COMINCO FERTILIZERS LTD. SEEKS NAME CHANGE TO AGRIUM INC.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MARCH 28, 1995--COMINCO FERTILIZERS (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COF) Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. announced today that it will ask its shareholders to approve changing the Company's name to AGRIUM INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec. .

The new name is pronounced Ag-rium, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It consists of two very strong and positive word parts that communicate the Company's essential nature. The "Agr" prefix evokes agriculture, and the "ium" suffix symbolizes a close connection to the earth.

Agrium Inc. was a favored choice, ranking highly in its connotations of reliability, quality, responsiveness, and stability. Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. is one of North America's largest integrated and diversified fertilizer companies. Its shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COF. The Company has also applied to list its common shares on the NASDAQ NASDAQ
in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market in the United States.

CONTACT: Larry Thiessen

403/258-4615

or

Dick Nichols

403/258-5746 REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-330-5311 or

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