COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC

Compass Minerals International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading provider of essential minerals, primarily salt and plant nutrition. The company's production sites are located in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, the company provides records management services in the UK. The company's "back-to-basics" strategy focuses on improving cash flow generation and returns on capital in its core Salt and Plant Nutrition businesses. This strategy involves cost management, appropriate flexibility in capital intensity, continually balancing inventory volumes, and improving the cost structure and profitability. Specific actions taken to achieve this strategy include implementing cost control measures, reducing debt levels, optimizing inventory volumes, and optimizing capital expenditures. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, a key action was exiting the Fire Retardant Business. On March 25, 2025, the company announced actions to optimize its cost structure and focus on core Salt and Plant Nutrition businesses, initiating the process of exiting the Fortress North America, LLC fire retardant business and terminating all Fortress employees. On May 30, 2025, the company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement and sold substantially all Fortress assets.