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Urges Shareholders to Resist Lobbying Efforts to Change their Votes NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today announced that Barry Rosenstein and David Bullock appear to have enough votes to be elected to the board of Agrium Inc. (TSX / NYSE: AGU) at tomorrow's Annual General Meeting. While only Agrium knows the vote results for both sides, based on the number of votes received by these nominees and the typical turnout for contested Canadian elections, and...

Urges Shareholders to Reject Agrium's Vote Buying Plan NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today urged shareholders of Agrium (TSX / NYSE: AGU) to vote their BLUE proxies or VIF "FOR" value-unlocking change by 7:00am Calgary time / 9:00am Eastern time on Friday, April 5 in order to ensure that their votes are counted. Strong Support for JANA: "We want to thank the many Agrium shareholders who have expressed their support and already voted for the independent...

Nominees Barry Rosenstein and David Bullock Endorsed by the Leading North American Proxy Advisory Firm NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today announced that leading proxy advisory services firm Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") has issued a report that JANA Partners has made a "compelling" case for change and strongly endorsing JANA nominees Barry Rosenstein and David Bullock for election to the board of directors of Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX...

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today released the following open letter to shareholders of Agrium, Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU). Agrium announced at the end of the day last Friday that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on April 9, 2013 and that shareholders of record on February 25, 2013 will be eligible to vote. February 20, 2013 AN OPEN LETTER TO AGRIUM SHAREHOLDERS: Why We Said No to the Status Quo at Agrium, and Why You...

LONDON, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the agriculture sector is recovering from the previous year's dire conditions ,agriculture chemical stocks are also in a revival mode. However,besides unpredictable weather,these companies are also dealing with a wide variety of other problems. Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is currently enmeshed in a patent case. Though,the case is likely to go in the company's favor,the uncertainty may still take its toll on the stock price. Agrium...

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today responded to last week's presentation by Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU) in which Agrium sought to refute JANA's "5 C's" analysis and the need for new perspectives and experience on Agrium's board. In a response released today and available at www.JANAAguAnalysis.com, JANA addresses Agrium's arguments on Costs, Controls, Capital Allocation, Conglomerate Structure and Corporate Governance, and notes that rather...

SASKATOON, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) announces that it has reached agreement with its government and private sector customers in India to supply approximately 1.1 million tonnes of potash for shipment up to January, 2014 at a price of US$ 427.00 per tonne on a CFR basis. Steven Dechka, Canpotex's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated that this agreement demonstrates the continued importance Canpotex places on the Indian market and on...

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC Managing Partner Barry Rosenstein today responded to the analyst presentation by Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU) in New York: "It is good to see that after nearly 8 months Agrium has finally responded in detail, but they have failed to address numerous core issues as well as the two primary problems, which are the lack of relevant board experience and the need for an enhanced shareholder perspective. Nowhere has...

NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today announced four independent director candidates it intends to propose together with JANA Managing Partner Barry Rosenstein for election to the Board of Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU): David Bullock, Stephen Clark, Mitchell Jacobson, and The Honourable Lyle Vanclief. JANA believes that these individuals will add critical oversight to a Board that for years has tolerated suboptimal capital allocation, failure to...

NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today released the following statement in response to a filing made today by Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU) "This is more of the same from Agrium's board and management: talking down their own stock price to avoid an honest debate about unlocking full shareholder value and twisting themselves into knots trying to reconcile their past comments with their current obstructionist position. The truth, however, is...