CF Industries Holdings,Inc. (NYSE:CF) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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CF Industries Holdings,Inc. (NYSE:CF) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November21, 2016, CF Industries Holdings,Inc. (the Company),
the Companys wholly-owned subsidiaries CF Industries,Inc. (CFI),
CF Industries Enterprises,Inc. (CFE), and CF Industries Sales,
LLC (CFS) (a)entered into an Indenture (the 2021 Notes Indenture)
with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the 2021
Notes Trustee) and as collateral agent (the 2021 Notes Collateral
Agent), providing for the issuance by CFI of 3.400% Senior
Secured Notes due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) and (b)entered into an
Indenture (the 2026 Notes Indenture, and together with the 2021
Notes Indenture, the Indentures) with Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the 2026 Notes Trustee) and as
collateral agent (the 2026 Notes Collateral Agent), providing for
the issuance by CFI of 4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the
2026 Notes, and together with the 2021 Notes, the Notes). In this
current report, the 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes are each
referred to as a series of Notes; the 2021 Notes Trustee and the
2026 Notes Trustee are each referred to as a Trustee; and the
2021 Notes Collateral Agent and the 2026 Notes Collateral Agent
are each referred to as a Collateral Agent. On November21, 2016,
CFI issued $500million aggregate principal amount of 2021 Notes
and $750million aggregate principal amount of 2026 Notes. The
estimated net proceeds, after deducting discounts and estimated
offering expenses, from the issuance and sale of the Notes were
approximately $1.23billion. CFI used approximately $1.18 billion
of the net proceeds for the prepayment (including payment of a
make-whole amount of approximately $170 million and accrued
interest) in full of the outstanding $1.0billion aggregate
principal amount of its 4.49% Guaranteed Senior Notes, SeriesA,
due October15, 2022 (the 2022 Notes), 4.93% Guaranteed Senior
Notes, SeriesB, due October15, 2025 (the 2025 Notes) and 5.03%
Guaranteed Senior Notes, SeriesC, due October15, 2027 (the 2027
Notes, and collectively with the 2022 Notes and the 2025 Notes,
the Private Senior Notes). The Company intends that the remainder
of the net proceeds be used for general corporate purposes.

The Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance
on Rule144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), and outside the United States to non-U.S.
persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The
Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be
offered or sold in the United States except to an exemption from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements
of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Under the terms of the applicable Indenture, the Notes of each
series are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior
secured basis, jointly and severally, by the Company and each
current and future domestic subsidiary of the Company (other than
CFI) that from time to time is a borrower, or guarantees
indebtedness, under CFIs Third Amended and Restated Revolving
Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, extended,
exchanged, restructured, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced from time to time (the Credit Agreement). The
requirement for any subsidiary of the Company to guarantee the
Notes of a series will apply only until, and the subsidiary
guarantees of the Notes of a series will be automatically
released upon, the latest to occur of (a)the Company having an
investment grade corporate rating, with a stable or better
outlook, from two of three selected ratings agencies and there
being no default or event of default under the applicable
Indenture, (b)the retirement, discharge or legal or covenant
defeasance of, or satisfaction and discharge of the supplemental
indenture governing, CFIs 6.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the 2018
Notes) or the subsidiaries of the Company other than CFI
otherwise becoming no longer subject to such a requirement to
guarantee the 2018 Notes and (c)the retirement, discharge or
legal or covenant defeasance of, or satisfaction and discharge of
the supplemental indenture governing, CFIs 7.125% Senior Notes
due 2020 (the 2020 Notes) or the subsidiaries of the Company
other than CFI otherwise becoming no longer subject to such a
requirement to guarantee the 2020 Notes. In accordance with the
applicable Indenture, CFE and CFS, in addition to the Company,
guaranteed the Notes of each series upon the initial issuance of
the Notes.

Subject to certain exceptions, the obligations under each series
of Notes and each guarantors related guarantee are secured by a
first priority security interest in substantially all of the
assets of CFI, the Company and the subsidiary guarantors,
including a pledge by CFS of its equity interests in CF
Industries Nitrogen, LLC and mortgages over certain material
fee-owned domestic real properties (the Collateral). The
obligations under the Credit Agreement, together with certain
letter of credit, hedging and similar obligations and future pari
passu secured indebtedness, will be secured by the Collateral on
a pari passu basis with the Notes. The liens on the Collateral
securing the obligations under the Notes of a series and the
related guarantees will be automatically released and the
covenant under the applicable Indenture limiting dispositions of
Collateral will no longer apply if on any date after the initial
issuance of the Notes the Company has an investment grade
corporate rating, with a

stable or better outlook, from two of three selected ratings
agencies and there is no default or event of default under the
applicable Indenture.

The 2021 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.400% per annum,
payable semiannually on December1 and June1 beginning on June1,
2017, mature on December1, 2021 and are redeemable at CFIs
option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a
make-whole redemption price specified in the 2021 Notes
Indenture.

The 2026 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.500% per annum,
payable semiannually on December1 and June1 beginning on June1,
2017, mature on December1, 2026 and are redeemable at CFIs
option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a
make-whole redemption price specified in the 2026 Notes
Indenture.

Under each Indenture, specified changes of control involving
the Company or CFI, when accompanied by a ratings downgrade, as
defined with respect to the applicable series of Notes,
constitute change of control repurchase events. Upon the
occurrence of a change of control repurchase event with respect
to the 2021 Notes or the 2026 Notes, as applicable, unless CFI
has exercised its option to redeem such Notes, CFI will be
required to offer to repurchase them at a price equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of
repurchase.

The Indentures contain covenants that limit, among other
things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries,
including CFI, to incur liens on certain assets to secure debt,
to engage in sale and leaseback transactions, to sell or
transfer Collateral, to merge or consolidate with other
entities and to sell, lease or transfer all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries to
another entity. Each of the Indentures provides for customary
events of default, which include (subject in certain cases to
customary grace and cure periods), among others, nonpayment of
principal or interest on the applicable Notes; failure to
comply with other covenants or agreements under the Indenture;
certain defaults on other indebtedness; the failure of the
Companys or certain subsidiaries guarantees of the applicable
Notes to be enforceable; lack of validity or perfection of any
lien securing the obligations under the Notes and the
guarantees with respect to Collateral having an aggregate fair
market value equal to or greater than a specified amount; and
specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency. Under each
Indenture, in the case of an event of default arising from one
of the specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency, the
applicable Notes would become due and payable immediately, and,
in the case of any other event of default (other than an event
of default related to CFIs and the Companys reporting
obligations), the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes then
outstanding may declare all of such Notes to be due and payable
immediately.

On November21, 2016, the Company, CFI, CFE and CFS entered into
a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November21, 2016,
with the 2021 Notes Collateral Agent (the 2021 Notes Security
Agreement) and a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of
November21, 2016, with the 2026 Notes Collateral Agent (the
2026 Notes Security Agreement and together with the 2021 Notes
Security Agreement, the Note Security Agreements). Each of the
Note Security Agreements provides for (i)a grant of a security
interest over the Collateral (other than mortgaged real
properties) in favor of the applicable Collateral Agent on
behalf of the applicable Trustee and holders of the applicable
series of Notes, (ii)certain perfection requirements and
(iii)customary representations and warranties, covenants and
remedial provisions with respect to such Collateral.

On November21, 2016, the Company, CFI, CFE and CFS entered into
a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November21, 2016
(the Credit Agreement Security Agreement), with Morgan Stanley
Senior Funding,Inc., as administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement (the Administrative Agent), providing for (i)a grant
of a security interest over the Collateral (other than
mortgaged real properties) in favor of the Administrative Agent
on behalf of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and
specified other secured parties, including holders of certain
letter of credit, hedging and similar obligations, (ii)certain
perfection requirements and (iii)customary representations and
warranties, covenants and remedial provisions with respect to
such Collateral.

On November21, 2016, the 2021 Notes Collateral Agent, the 2026
Notes Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent entered
into a First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as
of November21, 2016 (the Intercreditor Agreement). The
Intercreditor Agreement, to which any future representative of
the holders of future indebtedness secured on a pari passu
basis with the Notes would become a party, governs the relative
rights and remedies of the parties thereto with respect to
their respective security interests in, and the application of

proceeds of, the Collateral and certain other matters relating
to the administration of the Collateral and the proceeds
thereof. Generally, the administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement will control all decisions with respect to collateral
enforcement matters until the earlier of the obligations under
the Credit Agreement no longer being secured by the Collateral
(as specified in the Intercreditor Agreement) and the
expiration of a standstill period.

The above descriptions of the Indentures, the Notes, the Note
Security Agreements, the Credit Agreement Security Agreement
and the Intercreditor Agreement are summaries and are qualified
in their entirety by the terms of the Indentures, the Notes,
the Note Security Agreements, the Credit Agreement Security
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement. Copies of the 2021
Notes Indenture (including the form of the 2021 Notes), the
2026 Notes Indenture (including the form of the 2026 Notes),
the 2021 Notes Security Agreement, the 2026 Notes Security
Agreement, the Credit Agreement Security Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement are attached as exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
4.4, 10.1 and 4.5, respectively, hereto and incorporated by
reference herein.

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is a lender under the
Credit Agreement and is the trustee with respect to the 2018
Notes, the 2020 Notes and CFIs outstanding 3.450% Senior Notes
due 2023, 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034, 4.950% Senior Notes due
2043 and 5.375% Senior Notes due 2044 (such outstanding senior
notes, together with the 2018 Notes and the 2020 Notes, the
Unsecured Senior Notes). Morgan Stanley Senior Funding,Inc.
acts as administrative agent, as an issuing bank and as a
lender under the Credit Agreement.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or
an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report
on Form8-K with respect to the Indentures and the Notes is
incorporated by reference under this Item 2.03 insofar as it
relates to the creation of a direct financial obligation.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On November21, 2016, the Company prepaid the Private Senior
Notes. The prepayment included the payment of a make-whole
amount of approximately $170 million. Also on November21, 2016,
the proposed modifications to the Credit Agreement to Amendment
No.3 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October31, 2016 (the
Amendment), became effective. The Amendment and the proposed
modifications were previously disclosed in, and the Amendment
was filed as Exhibit10.1 to, a Current Report on Form8-K filed
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November3, 2016.

On November21, 2016, in connection with the effectiveness of
the Amendment, CFE and CFS became guarantors of the obligations
under the Credit Agreement, and CFE and CFS became subsidiary
guarantors of the Unsecured Senior Notes.

On November21, 2016, the Company issued a press release
relating to the completion of the offering of the Notes. A copy
of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

ExhibitNo.

Description

4.1

Indenture, dated as of November21, 2016, among CF
Industries Holdings,Inc., CF Industries,Inc., CF
Industries Enterprises,Inc., CF Industries Sales, LLC and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and
collateral agent, relating to CF Industries,Inc.s 3.400%
Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (includes form of note)

4.2

Indenture, dated as of November21, 2016, among CF
Industries Holdings,Inc., CF Industries,Inc., CF
Industries Enterprises,Inc., CF Industries Sales, LLC and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and
collateral agent, relating to CF Industries,Inc.s 4.500%
Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (includes form of note)

4.3

Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November21,
2016, among CF Industries Holdings,Inc., CF
Industries,Inc., CF Industries Enterprises,Inc., CF
Industries Sales, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as collateral agent under the indenture
relating to CF Industries,Inc.s 3.400% Senior Secured
Notes due 2021

4.4

Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November21,
2016, among CF Industries Holdings,Inc., CF
Industries,Inc., CF Industries Enterprises,Inc., CF
Industries Sales, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as collateral agent under the indenture
relating to CF Industries,Inc.s 4.500% Senior Secured
Notes due 2026

4.5

First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as
of November21, 2016, among Morgan Stanley Senior
Funding,Inc., as authorized representative of the Credit
Agreement Secured Parties, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as collateral agent in connection with CF
Industries,Inc.s 3.400% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 and
4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and each additional
Authorized Representative from time to time party thereto
for the Other First-Priority Secured Parties of the
Serieswith respect to which it is acting in such capacity

10.1

Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November21,
2016, among CF Industries Holdings,Inc., CF
Industries,Inc., CF Industries Enterprises,Inc., CF
Industries Sales, LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior
Funding,Inc., as administrative agent

99.1

Press Release dated November21, 2016


About CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. is the manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen fertilizer and other nitrogen products. The Company’s nitrogen fertilizer products are ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) and ammonium nitrate (AN). Its other nitrogen products include diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid and aqua ammonia, which are sold primarily to its industrial customers, and compound fertilizer products (NPKs). The Company’s segments include ammonia, granular urea, UAN, AN and Other. The Company’s ammonia segment produces anhydrous ammonia (ammonia), which is the concentrated nitrogen fertilizer product as it contains 82% nitrogen. Its granular urea segment produces granular urea, which contains 46% nitrogen. Its UAN segment produces UAN, which is a liquid fertilizer product with a nitrogen content that typically ranges from 28% to 32%. Its AN segment produces AN. Its Other segment includes DEF, urea liquor, nitric acid and NPKs.

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