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EXHIBIT 4.1  

  
 

    AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
    

        AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of January 26, 2004 (this
"Amendment"), to the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 27, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), between
IMC Global Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and EquiServe, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as service provider for EquiServe
Trust Company N.A., a National Banking Association, as successor to First Chicago Trust Company of New York, a New York corporation (the "Rights
Agent"), at the direction of the Company. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights
Agreement. 

        WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into the Rights Agreement which, among other things, governs the terms and conditions
under which Rights are exercisable by the holders of Common Stock; 

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company may from time to time supplement or amend the Rights Agreement
in accordance with the provisions of Section 27 thereof; 

        WHEREAS, the Company intends to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Contribution, dated as of January 26, 2004 (the
"Merger and Contribution Agreement"), among the Company, Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Newco"), GNS Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Newco, Cargill, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
("Cargill"), and Cargill Fertilizer, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill; and 

        WHEREAS, on January 26, 2004, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the amendment of the Rights Agreement to render the
Rights Agreement inapplicable with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger and Contribution Agreement and authorized and directed the officers of the Company to execute and deliver such
an amendment. 

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

        1.    Amendment of Section 1.    Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is supplemented to add the following
definitions in the appropriate locations: 

        "Cargill"
means Cargill, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation. 

        "Merger"
shall having the meaning given to such term in the Merger and Contribution Agreement. 

        "Merger
and Contribution Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Contribution, dated as of January 26, 2004, among the Company, Newco, GNS Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Newco, Cargill and Cargill Fertilizer, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill. 

        "Newco"
means Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 

        2.    Amendment of Section 1(a).    The definition of "Acquiring Person" in Section 1(a) of the Rights
Agreement is hereby amended by adding as the final sentence thereto the following: 

"Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of Global Nutrition Solutions, Inc., Cargill, Incorporated or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates shall be deemed
to be an Acquiring Person solely as a result of the approval, execution or delivery of, or consummation of the transactions contemplated under, the Merger and Contribution Agreement, in the manner
provided for therein, including without limitation, the Merger." 

 

        3.    Amendment to Section 1(l).    The definition of "Stock Acquisition Date" in Section 1(l) of the
Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding as the final sentence thereto the following: 

"Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Stock Acquisition Date shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of the approval, execution or delivery of, or consummation
of the transactions contemplated under, the Merger and Contribution Agreement, in the manner provided for therein, including without limitation, the Merger." 

        4.    Amendment to Section 3(a).    Section 3(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following sentence immediately after the last sentence thereof: 

"Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Distribution Date shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of the approval, execution or delivery of, or consummation of the
transactions contemplated under, the Merger and Contribution Agreement in the manner provided for therein, including without limitation, the Merger." 

        5.    Effectiveness.    This Amendment shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the execution and delivery of
the Merger and Contribution Agreement. Except as amended hereby, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby. 

        6.    Governing Law.    This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware. 

        7.    Counterparts.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts
shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Rights Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date and year first above written. 

	

 	

IMC GLOBAL INC.
	

 	

By:	

/s/  MARY ANN HYNES      
 Name: Mary Ann Hynes

Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	

 	

EQUISERVE, INC.
	

 	

By:	

/s/  JOHN E. MORGAN      
 Name: John E. Morgan

Title: Chief Financial Officer
	

 	

EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY N.A.
	

 	

By:	

/s/  JOHN E. MORGAN      
 Name: John E. Morgan

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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    Exhibit 4.1    
    

	 	COMMON STOCK	[CRIIMI MAE LOGO]	COMMON STOCK	 
	NUMBER	 	 	 	SHARES
	CMI 9132	 	 	 	 
	 	THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IN NEW JERSEY	 	SEE REVERSE FOR RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES	 
	 	 	 	CUSIP 226603 50 4	 
	 	CRIIMI MAE Inc.

(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND)	 
	 	
This Certifies that             	

 	

 
	 	
 is the owner of             	

 	

 
	
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE PAR VALUE OF ONE CENT ($.01) PER SHARE OF
	
CRIIMI MAE Inc. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the owner in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon the surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.	

 
	 	 	
 This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and by the Registrar. 
	 	 	
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
	 	 	
 Dated:             
	

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:	

 	

 	

 
	 	 	REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY	 
	 	                     TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR	 	 
	

BY	

[SEAL]	

 
	

    	

 	

 	

/s/ Barry Blattman	

/s/ Cynthia O. Azzara
	 	AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE	 	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD	TREASURER

CRIIMI MAE Inc.

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES  

        The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions or redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation is authorized to issue; and the differences in the
relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent they have been set, and the authority of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences of subsequent
series. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION'S
MAINTENANCE OF ITS STATUS AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER OF THE  CORPORATION, NO
PERSON (UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS AN  EXISTING HOLDER) MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE  CORPORATION (WHICH INCLUDES OWNERSHIP BY ATTRIBUTION AS WELL AS DIRECT OWNERSHIP) IN EXCESS OF THAT NUMBER OF SHARES OF CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE CORPORATION WHICH EQUALS 9.8% (OR SUCH GREATER PERCENTAGE AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE  CORPORATION) OF THE LESSER OF (A) THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE  CORPORATION AND (B) THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
CAPITAL STOCK OF THE  CORPORATION. ANY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTS OR PROPOSES TO BENEFICIALLY OWN CAPITAL STOCK OF
THE  CORPORATION IN EXCESS OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MUST NOTIFY THE CORPORATION IN WRITING AT LEAST FIFTEEN
(15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH PROPOSED OR ATTEMPTED TRANSFER. ALL ITALICIZED TERMS IN THIS LEGEND HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER
OF THE CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH INCLUDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, WILL BE SENT WITHOUT CHARGE
TO EACH STOCKHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS. IF THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER ARE VIOLATED, THE TRANSFER WILL BE
VOID AB INITIO AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE DESIGNATED AND TREATED AS EXCESS STOCK WHICH WILL BE
HELD IN A SPECIAL TRUST. 

        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 

	TEN COM	—	 	as tenants in common	 	 	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	—	 	
	 	Custodian	 	

	TEN ENT	—	 	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Cust)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	JT TEN	—	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

    
 (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
                                         
        hereby sell, assign and transfer unto 

	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

    
	 	 	 	 
	

    
(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of assignee)
	    

	

    

	
    

	shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
	

    
	
 	

Attorney
	to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

	

Dated	
 	

    
	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

    

	 	 	 	 	NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

        This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between CRIIMI MAE Inc.
and Registrar and Transfer Company dated as of January 23, 2002, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy
of which is on file at the principal executive offices of CRIIMI MAE Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate
certificates, and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. CRIIMI MAE Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a
written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as
defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, will become null and void and will no longer be transferable. 

        IN
ADDITION, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON CONVEYANCE FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PURPOSE
OF PRESERVING THE CORPORATION'S NOL UNDER SECTION 382 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CORPORATION, NO INDIVIDUAL OR  ENTITY SHALL CONVEY ANY SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF
THE CORPORATION IF SUCH CONVEYANCE WOULD CAUSE (A) THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST
PERCENTAGE OF THE TRANSFEREEOR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR  ENTITY TO EQUAL FIVE PERCENT
(5%) OR MORE, OR (B) ANY INCREASE IN THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST
PERCENTAGEOF THE TRANSFEREE OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR  ENTITY IF THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST PERCENTAGE OF SUCH  TRANSFEREE OR OF SUCH OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY EQUALED FIVE PERCENT (5%) OR MORE
BEFORE SUCH
CONVEYANCE. 

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