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Koch Fertilizer to Market Nitamin Products Produced by Georgia-Pacific Chemicals

WICHITA, Kan. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Koch Fertilizer announced it will market plant nutrition products for Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC after reaching an agreement in principle. Under the proposed agreement, a new subsidiary of Koch Fertilizer, LLC, Koch Agronomic Services, LLC, will market the Nitamin and Nitamin Nfusion lines of slow-release foliar- and soil-applied nitrogen. Georgia-Pacific Chemicals will continue to manufacture the products and will continue to provide technical support, research and development for the product line.

"The creation of Koch Agronomic Services underscores our goal to expand our capabilities to provide efficient crop fertilizer solutions and value to growers who are looking to maximize their return on crop input expenses," said Steve Packebush, president of Koch Fertilizer. Koch Fertilizer and its affiliates are collectively one of the world's largest marketers of nitrogen fertilizers.

"Current Nitamin users will receive the same innovative, quality products from the same manufacturing sources as today," said Rick Urschel, president of Georgia-Pacific Chemicals. "With this new proposed arrangement, distributors and other customers will obtain access to a broader line of agronomic solutions from Koch Fertilizer, while retaining access to new products that can enhance crop yield cost-effectively from the Georgia-Pacific Chemicals R&D team."

Tom Snipes, currently plant nutrition business manager for Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, will become the new business manager for Nitamin and Nitamin Nfusion products at Koch Agronomic Services. He will continue to coordinate sales of the Nitamin product line.

"Koch Fertilizer's capabilities make this a tremendous opportunity to extend the reach of Nitamin brand fertilizers to more markets in the U.S. and Canada," Snipes said. "We plan to capitalize on the agronomic services platform to bring current and future advanced crop production technologies and enhanced value to our customers."

Nitamin and Nitamin Nfusion products provide growers and turf professionals with safe and efficient slow-release nitrogen. The soil-applied and foliar products in the Nitamin portfolio are customizable to a variety of soil conditions to aid in matching nitrogen availability to the crop's nutrient uptake demand. This enhances the plant's potential and, ultimately, favorably impacts crop yield, quality and protection.

Koch Fertilizer refers to Koch Fertilizer, LLC and its affiliates. Koch Fertilizer, LLC and its affiliates produce, distribute and globally market nitrogen fertilizers, including anhydrous ammonia, urea, nitric acid, UAN solutions, ammonium nitrate solution, ammonium polyphosphate and ammonium thiosulfate. The companies' fertilizer interests have the capability of producing more than 10 million metric tons of fertilizer products annually. Koch Fertilizer, LLC is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., one of the largest private companies in America. www.kochfertilizer.com.

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, is a global performance chemical manufacturer and marketer recognized as a leader in chemicals for building products, paper, plant nutrition, mining, oilfield, and specialty applications as well as pine chemical derivatives. It has operations in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, with joint ventures in China, India and South Africa. For additional information, please visit the company's Web site http://www.gp.com/chemical/ or call l-866-4GP-CHEM (866-447-2436).

About Nitamin fertilizers

Nitamin 30L and Nitamin Nfusion^® Steady-Delivery liquid slow-release nitrogen products provide a steady supply of nitrogen to the plant, minimizing nitrogen fluctuations that have a negative impact on plant growth and quality. Nitamin 30L, a unique blend of slowly available and readily available nitrogen components, was developed as a foliar-applied fertilizer for use on crops and turfgrass and can be applied with many crop protection products. Nitamin Nfusion was designed to be blended with quick-release, soil-applied liquid nitrogen fertilizers to provide an economical high-efficiency nitrogen source based on seasonal crop nitrogen demand and regional growing conditions. For more information, please visit at http://www.nitamin.com/ or call the Nitamin hotline at 866-2nitamin.

Nitamin, Nitamin Nfusion and Steady-Delivery are owned by or licensed to Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC.

Koch Industries, Inc.
Katie Stavinoha, 281-363-7260
katie.stavinoha@kochps.com