8-K/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 29, 2021

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31921	36-3972986
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer <br>Identification No.)

9900 West 109th Street

Suite 100

Overland Park, KS 66210

(Address of principal executive offices)

(913) 344-9200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value	CMP	The New York Stock Exchange

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).

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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.

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Introductory Note

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) previously filed Technical Report Summaries relating to potassium and sulfate of potash mineral resources and reserves and lithium mineral resource, in both cases at the Company’s Ogden facility, as Exhibits 96.1 and 96.2, respectively (the “Ogden TRS’s”), to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 29, 2021 (the “Initial 8-K”) to incorporate the Ogden TRS’s by reference into the Company’s Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the transition period ended September 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-KT”). The Company previously filed the Technical Report Summaries relating to the Company’s Cote Blanche mine and the Company’s Goderich mine as Exhibits 96.3 and 96.4, respectively (collectively with the Ogden TRS’s, the “Company TRS’s”), to the Form 10-KT.

This Amendment to Current Report on Form 8-K amends the Initial 8-K solely to file the consent of the qualified person with respect to the Company TRS’s in accordance with Items 601(b)(23) and 1302(b)(4) of Regulation S-K and Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933. Except as described herein, all of the other information in the Initial 8-K remains unchanged.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
23.1	Consent of Qualified Person.
96.1*	Technical Report Summary relating to potassium and sulfate of potash mineral resources and reserves at the Ogden facility, dated November 29, 2021.
96.2*	Technical Report Summary relating to lithium mineral resource at the Ogden facility, dated July 13, 2021.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

*Previously filed as an exhibit to the Initial 8-K and incorporated by reference herein

SIGNATURES

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

	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: December 8, 2021	By:	/s/ Lorin Crenshaw
		Name: Lorin Crenshaw
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

Document

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Qualified Person

I, Joseph Havasi, the Director, Natural Resources of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), am the qualified person (as defined in Item 1300 of Regulation S-K) that prepared, in accordance with Items 601(b)(96) and 1300 through 1305 of Regulation S-K: (i) the Technical Report Summary relating to potassium and sulfate of potash mineral resources and reserves at the Registrant’s Ogden facility, dated November 29, 2021, with an effective date of September 30, 2021 (the “Ogden Potassium TRS”), filed as Exhibit 96.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 29, 2021 (the “Form 8-K”) and incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the transition period from January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-KT”); (ii) the Technical Report Summary relating to lithium mineral resources at the Registrant’s Ogden facility, dated July 13, 2021, with an effective date of June 1, 2021 (the “Ogden Lithium TRS”), filed as Exhibit 96.2 to the Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into the Form 10-KT; (iii) the Technical Report Summary relating to the Registrant’s Cote Blanche mine, dated November 29, 2021, with an effective date of September 30, 2021 (the “Cote Blanche TRS”), filed as Exhibit 96.3 to the Form 10-KT; and (iv) the Technical Report Summary relating to the Registrant’s Goderich mine, dated November 29, 2021, with an effective date of September 30, 2021 (collectively with the Ogden Potassium TRS, the Ogden Lithium TRS and the Cote Blanche TRS, the “TRS’s”), filed as Exhibit 96.4 to the Form 10-KT, and hereby consent to:

1.the incorporation by reference of the TRS’s into the following registration statements of the Registrant (collectively, the “Registration Statements”):

a.Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-119410), filed on September 30, 2004, relating to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan;

b.Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-121965), filed on January 11, 2005, relating to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. Savings Plan;

c.Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-127699), filed on August 19, 2005, relating to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan;

d.Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-203922), filed on May 6, 2015, relating to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2015 Incentive Award Plan; and

e.Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-23852), filed on May 14, 2020, relating to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan;

2.the use of and references to my name, including my status as an expert or qualified person (as defined in Item 1300 of Regulation S-K) with respect to the TRS’s, in connection with the Registration Statements; and

3.the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statements of any quotation from, or summarization of, the TRS’s in the Form 10-KT.

Date: December 8, 2021	/s/ Joseph Havasi
	Name: Joseph Havasi
	Title: Director, Natural Resources<br><br>Compass Minerals International, Inc.