IMC Global Sets Date for Special Meeting of Common Shareholders to Vote on Proposed Combination With Cargill Crop Nutrition

IMC Global Sets Date for Special Meeting of Common Shareholders
to Vote on Proposed Combination With Cargill Crop Nutrition 


LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sept. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMC Global Inc.
(NYSE:IGL) announced today that it will hold a special meeting of its common
shareholders at 10:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at IMC's
headquarters offices, 100 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045.  At
this special meeting, IMC's common shareholders of record as of September 3,
2004 will vote on the proposed combination of IMC Global and Cargill Crop
Nutrition, a business unit of Cargill, Incorporated.  If approved, the
combination is expected to be completed shortly after the special meeting.

IMC is in the process of mailing the definitive proxy statement/prospectus
regarding the proposed combination to its common shareholders of record.

About IMC Global Inc.

From multiple mines and plants in North America, IMC Global serves world
agriculture as the largest producer and marketer of concentrated phosphates and
potash crop nutrients.  It also is a leading global provider of phosphorus and
potassium feed ingredients for the animal nutrition industry.  IMC Global has
5,000 employees and customers in nearly 50 countries.  With products essential
for life, IMC Global "feeds the land that feeds the world."  For more
information, visit http://www.imcglobal.com/ .

Not a Proxy Solicitation for IMC Global and Cargill Crop Nutrition Combination

This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of
IMC Global or Cargill, Incorporated. The Mosaic Company (formerly Global
Nutrition Solutions, Inc.) has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with
the SEC containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus regarding the
proposed transaction.  Stockholders are urged to read the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes
available, because it will contain important information. Stockholders will be
able to obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as
well as other filings containing information about Cargill and IMC Global,
without charge, at the SEC's Internet site ( http://www.sec.gov/ ). Copies of
the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and the filings with the SEC that
will be incorporated by reference in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus
can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to IMC Global
Inc., 100 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045-2561, Attention:
Douglas A. Hoadley, or by telephone at [phone], email: , or to Cargill,
Incorporated, 15407 McGinty Road West, MS 25, Wayzata, Minnesota 55391,
Attention:  Lori Johnson, or by telephone at [phone], email:   .

The respective directors and executive officers of Cargill and IMC Global and
other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies
in connection with the proposed transaction.  Information regarding such
persons and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security
holdings or otherwise, is contained in the preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus contained in the above-referenced Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of The Mosaic Company (formerly Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc.)
filed with the SEC on April 8, 2004 and most recently amended on September 17,
2004. 

DATASOURCE: IMC Global Inc.



CONTACT:  Investor and Media, Douglas A. Hoadley of IMC Global Inc.,

[phone],  



Web site:  http://www.imcglobal.com/ 

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