EX-99.1 2 c53306exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
(TERRA INDUSTRIES LOGO)
Terra Industries Rejects CF Industries’ Latest Bid Proposal
SIOUX CITY, IOWA (August 25, 2009)—Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) today sent the following letter to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) in response to CF’s letter dated August 5, 2009:
August 25, 2009
Mr. Stephen R. Wilson
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
4 Parkway North, Suite 400
Deerfield, IL 60015
Dear Mr. Wilson:
The Board of Directors of Terra Industries Inc., with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors, has carefully considered your latest proposal to combine our companies. Our Board has unanimously concluded that this most recent version of your proposal continues to run counter to Terra’s strategic objectives, substantially undervalues Terra both absolutely and relative to CF, and would deliver less value to our shareholders than would owning Terra on a stand-alone basis.
Accordingly, we reject your proposal.
     
Sincerely,
    
 
    
 
 
   
Michael L. Bennett
  Henry R. Slack
President and Chief Executive Officer
  Chairman of the Board
cc:    Board of Directors of CF Industries Holdings, Inc., c/o Corporate Secretary, CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Terra Industries’ Board of Directors continues to recommend shareholders reject CF Industries’ exchange offer for all the reasons set forth in the Company’s 14D-9, as amended and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shareholders with questions should contact MacKenzie Partners, Inc. at 800-322-2885.
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Terra Industries Inc.      •      600 Fourth Street      •      P.O. Box 6000      •      Sioux City, Iowa 51102-6000
www.terraindustries.com     •     712/277-1340     •     NYSE Ticker: TRA

 

 

     
NEWS from Terra Industries Inc.   August 25, 2009
 
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is serving as Terra’s financial advisor, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are serving as legal counsel to Terra. MacKenzie Partners, Inc. is serving as proxy solicitor for Terra.
About Terra
Terra Industries Inc., with 2008 revenues of $2.9 billion, is a leading North American producer and marketer of nitrogen products.
Important information and where to find it
On June 26, 2009, Terra filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a revised preliminary proxy statement in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting, which is available free of charge at the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov and Terra’s Web site at www.terraindustries.com. Terra plans to file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting. Investors and security holders are urged to read the revised preliminary proxy statement, which is available now, and the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2009 Annual Meeting and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available, because they will contain important information. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents (when available) that Terra files with the SEC at the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov and Terra’s Web site at www.terraindustries.com. In addition, the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Terra with the SEC may be obtained from Terra free of charge by directing a request to Terra Industries Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, Terra Industries Inc., 600 Fourth Street, P.O. Box 6000, Sioux City, IA 51102-6000.
This communication is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. In response to the exchange offer proposed by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. referred to in this communication, Terra has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 because it contains important information. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 and other documents that Terra files with the SEC in connection with the exchange offer at the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov and Terra’s Web site at www.terraindustries.com. In addition, the Solicitation/ Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 and other documents filed by Terra with the SEC in connection with the exchange offer may be obtained from Terra free of charge by directing a request to Terra Industries Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, Terra Industries Inc., 600 Fourth Street, P.O. Box 6000, Sioux City, IA 51102-6000.
Certain information concerning participants
Terra, its directors, executive officers and certain employees specified in Annex A to Terra’s revised preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on June 26, 2009, are participants in the solicitation of Terra’s security holders in connection
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Terra Industries Inc.      •      600 Fourth Street      •      P.O. Box 6000      •      Sioux City, Iowa 51102-6000
www.terraindustries.com     •     712/277-1340     •     NYSE Ticker: TRA

 

 

     
NEWS from Terra Industries Inc.   August 25, 2009
 
 
with its 2009 Annual Meeting. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of such individuals in Terra’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009 and amended on April 28, 2009, and its revised preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on June 26, 2009. To the extent holdings of Terra securities have changed since the amounts printed in the revised preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such individuals can also be obtained from the revised preliminary proxy statement relating to the 2009 Annual Meeting, which is available now, and the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2009 Annual Meeting when it is filed by Terra with the SEC. These documents (when available) may be obtained free of charge from the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov and Terra’s Web site at www.terraindustries.com.
Forward-looking statements
Certain statements in this communication may constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements made in connection with the exchange offer proposed by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. referred to in this communication are not subject to the safe harbor protections provided to forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made and Terra undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These include, among others, statements relating to:
  •   changes in financial markets,
 
  •   general economic conditions within the agricultural industry,
 
  •   competitive factors and price changes (principally, sales prices of nitrogen and methanol products and natural gas costs),
 
  •   changes in product mix,
 
  •   changes in the seasonality of demand patterns,
 
  •   changes in weather conditions,
 
  •   changes in environmental and other government regulation, and
 
  •   changes in agricultural regulations.
Additional information as to these factors can be found in Terra’s 2008 Annual Report/10-K, in the sections entitled “Business,” “Legal Proceedings,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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Terra Industries Inc.      •      600 Fourth Street      •      P.O. Box 6000      •      Sioux City, Iowa 51102-6000
www.terraindustries.com     •     712/277-1340     •     NYSE Ticker: TRA

 

 

     
NEWS from Terra Industries Inc.   August 25, 2009
 
 
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Note:    Terra Industries’ news announcements are also available on its Web site, www.terraindustries.com.
Additional Contacts:
Matthew Sherman/Jamie Moser
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449
msherman@joelefrank.com/jmoser@joelefrank.com
Larry Dennedy/Charlie Koons
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
(800) 322-2885
terraproxy@mackenziepartners.com
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Terra Industries Inc.      •      600 Fourth Street      •      P.O. Box 6000      •      Sioux City, Iowa 51102-6000
www.terraindustries.com     •     712/277-1340     •     NYSE Ticker: TRA