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Issuer:     COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC (CMP)
CIK:        0001227654
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001227654-24-000148
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 4.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Compass Minerals restates FY2023 and H1 FY2024 financials due to milestone liability errors
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- Audit committee determined Q3 FY2023, FY2023 annual, Q1 and Q2 FY2024 financials should no longer be relied upon.
- Misstatements due to failure to factor option value of share settlement in Fortress milestone contingent consideration liability (up to $28M).
- Preliminary adjustments include $8.0M goodwill reduction, $7.5M operating loss increase in FY2024 Q2, and $0.2M operating earnings increase in FY2023 Q4.
- Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA understated by $1.1M in Q1 FY2024 and $9.0M in Q2 FY2024; material weaknesses expected.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765424000148/0001227654-24-000148-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765424000148/cmp-20240628.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-24-000148

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