Company: CF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001324404-25-000006
Chunk: 109

Company: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 109
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 ammonia plant closure.

Acquisition and Integration Costs

On December 1, 2023, we acquired an ammonia production facility located in Waggaman, Louisiana, as described above under “Acquisition of Waggaman Ammonia Production Facility.” In 2024, we incurred $4 million of integration costs related to the Waggaman acquisition. In 2023, we incurred $36 million of acquisition-related costs and $3 million of integration costs. 

Other Operating—Net

Other operating—net includes administrative costs that do not relate directly to our central operations and can include foreign currency transaction gains and losses, unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency derivatives, litigation expenses, gains and losses on the disposal of fixed assets and FEED study costs related to our clean energy initiatives.

Other operating—net was $10 million of income in 2024 compared to $31 million of income in 2023. In both 2024 and 2023, the income recognized consists primarily of gains on sales of emission credits, partially offset by FEED study costs for our clean energy initiatives. See “Our Strategy,” above, for additional information related to our clean energy initiatives.

Equity in Earnings (Loss) of Operating Affiliate

Equity in earnings (loss) of operating affiliate consists of our 50% ownership interest in PLNL. We include our share of the net earnings from our equity method investment in PLNL as an element of earnings from operations because this investment provides additional production and is integrated with our other supply chain and sales activities. 

Equity in earnings (loss) of operating affiliate was $4 million of earnings in 2024 compared to an $8 million loss in 2023, which includes an impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL of $43 million recognized in the third quarter of 2023. See “Items Affecting Comparability of Results—Impairment of equity method investment in PLNL,” above, for further discussion. Lower equity in earnings of operating affiliate in 2024 compared to 2023, excluding the impact from the impairment charge, primarily reflects a decrease in the operating results of PLNL as a result of a plant turnaround in the second quarter of 2024 at the PLNL facility in Trinidad, lower ammonia selling prices, higher natural gas costs and lower operating rates at PLNL due to lower availability of natural gas.

Interest Expense

Interest expense includes interest on our long-term debt, amortization of the related fees required to execute financing agreements, annual fees