ICL is a global manufacturer of products based on specialty minerals that fulfill humanityÕs essential needs primarily in three markets: agriculture, food and engineered materials. The agricultural products that ICL produces help to feed the worldÕs growing population. The potash and phosphates that it mines and manufactures are used as ingredients in fertilizers and serve as an essential component in the pharmaceutical and food additives industries. ICLÕs food specialties products enable people to have greater access to more varied and higher quality food. Other substances, based on bromine and phosphates help to create energy that is more efficient and environmentally friendly, prevent the spread of forest fires and allow the safe and widespread use of a variety of products and materials. ICL benefits from a broad presence throughout the world and proximity to large markets, including in emerging regions. ICL operates within a strategic framework of sustainability that includes a commitment to the environment, support of communities in which ICLÕs manufacturing operations are located and where its employees live, and a commitment to all its employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. ICL is a public company whose shares are dual listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NYSE and TASE: ICL). The company employs approximately 13,000 people worldwide, and its sales in 2014 totaled US $6.1 billion.