SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of: February, 2016   Commission File Number: 001-14460

 

 

AGRIUM INC.

(Name of registrant)

 

 

13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E.

Calgary, Alberta,

Canada T2J 7E8

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    AGRIUM INC.
Date: February 9, 2016     By:  

/S/ GARY J. DANIEL

    Name:   Gary J. Daniel
    Title:   Corporate Secretary & Senior Legal Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description of Exhibit

1    News Release dated February 9, 2016


LOGO   

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Agrium reports strong fourth quarter results

February 9, 2016 - ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN U.S.$

CALGARY, Alberta — Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) announced today 2015 fourth quarter net earnings from continuing operations of $200-million ($1.45 diluted earnings per share), compared to $70-million ($0.46 diluted earnings per share) in the fourth quarter of 2014. The increased net earnings were driven by strong performance from our Wholesale business unit, which achieved reduced cost of production and higher overall sales volumes for all three nutrients. Retail’s fourth quarter earnings were also higher than last year, despite the wet weather in the U.S. during the fall application season. On an annual basis, 2015 net earnings from continuing operations were $988-million ($6.98 diluted earnings per share) compared to $798-million ($5.51 diluted earnings per share) in 2014.

Highlights:

 

    Fourth quarter adjusted net earnings of $209-million or $1.52 per share (see page 2 for adjusted net earnings reconciliation)1, the second highest fourth quarter results on record.

 

    Our results include an $18-million restructuring expense ($0.10 per share) associated with the portfolio review and cost reduction measures undertaken, which was not included in the adjusted net earnings reconciliation on page 2.

 

    Wholesale’s fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA2 of $372-million demonstrates improved nitrogen and potash production performance, delivering higher sales volumes and significantly lower production costs.

 

    The Canpotex proving run for the Vanscoy expansion was highly successful. We demonstrated our nameplate capacity within a year of mechanical completion, which increased our allocation to 10.3 percent of total Canpotex shipments starting in 2016.

 

    Retail EBITDA2 was higher than the same quarter last year as a result of strong year-end rebates for crop protection products and seed as well as lower operating expenses as a result of cost reduction initiatives implemented in 2015.

 

    On an annual basis, Retail U.S. normalized comparable store sales was up 2 percent versus a 2 percent decline in 2014.

 

    On an annual basis, 2015 free cash flow3 increased to $1.2-billion, or $8.59 per share, compared to $841-million, or $5.85 per share in 2014.

 

    Agrium has announced a 2016 annual guidance range of $5.50 to $7.00 diluted earnings per share (see page 3 for further details).

“Agrium achieved a strong finish to 2015, despite lower nutrient prices and challenging commodity markets. A key differentiator for the company was our integrated strategy, which helped provide stability in our earnings. We also benefited from the proactive steps we took to further strengthen the company over the past year, including a renewed focus on execution and controlling our controllables. These benefits flowed

 

1  Quarter effective tax rate of 20 percent used for adjusted net earnings and per share calculations. These are non-IFRS measures which represent net earnings adjusted for certain income (expenses) that are considered to be non-operational in nature. We believe these measures provide meaningful comparison to the earnings of other companies by eliminating share-based payments expense (recovery), gains (losses) on foreign exchange and related gains (losses) on non-qualifying derivative hedges and significant non-operating, non-recurring items. These should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS and may not be directly comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
2  EBITDA is earnings (loss) from continuing operations before finance costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization while Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA before finance costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization of joint ventures. These are non-IFRS measures. Refer to section “Non-IFRS Measures”.
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This is a non-IFRS measure. Refer to section “Non-IFRS Measures”.

 

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through to our bottom line, helped us to generate $8.59 of free cash flow per share and drive increased returns to shareholders, while still investing in future earnings growth,” commented Chuck Magro, Agrium’s President and CEO.

“Nutrient prices have been under pressure globally but we are optimistic we will see a strong spring application season across North America. We remain focused on Operational Excellence and our growth strategy, controlling what we can in order to reduce our cost position, while continuing to optimize and grow our more stable Retail operations,” added Mr. Magro.

ADJUSTED NET EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

 

     Three months ended
December 31, 2015
    Twelve months ended
December 31, 2015
 

(millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

   Expense
(income)
    Net earnings
impact
(post-tax)
    Per share (a)     Expense
(income)
    Net earnings
impact
(post-tax)
    Per share (a)  
       200        1.45          988        6.98   
    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
Adjustments:             

Share-based payments

     15        12        0.09        51        37        0.26   

Foreign exchange (gains) loss net of related non-qualifying derivatives

     (5     (4     (0.03     8        6        0.04   

Gain on sale of assets

     (17     (14     (0.10     (55     (40     (0.28

Goodwill impairment

     19        15        0.11        19        14        0.10   

Tax rate adjustment (b)

     —          —          —          21        21        0.15   
    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net earnings (c)

       209        1.52          1,026        7.25   
    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents diluted per share information attributable to equity holders of Agrium
(b) Tax rate adjustment mainly relates to the increase in current and deferred taxes due to an increase in the Alberta corporate income tax rate effective July 1, 2015.
(c) Quarter and annual effective tax rates of 20 percent and 27.6 percent used for adjusted net earnings and per share calculations

MARKET OUTLOOK

The macroeconomic environment has continued to be challenging for commodities, resulting in many commodities trading at multi-year lows in early 2016. While agricultural commodities are driven by unique supply and demand fundamentals, prices have not escaped the general negative sentiment toward commodities. In addition to this, the prices of most crops have been pressured by another year of high global crop yields in 2015, allowing the global inventories of many major grains and oilseeds to increase. Furthermore, the strength in the U.S. dollar relative to most other global currencies has increased the competitiveness of non-U.S. growers, which has led to lower than expected U.S. grain and oilseed exports and added pressure on prices.

Despite the weak macroeconomic environment, we expect growers within North America and other major agricultural markets will plant historically high crop acreage again in 2016, supporting robust crop input demand. In the U.S., growers are expected to increase overall crop acreage, including a one to three million acre increase in corn area, as significant crop acreage was lost in 2015 due to excess moisture in parts of the U.S. Corn Belt. Outside of the U.S., the weakness in domestic currencies has led to relatively attractive domestic crop prices, which is expected to support planted acreage. Analysts project that North American corn, soybean, cotton and canola acreage could increase in 2016 if weather cooperates, which is supportive of overall seed demand, but like 2015, growers may be more discerning in trait selection to optimize for yield depending on field locations. Crop protection prices are expected to be relatively stable and we expect that lower year-over-year cash rents and significantly lower fuel and crop nutrient prices will provide support for North American crop input expenditures in 2016.

Crop nutrient prices have declined over the past few months, driven by a combination of supply and demand factors. The fall application season in the U.S. was expected to be supported by the relatively early end of the harvest season; however the same warm weather that supported a rapid harvest delayed fall

 

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ammonia applications because soil temperatures were too high. Following the warm start, the ability of growers to apply nutrients was constrained by persistent wet weather. November 2015 was the wettest November in the U.S. since 1985 and December 2015 was the wettest December on record in addition to being the warmest. The combination of wet and warm weather meant that application equipment could not get into the field to apply crop nutrients, resulting in below-expected fall applications. The lower than expected fall applications left crop nutrient inventories at higher than expected levels throughout the supply chain and pressured prices of all crop nutrients. The combination of expected increase in U.S. corn acreage and the poor fall application season is anticipated to result in strong U.S. crop nutrient demand in the first half of 2016. Based on expected crop acreage, North American crop nutrient demand is expected to increase by 1 to 3 percent in 2015/2016, but phosphate and potash demand may fall below that range as volumes lost due to the poor fall season may not be fully made up in the first half of 2016.

Global urea prices have declined significantly below the cost of production of the high-cost Chinese producers. Even so, Chinese urea production has remained surprisingly strong. While Chinese urea production has not declined as much as expected, Chinese urea exports declined by 26 percent year-over-year in the second half of 2015. Chinese urea costs have declined due to lower coal prices and the weakened yuan, but costs have not declined as much as urea prices. As a result of the continued price weakness and increased non-Chinese urea supplies, Chinese urea exports are projected to decline from 2015 levels to between 12.5 and 13.5 million tonnes in 2016. We expect that the combination of poor Chinese urea profitability and strong North American demand will support urea prices entering the spring season. Chinese phosphate supplies have also pressured that market. Chinese diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate exports reached a record 10.6 million tonnes in 2015 and are expected to remain relatively flat in 2016. On the demand side, the Brazilian market for crop nutrients continued to fall short of expectations in late 2015 as credit constraints and the weak value of the Brazilian real pressured demand for all nutrients. Given that these challenges remain, we expect 2016 Brazilian import demand for all products to remain relatively flat to 2015. The below-average Indian monsoon and weak rupee value pressured demand for phosphate and potash in late 2015, while 2015 urea imports set a record, all of which has led to building inventories and the belief that Indian import demand will be relatively low to start 2016.

Global potash markets have been under pressure recently due to a combination of factors, including the sizeable shift in global currencies, a build-up of global inventories due to strong shipments earlier in the year, Indian demand impacted by the below average monsoon and buyers delaying purchases due to the current price uncertainty. We anticipate solid potash demand in global markets in 2016, with global shipments expected to come in between 58 to 60 million tonnes in 2016, relative to the 58.5 million tonnes shipped in 2015.

We expect macroeconomic challenges in combination with current crop prices to be a risk in 2016. However, the arrival of the Northern Hemisphere’s spring application season over the next couple of months is expected to result in improved demand, particularly in light of the poor fall season in the U.S. and the fact declining crop nutrient prices have caused buyers around the world to sit back and wait for stability. We also expect there will be a supply response across all three major nutrients in reaction to current price levels – some of which we have seen already in the form of production cuts and closures.

2016 ANNUAL GUIDANCE

Based on our Market Outlook, Agrium expects to achieve annual diluted earnings per share of $5.50 to $7.00 in 2016. We have maintained a range encompassing approximately $300-million of EBITDA variability to reflect the risk and opportunity associated with crop nutrient prices and demand for crop inputs. We are assuming normal spring and fall application seasons, recognizing there is always a risk that inclement weather could affect the timing and duration of each season. Our earnings per share guidance assumes some recovery from current nitrogen prices during the key application seasons.

Based on these and other assumptions regarding crop nutrient prices and demand for crop nutrients set out under the heading “Market Outlook”, we expect Retail EBITDA to be $1.075-billion to $1.175-billion, and Retail nutrient sales volumes to be 9.8 to 10.2 million tonnes in 2016.

 

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Based on our expected increase in utilization rate for our nitrogen assets, we anticipate nitrogen production to total 3.5 to 3.7 million tonnes. Agrium has continued its active hedging program for our gas requirements in 2016 as we expect natural gas prices to remain at levels consistent with 2015. Our earnings per share guidance assumes NYMEX gas prices will be between $2.05 and $2.85 per MMBtu in 2016.

Agrium’s expectation for potash production in 2016 includes incremental production from the completed expansion at our Vanscoy mine. We expect to produce between 2.4 and 2.6 million tonnes of potash in 2016.

Total capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $800-million to $900-million, of which approximately $500-million to $550-million is expected to be sustaining capital expenditures. Our investing capital program planned for 2016 includes the completion of our Borger brownfield urea expansion.

Agrium’s annual effective tax rate for 2016 is expected to be 27 to 28 percent, consistent with 2015.

This guidance and updated additional measures and related assumptions are summarized in the following table. Guidance excludes the impact of share-based payments expense (recovery), gains (losses) on foreign exchange and related non-qualifying derivative hedges and significant non-operating, non-recurring items.

2016 ANNUAL GUIDANCE RANGE AND ASSUMPTIONS

 

     Annual  
    

Low

   

High

 

Diluted EPS (in U.S. dollars)

   $ 5.50      $ 7.00   

Guidance assumptions:

    

Wholesale:

    

Production tonnes:

    

Nitrogen (millions)

     3.5        3.7   

Potash (millions)

     2.4        2.6   

Retail:

    

EBITDA (millions of U.S. dollars)

   $ 1,075      $ 1,175   

Crop nutrient sales tonnes (millions)

     9.8        10.2   

Other:

    

Tax rate

     28     27

Sustaining capital expenditures (millions of U.S. dollars)

   $ 500      $ 550   

Total capital expenditures (millions of U.S. dollars)

   $ 800      $ 900   

Canada/U.S. foreign exchange rate

   $ 1.37      $ 1.42   

NYMEX gas price ($/MMBtu)

   $ 2.85      $ 2.05   

February 9, 2016

All comparisons of results for the fourth quarter of 2015 (three months ended December 31, 2015) and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 are against results for the fourth quarter of 2014 (three months ended December 31, 2014) and twelve months ended December 31, 2014. All dollar amounts refer to United States (“U.S.”) dollars except where otherwise stated. This news release should be read in conjunction with our audited annual financial statements and related notes, prepared in accordance with IFRS, contained in our 2014 Annual Report, available at www.agrium.com.

The financial measures EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, and cash cost of product manufactured used in this news release are not prescribed by, and do not have any standardized meaning under

 

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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Our method of calculation may not be directly comparable to that of other companies. We consider these non-IFRS financial measures to provide useful information to both management and investors in measuring our financial performance and financial condition. These non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Please refer to the section entitled “Non-IFRS Financial Measures” for further details, including a reconciliation of such measures to their most directly comparable measure calculated in accordance with IFRS.

The Board of Directors carries out its responsibility for review of this disclosure principally through its Audit Committee, comprised exclusively of independent directors. The Audit Committee reviews, and prior to publication, approves this disclosure, pursuant to the authority delegated to it by the Board of Directors. In respect of Forward-Looking Statements, please refer to the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements”.

2015 Fourth Quarter Operating Results

CONSOLIDATED NET EARNINGS

Financial Overview

 

    

Three months ended December 31,

 

(millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts and where noted)

   2015      2014      Change      % Change  

Sales

     2,407         2,705         (298      (11

Gross profit

     900         732         168         23   

Expenses

     576         625         (49      (8

Earnings before finance costs and income taxes (EBIT)

     324         107         217         203   

Net earnings from continuing operations

     200         70         130         186   

Net loss from discontinued operations

     —           (19      19         (100

Net earnings

     200         51         149         292   

Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

     1.45         0.46         0.99         215   

Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations

     —           (0.13      0.13         (100

Diluted earnings per share

     1.45         0.33         1.12         339   

Effective tax rate (%)

     20         (4      N/A         N/A   

Sales and Gross Profit

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015      2014      Change  

Sales

        

Retail

     1,765         2,057         (292

Wholesale

     888         897         (9

Other

     (246      (249      3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,407         2,705         (298
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

        

Retail

     599         614         (15

Wholesale

     320         130         190   

Other

     (19      (12      (7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     900         732         168   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    Improved utilization rates in our nitrogen and potash segments led to an increase in product available for sale and higher overall Wholesale sales volumes. Realized selling prices, on the other hand, decreased as a result of weaker market conditions. Reduced sales of product purchased for resale contributed to the decrease in sales as Agrium exited non-core, low return portions of this business.

 

    Wholesale’s gross profit significantly increased due to manufacturing cost efficiencies associated with higher production volumes, reduced overall fixed costs and lower natural gas input costs for the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year.

 

   

Retail’s sales and gross profit decreased for the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year primarily due to unfavorable weather conditions and the closure of one of our livestock export

 

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businesses in Australia. A decrease in gross profit was partially offset by higher rebates received in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Expenses

 

    General and administrative expenses decreased by $4-million (5 percent) for the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year as a result of reduced payroll and office expenses related to our ongoing Operational Excellence program.

 

    Our share-based payments expense was lower by $10-million due primarily to a slight decrease in our share price in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to a share price increase in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Other expenses breakdown

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

       2015              2014      

(Gain) loss on foreign exchange and related derivatives and commodity derivatives not designated as hedges

     (5      31   

Interest income

     (16      (22

Gain on sale of assets

     (17      —     

Goodwill impairment

     19         —     

Environmental remediation and asset retirement obligations

     1         3   

Bad debt expense (recovery)

     4         (11

Potash profit and capital tax

     3         1   

Other

     38         7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     27         9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In the fourth quarter of 2015, other expenses increased by $18-million due to the following:

 

    Costs of $18-million were incurred in the implementation of our Operational Excellence initiatives in the current quarter relating primarily to severance and closure costs.

 

    We recorded a goodwill impairment of $19-million for our Wholesale Europe operations.

 

    We recognized a $17-million gain from the sale of our West Sacramento nitrogen upgrade facility.

 

    We had losses of $15-million on natural gas derivatives in the fourth quarter of 2014, which we recorded directly to other expenses. 2015 did not have comparable results, as effective January 1, 2015, we began to designate all of our natural gas derivatives as qualifying hedges for accounting purposes. Related gains or losses are now recorded as part of cost of product sold when we sell the related product, while unrealized gains or losses are recorded in equity.

 

    Bad debt recovery of $11-million was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

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Depreciation and Amortization

 

     Three months ended December 31,  

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015      2014  
     Cost of
product
sold
     Selling      General
and
administrative
     Total      Cost of
product
sold
     Selling      General
and
administrative
     Total  

Retail

     1         64         1         66         1         75         1         77   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale

                       

Nitrogen

     18               18         21               21   

Potash

     28               28         15               15   

Phosphate

     14               14         14               14   

Other (a)

     4            1         5         5            3         8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     64         —           1         65         55         —           3         58   

Other

     —           —           4         4         —           —           3         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     65         64         6         135         56         75         7         138   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  Includes product purchased for resale, ammonium sulfate, Environmentally Smart Nitrogen® (ESN) and other products

Effective Tax Rate

 

    The effective tax rate on continuing operations of 20 percent for the fourth quarter was higher than the tax rate of (4) percent for the comparative quarter in 2014 due to the recognition of previously unrecognized tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding the recognition of the one-time previously unrecognized tax assets, the effective tax rate would have been 19 percent.

BUSINESS SEGMENT PERFORMANCE

Retail

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted)

   2015      2014      Change  

Sales

     1,765         2,057         (292

Cost of product sold

     1,166         1,443         (277

Gross profit

     599         614         (15

EBITDA

     199         181         18   

Selling expense as a percentage of sales (%)

     26         25         1   

 

    Retail sales and gross profit during the quarter were lower than the same period last year due to lower crop input prices and wet weather across the U.S. impacting the fall application season.

 

    Total Retail selling expenses decreased by 10 percent compared to the prior year due to lower depreciation and amortization, the impact of currency valuations in our international businesses and cost reduction measures taken across the business in 2015.

 

    Total EBITDA increased 10 percent over the fourth quarter of 2014 primarily due to lower selling expenses, strong margins for crop protection products and improved seed results. Regionally, all key geographies performed well. Canada and the U.S. both showed higher fourth quarter EBITDA figures. Australian EBITDA was down slightly compared to the prior year; however, EBIT in Australia increased compared to the prior quarter due to a reduction in depreciation and amortization. Our U.S. Retail business also reported an annual 2 percent increase in normalized comparable store sales versus a decrease of 2 percent in 2014.

 

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     Three months ended December 31,  
     Sales     Gross profit     Gross profit (%)  

(millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted)

   2015      2014      Change     2015      2014      Change     2015      2014  

Crop nutrients

     843         972         (129     154         156         (2     18         16   

Crop protection products

     541         552         (11     268         260         8        50         47   

Seed

     75         91         (16     54         50         4        72         55   

Merchandise

     156         211         (55     27         30         (3     17         14   

Services and other

     150         231         (81     96         118         (22     64         51   

Crop nutrients

 

    Total crop nutrient sales were 13 percent lower compared to the same period last year due to weaker global pricing and lower application volumes due to weather challenges. However, crop nutrient margins per tonne improved, which offset the lower volumes and resulted in only a 1 percent decline in gross profit.

 

    Total crop nutrient volumes were 6 percent lower this quarter across our Retail operations compared to the same period last year. Volumes were lower in the U.S. due to excess rain in the fall application window, while in Canada and Australia, growers were conservative given the uncertainty over nutrient and agricultural markets.

 

    Total crop nutrient margins increased slightly on a per tonne basis and gross profit as a percentage of sales rose from 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 to 18 percent this quarter reflecting a focus on inventory management.

Crop protection products

 

    Total crop protection sales were down 2 percent this quarter, as slightly higher sales in North America were offset by lower sales in our International operations. U.S. sales were driven by a strong herbicide application season, while Canadian growers purchased higher volumes ahead of the weakening Canadian dollar. In Australia, sales were lower due to the weakening of the Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar; in local currency, Australian sales were higher in the current quarter.

 

    Crop protection margins as a percentage of sales increased 3 percent, primarily due to year-end rebate reconciliation and a higher margin product mix in the current quarter.

 

    Proprietary product sales as a percentage of total sales increased 2 percent compared to the same period in the prior year.

Seed

 

    Seed sales were down 18 percent this quarter compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the significant reduction in planted wheat acres in the U.S. due to wet weather and lower wheat prices.

 

    Despite lower sales, seed margins increased 8 percent compared to the prior year due to strong supplier rebates and seed sales mix.

Merchandise

 

    Merchandise sales decreased compared to the same period last year as a result of lower fuel pricing and demand in Canada and lower animal health and fencing product sales in Australia due to dry conditions.

 

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    Gross profit as a percentage of sales increased 3 percent this quarter, primarily due to a reduction in the lower-margin Canadian fuel business compared to the prior year.

Services and other

 

    Sales for services and other was down 35 percent this quarter, due mainly to the closure of one of our livestock export businesses in Australia. Application and other services were down in North America, due to the wet conditions in the U.S. during the fall application season.

Wholesale

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted)

   2015      2014      Change  

Sales

     888         897         (9

Sales volumes (tonnes 000’s)

     2,292         1,999         293   

Cost of product sold

     568         767         (199

Gross profit

     320         130         190   

Adjusted EBITDA

     372         150         222   

Expenses

     33         46         (13

 

    Wholesale successfully completed its Canpotex proving run for the Vanscoy potash expansion at the end of the fourth quarter, resulting in our annual Canpotex allocation increasing to 10.3 percent in 2016 from 7.3 percent in 2015. Higher operating production rates at our nitrogen facilities also supported increased sales volumes this quarter. Total sales were slightly lower this quarter due to lower global nutrient prices and our decision to sell non-core, lower-return purchase for resale facilities in 2015 related to our asset portfolio review.

 

    Adjusted EBITDA increased by $222-million this quarter, and more than doubled compared to the same quarter last year. The increase was primarily due to lower production costs per tonne and higher utilization rates from our potash and nitrogen operations.

Wholesale product information

 

     Three months ended December 31,  
     Nitrogen     Potash     Phosphate  
     2015      2014      Change     2015      2014     Change     2015      2014      Change  

Gross profit (U.S. dollar millions)

     186         113         73        63         (50     113        37         37         —     

Sales volumes (tonnes 000’s)

     912         879         33        656         19        637        325         305         20   

Selling price ($/tonne)

     403         459         (56     267         482        (215     610         656         (46

Cost of product sold ($/tonne)

     199         331         (132     171         2,992        (2,821     495         534         (39

Gross margin ($/tonne)

     204         128         76        96         (2,510     2,606        115         122         (7

Nitrogen

 

    Nitrogen gross profit increased by 65 percent over the same period last year as a result of higher sales volumes and significantly lower cost of production.

 

    Sales volumes increased by 4 percent over the same period last year, driven by stronger urea and ammonia sales volumes. The increase was due to strong demand in our core markets and higher on-stream time at our production facilities, creating additional product availability compared to the same period last year. Sales volumes were partly impacted by a narrow window for ammonia application in the U.S. and lower nitrogen solution sales volumes due to the closure and subsequent sale of our West Sacramento upgrading facility in 2015.

 

   

Cost of product sold per tonne was 40 percent lower than the same period last year. Operational improvements and higher on-stream time compared to the same period last year decreased fixed

 

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costs per tonne, while lower natural gas costs reduced variable costs. The weaker Canadian dollar also reduced operating costs at our Canadian plants.

 

    Nitrogen margins were $204 per tonne, a $76 per tonne increase over the same period last year, despite a 12 percent reduction in average selling prices.

Natural gas prices: North American indices and North American Agrium prices

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(U.S. dollars per MMBtu)

   2015      2014  

Overall gas cost excluding realized derivative impact

   $ 2.15       $ 3.47   

Realized derivative impact

   $ 0.31       $ 0.15   

Overall gas cost

   $ 2.46       $ 3.62   

Average NYMEX

   $ 2.28       $ 3.94   

Average AECO

   $ 2.00       $ 3.17   

As of January 1, 2015, we have designated all of our natural gas derivatives as accounting hedges1, with realized gains and losses now recorded to cost of product sold (which also includes transportation and administration costs).

Potash

 

    Potash gross profit this quarter was $113-million higher than the same period last year. The significant increase was due to higher production volumes and lower costs this quarter after the completion of the Vanscoy expansion project as compared to the significant outage in the fourth quarter of 2014 in order to tie-in the expansion, which resulted in a negative gross profit of $50-million.

 

    Sales volumes were 637,000 tonnes higher compared to the same period in the prior year. Production volumes this quarter were 691,000 tonnes and the Canpotex proving run was completed successfully before the end of 2015. We expect Agrium’s new Canpotex allotment will be 10.3 percent of Canpotex’s total annual international shipments.

 

    Realized selling prices were lower than the same period last year due to slow spot market demand in both domestic and international markets.

 

    Cost of product sold was reduced as a result of cost efficiencies associated with the ramp-up of the Vanscoy expansion compared to the outage last year for the final tie-in of the expansion project. The significant weakening of the Canadian dollar also reduced production costs reported in U.S. dollars. As a result, cash cost of product manufactured continues to improve and was $64 per tonne this quarter compared to $89 per tonne in the third quarter of 2015.

Phosphate

 

    Sales volumes were slightly higher than last year, while reduced selling prices were largely offset by lower cost of production. As a result, phosphate margin per tonne was only 6 percent lower than the same quarter last year.

 

    Phosphate gross profit was unchanged from the prior year.

 

1  In the prior year, unrealized and realized gains and losses on derivatives not designated as hedges were included in other expenses.

 

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Wholesale Other

Wholesale Other: gross profit breakdown

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015      2014      Change  

Ammonium sulfate

     16         14         2   

ESN

     15         13         2   

Product purchased for resale

     1         3         (2

Other

     2         —           2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     34         30         4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    Gross profit for Wholesale’s Other product category increased this quarter primarily due to higher ammonium sulfate sales volumes and higher ESN margins resulting from lower cost of product sold. This was partly offset by lower ESN realized selling prices.

Expenses

 

    Expenses in the current quarter were $13-million lower than the same period last year as a result of lower selling and general and administrative expenses and a $17-million gain on sale of the West Sacramento upgrading facility. Partially offsetting this is a $19-million goodwill impairment in our European purchase for resale business resulting from ongoing portfolio review in 2015.

Other

EBITDA for our Other non-operating business unit for the fourth quarter of 2015 had a net expense of $92-million, compared to a net expense of $78-million for the fourth quarter of 2014. The variance was due to the following:

 

    $7-million higher gross profit elimination expense as a result of higher inter-segment inventory held at the end of the fourth quarter of 2015

 

    Increase of $12-million in other expenses of our Other business unit primarily due to costs incurred in implementing our Operational Excellence initiatives including severance and closure costs

 

    $10-million lower share-based payments expenses due primarily to a slight decrease in our share price in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to a share price increase in the same period last year

NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID

In January 2015, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) accepted Agrium’s notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid (NCIB) whereby Agrium may purchase up to 7,185,866 common shares on the TSX and New York Stock Exchange from January 26, 2015 to January 25, 2016. In 2015, we purchased for cancellation 5,574,331 shares at an average share price of $100.25 for total consideration of $559-million. No shares were repurchased in 2016 to the date of expiry.

OUTSTANDING SHARE DATA

Agrium had 138,169,000 outstanding shares at January 31, 2016.

 

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SELECTED QUARTERLY INFORMATION

 

 
(millions of U.S. dollars,    2015      2015      2015      2015      2014     2014     2014     2014  

except per share amounts)

   Q4      Q3      Q2      Q1      Q4     Q3     Q2     Q1  

Sales

     2,407         2,524         6,992         2,872         2,705        2,920        7,338        3,079   

Gross profit

     900         696         1,708         584         732        665        1,599        556   

Net earnings from continuing operations

     200         99         675         14         70        91        625        12   

Net loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           —           (19     (41     (9     (9

Net earnings

     200         99         675         14         51        50        616        3   

Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to equity holders of Agrium:

                    

Basic and diluted

     1.45         0.72         4.71         0.08         0.46        0.63        4.34        0.08   

Loss per share from discontinued operations attributable to equity holders of Agrium:

                    

Basic and diluted

     —           —           —           —           (0.13     (0.28     (0.06     (0.06

Earnings per share attributable to
equity holders of Agrium:

                    

Basic and diluted

     1.45         0.72         4.71         0.08         0.33        0.35        4.28        0.02   

The agricultural products business is seasonal. Consequently, year-over-year comparisons are more appropriate than quarter-over-quarter comparisons. Crop input sales are primarily concentrated in the spring and fall crop input application seasons. Crop nutrient inventories are normally accumulated leading up to each application season. Our cash collections from accounts receivables generally occur after the application season is complete, and our customer prepayments are concentrated in December and January.

NON-IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURES

Certain financial measures in this news release are not prescribed by IFRS. We consider these financial measures discussed herein to provide useful information to both management and investors in measuring our financial performance and financial condition.

IFRS requires that we provide and include subtotals and other financial measures in our Consolidated Financial Statements. Such measures become IFRS measures by virtue of being included in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Other measures that are not specifically defined under IFRS and may not be comparable are non-IFRS measures. These non-IFRS measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The following table outlines our non-IFRS financial measures, their definitions and why management uses each measure.

 

Non-IFRS financial measures

  

Definition

  

Why We Use the Measure and

Why it is Useful to Investors

EBITDA    Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before finance costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization    EBITDA is frequently used by investors and analysts for valuation purposes when multiplied by a factor to estimate the enterprise value of a company. EBITDA is also a component in the determination of annual incentive compensation for certain management employees, and in calculation of certain of our debt covenants.

 

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Adjusted EBITDA    EBITDA before finance costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization of joint ventures    Useful in evaluating our business performance by including our proportionate share of joint ventures in operating results
Cash cost of product manufactured (COPM)    All fixed and variable costs are accumulated in cost of product manufactured excluding depreciation and amortization expense and direct freight.    Enables investors to better understand the performance of our manufacturing operations compared to other crop nutrient producers.
  

 

When COPM costs are divided by the production tonnes for the period, the result is actual COPM per tonne, which is compared to the standard COPM per tonne – a calculation of fixed and variable costs for a standard or typical period of production. The standard COPM per tonne is multiplied by the production tonnes for the period, and the resulting dollar amount is transferred to inventory. Any remaining costs are recorded directly to cost of product sold as production volume or cost efficiency variances.

 

Direct freight is a transportation cost to move the product from an Agrium location to the point of sale.

 

There is no directly comparable IFRS measure for cash cost of product manufactured.

Free cash flow    Cash provided by operating activities excluding the impact of net changes in non-cash working capital less sustaining capital expenditures. In 2015, we revised our definition of free cash flow to simplify the calculation and improve the effectiveness of the metric for management and other users. We have restated our 2014 comparative information.    Used to assess the quality of our earnings, as it measures our ability to generate cash from our businesses to repay debt, fund business acquisitions, repurchase our shares and pay dividends. Starting 2015, free cash flow is also a component in determining annual incentive compensation for certain management employees and in calculating the value of Performance Share Units awarded as part of management compensation grants.

RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA to EBIT  
     Three months ended
December 31, 2015
     Three months ended
December 31, 2014
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

  

Retail

    

Wholesale

    

Other

   

Consolidated

    

Retail

    

Wholesale

    

Other

   

Consolidated

 
Adjusted EBITDA      199         372         (92     479         181         150         (78     253   
Equity accounted joint ventures:                      

Finance costs and income taxes

     —           13         —          13         —           4         —          4   

Depreciation and amortization

     —           7         —          7         —           4         —          4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
EBITDA      199         352         (92     459         181         142         (78     245   
Depreciation and amortization      66         65         4        135         77         58         3        138   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
EBIT      133         287         (96     324         104         84         (81     107   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

 

     Twelve months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015      2014  
Cash provided by operating activities      1,663         1,312   
Net changes in non-cash working capital      93         95   
Sustaining capital expenditures      (541      (566
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Free cash flow      1,215         841   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and other information included in this news release constitute “forward-looking information” and/or “financial outlook” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation or constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable U.S. securities legislation (collectively, the “forward-looking statements”). All statements in this news release other than those relating to historical information or current conditions are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements as to management’s expectations with respect to: 2016 annual guidance, including expectations regarding our nitrogen and potash production volumes; capital spending expectations for 2016; expectations regarding 2016 production volumes at our Vanscoy potash facility; and our market outlook for 2016, including anticipated supply and demand for our products and services, expected market and industry conditions with respect to crop nutrient application rates, planted acres, crop mix, prices and the impact of currency fluctuations and import and export volumes. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. As such, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. The purpose of the outlook provided herein is to assist readers in understanding our expected and targeted financial and operating results, and this information may not be appropriate for other purposes.

All of the forward-looking statements are qualified by the assumptions that are stated or inherent in such forward-looking statements, including the assumptions referred to below and elsewhere in this news release. Although Agrium believes that these assumptions are reasonable, this list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the forward-looking statements and the reader should not place an undue reliance on these assumptions and such forward-looking statements. The additional key assumptions that have been made include, among other things, assumptions with respect to Agrium’s ability to successfully integrate and realize the anticipated benefits of its already completed and future acquisitions and that we will be able to implement our standards, controls, procedures and policies at any acquired businesses to realize the expected synergies; that future business, regulatory and industry conditions will be within the parameters expected by Agrium, including with respect to prices, margins, product availability and supplier agreements; the completion of our expansion projects on schedule, as planned and on budget; assumptions with respect to global economic conditions and the accuracy of our market outlook expectations for 2016 and in the future; the adequacy of our cash generated from operations and our ability to access our credit facilities or capital markets for additional sources of financing; our ability to identify suitable candidates for acquisitions and negotiate acceptable terms; our ability to maintain our investment grade rating and achieve our performance targets; and our receipt, on time, of all necessary permits, utilities and project approvals with respect to our expansion projects and that we will have the resources necessary to meet the projects’ approach. Also refer to the discussion under the heading “Key Assumptions and Risks in Respect of Forward-Looking Statements” in our 2014 annual MD&A and under the heading “Market Outlook” in our third quarter 2015 MD&A, with respect to further material assumptions associated with our forward-looking statements.

Events or circumstances that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: general global economic, market and business conditions; weather conditions, including impacts from regional flooding and/or drought conditions; crop planted acreage, yield and prices; the supply and demand and price levels for our major products may vary from what we currently anticipate; governmental and regulatory requirements and actions by governmental authorities, including changes in government policy, government ownership requirements, changes in environmental, tax and other laws or regulations and the interpretation thereof, and political risks, including civil unrest, actions by armed groups or conflict, regional natural gas supply restrictions, as well as counterparty and sovereign risk; delays in completion of turnarounds at our major facilities; gas supply interruptions at the Egyptian Misr Fertilizers Production Company S.A.E. nitrogen facility expansion in Egypt; the risk of additional capital expenditure cost escalation or delays in respect of our Borger nitrogen expansion project and the ramp-up of production following the tie-in of our Vanscoy potash expansion project; and other risk factors detailed from time to time in Agrium reports filed with the Canadian securities regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S. including those disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and under the headings “Enterprise Risk Management” and “Key Assumptions and Risks in respect of Forward-Looking Statements” in our 2014 annual MD&A.

The purpose of our expected diluted earnings per share guidance range is to assist readers in understanding our expected and targeted financial results, and this information may not be appropriate for other purposes.

Agrium disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this press release as a result of new information or future events, except as may be required under applicable U.S. federal securities laws or applicable Canadian securities legislation.

 

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OTHER

Agrium Inc. is a major producer and distributor of agricultural products and services in North America, South America, Australia and Egypt through its agricultural retail-distribution and wholesale nutrient businesses. Agrium supplies growers with key products and services such as crop nutrients, crop protection, seed, and agronomic and application services, thereby helping to meet the ever growing global demand for food and fiber. Agrium produces nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilizers, with a combined wholesale nutrient capacity of over ten million tonnes and with competitive advantages across all product lines. Agrium retail-distribution has an unmatched network of over 1,400 facilities and approximately 3,800 crop consultants. We partner with over half a million grower customers globally to help them increase their yields and returns on more than 50 different crops. With a focus on sustainability, the company strives to improve the communities in which it operates through safety, education, environmental improvement and new technologies such as the development of precision agriculture and controlled release nutrient products. Agrium is focused on driving operational excellence across our businesses, pursuing value-enhancing growth opportunities and returning capital to shareholders. For more information visit: www.agrium.com.

A WEBSITE SIMULCAST of the 2015 4th Quarter Conference Call will be available in a listen-only mode beginning Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. MST (11:30 a.m. ET). Please visit the following website: www.agrium.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Investor/Media Relations:

Richard Downey, Vice President, Investor & Corporate Relations

(403) 225-7357

Todd Coakwell, Director, Investor Relations

(403) 225-7437

Louis Brown, Analyst, Investor Relations

(403) 225-7761

Contact us at: www.agrium.com

 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three months ended

December 31,

   

Twelve months ended

December 31,

 

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

       2015             2014             2015              2014      

Sales

     2,407        2,705        14,795         16,042   

Cost of product sold

     1,507        1,973        10,907         12,490   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

     900        732        3,888         3,552   

Expenses

         

Selling

     465        515        1,921         2,048   

General and administrative

     74        78        268         299   

Share-based payments

     15        25        51         50   

(Earnings) loss from associates and joint ventures

     (5     (2     4         (23

Other expenses

     27        9        28         18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings before finance costs and income taxes

     324        107        1,616         1,160   

Finance costs related to long-term debt

     53        19        181         62   

Other finance costs

     20        21        71         70   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

     251        67        1,364         1,028   

Income taxes

     51        (3     376         230   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings from continuing operations

     200        70        988         798   

Net loss from discontinued operations

     —          (19     —           (78
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings

     200        51        988         720   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Attributable to

         

Equity holders of Agrium

     201        47        988         714   

Non-controlling interest

     (1     4        —           6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings

     200        51        988         720   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share attributable to equity holders of Agrium

         

Basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

     1.45        0.46        6.98         5.51   

Basic and diluted loss per share from discontinued operations

     —          (0.13     —           (0.54
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share

     1.45        0.33        6.98         4.97   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share

     138        144        142         144   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
         

See accompanying notes.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three months ended

December 31,

   

Twelve months ended

December 31,

 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015     2014     2015     2014  

Net earnings

     200        51        988        720   

Other comprehensive loss

        

Items that are or may be reclassified to earnings

        

Cash flow hedges

        

Effective portion of changes in fair value

     (15     (29     (45     (36

Deferred income taxes on changes in fair value

     4        7        12        9   

Share of comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

     1        (2     (6     (4

Foreign currency translation

        

Losses

     (85     (142     (617     (341

Reclassifications to earnings

     7        —          8        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (88     (166     (648     (372
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Items that will never be reclassified to earnings

        

Post-employment benefits

        

Actuarial gains (losses)

     14        (11     14        (31

Deferred income taxes

     (5     3        (4     9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     9        (8     10        (22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

     (79     (174     (638     (394
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

     121        (123     350        326   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to

        

Equity holders of Agrium

     124        (127     350        320   

Non-controlling interest

     (3     4        —          6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

     121        (123     350        326   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

 
     December 31,  

(millions of U.S. dollars)

   2015     2014  

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

     515        848   

Accounts receivable

     2,053        2,075   

Income taxes receivable

     4        138   

Inventories

     3,314        3,505   

Prepaid expenses and deposits

     688        710   

Other current assets

     144        122   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,718        7,398   

Property, plant and equipment

     6,333        6,272   

Intangibles

     632        695   

Goodwill

     1,980        2,014   

Investments in associates and joint ventures

     607        576   

Other assets

     54        78   

Deferred income tax assets

     53        75   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     16,377        17,108   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Short-term debt

     835        1,527   

Accounts payable

     3,919        4,197   

Income taxes payable

     82        5   

Current portion of long-term debt

     8        11   

Current portion of other provisions

     85        113   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,929        5,853   

Long-term debt

     4,513        3,559   

Post-employment benefits

     124        151   

Other provisions

     336        367   

Other liabilities

     85        69   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     383        422   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,370        10,421   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

    

Share capital

     1,757        1,821   

Retained earnings

     5,533        5,502   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,287     (643
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity holders of Agrium

     6,003        6,680   

Non-controlling interest

     4        7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     6,007        6,687   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     16,377        17,108   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 
     Three months ended
December 31,
    Twelve months ended
December 31,
 

(millions of U.S. dollars)

       2015             2014             2015             2014      

Operating

        

Net earnings from continuing operations

     200        70        988        798   

Adjustments for

        

Depreciation and amortization

     135        138        480        550   

(Earnings) loss from associates and joint ventures

     (5     (2     4        (23

Share-based payments

     15        25        51        50   

Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative financial instruments

     (28     14        (21     (32

Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss

     (12     8        (35     56   

Interest income

     (16     (22     (68     (83

Finance costs

     73        40        252        132   

Income taxes

     51        (3     376        230   

Other

     2        5        (20     20   

Interest received

     16        23        70        85   

Interest paid

     (51     (37     (212     (105

Income taxes paid

     (30     (37     (111     (320

Dividends from associates and joint ventures

     —          1        2        49   

Net changes in non-cash working capital

     743        757        (93     (95
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

     1,093        980        1,663        1,312   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing

        

Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (42     (32     (127     (179

Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations

     —          —          —          94   

Capital expenditures

     (278     (504     (1,188     (2,021

Capitalized borrowing costs

     (8     (28     (45     (111

Purchase of investments

     (18     (19     (128     (116

Proceeds from sale of investments

     18        55        83        123   

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

     27        —          104        —     

Other

     (11     (5     (4     (20

Net changes in non-cash working capital

     (9     42        (198     162   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in investing activities

     (321     (491     (1,503     (2,068
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing

        

Short-term debt

     (932     (281     (514     845   

Long-term debt issued

     —          500        1,000        512   

Transaction costs on long-term debt

     —          (8     (14     (8

Repayment of long-term debt

     (2     (19     (19     (64

Dividends paid

     (123     (107     (468     (430

Shares issued

     —          —          1        1   

Shares repurchased

     —          —          (559     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities      (1,057     85        (573     856   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents      47        2        80        (35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations      (238     576        (333     65   
Cash and cash equivalents used in discontinued operations      —          (2     —          (18
Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period      753        274        848        801   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Cash and cash equivalents – end of period      515        848        515        848   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

        

 

19


Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

 

 
      Other comprehensive income (loss)                    

(millions of U.S.
dollars, except per
share data)

   Millions
of
common
shares
    Share
capital
    Retained
earnings
    Cash
flow
hedges
    Comprehensive
loss of
associates and
joint ventures
    Available
for sale
financial
instruments
    Foreign
currency
translation
    Total     Equity
holders of
Agrium
    Non-
controlling
interest
    Total
equity
 

December 31, 2013

     144        1,820        5,253        —          (7)        (8     (264     (279     6,794        2        6,796   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings

     —          —          714        —          —          —          —          —          714        6        720   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

                      

Post-employment benefits

     —          —          (22     —          —          —          —          —          (22     —          (22

Other

     —          —          —          (27     (4     —          (341     (372     (372     —          (372
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     —          —          692        (27     (4     —          (341     (372     320        6        326   

Dividends

     —          —          (435     —          —          —          —          —          (435     —          (435

Non-controlling interest transactions

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (1     (1

Share-based payment transactions

     —          1        —          —          —          —          —          —          1        —          1   

Impact of adopting IFRS 9 at January 1, 2014

     —          —          (8     —          —          8        —          8        —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
December 31, 2014      144        1,821        5,502        (27     (11     —          (605     (643     6,680        7        6,687   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings

     —          —          988        —          —          —          —          —          988        —          988   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

                      

Post-employment benefits

     —          —          10        —          —          —          —          —          10        —          10   

Other

     —          —          —          (33     (6     —          (609     (648     (648     —          (648
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     —          —          998        (33     (6     —          (609     (648     350        —          350   

Dividends

     —          —          (478     —          —          —          —          —          (478     —          (478

Non-controlling interest transactions

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (3     (3

Shares repurchased

     (6     (70     (489     —          —          —          —          —          (559     —          (559

Share-based payment transactions

     —          6        —          —          —          —          —          —          6        —          6   

Reclassification of cash flow hedges, net of tax

     —          —          —          4        —          —          —          4        4        —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

     138        1,757        5,533        (56     (17     —          (1,214     (1,287     6,003        4        6,007   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

20


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

1. Corporate Management

Corporate information

Agrium Inc. (“Agrium”) is incorporated under the laws of Canada with common shares listed under the symbol “AGU” on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Our Corporate head office is located at 13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., Calgary, Canada. We conduct our operations globally from our Wholesale head office in Calgary and our Retail head office in Loveland, Colorado, United States. In these financial statements, “we”, “us”, “our” and “Agrium” mean Agrium Inc., its subsidiaries and joint arrangements.

Agrium operates two business units:

 

    Retail: Distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seed, merchandise and services directly to growers through a network of farm centers in two geographical segments:

 

  North America: including the United States and Canada

 

  International: including Australia and South America

 

    Wholesale: Operates in North and South America and Europe producing, marketing and distributing crop nutrients and industrial products through the following businesses:

 

  Nitrogen: Manufacturing in Alberta, Texas and Argentina

 

  Potash: Mining and processing in Saskatchewan

 

  Phosphate: Mining and production facilities in Alberta and Idaho

 

  Other: Purchasing and reselling crop nutrient products from other suppliers to customers in the Americas and Europe, and producing blended crop nutrients and Environmentally Smart Nitrogen (ESN®) polymer-coated nitrogen crop nutrients.

Additional information on our operating segments is included in note 2.

Seasonality in our business results from increased demand for our products during planting seasons. Sales are generally higher in spring and fall.

Basis of preparation

These unaudited consolidated interim financial statements (“interim financial statements”) were approved for issuance by the Audit Committee on February 8, 2016. These interim financial statements do not include all information and disclosures normally provided in annual or quarterly financial statements. Accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with our audited annual financial statements and related notes, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, contained in our 2014 Annual Report, available at www.agrium.com. The accounting policies applied in these interim financial statements are the same as those applied in our audited annual financial statements, with the exception of the accounting changes described in note 9 to our interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

21


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

2. Operating Segments

 

 

Segment information by business unit

   Three months ended December 31,  
     2015     2014  
     Retail     Wholesale     Other (a)     Total     Retail     Wholesale     Other (a)     Total  

Sales - external

     1,758        649        —          2,407        2,054        651        —          2,705   

- inter-segment

     7        239        (246     —          3        246        (249     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

     1,765        888        (246     2,407        2,057        897        (249     2,705   

Cost of product sold

     1,166        568        (227     1,507        1,443        767        (237     1,973   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     599        320        (19     900        614        130        (12     732   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit (%)

     34        36          37        30        14          27   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

                

Selling

     462        7        (4     465        514        10        (9     515   

General and administrative

     29        12        33        74        30        15        33        78   

Share-based payments

     —          —          15        15        —          —          25        25   

(Earnings) loss from associates and joint ventures

     (2     (2     (1     (5     1        (1     (2     (2

Other (income) expenses

     (23     16        34        27        (35     22        22        9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before finance costs and income taxes

     133        287        (96     324        104        84        (81     107   

Finance costs

     —          —          73        73        —          —          40        40   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

     133        287        (169     251        104        84        (121     67   

Depreciation and amortization

     66        65        4        135        77        58        3        138   

Finance costs

     —          —          73        73        —          —          40        40   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA (b)

     199        352        (92     459        181        142        (78     245   

Share of joint ventures

                

Finance costs and income taxes

     —          13        —          13        —          4        —          4   

Depreciation and amortization

     —          7        —          7        —          4        —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     199        372        (92     479        181        150        (78     253   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes inter-segment eliminations.
(b) EBITDA is earnings (loss) from continuing operations before finance costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.

 

22


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Segment information by business unit

   Twelve months ended December 31,  
     2015      2014  
     Retail     Wholesale      Other (a)     Total      Retail     Wholesale     Other (a)     Total  

Sales - external

     12,168        2,627         —          14,795         12,967        3,075        —          16,042   

- inter-segment

     31        975         (1,006     —           14        898        (912     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

     12,199        3,602         (1,006     14,795         12,981        3,973        (912     16,042   

Cost of product sold

     9,471        2,421         (985     10,907         10,089        3,318        (917     12,490   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     2,728        1,181         (21     3,888         2,892        655        5        3,552   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit (%)

     22        33           26         22        16          22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

                  

Selling

     1,902        36         (17     1,921         2,023        44        (19     2,048   

General and administrative

     112        39         117        268         124        48        127        299   

Share-based payments

     —          —           51        51         —          —          50        50   

(Earnings) loss from associates and joint ventures

     (5     10         (1     4         (6     (18     1        (23

Other (income) expenses

     (60     23         65        28         (63     28        53        18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before finance costs and income taxes

     779        1,073         (236     1,616         814        553        (207     1,160   

Finance costs

     —          —           252        252         —          —          132        132   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

     779        1,073         (488     1,364         814        553        (339     1,028   

Depreciation and amortization

     254        211         15        480         305        230        15        550   

Finance costs

     —          —           252        252         —          —          132        132   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

     1,033        1,284         (221     2,096         1,119        783        (192     1,710   

Share of joint ventures

                  

Finance costs and income taxes

     —          19         —          19         —          24        —          24   

Depreciation and amortization

     —          19         —          19         —          14        —          14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     1,033        1,322         (221     2,134         1,119        821        (192     1,748   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes inter-segment eliminations.

 

23


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Segment information – Retail

   Three months ended December 31,  
     2015     2014  
     North
America
    International     Retail     North
America
    International     Retail  

Sales - external

     1,333        425        1,758        1,482        572        2,054   

- inter-segment

     7        —          7        3        —          3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

     1,340        425        1,765        1,485        572        2,057   

Cost of product sold

     853        313        1,166        1,008        435        1,443   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     487        112        599        477        137        614   

Expenses

            

Selling

     375        87        462        397        117        514   

General and administrative

     22        7        29        20        10        30   

(Earnings) loss from associates and joint ventures

     (1     (1     (2     1        —          1   

Other income

     (17     (6     (23     (32     (3     (35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

     108        25        133        91        13        104   

Depreciation and amortization

     61        5        66        54        23        77   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

     169        30        199        145        36        181   

Adjusted EBITDA

     169        30        199        145        36        181   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

24


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Segment information – Retail

   Twelve months ended December 31,  
     2015     2014  
     North
America
    International     Retail     North
America
    International     Retail  

Sales - external

     10,093        2,075        12,168        10,449        2,518        12,967   

- inter-segment

     31        —          31        14        —          14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

     10,124        2,075        12,199        10,463        2,518        12,981   

Cost of product sold

     7,826        1,645        9,471        8,080        2,009        10,089   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     2,298        430        2,728        2,383        509        2,892   

Expenses

            

Selling

     1,571        331        1,902        1,622        401        2,023   

General and administrative

     79        33        112        80        44        124   

Earnings from associates and joint ventures

     (3     (2     (5     (3     (3     (6

Other income

     (35     (25     (60     (39     (24     (63
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

     686        93        779        723        91        814   

Depreciation and amortization

     229        25        254        257        48        305   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

     915        118        1,033        980        139        1,119   

Adjusted EBITDA

     915        118        1,033        980        139        1,119   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

25


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Segment information – Wholesale

  Three months ended December 31,  
    2015     2014  
    Nitrogen     Potash     Phosphate     Wholesale
Other (a)
    Wholesale     Nitrogen     Potash     Phosphate     Wholesale
Other (a)
    Wholesale  

Sales - external

    270        137        127        115        649        311        7        135        198        651   

- inter-segment

    97        38        72        32        239        93        2        65        86        246   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

    367        175        199        147        888        404        9        200        284        897   

Cost of product sold

    181        112        162        113        568        291        59        163        254        767   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    186        63        37        34        320        113        (50     37        30        130   

Expenses

                   

Selling

    3        1        1        2        7        5        —          2        3        10   

General and administrative

    5        2        1        4        12        4        3        3        5        15   

Earnings from associates and joint ventures

    —          —          —          (2     (2     —          —          —          (1     (1

Other (income) expenses

    (12     7        1        20        16        3        11        4        4        22   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

    190        53        34        10        287        101        (64     28        19        84   

Depreciation and amortization

    18        28        14        5        65        21        15        14        8        58   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

    208        81        48        15        352        122        (49     42        27        142   

Share of joint ventures

                   

Finance costs and income taxes

    13        —          —          —          13        5        —          —          (1     4   

Depreciation and amortization

    7        —          —          —          7        4        —          —          —          4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

    228        81        48        15        372        131        (49     42        26        150   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes product purchased for resale, ammonium sulfate, ESN and other products.

 

26


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Segment information – Wholesale

  Twelve months ended December 31,  
    2015     2014  
    Nitrogen     Potash     Phosphate     Wholesale
Other (a)
    Wholesale     Nitrogen     Potash     Phosphate     Wholesale
Other (a)
    Wholesale  

Sales - external

    1,129        364        471        663        2,627        1,124        274        456        1,221        3,075   

- inter-segment

    401        151        270        153        975        358        117        245        178        898   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sales

    1,530        515        741        816        3,602        1,482        391        701        1,399        3,973   

Cost of product sold

    801        335        599        686        2,421        1,101        321        625        1,271        3,318   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    729        180        142        130        1,181        381        70        76        128        655   

Expenses

                   

Selling

    15        5        4        12        36        16        6        7        15        44   

General and administrative

    15        7        5        12        39        13        10        10        15        48   

Loss (earnings) from associates and joint ventures

    —          —          —          10        10        —          —          —          (18     (18

Other expenses (income)

    —          25        17        (19     23        (15     26        14        3        28   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

    699        143        116        115        1,073        367        28        45        113        553   

Depreciation and amortization

    72        71        51        17        211        86        65        52        27        230   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

    771        214        167        132        1,284        453        93        97        140        783   

Share of joint ventures

                   

Finance costs and income taxes

    19        —          —          —          19        24        —          —          —          24   

Depreciation and amortization

    19        —          —          —          19        14        —          —          —          14   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

    809        214        167        132        1,322        491        93        97        140        821   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes product purchased for resale, ammonium sulfate, ESN and other products.

 

27


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Gross profit by product line

  Three months ended December 31,     Twelve months ended December 31,  
    2015     2014     2015     2014  
    Sales     Cost of
product
sold
    Gross
profit
    Sales     Cost of
product
sold
    Gross
profit
    Sales     Cost of
product
sold
    Gross
profit
    Sales     Cost of
product
sold
    Gross
profit
 

Retail

                       

Crop nutrients

    843        689        154        972        816        156        4,944        4,097        847        5,222        4,291        931   

Crop protection products

    541        273        268        552        292        260        4,543        3,476        1,067        4,613        3,559        1,054   

Seed

    75        21        54        91        41        50        1,425        1,141        284        1,481        1,162        319   

Merchandise

    156        129        27        211        181        30        638        539        99        871        757        114   

Services and other

    150        54        96        231        113        118        649        218        431        794        320        474   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,765        1,166        599        2,057        1,443        614        12,199        9,471        2,728        12,981        10,089        2,892   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Wholesale

                       

Nitrogen

    367        181        186        404        291        113        1,530        801        729        1,482        1,101        381   

Potash

    175        112        63        9        59        (50     515        335        180        391        321        70   

Phosphate

    199        162        37        200        163        37        741        599        142        701        625        76   

Product purchased for resale

    53        52        1        177        174        3        398        387        11        921        896        25   

Ammonium sulfate, ESN and other

    94        61        33        107        80        27        418        299        119        478        375        103   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    888        568        320        897        767        130        3,602        2,421        1,181        3,973        3,318        655   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other inter-segment eliminations

    (246     (227     (19     (249     (237     (12     (1,006     (985     (21     (912     (917     5   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    2,407        1,507        900        2,705        1,973        732        14,795        10,907        3,888        16,042        12,490        3,552   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Wholesale share of joint ventures

                       

Nitrogen

    71        59        12        48        40        8        194        178        16        197        149        48   

Product purchased for resale

    —          —          —          40        37        3        38        37        1        102        93        9   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    71        59        12        88        77        11        232        215        17        299        242        57   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Wholesale including proportionate share in joint ventures

    959        627        332        985        844        141        3,834        2,636        1,198        4,272        3,560        712   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

28


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Selected volumes and per tonne information

   Three months ended December 31,  
     2015      2014  
     Sales
tonnes
(000’s)
     Selling
price
($/tonne)
     Cost of
product
sold
($/tonne)
     Margin
($/tonne)
     Sales
tonnes
(000’s)
     Selling
price
($/tonne)
     Cost of
product
sold
($/tonne)
     Margin
($/tonne)
 

Retail

                       

Crop nutrients

                       

North America

     1,375         513         416         97         1,436         556         465         91   

International

     327         424         364         60         367         475         406         69   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total crop nutrients

     1,702         496         406         90         1,803         539         452         87   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale

                       

Nitrogen

                       

North America

                       

Ammonia

     374         499               333         565         

Urea

     386         356               342         431         

Other

     152         283               204         331         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total nitrogen

     912         403         199         204         879         459         331         128   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Potash

                       

North America

     503         281               19         375         

International

     153         220               —           —           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total potash (a)

     656         267         171         96         19         482         2,992         (2,510
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Phosphate

     325         610         495         115         305         656         534         122   

Product purchased for resale

     148         362         356         6         547         326         321         5   

Ammonium sulfate

     96         293         125         168         84         327         165         162   

ESN and other

     155                  165            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Wholesale

     2,292         387         248         139         1,999         449         384         65   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale share of joint ventures

                       

Nitrogen

     198         359         295         64         103         463         384         79   

Product purchased for resale

     —           —           —           —           62         650         605         45   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     198         359         295         64         165         533         467         66   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Wholesale including proportionate share in joint ventures

     2,490         385         251         134         2,164         455         390         65   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Potash results for the three months ended December 31, 2014 were impacted by the extended turnaround at our Vanscoy facility to complete the planned tie-in of the expansion project. This resulted in limited volumes for sale.

 

29


Summarized Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015

(millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

(Unaudited)

 

Selected volumes and per tonne information

   Twelve months ended December 31,  
     2015      2014  
     Sales
tonnes
(000’s)
     Selling
price
($/tonne)
     Cost of
product
sold
($/tonne)
     Margin
($/tonne)
     Sales
tonnes
(000’s)
     Selling
price
($/tonne)
     Cost of
product
sold
($/tonne)
     Margin
($/tonne)
 

Retail

                       

Crop nutrients

                       

North America

     7,731         537         436         101         7,782         549         441         108   

International

     1,843         431         393         38         1,937         492         445         47   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total crop nutrients

     9,574         516         427         89         9,719         537         441         96   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale

                       

Nitrogen

                       

North America

                       

Ammonia

     1,209         530               1,042         553         

Urea

     1,583         395               1,287         443         

Other

     864         305               983         341         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total nitrogen

     3,656         418         219         199         3,312         447         332         115   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Potash

                       

North America

     1,133         330               821         359         

International

     601         235               443         217         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total potash (a)

     1,734         297         193         104         1,264         309         253         56   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Phosphate

     1,166         635         513         122         1,142         614         548         66   

Product purchased for resale

     1,089         366         356         10         2,490         370         360         10   

Ammonium sulfate

     336         330         140         190         349         332         175         157   

ESN and other

     656                  714            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Wholesale

     8,637         417         280         137         9,271         429         358         71   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale share of joint ventures

                       

Nitrogen

     506         384         352         32         454         433         328         105   

Product purchased for resale

     117         321         309         12         287         356         324         32   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     623         372         343         29         741         403         326         77   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Wholesale including proportionate share in joint ventures

     9,260         414         285         129         10,012         427         356         71   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Potash results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 were impacted by the extended turnaround at our Vanscoy facility to complete the planned tie-in of the expansion project. This resulted in limited volumes for sale.

 

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