Agrium Ups Bid for CF Again

Agrium Increases Its Bid for CF Iindustries Again

Today, Agrium Inc. (AGU) announced it is substantially increasing its exchange offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) to $85.20 per CF share based on Agrium's closing stock price on May 8, 2009. Under the revised terms, CF stockholders would receive $40.00 in cash, an increase of $5.00, or 14.3 percent, in the cash consideration, and one common share of Agrium for each CF share.

The increased offer represents a premium of 53 percent to CF's closing price on February 24, 2009 -- the day before Agrium announced its initial proposal, and 68 percent to the previous 30-day volume weighted average price. While it is too early to see if this is the final offer, ultimately we believe that Agrium will prevail, and CF Industries has a fiduciary responsibility to accept the offer.

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