AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 4.9

AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 8 (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 16, 2008, among TERRA CAPITAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Terra Capital”) and TERRA MISSISSIPPI HOLDINGS CORP. (F/K/A MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL CORPORATION), a Mississippi corporation (“TMH”) (Terra Capital and TMH each a “Borrower” and, collectively, the “Borrowers”), TERRA INDUSTRIES INC., a Maryland corporation (“Terra Industries”), TERRA CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Terra Capital Holdings”), the Lenders party hereto and CITICORP USA, INC., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders and the Issuers (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), amends certain provisions of the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 21, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including previous amendments hereto, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrowers, Terra Industries, Terra Capital Holdings, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as issuing banks (the “Issuers”) and CITICORP USA, INC., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders and the Issuers (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Terra Industries and Terra Capital Holdings have requested, and the Requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to, certain amendments to the Credit Agreement as more specifically set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and provisions hereinafter contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein but defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

2. Amendments. Upon the occurrence of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 3), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

Section 8.5 (Restricted Payments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word “and” appearing immediately before clause (e) with a semi-colon, replacing the period at the end of clause (e) with a semi-colon and inserting immediately thereafter the following new clause:

(f) quarterly cash dividend payments on the Stock of Terra Industries, provided, that

(i) if any Revolving Loans, Swingline Loan or Reimbursement Obligations are outstanding, Terra Industries shall maintain cash or Cash Equivalents at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such dividend in an amount equal to but not less than (A) the amount of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loan and Reimbursement Obligations outstanding plus (B) the amount equal to such dividend payment multiplied by four; or

(ii) if no Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or Reimbursement Obligations are outstanding, (A) such dividend payment shall be no greater than 12.5% of the Consolidated Net Income of Terra Industries and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters or (B) Terra Industries shall maintain cash or Cash Equivalents at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such dividend in an amount equal to such dividend payment multiplied by four.

3. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Eighth Amendment Effective Date”) when the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

(a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, all of the following, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i) this Amendment, executed by the Borrowers, Terra Industries, Terra Capital Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders; and

(ii) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may reasonably require.

(b) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrowers or the Guarantors in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Loan Documents to which any of the Borrowers or the Guarantors is a party or by which the Borrowers or the Guarantors are bound, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (other than representations and warranties in any such Loan Document which expressly speak as of a specific date, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date).

(c) No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.

(d) Fees and Expenses Paid. The Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent all fees, costs, and expenses payable pursuant to this Amendment and the other Loan Documents, including those payable in accordance with Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent incurred prior to or otherwise in connection with this Amendment to the extent invoiced to the Borrowers.

4. Representations and Warranties. On and as of the date hereof, and as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Amendment, each Borrower, Terra Industries and Terra Capital Holdings hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time under or in connection therewith are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to a specific date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date; provided, however, that references therein to the “Credit Agreement” shall be deemed to include this Amendment; and

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

5. Continuing Effect; No other Amendments. Except as expressly amended hereby or waiver herein, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are, and shall remain, in full force and effect. The amendments and consents contained herein shall not constitute an amendment or a waiver of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for any purpose except as expressly set forth herein.

6. Loan Documents. This Amendment is deemed to be a “Loan Document” for the purposes of the Credit Agreement.

7. Fees. As consideration for a Lender consenting to this Amendment, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, a fee equal to 0.050% of the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment currently in effect provided that the Administrative Agent shall have received (by facsimile or otherwise) this Amendment executed from such Lender by 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on July 14, 2008.

8. Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers, Terra Industries and Terra Capital Holdings agree to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and other instruments and documents to be delivered pursuant hereto, including the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.

9. Governing Law; Counterparts; Miscellaneous.

(a) This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

(c) Section captions used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.

(d) From and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, all references in the Credit Agreement to the “Agreement” shall be deemed to be references to such Agreement as modified hereby and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have executed this Amendment No. 8 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to be effective for all purposes as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.


Borrowers Terra Capital, Inc.,
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President


Terra Mississippi Holdings Corp., (f/k/a Mississippi Chemical Corporation)
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President & CFO

Guarantors Terra Industries Inc.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Sr. Vice President & CFO

Terra Capital Holdings Inc.,
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Administrative Agent Citicorp USA, Inc.
By:	/s/ Miles X. XxXxxxx
	Name:	Miles X. XxXxxxx
	Title:	Vice President and Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Lenders Citigroup USA, Inc.
By:	/s/ Miles X. XxXxxxx
	Name:	Miles X. XxXxxxx
	Title:	Vice President and Director

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Xxxxx Fargo Foothill, LLC.
By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


LaSalle Bank National Association
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Senior Vice President

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Congress Financial Corp.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Whutin
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Whutin
	Title:	Director

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General Electric Capital Corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Duly Authorized Signatory

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


National City Business Credit, Inc.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

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State of California Public Employees’ Retirement System
By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxxxxxx
	Title:

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CONSENT OF GUARANTORS

Dated as of July 16, 2008

Each of the undersigned companies, as a Guarantor under the Amended and Restated Guaranty dated October 10, 2001 (the “Guaranty”), in favor of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Amendment, hereby consents to such Amendment and hereby confirms and agrees that notwithstanding the effectiveness of such Amendment, the Guaranty is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that, on and after the effectiveness of such Amendment, each reference in the Guaranty to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by such Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have consented to this Amendment, as of the date first written above.


TERRA CAPITAL, INC. TERRA MISSISSIPPI HOLDINGS CORP. (F/K/A MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL CORPORATION) TERRA INDUSTRIES INC. TERRA CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. TERRA NITROGEN CORPORATION TERRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. TERRA INTERNATIONAL (OKLAHOMA) INC. PORT XXXX CORPORATION TERRA METHANOL CORPORATION EMC HOLDINGS INC. BEAUMONT HOLDINGS CORPORATION TERRA REAL ESTATE CORPORATION BEAUMONT AMMONIA INC. TERRA INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) INC. TERRA MISSISSIPPI NITROGEN, INC. (F/K/A MISSISSIPPI NITROGEN, INC.) XXXXX XXXXXXX AMMONIA, INC. (F/K/A MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY) TERRA NITROGEN GP HOLDINGS INC.
By:
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Sr. Vice President & CFO

Terra (U.K.) Holdings Inc.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]

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