0001225208-16-024898.txt : 20160128 0001225208-16-024898.hdr.sgml : 20160128 20160128105911 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-16-024898 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160127 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160128 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160128 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000823277 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-FARM PRODUCT RAW MATERIALS [5150] IRS NUMBER: 410251095 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 CENEX DRIVE CITY: INVER GROVE HEIGHTS STATE: MN ZIP: 55077 BUSINESS PHONE: 651-355-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 CENEX DRIVE CITY: INVER GROVE HEIGHTS STATE: MN ZIP: 55077 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENEX HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980611 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961212 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Erickson Larry Jon CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001537714 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36079 FILM NUMBER: 161367222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CHS INC. STREET 2: 5500 CENEX DRIVE CITY: INVER GROVE HEIGHTS STATE: MN ZIP: 55077 4 1 doc4.xml X0306 4 2016-01-27 0000823277 CHS INC CHSCO 0001537714 Erickson Larry Jon 5500 CENEX DRIVE PO BOX 64089 ST. PAUL MN 55164 1 Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock 2016-01-27 2016-01-27 4 P 0 414.0000 29.0000 A 414.0000 D The reporting person acquired the Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock-Series 1 in exchange for equity in an unaffiliated third party entity having an estimated market value of $12,006. ericksonpoa.txt James M. Zappa, Attorney in Fact 2016-01-28 EX-24 2 ericksonpoa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that I hereby constitute and appoint each of James M. Zappa and Theresa Egan my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to: 1. execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of CHS Inc., Forms 3, 4 or 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder; 2. do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to me, in my best interest or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is CHS Inc. assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities of CHS Inc., unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact named above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney on September 9, 2015. s/Larry Jon Erickson Signature Larry Jon Erickson Print Name