UNITED STATES
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On October 9, 2009, Terra Industries Inc. (Terra) and its subsidiaries Terra Capital
Holdings Inc., Terra Capital, Inc. and Terra Mississippi Holdings Corp. and certain of the lenders
under Terras Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated December 21, 2004 (the Existing Terra
Capital Credit Agreement) entered into Amendment No. 11 (the Terra Capital Credit Facility
Amendment) to the Existing Terra Capital Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Terra Capital Credit
Facility Amendment, certain covenants under the Existing Terra Capital Credit Agreement were
amended in order to increase the amount of permitted annual capital expenditures and cash
investments in joint ventures by Terra and its subsidiaries from $75 million to $90 million, to
provide for a separate allowance for joint venture investments by Terra and its subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $320 million, and to permit the payment of a special cash dividend
of approximately $750 million in the aggregate to Terras shareholders, the repurchase of Terra
Capital, Inc.s existing 7.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (pursuant to a previously announced tender
offer for all such outstanding 2017 Notes), and the incurrence of new debt financing prior to
December 31, 2009 in an amount not to exceed $600 million. The Terra Capital Credit Facility
Amendment also provides for an increase in the unused commitment fee under the credit facility by
0.25% per annum, and for revised interest rates applicable to amounts outstanding under the credit
facility that are to be calculated based on an average available credit calculation under the
credit facility (instead of based on a leverage ratio calculation).
Also on October 9, 2009, Terra Nitrogen Limited Partnership and Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P.
and certain of the lenders under their Credit Agreement dated December 21, 2004 (the Existing TNLP
Credit Agreement) entered into Amendment No. 3 (the TNLP Credit Facility Amendment) to the
Existing TNLP Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the TNLP Credit Facility Amendment, the borrowing base
applicable to the Existing TNLP Credit Agreement will be measured monthly (instead of weekly as
previously provided under the Existing TNLP Credit Agreement), unless the available credit under
such credit facility is $20 million or less at any time, during which time such borrowing base will
be measured weekly.
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