Note 12 - Impairment Testing

Impairment testing for intangible assets with an indefinite useful life

Goodwill and intangible assets with an indefinite lifespan are not amortized on a systematic basis but, rather, are examined at least once a year for impairment.

The goodwill is not monitored for internal reporting purposes and, accordingly, it is allocated to the Company’s operating segments. The impairment test of the carrying amount of goodwill is conducted accordingly.

For impairment testing purpose, the trademarks with indefinite useful life were allocated to the cash-generating units, which represent the lowest level within the Company.

The carrying amounts of intangible assets with an indefinite useful life are as follows:

	As of December 31
	2024	2023
	$ millions	$ millions

Goodwill
Phosphate Solutions	90	114
Industrial Products	89	91
Growing Solutions	318	289
Potash	18	20
Other	28	16
	543	530

Trademarks	32	32

	575	562

In the third quarter of 2024, the Company conducted its annual impairment test of goodwill and did not identify any impairment. The recoverable amount of the operating segments was determined based on their value in use, which is based on an internal valuation of the discounted future cash flows generated from the continuing operations of the operating segments.

The future cash flow of each operating segment was based on the segment approved five-year plan, which includes segment estimations for revenues, operating income and other factors, such as working capital and capital expenditures. The segments' projections were based, among other on the assumed sales volume growth rates according to long-term expectations, internal selling prices and raw materials prices based on external data sources, when applicable and relevant.

The key assumptions used to calculate the operating segments' recoverable amounts are a nominal after‑tax discount rate of 9.5% and a long‑term growth rate of 2.45%, reflecting the industries and markets in which the Company is engaged.