CF Industries Holdings, Inc. announced that Douglas C. Barnard, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, has informed the Company that he will retire from CF Industries January 12, 2024. Effective immediately, Mr. Barnard will serve as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Legal Advisor, reporting to Tony Will, President and Chief Executive Officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc., with primary responsibility for obtaining FTC clearance for the recently announced acquisition of the Waggaman, Louisiana, ammonia facility, and assisting with other strategic initiatives and business development support. Mr. Barnard joined CF Industries as General Counsel in January 2004.

Prior to that, he had been an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Bcom3 Group, Inc. Earlier, he served as a partner in the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis and as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of LifeStyle Furnishings International Ltd. Michael P. McGrane, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary at CF Industries, has been promoted to Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary as Barnard’s successor, effective July 7, 2023. Mr. McGrane will report to Susan L. Menzel, who has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Ms. Menzel has served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, for the Company since 2017.

As CAO, she will add oversight of the legal function to her current responsibilities for human resources and information technology. Mr. McGrane joined CF Industries in 2011 as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. In January 2016, he was named Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary.

Prior to joining CF Industries, Mr. McGrane was an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, where his practice concentrated on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate governance, and general corporate and securities law matters. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a J.D. degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Additionally, Christopher D. Bohn has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Bert A. Frost has been named Executive Vice President, Sales, Market Development and Supply Chain, in recognition of their ongoing contribution to the leadership of the Company.