þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
A. | Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: |
B. | Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: |
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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the
Year Ended December 31, 2008 |
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Notes to Financial Statements as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and for the
Year Ended December 31, 2008 |
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE |
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Form 5500 Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
as of December 31, 2008 |
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NOTE: | All other schedules required by Section 29 CFR 2520.103 10 of the Department of Labors Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable. |
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
ASSETS: |
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Participant-directed investments at fair
value (Note 3) |
$ | 16,723,934 | $ | 24,824,118 | ||||
Receivables: |
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Company performance contribution |
809,648 | 760,714 | ||||||
Unsettled trades |
99,373 | |||||||
Total assets |
17,533,582 | 25,684,205 | ||||||
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS AT FAIR VALUE |
17,533,582 | 25,684,205 | ||||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts |
77,744 | 21,439 | ||||||
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS |
$ | 17,611,326 | $ | 25,705,644 | ||||
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CONTRIBUTIONS: |
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Company matching contributions |
$ | 627,901 | ||
Company performance contributions |
809,648 | |||
Participant contributions |
1,923,915 | |||
Rollover contributions |
81,512 | |||
Total contributions |
3,442,976 | |||
INVESTMENT (LOSS) INCOME: |
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Net depreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3) |
(10,551,275 | ) | ||
Interest and dividends |
529,162 | |||
Net investment loss |
(10,022,113 | ) | ||
OTHER DEDUCTIONS: |
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Benefits paid to participants |
(1,486,204 | ) | ||
Administrative expenses |
(8,843 | ) | ||
Net other |
(20,134 | ) | ||
Total other deductions |
(1,515,181 | ) | ||
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS |
(8,094,318 | ) | ||
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: |
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Beginning of year |
25,705,644 | |||
End of year |
$ | 17,611,326 | ||
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1. | DESCRIPTION OF PLAN | |
The following description of the White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan for Collective Bargaining Employees (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information. | ||
General The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc. (the Company), covering all employees of the Company who are represented by a collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the International Chemical Workers Union Council of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 784C. The Employee Benefits Committee of PCS Administration (USA), Inc., the Companys parent, controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan. Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity) is the trustee of the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). | ||
Contributions Participants may contribute up to 50% of base compensation each year, as defined in the Plan, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (IRC) limitations. These contributions may be pretax contributions and/or after-tax contributions. Participants who are age 50 and over may also make catch-up contributions. | ||
The Company matches 100% of the first 3% of base compensation that participants contribute. Catch-up contributions are not eligible for the Company match. Participants may also rollover amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans, which are not eligible for the Company match. | ||
The Company may also make a discretionary Company performance contribution ranging from 0% to 3% of each eligible participants base pay. The Company made a 2008 Company performance contribution of 3% of each eligible participants base pay. | ||
Participant Accounts Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participants account is credited with the participants contribution, the Companys matching contribution, the Company performance contribution when applicable, and allocations of Plan earnings, and is charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participants vested account. | ||
Investments Participants direct the investment of their account balances and contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) Common Stock, a selection of mutual funds and one pooled investment stable value fund. The U.S. Government Reserves Fund is used to maintain dividends distributed with the ESOP option and is not available as a participant-directed investment option. The PCS stock purchase account is a money market fund that is used in the recordkeeping of the purchases and sales of fractional |
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shares of Company stock and is not available as a participant-directed investment option. Effective as of October 1, 2008, the investment option Legg Mason Value Trust FI Class was no longer available for new contributions. | ||
Participants who have not made any investment elections will have their contributions and the employer contributions invested in the Plans default fund, which has been designated as the Fidelity Freedom Funds, specifically the Freedom Fund that has a target retirement date closest to the year that the participant might retire, based on the participants current age and assuming a normal retirement age of 65. | ||
Vesting Participants are immediately vested in their own contributions and in the Company Performance Contribution, plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Companys matching contribution is based on years of continuous service. Participants vest 20% per year of credited service and are 100% vested after five years of credited service. Forfeited balances of terminated participants are used to reduce future Company contributions. | ||
Participant Loans Participants may borrow from their fund accounts up to a maximum amount equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms range from one to five years or up to 20 years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participants account and bear interest at two percentage points above the rate for five-year U.S. Treasury notes on the last day of the preceding calendar quarter in which the funds are borrowed. Loans for the purchase of a primary residence bear interest at the standard lending rate for 20-year fixed rate home mortgage loans. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions. | ||
Payment of Benefits On termination of service, a participant may elect to receive either a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participants vested interest in his or her account, or, prior to April 1, 2006, in annual installments over the participants estimated life span. A participant may elect to receive payment of benefits prior to termination of service, as defined in the Plan. Participants may elect to receive their investment in the PCS Stock Fund in cash or in whole shares of PCS Common Stock. The Plan has a dividend payout program whereby participants may elect to receive as distributions dividends paid on their vested shares of PCS Common Stock in the PCS Stock Fund. | ||
Forfeited Accounts At December 31, 2008 and 2007, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $514 and $22, respectively. These accounts are used to reduce future employer contributions. Forfeited balances of $6,068 were used to reduce Company contributions during the year ended December 31, 2008. | ||
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | |
Basis of Accounting The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. | ||
Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates. | ||
Risks and Uncertainties The Plan utilizes various investment instruments, including mutual funds, a pooled investment stable value fund, and common stock. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of |
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investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. | ||
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition The Plans investments are stated at fair value. Shares of mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The PCS Common Stock is valued at quoted market price. The Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II (the Portfolio) is stated at fair value and then adjusted to contract value, as the Portfolios investment contracts are fully benefit-responsive. Fair value of the Portfolio is the sum of the fair value of the underlying investments. Contract value of the Portfolio is the sum of participant and Company contributions, plus accrued interest thereon, less withdrawals. Participant loans are valued at the outstanding loan balances. | ||
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the FSP), the Portfolio is presented at fair value in participant-directed investments on the statements of net assets available for benefits, and an additional line item is presented showing the adjustment from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented on a contract value basis. | ||
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. | ||
Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in the mutual funds and pooled fund are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately charged to an expense. Consequently, management fees and operating expenses are reflected as a reduction of investment return for such investments. | ||
The Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II The Portfolio is a stable value fund that is a commingled pool of the Fidelity Group Trust for Employee Benefit Plans. The Portfolio may invest in fixed interest insurance company investment contracts, money market funds, corporate and government bonds, mortgage-backed securities, bond funds, and other fixed income securities. Fair value of the Portfolio is the net asset value of its holdings at year-end. Underlying securities for which quotations are readily available are valued at their most recent bid prices or are valued on the basis of information provided by a pricing service. Fair value of the underlying investment contracts is estimated using a discounted cash flow model. | ||
Effective January 1, 2008, the investment in the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio was transferred to the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. The crediting interest rate was 3.48% for the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II at December 31, 2008. The crediting interest rate was 4.40% for the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio at December 31, 2007. These rates were based on the interest rates of the underlying portfolio of assets. The average yield for the year ended December 31, 2008, was 3.40%. | ||
New Accounting Guidance The financial statements reflect the prospective adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (SFAS No. 157), Fair Value Measurements, as of the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2008 (see Note 6). SFAS No. 157 is effective for the Plans financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008. SFAS No. 157 establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. |
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Administrative Expenses Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan or the Plan sponsor, as provided in the Plan document. | ||
Payment of Benefits Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution. There were no amounts allocated to accounts of participants who had elected to withdraw from the Plan but had not yet been paid at December 31, 2008 and 2007. | ||
3. | INVESTMENTS | |
The Plans investments are shown below. Investments that represented 5% or more of the Plans net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, are marked with an asterisk: |
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Fixed income: |
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Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II |
$ | 1,915,795 | * | $ | | |||
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio |
1,972,733 | * | ||||||
Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio |
1,360,780 | * | 1,098,965 | |||||
Equity: |
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Davis NY Venture A |
37,825 | 48,262 | ||||||
Legg Mason Value Trust FI Class |
1,285,972 | * | 3,718,592 | * | ||||
ABF Large Cap Value Inst |
13,786 | 19,615 | ||||||
Fidelity Puritan Fund |
1,937,309 | * | 3,137,808 | * | ||||
Fidelity OTC Portfolio |
2,126,152 | * | 4,591,876 | * | ||||
Fidelity Spartan US Equity Index Fund |
1,784,559 | * | 3,292,478 | * | ||||
Fidelity Overseas Fund |
250,406 | 614,640 | ||||||
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund |
208,488 | 442,340 | ||||||
Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund |
103,728 | 276,694 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom Income |
5,777 | 2,011 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2000 |
601 | 192 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2005 |
1,481 | 997 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2010 |
178,432 | 233,070 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2015 |
67,762 | 68,270 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2020 |
202,728 | 197,631 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2025 |
65,240 | 41,517 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2030 |
41,531 | 40,942 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2035 |
14,165 | 13,472 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2040 |
37,255 | 17,227 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2045 |
16,311 | 3,015 | ||||||
Fidelity Freedom 2050 |
13,360 | 553 | ||||||
PCS Common Stock |
3,974,296 | * | 3,900,198 | * | ||||
PCS Stock Purchase Account |
3,925 | 585 | ||||||
Participant Loans |
1,076,270 | * | 1,090,435 | |||||
Total |
$ | 16,723,934 | $ | 24,824,118 | ||||
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During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Plans investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows: |
PCS Common Stock |
$ | (3,820,000 | ) | |
Davis NY Venture A |
(23,143 | ) | ||
Legg Mason Value Trust FI Class |
(1,956,173 | ) | ||
ABF Large Cap Value Inst |
(8,881 | ) | ||
Fidelity Puritan Fund |
(899,931 | ) | ||
Fidelity OTC Portfolio |
(1,902,940 | ) | ||
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund |
(176,541 | ) | ||
Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund |
(87,010 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom Income |
(622 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2000 |
(108 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2005 |
(488 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2010 |
(68,301 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2015 |
(43,709 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2020 |
(101,454 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2025 |
(34,432 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2030 |
(23,004 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2035 |
(8,233 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2040 |
(17,804 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2045 |
(8,126 | ) | ||
Fidelity Freedom 2050 |
(5,338 | ) | ||
Fidelity Spartan US Equity Index Fund |
(1,118,592 | ) | ||
Fidelity Overseas Fund |
(246,445 | ) | ||
Net depreciation of investments |
$ | (10,551,275 | ) | |
4. | EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS | |
Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and a commingled pool managed by Fidelity. Fidelity is the trustee as defined by the Plan, and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan for the investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund. | ||
At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan held 54,278.827 and 27,092.237 shares, respectively, of common stock of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the parent company of the Plans sponsor, with a cost basis of $6,368,162 and $2,085,992, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Plan recorded dividend income of $14,953. | ||
5. | PLAN TERMINATION | |
The Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event that the Plan is terminated, participants would become 100% vested in their account. | ||
6. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS | |
Effective January 1, 2008 the Plan adopted SFAS No. 157. SFAS No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities |
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(level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under SFAS No. 157 are described below: | ||
Basis of Fair Value Measurement | ||
Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities; | ||
Level 2 Quoted prices in markets that are not considered to be active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly; | ||
Level 3 Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable. | ||
A financial instruments level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. | ||
The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Plan investment assets at fair value, as of December 31, 2008. As required by SFAS No. 157, assets are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. |
Investment Assets | ||||||||||||||||
at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
PCS Common Stock |
$ | 3,974,296 | $ | | $ | | $ | 3,974,296 | ||||||||
Mutual Funds |
9,757,573 | 9,757,573 | ||||||||||||||
Common Collective Trusts |
1,915,795 | 1,915,795 | ||||||||||||||
Participant Loans |
1,076,270 | 1,076,270 | ||||||||||||||
Total investment assets
at fair value |
$ | 13,731,869 | $ | 2,992,065 | $ | | $ | 16,723,934 | ||||||||
7. | FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS | |
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter, dated December 19, 2008, that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable IRC regulations. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plans financial statements. |
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8. | RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500 | |
The following is a reconciliation of the financial statements as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and for the year ended December 31, 2008, to the Form 5500: |
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Statements of net assets available for benefits: |
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Net assets available for benefits per the financial
statements |
$ | 17,611,326 | $ | 25,705,644 | ||||
Company performance contribution receivable |
(809,648 | ) | (760,714 | ) | ||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
benefit-responsive investment contracts |
(77,744 | ) | (21,439 | ) | ||||
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500 |
$ | 16,723,934 | $ | 24,923,491 | ||||
Statements of changes in net assets available for benefits: |
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Decrease in net assets per the financial statements |
$ | (8,094,318 | ) | |||||
Increase in Company performance contribution receivable |
(48,934 | ) | ||||||
Increase in adjustment from fair value to contract value
for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts |
(56,305 | ) | ||||||
Changes in net assets available for benefits per the Form
5500 |
$ | (8,199,557 | ) | |||||
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Description of Investment, Including | ||||||||||||
Identity of Issue, Borrower, | Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, | Current | ||||||||||
Lessor, or Similar Party | Collateral, and Par or Maturity Value | Cost** | Value | |||||||||
SHARES OF REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES: | ||||||||||||
Davis
Selected Advisors, L.P.
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Davis NY Venture A | $ | | $ | 37,825 | |||||||
Legg
Mason Fund Advisor, Inc.
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Value Trust FI Class | 1,285,972 | ||||||||||
American
Beacon Advisors, Inc.
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ABF Large Cap Value Inst | 13,786 | ||||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Puritan Fund | 1,937,309 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | OTC Portfolio | 2,126,152 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Mid-Cap Stock Fund | 208,488 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Small Cap Stock Fund | 103,728 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom Income | 5,777 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2000 | 601 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2005 | 1,481 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2010 | 178,432 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2015 | 67,762 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2020 | 202,728 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2025 | 65,240 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2030 | 41,531 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2035 | 14,165 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2040 | 37,255 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2045 | 16,311 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Freedom 2050 | 13,360 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Retirement Money Market Portfolio | 1,360,780 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Spartan US Equity Index Fund | 1,784,559 | |||||||||
*
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Fidelity Management Trust Company | Fidelity Overseas Fund | 250,406 | |||||||||
*
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COMMINGLED POOL Fidelity Management Trust Company | Managed Income Portfolio II | 1,915,795 | |||||||||
*
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POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN | PCS Common Stock, 54,278.827 shares | 3,974,296 | |||||||||
*
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PCS STOCK PURCHASE ACCOUNT | Money Market | 3,925 | 3,925 | ||||||||
*
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PARTICIPANT LOANS | Due 2009 through 2021; interest rates ranging
from 4.5% to 7.0%
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1,076,270 | |||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT | $ | 16,723,934 | ||||||||||
* | Party-in-interest. | |
** | Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included. |
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White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan for Collective Bargaining Employees (Name of Plan) |
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Date: June 24, 2009 |
/s/ Barbara Jane Irwin | |||
Barbara Jane Irwin | ||||
Senior Vice President, Administration
PCS Administration (USA), Inc., as Plan Administrator |
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Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
23.1
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP |