---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001243786-22-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MOS"
cik: "0001285785"
company_name: "MOSAIC CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:28:28.523012+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mosaic director Luciano Siani Pires resigns; Russell Flugel named VP & Controller and principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Luciano Siani Pires resigned from Mosaic Board, effective Sept 1, 2022, not due to any disagreement.
- Russell A. Flugel appointed Vice President & Controller and principal accounting officer, effective same date.
- Flugel previously served as SVP, Controller and PAO at Air Products & Chemicals since 2015.
- He reports to CFO Clint C. Freeland, who was principal accounting officer since June 2018.
- No family relationships or transactions with Mosaic other than employment terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001243786-22-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MOS
- cik: 0001285785
- company_name: MOSAIC CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378622000138/0001243786-22-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378622000138/mos-20220817.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001243786-22-000138
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001243786-22-000138.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001243786-22-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Luciano Siani Pires resigned as Director at MOSAIC CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 17, 2022, Luciano Siani Pires, a member of the Board of Directors ("Board") of The Mosaic Company ("Mosaic"), informed Mosaic of his decision to resign as a director of Mosaic, effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378622000138/0001243786-22-000138-index.htm
- Executive change
  Russell A. Flugel was appointed as Vice President and Controller at MOSAIC CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Controller
  source text: On August 17, 2022, the Board has named Russell A. Flugel as its Vice President and Controller and designated him as Mosaic's principal accounting officer effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378622000138/0001243786-22-000138-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.