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profile( all figures in US $, except where noted )Agrium is a major distributor of crop inputs and services inNorth America, South America and Australia, and a leadingglobal producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients. Weproduce and market the three primary nutrients: nitrogen,phosphate and potash, as well as ammonium sulphate,and controlled-release fertilizers. A key differentiator ofAgrium is that we are the only publicly traded company thatcrosses the agricultural inputs supply chain. This meansthat our focus on growth begins in our manufacturingfacilities and extends to the fields where our customers useour products. Agrium has approximately 144 million sharesoutstanding and a market capitalization of approximatelyUS$16.4 billion (as of February 24, 2015). Agrium employsapproximately 15,500 people globally who are dedicated toachieving our vision of being the world’s leading provider ofagricultural inputs and services.Agrium has two complimentary business units whichoperate across the agricultural input value chain:We operate the largest global direct-to-grower agriculturalretail operation with product offerings in seed, cropprotection, crop nutrient products, merchandise, andagronomic services. As of December 2014, Agrium hadover 1,450 retail facilities globally. Our acquisition of aportion of Viterra’s Agri-products business in late 2013added over 200 locations in Canada.We manufacture, market and distribute crop nutrients suchas nitrogen, phosphates, and potash. We service our customersthrough a network of over 100 distribution warehouses,supplied by 15 wholly owned production facilitiesand 2 joint venture facilities strategically located worldwideOur strengths include a low cost in-market position, andthe ability to leverage our extensive retail distribution.— Our Mission —Feed the world.— Our Vision —To be the world's leading provider ofagricultural inputs and services.We operate a distribution network in Europe and have a26 percent equity interest in MISR Fertilizer ProductionCompany, S.A.E. (MOPCO) of Egypt. Our nitrogen facilityexpansion in Egypt, is on track for completion of two newproduction trains by the middle of 2015 which is expectedto add 1.3 MM tonnes of production capacity.We own a 50 percent stake in Profertil S.A., a Argentinebasedmanufacturer and wholesale distributor of nitrogenproducts while YPF S.A., a state-controlled oil and gascompany in Argentina, owns the other half. Debottleneckingwas competed in 2014 with commissioning and startupexpected to be completed in Q1 2015. This will increaseAgrium’s share of production by ~70,000 tonnes.We completed the tie-in of the brownfield expansion of ourVanscoy Potash Operations in Saskatchewan, Canada in2014, and we will be ramping up production to the full onemillion incremental tonnes over the next two and a halfyears. The expansion of our Borger, Texas nitrogen facilityis on-track to deliver 610,000 tonnes of additional annualurea production capacity by the end of 2015.04Agrium FACT BOOK 2015