Itafos - Press Release - 2024 Annual
Itafos - Press Release - 2024 Annual
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News Release
ITAFOS ANNOUNCES RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT GRANTS
HOUSTON, TX – April 11, 2024 – Itafos Inc. (TSX-V: IFOS) (“Itafos” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company
has granted, in the aggregate, 1,005,987 restricted share units (“RSUs”) to directors and officers of the Company effective
as of March 26, 2024. The RSUs vest on a one-third per annum basis for a three-year period. Certain grants are also subject
to the fulfilment of additional conditions. Each vested RSU entitles the holder to receive one share of the Company or a
cash payment equal to the equivalent of one share. All grants of RSUs are subject to the Company’s restricted share unit
plan. The grants were made as part of Itafos’ annual compensation process and are intended to appropriately reward past
and ongoing contributions and to incentivize contributions to Itafos’ success in the future.
About Itafos
The Company is a phosphate and specialty fertilizer company. The Company’s businesses and projects are as follows:
Conda – a vertically integrated phos phate fertilizer business located in I daho, US with production capacity as
follows:
o approximately 550kt per year of monoammonium phos phate (“MAP”), MAP with micronutrients (“MAP+”),
superphosphoric acid (“SPA”), merchant grade phosphoric acid (“MGA”) and ammonium polyphosphate
(“APP”); and
o approximately 27kt per year of hydrofluorosilicic acid (“HFSA”);
Arraias – a vertically integrated phospha te fertilizer business located in Toc antins, Brazil with production capacity
as follows:
o approximately 500kt per year of single superphosphate (“SSP”) and SSP with micronutrients (“SSP+”); and
o approximately 40kt per year of excess sulfuric acid (2 20kt per year gross sulfuric acid production capacity);
Farim – a high-grade phosphate mine proj ect located in Farim, Guinea-Bissau;
Santana – a vertically integrated high -grade phosphate mine and fertilizer plant project located in Pará, Brazil; and
Araxá – a vertically integrated rare earth elements and niobium mine and extraction plant project located in Minas
Gerais, Brazil.
As at December 31, 2023 the Company has completed the wind down process of the Mant aro mine project (located in
Junin, Peru).
The Company is a Delaware corporation that is headquartere d in Houston, TX. The Company’s shares trade on the TSX
Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the ticker symbol “IFOS”. The Company’s principal shareholder is CL Fertilizers Holding
LLC (“CLF”). CLF is an affiliate of Castlelake, L.P., a global private investment firm.
For more information, or to join the Com pany’s mailing list to receive notification of future news releases, please visit the
Company’s website at www.itafos.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information contained in this news release constitutes forward-looking information, including statements with respect
to the vesting of RSUs. All information other than information of historical fact is forward-looking information. The use of any
of the words “intend”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, “would”, “believe”,
“predict” and “potential” and similar expressions are intended to ident ify forward-looking information. This information
involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially
from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. No assurance can be given that this information will prove to be
correct and such forward-looking information included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon.
Forward-looking information is subject to a number of risks and other factors that could cause actual results and events to
vary materially from that anticipated by such forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements,
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there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Factors that may cause actual
results to differ materially from expected results described in forward-looking statements in clude, but are not limited to,
those risk factors set out in the Company’s annual information form, MD&A and other disclosure documents available under
the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on the Company’s website at www.itafos.com. Readers are
cautioned that the foregoing list of risks, uncertainties and assumptions are not exhaustive. The forward-looking information
included in this news release is expressly qualified by this c autionary statement and is made as of the date of this news
release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly updat e or revise any forward-looking information except as
required by applicable securities laws.
NEITHER THE TSX-V NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES
OF THE TSX-V) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.
For further information, please contact:
Matthew O’Neill
Itafos Investor Relations
713-242-8446