NEW YORK,
May 8, 2009 – BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate
banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), will hold its Agriculture,
Protein and Fertilizer investor Conference on Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday,
May 14, 2009, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
The event this year
combines the Agriculture and Protein conference and Fertilizer conference
and brings together senior management
from leading
companies for a broader look at the global sectors’ current challenges
and future opportunities.
Day 1 of the Conference
will focus on agriculture and protein and will be hosted by award winning
analyst Kenneth Zaslow, Director,
Food and
Agribusiness Research at BMO Capital Markets.
Day 2 of the Conference
will focus on fertilizer and will be hosted by top ranked Fertilizer
analyst and Managing Director, Edwin Chee
as well
as Joel Jackson, also a Fertilizer Analyst with BMO Capital Markets.
Included on the agenda
are presentations by Dr. Robert Fraley, EVP & Chief
Technology Officer at the Monsanto Company, Anatoly Lomakin, Director
General at the JSC International Potash Company and Rakesh Kapur, Deputy
Managing
Director, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd.
Presentations will
be broadcast live and archived at:
www.bmocm.com/conferences/agricultureproteinfertilizer2009/
An agenda with presentation
times for the conference is also available on the web site.
Scheduled presenters
include*:
AgFeed Industries
Inc. (FEED-NYSE), Gerard Daignault, COO
AJC International, Inc. (Private), Brad Allison, President
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM-NYSE), Steve Mills, EVP & CFO
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM-NYSE), John Rice EVP, Commercial & Production
Bunge Ltd. (BG-NYSE), Alberto Weisser, Chairman & CEO
Bunge Ltd. (BG-NYSE),Jacqualyn Fouse, CFO
Corn Products International (CPO-NYSE), Illene S. Gordon,
Chairman, President & CEO
Corn Products International (CPO-NYSE), Cheryl Beebe, VP & CFO
Gold’n Plump Poultry (Private), Michael Helgeson, CEO
House of Raeford Farms, Inc. (Private), Donald Taber, President & COO
JBS S.A. (JBS-BOVESPA), Joesley Mendonça Batista, CEO
Monsanto Co. (MON-NYSE), Dr. Robert Farley, EVP & Chief Technology Officer
POET (Private), Denny DeVos, VP, Corporate Finance
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SAFM-NASDAQ), Joe Sanderson, Chairman & CEO
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SAFM-NASDAQ), Mike Cockrell, Treasurer & CFO
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD-NYSE), C. Larry Pope, President & CEO
Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN-NYSE), Leland Tollett Interim, President & CEO
Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN-NYSE), Jim Lochner, Sr. Group VP Fresh Meats & Margin
Optimization
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM-NASDAQ), Fred Adams, Chairman & CEO
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM-NASDAQ), Tim Dawson, CFO
Industrias Bachoco (IBA-NYSE), Daniel Salazar, CFO
Agrium Inc. (AGU-NYSE/TSX), Bruce Waterman, SVP, Finance & CFO
Amazon Potash Corp. (Private), David Gower, President
Athabasca Potash Inc. (API-TSX), Dawn Zhou, President & CEO
Athabasca Potash Inc. (API-TSX), Brad Fettis, VP, Mining
CF Industries (CF-NYSE), Tony Nocchiero, SVP & CFO
Compass Minerals (CMP-NYSE), Angelo Brisimitzakis, President & CEO
Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. (HF-TSX), Robert Beutel, Chairman
ICL (ICL-TSX), Akiva Mozes, President & CEO
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd. – IFFCO (Private),
Rakesh Kapur, Deputy Managing Director
Integer Research (Private), Oliver Hatfield, Director
Intrepid Potash, Inc. (IPI-NYSE), Robert Jornayvaz, Chairman & CEO
JSC International Potash Company (Private), Anatoly Lomakin, Director
General
Legend International Holdings, Inc. (LGDI-NASDAQB), Joseph Gutnick,
President & CEO
Legend International Holdings, Inc. (LGDI-NASDAQB), Craig Michael, Executive
General Manager
MagIndustries Corp (MAA-TSXV), Rich Morrow, VP
Migao Corp. (MGO-TSX), Randall Smallbone, CFO
Migao Corp. (MGO-TSX), Jay Hussey, VP, Corporate Finance
Minemakers Ltd. (MAK-ASX), Andrew Drummond, Managing Director
Potash One Inc. (KCL-TSX), Paul Matysek, President & CEO
Potash One Inc. (KCL-TSX), Max Ramey, VP, Solution Mining
PotashCorp (POT-NYSE/TSX), Bill Doyle, President & CEO
Satimola Ltd. (Private), Gordon Toll, Chairman & CEO
Sinofert Holdings Ltd. (297-HKSE), Harry Yang, Executive Direction & Deputy
General Manager
Sunkar Resources plc (SKR-LSE), Serik Utegen, CEO
Terra Industries (TRA-NYSE), Dan Greenwell, EVP & CFO
The Mosaic Company (MOS-NYSE), Jim Prokopanko, President & CEO
Western Potash Corp. (WPX-TSXV), Patricio Varas, President & CEO
Yara International ASA (YAR-OL), Edward Cavazuti, SVP, Head of
Downstream Segment
* Agenda subject to change.
About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets
is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider offering
equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending
and
project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant
banking, securitization, treasury management, market risk management,
debt and
equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets
has
offices in 26 locations around the world, including 14 in North America.
BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO),
one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North
America with US$361 billion total assets and 37,000 employees as at January
31, 2009.
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