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): | May 25, 2014 | |
CHS Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota | 0-50150 | 41-0251095 |
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
5500 Cenex Drive, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | 55077 | |
________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) | ___________ (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 651-355-6000 | |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
CHS Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), previously announced that on March 4, 2013 it entered into a Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) and related arrangements with ConAgra Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ConAgra”), Cargill, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Cargill”), and HM Luxembourg, a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, pursuant to which the Company, ConAgra and Cargill (the “Owners”) agreed to form a joint venture to be known as Ardent Mills. Ardent Mills combines the North American flour milling operations and related businesses operated through the ConAgra Mills division of ConAgra, with the Horizon Milling joint venture of the Company and Cargill.
On May 25, 2014, the Company, ConAgra and Cargill entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Master Agreement. As previously disclosed, the Owners expected to divest four flour milling facilities: Horizon Milling’s Los Angeles, California, mill; and ConAgra Mills’ Oakland, California, Saginaw, Texas, and New Prague, Minnesota, mills, prior to, or simultaneous with, the closing of the Ardent Mills transaction as a condition to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to the formation of the Ardent Mills joint venture. These divestitures have been completed. The Amendment, among other matters, (i) provides for the divestiture of these four flour milling facilities and (ii) generally ensures that the proceeds to be received by the Owners, indemnification provisions and other benefits and burdens allocated among the Owners in the Master Agreement are adjusted to account for such divestitures.
As noted above, the Company previously formed the Horizon Milling joint venture with Cargill. In addition, the Company conducts a portion of its grain marketing operations through TEMCO, LLC, a 50% joint venture with Cargill.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On May 29, 2014, the Company and the other Owners completed the formation of the previously announced Ardent Mills joint venture. In connection with the closing of the joint venture, the Company received a 12% ownership interest in the joint venture as well as a cash distribution of approximately $116.5 million, before taxes and other closing costs.
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.
CHS Inc. | ||||
May 29, 2014 | By: | /s/ Lisa A. Zell | ||
Name: Lisa A. Zell | ||||
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||