YEAR! 700 600 500 $ in millions 400 300 200 100 0 2010* 201 0* 2 201 2011 1 201 2012 2 A History of Shared Financial Success Cash to Returns to Owners 637 599 518 431 Over the past six years, CHS has returned more than $2.6 billion in cash to its agricultural producer and member cooperative owners. 237 227 2013 201 3 2014** 201 2 4** 2015 201 2 5 * Includes $37 million in equity retired with preferred stock ** Includes $200 million in equity retired with preferred stock Helping Our Owners Grow by Investing Capital for Future Profitable Growth 1,800 1,600 1,400 $ in millions 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 1.7x 1.9x Reinvestment Rate* 3.0x 2.8x 4.2x redeem equity in the company they earned in prior years. In addition, CHS will redeem equities of eligible individual members throughout 2015 and will pay quarterly dividends to owners of the fi ve classes of CHS preferred stock. Patronage is based on business done with CHS by member-owner cooperatives and individual farmers and ranchers during fi scal 2014, while equity redemptions and preferred stock distributions represent retirement of ownership in CHS earned in past years. ■ 55 % 2010 61 % 2011 42 % 2012 69 % 2013 Energy 38 % 2014 Ag/Other *Reinvestment Rate = Capital Expenditures/Annual Depreciation and Amortization For more information , see the CHS Inc. annual report fi led on Form 10-K for the year ending Aug. 31, 2014, which can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov or on the CHS website at chsinc.com. Your CHS Connection 21