2012

Fact Sheet

Our purpose is to be the global leader in nourishing people.

Our approach is to be trustworthy, creative and enterprising. Our mission is to create distinctive value.

OUR VISION

argill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, our privately held company employs 142,000 people in 66 countries. We help customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and are committed to sharing our global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges.

Financial and risk management Food and beverage ingredients Health and personal care Salt

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
At Cargill, we recognize the complex challenges facing our world. We also know that we can achieve progress on difficult issues by working together with our stakeholders. We collaborate with organizations around the world to improve the nutrition and health of those in our communities, provide access to education, encourage responsible stewardship of natural resources, foster sustainable economic development and promote responsible business practices in our supply chains. Corporate Responsibility is part of everything we do. It is a process of continually improving our standards, our actions and our processes. Corporate responsibility extends not only to our own operations but to our wider communities and is based on four commitments:
We

BUSINESSES
Cargill comprises 75 businesses organized around four major segments: Agriculture: We buy, process and distribute grain, oilseeds and other commodities to makers of food and animal nutrition products. We also provide crop and livestock producers with products and services. Food: We provide food and beverage manufacturers, food service companies and retailers with high-quality ingredients, meat and poultry products, and healthpromoting ingredients and ingredient systems. Financial: We provide our agriculture, food, financial and energy customers around the world with risk management and financial solutions. Industrial: We serve industrial users of energy, salt, starch and steel products. We also develop and market sustainable products made from agriculture feedstocks.

will conduct our business with high levels of integrity, accountability and responsibility; will develop ways of reducing our environmental impact and help conserve natural resources; will treat people with dignity and respect; and

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These are the kinds of products and services we provide to customers across those four business segments:
Animal

will invest in and engage with communities where we live and work.

nutrition and feed Commodity trading and processing Industrial/ bio-industrial products Energy and fuels Farmer services

We recognize our continued success depends on the growth and health of our communities and partners, as well as the vitality and conservation of our natural resources. We work with a diverse group of global, national and local organizations to support responsible economic development, help protect the environment and improve communities.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
From our modest roots in the Midwest United States, Cargill has grown to be a global leader in food and agriculture. According to Fortune magazine, if Cargill were a publicly held company, it would rank 51st on the list of the worlds largest companies. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2011
Sales and other revenues Earnings from continuing operations
Dollars in Millions

To help ensure our continued success, we focus on four performance measures: Engaged employees Enriched communities Satisfied customers Profitable growth Our performance measures recognize that high performance begins with engaged employees. They focus our efforts on satisfying customers. They acknowledge our commitment to livable, sustainable communities. And they reflect that organizations exhibiting these behaviors will enjoy the profitable growth necessary to sustain performance over time.

2010
$ 101,308 $ 1,989

2009
$ 105,138 $ 1,952

$ 119,469 $ 2,693

Our strength is our ability to connect expertise around the world.

North America 44% of gross investment 56,000 employees Europe/Africa 27% of gross investment 26,000 employees Latin America 17% of gross investment 25,000 employees Asia/Pacific 12% of gross investment 35,000 employees

142,000 employees in 66 countries.

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CARGILL CORPORATE LEADERSHIP TEAM

GREG PAGE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Page serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Cargill. He was elected chairman of the board on Sept. 11, 2007, and CEO on June 1, 2007. He held the office of president from 2000-2011. He was elected to the Cargill Board of Directors in August 2000. Page joined Cargill in 1974 as a trainee assigned to the Feed Division. Over the years, he held a number of positions in the United States and Singapore. Page worked with the start-up of a poultry processing operation in Thailand, the beef and pork processing operations of Cargills Excel subsidiary in Wichita, Kansas, and the Financial Markets Group in Minneapolis. Page serves as a member of the board of directors of Eaton Corporation and Carlson. He is immediate past-chair of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and continues to serve on this board. Page received a bachelors degree in economics from the University of North Dakota. He was born in Bottineau, N.D. Conway holds degrees from the University of Bristols School of Law and the Inns of Court School of Law.

DAVE MacLENNAN
President and Chief Operating Officer Dave MacLennan serves as president and chief operating officer of Cargill. He was elected to Cargills Board of Directors in 2008. MacLennan joined Cargill in 1991 and has held several management positions within the Financial, Risk Management, Energy, and Animal Protein businesses, living in Minneapolis, London and Geneva during his career. Prior to joining Cargill, MacLennan was senior vice president with LIT America in Chicago and was also president of Fixed Income Capital Markets at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis. MacLennan serves on the boards of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Admission Possible, and Wrightwood Capital. MacLennan holds a bachelors degree in English from Amherst College and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago.

PAUL CONWAY
Vice Chairman Paul Conway serves as vice chairman of Cargill. He was elected to Cargills Board of Directors in 2008. Conway joined Cargill from law school in 1979 and held a number of merchandising roles in the United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland before becoming a division head of UK corn processing in 1989. Throughout the 1990s he worked in the European processing businesses becoming executive vice president of Cargills European food processing businesses in 1997. He served as Cargills president and regional director in Asia from 2006-2009, and became a Cargill senior vice president and member of its Corporate Leadership Team in 2006.

SERGIO RIAL
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Sergio Rial serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cargill and leader for Cargills Food Ingredients & Systems and Financial Services businesses. He also serves as regional director for Latin America. He was elected to Cargills Board of Directors in September 2010. Before joining Cargill in 2004, Rial was a senior managing director and co-head of the Investment Banking Division at

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Bear Stearns in New York. Prior to working at Bear Stearns, he served as a board member of Dutch bank ABN AMRO. During his 18-year tenure with ABN AMRO, he held a number of leadership positions across several different geographies including Latin America, Europe and Asia. Rial currently serves as executive chairman of CarVal Investors, LLC, an independently managed subsidiary of Cargill. He also serves on the board of directors of Cyrela Brazil Realty and The Mosaic Company. He holds an M.B.A. from the Brazilian Capital Markets Institute. Rial received a bachelors degree in law from the Rio de Janeiro Federal University, a bachelors degree in economics from the Rio de Janeiro Gama Filho University, and has completed courses in management from Harvard Business School, INSEAD and Wharton.

Koenig currently serves as chairman of the board for Black River Asset Management, LLC and has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Mosaic Company. In addition, he is a director of Cargill International, SA, a trustee for Minnesota Public Radio and a member of the Board of Directors of CARE. Koenig holds a degree in business management from the University of North Dakota.

BILL BUCKNER
Senior Vice President Bill Buckner serves as senior vice president of Cargill, leader for Cargills Animal Nutrition, Animal Protein and Salt businesses and provides executive oversight of the companys food safety efforts. Buckner joined Cargill in 1987. The following year he moved to High River, Alberta, Canada, to oversee the construction of a beef processing plant and served until 1994 as general manager. Today, the Cargill Foods plant in High River is the largest beef packing facility in Canada. Buckner was named CEO of Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (formerly Excel Corporation) in April 1998. He was elected corporate vice president in January 2000. Buckner is a board member and former chairman of the American Meat Institute. He serves as a board member of two joint ventures Precept Foods and DOS Standard Meat Company. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Twin Cities United Way and the National Association of Manufacturers. In 2004, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Livestock Conference. Buckner graduated with honors from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, with a bachelors degree in commerce.

EMERY KOENIG
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer Emery Koenig is executive vice president and chief risk officer of Cargill. He was elected to Cargills Board of Directors in 2010. Koenig also serves as a leader for Cargills Agricultural Supply Chain businesses as well as having responsibilities for Cargills corporate transportation, logistics and warehousing function. Koenig joined Cargill in 1978 and has since held various leadership positions in the international commodity trading and risk management areas. During his 15-year tenure in Geneva, Switzerland, his responsibilities included worldwide commodity trading and risk management; the Middle East region including offices in Casablanca, Cairo and Johannesburg; and palm oil refining and trading businesses in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

Photos of the Cargill Leadership Team are available upon request to accredited members of the media. Please contact us at media@cargill.com.

HISTORY
1865 1867
William Wallace Cargill leaves the family home in Janesville, Wisconsin, and becomes the proprietor of a grain flat house in Conover, Iowa. Cargill enters the global glycerin business, a byproduct of biodiesel production, opening a 30-million-pounds-per-year glycerin refinery in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

2007

W.W. Cargill and his younger brother Sam form a partnership, W. W. Cargill and Brothers. The food business constructs a grain flat house and opens a lumberyard.

Greg Page becomes chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Cargill acquires full ownership of Agrograin, one of the leading grain and oilseeds trading and storage companies in Hungary. Cargill opens its first trading office in Bulgaria. The grain and oilseed trading office primarily focuses on exporting wheat, corn, sunflower seeds, barley and rapeseed.

1880 1885

W.W. Cargill invests in two Minnesota flour mills and builds his first terminal elevator in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

2008

The Cargill brothers own or control 102 structures in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin, with a total grain capacity of more han 1.6 million bushels.

Cargill opens a new cocoa processing facility in Ghana. The facility complements Cargills existing cocoa processing facility in Abidjan, Cte dIvoire. Truvia natural sweetener introduced. Cargill Corn Milling receives the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

1928 1972 1997 2003 2004 2005

Cargill Grain Company Ltd. organizes its first office location outside of the United States in Montreal, Canada.

2010

Cargill opens 17 new and expanded facilities in nine countries, including joint ventures. This represents a multiyear investment of $1.15 billion. Cargill acquires Unilevers tomato products business in Brazil.

Cargill enters the modern flour milling business by acquiring Burrus Mills in Saginaw, Texas.

2011

Cargill acquires the North American assets of Akzo Salt, Inc., making Cargill one of the largest salt production and marketing companies in the world.

Cargill opens two of the food industrys most advanced technology and innovation centers, one in Wichita, Kansas, and the second in Campinas, So Paulo, Brazil. Cargill makes four key acquisitions to support its growth: AWB commodity management business in Australia; Indonesian starch and sweetener maker in PT Sorini; Royal Nedalcos potable alcohol operations in Europe; and animal nutrition company, Raggio di Sole Mangimi S.p.A. in Italy. The Mosaic Company and Cargill agree to split-off, and Cargill distributes its 64 percent stake, or 286 million share position, in Mosaic to Cargills shareholders and debt holders. Cargill acquires Provimi,a global animal nutrition company, for $2.1 billion one of the companys largest acquisitions ever. Cargill donates 10,000 metric tons of rice to support World Food Programme USAs efforts to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa.

Cargills earnings pass $1 billion for the first time in its history.

Cargill Fertilizer and IMC Global combine to form a publicly traded firm, The Mosaic Company.

Cargill opens its first office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Cargill expands in cocoa with two new cocoa buying stations in Vietnam and the acquisition of the industrial chocolate facility, Schierstedter Schokoladefabrik GmbH & Co. KG, in Eastern Germany.

2006

Cargill acquires Afgris Clark Cotton business and its interests in eight gins in southern Africa. Cargill Animal Nutrition acquires a majority interest in its first feed business in India. The joint venture is with Matrix Bioscience, an Indian company producing veterinary medicines and shrimp feed.

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AWARDS
2011 AWARDS
Minneapolis Star Tribunes Top 100 Workplaces in Minnesota Cargill was ranked #2 on the large company category list. U.S. Secretary of States Award for Corporate Excellence Cargill India selected as a finalist for the companys efforts to address food security issues Canadas Top Employers for young People Company recognized as a top employer offering the best benefits for younger employees Indonesia Best Investor Award Awarded by Indonesias Ministry of Trade and Industry for significant contributions to the countrys economy and community development Design for the Environment A designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted to Cargills ClearLane enhanced deicing product ENERGY STAR Four Cargill locations earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys award for the second consecutive year China Childrens Charity Award Awarded to Cargill China for its contribution to promoting rural education in China through the China Children and Teenagers Fund Platinum Indonesia CSR Award Awarded to Cargills palm oil plantation in South Sumatra for its smallholder program that has r esulted in improved living standards for farmers Canada Awards for Excellence Cargill Meats Canada recognized for outstanding achievements in quality, customer service and a healthy work place U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Cargill and its employees received a partnership award for the companys role in advancing food security in the developing world Community Engagement Award Awarded to Cargill India by Enterprise Asia for engagement in the community through the K-LEAP program Diversity Council Honors Award Awarded to the Cargill Womens Council (CWC) by the Association of Diversity Councils. CWC was recognized as one of the top 10 organizational diversity councils in the United States Ladies Home Journal Do Good stamp Awarded to Cargill with special mention to the Cargill Cares Councils for their efforts to help find solutions to complex economic, environmental and social challenges Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality Awarded to Cargill by the Human Rights Campaign McDonalds Sustainability Award Awarded to Cargill by McDonalds for the companys ability to balance long-term sustainability goals with the need to perform competitively McDonalds Global Best of Sustainable Supply Report Awarded to five business units within Cargill for making the food supply chain and production process as sustainable as possible. Recipients were: Cargill Kitchen Solutions, Cargill Pork, Cargill Meats Europe, Cargill Meats Canada and Tropical Oils Asia.

2010 AWARDS

Union of Food Science and Technology Presidents Award Awarded to Cargill for its food safety leadership, collaboration and commitment to improving access to food and to ensuring food safety through education ENERGY STAR Awarded to four Cargill Corn Milling locations for energy efficiency by the United States Environmental Protection Agency International Community Service Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) 2010 Awarded to Cargill for its work in improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in developing countries Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award for Community Engagement Cargill, in partnership with CARE, was recognized for improving the quality and accessibility of education through the launch of the Kutch Livelihood and Educations Advancement Program in India Exemplar Company for its Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America Awarded to Cargill Meats Honduras by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and the Forum Empresa in Latin America for showing leadership in the implementation of local CSR practices

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