8-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) ofThe Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2021

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(847) 405-2400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

The information set forth in Item 5.03 of this current report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03 in relation to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).

On May 4, 2021, shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s bylaws, effective upon such approval. The amendment added to the Company’s bylaws a new Article X providing that (1) unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Delaware Court of Chancery will be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a duty (including any fiduciary duty) owed by any current or former director, officer, shareholder, employee or agent of the Company to the Company or the Company’s shareholders, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director, officer, shareholder, employee or agent of the Company arising out of or relating to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director, officer, shareholder, employee or agent of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine of Delaware, except that, if the Delaware Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding will be another state or federal court located in Delaware, in each such case, unless the Delaware Court of Chancery (or such other state or federal court located within Delaware, as applicable) has dismissed a prior action by the same plaintiff asserting the same claims because such court lacked personal jurisdiction over an indispensable party named as a defendant in that prior action; and (2) unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Article X of the Company’s bylaws. A copy of Article X of the Company’s bylaws is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.

The Company held its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 4, 2021. The final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

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(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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