Sept 12 (Reuters) - Agrium Inc AGU.TO
* Agrium and PotashCorp to combine in merger of equals to create a world-Class integrated global supplier of crop inputs
* New company to be named prior to transaction's closing
* Registered head office in Saskatoon, with Canadian corporate offices in both Calgary and Saskatoon
* PotashCorp shareholders will receive 0.400 common shares of new company for each common share of PotashCorp they own
* Agrium shareholders will receive 2.230 common shares of new company for each common share of Agrium they own
* Says Jochen Tilk will serve as executive chairman, and chuck magro will serve as chief executive officer
* Upon closing of transaction, Jochen Tilk will serve as executive chairman, and Chuck Magro will serve as chief executive officer
* PotashCorp shareholders will own about 52 percent of new co, Agrium shareholders will own about 48 percent on fully diluted basis
* On a 2015 pro forma basis, new company would have had net revenue of approximately us$20.6 billion and EBITDA of us$4.7 billion before synergies
* New company's board of directors will have equal representation
* Morgan Stanley & Co LLC (NYSE:MS) is serving as joint financial advisor to Agrium and PotashCorp
* Agrium inc says combination of both companies expected to generate up to US$500 million of annual operating synergies
* Synergies imply value creation for combined enterprise of up to us$5 billion, or a 20 percent increase above combined market capitalizations on august 29, 2016
* BofA Merrill lynch and RBC capital markets are serving as financial advisors to PotashCorp
* Agrium Inc says new company will remain committed to Canpotex
* Barclays (LON:BARC) capital inc and CIBC capital markets are serving as financial advisors
* Transaction will be implemented by way of a plan of arrangement under Canada business corporations act; expected to close during mid-2017 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: AGU.TO