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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2006 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission File Number 1-10351
POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Canada |
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N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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122 1st Avenue South
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
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S7K 7G3
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306-933-8500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated
filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated
filer þ Accelerated
filer o Non-accelerated
filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 12b-2).
YES o NO þ
As at July 31, 2006, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Inc. had 103,875,747 Common Shares outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(in millions of US dollars except share amounts)
(unaudited)
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Assets
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
129.7 |
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$ |
93.9 |
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Accounts receivable
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401.8 |
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453.3 |
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Inventories (Note 2)
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517.7 |
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522.5 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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74.8 |
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41.1 |
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1,124.0 |
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1,110.8 |
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Property, plant and equipment
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3,397.7 |
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3,262.8 |
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Other assets (Note 3)
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976.6 |
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852.8 |
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Intangible assets
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32.1 |
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34.5 |
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Goodwill
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97.0 |
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97.0 |
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$ |
5,627.4 |
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$ |
5,357.9 |
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Liabilities |
Current liabilities
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Short-term debt
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$ |
556.5 |
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$ |
252.2 |
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Accounts payable and accrued charges
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489.9 |
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842.7 |
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Current portion of long-term debt
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401.0 |
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1.2 |
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1,447.4 |
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1,096.1 |
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Long-term debt
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857.1 |
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1,257.6 |
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Future income tax liability
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555.7 |
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543.3 |
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Accrued pension and other post-retirement benefits
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215.6 |
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213.9 |
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Accrued environmental costs and asset retirement obligations
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101.6 |
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97.3 |
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Other non-current liabilities and deferred credits
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13.4 |
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17.2 |
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3,190.8 |
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3,225.4 |
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Contingencies and Guarantees (Notes 11 and 12,
respectively)
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Shareholders Equity
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Share capital
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1,390.9 |
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1,379.3 |
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Unlimited authorization of common shares without par value;
issued and outstanding 103,873,947 and 103,593,792 at
June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively
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Unlimited authorization of first preferred shares; none
outstanding
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Contributed surplus
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59.1 |
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36.3 |
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Retained earnings
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986.6 |
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716.9 |
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2,436.6 |
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2,132.5 |
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$ |
5,627.4 |
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$ |
5,357.9 |
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(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained
Earnings
(in millions of US dollars except per-share amounts)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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Six Months Ended |
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June 30 |
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June 30 |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Sales (Note 6)
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$ |
928.7 |
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$ |
1,057.3 |
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$ |
1,790.3 |
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$ |
1,978.7 |
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Less: Freight
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62.3 |
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67.4 |
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117.2 |
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134.6 |
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Transportation
and distribution
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35.8 |
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32.1 |
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67.0 |
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61.0 |
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Cost of
goods sold
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577.2 |
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613.0 |
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1,149.2 |
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1,179.8 |
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Gross Margin
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253.4 |
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344.8 |
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456.9 |
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603.3 |
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Selling and administrative
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47.9 |
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54.9 |
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78.7 |
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84.2 |
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Provincial mining and other taxes
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14.5 |
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44.2 |
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28.7 |
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82.6 |
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Foreign exchange loss (gain)
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16.3 |
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13.9 |
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(12.0 |
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Other income (Note 9)
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(20.0 |
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(13.9 |
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(51.2 |
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(33.9 |
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58.7 |
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79.1 |
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70.1 |
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120.9 |
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Operating Income
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194.7 |
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265.7 |
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386.8 |
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482.4 |
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Interest Expense
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20.7 |
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20.6 |
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43.9 |
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41.3 |
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Income Before Income Taxes
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174.0 |
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245.1 |
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342.9 |
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441.1 |
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Income Taxes (Note 4)
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(1.1 |
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80.9 |
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42.3 |
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145.6 |
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Net Income
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$ |
175.1 |
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$ |
164.2 |
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300.6 |
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295.5 |
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Retained Earnings, Beginning of Period
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716.9 |
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701.5 |
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Dividends
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(30.9 |
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(33.5 |
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Retained Earnings, End of Period
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$ |
986.6 |
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$ |
963.5 |
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Net Income Per Share (Note 5)
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Basic
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$ |
1.69 |
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$ |
1.50 |
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$ |
2.90 |
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$ |
2.68 |
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Diluted
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$ |
1.65 |
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$ |
1.46 |
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$ |
2.84 |
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$ |
2.61 |
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Dividends Per Share
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$ |
0.15 |
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$ |
0.15 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
(in millions of US dollars)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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Six Months Ended |
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June 30 |
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June 30 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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Operating Activities
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Net income
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$ |
175.1 |
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$ |
164.2 |
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$ |
300.6 |
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$ |
295.5 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by
operating activities |
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Depreciation and amortization
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60.4 |
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62.4 |
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119.2 |
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122.0 |
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Stock-based compensation
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22.5 |
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23.0 |
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24.0 |
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24.0 |
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Loss on disposal of long-term assets
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3.5 |
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0.3 |
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5.5 |
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Foreign exchange on future income tax
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12.3 |
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(2.8 |
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12.1 |
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(4.0 |
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(Recovery of) provision for future income tax
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(27.8 |
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8.1 |
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(13.9 |
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14.6 |
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Undistributed earnings of equity investees
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13.9 |
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(1.3 |
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1.5 |
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(14.4 |
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Other long-term liabilities
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0.6 |
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13.8 |
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2.6 |
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19.0 |
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Subtotal of adjustments
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81.9 |
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106.7 |
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145.8 |
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166.7 |
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Changes in non-cash operating working capital
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Accounts receivable
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(11.8 |
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35.5 |
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51.5 |
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(28.0 |
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Inventories
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(10.4 |
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11.3 |
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(1.5 |
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9.6 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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(6.7 |
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6.7 |
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(33.7 |
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0.5 |
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Accounts payable and accrued charges
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(86.9 |
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23.9 |
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(334.0 |
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25.7 |
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Subtotal of changes in non-cash operating working capital
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(115.8 |
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77.4 |
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(317.7 |
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7.8 |
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Cash provided by operating activities
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141.2 |
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348.3 |
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128.7 |
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470.0 |
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Investing Activities
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Additions to property, plant and equipment
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(131.1 |
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(74.4 |
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(251.1 |
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(137.4 |
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Purchase of long-term investments
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(3.7 |
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(93.5 |
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(130.0 |
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(93.5 |
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Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and
long-term investments
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0.2 |
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0.9 |
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2.2 |
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10.5 |
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Other assets and intangible assets
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7.5 |
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3.0 |
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3.0 |
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Cash used in investing activities
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(127.1 |
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(167.0 |
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(375.9 |
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(217.4 |
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Cash before financing activities
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14.1 |
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181.3 |
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(247.2 |
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252.6 |
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Financing Activities
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Repayment of long-term debt obligations
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(0.4 |
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(0.4 |
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(0.7 |
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(0.6 |
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(Repayment of) proceeds from short-term debt obligations
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(48.4 |
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(1.0 |
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304.3 |
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(0.2 |
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Dividends
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(15.2 |
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(16.7 |
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(30.5 |
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(33.2 |
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Repurchase of common shares
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(235.1 |
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(317.4 |
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Issuance of common shares
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6.9 |
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16.2 |
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9.9 |
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63.2 |
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Cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(57.1 |
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(237.0 |
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283.0 |
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(288.2 |
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(Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
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(43.0 |
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(55.7 |
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35.8 |
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(35.6 |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period
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172.7 |
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479.0 |
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93.9 |
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458.9 |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period
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$ |
129.7 |
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$ |
423.3 |
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$ |
129.7 |
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$ |
423.3 |
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Supplemental cash flow disclosure
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Interest paid
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$ |
33.8 |
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$ |
29.5 |
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$ |
50.1 |
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$ |
40.7 |
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Income taxes paid
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$ |
82.5 |
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$ |
31.9 |
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$ |
224.5 |
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$ |
107.4 |
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(See Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
(in millions of US dollars except share and per-share
amounts)
(unaudited)
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Significant Accounting Policies |
Basis of Presentation
With its subsidiaries, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
(PCS) together known as
PotashCorp or the company except to the
extent the context otherwise requires forms an
integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products
company. The companys accounting policies are in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
Canada (Canadian GAAP). These policies are
consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States (US GAAP) in all material respects
except as outlined in Note 13. The accounting policies used
in preparing these interim condensed consolidated financial
statements are consistent with those used in the preparation of
the 2005 annual consolidated financial statements, except as
described below.
These interim condensed consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of PCS and its subsidiaries; however, they
do not include all disclosures normally provided in annual
consolidated financial statements and should be read in
conjunction with the 2005 annual consolidated financial
statements. In managements opinion, the unaudited
financial statements include all adjustments (consisting solely
of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly
such information. Interim results are not necessarily indicative
of the results expected for the fiscal year.
Changes in Accounting Policies
Implicit Variable Interests
In January 2006, the company adopted Emerging Issues Committee
Abstract No. 157, Implicit Variable Interests Under
AcG-15 (EIC-157). EIC-157 addresses whether a
company has an implicit variable interest in a variable interest
entity (VIE) or potential VIE when specific
conditions exist. An implicit variable interest acts the same as
an explicit variable interest except that it involves the
absorbing and/or receiving of variability indirectly from the
entity (rather than directly). The identification of an implicit
variable interest is a matter of judgment that depends on the
relevant facts and circumstances. The implementation of EIC-157
did not have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations
In April 2006, the company adopted Emerging Issues Committee
Abstract No. 159, Conditional Asset Retirement
Obligations (EIC-159). EIC-159 clarifies the
accounting treatment for a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of
settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not
be within the control of the entity. Under EIC-159, an entity is
required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a
conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the
liability can be reasonably estimated. The implementation of
EIC-159 did not have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
5
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Comprehensive Income, Equity, Financial Instruments and
Hedges
In January 2005, the CICA issued Section 1530,
Comprehensive Income, Section 3251,
Equity, Section 3855, Financial
Instruments Recognition and Measurement and
Section 3865, Hedges. The new standards
increase harmonization with US GAAP and will require the
following:
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Financial assets will be classified as either
held-to-maturity,
held-for-trading or available-for-sale.
Held-to- maturity
classification will be restricted to fixed maturity instruments
that the company intends and is able to hold to maturity and
will be accounted for at amortized cost. Held-for-trading
instruments will be recorded at fair value with realized and
unrealized gains and losses reported in net income. The
remaining financial assets will be classified as
available-for-sale. These will be recorded at fair value with
unrealized gains and losses reported in a new category of the
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position under
shareholders equity called other comprehensive income
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Derivatives will be classified as held-for-trading unless
designated as hedging instruments. All derivatives, including
embedded derivatives that must be separately accounted for, will
be recorded at fair value on the Consolidated Statements of
Financial Position. For derivatives that hedge the changes in
fair value of an asset or liability, changes in the
derivatives fair value will be reported in net income and
be substantially offset by changes in the fair value of the
hedged asset or liability attributable to the risk being hedged.
For derivatives that hedge variability in cash flows, the
effective portion of the changes in the derivatives fair
value will be initially recognized in OCI and the ineffective
portion will be recorded in net income. The amounts temporarily
recorded in OCI will subsequently be reclassified to net income
in the periods when net income is affected by the variability in
the cash flows of the hedged item. |
The guidance will apply for interim and annual financial
statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 2006. The impact of implementing these new
standards is not yet determinable as it is highly dependent on
fair values, outstanding positions and hedging strategies at the
time of adoption.
Stripping Costs Incurred in the Production Phase of a Mining
Operation
In March 2006, the Emerging Issues Committee issued Abstract
No. 160, Stripping Costs Incurred in the Production
Phase of a Mining Operation (EIC-160). EIC-160
discusses the treatment of costs associated with the activity of
removing overburden and other mine waste minerals in the
production phase of a mining operation. EIC-160 concludes that
such stripping costs should be accounted for according to the
benefit received by the entity and recorded as either a
component of inventory or a betterment to the mineral property,
depending on the benefit received. The implementation of
EIC-160, which is effective in fiscal years beginning on or
after July 1, 2006, and may be applied retroactively, is
not expected to have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
Stock-Based Compensation for Employees Eligible to Retire
Before the Vesting Date
In July 2006, the Emerging Issues Committee issued Abstract
No. 162, Stock-Based Compensation for Employees
Eligible to Retire Before the Vesting Date
(EIC-162). EIC-162 discusses how compensation cost
attributable to a stock-based award for a compensation plan that
contains provisions that allow an employees stock-based
award to continue vesting after the employee has retired from
the entity should be accounted for in the case of an employee
who is eligible to retire at the grant date, or who will become
eligible to retire during the vesting period. In the case of an
employee who is eligible to retire at the grant date,
EIC-162 concludes that
compensation cost should be recognized on the grant date. In the
case of an employee who will become eligible to retire during
the vesting period, the compensation cost should be recognized
over the period from the grant date to the date the employee
becomes eligible to retire. The implementation of
EIC-162 is effective
January 1, 2007, with earlier adoption encouraged, and is
not expected to have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
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2. Inventories
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Finished product
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$ |
251.3 |
|
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$ |
268.5 |
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Intermediate products
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|
|
102.0 |
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|
94.9 |
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Raw materials
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|
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62.9 |
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|
59.9 |
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Materials and supplies
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|
101.5 |
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|
99.2 |
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|
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$ |
517.7 |
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$ |
522.5 |
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3. Other Assets
In February 2006, the company acquired an additional
10.01-percent interest in the ordinary shares of Sinochem Hong
Kong Holdings Limited (Sinofert) for cash
consideration of $126.3. The purchase price was financed by
short-term debt. The additional investment increased the
companys interest in Sinofert to 20 percent.
In April 2006, the company purchased an additional
220,100 shares of Arab Potash Company Ltd.
(APC) for cash consideration of $3.7. The
companys ownership interest in APC remains at
approximately 28 percent.
4. Income Taxes
The companys consolidated effective income tax rate for
the three month period ended June 30, 2006 is approximately
negative 1 percent (2005 33 percent) and
for the six months ended June 30, 2006 is approximately
12 percent (2005 33 percent). The
reduction in the consolidated effective income tax rates was due
to the following:
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During the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the company reduced
its consolidated effective income tax rate from 33 percent
to 30 percent for the 2006 year. The impact of this
change on prior periods, as applicable, was reflected during the
quarter. The change was primarily attributable to two factors.
First, during the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the Province
of Saskatchewan enacted changes to the corporation income tax.
The corporate income tax rate will be reduced from
17 percent to 12 percent over the next three years,
with a 3 percentage point reduction (to 14 percent)
effective July 1, 2006 and further 1 percentage point
reductions on July 1, 2007 and July 1, 2008. The
impact of this change on the companys future income tax
liability was recognized during the second quarter of 2006.
Second, during the three months ended June 30, 2006, the
company revised its estimated allocation of annual income before
income taxes by jurisdiction. |
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During the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the Government of
Canada enacted changes to the federal corporation income tax and
the corporate surtax. The federal corporate income tax rate will
be reduced from 21 percent to 19 percent over the next
four years, with a 0.5 percentage point reduction effective
January 1, 2008 and January 1, 2009, and a further
1 percentage point reduction on January 1, 2010. The
federal corporate surtax will be reduced from 1.12 percent
to nil in 2008. The impact of this change on the companys
future income tax liability was recognized during the second
quarter of 2006. |
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Income tax refunds totaling $15.8 were recorded relating to a
recent Canadian appeals court decision (pertaining to a uranium
producer) which affirmed the deductibility of the Saskatchewan
capital tax resource surcharge. Refunds related to the 2002-2004
taxation years were recognized during the three months ended
March 31, 2006 and a refund in connection with the 2001
taxation year was recognized during the three months ended
June 30, 2006. The company also expects income tax refunds
in connection with the 1999-2000 taxation years and a further
refund in respect of the 2001 taxation year. These refunds are
currently under review and have not been reflected in these
interim condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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5. Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share for the quarter is calculated on the
weighted average shares issued and outstanding for the three
months ended June 30, 2006 of 103,794,000 (2005
109,636,000). Basic net income per share for the year to date is
calculated on the weighted average shares issued and outstanding
for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of 103,718,000
(2005 110,365,000).
Diluted net income per share is calculated based on the weighted
average number of shares issued and outstanding during the
period. The denominator is: (i) increased by the total of
the additional common shares that would have been issued
assuming exercise of all stock options with exercise prices at
or below the average market price for the period; and
(ii) decreased by the number of shares that the company
could have repurchased if it had used the assumed proceeds from
the exercise of stock options to repurchase them on the open
market at the average share price for the period. The weighted
average number of shares outstanding for the diluted net income
per share calculation for the three months ended June 30,
2006 was 105,920,000 (2005 112,436,000) and for the
six months ended June 30, 2006 was 105,879,000
(2005 113,406,000).
6. Segment Information
The company has three reportable business segments: potash,
nitrogen and phosphate. These business segments are
differentiated by the chemical nutrient contained in the product
that each produces. Inter-segment sales are made under terms
that approximate market value. The accounting policies of the
segments are the same as those described in Note 1.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2006 |
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Potash |
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Nitrogen |
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Phosphate |
|
All Others |
|
Consolidated |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
296.4 |
|
|
$ |
342.4 |
|
|
$ |
289.9 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
928.7 |
|
Freight
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|
|
32.8 |
|
|
|
9.1 |
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|
20.4 |
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|
62.3 |
|
Transportation and distribution
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|
11.0 |
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13.6 |
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11.2 |
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35.8 |
|
Net sales third party
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|
252.6 |
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|
319.7 |
|
|
|
258.3 |
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|
Cost of goods sold
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|
|
119.8 |
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|
228.0 |
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|
|
229.4 |
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577.2 |
|
Gross margin
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132.8 |
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|
91.7 |
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28.9 |
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|
253.4 |
|
Depreciation and amortization
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15.0 |
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|
19.0 |
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|
|
22.9 |
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|
|
3.5 |
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|
60.4 |
|
Inter-segment sales
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|
0.8 |
|
|
|
28.5 |
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|
|
2.4 |
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|
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|
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|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 |
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Potash |
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Nitrogen |
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Phosphate |
|
All Others |
|
Consolidated |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
401.6 |
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|
$ |
364.4 |
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|
$ |
291.3 |
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$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,057.3 |
|
Freight
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|
37.5 |
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|
9.9 |
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|
20.0 |
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|
67.4 |
|
Transportation and distribution
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|
9.5 |
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|
13.8 |
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|
8.8 |
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|
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|
|
|
32.1 |
|
Net sales third party
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|
|
354.6 |
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|
|
340.7 |
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|
|
262.5 |
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|
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|
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|
Cost of goods sold
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|
|
131.3 |
|
|
|
241.3 |
|
|
|
240.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
613.0 |
|
Gross margin
|
|
|
223.3 |
|
|
|
99.4 |
|
|
|
22.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
344.8 |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
18.3 |
|
|
|
17.5 |
|
|
|
24.0 |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
62.4 |
|
Inter-segment sales
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|
|
2.4 |
|
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|
28.7 |
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|
|
4.7 |
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8
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|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 |
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|
Potash |
|
Nitrogen |
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Phosphate |
|
All Others |
|
Consolidated |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
522.2 |
|
|
$ |
674.3 |
|
|
$ |
593.8 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,790.3 |
|
Freight
|
|
|
57.8 |
|
|
|
18.7 |
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117.2 |
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
18.4 |
|
|
|
26.9 |
|
|
|
21.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67.0 |
|
Net sales third party
|
|
|
446.0 |
|
|
|
628.7 |
|
|
|
531.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
222.4 |
|
|
|
457.6 |
|
|
|
469.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,149.2 |
|
Gross margin
|
|
|
223.6 |
|
|
|
171.1 |
|
|
|
62.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
456.9 |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
26.8 |
|
|
|
38.3 |
|
|
|
47.2 |
|
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
119.2 |
|
Inter-segment sales
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
60.4 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 |
|
|
Potash |
|
Nitrogen |
|
Phosphate |
|
All Others |
|
Consolidated |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
753.7 |
|
|
$ |
669.2 |
|
|
$ |
555.8 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,978.7 |
|
Freight
|
|
|
74.7 |
|
|
|
20.1 |
|
|
|
39.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
134.6 |
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
18.6 |
|
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61.0 |
|
Net sales third party
|
|
|
660.4 |
|
|
|
623.6 |
|
|
|
499.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
260.9 |
|
|
|
458.9 |
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|
|
460.0 |
|
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|
|
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|
|
1,179.8 |
|
Gross margin
|
|
|
399.5 |
|
|
|
164.7 |
|
|
|
39.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
603.3 |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
36.4 |
|
|
|
34.4 |
|
|
|
46.3 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
122.0 |
|
Inter-segment sales
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
|
48.5 |
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. Stock-Based Compensation
On May 4, 2006, the companys shareholders approved
the 2006 Performance Option Plan under which the company may,
after February 27, 2006 and before January 1, 2007,
issue options to acquire up to 1,400,000 common shares. Under
the plan, the exercise price is the quoted market closing price
of the companys common shares on the last trading day
immediately preceding the date of grant and an options
maximum term is 10 years. In general, options will vest, if
at all, according to a schedule based on the three-year average
excess of the companys consolidated cash flow return on
investment over weighted average cost of capital. As of
June 30, 2006, options to purchase a total of 894,900
common shares have been granted under the plan. The weighted
average fair value of options granted was $38.53 per share,
estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton
option-pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions:
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|
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|
|
Expected dividend
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
30% |
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
4.90% |
|
Expected life of options
|
|
|
6.5 years |
|
8. Pension and Other Post-Retirement
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months |
|
Six Months |
|
|
Ended June 30 |
|
Ended June 30 |
Defined Benefit Pension Plans |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Service cost
|
|
$ |
3.6 |
|
|
$ |
3.4 |
|
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
|
$ |
7.0 |
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
16.8 |
|
|
|
15.6 |
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
|
(9.6 |
) |
|
|
(9.5 |
) |
|
|
(19.2 |
) |
|
|
(18.4 |
) |
Net amortization
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
Net expense
|
|
$ |
5.2 |
|
|
$ |
3.0 |
|
|
$ |
10.5 |
|
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months |
|
Six Months |
|
|
Ended June 30 |
|
Ended June 30 |
Other Post-Retirement Plans |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Service cost
|
|
$ |
1.2 |
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
|
$ |
2.4 |
|
|
$ |
2.8 |
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
Net amortization
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
Net expense
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
$ |
5.1 |
|
|
$ |
8.3 |
|
|
$ |
10.2 |
|
|
For the three months ended June 30, 2006, the company
contributed $6.7 to its defined benefit pension plans, $2.9 to
its defined contribution pension plans and $2.2 to its other
post-retirement plans. Contributions for the six months ended
June 30, 2006 were $13.5 to defined benefit pension plans,
$8.9 to defined contribution pension plans and $4.3 to other
post-retirement plans. Total 2006 contributions to these plans
are not expected to differ significantly from the amounts
previously disclosed in the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2005.
9. Other Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months |
|
Six Months |
|
|
Ended June 30 |
|
Ended June 30 |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Share of earnings of equity investees
|
|
$ |
16.0 |
|
|
$ |
13.4 |
|
|
$ |
28.4 |
|
|
$ |
26.5 |
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
Other
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
10.7 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
20.0 |
|
|
$ |
13.9 |
|
|
$ |
51.2 |
|
|
$ |
33.9 |
|
|
10. Seasonality
The companys sales of fertilizer can be seasonal.
Typically, the second quarter of the year is when fertilizer
sales will be highest, due to the North American spring planting
season. However, planting conditions and the timing of customer
purchases will vary each year and sales can be expected to shift
from one quarter to another.
11. Contingencies
Canpotex
PotashCorp is a shareholder in Canpotex Limited
(Canpotex), which markets potash offshore. Should
any operating losses or other liabilities be incurred by
Canpotex, the shareholders have contractually agreed to
reimburse Canpotex for such losses or liabilities in proportion
to their productive capacity. There were no such operating
losses or other liabilities during the first six months of 2006
or 2005.
Mining Risk
In common with other companies in the industry, the company is
unable to acquire insurance on its underground assets.
Investment in APC
The company is party to a shareholders agreement with Jordan
Investment Company (JIC) with respect to its
investment in APC. The terms of the shareholders agreement
provide that, from October 17, 2006 to October 16,
2009, JIC may seek to exercise a put option (the
Put) to require the company to purchase JICs
remaining common shares in APC. If the Put were exercised, the
companys purchase price would be calculated in accordance
with a specified formula based, in part, on earnings of APC. The
amount, if any, which the company may have to pay for JICs
remaining common shares if there were to be a valid
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exercise of the Put would be determinable at the time JIC
provides appropriate notice to the company pursuant to the terms
of the agreement.
Legal and Other Matters
In 1994, PCS Joint Venture Ltd. (PCS Joint Venture)
responded to information requests from the US Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division
(GEPD) regarding conditions at its Moultrie, Georgia
location. PCS Joint Venture believes that the lead-contaminated
soil and groundwater found at the site are attributable to
former operations at the site prior to PCS Joint Ventures
ownership. In 2005, the GEPD approved a Corrective Action Plan
to address environmental conditions at this location. As
anticipated, the approved remedy requires some excavation and
off-site disposal of impacted soil and installation of a
groundwater recovery and treatment system. PCS Joint Venture
began the remediation in November 2005 and completed soil
excavation activities in March 2006. No significant change to
managements estimate of accrued costs was required as of
June 30, 2006 as a result of approval of the remedial
action plan.
In 1998, the company, along with other parties, was notified by
the USEPA of potential liability under the US Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA) with respect to certain soil and
groundwater conditions at a PCS Joint Venture blending facility
in Lakeland, Florida and certain adjoining property. In 1999,
PCS Joint Venture signed an Administrative Order and Consent
with the USEPA pursuant to which PCS Joint Venture agreed to
conduct a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
(RI/ FS) of these conditions. PCS Joint Venture and
another party are sharing the costs of the RI/ FS. The draft
feasibility study has been submitted for review and approval. In
January 2006, the parties responded to comments of the USEPA and
Florida Department of Environment on the draft feasibility
study. No final determination has yet been made of the nature,
timing or cost of remedial action that may be needed, nor to
what extent costs incurred may be recoverable from third parties.
In 2003, the USEPA notified PCS Nitrogen that it considers PCS
Nitrogen to be a potentially responsible party with respect to a
former fertilizer blending operation in Charleston, South
Carolina, known as the Planters Property or Columbia Nitrogen
site, formerly owned by a company from whom PCS Nitrogen
acquired certain other assets. In March 2005, the USEPA released
for public comment a range of remedial alternatives and a
proposed remedy for this site. In September 2005, Ashley II
of Charleston, L.L.C. (Ashley II), the current
owner of the site, filed a petition in the United States
District Court for the District of South Carolina seeking a
declaratory judgment that PCS Nitrogen is liable to pay
environmental response costs at the site and reimbursement of
environmental response and other costs incurred and to be
incurred by Ashley II. In December 2005, PCS Nitrogen filed a
motion to dismiss the petition filed by Ashley II, which
was denied in March 2006. In February 2006, PCS Nitrogen and
other potentially responsible parties received a notice from the
USEPA requesting reimbursement of previously incurred response
costs of approximately $3.0 plus interest, and the performance
or financing of future site investigation and response. PCS
Nitrogen will continue to monitor these and other developments
with respect to the site. PCS Nitrogen intends to vigorously
defend its interests in these actions. It will also continue to
assert its position that it is not a responsible party and to
work to identify former site owners and operators that would be
responsible parties with respect to the site.
The USEPA announced an initiative to evaluate implementation
within the phosphate industry of a particular exemption for
mineral processing wastes under the hazardous waste program. In
connection with this industry-wide initiative, the USEPA
conducted hazardous waste compliance evaluation inspections at
numerous phosphate operations, including the companys
plants in Aurora, North Carolina, Geismar, Louisiana and White
Springs, Florida. In September 2005 and December 2005,
respectively, the USEPA notified the company of various alleged
violations of the US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at
its Aurora and White Springs plants. The company is currently
reviewing and responding to these notices. At this early stage,
it is unable to evaluate the extent of any exposure that it may
have in these matters.
The company is also engaged in ongoing site assessment and/or
remediation activities at a number of other facilities and
sites. Based on current information, it believes that its future
obligations with respect to
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these facilities and sites are not reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the companys consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
Various other claims and lawsuits are pending against the
company in the ordinary course of business. While it is not
possible to determine the ultimate outcome of such actions at
this time, and there exist inherent uncertainties in predicting
such outcomes, it is managements belief that the ultimate
resolution of such actions is not reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the companys consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
The breadth of the companys operations and the global
complexity of tax regulations require assessments of
uncertainties and judgments in estimating the ultimate taxes the
company will pay. The final taxes paid are dependent upon many
factors, including negotiations with taxing authorities in
various jurisdictions, outcomes of tax litigation and resolution
of disputes arising from federal, provincial, state and local
tax audits. The resolution of these uncertainties and the
associated final taxes may result in adjustments to the
companys tax assets and tax liabilities.
The company owns facilities which have been either permanently
or indefinitely shut down. The company expects to incur nominal
annual expenditures for site security and other maintenance
costs at certain of these facilities. Should the facilities be
dismantled, certain other shutdown-related costs may be
incurred. Such costs would not be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the companys consolidated financial
position or results of operations and would be recognized and
recorded in the period in which they were incurred.
Certain of the companys facilities have
asbestos-containing materials which the company will be
obligated to remove and dispose in a special manner should the
asbestos become friable (i.e., readily crumbled or powdered) or
should the property be demolished. As of June 30, 2006, the
company has not recognized this conditional asset retirement
obligation in its interim condensed consolidated financial
statements because it does not have sufficient information to
estimate the fair value of the obligation. As a result of the
longevity of the companys facilities where asbestos
exists, due in part to the companys maintenance
procedures, and the fact that the company does not have plans
for major changes that would require the removal of asbestos,
the timing of the removal of asbestos is indeterminable and the
time over which the company may settle the obligation cannot be
reasonably estimated as at June 30, 2006. The company would
recognize a liability in the period in which sufficient
information is available to reasonably estimate its fair value.
12. Guarantees
In the normal course of operations, the company provides
indemnifications that are often standard contractual terms to
counterparties in transactions such as purchase and sale
contracts, service agreements, director/officer contracts and
leasing transactions. These indemnification agreements may
require the company to compensate the counterparties for costs
incurred as a result of various events, including environmental
liabilities and changes in (or in the interpretation of) laws
and regulations, or as a result of litigation claims or
statutory sanctions that may be suffered by the counterparty as
a consequence of the transaction. The terms of these
indemnification agreements will vary based upon the contract,
the nature of which prevents the company from making a
reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount that it
could be required to pay to counterparties. Historically, the
company has not made any significant payments under such
indemnifications and no amounts have been accrued in the
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements with
respect to these indemnification guarantees.
The company enters into agreements in the normal course of
business that may contain features which meet the definition of
a guarantee. Various debt obligations (such as overdrafts, lines
of credit with counterparties for derivatives, and
back-to-back loan
arrangements) and other commitments (such as railcar leases)
related to certain subsidiaries have been directly guaranteed by
the company under such agreements with third parties. The
company would be required to perform on these guarantees in the
event of default by the guaranteed parties. No material loss is
anticipated by reason of such agreements and guarantees. At
June 30, 2006, the maximum potential amount of future
(undiscounted) payments under significant guarantees provided to
third parties approximated $241.3. As many of these guarantees
will not be drawn upon and the maximum potential amount of
future payments does not consider the possibility of recovery
under
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recourse or collateral provisions, this amount is not indicative
of future cash requirements or the companys expected
losses from these arrangements. At June 30, 2006, no
subsidiary balances subject to guarantees were outstanding in
connection with the companys cash management facilities,
and the company had no liabilities recorded for other
obligations other than subsidiary bank borrowings of
approximately $5.9, which are reflected in other long-term debt,
and cash margins held of approximately $92.7 to maintain
derivatives, which are included in accounts payable and accrued
charges.
The company has guaranteed the gypsum stack capping, closure and
post-closure obligations of its phosphate operations in Florida
and Louisiana, pursuant to the financial assurance regulatory
requirements in those states. In February 2005, the Florida
Environmental Regulation Commission approved certain
modifications to the financial assurance requirements designed
to ensure that responsible parties have sufficient resources to
cover all closure and post-closure costs and liabilities
associated with gypsum stacks in the state. The new requirements
became effective in July 2005 and include financial strength
tests that are more stringent than under previous law and a
requirement that gypsum stack closure cost estimates include the
cost of treating process water. The company has met its
financial assurance responsibilities as of June 30, 2006.
Costs associated with the retirement of long-lived tangible
assets have been accrued in the accompanying interim condensed
consolidated financial statements to the extent that a legal
liability to retire such assets exists.
The environmental regulations of the Province of Saskatchewan
(Province) require each potash mine to have
decommissioning and reclamation (D&R) plans. In
2001, agreement was reached with the provincial government on
the financial assurances for the D&R plan to cover an
interim period to July 1, 2005. In October 2004, this
interim period was extended to July 1, 2006. A
government/industry task force has been established to assess
decommissioning options for all Saskatchewan potash producers
and to produce mutually acceptable revisions to the plans.
Industry participants provided the Province with revised D&R
plans (including financial assurances) for review. In June 2006,
the Province advised that it required additional time to review
the plans. The Province also advised that it will continue to
recognize the previously approved D&R plans as current and
in compliance with the environmental regulations until the
review is finalized and a response is provided. The Province
advised that it would target a response date of
September 30, 2006, or sooner. The company has posted an
irrevocable Cdn $2.0 letter of credit as collateral.
During the period, the company entered into various other
commercial letters of credit in the normal course of operations.
The company expects that it will be able to satisfy all
applicable credit support requirements without disrupting normal
business operations.
13. Reconciliation of Canadian and United States
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Canadian GAAP varies in certain significant respects from US
GAAP. As required by the US Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), the effect of these principal differences on
the companys interim condensed consolidated financial
statements is described and quantified below. For a complete
discussion of US and Canadian GAAP differences, see Note 33
to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2005 in the companys 2005 Annual
Report Financial Review.
(a) Long-term investments: Investments for which the
company is unable to exercise significant influence, control or
joint control are stated at cost. US GAAP requires that these
investments be classified as available-for-sale and be stated at
market value with the difference between market value and cost
reported as a component of other comprehensive income.
Certain of the companys investments in international
entities are accounted for under the equity method. Accounting
principles generally accepted in those foreign jurisdictions may
vary in certain important respects from Canadian GAAP and in
certain other respects from US GAAP. The companys share of
earnings of these equity investees under Canadian GAAP has been
adjusted for the significant effects of conforming to US GAAP.
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(b) Property, plant and equipment and goodwill: The net
book value of property, plant and equipment and goodwill under
Canadian GAAP is higher than under US GAAP, as past provisions
for asset impairment under Canadian GAAP were measured based on
the undiscounted cash flow from use together with the residual
value of the assets. Under US GAAP, they were measured based on
fair value, which was lower than the undiscounted cash flow from
use together with the residual value of the assets. Fair value
for this purpose was determined based on discounted expected
future net cash flows.
(c) Depreciation and amortization: Depreciation and
amortization under Canadian GAAP is higher than under US GAAP,
as a result of differences in the carrying amounts of property,
plant and equipment and goodwill under Canadian and US GAAP.
(d) Exploration costs: Under Canadian GAAP, capitalized
exploration costs are classified under property, plant and
equipment. For US GAAP, these costs are generally expensed until
such time as a final feasibility study has confirmed the
existence of a commercially mineable deposit.
(e) Pre-operating costs: Operating costs incurred during
the start-up phase of
new projects are deferred under Canadian GAAP until commercial
production levels are reached, at which time they are amortized
over the estimated life of the project. US GAAP requires that
these costs be expensed as incurred. As at June 30, 2006
and 2005, the start-up
costs deferred for Canadian GAAP were not material.
(f) Pension and other post-retirement benefits: Under
Canadian GAAP, when a defined benefit plan gives rise to an
accrued benefit asset, a company must recognize a valuation
allowance for the excess of the adjusted benefit asset over the
expected future benefit to be realized from the plan asset.
Changes in the pension valuation allowance are recognized in
income. US GAAP does not specifically address pension valuation
allowances and the US regulators have interpreted this to be a
difference between Canadian and US GAAP. In light of these
developments, a difference between Canadian and US GAAP has been
recorded for the effects of recognizing a pension valuation
allowance and the changes therein under Canadian GAAP.
The companys accumulated benefit obligation for its US
pension plans exceeds the fair value of plan assets. US GAAP
requires the recognition of an additional minimum pension
liability in the amount of the excess of the unfunded
accumulated benefit obligation over the recorded pension
benefits liability. An offsetting intangible asset is recorded
equal to the unrecognized prior service costs, with any
difference recorded as a reduction of accumulated OCI. No
similar requirement exists under Canadian GAAP.
(g) Foreign currency translation adjustment: The company
adopted the US dollar as its functional and reporting currency
on January 1, 1995. At that time, the consolidated
financial statements were translated into US dollars at the
December 31, 1994 year-end exchange rate using the
translation of convenience method under Canadian GAAP. This
translation method was not permitted under US GAAP. US GAAP
required the comparative Consolidated Statements of Operations
and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow to be translated at
applicable weighted-average exchange rates; whereas, the
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position were permitted to
be translated at the December 31, 1994 year-end
exchange rate. The use of disparate exchange rates under US GAAP
gave rise to a foreign currency translation adjustment. Under
US GAAP, this adjustment is reported as a component of
accumulated OCI.
(h) Derivative instruments and hedging activities: Under
Canadian GAAP, derivatives used for non-trading purposes that do
not qualify for hedge accounting are carried at fair value on
the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, with changes
in fair value reflected in earnings. Derivatives embedded within
instruments are generally not separately accounted for except
for those related to equity-linked deposit contracts, which are
not applicable to the company. Gains and losses on derivative
instruments held within an effective hedge relationship are
recognized in earnings on the same basis and in the same period
as the underlying hedged items. There is no difference in
accounting between Canadian and US GAAP in respect of
derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Unlike
Canadian GAAP, however, the company recognizes all of its
derivative instruments (whether designated in hedging
relationships or not, or embedded within hybrid instruments) at
fair value on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
for US GAAP purposes. Under US GAAP, the accounting for changes
in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative
instrument depends on whether it has been designated and
qualifies as part of a hedging relationship. For
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strategies designated as fair value hedges, the effective
portion of the change in the fair value of the derivative is
offset in income against the change in fair value, attributed to
the risk being hedged, of the underlying hedged asset, liability
or firm commitment. For cash flow hedges, the effective portion
of the changes in the fair value of the derivative is
accumulated in OCI until the variability in cash flows being
hedged is recognized in earnings in future accounting periods.
For both fair value and cash flow hedges, if a derivative
instrument is designated as a hedge and meets the criteria for
hedge effectiveness, earnings offset is available, but only to
the extent that the hedge is effective. Ineffective portions of
fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded in earnings in the
current period.
(i) Comprehensive income: Comprehensive income is
recognized and measured under US GAAP pursuant to
SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income. This standard defines comprehensive income as all
changes in equity other than those resulting from investments by
owners and distributions to owners. Comprehensive income is
comprised of two components, net income and OCI. OCI refers to
amounts that are recorded as an element of shareholders
equity but are excluded from net income because these
transactions or events were attributed to changes from non-owner
sources. As described in Note 1, Canadian standards
relating to comprehensive income are not effective until fiscal
years beginning on or after October 1, 2006.
(j) Stock-based compensation: Under Canadian GAAP, the
companys stock-based compensation plan awards classified
as liabilities are measured at intrinsic value at each reporting
period. Effective January 1, 2006, US GAAP requires that
these liability awards be measured at fair value at each
reporting period. As at June 30, 2006, the difference
between Canadian and US GAAP was not significant. The company
uses a Monte Carlo simulation model to estimate the fair value
of its liability awards for US GAAP purposes.
Under Canadian GAAP, stock options are recognized over the
service period, which for PotashCorp is established by the
option performance period. Effective January 1, 2006, under
US GAAP stock options are recognized over the requisite service
period which does not commence until the option plan is approved
by the companys shareholders and options are granted
thereunder. For options granted under the PotashCorp 2006
Performance Option Plan, the service period commenced
January 1, 2006 under Canadian GAAP and May 4, 2006
under US GAAP. This difference impacts the stock-based
compensation cost recorded and may impact diluted earnings per
share.
(k) Stripping costs: Under Canadian GAAP, the company
capitalizes and amortizes costs associated with the activity of
removing overburden and other mine waste minerals in the
production phase. Effective January 1, 2006, US GAAP
requires such stripping costs to be attributed to ore produced
in that period as a component of inventory and recognized in
cost of sales in the same period as related revenue. In
accordance with US GAAP, the company has recorded the effect of
initially applying this consensus as a cumulative-effect
adjustment recognized in the opening balance of retained
earnings as of January 1, 2006.
(l) Income taxes related to the above adjustments: The
income tax adjustment reflects the impact on income taxes of the
US GAAP adjustments described above. Accounting for income taxes
under Canadian and US GAAP is similar, except that income tax
rates of enacted or substantively enacted tax law must be used
to calculate future income tax assets and liabilities under
Canadian GAAP; whereas only income tax rates of enacted tax law
can be used under US GAAP.
(m) Income tax consequences of stock-based employee
compensation: Under Canadian GAAP, the income tax benefit
attributable to stock-based compensation that is deductible in
computing taxable income but is not recorded in the consolidated
financial statements as an expense of any period (the
excess benefit) is considered to be a permanent
difference. Accordingly, such amount is treated as an item that
reconciles the statutory income tax rate to the companys
effective income tax rate. Under US GAAP, the excess benefit is
recognized as additional paid-in capital.
(n) Cash flow statements: US GAAP does not permit the use
of certain subtotals within the classification of cash provided
by operating activities, nor does it permit the subtotal of cash
before financing activities.
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The application of US GAAP, as described above, would have
had the following effects on net income, net income per share,
total assets, shareholders equity, comprehensive income
and accumulated other comprehensive income.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Net income as reported Canadian GAAP
|
|
$ |
175.1 |
|
|
$ |
164.2 |
|
|
$ |
300.6 |
|
|
$ |
295.5 |
|
Items increasing (decreasing) reported net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stripping costs
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share of earnings of equity investees
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes related to the above adjustments
|
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
|
Income taxes related to stock-based compensation
|
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
|
|
(12.3 |
) |
|
Net income US GAAP
|
|
|
186.6 |
|
|
$ |
164.6 |
|
|
|
313.9 |
|
|
$ |
286.7 |
|
|
Basic weighted average shares outstanding US GAAP
|
|
|
103,794,000 |
|
|
|
109,636,000 |
|
|
|
103,718,000 |
|
|
|
110,365,000 |
|
|
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding US GAAP
|
|
|
105,920,000 |
|
|
|
112,436,000 |
|
|
|
105,879,000 |
|
|
|
113,406,000 |
|
|
Basic net income per share US GAAP
|
|
$ |
1.80 |
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
$ |
3.03 |
|
|
$ |
2.60 |
|
|
Diluted net income per share US GAAP
|
|
$ |
1.76 |
|
|
$ |
1.46 |
|
|
$ |
2.96 |
|
|
$ |
2.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Total assets as reported Canadian GAAP
|
|
$ |
5,627.4 |
|
|
$ |
5,357.9 |
|
Items increasing (decreasing) reported total assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7.2 |
) |
|
Available-for-sale securities (unrealized holding gain)
|
|
|
575.7 |
|
|
|
355.2 |
|
|
Fair value of derivative instruments
|
|
|
184.8 |
|
|
|
277.1 |
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
(113.9 |
) |
|
|
(118.1 |
) |
|
Exploration costs
|
|
|
(6.4 |
) |
|
|
(6.4 |
) |
|
Stripping costs
|
|
|
(22.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Pension and other post-retirement benefits
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
Intangible asset relating to additional minimum pension liability
|
|
|
11.1 |
|
|
|
11.1 |
|
|
Investment in equity investees
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
(46.7 |
) |
|
|
(46.7 |
) |
|
Total assets US GAAP
|
|
$ |
6,229.5 |
|
|
$ |
5,841.8 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Total shareholders equity as reported Canadian
GAAP
|
|
$ |
2,436.6 |
|
|
$ |
2,132.5 |
|
Items increasing (decreasing) reported shareholders
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of related income
taxes
|
|
|
519.3 |
|
|
|
343.2 |
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
20.9 |
|
|
|
20.9 |
|
|
Provision for asset impairment
|
|
|
(218.0 |
) |
|
|
(218.0 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
57.4 |
|
|
|
53.2 |
|
|
Exploration costs
|
|
|
(6.4 |
) |
|
|
(6.4 |
) |
|
Stripping costs
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
Pension and other post-retirement benefits
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
Share of earnings of equity investees
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
Deferred income taxes relating to the above adjustments
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
|
|
27.0 |
|
|
Cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings in respect of
stripping costs
|
|
|
(16.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity US GAAP
|
|
$ |
2,854.8 |
|
|
$ |
2,375.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30 |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Net income US GAAP
|
|
$ |
313.9 |
|
|
$ |
286.7 |
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized holding gain on available-for-sale
securities
|
|
|
220.5 |
|
|
|
79.1 |
|
|
Change in gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash
flow hedges
|
|
|
(42.7 |
) |
|
|
131.0 |
|
|
Reclassification to income of gains and losses on cash flow
hedges
|
|
|
(40.7 |
) |
|
|
(22.9 |
) |
|
Share of other comprehensive income of equity investees
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes related to other comprehensive income
|
|
|
38.8 |
|
|
|
(61.8 |
) |
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of related income taxes
|
|
|
176.1 |
|
|
|
125.4 |
|
|
Comprehensive income US GAAP
|
|
$ |
490.0 |
|
|
$ |
412.1 |
|
|
The balances related to each component of accumulated other
comprehensive income, net of related income taxes, are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities
|
|
$ |
478.8 |
|
|
$ |
236.3 |
|
Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges
|
|
|
114.2 |
|
|
|
182.4 |
|
Additional minimum pension liability
|
|
|
(54.1 |
) |
|
|
(55.4 |
) |
Share of accumulated other comprehensive income of equity
investees
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(20.9 |
) |
|
|
(20.9 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
income(1)
US GAAP
|
|
$ |
519.3 |
|
|
$ |
343.2 |
|
|
|
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(1) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income is a separate component
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Supplemental US GAAP Disclosures
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued SFAS No. 151,
Inventory Costs, to clarify that abnormal amounts of
idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted
materials (spoilage) should be recognized as current-period
charges, and to require the allocation of fixed production
overheads to inventory based on the normal capacity of the
production facilities. The guidance was effective for inventory
costs incurred during 2006 and did not have a material impact on
the companys consolidated financial statements.
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In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
FIN No. 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for how a
company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its
consolidated financial statements uncertain tax positions that
it has taken or expects to take on a tax return (including a
decision whether to file or not to file a return in a particular
jurisdiction). Under the model, the consolidated financial
statements will reflect expected future income tax consequences
of such positions presuming the taxing authorities full
knowledge of the position and all relevant facts, but without
considering time values. The evaluation of tax positions under
FIN No. 48 will be a two-step process, whereby
(i) the company determines whether it is more likely than
not that the tax positions will be sustained based on the
technical merits of the position; and, (ii) for those tax
positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition
threshold, the company would recognize the largest amount of tax
benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being
realized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority.
FIN No. 48 also revises disclosure requirements and
introduces a prescriptive, annual, tabular roll-forward of the
unrecognized tax benefits. The company is reviewing the guidance
(which is effective for the first quarter of 2007) to determine
the potential impact, if any, on its consolidated financial
statements.
Available-for-Sale Securities
The companys investments in Israel Chemicals Ltd. and
Sinofert are classified as available-for-sale. The fair market
value of these investments at June 30, 2006 was $967.1 and
the unrealized holding gain was $575.7.
Stock-based Compensation
The company has six stock-based employee compensation plans,
which are described below. The total compensation cost charged
to income in respect of these plans was $21.0 for the three
months ended June 30, 2006 (2005 $25.1) and
$23.5 for the six months ended June 30, 2006
(2005 $30.2).
Prior to January 1, 2006, the company had elected to
expense employee stock-based compensation using the fair value
method prospectively for all awards granted or modified on or
after January 1, 2003. Accordingly, stock-based employee
compensation cost has been recognized in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations since that time. Effective
January 1, 2006, the company adopted SFAS No. 123
(Revised 2004), Share-Based Payment
(SFAS No. 123(R)), using the
modified-prospective application transition method. Results for
prior periods have not been restated. Because the fair value
recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123,
Stock-Based Compensation, and
SFAS No. 123(R) were materially consistent under our
equity plans, the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) did not
have a significant impact on our financial position or our
results of operations. Prior to our adoption of
SFAS No. 123(R), benefits of tax deductions in excess
of recognized compensation costs were reported as operating cash
flows. SFAS No. 123(R) requires excess tax benefits to
be reported as a financing cash inflow rather than as a
reduction of taxes paid.
Stock Option Plans
The company has four stock option plans.
Under the Officers and Employees Plan, the company may, after
February 3, 1998, issue options to acquire up to 13,852,250
common shares. Under the Directors Plan, the company may, after
January 24, 1995, issue options to acquire up to 912,000
common shares. No stock options have been granted under the
Directors Plan since November 2002, and the PCS Board of
Directors determined in 2003 to discontinue granting stock
options to directors. Under both plans, the exercise price is
the quoted market closing price of the companys common
shares on the last trading day immediately preceding the date of
the grant and an options maximum term is 10 years.
All options granted to date have provided that one-half of the
options granted in a year will vest one year from the date of
the grant, with the other half vesting the following year.
Under the 2005 Performance Option Plan the company may, after
February 28, 2005 and before January 1, 2006, issue
options to acquire up to 1,200,000 common shares. Under the 2006
Performance Option Plan the company may, after February 27,
2006 and before January 1, 2007, issue options to acquire
up to 1,400,000 common shares. Under the performance plans, the
exercise price is the quoted market closing price
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of the companys common shares on the last trading day
immediately preceding the date of the grant and an options
maximum term is 10 years. The key design difference between
the 2005 and 2006 Performance Option Plans and the
companys other stock option plans is the performance-based
vesting feature. In general, options will vest, if at all,
according to a schedule based on the three-year average excess
of the companys consolidated cash flow return on
investment over weighted average cost of capital.
The company issues new common shares to satisfy stock option
exercises.
A summary of option activity under the plans for the six months
ended June 30, 2006, and changes during the period then
ended, is presented below:
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Performance Option Plans |
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Officers and Employees and Directors Option Plans |
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90.08 |
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38.41 |
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894,900 |
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101.01 |
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89.90 |
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95.45 |
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39.34 |
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168.5 |
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39.34 |
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168.5 |
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The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $14.1
during the six months ended June 30, 2006. No stock options
vested during this period. During the six months ended
June 30, 2006 the company granted a total of 894,900
options to purchase common shares under the 2006 Performance
Option Plan, as discussed in Note 7. The company estimates
the fair value of each option grant as of the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. The
following weighted-average assumptions were used in arriving at
the grant date fair values associated with stock options for
which compensation cost was recognized during 2005 and 2006:
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$ 0.60 |
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28% |
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The expected dividend on the companys stock was based on
the current annualized dividend rate as at the date of grant.
Expected volatility was based on historical volatility of the
companys stock over a period commensurate with the
expected term of the stock option. The risk-free interest rate
for the expected life of the option was based on, as applicable,
the implied yield available on zero-coupon government issues
with an equivalent remaining term at the time of the grant.
Historical data was used to estimate the expected life of the
option.
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A summary of the status of the companys nonvested shares
as of June 30, 2006, and changes during the six month
period then ended, is presented below:
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29.82 |
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894,900 |
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33.58 |
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As of June 30, 2006, 2,069,400 options remained unvested
and there was $16.7 of total unrecognized compensation cost
related to the companys stock option plans. This cost is
expected to be recognized over the period through
December 31, 2008.
Cash received from stock option exercises for the six months
ended June 30, 2006 was $9.9 (2005 $63.2), and
the excess tax benefit recognized as additional paid in capital
was $4.4 for the first six months of 2006 (2005
$12.3).
Deferred Share Unit and Other Plans
The company offers a deferred share unit plan to non-employee
directors, which entitles those directors to receive
discretionary grants of deferred share units (DSUs),
each of which has a value equal to the market value of a common
share at the time of its grant. The plan also allows each
director to choose to receive, in the form of DSUs, all or a
percentage of the directors fee, which would otherwise be
payable in cash. Each DSU fully vests upon award, but is
distributed only when the director has ceased to be a member of
the Board of Directors of the company. Vested units are settled
in cash based on the common share price at that time. As of
June 30, 2006, the total DSUs held by participating
directors was 65,162 (2005 52,825). Compensation
cost recognized in respect of DSUs for the three and six month
periods ended June 30, 2006 was not significant.
The company offers a performance unit incentive plan to senior
executives and other key employees. The performance objectives
under the plan are designed to further align the interests of
executives and key employees with those of shareholders by
linking the vesting of awards to the total return to
shareholders over the three-year performance period ending
December 31, 2008. Total shareholder return measures the
capital appreciation in the companys common shares,
including dividends paid over the performance period. Vesting of
one-half of the awards is based on increases in the total
shareholder return over the three-year performance period.
Vesting of the remaining one-half of the awards is based on the
extent to which the total shareholder return matches or exceeds
the total shareholder return of the common shares of a
pre-defined peer group. Vested units are settled in cash based
on the common share price generally at the end of the
performance period. Compensation expense for this program is
recorded and remeasured at fair value over the three-year
performance cycle of the program. The company uses a Monte Carlo
simulation model to estimate the fair value of these awards for
US GAAP purposes.
During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the company
issued 152,592 performance units (2005 nil) under
the performance unit incentive plan at a weighted-average
grant-date fair value of $78.08 per unit. As at
June 30, 2006, 149,883 units remained unvested and
outstanding. Total unrecognized compensation cost approximated
$9.5, which is expected to be recognized over the period through
December 31, 2008. However, such amount will be subject to
change, as these liability awards are remeasured at fair value
at each reporting period.
During the six months ended June 30, 2006, cash of $34.5
was used to settle the companys liability in respect of
its performance unit incentive plan for the performance period
January 1, 2003 to December 31,
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2005. No other cash payments were made in respect of the
companys stock-based compensation plans during the first
six months of 2006.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Cash Flow Hedges
The company has designated its natural gas derivative
instruments as cash flow hedges. The portion of gain or loss on
derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges that are
effective at offsetting changes in the hedged item is reported
as a component of accumulated OCI and then is reclassified into
cost of goods sold when the product containing the hedged item
is sold. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recorded in cost of goods
sold in the current period. During the second quarter of 2006, a
gain of $19.2 (2005 $14.2) was recognized in cost of
goods sold. For the first six months of 2006, the gain was $40.1
(2005 $22.9). Of the deferred gains at quarter-end,
approximately $70.9 will be reclassified to cost of goods sold
within the next 12 months. The fair value of the
companys gas hedging contracts at June 30, 2006 was
$187.1 (2005 $168.5).
Fair Value Hedges
At June 30, 2006, the company had receive-fixed,
pay-variable interest rate swap agreements outstanding with
total notional amounts of $300.0 (2005 $nil). The
fair value of the swaps outstanding at June 30, 2006 was a
liability of $2.3 (2005 $nil).
14. Comparative Figures
Certain of the prior periods figures have been
reclassified to conform with the current periods
presentation.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
The following discussion and analysis is the responsibility of
management and is as of August 4, 2006. The Board of
Directors carries out its responsibility for review of this
disclosure principally through its audit committee, comprised
exclusively of independent directors. The audit committee
reviews and prior to its publication, approves, pursuant to the
authority delegated to it by the Board of Directors, this
disclosure. The term PCS refers to Potash
Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. and the terms we,
us, our, PotashCorp and the
company refer to PCS and, as applicable, PCS and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries as a group. Additional
information relating to the company, including our Annual Report
on Form 10-K, can
be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
POTASHCORP AND OUR BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PotashCorp has built a global business on the natural nutrients
potash, phosphate and nitrogen. Our products serve three
different markets: fertilizer, feed and industrial. We sell
fertilizer to North American retailers, cooperatives and
distributors that provide storage and application services to
farmers, the end users. Our offshore customers are government
agencies and private importers that tend to buy under contract,
while spot sales are more prevalent in North America.
Fertilizers are sold primarily for spring and fall application
in both northern and southern hemispheres.
Transportation is an important part of the final purchase price
for fertilizer so producers usually sell to the closest
customers. In North America, we sell mainly on a delivered basis
via rail, barge, truck and pipeline. Offshore customers purchase
product either at the port where it is loaded or with freight
included.
Potash, phosphate and nitrogen are also used as inputs for the
production of animal feed and industrial products. Most feed and
industrial sales are by contract and are more evenly distributed
throughout the year than fertilizer sales.
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POTASHCORP VISION
We envision PotashCorp as the partner of choice, providing
superior value to all our stakeholders. We strive to be the
highest-quality low-cost producer and sustainable gross margin
leader in the products we sell and the markets we serve. Through
our strategy, we attempt to minimize the natural volatility of
our business. We strive for increased earnings and to outperform
our peer group and other basic materials companies in total
shareholder return, a key measure of any companys value.
We link our financial performance with areas of extended
responsibility: the environment and our social and economic
stakeholders. We focus on increased transparency to improve our
relationships with all our stakeholders, believing this gives us
a competitive advantage.
POTASHCORP STRATEGY
To provide our stakeholders with superior value, our strategy
focuses on generating long-term growth while striving to
minimize the natural volatility of our business by reducing
fluctuations in our upward earnings trend line. Applying our
strategy daily to maximize gross margin, we concentrate on our
highest-margin products, which dictates our Potash First
strategy. We complement that by focusing on Trinidad nitrogen
and purified phosphoric acid.
Our goal is to be the low-cost global potash supplier on a
delivered basis into all key world markets. We supplement this
potash strategy by leveraging our strengths in nitrogen with our
lower-cost gas in Trinidad and our specialty phosphate products,
particularly the industrial product, purified phosphoric acid,
produced in North Carolina.
In our day-to-day
actions, we seek to maximize gross margin by focusing on the
right blend of price, volumes and asset utilization. Our
highest-margin products potash, Trinidad nitrogen
products and purified phosphoric acid drive our
strategy, and we strive to grow the business by enhancing our
position as supplier of choice. We aim to build on our strengths
by acquiring and maintaining low-cost, high-quality capacity
that complements our existing assets and adds strategic value.
Our sales, operating and investment decisions are based on our
cash flow return materially exceeding cost of capital.
KEY PERFORMANCE DRIVERS PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO
GOALS
Each year we set targets to advance our long-term goals and
drive results. In 2005, we further developed key performance
indicators to monitor our progress and measure success. As we
drill down into the organization with these metrics, we believe:
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employees will understand and be able to effectively monitor
their contribution to the achievement of corporate
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Our long-term goals and 2006 targets are set out on pages 9
to 14 of our 2005 Annual Report Business Review. A
summary of our progress against selected goals and
representative annual targets is set out below.
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To continue to outperform our sector and other basic materials
companies in total shareholder return. |
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Exceed total shareholder return performance for our sector and
companies on the DJUSBMI for 2006. |
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PotashCorps total shareholder return was 7 percent in
the first six months of 2006, exceeding our sector average
return of 5 percent though not the DJUSBMI return of
10 percent. |
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Carry a higher multiple than the average of other fertilizer
companies on both earnings and cash flow. |
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The companys multiple at June 30, 2006 was 16.7 on
earnings and 10.8 on cash flow versus the average of other
fertilizer companies in our sector of 13.4 on earnings and 8.0
on cash flow. |
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To remain the leader and preferred supplier of potash, nitrogen
and phosphate products worldwide. |
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Increase North American realized prices for potash by
10 percent. |
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North American realized potash prices were 11 percent
higher in the first six months of 2006 compared to the 2005
annual average. |
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Increase North American realized feed prices by 20 percent. |
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Compared to the 2005 annual average, North American realized
feed prices increased in the six months ended June 30, 2006
as follows: Monocal by 24 percent, Dical by 25 percent
and DFP by 31 percent. |
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Increase realized nitric acid prices by 5 percent. |
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Realized nitric acid prices increased 14 percent during the
six months ended June 30, 2006 compared to the average
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below 2005. |
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Rock costs at Aurora were flat while White Springs increased
11 percent during the first half of 2006 compared to the
corresponding period in 2005. Compared to the 2005 annual
average, rock costs were flat at Aurora and up 9 percent at
White Springs for the first six months of 2006. |
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Achieve 5-percent reduction in per-tonne potash conversion costs
on a Canadian dollar basis. |
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When compared to the 2005 annual average, Canadian dollar potash
conversion costs increased 34 percent per tonne during the
first half of 2006, largely as a result of the 339 days of
production shutdowns during the first six months of 2006 as the
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Improve energy efficiency in Trinidad by 10 percent from
2005. |
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Trinidad energy efficiency rate deteriorated 5 percent
during the first six months of 2006 compared to the 2005 annual
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To move closer to our goal of no harm to people, no accidents,
no damage to the environment. |
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Reduce recordable and lost- time injury rates by 30 percent
from 2005 levels. |
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Recordable and lost-time injury rates were 1.53 and 0.29,
respectively, as compared to the targets of 1.60 and 0.19,
respectively. |
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Reduce reportable releases and permit excursions by
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Reportable release annualized rates declined 40 percent
while permit excursions were down 45 percent during the
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
This discussion and analysis is based on the companys
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
reported under generally accepted accounting principles in
Canada (Canadian GAAP). These principles differ in
certain significant respects from accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. These differences are
described and quantified in Note 13 to the unaudited
interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in
Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q. All
references to per-share amounts pertain to diluted net income
per share. All amounts in dollars are expressed as US dollars
unless otherwise indicated. Certain of the prior periods
figures have been reclassified to conform with the current
periods presentation.
For an understanding of trends, events, uncertainties and the
effect of critical accounting estimates on our results and
financial condition, the entire document should be read
carefully together with our 2005 Annual Report
Financial Review.
Earnings Guidance
The companys guidance for the second quarter of 2006 was
earnings per share in the range of $1.25 to $1.50 per
share, assuming a period end exchange rate of 1.15 Canadian
dollars per US dollar. The final result was net income of
$175.1 million, or $1.65 per share, negatively
impacted by approximately $9 million ($0.09 per share)
due to an actual exchange rate of 1.1150 Canadian dollars per US
dollar at June 30, 2006.
Overview of Actual Results
Operations
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1,790.3 |
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1,978.7 |
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62.3 |
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67.4 |
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134.6 |
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|
|
(17.4 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
35.8 |
|
|
|
32.1 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
67.0 |
|
|
|
61.0 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
577.2 |
|
|
|
613.0 |
|
|
|
(35.8 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
1,149.2 |
|
|
|
1,179.8 |
|
|
|
(30.6 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
253.4 |
|
|
$ |
344.8 |
|
|
$ |
(91.4 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
$ |
456.9 |
|
|
$ |
603.3 |
|
|
$ |
(146.4 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
Operating income
|
|
$ |
194.7 |
|
|
$ |
265.7 |
|
|
$ |
(71.0 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
$ |
386.8 |
|
|
$ |
482.4 |
|
|
$ |
(95.6 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
175.1 |
|
|
$ |
164.2 |
|
|
$ |
10.9 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
$ |
300.6 |
|
|
$ |
295.5 |
|
|
$ |
5.1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Net income per share basic
|
|
$ |
1.69 |
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
$ |
2.90 |
|
|
$ |
2.68 |
|
|
$ |
0.22 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
Net income per share diluted
|
|
$ |
1.65 |
|
|
$ |
1.46 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
$ |
2.84 |
|
|
$ |
2.61 |
|
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
Strong performance in our nitrogen and phosphate segments,
significant contributions from offshore investments and
favorable changes to federal and provincial income tax rates
contributed to our record second-quarter earnings of
$175.1 million or $1.65 per share. This compares to
$164.2 million ($1.46 per share) in the second quarter
of 2005, and raised earnings for the first six months of 2006 to
$300.6 million ($2.84 per share) versus
$295.5 million ($2.61 per share) in the same period
last year. Canadian federal and provincial income tax rate
reductions and income tax recoveries contributed
$48.3 million to earnings during the second quarter of 2006
and $60.6 million for the first six months of the year.
Further, a reduction in our 2006 annual consolidated effective
income tax rate from 33 percent to 30 percent during
the quarter added $10.3 million.
Second-quarter gross margin was $253.4 million, down from
$344.8 million in the same quarter last year, with the
decline driven by a
$90.5-million drop in
potash gross margin. First-half 2006 gross margin was
$456.9 million, down from $603.3 million in the first
half of 2005 largely due to a
$175.9-million
reduction in potash gross margin. Potash shipments continued to
be constrained through the second quarter as pricing in China
and India was unresolved. These negotiations had a far-reaching
impact, as several markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America
(including Brazil) pulled product from internal inventories,
delaying
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purchases while they monitored potash pricing. Sales in the
North American market were also weakened through the spring
season due to low crop commodity prices and fewer corn acres
planted. As a result, it is estimated that North American
consumption was off 10-15 percent for the 2005/2006
fertilizer year ending June 30. Compounding this was the
efforts of fertilizer dealers to finish the season without
inventories, which further reduced potash shipments. Despite the
decline in potash gross margin quarter over quarter and year
over year, potash was still the highest contributor to
second-quarter and first-half gross margin at
$132.8 million and $223.6 million, respectively.
In nitrogen and phosphate, the desire to end the fertilizer year
with empty bins also had an impact on North American sales
volumes, as direct-application demand for ammonia, urea and DAP/
MAP was below average. The North American price for natural gas,
a key input, continued its expected seasonal decline throughout
the quarter. As well, natural gas storage in the US is at a
historical high. Tight supply/demand fundamentals in Eastern and
Western Europe driven by continuing high gas prices
and producer curtailments in those markets set a
floor for nitrogen prices in North America. Quarterly nitrogen
gross margin of $91.7 million was the second highest in our
history, trailing only the $99.4 million in last
years second quarter. Year over year, nitrogen gross
margin was $171.1 million, up 4 percent from last
years first-half nitrogen gross margin of
$164.7 million.
Phosphate prices continued to climb for all products in response
to continuing high input costs and reasonably tight
supply/demand fundamentals. Consequently, phosphate gross
margins grew quarter over quarter to $28.9 million and year
over year to $62.2 million. This compares to
$22.1 million and $39.1 million in the same periods of
2005.
The strengthening of the Canadian dollar at June 30, 2006
compared to year-end 2005 and March 31, 2006 had a negative
impact on earnings as it created a primarily non-cash
foreign-exchange loss of $16.3 million for the second
quarter and $13.9 million for the first six months of 2006,
and raised potash production costs by approximately
$8 million quarter over quarter and approximately
$10 million year over year. Our investments in Arab Potash
Company Ltd. (APC) in Jordan, Sociedad Quimica y
Minera de Chile (SQM) in Chile, Sinochem Hong Kong
Holdings Limited (Sinofert) in China and Israel
Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) in Israel contributed
$19.0 million during the three-month period ended
June 30, 2006 and $40.5 million during the first half
of the year, up 42 percent over second-quarter 2005 and
37 percent over first-half 2005. Provincial mining and
other taxes were 67 percent and 65 percent lower than
in the second quarter and first half of 2005, respectively, due
to the benefit associated with the deductibility of capital
expenditures related to our potash expansions and the decrease
in potash gross margin.
Balance Sheet
Total assets were $5,627.4 million at June 30, 2006,
up $269.5 million or 5 percent over December 31,
2005. Total liabilities declined $34.6 million from
December 31, 2005 to $3,190.8 million at June 30,
2006, and total shareholders equity increased
$304.1 million during the same period to
$2,436.6 million.
The largest contributors to the increase in assets during the
first six months of 2006 were intercorporate investments and
property, plant and equipment. During the first half of the
year, we acquired an additional
10-percent of the
ordinary shares of Sinofert for $126.3 million and an
additional 220,100 shares in APC for $3.7 million, and
made additions to property, plant and equipment of
$251.1 million ($104.8 million of which was spent to
bring back idled potash capacity at Allan and Lanigan). These
increases were partially offset by a reduction in accounts
receivable which declined 11 percent (or
$51.5 million) compared to December 31, 2005,
primarily due to a 20-percent (or
$70.3-million) drop in
sales in the month of June 2006 compared to the month of
December 2005.
The decrease in liabilities was largely attributable to a
$352.8-million decline
in accounts payable and accrued charges at June 30, 2006
compared to December 31, 2005. Current income taxes payable
declined $183.7 million as a result of the timing of
payments during the six month period, lower profits in the
potash segment and lower income tax rates enacted during the
second quarter of 2006. Hedging margin deposits were down
$81.0 million due to lower natural gas prices. Reductions
in our performance based compensation accruals and timing of
payments on our trade payables contributed the majority of the
remaining decrease.
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These reductions were partially offset by a
$304.3-million increase
in short-term debt at June 30, 2006 compared to
December 31, 2005. There was a change in mix between
current and long-term debt as $400.0 million of the
companys notes payable were classified to current during
the second quarter of 2006. The notes, having an interest rate
of 7.125%, are payable on June 15, 2007.
Share capital, retained earnings and contributed surplus all
increased at June 30, 2006 compared to December 31,
2005. Share capital was $11.6 million higher at
June 30, 2006 than at December 31, 2005 due to the
issuance of common shares arising from stock option exercises
and our dividend reinvestment plan. Net earnings of
$300.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006
increased retained earnings while dividends declared of
$30.9 million reduced the balance, for a net increase in
retained earnings of $269.7 million at June 30, 2006
compared to December 31, 2005.
Business Segment Review
Note 6 to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated
financial statements provides information pertaining to our
business segments. Management includes net sales in segment
disclosures in the consolidated financial statements pursuant to
Canadian GAAP, which requires segmentation based upon our
internal organization and reporting of revenue and profit
measures derived from internal accounting methods. Net sales
(and the related per-tonne amounts) are the primary revenue
measures we use and review in making decisions about operating
matters on a business segment basis. These decisions include
assessments about potash, nitrogen and phosphate performance and
the resources to be allocated to these segments. We also use net
sales (and the related per-tonne amounts) for business planning
and monthly forecasting. Net sales are calculated as sales
revenues less freight, transportation and distribution expenses.
Our discussion of segment operating performance is set out below
and includes nutrient product and/or market performance where
applicable to give further insight into these results.
Potash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
296.4 |
|
|
$ |
401.6 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
32.8 |
|
|
|
37.5 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
9.5 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
252.6 |
|
|
$ |
354.6 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North American
|
|
$ |
129.2 |
|
|
$ |
155.7 |
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
739 |
|
|
|
973 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
$ |
174.65 |
|
|
$ |
159.98 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
Offshore
|
|
|
122.0 |
|
|
|
196.0 |
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
951 |
|
|
|
1,427 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
128.24 |
|
|
$ |
137.31 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
251.2 |
|
|
|
351.7 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
$ |
148.54 |
|
|
$ |
146.54 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Miscellaneous products
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
252.6 |
|
|
|
354.6 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
$ |
149.47 |
|
|
$ |
147.75 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
119.8 |
|
|
|
131.3 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
70.89 |
|
|
$ |
54.71 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
132.8 |
|
|
$ |
223.3 |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
78.58 |
|
|
$ |
93.04 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
522.2 |
|
|
$ |
753.7 |
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
57.8 |
|
|
|
74.7 |
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
18.4 |
|
|
|
18.6 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
446.0 |
|
|
$ |
660.4 |
|
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North American
|
|
$ |
221.1 |
|
|
$ |
284.6 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
1,266 |
|
|
|
1,895 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
174.51 |
|
|
$ |
150.19 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
Offshore
|
|
|
219.2 |
|
|
|
368.8 |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
1,683 |
|
|
|
2,828 |
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
$ |
130.27 |
|
|
$ |
130.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
440.3 |
|
|
|
653.4 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
2,949 |
|
|
|
4,723 |
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
$ |
149.27 |
|
|
$ |
138.34 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
Miscellaneous products
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
446.0 |
|
|
|
660.4 |
|
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
2,949 |
|
|
|
4,723 |
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
$ |
151.24 |
|
|
$ |
139.83 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
222.4 |
|
|
|
260.9 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
75.42 |
|
|
$ |
55.24 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
223.6 |
|
|
$ |
399.5 |
|
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
75.82 |
|
|
$ |
84.59 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars
in per-tonne calculations. |
Highlights
|
|
|
|
|
As a result of reduced sales volumes, potash gross margin was
substantially lower than the three and six months ended
June 30, 2005. |
|
|
|
Offshore potash demand was constrained as price contracts
between potash suppliers and buyers in China and India remained
unresolved. Despite North American and offshore sales volumes
being down 33 and 40 percent, respectively, compared to
first-half 2005, North American realized prices were
16 percent higher. Offshore prices were flat over the same
period. |
|
|
|
Continuing our strategy of producing to meet market demand
increased our costs in the quarter. We took 16.7 shutdown weeks
in second-quarter 2006 and 48.4 weeks during the first six
months of the year as compared to nine in the same periods of
2005. As a result, potash production declined from
2.4 million tonnes to 1.9 million tonnes quarter over
quarter and from 4.8 million tonnes to 3.2 million
tonnes year over year. Incurring fixed costs during shutdown
periods contributed to a reduction in our gross margin
percentage from 63 percent in the second quarter of last
year to 53 percent this quarter. Potash inventories at the
end of June were 1.35 million tonnes, up from
1.14 million tonnes at the end of 2005. |
Potash gross margin variance attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
|
|
North American
|
|
$ |
(29.1 |
) |
|
$ |
12.0 |
|
|
$ |
(0.7 |
) |
|
$ |
(17.8 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(66.7 |
) |
|
$ |
30.5 |
|
|
$ |
(2.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(38.6 |
) |
Offshore
|
|
|
(46.0 |
) |
|
|
(11.1 |
) |
|
|
(11.0 |
) |
|
|
(68.1 |
) |
|
|
|
(101.6 |
) |
|
|
(6.2 |
) |
|
|
(25.5 |
) |
|
|
(133.3 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
(3.5 |
) |
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
|
(2.8 |
) |
|
|
(4.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(75.1 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.2 |
) |
|
$ |
(15.2 |
) |
|
$ |
(90.5 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(167.9 |
) |
|
$ |
22.7 |
|
|
$ |
(30.7 |
) |
|
$ |
(175.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Sales and Cost of Goods Sold
The most significant contributors to the
$90.5-million decline
in gross margin quarter over quarter were as follows:
|
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|
|
|
Offshore sales volumes were down 33 percent as many
customers delayed purchasing ahead of 2006 pricing in China.
Canpotex Limited (Canpotex), the offshore marketing
company for |
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|
Saskatchewan potash producers, shipped 0.24 million tonnes
to its major markets (China, India and Brazil) in second-quarter
2006 compared to 1.3 million tonnes in the same period in
2005. China was virtually absent from the market as it waited to
conclude new pricing contracts with suppliers, including
Canpotex, before coming back into the market for new tonnage.
Brazil was again affected by the strengthening of the Brazilian
real relative to the US dollar. This was accompanied by lower
soybean prices which continued to pressure margins for Brazilian
farmers and limited their credit availability, leading to fewer
acres being planted and in turn a decrease in imports. We
believe globally offshore customers were buying potash as it was
needed; inventories were not being replenished and as a result
our sales volumes were down to most countries. |
|
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|
North American sales volumes were weakened through the spring
season by low crop commodity prices and fewer corn acres
planted. Compounding this was the efforts of fertilizer dealers
to finish the season without inventories, which further reduced
potash shipments. |
|
|
|
Realized prices in the North American market were 9 percent
higher as price increases announced through 2005 held into 2006.
Realized prices from offshore customers were down
7 percent, in part because the reduced volumes raised fixed
distribution costs on a per-tonne basis. In addition, realized
price reductions were seen in Brazil due to increased
competition. Realized prices in the North American market
were $46 per tonne, or 36 percent, higher than
offshore prices. The gap between the two markets is partly due
to offshore customers purchasing under long-term contracts that
lag behind North American spot-market increases. The difference
also reflects product mix, as North American customers prefer
granular product that commands a premium over standard product,
which is more typically consumed offshore. |
|
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|
Higher cost of goods sold negatively impacted the change in
gross margin due to the combination of higher unit costs
associated with production shutdowns, production inefficiencies
resulting from negative variations in ore recovery rates, and
escalation of prices for supplies and services. We also saw
higher depreciation costs as a result of our expansion projects
being completed and commencing depreciation during 2006.
Further, a stronger Canadian dollar negatively impacted cost of
goods sold. |
The $175.9-million
gross margin reduction year over year was largely attributable
to the following changes:
|
|
|
|
|
Sales by Canpotex were reduced from 4.7 million to
2.3 million tonnes, contributing to the
40-percent decline in
offshore sales volumes. In its most significant markets (China,
India and Brazil), Canpotex sales dropped from 2.5 million
to 0.4 million tonnes. This slowdown was not global as
volumes to many smaller potash-consuming countries such as
Malaysia, Ecuador, the Philippines and Mexico increased. North
American sales volumes also dropped as declines during the
second quarter added to the impact of first-quarter reductions
that resulted from weaker dealer fill and field application of
potash, due to low commodity prices, high energy input costs,
uncertainty about planting decisions and, to a lesser degree,
weather. |
|
|
|
Realized prices in the North American market were
16 percent higher as 2005 announced price increases held
into the first half of 2006. Offshore prices were flat due to
higher per-unit throughput costs and price reductions realized
on sales to Brazil. Prices in the North American market were
$44 per tonne, or 34 percent, higher than offshore
prices. |
|
|
|
The change in gross margin was negatively impacted by higher
cost of goods sold. Plant shutdowns raised unit costs while
increased depreciation due to completion of our expansion
projects, higher natural gas prices earlier in the year and
escalating prices for supplies and services throughout the year
further increased cost of goods sold. The impact of a stronger
Canadian dollar also negatively impacted cost of goods sold. |
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Nitrogen
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
342.4 |
|
|
$ |
364.4 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
9.1 |
|
|
|
9.9 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
13.6 |
|
|
|
13.8 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
319.7 |
|
|
$ |
340.7 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ammonia
|
|
$ |
135.7 |
|
|
$ |
139.6 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
482 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
$ |
307.27 |
|
|
$ |
289.70 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
Urea
|
|
|
87.4 |
|
|
|
92.4 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
266.34 |
|
|
$ |
279.05 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
Nitrogen solutions/ Nitric acid/ Ammonium nitrate
|
|
|
83.9 |
|
|
|
72.8 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
468 |
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
$ |
178.98 |
|
|
$ |
152.17 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
28.9 |
|
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
$ |
312.29 |
|
|
$ |
278.40 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
311.6 |
|
|
|
333.7 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
1,253 |
|
|
|
1,395 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
$ |
248.68 |
|
|
$ |
239.21 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
319.7 |
|
|
|
340.7 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
1,253 |
|
|
|
1,395 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
$ |
255.10 |
|
|
$ |
244.14 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
228.0 |
|
|
|
241.3 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
181.92 |
|
|
$ |
172.89 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
91.7 |
|
|
$ |
99.4 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
73.18 |
|
|
$ |
71.25 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
674.3 |
|
|
$ |
669.2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
18.7 |
|
|
|
20.1 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
26.9 |
|
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
628.7 |
|
|
$ |
623.6 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ammonia
|
|
$ |
258.7 |
|
|
$ |
238.5 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
888 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
$ |
321.02 |
|
|
$ |
268.71 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
Urea
|
|
|
168.8 |
|
|
|
182.8 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
609 |
|
|
|
690 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
$ |
277.16 |
|
|
$ |
264.68 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Nitrogen solutions/ Nitric acid/Ammonium nitrate
|
|
|
164.9 |
|
|
|
138.0 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
850 |
|
|
|
929 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
$ |
193.80 |
|
|
$ |
148.58 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
21.6 |
|
|
|
52.1 |
|
|
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
$ |
315.86 |
|
|
$ |
265.32 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
614.0 |
|
|
|
611.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,334 |
|
|
|
2,703 |
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
$ |
263.07 |
|
|
$ |
226.19 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
14.7 |
|
|
|
12.2 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
628.7 |
|
|
|
623.6 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2,334 |
|
|
|
2,703 |
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
$ |
269.32 |
|
|
$ |
230.68 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
457.6 |
|
|
|
458.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
196.01 |
|
|
$ |
169.75 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
171.1 |
|
|
$ |
164.7 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
73.31 |
|
|
$ |
60.93 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars
in per-tonne calculations. |
Highlights
|
|
|
|
|
Quarterly nitrogen gross margin of $91.7 million was the
second highest in our history, trailing only the
$99.4 million in last years second quarter.
First-half 2006 nitrogen gross margin was $171.1 million,
4 percent higher than the record first half of 2005. |
|
|
|
Price increases were realized in all major nitrogen products
year over year, and all except urea quarter over quarter.
Supply/demand fundamentals remained tight and ammonia prices
stayed firm despite a drop in the North American spot price for
natural gas since the end of 2005. Tight supply/demand
fundamentals in Eastern and Western Europe driven by
continuing high gas prices and producer curtailments in those
markets set a floor for nitrogen prices in North
America. However, prices declined 11 percent, with
decreases in all major categories, compared to first-quarter
2006 as a result of the decline in the North American spot price
for natural gas compared to the first quarter of the year. |
29
|
|
|
|
|
Higher ammonia and urea prices during the first half of 2006
were beneficial for PotashCorps Trinidad facility due to
our long-term lower-cost natural gas price contracts. Our
operations in Trinidad delivered $44.6 million, or
49 percent, of nitrogen gross margin for the quarter and
$95.0 million for the first half of 2006. Our US operations
contributed $27.9 million in gross margin for the quarter
and $36.0 million in the first six months of 2006, and we
gained $19.2 million and $40.1 million from our
natural gas hedges during these periods, respectively. |
|
|
|
We are capitalizing on our competitive advantage in Trinidad
with debottlenecking projects at our 01 and 02 plants that were
completed during
first-half 2006, adding
138,000 tonnes of annual capacity. |
Nitrogen gross margin variance attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
|
|
Ammonia
|
|
$ |
(6.0 |
) |
|
$ |
7.0 |
|
|
$ |
(6.8 |
) |
|
$ |
(5.8 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(9.5 |
) |
|
$ |
40.3 |
|
|
$ |
(29.8 |
) |
|
$ |
1.0 |
|
Urea
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
(3.7 |
) |
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
(6.0 |
) |
|
|
|
(7.9 |
) |
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
(14.8 |
) |
|
|
(14.6 |
) |
Solutions, NA, AN
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
12.5 |
|
|
|
(4.7 |
) |
|
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
|
(2.9 |
) |
|
|
35.6 |
|
|
|
(21.3 |
) |
|
|
11.4 |
|
Purchased
|
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
|
|
(4.1 |
) |
|
|
|
(10.5 |
) |
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
Hedge gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.3 |
|
|
|
17.3 |
|
Other
|
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
(5.4 |
) |
|
|
(4.1 |
) |
|
|
|
(2.4 |
) |
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
(7.4 |
) |
|
|
(4.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(11.4 |
) |
|
$ |
20.5 |
|
|
$ |
(16.8 |
) |
|
$ |
(7.7 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(33.2 |
) |
|
$ |
96.2 |
|
|
$ |
(56.6 |
) |
|
$ |
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and Cost of Goods Sold
The gross margin decrease of $7.7 million quarter over
quarter was largely attributable to the following changes:
|
|
|
|
|
Realized ammonia prices declined 9 percent from
first-quarter 2006 but were 6 percent higher than
second-quarter 2005 as a result of fluctuations in natural gas
prices. Including our Trinidad facilities, gross natural gas
prices were 13 percent higher than the first half of 2005
but 1 percent lower than second-quarter 2005 and
16 percent lower than the first quarter of 2006. These
fluctuations were not proportional to our changes in realized
price for ammonia due to the time lag effect of natural gas
prices on ammonia pricing in the market. |
|
|
|
Realized prices for ammonium nitrate contributed an additional
$10.7 million to the gross margin. As a number of our
customer contracts are tied to either natural gas prices or the
NOLA ammonia price on a time lag basis, the company benefited
from the higher natural gas and NOLA ammonia prices seen earlier
in the year. |
|
|
|
The cost of goods sold price variance negatively impacted gross
margin by $16.8 million. This was due to reduced production
during the quarter as we took down production at our Trinidad 01
and 02 plants to complete the last of our debottlenecks at that
facility. As well, our Lima, Ohio nitrogen facility encountered
mechanical difficulties, limiting its production through most of
June. This reduction also contributed to the
8-percent decline in
ammonia sales volumes that negatively impacted the gross margin
change. The companys US natural gas hedging activities
contributed $19.2 million to the gross margin compared to
$14.2 million in the corresponding period last year. |
Gross margin increased $6.4 million year over year
primarily as a result of the following changes:
|
|
|
|
|
Hurricanes that struck the US Gulf region during 2005 and cold
weather in the US late in the year led to high natural gas
prices sustained at more than $13 per MMBtu during the
fourth quarter. This caused ammonia prices to climb rapidly in
late 2005 and led North American producers to curtail half |
30
|
|
|
|
|
of their ammonia operating capacity by year-end, tightening
market supply. Though North American natural gas spot prices
dropped significantly during the first half of 2006, high
ammonia prices continued and as a result we realized ammonia
prices 19 percent higher than first-half 2005. Realized
prices for nitrogen solutions, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate
generally followed the rise in ammonia prices, with higher
ammonium nitrate realized prices contributing $27.0 million
to the increased gross margin as a result of our customer
contracts tied to either natural gas prices or the NOLA ammonia
price. |
|
|
|
Total nitrogen sales volumes declined 14 percent. Nitrogen
fertilizer sales represented the significant portion of this
drop, down 27 percent primarily due to US farmers
purchasing less in first-half 2006 as we believe they were
hoping for lower prices. Therefore, approximately
68 percent of total nitrogen volumes, including both North
American and Trinidad production, were sold to our more stable
industrial customer base outside the fertilizer cycles. |
|
|
|
Cost of goods sold increased 15 percent on a per tonne
basis, the price variance negatively affecting gross margin by
$56.6 million. This was due to higher natural gas costs
earlier in 2006, resulting in production curtailments at our
Augusta and Lima facilities. In addition, reduced production
resulting from additional plant turnarounds related to
debottlenecking projects at our 01 and 02 plants in Trinidad,
and mechanical problems at our Lima facility contributed to the
increase. Natural gas costs continue to be the single most
important contributor to cost of goods sold, typically
representing between 80 and 95 percent of the cash cost of
producing one tonne of ammonia. The companys total average
natural gas cost, including the benefit of the companys
hedge and lower-cost Trinidad gas contracts, was $4.08 per
MMBtu, 5 percent higher than the same period in 2005. The
companys US natural gas hedging activities contributed
$40.1 million to the gross margin compared to
$22.9 million in the corresponding period last year. |
Phosphate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
289.9 |
|
|
$ |
291.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
20.4 |
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
258.3 |
|
|
$ |
262.5 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fertilizer liquids
|
|
$ |
42.6 |
|
|
$ |
40.4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
185 |
|
|
|
171 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
$ |
230.34 |
|
|
$ |
235.83 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Fertilizer solids
|
|
|
93.8 |
|
|
|
102.7 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
$ |
244.11 |
|
|
$ |
219.91 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
Feed
|
|
|
60.0 |
|
|
|
55.6 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
197 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
305.46 |
|
|
$ |
250.13 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
Industrial
|
|
|
58.7 |
|
|
|
60.0 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
376.46 |
|
|
$ |
340.61 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
255.1 |
|
|
|
258.7 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
923 |
|
|
|
1,036 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
276.80 |
|
|
$ |
249.54 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258.3 |
|
|
|
262.5 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
923 |
|
|
|
1,036 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
280.25 |
|
|
$ |
253.23 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
229.4 |
|
|
|
240.4 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
248.94 |
|
|
$ |
231.90 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
28.9 |
|
|
$ |
22.1 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
31.31 |
|
|
$ |
21.33 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
Tonnes (thousands) |
|
Average Price per Tonne(1) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
% Change |
|
Sales
|
|
$ |
593.8 |
|
|
$ |
555.8 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
39.8 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation and distribution
|
|
|
21.7 |
|
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
531.4 |
|
|
$ |
499.1 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fertilizer liquids
|
|
$ |
104.5 |
|
|
$ |
93.0 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
421 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
$ |
234.89 |
|
|
$ |
220.87 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
Fertilizer solids
|
|
|
186.9 |
|
|
|
174.0 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
762 |
|
|
|
794 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
245.47 |
|
|
$ |
219.08 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Feed
|
|
|
112.3 |
|
|
|
110.7 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
362 |
|
|
|
452 |
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
$ |
310.82 |
|
|
$ |
244.59 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
Industrial
|
|
|
121.9 |
|
|
|
114.7 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
329 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
369.92 |
|
|
$ |
346.60 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
525.6 |
|
|
|
492.4 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
|
|
1,998 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
277.04 |
|
|
$ |
246.35 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
6.7 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
531.4 |
|
|
|
499.1 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
|
|
1,998 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
280.09 |
|
|
$ |
249.69 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Cost of goods sold
|
|
|
469.2 |
|
|
|
460.0 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
247.32 |
|
|
$ |
230.12 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$ |
62.2 |
|
|
$ |
39.1 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
32.77 |
|
|
$ |
19.57 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Rounding differences may occur due to the use of whole dollars
in per-tonne calculations. |
Highlights
|
|
|
|
|
Gross margin of $28.9 million for the second quarter of
2006 marked the best second-quarter gross margin for phosphate
since 1999, driven by higher prices across virtually all
products in response to continuing high input costs and
reasonably tight supply/demand fundamentals. |
|
|
|
The feed and industrial segments once again proved their value
as stable, higher-margin phosphate businesses. |
|
|
|
Feed phosphate provided $14.9 million of phosphate gross
margin for the quarter and $30.9 million for the first six
months of 2006, capitalizing on higher prices even as volumes
declined. |
|
|
|
Industrial phosphate, long the foundation of our phosphate
business, added gross margin of $13.9 million for the
second quarter and $28.7 million for the first half of
2006. Within industrial, purified phosphoric acid was again the
most profitable product, generating quarterly gross margin of
$13.7 million and $28.0 million of first-half gross
margin, representing 32 percent of net sales in each period. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phosphate gross margin variance attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices/Costs |
|
|
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
Total Gross |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Sales |
|
Net |
|
Cost of |
|
Margin |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
Volumes |
|
Sales |
|
Goods Sold |
|
Variance |
|
|
|
|
Fertilizer liquids
|
|
$ |
3.2 |
|
|
$ |
2.3 |
|
|
$ |
(3.4 |
) |
|
$ |
2.1 |
|
|
|
$ |
5.6 |
|
|
$ |
8.6 |
|
|
$ |
(5.9 |
) |
|
$ |
8.3 |
|
Fertilizer solids
|
|
|
(7.6 |
) |
|
|
9.0 |
|
|
|
(1.8 |
) |
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
|
(1.8 |
) |
|
|
19.4 |
|
|
|
(19.8 |
) |
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
Feed
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
|
|
(8.5 |
) |
|
|
24.1 |
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
24.5 |
|
Industrial
|
|
|
(3.5 |
) |
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
(3.9 |
) |
|
|
2.3 |
|
Other
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(6.8 |
) |
|
|
(7.2 |
) |
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
(9.0 |
) |
|
|
(9.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(8.8 |
) |
|
$ |
27.0 |
|
|
$ |
(11.4 |
) |
|
$ |
6.8 |
|
|
|
$ |
(7.2 |
) |
|
$ |
60.0 |
|
|
$ |
(29.7 |
) |
|
$ |
23.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
32
Sales and Cost of Goods Sold
The most significant contributors to the
$6.8-million increase
in gross margin quarter over quarter were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Higher feed prices implemented by the company contributed
$11.3 million to the gross margin increase. Production
cutbacks in the industry and increased demand from export
markets raised realized prices for liquid fertilizer products,
favorably impacting phosphate gross margin. |
|
|
|
Overall sales volumes were down 11 percent. Challenged by
the same customer buying patterns that affected other nutrients
and due to the continued slow down in Brazil, solid phosphate
fertilizer volumes were down 18 percent from last
years second quarter. An 11-percent decline in feed
phosphate volumes, caused by increased competition, only
negatively impacted the change in gross margin by
$0.6 million as lower-priced sales were reduced. |
|
|
|
The unfavorable price variance in cost of goods sold was
$11.4 million. Ammonia prices 12 percent higher and
15 percent higher sulfur prices reduced gross margin by
$3.5 million and $5.4 million, respectively, while
higher depreciation charges further increased costs. |
Year-over-year gross margin increased $23.1 million,
largely as a result of the following changes:
|
|
|
|
|
Higher prices realized in the feed and fertilizer markets were
supplemented by industrial price increases implemented during
2005 that held through 2006. Additionally, higher cost rock at
our Geismar facility was a factor for certain customers. |
|
|
|
Sales volumes were relatively flat, though there was a change in
product mix. Liquid phosphate fertilizer sales volumes improved;
supply/demand fundamentals remained strong, as a new PhosChem
sales contract with India, at higher prices, was recently
signed. This was more than offset by a 20-percent decline in
feed sales volumes resulting from the companys decision to
remain firm on pricing. |
|
|
|
The price variance in cost of goods sold negatively impacted the
change in gross margin by $29.7 million. Higher raw
material input costs more than offset the positive effect of
operating rate efficiencies and change in product mix. The
company benefited from operating rate efficiencies as our
P2O5
operating rate increased 7 percent; however,
25 percent higher ammonia prices and 18 percent higher
sulfur prices combined to reduce gross margin by
$13.3 million and $12.1 million, respectively. |
Expenses and Other Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
Dollar |
|
% |
|
|
|
Dollar |
|
% |
Dollars (millions) |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Change |
|
Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Change |
|
Change |
|
Selling and administrative
|
|
$ |
47.9 |
|
|
$ |
54.9 |
|
|
|
(7.0 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
$ |
78.7 |
|
|
$ |
84.2 |
|
|
$ |
(5.5 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Provincial mining and other taxes
|
|
|
14.5 |
|
|
|
44.2 |
|
|
|
(29.7 |
) |
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
28.7 |
|
|
|
82.6 |
|
|
|
(53.9 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
) |
Foreign exchange loss (gain)
|
|
|
16.3 |
|
|
|
(6.1 |
) |
|
|
22.4 |
|
|
|
n/m |
|
|
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
(12.0 |
) |
|
|
25.9 |
|
|
|
n/m |
|
Other income
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
51.2 |
|
|
|
33.9 |
|
|
|
17.3 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
20.7 |
|
|
|
20.6 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43.9 |
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Income tax (recovery) expense
|
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
80.9 |
|
|
|
(82.0 |
) |
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
42.3 |
|
|
|
145.6 |
|
|
|
(103.3 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
n/m = not meaningful
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling and administrative expenses declined slightly quarter
over quarter and year over year as minor reductions to benefit
expenses associated with the companys performance based
compensation plans were partially offset by increased corporate
amortization costs incurred during the periods.
Provincial mining and other taxes declined 67 percent and
65 percent in second-quarter and first-half 2006,
respectively, compared to the corresponding periods last year,
principally due to decreased Saskatchewan Potash Production Tax
and corporate capital tax. Saskatchewans Potash Production
Tax is
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comprised of a base tax per tonne of product sold and an
additional tax based on mine profits. The profits tax component
declined significantly as a result of the deductibility of our
capital expenditures made to bring back idle potash capacity;
the reduction was also impacted by 30 percent lower potash
sales volumes quarter over quarter and 38 percent lower
volumes year over year, despite realized potash prices which
were 1 percent and 8 percent higher than
second-quarter and first-half 2005, respectively. In addition,
during the second quarter of 2006, the Province of Saskatchewan
enacted changes to reduce the capital tax resource surcharge
from 3.6 percent to 3 percent over the next three
years.
The period-end translation of Canadian-dollar denominated
monetary items on the Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position contributed to net foreign exchange losses of
$16.3 million in the second quarter of 2006 and
$13.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006.
The Canadian dollar, which gained strength against the US dollar
over the course of the second quarter and first half of 2006,
was 1.1659 per US dollar at December 31, 2005 and
1.1671 per US dollar at March 31, 2006, but ended the
second quarter of 2006 at 1.1150 per US dollar. The
weakening of the Canadian dollar relative to the US dollar in
the second quarter and first half of 2005 contributed to foreign
exchange gains of $6.1 million and $12.0 million,
respectively.
Other income increased $6.1 million quarter over quarter
and $17.3 million year over year primarily due to a
$3.0-million dividend
received from Sinofert during the second quarter of 2006 and a
$6.0-million increase
in dividend income from our investment in ICL in the first
quarter of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005.
Additionally, higher share of earnings from equity investees
added to the quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth,
while a reduction in loss on disposal of assets compared to that
recognized during the first half of 2005 further contributed to
the year-over-year increase.
Weighted average long-term debt outstanding in second-quarter
2006 was $1,258.4 million (2005
$1,268.5 million) with a weighted average interest rate of
7.0 percent (2005 6.9 percent). Weighted
average long-term debt outstanding for the first six months of
2006 was $1,258.6 million (2005
$1,268.7 million) with a weighted average interest rate of
7.0 percent (2005 6.9 percent). The
weighted average interest rate on short-term debt outstanding in
the second quarter of 2006 was 5.1 percent
(2005 3.2 percent) and the weighted average
short-term debt outstanding was $602.3 million
(2005 $104.5 million). The weighted average
interest rate on short-term debt outstanding in the first six
months of 2006 was 4.9 percent (2005
2.9 percent) and the weighted average short-term debt
outstanding was $516.1 million (2005
$99.2 million). Though the average balance of short-term
debt outstanding was higher quarter over quarter and year over
year at higher interest rates, the interest expense category
increased only $0.1 million and $2.6 million,
respectively, due to the impact of the capitalized interest on
expansion and other projects and interest income recognized on
income tax refunds during the second quarter and first six
months of 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005.
The companys consolidated effective income tax rate for
the three month period ended June 30, 2006 is approximately
negative 1 percent (2005 33 percent) and
for the six months ended June 30, 2006 is approximately
12 percent (2005 33 percent). The
reduction in the consolidated effective income tax rates was due
to the following:
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|
|
|
During the quarter ended June 30, 2006, we reduced our
consolidated effective income tax rate from 33 percent to
30 percent for the 2006 year. The impact of this
change on prior periods, as applicable, was reflected during the
quarter. The change was primarily attributable to two factors
that occurred during the quarter. First, the Province of
Saskatchewan enacted changes to the corporate income tax,
reducing the rate from 17 percent to 12 percent over
the next three years. Second, we revised our estimated
allocation of annual income before income taxes by jurisdiction
as a result of a decrease in expected potash operating income in
Canada. |
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|
|
During the second quarter of 2006, the Government of Canada
enacted changes to the federal corporate income tax and the
corporate surtax. The federal corporate income tax rate will be
reduced from 21 percent to 19 percent over the next
four years and the federal corporate surtax will be reduced from
1.12 percent to nil in 2008. The impact of this change on
the companys future income tax liability was recognized
during the quarter. |
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|
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Income tax refunds totaling $15.8 million were recorded,
$3.5 million of which was recognized during second-quarter
2006, relating to a recent Canadian appeals court decision
(pertaining to a uranium producer) which affirmed the
deductibility of the Saskatchewan capital tax resource surcharge. |
The combination of income tax refunds received, changes in tax
rates and lower operating income led to a decline in income tax
expense of $82.0 million compared to the second quarter of
2005 and $103.3 million compared to first-half 2005. For
the first six months of 2006, 70 percent of the effective
rate pertained to current income taxes and 30 percent
related to future income taxes, aside from the impact of the
aforementioned income tax refunds and the effect of the Canadian
tax rate changes on the companys future income tax
liability recognized during the period. The decrease in the
current tax provision from 90 percent in the same period
last year is largely due to the significant decrease in potash
operating income in Canada and the change in mix and levels of
income earned in the companys other tax jurisdictions.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash Requirements
The following aggregated information about our contractual
obligations and other commitments aims to provide insight into
our short- and long-term liquidity and capital resource
requirements. The information presented in the table below does
not include obligations that have original maturities of less
than one year or planned capital expenditures.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments Due By Period |
|
|
Dollars (millions) |
|
|
|
Total |
|
Within 1 year |
|
1 to 3 years |
|
3 to 5 years |
|
Over 5 years |
|
Long-term debt
|
|
$ |
1,258.1 |
|
|
$ |
401.0 |
|
|
$ |
0.5 |
|
|
$ |
600.7 |
|
|
$ |
255.9 |
|
Estimated interest payments on long- term debt
|
|
|
349.3 |
|
|
|
87.7 |
|
|
|
118.4 |
|
|
|
118.4 |
|
|
|
24.8 |
|
Operating leases
|
|
|
694.7 |
|
|
|
84.9 |
|
|
|
142.8 |
|
|
|
132.4 |
|
|
|
334.6 |
|
Purchase obligations
|
|
|
880.6 |
|
|
|
121.7 |
|
|
|
208.6 |
|
|
|
179.2 |
|
|
|
371.1 |
|
Other commitments
|
|
|
43.5 |
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
18.6 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
864.4 |
|
|
|
41.4 |
|
|
|
78.4 |
|
|
|
68.4 |
|
|
|
676.2 |
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
4,090.6 |
|
|
$ |
753.2 |
|
|
$ |
567.3 |
|
|
$ |
1,107.5 |
|
|
$ |
1,662.6 |
|
|
Long-term Debt
Long-term debt consists of $1,250.0 million of notes
payable that were issued under US shelf registration statements,
a net of $5.9 million under a
back-to-back loan
arrangement (described in Note 12 to the consolidated
financial statements in our 2005 Annual Report
Financial Review) and other commitments of $2.2 million
payable over the next five years.
The notes payable represent 99 percent of our total
long-term debt portfolio and are unsecured. Of the notes
outstanding, $400.0 million bear interest at
7.125 percent and mature in 2007, $600.0 million bear
interest at 7.750 percent and mature in 2011 and
$250.0 million bear interest at 4.875 percent and
mature in 2013. There are no sinking fund requirements. The
notes payable are not subject to any financial test covenants
but are subject to certain customary covenants (including
limitations on liens and sale and leaseback transactions) and
events of default, including an event of default for
acceleration of other debt in excess of $50.0 million. The
other long-term debt instruments are not subject to any
financial test covenants but are subject to certain customary
covenants and events of default, including, for other long-term
debt, an event of default for non-payment of other debt in
excess of $25.0 million. Non-compliance with such covenants
could result in accelerated payment of the related debt. The
company was in compliance with all covenants as at June 30,
2006.
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The estimated interest payments on long-term debt in the table
above include our cumulative scheduled interest payments on
fixed and variable rate long-term debt. Interest on variable
rate debt is based on interest rates prevailing at June 30,
2006. At June 30, 2006, the company had receive-fixed,
pay-variable interest rate swap agreements outstanding with
total notional amounts of $300.0 million (2005
$nil). The fair value of the swaps outstanding at June 30,
2006 was a liability of $2.3 million (2005
$nil).
Operating Leases
The company has various long-term operating lease agreements for
buildings, port facilities, equipment, ocean-going
transportation vessels, mineral leases and railcars, the latest
of which expires in 2025.
The most significant operating leases consist of three items.
The first is our lease of railcars, which extends to
approximately 2020. The second is the lease of port facilities
at the Port of Saint John for shipping New Brunswick potash
offshore. This lease runs until 2018. The third is the lease of
four vessels for transporting ammonia from Trinidad. One vessel
agreement runs until 2019; the others terminate in 2016.
Purchase Obligations
We have long-term agreements for the purchase of sulfur for use
in the production of phosphoric acid. These agreements provide
for minimum purchase quantities and certain prices are based on
market rates at the time of delivery. The commitments included
in the table above are based on contract prices.
We have entered into long-term natural gas contracts with the
National Gas Company of Trinidad, the latest of which expires in
2018. The contracts provide for prices that vary with ammonia
market prices, escalating floor prices and minimum purchase
quantities. The commitments included in the table above are
based on floor prices and minimum purchase quantities.
We also have long-term agreements for the purchase of phosphate
rock used at our Geismar facility and limestone used in Brazil.
The commitments included in the table above are based on the
expected purchase quantity and current net base prices.
Other Commitments
Other operating commitments consist principally of amounts
relating to various rail freight contracts, the latest of which
expires in 2010.
Other Long-term Liabilities
Other long-term liabilities consist primarily of net accrued
pension and post-retirement benefits, future income taxes,
environmental costs and asset retirement obligations.
Future income tax liabilities may vary according to changes in
tax laws, tax rates and the operating results of the company.
Since it is impractical to determine whether there will be a
cash impact in any particular year, all long-term future income
tax liabilities have been reflected in the over
5 years category in the table above.
Capital Expenditures
During 2006, we expect to incur capital expenditures of
approximately $370 million, plus capitalized interest, for
opportunity capital and approximately $165 million to
sustain operations at existing levels. The most significant
single project relates to bringing back idled potash capacity of
1.5 million tonnes at Lanigan, including the mill
refurbishment and expansion of surface, hoisting and underground
facilities. This project is scheduled to be complete in the
fourth quarter of 2007. During the first half of 2006, the
company substantially completed its project to increase potash
production capacity at Allan, which will contribute an
additional 0.4 million tonnes to annual potash production
capability. In addition, the company will be adding compacting
equipment at these sites that will increase granular capacity by
1.25 million tonnes per year.
We anticipate that all capital spending will be financed by
internally generated cash flows supplemented, if and as
necessary, by borrowing from existing financing sources.
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Sources and Uses of Cash
The companys cash flows from operating, investing and
financing activities, as reflected in the unaudited interim
condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow, are summarized
in the following table:
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
Dollars (millions) |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Change |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Change |
|
Cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$ |
141.2 |
|
|
$ |
348.3 |
|
|
|
(59 |
) |
|
$ |
128.7 |
|
|
$ |
470.0 |
|
|
|
(73 |
) |
Cash used in investing activities
|
|
$ |
(127.1 |
) |
|
$ |
(167.0 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
$ |
(375.9 |
) |
|
$ |
(217.4 |
) |
|
|
73 |
|
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
|
$ |
(57.1 |
) |
|
$ |
(237.0 |
) |
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
$ |
283.0 |
|
|
$ |
(288.2 |
) |
|
|
n/m |
|
n/m = not meaningful
The following table presents summarized working capital
information as at June 30, 2006 compared to
December 31, 2005:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
% |
Dollars (millions) except ratio amounts |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
Change |
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
1,124.0 |
|
|
$ |
1,110.8 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Current liabilities
|
|
$ |
(1,447.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,096.1 |
) |
|
|
32 |
|
Working capital
|
|
$ |
(323.4 |
) |
|
$ |
14.7 |
|
|
|
n/m |
|
Current ratio
|
|
|
0.78 |
|
|
|
1.01 |
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
n/m = not meaningful
Our liquidity needs can be met through a variety of sources,
including cash generated from operations, short-term borrowings
against our line of credit and commercial paper program, and
long-term debt issued under our US shelf registration statement
and drawn down under our syndicated credit facility. Our primary
uses of funds are operational expenses, sustaining and
opportunity capital spending, dividends and interest and
principal payments on our debt securities.
Cash provided by operating activities declined
$207.1 million quarter over quarter. The reduction was
mainly attributable to a decrease in net cash flows from
non-cash operating working capital of $193.2 million. This
change was significantly influenced by a
$110.8-million decline
in accounts payable and accrued charges resulting from
reductions in income tax, potash production tax and other taxes
payable because of lower potash operating income and higher tax
remittances required during the period, and a decline in hedging
margin deposits due to falling gas prices. Year over year, cash
provided by operating activities declined $341.3 million,
largely attributable to a $325.5 million decrease in net
cash flows from non-cash operating working capital. A
$79.5-million change in
accounts receivable resulting from a 38 percent decline in
potash sales volumes year over year was more than offset by a
$359.7 million decline in accounts payable during the first
six months of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005. The
decline was primarily due to (i) reductions in income tax,
potash production tax and other taxes payable because of lower
potash operating income and higher remittances to tax
authorities paid during the period; (ii) a decline in
hedging margin deposits due to falling gas prices; and
(iii) payments of larger performance based compensation
accruals than in the corresponding period last year.
Cash used in investing activities declined $39.9 million
quarter over quarter and rose $158.5 million year over
year. The most significant cash outlays included:
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|
|
|
|
In February 2006, we acquired an additional 10.01-percent
interest in the ordinary shares of Sinofert for cash
consideration of $126.3 million. The purchase price was
financed by short-term debt. In the second quarter of 2005, we
acquired 1 million additional shares in APC for
$18.6 million and 21 million additional shares in ICL
for $74.9 million. |
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|
|
|
|
|
Our spending on property, plant and equipment increased
$56.7 million and $113.7 million as compared to the
same three-month and six-month periods last year, largely due to
major capital expansion projects in potash. These activities,
totaling $131.1 million for the quarter and
$251.1 million for the first half of 2006, were also
financed by our short-term credit facilities. |
Cash used in financing activities during the second quarter of
2006 was $179.9 million less than the same quarter last
year. During the second quarter of 2005, $235.1 million was
used by the company to repurchase common shares under its normal
course issuer bid. The company completed the repurchase program
by December 31, 2005 and has not initiated a new program in
2006. This decline in use of cash in the second quarter of 2006
was partially offset by $47.4 million higher repayment of
short-term debt compared to the same period last year. Cash
provided by financing activities increased $571.2 million
for the first six months of 2006 compared to the corresponding
period in 2005, largely attributable to the $304.5 million
higher proceeds from short-term debt. As well, in the first half
of 2005 $317.4 million was used by the company to
repurchase common shares under its normal course issuer bid. We
also received $53.3 million less proceeds from issuance of
common shares in the first half of 2006, primarily due to fewer
stock options being exercised compared to the same period in
2005.
We believe that internally generated cash flow, supplemented by
borrowing from existing financing sources if necessary, will be
sufficient to meet our anticipated capital expenditures and
other cash requirements in 2006, exclusive of any possible
acquisitions, as was the case in 2005. At this time, we do not
reasonably expect any presently known trend or uncertainty to
affect our ability to access our historical sources of cash.
Principal Debt Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
Amount |
|
Amount |
|
Amount |
Dollars (millions) |
|
Amount |
|
Outstanding |
|
Committed |
|
Available |
|
Syndicated credit facility
|
|
$ |
750.0 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
556.5 |
|
|
$ |
193.5 |
|
Line of credit
|
|
|
75.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.3 |
|
|
|
55.7 |
|
Commercial paper
|
|
|
750.0 |
|
|
|
556.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
193.5 |
|
US shelf registration
|
|
|
2,000.0 |
|
|
|
1,250.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750.0 |
|
PotashCorp has a
$750.0-million
syndicated credit facility, renewed in September 2005 for a
five-year term, which provides for unsecured advances. The
amount available to us is the total facility amount less direct
borrowings and amounts committed in respect of commercial paper
outstanding. No funds were borrowed under the facility as of
June 30, 2006. The line of credit is renewable annually and
outstanding letters of credit and direct borrowings reduce the
amount available. Both the line of credit and the syndicated
credit facility have financial tests and other covenants with
which we must comply at each quarter-end. Principal covenants
under the credit facility and line of credit require a
debt-to-capital ratio
of less than or equal to 0.55:1, a long-term
debt-to-EBITDA (defined
in the respective agreements as earnings before interest, income
taxes, provincial mining and other taxes, depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses) ratio of less than or
equal to 3.5:1, tangible net worth greater than or equal to
$1,250.0 million and debt of subsidiaries not to exceed
$590.0 million. The syndicated credit facility and line of
credit are also subject to other customary covenants and events
of default, including an event of default for non-payment of
other debt in excess of Cdn $40.0 million.
Non-compliance with any of the above covenants could result in
accelerated payment of the related debt and amount due under the
line of credit, and termination of the line of credit. We were
in compliance with all covenants as at June 30, 2006.
The commercial paper market is a source of same day
cash for the company. During the first quarter of 2006, we
increased our commercial paper program from $500.0 million
to $750.0 million. Access to this source of short-term
financing depends primarily on maintaining our R1
(low) credit rating by Dominion Bond Rating Service
(DBRS) and conditions in the money markets. The interest
rates we pay are partly based on the quality of our credit
ratings, which are all investment grade. Our credit rating, as
measured by Standard &
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Poors senior debt ratings and Moodys senior debt
ratings remained unchanged from December 31, 2005, at BBB+
with a stable outlook and Baa1 with a stable outlook,
respectively.
We also have a US shelf registration statement under which we
may issue up to an additional $750.0 million in unsecured
debt securities.
For the first six months of 2006, our weighted average cost of
capital was 8.77 percent (2005
8.42 percent), of which 84 percent represented equity
(2005 91 percent).
Outstanding Share Data
The company had 103,873,947 common shares issued and outstanding
at June 30, 2006, compared to 103,593,792 common shares
issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005. During the
second quarter of 2006, the company issued 201,777 common shares
pursuant to the exercise of stock options and our dividend
reinvestment plan (280,155 common shares during the first six
months of 2006). At June 30, 2006, there were 5,690,693
options to purchase common shares outstanding under the
companys four stock option plans, as compared to 5,081,756
under the companys three stock option plans at
December 31, 2005.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of operations, PotashCorp engages in a
variety of transactions that, under Canadian GAAP, are either
not recorded on our Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position or are recorded on our Consolidated Statements of
Financial Position in amounts that differ from the full contract
amounts. Principal off-balance sheet activities we undertake
include issuance of guarantee contracts, certain derivative
instruments and long-term fixed price contracts. We do not
expect any presently known trend or uncertainty to affect our
ability to continue using these arrangements. These types of
arrangements are discussed below.
Guarantee Contracts
In the normal course of operations, the company provides
indemnifications that are often standard contractual terms to
counterparties in transactions such as purchase and sale
contracts, service agreements, director/officer contracts and
leasing transactions. These indemnification agreements may
require the company to compensate the counterparties for costs
incurred as a result of various events, including environmental
liabilities and changes in (or in the interpretation of) laws
and regulations, or as a result of litigation claims or
statutory sanctions that may be suffered by the counterparty as
a consequence of the transaction. The terms of these
indemnification agreements will vary based upon the contract,
the nature of which prevents the company from making a
reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount that it
could be required to pay to counterparties. Historically, the
company has not made any significant payments under such
indemnifications and no amounts have been accrued in the
accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements with respect to these indemnification guarantees.
The company enters into agreements in the normal course of
business that may contain features which meet the definition of
a guarantee. Various debt obligations (such as overdrafts, lines
of credit with counterparties for derivatives, and
back-to-back loan
arrangements) and other commitments (such as railcar leases)
related to certain subsidiaries have been directly guaranteed by
the company under such agreements with third parties. The
company would be required to perform on these guarantees in the
event of default by the guaranteed parties. No material loss is
anticipated by reason of such agreements and guarantees. At
June 30, 2006, the maximum potential amount of future
(undiscounted) payments under significant guarantees provided to
third parties approximated $241.3 million. As many of these
guarantees will not be drawn upon and the maximum potential
amount of future payments does not consider the possibility of
recovery under recourse or collateral provisions, this amount is
not indicative of future cash requirements or the companys
expected losses from these arrangements. At June 30, 2006,
no subsidiary balances subject to guarantees were outstanding in
connection with the companys cash management facilities,
and the company had no liabilities recorded for other
obligations other than subsidiary bank borrowings of
approximately $5.9 million, which are reflected in other
long-term debt, and cash margins held of approximately
$92.7 million to maintain derivatives, which are included
in accounts payable and accrued charges.
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The company has guaranteed the gypsum stack capping, closure and
post-closure obligations of its phosphate operations in Florida
and Louisiana, pursuant to the financial assurance regulatory
requirements in those states. In February 2005, the Florida
Environmental Regulation Commission approved certain
modifications to the financial assurance requirements designed
to ensure that responsible parties have sufficient resources to
cover all closure and post-closure costs and liabilities
associated with gypsum stacks in the state. The new requirements
became effective in July 2005 and include financial strength
tests that are more stringent than under previous law and a
requirement that gypsum stack closure cost estimates include the
cost of treating process water. The company has met its
financial assurance responsibilities as of June 30, 2006.
Costs associated with the retirement of long-lived tangible
assets have been accrued in the accompanying unaudited interim
condensed consolidated financial statements to the extent that a
legal liability to retire such assets exists.
The environmental regulations of the Province of Saskatchewan
(Province) require each potash mine to have
decommissioning and reclamation (D&R) plans. In
2001, agreement was reached with the provincial government on
the financial assurances for the D&R plan to cover an
interim period to July 1, 2005. In October 2004, this
interim period was extended to July 1, 2006. A
government/industry task force has been established to assess
decommissioning options for all Saskatchewan potash producers
and to produce mutually acceptable revisions to the plans.
Industry participants provided the Province with revised D&R
plans (including financial assurances) for review. In June 2006,
the Province advised that it required additional time to review
the plans. The Province also advised that it will continue to
recognize the previously approved D&R plans as current, and
in compliance with the environmental regulations until the
review is finalized and a response is provided. The Province
advised that it would target a response date of
September 30, 2006, or sooner. The company has posted an
irrevocable Cdn $2.0 million letter of credit as
collateral.
During the period, the company entered into various other
commercial letters of credit in the normal course of operations.
The company expects that it will be able to satisfy all
applicable credit support requirements without disrupting normal
business operations.
Derivative Instruments
We use derivative financial instruments to manage exposure to
commodity price, interest rate and foreign exchange rate
fluctuations. We may choose to enter into certain derivative
transactions that may not qualify for hedge accounting treatment
under Canadian GAAP, but nonetheless economically hedge certain
of our business strategies. These economic hedges are recorded
at fair value on our Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position and
marked-to-market each
reporting period. However, we consider any derivative
transactions that are specifically designated (and qualify) for
hedge accounting under Canadian GAAP to be off-balance sheet
items since they are not recorded at fair value.
We employ derivative instruments to hedge the future cost of the
committed and anticipated natural gas purchases primarily for
our US nitrogen plants. By policy, the maximum period for these
hedges cannot exceed ten years. Exceptions to policy may be made
with the specific approval of our Gas Policy Advisory Committee.
The fair value of the companys gas hedging contracts at
June 30, 2006 was $187.1 million (2005
$168.5 million). The companys futures contracts are
exchange-traded and fair value was determined based on exchange
prices. Swaps and option agreements are traded in the
over-the-counter market
and fair value was calculated based on a price that was
converted to an exchange-equivalent price.
The company primarily uses interest rate swaps to manage the
interest rate mix of the total debt portfolio and related
overall cost of borrowing. At June 30, 2006, the company
had swap agreements outstanding with total notional amounts of
$300.0 million. At June 30, 2005, the company had no
swap agreements outstanding.
Refer to Note 28 to the consolidated financial statements
in our 2005 Annual Report Financial Review for more
detail on our accounting for and types of financial instruments.
Other than as described above, there have been no significant
changes to these instruments during the first six months of 2006.
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Long-term Fixed Price Contracts
Certain of our long-term raw materials agreements contain fixed
price components. Our significant agreements, and the related
obligations under such agreements, are discussed in Cash
Requirements.
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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861.6 |
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the weighted average number of shares issued and outstanding
during the respective quarter; therefore, quarterly amounts may
not add to the annual total.
Certain aspects of our business can be impacted by seasonal
factors. Fertilizers are sold primarily for spring and fall
application in both northern and southern hemispheres. However,
planting conditions and the timing of customer purchases will
vary each year and fertilizer sales can be expected to shift
from one quarter to another. Most feed and industrial sales are
by contract and are more evenly distributed throughout the year.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The company sells potash from its Saskatchewan mines for use
outside of North America exclusively to Canpotex, a potash
export, sales and marketing company owned in equal shares by the
three potash producers in the Province of Saskatchewan. Sales to
Canpotex for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 were
$90.6 million (2005 $168.1 million). For
the first six months of 2006, these sales were
$164.0 million (2005 $320.0 million).
Sales to Canpotex are at prevailing market prices and are
settled on normal trade terms.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations are based upon our unaudited interim
condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been
prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP. These principles
differ in certain significant respects from accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States. These
differences are described and quantified in Note 13 to the
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q.
The accounting policies used in preparing the unaudited interim
condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with
those used in the preparation of the 2005 annual consolidated
financial statements, except as disclosed in Note 1 to the
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Certain of these policies involve critical accounting estimates
because they require us to make particularly subjective or
complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain
and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts
could be reported under different conditions or using different
assumptions. There have been no material changes to our critical
accounting policies in the first six months of 2006.
We have discussed the development, selection and application of
our key accounting policies, and the critical accounting
estimates and assumptions they involve, with the audit committee
of the Board of Directors, and our audit committee has reviewed
the disclosures described in this section.
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RECENT ACCOUNTING CHANGES
Changes in Accounting Policies
In January 2006, the company adopted Emerging Issues Committee
Abstract No. 157, Implicit Variable Interests Under
AcG-15 (EIC-157). EIC-157 addresses whether a
company has an implicit variable interest in a variable interest
entity (VIE) or potential VIE when specific
conditions exist. An implicit variable interest acts the same as
an explicit variable interest except that it involves the
absorbing and/or receiving of variability indirectly from the
entity (rather than directly). The identification of an implicit
variable interest is a matter of judgment that depends on the
relevant facts and circumstances. The implementation of EIC-157
did not have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
In April 2006, the company adopted Emerging Issues Committee
Abstract No. 159, Conditional Asset Retirement
Obligations (EIC-159). EIC-159 clarifies the
accounting treatment for a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of
settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not
be within the control of the entity. Under EIC-159, an entity is
required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a
conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the
liability can be reasonably estimated. The implementation of
EIC-159 did not have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Canada
Comprehensive Income, Equity, Financial Instruments and
Hedges
In January 2005, the CICA issued Section 1530,
Comprehensive Income, Section 3251,
Equity, Section 3855, Financial
Instruments Recognition and Measurement and
Section 3865, Hedges. The new standards
increase harmonization with US GAAP and will require the
following:
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Financial assets will be classified as either
held-to-maturity,
held-for-trading or
available-for-sale.
Held-to-maturity
classification will be restricted to fixed maturity instruments
that the company intends and is able to hold to maturity and
will be accounted for at amortized cost. Held-for-trading
instruments will be recorded at fair value with realized and
unrealized gains and losses reported in net income. The
remaining financial assets will be classified as
available-for-sale. These will be recorded at fair value with
unrealized gains and losses reported in a new category of the
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position under
shareholders equity called other comprehensive income
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Derivatives will be classified as held-for-trading unless
designated as hedging instruments. All derivatives, including
embedded derivatives that must be separately accounted for, will
be recorded at fair value on the Consolidated Statements of
Financial Position. For derivatives that hedge the changes in
fair value of an asset or liability, changes in the
derivatives fair value will be reported in net income and
be substantially offset by changes in the fair value of the
hedged asset or liability attributable to the risk being hedged.
For derivatives that hedge variability in cash flows, the
effective portion of the changes in the derivatives fair
value will be initially recognized in OCI and the ineffective
portion will be recorded in net income. The amounts temporarily
recorded in OCI will subsequently be reclassified to net income
in the periods when net income is affected by the variability in
the cash flows of the hedged item. |
The guidance will apply for interim and annual financial
statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 2006. Earlier adoption will be permitted only as
of the beginning of a fiscal year. The impact of implementing
these new standards is not yet determinable as it is highly
dependent on fair values, outstanding positions and hedging
strategies at the time of adoption.
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Stripping Costs Incurred in the Production Phase of a
Mining Operation
In March 2006, the Emerging Issues Committee issued Abstract
No. 160, Stripping Costs Incurred in the Production
Phase of a Mining Operation (EIC-160). EIC-160
discusses the treatment of costs associated with the activity of
removing overburden and other mine waste minerals in the
production phase of a mining operation. EIC-160 concludes that
such stripping costs should be accounted for according to the
benefit received by the entity and recorded as either a
component of inventory or a betterment to the mineral property,
depending on the benefit received. The implementation of
EIC-160, which is effective in fiscal years beginning on or
after July 1, 2006, and may be applied retroactively, is
not expected to have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
Stock-Based Compensation for Employees Eligible to Retire
Before the Vesting Date
In July 2006, the Emerging Issues Committee issued Abstract
No. 162, Stock-Based Compensation for Employees
Eligible to Retire Before the Vesting Date
(EIC-162). EIC-162 discusses how compensation cost
attributable to a stock-based award for a compensation plan that
contains provisions that allow an employees stock-based
award to continue vesting after the employee has retired from
the entity should be accounted for in the case of an employee
who is eligible to retire at the grant date or who will become
eligible to retire during the vesting period. In the case of an
employee who is eligible to retire at the grant date,
EIC-162 concludes that
compensation cost should be recognized on the grant date. In the
case of an employee who will become eligible to retire during
the vesting period, the compensation cost should be recognized
over the period from the grant date to the date the employee
becomes eligible to retire. The implementation of
EIC-162 is effective
January 1, 2007, with earlier adoption encouraged, and is
not expected to have a material impact on the companys
consolidated financial statements.
United States
In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued SFAS No. 151,
Inventory Costs, to clarify that abnormal amounts of
idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted
materials (spoilage) should be recognized as current-period
charges, and to require the allocation of fixed production
overheads to inventory based on the normal capacity of the
production facilities. The guidance was effective for inventory
costs incurred during 2006 and did not have a material impact on
the companys consolidated financial statements.
In March 2005, the FASB ratified the consensus reached by the
Emerging Issues Task Force on Issue No. 04-6,
Accounting for Stripping Costs Incurred During Production
in the Mining Industry, that stripping costs incurred
during production are variable inventory costs that should be
attributed to ore produced in that period as a component of
inventory and recognized in cost of sales in the same period as
related revenue. The consensus was effective for the company in
the first quarter of 2006. In accordance with the transition
guidance and as disclosed in Note 13 to the unaudited
interim condensed consolidated financial statements, the company
recorded the effect of initially applying the consensus as a
cumulative-effect adjustment recognized in the opening balance
of US GAAP retained earnings as of January 1, 2006.
In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
FIN No. 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for how a
company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its
consolidated financial statements uncertain tax positions that
it has taken or expects to take on a tax return (including a
decision whether to file or not to file a return in a particular
jurisdiction). Under the model, the consolidated financial
statements will reflect expected future income tax consequences
of such positions presuming the taxing authorities full
knowledge of the position and all relevant facts, but without
considering time values. The evaluation of tax positions under
FIN No. 48 will be a two-step process, whereby
(i) the company determines whether it is more likely than
not that the tax positions will be sustained based on the
technical merits of the position; and, (ii) for those tax
positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition
threshold, the company would recognize the largest amount of tax
benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being
realized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority.
FIN No. 48 also revises disclosure requirements and
introduces a prescriptive, annual, tabular roll-forward of the
unrecognized tax
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benefits. The company is reviewing the guidance (which is
effective for the first quarter of 2007) to determine the
potential impact, if any, on its consolidated financial
statements.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Effective planning and execution of our strategy requires
detailed analysis of associated risks and management of those
risks to prevent loss. PotashCorp has adopted a risk management
framework which identifies potential events that could have
adverse effects. We then manage those risk events to provide
reasonable assurance that they will not prevent us from
achieving our goals and objectives the road maps for
successful execution of our strategy. We assess risks by
identifying, measuring and prioritizing them, based on their
estimated likelihood and severity of loss. Through mitigation
responses, we accept, control, share or transfer, diversify or
avoid each risk. Thereafter, we monitor them at company, process
and activity levels.
We have identified six major corporate categories of risks:
markets/business, distribution, operational, financial/
information technology, regulatory and integrity/empowerment.
Together and separately, these threaten our strategies and
affect our ability to take advantage of opportunities to
maximize returns for all stakeholders, as our value proposition
requires. Risk threats are intricately interwoven, but they can
be reduced by implementing appropriate mitigation activities.
Most severe of all risk consequences is a loss of reputation, as
that could threaten our earnings, our access to capital or our
brand by creating negative opinions of PotashCorp in the minds
of employees, customers, investors or our communities. A risk to
reputation affects our ability to execute our strategies.
All risks are plotted on a matrix that recognizes that the
inherent risks to the company can be reduced by lowering either
the expected frequency or the severity of the consequences.
These mitigation activities serve to reduce the residual risk
levels. Management identifies the most significant residual
risks to our strategy and reports to the Board on the mitigation
plans to manage them.
The identification, management, and reporting of risk is an
ongoing process because circumstances change, and risks change
or arise as a result. The Companys Risk Management Process
is continuous and ongoing. A discussion of enterprise-wide risk
management can be found on pages 20 to 22 of our 2005
Annual Report Financial Review. There have been no
significant changes to managements assessments during the
first six months of 2006.
OUTLOOK
Negotiations for 2006 potash shipments from Canpotex to Sinofert
concluded on July 27, 2006. The agreement calls for a base
price increase of US $25.00 per tonne over the 2005
contract price. Because of the late settlement, the short
shipping period and the unknown impact of both of these factors
on Chinese demand, the tonnages under the contract and the
shipping schedule itself are to be finalized in an evolving
manner over the remainder of 2006. Both parties will put forth
mutual best efforts at meeting the content and the spirit of the
existing Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies,
which governs potash market share in China. This settlement is
expected to restart potash momentum as global customers begin to
catch up following several months of drawing from inventories.
While producers inventories increased during this period,
reports indicate that approximately 5 million tonnes of
potash were not produced globally on a
year-to-date basis.
In Brazil, the real remains strong against the US dollar,
farmers and distributors continue to face credit problems and
new government support programs have been slow to roll out.
However, at the same time, potash spot prices have increased
$10-$15 per tonne since 2006 Chinese potash pricing was
concluded, and the first half of this year saw record
agricultural exports from Brazil. We expect 2006 potash
shipments to Brazil to be flat in comparison to 2005 levels.
The growing need for crop commodities as an energy source is
expected to increase the demand for potash. This was evident in
the second quarter when Malaysia Canpotexs
largest customer in the first half of 2006 doubled
its potash purchases as palm oil prices strengthened with the
announcement of plans for 32 new biodiesel plants in the
next two years. With oil prices at record levels, the demand for
ethanol and
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other biofuels is expected to grow. These products are made from
crops that are intensive potash users. This demand competes for
crops that are also necessary for human and animal consumption,
adding to the need for increased production. Global crop
fundamentals continue to strengthen as farmers capitalize on
this situation. That should require more potash, which must be
pulled from existing capacity.
In North America, consumption of all three nutrients is expected
to return to average levels or better, which would mean an
increase of 10-15 percent in 2007. We expect the greatest
impact to be in potash, the cornerstone of our business. In
addition to the resumption of shipments to China, India is
expected to return to the market. Its 2005 purchases from
Canpotex were 53 percent higher than those in the previous
year, but it has remained on the sidelines throughout the
Chinese negotiation and drawn down its inventories. We believe
India now has very little potash inventory and, with resolution
of Chinas pricing and a limited window for planting this
year, should sign its own price and volume contract very soon.
Nitrogen and phosphate volumes are expected to rebound after
unsustainable inventory reductions during the past fertilizer
year. In nitrogen, natural gas prices are in their seasonal
decline, levels of gas in storage are high, and gas is now
trading on futures markets between $7 and $11 per MMBtu
over the next 12 months. Global ammonia transportation
costs to the US Gulf remain high, making the proximity of our
Trinidad operation a competitive advantage. We expect these
factors to contribute heavily to the continued strong financial
performance of our newly expanded Trinidad asset. Our North
American 10-year gas
hedge position is currently valued at more than
$200 million.
The phosphate segment is expected to continue improving through
2006, driven by healthy contributions from liquids, feed and
industrial products, as well as anticipation of a strong fall
season for phosphate fertilizers. Solid phosphate fertilizer
supply/demand fundamentals should remain reasonably balanced.
Our capital expenditures for 2006 are expected to be
$535 million, of which $165 million will relate to
sustaining capital. We continue to invest our opportunity
capital to bring back idled potash capacity, add granulation
capacity at Allan and Lanigan and wrap up the Trinidad
debottlenecks and expansion at Aurora. In addition, PotashCorp
expects to receive approximately $20 million in further
income tax refunds in the third quarter, depending on the
results of the ongoing Canadian taxation authority review of
taxation years prior to 2002.
Based on a $1.12 Canadian dollar, we expect third-quarter net
income per share to be in the range of $1.25-$1.50 per
share and net income for the full year should be in the range of
$5.25-$6.25 per share. In the current trading range of the
Canadian dollar relative to the US dollar, each one-cent change
in the Canadian dollar will typically have an impact of
approximately $3 million on the foreign-exchange line, or
$0.02 per share on an after-tax basis, although this is
primarily a non-cash item.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q,
including those in the Outlook section of
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations relating to the period after
June 30, 2006, are forward-looking statements subject to
risks and uncertainties. Statements containing words such as
could, expect, may,
anticipate, believe, intend,
estimate, plan and similar expressions
constitute forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on certain factors and assumptions including foreign
exchange rates, expected growth, results of operations,
performance and business prospects and opportunities. While the
company considers these factors and assumptions to be reasonable
based on information currently available, they may prove to be
incorrect. A number of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to: fluctuations in supply and demand
in fertilizer, sulfur, natural gas, transportation and
petrochemical markets; changes in competitive pressures,
including pricing pressures; risks associated with natural gas
and other hedging activities; changes in capital markets;
changes in currency and exchange rates; unexpected geological or
environmental conditions; and government policy changes.
Additional risks and uncertainties can be found in filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Canadian provincial securities commissions. Forward-looking
statements are given only as at the date of this Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q, and the
company disclaims any obligation to update or revise the forward
looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. In the case of guidance, should
subsequent events show that the forward-looking statements
released herein may be materially off-target, the company will
evaluate whether to issue, and, if appropriate following such
review, issue a news release updating guidance or explaining
reasons for the difference.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk is the potential for loss from changes in the value
of financial instruments. The level of market risk to which we
are exposed varies depending on the composition of our
derivative instrument portfolio, as well as current and expected
market conditions. The following discussion provides additional
detail regarding our exposure to the risks of changing commodity
prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates.
Commodity Risk
Our natural gas purchase strategy is based on diversification of
price for our total gas requirements (which represents the
forecast consumption of natural gas volumes by our manufacturing
and mining facilities). The objective is to acquire a reliable
supply of natural gas feedstock and fuel on a location-adjusted,
cost-competitive basis in a manner that minimizes volatility
without undue risk.
Our US nitrogen results are significantly affected by the price
of natural gas. We employ derivative commodity instruments
related to a portion of our natural gas requirements (primarily
futures, swaps and options) for the purpose of managing our
exposure to commodity price risk in the purchase of natural gas,
not for speculative or trading purposes. Changes in the market
value of these derivative instruments have a high correlation to
changes in the spot price of natural gas. Changes in the fair
value of such derivative instruments, with maturities in 2006
through 2016, will generally relate to changes in the spot price
of natural gas purchases.
A sensitivity analysis has been prepared to estimate our market
risk exposure arising from derivative commodity instruments. The
fair value of such instruments is calculated by valuing each
position using quoted market prices. Market risk is estimated as
the potential loss in fair value resulting from a hypothetical
10-percent adverse
change in such prices. The results of this analysis indicate
that as of June 30, 2006, our estimated derivative
commodity instruments market risk exposure was
$57.1 million (2005 $46.0 million). Actual
results may differ from this estimate.
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Interest Rate Risk
We address interest rate risk by using a diversified portfolio
of fixed and floating rate instruments. This exposure is also
managed by aligning current and long-term assets with demand and
fixed-term debt and by monitoring the effects of market changes
in interest rates.
As at June 30, 2006, our short-term debt (comprised of
commercial paper) was $556.5 million, our current portion
of long-term debt was $401.0 million and our long-term debt
was $857.1 million. Long-term debt, including the current
portion, is comprised primarily of $1,250.0 million of
notes payable that were issued under our US shelf registration
statements at a fixed interest rate. At June 30, 2006, we
had receive-fixed, pay-variable interest rate swap agreements
outstanding with total notional amounts of $300.0 million
(2005 $nil).
Since the majority of our outstanding borrowings have fixed
interest rates, the primary market risk exposure is to changes
in fair value. We estimate that, all else being constant, a
hypothetical 10-percent change in interest rates would not
materially impact our results of operations or financial
position. If interest rates changed significantly, management
would likely take actions to manage our exposure to the change.
However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that
would be taken and their possible effects, the sensitivity
analysis assumes no changes in our financial structure.
Foreign Exchange Risk
We also enter into foreign currency forward contracts for the
primary purpose of limiting exposure to exchange rate
fluctuations relating to Canadian dollar operating and capital
expenditures. These contracts are not designated as hedging
instruments for accounting purposes. Gains or losses resulting
from foreign exchange contracts are recognized in earnings in
the period in which changes in fair value occur.
As at June 30, 2006, we had entered into forward contracts
to sell US dollars and receive Canadian dollars in the notional
amount of $28.0 million (2005
$50.0 million) at an average exchange rate of
1.1182 per US dollar (2005 1.2582). We had also
entered into forward contracts to sell US dollars and receive
Euros in the notional amount of $6.5 million at an average
exchange rate of 1.2490 per Euro, to sell Canadian dollars
and receive Euros in the notional amount of
Cdn $3.7 million at an average exchange rate of
1.3976 per Euro, and to sell Euros and receive US dollars
in the notional amount of Eur $1.0 million at an
average exchange rate of 1.2916 per Euro. No such Euro
forward contracts were outstanding as at June 30, 2005.
Maturity dates for all forward contracts are within 2006 and
2007.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
As of June 30, 2006, we carried out an evaluation under the
supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures. There are inherent
limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure
controls and procedures, including the possibility of human
error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and
procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and
procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving
their control objectives. Based upon that evaluation and as of
June 30, 2006, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and
procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that
information required to be disclosed in the reports the company
files and submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when
required.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial
reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2006 that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF
MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
(a) On May 4, 2006, the Company held an annual and
special meeting (the Meeting) of its shareholders.
(b) At the Meeting, the Companys shareholders voted
upon each of the following proposed director nominees with the
results of the voting set forth opposite the name of each such
nominee.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
For |
|
Against |
|
Withheld* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frederick J. Blesi
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|
|
87,281,009 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
70,699 |
|
William J. Doyle
|
|
|
87,252,962 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
98,746 |
|
John W. Estey
|
|
|
82,854,187 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,497,521 |
|
Wade Fetzer III
|
|
|
82,854,682 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,497,026 |
|
Dallas J. Howe
|
|
|
87,196,609 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
155,099 |
|
Alice D. Laberge
|
|
|
87,151,547 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
200,161 |
|
Jeffrey J. McCaig
|
|
|
82,855,784 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,495,924 |
|
Mary Mogford
|
|
|
87,281,902 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
69,806 |
|
Paul J. Schoenhals
|
|
|
82,799,133 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,552,575 |
|
E. Robert Stromberg, Q.C.
|
|
|
87,046,664 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
305,044 |
|
Jack G. Vicq
|
|
|
87,281,001 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
70,707 |
|
Elena Viyella de Paliza
|
|
|
87,067,853 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
283,855 |
|
(c) The Companys shareholders also voted upon the
appointment of the firm of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, the
present auditors, as the Companys auditors, to hold office
until the next annual meeting of the Companys
shareholders. The results of the vote were:
86,838,372 shares for, 0 shares against and
513,336 shares withheld*.
(d) In addition, at the Meeting the shareholders voted on a
resolution (attached as Appendix B to the Management Proxy
Circular dated February 27, 2006) approving the adoption of
a new stock option plan. The results of the vote were:
75,846,231 shares for and 7,820,191 shares against.
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* |
Number of withheld votes is based upon proxies received prior to
the Meeting. |
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
(a) EXHIBITS
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Exhibit |
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|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
3(a)
|
|
Articles of Continuance of the registrant dated May 15,
2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2002 (the Second Quarter 2002
Form 10-Q). |
3(b)
|
|
Bylaws of the registrant effective May 15, 2002,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Second
Quarter 2002 Form 10-Q. |
4(a)
|
|
Term Credit Agreement between The Bank of Nova Scotia and other
financial institutions and the registrant dated
September 25, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2001. |
4(b)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Amending Agreement between The
Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the
registrant dated as of September 23, 2003, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the registrants report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2003. |
4(c)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Second Amending Agreement
between The Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions
and the registrant dated as of September 21, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to the
registrants report on Form 8-K dated
September 21, 2004. |
48
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
4(d)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Third Amending Agreement between
The Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the
registrant dated as of September 20, 2005, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the registrants report
on Form 8-K dated September 22, 2005. |
4(e)
|
|
Indenture dated as of June 16, 1997, between the registrant
and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
registrants report on Form 8-K dated June 18,
1997 (the 1997 Form 8-K). |
4(f)
|
|
Indenture dated as of February 27, 2003, between the
registrant and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 (the 2002 Form 10-K). |
4(g)
|
|
Form of Notes relating to the registrants offering of
$400,000,000 principal amount of 7.125% Notes due
June 15, 2007, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(b) to the 1997 Form 8-K. |
4(h)
|
|
Form of Notes relating to the registrants offering of
$600,000,000 principal amount of 7.75% Notes due
May 31, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the registrants report on Form 8-K dated
May 17, 2001. |
4(i)
|
|
Form of Note relating to the registrants offering of
$250,000,000 principal amount of 4.875% Notes due
March 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the registrants report on Form 8-K dated
February 28, 2003. |
The registrant hereby undertakes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of any constituent
instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of
the registrant or its subsidiaries that have not been filed
herewith because the amounts represented thereby are less than
10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis.
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(a)
|
|
Sixth Voting Agreement dated April 22, 1978, between
Central Canada Potash, Division of Noranda, Inc., Cominco Ltd.,
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada)
Limited, PCS Sales and Texasgulf Inc., incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(f) to the registrants registration
statement on Form F-1 (File No. 33-31303) (the
F-1 Registration Statement). |
10(b)
|
|
Canpotex Limited Shareholders Seventh Memorandum of Agreement
effective April 21, 1978, between Central Canada Potash,
Division of Noranda Inc., Cominco Ltd., International Minerals
and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited, PCS Sales, Texasgulf
Inc. and Canpotex Limited as amended by Canpotex S&P
amending agreement dated November 4, 1987, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the F-1 Registration
Statement. |
10(c)
|
|
Producer Agreement dated April 21, 1978, between Canpotex
Limited and PCS Sales, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(h) to the F-1 Registration Statement. |
10(d)
|
|
Canpotex/PCS Amending Agreement, dated as of October 1,
1992, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995 (the 1995 Form 10-K). |
10(e)
|
|
Canpotex PCA Collateral Withdrawing/PCS Amending Agreement,
dated as of October 7, 1993, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(g) to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(f)
|
|
Canpotex Producer Agreement amending agreement dated as of
January 1, 1999, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(f) to the registrants report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (the
2000 Form 10-K). |
10(g)
|
|
Canpotex Producer Agreement amending agreement dated as of
July 1, 2002, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(g) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004
(the Second Quarter 2004 Form 10-Q). |
49
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(h)
|
|
Esterhazy Restated Mining and Processing Agreement dated
January 31, 1978, between International Minerals &
Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited and the registrants
predecessor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to
the F-1 Registration Statement. |
10(i)
|
|
Agreement dated December 21, 1990, between International
Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited and
the registrant, amending the Esterhazy Restated Mining and
Processing Agreement dated January 31, 1978, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(p) to the registrants
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1990. |
10(j)
|
|
Agreement effective August 27, 1998, between International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited and the
registrant, amending the Esterhazy Restated Mining and
Processing Agreement dated January 31, 1978 (as amended),
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998 (the 1998 Form 10-K). |
10(k)
|
|
Agreement effective August 31, 1998, among International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited,
International Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Limited
Partnership and the registrant assigning the interest in the
Esterhazy Restated Mining and Processing Agreement dated
January 31, 1978 (as amended) held by International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited to
International Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Limited
Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(m) to
the 1998 Form 10-K. |
10(l)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Stock Option
Plan Directors, as amended January 23, 2001,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2001. |
10(m)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Stock Option
Plan Officers and Employees, as amended
January 23, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(aa) to the 2000 Form 10-K. |
10(n)
|
|
Short-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2000, as amended March 10, 2005, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(x) to the registrants report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the
2004 Form 10-K). |
10(o)
|
|
Long-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(y) to the
2002 Form 10-K. |
10(p)
|
|
Resolution and Forms of Agreement for Supplemental Retirement
Income Plan, for officers and key employees of the registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the 1995
Form 10-K. |
10(q)
|
|
Amending Resolution and revised forms of agreement regarding
Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 1996. |
10(r)
|
|
Amended and restated Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the
registrant and text of amendment to existing supplemental income
plan agreements, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(mm) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2000. |
10(s)
|
|
Form of Letter of amendment to existing supplemental income plan
agreements of the registrant dated November 4, 2002,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to the 2002
Form 10-K. |
10(t)
|
|
Supplemental Retirement Benefits Plan for U.S. Executives
dated effective January 1, 1999, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(aa) to the Second Quarter 2002 Form 10-Q. |
10(u)
|
|
Forms of Agreement dated December 30, 1994, between the
registrant and certain officers of the registrant, concerning a
change in control of the registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(p) to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(v)
|
|
Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated August 8, 1995,
between the registrant and certain officers and directors of the
registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to
the 1995 Form 10-K. |
50
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(w)
|
|
Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated
January 24, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the 2000 Form 10-K. |
10(x)
|
|
Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification
July 21, 2004, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the Second Quarter 2004 Form 10-Q. |
10(y)
|
|
Chief Executive Officer Medical and Dental Benefits,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(jj) to the 2004
Form 10-K. |
10(z)
|
|
Second Amended and Restated Membership Agreement dated
January 1, 1995, among Phosphate Chemicals Export
Association, Inc. and members of such association, including
Texasgulf Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t)
to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(aa)
|
|
International Agency Agreement dated January 1, 1995,
between Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc. and
Texasgulf Inc. establishing Texasgulf Inc. as exclusive
marketing agent for such associations wet phosphatic
materials, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(u) to
the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(bb)
|
|
Deferred Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
registrants Form S-8 (File No. 333-75742) filed
December 21, 2001. |
10(cc)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2005 Performance Option
Plan and Form of Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(nn) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2005. |
10(dd)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2006 Performance Option
Plan and Form of Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(dd) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2006. |
10(ee)
|
|
Medium Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005. |
11
|
|
Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings |
31(a)
|
|
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
31(b)
|
|
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
32
|
|
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
51
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
|
|
|
POTASH CORPORATION OF |
|
SASKATCHEWAN INC. |
August 4, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph Podwika |
|
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
August 4, 2006
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Wayne R. Brownlee
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wayne R. Brownlee |
|
Executive Vice President, Treasurer and |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
52
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
3(a)
|
|
Articles of Continuance of the registrant dated May 15,
2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2002 (the Second Quarter 2002
Form 10-Q). |
3(b)
|
|
Bylaws of the registrant effective May 15, 2002,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Second
Quarter 2002 Form 10-Q. |
4(a)
|
|
Term Credit Agreement between The Bank of Nova Scotia and other
financial institutions and the registrant dated
September 25, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2001. |
4(b)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Amending Agreement between The
Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the
registrant dated as of September 23, 2003, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the registrants report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2003. |
4(c)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Second Amending Agreement
between The Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions
and the registrant dated as of September 21, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to the
registrants report on Form 8-K dated
September 21, 2004. |
4(d)
|
|
Syndicated Term Credit Facility Third Amending Agreement between
The Bank of Nova Scotia and other financial institutions and the
registrant dated as of September 20, 2005, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the registrants report
on Form 8-K dated September 22, 2005. |
4(e)
|
|
Indenture dated as of June 16, 1997, between the registrant
and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
registrants report on Form 8-K dated June 18,
1997 (the 1997 Form 8-K). |
4(f)
|
|
Indenture dated as of February 27, 2003, between the
registrant and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 (the 2002 Form 10-K). |
4(g)
|
|
Form of Notes relating to the registrants offering of
$400,000,000 principal amount of 7.125% Notes due
June 15, 2007, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(b) to the 1997 Form 8-K. |
4(h)
|
|
Form of Notes relating to the registrants offering of
$600,000,000 principal amount of 7.75% Notes due
May 31, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the registrants report on Form 8-K dated
May 17, 2001. |
4(i)
|
|
Form of Note relating to the registrants offering of
$250,000,000 principal amount of 4.875% Notes due
March 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the registrants report on Form 8-K dated
February 28, 2003. |
The registrant hereby undertakes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of any constituent
instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of
the registrant or its subsidiaries that have not been filed
herewith because the amounts represented thereby are less than
10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis.
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(a)
|
|
Sixth Voting Agreement dated April 22, 1978, between
Central Canada Potash, Division of Noranda, Inc., Cominco Ltd.,
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada)
Limited, PCS Sales and Texasgulf Inc., incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(f) to the registrants registration
statement on Form F-1 (File No. 33-31303) (the
F-1 Registration Statement). |
53
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(b)
|
|
Canpotex Limited Shareholders Seventh Memorandum of Agreement
effective April 21, 1978, between Central Canada Potash,
Division of Noranda Inc., Cominco Ltd., International Minerals
and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited, PCS Sales, Texasgulf
Inc. and Canpotex Limited as amended by Canpotex S&P
amending agreement dated November 4, 1987, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the F-1 Registration
Statement. |
10(c)
|
|
Producer Agreement dated April 21, 1978, between Canpotex
Limited and PCS Sales, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(h) to the F-1 Registration Statement. |
10(d)
|
|
Canpotex/PCS Amending Agreement, dated as of October 1,
1992, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995 (the 1995 Form 10-K). |
10(e)
|
|
Canpotex PCA Collateral Withdrawing/PCS Amending Agreement,
dated as of October 7, 1993, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(g) to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(f)
|
|
Canpotex Producer Agreement amending agreement dated as of
January 1, 1999, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(f) to the registrants report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (the
2000 Form 10-K). |
10(g)
|
|
Canpotex Producer Agreement amending agreement dated as of
July 1, 2002, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(g) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004
(the Second Quarter 2004 Form 10-Q). |
10(h)
|
|
Esterhazy Restated Mining and Processing Agreement dated
January 31, 1978, between International Minerals &
Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited and the registrants
predecessor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to
the F-1 Registration Statement. |
10(i)
|
|
Agreement dated December 21, 1990, between International
Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited and
the registrant, amending the Esterhazy Restated Mining and
Processing Agreement dated January 31, 1978, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(p) to the registrants
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1990. |
10(j)
|
|
Agreement effective August 27, 1998, between International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited and the
registrant, amending the Esterhazy Restated Mining and
Processing Agreement dated January 31, 1978 (as amended),
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998 (the 1998 Form 10-K). |
10(k)
|
|
Agreement effective August 31, 1998, among International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited,
International Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Limited
Partnership and the registrant assigning the interest in the
Esterhazy Restated Mining and Processing Agreement dated
January 31, 1978 (as amended) held by International
Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Global Limited to
International Minerals & Chemical (Canada) Limited
Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(m) to
the 1998 Form 10-K. |
10(l)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Stock Option
Plan Directors, as amended January 23, 2001,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2001. |
10(m)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Stock Option
Plan Officers and Employees, as amended
January 23, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(aa) to the 2000 Form 10-K. |
10(n)
|
|
Short-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2000, as amended March 10, 2005, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(x) to the registrants report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the
2004 Form 10-K). |
10(o)
|
|
Long-Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(y) to the
2002 Form 10-K. |
10(p)
|
|
Resolution and Forms of Agreement for Supplemental Retirement
Income Plan, for officers and key employees of the registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the 1995
Form 10-K. |
54
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description of Document |
|
|
|
10(q)
|
|
Amending Resolution and revised forms of agreement regarding
Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the
registrants report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 1996. |
10(r)
|
|
Amended and restated Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of the
registrant and text of amendment to existing supplemental income
plan agreements, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(mm) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2000. |
10(s)
|
|
Form of Letter of amendment to existing supplemental income plan
agreements of the registrant dated November 4, 2002,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to the 2002
Form 10-K. |
10(t)
|
|
Supplemental Retirement Benefits Plan for U.S. Executives
dated effective January 1, 1999, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(aa) to the Second Quarter 2002 Form 10-Q. |
10(u)
|
|
Forms of Agreement dated December 30, 1994, between the
registrant and certain officers of the registrant, concerning a
change in control of the registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(p) to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(v)
|
|
Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated August 8, 1995,
between the registrant and certain officers and directors of the
registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to
the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(w)
|
|
Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification dated
January 24, 2001, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the 2000 Form 10-K. |
10(x)
|
|
Resolution and Form of Agreement of Indemnification
July 21, 2004, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the Second Quarter 2004 Form 10-Q. |
10(y)
|
|
Chief Executive Officer Medical and Dental Benefits,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(jj) to the 2004
Form 10-K. |
10(z)
|
|
Second Amended and Restated Membership Agreement dated
January 1, 1995, among Phosphate Chemicals Export
Association, Inc. and members of such association, including
Texasgulf Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t)
to the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(aa)
|
|
International Agency Agreement dated January 1, 1995,
between Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc. and
Texasgulf Inc. establishing Texasgulf Inc. as exclusive
marketing agent for such associations wet phosphatic
materials, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(u) to
the 1995 Form 10-K. |
10(bb)
|
|
Deferred Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
registrants Form S-8 (File No. 333-75742) filed
December 21, 2001. |
10(cc)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2005 Performance Option
Plan and Form of Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(nn) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2005. |
10(dd)
|
|
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. 2006 Performance Option
Plan and Form of Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(dd) to the registrants report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2006. |
10(ee)
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Medium Term Incentive Plan of the registrant effective January
2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the
registrants report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005. |
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Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings |
31(a)
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Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
31(b)
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Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
32
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Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. |
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