Agrium COO Chuck Magro Named CEO, Succeeding Mike Wilson

Agrium AGU announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Agrium's Chief Operating Officer, Chuck Magro to succeed Mike Wilson as CEO upon his retirement, which will be effective December 31, 2013. Mr. Magro will join the Agrium Board of Directors immediately."The Board is pleased that its succession planning process has led to the selection of such a strong leader and internal candidate as Chuck to replace Mike," said Agrium's Board Chair, Victor Zaleschuk. "Chuck will join the Agrium Board and work with the directors and Agrium's highly successful management team to ensure our integrated strategy continues to deliver superior results for shareholders." "I am confident that with Chuck's leadership skills and industry experience, combined with the strength of our executive leadership team, the company will continue to build on Agrium's high performance culture to drive operational excellence and bring value to all of our key stakeholders," said Mike Wilson, President and CEO of Agrium. "On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, I would like to express my thanks to Mike for his drive, dedication and leadership in implementing our integrated strategy and very successful expansionary phase that See full press release