8-K

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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): August 13, 2002

Commission File Number: 1-9759


IMC Global Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	36-3492467 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 South Saunders Road Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 (847) 739-1200

(Address and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) The exhibits are listed in the Exhibit Index hereto.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 13, 2002, each of Douglas A. Pertz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMC Global Inc., and J. Reid Porter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IMC Global Inc., submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.

Copies of these statements are attached hereto as exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

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

IMC Global Inc.

       J. Reid Porter                                                               
      J. Reid Porter
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 13, 2002

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description	Filed with Electronic Submission
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings, dated August 13, 2002	X
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings, dated August 13, 2002	X

EX-99.1 CHARTER

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding
Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Douglas A. Pertz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMC Global Inc., state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of IMC Global Inc, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

• Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of IMC Global Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of IMC Global Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

                 Douglas A. Pertz                         
Douglas A. Pertz

Date: August 13, 2002

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 13 day of August 2002.

                 Terese M. Eklund                          
Terese M. Eklund
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:           05/27/03          

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EX-99.2 BYLAWS

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding
Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, J. Reid Porter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IMC Global Inc., state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of IMC Global Inc, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

• Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of IMC Global Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of IMC Global Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

                   J. Reid Porter                           
J. Reid Porter

Date: August 13, 2002

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 13 day of August 2002.

                Terese M. Eklund                       
Terese M. Eklund
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:         05/27/03       

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