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CF Industries Holdings acquisitions, on the record
The businesses CF Industries Holdings bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Terra Industries Inc. (Terra)Word for word“In April 2010, we acquired Terra Industries Inc. (Terra), a leading North American producer and marketer of nitrogen fertilizer products for a purchase price of $4.6 billion, which was paid in cash and shares of our common stock.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | April 2010 | $4.6 billion |
Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL)Word for word“On April 30, 2013, CF Industries acquired all of the outstanding interests in CFL that it did not already own and CFL became our wholly owned subsidiary.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | April 30, 2013 | — |
phosphate mining and manufacturing business located in FloridaWord for word“In March 2014, we exited our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, through a sale to The Mosaic Company.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | March 2014 | — |
Waggaman ammonia production facility from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLC (DNLA)Word for word“On December 1, 2023, we acquired an ammonia production facility located in Waggaman, Louisiana from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLC (DNLA), a U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with DNLA and IPL.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | December 1, 2023 | — |
phosphate mining and manufacturing business in FloridaWord for word“In March 2014, we exited our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, through a sale to The Mosaic Company.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | March 2014 | — |
Ammonia production facility in Waggaman, Louisiana, from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLC (DNLA)Word for word“On December 1, 2023, we acquired an ammonia production facility located in Waggaman, Louisiana from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLC (DNLA), a U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with DNLA and IPL.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | December 1, 2023 | — |
Terra Industries Inc.Word for word“In April 2010, we acquired Terra Industries Inc. (Terra), a leading North American producer and marketer of nitrogen fertilizer products for a purchase price of $4.6 billion, which was paid in cash and shares of our common stock.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | April 2010 | $4.6 billion |
phosphate mining and manufacturing businessWord for word“In March 2014, we exited our phosphate mining and manufacturing business, which was located in Florida, through a sale to The Mosaic Company.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | In March 2014 | — |
ammonia production facility in Waggaman, Louisiana from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLCWord for word“On December 1, 2023, we acquired an ammonia production facility located in Waggaman, Louisiana from Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia, LLC (DNLA), a U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with DNLA and IPL.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | On December 1, 2023 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $0 | $0 | $4 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.22 billion | $0 | $406 million |
| 2024-12-31 | −$2 million | $0 | $2 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $0 | $4 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-09-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-10-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-05-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-03-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-12-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-11-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-11-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-08-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from CF Industries Holdings’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-25. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.