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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 8/2/22, at 1:21pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1324404-22-22   ·   File #:  1-32597

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 8/02/22  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      10-Q        6/30/22   79:9.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     72K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    120K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K 
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    147K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     30K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     97K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical)   HTML     24K 
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    120K 
19: R9          Background and Basis of Presentation                HTML     26K 
20: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     77K 
21: R11         Net Earnings Per Share                              HTML     44K 
22: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     27K 
23: R13         United Kingdom Operations, Proposed Restructuring   HTML     34K 
                and Impairment Charges                                           
24: R14         Property, Plant and Equipment-Net                   HTML     47K 
25: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     57K 
26: R16         Equity Method Investment                            HTML     23K 
27: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     92K 
28: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
29: R19         Financing Agreements                                HTML     56K 
30: R20         Interest Expense                                    HTML     36K 
31: R21         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     77K 
32: R22         Noncontrolling Interest                             HTML     37K 
33: R23         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     58K 
34: R24         Contingencies                                       HTML     28K 
35: R25         Segment Disclosures                                 HTML     92K 
36: R26         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     22K 
37: R27         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     71K 
38: R28         Net Earnings Per Share (Tables)                     HTML     43K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     28K 
40: R30         Property, Plant and Equipment-Net (Tables)          HTML     45K 
41: R31         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     61K 
42: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     88K 
43: R33         Financing Agreements (Tables)                       HTML     45K 
44: R34         Interest Expense (Tables)                           HTML     36K 
45: R35         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     99K 
46: R36         Noncontrolling Interest (Tables)                    HTML     34K 
47: R37         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     51K 
48: R38         Segment Disclosures (Tables)                        HTML     87K 
49: R39         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     30K 
50: R40         Revenue Recognition - Revenue by Product and by     HTML     56K 
                Geography (Details)                                              
51: R41         Revenue Recognition - Performance Obligations       HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Net Earnings Per Share (Details)                    HTML     52K 
53: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     26K 
54: R44         United Kingdom Operations, Proposed Restructuring   HTML     50K 
                and Impairment Charges (Details)                                 
55: R45         Property, Plant and Equipment-Net (Details)         HTML     78K 
56: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     43K 
57: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML     64K 
58: R48         Equity Method Investment-Narrative (Details)        HTML     40K 
59: R49         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     45K 
60: R50         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     60K 
61: R51         Income Taxes Incomes Taxes (Details)                HTML     93K 
62: R52         Financing Agreements (Details)                      HTML     58K 
63: R53         Financing Agreements - Narrative (Details)          HTML     65K 
64: R54         Interest Expense (Details)                          HTML     31K 
65: R55         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     33K 
66: R56         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 2)        HTML     51K 
67: R57         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 3)        HTML     53K 
68: R58         Noncontrolling Interest (Details)                   HTML     34K 
69: R59         Noncontrolling Interest (Details 2)                 HTML     47K 
70: R60         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     47K 
71: R61         Stockholders' Equity (Details 2)                    HTML     36K 
72: R62         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     38K 
73: R63         Segment Disclosures (Details)                       HTML     74K 
74: R64         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     29K 
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
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2 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/13/22  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      8-K:5,9     5/11/22   12:267K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/30/22  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      DEF 14A     5/11/22    1:5.8M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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