Exhibit 99.1
CP and Canpotex enter new long-term agreement
CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) today announced the execution of a new long-term agreement with Canpotex Limited further cementing the long-standing relationship between the two companies and supporting Canpotex’s future growth.
“We are pleased to have entered into this agreement and incredibly proud to continue our successful relationship with Canpotex,” said Keith Creel, CP President and CEO. “Canpotex and CP are like-minded organizations, focused on asset utilization and efficiency. This long-standing relationship makes sense for us both. We look forward to the opportunity to continue serving Canpotex and supporting growth.”
CP is the primary rail transportation provider supporting delivery of Canadian potash to Canpotex’s overseas export markets.
The new seven-year contract, which runs through 2028, is a successor to the current, 10-year agreement between CP and Canpotex, which expires in 2022.
“This new agreement will extend our long-standing relationship with CP, and will provide the safe and efficient rail service we depend on to reliably reach our customers in overseas markets,” said Gord McKenzie, Canpotex President and CEO.
As the leading carrier for export potash, CP allows Canpotex’s supply chain to be optimized efficiently and safely from mine to port terminals by leveraging CP’s service options and network capacity.
Note on forward-looking information
This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements (collectively, “forward-looking information”) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements concerning expectations, beliefs, plans, goals, objectives, assumptions and statements about possible future events, conditions, and results of operations or performance. Forward-looking information may contain statements with words or headings such as “financial expectations”, “key assumptions”, “will”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “should”, “commit” or similar words suggesting future outcomes.
This news release contains forward-looking information relating, but not limited, to, the delivery by CP of Canadian potash to Canpotex’s global export markets, the future growth of Canpotex and related matters associated with the long-term agreement between CP and Canpotex.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, having regard to CP’s experience and its perception of historical trends, and includes, but is not limited to, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions relating to: the fuel efficiency of railways and CP’s operations; the impacts of existing and planned capital investments; North American and global economic growth; commodity demand growth; agricultural production; commodity prices and interest rates; performance of our assets and