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Jordan Hirsch, Esq. | | | Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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• | to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of July 27, 2022, by and among PBF Energy Inc. (“PBF Energy”), PBF Energy Company LLC (“PBF LLC”), PBFX Holdings Inc. (“PBFX Holdings”), Riverlands Merger Sub LLC (“Merger Sub”), PBFX, and PBF Logistics GP LLC (“PBFX GP” or the “general partner”) the general partner of PBFX, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger (as defined below) (the “Merger Proposal”); and |
• | to vote on a proposal to approve the adjournment of the PBFX Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the PBFX Special Meeting to approve the above proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
• | If you hold your PBFX Common Units in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee when voting your PBFX Common Units. |
• | If you hold your PBFX Common Units in your own name, you may submit your proxy by: |
○ | using the toll-free telephone number shown on the proxy card and voting no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
○ | using the Internet website shown on the proxy card and voting no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; or |
○ | marking, signing, dating and promptly returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope. It requires no postage if mailed in the United States. To be counted at the PBFX Special Meeting, the proxy card must be received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting. |
PBF Energy Inc. Attention: Investor Relations One Sylvan Way, Second Floor Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Telephone: (973) 455-7500 | | | PBF Logistics LP Attention: Investor Relations One Sylvan Way, Second Floor Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Telephone: (973) 455-7500 |
• | the lack of liquidity in the market for PBFX Common Units, |
• | the limited ability of PBFX to access the equity capital markets, |
• | the high cost of debt capital for non-investment grade companies such PBFX, |
• | the decreased investor demand for investments in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) as compared to traditional corporate equity investments, |
• | the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”), which lowered the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and thereby reduced the tax benefits of the MLP pass-through structure, |
• | the volatility in commodity prices, including as a result of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, |
• | the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and |
• | the perceived effects of such market dynamics on the trading prices for shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and PBFX Common Units. |
• | PBFX has obtained the PBFX Unitholder approval; |
• | any waiting period applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), is terminated or expired; |
• | no restraint is in effect enjoining, restraining, preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or making the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement illegal; |
• | the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part must have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement will have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose will have been initiated or threatened by the SEC; |
• | the PBF Energy Common Stock deliverable to the PBFX Public Unitholders as contemplated by the Merger Agreement must have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance; and |
• | all necessary consents, if any, under the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated July 30, 2018 among PBFX, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and the lender syndicate thereto (the “PBFX Credit Facility”), will have been obtained or replacement facilities acceptable to PBF Energy will have been entered into. |
• | the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement of PBFX and PBFX GP: |
○ | with respect to the due organization, valid existence and good standing of each of PBFX, PBFX GP and their respective material subsidiaries, the capitalization of PBFX, PBFX’s and PBFX GP’s authority to execute the Merger Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated thereby, the approval by the Conflicts Committee of the Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby, and no material adverse effect having occurred on PBFX, being true and correct in all respects, in each case, both when made and at and as of the date of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); |
○ | with respect to all other representations and warranties, being true and correct in each case, both when made and at and as of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” set forth in any individual representation or warranty, other than with respect to the filing of documents with the SEC, undisclosed liabilities, internal controls, and information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a “material adverse effect” on PBFX; |
• | PBFX and PBFX GP having performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by each of them under the Merger Agreement; and |
• | the receipt by PBF Energy of an officer’s certificate signed on behalf of PBFX and PBFX GP by an executive officer of PBFX GP certifying that the preceding conditions have been satisfied. |
• | the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement of the Parent Entities: |
○ | with respect to the due organization, valid existence and good standing of each of the Parent Entities and each material subsidiary of PBF Energy and PBF LLC (excluding PBFX GP and its subsidiaries), the capitalization of PBF Energy, PBFX Holdings and Merger Sub, the authority of the Parent Entities to execute the Merger Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and no material adverse effect having occurred on the Parent Entities, being true and correct in all respects, in each case, both when made and at and as of the date of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); |
○ | with respect to all other representations and warranties, being true and correct at and as of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” set forth in any individual representation or warranty, other than with respect to the filing of documents with the SEC, undisclosed liabilities, internal controls, and information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a “material adverse effect” on the Parent Entities; |
• | the Parent Entities having performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by each of them under the Merger Agreement; and |
• | the receipt by PBFX of an officer’s certificate signed on behalf of PBF Energy by an executive officer of PBF Energy certifying that the preceding conditions have been satisfied. |
• | withdraw, modify or qualify, or propose publicly to withdraw, modify or qualify, in any manner adverse to PBF Energy, the GP Board Recommendation; or |
• | fail to include the GP Board Recommendation in this proxy statement/prospectus. |
• | by the mutual written consent of PBFX and PBF Energy duly authorized by the Conflicts Committee and the PBF Energy Board, respectively; or |
• | by either PBFX or PBF Energy: |
○ | if the closing does not occur on or before March 31, 2023; provided that this termination right will not be available to (i) PBFX or PBF Energy if the failure to satisfy any condition under the Merger Agreement necessary for the closing of the Merger was due to the failure of, in the case of PBFX, PBFX or PBFX GP or, in the case of PBF Energy, any of the Parent Entities, to perform and comply in all material respects with the covenants and agreements to be performed and complied by such entity prior to the closing of the Merger, or (ii) PBFX or PBF Energy if, in the case of PBF Energy, PBFX or PBFX GP or, in the case of PBFX, any of the Parent Entities, has filed (and is then pursuing) an action seeking specific performance as permitted under the Merger Agreement; |
○ | if any restraint by a government authority is in effect and has become final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement is not available to PBFX or PBF Energy if such restraint was due to the failure of, in the case of PBFX, PBFX or PBFX GP and, in the case of PBF Energy, the Parent Entities, to perform any of its obligations under the Merger Agreement; or |
○ | if the PBFX Special Meeting has occurred and the PBFX Unitholder approval has not been obtained; |
• | by PBF Energy: |
○ | if a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred before the PBFX Special Meeting; or |
○ | if either PBFX or PBFX GP has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Merger Agreement, or any representations or |
• | by PBFX: |
○ | if PBF Energy has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Merger Agreement, or any representations or warranties become untrue, in a way that the related condition to closing would not be satisfied, and such breach is either incurable or not cured within 30 days (“PBF Energy terminable breach”); provided, however, that such right to terminate will not be available to PBFX if either PBFX or PBFX GP is then in material breach of any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement; or |
○ | if prior to the receipt of the PBFX Unitholder approval, in response to an Intervening Event, the GP Board or the Conflicts Committee has determined to terminate the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX or PBF Energy due to failure to obtain the required PBFX Unitholder approval, then PBFX shall reimburse PBF Energy for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the PBFX Special Meeting by PBF Energy due a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change or a PBFX terminable breach, then PBFX shall reimburse PBF Energy for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX due to a PBF Energy terminable breach, then PBF Energy shall reimburse PBFX for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); or |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX due to a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change, then PBFX shall pay PBF an amount equal to $5,000,000. |
• | the sum of (i) the fair market value of the PBF Energy Common Stock received, (ii) the amount of cash, and (iii) such U.S. Holder’s share of PBFX’s nonrecourse liabilities immediately prior to the Merger; and |
• | such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the PBFX Public Common Units exchanged therefor (which includes such U.S. Holder’s share of PBFX’s nonrecourse liabilities immediately prior to the Merger). |
| | PBF Energy Common Stock Closing Price | | | PBFX Common Unit Closing Price | | | Equivalent Per Unit Value | |
July 27, 2022 | | | $31.14 | | | $18.27 | | | $8.4078 |
August 24, 2022 | | | $37.61 | | | $19.32 | | | $10.1547 |
Q: | What is the proposed transaction and why am I receiving these materials? |
A: | PBF Energy and PBFX have agreed to combine by merging Merger Sub, an indirect subsidiary of PBF Energy, with and into PBFX, with PBFX surviving as an indirect subsidiary of PBF Energy, owned 99% by PBF LLC and 1% by PBFX Holdings. These transactions will occur pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement that is described in this proxy statement/prospectus and attached as Annex A. Upon completion of the Merger, PBFX Common Units will cease to be listed on the NYSE and will subsequently be deregistered under the Exchange Act. You are receiving this document because the Merger cannot be completed without approval of a majority of the PBFX Common Units. In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, PBF Energy and PBF LLC entered into a Support Agreement with PBFX, pursuant to which, among other things, PBF Energy agrees to cause PBF LLC, in its capacity as a limited partner of PBFX, to vote its PBFX Common Units in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger. As of August 24, 2022, PBF LLC owned 29,953,631 PBFX Common Units (representing approximately 47.7% of the issued and outstanding PBFX Common Units). |
Q: | Why are PBF Energy and PBFX proposing the Merger? |
A: | PBF Energy and PBFX believe that the Merger will benefit both the holders of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and holders of shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of PBF Energy (the “PBF Class B Common Stock”)(all such holders, the “PBF Energy Stockholders”) and the PBFX Unitholders. See “Special Factors—The Parent Entities’ Reasons for the Merger” and “Special Factors—Recommendations of the Conflicts Committee and the GP Board and their Reasons for the Merger.” |
Q: | What will happen to PBFX as a result of the Merger? |
A: | If the Merger is successfully completed, Merger Sub will be merged with and into PBFX, with PBFX surviving as an indirect subsidiary of PBF Energy, owned 99% by PBF LLC and 1% by PBFX Holdings. Upon completion of the Merger, PBFX Common Units will cease to be listed on the NYSE and will subsequently be deregistered under the Exchange Act. There are no immediate plans to terminate PBFX’s legal existence or transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any of PBFX’s assets following the Merger. |
Q: | What percentage of outstanding PBF Energy Common Stock will PBFX Public Unitholders own after the successful consummation of the Merger? |
A: | If the Merger is successfully completed, based on the number of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and PBFX Public Unitholders outstanding as of August 24, 2022, the shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that the PBFX Public Unitholders receive in the Merger will collectively represent approximately 6.8% of the outstanding shares of PBF Energy Common Stock following completion of the Merger. |
Q: | What will PBFX Public Unitholders receive in the Merger? |
A: | If the Merger is completed, each outstanding PBFX Public Common Unit will be converted into the right to receive: (i) 0.270 of a share of PBF Energy Common Stock, (ii) $9.25 in cash, without interest, (iii) any dividends or other distributions to which the holder thereof becomes entitled to upon surrender of such PBFX Public Common Units in accordance with the Merger Agreement, and (iv) any cash in lieu of fractional shares of PBF Energy Common Stock as described below. The Exchange Ratio is fixed and will not be adjusted on account of any change in price of either PBF Energy Common Stock or PBFX Common Units prior to completion of the Merger; provided, that the Merger Agreement includes the 19.9% Cap Adjustment Mechanism to ensure that the number of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock to be issued in the Merger does not exceed the 19.9% Limitation. The 19.9% Cap Adjustment Mechanism is necessary to ensure that PBF Energy satisfies certain applicable regulatory restrictions regarding issuing common stock without stockholder approval imposed by the NYSE. In the event that the 19.9% Cap Adjustment Mechanism is triggered, (i) the Exchange Ratio of 0.270 will be reduced to the Adjusted Exchange Ratio, and (ii) the Cash Consideration will be increased by an amount equal to the product of $31.14, multiplied by the difference between the Exchange Ratio and the Adjusted Exchange Ratio. |
Q: | Should PBFX Public Unitholders deliver their PBFX Public Common Units now? |
A: | No. After the Merger is completed, any PBFX Public Common Units you hold as of the Effective Time in book entry form automatically will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. If you hold your PBFX Public Common Units in book entry form, you will not be required to deliver certificates to receive the Merger Consideration. If you instead hold your PBFX Public Common Units in certificated form, then, after receiving the proper documentation from you following the Effective Time, the exchange agent will deliver to you the shares of PBF Energy Common Stock in book entry form. If you own PBFX Public Common Units in street name, the shares of PBF Energy Common Stock you will receive in connection with the Merger should be credited to your account in accordance with the policies and procedures of your bank, broker, or other nominee within a few days following the closing date of the Merger. |
Q: | Where will my shares or units trade after the Merger? |
A: | PBF Energy Common Stock will continue to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “PBF.” PBFX Common Units will no longer be publicly traded after the completion of the Merger. |
Q: | What happens to my future dividends or distributions? |
A: | PBF Energy does not currently pay dividends with respect to PBF Energy Common Stock. Each PBFX Public Common Unit outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall have continued rights to receive any distribution, without interest, with respect to such PBFX Public Common Units with a record date occurring prior to the Effective Time that has been declared by PBFX GP or made by |
Q: | When and where will the PBFX Special Meeting be held? |
A: | The PBFX Special Meeting will be held virtually on , 2022, at a.m., Eastern Time, via live audio webcast at https:// , or other such date, time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned or postponed, to consider and vote upon the Merger. |
Q: | Why did PBFX choose to hold a virtual special meeting? |
A: | The GP Board decided to hold the PBFX Special Meeting virtually in order to facilitate PBFX Unitholder attendance and participation by enabling the PBFX Unitholders to participate fully, and equally, from virtually any location around the world, at no cost. However, you will bear any costs associated with your Internet access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies. A virtual special meeting makes it possible for more PBFX Unitholders (regardless of size, resources or physical location) to have direct access to information, while saving PBFX and the PBFX Unitholders time and money. |
Q: | Who is entitled to vote at the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | The record date for the PBFX Special Meeting is , 2022 (the “record date”). Only the PBFX Unitholders of record as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the PBFX Special Meeting. |
Q: | What if I sell my PBFX Public Common Units after the record date but before the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | The record date for the PBFX Special Meeting is earlier than the date of the PBFX Special Meeting and earlier than the date that the Merger is expected to be completed. If you sell or otherwise transfer your PBFX Public Common Units after the record date but before the date of the PBFX Special Meeting, you will retain your right to vote at the PBFX Special Meeting. However, you will not have the right to receive the Merger Consideration to be received by the PBFX Public Unitholders in the Merger. In order to receive the Merger Consideration, you must hold your PBFX Public Common Units up to completion of the Merger. |
Q: | What constitutes a quorum at the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | The holders of a majority of the outstanding PBFX Common Units (including PBFX Common Units owned directly or indirectly by PBF Energy and its subsidiaries) represented in person or by proxy at the PBFX Special Meeting will constitute a quorum and will permit PBFX to conduct the proposed business at the PBFX Special Meeting. Proxies received but marked as abstentions will be counted as PBFX Common Units that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. Broker non-votes (if any) will not be considered present at the PBFX Special Meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum and will not be included in the vote. |
Q: | What is the vote required to approve each proposal? |
A: | Approval of the Merger Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the PBFX Unitholders representing a majority of the outstanding PBFX Common Units. The Adjournment Proposal requires approval by the affirmative vote of the PBFX Unitholders representing a majority of the outstanding PBFX Common Units entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy at the PBFX Special Meeting. |
Q: | Will PBF LLC vote its PBFX Common Units at the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | Yes. Pursuant to the Support Agreement, PBF Energy agreed to cause PBF LLC, in its capacity as a limited partner of PBFX, to vote its PBFX Common Units in favor of the Merger Proposal unless there is a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change (see “The Merger Agreement—Change in GP Board Recommendation”). As of August 24, 2022, PBF LLC owned 29,953,631 PBFX Common Units, which represents approximately 47.7% of the issued and outstanding PBFX Common Units. |
Q: | How do I vote my PBFX Common Units if I hold them in my own name? |
A: | After you have read this proxy statement/prospectus carefully, you may vote in one of the following ways: |
• | by completing, signing, dating returning the enclosed proxy card (a proxy card and a postage-paid envelope are enclosed for your convenience); |
• | by submitting your proxy electronically by visiting the Internet website listed on your proxy card; |
• | by submitting your proxy telephonically by calling the toll-free (within the United States or Canada) phone number on the enclosed proxy card; or |
• | by virtually attending the PBFX Special Meeting and voting at the PBFX Special Meeting using the control number on the enclosed proxy card. |
Q: | May I attend the PBFX Special Meeting and vote at the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | Yes. You may virtually attend the PBFX Special Meeting via a live audio webcast at https:// . You will be able to listen to the PBFX Special Meeting live and vote online. The PBFX Special Meeting will begin at a.m., Eastern Time. Online check-in will begin a few minutes prior to the PBFX Special Meeting. You will need the control number found on your proxy card or voting instruction form in order to participate in the PBFX Special Meeting (including voting your PBFX Common Units). As the PBFX Special Meeting is virtual, there will be no physical meeting location and PBFX Unitholders will not be able to attend the PBFX Special Meeting in-person. |
Q: | If my PBFX Common Units are held in “street name” by my bank, broker or other nominee, will my bank, broker or other nominee vote them for me? |
A: | No. If your PBFX Common Units are held in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, you may vote through your bank, broker or other nominee by completing and returning the voting instruction form provided by your bank, broker or other nominee, or, if such a service is provided by your bank, broker or other nominee, electronically over the Internet or by telephone. Please follow the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee. Please note that you may not vote PBFX Common Units held in street name by returning a proxy card directly to PBFX or by voting virtually at the PBFX Special Meeting unless you provide a “legal proxy,” which you must obtain from your bank, broker or other nominee. Your bank, broker or other nominee is obligated to provide you with a voting instruction card for you to use. |
• | your bank, broker or other nominee may NOT vote your PBFX Common Units on the Merger Proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal; and |
• | your bank, broker or other nominee may NOT vote your PBFX Common Units on the Adjournment Proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Adjournment Proposal. |
Q: | When do you expect the Merger to be completed? |
A: | We currently expect the Merger to close in the fourth quarter of 2022. A number of conditions must be satisfied before PBF Energy and PBFX can complete the Merger, including the approval of the Merger Proposal by the PBFX Unitholders and the expiration or termination of a waiting period under the HSR Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Although PBF Energy and PBFX cannot be sure when all of the conditions to the Merger will be satisfied, PBF Energy and PBFX expect to complete the Merger as soon as practicable following the PBFX Special Meeting (assuming the Merger Proposal is approved by the PBFX Unitholders), subject to, among other things, the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part having become effective under the Securities Act. See “The Merger Agreement—Conditions to Completion of the Merger.” The Merger is subject to conditions, including some conditions that may not be satisfied on a timely basis, if at all. Failure to complete the Merger, or significant delays in completing the Merger, could negatively affect PBF Energy’s and PBFX’s future business and financial results and the trading prices of PBF Energy Common Stock and PBFX Common Units. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Merger.” |
Q: | What happens if the Merger is not consummated? |
A: | If the Merger is not completed for any reason, you will not receive the Merger Consideration for any PBFX Common Units that you hold. In such case, the PBFX Common Units will remain outstanding, the PBFX Common Units will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE, and PBFX will remain a publicly traded limited partnership. |
Q: | How does the GP Board recommend that the PBFX Unitholders vote? |
A: | On July 26, 2022, the Conflicts Committee in good faith unanimously resolved, among other things, that the Merger Agreement and the Support Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and the Support Agreement, are fair and reasonable to, and in the best interests of, the PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders, and, assuming PBF Energy approved the Merger, PBFX. The Conflicts Committee’s approval constitutes “Special Approval,” as such term is defined by the PBFX Partnership Agreement. On July 27, 2022, acting upon the recommendation of the Conflicts Committee, the GP Board unanimously determined, among other things, to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, by the PBFX Unitholders. |
Q: | What are the expected U.S. federal income tax consequences to a PBFX Public Unitholder as a result of the Merger? |
A: | The receipt of PBF Energy Common Stock and cash in exchange for PBFX Public Common Units pursuant to the Merger Agreement should be a taxable transaction to U.S. Holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In such case, a U.S. Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the receipt of PBF Energy Common Stock and any cash in exchange for PBFX Public Common Units. However, a portion of this gain or loss, which could be substantial, will be separately computed and taxed as ordinary income or loss to the extent attributable to “unrealized receivables,” including depreciation recapture, or to “inventory items” owned by PBFX and its subsidiaries. Passive losses that were not deductible by a U.S. Holder in prior taxable periods because they exceeded a U.S. Holder’s share of PBFX’s income may become available to offset a portion of the gain recognized by such U.S. Holder. See “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” for a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Merger. |
Q: | What are the expected U.S. federal income tax consequences for a PBFX Public Unitholder of the ownership of PBF Energy Common Stock after the Merger is completed? |
A: | PBF Energy is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is subject to U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. To the extent that PBF Energy makes a distribution of cash to a stockholder who is a U.S. Holder, such cash distribution will generally be included in such U.S. Holder’s income as ordinary dividend income to the extent of PBF Energy’s current or accumulated “earnings and profits” as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. A portion of the cash distributed to PBF Energy Stockholders by PBF Energy after the Merger may exceed PBF Energy’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. Distributions of cash in excess of PBF Energy’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital reducing a U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such U.S. Holder’s PBF Energy Common Stock and, to the extent the distribution exceeds such stockholder’s adjusted tax basis, as capital gain from the sale or exchange of such PBF Energy Common Stock. See “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” for a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of PBF Energy Common Stock received in the Merger. |
Q: | Are the PBF Energy Stockholders or the PBFX Unitholders entitled to appraisal or dissenters’ rights? |
A: | No. Neither the PBF Energy Stockholders nor the PBFX Unitholders are entitled to appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the Merger under applicable law or contractual appraisal rights under PBF Energy’s organizational documents, the PBFX Partnership Agreement or the Merger Agreement. |
Q: | What if I do not indicate how to vote on my proxy or voting instruction card? |
A: | If you sign and return your proxy or voting instruction card without indicating how to vote on any particular proposal, the PBFX Common Units represented by your proxy will be voted as recommended by the GP Board with respect to that proposal. This means they will be voted: (1) “FOR” the Merger Proposal and (2) “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal. Unless a PBFX Unitholder checks the box on its proxy card to withhold discretionary authority, the applicable proxy holders may use their discretion to vote on other matters relating to the PBFX Special Meeting. |
Q: | Who may virtually attend the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | The PBFX Unitholders at the close of business on the record date (or their authorized representatives) and PBFX’s invited guests may virtually attend the PBFX Special Meeting. |
Q: | Can I change my vote after I have submitted my proxy? |
A: | Yes. If you own your PBFX Common Units in your own name, you may revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the PBFX Special Meeting by: |
• | submitting a new proxy electronically over the Internet or by telephone after the date of the earlier submitted proxy; provided such new proxy is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | delivering written notice of revocation to the Secretary of PBFX GP at the address listed below; provided such written notice of revocation is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | virtually attending the PBFX Special Meeting and voting at the PBFX Special Meeting using the control number on your proxy card; or |
• | properly completing and executing a later dated proxy and delivering it to the Secretary of PBFX GP at the address listed below; provided such later dated proxy is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting: |
Q: | Where can I find the voting results of the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | If available, PBFX may announce preliminary voting results at the conclusion of the PBFX Special Meeting. PBFX intends to publish final voting results in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC following the PBFX Special Meeting. All reports that PBFX files with the SEC are publicly available when filed. Please see the section titled “Where You Can Find More Information.” |
Q: | What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials for the PBFX Special Meeting? |
A: | You may receive more than one set of voting materials for the PBFX Special Meeting and the materials may include multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold PBFX Common Units. Additionally, if you are a holder of record registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive according to the instructions on it. |
Q: | Whom do I call if I have further questions about voting, the PBFX Special Meeting or the Merger? |
A: | The PBFX Unitholders who have questions about the Merger, including the procedures for voting their PBFX Common Units or who desire additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or additional proxy cards should contact: |
• | changes in PBF Energy’s or PBFX’s business, operations and prospects; |
• | changes in market assessments of PBF Energy’s or PBFX’s business, operations and prospects; |
• | changes in market assessments of the likelihood that the Merger will be completed; |
• | interest rates, commodity prices, general market, industry and economic conditions and other factors generally affecting the price of PBF Energy Common Stock or PBFX Common Units; and |
• | federal, state and local legislation, governmental regulation and legal developments in the businesses in which PBF Energy and PBFX operate. |
• | any resolutions or course of action by the general partner or its affiliates in respect of a conflict of interest is permitted and deemed approved by all partners of PBFX and will not constitute a breach of the PBFX Partnership Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or in equity, if the resolution or course of action is approved by Special Approval; and |
• | the general partner may consult with legal counsel and investment bankers selected by it, and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion of such persons as to matters that the general partner reasonably believes to be within such person’s professional or expert competence will be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. |
| | As of | |||||||
| | June 30, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | December 31, 2020 | |
Non-current assets | | | $3,489 | | | $2,974 | | | $3,570 |
Current assets | | | 85,410 | | | 104,653 | | | 103,476 |
Total assets | | | 866,952 | | | 901,297 | | | 933,552 |
Common unitholders: | | | 288,424 | | | 248,696 | | | 167,217 |
Total equity | | | 288,424 | | | 248,696 | | | 167,217 |
Current liabilities | | | 22,706 | | | 28,674 | | | 43,883 |
Long-term debt | | | 553,377 | | | 622,544 | | | 720,845 |
Other long-term liabilities | | | 2,445 | | | 1,383 | | | 1,607 |
Total liabilities | | | 578,528 | | | 652,601 | | | 766,335 |
Total equity and liabilities | | | $866,952 | | | $901,297 | | | $933,552 |
| | Six Months Ended | | | Year Ended | | | ||||||||
| | June 30, 2022 | | | June 30, 2021 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | December 31, 2020 | | |||
Total revenue | | | $182,809 | | | $177,343 | | | $355,535 | | | $360,255 | | ||
Operating and maintenance expenses | | | 57,606 | | | 50,495 | | | 103,438 | | | 99,852 | | ||
Total costs and expenses | | | 87,067 | | | 81,670 | | | 160,171 | | | 164,917 | | ||
Income from operations | | | 95,742 | | | 95,673 | | | 195,364 | | | 195,338 | | ||
Net income | | | 75,480 | | | 74,307 | | | 153,287 | | | 147,432 | | ||
Net income attributable to the PBFX Unitholders | | | $75,480 | | | $74,307 | | | $153,287 | | | $147,432 | | ||
Net income per PBFX Common Unit: | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
PBFX Common Unit - basic | | | $1.20 | | | $1.18 | | | $2.44 | | | $2.36 | | ||
PBFX Common Unit - diluted | | | $1.20 | | | $1.18 | | | $2.44 | | | $2.36 | | ||
Income from operations per PBFX Common Unit: | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
PBFX Common Unit - basic | | | $1.52 | | | $1.52 | | | $3.11 | | | $3.12 | | ||
PBFX Common Unit - diluted | | | $1.52 | | | $1.52 | | | $3.11 | | | $3.12 | | ||
Weighted-average PBFX Common Units outstanding: | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
PBFX Common Unit - basic | | | 63,000,110 | | | 62,737,272 | | | 62,810,703 | | | 62,535,964 | | ||
PBFX Common Unit - diluted | | | 63,078,204 | | | 62,859,734 | | | 62,906,080 | | | 62,543,700 | |
| | PBFX Common Unit Price Ranges | | | Cash Distribution Paid Per PBFX Common Unit | ||||
| | High | | | Low | | |||
Period from July 1, 2022 to August 25, 2022 | | | $19.65 | | | $15.14 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended June 30, 2022 | | | $17.51 | | | $13.05 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2022 | | | $14.92 | | | $11.35 | | | $0.30 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2021 | | | | | | | |||
Quarter Ended December 31, 2021 | | | $14.88 | | | $10.65 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended September 30, 2021 | | | $15.06 | | | $10.95 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended June 30, 2021 | | | $16.70 | | | $14.13 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 | | | $15.14 | | | $9.18 | | | $0.30 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2020 | | | | | | | |||
Quarter Ended December 31, 2020 | | | $10.31 | | | $6.92 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 | | | $11.25 | | | $8.07 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended June 30, 2020 | | | $14.27 | | | $5.43 | | | $0.30 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2020 | | | $21.78 | | | $3.06 | | | $0.52 |
• | the ability to obtain the requisite approvals from PBFX’s Unitholders relating to the Merger; |
• | the risk that PBF Energy or PBFX may be unable to obtain governmental and regulatory approvals required for the Merger or required governmental and regulatory approvals may delay the transaction or result in the imposition of conditions that could cause the parties to abandon the Merger; |
• | the risk that a condition to closing of the Merger may not be satisfied; |
• | the timing to complete the Merger; |
• | the risk that cost savings, tax benefits and any other synergies from the Merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; |
• | disruption from the Merger may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; |
• | the possibility that the market price of PBF Energy Common Stock will fluctuate prior to the completion of the Merger causing the value of the Merger Consideration to change; |
• | the possibility that PBF Energy and PBFX may be the targets of securities class actions and derivative lawsuits; |
• | the risk that certain officers and directors of PBF Energy and PBFX GP have interests in the Merger that are different from, or in addition, to the interests they may have as a PBF Energy Stockholder or a PBFX Unitholder, respectively; |
• | the possibility that financial projections by PBF Energy may not prove to be reflective of actual future results; |
• | the different rights associated with owning PBF Energy Common Stock rather than PBFX Common Units; |
• | the risk that the market value of PBF Energy Common Stock will decline; |
• | potential dilution on PBF Energy’s earnings per share of PBF Energy Common Stock; and |
• | other business, financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in PBF Energy’s and PBFX’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to those discussed under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in PBF Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and PBFX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, each of which are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. |
• | the lack of liquidity in the market for PBFX Common Units, |
• | the limited ability of PBFX to access the equity capital markets, |
• | the high cost of debt capital for non-investment grade companies such as PBFX, |
• | the decreased investor demand for investments in MLPs as compared to traditional corporate equity investments, |
• | the impact of the TCJA, which has lowered the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and thereby reduced the tax benefits of the MLP pass-through structure, |
• | the volatility in commodity prices, including as a result of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, |
• | the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and |
• | the perceived effects of such market dynamics on the trading prices for shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and the PBFX Common Units. These market trends have led to numerous restructuring transactions involving MLPs, including buy-ins of MLPs by their corporate sponsors, acquisitions of MLPs by third parties, conversions of MLPs to corporations for income tax and state law purposes and simplifications of MLPs in which incentive distribution rights are modified or eliminated to improve the MLP’s cost of capital. These transactions have resulted in a significant reduction in the number of outstanding MLPs. |
• | the lack of liquidity in the market for PBFX Common Units, |
• | the limited ability of PBFX to access the equity capital markets, |
• | the high cost of debt capital for non-investment grade companies such PBFX, |
• | the decreased investor demand for investments MLPs as compared to traditional corporate equity investments, |
• | the impact of the TCJA, which lowered the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and thereby reduced the tax benefits of the MLP pass-through structure, |
• | the volatility in commodity prices, including as a result of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, |
• | the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and |
• | the perceived effects of such market dynamics on the trading prices for shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and PBFX Common Units. |
• | the risk that the potential financial and operational benefits expected from the Merger might not be fully realized, |
• | the risk that the Merger Consideration may reflect a premium to the current PBFX Common Unit price, |
• | the risk that PBF Energy may be obligated to consummate the Merger even if there are material negative developments or events at PBFX during the interim period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time, |
• | the risk of PBF Energy Common Stock share price volatility generated by investor turnover if PBFX Public Unitholders sell shares of PBF Energy Common Stock received as Stock Consideration following the closing of the Merger, |
• | the loss of strategic optionality provided by having a publicly traded partnership as a standalone entity, |
• | the attention of management and employees may be distracted during the interim period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time, which may negatively affect PBF Energy’s and PBFX’s businesses, |
• | litigation may be commenced in connection with the Merger, and that litigation may increase costs and result in a diversion of management focus, and |
• | the risk that the Merger might not be completed in a timely manner or that the Merger might not be consummated at all as a result of a failure to satisfy the conditions contained in the Merger Agreement, and that a failure to complete the Merger could negatively affect the trading price of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock. |
• | the receipt by such PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders of Merger Consideration valued at $19.40 per PBFX Common Unit, without interest, based on the closing price of PBF Energy Common Stock as of August 24, 2022, representing a 45.3% premium to the closing price of the PBFX Common Units on June 23, 2022, the day prior to the day the non-binding take-private proposal was disclosed on Schedule 13D/A; and |
• | the avoidance of all downside risk associated with continued ownership of PBFX Common Units, including any possible decrease in the future revenues and free cash flow, growth or value of PBFX following the Merger. |
• | for a significant portion of its trading history, the PBFX Common Units traded at prices higher than the total value of the Merger Consideration to be received by PBFX Public Unitholders in the Merger; |
• | such PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will cease to have an interest in PBFX, and, therefore, will no longer benefit from possible increases in the future revenues and free cash flow, growth or value of PBFX or payment of distributions on PBFX Common Units, if any; and |
• | the receipt of Merger Consideration in exchange for PBFX Public Common Units pursuant to the Merger should be a taxable transaction to PBFX Public Unitholders. |
• | if PBFX successfully executes its business strategy, the value of PBF Energy’s equity investment could increase because of possible increases in future revenues and cash flow, increases in the underlying value of PBFX or the payment of distributions, if any, that would accrue to PBF Energy; |
• | PBFX will no longer have continued pressure to meet quarterly forecasts set by analysts. In contrast, as a publicly traded partnership, PBFX currently faces PBFX Unitholder and investment analyst pressure to make decisions that may produce better short-term results, but which may not over the long-term lead to a maximization of their equity value; |
• | PBFX will have more flexibility to change its capital spending strategies without public market scrutiny or analysts’ quarterly expectations; and |
• | PBF Energy is expected to become a beneficiary of the savings associated with the streamlining of general and administrative expenses and the elimination of costs associated with the PBFX Common Units not being publicly traded. |
• | the Merger is being undertaken during a time of volatile commodity prices, and all of the risk of any possible decrease in the revenues and cash flow, growth or value of PBFX following the Merger will be borne by PBF Energy; |
• | there will be no trading market of the PBFX Common Units following the Merger, as the surviving entity will be wholly owned by PBF Energy; and |
• | the risk that potential benefits sought in the Merger may not be achieved. |
• | The Merger Consideration, consisting of the Cash Consideration of $9.25 in cash and an Exchange Ratio of 0.270 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock for each outstanding PBFX Public Common Unit, |
• | The Merger Consideration, which represents an implied premium of approximately 32.5% to the closing price of PBFX Common Units on June 23, 2022, the trading day prior to the date on which PBF Energy and PBF LLC jointly filed an amended Schedule 13D indicating that steps had been taken to pursue a potential acquisition of PBFX Public Common Units, based on, for purposes of calculating the market value of the Stock Consideration, the 30-day VWAP of PBF Energy Common Stock for the thirty-trading day period ending on July 26, 2022, the trading day prior to the date on which the Conflicts Committee made its determinations regarding the Merger. |
• | A considerable portion of the Merger Consideration is payable in cash and thus provides a measure of immediate liquidity and certainty of value to PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders, while the balance is payable in PBF Energy Common Stock, which affords PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders the opportunity to participate in the combined company’s future earnings and growth and the future appreciation in the value of the PBF Energy Common Stock. |
• | PBF Energy’s status as a corporation following the Merger provides a number of potential benefits relative to PBFX’s MLP structure, including that: |
○ | corporations generally attract a broader investor base as compared to MLPs because certain types of institutional investors face prohibitions or limitations on investing in entities other than corporations; |
○ | PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will have enhanced voting and other rights as stockholders of a corporation as compared to unitholders of an MLP controlled by a general partner, including as more fully described in the section titled “Comparison of the Rights of the PBF Energy Stockholders and PBFX Unitholders;” and |
○ | PBF Energy Common Stock is expected to have greater trading liquidity than PBFX Public Common Units given the larger average daily trading volume of PBF Energy Common Stock resulting from its broader investor base and larger public float. For example, the average daily trading volume for PBFX Common Units on the NYSE for the thirty-trading day period ending on July 26, 2022 was approximately $3.5 million, and the average daily trading volume for PBF Energy Common Stock on the NYSE for the thirty-trading day period ending on July 26, 2022 was approximately $102.9 million. |
• | The Merger is expected to improve the combined company’s operational and financial flexibility by allowing it to retain a higher proportion of internally generated cash flow and potentially lower the combined company’s cost of capital, thereby allowing it to reduce its debt financing requirements, fund its maintenance capital requirements and improve its ability to pursue strategic transactions and growth opportunities. |
• | The Merger provides PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders with equity ownership in PBF Energy, an entity expected to have better access to equity capital markets to fund growth projects, in part because of its status as a corporation, as discussed above. |
• | In receiving the Merger Consideration, PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will avoid exposure to the risk that the renegotiation of PBFX’s Torrance Valley Pipeline, Delaware City Rail, and other commercial contracts with PBF Energy could have an adverse impact on PBFX’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders, and will have reduced exposure to the concentration of risk associated with PBFX’s largest financial assets, including PBFX’s Torrance Valley Pipeline and Delaware City Rail unloading facility. |
• | The Merger will reduce the risk of PBFX’s inability to grow through third-party acquisitions and to develop third-party revenues at scale. |
• | PBFX’s quarterly distribution was reduced from $0.52 to $0.30 per PBFX Common Unit in the second quarter of 2020 and has remained at $0.30 per PBFX Common Unit through the second quarter of 2022, and the Conflicts Committee believes that the quarterly distribution is unlikely to increase for the foreseeable future. |
• | The financial presentation and opinion, dated July 26, 2022, of Intrepid to the Conflicts Committee as to the fairness, from a financial point of view and as of the date of the opinion, of the Merger Consideration provided for pursuant to the Merger Agreement, which opinion was based on and subject to various assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations and qualifications on the review undertaken as more fully described below in the section entitled “Opinion of the Financial Advisor to the Conflicts Committee.” |
• | The Conflicts Committee’s belief that the Merger Consideration represented the greatest amount of consideration that PBF Energy was willing to agree to pay at the time of the Conflicts Committee’s determination and approval. |
• | The Merger will simplify PBF Energy’s and PBFX’s structure and eliminate potential conflicts of interest between PBF Energy and PBFX. |
• | The Merger is expected to create synergies in the form of cost savings and other efficiencies as a result of maintaining one public company rather than two, including potential cost savings estimated at approximately $9.4 million per year to result from the Merger. |
• | The Exchange Ratio is fixed and therefore the implied value of the Merger Consideration payable to PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will increase in the event that the market price of PBF Energy Common Stock increases prior to the closing of the Merger. |
• | The terms of the Merger Agreement, principally: |
○ | the pre-closing covenants applicable to PBF Energy providing protection to PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders by restricting PBF Energy’s ability to take certain actions, including amending the PBF Energy Organizational Documents, prior to the closing of the Merger that could reduce the value of the Merger Consideration; |
○ | the provisions requiring the consent of the Conflicts Committee to any amendment of or granting of a consent or waiver under the Merger Agreement; |
○ | the provisions allowing for the termination of the Merger Agreement under certain circumstances (as described under “The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement”); and |
○ | that the consummation of the Merger is not conditioned on financing. |
• | The lack of significant regulatory hurdles to consummation of the Merger increase the probability that the Merger will be completed. |
• | The probability that PBFX and PBF Energy will be able to consummate the Merger is increased by the Support Agreement, pursuant to which PBF Energy agrees to cause PBF LLC, in its capacity as a limited partner of PBFX, to vote all PBFX Common Units it beneficially owns, representing approximately 47.7% of the issued and outstanding PBFX Common Units as of the Record Date, in favor of the Merger Agreement and the Merger at the PBFX Special Meeting. |
• | The Conflict Committee’s belief that potential alternative transactions with third parties were not achievable given PBF Energy’s control of PBFX GP. |
• | In addition, the Conflicts Committee considered a number of other factors relating to procedural safeguards involved in the negotiation of the Merger Agreement, including those discussed below, each of which supported its determination with respect to the Merger: |
○ | in connection with its consideration of the Merger, the Conflicts Committee selected and retained its own legal and financial advisors with knowledge and experience with respect to |
○ | the terms and conditions of the Merger were determined through arm’s-length negotiations between the Conflicts Committee and the PBF Energy Board and management and their respective representatives and advisors; |
○ | the Conflicts Committee had no obligation to approve or recommend any transaction; and |
○ | the members of the Conflicts Committee have served on the GP Board and are familiar with, and understand, the businesses, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and competitive positions and prospects of PBF Energy. |
• | The PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will receive shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that will initially, and are expected, over the medium term, to pay a lower dividend, if any, as compared to the current distribution on PBFX Public Common Units on a standalone basis. Currently, each PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholder receives a distribution of $0.30 per unit per quarter, while PBF Energy has suspended paying quarterly cash dividends since March 30, 2020. |
• | The Merger will be a taxable transaction to the PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Tax consequences will vary for each PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholder, see “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.” |
• | Following the Merger, the income of the resulting combined entity will be subject to double taxation (at the combined company and shareholder levels) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, while income of PBFX is currently subject to only one level of tax (at the unitholder level). |
• | The Exchange Ratio is fixed and therefore the implied value of the Merger Consideration payable to PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders will decrease in the event that the market price of PBF Energy Common Stock decreases prior to the closing of the Merger. |
• | The Conflicts Committee was not authorized to and did not conduct an auction process or other solicitation of interest from third parties for the acquisition of PBFX or its assets. Since PBF Energy indirectly controls PBFX, the Conflicts Committee believed that it was unrealistic to expect an unsolicited third-party acquisition proposal to acquire the assets or control of PBFX, and it was unlikely that the Conflicts Committee could conduct a meaningful process to solicit interest in the acquisition of the assets or control of PBFX. |
• | PBF Energy beneficially owns approximately 47.7% of the PBFX Common Units as of the Record Date, which could allow for the approval the Merger Agreement and the Merger with only minimal support from the PBFX Public Unitholders, and there is no requirement in the PBFX Partnership Agreement for separate approval by a majority of the PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders. |
• | There is risk that the potential benefits expected to be realized in the Merger might not be fully realized, or might not be realized within the expected time period. |
• | The Merger may not be completed in a timely manner, or at all, which could result in significant costs and disruption to PBFX’s normal business or negatively impact the trading price of PBFX Common Units. |
• | While no specific issues came to the attention of the Conflicts Committee with respect to information it was provided, the Conflicts Committee was aware that PBF Energy, as the control party of PBFX, controlled the delivery and presentation of information that the Conflicts Committee received for purposes of evaluating the Merger and the Merger Agreement. |
• | Certain terms of the Merger Agreement, principally: |
○ | the vote of the PBFX Unitholders is the only vote required to approve the Merger Agreement and the Merger; and |
○ | PBFX’s obligation to pay a termination fee of $5 million and/or reimburse all the direct and indirect expenses and costs incurred by or on behalf of PBF Energy in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby in certain circumstances in connection with termination of the Merger Agreement (as described under “The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement” and “The Merger Agreement—Effect of Termination; Termination Fees”). |
• | PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders are not entitled to appraisal rights under the Merger Agreement, the PBFX Partnership Agreement or Delaware law. |
• | The potential that the investment community might not appreciate a combined company and, as a result, the trading price of PBF Energy Common Stock could be negatively impacted. |
• | The resulting combined company might not achieve its projected financial results or expected synergies. |
• | Litigation may be commenced in connection with the Merger and such litigation may increase costs and result in a diversion of management focus. |
• | Some of PBFX’s directors and executive officers may have interests in the Merger that are different from, or in addition to, those of the PBFX Unaffiliated Unitholders. |
• | The risks of the type and nature described under the heading “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this proxy statement/prospectus. |
• | certain current contracts grow at an inflation rate of 3.0% in 2023 and 2.0% onward; |
• | no drop-down or third-party acquisitions; |
• | no equity issuances; |
• | PBFX’s outstanding amounts borrowed under its revolving credit facility paid down to $30 million during the second quarter of 2022 with cash flow from operations; and |
• | PBFX’s 6.875% senior notes due 2023 are redeemed on January 1, 2023 and replaced with a $525 million term loan facility, with a 7.25% interest rate, 1% mandatory amortization and 1.50% refinancing fees. |
| | Years Ending December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
| | 2022E | | | 2023E | | | 2024E | | | 2025E | | | 2026E | | | 2027E | | | ‘22E-’27 CAGR | |
| | (Millions of dollars, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA(1) | | | $3,988 | | | $2,073 | | | $2,151 | | | $2,048 | | | $1,902 | | | $1,803 | | | (14.7%) |
Adjusted cash flow from operations(2) | | | $3,007 | | | $1,113 | | | $1,439 | | | $1,338 | | | $1,354 | | | $1,268 | | | (15.9%) |
Adjusted cash flow per share(2) | | | $23.90 | | | $8.65 | | | $11.05 | | | $10.16 | | | $10.16 | | | $9.41 | | | (17.0%) |
Dividend per share | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | N/A |
Total capital expenditure / Acquisitions(3) | | | $631 | | | $612 | | | $612 | | | $612 | | | $613 | | | $613 | | | |
Net Debt / EBITDA(4) | | | 0.1x | | | 0.0x | | | NM | | | NM | | | NM | | | NM | | |
* | NM reflects values below zero |
(1) | EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is calculated as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. |
(2) | Adjusted cash flow from operations and Adjusted cash flow per share are each non-GAAP measures of financial performance and are adjusted to remove distributions on PBFX Common Units held by PBFX Public Unitholders. Calculated based on PBFX distributions provided by PBF Energy management applied to PBFX Common Units held by PBFX Public Unitholders outstanding for respective year ends per PBF Energy management projections as of July 14, 2022. |
(3) | Total capital expenditure / Acquisitions is a non-GAAP measure, which means estimated capital expenditures plus expenses related to acquisitions. |
(4) | Net debt is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is calculated by subtracting cash and cash equivalents from total debt. PBF Energy management estimates reflect negative net debt between 2024 and 2027. |
| | Years Ending December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
| | 2022E | | | 2023E | | | 2024E | | | 2025E | | | 2026E | | | 2027E | | | ‘22E-’27 CAGR | |
| | (Millions of dollars, except per unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA(1) | | | $212 | | | $215 | | | $222 | | | $226 | | | $177 | | | $173 | | | (4.0%) |
Distributable cash flow(2) | | | $166 | | | $153 | | | $168 | | | $172 | | | $123 | | | $119 | | | (6.4%) |
Cash coverage ratio(3) | | | 2.17x | | | 2.00x | | | 2.19x | | | 2.23x | | | 1.59x | | | 1.54x | | | (6.7%) |
Distribution per PBFX Common Unit | | | $1.20 | | | $1.20 | | | $1.20 | | | $1.20 | | | $1.20 | | | $1.20 | | | 0.0% |
Total capital expenditure | | | $15 | | | $12 | | | $12 | | | $12 | | | $13 | | | $13 | | | |
Net Debt / EBITDA(4) | | | 2.4x | | | 2.0x | | | 1.5x | | | 1.0x | | | 1.0x | | | 0.7x | | |
(1) | EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is calculated as Earnings before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. |
(2) | Distributable cash flow is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is defined as (i) net income adjusted for interest expense, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, allowance for equity funds used during construction and certain other noncash items, less (ii) interest expense, maintenance capital expenditures and equity earnings from investments, adjusted for cash distributions received and certain other items. |
(3) | Cash coverage ratio is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is the ratio of distributable cash flow to the total cash distributed. The measure reflects the amount of distributable cash flow relative to PBFX’s cash distributions. |
(4) | Net debt is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance and is calculated by subtracting cash and cash equivalents from total debt. |
• | reviewed a draft of the Merger Agreement (draft dated July 24, 2022); |
• | reviewed a draft of the Support Agreement (draft dated July 22, 2022); |
• | reviewed the PBFX Partnership Agreement; |
• | reviewed certain publicly available information relating to PBFX and PBF Energy that Intrepid deemed relevant, including each of PBFX’s and PBF Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and certain Current Reports on Form 8-K, in each case as filed with or furnished to the SEC; |
• | reviewed certain presentations to the Conflicts Committee from the management of the general partner and PBF Energy; |
• | reviewed certain non-public projected financial data and related assumptions of each of PBFX and PBF Energy, as prepared and furnished to Intrepid by management of the general partner and PBF Energy, respectively; |
• | reviewed PBFX’s and PBF Energy’s business plan with management of the general partner and PBF Energy, respectively, including a detailed review of business segments, certain material growth projects and commercial contracts and legal, environmental, regulatory and other matters; |
• | reviewed estimated annual synergies resulting from the Merger from the management of the general partner and PBF Energy; |
• | reviewed certain recent corporate announcements made by PBFX and PBF Energy; |
• | discussed past and current operations and operational projections of each of PBFX and PBF Energy with management of the general partner and PBF Energy, respectively (including their views on the risks and uncertainties in achieving the projections set forth in the forecasts provided); |
• | discussed the distribution/dividend policies for PBFX and PBF Energy with the management of the general partner and PBF Energy; |
• | discussed the strategic rationale for, and potential benefits of, the Merger with management of the general partner and PBF Energy; |
• | reviewed and analyzed pro forma impacts of the Merger; |
• | performed discounted cash flow analyses based on forecasts and other data provided by management of the general partner and PBF Energy; |
• | reviewed and analyzed publicly available historical and current financial information, debt trading data, unit and stock price data and broker research estimates with respect to certain public companies with operations and assets that Intrepid considered comparable to each of PBFX and PBF Energy; |
• | reviewed the financial metrics of certain historical transactions that Intrepid deemed relevant and compared such financial metrics to those implied by the Merger; and |
• | conducted such other studies and investigations, performed such other analyses and examinations, reviewed such other information and considered such other factors that Intrepid deemed appropriate for purposes of providing its opinion. |
• | comparable company trading analysis; |
• | discounted cash flow analysis; |
• | distribution discount model; |
• | precedent transactions analysis; and |
• | precedent premiums paid analysis. |
• | comparable company trading analysis; and |
• | discounted cash flow analysis. |
• | Delek Logistics Partners, LP |
• | Holly Energy Partners, L.P. |
• | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. |
• | NuStar Energy L.P. |
• | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. |
• | CrossAmerica Partners LP |
• | Genesis Energy, L.P. |
• | Global Partners LP |
• | Martin Midstream Partners L.P. |
• | USD Partners LP |
• | Enterprise Value / EBITDA, which is calculated as enterprise value divided by EBITDA (as projected by broker research analysts) (each company’s definition of EBITDA may vary); |
• | LP Distributable Cash Flow Yield, which is calculated as limited partner distributable cash flow per unit divided by limited partner equity value per unit. Distributable cash flow (“DCF”) is calculated as EBITDA less maintenance capital expenditures, less interest expense and other cash flow adjustments (each company’s definition of EBITDA and DCF may vary). LP distributable cash flow is calculated as DCF less the DCF allocation to the economic general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights, as applicable; and |
• | LP Distribution Yield. |
Metric | | | Reference Range |
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | 7.0x - 8.5x |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | 6.5x - 8.0x |
Metric | | | Reference Range |
LP DCF Yield (2022E) | | | 25.0% - 15.0% |
LP DCF Yield (2023E) | | | 27.5% - 17.5% |
DPU Yield (2022E) | | | 11.0% - 8.5% |
DPU Yield (2023E) | | | 11.5% - 9.0% |
Metric | | | Implied Unit Price ($) |
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | $15.19 - $20.32 |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | $13.86 - $19.08 |
LP DCF Yield (2022E) | | | $10.41 - $17.36 |
LP DCF Yield (2023E) | | | $9.16 - $14.39 |
DPU Yield (2022E) | | | $10.91 - $14.12 |
DPU Yield (2023E) | | | $10.43 - $13.33 |
Unaffected Date | | | Buyer(s) | | | Seller(s) |
2/10/22 | | | Shell | | | Shell Midstream |
5/13/22 | | | Diamondback Energy | | | Rattler Midstream LP |
1/10/22 | | | Hartree Partners | | | Sprague Resources |
10/8/21 | | | Ergon | | | Blueknight Energy Partners |
10/25/21 | | | Phillips 66 | | | Phillips 66 Partners |
8/4/21 | | | BP | | | BP Midstream Partners |
2/4/21 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | Noble Midstream Partners |
10/2/20 | | | TC Energy Corporation | | | TC PipeLines |
2/25/20 | | | Equitrans Midstream | | | EQM Midstream Partners |
8/27/19 | | | Blackstone | | | Tallgrass Energy |
11/7/18 | | | Western Gas Equity Partners | | | Western Gas Partners |
10/19/18 | | | EnLink Midstream | | | EnLink Midstream Partners |
10/17/18 | | | Valero Energy | | | Valero Energy Partners |
9/18/18 | | | Dominion Energy | | | Dominion Energy Midstream Partners |
8/1/18 | | | Energy Transfer Equity | | | Energy Transfer Partners |
7/9/18 | | | ArcLight | | | TransMontaigne Partners |
5/16/18 | | | Enbridge | | | Spectra Energy Partners |
5/16/18 | | | Enbridge | | | Enbridge Energy Partners |
3/15/18 | | | Williams | | | Williams Partners |
2/7/18 | | | Tallgrass Energy GP | | | Tallgrass Energy Partners |
9/23/16 | | | Columbia Pipeline Group | | | Columbia Pipeline Partners |
Metric | | | Reference Range |
NTM LP DCF/Unit | | | 12.5% - 10.0% |
NTM DPU | | | 9.0% - 7.0% |
Metric | | | Implied Unit Price ($) |
NTM LP DCF/Unit | | | $20.13 - $25.17 |
NTM DPU | | | $13.33 - $17.14 |
Premium | | | Median | | | Mean |
T-1 | | | 11% | | | 14.% |
10-Day VWAP | | | 11% | | | 13% |
20-Day VWAP | | | 9% | | | 13% |
30-Day VWAP | | | 9% | | | 13% |
60-Day VWAP | | | 11% | | | 13% |
90-Day VWAP | | | 10% | | | 11% |
52-Week High | | | (10%) | | | (13%) |
52-Week Low | | | 30% | | | 51% |
• | CVR Energy, Inc. |
• | Delek US Holdings, Inc. |
• | HF Sinclair Corporation |
• | Marathon Petroleum Corporation |
• | Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. |
• | Phillips 66 |
• | Valero Energy Corporation |
• | Enterprise Value / EBITDA, which is calculated as enterprise value divided by consolidated EBITDA (as projected by broker research analysts) (each company’s definition of EBITDA may vary); and |
• | Operating Cash Flow per Share Yield which is calculated as Operating Cash Flow per share divided by share price. |
| | Mean | | | Median | |
PBF Energy selected comparable companies | | | | | ||
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | 4.1 x | | | 4.0 x |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | 5.7 x | | | 5.6 x |
CFPS Yield (2022E) | | | 31.7% | | | 32.6% |
CFPS Yield (2023E) | | | 20.6% | | | 20.3% |
Metric | | | Reference Range |
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | 2.5x - 4.0x |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | 4.0x - 5.5x |
CFPS Yield (2022E) | | | 50.0% - 35.0% |
CFPS Yield (2023E) | | | 30.0% - 20.0% |
Metric | | | Implied Share Price ($) |
Management Projections | | | |
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | $55.68 - $105.86 |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | $41.14 - $67.06 |
CFPS Yield (2022E) | | | $48.44 - $69.20 |
CFPS Yield (2023E) | | | $29.89 - $44.84 |
Consensus Broker Research Estimates | | | |
EV/EBITDA (2022E) | | | $35.35 - $73.22 |
EV/EBITDA (2023E) | | | $26.63 - $47.03 |
CFPS Yield (2022E) | | | $40.66 - $58.08 |
CFPS Yield (2023E) | | | $28.66 - $42.99 |
Methodology | | | PBFX Has | | | PBFX Gets |
Trading Comparables (Management) | | | $11.66 - $16.43 | | | $21.07 - $28.62 |
Trading Comparables (PBF Energy Consensus, PBFX Management) | | | $11.66 - $16.43 | | | $18.11 - $24.19 |
Precedent Transactions(1) | | | $16.73 - $21.16 | | | $21.07 - $28.62 |
Discounted Cash Flow (Management) | | | $14.03 - $19.07 | | | $20.62 - $25.12 |
Discounted Cash Flow (Sensitivity Case) | | | $14.03 - $19.07 | | | $16.86 - $20.12 |
(1) | PBF Energy range reflects Trading Comparables (Management) range |
| | Amount to be Paid | |
Financial advisory fee and expenses | | | $ |
Legal, accounting and other professional fees | | | $ |
Proxy solicitation, printing and mailing costs and filing fees | | | $ |
Transfer agent and paying agent fees and expenses | | | $ |
Insurance premiums and other costs and expenses | | | $ |
Total | | | $ |
• | Thomas J. Nimbley is Chief Executive Officer of PBF Energy and PBFX GP; |
• | Matthew C. Lucey is President of PBF Energy and Executive Vice President of PBFX GP; |
• | C. Erik Young is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PBF Energy and PBFX GP; |
• | Trecia Canty is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of PBF Energy and PBFX GP; |
• | James E. Fedena is Senior Vice President, Logistics, Renewables and Strategic Assets of PBF Energy and PBFX GP; and |
• | Wendy Ho Tai is Senior Vice President, Human Resources of PBF Energy and PBFX GP. |
Name of Beneficial Owner | | | PBFX Common Units | | | Percentage of PBFX Common Units Outstanding(1) | | | PBF Energy Common Stock Prior to the Merger | | | Percentage of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock Outstanding(1) |
Five percent holders of PBF Energy | | | | | | | | | ||||
Carlos Slim Helú, et al.(2) Control Empresarial Carso Energy Corp. | | | 7,282,592 | | | 11.6% | | | 11,745,500 | | | 9.6% |
BlackRock, Inc.(3) | | | — | | | — | | | 17,041,582 | | | 13.9% |
The Vanguard Group(4) | | | — | | | — | | | 12,527,591 | | | 10.3% |
State Street Corporation(5) | | | — | | | — | | | 9,879,067 | | | 8.1% |
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.(5) | | | — | | | — | | | 7,735,477 | | | 6.3% |
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Directors and executive officers of PBF Energy | | | | | | | | | ||||
Spencer Abraham(6) | | | — | | | — | | | 52,211 | | | * |
Wayne Budd(7) | | | — | | | — | | | 46,957 | | | * |
Trecia Canty(8) | | | 40,851 | | | * | | | 458,195 | | | * |
Karen Davis(9) | | | 27,266 | | | * | | | 25,405 | | | * |
Timothy Paul Davis(10) | | | 42,262 | | | * | | | 558,203 | | | * |
Paul J. Donahue, Jr.(11) | | | — | | | — | | | 8,845 | | | * |
S. Eugene Edwards(12) | | | 1,000 | | | * | | | 47,139 | | | * |
James Fedena(13) | | | 90,330 | | | * | | | 190,210 | | | * |
Wendy Ho Tai(14) | | | 11,597 | | | * | | | 69,796 | | | * |
Robert Lavinia(15) | | | 11,600 | | | * | | | 43,975 | | | * |
Kimberly Lubel(16) | | | — | | | — | | | 35,689 | | | * |
Matthew C. Lucey(17) | | | 87,330 | | | * | | | 910,481 | | | * |
Thomas J. Nimbley(18) | | | 189,420 | | | * | | | 2,576,094 | | | 2.1% |
Thomas O’Connor(19) | | | 48,423 | | | * | | | 546,577 | | | * |
George Ogden(20) | | | 9,171 | | | * | | | 31,555 | | | * |
Steven Steach(21) | | | 16,055 | | | * | | | 74,366 | | | * |
C. Erik Young(22) | | | 48,688 | | | * | | | 718,479 | | | * |
All directors and executive officers as a group(23) | | | 623,993 | | | 1.0% | | | 6,394,177 | | | 5.2% |
Name of Beneficial Owner | | | PBFX Common Units | | | Percentage of PBFX Common Units Outstanding(1) | | | PBF Energy Common Stock Prior to the Merger | | | Percentage of shares of PBF Energy Common Stock Outstanding(1) |
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Five percent holders of PBFX | | | | | | | | | ||||
Carlos Slim Helú, et al.(2) Control Empresarial Carso Energy Corp. | | | 7,282,592 | | | 11.6% | | | 11,745,500 | | | 9.6% |
Invesco Ltd.(24) | | | 3,500,414 | | | 5.6% | | | — | | | — |
PBF Energy Inc.(25) | | | 29,953,631 | | | 47.7% | | | — | | | — |
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Directors and executive officers of PBFX | | | | | | | | | ||||
Trecia Canty(8) | | | 40,851 | | | * | | | 458,195 | | | * |
James Fedena(13) | | | 90,330 | | | * | | | 190,210 | | | * |
Michael D. Gayda | | | 59,580 | | | * | | | 6,538 | | | * |
Wendy Ho Tai(14) | | | 11,597 | | | * | | | 69,796 | | | * |
Bruce A. Jones | | | 34,740 | | | * | | | — | | | — |
Matthew C. Lucey(16) | | | 87,330 | | | * | | | 910,481 | | | * |
Thomas J. Nimbley(17) | | | 189,420 | | | * | | | 2,576,094 | | | 2.1% |
David Roush | | | 24,707 | | | * | | | — | | | — |
C. Erik Young(22) | | | 48,688 | | | * | | | 718,479 | | | * |
Lawrence Ziemba | | | 4,723 | | | * | | | — | | | — |
All directors and executive officers as a group | | | 591,966 | | | * | | | 4,929,793 | | | 4.0% |
* | Less than 1 percent. |
(1) | The percentage of ownership is based on 62,740,190 of PBFX Common Units and 122,198,247 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock outstanding on August 24, 2022. |
(2) | Carlos Slim Helú, Carlos Slim Domit, Marco Antonio Slim Domit, Patrick Slim Domit, María Soumaya Slim Domit, Vanessa Paola Slim Domit and Johanna Monique Slim Domit (collectively, the “Slim Family”), Control Empresarial (as defined below), and Carso Energy Corp. amounts are derived from as the Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC on June 6, 2022, with respect to the PBF Energy Common Stock, and August 1, 2022, with respect to the PBFX Common Units. The Slim Family are beneficiaries of a Mexican trust that in turn owns all of the issued and outstanding voting equity securities of Control Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. (“Control Empresarial”). Control Empresarial, a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”), is a holding company with portfolio investments in various companies. Carso Energy Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, is a holding company with portfolio investments in various companies in the oil and gas and electricity industries. Carso Energy Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carso Electric, S.A. de C.V, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carso Energy, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Carso”). The members of the Slim Family are beneficiaries of a Mexican trust which controls Grupo Carso. The Slim Family, Control Empresarial and Carso Energy Corp. have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to all of the shares of PBF Energy Common Stock and the PBFX Common Units. The principal business address for each member of the Slim Family is: Paseo de Las Palmas #736, Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, 11000 Ciudad de México, México. The principal address for Control Empresarial is Paseo de las Palmas 781, Piso 3, Lomas de Chapultepec, Sección III, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, México, 11000. The principal business address for Carso Energy Corp. is: 900 Avenue S., Grand Prairie, Texas 75050. |
(3) | Blackrock, Inc. amounts are derived from a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 27, 2022. Blackrock, Inc. filed on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, BlackRock Life Limited, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association, BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A., BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited and BlackRock Fund Advisors (collectively, “Blackrock”). Blackrock has sole voting power with respect to 16,532,141 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all of the reported shares. The principal business address for BlackRock, Inc. is: 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. |
(4) | The Vanguard Group amounts are derived from a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022. The Vanguard Group does not have sole voting power with respect to any shares and has shared voting power with respect to 104,858 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 12,346,876 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 180,715 shares. The principal business address for the Vanguard Group is: 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355. |
(5) | State Street Corporation and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. amounts are derived from a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 11, 2022. State Street Corporation does not have sole voting power or dispositive power with respect to any shares and has shared voting power with respect to 9,662,768 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 9,879,067 shares. SSGA Funds Management, Inc. does not have sole voting power or dispositive power with respect to any shares and has shared voting power with respect to 7,714,800 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 0 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,735,477 shares. The principal business address for State Street Corporation and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is: State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111. |
(6) | Consists of (a) 33,818 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Abraham; (b) 5,518 Series A limited liability company membership interest of PBF LLC (“PBF LLC Series A Units”); and (c) 12,875 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends but are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(7) | Consists of (a) 33,950 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Budd; and (b) 13,007 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends but are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(8) | Consists of (a) 38,619 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Ms. Canty; and (b) 419,576 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(9) | Consists of (a) 11,852 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Ms. Davis; and (b) 13,553 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends but are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(10) | Consists of (a) 44,126 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Davis; and (b) 514,077 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(11) | Consists of 8,845 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends but are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(12) | Consists of (a) 33,239 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Edwards; and (b) 13,900 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends but are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(13) | Consists of (a) 9,508 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Fedena; (b) 10,191 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held by a retirement account; (c) 45,600 PBF LLC Series A Units; (d) compensatory warrants to purchase 2,400 Series A Units; and (e) 122,511 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(14) | Consists of (a) 23,251 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Ms. Ho Tai; (b) 14,200 PBF LLC Series A Units; (c) 7,334 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote but shall not be entitled to receive dividends on a current basis until such restricted shares vest, and are subject to vesting; and (d) 25,011 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(15) | Consists of (a) 30,878 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Lavinia; and (b) 13,097 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends and are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(16) | Consists of (a) 21,788 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Ms. Lubel; and (b) 13,901 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock which are entitled to vote and receive dividends and are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(17) | Consists of (a) 115,618 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Lucey; (b) 69,198 PBF LLC Series A Units; and (c) 725,665 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(18) | Consists of (a) 431,289 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Nimbley; (b) 675,000 PBF LLC Series A Units; and (c) 1,469,805 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(19) | Consists of (a) 80,000 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. O’Connor; and (b) 466,577 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(20) | Consists of (a) 18,561 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Ogden; and (b) 12,994 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock which are entitled to vote and receive dividends and are subject to restrictions on transfer. |
(21) | Consists of (a) 6,855 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Steach; and (b) 67,511 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(22) | Consists of (a) 66,893 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by Mr. Young; (b) 20,215 PBF LLC Series A Units; and (c) 631,371 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(23) | Consists of (a) 1,000,245 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held directly by directors and officers of PBF Energy; (b) 10,191 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock held by retirement accounts; (c) 829,731 PBF LLC Series A Units, (d) 102,172 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and receive dividends and are subject to restrictions on transfer; (e) 7,334 shares of restricted PBF Energy Common Stock, which are entitled to vote and shall not be entitled to receive dividends on a current basis until such restricted shares vest and are subject to vesting; (f) compensatory warrants to purchase 2,400 Series A Units; and (g) 4,442,104 shares of PBF Energy Common Stock that can be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
(24) | According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021 by Invesco Ltd., with an address of 1555 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, GA 30309. The Schedule 13G reports that Invesco Ltd. has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the reported PBFX Common Units. |
(25) | A subsidiary of PBF Energy holds the PBFX Common Units and general partner interest. PBF LLC directly holds 29,953,631 PBFX Common Units and the non-economic general partner interest. PBF Energy is the ultimate parent of PBF LLC and may, therefore, be deemed to beneficially own the units held. PBF Energy files information with, or furnishes information to, the SEC pursuant to the information requirements of the Exchange Act. |
• | PBFX has obtained the PBFX Unitholder approval; |
• | any waiting period applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement under the HSR Act, is terminated or expired; |
• | no restraint is in effect enjoining, restraining, preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or making the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement illegal; |
• | the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part must have been declared effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement will have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose will have been initiated or threatened by the SEC; |
• | the PBF Energy Common Stock deliverable to the PBFX Public Unitholders as contemplated by the Merger Agreement must have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance; and |
• | all necessary consents, if any, under the PBFX Credit Facility will have been obtained or replacement facilities acceptable to PBF Energy will have been entered into. |
• | the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement of PBFX and PBFX GP: |
○ | with respect to the due organization, valid existence and good standing of each of PBFX, PBFX GP and their respective material subsidiaries, the capitalization of PBFX, PBFX’s and PBFX GP’s authority to execute the Merger Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated thereby, the approval by the Conflicts Committee of the Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby, and no material adverse effect having occurred on PBFX, being true and correct in all respects, in each case, both when made and at and as of the date of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); |
○ | with respect to all other representations and warranties, being true and correct in each case, both when made and at and as of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” set forth in any individual representation or warranty, other than with respect to the filing of documents with the SEC, undisclosed liabilities, internal controls, and information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a “material adverse effect” on PBFX; |
• | PBFX and PBFX GP having performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by each of them under the Merger Agreement; and |
• | the receipt by PBF Energy of an officer’s certificate signed on behalf of PBFX and PBFX GP by an executive officer of PBFX GP certifying that the preceding conditions have been satisfied. |
• | the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement of the Parent Entities: |
○ | with respect to the due organization, valid existence and good standing of each of the Parent Entities and each material subsidiary of PBF Energy and PBF LLC (excluding PBFX GP and its subsidiaries), the capitalization of PBF Energy, PBFX Holdings and Merger Sub, the authority of the Parent Entities to execute the Merger Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and no material adverse effect having occurred on the Parent Entities, being true and correct in all respects, in each case, both when made and at and as of the date of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); |
○ | with respect to all other representations and warranties, being true and correct at and as of the closing, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” set forth in any individual representation or warranty, other than with respect to the filing of documents with the SEC, undisclosed liabilities, internal controls, and information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a “material adverse effect” on the Parent Entities; |
• | the Parent Entities having performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by each of them under the Merger Agreement; and |
• | the receipt by PBFX of an officer’s certificate signed on behalf of PBF Energy by an executive officer of PBF Energy certifying that the preceding conditions have been satisfied. |
• | may be intended not as statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; |
• | have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the Merger Agreement, which disclosures may not be reflected in the Merger Agreement; and |
• | may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors. |
• | organization, standing and similar organizational matters; |
• | capital structure; |
• | due authorization of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, absence of any conflicts with third parties created by such transactions and the voting requirements for such transactions; |
• | required consents and approvals of governmental entities in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
• | documents filed with the SEC, and the financial statements included in those documents since December 31, 2020; |
• | maintenance of a system of internal controls; |
• | absence of changes or events since March 31, 2022; |
• | no undisclosed liabilities; |
• | legal proceedings; |
• | compliance with applicable laws; |
• | information supplied in connection with this proxy statement/prospectus and the registration statement of which it is a part; |
• | taxes and other tax matters; |
• | benefit plans; |
• | environmental matters; |
• | brokers and other advisors; |
• | insurance; |
• | the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and |
• | no other representations and warranties. |
• | amend the organizational documents (whether by merger, consolidation, conversion or otherwise) of such entity in any manner that would reasonably be expected to prevent or in any material respect hinder, impede or delay the ability of the parties to satisfy any of the conditions to or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
• | declare, authorize, set aside or pay any distribution payable in cash, equity or property in respect of the PBFX Common Units, other than payment of regular quarterly cash distributions to the PBFX Unitholders at the current distribution rate of $0.30 per PBFX Common Unit; |
• | issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of, any equity securities of PBFX or any of its subsidiaries, or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any equity |
• | make any acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of assets, tender or exchange offer or otherwise), of any business or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof or any property or assets of any other person, other than immaterial acquisitions or dispositions in the ordinary course of business; |
• | make any loans or advances to any person (other than (i) to its employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) loans and advances to PBFX or any of its subsidiaries, and (iii) trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); |
• | incur, refinance or assume, or prepay or repurchase, any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness for borrowed money or issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of PBFX or any of its subsidiaries, other than (i) refinancing the PBFX Credit Facility, (ii) repurchasing or redeeming PBFX’s outstanding notes, including in connection with borrowings from PBF Energy or PBF LLC by PBFX to the extent approved by the Conflicts Committee, (iii) borrowings from PBFX or any of its subsidiaries by PBFX or any of its subsidiaries, (iv) repayments of borrowings from PBFX or any of its subsidiaries by PBFX or any of its subsidiaries and guarantees by PBFX or any of its subsidiaries of indebtedness of PBFX or any of its subsidiaries, and (v) repayments or repurchases required pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness for borrowed money or debt securities; |
• | split, combine, divide, subdivide, reverse split, reclassify, recapitalize or effect any other similar transaction with respect to any of such entity’s capital stock or other equity interests; |
• | adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution or restructuring or a plan or agreement of reorganization under any bankruptcy or similar law; |
• | waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any proceeding, including any state or federal regulatory proceeding seeking damages or injunction or other equitable relief, which waiver, release, assignment, settlement or compromise would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect; |
• | make any material changes in financial accounting methods, principles or practices (or change an annual accounting period), except insofar as may be required by a change in GAAP; |
• | except as required by applicable law or the terms of any PBFX benefit plan existing and in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement or as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (i) establish, adopt, materially amend or modify, commence participation in or terminate (or commit to establish, adopt, materially amend or modify, commence participation in or terminate) any benefit plan (or any plan or arrangement that would be a benefit plan if in effect as of the date of the Merger Agreement), (ii) materially increase in any manner the compensation, severance or benefits of any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers of PBFX GP, PBFX or any of their respective subsidiaries, or enter into or amend any employment, severance, termination, retention or consulting agreement, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business, (iii) accelerate any material rights or benefits under any benefit plan, or (iv) grant or amend any Phantom Unit Awards or other equity awards, except in the ordinary course of business or as contemplated by the Merger Agreement; or |
• | agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions or take any action or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any action, including proposing or undertaking any merger, consolidation or acquisition, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or in any material respect hinder, impede or delay the ability of the parties to satisfy any of the conditions to or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. |
• | amend PBF Energy’s or any of its subsidiaries’ organizational documents (whether by merger, consolidation, conversion or otherwise) in any manner that would reasonably be expected to (a) prevent or in any material respect hinder, impede or delay the ability of the parties to satisfy any of the conditions to or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or (b) adversely affect (1) the economic benefits to be obtained by PBFX Public Unitholders upon the consummation of the Merger, or (2) the terms of PBF Energy’s shares in any material respect; |
• | split, combine, divide, subdivide, reverse split, reclassify, recapitalize or effect any other similar transaction with respect to any of PBF Energy’s capital stock; |
• | adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution or restructuring or a plan or agreement of reorganization under any bankruptcy or similar law; |
• | agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions, or take any action or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any action, including proposing or undertaking any merger, consolidation or acquisition, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or in any material respect hinder, impede or delay the ability of the parties to satisfy any of the conditions to or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
• | withdraw, modify or qualify, propose publicly to withdraw, modify or qualify, in any manner adverse to PBF Energy, the GP Board Recommendation; or |
• | fail to include the GP Board Recommendation in this proxy statement/prospectus. |
• | by the mutual written consent of PBFX and PBF Energy duly authorized by the Conflicts Committee and the PBF Energy Board, respectively; or |
• | by either PBFX or PBF Energy: |
○ | if the closing does not occur on or before March 31, 2023; provided that this termination right will not be available to (i) PBFX or PBF Energy if the failure to satisfy any condition under the Merger Agreement necessary for the closing of the Merger was due to the failure of, in the case of PBFX, PBFX or PBFX GP or, in the case of PBF Energy, any of the Parent Entities, to perform and comply in all material respects with the covenants and agreements to be performed and complied by such entity prior to the closing of the Merger, or (ii) PBFX or PBF Energy if, in the case of PBF Energy, PBFX or PBFX GP or, in the case of PBFX, any of the Parent Entities, has filed (and is then pursuing) an action seeking specific performance as permitted under the Merger Agreement; |
○ | if any restraint by a government authority is in effect and has become final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement is not available to PBFX or PBF Energy if such restraint was due to the failure of, in the case of PBFX, PBFX or PBFX GP and, in the case of PBF Energy, the Parent Entities, to perform any of its obligations under the Merger Agreement; or |
○ | if the PBFX Special Meeting has occurred and the PBFX Unitholder approval has not been obtained; |
• | by PBF Energy: |
○ | if a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred before the PBFX Special Meeting; or |
○ | if PBFX or PBFX GP has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Merger Agreement, or any representations or warranties become untrue, in a way that the related condition to closing would not be satisfied, and such breach is either incurable or not cured within 30 days (“PBFX terminable breach”); provided, however, that such right to terminate shall not be available to PBF Energy if any of the Parent Entities is then in material breach of any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement; |
• | by PBFX: |
○ | if PBF Energy has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Merger Agreement, or any representations or warranties become untrue, in a way that the related condition to closing would not be satisfied, and such breach is either incurable or not cured within 30 days (“PBF Energy terminable breach”); provided, however, that such right to terminate shall not be available to PBFX if either PBFX or PBFX GP is then in material breach of any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement; or |
○ | if prior to the receipt of the PBFX Unitholder approval, in response to an Intervening Event, the GP Board or the Conflicts Committee has determined to terminate the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX or PBF Energy due to failure to obtain the required PBFX Unitholder approval, then PBFX shall reimburse PBF Energy for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the PBFX Special Meeting by PBF Energy due a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change or a PBFX terminable breach, then PBFX shall reimburse PBF Energy for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX due to a PBF Energy terminable breach, then PBF Energy shall reimburse PBFX for its reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses (up to $10,000,000); or |
• | if the Merger Agreement is terminated by PBFX due to a PBFX Adverse Recommendation Change, then PBFX shall pay PBF an amount equal to $5,000,000. |
(i) | in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger; and |
(ii) | against (a) any agreement, transaction or proposal that relates to any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to adoption of the Merger Agreement or inconsistent with the Merger or matters contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (b) any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of any of the Parent Entities or any of their respective subsidiaries contained in the Merger Agreement, (c) any action or agreement that would result in any condition to the consummation of the Merger or the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, and (d) any other action that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, postpone or adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, or the Support Agreement. |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Purpose and Terms of Existence | | | PBF Energy’s stated purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL. | | | PBFX’s stated purposes under the PBFX Partnership Agreement are: • to engage directly in, or enter into or form, hold and dispose of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the general partner, in its sole discretion, and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Delaware LP Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon PBFX pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity; and • to do anything necessary or appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans to a group member (as defined under the PBFX Partnership Agreement); provided, however, that the general partner shall not cause PBFX to engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activity that the general partner determines would be reasonably likely to cause PBFX to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxable as an entity for U.S. federal income tax |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Dividends/ Distributions | | | Dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid ratably on the PBF Energy Common Stock out of the assets of PBF Energy that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the PBF Energy Board in its discretion shall determine. Such dividend payments and other distributions will be subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the PBF Energy Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions in cash, stock of any corporation or property of PBF Energy. Dividends and other distributions shall not be declared or paid on the PBF Class B Common Stock. | | | The GP Board may adopt a cash distribution policy, which it may change from time to time without amending the PBFX Partnership Agreement. Distributions will be made as and when declared by the GP Board. On or about the last day of each of February, May, August and November following the end of each quarter, beginning with either the quarter in which the closing date of the IPO occurs or the following quarter, an amount equal to 100% of available cash (as defined under the PBFX Partnership Agreement) with respect to such quarter shall be distributed by PBFX to the partners as of the record date selected by the general partner. All amounts of available cash distributed by PBFX on any date from any source shall be deemed to be operating surplus (as defined under the PBFX Partnership Agreement) until the sum of all amounts of cash and cash equivalents theretofore distributed by PBFX to the partners equals the operating surplus from the closing date of the IPO through the close of the immediately preceding quarter. Any remaining amounts of cash and cash equivalents distributed by PBFX on such date shall be deemed to be capital surplus. All distributions are subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act. In the event of the dissolution and liquidation of PBFX, all PBFX assets shall be applied and distributed solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the liquidation provisions of the PBFX Partnership Agreement. The general partner may treat taxes paid by PBFX on behalf of, or amounts withheld with respect to, all or less than all of the partners, as a distribution of available cash to such partners, as determined appropriate under the circumstances by the general partner. |
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Business Combinations | | | Subject to limited exceptions, under the DGCL, the consummation of a merger or consolidation requires the board of directors of a corporation that is a constituent corporation in the merger or consolidation to approve and declare advisable the agreement | | | PBFX may merge or consolidate with or into one or more corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts or associations, real estate investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a partnership (whether general or |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | of merger or consolidation and requires that the agreement of merger or consolidation be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock of that corporation entitled to vote thereon at an annual or special meeting for the purpose of acting on the agreement. PBF Energy is subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with a stockholder who owns 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock (an interested stockholder) for three years following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless (i) prior to the time such stockholder became an interested stockholder, the corporation’s board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in such stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, such stockholder owns at least 85% of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock at the time the transaction commenced (subject to certain exclusions), and (iii) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and by the affirmative vote (but not written consent) of at least 66 2/3% of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder. | | | limited (including a limited liability partnership)) or convert into any such entity, whether such entity is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States of America, pursuant to a written plan of merger or consolidation. A merger or consolidation of PBFX requires the prior consent of the general partner, provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the general partner will have no duty or obligation to consent to any merger or consolidation of PBFX and may decline to do so free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to PBFX, any limited partners and, in declining to consent to a merger or consolidation, is not required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by the PBFX Partnership Agreement, any other agreement or under the Delaware LP Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. If the general partner shall determine to consent to the merger or consolidation, the general partner shall approve the written plan of merger or consolidation, which shall set forth: • the name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of each of the business entities proposing to merge or consolidate; • the name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the business entity that is to survive the proposed merger or consolidation; • the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation; • the manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity interests of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the surviving business entity; and (i) if any interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not to be exchanged or converted solely for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | surviving business entity, then the cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the surviving business entity) which the holders of such interests, securities or rights are to receive in exchange for, or upon conversion of their interests, securities or rights, and (ii) in the case of equity interests represented by certificates, upon the surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the surviving entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the surviving business entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered; • a statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or other similar charter or governing document) of the surviving business entity to be effected by such merger or consolidation; • the effective time of such merger, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the written plan of merger or consolidation (provided, that if the effective time is to be later than the date of the filing of such certificate of merger, the effective time shall be fixed at a date or time certain and stated in the certificate of merger); and • such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or consolidation that the general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | Except as otherwise provided in the PBFX Partnership Agreement, the general partner, upon its approval of the merger agreement shall direct that the merger agreement and the merger or consolidation contemplated thereby, as applicable, be submitted to a vote of limited partners, whether at a special meeting or by written consent. A copy or a summary of the merger agreement, as the case may be, shall be included in or enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent. Except as otherwise provided in the PBFX Partnership Agreement, the merger agreement shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a unit majority (as defined in the PBFX Partnership Agreement) unless the merger agreement contains any provision that, if contained in an amendment to the PBFX Partnership Agreement, the provisions of the PBFX Partnership Agreement or the Delaware LP Act would require for its approval the vote or consent of a greater percentage of the outstanding units or of any class of limited partners, in which case such greater percentage vote or consent shall be required for approval of the merger agreement. After such approval by vote or consent of the limited partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger, the merger or consolidation may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the merger agreement. The general partner is permitted, without limited partner approval, to merge or consolidate PBFX with or into another entity if (i) the general partner has received an opinion of counsel that the merger or consolidation, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability under the Delaware LP Act of any limited partner or cause PBFX or any group member to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already treated as such), (ii) the merger or consolidation would not result in an amendment to the PBFX Partnership Agreement, (iii) PBFX is the surviving |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Management by Board of Directors/General Partner | | | PBF Energy’s business and affairs are managed by the PBF Energy Board, which may exercise all such authority and powers of PBF Energy, and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation of PBF Energy directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the number of directors will be fixed exclusively by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of the majority of the PBF Energy Board. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the PBF Energy Board has nine (9) directors. | | | The general partner conducts, directs and manages all activities of PBFX. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the PBFX Partnership Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of PBFX are exclusively vested in the general partner, and no other partner (other than the general partner) has any management power over the business and affairs of PBFX. The general partner, subject to restrictions on the general partner’s authority, will have full power and authority to do all things and on such terms as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of PBFX, to exercise all powers and effect all purposes set forth under the PBFX Partnership Agreement, including the following: • the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable into partnership interests, and the incurring of any other obligations; • the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of PBFX; • the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of PBFX or the merger or other combination of PBFX with or into another person (the matters described in this clause being subject, however, to any prior approval that may be required pursuant to the PBFX Partnership Agreement); • the use of the assets of PBFX (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of the PBFX Partnership Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of the operations of the partnership group; the lending of funds to other |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | persons (including other group members); the repayment or guarantee of obligations of any group member; and the making of capital contributions to any group member; • the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of PBFX under contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of PBFX, with the other party to the contract to have no recourse against the general partner or its assets other than its interest in PBFX, even if the same results in the terms of the transaction being less favorable to PBFX than would otherwise be the case); • the distribution of cash or cash equivalents by PBFX; • the selection, employment, retention and dismissal of employees and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the general partner or PBFX or its subsidiaries and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring; • the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the partnership group, the partners and indemnitees; • the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies or other persons (including the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any group member from time to time); • the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of PBFX, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Nominations and Election of Directors/General Partner | | | The bylaws provide that subject to any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock to elect directors separately, each director will be elected by a vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to that director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present; provided that if the Secretary of PBF Energy determines at the close of the notice period set forth in the bylaws that the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast and entitled to vote on the election of directors in person or by proxy at any such meeting. A vote of the majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a nominee must exceed fifty percent of the total votes cast with respect to that nominee (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as votes cast either “for” or “against”). At a meeting of the PBF Energy Stockholders, only such nominations for the election of directors and such other matters may be considered as have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, a matter must be: (1) pursuant to PBF Energy’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered in accordance with the bylaws, (2) by or at the discretion of the PBF Energy Board or any committee thereof, or (3) by any PBF Energy Stockholder who is entitled to vote on such election or such other business at the meeting, who timely complied with the required notice procedures and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice was delivered to the Secretary of PBF Energy. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a PBF Energy Stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of PBF Energy, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the PBF Energy Board, such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. In general, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of PBF Energy at PBF Energy’s | | | The PBFX Unitholders have no right to elect the general partner unless the general partner has been removed or withdrawn, as described below, and have no right to elect the directors of the general partner. Directors of the general partner are elected by PBF LLC, the sole member of the general partner. |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. In addition, the bylaws permit the holders of any one or more series of preferred stock issued by PBF Energy to have the right, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more such other series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, removal, and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the certificate of incorporation of PBF Energy (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of preferred stock) applicable thereto. PBF Energy does not currently have any shares of preferred stock outstanding. Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. | | | ||
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Removal of Directors; Withdrawal or Removal of General Partner | | | The certificate of incorporation provides that any or all of the directors (other than the directors elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock of PBF Energy, as the case may be) may be removed at any time either with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of all the then outstanding shares of stock of PBF Energy entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. | | | The general partner may be removed if such removal is approved by unitholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding units (including units held by the general partner and its affiliates) voting as a single class. Any such action by such holders for removal of the general partner must also provide for the election of a successor general partner by the unitholders holding a majority of the outstanding common units (including units held by the general partner and its affiliates). Such removal shall be effective immediately following the admission of a successor general partner pursuant to the procedures for admission of a successor general partner. The removal of the general partner shall also automatically constitute the removal of the general partner as general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other group members of which the general partner is a general partner or a managing member. If a person is elected as a successor general partner in accordance with the applicable terms, such person shall, |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | upon admission pursuant to the procedures for admission of a successor general partner, automatically become a successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other group members of which the general partner is a general partner or a managing member. The right of the holders of outstanding units to remove the general partner shall not exist or be exercised unless PBFX has received an opinion opining as to the matters covered by a withdrawal opinion of counsel as required by the PBFX Partnership Agreement. The general partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from PBFX upon the occurrence of any one of the following events: (i) the general partner voluntarily withdraws by giving written notice to the other partners; (ii) the general partner transfers all of its general partner interest; (iii) the general partner is removed; or (iv) certain bankruptcy, receivership and dissolutions events. | ||
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Filling Vacancies on the Board; Replacing the General Partner | | | Unless otherwise required by law, any newly created directorship on the PBF Energy Board that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the PBF Energy Board shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. | | | A successor general partner approved pursuant to the provisions following the withdrawal or removal of the previous general partner or the transferee of or successor to all of the general partner interest who is proposed to be admitted as a successor general partner shall be admitted to PBFX as the general partner, effective immediately prior to the withdrawal or removal of the predecessor or transferring general partner, pursuant to the provisions following the withdrawal or removal of the previous general partner or the transfer of the general partner interest, provided, however, that no such successor shall be admitted to PBFX until compliance with the terms for the transfer of the general partner’s general partner interest has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect such admission. Any such successor shall, subject to the relevant terms, carry on the business of the members of the partnership group without dissolution. |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Transfer of General Partner Interest | | | Not applicable. | | | The general partner may at its option transfer all or any of its general partner interest without unitholder approval. As a condition to such transfer, no transfer by the general partner of all or any part of its general partner interest to another person shall be permitted unless: (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the general partner under the PBFX Partnership Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of the PBFX Partnership Agreement, (ii) PBFX receives an opinion of counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability under Delaware law of any limited partner or cause PBFX to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed), and (iii) such transferee also agrees to purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if applicable) of the partnership or membership interest held by the general partner as the general partner or managing member, if any, of each other group member. In the case of a transfer pursuant and in compliance with the required terms under the PBFX Partnership Agreement, the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the terms required under the PBFX Partnership Agreement for the admission of a successor general partner, be admitted to PBFX as the general partner effective immediately prior to the transfer of the general partner interest, and the business of PBFX shall continue with dissolution. |
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Change of Management Provisions | | | None. | | | The PBFX Partnership Agreement contains specific provisions that are intended to discourage a person or group from attempting to remove the general partner or otherwise change management. If at any time any person or group (other than the general partner or its affiliates) beneficially owns 20% or more of the outstanding partnership interests of any class then outstanding, none of the partnership interests owned by such person or group shall be entitled to be voted on any matter or be considered to be outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of limited partners to vote on any matter (unless otherwise |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | required by law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum or for other similar purposes under the PBFX Partnership Agreement. | ||
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Limited Call Rights | | | None. | | | If at any time PBF Energy and its controlled affiliates hold more than 80% of the total limited partner interests of any class then outstanding, PBF Energy shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to PBFX or any controlled affiliate of PBF Energy, exercisable in its sole discretion, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such limited partner interests of such class then outstanding held by persons other than PBF Energy and its controlled affiliates, at the greater of (x) the current market price (as defined under the PBFX Partnership Agreement) as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice is mailed to the limited partners as provided in the PBFX Partnership Agreement, and (y) the highest price paid by PBF Energy or any of its controlled affiliates for any such limited partner interest of such class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the general partner mails notice of its election to purchase the units. |
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Preemptive Rights | | | No holder of PBF Stock (including PBF Energy Common Stock) will have any preemptive right to subscribe for any shares of capital stock issued in the future. | | | Except as set forth below or otherwise agreed to by PBFX, no person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the issuance of any partnership interest, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created. The general partner shall have the right, which it may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its affiliates, to purchase partnership interests from PBFX whenever, and on the same terms that, PBFX issues partnership interests to persons other than the general partner and its affiliates, to the extent necessary to maintain the percentage interests of the general partner and its affiliates equal to that which existed immediately prior to the issuance of such partnership interests. |
Amendment of Governing Documents | | | The PBF Energy Board is expressly authorized to make, amend, alter, change, add to or repeal the bylaws without the assent or vote of the PBF Energy Stockholders in any manner not inconsistent | | | Amendments to the PBFX Partnership Agreement may be proposed only by the general partner. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the general partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | with the law of the State of Delaware or the certificate of incorporation. The affirmative vote of at least 75% of the total voting power of all the outstanding shares of stock of PBF Energy entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (currently consisting of the PBF Energy Common Stock and the PBF Class B Common Stock) voting together as a single class, is required for the stockholders to make, amend, alter, change, add to or repeal any provision of the bylaws. Neither any amendment nor repeal of Article VIII (addressing limited liability of members of the PBF Energy Board), nor the adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with Article VIII, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a current or former director of the PBF Energy existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification. Further, neither any amendment nor repeal of Article IX (addressing indemnification obligations of PBF Energy), nor the adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with Article IX, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of Article IX in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for Article IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. | | | approve any amendment to the PBFX Partnership Agreement and may decline to do in its sole discretion, and, in declining to propose or approve an amendment, to the fullest extent permitted by law shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard improved by the PBFX Partnership Agreement, any group member agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware LP Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. An amendment shall be effective upon its approval by the general partner and, except as otherwise provided, a unit majority, unless a greater or different percentage is required under the PBFX Partnership Agreement or by Delaware law. Each proposed amendment that requires the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of outstanding units shall be set forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment. If such an amendment is proposed, the general partner shall seek the written approval of the requisite percentage of outstanding units or call a meeting of the unitholders to consider and vote on such proposed amendment. The general partner shall notify all record holders upon final adoption of any amendments. The PBFX Partnership Agreement provides that: • no provision of the PBFX Partnership Agreement that establishes a percentage of outstanding units (including units deemed owned by the general partner) or requires a vote or approval of partners (or a subset of partners) holding a specified percentage interest required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or rescinded in any respect that would have the effect of reducing such percentage unless such amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of holders of outstanding units whose aggregate outstanding units constitute not less than the voting requirement sought to be reduced, as applicable; |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | • no amendment to the PBFX Partnership Agreement may (i) enlarge the obligations of (including requiring any holder of a class of partnership interests to make additional capital contributions to PBFX) any limited partner without its consent, unless such shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of an amendment approved as described below, or (ii) enlarge the obligations of, restrict, change or modify in any way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to, the general partner or any of its affiliates without its consent, which consent may be given or withheld at its option; • except for mergers or consolidations approved pursuant to the PBFX Partnership Agreement, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of any class of partnership interests must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding partnership interests of the class affected. If the general partner determines an amendment does not satisfy the relevant requirements because it adversely affects one or more classes of partnership interests, as compared to other classes of partnership interests, in any material respect, such amendment shall only be required to be approved by the adversely affected class or classes; • except for amendments to be adopted solely by the general partner and the specific provisions for approval by limited partners, no amendments shall become effective without the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the percentage interests of all limited partners voting as a single class unless PBFX obtains an opinion of counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any limited partner under applicable partnership law of the state under whose laws PBFX is organized; and |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | • except for amendments to be adopted solely by the general partner, the provisions set forth above shall only be amended with the approval of partners (including the general partner and its affiliates) holding at least 90% of the percentage interest of all limited partners. | ||
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| | | | The general partner, without the approval of any partner, may amend any provision of the PBFX Partnership Agreement to reflect: • a change in the name, the location of the principal place of business, the registered agent or the registered office; • the admission, substitution, withdrawal, or removal of partners; • a change that the general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to qualify or continue the qualification of PBFX as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability under the laws of any state or to ensure that the group members will not be treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes; • a change that the general partner determines in its sole discretion, (i) does not adversely affect the limited partners (including any particular class of partnership interests as compared to other classes of partnership interests) in any material respect, (ii) to be necessary or appropriate to (A) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal or state statute (including the Delaware LP Act), or (B) facilitate the trading of the units (including the division of any class or classes of outstanding units into different classes to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes of units) or comply with any rule, |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | regulation, guideline or requirement of any national securities exchange on which the units are or will be listed or admitted to trading, (iii) to be necessary or appropriate in connection with action taken by the general partner in connection with a distribution, subdivision or combination of partnership securities, or (iv) is required to effect the intent of the registration statement or the intent of the provisions of, or as otherwise contemplated by, the PBFX Partnership Agreement; • a change in fiscal year or taxable period of PBFX and any other changes that the general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in the fiscal year or taxable period of PBFX including, if the general partner shall so determine, a change in the definition of quarter and the dates on which distributions are made by PBFX; • an amendment that is necessary, in the opinion of counsel, to prevent PBFX, or the general partner or its directors, officers, trustees or agents from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor; • an amendment that the general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of any class or series of partnership interests and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to the partnership interests pursuant to the requirements for the issuances of additional partnership interests; |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | • any amendment expressly permitted in the PBFX Partnership Agreement to be made by the general partner acting alone; • an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a merger agreement approved in accordance with the PBFX Partnership Agreement; • an amendment that the general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect and account for the formation by PBFX of, or investment by PBFX in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, in connection with the conduct by PBFX of activities permitted by the PBFX Partnership Agreement; • a merger, conveyance or conversion pursuant to the terms of the PBFX Partnership Agreement; and • any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing. | ||
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Voting Rights; Meetings; Action by Written Consent | | | Each PBF Energy Stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of PBF Energy Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the books of PBF Energy on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. Each holder of PBF Class B Common Stock shall be entitled, without regard to the number of shares of PBF Class B Common Stock held by such holder, to a number of votes that is equal to the product of (x) the total number of PBF LLC Series A Units, held of record by such holder multiplied by (y) the Exchange Rate (as defined in that certain Exchange Agreement, by and among PBF Energy and the holders of PBF LLC units from time to time party thereto), on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. To the fullest extent permitted by law, holders of common stock (currently comprised of the holders of PBF Stock) shall have no voting power with respect to, and shall not be entitled to vote on, any | | | Only those record holders of units on the record date shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of limited partners or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the outstanding units have the right to vote or to act. If authorized by the general partner, any action that may be taken at a meeting of the limited partners may be taken without a meeting, without a vote and without prior notice, if an approval in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by limited partners owning not less than the minimum percentage, by percentage interest, of the partnership interests of the class or classes for which a meeting has been called (including partnership interests deemed owned by the general partner), as the case may be, that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all the limited partners entitled to vote at such meeting were present and voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline, or requirement of any national securities exchange on which the units are |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | amendment to the certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of preferred stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to the certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of preferred stock) or pursuant to the DGCL. Except as otherwise required in the certificate of incorporation or by applicable law, the holders of common stock (currently comprised of the holders of PBF Stock) shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of common stock, as a single class with such holders of preferred stock). No holder of common stock (currently comprised of the holders of PBF Stock) shall be entitled to cumulative votes on behalf of any candidate for a directorship. No holder of common stock (currently comprised of the holders of PBF Stock) will have any preemptive right to subscribe for any shares of capital stock issued in the future. The bylaws provide that, subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of PBF Energy, special meetings of the PBF Energy Stockholders may be called only by or at the direction of the PBF Energy Board, the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer of PBF Energy, and shall be held on such date, and at such time and place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated from time to time by the person calling such meeting. The certificate of incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of stock of PBF Energy must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting or such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders; provided, however, that any action | | | listed or admitted to trading, in which case the rule regulation, guideline or requirement of such national securities exchange shall govern). Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the limited partners who have not approved in writing. The general partner may specify that any written ballot, if any, submitted to limited partners for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to PBFX within the time period, which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the general partner. Special meetings of the limited partners may be called by the general partner or by limited partners owning 20% or more of the outstanding units of the class or classes for which a meeting is proposed. Limited partners shall call a special meeting by delivering to the general partner one or more requests in writing stating that the signing limited partners wish to call a special meeting and indicating the general or specific purposes for which the special meeting is to be called. Within 60 days after receipt of such a call from limited partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for PBFX to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar requirements governing the holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a meeting, the general partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the limited partners either directly or indirectly through the transfer agent. A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the general partner on a date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after the time notice of the meeting is given. Limited partners shall not vote on matters that would cause the limited partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of PBFX so as to jeopardize the limited partners’ limited liability under the Delaware LP Act or the law of any other state in which PBFX is qualified to do business. The holders of a majority, by percentage interest, of partnership interests of the class or classes for which a meeting has been |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations | | | The bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals for annual meetings and stockholder nomination of candidates for election as directors. In order for any matter to be “properly brought” before a meeting, a stockholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide PBF Energy with specified information. Generally, that notice must be given to the Secretary of PBF Energy not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. | | | Not applicable. |
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Indemnification and Limitation on Liability | | | The DGCL authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties. The DGCL does not permit exculpation for liability: • for breach of the duty of loyalty; • for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law; • under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends and stock repurchases); or • for transactions from which the director derived improper personal benefit. The certificate of incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. The bylaws authorize PBF Energy to indemnify certain persons, including its directors and officers, and certain employees and agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, but subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth in the bylaws. Additionally, the directors and certain officers are entitled to advancement of expenses from PBF Energy for legal proceedings against them, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any indemnification shall be made by PBF Energy only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the | | | Section 17-108 of the Delaware LP Act empowers a Delaware limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. Under the PBFX Partnership Agreement, in most circumstances, PBFX will indemnify the following persons (each an “indemnitee”) to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened pending or completed claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal and including appeals, in which any indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an indemnitee and acting (or refraining to act) in such capacity: • the general partner; • any departing general partner; • any person who is or was an affiliate of the general partner or any departing general partner; • any person who is or was a manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent fiduciary or trustee of any group member, a general partner, any departing general partner or any of their respective affiliates; |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | circumstances because such claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the bylaws. Such determination will be made in accordance with any applicable procedures authorized by the board and in accordance with the DGCL. In the event that a director or officer of PBF Energy has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or in any action, suit or proceeding brought by the director or officer to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs granted, such person will be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and costs actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. In the opinion of the SEC, indemnification provisions that purport to include indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act are contrary to public policy and are, therefore, unenforceable. | | | • any person who is or was serving at the request of a general partner, any departing general partner or any of their respective affiliates as an officer, director, manager, managing member, general partner, employee, agent fiduciary or trustee of another person owing a fiduciary or similar duty to any group member; provided that a person shall not be an indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services; • any person who controls a general partner or departing general partner; and • any person the general partner designates as an indemnitee for purposes of the partnership agreement because such person’s service, status or relationship exposes such person to potential claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings relating to the partnership group’s business and affairs. provided, that the indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the indemnitee is seeking indemnification, the indemnitee acted in bad faith or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. In the event an indemnitee is liable for damages, those damages shall only be direct damages and shall not include punitive damages, consequential damages or lost profits. Any indemnification shall be made only out of the assets of PBFX, it being agreed that the general partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to PBFX to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. The limited partners shall have no liability except as expressly provided therein or the Delaware LP Act. In the opinion of the SEC, indemnification provisions that purport to include indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act are contrary to public policy and are, therefore, unenforceable. |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
Exclusive Forum | | | Not applicable | | | The PBFX Partnership Agreement provides that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings (i) arising out of or relating in any way to the PBFX Partnership Agreement (including any claims, suits or actions to interpret, apply or enforce the provisions of the partnership agreement or the duties, obligations or liabilities among partners or of partners to PBFX, or the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the partners or PBFX), (ii) brought in a derivative manner on behalf of PBFX, (iii) asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, or other employee of PBFX or the general partner, or owed by the general partner, to PBFX or the partners, (iv) asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware LP Act, or (v) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, any other court located in the State of Delaware with subject matter jurisdiction), in each case regardless of whether such claims, suits, actions or proceedings sound in contract, tort, fraud or otherwise, are based on common law, statutory, equitable, legal or other grounds, or are derivative or direct claims. |
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Conflicts of Interest; Fiduciary Duties | | | PBF Energy’s directors owe certain fiduciary duties to PBF Energy Stockholders. Under the DGCL, certain transactions involving an interested officer or director are not void or voidable solely because of such officer’s or director’s interest if: • the material facts are disclosed or made known to the board of directors (or committee thereof) and a majority of the disinterested directors vote to authorize the transaction in good faith; • the material facts are disclosed or made known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon and the transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or • the transaction is fair to the corporation at the time it is authorized, | | | The doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any unrestricted person (including the general partner). Except as set forth in the omnibus agreement, no unrestricted person (including the general partner) who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for PBFX, shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to any group member, and such unrestricted person (including the general partner) shall not be liable to PBFX or any other group member, any partner, any person who acquires a partnership interest or any other person who is otherwise bound by the PBFX Partnership Agreement for breach of any fiduciary or other duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise by reason of the fact that such unrestricted person (including the general partner) pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | approved or ratified by the board of directors (or committee thereof) or the stockholders. | | | opportunity to another person or does not communicate such opportunity information to any group member. Whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the general partner or any affiliates, on the one hand, and PBFX, any group member or any partner, any other person who acquires an interest in a partnership interest or any other person who is bound by the PBFX Partnership Agreement on the other hand, any resolution or course of action by the general partner or its affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all partners, and shall not constitute a breach of the PBFX Partnership Agreement, of any group member agreement, of any agreement contemplated therein, or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by special approval, (ii) approved by the vote of a majority of the PBFX Common Units (excluding PBFX Common Units owned by the general partner and its affiliates), (iii) determined by the GP Board to be on terms no less favorable to PBFX than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties, or (iv) determined by the GP Board to be fair and reasonable to PBFX, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to PBFX). Unless otherwise provided, the laws of Delaware generally require a general partner of a limited partnership to adhere to fiduciary duty standards under which it owes its partners the highest duties of good faith, fairness and loyalty. Notwithstanding any other provision, to the extent that any provision purports or is interpreted (i) to have the effect of replacing, restricting or eliminating the duties that might otherwise, as a result of Delaware or other applicable law, be owed by the general partner or any other indemnitee to PBFX, the limited partners, any other person who acquires an interest in a partnership interest or any other person who is bound by the PBFX Partnership Agreement, or (ii) to constitute a |
| | PBF Energy | | | PBFX | |
| | | | waiver or consent by PBFX, the limited partners, any other person who acquires an interest in a partnership interest or any other person who is bound by the PBFX Partnership Agreement to any such replacement or restriction, such provision shall be deemed to have been approved by PBFX, all the partners, each other person who acquires an interest in a partnership interest and each other person who is bound by the PBFX Partnership Agreement. PBFX will generally indemnify officers, directors and affiliates to the fullest extent permitted by the law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events. | ||
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Taxation | | | See “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.” | | | PBFX is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, generally, is not subject to entity-level taxation. |
• | the designation of the series; |
• | the number of shares of the series which the PBF Energy Board may, except where otherwise provided in the preferred stock designation, increase or decrease, but not below the number of shares then outstanding; |
• | whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or non-cumulative and the dividend rate of the series; |
• | the dates at which dividends, if any, will be payable; |
• | the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series; |
• | the terms and amounts of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series; |
• | the amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of PBF Energy, or upon any distribution of assets of PBF Energy; |
• | whether the shares of the series will be convertible into shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of PBF Energy or any other corporation, and, if so, the specification of the other class or series or other security, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any rate adjustments, the date or dates as of which the shares will be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which the conversion may be made; |
• | the preferences and special rights, if any, of the series and the qualifications and restrictions, if any, of the series; |
• | the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series; and |
• | such other rights, powers and preferences with respect to the series as the PBF Energy Board may deem advisable. |
• | for breach of duty of loyalty; |
• | for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law; |
• | under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends); or |
• | for transactions from which the director derived improper personal benefit. |
• | to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger (the “Merger Proposal”); and |
• | to vote on a proposal to approve the adjournment of the PBFX Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the PBFX Special Meeting to approve the above proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
• | completing, signing and mailing your proxy card in the postage-paid envelope. Mailed proxies must be received 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting in order to be voted at the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | going to the Internet website listed on your proxy card and following the instructions provided. Please have your proxy card handy when you go to the website. As with telephone voting, you can confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded. If you plan to vote electronically through the Internet website listed on your proxy card, you must vote no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | calling the toll-free telephone number listed on your proxy card and following the recorded instructions. Please have your proxy card handy when you call. Easy-to-follow voice prompts will allow you to vote and confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded. If you plan to vote telephonically, you must vote no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; or |
• | virtually attending the PBFX Special Meeting and voting during the meeting by visiting https:// and using the control number on your proxy card. |
• | submitting a new proxy electronically over the Internet or by telephone after the date of the earlier submitted proxy; provided such new proxy is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | delivering written notice of revocation to the Secretary of PBFX GP at the address listed below; provided such written notice of revocation is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting; |
• | virtually attending the PBFX Special Meeting and voting at the PBFX Special Meeting using the control number on your proxy card; or |
• | properly completing and executing a later dated proxy and delivering it to the Secretary of PBFX GP at the address listed below; provided such later dated proxy is received no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date prior to the PBFX Special Meeting: |
• | your broker, bank or other nominee may not vote your units on the Merger Proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” this proposal; and |
• | your broker, bank or other nominee may not vote your units on the Adjournment Proposal, which broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the proposal. |
• | banks, financial institutions or insurance companies; |
• | real estate investment trusts; |
• | regulated investment companies or mutual funds; |
• | “controlled foreign corporations” or “passive foreign investment companies”; |
• | dealers and brokers in stocks and securities or currencies; |
• | traders in securities that use a mark-to-market method of tax accounting; |
• | tax-exempt entities; |
• | certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States; |
• | persons that received PBFX Public Common Units as compensation for the performance of services; |
• | holders of options, restricted units or bonus units granted under any PBFX benefit plan; |
• | persons that hold PBFX Public Common Units as part of a hedge, straddle, appreciated financial position, conversion or other “synthetic security” or integrated investment or risk reduction transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | S-corporations or other pass-through entities (or investors in S-corporations or other pass-through entities); or |
• | persons whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. Dollar. |
• | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust if such trust has validly elected to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration, and (2) one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of such trust. |
Name | | | Citizenship | | | Position with PBFX GP |
Thomas J. Nimbley | | | USA | | | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Matthew C. Lucey | | | USA | | | Executive Vice President and Director |
Trecia Canty | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
C. Erik Young | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
Wendy Ho Tai | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
James E. Fedena | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Logistics, Renewable Fuels, and Strategic Assets |
Michael D. Gayda | | | USA | | | Director |
Bruce A. Jones | | | USA | | | Director |
David Roush | | | USA | | | Director |
Lawrence Ziemba | | | USA | | | Director |
Name | | | Citizenship | | | Position with PBF Energy |
Thomas J. Nimbley | | | USA | | | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the PBF Energy Board |
Matthew C. Lucey | | | USA | | | President |
C. Erik Young | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Timothy Paul Davis | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President. Supply, Trading and Optimization |
Thomas O’Connor | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Commodity Risk and Strategy |
Trecia Canty | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
Steven Steach | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Refining |
Wendy Ho Tai | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
James E. Fedena | | | USA | | | Senior Vice President, Logistics, Renewable Fuels, and Strategic Assets |
Spencer Abraham | | | USA | | | Director |
Wayne Budd | | | USA | | | Director |
Karen Davis | | | USA | | | Director |
Paul J. Donahue, Jr. | | | USA | | | Director |
S. Eugene Edwards | | | USA | | | Director |
Robert Lavinia | | | USA | | | Director |
Kimberly S. Lubel | | | USA | | | Director |
George E. Ogden | | | USA | | | Director |
Name | | | Citizenship | | | Position with PBFX Holdings |
Thomas J. Nimbley | | | USA | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Matthew C. Lucey | | | USA | | | President and Director |
C. Erik Young | | | USA | | | Chief Financial Officer |
Trecia Canty | | | USA | | | Secretary and Director |
Name | | | Citizenship | | | Position with PBF LLC |
Thomas J. Nimbley | | | USA | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Matthew C. Lucey | | | USA | | | President and Director |
C. Erik Young | | | USA | | | Chief Financial Officer |
Trecia Canty | | | USA | | | Secretary and Director |
• | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021; |
• | Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022; |
• | Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2022, May 27, 2022, June 1, 2022 and July 28, 2022 (other than the portions of those documents deemed furnished, rather than filed pursuant to the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act); |
• | Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 13, 2022; and |
• | The description of PBF Energy Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on December 13, 2012, as updated by the description of PBF Energy Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.18 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 18, 2021, including any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
• | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021; |
• | Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022; |
• | Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2022 and July 28, 2022 (other than the portions of those documents deemed furnished, rather than filed pursuant to the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act); and |
• | The description of PBFX Common Units contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on May 8, 2014, as updated by the description of PBFX’s common units contained in Exhibit 4.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 18, 2021, including any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
| | By Mail: | | | By Mail: | |
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| | PBF Energy Inc. | | | PBF Logistics LP | |
| | One Sylvan Way, Second Floor | | | One Sylvan Way, Second Floor | |
| | Attention: Investor Relations | | | Attention: Investor Relations | |
| | Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 | | | Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 | |
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Term | | | Section |
Affiliate | | | 1.1(a) |
Agreement | | | Preamble |
Antitrust Laws | | | 1.1(a) |
Average Closing Price | | | 1.1(a) |
Balance Sheet Date | | | 1.1(a) |
Book-Entry Units | | | 3.1(d) |
Business Day | | | 1.1(a) |
Cash Consideration | | | 3.1(a) |
Certificate | | | 3.1(d) |
Certificate of Merger | | | 2.3 |
Closing | | | 2.2 |
Closing Date | | | 2.2 |
Code | | | 1.1(a) |
Common Unit | | | 1.1(a) |
Confidentiality Agreement | | | 6.6 |
Contract | | | 4.3(b) |
DER | | | 1.1(a) |
Term | | | Section |
DER Account | | | 1.1(a) |
DLLCA | | | 1.1(a) |
DRULPA | | | 1.1(a) |
PBF LLC | | | Preamble |
Effective Time | | | 2.3 |
Enforceability Exceptions | | | 4.3(a) |
Environmental Laws | | | 1.1(a) |
ERISA | | | 1.1(a) |
ERISA Affiliate | | | 1.1(a) |
Exchange Act | | | 4.4 |
Exchange Agent | | | 3.2(a) |
Exchange Fund | | | 3.2(b) |
Exchange Ratio | | | 3.1(a) |
Execution Date | | | Preamble |
GAAP | | | 1.1(a) |
General Partner Interest | | | 1.1(a) |
Governmental Authority | | | 1.1(a) |
GP Board | | | Recitals |
GP Conflicts Committee | | | Recitals |
GP Conflicts Committee Financial Advisor | | | 4.14 |
Hazardous Substance | | | 1.1(a) |
HoldCo | | | Preamble |
HSR Act | | | 1.1(a) |
Indemnified Person | | | 1.1(a) |
Intervening Event | | | 1.1(a) |
Intellectual Property Rights | | | 5.14 |
Knowledge | | | 1.1(a) |
Law or Laws | | | 4.8(a) |
Liens | | | 4.1(c) |
Limited Partner Interests | | | 1.1(a) |
Material Adverse Effect | | | 1.1(a) |
Merger | | | 2.1 |
Merger Consideration | | | 3.1(a) |
Merger Sub | | | Preamble |
Multiemployer Plan | | | 5.11 |
NYSE | | | 1.1(a) |
Organizational Documents | | | 1.1(a) |
Outside Date | | | 8.1(b)(i) |
Outstanding | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent | | | Preamble |
Parent Board | | | Recitals |
Parent Class B Stock | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Common Stock | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Disclosure Schedule | | | Article V |
Parent Entities | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Expenses | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Material Adverse Effect | | | 5.1(a) |
Parent Material Contract | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Permits | | | 5.8(b) |
Parent SEC Documents | | | 5.5(a) |
Term | | | Section |
Parent Shares | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Stock Issuance | | | Recitals |
Parent Stockholders | | | 1.1(a) |
Parent Termination Fee | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership | | | Preamble |
Partnership Adverse Recommendation Change | | | 6.3(a) |
Partnership Agreement | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Benefit Plan | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Board Recommendation | | | 6.1(b) |
Partnership Credit Facility | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Disclosure Schedule | | | Article IV |
Partnership Environmental Permits | | | 4.13 |
Partnership Expenses | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership GP | | | Preamble |
Partnership GP LLC Agreement | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Interest | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership LTIP | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Material Adverse Effect | | | 4.1(a) |
Partnership Material Contract | | | 4.11(a) |
Partnership Notice Period | | | 6.3(b)(ii) |
Partnership Phantom Unit | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Phantom Unit Award | | | 3.6(a) |
Partnership SEC Documents | | | Article IV |
Partnership Unaffiliated Unitholders | | | 1.1(a) |
Partnership Unitholder Approval | | | 7.1(a) |
Partnership Unitholder Meeting | | | 6.1(b) |
Permits | | | 1.1(a) |
Person | | | 1.1(a) |
Proceeding | | | 1.1(a) |
Proxy Statement | | | 4.4 |
Public Common Units | | | 1.1(a) |
Registration Statement | | | 4.9 |
Representatives | | | 6.3(a) |
Restraints | | | 7.1(c) |
Release | | | 1.1(a) |
Rights | | | 1.1(a) |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | | | 4.5(c) |
Schedule 13E-3 | | | 4.9 |
SEC | | | 1.1(a) |
Securities Act | | | 4.1(c) |
Stock Consideration | | | 3.1(a) |
Stock Threshold | | | 3.2(k) |
Subsidiary | | | 1.1(a) |
Support Agreement | | | Recitals |
Surviving Entity | | | 2.1 |
Takeover Statue | | | 1.1(a) |
Tax or Taxes | | | 1.1(a) |
Tax Return | | | 1.1(a) |
Willful Breach | | | 8.2 |
| | | | PARENT: | ||
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| | | | PBF ENERGY INC. | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | | | PBF LLC: | ||
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| | | | PBF ENERGY COMPANY LLC | ||
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| | By: | | | PBF Energy Inc., | |
| | | | its managing member | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | | | MERGER SUB: | ||
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| | | | RIVERLANDS MERGER SUB LLC | ||
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| | By: | | | PBF Energy Company LLC, | |
| | | | its sole member | ||
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| | By: | | | PBF Energy Inc., | |
| | | | its managing member | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | | | HOLDCO: | ||
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| | | | PBFX HOLDINGS INC. | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | | | PARTNERSHIP: | ||
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| | | | PBF LOGISTICS LP | ||
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| | By: | | | PBF Logistics GP LLC, | |
| | | | its general partner | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Matthew Lucey | |
| | Name: | | | Matthew Lucey | |
| | Title: | | | Executive Vice President | |
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| | | | PARTNERSHIP GP: | ||
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| | | | PBF LOGISTICS GP LLC | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Matthew Lucey | |
| | Name: | | | Matthew Lucey | |
| | Title: | | | Executive Vice President |
| | PBF ENERGY INC. | ||||
| | | | |||
| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | PBF ENERGY COMPANY LLC | ||||
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| | By: | | | PBF Energy Inc., | |
| | | | its managing member | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Name: | | | Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| | PBF LOGISTICS LP | ||||
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| | By: | | | PBF Logistics GP LLC, | |
| | | | its general partner | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Matthew Lucey | |
| | Name: | | | Matthew Lucey | |
| | Title: | | | Executive Vice President |
| | 1201 Louisiana Street, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002 713.292.0863 | |
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| | 540 Madison Avenue, 25th Floor New York, NY 10022 212.388.5020 | |
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| | www.intrepidfp.com |
(i) | reviewed a draft of the Merger Agreement (draft dated July 24, 2022); |
(ii) | reviewed a draft of the Voting and Support Agreement (draft dated July 22, 2022) to be entered into among Parent, PBF LLC and the Partnership; |
(iii) | reviewed the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of February 13, 2019; |
(iv) | reviewed certain publicly available information relating to the Partnership and the Parent that we deemed relevant, including each of the Partnership’s and the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and certain Current Reports on Form 8-K, in each case as filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; |
(v) | reviewed certain presentations to the Committee from the management of the General Partner and Parent; |
(vi) | reviewed certain non-public projected financial data and related assumptions of each of the Partnership and the Parent, as prepared and furnished to us by management of the General Partner and Parent, respectively; |
(vii) | reviewed the Partnership’s and the Parent’s business plan with management of the General Partner and Parent, respectively, including a detailed review of business segments, certain material growth projects and commercial contracts and legal, environmental, regulatory and other matters; |
(viii) | reviewed estimated annual synergies resulting from the Transaction from the management of the General Partner and Parent; |
(ix) | reviewed certain recent corporate announcements made by the Partnership and the Parent; |
(x) | discussed past and current operations and operational projections of each of the Partnership and the Parent with management of the General Partner and Parent, respectively (including their views on the risks and uncertainties in achieving the projections set forth in the forecasts provided); |
(xi) | discussed distribution / dividend policy for the Partnership and Parent with the management of the General Partner and Parent; |
(xii) | discussed the strategic rationale for, and potential benefits of, the Transaction with management of the General Partner and Parent; |
(xiii) | reviewed and analyzed pro forma impacts of the Transaction; |
(xiv) | performed discounted cash flow analyses based on forecasts and other data provided by management of the General Partner and Parent; |
(xv) | reviewed and analyzed publicly available historical and current financial information, debt trading data, unit and stock price data and broker research estimates with respect to certain public companies with operations and assets that we considered comparable to each of the Partnership and the Parent; |
(xvi) | reviewed the financial metrics of certain historical transactions that we deemed relevant and compared such financial metrics to those implied by the Transaction; and |
(xvii) | conducted such other studies and investigations, performed such other analyses and examinations, reviewed such other information and considered such other factors that we deemed appropriate for purposes of providing the opinion expressed herein. |
| | Very truly yours, | |
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| | Intrepid Partners, LLC | |
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Item 20. | Indemnification of Officers and Directors |
Item 21. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
• | should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; |
• | may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and |
• | were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. |
(a) | Exhibits |
Exhibit Number | | | Exhibit Description |
2.1†* | | | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 27, 2022, by and among PBF Energy Inc., PBF Energy Company LLC, PBFX Holdings, Inc., Riverlands Merger Sub LLC, PBF Logistics LP, and PBF Logistics GP LLC (included as Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference). |
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| | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PBF Energy Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with PBF Energy Inc.’s Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated November 17, 2012 (Registration No. 333-177933)). | |
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| | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of PBF Energy Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with PBF Energy Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 15, 2017 (File No. 001-35764)). | |
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| | Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, regarding legality of securities being registered. | |
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10.1* | | | Voting and Support Agreement, dated July 27, 2022, by and among PBF Energy Inc., PBF Energy Company LLC and PBF Logistics LP (included as Annex B to the proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference). |
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| | List of subsidiaries of PBF Energy Inc. and PBF LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 filed with PBF Energy Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 dated February 17, 2022 (File No. 001-35764)). | |
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| | List of subsidiaries of PBF Logistics LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 filed with PBF Logistics LP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 dated February 17, 2022 (File No. 001-36446)). |
Exhibit Number | | | Exhibit Description |
| | List of guarantor subsidiaries of PBF Logistics LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 22.1 filed with PBF Logistics LP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 dated July 28, 2022 (File No. 001-36446)). | |
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| | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (PBF Energy Inc.). | |
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| | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (PBF Logistics LP). | |
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| | Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). | |
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| | Powers of Attorney for PBF Energy Inc. (included on signature page). | |
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| | Consent of Intrepid Partners LLC | |
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99.2** | | | Form of Proxy Card for PBF Logistics LP Special Meeting. |
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| | Filing Fee Table. |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | To be filed by amendment. |
† | Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, PBF Energy agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the Agreement and Plan of Merger to the SEC upon request. |
(b) | Financial Statement Schedules. |
(c) | Opinions. |
Item 22. | Undertakings |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
(5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(6) | That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(7) | That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form. |
(8) | That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (7) immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until such amendment has become effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(9) | To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of Form S-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request. |
(10) | To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective. |
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| | By: | | | /s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | |
| | | | Thomas J. Nimbley Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) (signing on behalf of the Registrant) |
Signature | | | Title | | | Date |
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/s/ Thomas J. Nimbley | | | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) | | | August 26, 2022 |
Thomas J. Nimbley | | |||||
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/s/ C. Erik Young | | | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | | | August 26, 2022 |
C. Erik Young | | |||||
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/s/ John Barone | | | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | | | August 26, 2022 |
John Barone | | |||||
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/s/ Spencer Abraham | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Spencer Abraham | | | | | ||
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/s/ Wayne A. Budd | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Wayne A. Budd | | | | | ||
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/s/ Karen B. Davis | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Karen B. Davis | | | | |
Signature | | | Title | | | Date |
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/s/ Paul Donahue | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Paul Donahue | | | | | ||
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/s/ Gene Edwards | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Gene Edwards | | | | | ||
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/s/ Robert J. Lavinia | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Robert J. Lavinia | | | | | ||
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/s/ Kimberly S. Lubel | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
Kimberly S. Lubel | | | | | ||
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/s/ George E. Ogden | | | Director | | | August 26, 2022 |
George E. Ogden | | | | |
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP
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/s/ Hunton Andrews Kurth |
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Very truly yours,
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INTREPID PARTNERS, LLC
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/s/ Intrepid Partners, LLC
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