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Agrium Closes $1 Billion Public Offering of Investment
- Client News
- May 31, 2013
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Paul, Weiss Canadian client Agrium Inc. closed a U.S. public offering of $1 billion of 10-year and 30-year debentures. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. acted as joint bookrunning managers. The offering was made in the United States under Agrium's previously filed base shelf prospectus dated April 2, 2012. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Agrium is a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Christopher Cummings, Andrew Foley and Edwin Maynard and counsel Stephen Centa; tax partner David Sicular; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.