Agrium Completes Acquisition of AWB

摘要

Agrium says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of agribusiness firm AWB (Melbourne) at a price of A$1.50/share. The acquisition creates the opportunity to merger AWB’s market presence and experience with “Agrium's international crop input sourcing capabilities, with a view to further enhancing product and service offerings to Australian and New Zealand customers,” says Mike Wilson, president and CEO of Agrium. Agrium expects the acquisition of AWB to be accretive in 2011.