CHS Acquires Eastern European Grain Company

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Jan 18, 2011, 09:56 ET

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CHS Inc. (Nasdaq: CHSCP), a leading grains, foods and energy company, has acquired Agri Point Limited from East Point Holdings Limited, Nicosia, Cyprus. The Agri Point acquisition is part of the company's ongoing global grain origination expansion, adding approximately 1.5-to-2 million metric tons of corn, wheat and barley.

"Acquiring Agri Point enables CHS to further develop its global competency and presence into the high growth areas of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia," says Claudio Scarrozza, general manager, CHS Europe, Geneva, Switzerland. "In addition, we're adding important infrastructure to our global supply chain capabilities with a deep-water port in Constanta, Romania, a barge loading facility on the Danube River at Giurgiu, Romania, and an inland grain terminal at Oroshaza, Hungary."

Scarrozza says CHS is executing targeted growth and expansion to fulfill its mission and vision to shareholders of creating value by sourcing agricultural commodities and securing access to consumptive demand worldwide. CHS will have commercial offices in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia, managed by the CHS Europe office, Geneva. CHS also has international grain origination offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Geneva, Switzerland; Barcelona, Spain; Kiev, Ukraine; Krasnodar, Russia; and Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.

CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a diversified energy, grains and foods company committed to providing the essential resources that enrich lives around the world. A Fortune 100 company, CHS is owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives, along with thousands of preferred stockholders across the United States. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, livestock feed, grain, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions, including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products. CHS is listed on the NASDAQ at CHSCP.

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management's current expectations and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the potential results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligations to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. For a discussion of additional factors that may materially affect management's estimates and predictions, please view the CHS Inc. annual report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended Aug. 31, 2010, which can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission web site (www.sec.gov) or on the CHS web site www.chsinc.com.

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