Bert Frost Elected Vice President, Sales and Market Development at CF Industries

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Bert A. Frost to be vice president, Sales and Market Development. Frost joins the company immediately and will succeed Monty R. Summa, currently vice president, Sales, effective January 1, 2009. In October, the company announced Summa’s plans to retire at year-end.

Frost, 44, comes to CF Industries from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the largest agricultural processors in the world, where he had served as managing director, International Fertilizer and Inputs based in Rolle, Switzerland since early in 2008. In that position, he was responsible for expanding crop input sales in Europe, as well as growing the company’s South American fertilizer/input ventures. Prior to that, he was director of the Fertilizer, Logistics, and Ports divisions for ADM based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“I believe that Bert Frost, with his extensive international experience in the fertilizer and crop inputs industry, will play an important role in CF Industries’ evolution from a North American player to a global producer and distributor of fertilizer products,” commented Stephen R. Wilson, chairman and chief executive officer of CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Earlier in his career, Frost held several positions with Koch Industries, including country director in Argentina, responsible for business development for Koch’s International and Agriculture Division.

The new CF Industries executive earned his Bachelor of Science in Business from Kansas State University.

About CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is the holding company for the operations of CF Industries, Inc. CF Industries, Inc. is a major producer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products. CF Industries operates world-scale nitrogen fertilizer plants in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; conducts phosphate mining and manufacturing operations in Central Florida; and distributes fertilizer products through a system of terminals, warehouses, and associated transportation equipment located primarily in the midwestern United States. The company also owns a 50 percent interest in KEYTRADE AG, a global fertilizer trading organization headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland. Additional information about the company and its performance can be found on its Web site at www.cfindustries.com.