Agrium Announces Final Voting Results
Agrium Shareholders Re-elect all 12 Incumbent Nominees to Agrium's Board
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/12/13 -- Agrium Inc. (TSX: AGU) (NYSE: AGU) today announced the final director election results from its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders held on April 9, 2013. As previously announced, shareholders re-elected all twelve incumbent directors nominated by Agrium. The results of the director election are as follows:
DIRECTOR FOR WITHHELD
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Management Nominees
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(a) David C. Everitt 100,622,346 13,960,364
(b) Russell K. Girling 100,365,740 14,217,405
(c) Susan A. Henry 59,888,147 1,529,156
(d) Russell J. Horner 60,251,090 1,166,283
(e) David J. Lesar 100,343,257 14,240,006
(f) John E. Lowe 100,587,280 13,995,749
(g) A. Anne McLellan 100,571,841 14,011,343
(h) Derek G. Pannell 60,433,897 983,463
(i) Frank W. Proto 60,131,294 1,285,715
(j) Mayo M. Schmidt 60,254,386 1,163,066
(k) Michael M. Wilson 100,268,240 14,315,149
(l) Victor J. Zaleschuk 100,477,496 14,105,426
Dissident Nominees
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(m) David Bullock 45,421,711 7,740,511
(n) Stephen Clark 32,977,777 20,180,516
(o) Mitchell Jacobson 33,090,635 20,070,388
(p) Barry Rosenstein 52,373,122 1,249,157
(q) The Hon. Lyle Vanclief 22,319,965 30,838,863
About Agrium
Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and the premier supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America through our Advanced Technologies business unit. Agrium's strategy is to provide the crop inputs and services needed to feed a growing world. We focus on maximizing shareholder returns by driving continuous improvements to our base businesses, pursuing value-added growth opportunities across the crop input value chain and returning capital to shareholders.
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Director, Investor Relations
(403) 225-7437
Agrium Inc.
Mark Thompson
Analyst, Investor Relations
(403) 225-7761
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