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Larry Stranghoener Named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Mosaic Company MINNEAPOLIS and CHICAGO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lawrence W. Stranghoener has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Mosaic Company. Stranghoener will become the first CFO of Mosaic, the recently named Minneapolis-based crop nutrition company to be formed upon the closing of the combination of Cargill Crop Nutrition, a business unit of Cargill, Incorporated, and IMC Global Inc. (NYSE:IGL). Stranghoener, 50, is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Thrivent Financial where he has had responsibilities over Thrivent's investments, finance and related functions for the past 3-1/2 years. Stranghoener will have overall responsibility for the global financial affairs of The Mosaic Company. Prior to joining Thrivent, Stranghoener worked for over 17 years in various senior management positions with Honeywell, Inc. in the United States and Europe, including as vice president and chief financial officer, vice president of business development, vice president of finance and director of investor relations. A native of Appleton, Wis., Stranghoener earned a bachelor's degree in American Studies from St. Olaf College and received his M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. Stranghoener holds the professional designation Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). IMC Global and Cargill are working cooperatively with the Securities and Exchange Commission to obtain effectiveness of a definitive proxy statement/prospectus to be mailed to common shareholders of record with respect to the Mosaic transaction. IMC Global will establish a definitive date for the special meeting of common shareholders and send the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to common shareholders of record following receipt of such effectiveness. Earlier, Cargill and IMC received notice from the United States antitrust and Canada competition regulators informing the parties that the transaction can be consummated as proposed. About Cargill Crop Nutrition Cargill Crop Nutrition is a business unit of Cargill, Incorporated, an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 101,000 employees in 60 countries, Cargill is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. For more information, visit http://www.cargill.com/ or http://www.cargillfertilizer.com/ . About IMC Global Inc. From multiple mines and plants in North America, IMC Global serves world agriculture as the largest producer and marketer of concentrated phosphates and potash crop nutrients. It also is a leading global provider of phosphorus and potassium feed ingredients for the animal nutrition industry. IMC Global has 5,000 employees and customers in nearly 50 countries. With products essential for life, IMC Global "feeds the land that feeds the world." For more information, visit http://www.imcglobal.com/ . About The Mosaic Company Mosaic is expected to have pro forma, trailing annual revenues of about $4.7 billion. It will be the largest producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The new company will operate phosphate production facilities in Florida and Louisiana in the United States and potash production facilities in Saskatchewan, Canada, as well as in New Mexico and Michigan in the United States. It also will be a 50 percent owner in Saskatchewan-based Saskferco Products Inc., one of the world's most efficient nitrogen production facilities; have equity interests in phosphate production facilities in the key growth markets of Brazil and China; and operate key distribution facilities in 11 countries serving customers in 33 countries. Not a Proxy Solicitation for IMC Global and Cargill Crop Nutrition Combination This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of IMC Global or Cargill, Incorporated. The Mosaic Company (formerly Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc.) has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the SEC containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction. Stockholders are urged to read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available, because it will contain important information. Stockholders will be able to obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about Cargill and IMC Global, without charge, at the SEC's Internet site ( http://www.sec.gov/ ). Copies of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and the filings with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to IMC Global Inc., 100 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045-2561, Attention: Douglas A. Hoadley, or by telephone at (847) 739-1200, email: , or to Cargill, Incorporated, 15407 McGinty Road West, MS 25, Wayzata, Minnesota 55391, Attention: Lori Johnson, or by telephone at (952) 742-6194, email: . The respective directors and executive officers of Cargill and IMC Global and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding such persons and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained in the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 of The Mosaic Company (formerly Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc.) filed with the SEC on April 8, 2004 and most recently amended on August 27, 2004. DATASOURCE: IMC Global Inc. CONTACT: Contacts: Gray Gordon of Cargill Crop Nutrition, +1-813-671-6145, , or Douglas Hoadley of IMC Global Inc., +1-847-739-1826, Web site: http://www.imcglobal.com/ http://www.cargill.com/ http://www.cargillfertilizer.com/

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