$MOS
MOSAIC CO Stock $mos

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2012 Q2 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312512304472 Filed on July 17, 2012

Income Statement

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2	2011
Revenue	$2.821B	$2.860B	$9.938B
YoY Change	-1.39%	53.76%	47.03%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.987B	$1.865B	$6.816B
YoY Change	6.51%	59.05%	34.55%
Gross Profit	$833.8M	$995.2M	$3.122B
YoY Change	-16.22%	44.74%	84.36%
Gross Profit Margin	29.56%	34.79%	31.41%
Selling, General & Admin	$117.1M	$111.5M	$372.5M
YoY Change	5.02%	-1.93%	3.39%
% of Gross Profit	14.04%	11.2%	11.93%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$139.7M	$122.9M	$447.4M
YoY Change	13.67%	9.34%	0.54%
% of Gross Profit	16.75%	12.35%	14.33%
Operating Expenses	$163.0M	$170.3M	$372.5M
YoY Change	-4.29%	21.64%	3.39%
Operating Profit	$670.8M	$824.9M	$2.664B
YoY Change	-18.68%	50.64%	109.65%
Interest Expense	$16.90M	$12.00M	$27.60M
YoY Change	40.83%	-189.55%	-57.99%
% of Operating Profit	2.52%	1.45%	1.04%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$1.400M	-$100.0K	-$17.10M
YoY Change	-1500.0%	-98.28%	-2000.0%
Pretax Income	$689.1M	$836.8M	$1.478B
YoY Change	-17.65%	58.36%	147.03%
Income Tax	$188.6M	$186.0M	$752.8M
% Of Pretax Income	27.37%	22.23%	50.95%
Net Earnings	$507.3M	$649.2M	$2.515B
YoY Change	-21.86%	63.9%	204.03%
Net Earnings / Revenue	17.99%	22.7%	25.3%
Basic Earnings Per Share			$5.64
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.189M	$1.454M	$5.62
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding			446.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding			447.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2	2011
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$3.811B	$3.906B	$3.906B
YoY Change	-2.43%	33.63%	33.63%
Cash & Equivalents	$3.811B	$3.906B	$3.906B
Short-Term Investments		$0.00	$0.00
Other Short-Term Assets	$543.1M	$308.3M	$525.0M
YoY Change	76.16%	-3.48%	52.62%
Inventory	$1.238B	$1.266B	$1.266B
Prepaid Expenses	$132.1M	$157.4M
Receivables	$752.0M	$926.0M	$926.0M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$60.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.581B	$6.685B	$6.685B
YoY Change	-1.55%	34.38%	34.37%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$7.546B	$6.636B	$6.636B
YoY Change	13.71%	21.41%	21.41%
Goodwill	$1.844B	$1.830B
YoY Change	0.8%	3.78%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$454.2M	$434.3M	$434.0M
YoY Change	4.58%	693.97%	689.09%
Other Assets	$214.2M	$195.5M	$202.0M
YoY Change	9.57%	36.24%	-55.01%
Total Long-Term Assets	$10.11B	$9.102B	$9.102B
YoY Change	11.07%	17.7%	17.7%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.581B	$6.685B	$6.685B
Total Long-Term Assets	$10.11B	$9.102B	$9.102B
Total Assets	$16.69B	$15.79B	$15.79B
YoY Change	5.72%	24.23%	24.23%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$912.4M	$941.1M	$941.0M
YoY Change	-3.05%	66.07%	65.96%
Accrued Expenses	$899.9M	$843.6M	$510.0M
YoY Change	6.67%	39.32%	12.58%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$42.50M	$23.60M	$24.00M
YoY Change	80.08%	-71.6%	-71.08%
Long-Term Debt Due	$1.000M	$48.00M	$48.00M
YoY Change	-97.92%	220.0%	220.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.918B	$1.929B	$1.929B
YoY Change	-0.56%	47.9%	47.93%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$1.010B	$761.0M	$761.0M
YoY Change	32.72%	-38.92%	-38.92%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$975.4M	$855.1M	$855.0M
YoY Change	14.07%	-5.84%	-5.84%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$0.00	$0.00	$1.616B
YoY Change			-24.98%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.918B	$1.929B	$1.929B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$0.00	$0.00	$1.616B
Total Liabilities	$1.918B	$1.929B	$4.145B
YoY Change	-0.56%	47.9%	3.99%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$10.14B	$8.331B
YoY Change	21.74%	41.07%
Common Stock	$1.463B	$2.599B
YoY Change	-43.73%	2.83%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$11.98B	$11.64B	$11.64B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$16.69B	$15.79B	$15.79B
YoY Change	5.72%	24.23%	24.23%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2	2011
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$507.3M	$649.2M	$2.515B
YoY Change	-21.86%	63.9%	204.03%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$139.7M	$122.9M	$447.4M
YoY Change	13.67%	9.34%	0.54%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.229B	$972.9M	$2.427B
YoY Change	26.35%	82.84%	78.96%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$449.0M	-$365.9M	$1.263B
YoY Change	22.71%	33.05%	38.72%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$3.400M	$7.000M	-$3.700M
YoY Change	-51.43%	70.73%	-5.13%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$445.6M	-$358.9M	-$572.1M
YoY Change	24.16%	32.48%	-33.96%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$0.00
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net			$470.2M
YoY Change			975.97%
Cash From Financing Activities	-92.00M	-69.40M	-$585.0M
YoY Change	32.56%	80.73%	-17.68%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.229B	972.9M	$2.427B
Cash From Investing Activities	-445.6M	-358.9M	-$572.1M
Cash From Financing Activities	-92.00M	-69.40M	-$585.0M
Net Change In Cash	691.7M	544.6M	$1.270B
YoY Change	27.01%	144.43%	-674.74%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.229B	$972.9M	$2.427B
Capital Expenditures	-$449.0M	-$365.9M	$1.263B
Free Cash Flow	$1.678B	$1.339B	$1.164B
YoY Change	25.36%	65.88%	161.23%

Facts In Submission

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CY2012	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS </font></p><p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">The Mosaic Company (</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">before or after the Cargill</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> Transaction described in Note </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">“</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Mosaic</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”, and with its consolidated subsidiaries, “</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">we</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”, “</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">us</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”, “</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">our</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”, or the “</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Company</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”) </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">is</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> the parent company of the business that was formed through the business combination (“</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Combination</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”) of IMC Global Inc. and the Cargill Crop Nutrition fertilizer businesses (“</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">CCN</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”) of Cargill, Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, “</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Cargill</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”) on October 22, 2004. </font></p><p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:5pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">We produce and market concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We conduct our business through wholly and majority owned subsidiaries as well as businesses in which we own less than a majority or a non-controlling interest, including consolidated variable interest entities and investments accounted for by the equity method. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We are organized into the following business segments:</font></p><p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:5pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">Our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Phosphates</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> business segment owns and operates mines and production facilities in Florida which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients, and processing plants in Louisiana which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients. In fiscal 2011, the Phosphates segment acquired a 35% economic interest in a joint venture that owns </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Miski Mayo Mine</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> in Peru. Our Phosphates segment's results also include our North American </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">phosphate distribution activities </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">and </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">all of our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">international distribution activities as well as the results of Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc. (“</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">PhosChem</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”), a U.S. Webb-Pomerene Act association of phosphate producers that exports concentrated phosphate crop nutrient products around the world for us and PhosChem's other member. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Our share of PhosChem's sales </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">volume </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">of dry phosphate crop nutrient products was </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">approximately </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">8</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">4</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">% for the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">year ended May 31</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. </font></p><p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:5pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">Our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Potash</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> business segment owns and operates potash mines and production facilities in Canada and the U.S. which produce potash-based crop nutrients, animal feed ingredients and industrial products. Potash sales include domestic and international sales. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We are a member of Canpotex, Limited (“</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Canpotex</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">”), an export association of Canadian potash producers through which we sell our Canadian potash outside the U.S. and Canada. </font></p><p style='margin-top:9pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">Intersegment sales are eliminated within Corporate, Eliminations and Other. See Note </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">24</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">of</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Notes to </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Consolidated</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> Financial Statements for segment results.</font></p>
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