# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001324404
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-070400
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 8505
**Document Hash:** 0d35376f0f4419b14497134b146ba215
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-070400.hdr.sgml**: 20250724

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-070400

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250720

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250724

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250724

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001324404
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 202697511
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32597
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251147492

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2375 WATERVIEW DRIVE
- **CITY:** NORTHBROOK
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60062
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (847) 405-2400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2375 WATERVIEW DRIVE
- **CITY:** NORTHBROOK
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60062

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2025

**CF Industries Holdings, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-32597** | **20-2697511** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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| **2375 Waterview Drive** <br>**Northbrook, Illinois** | **60062** |
| (Address of principal <br> executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code **(847) 405-2400**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

◻ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

◻ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| common stock, par value $0.01 per share CF | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ◻

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

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| **Item 5.02.** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** |

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On July 20, 2025, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Distribution, Ashraf Malik, informed CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") that he intends to retire from employment with the Company effective as of April 1, 2026.

On July 24, 2025, the Company issued a press release with respect thereto. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits.

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| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
| [99.1](tm2521499d1_ex99-1.htm) | [Press Release, dated July 24, 2025](tm2521499d1_ex99-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Date: | July 24, 2025 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. |
|  |  | By: | /s/ Michael P. McGrane |
|  |  | Name: | Michael P. McGrane |
|  |  | Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![](tm2521499d1_ex99-1img001.jpg)

2375 Waterview Drive

Northbrook, IL 60062

www.cfindustries.com

**For additional information:**

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| **Media** | **Investors** |
| Chris Close | Darla Rivera |
| Senior Director, Corporate Communications | Director, Investor Relations |
| 847-405-2542 – cclose@cfindustries.com | 847-405-2045 – darla.rivera@cfindustries.com |

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**CF Industries' Ashraf K. Malik to Retire as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Distribution, April 1, 2026; Trevor Williams Named Successor**

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – July 24, 2025 – CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF), a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, today announced that Ashraf K. Malik, senior vice president, manufacturing and distribution, has informed the Company that he will retire from CF Industries effective April 1, 2026. Trevor Williams, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in nitrogen and chemicals manufacturing, will join CF Industries upon Mr. Malik's retirement and succeed him as senior vice president, manufacturing and distribution.

"I am grateful for the many contributions Ashraf has made to CF Industries' success over the past 13 years," said Chris Bohn, executive vice president and chief operating officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. "He has played a pivotal leadership role as our network has grown over that time, driving our culture of safety excellence and helping the Company deliver industry-leading operational performance. I thank Ashraf for all he has done for the Company and congratulate him on a successful and rewarding career over the past 30-plus years with CF Industries, GrowHow UK, Terra Industries and ICI."

"We are pleased to have Trevor joining us to succeed Ashraf," said Bohn. "We believe Trevor's commitment to safety, leadership, and deep expertise will serve CF Industries well as we build on our track record of operational excellence."

Mr. Williams most recently was the Executive Vice President and President of Nitrogen and Phosphate at Nutrien and was previously Senior Vice President of Nitrogen Operations at Nutrien. Before joining Nutrien (formerly Agrium) in 2011, he worked for Nova Chemicals in various engineering, leadership, and management roles. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia (Dalhousie).

**<u>About CF Industries Holdings, Inc.</u>**

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. With our employees focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management, we are on a path to decarbonize our ammonia production network – the world's largest – to enable low-carbon hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement and other industrial activities. Our manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy. CF Industries routinely posts investor announcements and additional information on the Company's website at www.cfindustries.com and encourages those interested in the Company to check there frequently.

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