<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-14-033954.txt : 20141008
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20141008112130
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-14-033954
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141006
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141008
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141008

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOSAIC CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001285785
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
		IRS NUMBER:				201026454
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3033 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE E490
		CITY:			PLYMOUTH
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55441
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7635772700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3033 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE E490
		CITY:			PLYMOUTH
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55441

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GLOBAL NUTRITION SOLUTIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040401

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Popowich James L.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001421920

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32327
		FILM NUMBER:		141147249

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O THE MOSAIC COMPANY
		STREET 2:		3033 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE #490
		CITY:			PLYMOUTH
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55441
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        <footnote id="F4">The restricted stock units vested on October 4, 2013. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on October 4, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The restricted stock units vested on May 15, 2014. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on October 3, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The restricted stock units will vest on the date of the issuer's 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on May 15, 2017.</footnote>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
<P>Know all by these presents, that I hereby constitute and appoint each of Mark J. Isaacson, Robert J. Pence and Philip E. Bauer my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to:</P>
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<P>1.&#9;execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of The Mosaic Company, Forms 3, 4 or 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC&quot;);</P>
<P>2.&#9;do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>
<P>3.&#9;take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to me, in my best interest or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>
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<P>I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is The Mosaic Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>
<P>This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities of The Mosaic Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact named above and shall</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3>supersede and all other previous and prior powers of attorney granted by me in my capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of The Mosaic Company and relating to my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if any, all of which are hereby deemed to be revoked .</P>
<P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney on August 13, 2014. </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
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<U><P>/s/James L. Popowich&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Signature</P>
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<U><P>James L. Popowich&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Printed Name</P>
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