Form 11-K
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Form 11-K

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-10351

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

PCS U.S. Employees’ Savings Plan

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

122 - 1st Avenue South

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 7G3

 

 

 


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PCS U.S. Employees’

Savings Plan

Employer ID No: 562111626

Plan Number: 002

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013,

and for the Year Ended December 31, 2014,

Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2014,

and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


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PCS U.S. EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     1   

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

     2   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December  31, 2014

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements as of December  31, 2014 and 2013, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2014

     4–12   

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE —

     13   

Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i  — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014

     14   

NOTE:

  All other schedules required by Section 29 CFR 2520.103 10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.   


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Plan Administrator and Participants of the PCS U.S. Employees’ Savings Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of PCS U.S. Employees’ Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, is presented in compliance with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, such schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

June 25, 2015

 

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PCS U.S. EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013

 

 

     2014     2013  

ASSETS:

    

Participant-directed investments — at fair value (Note 4)

   $ 256,835,464      $ 258,961,725   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Receivables:

    

Notes receivable from participants

     6,725,772        6,893,057   

Company performance contribution

     3,765,859        4,008,725   

Receivables for securities sold

     11,980        139,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables

     10,503,611        11,041,093   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     267,339,075        270,002,818   

LIABILITIES — Corrective distributions payable

     (13,776     (41,542
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL INVESTMENTS AT FAIR VALUE

     267,325,299        269,961,276   

ADJUSTMENT FROM FAIR VALUE TO CONTRACT VALUE FOR FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE STABLE VALUE FUND

     (460,165     (544,415
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

   $ 266,865,134      $ 269,416,861   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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PCS U.S. EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

ADDITIONS:

  

Company matching contributions

   $ 3,340,657   

Company performance contribution

     3,765,859   

Participant contributions

     10,398,730   

Rollover contributions

     779,643   
  

 

 

 

Total contributions

     18,284,889   
  

 

 

 

Investment income:

  

Net appreciation in fair value of investments (Note 4)

     9,815,341   

Interest and dividends

     11,034,444   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     20,849,785   
  

 

 

 

Total additions

     39,134,674   
  

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS:

  

Benefits paid to participants

     (41,694,261

Administrative revenue (expense), net (Note 2)

     7,860   
  

 

 

 

Total deductions

     (41,686,401
  

 

 

 

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

     (2,551,727)   
  

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

  

Beginning of year

     269,416,861   
  

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 266,865,134   
  

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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PCS U.S. EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

The following description of the PCS U.S. Employees’ Savings Plan (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 PCS Administration (USA), Inc. (the “Company”), covering all eligible employees of the Company; PCS Phosphate Company, Inc.; PCS Sales (USA), Inc.; certain employees of White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc.; and certain employees of PCS Nitrogen Inc., as defined in the Plan document. The Employee Benefits Committee of the Company controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan. Fidelity Management Trust Company (“Fidelity”) serves as the trustee of the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

In December, 2013, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. (“PCS”), the parent of the Company announced a reduction in force impacting certain participants in this plan. The affected participants became fully vested in their individual accounts and received their 2013 performance contribution in 2014.

Contributions — Participants may contribute up to 50% of base compensation each year, as defined in the Plan, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“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 Plan has an automatic enrollment provision, under which new participants are provided with a 3% pretax deferral, unless they formally waive participation or elect a different participation level. In 2012, the Plan was amended to automatically increase the pretax deferral rate each year for certain participants automatically enrolled in the Plan on or after April 2, 2012.

The Company matches $0.50 for each $1.00 of participant contributions, excluding catch-up contributions, up to 6% of base compensation, subject to certain limitations as described in the Plan and the IRC. Participants may also rollover amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans (rollover contributions), 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 participant’s base pay. The 2014 Company performance contribution was 3% of each eligible participant’s base pay.

Participant Accounts — Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching contribution, the Company’s performance contribution when applicable, and allocations of Plan earnings, and is charged with withdrawals, allocation of Plan losses and administrative expense. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account.

 

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Investments — Participants direct the investment of their account balances and contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers 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 by a participant’s investment in PCS common stock 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 shares of PCS common stock and is not available as a participant-directed investment option.

Participants who are enrolled in the Plan under the automatic enrollment provision and who have not otherwise made an investment election, will have their contributions and the employer contributions invested in the Plan’s “default fund,” which has been designated as Fidelity Freedom Funds, specifically the Fidelity Freedom Fund that has a target retirement date closest to the year that the participant might retire, based on the participant’s current age and assuming a normal retirement age of 65.

Vesting — Participants are immediately vested in their account balances.

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 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 participant’s account. All new loans bear interest at the prime rate plus 200 basis points. Prior to January 1, 2012, interest rates on outstanding general loans were set 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 were borrowed and the interest rate on primary residence loans was set at the standard lending rate for 20-year fixed rate home mortgage loans. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions. As of December 31, 2014, participant loans have maturities through 2034 at interest rates ranging from 3.0% to 8.0%.

Payments of Benefits — On termination of service, a participant may elect to receive either a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s interest in his or her account; or monthly, quarterly, or annual installments over the participant’s estimated life span. Other forms of benefits are also provided to participants whose accounts were transferred from other plans. 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 includes an employee stock ownership plan feature with a dividend payout program whereby participants may elect to receive dividends paid on their shares of PCS common stock in the PCS stock fund in PCS common stock or cash.

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting — The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. 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 investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

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Investment Valuation and Income Recognition — The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for a description of valuation methods. The Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II (the “Portfolio”), the pooled investment stable value fund, is stated at fair value and then adjusted to contract value as the Portfolio’s 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. In accordance with GAAP, the Portfolio is presented at fair value in participant-directed investments in 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. Net appreciation in fair value of investments includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in the mutual funds and pooled investment stable value 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.

Notes Receivable from Participants — Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are recorded as distributions based on the terms of the Plan.

Administrative Revenue (Expense) — Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan or the Plan sponsor, as provided in the Plan document. Investment management fees for certain investments are included as a reduction of investment return and not reflected separately in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. Administrative revenues arise when investment managers return a portion of the investment fees to Fidelity to offset the administrative expenses. Any excess resulting from this revenue sharing remains in an unallocated account from which future Plan expenses can be paid. The Plan held undistributed administrative revenues of $38,950 and zero, at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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, 2014 and 2013.

Corrective Distributions Payable — The Plan is required to return contributions received during the Plan year in excess of the IRC limits.

 

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements establish 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 (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of inputs within the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

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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 2 inputs may also include pricing models whose inputs are observable or derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

A financial instrument’s 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 descriptions of the valuation methods and assumptions used by the Plan to estimate the fair values of the investments apply to the investments held.

Common Stock — The PCS common stock is valued using quoted closing prices listed on a nationally recognized security exchange (Level 1 inputs).

Mutual Funds and Short Term Funds — Shares of registered investment companies and money market funds are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset value of shares held at the Plan year-end (Level 1 inputs).

Stable Value Fund — The fair value of participation units in the stable value fund is based upon the net asset value of such fund, after adjustments to reflect all fund investments at fair value, including direct and indirect interests in fully benefit-responsive contracts, as reported in the audited financial statements of the stable value fund (Level 2 inputs).

 

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The Plan’s investment assets at fair value, set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy, as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, were as follows:

 

     Investment Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2014  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

PCS common stock

   $ 87,023,177       $ —         $ —         $ 87,023,177   

Mutual funds:

           

Large cap equity funds

     62,253,390         —           —           62,253,390   

Balanced funds

     41,504,429         —           —           41,504,429   

Multi cap equity funds

     12,317,506         —           —           12,317,506   

International equity funds

     7,911,159         —           —           7,911,159   

Bond funds

     7,119,365         —           —           7,119,365   

Stable value fund

     —           31,972,582         —           31,972,582   

Short term funds

     6,733,856         —           —           6,733,856   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment assets at fair value

   $ 224,862,882       $ 31,972,582       $ —         $ 256,835,464   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Investment Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2013  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

PCS common stock

   $ 86,994,160       $ —         $ —         $ 86,994,160   

Mutual funds:

           

Large cap equity funds

     60,114,986         —           —           60,114,986   

Balanced funds

     36,659,791         —           —           36,659,791   

Multi cap equity funds

     12,017,601         —           —           12,017,601   

International equity funds

     9,128,526         —           —           9,128,526   

Bond funds

     7,282,554         —           —           7,282,554   

Stable value fund

     —           38,675,731         —           38,675,731   

Short term funds

     8,088,376         —           —           8,088,376   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment assets at fair value

   $ 220,285,994       $ 38,675,731       $ —         $ 258,961,725   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In 2014, the International Equity Funds class and the Emerging Markets Equity class were combined and are shown together as International Equity Funds; 2013 amounts were conformed. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no transfers in or out of Levels 1, 2, or 3. The Plan’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period.

 

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4. INVESTMENTS

Investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, are marked with an asterisk. Both Fidelity and PCS are parties-in-interest.

 

     2014             2013         

PCS common stock

   $ 87,023,177         *       $ 86,994,160         *   

Balanced Funds:

           

Fidelity Puritan Fund

     13,106,118            13,088,715      

Fidelity Freedom K Income

     878,042            757,013      

Fidelity Freedom K 2000

     —              101,667      

Fidelity Freedom K 2005

     41,083            38,778      

Fidelity Freedom K 2010

     453,496            727,397      

Fidelity Freedom K 2015

     2,679,536            3,827,961      

Fidelity Freedom K 2020

     5,448,789            4,398,807      

Fidelity Freedom K 2025

     5,798,724            3,975,773      

Fidelity Freedom K 2030

     3,185,825            2,466,050      

Fidelity Freedom K 2035

     2,440,726            1,802,871      

Fidelity Freedom K 2040

     3,081,614            2,385,824      

Fidelity Freedom K 2045

     1,871,673            1,310,898      

Fidelity Freedom K 2050

     2,022,912            1,495,566      

Fidelity Freedom K 2055

     484,552            282,471      

PIMCO Inflation Responsive Multi-Asset Institutional

     11,339            —        

Large cap equity funds:

           

Fidelity Growth Company K

     20,374,768         19,598,645         *   

Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Institutional Fund

     14,984,151         14,145,598         *   

Fidelity OTC Portfolio

     2,554,429            1,455,671      

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund

     22,053,840         22,855,537         *   

ABF Large Cap Value Institutional

     2,286,202            2,059,535      

Multi Cap equity fund:

           

Fidelity Spartan Extended Market Index Advantage

     12,317,506            12,017,601      

International equity funds:

           

Harbor International Fund — Institutional Class

     7,410,861            9,085,470      

DFA Emerging Market Core Equity

     255,248            22,527      

Vanguard Total International Stock S

     —              20,529      

Vanguard Total International Stock AD

     245,050            —        

Bond funds:

           

Fidelity Institutional Short-Intermediate Government Fund

     6,249,517            7,261,100      

PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund

     496,123            19,603      

Vanguard Total Bond Market Signal

     —              1,851      

Vanguard Total Bond Market Adm

     373,725            —        

Short term funds:

           

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio

     6,732,458            8,087,124      

PCS stock purchase account

     1,315            1,162      

Fidelity U.S. Government Reserves Fund

     83            90      

Stable Value Fund:

           

Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II

     31,972,582         *         38,675,731         *   
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

Total at fair value

   $ 256,835,464          $ 258,961,725      
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

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The Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value during the year ended December 31, 2014, as follows:

 

PCS common stock

   $ 6,146,386   

Balanced Funds:

  

Fidelity Puritan Fund

     215,584   

Fidelity Freedom K Income

     (5,397

Fidelity Freedom K 2000

     (2,465

Fidelity Freedom K 2005

     (1,365

Fidelity Freedom K 2010

     (40,394

Fidelity Freedom K 2015

     (126,827

Fidelity Freedom K 2020

     (208,806

Fidelity Freedom K 2025

     (205,851

Fidelity Freedom K 2030

     (115,066

Fidelity Freedom K 2035

     (94,990

Fidelity Freedom K 2040

     (129,691

Fidelity Freedom K 2045

     (67,716

Fidelity Freedom K 2050

     (70,161

Fidelity Freedom K 2055

     (6,170

PIMCO Inflation Responsive Multi-Asset Institutional

     (1,071

Large cap equity funds:

  

Fidelity Growth Company K

     1,784,961   

Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Institutional Fund

     1,501,139   

Fidelity OTC Portfolio

     25,722   

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund

     1,522,836   

ABF Large Cap Value Institutional

     11,383   

Multi Cap equity fund:

  

Fidelity Spartan Extended Market Index Advantage

     394,563   

International equity funds:

  

Harbor International Fund — Institutional Class

     (703,608

DFA Emerging Market Core Equity

     (3,241

Vanguard Total International Stock S

     772   

Vanguard Total International Stock AD

     (21,388

Bond funds:

  

Fidelity Institutional Short-Intermediate Government Fund

     23,578   

PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund

     (8,628

Vanguard Total Bond Market Signal

     1,343   

Vanguard Total Bond Market Adm

     (91
  

 

 

 

Net appreciation of investments

   $ 9,815,341   
  

 

 

 

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 is invested in fixed interest insurance company investment contracts, money market funds, corporate and government bonds, mortgage-backed securities, bond funds, and other fixed income securities, with the objective of providing a high level of return that is consistent with also providing stability of investment return, preservation of capital and liquidity to pay plan benefits of its retirement plan investors. Fair value of the Portfolio is the net asset value of its holdings at year-end, which is based on the fair value of the underlying investments. 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.

 

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Certain events limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the Portfolio issuer. Such events include the following: (a) the Plan’s failure to qualify under the Internal Revenue Code; (b) the establishment of a defined contribution plan that competes with the Plan for employee contributions; (c) any substantive modification of the Portfolio or the administration of the Portfolio that is not consented to by the wrap issuer; (d) any change in law, regulation or administrative ruling applicable to the Plan that could have a material adverse effect on the Portfolio’s cash flow; (e) any communication given to unitholders that is designed to induce or influence unitholders not to invest in the Portfolio or to transfer assets out of the Portfolio; (f) any transfer of assets from the Portfolio directly to a competing investment option; or (g) the inability of the Portfolio to maintain wrap contracts covering its underlying assets. The Plan administrator does not believe the occurrence of any such value event, which would limit the Plan’s ability to transact at contract value with participants, is probable.

Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment in the Portfolio at contract value. The crediting interest rates were 1.38% and 1.14% at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which were based on the interest rates of the underlying portfolio of assets. The average yield for the year ended December 31, 2014, was 1.70%. The participants in the Plan are able to redeem from the Portfolio immediately. The Portfolio has no redemption restrictions and there is no redemption notice period required for participants.

 

5. EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

Certain Plan investments are shares of investment funds managed by Fidelity. Fidelity serves as the trustee of the Plan, and therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt 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, 2014 and 2013, the Plan held approximately 2,463,850 and 2,639,386 shares, respectively, of PCS common stock, with a cost basis of $77,082,425 and $82,863,755, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Plan recorded dividend income of $3,483,444.

 

6. PLAN TERMINATION

Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, 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.

 

7. FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated September 19, 2013, that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable IRC requirements. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

 

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GAAP requires Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan and has concluded that as of December 31, 2014, there are no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the Plan’s financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2011.

 

8. RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

The following is a reconciliation of the financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, to the Form 5500:

 

     2014      2013  

Statements of net assets available for benefits:

     

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 266,865,134       $ 269,416,861   

Company performance contribution receivable

     (3,765,859      (4,008,725

Corrective distributions payable

     13,776         41,542   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive stable value fund

     460,165         544,415   

Rounding

     —           1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets per the Form 5500

   $ 263,573,216       $ 265,994,094   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Statement of changes in net assets available for benefits:

     

Decrease in net assets per the financial statements

   $ (2,551,727   

Decrease in Company performance contribution receivable

     242,866      

Decrease in corrective distributions payable

     (27,766   

Net change in adjustment from fair value to contract value

     (84,250   

Rounding

     (1   
  

 

 

    

Net income and transfers per Form 5500

   $ (2,420,878   
  

 

 

    

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

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PCS U.S. EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN   

Employer ID No: 562111626

Plan No.: 002

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   

Identity of Issuer, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

 

Description of Investment,

Including Maturity Date,

Rate of Interest, Collateral,

Par, or Maturity Value

  Cost**     Current Value  
 

SHARES OF REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES:

     
 

T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.

 

TRP Dividend Growth Fund

  $      $ 22,053,840   
 

Harbor International Fund

  Institutional Class       7,410,861   
 

PIMCO

 

Total Return Institutional Fund

      496,123   
 

PIMCO

 

Inflation Responsive MA IS

      11,339   
 

Vanguard

 

Total Bond Market Adm

      373,725   
 

Vanguard

  Total International Stock AD       245,050   
 

DFA

 

Emerging Market Core Equity Fund

      255,248   
 

American Beacon Advisors, Inc.

 

ABF Large Cap Value Inst

      2,286,202   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Puritan Fund

      13,106,118   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Growth Company K

      20,374,768   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

OTC Portfolio

      2,554,429   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Retirement Money Market Portfolio

      6,732,458   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K Income

      878,042   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2005

      41,083   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2010

      453,496   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2015

      2,679,536   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2020

      5,448,789   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2025

      5,798,724   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2030

      3,185,825   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2035

      2,440,726   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2040

      3,081,614   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2045

      1,871,673   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2050

      2,022,912   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Freedom K 2055

      484,552   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Spartan 500 Index Institutional Fund

      14,984,151   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Spartan Extended Market Index Advantage

      12,317,506   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Institutional Short-Intermediate Government Fund

      6,249,517   

*

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

U.S. Government Reserves Fund

    83        83   

*

 

COMMINGLED POOL — Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Managed Income Portfolio II

      31,972,582   

*

 

POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC.

 

PCS common stock, 2,463,850 shares

      87,023,177   

*

 

PCS STOCK PURCHASE ACCOUNT

 

Money market

    1,315        1,315   
       

 

 

 
 

INVESTMENTS SUBTOTAL

        256,835,464   

*

 

PARTICIPANT LOANS

 

Due 2015 through 2034; interest rates 3.0% to 8.0%

      6,725,772   
       

 

 

 
 

TOTAL ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT

      $ 263,561,236   
       

 

 

 

 

* Party-in-interest.
** Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

     PCS U.S. Employees’ Savings Plan  
     (Name of Plan)  

Date: June 25, 2015

    

/s/ David R. Haverick

 
     Name: David R. Haverick  
    

Title: Senior Director, Corporate Benefits and

HR Finance

PCS Administration (USA), Inc.,

as Plan Administrator

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description of Exhibit

23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP