Who is Agrium?

Agrium is a leading retail supplier of agricultural products and services in the Americas and Australia and a global producer, marketer, and distributor of crop nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate, and potash).  Agrium also develops and manufactures controlled-released nutrients and plant protection products primarily for the North American agriculture, professional turf, and ornamental markets.  Agrium is a publicly-traded company that is listed on the Toronto (AGU-TSX) and New York (AGU-NYSE) stock exchanges.

Why Invest in Agrium?

Invest in Agrium because we create sustainable and long term shareholder value by offering:

• Growth: Agrium is a growth-driven company with just over $5.0-billion invested in more than 13 major acquisitions and other expansions over the past five years and access to high-return investment opportunities across the agricultural value chain.  In addition to a series of smaller retail acquisitions in North and South America in 2010, Agrium expanded its global retail presence to Australia with the purchase of AWB in late 2010. 
• Diversity: Agrium is diversified from a products and services offering and geographical-basis. It is the largest agricultural retailer in North America and a world-scale wholesale producer, marketer, and distributor of all three crop nutrients.
• Financial Soundness: In 2010, Agrium earned $575-million in operating cash flow and established a net debt-to-net debt plus equity ratio of 27 percent at yearend.
• A Solid Future: The outlook for crop nutrient demand in 2011 remains positive and continues to strengthen as growers respond to low crop nutrient soil levels, tighter global crop supply due to inclement weather and reduced crop production, and higher-than-average global crop prices and margins.