedings related to the usual conduct of itsour business. The CompanyWe are also is involved in proceedings regarding public utility and transportation rates, environmental matters, taxes and permits relating to the operations of itsour various plants and facilities. Accruals for such contingencies are recorded to the extent management concludes their occurrence is probable and the financial impact of an adverse outcome is reasonably estimable. Legal fees are recognized as incurred and are not included in accruals for contingencies. Disclosure for specific legal contingencies is provided if the likelihood of occurrence is at least reasonably possible and the exposure is considered material to the consolidated financial statements. In making determinations


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litigation, and estimating related costs and exposure involves substantial uncertainties that could cause actual costs to vary materially from estimates and accruals.

Foreign Currency Translation

We translate the financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries with non-U.S. dollar functional currencies using period-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities and weighted-average exchange rates for each period for revenues and expenses. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of AOCI within stockholders' equity.
Foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities are translatedremeasured into U.S. dollars at exchange rates existing at the respective balance sheet dates. Translation adjustments resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income within stockholders' equity. Results of operations of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the average exchange rates during the respective periods. Gains and losses resulting from these foreign currency transactions the amounts of which are not material, are included in other operating—net income.on our consolidated statements of operations. Gains and losses resulting from intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature, if any, are reported in other comprehensive income.

Debt Issuance Costs

Costs associated with the issuance of debt are included in other noncurrent assetsrecorded as deferred charges and are amortized over the term of the related debt.debt, in either current or noncurrent assets depending on the term. Debt issuance discounts are netted against the related debt and are amortized over the term of the debt using the effective interest method.


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3.    New Accounting Standards

        Following are summaries of accounting pronouncements that either were adopted recently or may become applicable to our consolidated financial statements. It should be noted that the accounting standards references provided below reflect

Recently Adopted Pronouncements
In November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (an update to Topic 740, Income Taxes). To simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes, the amendments in this ASU require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The ASU will be effective for financial statements issued for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. Earlier application is permitted. We elected to early adopt this ASU retrospectively in the fourth quarter of 2015, which resulted in the reclassification of deferred income taxes of $84.0 million from current assets to an offset of the noncurrent deferred income taxes liability on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. See Note 10—Income Taxes.
In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). The amendments in ASU No. 2015-07 remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. ASU No. 2015-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and requires retrospective application. Early application is permitted. We elected to early adopt this ASU in the fourth quarter of 2015. See Note 11—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits for additional information.
Recently Issued Pronouncements
In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (an update to Topic 330, Inventory), effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. ASU No. 2015-11 changes the inventory measurement principle for entities using the first-in, first out (FIFO) or average cost methods. For entities utilizing one of these methods, the inventory measurement principle will change from lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. We use the FIFO or average cost methods and are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This ASU requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability instead of being presented as an asset. Debt disclosures will include the face amount of the debt liability and the effective interest rate. The ASU requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. In August 2015, the FASB issued the related ASU No. 2015-15, Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, which clarifies ASU No. 2015-03 and states that the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs related to a line-of-credit arrangement as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. These ASUs are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and retrospective presentation is required. Upon adoption of the ASU in 2016, fees totaling $56.0 million as of December 31, 2015 related to the senior notes would be reclassified as a reduction to long-term debt. Fees related to the undrawn Bridge Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement would remain classified as an asset. See Note 12—Financing Agreements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC),Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. This ASU is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and related Accounting Standards Updates (ASU).

Recently Adopted Pronouncements

uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments. Additionally, information concerning the costs to obtain and fulfill a contract, including assets to be recognized, is to be capitalized and disclosed. In May 2011,July 2015, the FASB issued a standard that is intendedvoted to improve comparabilitydefer the effective date of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordancethis ASU through the issuance of ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards (ASU No. 2011-04). This standard clarifies the application of existing fair value measurement requirements including (1) the applicationCustomers: Deferral of the highest and best use valuation premise, (2) the methodologyEffective Date, to measure the fair value of an instrument classified in a reporting entity's stockholders' equity, (3) disclosure requirements for quantitative information on Level 3 fair value measurements and (4) guidance on measuring the fair value of financial instruments managed within a portfolio. In addition, the standard requires additional disclosures of the sensitivity of fair value to changes in unobservable inputs for Level 3 securities. This standard is effectiveDecember 15, 2017 for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after that date. Early adoption of the standard as of December 15, 2011. We adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2012 and its adoption did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

        In June 2011, the FASB issued a standard that pertains to the presentation of comprehensive income (ASU No. 2011-05). This standard requires that comprehensive income be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The standard also requires entities to disclose on the face of the financial statements reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net earnings. This standard no longer allows companies to present components of other comprehensive income only in the


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statement of equity. In December 2011, the FASB deferred the new requirement to present the reclassification components of other comprehensive income in the statement of operations by issuing ASU No. 2011-12. (See discussion of ASU No. 2013-02 below.) The remaining components of the original ASU No. 2011-05 are effective for2016 (for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011.that date) is permitted. We adoptedare currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard in the first quarter of 2012 and its adoption did not have a material impactASU on our consolidated financial statements.

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4.    Acquisitions and Divestitures
CF Fertilisers UK Acquisition
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the FASB issuedremaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us. The purchase price was funded with cash on hand. We recorded a standardgain of $94.4 million on the remeasurement to simplifyfair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK that is included in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes for the processyear ended December 31, 2015. See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for determining goodwill impairment (ASU No. 2011-08). This standard gives an entityadditional information.
During 2015, the option,Company incurred direct transaction costs of $3.6 million for the acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK, which were expensed as incurred and included in transaction costs in our consolidated statements of operations.
The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the total fair value of CF Fertilisers UK to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in its acquisition on July 31, 2015. The estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is based on the estimated net realizable value for inventory, a first step,replacement cost approach for property, plant and equipment and the income approach for intangible assets. Final determination of the fair values may result in further adjustments to assess qualitative factors in determining whether a two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test must be performed. If an assessmentthe amounts presented below.
  Original Valuation 
Net Adjustments
to Fair Value(1)
 Adjusted Valuation
(In millions)     
Fair value of consideration transferred$570.4
 $
 $570.4
Fair value of 50% of equity interest already held by the Company570.4
 
 570.4
Total fair value$1,140.8
 $
 $1,140.8
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed     
 Current assets$165.1
 $1.5
 $166.6
 Property, plant and equipment898.1
 (0.1) 898.0
 Goodwill328.4
 (8.3) 320.1
 Other assets140.0
 (1.2) 138.8
 Total assets acquired1,531.6
 (8.1) 1,523.5
       
 Current liabilities73.6
 0.5
 74.1
 Deferred tax liabilities—noncurrent128.8
 (8.6) 120.2
 Other liabilities188.4
 
 188.4
 Total liabilities assumed390.8
 (8.1) 382.7
Total net assets acquired$1,140.8
 $
 $1,140.8

(1) The purchase price related to the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition was initially allocated based on the information available at the acquisition date. During the fourth quarter of qualitative factors leads2015, adjustments were made to a determination that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step test is deemed unnecessary. This standard is effective for interimassets acquired and annual goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We adopted this standardliabilities assumed, which resulted in a corresponding $8.3 million decrease to goodwill.
Current assets acquired included cash of $18.8 million, accounts receivable of $72.6 million and inventory of $67.3 million. The acquired property, plant and equipment will be depreciated over a period consistent with our existing fixed assets depreciation policy.
The acquisition resulted in the first quarterrecognition of 2012$320.1 million of goodwill, which is not deductible for income tax purposes. Other assets acquired included intangible assets of $131.8 million. See Note 7—Goodwill and its adoption did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Pronouncements

        In December 2011, the FASB issued a standard pertainingOther Intangible Assets, for additional information related to disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities (ASU No. 2011-11). This standard requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements, including financial instruments and derivative instruments,goodwill and the effect these arrangements have on the entity's financial position. In January 2013, the FASB issued an amendment to ASU No. 2011-11 (ASU No. 2013-01) clarifying that its scope applies to derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are either offset or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. These standards are effective for disclosures in interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. We do not expect the adoption of these standards to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statement disclosures.

        In February 2013, the FASB issued a standard pertaining to the reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) (ASU No. 2013-02). The standard requires that an entity provide, by component, information regarding the amounts reclassified out of AOCI, either on the face of the statement of operations or in the notes, and an indication as to the line items in the statement of operations that the amounts were reclassified to. In addition, in certain cases, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional details about the reclassified amounts. This standard is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

4.     Noncontrolling Interest

Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL)

        CFL owns a nitrogen fertilizer complex in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada which supplies fertilizer products to CF Industries, Inc. and Viterra Inc. (Viterra). CFL's Medicine Hat complex is the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada, with two world-scale ammonia plants, a world-scale granular urea plant and on-site storage facilities for both ammonia and urea.

        CF Industries, Inc. owns 49% of CFL's voting common shares and 66% of CFL's nonvoting preferred shares. Viterra owns 34% of the voting common shares and non-voting preferred shares of

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CFL. The remaining 17% of the voting common shares are owned by GROWMARK, Inc. and La Coop fédérée. CFL is a variable interest entity that we consolidate in our financial statements.

        General creditors of CFL do not have direct recourse to the assets of CF Industries, Inc. However, the product purchase agreement between CF Industries, Inc. and CFL does require CF Industries, Inc. to advance funds to CFL in the event that CFL is unable to meet its obligations as they become due. The amount of each advance would be at least 66% of the deficiencysales and would be more in any year in which CF Industries, Inc. purchased more than 66% of Medicine Hat's production. A similar purchase agreement and obligation also exists for Viterra. CF Industries, Inc. and Viterra currently manage CFL such that each party is responsible for its share of CFL's fixed costs and that CFL's production volume is managed to meet the parties' combined requirements. Based on the contractual arrangements, CF Industries, Inc. is the primary beneficiary of CFL as CF Industries, Inc. directs the activities that most significantly impact CFL's economic performance and receives at least 66% of the economic risks and rewards of CFL.

        CFL's net sales were $217.1 million and $709.6 million and $454.0 million, for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. CFL's net sales in 2012 were impacted by the selling price modification discussed further below. CFL's assets and liabilities at December 31, 2012 were $108.1 million and $57.6 million, respectively, and at December 31, 2011 were $528.5 million and $479.5 million, respectively.

        Because CFL's functional currency is the Canadian dollar, consolidation of CFL results in a cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment, which is reported in other comprehensive income (loss). In accordance with CFL's governing agreements, CFL's net earnings are distributed to its members annually based on approval by CFL's shareholders. A portion of CF Fertilisers UK since the amounts reported as noncontrolling interestacquisition date included in the consolidated statements of operations represents Viterra's 34%for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $208.4 million and $21.8 million, respectively.

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The following unaudited summary information is presented on a pro forma consolidated basis as if the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2014:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Net sales$4,676.9
 $5,407.8
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders626.2
 1,519.2
The pro forma amounts include transaction costs, amortization and depreciation expense based on the estimated fair value and useful lives of intangible and tangible assets, elimination of the equity in earnings of the initial 50% equity investment in CF Fertilisers UK and related tax effects. Because the pro forma amounts assume the acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK occurred on January 1, 2014, the $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK is reflected in pro forma net earnings for the earningsyear ended December 31, 2014. The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of CFL, whilethe combined results had the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition been completed on January 1, 2014.
Agreement to Combine with Certain of OCI N.V.’s Businesses
On August 6, 2015, we announced that we entered into a definitive agreement (as amended, the Combination Agreement), under which we will combine with the European, North American and global distribution businesses (collectively, the ENA Business) of OCI N.V. (OCI). OCI is a global producer and distributor of natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals based in the Netherlands. The combination transaction includes OCI’s nitrogen production facility in Geleen, Netherlands; its nitrogen production facility under construction in Wever, Iowa; its approximately 79.88% equity interest in an ammonia and methanol complex in Beaumont, Texas; and its global distribution business and the assumption of approximately $2 billion in net debt. The combination transaction also includes the purchase by CF Holdings or its designee of a 45% interest plus an option to acquire the remaining interest in OCI’s Natgasoline project in Texas, which upon completion in 2017 will be one of the world’s largest methanol facilities.
Under the terms of the Combination Agreement, CF Holdings will become a subsidiary of a new holding company (New CF) domiciled in the Netherlands. OCI will contribute the entities holding the ENA Business (other than the Natgasoline project) to New CF in exchange for ordinary shares of New CF (base share consideration), plus additional consideration of $700 million (subject to adjustment) to be paid in cash, ordinary shares of New CF or a mixture of cash and ordinary shares of New CF, as determined by CF Holdings in accordance with the terms of the Combination Agreement. The base share consideration will represent 25.6% of the ordinary shares of New CF that, upon consummation of the combination, subject to downward adjustment to account for the assumption by New CF, as contemplated by the Combination Agreement, of any of OCI’s 3.875% convertible bonds due 2018 that remain outstanding as of the closing date of the combination. The consideration for the 45% interest in Natgasoline is $517.5 million in cash. The actual ownership split of New CF upon completion of the combination as between former CF Holdings shareholders, on the one hand, and OCI and its shareholders, on the other hand, will be dependent on our share price at the time of closing, the amount of convertible bonds to be assumed by New CF at closing, the amount of adjustments to the amount of the additional consideration, and the mix of cash and New CF ordinary shares used to pay the additional consideration.
The transaction is expected to close in mid-2016, subject to the approval of shareholders of both CF Holdings and OCI, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The consummation of the Natgasoline portion of the amountstransaction is subject to conditions that are in addition to the conditions to which the consummation of the portion of the transaction involving the ENA Business other than the Natgasoline project is subject, and the consummation of the Natgasoline portion of the transaction is not a condition to consummation of the portion of the transaction involving the ENA Business other than the Natgasoline project. New CF will operate under a name to be determined by CF Holdings and be led by our existing management.
In conjunction with entering into the Combination Agreement, on August 6, 2015, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. obtained financing commitments from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA to finance the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement and for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of such committed financing are available under a senior unsecured bridge term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3.0 billion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. See Note 12—Financing Agreements—Bridge Credit Agreement for additional information.

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Sale of Equity Method Investments
During the second quarter of 2015, we sold our 50% ownership interest in an ammonia storage joint venture in Houston, Texas and our 50% ownership interest in KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade). See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional information.
Phosphate Disposition
On March 17, 2014, we sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business to Mosaic pursuant to the terms of the definitive transaction agreement executed in October 2013, among the Company, CF Industries and Mosaic, for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. We recognized pre-tax and after-tax gains on the transaction of $750.1 million and $462.8 million, respectively. Under the terms of the definitive transaction agreement, the accounts receivable and accounts payable pertaining to the phosphate mining and manufacturing business and certain phosphate inventory held in distribution facilities were not sold to Mosaic in the transaction and were settled in the ordinary course.
Upon selling the phosphate business, we began to supply Mosaic with ammonia produced by our PLNL joint venture. The contract to supply ammonia to Mosaic from our PLNL joint venture represents the continuation of a supply practice that previously existed between our former phosphate mining and manufacturing business and other operations of the Company. Prior to March 17, 2014, PLNL sold ammonia to us for use in the phosphate business and the cost was included in our production costs in our phosphate segment. Subsequent to the sale of the phosphate business, we now sell the PLNL-sourced ammonia to Mosaic. The revenue from these sales to Mosaic and the costs to purchase the ammonia from PLNL are now included in our ammonia segment. Our 50% share of the operating results of our PLNL joint venture continues to be included in equity in earnings of operating affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. Because of the significance of this continuing supply practice, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the phosphate mining and manufacturing business is not reported as noncontrollingdiscontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations.
The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter. However, the segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases.
5.   Net Earnings Per Share
Net earnings per share were computed as follows:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders$699.9
 $1,390.3
 $1,464.6
Basic earnings per common share(1):
 
  
  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding235.3
 255.9
 294.4
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders$2.97
 $5.43
 $4.97
Diluted earnings per common share(1):
 
  
  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding235.3
 255.9
 294.4
Dilutive common shares—stock options0.8
 0.8
 1.6
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding236.1
 256.7
 296.0
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders$2.96
 $5.42
 $4.95

(1)
Share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
In the computation of diluted earnings per common share, potentially dilutive stock options are excluded if the effect of their inclusion is anti-dilutive. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, anti-dilutive stock options were insignificant.

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6.   Property, Plant and Equipment—Net
Property, plant and equipment—net consists of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Land$68.1
 $48.4
Machinery and equipment7,347.6
 5,268.7
Buildings and improvements270.9
 160.7
Construction in progress(1)
3,626.6
 2,559.0
 11,313.2
 8,036.8
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization2,774.2
 2,511.0
 $8,539.0
 $5,525.8


(1)
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had construction in progress that was accrued but unpaid of $543.3 million and $279.0 million, respectively. These amounts included accruals related to our capacity expansion projects of $471.1 million and $244.3 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Depreciation, depletion and amortization related to property, plant and equipment was $444.4 million, $360.5 million and $373.9 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Plant turnarounds—Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at our continuous process manufacturing facilities during a full plant shutdown are referred to as plant turnarounds. The expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized in property, plant and equipment when incurred. The following is a summary of plant turnaround activity:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Net capitalized turnaround costs at beginning of the year$153.2
 $119.8
 $82.1
Additions134.9
 88.3
 78.6
Depreciation(65.4) (53.9) (40.8)
Effect of exchange rate changes(2.6) (1.0) (0.1)
Net capitalized turnaround costs at end of the year$220.1
 $153.2
 $119.8
Scheduled replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment include the dismantling, repair or replacement and installation of various components including piping, valves, motors, turbines, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers and the replacement of catalyst when a full plant shutdown occurs. Scheduled inspections are also conducted during full plant shutdowns, including required safety inspections which entail the disassembly of various components such as steam boilers, pressure vessels and other equipment requiring safety certifications. Internal employee costs and overhead amounts are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized.

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7.   Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
The following table shows the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:
 Ammonia Granular Urea UAN AN Other Total
 (in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2014$578.7
 $829.6
 $577.0
 $68.9
 $38.6
 $2,092.8
Acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK(1)
10.5
 
 
 271.0
 38.6
 320.1
Effect of exchange rate changes(1.9) (1.8) (1.3) (15.6) (2.2) (22.8)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$587.3
 $827.8
 $575.7
 $324.3
 $75.0
 $2,390.1

(1) The acquisition on July 31, 2015 of the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us resulted in goodwill of $320.1 million. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures and Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional information.
Amounts presented in the above table as of December 31, 2014 have been restated to reflect goodwill of $68.9 million that was allocated from the Other segment to the AN segment, the new reportable segment that was created in 2015. See Note 21—Segment Disclosures for further information. The fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value; thus, no impairment was recorded.
Our identifiable intangibles and carrying values are shown below and are presented in noncurrent other assets on our consolidated balance sheets representsheets.
 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
 Gross
Carrying
Amount
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Gross
Carrying
Amount
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Net
 (in millions)
Intangible assets: 
  
  
  
  
  
Customer relationships$139.5
 $(17.9) $121.6
 $50.0
 $(13.2) $36.8
TerraCair brand10.0
 (10.0) 
 10.0
 (5.0) 5.0
Trade names34.8
 (0.7) 34.1
 
 
 
Total intangible assets$184.3
 $(28.6) $155.7
 $60.0
 $(18.2) $41.8
Included in the intereststable above are definite-lived intangible assets of Viterra and$131.8 million identified in connection with the holders of 17% of CFL's common shares.

        CF Industries, Inc. operates the Medicine Hat facility pursuant to a management agreement and purchases approximately 66%July 31, 2015 acquisition of the facility's ammonia and granular urea production pursuant toremaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us. CF Fertilisers UK's intangible assets are being amortized over a product purchase agreement. Viterra has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the remaining 34%period of the facility's production under a similar product purchase agreement. To the extent that Viterra does not purchase its 34%approximately 20 years.

Amortization expense of the facility's production, CF Industries, Inc. is obligated to purchase any remaining amounts. However, since 1995, Viterra has purchased at least 34% of the facility's production each year. Both the management agreement and the product purchase agreement can be terminated by either CF Industries, Inc. or CFL upon a twelve-month notice.

        Under the product purchase agreements that were in effect until the fourth quarter of 2012, both CF Industries, Inc. and Viterra paid the greater of production cost or market price for purchases. An initial portion of the selling priceour identifiable intangibles was paid based upon production cost plus an agreed-upon margin once title passes as the products were shipped. The remaining portion of the selling price, representing the difference between the market price and production cost plus an agreed-upon margin, was paid after the end of the year. The sales revenue attributable to this remaining portion of the selling price was accrued on an interim basis. In the Company's consolidated financial statements, the net sales and accounts receivable attributable to CFL are solely generated by transactions with Viterra, as all transactions with CF Industries are eliminated in consolidation. At December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the net receivable due from Viterra related to the product purchases that was reflected on our consolidated balance sheets was $2.0$10.4 million, $4.0 million and $141.0$3.8 million respectively. See further discussion below regarding a modification to the CFL selling prices which reduced the net receivable due from Viterra.


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        The product purchase agreements also provide that CFL will distribute its net earnings to CF Industries, Inc. and Viterra annually based on the respective quantities of product purchased from CFL. The net earnings attributable to Viterra that are reported in noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were approximately $5.3 million and $149.7 million, respectively. The annual distribution is paid after the end of the year. The distributions to Viterra are reported as financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows, as we consider these payments to be similar to dividends.

        In August 2012, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire Viterra's interest in CFL for a total purchase price of C$0.9 billion, subject to certain adjustments. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement with each of GROWMARK, Inc. and La Coop fédérée to acquire the common shares of CFL owned by those parties. As a result of these transactions, we will own 100% of CFL and will be entitled to purchase 100% of CFL's nitrogen fertilizer production. The completion of these transactions is subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals in Canada and other terms and conditions in the definitive agreements.

        In the fourth quarter of 2012, the CFL Board of Directors approved an amendment to the product purchase agreements. The amendment modified the selling prices that CFL charges for products sold to Viterra and CF Industries. The modified selling prices are based on production cost plus an agreed-upon margin and are effective retroactive to January 1, 2012. As a result of the January 1, 2012 effective date, the Company has recognized in its fourth quarter 2012 consolidated statement of operations a reduction in net sales to Viterra of $129.7 million and a corresponding reduction in earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest to reverse the interim market price accruals recognized in the first three quarters of 2012. The net effect of this change had no impact on the Company's net earnings attributable to common stockholders, but did reduce the Company's reported net sales, gross margin, operating earnings and earnings before income taxes by $129.7 million in the fourth quarter. The selling price modification also had no impact on the Company's net cash flows as the selling price modification was entirely offset by a change in the distributions payable to the noncontrolling interest.

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP)

        TNCLP is a master limited partnership that owns a nitrogen manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma. We own an aggregate 75.3% of TNCLP through general and limited partnership interests. Outside investors own the remaining 24.7% of the limited partnership. For financial reporting purposes, the assets, liabilities and earnings of the partnership are consolidated into our financial statements. The outside investors' limited partnership interests in the partnership have been recorded as part of noncontrolling interest in our consolidated financial statements. The noncontrolling interest represents the noncontrolling unitholders' interest in the equity of TNCLP. An affiliate of CF Industries is required to purchase all of TNCLP's fertilizer products at market prices as defined in the Amendment to the General and Administrative Services and Product Offtake Agreement, dated September 28, 2010.

        TNCLP makes cash distributions to the general and limited partners based upon formulas defined within its Agreement of Limited Partnership. Cash available for distribution is defined in the agreement generally as all cash receipts less all cash disbursements, less certain reserves (including reserves for future operating and capital needs) established as the general partner determines in its reasonable discretion to be necessary or appropriate. Changes in working capital impact available cash, as increases in the amount of cash invested in working capital items (such as accounts receivable or inventory) reduce available cash, while declines in the amount of cash invested in working capital increase available cash. Cash distributions to the limited partners and general partner vary depending on the


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extent to which the cumulative distributions exceed certain target threshold levels set forth in the Agreement of Limited Partnership.

        In each of the applicable quarters of 2012, 2011 and 2010, the minimum quarterly distributions were satisfied, which entitled us, as the general partner, to receive increased distributions on our general partner interests as provided for in the Agreement of Limited Partnership. The earnings attributed to our general partner interest in excess of the threshold levels for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2015, 2014 and 2010 were $234.0 million, $214.2 million and $49.0 million,2013, respectively.

        At December 31, 2012, Terra Nitrogen GP Inc. (TNGP), In early 2015, management approved a plan to discontinue the general partner of TNCLP (and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CF Industries), and its affiliates owned 75.3% of TNCLP's outstanding units. When not more than 25% of TNCLP's issued and outstanding units are held by non-affiliates of TNGP, TNCLP, at TNGP's sole discretion, may call, or assign to TNGP or its affiliates, TNCLP's right to acquire all such outstanding units held by non-affiliated persons. If TNGP elects to acquire all outstanding units, TNCLP is required to give at least 30 but not more than 60 days notice of TNCLP's decision to purchase the outstanding units. The purchase price per unit will be the greater of (1) the averageuse of the previous 20 trading days' closing prices asTerraCair brand in the sale of DEF. Based on the discontinuation of the date five days beforeuse of this brand, the purchase is announced or (2)related intangible assets were fully amortized during the highest price paid by TNGP or anyfirst quarter of its affiliates2015.

Total estimated amortization expense for any unit within the 90 days preceding the date the purchase is announced.

        A reconciliationeach of the beginning and ending balances of noncontrolling interest and distributions payable to the noncontrolling interests on our consolidated balance sheetsfive succeeding fiscal years is provided below.

as follows:
 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 CFL TNCLP Total CFL TNCLP Total CFL TNCLP Total 
 
 (in millions)
 

Noncontrolling interest:

                            

Beginning balance

 $16.7 $369.2 $385.9 $17.4 $365.6 $383.0 $16.0 $ $16.0 

Terra acquistion

                373.0  373.0 

Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

  3.5  71.2  74.7  154.0  67.8  221.8  75.8  15.7  91.5 

Declaration of distributions payable

  (5.3) (77.8) (83.1) (149.7) (64.2) (213.9) (78.0) (23.1) (101.1)

Effect of exchange rate changes

  2.5    2.5  (5.0)   (5.0) 3.6    3.6 
                    

Ending balance

 $17.4 $362.6 $380.0 $16.7 $369.2 $385.9 $17.4 $365.6 $383.0 
                    

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest

                            

Beginning balance

 $149.7 $ $149.7 $78.0 $ $78.0 $92.1 $ $92.1 

Declaration of distributions payable

  5.3  77.8  83.1  149.7  64.2  213.9  78.0  23.1  101.1 

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

  (154.0) (77.8) (231.8) (81.5) (64.2) (145.7) (93.9) (23.1) (117.0)

Effect of exchange rate changes

  4.3    4.3  3.5    3.5  1.8    1.8 
                    

Ending balance

 $5.3 $ $5.3 $149.7 $ $149.7 $78.0 $ $78.0 
                    
 Estimated
Amortization
Expense
 (in millions)
2016$9.0
20179.0
20189.0
20199.0
20209.0


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8.   Equity Method Investments
In 2015, Company management approved certain plans to focus its portfolio of equity method investments, including the following actions, which are further described below.

In the second quarter of 2015, we sold our 50% ownership interest in an ammonia storage joint venture in Houston, Texas. See Operating Equity Method Investments, below.
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us. CF Fertilisers UK is now wholly owned by us. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures, and see Non-Operating Equity Method Investments, below.
In the second quarter of 2015, we sold our 50% ownership interest in KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade). See Non-Operating Equity Method Investments, below.
Equity method investments consist of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Operating equity method investments$297.8
 $377.6
Non-operating equity method investments
 483.9
Investments in and advances to affiliates$297.8
 $861.5
Operating Equity Method Investments
As of December 31, 2015, our remaining equity method investment was a 50% ownership interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), which operates an ammonia production facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. We include our share of the net earnings from this equity method investment as an element of earnings from operations because PLNL provides additional production to our operations and is integrated with our other supply chain and sales activities in the ammonia segment.
Our equity in earnings of operating affiliates are summarized below:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates: 
  
  
PLNL(1)
$(36.2) $37.6
 $34.6
Ammonia storage joint venture1.2
 5.5
 7.1
Total equity in earnings of operating affiliates$(35.0) $43.1
 $41.7

(1)    Equity in earnings of operating affiliates in 2015 includes an impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL of $61.9 million. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we determined the carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL exceeded fair value. This was primarily due to ongoing natural gas curtailments impacting the results of operations of PLNL and the current expectation that these curtailments will continue into the future. No impairment was recognized in 2014 or 2013 related to this investment.
The total carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL as of December 31, 2015 was $218.0 million more than our share of PLNL's book value. The excess is primarily attributable to the purchase accounting impact of our acquisition of the investment in PLNL and reflects primarily the revaluation of property, plant and equipment, the value of an exclusive natural gas contract and goodwill. The increased basis for property, plant and equipment and the gas contract are being amortized over a remaining period of approximately 18 years and 3 years, respectively. Our equity in earnings of PLNL is different from our ownership interest in income reported by PLNL due to amortization and impairment of these basis differences.
We have transactions in the normal course of business with PLNL reflecting our obligation to purchase 50% of the ammonia produced by PLNL at current market prices. Our ammonia purchases from PLNL totaled $121.5 million, $141.1 million and $151.0 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Non-Operating Equity Method Investments
On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us for total consideration of $570.4 million, and CF Fertilisers UK became wholly owned by us. We recorded a gain of $94.4 million on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK. The earnings in CF Fertilisers UK have been permanently reinvested; therefore, the recognition of the $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement of the historical equity investment to fair value does not include the recognition of tax expense on the gain. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information. 
During the second quarter of 2015, we sold our 50% ownership interest in Keytrade. As a result, our equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates includes our equity in earnings of Keytrade through the date of the sale.
Our equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes are summarized below:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes: 
  
  
CF Fertilisers UK(1)
$107.2
 $19.7
 $10.8
Keytrade(2)
(34.9) 2.8
 (1.2)
Total equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes$72.3
 $22.5
 $9.6

5.(1) Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes in 2015 includes our after-tax remeasurement gain of $94.4 million, and our equity in earnings of CF Fertilisers UK from January 1, 2015 through July 31, 2015, the acquisition date.
(2) Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes in 2015 includes an after-tax loss of $29.2 million (pre-tax loss of $40.1 million) resulting from the sale of our interests in Keytrade in the second quarter of 2015 and our equity in earnings of Keytrade through the date of sale.



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9.   Fair Value Measurements

Our cash and cash equivalents short-term investments and other investments consist of the following:


 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 December 31, 2015

 Adjusted
Cost
 Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value Adjusted
Cost
 Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value Cost Basis Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Cash

 $106.0 $ $ $106.0 $99.8 $ $ $99.8 $70.7
 $
 $
 $70.7
Cash equivalents:       

U.S. and Canadian government obligations

 1,996.9   1,996.9 515.0   515.0 190.3
 
 
 190.3

Other debt securities

 172.0   172.0 592.2   592.2 25.0
 
 
 25.0
                 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 $2,274.9 $ $ $2,274.9 $1,207.0 $ $ $1,207.0 $286.0
 $
 $
 $286.0

Investments in auction rate securities

 27.3  (1.3) 26.0 75.6  (4.7) 70.9 

Asset retirement obligation funds

 200.8   200.8 145.4   145.4 
Restricted cash22.8
 
 
 22.8

Nonqualified employee benefit trusts

 21.2 0.8  22.0 20.3  (0.1) 20.2 17.7
 1.7
 
 19.4

 December 31, 2014
 Cost Basis Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value
 (in millions)
Cash$71.3
 $
 $
 $71.3
Cash equivalents:       
U.S. and Canadian government obligations1,916.3
 
 
 1,916.3
Other debt securities9.0
 
 
 9.0
Total cash and cash equivalents$1,996.6
 $
 $
 $1,996.6
Restricted cash86.1
 
 
 86.1
Nonqualified employee benefit trusts17.4
 2.0
 
 19.4
Under our short-term investment policy, we may invest our cash balances, either directly or through mutual funds, in several types of investment-grade securities, including notes and bonds issued by governmental entities or corporations. Securities issued by governmental entities include those issued directly by the Federal government; those issued by state, local or other governmental entities; and those guaranteed by entities affiliated with governmental entities.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present assets and liabilities included in our consolidated balance sheets atas of December 31, 20122015 and 20112014 that are recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, and indicatesindicate the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair value.

value:

 
 December 31, 2012 
 
 Total Fair Value Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Cash and cash equivalents

 $2,274.9 $2,274.9 $ $ 

Unrealized gains on derivative instruments

  17.3    17.3   

Asset retirement obligation funds

  200.8  200.8     

Investments in auction rate securities

  26.0      26.0 

Nonqualified employee benefit trusts

  22.0  22.0     
          

Total assets at fair value

 $2,541.0 $2,497.7 $17.3 $26.0 
          

Unrealized losses on derivative instruments

 $5.6 $ $5.6 $ 
          

Total liabilities at fair value

 $5.6 $ $5.6 $ 
          
 December 31, 2015
 Total Fair Value Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (in millions)
Cash equivalents$215.3
 $215.3
 $
 $
Restricted cash22.8
 22.8
 
 
Derivative assets0.6
 
 0.6
 
Nonqualified employee benefit trusts19.4
 19.4
 
 
Derivative liabilities(211.3) 
 (211.3) 


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 December 31, 2011 
 
 Total Fair Value Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Cash and cash equivalents

 $1,207.0 $1,207.0 $ $ 

Unrealized gains on derivative instruments

  0.5    0.5   

Asset retirement obligation funds

  145.4  145.4     

Investments in auction rate securities

  70.9      70.9 

Nonqualified employee benefit trust

  20.2  20.2     
          

Total assets at fair value

 $1,444.0 $1,372.6 $0.5 $70.9 
          

Unrealized losses on derivative instruments

 $74.7 $ $74.7 $ 
          

Total liabilities at fair value

 $74.7 $ $74.7 $ 
          
 December 31, 2014
 Total Fair Value Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (in millions)
Cash equivalents$1,925.3
 $1,925.3
 $
 $
Restricted cash86.1
 86.1
 
 
Derivative assets0.5
 
 0.5
 
Nonqualified employee benefit trusts19.4
 19.4
 
 
Derivative liabilities(48.4) 
 (48.4) 

        Following is a summary of the valuation techniques for assets and liabilities recorded in our consolidated balance sheets at fair value on a recurring basis:

Cash and

Cash Equivalents

        At

As of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, our cash and cash equivalents consisted primarily of U.S. and Canadian government obligations and money market mutual funds that invest in U.S. government obligations and other investment-grade securities.

Restricted Cash
We maintain a cash account for which the use of the funds is restricted. The restricted cash account as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 was put in place to satisfy certain requirements included in our engineering and procurement services contract for our capacity expansion projects. Under the terms of this contract, we are required to grant an affiliate of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions a security interest in a restricted cash account and maintain a cash balance in that account equal to the cancellation fees for procurement services and equipment that would arise if we were to cancel the projects.
Derivative Instruments

       ��

The derivative instruments that we currently use are fixed priceprimarily natural gas fixed priced swaps, andnatural gas options and foreign currency forward contracts traded in the over-the-counterOTC markets with either large oil and gas companiesmulti-national commercial banks, other major financial institutions or large financial institutions.energy companies. The natural gas derivatives are traded in months forwardderivative contracts represent anticipated gas needs for future periods and settlements are scheduled to coincide with anticipated gas purchases during those future periods. The foreign currency derivative contracts held are for the exchange of a specified notional amount of currencies at specified future dates coinciding with anticipated foreign currency cash outflows associated with our Donaldsonville, LALouisiana and Port Neal, IA capitalIowa capacity expansion projects. The natural gas derivative contracts settle using primarily NYMEX futures prices and accordingly, toprices. To determine the fair value of these instruments, we use quoted market prices from NYMEX and standard pricing models with inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data such as forward curves supplied by an industry recognized and unrelatedindustry-recognized independent third party. The currency derivatives are valued based on quoted market prices supplied by an industry recognized, unrelatedindustry-recognized independent third party. See Note 25—16—Derivative Financial Instruments, for additional information.

Asset Retirement Obligation Funds

        In order to meet financial assurance requirements associated with certain AROs in Florida, we maintain investments in an escrow account established for the benefit of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and a trust established to comply with a 2010 Consent Decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the FDEP. The investments in the trust and escrow account are accounted for as available-for-sale securities. The fair values of these investments are based upon daily quoted prices representing the Net Asset Value (NAV) of the investments. See


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Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations, for additional information regarding the trust and escrow accounts. The fair values of the ARO funds approximate their cost basis.

Investments in Auction Rate Securities

        Our investments in Auction Rate Securities (ARS) are accounted for as available-for-sale securities and are included on our consolidated balance sheets in other assets. They are classified as noncurrent assets as a result of the continuing market illiquidity and our judgment regarding the period of time that may elapse until the traditional auction process resumes or other effective market trading mechanisms develop. These ARS have maturities that range up to 35 years, with 63% of the carrying value maturing in 20 to 30 years.

        We currently intend to hold our ARS until a market recovery occurs and, based on our current liquidity position, we do not believe it is likely that we will need to sell these securities prior to their recovery in value. Therefore, we expect to recover our amortized cost basis in the investments. As a result, our unrealized holding loss on these securities is classified as a temporary impairment and is reported in other comprehensive income (loss). During 2012, $48.4 million of our ARS were redeemed at par.

        We are unable to use significant observable (Level 1 or Level 2) inputs to value these investments and they are therefore classified as Level 3 for purposes of the fair value disclosure requirements. To determine the fair value of our ARS, we use a mark-to-model approach that relies on discounted cash flows, market data and inputs derived from similar instruments to arrive at the fair value of these instruments. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset. It is reasonably possible that a change in the estimated fair value for these instruments measured using Level 3 inputs could occur in the future. The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in these Level 3 assets.

 
 (in millions) 

Fair value, December 31, 2011

 $70.9 

Sales and redemptions

  (48.4)

Unrealized loss included in other comprehensive income

  3.5 
    

Fair value, December 31, 2012

 $26.0 
    

Nonqualified Employee Benefit Trusts

We maintain trusts associated with certain deferred compensation related to nonqualified employee benefits.supplemental pension plans. The investments are accounted for as available-for-sale securities. The fair values of the truststrust assets are based on daily quoted prices representingin an active market, which represents the net asset values (NAV) of the investments.shares held in the trusts. These trusts are included on our consolidated balance sheetsheets in other assets.



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6.     Net Earnings Per Share


Financial Instruments
The net earnings per share were computedcarrying amounts and estimated fair values of our financial instruments are as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions, except
per share amounts)

 

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,539.2 $349.2 
        

Basic earnings per common share:

          

Weighted average common shares outstanding

  63.9  69.4  64.7 
        

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $28.94 $22.18 $5.40 
        

Diluted earnings per common share:

          

Weighted average common shares outstanding

  63.9  69.4  64.7 

Dilutive common shares—stock options

  0.8  0.6  0.7 
        

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

  64.7  70.0  65.4 
        

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $28.59 $21.98 $5.34 
        
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 Carrying
Amount
 Fair Value Carrying
Amount
 Fair Value
 (in millions)
Long-term debt$5,592.7
 $5,455.8
 $4,592.5
 $4,969.3

The fair values of our long-term debt were based on either quoted prices for identical or similar liabilities in markets that are not active or valuation models in which all significant inputs and value drivers are observable and, as a result, they are classified as Level 2 inputs.
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, as well as instruments included in other current assets and other current liabilities that meet the definition of financial instruments, approximate fair values because of their short-term maturities.
10.   Income Taxes
The components of earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates are as follows:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Domestic$1,030.4
 $2,073.2
 $2,155.4
Non-U.S. 27.2
 114.1
 54.3
 $1,057.6
 $2,187.3
 $2,209.7

The components of the income tax provision are as follows:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Current 
  
  
Federal$258.1
 $645.2
 $641.5
Foreign20.1
 29.8
 8.6
State38.5
 79.5
 70.7
 316.7
 754.5
 720.8
Deferred 
  
  
Federal76.4
 11.7
 (6.5)
Foreign(13.3) (8.0) (6.7)
State16.0
 14.8
 (21.1)
 79.1
 18.5
 (34.3)
Income tax provision$395.8
 $773.0
 $686.5

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Differences in the expected income tax provision based on statutory rates applied to earnings before income taxes and the income tax provision reflected in the consolidated statements of operations are summarized below:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions, except percentages)
Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates$1,057.6
  
 $2,187.3
  
 $2,209.7
  
Expected tax at U.S. statutory rate370.2
 35.0 % 765.6
 35.0 % 773.4
 35.0 %
State income taxes, net of federal32.2
 3.0 % 61.7
 2.8 % 32.0
 1.4 %
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest(12.0) (1.1)% (16.3) (0.8)% (23.9) (1.1)%
U.S. manufacturing profits deduction(16.8) (1.6)% (28.4) (1.3)% (47.0) (2.1)%
Foreign tax rate differential(17.5) (1.7)% (40.3) (1.8)% (46.9) (2.1)%
U.S. tax on foreign earnings(0.5)  % 9.1
 0.4 % 35.4
 1.6 %
Depletion
  % (0.5)  % (24.2) (1.1)%
Valuation allowance16.1
 1.5 % 17.7
 0.8 % 26.8
 1.2 %
Non-deductible capital costs17.7
 1.7 % 
  % 
  %
Federal tax settlement
  % 
  % (50.1) (2.2)%
Other6.4
 0.6 % 4.4
 0.2 % 11.0
 0.5 %
Income tax at effective rate$395.8
 37.4 % $773.0
 35.3 % $686.5
 31.1 %
The foreign tax rate differential is impacted by the inclusion of equity earnings from our equity method investment in PLNL, a foreign operating affiliate, which are included in pre-tax earnings on an after-tax basis and the tax effect of net operating losses of a foreign subsidiary of the Company for which a valuation allowance has been recorded. In the computationfourth quarter of diluted2015, we determined the carrying value of our equity method investment in PLNL exceeded fair value and recognized an impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL of $61.9 million, which is included in the equity in earnings of operating affiliates in 2015. Our income tax provision does not include a tax benefit for the impairment of the equity investment as it does not give rise to a tax deduction. See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional information.
Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are as follows:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Deferred tax assets: 
  
Net operating loss carryforwards, principally in foreign jurisdictions$100.2
 $102.6
Retirement and other employee benefits95.1
 87.5
Unrealized loss on hedging derivatives67.8
 5.3
Intangible asset60.2
 84.8
Federal tax settlement14.1
 27.8
Other111.2
 102.4
 448.6
 410.4
Valuation allowance(109.2) (115.7)
 339.4
 294.7
Deferred tax liabilities: 
  
Depreciation and amortization(1,209.1) (979.7)
Foreign earnings(27.9) (34.0)
Unrealized gain on hedging derivatives(2.8) 
Other(15.8) (15.6)
 (1,255.6) (1,029.3)
Net deferred tax liability$(916.2) $(734.6)

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A foreign subsidiary of the Company has net earnings per common share, potentially dilutive stock optionsoperating loss carryforwards of $320.3 million that are excluded ifindefinitely available in the effectforeign jurisdiction. As the future realization of their inclusionthese carryforwards is anti-dilutive. Fornot anticipated, a valuation allowance of $93.6 million has been recorded. Of this amount, $14.5 million and $17.2 million were recorded as valuation allowances for the years ended December 31, 2012, 20112015 and 2010, anti-dilutive stock options2014, respectively.
We consider the earnings of certain of our Canadian operating subsidiaries to not be permanently reinvested and we recognize a deferred tax liability for the future repatriation of these earnings, as they are earned. As of December 31, 2015, we have recorded a deferred income tax liability of approximately $27 million, which reflects the additional U.S. and foreign income taxes that would be due upon the repatriation of the accumulated earnings of our non-U.S. subsidiaries that are considered to not be permanently reinvested. As of December 31, 2015, we have approximately $830 million of indefinitely reinvested earnings related to investment in other non-U.S. subsidiaries and a joint venture, for which a deferred tax liability has not been recognized. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of such taxes.
During the fourth quarter of 2015, we adopted ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes on a retrospective basis. All deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent deferred tax liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Upon adoption of ASU 2015-17, current deferred tax assets of $84.0 million as of December 31, 2014 were insignificant.

reclassified as an offset to noncurrent deferred tax liabilities.

We file federal, provincial, state and local income tax returns principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as in certain other foreign jurisdictions. In August 2011,general, filed tax returns remain subject to examination by United States tax jurisdictions for years 1999 and thereafter, by Canadian tax jurisdictions for years 2006 and thereafter, and by United Kingdom tax jurisdictions for years 2014 and thereafter.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Unrecognized tax benefits: 
  
Beginning balance$135.8
 $103.7
Additions for tax positions taken during the current year2.4
 22.3
Additions for tax positions taken during prior years17.4
 18.3
Reductions related to lapsed statutes of limitations(0.8) (8.5)
Ending balance$154.8
 $135.8
Unrecognized tax benefits increased by $19.0 million and by $32.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Our effective tax rate would be affected by $112.0 million if these unrecognized tax benefits were to be recognized in the future.
Interest expense and penalties of $3.8 million, $4.0 million, and $13.6 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Amounts recognized in our Boardconsolidated balance sheets for accrued interest and penalties related to income taxes of Directors authorized$27.8 million and $24.6 million are included in other liabilities as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
On December 18, 2015, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 was signed into law and applies to tax years 2015 through 2019. One of the provisions of the PATH Act permits companies to deduct 50% of their capital expenditures for federal income tax purposes in the year qualifying assets were placed into service. As a programresult of this provision, for the year ended December 31, 2015, we recorded a federal tax receivable of approximately $120 million that is expected to repurchase Company common stockresult in a tax refund and is included in prepaid income taxes on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015. This receivable is primarily associated with the new urea plant and related offsites that were placed into service at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex during November of 2015.

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During the third quarter of 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us and recognized a $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK. The earnings in CF Fertilisers UK have been permanently reinvested. Therefore, the recognition of the $94.4 million gain on the remeasurement of the historical equity investment does not include the recognition of tax expense on the gain. See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for a total expenditureadditional information.
We recorded an income tax benefit of up to $1.5 billion plus program expenses (the 2011 Stock Repurchase Program). In the second half of 2011, we repurchased 6.5$11.9 million shares for $1.0 billion and during the second quarter of 2012, we repurchased an2015 for the pre-tax losses on the sale of equity method investments. The tax benefit related to the loss on the sale of our interests in Keytrade is included in equity in earnings of non-operating affiliatesnet of taxes in our consolidated statements of operations. See Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional 3.1 million shares under the programinformation.

Prior to April 30, 2013, CFL operated like a cooperative for $500.0 million, thereby completing the 2011 Stock Repurchase Program.Canadian income tax purposes and distributed all of its earnings as patronage dividends to its customers, including CF Industries. The impactpatronage dividends were deductible for Canadian income tax purposes for tax years preceding April 29, 2013. As a result of the share repurchase program on weighted average shares outstandingAugust 2, 2012 definitive agreement we entered into with Glencore International plc to acquire their interests in CFL and our April 30, 2013 acquisition of those interests, CFL is reflectedno longer permitted to deduct the dividends it distributes to CF Industries. As a result, CFL has recorded an income tax provision in the table above. Also, seeyears 2013 through 2015. See Note 26—Stockholders' Equity.

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11.   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

        Through December 31, 2012, we maintained four

We maintain five funded defined benefit pension plans; twoplansthree in North America (one U.S. plansplan and two Canadian plans. Threeplans) and two in the United Kingdom (CF Fertilisers UK plans acquired by us as a result of our July 31, 2015 acquisition of the four plans have been closed to new employees.remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us). One of our Canadian plans has remained openis closed to new employees. As of January 1, 2013, we adopted amendmentsemployees and the two United Kingdom plans are closed to our U.S. pension plans to combine them into a single plannew employees and provide a pension benefit to eligible U.S. employees not previously covered by the U.S. plans. These amendments had no impact on our net periodic benefit cost in 2012 or our benefit obligation or funded status, as of December 31, 2012.

future accruals. We also provide group medical insurance benefits to certain retirees.retirees in North America. The specific medical benefits provided to retirees vary by group and location. In 2012, we recognized a curtailment of U.S. retiree medical benefits as described in more detail in this Note 7.


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Our plan assets, benefit obligations, funded status and amounts recognized on the consolidated balance sheetsheets for our U.S.North America and CanadianUnited Kingdom plans as of the December 31 measurement date of December 31 are as follows:

Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
North America United Kingdom North America

 Pension Plans Retiree Medical December 31, December 31, December 31,

 2012 2011 2012 2011 2015 2014 2015 2015 2014

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Change in plan assets

  
  
    
  

Fair value of plan assets January 1

 $653.4 $596.4 $ $ 
Fair value of plan assets as of January 1$664.8
 $700.7
 $
 $
 $
Acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK plans
 
 442.5
 
 

Return on plan assets

 76.5 66.1   2.7
 83.4
 (3.8) 
 

Funding contributions

 20.1 23.8   
Employer contributions19.0
 20.4
 8.7
 4.3
 4.9
Plan participant contributions0.3
 0.4
 
 1.0
 0.4

Benefit payments

 (33.3) (30.5)   (38.5) (128.7) (8.4) (5.3) (5.3)

Foreign currency translation

 3.2 (2.4)   (21.7) (11.4) (25.0) 
 
         

Fair value of plan assets December 31

 719.9 653.4   
         
Fair value of plan assets as of December 31626.6
 664.8
 414.0
 
 

Change in benefit obligation

  
  
  
  
  

Benefit obligation at January 1

 (763.3) (681.2) (92.8) (83.8)

Curtailment

   24.3  
Benefit obligation as of January 1(787.8) (768.6) 
 (62.4) (66.3)
Acquisition of CF Fertilisers UK plans
 
 (617.7) 
 
Curtailment gain (loss)
 14.5
 
 
 (2.0)
Special termination benefits
 (0.3) 
 
 

Service cost

 (12.4) (11.3) (2.1) (2.7)(14.4) (13.3) 
 (0.2) (0.1)

Interest cost

 (34.4) (35.8) (3.3) (4.3)(30.1) (34.7) (9.2) (2.1) (2.4)

Benefit payments

 33.3 30.5 5.1 4.4 38.5
 128.7
 8.4
 5.3
 5.3

Foreign currency translation

 (3.3) 2.6 (0.1) 0.1 21.3
 11.6
 34.2
 0.6
 0.3
Plan amendment
 
 
 
 7.0
Plan participant contributions(0.3) (0.4) 
 (1.0) (0.4)

Change in assumptions and other

 (52.3) (68.1) (0.7) (6.5)37.0
 (125.3) 21.6
 4.2
 (3.8)
         

Benefit obligation at December 31

 (832.4) (763.3) (69.6) (92.8)
         
Benefit obligation as of December 31(735.8) (787.8) (562.7) (55.6) (62.4)

Funded status as of year end

 $(112.5)$(109.9)$(69.6)$(92.8)$(109.2) $(123.0) $(148.7) $(55.6) $(62.4)
         

In the table above, the line titled "Change"change in assumptions and other" for our pension plans primarily reflects the impact of changes in discount rates and the adoption of new mortality assumptions.
In March 2014, as a result of a reduction in plan participants due to the sale of our phosphate business, we recognized:
a curtailment gain for our U.S. pension plan, which resulted in a reduction of $14.5 million in our pension benefit obligation (PBO) and a corresponding increase in other comprehensive income;
a decrease of $7.0 million in our U.S. retiree medical benefit obligation due to a plan amendment, with a corresponding increase in other comprehensive income (included in "prior service cost" in the table below); and
a $2.0 million curtailment loss related to terminated vested participants in our U.S. retiree medical plan.

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In August 2014, we communicated to certain terminated vested participants in our U.S. pension plan an option to receive a lump sum payment for their accrued benefits. For participants who elected this option, benefit payments of $90.8 million were made in December 2014 and we incurred a settlement charge of approximately $9.7 million, with a corresponding reduction in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Of the $9.7 million settlement charge, $8.7 million was reported in cost of sales and $1.0 million was reported in selling, general and administrative expenses. As a result, the PBO as of December 31, 2014 included a reduction of approximately $13.0 million (included in the line "change in assumptions such as rates of retirement and mortality.

other" in the table above).

Amounts recognized on the consolidated balance sheetsheets consist of the following:

 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical 
 
 December 31, December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Other noncurrent asset

 $0.4 $4.1 $ $ 

Accrued expenses

      (4.9) (4.7)

Other noncurrent liability

  (112.9) (114.0) (64.7) (88.1)
          

 $(112.5)$(109.9)$(69.6)$(92.8)
          
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 December 31, December 31, December 31,
 2015 2014 2015 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Other assets$9.4
 $3.8
 $  $
 $
Accrued expenses
 
   (5.0) (5.2)
Other liabilities(118.6) (126.8) (148.7) (50.6) (57.2)
 $(109.2) $(123.0) $(148.7) $(55.6) $(62.4)

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Pre-tax amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss consist of the following:

 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical 
 
 December 31, December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Transition obligation

 $ $ $ $0.3 

Prior service cost

  1.8  0.2  0.4  0.4 

Net actuarial loss

  126.2  126.9  10.9  24.2 
          

 $128.0 $127.1 $11.3 $24.9 
          
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 December 31, December 31, December 31,
 2015 2014 2015 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Prior service cost (benefit)$0.8
 $1.2
 $
 $(4.7) $(5.9)
Net actuarial loss (gain)87.9
 107.9
 (7.8) 8.3
 12.9
 $88.7
 $109.1
 $(7.8) $3.6
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Net periodic benefit cost (income) and other amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31 included the following components:

following:
 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical 
 
 Year ended December 31, Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Service cost for benefits earned during the period

 $12.4 $11.3 $9.7 $2.1 $2.7 $2.1 

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

  34.4  35.8  30.9  3.3  4.3  3.4 

Expected return on plan assets

  (34.6) (35.1) (31.4)      

Curtailment

        (10.9)    

Amortization of transition obligation

        0.3  0.4  0.4 

Amortization of prior service cost

  0.1  0.1  0.2  0.1     

Amortization of actuarial loss

  9.8  6.0  3.3  0.6  0.9  0.2 
              

Net periodic benefit cost (income)

  22.1  18.1  12.7  (4.5) 8.3  6.1 
              

Net actuarial loss (gain)

  9.1  36.1  28.6  (12.7) 6.2  12.1 

Prior service cost

  1.7        0.4   

Amortization of transition obligation

        (0.3) (0.4) (0.3)

Amortization of prior service cost

  (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)    

Amortization of actuarial loss

  (9.8) (6.0) (3.3) (0.5) (1.0) (0.2)
              

Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss

  0.9  30.0  25.2  (13.6) 5.2  11.6 
              

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive loss

 $23.0 $48.1 $37.9 $(18.1)$13.5 $17.7 
              
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 2015 2014 2013 2015 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Service cost$14.4
 $13.3
 $17.8
 $
 $0.2
 $0.1
 $0.3
Interest cost30.1
 34.7
 32.8
 9.2
 2.1
 2.4
 2.4
Expected return on plan assets(28.6) (35.9) (32.6) (9.5) 
 
 
Settlement charge
 9.7
 
 
 
 
 
Special termination benefits
 0.3
 
 
 
 
 
Curtailment loss
 
 
 
 
 2.0
 
Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)0.1
 0.2
 0.2
 
 (1.2) (0.9) 0.1
Amortization of actuarial loss5.7
 1.7
 10.5
 
 0.5
 0.3
 0.6
Net periodic benefit cost (income)21.7
 24.0
 28.7
 (0.3) 1.6
 3.9
 3.4
Net actuarial (gain) loss(11.2) 77.9
 (45.4) (8.2) (4.2) 3.8
 (0.9)
Prior service cost
 
 
 
 
 (7.0) 
Curtailment effects
 (14.5) 
 
 
 
 
Settlement effects
 (9.7) 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of prior service (cost) benefit(0.1) (0.2) (0.2) 
 1.2
 0.9
 (0.1)
Amortization of actuarial loss(5.7) (1.7) (10.5) 
 (0.5) (0.3) (0.6)
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss(17.0) 51.8
 (56.1) (8.2) (3.5) (2.6) (1.6)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost (income) and accumulated other comprehensive loss$4.7
 $75.8
 $(27.4) $(8.5) $(1.9) $1.3
 $1.8

        In the third quarter of 2012, we approved and implemented a reduction in certain retiree medical benefits. This curtailment of benefits resulted in a $24.3 million reduction in the retiree medical liability. Of the $24.3 million reduction, $13.4 million was recognized in other comprehensive income (included in Net actuarial (gain) loss in the table above) and $10.9 million was recognized in net periodic benefit plan cost (income). Of the $10.9 million, $9.6 million was reported in cost of sales and $1.3 million was reported in selling, general and administrative expenses.


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Amounts that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive incomeloss into net periodic benefit cost in 20132016 are as follows:

 
 Pension
Plans
 Retiree
Medical
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net transition obligation

 $ $ 

Prior service cost

  0.2  0.1 

Net actuarial loss

  11.2  0.4 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 (in millions)
Prior service cost (benefit)$0.1
 $
 $(1.2)
Net actuarial loss0.9
 
 

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The accumulated benefit obligation fair valuein aggregate for the defined benefit pension plans in North America was approximately $688.2 million and $727.6 million as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The accumulated benefit obligation in aggregate for the defined benefit pension plans in the United Kingdom was approximately $562.7 million as of December 31, 2015.

The following table presents aggregated information for individual defined benefit pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets net periodic benefit cost, and funding contributions. Amounts identified as Terra plans relate to benefit plans acquired as part of the Terra acquisition in 2010.

December 31:

 
 CF
U.S.
Plan
 Terra
U.S.
Plan
 CF
Canadian
Plan
 Terra
Canadian
Plan
 Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

2012

                

As of year-end

                

Fair value of plan assets

 $293.6 $308.4 $45.0 $72.9 $719.9 

Benefit obligation

  (363.0) (340.2) (56.7) (72.5) (832.4)

Accumulated benefit obligation          

  (315.8) (326.3) (43.3) (69.7) (755.1)

For the year

                

Net periodic benefit cost

  16.3  3.1  2.7    22.1 

Funding contributions

  9.3  3.3  4.9  2.6  20.1 

2011

                

As of year-end

                

Fair value of plan assets

 $262.6 $286.7 $37.8 $66.3 $653.4 

Benefit obligation

  (333.0) (324.7) (43.4) (62.2) (763.3)

Accumulated benefit obligation          

  (289.0) (312.2) (34.8) (59.7) (695.7)

For the year

                

Net periodic benefit cost

  12.8  2.5  2.5  0.3  18.1 

Funding contributions

  8.7  3.3  9.0  2.8  23.8 
 North America United Kingdom
 2015 2014 2015
 (in millions)
Accumulated benefit obligation$(585.9) $(610.3) $(562.7)
Fair value of plan assets505.7
 536.0
 414.0


The following table presents aggregated information for individual defined benefit pension plans with a projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets as of December 31:
 North America United Kingdom
 2015 2014 2015
 (in millions)
Projected benefit obligation$(679.1) $(719.2) $(562.7)
Fair value of plan assets560.6
 592.4
 414.0
Our pension funding policy in North America is to contribute amounts sufficient to meet minimum legal funding requirements plus discretionary amounts that the Companywe may deem to be appropriate. Our consolidated pension funding contributions for 2013 are estimated to be approximately $23.2 million. Actual contributions may vary from estimated amounts depending on changes in assumptions, actual returns on plan assets, changes in regulatory requirements and funding decisions.


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the United Kingdom plans.  Actual contributions are usually agreed with the plan trustees in connection with each triennial valuation and may vary following each such review depending on changes in assumptions, actual returns on plan assets, changes in regulatory requirements and funding decisions.

Our consolidated pension funding contributions for 2016 are estimated to be approximately $19.2 million for North America plans and $20.6 million for United Kingdom plans.
The expected future benefit payments for our pension and retiree medical benefit paymentsplans are as follows:

 
 Pension
benefit
 Retiree
medical
 
 
 (in millions)
 

2013

 $35.2 $4.9 

2014

  37.1  5.3 

2015

  38.7  5.6 

2016

  40.9  5.8 

2017

  43.1  6.0 

5 years thereafter

  245.0  27.4 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 (in millions)
2016$39.7
 $20.3
 $5.0
201741.6
 21.2
 5.0
201843.1
 22.0
 4.9
201944.3
 22.8
 4.8
202045.3
 24.3
 4.7
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The following assumptions were used in determining the benefit obligations and expense:

 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical 
 
 2012 2011 2010 2012 2011 2010 

Weighted average discount rate—obligation

  4.0% 4.6% 5.4% 3.3% 4.3% 5.1%

Weighted average discount rate—expense

  4.6% 5.4% 6.0% 4.3% 5.1% 5.6%

Weighted average rate of increase in future compensation

  4.0% 4.0% 4.2% n/a  n/a  n/a 

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on assets—expense

  5.7% 6.1% 6.6% n/a  n/a  n/a 
 Pension Plans Retiree Medical Plans
 North America United Kingdom North America
 2015 2014 2013 2015 2015 2014 2013
Weighted-average discount rate—obligation4.3% 4.0% 4.8% 3.8% 3.9% 3.6% 4.2%
Weighted-average discount rate—expense4.0% 4.8% 4.0% 3.7% 3.6% 4.2% 3.3%
Weighted-average rate of increase in future compensation4.3% 4.3% 3.9% n/a
 n/a
 n/a
 n/a
Weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on assets—expense4.8% 5.5% 5.1% 5.4% n/a
 n/a
 n/a
Weighted-average retail price index—obligationn/a

n/a

n/a

3.1% n/a
 n/a
 n/a
Weighted-average retail price index—expensen/a

n/a

n/a

3.1% n/a
 n/a
 n/a

The discount rates for all plans are developed for eachby plan using spot rates derived from a yield curve of high quality (Aa(AA rated or better) fixed income debt securities as of the year-end measurement date to calculate discounted cash flows (the projected benefit obligation) and solving for a single equivalent discount rate that produces the same projected benefit obligation.

In determining our benefit obligation, we use the actuarial present value of the vested benefits to which each eligible employee is currently entitled, based on the employee’s expected date of separation or retirement.

The expected long-term rate of return on assets in our North America plans is based on analysesanalysis of historical rates of return achieved by equity and non-equity investments and current market characteristics, adjusted for estimated plan expenses and weighted by target asset allocation percentages. As of January 1, 2013,2016, our weighted averageweighted-average expected long-term rate of return on assets is 5.1%4.9%.

The health care cost trendexpected long-term rate used to determineof return on assets in our United Kingdom plans is based on the expected long-term performance of the underlying investments, adjusted for investment managers' fees. As of January 1, 2016, our weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on assets is 5.2%.
The retail price index in the United Kingdom plans is developed using the Bank of England implied retail price inflation curve based on the difference between yields on fixed interest and index-linked gilts adjusted for an inflation risk premium.
For the measurement of the benefit obligation at December 31, 2015 for our primary (U.S.) retiree medical benefit plans, the assumed health care cost trend rates, for pre-65 retirees, start with a 7.25% increase in 2016, followed by a gradual decline in increases to 4.5% for 2024 and thereafter. For post-65 retirees, the assumed health care cost trend rates start with a 9.0% increase in 2016, followed by a gradual decline in increases to 4.5% for 2024 and thereafter.
For the measurement of the benefit obligation at December 31, 2012 is 8.0% grading down2014 for our primary (U.S.) retiree medical benefit plans, the assumed health care cost trend rates, for pre-65 retirees, start with a 7.25% increase in 2015, followed by a gradual decline in increases to 5.0% in 2018for 2024 and thereafter. At December 31, 2011,For post-65 retirees, the assumed health care cost trend rate was 8.5%, grading downrates start with a 6.75% increase in 2015, followed by a gradual decline in increases to 5.0% in 2018for 2022 and thereafter.
A one-percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend rate atof our primary (U.S.) retiree medical benefit plans as of December 31, 20122015 would have the following effects:

effects on our retiree medical benefit plans:

 
 One-Percentage-Point 
 
 Increase Decrease 

Effect on:

       

Total of service and interest cost components for 2012

  17% (14)%

Benefit obligation at December 31, 2012

  10% (9)%
 One-Percentage-Point
 Increase Decrease
 (in millions)
Effect on total service and interest cost for 2015$0.3
 $(0.2)
Effect on benefit obligation as of December 31, 20156.0
 (5.0)

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The objectives of the investment policies governing the pension plans are to administer the assets of the plans for the benefit of the participants in compliance with all laws and regulations, and to establish an asset mix that provides for diversification and considers the risk of various different asset classes with the purpose of generating favorable investment returns. The investment policies consider circumstances such as participant demographics, time horizon to retirement and liquidity needs, and provide guidelines for asset allocation, planning horizon, general portfolio issues and investment manager

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evaluation criteria. The investment strategies for the plans, including target asset allocations and investment vehicles, are subject to change within the guidelines of the policies.

The target asset allocation for the CFour U.S. pension plan is 75%80% non-equity and 25% equity, and for the Terra U.S. plan is 85% non-equity and 15%20% equity, which has been determined based on analysis of actual historical rates of return and plan needs and circumstances. The equity investments are tailored to exceed the growth of the benefit obligation and are a combination of U.S. and non-U.S. total stock market index mutual funds. The non-equity investments consist primarily of investments in debt securities and money market instruments that are selected based on investment quality and duration to mitigate volatility of the funded status and annual required contributions. The non-equity investments have a duration profile that is similar to the benefit obligation in order to mitigate the impact of interest rate changes on the funded status. This investment strategy is achieved through the use of mutual funds and individual securities.

The target asset allocation for the CF Canadian plan is 60% non-equity and 40% equity, and for the Terra Canadian plan is 75% non-equity and 25% equity. The equity investments are passively managed portfolios that diversify assets across multiple securities, economic sectors and countries. The non-equity investments are high quality passively managed portfolios that diversify assets across economic sectors, countries and maturity spectrums. This investment strategy is achieved through the use of mutual funds.

The fair valuespension assets in the United Kingdom plans are each administered by a Board of our U.S.Trustees consisting of employer nominated trustees, member nominated trustees and Canadian pensionan independent trustee. Trustees may be appointed or removed by the Company, provided the Company fulfills its obligation to have at least one third of the Board of Trustees as member nominated. It is the responsibility of the trustees to ensure prudent management and investment of the assets in the plans. The trustees meet on a quarterly basis to review and discuss fund performance and other administrative matters.
The trustees’ investment objectives are to hold assets that will achieve returns in excess of expected returns used in the valuation of each plan’s liability without exposing the plans to unacceptable risk. This is accomplished through the asset allocation strategy of each plan. For both plans, if the asset allocation moves more than plus or minus 5% from the benchmark allocation, the trustees may decide to amend the asset allocation. At a minimum, the trustees review the investment strategy and every triennial actuarial valuation to ensure that the strategy remains consistent with its funding principles. The trustees may review the strategy more frequently if opportunities arise to reduce risk within the investments without jeopardizing the funding position.
Assets of the United Kingdom plans are invested in externally managed pooled funds. The target asset allocation for the United Kingdom Terra plan assets at December 31, 2012is 55% actively managed target return funds, 30% actively and December 31, 2011, by major asset class are as follows:

 
 December 31, 2012 
 
 Total Fair
Value
 Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 $14.6 $14.6 $ $ 

Equity mutual funds

             

Index equity(2)

  117.7  117.7     

Pooled equity(3)

  37.9    37.9   

Fixed income

             

U.S. Treasury bonds and notes(4)

  18.3  18.3     

Mutual funds(5)

  82.5    82.5   

Corporate bonds and notes(6)

  399.8    399.8   

Government and agency securities(7)

  58.6    58.6   

Other(8)

  2.5    2.5   
          

Total assets at fair value

 $731.9 $150.6 $581.3 $ 
           

Accruals and payables—net

  (12.0)         
             

Total assets

 $719.9          
             

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 December 31, 2011 
 
 Total Fair
Value
 Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 (in millions)
 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 $13.5 $13.5 $ $ 

Equity mutual funds

             

Index equity(2)

  103.8  103.8     

Pooled equity(3)

  36.2    36.2   

Fixed income

             

U.S. Treasury bonds and notes(4)

  13.2  13.2     

Mutual funds(5)

  103.6    103.6   

Corporate bonds and notes(6)

  330.5    330.5   

Government and agency securities(7)

  60.7    60.7   

Other(8)

  2.8    2.8   
          

Total assets at fair value

 $664.3 $130.5 $533.8 $ 
           

Accruals and payables—net

  (10.9)         
             

Total assets

 $653.4          
             

(1)
Cashpassively managed bond and cash equivalents are primarily short-term money marketgilt funds and are classified as Level 1 assets.

(2)
15% actively managed property funds. The index equitytarget asset allocation for the United Kingdom Kemira plan is 50% actively managed target return funds, 45% actively and passively managed bond and gilt funds and 5% in an actively managed property fund. The target return funds diversify assets across multiple asset classes (which may include, among others, traditional equities and bonds) and make use of derivatives. The bond and gilt funds generally invest in fixed income debt securities including government bonds, gilts, high yield and emerging market bonds, and investment grade corporate bonds and can make use of derivatives. The property funds are mutualinvested predominately in freehold and leasehold property. All of the funds that utilize a passively managed investment approach designed to track specific equity indices. They are valued at quoted market prices in an active market, which represent the net asset values of the shares held by the plan and are classified as Level 1 investments.

(3)
The pooled equity funds consist of actively managed pooled funds that invest in common stock and other equity securities that are traded on U.S., Canadian and foreign markets. These funds are valued using net asset valuesvalue (NAV) as determined by the fund manager which are based on the value of the underlying net assets of the fund. Although the NAV is not based on quoted market prices in an active market, it is based on observable market data and therefore the funds are categorized as Level 2 investments.

(4)
U.S. Treasury bonds and notes are valued based on quoted market prices in an active market and are classified as Level 1 investments.

(5)
The fixed income mutual funds are actively managed bond funds that invest in investment-grade corporate debt, various governmental debt obligations and mortgage-backed securities with varying maturities. They are classified as Level 2 investments valued using NAV as determined by the fund manager.

(6)
Corporate bonds and notes are traded and private placement securities valued by institutional bond pricing services which gather information from market sources and integrate credit information, observed market movements and sector news into their pricing applications and models. These securities are classified as Level 2.

(7)
Government and agency securities consist of U.S. Federal and other government and agency debt securities which are classified as Level 2 securities.
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(8)
Other includes primarily collateralized mortgage obligationsThe fair values of our pension plan assets as of December 31, 2015 and asset-backed securities which2014, by major asset class, are valued through pricing modelsas follows:
 December 31, 2015
 North America
 
Total Fair
Value
 
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents(1)
$32.3
 $32.3
 $
 $
Equity mutual funds 
  
  
  
Index equity(2)
102.9
 102.9
 
 
Fixed income 
  
  
  
U.S. Treasury bonds and notes(3)
10.7
 10.7
 
 
Corporate bonds and notes(4)
337.8
 
 337.8
 
Government and agency securities(5)
21.7
 
 21.7
 
Other(6)
1.8
 
 1.8
 
Total assets at fair value by fair value levels$507.2
 $145.9
 $361.3
 $
Assets measured at net asset value (NAV)       
Equity pooled mutual funds(7)
38.8
      
Fixed income pooled mutual funds(8)
82.0
      
Total assets measured at NAV as a practical expedient(13)
120.8
      
Total assets at fair value628.0
      
Accruals and payables—net(1.4)      
Total assets$626.6
  
  
  
 December 31, 2015
 United Kingdom
 
Total Fair
Value
 
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (in millions)
Cash$3.0
 $3.0
 $
 $
Total assets at fair value by fair value levels$3.0
 $3.0
 $
 $
Assets measured at NAV       
Pooled target return funds(9)
216.3
      
Fixed income       
Pooled UK government index-linked securities(10)
26.0
      
Pooled global fixed income funds(11)
126.8
      
Pooled property funds(12)
41.9
      
Total assets measured at NAV as a practical expedient(13)
411.0
      
Total assets at fair value414.0
      
Accruals and payables—net
      
Total assets$414.0
      

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 December 31, 2014
 North America
 
Total Fair
Value
 
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents(1)
$26.0
 $26.0
 $
 $
Equity mutual funds 
  
  
  
Index equity(2)
102.8
 102.8
 
 
Fixed income 
  
  
  
U.S. Treasury bonds and notes(3)
4.9
 4.9
 
 
Corporate bonds and notes(4)
375.9
 
 375.9
 
Government and agency securities(5)
26.0
 
 26.0
 
    Other(6)
2.1
 
 2.1
 
Total assets at fair value by fair value levels$537.7
 $133.7
 $404.0
 $
Assets measured at NAV       
Equity pooled mutual funds(7)
44.0
      
Fixed income pooled mutual funds(8)
86.9
      
Total assets measured at NAV as a practical expedient(13)
130.9
      
Total assets at fair value668.6
      
Accruals and payables—net(3.8)  
  
  
Total assets$664.8
  
  
  

(1)
Cash and cash equivalents are primarily short-term money market funds and short-term federal home loan discount notes.
(2)
The index equity funds are mutual funds that utilize a passively managed investment approach designed to track specific equity indices. They are valued at quoted market prices in an active market, which represent the net asset values of the shares held by the plan.
(3)
U.S. Treasury bonds and notes are valued based on quoted market prices in an active market and are classified as Level 1 investments.
(4)
Corporate bonds and notes, including private placement securities, are valued by institutional bond pricing services, which gather information from market sources and integrate credit information, observed market movements and sector news into their pricing applications and models.
(5)
Government and agency securities consist of municipal bonds that are valued by institutional bond pricing services, which gather information on current trading activity, market movements, trends, and specific data on specialty issues.
(6)
Other includes primarily mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, which are valued through pricing models of reputable third party sources based on market data.
(7)
The equity pooled mutual funds consist of pooled funds that invest in common stock and other equity securities that are traded on U.S., Canadian, and foreign markets.
(8)
The fixed income pooled mutual funds invest in investment-grade corporate debt, various governmental debt obligations, and mortgage-backed securities with varying maturities.
(9)
Pooled target return funds invest in a broad array of asset classes and a range of diversifiers including the use of derivatives.
(10)
Pooled United Kingdom government index-linked funds invest primarily in United Kingdom government index-linked gilt securities.
(11)
Pooled global fixed income funds invest primarily in government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield and emerging market bonds and can make use of derivatives.

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(12)
Pooled property funds invest primarily in freehold and leasehold property in the United Kingdom.
(13)
These funds are valued using NAV as a practical expedient. NAV is determined by the fund managers based on the value of the underlying net assets of the fund.
We have defined contribution plans covering substantially all employees. Dependingemployees in North America and the United Kingdom. In North America, depending on the specific provisions of each plan, thequalified employees receive company may provide basic contributions based on a percentage of base salary, matching of employee contributions up to specified limits, or a combination of both. In 2012, 2011 and 2010,Qualified employees in the United Kingdom receive company contributions based on a percentage of base salary that are greater than employee contributions up to the defined contribution plans were $14.2 million, $11.8 million, and $12.7 million, respectively.specified limits. As of January 1, 2013, we adopted amendments to our U.S. qualified defined contribution plans to combine them into a single plan.

In 2015, 2014 and 2013, we recognized expense related to company contributions to the defined contribution plans of $13.8 million, $12.3 million, and $13.1 million, respectively.

In addition to our qualified defined benefit pension plans, we also maintain certain nonqualified supplemental pension plans for highly compensated employees as defined under federal law. The amounts recognized in accrued expenses and other noncurrent liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets for these plans were $2.5 million and $19.7$18.7 million atas of December 31, 20122015 and $2.0$2.5 million and $19.3$19.8 million atas of December 31, 2011,2014, respectively. We recognized expense for these plans of $1.7$1.9 million, $1.6 million and $1.5 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        We maintain incentive compensation plans that cover virtually all employees. The aggregate awards under the plans are based on predetermined targets and can include both financial and operating performance measures. Awards are accrued during the year and paid in the first quarter of the subsequent year. We recognized expense for these plans of $35.9 million, $26.2 million and $16.5 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

8.     Other Operating—Net

        Details of other operating—net are as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Loss on property, plant and equipment and non-core assets—net

 $5.5 $7.5 $11.6 

Engineering studies

  21.9     

Business combination costs

      144.6 

Closed facilities costs

  13.3  8.1  6.5 

Other

  8.4  5.3  4.0 
        

 $49.1 $20.9 $166.7 
        

        In 2011, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $34.8 million related to a former methanol plant at our Woodward, Oklahoma nitrogen complex. The Woodward complex was acquired in the Terra acquisition and was able to produce nitrogen fertilizers and methanol. Based on a strategic review, management approved the shutdown and removal of the methanol plant, resulting in recognition of an impairment charge, which is included in the first line of the table above. In February 2011, we sold four of our dry product warehouses to GROWMARK and realized a pre-tax gain of $32.5 million, which is also included in the first line in the table above.

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        Business combination costs include expenses associated with the Terra acquisition, including the $123 million termination fee that was paid on behalf of Terra to Yara International ASA. For additional discussion of the Terra acquisition, see Note 12—Terra Acquisition.

        Closed facilities costs includes environmental remediation costs and provisions for AROs and site maintenance costs associated with our closed facilities.

        Other includes losses (gains) on foreign currency derivatives, litigation related costs and other transactions.

9.     Interest Expense

        Details of interest expense are as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Interest on borrowings

 $112.2 $113.9 $114.8 

Fees on financing agreements

  32.1  40.3  114.2 

Interest capitalized and other

  (9.0) (7.0) (7.7)
        

 $135.3 $147.2 $221.3 
        

        The fees on financing agreements for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes $15.2 million of accelerated amortization of deferred fees related to the termination of a credit agreement in May 2012. Refer to Note 22—Financing Agreements, for additional information. The fees on financing agreements for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes $19.9 million of accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs recognized upon repayment in full of a senior secured term loan. The fees on financing agreements for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes $85.9 million of accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs recognized upon repayment of the senior secured bridge loan and partial repayment of the senior secured term loan.

10.   Asset Retirement Obligations

        Asset retirement obligations (AROs) are legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of such assets. Our AROs are primarily associated with phosphogypsum stack systems and mine reclamation in Florida.


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        The balances of AROs and changes thereto are summarized below. AROs are reported in other noncurrent liabilities and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets.

 
 Phosphogypsum
Stack
System Costs
 Mine
Reclamation
Costs
 Other
AROs
 Total 
 
  
 (in millions)
  
 

Obligation at December 31, 2009

 $51.5 $46.1 $6.1 $103.7 

Accretion expense

  3.9  4.5  0.3  8.7 

Liabilities incurred

    1.0    1.0 

Expenditures

  (5.5) (3.2)   (8.7)

Change in estimate

  2.2  12.9    15.1 
          

Obligation at December 31, 2010

  52.1  61.3  6.4  119.8 

Accretion expense

  3.9  5.1  0.4  9.4 

Liabilities incurred

    2.4    2.4 

Expenditures

  (2.8) (2.7) (0.5) (6.0)

Change in estimate

  1.7  1.5  2.8  6.0 
          

Obligation at December 31, 2011

  54.9  67.6  9.1  131.6 

Accretion expense

  4.1  5.3  0.4  9.8 

Liabilities incurred

  12.5  0.9    13.4 

Expenditures

  (1.5) (3.3) (1.4) (6.2)

Change in estimate

  0.1  (3.8) 0.1  (3.6)
          

Obligation at December 31, 2012

 $70.1 $66.7 $8.2 $145.0 
          

        Our phosphate operations in Florida are subject to regulations governing the construction, operation, closure and long-term maintenance of phosphogypsum stack systems and regulations concerning site reclamation for phosphate rock mines. Our liability for phosphogypsum stack system costs includes the cost of stack closure at Plant City and the costs of cooling pond closure, post-closure monitoring, and ongoing water treatment at both Bartow and Plant City. The actual amounts to be spent will depend on factors such as the timing of activities, refinements in scope, technological developments, cost inflation and changes in regulations. It is possible that these factors could change at any time and impact the estimates. Closure expenditures for the Bartow cooling pond are estimated to occur through 2016. Closure expenditures for the Plant City stack expansion are estimated to occur in the 2033 to 2037 time frame and closure of the Plant City cooling pond is assumed to occur in the year 2087. Additional AROs may be incurred in the future.

        The liability for mine reclamation costs is primarily for work involving the re-contouring, re-vegetation and re-establishment of wildlife habitat and hydrology of land disturbed by phosphate rock mining activities. In accordance with regulations in Florida, physical reclamation and restoration of disturbed areas is generally required to be completed within a prescribed time frame after completion of mining operations, and the timing of reconnection to surrounding lands and waterways varies based on achievement of applicable release criteria. The actual time required to complete the work may vary depending on site-specific reclamation plans and other circumstances.

        The $15.1 million change in estimate in 2010 relates primarily to a change in the reclamation plan at our Hardee County, Florida phosphate rock mine that resulted from changes in cost, scope and timing of reclamation activities. Of this amount, $9.2 million was recorded as an increase in property, plant and equipment and $5.9 million was charged to earnings.


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        The $6.0 million change in estimate in 2011 relates primarily to changes in the scope of closure activities of our Bartow phosphogypsum stack system and mine reclamation activities at our Hardee County, Florida phosphate rock mine. Of this amount, $6.6 million was charged to earnings and an offsetting $0.6 million was recorded as a decrease in property, plant and equipment.

        The $3.6 million change in estimate in 2012 relates primarily to changes in mining and reclamation plans at our Hardee County, Florida phosphate rock mine. Of this amount, $6.5 million was recorded as a decrease in property, plant and equipment and $2.9 million was charged to cost of sales. The $13.4 million liability incurred in 2012 relates primarily to the expansion of our phosphogysum stack at the Plant City, Florida phosphate facility. This expansion will allow us to continue to operate the Plant City facility through the life of our current phosphate rock reserves.

        In addition to various operational and environmental regulations related to our phosphate segment, we are also subject to financial assurance requirements related to the closure and maintenance of our phosphogypsum stack systems at both our Plant City, Florida phosphate fertilizer complex and our closed Bartow, Florida phosphate fertilizer complex. There are two sources of these financial assurance requirements. First, in 2010, we entered into a consent decree with the EPA and the FDEP with respect to our compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at our Plant City complex (the Plant City Consent Decree). Second, the State of Florida financial assurance regulations (Florida Financial Assurance) apply to both our Plant City and Bartow complexes. Both of these regulations allow the use of a funding mechanism as a means of complying with the financial assurance requirements associated with the closure, long-term maintenance, and monitoring costs for the phosphogypsum stacks, as well as costs incurred to manage the water contained in the stack system upon closure. We have established a trust account for the benefit of the EPA and FDEP and an escrow account for the benefit of the FDEP to meet these financial assurance requirements. On our consolidated balance sheet, these are collectively referred to as "Asset retirement obligation funds" (ARO funds). In October 2012, we deposited $53.0 million into the trust for the Plant City Consent Decree, thereby reaching full funding of that obligation, and we expect to fund the remaining approximately $4.0 million in the State of Florida Financial Assurance escrow account near the end of 2015. Both financial assurance funding obligations require estimates of future expenditures that could be impacted by refinements in scope, technological developments, cost inflation, changes in regulations, discount rates and the timing of activities. Additional funding will be required in the future if increases in cost estimates exceed investment earnings in the trust or escrow accounts. At December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the balance in the ARO funds was $200.8 million and $145.4 million, respectively.

        Prior to the Plant City Consent Decree, the Company's financial assurance requirements for the closure, water treatment, long-term maintenance, and monitoring costs for the Plant City phosphogypsum stack system were determined solely by Florida regulations that would have required funding of the escrow account over a period of years. The Plant City Consent Decree described above effectively requires the Company to fund the greater of the requirements under the Plant City Consent Decree or Florida law, which may vary over time. We are still required under Florida law to maintain the existing Florida escrow account for the closure, long-term maintenance, and monitoring costs for the phosphogypsum stack system at our closed Bartow phosphate complex.

        We have unrecorded AROs at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities and at our distribution and storage facilities that are conditional upon cessation of operations. These AROs include certain decommissioning activities as well as the removal and disposition of certain chemicals, waste materials, structures, equipment, vessels, piping and storage tanks. Also included is reclamation of land and the closure of certain effluent ponds. The most recent estimate of the aggregate cost of these AROs expressed in 2012 dollars is $51.0 million. We have not recorded a liability for these


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conditional AROs at December 31, 2012 because we do not believe there is currently a reasonable basis for estimating a date or range of dates of cessation of operations at these facilities, which is necessary in order to estimate fair value. In reaching this conclusion, we considered the historical performance of each facility and have taken into account factors such as planned maintenance, asset replacements and upgrades of plant and equipment, which if conducted as in the past, can extend the physical lives of our nitrogen manufacturing facilities indefinitely. We also considered the possibility of changes in technology, risk of obsolescence, and availability of raw materials in arriving at our conclusion.

11.   Income Taxes

        The components of earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates are as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Domestic

 $2,629.0 $2,502.0 $591.8 

Non-U.S. 

  200.5  143.6  95.9 
        

 $2,829.5 $2,645.6 $687.7 
        

        The components of the income tax provision are as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Current

          

Federal

 $915.4 $811.4 $141.7 

Foreign

  56.0  31.5  8.6 

State

  131.2  116.5  34.8 
        

  1,102.6  959.4  185.1 
        

Deferred

          

Federal

  (130.2) (63.0) 79.8 

Foreign

  (4.5) (2.8) (5.1)

State

  (3.7) 32.9  13.9 
        

  (138.4) (32.9) 88.6 
        

Income tax provision

 $964.2 $926.5 $273.7 
        

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        Differences in the expected income tax provision based on statutory rates applied to earnings before income taxes and the income tax provision reflected in the consolidated statements of operations are summarized below:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions, except percentages)
 

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

 $2,829.5    $2,645.6    $687.7    
                 

Expected tax at U.S. statutory rate

  990.3  35.0% 925.9  35.0% 240.7  35.0%

State income taxes, net of federal

  82.9  2.9% 88.6  3.3% 31.6  4.6%

Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

  (26.2) (0.9)% (77.6) (2.9)% (32.0) (4.7)%

U.S. manufacturing profits deduction

  (47.0) (1.7)% (39.0) (1.5)% (10.7) (1.6)%

Difference in tax rates on foreign earnings

  (43.3) (1.5)% 5.8  0.2% (19.6) (2.8)%

Depletion

  (8.0) (0.3)% (8.6) (0.3)%    

Non-deductible transaction costs

          47.8  7.0%

Valuation allowance

  16.5  0.6% 29.8  1.1% 12.0  1.7%

Non-deductible capital costs

  0.2    0.6    2.0  0.3%

Other

  (1.2)   1.0  0.1% 1.9  0.3%
              

Income tax at effective rate

 $964.2  34.1%$926.5  35.0%$273.7  39.8%
              

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        Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are as follows:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Deferred tax assets

       

Net operating loss carryforward, patronage—sourced

 $94.3 $94.9 

Other net operating loss carryforwards

  70.8  54.9 

Retirement and other employee benefits

  92.1  106.6 

Asset retirement obligations

  31.8  25.3 

Unrealized loss on investments

  0.2  22.9 

Other

  56.7  54.1 
      

  345.9  358.7 

Valuation allowance

  (176.1) (162.8)
      

  169.8  195.9 
      

Deferred tax liabilities

       

Depreciation and amortization

  (968.0) (1,009.1)

Foreign earnings

  (24.4) (25.8)

Deferred patronage from CFL

  (1.7) (111.6)

Depletable mineral properties

  (46.7) (50.2)

Unrealized gain on hedging derivatives

  (3.3)  

Other

  (55.0) (46.1)
      

  (1,099.1) (1,242.8)
      

Net deferred tax liability

  (929.3) (1,046.9)

Less amount in current assets (liabilities)

  9.5  (90.1)
      

Noncurrent liability

 $(938.8)$(956.8)
      

        We consider the earnings of certain of our Canadian subsidiaries, including Terra International (Canada) Inc., to not be permanently reinvested and we recognize a deferred tax liability for the future repatriation of these earnings, as they are earned. As of December 31, 2012, we have recorded a deferred income tax liability of approximately $24 million, which reflects the additional U.S. and foreign income taxes that would be due upon the repatriation of the accumulated earnings of our non-U.S. subsidiaries that are considered to not be permanently reinvested. At December 31, 2012, we have approximately $915 million of indefinitely reinvested earnings related to investment in other non-U.S. subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures, for which a deferred tax liability has not been recognized. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of such taxes.

        Uncertain Tax Positions—the Company files federal, provincial, state and local income tax returns principally in the United States and Canada as well as in certain other foreign jurisdictions. In general, filed tax returns remain subject to examination by United States tax jurisdictions for years 1999 and thereafter and by Canadian tax jurisdictions for years 2003 and thereafter.


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        A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Unrecognized tax benefits:

       

Beginning balance

 $137.1 $111.5 

Additions for tax positions taken during the current year

  17.3  0.4 

Additions for tax positions taken during prior years

    30.1 

Reductions related to settlements with tax jurisdictions

    (4.9)
      

Ending balance

 $154.4 $137.1 
      

        Unrecognized tax benefits increased in 2012 by $17.3 million for tax return positions taken during the current year and by $30.1 million in 2011 as the result of tax return positions taken in prior years. Our effective tax rate would be affected by $154.4 million if these unrecognized tax benefits were to be recognized in the future.

        In connection with our initial public offering (IPO) in August 2005, CF Industries, Inc. (CFI) ceased to be a non-exempt cooperative for income tax purposes, and we entered into a net operating loss agreement (NOL Agreement) with CFI's pre-IPO owners relating to the future utilization of our pre-IPO net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs). The NOL Agreement provided that if we ultimately could utilize the pre-IPO NOLs to offset applicable post-IPO taxable income, we would pay the pre-IPO owners amounts equal to the resulting federal and state income taxes actually saved. On January 2, 2013, we and the pre-IPO owners amended the NOL Agreement to provide, among other things, that we are entitled to retain 26.9% of any settlement realized with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the IRS Appeals level.

        In January 2013, we entered into a Mediation Report with the IRS to resolve the tax treatment of the pre-IPO NOLs. Pursuant to the Mediation Report, we have agreed with the IRS that we will be entitled to deduct a portion of the NOLs in future years. Our mediation agreement is subject to finalization in a Closing Agreement with the IRS and will be recognized in our financial statements at that time. As a result of the mediation, it is expected that both our tax liability and our effective tax rate will be affected within the next twelve months by approximately $70 million due to the recognition of these unrecognized tax benefits. Under the terms of the amended NOL agreement, 73.1% of the federal and state tax savings will be payable to our pre-IPO owners.

        A portion of the pre-IPO NOL was realized in 2011 as the result of the completion of a federal examination of the Company's final tax year as a cooperative. As a result, our unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $4.9 million.

        Valuation Allowance—a foreign subsidiary of the Company has net operating loss carryovers of $232.9 million that are indefinitely available in the foreign jurisdiction. As the future realization of these losses is not anticipated, a valuation allowance of $65.2 million has been recorded. Of this amount, $16.5 million and $16.7 million were recorded as valuation allowances for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. In addition, a valuation allowance of $13.1 million was recorded in the year ended December 31, 2011 due to the uncertainty of the realization of certain deferred tax assets.

        Interest expense and penalties of $1.3 million, $13.9 million, and $3.1 million principally related to unrecognized tax benefits were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Amounts recognized in our consolidated balance sheets for accrued interest and penalties


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related to income taxes of $30.4 million and $25.0 million are included in other noncurrent liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

        CFL operates as a cooperative for Canadian income tax purposes and distributes all of its earnings as patronage dividends to its customers, including CFI. The patronage dividends were deductible for Canadian income tax purposes for years preceding 2012. On August 2, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore International plc (Glencore) to acquire the interests in CFL currently owned by Viterra, subject to Glencore's acquisition of Viterra. As a result of Glencore's acquisition of Viterra, CFL is no longer permitted to deduct the dividends it distributes to CFI. As a result, CFL recorded an income tax provision in 2012. No CFL income tax provision was recorded in 2011 or 2010. See Note 4—Noncontrolling Interest for further information.

        The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was enacted on January 2, 2013 which includes certain retroactive tax legislation that will have an impact on our tax liabilities for 2012. The impact of the legislation is not expected to be material and will be reflected in our financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2013, the period that includes the date of enactment.

12.   Terra Acquisition

        In April of 2010, we completed the acquisition and merger of Terra Industries Inc. (Terra). As a result of the merger, each outstanding share of Terra common stock was converted into the right to receive $37.15 in cash and 0.0953 of a share of CF Holdings common stock. CF Holdings issued an aggregate of 9.5 million shares of its common stock with a fair value of $882 million and paid an aggregate of $3.2 billion in cash, net of $0.5 billion cash acquired, for 100% of Terra's common stock.

        We funded the acquisition with cash on hand and with $1.75 billion of borrowings under a senior secured bridge facility and approximately $1.9 billion of borrowings under a senior secured term loan facility that provided for up to $2.0 billion of borrowings. On April 21, 2010, CF Holdings completed a public offering of approximately 12.9 million shares of common stock at $89.00 per share. The net proceeds of $1.1 billion were used to repay a portion of the senior secured bridge facility. On April 23, 2010, CF Industries completed a public offering of senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $1.6 billion. Approximately $645.2 million of the net proceeds of the offering were used to repay in full the remaining outstanding borrowings under the senior secured bridge facility. We used the remaining proceeds from the offering to repay approximately $864.2 million of the senior secured term loan facility. In May 2010, we redeemed Terra's 7.75% senior notes due 2019 for $744.5 million and recognized a $17 million loss on the early extinguishment of that debt.

Supplemental pro forma information

        In accordance with ASC 805—Business Combinations, presented below are supplemental pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 
 Pro Forma 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 2010 
 
 (unaudited)
(in millions, except
per share amounts)

 

Net sales

 $4,373.9 

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $553.9 

Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders—diluted

 $7.71 

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        The unaudited supplemental pro forma results reflect certain adjustments related to the acquisition, such as increased depreciation and amortization expense resulting from the revaluation of the assets acquired, the impact of adjusting acquired inventory to fair value and the impact of acquisition financing. All transactions costs, including the $123 million termination fee we paid, on behalf of Terra, to Yara International ASA (see Note 8—Other Operating—Net for further details) have been reflected as an adjustment in the pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2010. The pro forma results do not include any synergies or other effects of the integration of Terra. Adjustments to conform certain accounting policies have not been reflected in the supplemental pro forma results due to the impracticability of estimating such impacts. Accordingly, such pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed on the date indicated.

Purchase price and fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed

        The following table summarizes the allocation of the $4.6 billion purchase price of Terra to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Terra on April 5, 2010, net of certain adjustments made during the measurement period that ended on March 31, 2011.

 
 (in millions) 

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed

    

Current assets

 $966.8 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  3,112.6 

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

  908.0 

Goodwill

  2,063.6 

Other assets

  85.2 
    

Total assets acquired

 $7,136.2 
    

Current liabilities

  392.2 

Long-term debt

  740.5 

Deferred tax liabilities—noncurrent

  930.1 

Other liabilities

  96.9 

Noncontrolling interests

  373.2 
    

Total liabilities and noncontrolling interests assumed

 $2,532.9 
    

Total net assets acquired

 $4,603.3 
    

13.   Restructuring and Integration Costs

        In connection with the acquisition of Terra in 2010, our management approved a restructuring plan that involved the consolidation of our corporate headquarters including the closure of our Sioux City, Iowa offices. The total cost recorded in connection with the plan was $9.3 million, which included employee termination costs associated with the elimination of 105 positions. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the balance in our restructuring reserve was $0.6$5.1 million and $2.0 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

        During 2010, we recorded $21.6 million The expense recognized in 2014 includes a settlement charge of restructuring and integration costs, consisting of $6.9 million of restructuring costs for employee termination benefits and $14.7 million of integration costs such as consulting and other professional fees representing our incremental costs to directly related to integrating Terra. During 2011, we recorded $4.4 million of restructuring and integration costs, consisting of $2.4 million of restructuring costs and $2.0 million of integration costs. In 2012, we did not incur any significant restructuring and integration costs.


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14.   Accounts Receivable—Net

        Accounts receivable—net consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Trade

 $213.2 $266.9 

Other

  4.2  2.5 
      

 $217.4 $269.4 
      

        Trade accounts receivable includes amounts due from related parties. For additional information, see Note 31—Related Party Transactions and Note 17—Equity Method Investments. Trade accounts receivable is net of a $1.1 million and $0.3 million allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

15.   Inventories—Net

        Inventories—net consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Fertilizer

 $212.2 $245.2 

Raw materials, spare parts and supplies

  65.7  59.0 
      

 $277.9 $304.2 
      

16.   Other Current Assets and Other Current Liabilities

        Other current assets consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Prepaid expenses

 $13.9 $11.9 

Unrealized gains on derivatives

  10.1  0.5 

Deposits

  3.8  4.6 

Product exchanges

  0.1  1.0 
      

 $27.9 $18.0 
      

        Other current liabilities consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Unrealized losses on derivatives

 $5.6 $74.7 

Product exchanges

    3.3 
      

 $5.6 $78.0 
      

$3.4 million.

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17.   Equity Method Investments

        Equity method investments consist of the following:

12.   Financing Agreements
 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating equity method investments

 $394.2 $413.1 

Non-operating equity method investments

  541.4  515.5 
      

Investments in and advances to affiliates

 $935.6 $928.6 
      

Operating Equity Method Investments

        Our equity method investments included in operating earnings consist of: (1) a 50% ownership interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), which operates an ammonia production facility in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and (2) a 50% interest in an ammonia storage joint venture located in Houston, Texas. We include our share of the net earnings from these investments as an element of earnings from operations because these operations provide additional production and storage capacity to our operations and are integrated with our other supply chain and sales activities in the nitrogen segment.

        The combined results of operations and financial position for our operating equity method investments are summarized below:

Revolving Credit Agreement
 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Condensed statement of operations information:

          

Net sales

 $320.9 $347.2 $172.6 
        

Net earnings

 $97.3 $117.5 $52.3 
        

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

 $47.0 $50.2 $10.6 
        

 


 

December 31,

 

 


 
 
 2012 2011  
 
 
 (in millions)
  
 

Condensed balance sheet information:

          

Current assets

 $93.9 $126.6    

Noncurrent assets

  164.8  147.2    
         

Total assets

 $258.7 $273.8    
         

Current liabilities

 $45.9 $41.1    

Long-term liabilities

  26.0  24.2    

Equity

  186.8  208.5    
         

Total liabilities and equity

 $258.7 $273.8    
         

        The carrying value of these investments at December 31, 2012 was $394.2 million, which was $300.8 million more than our share of the affiliates' book value. The excess is primarily attributable to the purchase accounting impact of our acquisition of the investment in PLNL and reflects primarily the revaluation of property, plant and equipment, the value of an exclusive natural gas contract and


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goodwill. The increased basis for property, plant and equipment and the gas contract are being amortized over a remaining period of approximately 21 years and 11 years, respectively. Our equity in earnings of operating affiliates is different from our ownership interest in income reported by the unconsolidated affiliates due to amortization of basis differences.

We have transactions in the normal course of business with PLNL reflecting our obligation to purchase 50% of the ammonia produced by PLNL at current market prices. Our ammonia purchases from PLNL totaled $145.7 million, $161.9 million and $92.1 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Non-Operating Equity Method Investments

        Our non-operating equity method investments consist of: (1) a 50% ownership of KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade), a fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland; and (2) a 50% ownership in GrowHow UK Limited (GrowHow), which operates nitrogen production facilities in the United Kingdom. We account for these investments as non-operating equity method investments, and do not include the net earnings of these investments in earnings from operations since these operations do not provide additional capacity to us, nor are these operations integrated within our supply chain.

        The combined results of operations and financial position of our non-operating equity method investments are summarized below:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Condensed statement of operations information:

          

Net sales

 $2,751.6 $2,841.9 $1,698.8 
        

Net earnings

 $141.9 $117.4 $77.8 
        

Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

 $58.1 $41.9 $26.7 
        

 


 

December 31,

 

 


 
 
 2012 2011  
 
 
 (in millions)
  
 

Condensed balance sheet information:

          

Current assets

 $595.0 $504.2    

Noncurrent assets

  293.4  293.4    
         

Total assets

 $888.4 $797.6    
         

Current liabilities

 $385.6 $339.5    

Long-term liabilities

  147.3  149.4    

Equity

  355.5  308.7    
         

Total liabilities and equity

 $888.4 $797.6    
         

        In conjunction with our investment in Keytrade, we provided financing to Keytrade in the form of subordinated notes that mature on September 30, 2017 and bear interest at LIBOR plus 1.00 percent. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the amount of the outstanding advances to Keytrade on our consolidated balance sheets was $12.4 million. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recognized interest income on advances to Keytrade of $0.2 million. The carrying value of our advances to Keytrade approximates fair value.


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        Excluding the advances to Keytrade, the carrying value of our non-operating equity method investments at December 31, 2012 was $529.0 million, which was $351.3 million more than our share of the affiliates' book value. The excess is primarily attributable to the purchase accounting impact of our acquisition of the investments in GrowHow and KeyTrade and reflects the revaluation of property, plant and equipment, identifiable intangibles and goodwill. The increased basis for fixed assets and identifiable intangibles are being amortized over remaining periods ranging from 1 to 13 years. Our equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates is different than our ownership interest in their net earnings due to the amortization of basis differences.

        At December 31, 2012, the amount of our consolidated retained earnings that represents our undistributed earnings of non-operating equity method investments is $15.8 million.

18.   Property, Plant and Equipment—Net

        Property, plant and equipment—net consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Land

 $60.2 $60.3 

Mineral properties

  202.6  200.7 

Machinery and equipment

  5,388.6  5,196.1 

Buildings and improvements

  537.1  524.5 

Construction in progress

  469.1  201.9 
      

  6,657.6  6,183.5 

Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

  2,757.1  2,447.5 
      

 $3,900.5 $3,736.0 
      

        Plant turnarounds—Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at our continuous process manufacturing facilities are referred to as plant turnarounds. The expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized into property, plant and equipment when incurred and are included in the table above in the line entitled, "Machinery and equipment." The following is a summary of plant turnaround activity for 2012, 2011 and 2010:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net capitalized turnaround costs at beginning of the year

 $54.8 $66.8 $57.4 

Additions

  56.6  16.2  34.4 

Depreciation

  (29.6) (27.9) (26.1)

Effect of exchange rate changes

  0.3  (0.3) 1.1 
        

Net capitalized turnaround costs at end of the year

 $82.1 $54.8 $66.8 
        

        Scheduled replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment include the dismantling, repair or replacement and installation of various components including piping, valves, motors, turbines, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers and the replacement of catalyst when a full plant shutdown occurs. Scheduled inspections are also conducted during full plant shutdowns, including required safety inspections which entail the disassembly of various components such as steam boilers, pressure vessels and other equipment requiring safety certifications. Internal employee costs and overhead are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized.


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19.   Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

        The following table shows the carrying amount of goodwill by business segment at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 
 Nitrogen Phosphate Total 

Balance by segment

 $2,063.6 $0.9 $2,064.5 

        The identifiable intangibles and carrying values are shown below. The Company's intangible assets are presented in noncurrent other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

 
 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 
 
 Gross
Carrying
Amount
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Gross
Carrying
Amount
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Net 
 
 (in millions)
 

Intangible assets:

                   

Customer Relationships

 $50.0 $(7.6)$42.4 $50.0 $(4.9)$45.1 

TerraCair Brand

  10.0  (2.8) 7.2  10.0  (1.7) 8.3 
              

Total intangible assets

 $60.0 $(10.4)$49.6 $60.0 $(6.6)$53.4 
              

        Amortization expense of our identifiable intangibles was $3.8 million, $3.8 million and $2.8 million for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        Total estimated amortization expense for the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:

 
 Estimated
Amortization
Expense
 
 
 (in millions)
 

2013

 $3.8 

2014

  3.8 

2015

  3.8 

2016

  3.8 

2017

  3.8 
    

 $19.0 
    

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20.   Other Assets

        Other assets consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Deferred financing fees

 $44.7 $72.0 

Spare parts

  72.7  74.5 

Investments in auction rate securities

  26.0  70.9 

Intangible assets—net

  49.6  53.4 

Nonqualified employee benefit trusts

  21.7  19.8 

Tax related assets

  29.8   

Other

  13.4  10.8 
      

 $257.9 $301.4 
      

        Deferred financing fees include amounts associated with our senior notes issued in connection with the Terra acquisition in 2010 and our credit agreement. See Note 12—Terra Acquisition and Note 22—Financing Agreements, for additional information.

        Our intangible assets are customer relationships and trademarks obtained as part of the Terra acquisition. See Note 19—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for additional information.

21.   Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

        Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Accounts payable

 $117.3 $99.5 

Accrued natural gas costs

  80.8  73.9 

Payroll and employee related costs

  63.1  61.6 

Accrued interest

  22.6  20.0 

Asset retirement obligations—current portion

  12.3  13.8 

Other

  70.4  58.9 
      

 $366.5 $327.7 
      

        Payroll and employee related costs include accrued salaries and wages, vacation, incentive plans and payroll taxes. Asset retirement obligations are the current portion of these obligations. Accrued interest on debt includes interest payable on our outstanding financing issued as part of the Terra acquisition. For further details, see Note 12—Terra Acquisition and Note 22—Financing Agreements. Other includes accrued utilities, property taxes, sales incentives and other credits, maintenance and professional services.


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22.   Financing Agreements

        Long-term debt consisted of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Unsecured senior notes:

       

6.875% due 2018

 $800.0 $800.0 

7.125% due 2020

  800.0  800.0 

7.0% due 2017

    13.0 
      

 $1,600.0 $1,613.0 

Less: Current portion

     
      

Net long-term debt

 $1,600.0 $1,613.0 
      

Credit Agreement

        Until May 1, 2012, we maintained a senior securedunsecured revolving credit facility under an agreement dated April 5, 2010 and(as amended, and restated August 3, 2011 (the 2010the Revolving Credit Agreement), that provided up to $500 million in borrowings. The obligations of CF Industries under the 2010 Credit Agreement were guaranteed by the Company and certain direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the Guarantors). The obligations of CF Industries and the Guarantors under the 2010 Credit Agreement were secured by senior liens on substantially all of the assets of CF Industries and the Guarantors, subject to certain exceptions.

        On May 1, 2012, the Company terminated the 2010 Credit Agreement and all of the guarantees and liens on the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries that secured obligations under the 2010 Credit Agreement were released. Immediately after terminating the 2010 Credit Agreement, the Company, as a guarantor, and CF Industries, as borrower, entered into a $500 million senior unsecured credit agreement, dated May 1, 2012 (the 2012 Credit Agreement), which provides providing for a revolving credit facility of up to $500 million$2.0 billion with a maturity of five years.

September 18, 2020. Borrowings under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable rate based on an applicable margin over LIBOR or a base rate and may be used for working capital capital expenditures, acquisitions, share repurchases and other general corporate purposes. The 2012CF Industries is a borrower, and CF Industries and CF Holdings are guarantors, under the Revolving Credit Agreement. Following the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement (the Combination Agreement Closing Date), New CF would be required to be a borrower and a guarantor under the Revolving Credit Agreement, requires that the Company maintainat which time CF Industries would cease to be a minimum interest coverage ratio and not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio, and includes other customary terms and conditions, including customary events of default and covenants.

        All obligationsborrower under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement. CF Industries or, following the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF, may designate as borrowers one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries that are organized in the United States or any state thereof, the District of Columbia, England and Wales or the Netherlands.

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be denominated in dollars, Canadian dollars, Euro and Sterling, and bear interest at a per annum rate equal to an applicable eurocurrency rate or base rate plus, in either case, a specified margin, and the borrowers are unsecured. Currentlyrequired to pay an undrawn commitment fee on the Company isundrawn portion of the only guarantor of CF Industries' obligationscommitments under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement. Agreement and customary letter of credit fees. The specified margin and the amount of the commitment fee depend on CF Holdings’ (or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement on the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF’s) credit rating at the time.
Certain of CF Industries'Holdings’ U.S. subsidiaries, and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of New CF’s and CF Holdings’ material domesticwholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement only if (i) such subsidiary were tosubsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to certainspecified exceptions) of the CompanyCF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF Industriesin an aggregate principal amount in excess of $250 million. Currently, no$500 million or (ii) such subsidiary guaranteessubsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF, including debt under the Bridge Credit Agreement (as defined below).
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants for borrowed moneya financing of this type, including two financial maintenance covenants: (i) a requirement that the interest coverage ratio, as defined in excessthe Revolving Credit Agreement, be maintained at a level of $250 million.

        Atnot less than 2.75 to 1.00 and (ii) a requirement that the total leverage ratio, as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, be maintained at a level of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00.

The Revolving Credit Agreement contains events of default (with notice requirements and cure periods, as applicable) customary for a financing of this type, including, but not limited to, non-payment of principal, interest or fees; inaccuracy of representations and warranties in any material respect; and failure to comply with specified covenants. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default under the Revolving Credit Agreement and after any applicable cure period, subject to specified exceptions, the administrative agent may, and at the request of the requisite lenders is required to, accelerate the loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement or terminate the lenders’ commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

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As of December 31, 2012, there was $491.0 million of available credit2015, we had excess borrowing capacity under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement of $1,995.1 million (net of outstanding letters of credit)credit of $4.9 million), and there were no borrowings outstanding.

outstanding as of December 31, 2015 or 2014. Maximum borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2015 were $367.0 million with a weighted-average annual interest rate of 1.47%. There were no borrowings during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement
CF Fertilisers UK Group Limited as borrower and CF Fertilisers UK Limited as guarantor entered into a £40.0 million senior unsecured credit agreement, dated October 1, 2012 (the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement), which provided for a revolving credit facility of up to £40.0 million with a maturity of five years. On December 8, 2015, the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement was canceled. There were no borrowings outstanding under the CF Fertilisers UK Credit Agreement as of its cancellation or any time during the year ended December 31, 2015.
Senior Notes
Long-term debt presented on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following unsecured senior notes:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Public Senior Notes: 
  
6.875% due 2018$800.0
 $800.0
7.125% due 2020800.0
 800.0
3.450% due 2023749.4
 749.4
5.150% due 2034746.3
 746.2
4.950% due 2043748.8
 748.8
5.375% due 2044748.2
 748.1
Private Senior Notes:   
4.490% due 2022250.0
 
4.930% due 2025500.0
 
5.030% due 2027250.0
 
 5,592.7
 4,592.5
Less: Current portion
 
Net long-term debt$5,592.7
 $4,592.5

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Public Senior Notes due 2018 and 2020

On April 23, 2010, CF Industries issued $800 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due May 1, 2018 (the 2018 Notes) and $800 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due May 1, 2020 (the 2018/2020 Notes and, together with the 2018 Notes, thePublic Senior Notes). The Company pays interestInterest on the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on May 1 and November 1 and the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices.

As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes was $1.60 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.78 billion.

On May 23, 2013, CF Industries issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.450% senior notes due June 1, 2023 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.950% senior notes due June 1, 2043 (the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes). Interest on the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on June 1 and December 1 and the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices. We received net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, of approximately $1.48 billion. As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes was approximately $1.50 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.34 billion.
On March 11, 2014, CF Industries issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% senior notes due March 15, 2034 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.375% senior notes due March 15, 2044 (the 2034/2044 Public Senior

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Notes). Interest on the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes is paid semiannually on March 15 and September 15 and the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at specified make-whole redemption prices. We received net proceeds of $1.48 billion from the issuance and sale of the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. As of December 31, 2015, the carrying value of the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes was approximately $1.49 billion and the fair value was approximately $1.35 billion.
Under the indentures (including the applicable supplemental indentures) governing the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes, the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes and the 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes (collectively, the Public Senior Notes), each series of the Public Senior Notes is guaranteed by CF Holdings. The indentures governing the Public Senior Notes contain customary events of default and covenants that limit, among other things, the ability of the CompanyCF Holdings and its subsidiaries, including CF Industries, to incur liens on certain properties to secure debt. In
If a Change of Control occurs together with a Ratings Downgrade (as both terms are defined under the event of specified changes of control involvingindentures governing the Company orPublic Senior Notes), CF Industries they also require CF Industrieswould be required to offer to repurchase theeach series of Public Senior Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

        Under the supplemental indentures governing the Notes, the Notes are to be guaranteed by the Company and each of the Company's current and future subsidiaries (other than CF Industries) that from time to time is a borrower or guarantor under the 2010 Credit Agreement, or any renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof, including the 2012 Credit Agreement. Upon the termination of the 2010 Credit Agreement, the guarantees of the subsidiaries of the Company securing obligations under the 2010 Credit Agreement were released. As a result, the subsidiaries were automatically released from their guarantees of the Notes. In addition, in the event that a subsidiary of the Company,ours, other than CF Industries, becomes a borrower or a guarantor under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement (or any renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof), such subsidiary would be required to become a guarantor of the Public Senior Notes, provided that such requirement will no longer apply with respect to the 2023/2043 Public Senior Notes and 2034/2044 Public Senior Notes following the repayment of the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes or the subsidiaries of ours, other than CF Industries, otherwise becoming no longer subject to such a requirement to guarantee the 2018/2020 Public Senior Notes.

        At

Private Senior Notes
On September 24, 2015, CF Industries issued in a private placement $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.49% senior notes due October 15, 2022, $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.93% senior notes due October 15, 2025 and $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.03% senior notes due October 15, 2027 (the Private Senior Notes). CF Industries received proceeds of $1.0 billion from the issuance and sale of the Private Senior Notes. The Private Senior Notes are governed by the terms of a note purchase agreement (as amended, the Note Purchase Agreement) and are guaranteed by the Company. Interest on the Private Senior Notes is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15.
CF Industries may prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, any series of the Private Senior Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of such series of the Private Senior Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus a make-whole amount determined as specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), each holder of the Private Senior Notes may require CF Industries to prepay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Private Senior Notes held by such holder at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Private Senior Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, but without any make-whole amount or other premium.
All obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement are unsecured. On and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF would be required to guarantee the obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement. In addition, certain of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries, and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of New CF’s and the Company’s material wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement if (i) such subsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to specified exceptions) of the Company, CF Industries or New CF in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500 million or (ii) such subsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of the Company, CF Industries or New CF.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants for a financing of this type, including two financial maintenance covenants: (i) a requirement that the interest coverage ratio (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) be maintained at a level of not less than 2.75 to 1.00 and (ii) a requirement that the total leverage ratio (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) be maintained at a level of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains events of default (with notice requirements and cure periods, as applicable) customary for a financing of this type, including, but not limited to, non-payment of principal, make-whole amounts, or interest; inaccuracy of representations and warranties in any material respect; and failure to comply with specified covenants. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default under the Note Purchase Agreement and after any applicable cure period, subject to specified exceptions, the holder or holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Private Senior Notes outstanding may declare all the Private Senior Notes then outstanding due and payable.

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As of December 31, 2012,2015, the carrying value of the Private Senior Notes was $1.6$1.0 billion and the fair value was approximately $2.0$0.99 billion.
Bridge Credit Agreement
On September 18, 2015, in connection with CF Holdings’ proposed combination with the ENA Business of OCI (see Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information), CF Holdings, as a guarantor, and CF Industries, as the tranche A borrower, entered into a senior unsecured 364-Day Bridge Credit Agreement (as amended, the Bridge Credit Agreement). On the tranche B closing date, as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement, New CF would become a party to the Bridge Credit Agreement as the tranche B borrower. The tranche B closing date would occur upon the satisfaction of specified conditions, including the occurrence of the closing under the Combination Agreement.
The Bridge Credit Agreement (1) provided for a single borrowing of a tranche A bridge loan of up to $1.0 billion that would have been used by CF Industries first to reduce amounts outstanding, if any, under the Revolving Credit Agreement and then for general corporate purposes; and (2) provides for a single borrowing of a tranche B bridge loan of up to $3.0 billion that may be used by New CF to pay the cash portion, if any, of the purchase price for specified equity interests to be acquired pursuant to the Combination Agreement; to consummate the refinancing of specified debt in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement; to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Combination Agreement; and in an amount of up to $1.3 billion for general corporate purposes.
The obligations of the lenders to fund the tranche A bridge loan under the Bridge Credit Agreement automatically terminated on September 24, 2015 in connection with the issuance of the Private Senior Notes. The obligations of the lenders to fund the tranche B bridge loan under the Bridge Credit Agreement are subject to customary limited conditionality and expire on August 6, 2016 (or no later than November 6, 2016, if extended pursuant to the terms thereof), or earlier as provided in the Bridge Credit Agreement. The tranche B bridge loan would mature on the date that is 364 days after the initial funding of such loan.
The Bridge Credit Agreement is voluntarily prepayable from time to time without premium or penalty and is mandatorily prepayable with, and the commitments thereunder will automatically be reduced by, the net cash proceeds from specified issuances of equity interests of CF Holdings and its subsidiaries and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF and its subsidiaries, specified issuances or incurrences of debt by such persons and the net cash proceeds (including casualty insurance proceeds and condemnation awards) from specified dispositions of assets of such persons, with specified exceptions, including a right to reinvest such proceeds or awards in assets used or useful in the business of such persons and their subsidiaries. Commitments under the Bridge Credit Agreement will also be reduced by the amount of commitments under certain designated term loan facilities and by the amount of any specified debt as to which, on or prior to the tranche B closing date, arrangements have been made to permit such debt to remain outstanding in accordance with its terms or permanent repayment or termination has been effected by OCI and its affiliates.
Borrowings under the Bridge Credit Agreement will be denominated in dollars and bear interest at a per annum rate equal to an applicable LIBOR rate or base rate plus, in either case, a specified margin that depends on CF Holdings’ (or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement on the Combination Agreement Closing Date, New CF’s) credit rating at the time and that will increase by a specified amount every 90 days commencing with the 90th day after the date of the initial funding of the tranche B bridge loan through the date that is 270 days after the date of such initial funding. CF Industries is required to pay an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.15% of the undrawn portion of the commitments under the Bridge Credit Agreement. CF Industries and New CF will also be required to pay duration fees ranging from 0.50% to 1.00% at specified intervals following the funding of the tranche B bridge loan.
Currently, CF Holdings and CF Industries are the only guarantors of the obligations under the Bridge Credit Agreement. Certain of CF Holdings’ U.S. subsidiaries, and, on and after the Combination Agreement Closing Date, certain of New CF’s and CF Holdings’ material wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, will be required to become guarantors of the obligations under the Bridge Credit Agreement if (i) such subsidiaries guarantee other debt for borrowed money (subject to specified exceptions) of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500 million or (ii) such subsidiaries are borrowers under, issuers of, or guarantors of specified debt obligations of CF Holdings, CF Industries or New CF, including debt under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
The representations, warranties, events of default and covenants contained in the Bridge Credit Agreement are substantially similar to those contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

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13. Interest Expense
Details of interest expense are as follows:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Interest on borrowings(1)
$267.4
 $238.3
 $150.6
Fees on financing agreements(1)(2)
16.8
 10.6
 15.4
Interest on tax liabilities3.5
 3.5
 12.9
Interest capitalized(154.5) (74.2) (26.7)
Interest expense$133.2
 $178.2
 $152.2

(1)
See Note 12—Financing Agreements for additional information.
(2)
Fees on financing agreements for the year ended December 31, 2015 includes $5.9 million of accelerated amortization of deferred fees related to the termination in September 2015 of the tranche A commitment under the Bridge Credit Agreement.

14.   Other Operating—Net
Details of other operating—net are as follows:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment—net$21.4
 $3.7
 $5.6
Expansion project costs51.3
 30.7
 10.8
Loss (gain) on foreign currency derivatives21.6
 38.4
 (20.8)
Gain on foreign currency transactions(7.5) (14.9) (13.5)
Closed facilities costs
 0.8
 4.0
Other5.5
 (5.4) (1.9)
Other operating loss (income)—net$92.3
 $53.3
 $(15.8)
Expansion project costs that did not qualify for capitalization include amounts related to administrative and consulting services for our capacity expansion projects in Port Neal, Iowa and Donaldsonville, Louisiana.

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15.     Noncontrolling Interest
Terra Senior Notes

        AtNitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP)

TNCLP is a master limited partnership (MLP) that owns a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma. We own an aggregate 75.3% of TNCLP through general and limited partnership interests. Outside investors own the remaining 24.7% of the limited partnership. For financial reporting purposes, the assets, liabilities and earnings of the partnership are consolidated into our financial statements. The outside investors' limited partnership interests in the partnership are recorded in noncontrolling interest in our consolidated financial statements. The noncontrolling interest represents the noncontrolling unitholders' interest in the earnings and equity of TNCLP. An affiliate of CF Industries is required to purchase all of TNCLP's fertilizer products at market prices as defined in the Amendment to the General and Administrative Services and Product Offtake Agreement, dated September 28, 2010.
TNCLP makes cash distributions to the general and limited partners based on formulas defined within its Agreement of Limited Partnership. Cash available for distribution is defined in the agreement generally as all cash receipts less all cash disbursements, less certain reserves (including reserves for future operating and capital needs) established as the general partner determines in its reasonable discretion to be necessary or appropriate. Changes in working capital affect available cash, as increases in the amount of cash invested in working capital items (such as increases in inventory and decreases in accounts payable) reduce available cash, while declines in the amount of cash invested in working capital items increase available cash. Cash distributions to the limited partners and general partner vary depending on the extent to which the cumulative distributions exceed certain target threshold levels set forth in the Agreement of Limited Partnership.
In each of the applicable quarters of 2015, 2014 and 2013, the minimum quarterly distributions were satisfied, which entitled us, as the general partner, to receive increased distributions on our general partner interests as provided for in the Agreement of Limited Partnership. The earnings attributed to our general partner interest in excess of the threshold levels for the years ended December 31, 2011, $13.02015, 2014 and 2013 were $116.4 million, $139.4 million and $200.6 million, respectively.
As of December 31, 2015, Terra 7% Senior Notes due 2017 (2017 Notes)Nitrogen GP Inc. (TNGP), the general partner of TNCLP (and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CF Industries), and its affiliates owned 75.3% of TNCLP's outstanding units. When not more than 25% of TNCLP's issued and outstanding units are held by non-affiliates of TNGP, TNCLP, at TNGP's sole discretion, may call, or assign to TNGP or its affiliates, TNCLP's right to acquire all such outstanding units held by non-affiliated persons. If TNGP elects to acquire all outstanding units, TNCLP is required to give at least 30 but not more than 60 days' notice of TNCLP's decision to purchase the outstanding units. The purchase price per unit will be the greater of (1) the average of the previous 20 trading days' closing prices as of the date five days before the purchase is announced or (2) the highest price paid by TNGP or any of its affiliates for any unit within the 90 days preceding the date the purchase is announced.
Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL)
CFL owns a nitrogen fertilizer complex in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, which until April 30, 2013, supplied fertilizer products to CF Industries and Viterra Inc. (Viterra). The Medicine Hat complex is the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada, with two world-scale ammonia plants, a world-scale granular urea plant and on-site storage facilities for both ammonia and urea.
Prior to April 30, 2013, CF Industries owned 49% of the voting common shares and 66% of the non-voting preferred shares of CFL and purchased 66% of the production of CFL. Also prior to April 30, 2013, Viterra held 34% of the equity ownership of CFL, and had the right to purchase up to the remaining 34% of CFL's production. Both CF Industries and Viterra were outstanding. Inentitled to receive distributions of net earnings of CFL based upon their respective purchases from CFL. The remaining 17% of the second quarter ofvoting common shares were owned by GROWMARK, Inc. and La Coop fédérée. CFL was a variable interest entity that was consolidated in our financial statements.
In 2012, we redeemedentered into agreements to acquire the remaining outstanding 2017 Notesnoncontrolling interests in CFL for cash. This redemption didC$0.9 billion, which included 34% of CFL's common and preferred shares owned by Viterra, the product purchase agreement between CFL and Viterra and the CFL common shares held by GROWMARK, Inc. and La Coop fédérée. In April 2013, we completed the acquisitions. Since CFL was previously a consolidated variable interest entity, the purchase price was recognized as follows: a $0.8 billion reduction in paid-in capital; a $0.1 billion deferred tax asset; and the removal of the CFL noncontrolling interest because CFL became a wholly-owned subsidiary.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of noncontrolling interest and distributions payable to the noncontrolling interests on our consolidated balance sheets is provided below.
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 TNCLP TNCLP CFL TNCLP Total
 (in millions)
Noncontrolling interest: 
  
  
  
  
Beginning balance$362.8
 $362.3
 $17.4
 $362.6
 $380.0
Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest34.2
 46.5
 2.3
 65.9
 68.2
Declaration of distributions payable(45.0) (46.0) (2.3) (66.2) (68.5)
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in CFL
 
 (16.8) 
 (16.8)
Effect of exchange rate changes
 
 (0.6) 
 (0.6)
Ending balance$352.0
 $362.8
 $
 $362.3
 $362.3
Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest: 
  
  
  
  
Beginning balance$
 $
 $5.3
 $
 $5.3
Declaration of distributions payable45.0
 46.0
 2.3
 66.2
 68.5
Distributions to noncontrolling interest(45.0) (46.0) (7.5) (66.2) (73.7)
Effect of exchange rate changes
 
 (0.1) 
 (0.1)
Ending balance$
 $
 $
 $
 $
Proposed Internal Revenue Service Regulation Impacting Master Limited Partnerships
Currently, no federal income taxes are paid by TNCLP due to its MLP status. Partnerships are generally not subject to federal income tax, although publicly-traded partnerships (such as TNCLP) are treated as corporations for federal income tax purposes (and therefore are subject to federal income tax), unless at least 90% of the partnership's gross income is "qualifying income" as defined in Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and the partnership is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Any change in the tax treatment of income from fertilizer-related activities as qualifying income could cause TNCLP to be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. If TNCLP were taxed as a corporation, under current law, due to its current ownership interest, CF Industries would qualify for a partial dividends received deduction on the dividends received from TNCLP. Therefore, we would not expect a change in the tax treatment of TNCLP to have a material impact on ourthe consolidated financial results.

Notes Payable

        From timecondition or results of operations of CF Holdings.

On May 6, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations on the types of income and activities which constitute or generate qualifying income of a MLP. The proposed regulations would have the effect of limiting the types of income and activities which qualify under the MLP rules, subject to time, CFL receives advances from CF Industriescertain transition provisions. The proposed regulations include as activities that generate qualifying income processing or refining and from CFL's noncontrolling interest holdertransportation activities with respect to finance major capital expenditures. The advances outstanding are evidenced by unsecured promissory notes due December 31, 2013 and bear interest at market rates. The amount shown as notes payable represents the advances payableany mineral or natural resource (including fertilizer), but reserve on specific proposals regarding fertilizer-related activities. We continue to CFL's noncontrolling interest holder. The carrying value of notes payable approximates their fair value.

23.   Leases

        We have operating leases for certain property and equipment under various noncancelable agreements, the most significant of which are rail car leases and barge tow charters for the distribution of fertilizer. The rail car leases currently have minimum terms ranging from one to ten years and the barge charter commitments range from one to seven years. We also have terminal and warehouse storage agreements for our distribution system, some of which contain minimum throughput requirements. The storage agreements contain minimum terms generally ranging from one year to three years and commonly contain automatic annual renewal provisions thereafter unless canceled by either party.

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        Our Deerfield corporate office lease has a ten-year minimum term ending in 2017. This lease contains rent escalations, leasehold incentives and rent holidays that are amortized on a straight-line basis over the construction period and the term of the lease. Other than the corporate office lease, our operating lease agreements do not contain significant contingent rents, leasehold incentives, rent holidays, concessions or unusual provisions.

        Future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases, including barge charters and storage agreements at December 31, 2012 are shown below.


 
 Operating
Lease Payments
 
 
 (in millions)
 

2013

 $78.0 

2014

  52.3 

2015

  34.7 

2016

  31.6 

2017

  24.1 

Thereafter

  49.6 
    

 $270.3 
    

        Total rent expense for cancelable and noncancelable operating leases was $89.7 million for 2012, $81.0 million for 2011 and $63.7 million for 2010.

24.   Other Noncurrent Liabilities

        Other noncurrent liabilities consist of the following:

 
 December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 
 
 (in millions)
 

Asset retirement obligations

 $145.0 $131.6 

Less: Current portion in accrued expenses

  12.3  13.8 
      

Noncurrent portion

  132.7  117.8 

Benefit plans and deferred compensation

  209.1  230.4 

Tax related liabilities

  38.5  74.8 

Environmental and related costs

  4.0  4.6 

Deferred rent

  2.3  2.7 

Other

  9.1  5.5 
      

 $395.7 $435.8 
      

        Asset retirement obligations are for phosphogypsum stack closure, mine reclamation and other obligations (see Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations). Benefit plans and deferred compensation include liabilities for pensions, retiree medical benefits, and the noncurrent portion of incentive plans (see Note 7—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits). Environmental and related costs consist of the noncurrent portions of the liability for environmental items included in other operating—net (see Note 8—Other Operating—Net).


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25.16.   Derivative Financial Instruments

We use derivative financial instruments to reduce our exposure to changes in commodity prices and foreign currency exchange rates.

Commodity Price Risk Management

Natural gas is the largest and most volatile component of the manufacturing cost for nitrogen-based fertilizers.products. We manage the risk of changes in natural gas prices primarily through the use of primarily derivative financial instruments covering periods through the end of generally less than 18 months.2018. The natural gas derivative instrumentsderivatives that we currently use are fixed-price swapprimarily fixed price swaps and option contractsoptions traded in the over-the-counterOTC markets. TheThese natural gas derivatives settle using primarily a NYMEX futures price index, which represents the basis for fair value at any given time. The contracts areWe entered into natural gas derivative contracts with respect to natural gas to be consumed by us in the future, and settlements of those derivative contracts are scheduled to coincide with our anticipated purchases of natural gas purchases used to manufacture nitrogen products during those future periods. We use natural gas derivatives as an economic hedge of natural gas price risk, but without the application of hedge accounting.

As a result, changes in fair value of these contracts are recognized in earnings.

As of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, we had open natural gas derivative contracts for 58.9431.5 million MMBtus and 156.358.7 million MMBtus, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2012,2015, we used derivatives to cover approximately 65%64% of our natural gas consumption.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we announced plansour Board of Directors authorized a project to construct new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at our Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex and new ammonia and urea plants at our Port Neal, Iowa complex. Our Board of Directors has authorized expenditures of $3.8 billion for these projects. A portion of the constructioncapacity expansion project costs will be Euro-denominated.are euro-denominated. In order to manage our exposure to changes in the Euroeuro to U.S. dollar currency exchange rates, we have hedged our projected Euroeuro-denominated payments through the third quarter of 2016 using foreign currency forward exchange contracts.

As of December 31, 2012,2015 and 2014, the notional amount of our open foreign currency derivatives was $884.0 million. Of this amount, $415.6€89.0 million or approximately 47%, have been designated as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes while the remaining $468.4and €209.0 million, have not beenrespectively. None of these open foreign currency derivatives were designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes.

        We did not utilize

During the year ended December 31, 2014, we reclassified a pre-tax gain of $2.8 million from accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) to income as a result of the discontinuance of certain foreign currency derivatives, in 2010 or 2011.which were originally designated as cash flow hedges. No reclassification from AOCI to income was madeoccurred in 2012, 20112015 or 2010,2013. As of December 31, 2015 and none is projectedDecember 31, 2014, AOCI includes $7.4 million of pre-tax gains related to the foreign currency derivatives that were originally designated as cash flow hedges. The hedges were de-designated as of December 31, 2013, and the remaining balance in AOCI will be reclassified into income over the depreciable lives of the property, plant and equipment associated with the capacity expansion projects. We expect that the amounts to be reclassified within the next twelve months will be insignificant. See Note 18—Stockholders' Equity, for 2013.

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The effect of derivatives in our consolidated statements of operations is shown below.

in the tables below:


 Gain (loss) recognized
in OCI
 Gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income Gain (loss) recognized in OCI Gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income

 Year ended December 31,  
 Year ended December 31, Year ended December 31,   Year ended December 31,
Derivatives designated
as cash flow hedges
 2012 2011 2010 Location 2012 2011 2010 2015 2014 2013 Location 2015 2014 2013

 (in millions)
  
 (in millions)
 (in millions)   (in millions)

Foreign exchange contracts

 $7.2 $ $ Other operating—net $ $ $ $
 $
 $3.0
 Other operating—net $
 $2.8
 $
             


 
  
  
  
 Gain (loss) recognized in income 
 
  
  
  
  
 Year ended December 31, 
 
  
  
  
 Location 2012 2011 2010 
 
  
  
  
  
 (in millions)
 

Foreign exchange contracts

          Other operating—net $1.8 $ $ 
                   
 Gain (loss) recognized in income
   Year ended December 31,
 Location 2015 2014 2013
   (in millions)
Foreign exchange contracts
Other operating—net(1)
 $
 $
 $(1.8)



(1)
For foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges, the amount reported as loss recognized in income in 2013 represents the amount excluded from hedge effectiveness.

118
 
  
  
  
 Gain (loss) recognized in income 
 
  
  
  
  
 Year ended December 31, 
Derivatives not
designated as hedges
  
  
  
 Location 2012 2011 2010 
 
  
  
  
  
 (in millions)
 

Natural gas derivatives

          Cost of sales $66.5 $(77.3)$9.6 

Foreign exchange contracts

          Other operating—net  6.3     
                   

            $72.8 $(77.3)$9.6 
                   


 
 Gain (loss) in income 
 
 Year ended December 31, 
All Derivatives
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Unrealized gains (losses)

          

Derivatives not designated as hedges

 $72.8 $(77.3)$9.6 

Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness

  1.8     
        

Total unrealized gains (losses)

  74.6  (77.3) 9.6 

Realized gains (losses)

  (144.4) (54.5) (53.2)
        

Net derivative gains (losses)

 $(69.8)$(131.8)$(43.6)
        



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 Unrealized gain (loss) recognized in income
   Year ended December 31,
Derivatives not
designated as hedges
Location 2015 2014 2013
   (in millions)
Natural gas derivativesCost of sales $(176.3) $(79.5) $52.9
Foreign exchange contractsOther operating—net 22.4
 (43.6) 14.8
Unrealized (losses) gains recognized in income  $(153.9) $(123.1) $67.7
 Gain (loss) in income
 Year ended December 31,
All Derivatives2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Unrealized (losses) gains 
  
  
Derivatives not designated as hedges$(153.9) $(123.1) $67.7
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness
 
 (1.8)
Total unrealized (losses) gains(153.9) (123.1) 65.9
Realized (losses) gains(114.2) 64.2
 1.8
Net derivative (losses) gains$(268.1) $(58.9) $67.7

The fair values of derivatives on our consolidated balance sheets are shown below. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, none of our derivative instruments were designated as hedging instruments. For additional information on derivative fair values, see Note 5—9—Fair Value Measurements.


 Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives 

  
 December 31,  
 December 31, Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives

 Balance Sheet
Location
 Balance Sheet
Location
 
Balance Sheet
Location
 December 31, 
Balance Sheet
Location
 December 31,

 2012 2011 2012 2011  2015 2014 2015 2014

  
 (in millions)
  
 (in millions)
   (in millions)   (in millions)

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 $4.2 $ 

Other current liabilities

 $ $ 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other noncurrent assets

 4.8  

Other noncurrent liabilities

   
         

 $9.0 $ $ $ 
         

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 $3.9 $ 

Other current liabilities

 $ $ Other current assets $0.5
 $
 Other current liabilities $(0.6) $(22.4)

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other noncurrent assets

 2.4  

Other non current liabilities

   Other assets 
 
 Other liabilities 
 

Natural gas derivatives

 

Other current assets

 2.0 0.5 

Other current liabilities

 (5.5) (74.7)Other current assets 0.1
 0.5
 Other current liabilities (129.9) (26.0)

Natural gas derivatives

 

Other noncurrent assets

   

Other non current liabilities

 (0.1)  Other assets 
 
 Other liabilities (80.8) 
         
Total derivatives  $0.6
 $0.5
   $(211.3) $(48.4)
Current / Noncurrent totals   
  
    
  

 $8.3 $0.5 $(5.6)$(74.7)Other current assets $0.6
 $0.5
 Other current liabilities $(130.5) $(48.4)
         Other assets 
 
 Other liabilities (80.8) 

Total derivatives

 $17.3 $0.5 $(5.6)$(74.7)  $0.6
 $0.5
   $(211.3) $(48.4)
         

Current / Non-Current Totals

 

 

Other current assets

 $10.1 $0.5 

Other current liabilities

 $(5.5)$(74.7)

 

Other noncurrent assets

 7.2  

Other non current liabilities

 (0.1)  
         

Total derivatives

 $17.3 $0.5 $(5.6)$(74.7)
         

        Derivatives expose us to counterparties and the risks associated with their ability to meet the terms of the contracts.

The counterparties to our derivative contracts are multinational commercial banks, major financial institutions and large energy companies. Our derivatives are either large oilexecuted with several counterparties, generally under International Swaps and gas companiesDerivatives Association (ISDA) agreements. The ISDA agreements are master netting arrangements commonly used for OTC derivatives that mitigate exposure to counterparty credit risk, in part, by creating contractual rights of netting and setoff, the specifics of which vary from agreement to agreement. These rights are described further below:
Settlement netting generally allows us and our counterparties to net, into a single net payable or large financial institutions. Cash collateralreceivable, ordinary settlement obligations arising between us under the ISDA agreement on the same day, in the same currency, for the same types of derivative instruments, and through the same pairing of offices.

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Close-out netting rights are provided in the event of a default or other termination event (as defined in the ISDA agreements), including bankruptcy. Depending on the cause of early termination, the non-defaulting party may elect to terminate all or some transactions outstanding under the ISDA agreement. The values of all terminated transactions and certain other payments under the ISDA agreement are netted, resulting in a single net close-out amount payable to or by the non-defaulting party. Termination values may be determined using a mark-to-market approach or based on a party's good faith estimate of its loss. If the final net close-out amount is deposited withpayable by the non-defaulting party, that party's obligation to make the payment may be conditioned on factors such as the termination of all derivative transactions between the parties or received frompayment in full of all of the defaulting party's obligations to the non-defaulting party, in each case regardless of whether arising under the ISDA agreement or otherwise.
Setoff rights are provided by certain of our ISDA agreements and generally allow a non-defaulting party to elect to set off, against the final net close-out payment, other matured and contingent amounts payable between us and our counterparties when predetermined unrealized gainunder the ISDA agreement or loss thresholds are exceeded. At both December 31, 2012otherwise. Typically, these setoff rights arise upon the early termination of all transactions outstanding under an ISDA agreement following a default or specified termination event.
Most of our ISDA agreements contain credit-risk-related contingent features such as cross default provisions and 2011, we had no cash collateral on deposit with counterparties forcredit support requirements. In the event of certain defaults or a credit ratings downgrade, our counterparty may request early termination and net settlement of certain derivative contracts.

trades or may require us to collateralize derivatives in a net liability position. As of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, the aggregate fair value of the derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features in a net liability positionpositions was $0.9$211.3 million and $74.7$47.1 million, respectively.

        For derivativesrespectively, which also approximates the fair value of the maximum amount of additional collateral that are in net asset positions, we are exposedwould need to credit loss from nonperformance bybe posted or assets needed to settle the counterparties.obligations if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered at the reporting dates. At both December 31, 20122015 and 2011, our exposure to credit loss from nonperformance by counterparties to derivative instruments totaled $12.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively. We control our credit risk through the use of multiple counterparties, individual credit limits, monitoring procedures,2014, we had no cash collateral requirementson deposit with counterparties for derivative contracts. The credit support documents executed in connection with certain of our ISDA agreements generally provide us and master netting arrangements.

our counterparties the right to set off collateral against amounts owing under the ISDA agreements upon the occurrence of a default or a specified termination event.

The master netting arrangements with respectfollowing table presents amounts relevant to someoffsetting of our derivative instruments also contain credit-risk-related contingent features that require usassets and liabilities as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:
 
Amounts
presented in
consolidated
balance
sheets(1)
 Gross amounts not offset in consolidated balance sheets  
  
Financial
instruments
 
Cash
collateral
received
(pledged)
 
Net
amount
 (in millions)
December 31, 2015 
  
  
  
Total derivative assets$0.6
 $0.6
 $
 $
Total derivative liabilities211.3
 0.6
 
 210.7
Net derivative liabilities$(210.7) $
 $
 $(210.7)
December 31, 2014 
  
  
  
Total derivative assets$0.5
 $0.5
 $
 $
Total derivative liabilities48.4
 0.5
 
 47.9
Net derivative liabilities$(47.9) $
 $
 $(47.9)


(1)
We report the fair values of our derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis on our consolidated balance sheets. As a result, the gross amounts recognized and net amounts presented are the same.
We do not believe the contractually allowed netting, close-out netting or setoff of amounts owed to, maintain a minimum net worth level and certain financial ratios. If we fail to meet these minimum requirements,or due from, the counterparties to those derivative instruments where we hold our ISDA agreements would have a material effect on our financial position.

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17.   Supplemental Balance Sheet Data
Accounts ReceivableNet
Accounts receivable—net liability positions could require daily cashconsist of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Trade$210.2
 $185.7
Other57.0
 5.8
 $267.2
 $191.5
Trade accounts receivable is net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $2.9 million and $0.4 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Inventories
Inventories consist of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Finished goods$286.1
 $179.5
Raw materials, spare parts and supplies35.1
 23.4
 $321.2
 $202.9
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Accounts payable$96.6
 $65.8
Capacity expansion project costs416.3
 195.3
Accrued natural gas costs70.0
 96.9
Payroll and employee-related costs48.8
 47.3
Accrued interest60.0
 46.9
Accrued share repurchase
 29.1
Other226.0
 108.6
 $917.7
 $589.9
Capacity expansion project costs include the capital expenditures invested in the capacity expansion projects.
Payroll and employee-related costs include accrued salaries and wages, vacation, incentive plans and payroll taxes.
Accrued interest includes interest payable on our outstanding unsecured senior notes. For further details, see Note 12—Financing Agreements.
Other includes accrued utilities, property taxes, sales incentives and other credits, accrued litigation settlement costs, accrued transaction costs, maintenance and professional services.

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Other Current Liabilities
Other current liabilities consist of unrealized losses or some other formon derivatives amounting to $130.5 million and $48.4 million as of credit support.

December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. For further details, see Note 16—Derivative Financial Instruments.
Other Liabilities
Other liabilities consist of the following:
 December 31,
 2015 2014
 (in millions)
Benefit plans and deferred compensation$343.4
 $209.8
Tax-related liabilities117.9
 95.8
Unrealized losses on derivatives80.8
 
Capacity expansion project costs54.8
 49.0
Environmental and related costs6.6
 3.6
Other24.1
 16.7
 $627.6
 $374.9
Benefit plans and deferred compensation include liabilities for pensions, retiree medical benefits, and the noncurrent portion of incentive plans (see Note 11—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits).
Capacity expansion project costs consist of amounts due to contractors that will be paid upon completion of the project in accordance with the related contract terms.

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26.


18.   Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

        In April 2010, we issued approximately 9.5 million shares of CF Holdings common stock in connection with our acquisition of Terra. For additional information regarding the Terra acquisition, see Note 12—Terra Acquisition. Also in April 2010, we completed a public offering of approximately 12.9 million shares of CF Holdings common stock at a price of $89.00 per share resulting in net proceeds of $1.1 billion.

        In the third quarter of 2011, our

Our Board of Directors has authorized a programcertain programs to repurchase upshares of our common stock. Each of these programs is consistent in that repurchases may be made from time to $1.5 billion of CF Holdings common stock through December 31, 2013. During 2011, we repurchased 6.5 million shares under the program for $1.0 billion, andtime in the second quarteropen market, through privately-negotiated transactions, through block transactions or otherwise. The manner, timing and amount of 2012, we repurchased 3.1 million sharesrepurchases are determined by our management based on the evaluation of CF Holdings commonmarket conditions, stock for $500.0 million, thereby completing this program. In June 2012, all 9.6 million shares that were repurchased under this program were retired.

price and other factors. 

In the third quarter of 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of the common stock of CF Holdings common stock through December 31, 2016. Repurchases2016 (the 2012 Program). The repurchases under this program may be made from time to timethe 2012 Program were completed in the open market,second quarter of 2014. On August 6, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of the common stock of CF Holdings through December 31, 2016 (the 2014 Program). 
The number of shares in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. the share repurchases and changes in common shares outstanding tables below has been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015. See Note 1—Background and Basis of Presentation for further information.
The manner, timing,following table summarizes the share repurchases under the 2014 Program and the 2012 Program.
 2014 Program 2012 Program
 Shares Amounts Shares Amounts
 (in millions)
Shares repurchased in 2013
 $
 36.7
 $1,449.3
Shares repurchased in 2014:       
First quarter
 $
 16.0
 $793.9
Second quarter
 
 15.4
 756.8
Third quarter
 
 
 
Fourth quarter7.0
 372.8
 
 
Total shares repurchased in 20147.0
 372.8
 31.4
 1,550.7
Shares repurchased as of December 31, 2014 
7.0
 $372.8
 68.1
 $3,000.0
Shares repurchased in 2015:       
First quarter4.1
 $236.6
    
Second quarter4.5
 268.1
    
Third quarter0.3
 22.5
    
Fourth quarter
 
    
Total shares repurchased in 20158.9
 527.2
    
Shares repurchased as of December 31, 201515.9
 $900.0
    
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the amount of any repurchases will be determined by our management based on evaluationshares repurchased that was accrued but unpaid was zero and $29.1 million, respectively.
During 2015 and 2014, we retired 10.7 million shares and 38.6 million shares of market conditions,repurchased stock, price,respectively. As of December 31, 2015 and other factors. There were no repurchases under this program2014, we held in 2012.

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Changes in common shares outstanding are as follows:

 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
Beginning balance241,673,050
 279,240,970
 314,753,440
Exercise of stock options274,705
 942,560
 1,131,515
Issuance of restricted stock(1)
40,673
 20,875
 150,370
Forfeitures of restricted stock
 (65,680) (7,850)
Purchase of treasury shares(2)
(8,906,872) (38,465,675) (36,786,505)
Ending balance233,081,556
 241,673,050
 279,240,970

(1)
Includes shares issued from treasury.
(2)
Includes shares withheld to pay employee tax obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock.
 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 

Beginning balance

  65,419,989  71,267,185  48,569,985 

Exercise of stock options

  569,490  638,926  187,599 

Issuance of restricted stock(1)

  25,662  32,867  58,275 

Forfeitures of restricted stock

  (2,170) (3,140) (13,380)

Issuance for Terra acquisition

      9,543,356 

Issuance for equity offering

      12,921,350 

Purchase of treasury shares(2)

  (3,062,283) (6,515,849)  
        

Ending balance

  62,950,688  65,419,989  71,267,185 
        

(1)
Consists of restricted shares issued, net of shares issued from treasury.

(2)
Includes treasury shares acquired through shares withheld to pay employee tax obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock.

Stockholder Rights Plan

        We have adopted

As of December 31, 2014, we had a stockholder rights plan (the Rights Plan). The existence of the rights and the Rights Plan is intended to deter coercive or partial offers which may not provide fair value to all stockholders and to enhance our ability to represent all of our stockholders and thereby maximize stockholder value.

        Under the Rights Plan, each share of common stock has attached to it one right. Each right entitles the holder to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of a series of our preferred stock designated as Series A junior participating preferred stock at an exercise price of $90, subject to


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adjustment. Rights will only be exercisable under limited circumstances specified in the rights agreement when there has been a distribution of the rights and such rights are no longer redeemable by us. A distribution of the rights would occur upon the earlier of (i) 10 business days following a public announcement that any person or group has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more (or, in the case of certain institutional and other investors, 20% or more) of the outstanding shares of our common stock, other than as a result of repurchases of stock by us; or (ii) 10 business days, or such later date as our Board of Directors may determine, after the date of the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in any person, group or related persons acquiring beneficial ownership of 15% or more (or, in the case of certain institutional and other investors, 20% or more) of the outstanding shares of our common stock. The rights will expire at 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on July 21, 2015, unless such date is extended or the rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by us.

        If any person or group acquires shares representing 15% or more (or, in the case of certain institutional and other investors, 20% or more) of the outstanding shares of our common stock, the rights will entitle a holder, other than such person, any member of such group or related person, all of whose rights will be null and void, to acquire a number of additional shares of our common stock having a market value of twice the exercise price of each right. If we are involved in a merger or other business combination transaction, each right will entitle its holder to purchase, at the right's then-current exercise price, a number of shares of the acquiring or surviving company's common stock having a market value at that time of twice the right's exercise price.

        The description and terms of the rights arewere set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2005 between us and The Bank of New York, as amended by the First Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2010 and March 16, 2015 between us and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (as successor to the Bank of New York)Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent.

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Preferred Stock

We are authorized to issue 50 million shares of $0.01 par value preferred stock.stock, of which 500,000 have been designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors, without any further stockholder action or approval, to issue these shares in one or more classes or series, and (other than in the case of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, the terms of which are set forth in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation) to fix the rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each wholly unissued class or series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions. In connection with our Rights Plan,The 500,000 authorized shares of preferred stock have been designated as Series A junior participating preferred stock.Junior Participating Preferred Stock had been reserved for issuance upon the exercise of rights under the Rights Plan. The rights expired on March 31, 2015 without having been exercised. No shares of preferred stock have been issued.


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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and the impact on other comprehensive loss are as follows:


 Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Securities
 Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Derivatives
 Defined
Benefit
Plans
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 

 (in millions)
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Securities
 
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Derivatives
 
Defined
Benefit
Plans
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)

Balance at December 31, 2009

 $(0.4)$9.7 $ $(52.5)$(43.2)

Unrealized loss

  (2.5)   (2.5)

Reclassification to net earnings

  (21.2)  6.6 (14.6)

Loss arising during the period

    (35.5) (35.5)
(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2012$61.4
 $(0.4) $4.6
 $(115.2) $(49.6)
Unrealized gain
 2.1
 3.0
 
 5.1
Reclassification to earnings
 (0.6) 
 12.2
 11.6
Gain arising during the period
 
 
 46.2
 46.2

Effect of exchange rate changes and deferred taxes

 22.8 9.1  10.6 42.5 (29.5) (0.5) (1.1) (24.8) (55.9)
           

Balance at December 31, 2010

 22.4 (4.9)  (70.8) (53.3)

Unrealized gain

  3.2   3.2 

Reclassification to net earnings

  (0.2)  7.9 7.7 

Loss arising during the period

    (45.2) (45.2)

Effect of exchange rate changes and deferred taxes

 (7.0) (1.1)  (3.6) (11.7)
           

Balance at December 31, 2011

 15.4 (3.0)  (111.7) (99.3)
Balance as of December 31, 201331.9
 0.6
 6.5
 (81.6) (42.6)

Unrealized gain

  4.3 7.2  11.5 
 0.7
 
 
 0.7

Reclassification to earnings

  (0.6)  11.5 10.9 
 (0.4) (2.8) 33.1
 29.9

Loss arising during the period

    (1.0) (1.0)
 
 
 (106.2) (106.2)

Effect of exchange rate changes and deferred taxes

 46.0 (1.1) (2.6) (14.0) 28.3 (72.4) (0.1) 1.0
 29.9
 (41.6)
           

Balance at December 31, 2012

 $61.4 $(0.4)$4.6 $(115.2)$(49.6)
           
Balance as of December 31, 2014(40.5) 0.8
 4.7
 (124.8) (159.8)
Unrealized loss
 (0.2) 
 
 (0.2)
Reclassification to earnings
 0.9
 
 5.9
 6.8
Impact of CF Fertilisers UK acquisition9.0
 
 
 38.2
 47.2
Gain arising during the period
 
 
 23.7
 23.7
Effect of exchange rate changes and deferred taxes(166.3) (0.5) 
 (0.7) (167.5)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$(197.8) $1.0
 $4.7
 $(57.7) $(249.8)

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Reclassifications out of 2012. For additional information, refer to Note 7—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits.

        The $21.2 million unrealized gain on securities reclassified to earnings in 2010 pertainsAOCI to the holding gain on our investment in marketable equity securities that was realized inconsolidated statements of operations for the first quarteryears ended December 31, 2015. 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment     
CF Fertilisers UK equity method investment remeasurement(1)
$9.0
 $
 $
Total before tax9.0
 
 
Tax effect
 
 
Net of tax$9.0
 $
 $
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities 
    
Available-for-sale securities(2)
$0.9
 $(0.4) $(0.6)
Total before tax0.9
 (0.4) (0.6)
Tax effect(0.5) 0.1
 0.2
Net of tax$0.4
 $(0.3) $(0.4)
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives     
Reclassification of de-designated hedges(3)
$
 $(2.8) $
Total before tax
 (2.8) 
Tax effect
 1.0
 
Net of tax$
 $(1.8) $
Defined Benefit Plans 
  
  
CF Fertilisers UK equity method investment remeasurement(1)
$38.2
 $
 $
Amortization of prior service cost(4)
(1.0) (0.4) 0.3
Amortization of net loss(4)
6.9
 33.5
 11.9
Total before tax44.1
 33.1
 12.2
Tax effect(2.1) (12.1) (4.3)
Net of tax$42.0
 $21.0
 $7.9
Total reclassifications for the period$51.4
 $18.9
 $7.5

(1)
Represents the amount that was reclassified from AOCI into equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes as a result of the remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK.
(2)
Represents the balance that was reclassified into interest income.
(3)
Represents the portion of de-designated cash flow hedges that were reclassified into income as a result of the discontinuance of certain cash flow hedges.
(4)
These components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost and were reclassified from AOCI into cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses.

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19.   Stock-Based Compensation

2009

2014 Equity and Incentive Plan

        We grant stock-based compensation awards under

On May 14, 2014, our shareholders approved the CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2014 Equity and Incentive Plan (the Plan) which replaced the CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2009 Equity and Incentive Plan (the Plan).Plan. Under the Plan, we may grant incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards (payable in cash or stock) and other stock-based awards to our officers, employees, consultants and independent contractors (including non-employee directors). The purpose of the Plan is to provide an incentive for our employees, officers, consultants and non-employee directors that is aligned with the interests of our stockholders.


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record as of the close of business on June 1, 2015 (Record Date) received four additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock held on the Record Date in the form of a stock dividend (five-for-one stock split). Share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the five-for-one stock split. Shares reserved under the Company's equity and incentive plans were adjusted to reflect the five-for-one stock split.

Share Reserve and Individual Award Limits

The maximum number of shares reserved for the grant of awards under the Plan is the sum of (i) 3.913.9 million and (ii) the number of shares subject to outstanding awards under our predecessor planplans to the extent such awards terminate or expire without delivery of shares. For purposes of determining the number of shares of stock available for grant under the Plan, each option or stock appreciation right is counted against the reserve as one share. Each share of stock granted, other than an option or a stock appreciation right, is counted against the reserve as 1.61 shares. If any outstanding award expires or is settled in cash, any unissued shares subject to the award are again available for grant under the Plan. Shares tendered in payment of the exercise price of an option and shares withheld by the Company or otherwise received by the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations are not available for future grant under the Plan. AtAs of December 31, 2012,2015, we had 3.113.1 million shares available for future awards under the Plan. The Plan provides that no more than 1.05.0 million underlying shares may be granted to a participant in any one calendar year.

Stock Options

Under the Plan and our predecessor plans, we granted to plan participants nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of our common stock. The exercise price of these options is equal to the market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The contractual life of the optionseach option is ten years and generally one-third of the options vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. Key assumptions used and resulting grant date fair values are shown in the following table.

 
 2012 2011 2010

Assumptions:

      

Weighted-average expected volatility

 50% 53% 52%

Expected term of stock options

 4.5 Years 4.7 Years 5-6 Years

Risk-free interest rate

 0.7% 0.9% 1.5-2.0%

Weighted-average expected dividend yield

 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%

Weighted-average grant date fair value per share of options
granted

 $80.59 $56.60 $35.04
 2015 2014 2013
Weighted-average assumptions:     
Expected volatility31% 33% 35%
Expected term of stock options4.3 Years 4.3 Years 4.4 Years
Risk-free interest rate1.5% 1.3% 1.4%
Expected dividend yield1.9% 1.6% 0.8%
Weighted-average grant date fair value(1)
$13.99 $12.77 $10.76


(1)
The grant date fair values used to calculate the weighted-average grant date fair value have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one stock split.
The expected volatility of our stock options is based on the combination of the historical volatility of our common stock and implied volatilities of exchange traded options on our common stock. The expected term of options is estimated based on our historical exercise experience, post vestingpost-vesting employment termination behavior and the contractual term. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury Strip yield curve in effect at the time of grant for the expected term of the options.



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A summary of stock option activity underduring the plan atyear ended December 31, 20122015 is presented below:


 Shares Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

 1,215,083 $53.95 
Shares(1)
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price(1)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014(1)
3,185,165
 $35.92

Granted

 130,670 207.11 784,928
 61.98

Exercised

 (569,490) 25.63 (274,705) 30.60

Forfeited

 (9,656) 113.80 (41,070) 47.72
     

Outstanding at December 31, 2012

 766,607 100.34 
     

Exercisable at December 31, 2012

 475,793 66.40 
     
Outstanding as of December 31, 20153,654,318
 41.79
Exercisable as of December 31, 20152,110,615
 32.38


(1)
Shares and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one stock split.
Selected amounts pertaining to stock option exercises are as follows:


 2012 2011 2010 2015 2014 2013

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Cash received from stock option exercises

 $14.6 $15.5 $5.0 $8.4
 $17.6
 $10.3

Actual tax benefit realized from stock option exercises

 $36.9 $30.0 $6.2 $1.9
 $10.2
 $11.9

Pre-tax intrinsic value of stock options exercised

 $95.2 $79.4 $16.7 $8.4
 $31.1
 $38.6

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2012:

 
 Options Outstanding Options Exercisable 
Range of
Exercise Prices
 Shares Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
 Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)
(in millions)
 Shares Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
 Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)
(in millions)
 

$  14.83 - $  20.00

  138,350  3.3 $15.28 $26.0  138,350  3.3 $15.28 $26.0 

$  20.01 - $100.00

  333,006  6.6  72.52  43.5  253,003  6.3  71.17  33.4 

$100.01 - $170.57

  295,251  8.5  171.58  9.9  84,440  6.8  135.84  5.7 
                      

  766,607  6.7  100.34 $79.4  475,793  5.5  66.40 $65.1 
                      

(1)
The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on our closing stock price of $203.16 as of December 31, 2012, which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options as of that date.
2015:
 Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
Range of
Exercise Prices
Shares 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)
(in millions)
 Shares 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)
(in millions)
$  3.30 - $  4.005,000
 0.3 $3.35
 $0.2
 5,000
 0.3 $3.35
 $0.2
$  4.01 - $20.00582,680
 3.9 14.67
 15.2
 582,680
 3.9 14.67
 15.2
$20.01 - $62.253,066,638
 7.7 47.00
 6.0
 1,522,935
 6.7 39.26
 5.4
 3,654,318
 7.1 41.79
 $21.4
 2,110,615
 5.9 32.38
 $20.8


(1)
The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on our closing stock price of $40.81 on December 31, 2015, which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options as of that date.
Restricted Stock

Awards, Restricted Stock Units and Performance Share Units

The fair value of a restricted stock award (RSA) or an award of restricted stock units (RSU) is equal to the numbersnumber of shares awardedsubject to the award multiplied by the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The restricted stock awardedWe estimated the fair value of each performance share unit (PSU) on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation. Awards granted to key employees vestsvest three years from the date of grant. The restricted stockvesting of PSUs is also subject to the attainment of applicable performance goals during the performance period. The RSAs awarded to non-management members of our Board of Directors vestsvest the earlier of one year from the date of the grant or the date of the next annual stockholder meeting. During the vesting period, the holders of the restricted stockRSAs are entitled to dividends and voting rights.

During the vesting period, the holders of the RSUs are paid dividend equivalents in cash to the extent the Company pays cash dividends. PSUs accrue dividend equivalents to the extent the Company pays cash dividends on our common stock during the performance vesting period. Upon vesting of the PSUs, holders are paid the accrued dividend equivalents based on the shares of common stock, if any, delivered in settlement of PSUs. Holders of RSUs and PSUs are not entitled to voting rights unless and until the awards have vested.


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A summary of restricted stock activity underduring the plan atyear ended December 31, 20122015 is presented below:


 Shares Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

 112,571 $100.83 
Restricted Stock Awards Restricted Stock Units Performance Share Units
Shares(1)
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value(1)
 
Shares(1)
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value(1)
 
Shares(1)
 
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value(1)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014(1)
152,355
 $39.76
 40,850
 $51.16
 26,275
 $77.65

Granted

 25,662 201.22 18,843
 61.54
 34,073
 61.60
 21,940
 91.13

Restrictions lapsed (vested)

 (37,779) 95.35 (86,280) 42.82
 
 
 
 

Forfeited

 (2,170) 105.53 
 
 (400) 62.25
 (275) 91.13
     

Outstanding at December 31, 2012

 98,284 129.05 
     
Outstanding as of December 31, 201584,918
 51.34
 74,523
 55.87
 47,940
 83.74

        The


(1)
Shares and per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one stock split.
After adjusting for the five-for-one stock split, the 2015 and 2014 weighted-average grant date fair value per sharefor RSAs was $61.54 and $49.76, for RSUs was $61.60 and $51.16, and for PSUs was $91.13 and $77.65, respectively. The 2013 weighted-average grant date fair value of restrictedRSAs was $37.88, adjusted for the five-for-one stock split. No RSUs or PSUs were granted in 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $201.22, $150.64 and $76.45, respectively.

2013.

Selected amounts pertaining to restricted stock awards that vested are as follows:

Year ended December 31,

 2012 2011 2010 2015 2014 2013

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Actual tax benefit realized from restricted stock vested

 $2.9 $1.7 $1.2 $1.2
 $3.0
 $3.4

Fair value of restricted stock vested

 $7.6 $4.4 $3.4 $5.3
 $8.6
 $10.0

Compensation Cost

Compensation cost is recorded primarily in selling, general and administrative expense.expenses. The following table summarizes stock-based compensation costs and related income tax benefits.

 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Stock-based compensation expense(1)(2)
$16.5
 $16.8
 $12.6
Income tax benefit(6.0) (6.1) (4.6)
Stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes$10.5
 $10.7
 $8.0

(1)
In 2014, includes incremental compensation expense of $2.2 million related to the modification of 299,950 stock options and 80,495 RSAs, adjusted for the five-for-one stock split.
(2)
In addition to stock-based compensation expense associated with the Plan and predecessor plans, TNCLP also recognizes stock-based compensation expense for phantom units provided to non-employee directors of TNGP. The expense (income) resulting from these market-based liability awards amounted to $0.3 million, $(0.1) million and zero for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and is included in stock-based compensation expense reported in our consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows.
 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Stock-based compensation expense(1)

 $11.1 $9.9 $7.9 

Income tax benefit

  (4.0) (3.7) (2.9)
        

Stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

 $7.1 $6.2 $5.0 
        

(1)
In addition to our expense associated with the Plan, TNCLP also recognizes stock-based compensation expense for phantom units provided to non-employee directors of TNGP. The expense resulting from these market-based liability awards amounted to $0.8 million, $0.7 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 respectively. Stock compensation expense reported in our consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows includes this phantom unit expense.

As of December 31, 2012,2015, pre-tax unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, was $13.6$11.1 million for stock options, which will be recognized over a weighted averageweighted-average period of 2.11.7 years, and $6.2$3.0 million for restricted stock,RSAs and RSUs, which will be recognized over a weighted averageweighted-average period of 2.01.4 years, and $1.9 million for PSUs, which will be recognized over 1.8 years.


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An excess tax benefit is generated when the realized tax benefit from the vesting of restricted stock,RSAs, or a stock option exercise, exceeds the previously recognized deferred tax asset. Excess tax benefits are required to be reported as a financing cash inflow rather than a reduction of taxes paid. The excess tax benefits in 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 20102013 totaled $36.1$1.5 million, $47.2$8.7 million and $5.8$13.5 million, respectively.

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20.   Contingencies
Litigation
West Fertilizer Co.
On April 17, 2013, there was a fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. fertilizer storage and distribution facility in West, Texas. According to published reports, 15 people were killed and approximately 200 people were injured in the incident, and the fire and explosion damaged or destroyed a number of homes and buildings around the facility. Various subsidiaries of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (the CF Entities) have been named as defendants along with other companies in lawsuits filed in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas by the City of West, individual residents of the County and other parties seeking recovery for damages allegedly sustained as a result of the explosion. The cases have been consolidated for discovery and pretrial proceedings in the District Court of McLennan County under the caption "In re: West Explosion Cases." The two-year statute of limitations expired on April 17, 2015. As of that date, over 400 plaintiffs had filed claims, including at least 9 entities, 325 individuals, and 80 insurance companies. Plaintiffs allege various theories of negligence, strict liability, and breach of warranty under Texas law. Although we do not own or operate the facility or directly sell our products to West Fertilizer Co., products that the CF Entities have manufactured and sold to others have been delivered to the facility and may have been stored at the West facility at the time of the incident.
The Court granted in part and denied in part the CF Entities' Motions for Summary Judgment in August 2015. Thirty-four cases, including the three cases scheduled to begin trial on October 12, 2015 and some of the ten cases scheduled to begin trial on February 1, 2016, were resolved pursuant to confidential settlements fully funded by insurance. The remaining cases are in various stages of discovery and pre-trial proceedings. These cases will be set for trial in the upcoming months at the discretion of the Court. We believe we have strong legal and factual defenses and intend to continue defending the CF Entities vigorously in the pending lawsuits.
Other Financial Statement Data

        The following provides additional information relating to cash flow activities:

Litigation
 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Cash paid during the year for

          

Interest

 $113.1 $126.7 $276.2 

Income taxes—net of refunds

  1,073.7  819.2  95.5 

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Litigation

From time to time, we are subject to ordinary, routine legal proceedings related to the usual conduct of our business, including proceedings regarding public utility and transportation rates, environmental matters, taxes and permits relating to the operations of our various plants and facilities. Based on the information available as of the date of this filing, we believe that the ultimate outcome of these routine matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Environmental

Florida Environmental Matters

Clean Air Act Investigation

        On March 19, 2007, the Company received a letter from the EPA under Section 114 of the Federal Clean Air Act requesting information and copies of records relating to compliance with New Source Review, New Source Performance Standards, and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants at the Plant City facility. The Company provided the requested information to the EPA in late 2007. The EPA initiated this same process in relation to numerous other sulfuric acid plants and phosphoric acid plants throughout the nation, including other facilities in Florida.

        The Company received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from the EPA by letter dated June 16, 2010. The NOV alleges the Company violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Clean Air Act regulations relating to certain projects undertaken at the Plant City facility's sulfuric acid plants. This NOV further alleges that the actions that are the basis for the alleged PSD violations also resulted in violations of Title V air operating permit regulations. Finally, the NOV alleges that the Company failed to comply with certain compliance dates established by hazardous air pollutant regulations for phosphoric acid manufacturing plants and phosphate fertilizer production plants. Although this matter has been referred to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Company has continued to meet with the EPA to discuss these alleged violations. The Company does not know at this time if it will settle this matter prior to initiation of formal legal action.


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        We cannot estimate the potential penalties, fines or other expenditures, if any, that may result from the Clean Air Act NOV and, therefore, we cannot determine if the ultimate outcome of this matter will have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

EPCRA/CERCLA Investigation

        Pursuant to a letter from the DOJ dated July 28, 2008 that was sent to representatives of the major U.S. phosphoric acid manufacturers, including CF Industries, the DOJ stated that it and the EPA believe that apparent violations of Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which requires annual reports to be submitted with respect to the use of certain toxic chemicals, have occurred at all of the phosphoric acid facilities operated by these manufacturers. The letter also states that the DOJ and the EPA believe that most of these facilities have violated Section 304 of EPCRA and Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) by failing to provide required notifications relating to the release of hydrogen fluoride from these facilities. The letter did not specifically identify alleged violations at our Plant City, Florida complex or assert a claim for a specific amount of penalties. The EPA submitted an information request to the Company on February 11, 2009, as a follow-up to the July 2008 letter. The Company provided information in response to the agency's inquiry on May 14 and May 29, 2009.

        By letter dated July 6, 2010, the EPA issued a NOV to the Company alleging violations of EPCRA and CERCLA. The Company had an initial meeting with the EPA to discuss these alleged violations. The Company does not know at this time if it will settle this matter prior to initiation of formal legal action.

        We do not expect that penalties or fines, if any, that may arise out of the EPCRA/CERCLA matter will have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Federal and State Numeric Nutrient Criteria Regulation

        On August 18, 2009, the EPA entered into a consent decree with certain environmental groups with respect to the promulgation of numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorous in surface waters in Florida. The consent decree was approved by a Federal district court judge on November 16, 2009. The EPA adopted final numeric nutrient criteria for Florida lakes and inland flowing waters on November 14, 2010. On February 18, 2012, the Court upheld parts of the numeric nutrient criteria regulation, but found that the EPA had not adequately justified the criteria for streams and therefore concluded that the adoption of such criteria was arbitrary and capricious. The Court ordered the EPA to issue proposed or final numeric nutrient criteria for streams by May 21, 2012 (subject to the EPA seeking an extension of such time period pursuant to the terms of the 2009 consent decree). Subsequently, the Court granted the EPA's motion to allow the EPA to propose numeric nutrient criteria for streams by November 30, 2012 and to finalize such criteria by August 31, 2013.

        In December 2011, the State of Florida proposed its own numeric nutrient criteria for surface waters. The nitrogen and phosphorous criteria in the proposed rule are substantially identical to the federal rule, but the state proposal includes biological verification as a component of the criteria and adopts existing nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) as applicable numeric criteria. The impact of these modifications could be to provide more flexibility with respect to nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits so long as such discharges do not impair the biological health of receiving water bodies. Environmental groups filed a challenge to the proposed


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state rule, but the rule was upheld by an administrative law judge on June 8, 2012 and became final. An appeal of the administrative decision upholding the rule is now pending before a Florida appellate court.

        On November 30, 2012, the EPA approved Florida's rule. However, because the EPA identified what it considered to be gaps in the scope of the waters covered by Florida's rule and potential legal issues that might bar the Florida rule from going into effect, the EPA, pursuant to the Court order described above, has again proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida streams. There is substantial uncertainty as to whether this rule will be withdrawn before it is finalized or, if a rule is finalized, as to the scope of Florida inland flowing waters that will be covered by the EPA regulation.

        Moreover, notwithstanding the EPA's approval of the Florida rule, the federal criteria for lakes and inland waters previously upheld by the Court (excluding the criteria found to be arbitrary and capricious) became effective on January 6, 2013. The EPA has proposed to stay the effective date of these criteria in light of the on-going developments with the Florida regulation.

        The 2009 consent decree also requires the EPA to develop numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The numeric criteria adopted by the State of Florida and approved by the EPA includes numeric criteria for some coastal and estuarine waters, but, as with streams, EPA has raised issues regarding the scope of coverage of Florida's regulation. Accordingly, on November 30, 2012, the EPA proposed numeric nutrient criteria for Florida coastal and estuarine waters. The EPA must finalize these criteria by September 30, 2013 unless future developments allow the EPA to withdraw the rule.

        Depending on the developments discussed herein, federal or state numeric nutrient water quality criteria for Florida waters could result in substantially more stringent nitrogen and phosphorous limits in wastewater discharge permits for our mining, manufacturing and distribution operations in Florida. More stringent limits on wastewater discharge permits could increase our costs and limit our operations and, therefore, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Louisiana Environmental Matters

Clean Air Act—Section 185 Fee

Our Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complexnitrogen complex is located in a five-parish region near Baton Rouge, Louisiana that, as of 2005, was designated as being in "severe" nonattainment with respect to the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone (the 1-hour ozone standard) pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (the Act). Section 185 of the Act requires states, in their state implementation plans, to levy a fee (Section 185 fee) on major stationary sources (such as the Donaldsonville facility)complex) located in a severe nonattainment area that did not meet the 1-hour ozone standard by November 30, 2005. The fee was to be assessed for each calendar year (beginning in 2006) until the area achieved compliance with the ozone NAAQS.

Prior to the imposition of Section 185 fees, the EPAEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a new ozone standard (the 8-hour ozone standard) and rescinded the 1-hour ozone standard. The Baton Rouge area was designated as a "moderate" nonattainment area with respect to the 8-hour ozone standard. However, because Section 185 fees had never been assessed prior to the rescission of the 1-hour ozone standard (rescinded prior to the November 30, 2005 ozone attainment deadline), the EPA concluded in a 2004 rulemaking implementing the 8-hour ozone standard that the Act did not require states to assess Section 185 fees. As a result, Section 185 fees were not assessed against CF Industriesus and other companies located in the Baton Rouge area.


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In 2006, the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the EPA's position and held that Section 185 fees were controls that must be maintained and fees should have been assessed under the Act. In January 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept the case for review, making the appellate court's decision final.


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In July 2011, the EPA approved a revision to Louisiana's air pollution program that eliminated the requirement for Baton Rouge area companies to pay Section 185 fees, based on Baton Rouge's ultimate attainment of the 1-hour standard through permanent and enforceable emissions reductions. EPA's approval of the Louisiana air program revision became effective on August 8, 2011. However, a recent decision by the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a similar, but perhaps distinguishable, EPA guidance document regarding alternatives to Section 185 fees. At this time, the viability of EPA's approval of Louisiana's elimination of Section 185 fees is uncertain. Regardless of the approach ultimately adopted by the EPA, we expect that it is likely to be challenged by the environmental community, the states, and/or affected industries. Therefore, the costs associated with compliance with the Act cannot be determined at this time, and we cannot reasonably estimate the impact on the Company'sour consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Furthermore, the area has seen significant reductions in ozone levels, attributable to federal and state regulations and community involvement. Ozone design values computed for the Baton Rouge nonattainment area suggest the area has achieved attainment with the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. On August 27, 2015, EPA proposed reclassifying the Baton Rouge nonattainment area for ozone as in attainment with the 2008 ozone standard based on 2012-2014 data. EPA has not yet finalized this reclassification. However, on October 26, 2015, EPA published a more stringent national ambient air quality standard for ozone that could cause Baton Rouge to again be classified as a nonattainment area.
Clean Air Act Information Request

On February 26, 2009, the Companywe received a letter from the EPA under Section 114 of the Act requesting information and copies of records relating to compliance with New Source Review and New Source Performance Standards at theour Donaldsonville facility. The Company hasWe have completed the submittal of all requested information. There has been no further contact from the EPA regarding this matter.

Florida Environmental Matters
On March 17, 2014, we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, to Mosaic. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information. Pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement executed in October 2013, Mosaic has assumed the following environmental matters and we have agreed to indemnify Mosaic with respect to losses arising out of the matters below, subject to a maximum indemnification cap and the other terms of the definitive agreement.
Clean Air Act Notice of Violation
We received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from the EPA by letter dated June 16, 2010, alleging that we violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Clean Air Act regulations relating to certain projects undertaken at the former Plant City, Florida facility's sulfuric acid plants. This NOV further alleges that the actions that are the basis for the alleged PSD violations also resulted in violations of Title V air operating permit regulations. Finally, the NOV alleges that we failed to comply with certain compliance dates established by hazardous air pollutant regulations for phosphoric acid manufacturing plants and phosphate fertilizer production plants. We had several meetings with the EPA with respect to this matter prior to our sale of the phosphate mining and manufacturing business in March 2014. We do not know at this time if this matter will be settled prior to initiation of formal legal action.
We cannot estimate the potential penalties, fines or other expenditures, if any, that may result from the Clean Air Act NOV and, therefore, we cannot determine if the ultimate outcome of this matter will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
EPCRA/CERCLA Notice of Violation
By letter dated July 6, 2010, the EPA issued a NOV to us alleging violations of Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) in connection with the former Plant City facility. EPCRA requires annual reports to be submitted with respect to the use of certain toxic chemicals. The NOV also included an allegation that we violated Section 304 of EPCRA and Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) by failing to file a timely notification relating to the release of hydrogen fluoride above applicable reportable quantities. We do not know at this time if this matter will be settled prior to initiation of formal legal action.
We do not expect that penalties or fines, if any, that may arise out of the EPCRA/CERCLA matter will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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CERCLA/Remediation Matters

From time to time, we receive notices from governmental agencies or third parties alleging that we are a potentially responsible party at certain cleanup sites under CERCLA or other environmental cleanup laws. In 2002 and in 2009,2011, we received a notice from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) that alleged that we were asked bya potentially responsible party for the current ownercleanup of a former phosphate mine and processing facility thatsite we owned in the late 1950s and early 1960s located in Georgetown Canyon, Idaho, to contribute to a cleanupIdaho. The current owner of the property and a former processing portionmining contractor received similar notices for the site. In 2014, we and the current property owner entered into a Consent Order with IDEQ and the U.S. Forest Service to conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study of the site. We declined to participate in the cleanup. The current owner conducted a cleanup of the former processing portion of the site pursuant to a Consent Judgment with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ). The current owner could bring a lawsuit against us seeking contribution to the cleanup costs, althoughIn 2015, we do not have sufficient information to determine whether or when such a lawsuit will be brought. In 2011, the current owner and weseveral other parties received a notice from IDEQ that alleged that these parties were potentially responsible parties for the cleanupU.S. Department of the former mine portion of the site. IDEQ requested from each party an indication of its willingnessInterior and other trustees intend to enter into negotiationsundertake a natural resource damage assessment for a remedial investigationgroup of former phosphate mines in southeast Idaho, including the former mine portion of the site. The current owner indicated a willingness to negotiate. While reserving all rights and not admitting liability, we also indicated a willingness to negotiate.Georgetown Canyon mine. We are not able to estimate at this time our potential liability, if any, with respect to the cleanup of the former mine portion of the site.site or a possible claim for natural resource damages. However, based on currently available information, we do not expect that any remedial or financial obligations to which we may be subject to involving this or other cleanup sites will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.



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21.    Segment Disclosures

        We are organized

On July 31, 2015, we acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by us. See Note 4—Acquisitions and managed based on twoDivestitures and Note 8—Equity Method Investments for additional information. CF Fertilisers UK has nitrogen manufacturing complexes located in Ince, United Kingdom, and Billingham, United Kingdom. The Ince complex produces ammonia, AN and NPKs while the Billingham complex produces ammonia and AN. Our reportable segment structure reflects how our CODM, as defined under U.S. GAAP, assesses the performance of our operating segments whichand makes decisions about resource allocation. In the third quarter of 2015, we changed our reportable segment structure to separate AN from our Other segment as our AN products increased in significance as a result of the CF Fertilisers UK acquisition. Our reportable segments now consist of ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN, Other, and phosphate. These segments are differentiated primarily by their products,products. Historical financial results have been restated to reflect the markets they servenew reportable segment structure on a comparable basis.
We sold our phosphate mining and manufacturing business on March 17, 2014. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information. The phosphate segment reflects the reported results of the phosphate business through March 17, 2014, plus the continuing sales of the phosphate inventory in the distribution network after March 17, 2014. The remaining phosphate inventory was sold in the second quarter of 2014; therefore, the phosphate segment does not have operating results subsequent to that quarter. The phosphate segment will continue to be included until the reporting of comparable period phosphate results ceases.
Upon selling the phosphate business, we began to supply Mosaic with ammonia produced by our PLNL joint venture. The contract to supply ammonia to Mosaic from our PLNL joint venture represents the continuation of a supply practice that previously existed between our former phosphate mining and manufacturing business and other operations of the Company. Prior to March 17, 2014, PLNL sold ammonia to us for use in the phosphate business and the regulatory environmentscost was included in which they operate. The two segments areour production costs in our phosphate segment. Subsequent to the nitrogen segment andsale of the phosphate business, we now sell the PLNL-sourced ammonia to Mosaic. The revenue from these sales to Mosaic and costs to purchase the ammonia from PLNL are now included in our ammonia segment. The Company'sOur 50% share of the operating results of our PLNL joint venture continues to be included in our equity in earnings of operating affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. Because of the significance of this continuing supply practice, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the phosphate mining and manufacturing business is not reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations.
Our management uses gross margin to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Selling,Total other operating costs and expenses (consisting of selling, general and administrative expenses and other operating—net, non-operating—net, interest,net) and non-operating expenses (interest and income taxes,taxes) are centrally managed and are not included in the measurement of segment profitability reviewed by management. The accounting policies
Our assets, with the exception of the segmentsgoodwill, are the same as those describednot monitored by or reported to our CODM by segment; therefore, we do not present total assets by segment. Goodwill by segment is presented in Note 2—Summary7—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.
The following is a description of Significant Accounting Policies.

our six reportable segments:
Our ammonia segment produces anhydrous ammonia (ammonia), which is our most concentrated nitrogen fertilizer product as it contains 82% nitrogen. The results of our ammonia segment consist of sales of ammonia to external customers. In addition, ammonia is the “basic” nitrogen product that we upgrade into other nitrogen products such as granular urea, UAN and AN. We produce ammonia at all of our nitrogen manufacturing complexes.
Our granular urea segment produces granular urea, which contains 46% nitrogen. Produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide, it has the highest nitrogen content of any of our solid nitrogen fertilizers. Granular urea is produced at our Courtright, Ontario; Donaldsonville, Louisiana; and Medicine Hat, Alberta nitrogen complexes.
Our UAN segment produces urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN). UAN, a liquid fertilizer product with a nitrogen content that typically ranges from 28% to 32%, is produced by combining urea and ammonium nitrate. UAN is produced at our nitrogen complexes in Courtright, Ontario; Donaldsonville, Louisiana; Port Neal, Iowa; Verdigris, Oklahoma; Woodward, Oklahoma; and Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Our AN segment produces ammonium nitrate (AN). AN is a nitrogen-based product with a nitrogen content between 29% and 35%. AN is used as nitrogen fertilizer and is also used by industrial customers for commercial explosives and blasting systems. AN is produced at our nitrogen complexes in Yazoo City, Mississippi and Ince and Billingham, United Kingdom.

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Our Other segment primarily includes diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid and compound fertilizer products (NPKs). DEF is an aqueous urea solution typically made with 32.5% high-purity urea and 67.5% deionized water. Urea liquor is a liquid product that we sell in concentrations of 40%, 50% and 70% urea as a chemical intermediate. Nitric acid is a nitrogen-based product with a nitrogen content of 22.2%. NPKs are solid granular fertilizer products for which the nutrient content is a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Our phosphate segment principal products were diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). Starting with the third quarter of 2014, the phosphate segment ceased to have reported results as we completed the sale of our phosphate mining and manufacturing business in the first quarter of 2014 and the remaining phosphate inventory was completely sold during the second quarter of 2014.
Segment data for net sales, cost of sales and gross margin depreciation, depletionfor 2015, 2014 and amortization, capital expenditures, and assets for 2012, 2011 and 20102013 are shownpresented in the following tables. Other assets, capital expenditures and depreciation include amounts attributable to the corporate headquarters and unallocated corporate assets, such as our cash and cash equivalents, equity method investments and other investments.

tables below.

 
 Nitrogen Phosphate Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Year ended December 31, 2012

          

Net sales

          

Ammonia

 $1,677.6 $ $1,677.6 

Urea

  1,143.4    1,143.4 

UAN

  1,886.2    1,886.2 

AN

  222.8    222.8 

DAP

    794.5  794.5 

MAP

    212.9  212.9 

Other

  166.6    166.6 
        

  5,096.6  1,007.4  6,104.0 

Cost of sales

  2,183.0  807.7  2,990.7 
        

Gross margin

 $2,913.6 $199.7 $3,113.3 
         

Total other operating costs and expenses

        200.9 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

        47.0 
          

Operating earnings

       $2,959.4 
          

Year ended December 31, 2011

          

Net sales

          

Ammonia

 $1,562.8 $ $1,562.8 

Urea

  1,069.7    1,069.7 

UAN

  1,991.6    1,991.6 

AN

  247.5    247.5 

DAP

    829.1  829.1 

MAP

    256.7  256.7 

Other

  140.5    140.5 
        

  5,012.1  1,085.8  6,097.9 

Cost of sales

  2,448.9  753.4  3,202.3 
        

Gross margin

 $2,563.2 $332.4 $2,895.6 
         

Total other operating costs and expenses

        155.3 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

        50.2 
          

Operating earnings

       $2,790.5 
          

Year ended December 31, 2010

          

Net sales

          

Ammonia

 $1,129.4 $ $1,129.4 

Urea

  777.7    777.7 

UAN

  994.3    994.3 

AN

  164.7    164.7 

DAP

    583.3  583.3 

MAP

    194.2  194.2 

Other

  121.4    121.4 
        

  3,187.5  777.5  3,965.0 

Cost of sales

  2,160.8  624.7  2,785.5 
        

Gross margin

 $1,026.7 $152.8 $1,179.5 
         

Total other operating costs and expenses

        294.4 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

        10.6 
          

Operating earnings

       $895.7 
          
 Ammonia 
Granular Urea(1)
 
UAN(1)
 
AN(1)
 
Other(1)
 Phosphate Consolidated
 (in millions)
Year ended December 31, 2015         
  
  
Net sales$1,523.1
 $788.0
 $1,479.7
 $294.0
 $223.5
 $
 $4,308.3
Cost of sales883.7
 469.5
 954.5
 290.8
 162.7
 
 2,761.2
Gross margin$639.4
 $318.5
 $525.2
 $3.2
 $60.8
 $
 1,547.1
Total other operating costs and expenses         
  
 319.0
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates         
  
 (35.0)
Operating earnings         
  
 $1,193.1
Year ended December 31, 2014         
  
  
Net sales$1,576.3
 $914.5
 $1,669.8
 $242.7
 $171.5
 $168.4
 $4,743.2
Cost of sales983.2
 516.6
 997.4
 189.1
 120.1
 158.3
 2,964.7
Gross margin$593.1
 $397.9
 $672.4
 $53.6
 $51.4
 $10.1
 1,778.5
Total other operating costs and expenses         
  
 205.2
Gain on sale of phosphate business            750.1
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates         
  
 43.1
Operating earnings         
  
 $2,366.5
Year ended December 31, 2013         
  
  
Net sales$1,437.9
 $924.6
 $1,935.1
 $215.1
 $165.1
 $796.9
 $5,474.7
Cost of sales656.5
 410.1
 895.6
 155.9
 114.4
 722.0
 2,954.5
Gross margin$781.4
 $514.5
 $1,039.5
 $59.2
 $50.7
 $74.9
 2,520.2
Total other operating costs and expenses         
  
 150.2
Equity in earnings of operating affiliates         
  
 41.7
Operating earnings         
  
 $2,411.7


(1)
The cost of ammonia that is upgraded into other products is transferred at cost into the upgraded product results.
 Ammonia Granular Urea UAN AN Other 
Phosphate(1)
 Corporate Consolidated
 (in millions)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     
    
  
    
Year ended December 31, 2015$95.4
 $50.5
 $191.6
 $65.6
 $35.2
 $
 $41.3
 $479.6
Year ended December 31, 2014$69.0
 $37.5
 $179.3
 $46.5
 $20.4
 $
 $39.8
 $392.5
Year ended December 31, 2013$58.2
 $37.4
 $172.6
 $41.0
 $19.2
 $42.3
 $39.9
 $410.6


(1)
The assets and liabilities of our phosphate business were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2013; therefore, no depreciation, depletion or amortization was recorded in 2014 for the related property, plant and equipment.


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 Nitrogen Phosphate Other Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

             

Year ended December 31, 2012

 $334.6 $43.5 $41.7 $419.8 

Year ended December 31, 2011

  316.3  50.7  49.2  416.2 

Year ended December 31, 2010

  229.2  48.6  117.0  394.8 

Capital expenditures

             

Year ended December 31, 2012

 $431.3 $64.4 $27.8 $523.5 

Year ended December 31, 2011

  177.0  52.0  18.2  247.2 

Year ended December 31, 2010

  204.9  52.6  0.6  258.1 

Assets

             

December 31, 2012

 $5,991.5 $795.2 $3,380.2 $10,166.9 

December 31, 2011

 $5,976.9 $696.4 $2,301.2 $8,974.5 

Enterprise-wide data by geographic region is as follows:

 
 Year ended December 31, 
 
 2012 2011 2010 
 
 (in millions)
 

Sales by geographic region (based on destination of shipments)

          

U.S. 

 $5,260.9 $5,175.9 $3,368.3 

Canada

  446.4  492.1  309.6 

Export

  396.7  429.9  287.1 
        

 $6,104.0 $6,097.9 $3,965.0 
        

 


 

December 31,

 

 


 
 
 2012 2011  
 
 
 (in millions)
  
 

Property, plant and equipment—net by geographic region

          

U.S. 

 $3,327.8 $3,144.0    

Canada

  572.7  592.0    
         

Consolidated

 $3,900.5 $3,736.0    
         
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Sales by geographic region (based on destination of shipments):   
  
United States$3,484.9
 $3,994.0
 $4,497.8
Foreign:     
Canada490.0
 543.8
 508.5
Other foreign333.4
 205.4
 468.4
Total foreign823.4
 749.2
 976.9
Consolidated$4,308.3
 $4,743.2
 $5,474.7

        The


 December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Property, plant and equipment—net by geographic region: 
  
  
United States$7,201.5
 $4,987.0
 $3,528.8
Foreign:     
Canada497.3
 538.8
 572.9
United Kingdom840.2
 
 
Total foreign1,337.5
 538.8
 572.9
Consolidated$8,539.0
 $5,525.8
 $4,101.7
Our principal customers for our nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers are cooperatives, and independent fertilizer distributors. CHS Inc. isdistributors and industrial users. None of our largest customer andcustomers accounted for 10%more than ten percent of our consolidated net sales in both 2012 and 2011, and 11% in 2010.

31.   Related Party Transactions

2015, 2014 or 2013.

22.   Supplemental Cash Flow Information
The former chief executive officer of GROWMARK, William Davisson, and the former president and chief executive officer of CHS, Inc. (CHS), John D. Johnson, serve as members of our Board of Directors. GROWMARK and CHS are customers of ours.

        On August 31, 2012, each of Messrs. Davisson's and Johnson's post-retirement incentive compensation from their former employers was finalized. Therefore, effective as of September 1, 2012, the Board made an affirmative determination that each of Messrs. Davisson and Johnson meet the applicable requirements for "independence" set forth in the corporate governance standards of the NYSE and we no longer consider GROWMARK and CHS related parties. However, since both

following provides additional information relating to cash flow activities:
 Year ended December 31,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in millions)
Cash paid during the year for 
  
  
Interest—net of interest capitalized$99.8
 $141.2
 $135.3
Income taxes—net of refunds435.1
 781.2
 847.4
      
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:     
Change in capitalized expenditures in accounts payable and accrued expenses258.5
 71.6
 134.4
Change in capitalized expenditures in other liabilities5.8
 (21.5) 70.5
Change in accrued share repurchases(29.1) (11.2) 40.3


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23.   Asset Retirement Obligations
Asset retirement obligations (AROs) are legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of such assets. AROs are initially recognized as incurred when sufficient information exists to estimate fair value. We have AROs at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing complexes and CHS wereat our distribution and storage facilities that are conditional upon cessation of operations. These AROs include certain decommissioning activities as well as the removal and disposal of certain chemicals, waste materials, structures, equipment, vessels, piping and storage tanks. Also included are reclamation of land and the closure of certain effluent ponds. A liability has not been recorded for these conditional AROs. The most recent estimate of the aggregate cost of these AROs expressed in 2015 dollars is $66.4 million. We have not recorded a liability for these conditional AROs as of December 31, 2015 because we do not believe there is currently a reasonable basis for estimating a date or range of dates of cessation of operations at our nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facilities or our distribution and storage facilities, which is necessary in order to estimate fair value. In reaching this conclusion, we considered related parties prior to August 31, 2012, we are providing below the following summarieshistorical performance of transactions with these parties.

Product Sales

        CHS accounted for 10%, 10%each complex or facility and 11%have taken into account factors such as planned maintenance, asset replacements and upgrades of plant and equipment, which if conducted as in the past, can extend the physical lives of our consolidated net salesnitrogen manufacturing facilities and our distribution and storage facilities indefinitely. We also considered the possibility of changes in 2012, 2011technology, risk of obsolescence, and 2010, respectively. GROWMARK accounted for 8%, 8% and 7%availability of raw materials in arriving at our consolidated net sales in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        In addition to purchasing fertilizer from us, CHS and GROWMARK have contracts with us to store fertilizer products at certain of our warehouses. In connection with these storage arrangements, we recognized income of approximately $0.3 million, $0.4 million and $0.7 million from CHS in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and we recognized income of $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million from GROWMARK in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Supply Contract

conclusion.

24.   Leases
We have a multi-year supply contract with GROWMARK relatingoperating leases for certain property and equipment under various noncancelable agreements, the most significant of which are rail car leases and barge tow charters for the distribution of fertilizer. The rail car leases currently have minimum terms ranging from one to purchaseseleven years and the barge charter commitments range from approximately two to seven years. We also have terminal and warehouse storage agreements for our distribution system, some of fertilizer products.which contain minimum throughput requirements. The term of the supply contract with GROWMARK lasts until June 30, 2013storage agreements contain minimum terms generally ranging from one to five years and is extended automatically for successive one-year periodscommonly contain automatic annual renewal provisions thereafter unless a termination notice is givencanceled by either party.

        The contract specifies a sales target volume and a requirement volume for the first contract year. The requirement volume is a percentage of the sales target volume and represents the volume of fertilizer that we are obligated to sell, and the customer is obligated to purchase, during the first contract year. The sales target volume is subject to yearly adjustment by mutual agreement

Future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases with initial or failing such agreement, to an amount specified by us which is not more than 105% of the prior year's sales target volume. The requirement volume is also subject to yearly adjustment to an amount specified by the customer which is not less than 65% or more than 100% of the then applicable sales target volume. The contract also contains a reciprocal "meet or release" provision pursuant to which each party must provide the other party with notice and the opportunity to match a transaction with a third party if such a transaction would impact the party's willingness or ability to supply or purchase, as the case may be, the then applicable sales target volume. The "meet or release" provision may not, however, reduce the requirement volume.

        The price for product sold under the supply contract varies depending on the type of sale selected by the customer. The customer may select (i) cash sales at prices that are published in our weekly cash price list, (ii) index sales at a published index price, (iii) forward pricing sales, or (iv) sales negotiated between the parties. The supply contract also provides for performance incentives based on (i) the percentage of the sales target volume actually purchased, (ii) the timing of purchases under our Forward Pricing Program, (iii) the amount of purchases under our Forward Pricing Program and (iv) specifying a requirement volumeremaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of the then applicable minimum requirement volume. The prices chargedone year as of December 31, 2015 are shown below.

 
Operating
Lease Payments
 (in millions)
2016$82.2
201787.9
201870.8
201958.3
202046.3
Thereafter115.6
 $461.1
Total rent expense for cash sales, index sales,cancelable and forward pricing sales will be the same prices we charge all of our similarly situated customers.

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards

        In connection with our IPO in August 2005, CF Industries, Inc. (CFI) ceased to be a non-exempt cooperativenoncancelable operating leases was $99.6 million for income tax purposes,2015, $92.9 million for 2014 and we entered into an NOL Agreement with CFI's pre-IPO owners relating to the future utilization of the pre-IPO NOLs. The NOL Agreement provided that if we ultimately could utilize the pre-IPO NOLs to offset applicable post-IPO taxable income, we would pay the pre-IPO owners amounts equal to the resulting federal and state income taxes actually saved. On January 2, 2013, we and our pre-IPO owners amended the NOL Agreement to provide, among

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other things, that we are entitled to retain 26.9% of any settlement realized with the IRS at the IRS Appeals level, and 73.1% of the federal and state tax savings will be payable to our pre-IPO owners. See Note 11—Income Taxes, for additional information on net operating loss carryforwards.

Canadian Fertilizers Limited

        GROWMARK owns 9% of the outstanding common stock of CFL, a Canadian variable interest entity, and elects one director to the CFL Board. In October 2012, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. entered into an agreement with GROWMARK to acquire the common shares of CFL. See Note 4—Noncontrolling Interest, for additional information on CFL.

Sale of Warehouses

        In February 2011, we sold four of our owned dry product warehouses to GROWMARK. As a result of this sale of assets to GROWMARK, in the first quarter of 2011 we received net proceeds of $38.1 million and reported a pre-tax gain of $32.5 million.

KEYTRADE AG

        We own 50% of the common shares of Keytrade, a global fertilizer trading company headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland. Our sales to Keytrade were $397.4 million, $396.2 million and $263.8 million for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. See Note 17—Equity Method Investments, for additional information on Keytrade.

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25.   Quarterly Data—Unaudited

The following tables present the unaudited quarterly results of operations for the eight quarters ended December 31, 2012.2015. This quarterly information has been prepared on the same basis as the consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflects all adjustments necessary for the fair representation of the information for the periods presented. This data should be read in


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conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Operating results for any quarter apply to that quarter only and are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.

 Three months ended,  
 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 Full Year
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
2015 
  
  
  
  
Net sales$953.6
 $1,311.5
 $927.4
 $1,115.8
 $4,308.3
Gross margin415.8
 685.9
 165.0
 280.4
 1,547.1
Unrealized gains (losses) on natural gas derivatives(1)
28.7
 18.4
 (125.9) (97.5) (176.3)
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders(2)
230.6
 351.9
 90.9
 26.5
 699.9
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders(2)(3)
 
  
  
  
  
Basic(4)
0.96
 1.50
 0.39
 0.11
 2.97
Diluted(4)
0.96
 1.49
 0.39
 0.11
 2.96
2014 
  
  
  
  
Net sales$1,132.6
 $1,472.7
 $921.4
 $1,216.5
 $4,743.2
Gross margin442.8
 590.3
 301.1
 444.3
 1,778.5
Unrealized (losses) gains on natural gas derivatives(1)
(22.6) (28.6) 12.1
 (40.4) (79.5)
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders(5)
708.5
 312.6
 130.9
 238.3
 1,390.3
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders(3)(5)
 
  
  
  
  
Basic(4)
2.59
 1.22
 0.53
 0.97
 5.43
Diluted(4)
2.58
 1.22
 0.52
 0.96
 5.42

 
 Three months ended  
 
 
 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 Full Year 
 
 (in millions, except per share amounts)
 

2012

                

Net sales

 $1,527.6 $1,735.6 $1,359.4 $1,481.4(2)$6,104.0 

Gross margin

  711.8  1,043.3  702.0  656.2(2) 3,113.3 

Unrealized (losses) gains on derivatives(1)

  (55.9) 77.6  39.8  13.1  74.6 

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

  368.4  606.3  403.3  470.7  1,848.7 

Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders

                

Basic

  5.62  9.42  6.43  7.48  28.94 

Diluted

  5.54  9.31  6.35  7.40  28.59 

2011

                

Net sales

 $1,174.0 $1,801.7 $1,403.8 $1,718.4 $6,097.9 

Gross margin

  525.0  867.4  638.0  865.2  2,895.6 

Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives(1)

  0.7  (14.2) (14.1) (49.7) (77.3)

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

  282.0  487.4  330.9  438.9  1,539.2 

Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders

                

Basic

  3.95  6.81  4.77  6.71  22.18 

Diluted

  3.91  6.75  4.73  6.66  21.98 

(1)
(1)
Amounts represent pre-tax unrealized gains (losses) on natural gas derivatives included in gross margin. See Note 16—Derivative Financial Instruments, for additional information.
(2)
For the three months ended June 30, 2015, net earnings attributable to common stockholders includes an after-tax loss of $29.2 million (pre-tax loss of $40.1 million) resulting from the sale of our interests in Keytrade that is included in equity in earnings of operating affiliates, and net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, include the per share impact of $0.12. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures and Note 8—Equity Method Investments, for additional information.
For the three months ended September 30, 2015, net earnings attributable to common stockholders includes an after-tax gain of $94.4 million on derivativesthe remeasurement to fair value of our initial 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK that is included in gross margin.equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes, and net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, include the per share impact of $0.40. See Note 25—Derivative Financial Instruments,4—Acquisitions and Divestitures and Note 8—Equity Method Investments, for additional information.

(2)
Net sales
For the three months ended December 31, 2015, net earnings attributable to common stockholders includes an after-tax impairment charge of $61.9 million on our equity method investment in PLNL that is included in equity in earnings of operating affiliates, and gross marginnet earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, include the per share impact of $0.26. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures and Note 8—Equity Method Investments, for the fourth quarter of 2012 reflects a $129.7 million reduction relating to a modification to CFL's selling prices, as described in Note 4—Noncontrolling Interest.additional information.
(3)
Per share amounts have been retroactively restated for all prior periods presented to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.
(4)
The sum of the four quarters is not necessarily the same as the total for the year.
(5)
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, net earnings attributable to common stockholders includes an after-tax gain of $461.0 million from the sale of the phosphate business, and net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, include the per share impact of $1.68. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the purchase price was finalized which increased the after-tax gain to $462.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, which also increased the per share impact on net earnings attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, to $1.80. See Note 4—Acquisitions and Divestitures, for additional information.


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26.   Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

The following condensed consolidating financial information is presented in accordance with SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10,Financial Statementsstatements of Guarantorsguarantors and Issuersissuers of Guaranteed Securities Registeredguaranteed securities registered or Being Registeredbeing registered, and comprises two separate and distinct presentations.

        The first presentation of condensed consolidating financial information, under the heading "Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Relating to Senior Notes," relates to the Public Senior Notes issued by CF Industries, Inc. (CFI)(CF Industries), a 100% owned subsidiary of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Parent), described in Note 2212—Financing Agreements, and the full and unconditional guarantee of suchthe Public Senior Notes by Parent. Under the supplemental indentures governing the Notes, the Notes are to be guaranteed by Parent and eachto debt securities of its currentCF Industries, and future subsidiaries, other than CFI,the full and unconditional guarantee thereof by Parent, that may be offered and sold from time to time isunder registration statements that have been or may be filed by Parent and CF Industries with the SEC. In the event that a subsidiary of Parent, other than CF Industries, becomes a borrower or a guarantor under the 2012Revolving Credit Agreement or(or any renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof.thereof), such subsidiary would be required to become a guarantor of the Public Senior Notes, provided that such requirement will no longer apply with respect to the Public Senior Notes due in 2023, 2034, 2043 and 2044 following the repayment of the Public Senior Notes due in 2018 and 2020 or the subsidiaries of Parent, other than CF Industries, otherwise becoming no longer subject to such a requirement to guarantee the Public Senior Notes due in 2018 and 2020. As of December 31, 2012,2015, none of such subsidiaries of Parent was, or was required to be, a guarantor of the Notes. In the event that a subsidiary of Parent, other than CFI, becomes a borrower or a guarantor under the 2012 Credit Agreement, it would be required to become a guarantor of thePublic Senior Notes. For purposes of the presentation of condensed consolidating financial information, under the heading "Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Relating to Senior Notes," the subsidiaries of Parent other than CFICF Industries are referred to as the Other Subsidiaries.

The second presentation of

Presented below are condensed consolidating financial information, under the heading "Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Relating to Shelf Registration Statement," relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-166079statements of operations and 333-166079-01 through -21) (the Registration Statement) registering debt securitiesstatements of CFIcash flows for Parent, CF Industries and the fullOther Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and unconditional, joint2013 and several guarantees of such debt securities bycondensed consolidating balance sheets for Parent, and certain 100% owned domestic subsidiaries of Parent other than CFI (referred to as the Guarantor Subsidiaries). On June 29, 2012, Parent, CFICF Industries and the GuarantorOther Subsidiaries filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to terminate the effectivenessas of the Registration StatementDecember 31, 2015 and to deregister all unsold securities thereunder. For purposes of the presentation of condensed consolidating financial information under the heading "Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Relating to Shelf Registration Statement," the subsidiaries of Parent other than CFI and the Guarantor Subsidiaries are referred to as the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.

        In the2014. The condensed consolidating financial information presented below is not necessarily indicative of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income or cash flows of Parent, CF Industries or the Other Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis.

In these condensed consolidating financial statements, investments in subsidiaries are presented under the equity method, in which our investments are recorded at cost and adjusted for our ownership share of a subsidiary's cumulative results of operations, distributions and other equity changes, and the eliminating entries reflect primarily intercompany transactions such as sales, accounts receivable and accounts payable and the elimination of equity investments and earnings of subsidiaries.

Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Relating to Senior Notes

        Presented below are condensed consolidating statements of operations and statements of cash flows for Parent, CFI and the Other Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and condensed consolidating balance sheets for Parent, CFI and the Other Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The condensed consolidating financial information presented below is not necessarily indicative of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income or cash flows of Parent, CFI or the Other Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis.



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 Year ended December 31, 2012 Year ended December 31, 2015

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net sales

 $ $3,747.9 $2,514.5 $(158.4)$6,104.0 $
 $462.2
 $4,542.8
 $(696.7) $4,308.3

Cost of sales

  1,854.6 1,287.2 (151.1) 2,990.7 
 361.6
 3,096.3
 (696.7) 2,761.2
           

Gross margin

  1,893.3 1,227.3 (7.3) 3,113.3 
 100.6
 1,446.5
 
 1,547.1
           

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 2.5 128.0 21.3  151.8 4.4
 7.7
 157.7
 
 169.8
Transaction costs45.8
 
 11.1
 
 56.9

Other operating—net

  24.0 25.1  49.1 
 (8.5) 100.8
 
 92.3
           

Total other operating costs and expenses

 2.5 152.0 46.4  200.9 50.2
 (0.8) 269.6
 
 319.0

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

  4.9 42.1  47.0 
 
 (35.0) 
 (35.0)
           

Operating earnings (loss)

 (2.5) 1,746.2 1,223.0 (7.3) 2,959.4 
Operating (losses) earnings(50.2) 101.4
 1,141.9
 
 1,193.1

Interest expense

  126.8 10.1 (1.6) 135.3 
 285.1
 (81.7) (70.2) 133.2

Interest income

  (1.4) (4.5) 1.6 (4.3)
 (69.0) (2.8) 70.2
 (1.6)

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

 (1,851.2) (792.8)  2,644.0  
Net earnings of wholly-owned subsidiaries(731.2) (801.5) 
 1,532.7
 

Other non-operating—net

   (1.1)  (1.1)(0.1) 
 4.0
 
 3.9
           

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

 1,848.7 2,413.6 1,218.5 (2,651.3) 2,829.5 681.1
 686.8
 1,222.4
 (1,532.7) 1,057.6

Income tax provision

  562.2 402.0  964.2 

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

  (0.2) 58.3  58.1 
           
Income tax (benefit) provision(18.8) (44.3) 458.9
 
 395.8
Equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes
 
 72.3
 
 72.3

Net earnings

 1,848.7 1,851.2 874.8 (2,651.3) 1,923.4 699.9
 731.1
 835.8
 (1,532.7) 734.1

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

   82.0 (7.3) 74.7 
 
 34.2
 
 34.2
           

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $792.8 $(2,644.0)$1,848.7 $699.9
 $731.1
 $801.6
 $(1,532.7) $699.9
           


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income


 Year ended December 31, 2012 Year ended December 31, 2015

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net earnings

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $874.8 $(2,651.3)$1,923.4 $699.9
 $731.1
 $835.8
 $(1,532.7) $734.1

Other comprehensive income

 49.6 49.6 23.6 (72.4) 50.4 
           
Other comprehensive income (losses)(90.0) (90.0) (89.5) 179.5
 (90.0)

Comprehensive income

 1,898.3 1,900.8 898.4 (2,723.7) 1,973.8 609.9
 641.1
 746.3
 (1,353.2) 644.1

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

   82.0 (6.6) 75.4 
 
 34.2
 
 34.2
           

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $1,898.3 $1,900.8 $816.4 $(2,717.1)$1,898.4 $609.9
 $641.1
 $712.1
 $(1,353.2) $609.9
           


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations


 Year ended December 31, 2011 Year ended December 31, 2014

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net sales

 $ $3,585.3 $3,013.8 $(501.2)$6,097.9 $
 $712.2
 $5,073.4
 $(1,042.4) $4,743.2

Cost of sales

  1,932.1 1,470.1 (199.9) 3,202.3 
 528.6
 3,478.5
 (1,042.4) 2,964.7
           

Gross margin

  1,653.2 1,543.7 (301.3) 2,895.6 
 183.6
 1,594.9
 
 1,778.5
           

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 3.6 99.5 26.9  130.0 2.8
 13.5
 135.6
 
 151.9

Restructuring and integration costs

  2.0 2.4  4.4 

Other operating—net

  (18.9) 39.8  20.9 
 (5.0) 58.3
 
 53.3
           

Total other operating costs and expenses

 3.6 82.6 69.1  155.3 2.8
 8.5
 193.9
 
 205.2
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 764.5
 (14.4) 
 750.1

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

  (1.2) 51.4  50.2 
 
 43.1
 
 43.1
           

Operating earnings (loss)

 (3.6) 1,569.4 1,526.0 (301.3) 2,790.5 
Operating (losses) earnings(2.8) 939.6
 1,429.7
 
 2,366.5

Interest expense

  137.1 10.4 (0.3) 147.2 
 246.9
 (68.5) (0.2) 178.2

Interest income

  (0.7) (1.3) 0.3 (1.7)
 (0.2) (0.9) 0.2
 (0.9)

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

 (1,541.5) (618.8)  2,160.3  
Net earnings of wholly-owned subsidiaries(1,392.0) (969.2) 
 2,361.2
 

Other non-operating—net

  (0.1) (0.5)  (0.6)(0.1) 
 2.0
 
 1.9
           

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

 1,537.9 2,051.9 1,517.4 (2,461.6) 2,645.6 
Earnings before income taxes and equity in (losses) earnings of non-operating affiliates1,389.3
 1,662.1
 1,497.1
 (2,361.2) 2,187.3

Income tax (benefit) provision

 (1.3) 505.6 422.2  926.5 (1.0) 270.0
 504.0
 
 773.0

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

  (4.8) 46.7  41.9 
           
Equity in (losses) earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes
 (0.1) 22.6
 
 22.5

Net earnings

 1,539.2 1,541.5 1,141.9 (2,461.6) 1,761.0 1,390.3
 1,392.0
 1,015.7
 (2,361.2) 1,436.8

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

   523.1 (301.3) 221.8 
 
 46.5
 
 46.5
           

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $618.8 $(2,160.3)$1,539.2 $1,390.3
 $1,392.0
 $969.2
 $(2,361.2) $1,390.3
           


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income


 Year ended December 31, 2011 Year ended December 31, 2014

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net earnings

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $1,141.9 $(2,461.6)$1,761.0 $1,390.3
 $1,392.0
 $1,015.7
 $(2,361.2) $1,436.8

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 (45.9) (45.9) (37.4) 82.6 (46.6)
           
Other comprehensive income (losses)(117.2) (117.2) (117.2) 234.4
 (117.2)

Comprehensive income

 1,493.3 1,495.6 1,104.5 (2,379.0) 1,714.4 1,273.1
 1,274.8
 898.5
 (2,126.8) 1,319.6

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

   523.1 (301.9) 221.2 
 
 46.5
 
 46.5
           

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $1,493.3 $1,495.6 $581.4 $(2,077.1)$1,493.2 $1,273.1
 $1,274.8
 $852.0
 $(2,126.8) $1,273.1
           


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations


 Year ended December 31, 2010 Year ended December 31, 2013

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net sales

 $ $2,442.5 $1,831.5 $(309.0)$3,965.0 $
 $1,105.8
 $5,767.5
 $(1,398.6) $5,474.7

Cost of sales

  1,699.6 1,252.5 (166.6) 2,785.5 
 886.0
 3,463.0
 (1,394.5) 2,954.5
           

Gross margin

  742.9 579.0 (142.4) 1,179.5 
 219.8
 2,304.5
 (4.1) 2,520.2
           

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 2.5 70.9 32.7  106.1 2.7
 11.8
 151.5
 
 166.0

Restructuring and integration costs

  13.4 8.2  21.6 

Other operating—net

 118.7 35.9 12.1  166.7 
 7.6
 (23.4) 
 (15.8)
           

Total other operating costs and expenses

 121.2 120.2 53.0  294.4 2.7
 19.4
 128.1
 
 150.2

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

  (6.9) 17.5  10.6 
 
 41.7
 
 41.7
           

Operating earnings (loss)

 (121.2) 615.8 543.5 (142.4) 895.7 
Operating (losses) earnings(2.7) 200.4
 2,218.1
 (4.1) 2,411.7

Interest expense

  210.9 10.8 (0.4) 221.3 
 155.1
 (1.8) (1.1) 152.2

Interest income

  (1.3) (0.6) 0.4 (1.5)
 (0.9) (4.9) 1.1
 (4.7)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

   17.0  17.0 

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

 (470.4) (191.5)  661.9  
Net earnings of wholly-owned subsidiaries(1,466.4) (1,423.0) 
 2,889.4
 

Other non-operating—net

  (28.2) (0.6)  (28.8)
 (0.4) 54.9
 
 54.5
           

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

 349.2 625.9 516.9 (804.3) 687.7 

Income tax provision (benefit)

  153.1 120.6  273.7 

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

  (2.4) 29.1  26.7 
           
Earnings before income taxes and equity in (losses) earnings of non-operating affiliates1,463.7
 1,469.6
 2,169.9
 (2,893.5) 2,209.7
Income tax (benefit) provision(0.9) 3.0
 684.4
 
 686.5
Equity in (losses) earnings of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes
 (0.2) 9.8
 
 9.6

Net earnings

 349.2 470.4 425.4 (804.3) 440.7 1,464.6
 1,466.4
 1,495.3
 (2,893.5) 1,532.8

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

   233.9 (142.4) 91.5 
 
 72.3
 (4.1) 68.2
           

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $349.2 $470.4 $191.5 $(661.9)$349.2 $1,464.6
 $1,466.4
 $1,423.0
 $(2,889.4) $1,464.6
           


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income


 Year ended December 31, 2010 Year ended December 31, 2013

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Net earnings

 $349.2 $470.4 $425.4 $(804.3)$440.7 $1,464.6
 $1,466.4
 $1,495.3
 $(2,893.5) $1,532.8

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 (10.1) (10.1) 18.5 (7.0) (8.7)
           
Other comprehensive income (losses)7.0
 7.0
 (40.1) 32.4
 6.3

Comprehensive income

 339.1 460.3 443.9 (811.3) 432.0 1,471.6
 1,473.4
 1,455.2
 (2,861.1) 1,539.1

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

   233.9 (141.0) 92.9 
 
 72.3
 (4.8) 67.5
           

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $339.1 $460.3 $210.0 $(670.3)$339.1 $1,471.6
 $1,473.4
 $1,382.9
 $(2,856.3) $1,471.6
           










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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet


 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2015

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Assets

  
  
  
  
  

Current assets:

  
  
  
  
  

Cash and cash equivalents

 $ $440.8 $1,834.1 $ $2,274.9 $1.3
 $0.2
 $284.5
 $
 $286.0
Restricted cash
 
 22.8
 
 22.8

Accounts and notes receivable—net

  145.1 1,007.9 (935.6) 217.4 0.9
 2,987.3
 1,565.0
 (4,286.0) 267.2

Income taxes receivable

  642.1  (642.1)  

Inventories—net

  193.1 84.8  277.9 

Deferred income taxes

  9.5   9.5 

Other

  15.4 12.5  27.9 
           
Inventories
 
 321.2
 
 321.2
Prepaid income taxes
 
 184.6
 
 184.6
Other current assets
 23.7
 21.6
 
 45.3

Total current assets

  1,446.0 2,939.3 (1,577.7) 2,807.6 2.2
 3,011.2
 2,399.7
 (4,286.0) 1,127.1

Property, plant and equipment—net

  1,008.1 2,892.4  3,900.5 
 
 8,539.0
 
 8,539.0

Deferred income taxes

  50.7  (50.7)  

Asset retirement obligation funds

  200.8   200.8 

Investments in and advances to affiliates

 5,331.5 6,291.4 935.2 (11,622.5) 935.6 4,302.9
 8,148.4
 297.8
 (12,451.3) 297.8

Due from affiliates

 570.7  1.8 (572.5)  570.7
 
 2.2
 (572.9) 

Goodwill

  0.9 2,063.6  2,064.5 
 
 2,390.1
 
 2,390.1

Other assets

  136.5 121.4  257.9 
 74.5
 310.4
 
 384.9
           

Total assets

 $5,902.2 $9,134.4 $8,953.7 $(13,823.4)$10,166.9 $4,875.8
 $11,234.1
 $13,939.2
 $(17,310.2) $12,738.9
           

Liabilities and Equity

  
  
  
  
  

Current liabilities:

  
  
  
  
  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $ $222.6 $159.3 $(15.4)$366.5 
Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses$840.7
 $648.1
 $3,714.9
 $(4,286.0) $917.7

Income taxes payable

   829.2 (642.1) 187.1 
 
 5.5
 
 5.5

Customer advances

  247.9 132.8  380.7 
 
 161.5
 
 161.5

Notes payable

  900.0 14.6 (909.6) 5.0 

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest

   15.7 (10.4) 5.3 

Other

  4.5 1.1  5.6 
           
Other current liabilities
 
 130.5
 
 130.5

Total current liabilities

  1,375.0 1,152.7 (1,577.5) 950.2 840.7
 648.1
 4,012.4
 (4,286.0) 1,215.2
           

Long-term debt

  1,600.0   1,600.0 
 5,592.7
 
 
 5,592.7

Deferred income taxes

   989.5 (50.7) 938.8 
 51.8
 864.4
 
 916.2

Due to affiliates

  572.5  (572.5)  
 572.9
 
 (572.9) 

Other noncurrent liabilities

  255.4 140.3  395.7 
Other liabilities
 65.8
 561.8
 
 627.6

Equity:

  
  
  
  
  

Stockholders' equity:

  
  
  
  
  

Preferred stock

   65.3 (65.3)  
 
 16.4
 (16.4) 

Common stock

 0.6  154.3 (154.3) 0.6 2.4
 
 1.1
 (1.1) 2.4

Paid-in capital

 2,492.3 739.8 4,493.6 (5,233.3) 2,492.4 1,377.5
 (12.6) 8,364.9
 (8,352.4) 1,377.4

Retained earnings

 3,461.2 4,641.3 1,598.3 (6,239.7) 3,461.1 3,057.7
 4,565.2
 15.9
 (4,580.9) 3,057.9

Treasury stock

 (2.3)    (2.3)(152.7) 
 
 
 (152.7)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 (49.6) (49.6) (2.9) 52.5 (49.6)(249.8) (249.8) (249.7) 499.5
 (249.8)
           

Total stockholders' equity

 5,902.2 5,331.5 6,308.6 (11,640.1) 5,902.2 4,035.1
 4,302.8
 8,148.6
 (12,451.3) 4,035.2

Noncontrolling interest

   362.6 17.4 380.0 
 
 352.0
 
 352.0
           

Total equity

 5,902.2 5,331.5 6,671.2 (11,622.7) 6,282.2 4,035.1
 4,302.8
 8,500.6
 (12,451.3) 4,387.2
           

Total liabilities and equity

 $5,902.2 $9,134.4 $8,953.7 $(13,823.4)$10,166.9 $4,875.8
 $11,234.1
 $13,939.2
 $(17,310.2) $12,738.9
           


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CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.


Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet


 December 31, 2011 December 31, 2014

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Assets

  
  
  
  
  

Current assets:

  
  
  
  
  

Cash and cash equivalents

 $ $98.7 $1,108.3 $ $1,207.0 $
 $105.7
 $1,890.9
 $
 $1,996.6
Restricted cash
 
 86.1
 
 86.1

Accounts and notes receivable—net

  76.9 806.4 (613.9) 269.4 
 2,286.5
 651.9
 (2,746.9) 191.5

Income taxes receivable

  289.4  (289.4)  

Inventories—net

  212.6 91.6  304.2 

Other

  6.0 12.0  18.0 
           
Inventories
 
 202.9
 
 202.9
Prepaid income taxes1.9
 
 34.8
 (1.9) 34.8
Other current assets
 
 18.6
 
 18.6

Total current assets

  683.6 2,018.3 (903.3) 1,798.6 1.9
 2,392.2
 2,885.2
 (2,748.8) 2,530.5

Property, plant and equipment—net

  767.7 2,968.3  3,736.0 
 
 5,525.8
 
 5,525.8

Deferred income taxes

  26.1  (26.1)  

Asset retirement obligation funds

  145.4   145.4 

Investments in and advances to

 

affiliates

 3,533.4 5,484.7 928.0 (9,017.5) 928.6 
Investments in and advances to affiliates6,212.5
 9,208.7
 861.5
 (15,421.2) 861.5

Due from affiliates

 1,013.8  1.0 (1,014.8)  570.7
 
 1.7
 (572.4) 

Goodwill

  0.9 2,063.6  2,064.5 
 
 2,092.8
 
 2,092.8

Other assets

  162.3 139.1  301.4 
 65.1
 178.5
 
 243.6
           

Total assets

 $4,547.2 $7,270.7 $8,118.3 $(10,961.7)$8,974.5 $6,785.1
 $11,666.0
 $11,545.5
 $(18,742.4) $11,254.2
           

Liabilities and Equity

  
  
  
  
  

Current liabilities:

  
  
  
  
  

Accounts payable and notes payable and accrued expenses

 $0.1 $516.3 $132.9 $(321.6)$327.7 
Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses$2,575.4
 $207.7
 $553.8
 $(2,747.0) $589.9

Income taxes payable

   417.9 (289.4) 128.5 
 10.8
 7.1
 (1.9) 16.0

Customer advances

  184.3 72.9  257.2 
 
 325.4
 
 325.4

Deferred income taxes

  90.1   90.1 

Distributions payable to

 

noncontrolling interest

   441.7 (292.0) 149.7 

Other

  66.0 12.0  78.0 
           
Other current liabilities
 
 48.4
 
 48.4

Total current liabilities

 0.1 856.7 1,077.4 (903.0) 1,031.2 2,575.4
 218.5
 934.7
 (2,748.9) 979.7
           

Notes payable

   14.2 (9.4) 4.8 

Long-term debt

  1,600.0 13.0  1,613.0 
 4,592.5
 
 
 4,592.5

Deferred income taxes

   983.0 (26.2) 956.8 
 34.8
 699.8
 
 734.6

Due to affiliates

  1,014.8  (1,014.8)  
 572.4
 
 (572.4) 

Other noncurrent liabilities

  265.8 170.0  435.8 
Other liabilities
 35.3
 339.6
 
 374.9

Equity:

  
  
  
  
  

Stockholders' equity:

  
  
 

 

  

Preferred stock

   65.3 (65.3)  
 
 16.4
 (16.4) 

Common stock

 0.7  153.9 (153.9) 0.7 

Paid-in capital

 2,804.8 739.9 4,493.6 (5,233.5) 2,804.8 
Common stock(1)
2.5
 
 1.1
 (1.1) 2.5
Paid-in capital(1)
1,413.9
 (12.6) 8,283.5
 (8,270.9) 1,413.9

Retained earnings

 2,841.0 2,892.7 805.2 (3,697.9) 2,841.0 3,175.3
 6,384.9
 1,067.8
 (7,452.7) 3,175.3

Treasury stock

 (1,000.2)    (1,000.2)

Accumulated other comprehensive

 

income (loss)

 (99.2) (99.2) (26.5) 125.6 (99.3)
           
Treasury stock(1)
(222.2) 
 
 
 (222.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(159.8) (159.8) (160.2) 320.0
 (159.8)

Total stockholders' equity

 4,547.1 3,533.4 5,491.5 (9,025.0) 4,547.0 4,209.7
 6,212.5
 9,208.6
 (15,421.1) 4,209.7

Noncontrolling interest

   369.2 16.7 385.9 
 
 362.8
 
 362.8
           

Total equity

 4,547.1 3,533.4 5,860.7 (9,008.3) 4,932.9 4,209.7
 6,212.5
 9,571.4
 (15,421.1) 4,572.5
           

Total liabilities and equity

 $4,547.2 $7,270.7 $8,118.3 $(10,961.7)$8,974.5 $6,785.1
 $11,666.0
 $11,545.5
 $(18,742.4) $11,254.2
           


(1)December 31, 2014 amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the five-for-one split of the Company’s common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend that was distributed on June 17, 2015.


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 
 Year ended December 31, 2012 
 
 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating Activities:

                

Net earnings

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $874.8 $(2,651.3)$1,923.4 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    120.9  298.9    419.8 

Deferred income taxes

    (130.8) (7.6)   (138.4)

Stock compensation expense

  11.2    0.7    11.9 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  (36.1)       (36.1)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

    (68.0) (10.8)   (78.8)

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    2.4  3.1  
  5.5 

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net

  (1,851.2) (805.9) (9.1) 2,651.3  (14.9)

Due to / from affiliates—net

  476.7  (476.4) (0.3)    

Changes in:

                

Accounts and notes receivable—net

    (344.6) (198.9) 596.7  53.2 

Margin deposits

    0.8      0.8 

Inventories—net

    24.3  10.5    34.8 

Accrued income taxes

    (315.4) 374.1    58.7 

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

    597.9  24.3  (596.7) 25.5 

Customer advances

    63.5  59.8    123.3 

Other—net

    (28.8) 15.7    (13.1)
            

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  449.3  491.1  1,435.2    2,375.6 
            

Investing Activities:

                

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (339.9) (183.6)   (523.5)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    12.3  4.7    17.0 

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

    48.4      48.4 

Deposits to asset retirement funds

    (55.4)     (55.4)
            

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (334.6) (178.9)   (513.5)
            

Financing Activities:

                

Payments of long-term debt

      (13.0)   (13.0)

Advances from unconsolidated affiliates

      40.5    40.5 

Repayments of advances from unconsolidated affiliates

      (40.5)   (40.5)

Dividends paid on common stock

  (102.7)       (102.7)

Dividends to / from affiliates

  102.7  (102.7)      

Distributions to/from noncontrolling interest

    300.5  (532.3)   (231.8)

Purchase of treasury stock

  (500.0)       (500.0)

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

  14.6        14.6 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  36.1        36.1 
            

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (449.3) 197.8  (545.3)   (796.8)
            

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (12.2) 14.8    2.6 
            

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

    342.1  725.8    1,067.9 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    98.7  1,108.3    1,207.0 
            

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $440.8 $1,834.1 $ $2,274.9 
            
 Year ended December 31, 2015
 Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated
 (in millions)
Operating Activities: 
  
  
  
  
Net earnings$699.9
 $731.1
 $835.8
 $(1,532.7) $734.1
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: 
  
  
  
  
Depreciation and amortization
 13.7
 465.9
 
 479.6
Deferred income taxes
 17.2
 60.7
 
 77.9
Stock-based compensation expense16.5
 
 0.3
 
 16.8
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation(1.5) 
 
 
 (1.5)
Unrealized loss on derivatives
 
 162.8
 
 162.8
Gain on remeasurement of CF Fertilisers UK investment
 
 (94.4) 
 (94.4)
Impairment of equity method investment in PLNL
 
 61.9
 
 61.9
Loss on sale of equity method investments
 
 42.8
 
 42.8
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
 
 21.4
 
 21.4
Undistributed (earnings) loss of affiliates—net(731.2) (801.4) (3.4) 1,532.7
 (3.3)
Due to/from affiliates—net1.6
 0.5
 (2.1) 
 
Changes in: 
  
  
  
  
Accounts and notes receivable—net(0.9) 0.2
 97.3
 (101.4) (4.8)
Inventories
 
 (71.0) 
 (71.0)
Accrued and prepaid income taxes1.9
 (10.8) (138.9) 
 (147.8)
Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses7.7
 (42.6) (24.8) 101.4
 41.7
Customer advances
 
 (163.9) 
 (163.9)
Other—net
 30.7
 20.7
 
 51.4
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(6.0) (61.4) 1,271.1
 
 1,203.7
Investing Activities: 
  
  
  
  
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
 (2,469.3) 
 (2,469.3)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
 
 12.4
 
 12.4
Proceeds from sale of equity method investment
 
 12.8
 
 12.8
Purchase of CF Fertilisers UK, net of cash acquired
 
 (551.6) 
 (551.6)
Withdrawals from restricted cash funds
 
 63.3
 
 63.3
Other—net
 (81.5) (43.5) 81.5
 (43.5)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
 (81.5) (2,975.9) 81.5
 (2,975.9)
Financing Activities: 
  
  
  
  
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
 1,000.0
 
 
 1,000.0
Short-term debt—net553.6
 (916.2) 362.6
 
 
Financing fees
 (46.4) 
 
 (46.4)
Purchases of treasury stock(556.3) 
 
 
 (556.3)
Dividends paid on common stock(282.3) (282.4) (282.4) 564.8
 (282.3)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
 
 (45.0) 
 (45.0)
Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans8.4
 
 
 
 8.4
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation1.5
 
 
 
 1.5
Dividends to/from affiliates282.4
 282.4
 
 (564.8) 
Other—net
 
 81.5
 (81.5) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities7.3
 37.4
 116.7
 (81.5) 79.9
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
 (18.3) 
 (18.3)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents1.3
 (105.5) (1,606.4) 
 (1,710.6)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 105.7
 1,890.9
 
 1,996.6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$1.3
 $0.2
 $284.5
 $
 $286.0


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows


 Year ended December 31, 2011 Year ended December 31, 2014

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Operating Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Net earnings

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $1,141.9 $(2,461.6)$1,761.0 $1,390.3
 $1,392.0
 $1,015.7
 $(2,361.2) $1,436.8

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  133.9 282.3  416.2 
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: 
  
  
  
  
Depreciation and amortization
 6.8
 385.7
 
 392.5

Deferred income taxes

 2.2 (65.6) 30.5  (32.9)
 136.0
 (117.5) 
 18.5

Stock compensation expense

 9.8  0.8  10.6 
Stock-based compensation expense16.6
 
 
 
 16.6

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 (47.2)    (47.2)(8.7) 
 
 
 (8.7)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

  66.5 10.8  77.3 

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

  (31.9) 40.7  8.8 
Unrealized loss on derivatives
 
 119.2
 
 119.2
Gain on sale of phosphate business
 (764.5) 14.4
 
 (750.1)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
 
 3.7
 
 3.7

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net

 (1,541.5) (915.0) (18.6) 2,461.6 (13.5)(1,391.9) (969.2) (11.6) 2,361.2
 (11.5)

Due to / from affiliates—net

 975.3 (975.5) 0.2   
Due to/from affiliates—net8.8
 1.7
 (10.5) 
 

Changes in:

   

 

 

 

Accounts and notes receivable—net

  601.4 (489.4) (147.5) (35.5)
 (285.3) 658.2
 (336.8) 36.1

Margin deposits

  2.6 (1.2)  1.4 

Inventories—net

  (36.0) (2.5)  (38.5)

Accrued income taxes

  (237.9) 339.5  101.6 
Inventories
 4.3
 59.5
 
 63.8
Accrued and prepaid income taxes(1.0) (18.3) (37.5) 
 (56.8)

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

  337.5 (479.8) 147.5 5.2 (3.3) 376.8
 (763.5) 336.8
 (53.2)

Customer advances

  (101.1) (73.2)  (174.3)
 
 204.8
 
 204.8

Other—net

 (0.3) 5.6 33.4  38.7 
 5.4
 (8.5) 
 (3.1)
           

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 937.5 326.0 815.4  2,078.9 10.8
 (114.3) 1,512.1
 
 1,408.6
           

Investing Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Additions to property, plant and equipment

  (139.9) (107.3)  (247.2)
 (18.3) (1,790.2) 
 (1,808.5)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

  51.9 2.8  54.7 
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
 
 11.0
 
 11.0
Proceeds from sale of phosphate business
 911.5
 460.5
 
 1,372.0

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

  34.8 3.1  37.9 
 5.0
 
 
 5.0

Deposits to asset retirement obligation funds

  (50.4)   (50.4)
Deposits to restricted cash funds
 
 (505.0) 
 (505.0)
Withdrawals from restricted cash funds
 
 573.0
 
 573.0

Other—net

   31.2  31.2 
 
 9.0
 
 9.0
           

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  (103.6) (70.2)  (173.8)
 898.2
 (1,241.7) 
 (343.5)
           

Financing Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Payments on long-term debt

  (346.0)   (346.0)
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
 1,494.2
 
 
 1,494.2
Short-term debt—net1,897.7
 (2,176.0) 278.3
 
 

Financing fees

  (1.5)   (1.5)
 (16.0) 
 
 (16.0)

Purchase of treasury stock

 (1,000.2)    (1,000.2)
Purchases of treasury stock(1,934.9) 
 
 
 (1,934.9)

Dividends paid on common stock

 (68.7)    (68.7)(255.7) (255.7) (255.9) 511.6
 (255.7)

Dividends to / from affiliates

 68.7 (68.7)    

Distributions to / from noncontrolling interest

  153.0 (298.7)  (145.7)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
 
 (46.0) 
 (46.0)

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

 15.5    15.5 17.6
 
 
 
 17.6

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 47.2    47.2 8.7
 
 
 
 8.7
           

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 (937.5) (263.2) (298.7)  (1,499.4)
           
Dividends to/from affiliates255.7
 255.9
 
 (511.6) 
Other—net
 (1.0) (42.0) 
 (43.0)
Net cash used in financing activities(10.9) (698.6) (65.6) 
 (775.1)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  3.3 0.3  3.6 
 
 (4.2) 
 (4.2)
           

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  (37.5) 446.8  409.3 
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(0.1) 85.3
 200.6
 
 285.8

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  136.2 661.5  797.7 0.1
 20.4
 1,690.3
 
 1,710.8
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $98.7 $1,108.3 $ $1,207.0 $
 $105.7
 $1,890.9
 $
 $1,996.6
           


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows


 Year ended December 31, 2010 Year ended December 31, 2013

 Parent CFI Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated Parent CF Industries 
Other
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated

 (in millions)
 (in millions)

Operating Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Net earnings

 $349.2 $470.4 $425.4 $(804.3)$440.7 $1,464.6
 $1,466.4
 $1,495.3
 $(2,893.5) $1,532.8

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
  
  
  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  200.7 194.1  394.8 
 47.8
 362.8
 
 410.6

Deferred income taxes

  37.7 50.9  88.6 
 (21.3) (13.0) 
 (34.3)

Stock compensation expense

 8.0  0.3  8.3 
Stock-based compensation expense12.6
 
 
 
 12.6

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 (5.8)    (5.8)(13.5) 
 
 
 (13.5)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

  (0.9) (8.5)  (9.4)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

   17.0  17.0 

Gain on sale of marketable equity securities

  (28.3)   (28.3)

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

  (0.3) 11.3  11.0 
Unrealized gain on derivatives
 
 (59.3) 
 (59.3)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
 
 5.6
 
 5.6

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net

 (470.4) (331.9) (51.9) 804.3 (49.9)(1,466.4) (1,427.0) (11.4) 2,893.5
 (11.3)

Due to / from affiliates—net

 (999.6) 1,005.7 (6.1)   13.5
 
 (13.5) 
 

Changes in:

  
  
  
  
  

Accounts and notes receivable—net

  (466.5) 74.6 462.5 70.6 
 (220.8) (293.4) 514.6
 0.4

Margin deposits

  (3.5) (1.6)  (5.1)

Inventories—net

  3.9 75.9  79.8 

Accrued income taxes

  1.8 93.9  95.7 
Inventories
 (11.8) (68.5) 
 (80.3)
Accrued and prepaid income taxes(0.9) 23.6
 (176.1) 
 (153.4)

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

  25.2 366.0 (462.5) (71.3)(2.8) 305.4
 261.5
 (514.6) 49.5

Customer advances

  125.9 40.5  166.4 
 
 (260.1) 
 (260.1)

Other—net

 (0.9) 10.9 (18.7)  (8.7)
 3.9
 63.6
 
 67.5
           

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 (1,119.5) 1,050.8 1,263.1  1,194.4 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities7.1
 166.2
 1,293.5
 
 1,466.8

Investing Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Additions to property, plant and equipment

  (107.0) (151.1)  (258.1)
 (58.9) (764.9) 
 (823.8)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

  16.4 0.1  16.5 

Purchases of short-term and auction rate securities

  (25.5) (3.1)  (28.6)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
 
 12.6
 
 12.6

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

  238.2   238.2 
 13.5
 
 
 13.5

Sale of marketable equity securities

  167.1   167.1 
Canadian terminal acquisition
 
 (72.5) 
 (72.5)
Deposits to restricted cash funds
 
 (154.0) 
 (154.0)

Deposits to asset retirement obligation funds

  (58.5)   (58.5)
 (2.9) 
 
 (2.9)

Purchase of Terra Industries Industries Inc.—net of cash acquired

  (3,721.4)  543.6 (3,177.8)

Other—net

  0.4 30.6  31.0 
 
 7.8
 
 7.8
           

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  (3,490.3) (123.5) 543.6 (3,070.2)
           
Net cash used in investing activities
 (48.3) (971.0) 
 (1,019.3)

Financing Activities:

  
  
  
  
  

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

  5,197.2   5,197.2 
 1,498.0
 
 
 1,498.0

Payments on long-term debt

  (3,264.2) (744.5)  (4,008.7)

Financing fees

 (41.3) (167.8)   (209.1)
 (14.5) 
 
 (14.5)

Dividends paid on common stock

 (26.2)    (26.2)(129.1) (859.0) (129.0) 988.0
 (129.1)

Dividends paid to former Terra stockholders

   (20.0)  (20.0)

Dividends to / from affiliates

 26.2 (26.2)    

Distributions to / from noncontrolling interest

  182.2 (299.2)  (117.0)

Issuance of common stock

 1,150.0    1,150.0 
Dividends to/from affiliates859.0
 129.0
 
 (988.0) 
Distributions to/from noncontrolling interest
 14.3
 (88.0) 
 (73.7)
Purchases of treasury stock(1,409.1) 
 
 
 (1,409.1)
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in CFL
 (364.9) (553.8) 
 (918.7)

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

 5.0    5.0 10.3
 
 
 
 10.3

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 5.8    5.8 13.5
 
 
 
 13.5
           

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 1,119.5 1,921.2 (1,063.7)  1,977.0 
           
Other—net648.4
 (941.2) 335.8
 
 43.0
Net cash used in financing activities(7.0) (538.3) (435.0) 
 (980.3)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  (8.5) 7.9  (0.6)
 
 (31.3) 
 (31.3)
           

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  (526.8) 83.8 543.6 100.6 0.1
 (420.4) (143.8) 
 (564.1)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  663.0 577.7 (543.6) 697.1 
 440.8
 1,834.1
 
 2,274.9
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $136.2 $661.5 $ $797.7 $0.1
 $20.4
 $1,690.3
 $
 $1,710.8
           


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        Presented below are condensed consolidating statements.   Subsequent Event (Unaudited)

On August 12, 2015, we announced that we agreed to enter into a strategic venture with CHS Inc. (CHS). The strategic venture commenced on February 1, 2016, at which time CHS purchased a minority equity interest in CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (CFN), a subsidiary of operations, comprehensive incomeCF Holdings, for $2.8 billion. CHS also began receiving deliveries from us pursuant to a supply agreement under which CHS has the right to purchase annually from us up to approximately 1.1 million tons of granular urea and statements580,000 tons of cash flows for the Parent, CFI, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 and condensed consolidating balance sheets for the Parent, CFI, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor SubsidiariesUAN at market prices. CHS is entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CFN as a result of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The investmentsits minority equity interest in subsidiaries in these consolidating financial statements are presentedCFN based generally on the equity method. Under this method, our investments are recorded at costvolume of granular urea and adjusted for our ownership share of a subsidiary's cumulative results of operations, distributions and other equity changes. The eliminating entries reflect primarily intercompany transactions such as sales, accounts receivable and accounts payable andUAN purchased by CHS pursuant to the elimination of equity investments and earnings of subsidiaries. The condensed financial information presented below is not necessarily indicative of the financial position, results of operation or cash flow of the Parent, CFI, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis.

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CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Operations


 
 Year ended December 31, 2012 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net sales

 $ $3,747.9 $1,931.8 $1,359.4 $(935.1)$6,104.0 

Cost of sales

    1,854.6  1,416.1  647.8  (927.8) 2,990.7 
              

Gross margin

    1,893.3  515.7  711.6  (7.3) 3,113.3 
              

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  2.5  128.0  2.9  18.4    151.8 

Other operating—net

    24.0  8.2  16.9    49.1 
              

Total other operating costs and expenses

  2.5  152.0  11.1  35.3    200.9 

Equity in earnings of operating affiliates

    4.9  9.0  33.1    47.0 
              

Operating earnings (loss)

  (2.5) 1,746.2  513.6  709.4  (7.3) 2,959.4 

Interest expense

    126.8  8.5  1.6  (1.6) 135.3 

Interest income

    (1.4) 16.2  (20.7) 1.6  (4.3)

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

  (1,851.2) (792.8) (732.4)   3,376.4   

Other non-operating—net

      (1.1)     (1.1)
              

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

  1,848.7  2,413.6  1,222.4  728.5  (3,383.7) 2,829.5 

Income tax provision (benefit)

    562.2  354.1  47.9    964.2 

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

    (0.2)   58.3    58.1 
              

Net earnings

  1,848.7  1,851.2  868.3  738.9  (3,383.7) 1,923.4 

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

      71.2  10.8  (7.3) 74.7 
              

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $797.1 $728.1 $(3,376.4)$1,848.7 
              


Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 
 Year ended December 31, 2012 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net earnings

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $868.3 $738.9 $(3,383.7)$1,923.4 

Other comprehensive income

  49.6  49.6  28.5  60.8  (138.1) 50.4 
              

Comprehensive income

  1,898.3  1,900.8  896.8  799.7  (3,521.8) 1,973.8 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

      71.2  10.8  (6.6) 75.4 
              

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $1,898.3 $1,900.8 $825.6 $788.9 $(3,515.2)$1,898.4 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Operations

 
 Year ended December 31, 2011 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net sales

 $ $3,585.3 $2,003.7 $1,808.0 $(1,299.1)$6,097.9 

Cost of sales

    1,932.1  1,489.0  779.0  (997.8) 3,202.3 
              

Gross margin

    1,653.2  514.7  1,029.0  (301.3) 2,895.6 
              

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  3.6  99.5  9.2  17.7    130.0 

Restructuring and integration costs

    2.0  2.4      4.4 

Other operating—net

    (18.9) 37.9  1.9    20.9 
              

Total other operating costs and expenses

  3.6  82.6  49.5  19.6    155.3 

Equity in earnings (loss) of operating affiliates

    (1.2) 2.1  49.3    50.2 
              

Operating earnings (loss)

  (3.6) 1,569.4  467.3  1,058.7  (301.3) 2,790.5 

Interest expense

    137.1  8.0  2.4  (0.3) 147.2 

Interest income

    (0.7) 17.0  (18.3) 0.3  (1.7)

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

  (1,541.5) (618.8) (636.6)   2,796.9   

Other non-operating—net

    (0.1) (0.5)     (0.6)
              

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

  1,537.9  2,051.9  1,079.4  1,074.6  (3,098.2) 2,645.6 

Income tax provision (benefit)

  (1.3) 505.6  400.9  21.3    926.5 

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

    (4.8)   46.7    41.9 
              

Net earnings

  1,539.2  1,541.5  678.5  1,100.0  (3,098.2) 1,761.0 

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

      67.7  455.4  (301.3) 221.8 
              

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $610.8 $644.6 $(2,796.9)$1,539.2 
              


Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 
 Year ended December 31, 2011 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net earnings

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $678.5 $1,100.0 $(3,098.2)$1,761.0 

Other comprehensive loss

  (45.9) (45.9) (32.9) (27.2) 105.3  (46.6)
              

Comprehensive income

  1,493.3  1,495.6  645.6  1,072.8  (2,992.9) 1,714.4 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

      67.7  455.4  (301.9) 221.2 
              

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $1,493.3 $1,495.6 $577.9 $617.4 $(2,691.0)$1,493.2 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Operations

 
 Year ended December 31, 2010 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net sales

 $ $2,442.5 $816.3 $1,015.2 $(309.0)$3,965.0 

Cost of sales

    1,699.6  588.8  663.8  (166.7) 2,785.5 
              

Gross margin

    742.9  227.5  351.4  (142.3) 1,179.5 
              

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  2.5  70.9  21.4  11.3    106.1 

Restructuring and integration costs

    13.4  8.2      21.6 

Other operating—net

  118.7  35.9  2.1  10.0    166.7 
              

Total other operating costs and expenses

  121.2  120.2  31.7  21.3    294.4 

Equity in earnings (loss) of operating affiliates

    (6.9) 1.2  16.3    10.6 
              

Operating earnings (loss)

  (121.2) 615.8  197.0  346.4  (142.3) 895.7 

Interest expense

    210.9  8.1  2.7  (0.4) 221.3 

Interest income

    (1.3) 14.8  (15.4) 0.4  (1.5)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

      17.0      17.0 

Net (earnings) of wholly-owned subsidiaries

  (470.4) (191.5) (166.5)   828.4   

Other non-operating—net

    (28.2) (0.5) (0.1)   (28.8)
              

Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-operating affiliates

  349.2  625.9  324.1  359.2  (970.7) 687.7 

Income tax provision (benefit)

    153.1  123.9  (3.3)   273.7 

Equity in earnings (loss) of non-operating affiliates—net of taxes

    (2.4)   29.1    26.7 
              

Net earnings

  349.2  470.4  200.2  391.6  (970.7) 440.7 

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest

      15.7  218.1  (142.3) 91.5 
              

Net earnings attributable to common stockholders

 $349.2 $470.4 $184.5 $173.5 $(828.4)$349.2 
              


Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 
 Year ended December 31, 2010 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Net earnings

 $349.2 $470.4 $200.2 $391.6 $(970.7)$440.7 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

  (10.1) (10.1) 19.8  18.5  (26.8) (8.7)
              

Comprehensive income

  339.1  460.3  220.0  410.1  (997.5) 432.0 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

      15.7  218.1  (140.9) 92.9 
              

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

 $339.1 $460.3 $204.3 $192.0 $(856.6)$339.1 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Balance Sheet

 
 December 31, 2012 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Assets

                   

Current assets:

                   

Cash and cash equivalents

 $ $440.8 $796.8 $1,037.3 $ $2,274.9 

Accounts and notes receivable—net

    145.1  968.9  39.0  (935.6) 217.4 

Income taxes receivable

    642.1      (642.1)  

Inventories—net

    193.1  53.9  30.9    277.9 

Deferred income taxes

    9.5        9.5 

Other

    15.4  6.9  5.6    27.9 
              

Total current assets

    1,446.0  1,826.5  1,112.8  (1,577.7) 2,807.6 

Property, plant and equipment—net

    1,008.1  1,561.6  1,330.8    3,900.5 

Deferred income taxes

    50.7      (50.7)  

Asset retirement obligation funds

    200.8        200.8 

Investments in and advances to affiliates

  5,331.5  6,291.4  3,942.2  925.0  (15,554.5) 935.6 

Due from affiliates

  570.7      996.1  (1,566.8)  

Goodwill

    0.9  2,063.6      2,064.5 

Other assets

    136.5  98.9  22.5    257.9 
              

Total assets

 $5,902.2 $9,134.4 $9,492.8 $4,387.2 $(18,749.7)$10,166.9 
              

Liabilities and Equity

                   

Current liabilities:

                   

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $ $222.6 $95.1 $64.4 $(15.6)$366.5 

Income taxes payable

      789.3  39.9  (642.1) 187.1 

Customer advances

    247.9  122.2  10.6    380.7 

Notes payable

    900.0    14.6  (909.6) 5.0 

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest

        15.7  (10.4) 5.3 

Other

    4.5    1.1    5.6 
              

Total current liabilities

    1,375.0  1,006.6  146.3  (1,577.7) 950.2 
              

Long-term debt

    1,600.0        1,600.0 

Deferred income taxes

      821.9  167.6  (50.7) 938.8 

Due to affiliates

    572.5  994.3    (1,566.8)  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    255.4  96.3  44.0    395.7 

Equity:

                   

Stockholders' equity:

                   

Preferred stock

        65.3  (65.3)  

Common stock

  0.6    153.1  4.7  (157.8) 0.6 

Paid-in capital

  2,492.3  739.8  4,450.2  3,476.0  (8,665.9) 2,492.4 

Retained earnings

  3,461.2  4,641.3  1,592.4  438.8  (6,672.6) 3,461.1 

Treasury stock

  (2.3)         (2.3)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  (49.6) (49.6) 15.4  44.5  (10.3) (49.6)
              

Total stockholders' equity

  5,902.2  5,331.5  6,211.1  4,029.3  (15,571.9) 5,902.2 

Noncontrolling interest

      362.6    17.4  380.0 
              

Total equity

  5,902.2  5,331.5  6,573.7  4,029.3  (15,554.5) 6,282.2 
              

Total liabilities and equity

 $5,902.2 $9,134.4 $9,492.8 $4,387.2 $(18,749.7)$10,166.9 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Balance Sheet

 
 December 31, 2011 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Assets

                   

Current assets:

                   

Cash and cash equivalents

 $ $98.7 $300.2 $808.1 $ $1,207.0 

Accounts and notes receivable—net

    76.9  367.4  439.0  (613.9) 269.4 

Income taxes receivable

    289.4      (289.4)  

Inventories—net

    212.6  62.9  28.7    304.2 

Other

    6.0  6.6  5.4    18.0 
              

Total current assets

    683.6  737.1  1,281.2  (903.3) 1,798.6 

Property, plant and equipment—net

    767.7  1,592.4  1,375.9    3,736.0 

Deferred income taxes

    26.1      (26.1)  

Asset retirement obligation funds

    145.4        145.4 

Investments in and advances to affiliates

  3,533.4  5,484.7  1,346.1  919.4  (10,355.0) 928.6 

Due from affiliates

  1,013.8    1,398.3    (2,412.1)  

Goodwill

    0.9  2,063.6      2,064.5 

Other assets

    162.3  113.8  25.3    301.4 
              

Total assets

 $4,547.2 $7,270.7 $7,251.3 $3,601.8 $(13,696.5)$8,974.5 
              

Liabilities and Equity

                   

Current liabilities:

                   

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

 $0.1 $516.3 $74.7 $58.4 $(321.8)$327.7 

Income taxes payable

      396.9  21.0  (289.4) 128.5 

Customer advances

    184.3  65.1  7.8    257.2 

Deferred income taxes

    90.1        90.1 

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interest

        441.7  (292.0) 149.7 

Other

    66.0    12.0    78.0 
              

Total current liabilities

  0.1  856.7  536.7  540.9  (903.2) 1,031.2 
              

Notes payable

        14.2  (9.4) 4.8 

Long-term debt

    1,600.0  13.0      1,613.0 

Deferred income taxes

      811.9  171.0  (26.1) 956.8 

Due to affiliates

    1,014.8    1,397.3  (2,412.1)  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    265.8  135.1  34.9    435.8 

Equity:

                   

Stockholders' equity:

                   

Preferred stock

        65.3  (65.3)  

Common stock

  0.7    153.1  33.2  (186.3) 0.7 

Paid-in capital

  2,804.8  739.9  4,450.2  1,098.0  (6,288.1) 2,804.8 

Retained earnings

  2,841.0  2,892.7  795.2  263.3  (3,951.2) 2,841.0 

Treasury stock

  (1,000.2)         (1,000.2)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  (99.2) (99.2) (13.1) (16.3) 128.5  (99.3)
              

Total stockholders' equity

  4,547.1  3,533.4  5,385.4  1,443.5  (10,362.4) 4,547.0 

Noncontrolling interest

      369.2    16.7  385.9 
              

Total equity

  4,547.1  3,533.4  5,754.6  1,443.5  (10,345.7) 4,932.9 
              

Total liabilities and equity

 $4,547.2 $7,270.7 $7,251.3 $3,601.8 $(13,696.5)$8,974.5 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 
 Year ended December 31, 2012 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating Activities:

                   

Net earnings

 $1,848.7 $1,851.2 $868.3 $738.9 $(3,383.7)$1,923.4 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    120.9  151.2  147.7    419.8 

Deferred income taxes

    (130.8) (3.1) (4.5)   (138.4)

Stock compensation expense

  11.2      0.7    11.9 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  (36.1)         (36.1)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

    (68.0)   (10.8)   (78.8)

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    2.4  3.0  0.1    5.5 

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net

  (1,851.2) (805.9) (680.7) (60.8) 3,383.7  (14.9)

Due to / from affiliates—net

  476.7  (476.4) 535.3  (535.6)    

Changes in:

                   

Accounts and notes receivable—net

    (344.6) (601.6) 402.7  596.7  53.2 

Margin deposits

    0.8        0.8 

Inventories—net

    24.3  5.5  5.0    34.8 

Accrued income taxes

    (315.4) 354.2  19.9    58.7 

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

    597.9  20.7  3.6  (596.7) 25.5 

Customer advances

    63.5  57.2  2.6    123.3 

Other—net

    (28.8) (9.6) 25.3    (13.1)
              

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  449.3  491.1  700.4  734.8    2,375.6 
              

Investing Activities:

                   

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (339.9) (117.7) (65.9)   (523.5)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    12.3  4.7      17.0 

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

    48.4        48.4 

Deposit to asset retirement funds

    (55.4)       (55.4)
              

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (334.6) (113.0) (65.9)   (513.5)
              

Financing Activities:

                   

Payments of long-term debt

      (13.0)     (13.0)

Advances from unconsolidated affiliates

        40.5    40.5 

Repayments of advances from unconsolidated affiliates

        (40.5)   (40.5)

Dividends paid on common stock

  (102.7)         (102.7)

Dividends to / from affiliates

  102.7  (102.7)        

Distributions to/from noncontrolling interest

    300.5  (77.8) (454.5)   (231.8)

Purchase of treasury stock

  (500.0)         (500.0)

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

  14.6          14.6 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  36.1          36.1 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (449.3) 197.8  (90.8) (454.5)   (796.8)
              

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (12.2)   14.8    2.6 
              

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    342.1  496.6  229.2    1,067.9 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    98.7  300.2  808.1    1,207.0 
              

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $440.8 $796.8 $1,037.3 $ $2,274.9 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 
 Year ended December 31, 2011 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating Activities:

                   

Net earnings

 $1,539.2 $1,541.5 $678.5 $1,100.0 $(3,098.2)$1,761.0 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    133.9  142.1  140.2    416.2 

Deferred income taxes

  2.2  (65.6) 33.3  (2.8)   (32.9)

Stock compensation expense

  9.8      0.8    10.6 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  (47.2)         (47.2)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

    66.5  (0.4) 11.2    77.3 

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    (31.9) 38.9  1.8    8.8 

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net

  (1,541.5) (915.0) (636.6) (18.6) 3,098.2  (13.5)

Due to / from affiliates—net

  975.3  (975.5) 472.0  (471.8)    

Changes in:

                   

Accounts and notes receivable-net

    601.4  (1.1) (488.3) (147.5) (35.5)

Margin deposits

    2.6    (1.2)   1.4 

Inventories -net

    (36.0) (12.1) 9.6    (38.5)

Accrued income taxes

    (237.9) 313.0  26.5    101.6 

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

    337.5  (773.4) 293.6  147.5  5.2 

Customer advances

    (101.1) (16.1) (57.1)   (174.3)

Other—net

  (0.3) 5.6  41.4  (8.0)   38.7 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  937.5  326.0  279.5  535.9    2,078.9 
              

Investing Activities:

                   

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (139.9) (81.9) (25.4)   (247.2)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    51.9  2.8      54.7 

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

    34.8    3.1    37.9 

Deposit to asset retirement obligation funds

    (50.4)       (50.4)

Other—net

        31.2    31.2 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (103.6) (79.1) 8.9    (173.8)
              

Financing Activities:

                   

Payments on long-term debt

    (346.0)        (346.0)

Financing fees

    (1.5)       (1.5)

Purchase of treasury stock

  (1,000.2)         (1,000.2)

Dividends paid on common stock

  (68.7)         (68.7)

Dividends to / from affiliates

  68.7  (68.7)        

Distributions to / from noncontrolling interest

    153.0  (64.2) (234.5)   (145.7)

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

  15.5          15.5 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  47.2          47.2 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (937.5) (263.2) (64.2) (234.5)   (1,499.4)
              

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    3.3    0.3    3.6 
              

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    (37.5) 136.2  310.6    409.3 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    136.2  164.0  497.5    797.7 
              

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $98.7 $300.2 $808.1 $ $1,207.0 
              

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Condensed, Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 
 Year ended December 31, 2010 
 
 Parent CFI Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 Eliminations Consolidated 
 
 (in millions)
 

Operating Activities:

                   

Net earnings

 $349.2 $470.4 $200.2 $391.6 $(970.7)$440.7 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    200.7  85.8  108.3    394.8 

Deferred income taxes

    37.7  53.4  (2.5)   88.6 

Stock compensation expense

  8.0      0.3    8.3 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  (5.8)         (5.8)

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives

    (0.9) (4.6) (3.9)   (9.4)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

      17.0      17.0 

Gain on sale of marketable equity securities

    (28.3)       (28.3)

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    (0.3) 2.4  8.9    11.0 

Undistributed loss (earnings) of affiliates—net of taxes

  (470.4) (331.9) (166.5) (51.8) 970.7  (49.9)

Due to / from affiliates—net

  (999.6) 1,005.7  140.4  (146.5)    

Changes in:

                   

Accounts and notes receivable-net

    (466.5) 18.2  56.4  462.5  70.6 

Margin deposits

    (3.5)   (1.6)   (5.1)

Inventories -net

    3.9  38.2  37.7    79.8 

Accrued income taxes

    1.8  76.1  17.8    95.7 

Accounts and notes payable and accrued expenses

    25.2  367.1  (1.1) (462.5) (71.3)

Customer advances

    125.9  39.3  1.2    166.4 

Other—net

  (0.9) 10.9  (1.4) (17.3)   (8.7)
              

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  (1,119.5) 1,050.8  865.6  397.5    1,194.4 
              

Investing Activities:

                   

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (107.0) (102.1) (49.0)   (258.1)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and non-core assets

    16.4    0.1    16.5 

Purchases of short-term and auction rate securities

    (25.5)   (3.1)   (28.6)

Sales and maturities of short-term and auction rate securities

    238.2        238.2 

Sale of marketable equity securities

    167.1        167.1 

Deposit to asset retirement obligation funds

    (58.5)       (58.5)

Purchase of Terra Industries Inc.—net of cash acquired

    (3,721.4)       543.6  (3,177.8)

Other—net

    0.4    30.6    31.0 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (3,490.3) (102.1) (21.4) 543.6  (3,070.2)
              

Financing Activities:

                   

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

    5,197.2        5,197.2 

Payments on long-term debt

    (3,264.2) (744.5)     (4,008.7)

Financing fees

  (41.3) (167.8)       (209.1)

Dividends paid on common stock

  (26.2)         (26.2)

Dividends paid to former Terra stockholders

      (20.0)     (20.0)

Dividends to / from affiliates

  26.2  (26.2)        

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

    182.2  (23.1) (276.1)   (117.0)

Issuance of common stock

  1,150.0          1,150.0 

Issuances of common stock under employee stock plans

  5.0          5.0 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

  5.8          5.8 
              

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  1,119.5  1,921.2  (787.6) (276.1)   1,977.0 
              

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (8.5)   7.9    (0.6)
              

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    (526.8) (24.1) 107.9  543.6  100.6 

                  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    663.0  188.1  389.6  (543.6) 697.1 
              

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $ $136.2 $164.0 $497.5 $ $797.7 
              

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ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)    Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    The Company's management, with the participation of the Company's Principal Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Principal Financial Officer,principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Company's Principal Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Principal Financial Officerprincipal financial officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in (i) recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis,ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (ii) ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including the Company's Principal Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Principal Financial Officer,principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by the Company on July 31, 2015. CF Fertilisers UK accounted for 11% of the Company’s total assets as of December 31, 2015 and 5% of the Company’s total net sales for the year ended December 31, 2015. As permitted by SEC guidance for newly acquired businesses, the Company's management elected to exclude CF Fertilisers UK from its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures to the extent subsumed by internal control over financial reporting. The Company's management is in the process of reviewing the operations of CF Fertilisers UK and implementing the Company's internal control structure over the operations of CF Fertilisers UK.
(b) Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) ofunder the Exchange Act.Act, for the Company. Under the supervision and with the participation of our senior management, including our Principal Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Principal Financial Officer,principal financial officer, we assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2015, using the criteria set forth in theInternal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.Commission in 2013. Based on this assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting is effective as of December 31, 2012.2015. KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the Company's consolidated financial statements, has issued an attestation report on the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2015, which appears on page 163.149.

The Company acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK not previously owned by the Company on July 31, 2015. CF Fertilisers UK accounted for 11% of the Company’s total assets as of December 31, 2015 and 5% of the Company’s total net sales for the year ended December 31, 2015. As permitted by SEC guidance for newly acquired businesses, the Company's management elected to exclude CF Fertilisers UK from its assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. The Company's management is in the process of reviewing the operations of CF Fertilisers UK and implementing the Company's internal control structure over the operations of CF Fertilisers UK.
(c)    (b)Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.    There have not been any changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 20122015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

        In April 2010, CF completed its acquisition of Terra. We continue to integrate policies, processes, technology and operations for the combined company and will continue to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting as we complete our integration activities. Until the companies are fully integrated, we will maintain the operational integrity of each company's legacy internal controls over financial reporting.

        The Company has replaced various business information systems with an enterprise resource planning system from SAP and implementation is occurring in 2013. This activity involves the migration of multiple legacy systems and users to a common SAP information platform.



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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.:


We have audited CF Industriesindustries Holdings, Inc.'s (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2015, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2015, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.Commission (COSO).

The Company acquired the remaining 50% equity interest in CF Fertilisers UK during 2015, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, CF Fertilisers UK internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of 11% and total revenues of 5% included in the consolidated financial statements of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of CF Fertilisers UK.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 20122015 and 2011,2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012,2015, and our report dated February 27, 201325, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

(signed) KPMG LLP


Chicago, Illinois
February 27, 2013

25, 2016


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ITEM 9B.    OTHER INFORMATION.

None.


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PART III

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Information appearing in the Proxy Statement under the headings "Directors and Director Nominees;""Director Nominees"; "Executive Officers;"Officers"; "Corporate Governance—Committees of the Board—Audit Committee;"Committee"; and "Common Stock Ownership—Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" is incorporated herein by reference.

We have adopted a Code of Corporate Conduct that applies to our employees, directors and officers, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Code of Corporate Conduct is posted on our Internet website, www.cfindustries.com. We will provide an electronic or paper copy of this document free of charge upon request. We willintend to disclose amendmentson our Internet website any amendment to or waivers from,any provision of the Code of Corporate Conduct onthat relates to any element of the definition of “code of ethics” enumerated in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act and any waiver from any such provision granted to our Internet website, www.cfindustries.com.

principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Robert C. Arzbaecher, Stephen A. Furbacher, Stephen J. Hagge, John D. Johnson, andAnne P. Noonan, Edward A. Schmitt and Theresa E. Wagler currently serve as the members of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.

Information appearing under the following headings of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference: "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Compensation and Benefits Risk Analysis," "Compensation Committee Report," "Executive Compensation" and "Director Compensation."


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ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

Information appearing under the following headings of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference: "Common Stock Ownership—Common Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners" and "Common Stock Ownership—Common Stock Ownership of Directors and Management."

We currently issue stock-based compensation under our 20092014 Equity and Incentive Plan (Plan). Under the Plan, we may grant incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards (payable in cash or stock) and other stock-based compensation.


Equity Compensation Plan Information as of December 31, 2012
2015

Plan Category
 Number of securities
to be issued
upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in
the first column)
 Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Number of securities
remaining available for future
issuance under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in the first column)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 489,709 $130.58 3,110,305 3,456,933
 $43.21
 13,090,350

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

 276,898 $46.87  197,385
 $16.83
 
       

Total

 766,607 $100.34 3,110,305 3,654,318
��$41.79
 13,090,350
       

For additional information on our equity compensation plan, see Note 27—19—Stock-Based Compensation.



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ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Information appearing in the Proxy Statement under the headings "Corporate Governance—Director Independence" and "Certain Relationships and"Policy Regarding Related Person Transactions" is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Information appearing in the Proxy Statement under the headings "Audit and Non-AuditNon-audit Fees" and "Pre-approval of Audit and Non-AuditNon-audit Services" is incorporated herein by reference.


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PART IV

ITEM 15.    EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

    (a)
    Documents filed as part of this Report:

(a)Documents filed as part of this report:

(11.)All financial statements:

        The following financial statements are included in Part II, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

        Financial Statements Schedulesstatement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

(2

)

2.Exhibits


Exhibits


 

A list of exhibits filed with this report on Form 10-K (or incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed or furnished) is provided in the Exhibit Index on page 170153 of this report.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

   CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

Date:

February 25, 2016

February 27, 2013


By:

By:


/s/ STEPHEN R. WILSON  
W. ANTHONY WILL  
W. Anthony Will
Stephen R. Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title(s)
Date





/s/ STEPHEN R. WILSON

Stephen R. Wilson
 President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)Title(s)
 February 27, 2013Date

/s/ DENNIS P. KELLEHER

Dennis P. Kelleher


Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)


February 27, 2013

/s/ RICHARD A. HOKER

Richard A. Hoker


Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)


February 27, 2013

/s/ ROBERT C. ARZBAECHER

Robert C. Arzbaecher


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ WILLIAM DAVISSON

William Davisson


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ STEPHEN A. FURBACHER

Stephen A. Furbacher


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ STEPHEN J. HAGGE

Stephen J. Hagge


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ JOHN D. JOHNSON

John D. Johnson


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ ROBERT G. KUHBACH

Robert G. Kuhbach


Director


February 27, 2013

/s/ EDWARD A. SCHMITT

Edward A. Schmitt


Director


February 27, 2013

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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
   
/s/ W. ANTHONY WILL
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 25, 2016
W. Anthony Will
/s/ DENNIS P. KELLEHER
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 25, 2016
Dennis P. Kelleher
/s/ RICHARD A. HOKER
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
February 25, 2016
Richard A. Hoker
/s/ STEPHEN A. FURBACHERChairman of the BoardFebruary 25, 2016
Stephen A. Furbacher
/s/ ROBERT C. ARZBAECHERDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Robert C. Arzbaecher
/s/ WILLIAM DAVISSONDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
William Davisson
/s/ STEPHEN J. HAGGEDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Stephen J. Hagge
/s/ JOHN D. JOHNSONDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
John D. Johnson
/s/ ROBERT G. KUHBACHDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Robert G. Kuhbach
/s/ ANNE P. NOONANDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Anne P. Noonan
/s/ EDWARD A SCHMITTDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Edward A. Schmitt
/s/ THERESA E. WAGLERDirectorFebruary 25, 2016
Theresa E. Wagler


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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 21, 2005, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Merger Corp. and CF Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 26, 2005, File No. 333-124949)

 

 

 

2.2

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 12, 2010, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Composite Merger Corporation and Terra Industries Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2010, File No. 001-32597)

 

 

 

2.3

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 2, 2012, between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Glencore International plc.plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 6, 2012, File No. 001-32597)

 

 

2.4
3.1

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 28, 2013, among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc. and The Mosaic Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 1, 2013, File No. 001-32597)
 
2.5Combination Agreement, dated August 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Darwin Holdings Limited, Beagle Merger Company LLC and OCI N.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2015, File No. 001-32597)
2.6
Amendment No. 1 to the Combination Agreement, dated November 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Darwin Holdings Limited, Beagle Merger Company LLC and OCI N.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to CF B.V.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2015, File No. 333-207847)


2.7
Second Amendment to the Combination Agreement, dated December 20, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Darwin Holdings Limited, Beagle Merger Company LLC, OCI N.V., CF B.V. and Finch Merger Company LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Holdings' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2015, File No. 001-32597)


2.8
Second Amendment to the Shareholders' Agreement, dated December 20, 2015, by and among Darwin Holdings Limited, OCI N.V., CF B.V., Capricorn Capital B.V., Leo Capital B.V., and Aquarius Investments B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to CF Holdings' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2015, File No. 001-32597)


2.9
Irrevocable Undertaking, dated August 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., OCI N.V. and Capricorn Capital B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

2.10
Amendment No. 1 to the Irrevocable Undertaking, dated November 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., OCI N.V. and Capricorn Capital B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.6 to CF B.V.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2015, File No. 333-207847)


2.11
Irrevocable Undertaking, dated August 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., OCI N.V. and Leo Capital B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

2.12
Irrevocable Undertaking, dated August 6, 2015, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., OCI N.V. and Aquarius Investments B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2015, File No. 001-32597)


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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
2.13
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC, dated as of December 18, 2015, by and between CF Industries Sales, LLC and CHS Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2015, File No. 001-32597) *


3.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on August 11, 2005,May 14, 2014, File No. 333-127422)333-195936)


 

 

 

3.2(a)3.2

 

Fourth Amended and Restated By-lawsBylaws of CF Industries Holdings, Inc., as amended through December 12, 2008effective October 14, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2008,October 16, 2015, File No. 001-32597)



 

 


3.2(b)


Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-laws of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. adopted December 11, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2012, File No. 001-32597)

4.1

 


4.1


Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration StatementQuarterly Report on Form S-110-Q filed with the SEC on July 20, 2005,May 7, 2015, File No. 333-124949)001-32597)


 

 

 

4.2

 

Rights Agreement,Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2005, between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as the Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 26, 2005, File No. 333-124949)




4.3


First Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2010, between the CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as successor to The Bank of New York (incorporated by to Exhibit 4.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 3, 2010, File No. 001-32597)




4.4


Indenture, dated April 23, 2010, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2010, File No. 001-32597)

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4.54.3 First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 23, 2010, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and the other guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2010, File No. 001-32597)

 

 

 

4.64.4

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 23, 2010, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and the other guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 7.125% Senior Notes due 2020 (includes form of note) (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2010, File No. 001-32597)

 

 

 

10.14.5

 

Consent DecreeIndenture, dated August 4, 2010as of May 23, 2013, among the United States of America, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14.1 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 23, 2013, File No. 001-32597)
4.6First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2013, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 3.450% Senior Notes due 2023 (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 23, 2013, File No. 001-32597)
4.7Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2013, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 4.950% Senior Notes due 2043 (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 23, 2013, File No. 001-32597)
4.8
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2014, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034 (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10, 2010,March 11, 2014, File No. 001-32597)


 

 

 

10.24.9

 

Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 29, 2005, and amended and restated as of July 24, 2007, by andMarch 11, 2014, among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Stephen R. WilsonWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to CF Industries, Inc.'s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2044 (includes form of note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s QuarterlyCurrent Report on Form 10-Q8-K filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007,March 11, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**


 

 

4.10
10.3
Note Purchase Agreement, dated September 24, 2015, among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc. and the Purchasers party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 30, 2015, File No. 001-32597)
 

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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
4.11
First Amendment, dated as of December 20, 2015, to the Note Purchase Agreement dated September 24, 2015, among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc. and the noteholders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

10.1Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of April 29, 2005, and amended and restated as of July 24, 2007, by and among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Douglas C. Barnard (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 

 

10.410.2

 

Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of September 1, 2009, amended as of October 20, 2010, and amended further and restated as of February 17, 2014, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Christopher D. Bohn (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**
10.3Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of November 21, 2008, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Bert A. Frost (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2009, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 

 

10.510.4

 

Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of November 19, 2007 and amended and restated as of March 6, 2009, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Richard A. Hoker (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(9) to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 on Form SC 14D9 filed with the SEC on March 23, 2009, File No. 005-80934)**


 

 

 

10.6(a)10.5

 

Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of August 22, 2011, amended as of April 27, 2012, and amended further and restated as of February 17, 2014, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Dennis P. Kelleher (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.199.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 3, 2011, File No. 001-32597)**




10.6(b)


Letter Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2012, relating to the Change in Control Severance Agreement effective as of August 22, 2011, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Dennis P. Kelleher (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to CF Industries Holdings,Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2012,February 20, 2014, File No. 001-32597)001-32597***

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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
   
10.710.6 
Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of August 1, 2007 and amended and restated as of March 6, 2009, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Wendy S. Jablow Spertus (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(8) to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 on Form SC 14D9 filed with the SEC on March 23, 2009, File No. 005-80934)**


 

 

 

10.810.7

 

Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of April 29, 2005 and amended and restated as of July 24, 2007, by and among CF Industries, Inc., CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Philipp P. Koch (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 


10.9


Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of June 9, 2009, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Lynn F. White (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(15) to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Schedule 14D-9/A on Form SC 14D9/A filed with the SEC on June 17, 2009, File No. 005-80934)**

10.8

 


10.10


Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of April 24, 2007, amended as of July 24, 2007, and amended further and restated as of July 24, 2007,February 17, 2014, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and W. Anthony Will (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to CF Industries Holding, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**
10.9
Change in Control Severance Agreement, effective as of July 25, 2013, by and between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Adam L. Hall (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s QuarterlyAnnual Report on Form 10-Q10-K filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007,February 27, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**


 

 

 

10.1110.10

 

Form of Amendment to Change in Control Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 24, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**
10.11Form of Indemnification Agreement with Officers and Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 20, 2005, File No. 333-124949)**

 

 

10.12
10.12
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan, amended as of December 13, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008, File No. 001-32597)**

 
10.13CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2009 Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 


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10.13

EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
10.14
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 2014 Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 3, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.15
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Supplemental Benefit and Deferral Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 20, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.16Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Amendment No. 3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 26, 2005, File No. 333-124949)**

 

 

 

10.1410.17

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 

 

10.1510.18

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 3, 2009, File No. 001-32597)**

 

 

10.19
10.16

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**
 
10.20Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**
10.21
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**

10.22
Form of Amendment to Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**

10.23Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement**
10.24
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 3, 2009, File No. 001-32597)**


 

 

 

10.1710.25

 

Net Operating Loss
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005, by and among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc. and Existing Stockholders of CF Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.810.19 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.26
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 9, 2005,6, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**


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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
   
10.1810.27 Credit
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement dated as of May 1, 2012 among(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.,'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**

10.28Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement**

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EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
10.29
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.,'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the various lenders party thereto, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as issuing bank, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding,SEC on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.30
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.31
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**

10.32
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holding,Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 6, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**

10.33Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement**
10.34
Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 7, 2014, File No. 001-32597)**

10.35
Form of Executive Excise Tax and Waiver Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 1, 2012,December 24, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**


 

 

 

10.1910.36

 

Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award
Letter Agreement between Philipp P. Koch and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2009,December 24, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**


 

 

 

10.2010.37

 

Commitment Letter, dated August 6, 2015, by and among Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2310.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2015, File No. 001-32597)
10.38
Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2015, among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent, and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as issuing banks (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 23, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

10.39
Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 20, 2015, to the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc., the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to CF Holdings' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

10.40
364-Day Bridge Credit Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2015, among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 23, 2015, File No. 001-32597)


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CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
10.41
Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 20, 2015, to the 364-Day Bridge Credit Agreement among CF Industries Holdings, Inc., CF Industries, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Holdings' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2015, File No. 001-32597)

10.42
Amended and Restated Nitrogen Fertilizer Purchase Agreement, dated December 18, 2015, by and between CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC and CHS Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s AnnualCurrent Report on Form 10-K8-K filed with the SEC on February 25, 2011,December 18, 2015, File No. 001-32597)**



 

 

 

12

 

Ratio of Earningsearnings to Fixed Chargesfixed charges

 

 

 

21

 

Subsidiaries of the registrant

 

 

 

23

 

Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 


95


Mine Safety Disclosure

101

 


101


The following financial information from CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012,2015, formatted in XBRL (Extensible(eXtensible Business Reporting Language) includes:: (1) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (2) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (3) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (4) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows,Equity, (5) Consolidated Statements of EquityCash Flows and (6) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

**
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed (and/or incorporated by reference) as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of Form 10-K.

*Portions omitted pursuant to an order granting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
**Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed (and/or incorporated by reference) as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of Form 10-K.


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