-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, A9Tpn/WH8aU5z9vER+AkjV9YzDCOBHo2LCBR3CMCG/PfaWAO5vI+votBQ0g8SNam pSd6QJ4iNhVnCBx3gHIbIg== 0001104659-08-018288.txt : 20080318 0001104659-08-018288.hdr.sgml : 20080318 20080318142035 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-018288 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080317 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080318 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324404 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870] IRS NUMBER: 202697511 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32597 FILM NUMBER: 08695898 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 PARKWAY NORTH STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: DEERFIELD STATE: IL ZIP: 60015 BUSINESS PHONE: (847) 405-2400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 PARKWAY NORTH STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: DEERFIELD STATE: IL ZIP: 60015 8-K 1 a08-8495_18k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 17, 2008

 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-32597

 

20-2697511

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

4 Parkway North, Suite 400
Deerfield, IL

 

60015

(Address of principal
executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (847) 405-2400

 

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 


Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On March 17, 2008, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. issued a press release reporting that it had completed repairs and resumed full production at its joint venture Medicine Hat Complex in Alberta, Canada following the previously reported unplanned outage in one of the two Medicine Hat ammonia plants.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated March 17, 2008

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

Date: March 18, 2008

 

CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas C. Barnard

 

 

 

Name:

Douglas C. Barnard

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated March 17, 2008

 

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EX-99.1 2 a08-8495_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS

NEWS

NEWS

 

 

 

4 Parkway North, Suite 400

 

Deerfield, IL 60015

 

 

 

 

Contact:

Charles A. Nekvasil

 

Director, Public and Investor Relations

 

847-405-2515 — CNekvasil@cfindustries.com

 

 

CF Industries Brings Second Ammonia Plant Back Into Production

At Medicine Hat, Alberta Nitrogen Complex

 

 

 

DEERFIELD, Illinois — (Business Wire) — March 17, 2008: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) today reported that it had completed repairs and resumed full production at the No. 1 Ammonia Plant at its joint venture Medicine Hat Nitrogen Complex in Alberta.

 

The plant, one of two at the complex, had been down since late in February, when damage to internal components was discovered following a brief maintenance outage.  The No. 2 Ammonia Plant there was not affected and has continued operations.

 

Repairs were completed last week and start-up procedures began on Thursday, March 13.  The ammonia plant began production on Friday, March 14 and ramped up to capacity operations over the weekend.

 

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CF Industries has a 66 percent economic interest in the Medicine Hat complex and receives approximately 66 percent of the complex’s output.

 

About CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is the holding company for the operations of CF Industries, Inc. CF Industries, Inc. is a major producer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products. CF Industries operates world-scale nitrogen fertilizer plants in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; conducts phosphate mining and manufacturing operations in Central Florida; and distributes fertilizer products through a system of terminals, warehouses, and associated transportation equipment located primarily in the midwestern United States.  The company also owns a 50 percent interest in KEYTRADE AG, a global fertilizer trading organization headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements contained in this release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of federal securities laws. All statements in this release, other than those relating to historical information or current condition, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties include: the relatively expensive and volatile cost of North American natural gas; the cyclical nature of our business; changes in global fertilizer supply and demand and its impact on the selling price of our products; the nature of our products as global commodities; intense global competition in the consolidating markets in which we operate; conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry; weather conditions; our inability to accurately predict seasonal demand for our products; the concentration of our sales with certain large customers; the impact of changing market conditions on our forward pricing program; the reliance of our operations on a limited number of key facilities; the significant risks and hazards against which we may not be fully insured; reliance on third party transportation providers; unanticipated adverse consequences related to the expansion of our business associated with international operations and trading; expenditures on strategic initiatives; our inability to expand our business, including the significant resources that could be required; potential liabilities and expenditures related to environmental and health and safety laws and regulations; our inability to obtain or maintain required permits and governmental approvals; acts of terrorism; difficulties in securing the supply and delivery of raw materials we use and increases in their costs; losses on our investments in securities; and loss of key members of management and professional staff; and the other risks and uncertainties included from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

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