First Supplemental Indenture, dated December 4, 2009, by and among Terra Capital, Inc., Terra Industries Inc., Terra LP Holdings LLC, the existing guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
The First Supplemental Indenture (the First Supplemental Indenture) is made and entered into this December 4, 2009, by and among Terra Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Terra Industries Inc., a Maryland corporation, as parent guarantor (the Parent), each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Appendix I attached hereto (each, together with the Parent, the Existing Guarantors), Terra LP Holdings LLC (the New Guarantor) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS Terra Capital, Inc. (the Company), Terra Industries Inc., a Maryland corporation (Parent), certain of Parents subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, are parties to an Indenture (as such may be amended from time to time, the Indenture), dated as of October 26, 2009, relating to the Companys 7.75% Senior Notes due 2019 (the Notes);
WHEREAS Section 4.5 and Section 10.7 of the Indenture require the Company to cause each new Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary) to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Indenture and the Notes;
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee can execute the First Supplemental Indenture without consent of holders.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees to guarantee the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture. From and after the date hereof, the undersigned shall be a Guarantor for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees to guarantee the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture. From and after the date hereof, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes.
3. Incorporation of Terms of Indenture. The obligations of the New Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be governed in all respects by the terms of the Indenture and shall constitute a Guarantee thereunder. The New Guarantor shall be bound by the terms of the Indenture as they relate to the Guarantee.
4. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, member or stockholder of the New Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company, any Existing Guarantor or the New Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases the Company, each Existing Guarantor and the New Guarantor from all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Guarantee by the New Guarantor.
5. GOVERNING LAW. THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
6. Counterparts. The First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. Trustee. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the New Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date above written.
TERRA CAPITAL, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: | /s/ John W. Huey | |||||
Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |||||
TERRA INDUSTRIES INC. | ||||||
By: Name: | /s/ John W. Huey | |||||
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
BEAUMONT AMMONIA INC. BEAUMONT HOLDINGS CORPORATION BMC HOLDINGS INC. PORT NEAL CORPORATION TERRA CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. TERRA GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANY INC. TERRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. TERRA INTERNATIONAL (OKLAHOMA) INC. TERRA INVESTMENT FUND LLC TERRA INVESTMENT FUND II LLC TERRA METHANOL CORPORATION TERRA NITROGEN CORPORATION TERRA REAL ESTATE CORPORATION TERRA (U.K.) HOLDINGS INC. TERRA MISSISSIPPI HOLDINGS CORP. TERRA MISSISSIPPI NITROGEN, INC. TERRA HOUSTON AMMONIA, INC. TERRA NITROGEN GP HOLDINGS INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John W. Huey | |||
Name: | John W. Huey | |||
Title: | Acting in the capacities identified on Appendix I hereto with respect to each of the Existing Guarantors |
TERRA LP HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ John W. Huey | |||
Name: | John W. Huey | |||
Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary |
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Richard Prokosch | |||
Name: | Richard Prokosch | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
APPENDIX I
Subsidiaries of the Company | Position of John W. Huey | |
Beaumont Ammonia Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Beaumont Holdings Corporation | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
BMC Holdings Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Port Neal Corporation | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Capital Holdings, Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Environmental Technologies Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Global Holding Company Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra International, Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra International (Oklahoma) Inc. | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Investment Fund LLC | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Investment Fund II LLC | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Methanol Corporation | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Nitrogen Corporation | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Real Estate Corporation | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra (U.K.) Holdings Inc. | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Mississippi Holdings Corp. | Vice President | |
Terra Mississippi Nitrogen, Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Houston Ammonia, Inc. | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
Terra Nitrogen GP Holdings Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary |