Mosaic Company (MOS) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.54

Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.54, versus $0.89 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $2 billion, versus $2.3 billion reported last year.

Business Highlights – First Quarter 2014

• Mosaic successfully closed the acquisition of CF Industries' phosphate business and began integration work.
• The Company's organic growth projects continue to progress as planned:
  • The Esterhazy K3 mine development is on track, with both shafts more than 1000 feet below surface.
  • The construction of the Saudi Arabia phosphate project began during the quarter.
• Mosaic announced plans to expand MicroEssentials® capacity, adding an incremental 1.2 million tonnes, and bringing total capacity to 3.5 million tonnes by 2017.
• The Company repurchased 8.2 million shares of Class A stock from Cargill family trusts, in addition to the 27.8 million repurchased from the MAC Trusts, for a total of 36 million shares repurchased in the quarter. In total, Mosaic has repurchased or committed to repurchase approximately 52 million shares, 12 percent of year-end 2013 shares outstanding.
• Mosaic launched Aspire™, the first-of-its-kind micronutrient-enhanced potash fertilizer.
• Mosaic continued to execute on an enterprise-wide initiative focused on achieving $500 million in annual operating cost savings over the next five years, in alignment with a goal first communicated in October of 2013 and the special equity incentive awards granted during the quarter.
• The Company's reportable injury rate in the first quarter of 2014 improved by almost five percent over record setting results in the same period last year.
• Subsequent to the quarter end, Mosaic announced an agreement to purchase Archer Daniels Midland's fertilizer distribution business in Brazil and Paraguay, allowing the Company to accelerate its growth strategy there.

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