---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001243786-23-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MOS"
cik: "0001285785"
company_name: "MOSAIC CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:20:48.589244+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mosaic shareholders approve stock plan, set say-on-frequency at 1 year, reject GHG proposal

## Summary
- Eleven directors elected with majority support; all terms expire 2024.
- 2023 Stock and Incentive Plan approved: 257.2M for, 11.8M against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor: 285.8M for, 5.0M against, no broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (254.9M for); frequency set to 1 year (263.1M votes).
- Stockholder proposal to lower special meeting threshold passed narrowly (135.6M for, 133.1M against); GHG reduction proposal rejected (79.9M for, 188.0M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001243786-23-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MOS
- cik: 0001285785
- company_name: MOSAIC CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/mos-20230525.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-31
  source text: (iii) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit Mosaic’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes (1 year selected).
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: (v) approved, on an advisory basis, an annual stockholder advisory vote on future executive compensation ("Say-on-Frequency Advisory Proposal")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal to report on plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  - Outcome: failed
  source text: (vii) rejected the stockholder proposal to report on Mosaic's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Stockholder proposal to reduce ownership threshold to call a special meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: (vi) approved, on an advisory basis, the stockholder proposal relating to reducing the ownership threshold to call a special meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Election of eleven directors for a one-year term.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: stockholders (i) elected eleven directors (Cheryl K. Beebe, Gregory L. Ebel, Timothy S. Gitzel, Denise C. Johnson, Emery N. Koenig, James ("Joc") C. O'Rourke, David T. Seaton, Steven M. Seibert, João Roberto Gonçalves Teixeira, Gretchen H. Watkins and Kelvin R. Westbrook), each for a term of one year expiring in 2024 or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Approval of The Mosaic Company 2023 Stock and Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: (ii) approved of The Mosaic Company 2023 Stock and Incentive Plan
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOSAIC CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation (Say-on-Pay).
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Mosaic’s Named Executive Officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosures set forth in Mosaic’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (the “Say-on-Pay Advisory Proposal”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000124378623000121/0001243786-23-000121-index.htm

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