UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 16, 2016
Tesoro Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-3473 | 95-0862768 | ||
(State of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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19100 Ridgewood Pkwy San Antonio, Texas |
78259-1828 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(210) 626-6000 |
Registrants telephone number, including area code |
Not Applicable |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On November 16, 2016, Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company ), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement ) with Western Refining, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( Western ), Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ( Merger Sub 1 ), and Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ( Merger Sub 2 ), pursuant to which Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into Western (the First Merger and, if a second merger election as discussed below is not made, the Merger ), with Western surviving the First Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the First Merger, each share of Western common stock, par value $0.01 per share (each, a Western Share ) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger (excluding Western Shares owned by the Company or Western or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries that are not held on behalf of third parties) will be converted into and become exchangeable for, at the election of the holder of such Western Share, either (a) $37.30 in cash or (b) 0.4350 shares of common stock, par value $0.16 2 ⁄ 3 per share, of the Company ( Company Shares ), in each case without interest.
Cash elections will be subject to proration if cash elections are made in respect of more than approximately 10.8 million Western Shares. Stock elections are not subject to proration. Western Shares in respect of which no cash election or stock election is validly made will be deemed to be Western Shares in respect of which stock elections have been made.
The Merger Agreement permits either the Company or Western to require that the surviving corporation of the First Merger (i.e., Western) be merged with and into Merger Sub 2 immediately following the effective time of the First Merger, with Merger Sub 2 being the surviving company from the second merger (the Second Merger and, if the second merger election is made, collectively with the First Merger, the Merger ) if the requiring party reasonably believes, based on legal advice, that the Second Merger is necessary to enable the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The completion of the Merger is subject to certain customary mutual conditions, including (i) the receipt of the required approvals from Westerns and the Companys stockholders, (ii) the Companys registration statement on Form S-4 having become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, (iii) the Company Shares issuable in connection with the First Merger having been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, (iv) the expiration or termination
of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, (v) the absence of any governmental order or law prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (vi) there not having been imposed a burdensome condition in connection with the expiration or termination of the waiting period applicable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The obligation of each party to consummate the Merger is also conditioned upon (i) compliance by the other party in all material respects with its pre-closing obligations under the Merger Agreement and (ii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers). Westerns obligation to complete the Merger is additionally subject to its receipt of a tax opinion to the effect that the Merger qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Company and Western have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company and Western have agreed, among other things, to covenants relating to (i) the conduct of their respective businesses during the interim period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the First Merger, (ii) the use of their respective reasonable best efforts, subject to certain exceptions, to obtain governmental and regulatory approvals, (iii) obligations to facilitate the Western stockholders consideration of, and voting upon, the adoption of the Merger Agreement and certain related matters as applicable and the Companys stockholders consideration of, and voting upon, the issuance of Company Shares in the First Merger and certain related matters as applicable, (iv) the recommendation by the board of directors of Western in favor of the adoption by its stockholders of the Merger Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, (v) the recommendation by the board of directors of the Company in favor of the issuance of Company Shares in the First Merger, subject to certain exceptions, (vi) non-solicitation obligations of Western and the Company relating to alternative acquisition proposals and (vii) the use of reasonable best efforts by the Company to take certain steps to obtain debt financing at the closing of the Merger to the extent the proceeds thereof are needed to pay the cash consideration and all other cash amounts required to be paid in connection with the closing of the Merger.
The Merger Agreement permits the Company to continue paying a regular quarterly dividend of up to $0.55 per Company Share and permits Western to continue paying a regular quarterly dividend of up to $0.38 per share.
The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights that may be exercised by either the Company or Western, including in the event that (i) both parties agree by mutual written consent to terminate the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Merger is not consummated by November 16, 2017 (the Outside Date ), (iii) the approval required from either the Companys or Westerns stockholders is not obtained or (iv) any law or order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger having become final and non-appealable. In addition, in certain circumstances, Western may terminate the Merger Agreement (i) in order to enter into an unsolicited alternative acquisition proposal that constitutes a Company Superior Proposal (as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement), subject to Western having first complied with
certain match right obligations, (ii) if the Companys board of directors changes or adversely modifies (or has been deemed to have changed or adversely modified) its recommendation that the Company stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Company Shares in connection with the Merger (the Company Recommendation ), subject to the Company having first complied with certain match right obligations if the change of Company Recommendation is in response to a Parent Intervening Event (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) or (iii) if the Company breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement such that the closing condition relating thereto would not be satisfied (subject to cure periods in certain circumstances). The Company may additionally terminate the Merger Agreement (i) in order to enter into an unsolicited alternative acquisition proposal that constitutes a Parent Superior Proposal (as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement), subject to the Company having first complied with certain match right obligations, (ii) if Westerns board of directors changes or adversely modifies (or has been deemed to have changed or adversely modified) its recommendation that Westerns stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement (the Western Recommendation ), subject to Western having first complied with certain match right obligations if the change of Western Recommendation is in response to a Company Intervening Event (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) or (iii) if Western breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement such that the closing condition relating thereto would not be satisfied (subject to cure periods in certain circumstances).
If the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company as a result of (a) a Western Recommendation change prior to the Western stockholder approval having been obtained or (b) a willful and material breach by Western or its representatives of its non-solicitation obligations relating to alternative acquisition proposals, or (ii) by Western as a result of Western entering into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Superior Proposal (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), then Western will be obligated to pay the Company a termination fee equal to $120 million in cash (the Termination Fee ).
Furthermore, if (i) the Merger Agreement is terminated (a) by the Company or Western due to the First Merger not having been consummated by the Outside Date or due to the required approval by Westerns stockholders not having been obtained, or (b) by the Company if Western has breached any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement (other than a willful and material breach by Washington or its representatives of its non-solicitation obligations relating to alternative acquisition proposals), (ii) an alternative acquisition proposal for more than 50% of Westerns total voting power or total assets has been publicly announced after the date of the Merger Agreement and not publicly unconditionally withdrawn prior to the Western stockholder meeting, and (iii) within 12 months following the date of such termination, (a) the board of directors of Western recommends in favor of an alternative acquisition proposal for more than 50% of Westerns total voting power or total assets, (b) Western enters into an agreement providing for the consummation of such an alternative acquisition proposal or (c) an alternative acquisition proposal is consummated, then Western will be obligated to pay the Company the Termination Fee (net of any no vote fee paid).
If the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by Western as a result of (a) a Company Recommendation change prior to the Company stockholder approval having been obtained or (b) a willful and material breach by the Company or its representatives of its non-solicitation obligations relating to alternative acquisition proposals, or (ii) by the Company to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Parent Superior Proposal (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), then the Company will be obligated to pay Western a fee equal to $240 million in cash (the Reverse Termination Fee ).
Furthermore, if (i) the Merger Agreement is terminated (a) by the Company or Western due to the First Merger not having been consummated by the Outside Date or due to the required approval by the Companys stockholders not having been obtained, or (b) by Western if the Company has breached any of its representations, warranties, or covenants contained in the Merger Agreement (other than a willful and material breach by the Company or its representatives of its non-solicitation obligations in respect of alternative acquisition proposals), (ii) an alternative acquisition proposal for more than 50% of the Companys total voting power or total assets has been publicly announced after the date of the Merger Agreement and not publicly unconditionally withdrawn prior to the Companys stockholder meeting, and (iii) within 12 months following the date of such termination, (a) the board of directors of the Company recommends in favor of an alternative acquisition proposal for more than 50% of the Companys total voting power or total assets, (b) the Company enters into an agreement providing for the consummation of such an alternative acquisition proposal, or (c) an alternative acquisition proposal is consummated, then the Company will be obligated to pay Western the Reverse Termination Fee (net of any no vote fee paid).
Additionally, if the Merger Agreement is terminated by the Company or Western due to the required approval by Westerns stockholders not having been obtained at the Western stockholders meeting, Western will be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to $41,100,000, and if the Merger Agreement is terminated by the Company or Western due to the required approval by the Companys stockholders not having been obtained, the Company will be obligated to pay to Western an amount equal to $41,100,000 (such fee, whether paid by the Company or Western, the No Vote Fee ). The amount of any No Vote Fee paid by the Company or Western will be credited to and reduce any future obligation of Western to pay the Termination Fee or the Company to pay the Reverse Termination Fee, respectively.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Financing the Merger
In connection with the Merger, the Company entered into a financing commitment letter (the Commitment Letter ) with Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC for a 364-day senior unsecured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.15 billion (the Bridge Facility ), for the purposes of financing a
portion of the cash consideration payable under the terms of the Merger Agreement and to repay or redeem certain of Western and its subsidiaries indebtedness. Any undrawn commitments under the Bridge Facility will automatically be terminated on the date of the closing. The Bridge Facility will be subject to representations, warranties and covenants that, subject to certain agreed modifications, will be are substantially similar to the Companys existing revolving credit agreement, which was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) on September 30, 2016 (the Existing Credit Agreement ).
The Company expects to replace some or all of the Bridge Facility prior to the closing of the Merger with permanent financing comprised of debt, including a term loan facility. There can be no assurance that the permanent financing will be completed.
The Commitment Letter also contemplates certain amendments to the Companys Existing Credit Agreement in connection with the Merger, and to the extent the proposed amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement are not obtained, a senior secured backstop credit facility ( Backstop Facility ) in an amount up to $2.0 billion for purposes of refinancing the Existing Credit Agreement.
The funding of the Bridge Facility and the effectiveness of the Backstop Facility is subject to the Companys compliance with customary terms and conditions precedent as set forth in the Commitment Letter, including, among others, (i) the execution and delivery by the Company of definitive documentation consistent with the Commitment Letter and (ii) that the Merger shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the funding under the Bridge Facility and the effectiveness of the Backstop Facility shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
The aggregate proceeds of the debt financing, together with the available cash of the Company, will be sufficient for the Company to pay the aggregate cash consideration, refinance certain indebtedness of Western and its subsidiaries, and pay all related fees and expenses payable in connection with the Merger.
The foregoing description of the Commitment Letter does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Commitment Letter, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Voting Agreements
On November 16, 2016, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and Western entered into three separate voting agreements (each, a Voting Agreement ) with (i) Paul L. Foster and Franklin Mountain Investments, LP, (ii) Jeff A. Stevens, and (iii) Scott D. Weaver (each, a Stockholder and collectively, the Stockholders ) pursuant to each of which, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions therein, the Stockholder(s) party thereto have agreed to vote all of the Western Shares beneficially owned by them (the Covered Shares ) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, and to not vote in favor of any alternative acquisition proposal or other action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Merger.
The Voting Agreements also generally prohibit the Stockholders from transferring the Covered Shares. The Voting Agreements terminate upon the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement and the time the Merger becomes effective.
The foregoing description of the Voting Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Voting Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
The Merger Agreement, Commitment Letter and Voting Agreements have been included to provide investors with information regarding their terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Western or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates or to modify or supplement any factual disclosures about the Company or Western included in their public reports filed with the SEC. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement, the Commitment Letter and Voting Agreements were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the respective parties to such agreements, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the respective parties to such agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or of any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, the Commitment Letter and the Voting Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Companys public disclosures.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 17, 2016, the Company and Western issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This communication contains certain statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as may, will, could, anticipate, estimate, expect, predict, project, future, potential, intend, plan, assume, believe, forecast, look, build, focus, create, work continue or the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and words and terms of similar
substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed merger, integration and transition plans, synergies, opportunities, anticipated future performance, expected share buyback program and expected dividends. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements included in this communication. For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that stockholders of the Company may not approve the issuance of new shares of common stock in the merger or that stockholders of Western may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of the Companys common stock or Westerns common stock, the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of the Company and Western to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, the risk that problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the risk that the combined company may be unable to achieve cost-cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, the risk that the combined company may not buy back shares, the risk of the amount of any future dividend the Company may pay, and other factors. All such factors are difficult to predict and are beyond the Companys control, including those detailed in the Companys annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K that are available on its website at http://www.tsocorp.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov, and those detailed in Westerns annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K that are available on Westerns website at http://www.wnr.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Westerns forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that Western believes to be reasonable but that may not prove to be accurate. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or which the Company becomes aware of, except as required by applicable law or regulation. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.
No Offer or Solicitation:
This communication relates to a proposed business combination between Western and the Company. This announcement is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction pursuant to the proposed transactions or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer or securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Additional Information and Where to Find It:
This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed transaction between the Company and Western. In connection with the proposed transaction, Western and/or the Company may file one or more proxy statements, registration statements, proxy statement/prospectus or other documents with the SEC. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement, registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus or any other documents that the Company or Western may file with the SEC or send to stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY AND WESTERN ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT(S), REGISTRATION STATEMENT(S) AND/OR PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Any definitive proxy statement(s) (if and when available) will be mailed to stockholders of Western and/or the Company, as applicable. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain copies of these documents, including the proxy statement/prospectus, and other documents filed with the SEC (when available) free of charge at the SECs website, http://www.sec.gov. Copies of documents filed with the SEC by the Company will be made available free of charge on the Companys website at http://www.tsocorp.com or by contacting the Companys Investor Relations Department by phone at 210-626-6000. Copies of documents filed with the SEC by Western will be made available free of charge on Westerns website at http://www.wnr.com or by contacting Westerns Investor Relations Department by phone at 602-286-1530 or 602-286-1533.
Participants in the Solicitation:
The Company and its directors and executive officers, and Western and its directors and executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of the Companys common stock and Westerns common stock in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth in the proxy statement for the Companys 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 22, 2016, and in the other documents filed after the date thereof by the Company with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Western is set forth in the proxy statement for Westerns 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 22, 2016, and in the other documents filed after the date thereof by Western with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
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Description |
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2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., and Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, dated as of November 16, 2016.* | |
10.1 | Commitment Letter, dated November 16, 2016, among Tesoro Corporation, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC. | |
10.2 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, Paul L. Foster and Franklin Mountain Investments, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
10.3 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, and Jeff A. Stevens, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
10.4 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, and Scott D. Weaver, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
99.1 | Joint Press Release of Western Refining, Inc. and Tesoro Corporation, dated as of November 17, 2016. |
* Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Tesoro Corporation agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such schedules, or any section thereof, to the SEC upon request.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
TESORO CORPORATION | ||
By |
/s/ Steven M. Sterin |
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Name: | Steven M. Sterin | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: November 18, 2016
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Description |
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2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., and Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, dated as of November 16, 2016.* | |
10.1 | Commitment Letter, dated November 16, 2016, among Tesoro Corporation, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC. | |
10.2 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, Paul L. Foster and Franklin Mountain Investments, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
10.3 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, and Jeff A. Stevens, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
10.4 | Voting and Support Agreement by and among Western Refining, Inc., Tesoro Corporation, Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, and Scott D. Weaver, dated as of November 16, 2016. | |
99.1 | Joint Press Release of Western Refining, Inc. and Tesoro Corporation, dated as of November 17, 2016. |
* Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Tesoro Corporation agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such schedules, or any section thereof, to the SEC upon request.
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CONFIDENTIAL
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Among
WESTERN REFINING, INC.,
TESORO CORPORATION,
TAHOE MERGER SUB 1, INC.
and
TAHOE MERGER SUB 2, LLC
Dated as of November 16, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||
ARTICLE I | ||||
The Merger; Closing; Effective Times | 2 | |||
1.1. |
The First Merger |
2 | ||
1.2. |
The Second Merger |
2 | ||
1.3. |
Closing |
2 | ||
1.4. |
Effective Times |
4 | ||
1.5. |
Tax Consequences |
4 | ||
ARTICLE II | ||||
Organizational Documents | ||||
of the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Company | 5 | |||
2.1. |
The Certificate of Incorporation |
5 | ||
2.2. |
The By-Laws |
5 | ||
2.3. |
The Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving Company |
5 | ||
ARTICLE III | ||||
Directors, Managers and Officers | ||||
of the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Company | 5 | |||
3.1. |
Directors |
5 | ||
3.2. |
Officers |
5 | ||
3.3. |
Managers and Officers of the Surviving Company |
5 | ||
ARTICLE IV | ||||
Effect of the First Merger on Capital Stock; | ||||
Exchange of Certificates | 6 | |||
4.1. |
Effect on Capital Stock |
6 | ||
4.2. |
Allocation of Per Share Merger Consideration; Election Procedures |
7 | ||
4.3. |
Appraisal Rights |
11 | ||
4.4. |
Adjustments |
12 | ||
4.5. |
Treatment of Stock Plans |
12 |
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ARTICLE V | ||||
Representations and Warranties | 14 | |||
5.1. |
Representations and Warranties of the Company |
14 | ||
5.2. |
Representations and Warranties of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 |
33 | ||
ARTICLE VI | ||||
Covenants | 43 | |||
6.1. |
Interim Operations |
43 | ||
6.2. |
Acquisition Proposals |
48 | ||
6.3. |
Proxy Filing; Information Supplied |
56 | ||
6.4. |
Stockholders Meetings |
58 | ||
6.5. |
Filings; Other Actions; Notification |
59 | ||
6.6. |
Taxation |
62 | ||
6.7. |
Access and Reports |
62 | ||
6.8. |
Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting |
63 | ||
6.9. |
Publicity |
63 | ||
6.10. |
Employee Benefits |
63 | ||
6.11. |
Election to Parents Board of Directors |
65 | ||
6.12. |
Expenses |
65 | ||
6.13. |
Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance |
65 | ||
6.14. |
Company Debt Arrangements |
67 | ||
6.15. |
Other Actions by the Company and Parent |
68 | ||
6.16. |
Litigation |
69 | ||
6.17. |
Financing |
69 | ||
ARTICLE VII | ||||
Conditions | 74 | |||
7.1. |
Conditions to Each Partys Obligation to Effect the Merger |
74 | ||
7.2. |
Conditions to Obligations of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 |
75 | ||
7.3. |
Conditions to Obligation of the Company |
76 | ||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||
Termination | 77 | |||
8.1. |
Termination by Mutual Consent |
77 | ||
8.2. |
Termination by Either Parent or the Company |
77 | ||
8.3. |
Termination by the Company |
77 | ||
8.4. |
Termination by Parent |
78 | ||
8.5. |
Effect of Termination and Abandonment |
78 |
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ARTICLE IX | ||||
Miscellaneous and General | 81 | |||
9.1. |
Survival |
81 | ||
9.2. |
Modification or Amendment |
81 | ||
9.3. |
Waiver of Conditions |
82 | ||
9.4. |
Counterparts |
82 | ||
9.5. |
GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE |
82 | ||
9.6. |
Notices |
84 | ||
9.7. |
Entire Agreement |
85 | ||
9.8. |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
85 | ||
9.9. |
Obligations of Parent and of the Company |
86 | ||
9.10. |
Transfer Taxes |
86 | ||
9.11. |
Definitions |
86 | ||
9.12. |
Severability |
86 | ||
9.13. |
Interpretation; Construction |
86 | ||
9.14. |
Assignment |
87 | ||
9.15. |
No Recourse to Financing Sources |
87 |
Annex A |
Defined Terms |
A-1 | ||
Exhibit 1 |
Form of Certificate of Incorporation |
E-1 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, hereinafter called this Agreement ), dated as of November 16, 2016, is by and among Western Refining, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation ( Parent ), Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 1 ,) and Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 2 , and together with Merger Sub 1, the Merger Subs ).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, (i) the respective boards of directors of each of the Merger Subs and the Company have approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the merger of Merger Sub 1 with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the First Merger and, if a Second Merger Election is not made pursuant to Section 6.6(b) , the Merger ) and in the event that a Second Merger Election is made, the merger of the surviving entity of the First Merger with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 being the surviving entity of such second merger (the Second Merger , and, if a Second Merger Election is made pursuant to Section 6.6(b) , collectively with the First Merger, the Merger ) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) the board of directors of Parent has approved this Agreement and the Merger and the issuance of Parent Shares (as defined below) in the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is intended that, for federal income tax purposes, the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Code ); and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a condition and inducement to Parents and the Merger Subs willingness to enter into this Agreement, each of (i) Paul L. Foster and Franklin Mountain Investments, LP (collectively, the Chairman ), (ii) Jeff A. Stevens (the Company CEO ) and (iii) Scott D. Weaver (together with each of the Chairman and the Company CEO, the Founders ) are entering into separate voting and support agreements with Parent (each, a Voting Agreement ), pursuant to which, among other things, each Founder, has agreed to vote all of the Company Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in favor of the adoption of this Agreement subject to the terms and conditions of such Voting Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and the Merger Subs desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Merger; Closing; Effective Times
1.1. The First Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the DGCL ), at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.4 ), Merger Sub 1 shall be merged with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub 1 shall thereupon cease. The Company shall be the surviving corporation in the First Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the Surviving Corporation ), and the separate corporate existence of the Company with all of its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the First Merger, except as set forth in Article II . The First Merger shall have the effects specified in this Agreement and by the DGCL.
1.2. The Second Merger . If a Second Merger Election is made pursuant to Section 6.6(b) , then, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL and the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (the LLC Act ), at the Second Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be merged with and into Merger Sub 2 and the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Corporation shall thereupon cease. Merger Sub 2 shall be the surviving company in the Second Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the Surviving Company ), and the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Company with all of its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the Second Merger, except as set forth in Article II . The Second Merger shall have the effects specified in this Agreement and by the DGCL and the LLC Act.
1.3. Closing .
(a) Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing between the Company and Parent, the closing for the Merger (the Closing ) shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on the fifth business day (the Closing Date ) following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at or immediately prior to the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions) shall be satisfied or waived by the party entitled to the benefit thereof in accordance with this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term business day shall mean any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in the City of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Marketing Period has not ended at the time of the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at or immediately prior to the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), then the Closing shall occur instead on the date following the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions that is the earliest to occur of (a) any business day during or before the expiration of the Marketing Period as may be specified by Parent on no fewer than three business days prior written notice to the Company and (b) three business days after the final day of the Marketing Period, unless another date is agreed to in writing by Parent and the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, Marketing Period means the first period of 15 consecutive
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business days commencing on the first business day following January 15, 2017 on which Parent shall have the Required Information and such Required Information is Compliant; it being understood and agreed that when the Company in good faith reasonably believes that it has delivered the Required Information, it shall deliver to Parent a written notice to that effect (stating when the Company believes it completed such delivery), in which case the Marketing Period shall be deemed to have commenced on the date specified in such notice, unless Parent in good faith reasonably believes that the Company has not completed delivery of the Required Information and, within three consecutive business days after receipt of such notice from the Company, Parent delivers a written notice to the Company to that effect (stating with specificity which Required Information the Company has not delivered); provided that, for purposes of determining the Marketing Period, such period shall exclude May 26, 2017 and July 3, 2017 and July 5, 2017 and such period shall end on or prior to August 18, 2017, and if such period has not ended on or prior to such date, then such period shall begin on or after September 5, 2017. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Marketing Period shall not commence and shall be deemed not to have commenced if, at any time during such 15 consecutive business day period, (x) the applicable independent registered accounting firm for the Company shall have withdrawn its authorization letter or audit opinion with respect to any financial statements contained in the Required Information, in which case the Marketing Period shall not be deemed to commence until the time at which, as applicable, a new authorization letter or unqualified audit opinion is issued with respect to the consolidated financial statements for the applicable periods by the Companys independent registered accounting firm or another independent registered accounting firm acceptable to Parent, (y) the Company or its auditors issues a public statement indicating its intent to restate any financial statements or material financial information included in the Required Information, in which case the Marketing Period shall be deemed not to commence unless and until such restatement has been completed and the applicable Required Information has been amended or it has been concluded that no restatement shall be required or (z) the Company shall have announced that it has entered into any transaction described in Items 1 and 2 set forth in Section 6.1(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, in which case the Marketing Period shall be deemed to have commenced on the first business day following such announcement.
(b) Compliant means, with respect to the Required Information, without giving effect to any supplements or updates, (i) no audit opinion with respect to any financial statements contained in the Required Information shall have been withdrawn, amended or qualified and (ii)(A) the financial statements and other financial information included in such Required Information that have been prepared by the Company are, and remain throughout the Marketing Period, sufficient to permit the Financing Sources (including underwriters, placement agents or initial purchasers) to receive customary comfort letters with respect to such financial information (including customary negative assurance comfort with respect to periods following the end of the latest fiscal year and fiscal quarter for which historical financial statements are included) on any date during the Marketing Period and (B) the auditors that have reviewed or audited such financial information have delivered drafts of customary comfort letters, including customary negative assurance comfort, and such auditors have confirmed they are prepared to issue such comfort letters upon any pricing date and the closing relating to the Financing occurring during the Marketing Period.
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(c) For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the requirements set forth in Section 1.3(b)(ii) shall not, under any circumstances, require the auditors to address or opine on, or provide comfort or negative assurance comfort with respect to, the preliminary financial information included in any Recent Developments Section in their comfort letter or negative assurance letter.
1.4. Effective Time s .
(a) At or promptly following the Closing on the Closing Date, the Company and Parent will cause a Certificate of Merger (the Delaware Certificate of First Merger ) to be duly executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in Section 251 of the DGCL, and make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by the Company or Merger Sub 1 under the DGCL. The First Merger shall become effective at the time when the Delaware Certificate of First Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later date or time as may be agreed by the parties in writing and specified in the Delaware Certificate of First Merger (the Effective Time ).
(b) If a Second Merger Election is made pursuant to Section 6.6(b) in connection with the Closing, then, immediately following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation and Parent will cause a Certificate of Merger (the Delaware Certificate of Second Merger ) to be duly executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in Section 264 of the DGCL and Section 18-209 of the LLC Act, and make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by the Surviving Corporation or Merger Sub 2 under the DGCL or LLC Act. The Second Merger shall become effective at the time when the Delaware Certificate of Second Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later date or time as may be agreed by the parties in writing and specified in the Delaware Certificate of Second Merger (the Second Merger Effective Time ).
(c) At the Second Merger Effective Time (i) each share of the Surviving Corporation common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled, and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto, and (ii) the limited liability company interests of Merger Sub 2 outstanding immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall remain outstanding and shall constitute the only outstanding limited liability company interests of the Surviving Company.
1.5. Tax Consequences . The parties hereto intend that, for federal income tax purposes, (a) the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (b) this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, be, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of reorganization involving the Merger for purposes of Section 354 and Section 361 of the Code.
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ARTICLE II
Organizational Documents
of the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Company
2.1. The Certificate of Incorporation . The certificate of incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit 1 (the Charter ), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
2.2. The By-Laws . The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the by-laws of Merger Sub 1 in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation (the By-Laws ), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
2.3. The Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving Company . In the event that a Second Merger Election is made, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub 2 in effect immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company from and after the Second Merger Effective Time until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
ARTICLE III
Directors, Managers and Officers
of the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Company
3.1. Directors . The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the board of directors of Merger Sub 1 at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the By-Laws.
3.2. Officers . The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly appointed or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the By-Laws.
3.3. Managers and Officers of the Surviving Company . Parent shall take all actions necessary so that from and after the Second Merger Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable Law, (i) the managers of Merger Sub 2 immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be the managers of the Surviving Company and (ii) the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Company.
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ARTICLE IV
Effect of the First Merger on Capital Stock;
Exchange of Certificates
4.1. Effect on Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, as a result of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any capital stock of the Company or on the part of the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1:
(a) Per Share Merger Consideration . Subject to the allocation and election procedures in Section 4.2(b) , each share of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (each a Company Share , and collectively, the Company Shares ) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent and Company Shares owned by the Company or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, and in each case not held on behalf of third parties (each Company Share referred to in this parenthetical, an Excluded Company Share and collectively, Excluded Company Shares )) shall be converted into, and become exchangeable for, either (i) $37.30 in cash (the Cash Consideration ) or (ii) 0.4350 (the Exchange Ratio ) of a share (the Stock Consideration and the applicable of the Stock Consideration and the Cash Consideration, the Per Share Merger Consideration ) of common stock, par value $0.16 2 ⁄ 3 per share, of Parent (each, a Parent Share and collectively, the Parent Shares ), in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), without interest. At the Effective Time, all of the Company Shares (other than Excluded Company Shares) shall cease to be outstanding, shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each certificate (a Certificate ) formerly representing any of the Company Shares, and each non-certificated Company Share represented by book entry (each, a Book Entry Company Share ), (other than in each case those representing Excluded Company Shares) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive, without interest, the Per Share Merger Consideration and (with respect to the Stock Consideration) the right, if any, to receive (A) pursuant to Section 4.2(e) cash in lieu of fractional shares into which such Company Shares have been converted pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) and (B) any distribution or dividend pursuant to Section 4.2(c) .
(b) Cancellation of Company Shares . Each Company Share that is an Excluded Company Share shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, with no consideration paid in exchange therefor.
(c) Treatment of Merger Sub 1 Shares . At the Effective Time, each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub 1 issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
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4.2. Allocation of Per Share Merger Consideration; Election Procedures .
(a) Allocation . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the maximum number of Company Shares (the Cash Election Number ) to be converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration in the First Merger shall be equal to 10,843,042 Company Shares less (ii) the number of Company Shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 4.1(b) . The number of Company Shares to be converted into the right to receive Stock Consideration in the First Merger (the Stock Election Number ) shall be equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding for the avoidance of doubt the number of Company Shares represented by the Company RSUs, the Company PUAs and Company Other Awards that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of which shall be treated solely as provided in Section 4.5 ) less the sum of (i) the number of Company Shares in respect of which Cash Elections have been made (or, if less, the Cash Election Number) and (ii) the number of Company Shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 4.1(b) .
(b) Election Procedures .
(i) Exchange Agent . Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with an exchange agent selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the Exchange Agent ), for the benefit of the holders of Company Shares, (i) at the Effective Time, certificates, or at Parents option, evidence of non-certificated Parent Shares in book-entry form ( Book Entry Parent Shares ), constituting at least the amounts necessary for the Stock Consideration, (ii) at the Effective Time, cash in immediately available funds constituting at least the amounts necessary for the Cash Consideration, and (iii) as necessary from time to time after the Effective Time, if applicable, any cash and dividends or other distributions with respect to the Parent Shares to be issued or to be paid pursuant to Section 4.2(c) , in exchange for Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, deliverable upon due surrender of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 4.2(g) ) or Book Entry Company Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV (such cash, certificates for Parent Shares and evidence of Book Entry Parent Shares, together with the amount of any dividends or other distributions payable pursuant to this Article IV with respect thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the Exchange Fund ). The Exchange Agent shall invest the cash available in the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent; provided that such investments shall be in obligations, funds or accounts typical for (including having liquidity typical for) transactions of this nature. To the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to make prompt cash payment of the aggregate cash portion of the Cash Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the cash in the Exchange Fund lost through such investments or other events so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficient to make such cash payments. Any interest and other income resulting from such investment shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable under Section 4.1(a) shall be promptly returned to Parent. The Exchange Agent shall also act as the agent for the Companys stockholders for the purpose of receiving and holding their Certificates and Book Entry Company Shares and shall obtain no rights or interests in the shares represented thereby.
(ii) Types of Election. Subject to allocation and proration in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.2 , each record holder of Company Shares (other than (1) any Company Shares represented by the Company RSUs, the Company PUAs and Company Other Awards that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of which shall be treated solely as provided in Section 4.5 and (2) Excluded Company Shares) issued and
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outstanding immediately prior to the Election Deadline (as defined below) shall be entitled to elect to receive in respect of each such Company Share held by such record holder (A) Cash Consideration (a Cash Election ) or (B) Stock Consideration (a Stock Election ). Company Shares in respect of which no Cash Election or Stock Election has been affirmatively made and not revoked shall be deemed to be Company Shares in respect of which Stock Elections have been made.
(iii) Form of Election and Election Deadline. (A) Elections pursuant to Section 4.2(b)(ii) shall be made on a form (a Form of Election ) to be provided by the Exchange Agent for that purpose to holders of record of Company Shares (other than (1) any Company Shares represented by the Company RSUs, the Company PUAs and Company Other Awards that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of which shall be treated solely as provided in Section 4.5 and (2) Excluded Company Shares), together with appropriate transmittal materials. Elections shall be made by mailing to the Exchange Agent a duly completed Form of Election. To be effective, a Form of Election must be (x) properly completed, signed and submitted to the Exchange Agent at its designated office, by 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) on the business day that is two trading days prior to the Closing Date (which date shall be publicly announced by Parent at least four business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date) or such other date and time as Parent may publicly announce with the consent of the Company (the applicable of such date and times described in this clause (x), the Election Deadline ) and (y) (except with respect to Book Entry Company Shares, in respect of which such other customary evidence as determined by the Exchange Agent shall be provided in lieu of Certificates) accompanied by the Certificate(s) representing the Company Shares as to which the election is being made (or by an appropriate guarantee of delivery of such Certificate(s) by a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a participant in the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Guarantee Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, provided that such Certificates are in fact delivered to the Exchange Agent within three trading days after the date of execution of such guarantee of delivery), together with a duly completed letter of transmittal. The Company shall use its best efforts to make a Form of Election (and where applicable, appropriate transmittal materials) available to all Persons who become holders of record of Company Shares (other than (1) any Company Shares represented by the Company RSUs, the Company PUAs and Company Other Awards that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of which shall be treated solely as provided in Section 4.5 and (2) Excluded Company Shares) between the date the Forms of Election are mailed and the Election Deadline. Parent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, which discretion and authority it may delegate in whole or in part to the Exchange Agent, whether Forms of Election (and where applicable, appropriate transmittal materials) have been properly completed, signed and submitted or revoked. The decision of Parent (or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be) in such matters shall be conclusive and binding. A holder of Company Shares that does not submit an effective Form of Election prior to the Election Deadline shall be deemed to have made a Stock Election.
(iv) Revocation of Election. An election may be revoked, but only by written notice received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Election Deadline. Any Certificate(s) representing Company Shares that have been submitted to the Exchange Agent in connection with an election shall be returned without charge to the holder thereof in the event such election
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is revoked as aforesaid and such holder requests in writing the return of such Certificate(s) or Book Entry Company Shares. Upon any such revocation, unless a duly completed Form of Election is thereafter submitted prior to the Election Deadline in accordance with Section 4.2(b)(ii) and Section 4.2(b)(iii) , such Company Shares shall be Stock Election Shares. In the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VIII and any Company Shares have been transmitted to the Exchange Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, such Company Shares shall promptly be returned without charge to the Person submitting the same.
(v) Proration for Oversubscription of Cash Election. In the event that the aggregate number of Company Shares in respect of which Cash Elections have been made (collectively, the Cash Election Shares ) exceeds the Cash Election Number, all Company Shares in respect of which Stock Elections have been made, or deemed by Parent in its reasonable discretion to have been made, pursuant to this Section 4.2 (the Stock Election Shares ) shall be converted into the right to receive Stock Consideration, and all Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive Stock Consideration or Cash Consideration in the following manner:
(A) the Cash Election Shares held by each record holder of Company Shares shall be deemed converted to Stock Election Shares, on a pro-rata basis based on the ratio that the number of Cash Election Shares held by such holder bears to the total number of Company Shares in respect of which Cash Elections have been made, such that the aggregate number of Cash Election Shares so deemed converted, when added to the other Stock Election Shares, shall equal as closely as practicable the Stock Election Number (rounding the number of Cash Election Shares of a holder that are to remain Cash Election Shares downward where needed), and all such Cash Election Shares so deemed converted ( Deemed Converted Cash Election Shares ) shall be converted into the right to receive Stock Consideration (and cash in lieu of fractional Parent Shares pursuant to Section 4.2(e) ). For example, and by way of illustration only, if the aggregate number of Company Shares in respect of which Cash Elections had been made were three times the Cash Election Number, each record holder of Company Shares holding Cash Election Shares would receive, in respect of the Company Shares for which he had made a Cash Election, Cash Consideration for approximately one-third of such Company Shares and Stock Consideration for approximately two-thirds of such Company Shares; and
(B) any remaining Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the circumstances where this Section 4.2(b)(v) is applicable, each record holder of Cash Election Shares shall to the extent reasonably possible receive the same proportion of Cash Consideration, and the same proportion of Stock Consideration, with respect to their aggregate Cash Election Shares and Deemed Converted Cash Election Shares as each other record holder of Cash Election Shares receives in respect of their aggregate Cash Election Shares and Deemed Converted Cash Election Shares.
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(vi) Default Allocation. In the event that clause (v) of this Section 4.2(b) is not applicable, (A) all Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration, and (B) all Stock Election Shares and Company Shares in respect of which Stock Elections are deemed by Parent in its reasonable discretion to have been made pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be converted into the right to receive Stock Consideration (and cash in lieu of fractional Parent Shares pursuant to Section 4.2(e) ).
(vii) The Exchange Agent, in consultation with Parent, shall make all computations to give effect to this Section 4.2 .
(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Company Shares; Voting . All Parent Shares to be issued pursuant to the First Merger shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and whenever a dividend or other distribution is declared by Parent in respect of Parent Shares, the record date for which is at or after the Effective Time, that declaration shall include dividends or other distributions in respect of all Stock Consideration issuable pursuant to this Agreement. No dividends or other distributions in respect of the Parent Shares shall be paid to any holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Book Entry Company Share until such Certificate (or affidavits of loss in lieu of the Certificate as provided in Section 4.2(g) ) or Book Entry Company Share is surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Article IV . Subject to the effect of applicable Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate (or affidavits of loss in lieu of the Certificate as provided in Section 4.2(g) ) or Book Entry Company Share that has been converted into the right to receive the Stock Consideration, there shall be issued and/or paid to the holder of the certificates representing whole Parent Shares (or as applicable, Book Entry Parent Shares) issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (A) at the time of such surrender, the dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to such whole Parent Shares and not paid and (B) at the appropriate payment date, the dividends or other distributions payable with respect to such whole Parent Shares with a record date after the Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to surrender. No holder of Certificates or Book Entry Company Shares that have been converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration shall be entitled to receive any amount pursuant to this Section 4.2(c) in respect of such Certificates or Book Entry Company Shares.
(d) Transfers . From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the Company Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, any Certificate or Book Entry Company Share is presented to the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the Exchange Agent for transfer, it shall be cancelled and exchanged for the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration (and to the extent applicable, cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.2(e) and/or any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(c) ) to which the holder thereof is entitled pursuant to this Article IV .
(e) Fractional Company Shares . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no fractional Parent Shares will be issued and any holder of Company Shares entitled to receive a fractional Parent Share but for this Section 4.2(e) shall be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof, without interest, which payment shall be calculated by the Exchange Agent and shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) the average of the closing prices per Parent Share on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE ), as reported in the Wall Street Journal (or if not reported thereby, as reported in another authoritative source), for
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the five full trading days ending on the second business day immediately preceding the date on which the Effective Time occurs multiplied by (ii) the fraction of a Parent Share (after taking into account all Company Shares held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest one thousandth when expressed in decimal form) to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. No such holder shall be entitled to dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional Parent Shares. No holder of Certificates or Book Entry Company Shares that have been converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration shall be entitled to receive any amount pursuant to this Section 4.2(e) in respect of such Certificates or Book Entry Company Shares.
(f) Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments of the Exchange Fund and any Parent Shares) that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of the Company for 180 days after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent. Any holder of Company Shares (other than Excluded Company Shares) who has not theretofore complied with this Article IV shall thereafter look only to Parent for delivery of any Per Share Merger Consideration (and to the extent applicable, cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.2(e) and/or any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(c) ), payable and/or issuable pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 upon due surrender of their Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu of the Certificates as provided in Section 4.2(g) ) or Book Entry Company Shares, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Corporation, Parent, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Company Shares for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Company Shares immediately prior to the time at which the Exchange Fund would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Entity, shall, to the extent permitted by Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term Person shall mean any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 5.1(d) ) or other entity of any kind or nature.
(g) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount and upon such terms as may be required by Parent as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Exchange Agent or any of Parents Subsidiaries with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration, and (to the extent applicable) any cash pursuant to Section 4.2(e) or unpaid dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(c) , that would have been payable or deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement had such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate been surrendered.
4.3. Appraisal Rights . In accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL, no appraisal rights shall be available to holders of Company Shares in connection with the First Merger.
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4.4. Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the issued and outstanding Company Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Company Shares or the issued and outstanding Parent Share or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Parent Shares, shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class by reason of any reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger, issuer tender or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, then the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Cash Election Number shall be equitably adjusted, without duplication, to proportionally reflect such change and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Per Share Merger Consideration; provided that nothing in this Section 4.4 shall be construed to permit the Company to take any of the foregoing actions with respect to its securities to the extent otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
4.5. Treatment of Stock Plans .
(a) Vested Company RSUs . At the Effective Time, each outstanding restricted stock unit under the Stock Plans (as defined in Section 5.1(b)(i) ) (a Company RSU ) that is vested as of the Effective Time (after application of any vesting acceleration provisions set forth in the terms of such Company RSU, if any) (each, a Vested Company RSU ) shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be cancelled and shall only entitle the holder of such Vested Company RSU to receive (without interest), as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, an amount in cash equal to (x) the number of Company Shares subject to such Vested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Cash Consideration, less applicable Taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payment; provided , that, with respect to any Vested Company RSUs that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that are not permitted to be paid as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time without triggering a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code, such payment shall be made at the earliest time permitted under the Stock Plans and applicable award agreement that will not trigger a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code.
(b) Unvested Company RSUs . At the Effective Time, each outstanding Company RSU that is not vested as of the Effective Time (after application of any vesting acceleration provisions set forth in the terms of such Company RSU, if any) (each, an Unvested Company RSU ) shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, cease to represent a restricted stock unit denominated in Company Shares and shall be converted into a restricted stock unit denominated in Parent Shares (a Parent RSU ). The number of shares of Parent Shares subject to each such Parent RSU shall be equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (x) the number of Company Shares subject to such Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio. Except as specifically provided in this Section 4.5(b) , following the Effective Time, each such Parent RSU shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms) as were applicable to the applicable Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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(c) Company PUAs . At the Effective Time, each outstanding performance unit award (a Company PUA ) under the Stock Plans, whether vested or unvested, shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, remain a performance unit award denominated in the same cash value as the Company PUA, except that any references in such Company PUA to Company Shares shall be to Parent Shares (a Parent PUA ). Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each such Parent PUA shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms) as were applicable to the applicable Company PUA immediately prior to the Effective Time, provided that the performance metrics shall be adjusted by the Company with the approval of Parent to reflect the First Merger.
(d) Company Awards . At the Effective Time, each right of any kind, contingent or accrued, to acquire or receive Company Shares or benefits measured by the value of Company Shares, and each award of any kind consisting of Company Shares that may be held, awarded, outstanding, payable or reserved for issuance under the Stock Plans and any other Company Benefit Plans (as defined in Section 5.1(h)(i) ), other than Company RSUs and Company PUAs (the Company Other Awards ), shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be deemed to be converted into the right to acquire or receive benefits measured by the value of (as the case may be) the number of Parent Shares equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (x) the number of Company Shares subject to such Company Other Award immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio, and to the extent such Company Other Award provides for payments to the extent the value of the Company Shares exceeds a specified reference price, at a reference price per share (rounded to the nearest whole cent) equal to (A) the reference price per Company Share immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each such right shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions (including, as applicable, vesting and exercisability terms) as were applicable to the rights under the relevant Stock Plan or other Company Benefit Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided that any applicable performance metrics shall be adjusted by the Company with the approval of Parent to reflect the First Merger.
(e) Registration . If registration of any interests in the Stock Plans or other Company Benefit Plans or the Parent Shares issuable thereunder is required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), Parent shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) within 10 business days after the Effective Time a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to such interests or Parent Shares, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for so long as the relevant Stock Plans or other Company Benefit Plans, as applicable, remain in effect and such registration of interests therein or Parent Shares issuable thereunder continues to be required.
(f) ESPP . As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company will take all actions necessary to terminate purchases under the Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP ) and return contributions to participants in accordance with the terms of the ESPP.
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(g) Corporate Actions . At or prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the board of directors of the Company and the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.5(a) through Section 4.5(d) . The Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that, from and after the Effective Time, neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation will be required to deliver Company Shares or other capital stock of the Company to any Person pursuant to or in settlement of Company Equity Awards. Parent shall take all actions which are necessary for the assumption of the Company RSUs, Company PUAs and Company Other Awards (the Company Equity Awards ) pursuant to Section 4.5(a) through Section 4.5(d) including the reservation, issuance and listing of Parent Shares as necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section 4.5 .
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the Company Reports or the MLP Reports (each as defined in Section 5.1(e)(i) ) publicly filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding, in each case, any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to Parent by the Company prior to entering into this Agreement (the Company Disclosure Letter ) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the Laws (as defined in Section 5.1(i)(i) ) of its respective jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each other Subsidiary of the Company is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has made available to Parent complete and correct copies of the Companys and its Significant Subsidiaries certificates of incorporation and by-laws or comparable governing documents, each as amended to the date of this Agreement, and each as so delivered is in full force and effect. Section 5.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a correct and complete list of each jurisdiction
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where the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are organized. As used in this Agreement, the term (i) Subsidiary means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (A) such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner or holds a majority of the voting interests of a partnership or (B) at least a majority of the securities or ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) Significant Subsidiary is as defined in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) and for the avoidance of doubt shall with respect to the Company include the MLP (as defined in Section 5.1(b)(ii) ) and (iii) Company Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding any effect to the extent resulting from any of the following:
(A) changes in the economy or financial markets generally in the United States or any other country or changes that are the result of acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or of natural disasters;
(B) changes that are the result of factors generally affecting the petrochemical refining or pipeline industries;
(C) (i) the (1) announcement, or (2) consummation, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the exception in clause (2) shall not apply to any representation or warranty contained in Section 5.1 of this Agreement if the primary purpose of such representation or warranty is from the face of such representation or warranty to address the consequences resulting from the consummation of the Merger; or (ii) any litigation brought by or on behalf of any current or former holder of Company Shares, in its capacity as such, arising from allegations of any breach of fiduciary duty or violation of Law relating to this Agreement or the Merger;
(D) changes in Law or in United States generally accepted accounting principles after the date of this Agreement;
(E) any failure in and of itself by the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet any estimates or projections of financial performance for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing; provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(F) a decline in the price or trading volume of the Company Shares (or of the equity securities of any Company Subsidiary) on the NYSE; provided that, the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such decline has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
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(G) (1) any action taken (or omitted to be taken) at the written request of Parent or that is expressly required by this Agreement or (2) the failure to take any specific action expressly prohibited by this Agreement for which Parent declined to consent; and
(H) any change in the prices of natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products or natural gas liquids or products produced from hydrocarbon products, natural gas liquids or crack spreads,
except, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (D) and (H), to the extent such change, event, circumstance or development (i) primarily relates only to (or has the effect of primarily relating only to) the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) disproportionately adversely affects the Company and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies of similar size operating in the petrochemical refining and pipeline industries.
(b) Capital Structure .
(i) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 240,000,000 Company Shares and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share ( Company Preferred Shares ). As of the close of business on November 14, 2016, (A) 108,430,422 Company Shares were issued and outstanding (not including Company Shares held in treasury), (B) no Company Shares were held in treasury, (C) no Company Preferred Shares were issued or outstanding, (D) 658,506 Company Shares were reserved for issuance under the Company 2010 Incentive Plan, no Company Shares were reserved for issuance under the Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 813,848 Company Shares were reserved for issuance under the Amended and Restated Northern Tier Energy LP 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan (the Stock Plans ) and (E) no other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains the Companys best good faith estimate of the total number of outstanding Vested Company RSUs and the total number of outstanding Unvested Company RSUs, respectively, and a correct and complete list of each outstanding Company Equity Award under the Stock Plans, including the holder, date of grant, term, number of Company Shares and, where applicable, vesting schedule. Within 10 business days following the date of this Agreement, the Company will update Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter to indicate, for each Company RSU, whether it is a Vested Company RSU or Unvested Company RSU. All outstanding Company Shares are, and all Company Shares reserved for issuance in accordance with the Stock Plans, when issued upon exercise thereof or in accordance with the respective terms thereof, will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance (a Lien ). Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each of the Companys Significant Subsidiaries (other than the MLP) is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, except as disclosed in Section 5.1(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, owned by the Company or by a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all Liens. Except as set forth above in this Section 5.1(b)(i) , and for changes after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(a) , there are no (i) shares of capital stock or other securities of, or ownership interests in, the Company, (ii) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of capital stock or other securities of or
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ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that (A) give any Person the right to purchase or acquire from the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (B) obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell, any capital stock, securities of, or ownership interests in, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iv) obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor the MLP has outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company or the unitholders of the MLP on any matter.
(ii) As of the close of business on November 14, 2016, there were (A) 38,074,324 common units of Western Refining Logistics, LP (the MLP ) issued and outstanding, of which 9,207,847 were owned directly or indirectly by the Company, (B) 22,811,000 subordinated units of the MLP issued and outstanding, all of which were owned directly or indirectly by the Company and (C) 285,155 common units of the MLP reserved for issuance under the MLP 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan. Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a correct and complete list of each outstanding phantom unit or other award under the MLP 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan, including the type of award, holder, date of grant, term, number of units and, where applicable, vesting schedule. The sole general partner of the MLP is Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. All of the outstanding equity interests of the MLP are duly authorized and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens in accordance with the MLPs Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated October 30, 2015 (the Partnership Agreement ) and are fully paid (to the extent required by the Partnership Agreement) and non-assessable. Except as set forth above in this Section 5.1(b)(ii) , and for changes after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(a) , there are no equity interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity interests in, the MLP. Each Subsidiary of the MLP is wholly-owned by the MLP.
(iii) Section 5.1(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth each material Company Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned by the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (other than the MLP). The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any voting interest in any Person that requires an additional filing by Parent under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act ).
(c) Corporate Authority; Approval and Fairness . (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and to consummate the Merger, subject only to adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Shares entitled to vote on such matter at a stockholders meeting duly called and held for such purpose (the Requisite Company Vote ). The Requisite
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Company Vote is the only vote of the holders of capital stock of the Company that is necessary under applicable Law, NYSE rules, and the Companys certificate of incorporation and bylaws to adopt, approve and authorize this Agreement. This Agreement and the Voting Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles (the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception ).
(ii) The board of directors of the Company has (A) unanimously determined that the First Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and the First Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and resolved to recommend the adoption of this Agreement to the holders of Company Shares (the Company Recommendation ), (B) directed that this Agreement be submitted to the holders of Company Shares for their adoption and (C) received the oral opinion of its financial advisor, Barclays Capital Inc., to the effect that the Per Share Merger Consideration to be offered to the holders of Company Shares (other than Excluded Company Shares) is fair, from a financial point of view, as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth therein, to such holders. A signed copy of the written opinion of Barclays Capital Inc. rendered to the board of directors of the Company will promptly be delivered to Parent, solely for informational purposes, following receipt thereof by the Company. It is understood and agreed that such opinion is for the benefit of the Companys board of directors and may not be relied upon by Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 or any other Person. The board of directors of the Company has taken all action so that Parent will not be an interested stockholder or prohibited from entering into or consummating a business combination with the Company (in each case as such term is used in Section 203 of the DGCL) as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the Voting Agreements or the consummation of the transactions in the manner contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts, Etc. (i) Other than the filings and/or notices (A) pursuant to Section 1.4 , (B) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, (C) required to be made with the NYSE, (D) under state securities, takeover and blue sky Laws and (E) (if any) required to be made with the Federal Communications Commission, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by the Company with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company from, any domestic or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, court or other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity (each, a Governmental Entity ), in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreements by the Company and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, or in connection with the continuing operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, except those that the failure to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
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(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreements by the Company do not, and the consummation of the First Merger and/or the Second Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the comparable governing documents of any of its Subsidiaries, (B) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or default under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations under, the loss of any benefits under, or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to (1) any agreement, lease, license, contract, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or other obligation (each, a Contract ) binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, (2) assuming (solely with respect to performance of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Voting Agreements) compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.1(d)(i) , any Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the rights or obligations of any party under any Contract binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (B) or (C) above, for any such breach, conflict, violation, termination, default, creation, acceleration, loss or change that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
(e) Company Reports; Financial Statements . (i) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since December 31, 2013 (the Applicable Date ) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the Company Reports ). The MLP has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the MLP Reports ). Each of the Company Reports and MLP Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied, or if not yet filed or furnished, will when so filed or furnished comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ), and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company Reports or MLP Reports, as applicable. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports and the MLP Reports did not, and none of Company Reports and the MLP Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will when so filed or furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Each of the Company and the MLP is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the NYSE.
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(ii) Each of the Company and the MLP maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company or the MLP, as applicable, is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Companys or the MLPs, as applicable, filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents. The Company and the MLP each maintain internal control over financial reporting (as defined in and meeting the requirements of Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act). Each of the Company and the MLP has disclosed, based on the most recent evaluation of its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer prior to the date of this Agreement, to its auditors and the audit committee of its board of directors (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Companys or the MLPs, as applicable, ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and has identified for the Companys or the MLPs, as applicable, auditors and audit committee of its board of directors any material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Companys or the MLPs internal control over financial reporting. The Company has made available to Parent as of the date hereof (i) a summary of any such disclosure made by management to the Companys auditors and audit committee since December 31, 2014 and (ii) any material communication since December 31, 2014 made by management or the Companys auditors to the audit committee required or contemplated by listing standards of NYSE, the audit committees charter or professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(iii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports or the MLP Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Company Reports and MLP Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, in the case of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the MLP Reports, of the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (or, in the case of the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the MLP Reports, of the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries), including any related notes and schedules, fairly presents in all material respects, or in the case of Company Reports and MLP Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the results of operations, cash flows, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or as applicable, the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ) consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein.
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(f) Absence of Certain Changes . (i) Since December 31, 2015, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in the ordinary course of such businesses consistent with past practices.
(ii) Since December 31, 2015, there has not been any change in the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of their operations or any circumstance, occurrence or development of which the Company has Knowledge (as defined below) which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) From December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any material change in any method of accounting or accounting practices by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as required by changes in GAAP or the Exchange Act.
(iv) From December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any material increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to its officers or employees (except for increases in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice).
(g) Litigation and Liabilities . There are no civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or other proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which to the Knowledge of the Company would reasonably be expected to result in any claims against, or obligations or liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any Governmental Entity. There are no liabilities or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, other than: (1) liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for in the most recent balance sheet included in the Company Reports or in the notes to such balance sheet; (2) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since September 30, 2016; (3) liabilities or obligations incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; and (4) liabilities or obligations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. This Section 5.1(g) shall not apply to any actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or other proceedings against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors to the extent arising out of the Merger Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Knowledge means (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of the individuals listed in Section 5.1(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (ii) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of the individuals listed in Section 1.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter.
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(h) Employee Benefits .
(i) Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, Company Benefit Plan means any benefit or compensation plan, program, policy, practice, agreement, contract, arrangement or other obligation, whether or not in writing and whether or not funded, in each case, which is sponsored or maintained by, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any potential liability is borne by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including employee benefit plans within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ( ERISA ), employment, consulting, retirement, severance, termination or change in control agreements, deferred compensation, equity-based, incentive, bonus, supplemental retirement, profit sharing, insurance, medical, welfare, fringe or other benefits or remuneration of any kind.
(ii) With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan in effect on the date hereof, the Company has made available to Parent, to the extent applicable, accurate and complete copies of the Company Benefit Plan document, including any amendments thereto, or, in the case of Company Benefit Plans for the 2016 calendar year, a summary description thereof.
(iii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Company Benefit Plan (including any related trusts) has been established, operated and administered in compliance with its terms and applicable Laws, including, ERISA and the Code, (B) all contributions or other amounts payable by the Company or a Company Subsidiary with respect to each Company Benefit Plan in respect of current or prior plan years have been paid or accrued in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (C) there are no pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened claims (other than routine claims for benefits) or proceedings by a Governmental Entity by, on behalf of or against any Company Benefit Plan or any trust related thereto and (D) to the Companys Knowledge, no compensation has been paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no amount is expected to be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such that all or a portion of such payments would not be deductible by the payor.
(iv) Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service and, to the Companys Knowledge, nothing has occurred that would adversely affect the qualification or tax exemption of any such Company Benefit Plan. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor a Company Subsidiary has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company or a Company Subsidiary reasonably could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(v) With respect to any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) established, participated in, contributed to, or required to be contributed to in the last six years, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliates, neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA that remains unsatisfied, except which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, ERISA Affiliate means all employers (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
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(vi) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has or is expected to incur any material liability under subtitles C or D of Title IV of ERISA with respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated single-employer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, currently or formerly maintained by any of them or any ERISA Affiliate. With respect to any Company Benefit Plan subject to the minimum funding requirements of Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, (A) no such plan is, or is expected to be, in at-risk status (within the meaning of Section 303(i)(4)(A) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of the Code), (B) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has not instituted proceedings to terminate any such Company Benefit Plan, and (C) no reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the 30 day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred, nor has any event described in Sections 4062, 4063 or 4041 of ERISA occurred.
(vii) Except as required by applicable Law, no material Company Benefit Plan provides retiree or post-employment medical, disability, life insurance or other welfare benefits to any Person, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide such benefits.
(viii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shareholder or other approval of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement could, either alone or in combination with another event, (A) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any material increase in severance pay, (B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any such employee, director, officer or independent contractor, (C) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (D) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Company Benefit Plan, (E) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company Benefit Plan on or following the Effective Time, or (F) result in the payment of any amount that could, individually or in combination with any other such payment, constitute an excess parachute payment as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code.
(ix) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to provide, and no Company Benefit Plan or other agreement provides any individual with the right to, a gross up, indemnification, reimbursement or other payment for any excise or additional taxes, interest or penalties incurred pursuant to Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code or due to the failure of any payment to be deductible under of Section 280G of the Code.
(i) Compliance with Laws .
(i) The businesses of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have at all times since the Applicable Date been in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local or foreign laws, statutes or ordinances, common laws or any rules, regulations, standards, judgments, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, arbitration awards, agency requirements, licenses
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or permits of any Governmental Entity (collectively, Laws ), except for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement. Except with respect to regulatory matters covered by Section 6.5 , no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated an intention to conduct the same, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company, its Subsidiaries (other than the MLP and its Subsidiaries) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the MLP and its Subsidiaries, each has obtained and is in compliance with all permits, certifications, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity ( Licenses ) necessary to conduct its business as presently conducted, except those the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
(ii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and its Subsidiaries have developed and implemented a compliance program that includes corporate policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) there have been no voluntary disclosures by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Anti-Corruption Law, (C) no Governmental Entity has notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary in writing of any actual or alleged violation or breach of any Anti-Corruption Law, (D) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has undergone or is undergoing any audit, review, inspection, investigation, survey or examination of records relating to the Companys or any Company Subsidiarys compliance with any Anti-Corruption Law, and to the Companys Knowledge, there is no basis for any such audit, review, inspection, investigation, survey or examination of records, (E) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been or is now under any administrative, civil or criminal charge or indictment or, to the Companys Knowledge, investigation, alleging non-compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws, nor, to the Companys Knowledge, is there any basis for any such charge, indictment or investigation and (F) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been or is now a party to any administrative or civil litigation alleging noncompliance with any Anti-Corruption Law, nor, to the Companys Knowledge, is there any basis for any such proceeding. Anti-Corruption Laws means, with respect to any Person, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and any other similar Laws applicable to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries regarding corruption, commercial bribery or the use of funds for political activity.
(j) Takeover Statutes . Other than Section 203 of DGCL (from which the Company has taken all action necessary to exempt the First Merger, this Agreement, the Voting Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby), no fair price, moratorium, control share acquisition or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (each, a Takeover Statute ) or any anti-takeover provision in the Companys certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or in the organizational documents of the MLP) is applicable to the Company, the MLP, the Company Shares, the equity interests of the MLP, any Voting Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
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(k) Environmental Matters .
(i) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) Company and its Subsidiaries have complied at all times since the Applicable Date with all applicable Environmental Laws; (B) no property currently or, to the Knowledge of the Company, formerly owned, operated or utilized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings and surface and subsurface structures) has been contaminated with any Hazardous Substance requiring remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law; (C) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred liability for any Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party property; (D) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or subject to liability under any Environmental Law; (E) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, decree, injunction, settlement or other agreement with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party assigning or otherwise imposing liability or obligations relating to any Environmental Law; and (F) to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no other conditions or occurrences involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in any claim, liability or investigation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(ii) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
(A) Environmental Law means Law relating to: (A) the protection of the environment or health and safety as it relates to any Hazardous Substance, (B) the handling, disposal, release or threatened release of, or contamination by, any Hazardous Substance or (C) indoor air, employee exposure, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or property relating to any Hazardous Substance.
(B) Hazardous Substance means any substance that is: (A) listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law; (B) any petroleum product, compound or by-product, asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive material or radon; and (C) any other substance that poses a risk of harm or is regulated due to a potential for harm by any Governmental Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(l) Tax Matters . As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, nor does the Company have any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance, that would prevent the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Affiliate when used with respect to any party shall mean any Person who is an affiliate of that party within the meaning of Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.
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(m) Taxes . Except as has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (A) have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns (as defined below) required to be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate; (B) have paid all Taxes (as defined below) that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party, except with respect to matters contested in good faith; and (C) have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(ii) As of the date of this Agreement, there are not pending or threatened in writing, any audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect of Taxes or Tax matters.
(iii) There are no unresolved questions or claims concerning the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries Tax liability that are not disclosed or provided for in the Company Reports.
(iv) The Company has made available to Parent true and correct copies of the United States federal income Tax Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
(v) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability with respect to income, franchise or similar Taxes that accrued on or before December 31, 2012 in excess of the amounts accrued with respect thereto that are reflected in the financial statements included in the Company Reports filed on or prior to the date of this Agreement.
(vi) No outstanding claim has been made in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Tax authorities in a jurisdiction where the Company or its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has ever been a member of an affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax group for purposes of filing any Tax Return, other than, for purposes of filing, affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Returns, a group of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was the common parent, (B) has any liability for Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), (C) is a party to or bound by any Tax sharing or allocation agreement, other than (I) agreements solely among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, (II) agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that do not primarily relate to Tax matters and (III) financing agreements or leases.
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, during the two year period prior to the date of this Agreement, in a transaction in which the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code applied, except for distributions occurring among members of the same group of affiliated corporations filing a consolidated federal income tax return.
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(ix) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any reportable or listed transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).
(x) No Liens for Taxes exist with respect to any of the Companys assets or properties or those of its Subsidiaries, except for statutory Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith and reserved for in accordance with GAAP.
(xi) No closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreement or rulings have been entered into or issued by any taxing authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required, as a result of (i) a change in accounting method for a Tax period beginning on or before the Effective Time to include any adjustment under Section 481(c) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) in taxable income for any Tax period beginning on or after the Effective Time, or (ii) any closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law), to include any item of income in or exclude any item of deduction from any Tax period beginning on or after the Effective Time.
(xiii) Since its inception, the MLP has been treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the MLP has satisfied the gross income requirements of Section 7704(c) of the Code for each taxable year in which it was a publicly traded partnership.
As used in this Agreement, (i) the term Tax (including, with correlative meaning, the term Taxes ) includes all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severances, stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (ii) the term Tax Return includes all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes.
(n) Labor Matters .
(i) Section 5.1(n)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of any material collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union or like organization that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or otherwise bound by (collectively, the Company Labor Agreements ), and to the Companys Knowledge, there are no activities or proceedings by any individual or group of individuals, including representatives of any labor organizations or labor unions, to organize any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of each material Company Labor Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, shareholder or other approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, either alone or in combination with another event,
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will not entitle any third party (including any labor organization or Governmental Entity) to any material payments under any of the Company Labor Agreements, and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with their obligations pursuant to all notification and bargaining obligations arising under any Company Labor Agreements.
(ii) As of the date hereof, except as would not interfere in any material respect with the respective business activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or be reasonably expected to result in a material liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (A) there is no strike, lockout, slowdown, work stoppage, job action, picketing, unfair labor practice or other labor dispute pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened, (B) there is no unfair labor practice charge against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable labor relations authority, and (C) there is no pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened arbitration or grievance, charge, complaint, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity with respect to any current or former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, since the Applicable Date, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been in compliance with the Company Labor Agreements and all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, fair employment practices (including equal employment opportunity laws), terms and conditions of employment, workers compensation, occupational safety and health, affirmative action, employee privacy, plant closings, and wages and hours.
(iv) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect, there are no proceedings pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any forum by or on behalf of any present or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any applicant for employment or classes of the foregoing alleging breach of any express or implied employment contract, violation of any Law governing employment or the termination thereof, or any other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the employment relationship.
(v) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the WARN Act ) or any similar state or local Law that remains unsatisfied.
(o) Intellectual Property .
(i) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries own solely and exclusively all Intellectual Property that the Company and its Subsidiaries own or purport to own ( Company Intellectual Property ) free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
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(ii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) to the Companys Knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have sufficient rights to use all Intellectual Property used in their respective businesses as presently conducted, all of which rights shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) the Company Intellectual Property is subsisting, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the issued or granted Registered Intellectual Property included therein is valid and enforceable and (C) no Company Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding order, judgment, decree or agreement adversely affecting the Companys or its Subsidiaries use of, or its rights to, such Intellectual Property.
(iii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Companys Knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated the valid and enforceable Intellectual Property rights of any third party during the six year period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, and there are no pending, outstanding, or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened written notices (including invitations to take a license), actions, suits, claims, investigations or other legal proceedings asserting the same.
(iv) To the Companys Knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company Intellectual Property, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality and value of all Trade Secrets that are owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to the Companys Knowledge, such Trade Secrets have not been used, disclosed to or discovered by any Person except pursuant to appropriate non-disclosure and/or license agreements or obligations.
(vi) To the Companys Knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained from all parties (including current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants and contractors) who have created or developed any portion of, or otherwise who would have any rights in or to, Company Intellectual Property assignments of any work, invention, improvement or other rights in or to such Company Intellectual Property to the Company or its Subsidiaries, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the IT Assets owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate and perform in accordance with their documentation and functional specifications and otherwise as required by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with their business, (B) to the Companys Knowledge, no Person has gained unauthorized access to such IT Assets, (C) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries implements commercially reasonable measures designed to (1) protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of its IT Assets and the information stored or contained therein or
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transmitted thereby from any unauthorized use, access, interruption or modification by third parties, and (2) prevent the introduction of back door, time bomb, Trojan horse, virus, worm, spyware and other malicious code into software used in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in a manner consistent with industry practice and (D) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry practices.
(viii) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
Intellectual Property means, anywhere in the world, all (i) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks, d/b/as, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including all renewals of same; (ii) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents, registrations, invention disclosures and applications therefor, including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and including renewals, extensions and reissues; (iii) confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists (collectively, Trade Secrets ); (iv) published and unpublished works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including databases and other compilations of information), copyrights therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (v) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
IT Assets means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation.
Registered means issued by, registered with or the subject of a pending application before any Governmental Entity or Internet domain name registrar.
(p) Insurance . All material fire and casualty, general liability, business interruption, product liability, and sprinkler and water damage insurance policies maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ( Insurance Policies ) provide full and adequate coverage for all normal risks incident to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets, and are in character and amount at least equivalent to that carried by Persons engaged in similar businesses and subject to the same or similar perils or hazards, except for any such failures to maintain insurance policies that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and all premiums due with respect to all Insurance Policies have been paid, with such exceptions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(q) Material Contracts . Except for this Agreement and the Contracts filed as exhibits to publicly-available Company Reports, as of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Contract
(i) that would be required to be filed by the Company as a material contract pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;
(ii) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any material continuing earn-out or other contingent payment obligations arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition by the Company of any business;
(iii) containing any standstill or similar provision remaining in effect pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire securities or material assets of another Person;
(iv) that (A) limits in any material respect either the type of business in which the Company or its Subsidiaries (or in which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time) may engage or the manner or locations in which any of them may so engage in any business (including through non-competition or exclusivity provisions), (B) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Parent or its Subsidiaries or (C) grants most favored nation status that, following the Merger, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(v) that (A) is a material indenture, loan or credit Contract, loan note, mortgage Contract, letter of credit or other Contract representing, or any guarantee of, indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (B) is a material guarantee by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the indebtedness of any Person other than the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company;
(vi) that grants (A) rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar pre-emptive rights, or (B) puts, calls or similar rights, to any Person (other than the Company or a wholly-owned Company Subsidiary) with respect to any asset that is material to the Company;
(vii) that was entered into to settle any material litigation and which imposes material ongoing obligations on the Company; or
(viii) limiting or restricting the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to declare or pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, partner interests, membership interests or other equity interests.
Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (ix) is referred to herein as a Material Contract . Each Material Contract (and each Contract that would be a Material Contract but for the exception of having been filed as an exhibit to a publicly-available Company Report) is valid and binding on the applicable of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to a Material Contract is in breach or violation of any provision of, or in default under, any Material Contract, and no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default, except for breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(r) Hedging Arrangements . The Company and its Subsidiaries have only entered into swap and other derivative and hedging transactions, and Contracts with respect to such transactions, in the ordinary course of business in compliance in all material respects with the Companys written hedging policies and risk management policies then in effect, and not in any case for speculative purposes.
(s) Real and Personal Property . (i) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the Owned Real Property ), subject only to Permitted Liens. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has granted, or is obligated under, any option, right of first offer, right of first refusal or similar contractual right to sell or dispose of the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.
(ii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, on the Company, (i) each lease, sublease or license under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases or licenses any real property (each such lease, license or sublease, a Real Property Lease ) is valid and in full force and effect, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Companys Knowledge any other party to a Real Property Lease, has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under the provisions of such Real Property Lease, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Real Property Lease.
For purposes of this Agreement, Permitted Lien means (A) any Lien for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (B) vendors, mechanics, materialmens, carriers, workers, landlords, repairmens, warehousemens, construction and other similar Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary and usual course of business and consistent with past practice or with respect to liabilities that are not yet due and payable or, if due, are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves (based on good faith estimates of management) have been set aside for the payment thereof, (C) Liens imposed or promulgated by applicable Law or any Governmental Entity with respect to real property, including zoning, building or similar restrictions, (D) pledges or deposits in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance, and other social security legislation, (E) Liens relating to intercompany borrowings among a Person and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (F) defects, irregularities or imperfections of title which do not materially interfere with, or materially impair the use of, the property or assets subject thereto, (G) Liens that constitute non-exclusive licenses to Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business, (H) other Liens that do not materially impair the value or use of the subject property or (I) Liens incurred pursuant to (1) Company Credit Agreements (without giving effect to clause (E) of the definition thereof) or (2) any other Material Contracts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to indebtedness for borrowed money.
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(t) Brokers and Finders . Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any Voting Agreement except that the Company has employed Barclays Capital Inc., as its financial advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has made available to Parent a complete and accurate copy of all agreements pursuant to which Barclays Capital Inc. is entitled to any fees, expenses or indemnification in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(u) Customers and Suppliers . From December 31, 2015 through the date hereof, no Material Customer or Material Supplier has notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in writing (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, otherwise notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) that it intends to terminate or materially curtail any business relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, Material Customers means the Companys 10 largest customers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2016, in each case as measured by gross revenue, and Material Suppliers means the Companys 10 largest suppliers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2016, in each case as measured by gross expenditures.
5.2. Representations and Warranties of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 . Except as set forth in the Parent Reports or the TMLP Reports (each as defined in Section 5.2(e)(i) ) publicly filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding, in each case, any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to the Company by Parent prior to entering into this Agreement (the Parent Disclosure Letter and together with the Company Disclosure Letter, the Disclosure Letters ) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of Parent Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 hereby represent and warrant to the Company that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of Parent, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and each of Parents Significant Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization. Each of Parent, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and each of Parents Significant Subsidiaries is in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each other Subsidiary of Parent is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). Parent has made
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available to the Company complete and correct copies of Parents, Merger Sub 1s, Merger Sub 2s and each of Parents Significant Subsidiaries certificates of incorporation and by-laws or comparable governing documents, each as amended to the date of this Agreement, and each as so delivered is in full force and effect. Parent Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding any effect to the extent resulting from any of the following:
(A) changes in the economy or financial markets generally in the United States or any other country or changes that are the result of acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or of natural disasters;
(B) changes that are the result of factors generally affecting the petrochemical refining or pipeline industries;
(C) (i) the (1) announcement, or (2) consummation, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the exception in clause (2) shall not apply to any representation or warranty contained in Section 5.2 of this Agreement if the primary purpose of such representation or warranty is from the face of such representation or warranty to address the consequences resulting from the consummation of the Merger; or (ii) any litigation brought by or on behalf of any current or former holder of Parent Shares, in its capacity as such, arising from allegations of any breach of fiduciary duty or violation of Law relating to this Agreement or the Merger;
(D) changes in Law or in United States generally accepted accounting principles after the date of this Agreement;
(E) any failure in and of itself by Parent and its Subsidiaries to meet any estimates or projections of financial performance for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing; provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(F) a decline in the price or trading volume of Parent Shares (or of the equity securities of any Parent Subsidiary) on the NYSE; provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such decline has resulted in, or contributed to, a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(G) (1) any action taken (or omitted to be taken) at the written request of the Company or that is expressly required by this Agreement or (2) the failure to take any specific action expressly prohibited by this Agreement for which the Company declined to consent; and
(H) any change in the prices of natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products or natural gas liquids or products produced from hydrocarbon products, natural gas liquids or crack spreads,
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except, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (D) and (H), to the extent such change, event, circumstance or development (i) primarily relates only to (or has the effect of primarily relating only to) Parent and its Subsidiaries or (ii) disproportionately adversely affects Parent and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies of similar size operating in the petrochemical refining and pipeline industries.
(b) Capital Structure .
(i) The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 200,000,000 Parent Shares and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock without par value ( Parent Preferred Stock ). As of the close of business on November 14, 2016, (A) 116,893,757 Parent Shares were issued and outstanding (not including Parent Shares held in treasury), (B) 42,574,404 Parent Shares were held in treasury, (C) no Parent Preferred Stock was issued or outstanding, (D) 3,072,812 Parent Shares were reserved for issuance under the Parent Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Parent Stock Plan ) and (E) no other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Parent were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All outstanding Parent Shares are, and all Parent Shares reserved for issuance in accordance with the Parent Stock Plan, when issued upon exercise thereof or in accordance with the respective terms thereof, will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any Lien. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each of Parents Significant Subsidiaries (other than TMLP) is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and owned by Parent or by a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, free and clear of all Liens. Except as set forth above in this Section 5.2(b)(i) , and for changes after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(b) , there are no (i) shares of capital stock or other securities of, or ownership interests in, Parent, (ii) securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of capital stock or other securities of or ownership interests in Parent or any Subsidiary, (iii) preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that (A) give any Person the right to purchase or acquire from Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or (B) obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell, any capital stock, securities of, or ownership interests in, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, Parent or and Parent Subsidiary or (iv) obligations of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any capital stock or securities of, or ownership interests in, Parent or any Parent Subsidiary. Neither Parent nor TMLP has outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of Parent or the unitholders of TMLP on any matter.
(ii) Capitalization of Merger Sub 1 . The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub 1 consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, all of which are validly issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub 1 is, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by Parent, and there are (i) no other shares of capital stock or voting securities of Merger Sub 1, (ii) no securities of Merger Sub 1 convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of Merger Sub 1 and (iii) no options
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or other rights to acquire from Merger Sub 1, and no obligations of Merger Sub 1 to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of Merger Sub 1. Merger Sub 1 has not conducted any business prior to the date of this Agreement and has no, and prior to the Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iii) Capitalization of Merger Sub 2 . Parent is, and at Second Merger Effective Time will be, the sole member of Merger Sub 2, and there are (i) no other interests in Merger Sub 2 other than those held by Parent, (ii) no securities of Merger Sub 2 convertible into or exchangeable into any interests in Merger Sub 2 and (iii) no options or other rights to acquire from Merger Sub 2, and no obligations of Merger Sub 2 to issue, any interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any interests in Merger Sub 2. Merger Sub 2 has not conducted any business prior to the date of this Agreement and has no, and prior to the Second Merger Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iv) As of the close of business on November 14, 2016, there were (A) 104,179,369 common units of Tesoro Logistics LP ( TMLP ) issued and outstanding, of which 35,277,439 were owned directly or indirectly by Parent, (B) no subordinated units of TMLP issued and outstanding and (C) 1,100,916 common units of TMLP reserved for issuance under the TMLP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the TMLP LTIP ). The sole general partner of TMLP is Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. All of the outstanding equity interests of TMLP are duly authorized and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens in accordance with TMLPs First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated April 21, 2011, as amended (the TMLP Partnership Agreement ) and are fully paid (to the extent required by TMLP Partnership Agreement) and non-assessable. Except as set forth above in this Section 5.2(b)(iv) , and for changes after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(b) , as of the date hereof, there are no equity interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity interests in TMLP. Each Subsidiary of TMLP is wholly-owned by TMLP.
(c) Corporate Authority; Approval . (i) Each of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and to consummate the Merger, subject only to (A) the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 and the sole member of Merger Sub 2 (each of which will occur promptly following the execution of this Agreement) and (B) the approval of the issuance of Parent Shares in connection with the First Merger by the affirmative vote, at a stockholders meeting duly called and held for such purpose, of holders of a majority in voting power of the Parent Shares present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote on such matter (the Requisite Parent Vote ). The Requisite Parent Vote is the only vote of the holders of capital stock of Parent that is necessary under applicable Law, NYSE rules, and Parents certificate of incorporation and bylaws to approve the issuance of Parent Shares in the Merger. This Agreement and the Voting Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by Parent and constitute valid and binding agreements of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 enforceable against Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
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(ii) The board of directors of Parent has (A) unanimously approved this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and resolved to recommend that the holders of Parent Shares vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Shares required to be issued pursuant to Article IV (the Parent Recommendation ) and (B) directed that such matter be submitted to holders of Parent Shares for their approval and (C) received the opinion of its financial advisor, Goldman Sachs & Co. to the effect that, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in such opinion, as of the date of such opinion, the Per Share Merger Consideration to be paid by Parent for each Company Share pursuant to this Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to Parent. It is understood and agreed that such opinion is for the benefit of Parents board of directors and may not be relied upon by the Company or any other Person.
(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts, Etc .
(i) Other than the filings and/or notices (A) pursuant to Section 1.4 , (B) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, (C) required to be made with the NYSE, (D) under state securities, takeover and blue sky Laws, and (E) (if any) required to be made with the Federal Communications Commission, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by Parent with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 from, any Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreements by Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, or in connection with the continuing operation of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, except those that the failure to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreements by Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 do not, and the consummation of the First Merger, the Second Merger (solely with respect to clause (A) of this Section 5.2(d)(ii) ) and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Parent or Merger Sub 1 or the comparable governing documents of any of Parents other Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub 2), (B) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or default under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations under, the loss of any benefits under, or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 or any other Subsidiary of Parent pursuant to (1) any Contract binding upon Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 or any other Subsidiary of Parent or (2) assuming (solely with respect to performance of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Voting Agreements) compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.2(d)(i) , any Law to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the rights or obligations of any party under any
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Contract binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (B) or (C) above, for any such breach, conflict violation, termination, default, creation, acceleration, loss or change that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement.
(e) Parent Reports; Financial Statements . (i) Parent has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the Parent Reports ). TMLP has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the TMLP Reports ). Each of the Parent Reports and the TMLP Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied, or if not yet filed or furnished, will when so filed or furnished, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Parent Reports or the TMLP Reports, as applicable. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Parent Reports and the TMLP Reports did not, and none of the Parent Reports and the TMLP Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will when so filed or furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Each of Parent and TMLP is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the NYSE.
(ii) Each of Parent and TMLP maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by Parent or TMLP, as applicable, is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of Parents or TMLPs, as applicable, filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents. Parent and TMLP each maintain internal control over financial reporting (as defined in and meeting the requirements of Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act). Each of Parent and TMLP has disclosed, based on the most recent evaluation of its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer prior to the date of this Agreement, to its auditors and the audit committee of its board of directors (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parents or TMLPs, as applicable, ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and has identified for Parents or TMLPs, as applicable, auditors and audit committee of its board of directors any material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parents or TMLPs internal control over financial reporting. Parent has made available to the Company as of the date hereof
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(i) a summary of any such disclosure made by management to the Parents auditors and audit committee since December 31, 2014 and (ii) any material communication since December 31, 2014 made by management or Parents auditors to the audit committee required or contemplated by listing standards of NYSE, the audit committees charter or professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(iii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports or the TMLP Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of the Parent Reports and the TMLP Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, in the case of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the TMLP Reports, of TMLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries), as of its date and each of the statements of consolidated operations, consolidated income, consolidated equity and consolidated cash flows (or, in the case of the statements of consolidated operations, consolidated income, consolidated equity and consolidated cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the TMLP Reports, of TMLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports and the TMLP Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, or in the case of Parent Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the results of operations, cash flows, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or as applicable, TMLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein.
(f) Absence of Certain Changes . (i) Since December 31, 2015, Parent and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in the ordinary course of such business consistent with past practices.
(ii) Since December 31, 2015, there has not been any change in the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of their operations or any circumstance, occurrence or development of which Parent has Knowledge which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) From December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any material change in any method of accounting or accounting practices by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except as required by changes in GAAP or the Exchange Act.
(g) Litigation and Liabilities . There are no civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or other proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which, to the Knowledge of Parent, would reasonably be expected to result in any claims against, or obligations or liabilities of, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any Governmental Entity. There are no liabilities or obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, other than: (1) liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for in the most recent balance sheet included in the Parent Reports or in the notes to such balance sheet; (2) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since September 30, 2016; (3) liabilities or obligations incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; and (4) liabilities or obligations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. This Section 5.2(g) shall not apply to any actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or other proceedings against the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates to the extent arising out of the Merger Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) Compliance with Laws . The businesses of each of Parent and its Subsidiaries are and have at all times since the Applicable Date been in compliance with all Laws, except for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement. Except with respect to regulatory matters covered by Section 6.5 , no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated an intention to conduct the same, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than TMLP and its Subsidiaries) and, to the Knowledge of Parent, TMLP and its Subsidiaries, each has obtained and is in compliance with all Licenses necessary to conduct its business as presently conducted, except those the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(i) Takeover Statutes . No Takeover Statute or any anti-takeover provision in Parents certificate of incorporation or by-laws is applicable to Parent or the Parent Shares to be issued in connection with this Agreement.
(j) Brokers and Finders . None of Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 or any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any Voting Agreement, except that Parent has employed Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its financial advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the fees of which will be paid by Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent.
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(k) Financing . Substantially concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent has delivered to the Company true and correct copies of a commitment letter, including all exhibits and schedules thereto (the Commitment Letter ) (and a corresponding (x) customarily redacted engagement letter and (y) customarily redacted fee letter, in each case relating to the Commitment Letter) pursuant to which Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC have committed to provide Parent with financing in the amount set forth therein (the Financing ) for the purpose of funding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter. As of the date hereof, the Commitment Letter is in full force and effect to the knowledge of Parent and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and to the knowledge of Parent, each of the other parties thereto, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. As of the date of the Commitment Letter, Parent has not entered into any agreement, side letter or other arrangement relating to the financing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that could adversely affect the availability of the Financing on the Closing Date, other than as described in the Commitment Letter and any unredacted portion of the fee letter or engagement letter related to the Commitment Letter provided to the Company on the date hereof, and there are no conditions precedent related to the funding of the full amount of the Financing, other than as expressly set forth in the Commitment Letter. Parent has fully paid any and all commitment fees or other fees required by the Commitment Letter to be paid by it on or prior to the date of this Agreement. Assuming the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing in this Agreement and the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 , (i) no event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to constitute a default or breach on the part of the Parent, or to Parents knowledge, any other party thereto under the Commitment Letter, and (ii) Parent has no reason to believe that the condition to the Financing set forth in the Commitment Letter will not be satisfied or the Financing will not be made available to Parent on the Closing Date. Assuming the accuracy of the representations set forth in Section 5.1 and the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their obligations under this Agreement, the net proceeds from the Financing, together with cash otherwise available to Parent, will be sufficient to pay the Cash Consideration and all other cash amounts (including amounts required to repay or prepay all indebtedness outstanding under the Company Credit Agreements (without giving effect to clause (E) of the definition of such term) (other than the MLP Credit Agreement) and the Company Indentures (without giving effect to clause (D) of the definition of such term) (other than the MLP Indenture) to be paid in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Parent confirms that it is not a condition to Closing or any of its other obligations under this Agreement that Parent consummate the Financing.
(l) Tax Matters . As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent, nor any of its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, nor does Parent have any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance, that would prevent the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(m) Taxes . Except as has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect:
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(i) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries (A) have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate; (B) have paid all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party, except with respect to matters contested in good faith; and (C) have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(ii) As of the date of this Agreement, there are not pending or threatened in writing, any audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect of Taxes or Tax matters.
(iii) There are no unresolved questions or claims concerning Parents or any of its Subsidiaries Tax liability that are not disclosed or provided for in the Parent Reports.
(iv) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of another person, or has had its stock distributed by another person, during the two year period prior to the date of this Agreement, in a transaction in which the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code applied, except for distributions occurring among members of the same group of affiliated corporations filing a consolidated federal income tax return.
(v) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any reportable or listed transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).
(vi) Since its inception, the TMLP has been treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the TMLP has satisfied the gross income requirements of Section 7704(c) of the Code for each taxable year in which it was a publicly traded partnership.
(n) Intellectual Property . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, to Parents Knowledge, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated the valid and enforceable Intellectual Property rights of any third party during the six year period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, and there are no pending, outstanding, or, to Parents Knowledge, threatened written notices (including invitations to take a license), actions, suits, claims, investigations or other legal proceedings asserting the same.
(o) Environmental . Except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, to the Knowledge of Parent, there are no conditions or occurrences involving Parent that would reasonably be expected to result in any claim, liability or investigation to Parent pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(p) Available Cash . Parent has, and will have at all times through the earlier of the Effective Time and the time of payment in full of the applicable amounts, sufficient cash on hand and/or undrawn amounts immediately available under existing credit facilities to pay the Reverse Termination Fee, any fees and expenses related to this Agreement and any other amounts payable by Parent pursuant to Section 6.5(b) , Section 6.17(e) or Section 8.5(c)(ii) .
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ARTICLE VI
Covenants
6.1. Interim Operations .
(a) Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time (unless Parent shall otherwise approve in writing, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement) and except as required by applicable Laws or as set forth on Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the business of it and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the ordinary and usual course and, to the extent consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to preserve their business organizations intact and maintain existing relations and goodwill with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and business associates and keep available the services of its and its Subsidiaries present officers, employees and agents and maintain their material tangible assets in good working order. Without limiting the generality of and in furtherance of the foregoing, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except (A) as otherwise expressly required by this Agreement, (B) as Parent may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (C) as set forth in the relevant subsection of Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company will not and will not permit its Subsidiaries to:
(i) adopt or propose any change in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other applicable governing instruments, or the terms of any security of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than in immaterial respects in relation to any Company Subsidiary;
(ii) (A) merge or consolidate itself or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person, (B) restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate or (C) sell or otherwise dispose of (1) any MLP common units, MLP subordinated units or any other interest held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the MLP and its Subsidiaries) in the MLP or (2) any interest in the general partner of the MLP;
(iii) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, securities or assets (1) constituting a business, (2) otherwise outside of the ordinary course of business with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $50 million in any transaction or series of related transactions or (3) in connection with a dropdown transaction that is not identified as a permitted dropdown transaction on Schedule 6.1(a)(iii) (such permitted dropdown transactions that are so identified, Permitted Dropdown Transactions ), other than, with respect to clause (2) and clause (3), for acquisitions pursuant to Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement that have been disclosed to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement;
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(iv) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock or of any its Subsidiaries, or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, other than the issuance of (A) any Company Shares upon the settlement of Company Equity Awards, in each case that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement or as permitted to be granted after the date hereof pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(xvi) , in accordance with the terms of those Company Equity Awards; (B) any securities of a wholly-owned Company Subsidiary to the Company or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company; and (C) any common units of the MLP that both is in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice (including as to timing, amount and purpose of each such issuance) (it being understood that any secondary offering of MLP units shall be deemed not to be in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice) and does not have as its purpose or effect a significant dilution of the Companys equity interest in the MLP or (D) any grants under the MLP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth in Section 6.1(a)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Letter or any common units upon settlement of any grants under the MLP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan;
(v) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in any Person (other than loans or advances (A) between or among the Company and any of its direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries or (B) between or among the MLP and any of its direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries), in excess of $1 million in the aggregate, other than trade credit and similar loans and advances made to employees, customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(vi) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock (except for dividends paid by any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company that are made in compliance with the Company Credit Agreements and Company Indentures, each as defined in Section 6.14(e) , and the other Contractual obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries); provided that , in each case solely to the extent in compliance with the Company Credit Agreements, the Company Indentures and the other Contractual obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (x) the Company may continue to declare and pay regular quarterly cash dividends to the holders of Company Shares in an amount not in excess of $0.38 per Company Share per fiscal quarter, in each case (1) with a record date not more than seven business days prior to (A) (with respect to any quarterly dividend other than the Companys second quarter dividend for 2017) the anniversary of the record date of the Companys regular quarterly dividend for the corresponding quarter of the prior fiscal year or (B) (with respect to the Companys second quarter dividend for 2017), May 5, 2017 and (2) otherwise in accordance with the Companys past practice and (y) the MLP may continue to declare and pay cash distributions to the holders of its common units at such times and in such amounts as is consistent with the MLPs past practice (it being understood that the MLPs past practice includes regular increases in the amount of its cash distributions);
(vii) enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
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(viii) reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock;
(ix) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, or issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any of its debt securities or of any of its Subsidiaries, except for (A) indebtedness for borrowed money incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices pursuant to the revolving, swingline or letter of credit facilities of Company Credit Agreements (disregarding clause (E) of the definition thereof) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million outstanding at any time (in addition to amounts outstanding thereunder as of September 30, 2016) or (B) in replacement of existing indebtedness for borrowed money on terms as or more beneficial to the Company and its Subsidiaries than the indebtedness being replaced, (C) guarantees by (1) the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and (2) the MLP or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the MLP of indebtedness for borrowed money of the MLP or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of the MLP or (D) interest and commodity swaps, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into on customary commercial terms in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies in effect on the date of this Agreement;
(x) make or authorize any capital expenditure other than for (A) capital expenditures that do not, in any calendar year, exceed the aggregate capital expenditure amount that was set forth on the most recent version of the Company budget for the applicable of the 2016 and 2017 calendar years made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement and (B) additional capital expenditures not described in clause (A) so long as the aggregate amount of such expenditures does not exceed $5 million in the aggregate during any 12-month period;
(xi) (A) amend, modify, terminate or waive any material right under any Material Contract or (B) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, enter into any Contract that would have been a Material Contract had it been entered into prior to this Agreement or (C) enter into any Contract that would have been a Material Contract pursuant to any of clause (ii), (iv) or (vi) of the definition thereof had it been entered into prior to this Agreement;
(xii) (A) make any material changes with respect to accounting policies or procedures, except as required by changes after the date hereof in applicable generally accepted accounting principles, (B) change its fiscal year or (C) make any material change in internal accounting controls or disclosure controls and procedures that could reasonably be expected to negatively affect the Company or the MLP;
(xiii) settle, propose to settle or compromise any action before a Governmental Entity if such settlement, proposed settlement or compromise (A) with respect to the payment of monetary damages, involves the payment of monetary damages that exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate (together with all other settlements or compromises after the date of this Agreement), net of any amounts covered by insurance that the Company expects to be promptly paid by the
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applicable insurer, (B) that imposes any material equitable or non-monetary relief, penalty or restriction on the Company or any Company Subsidiaries (or, after the Effective Time, on Parent or any of Parents Subsidiaries) or (C) that would reasonably be expected to affect the rights or defenses available to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in any related or similar claims that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Company may not settle, propose to settle or compromise any claim or action that is covered by Section 6.16 except as is expressly permitted by Section 6.16 ;
(xiv) make or change any material Tax elections, change or consent to any change in its or its Subsidiaries material method of accounting for Tax purposes (except as required by applicable Tax Law), settle or compromise any material Tax liability, claim or assessment, enter into any material closing agreement or waive or extend any statute of limitations with respect to material Taxes;
(xv) transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, surrender, encumber, divest, cancel, abandon or allow to lapse or expire or otherwise dispose of any of its material assets, product lines or businesses or those of any of its Subsidiaries, including any equity interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except (other than with respect to equity interests of any Company Subsidiary) (A) in connection with goods or services provided in the ordinary course of business and sales of obsolete assets, (B) for sales, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets with a fair market value not in excess of $5 million in the aggregate, (C) for Permitted Dropdown Transactions or (D) pursuant to Contracts in effect prior to the date of this Agreement that have been disclosed to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement;
(xvi) except as required pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Plans in effect as of the date of this Agreement or as permitted to be amended or adopted pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(xvi) , or as otherwise required by applicable Law, (A) grant or provide any severance or termination payments or benefits to any of its, directors, officers or employees other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practice of the Company as set forth in Section 6.1(a)(xvi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (B) increase the compensation, bonus or pension, welfare, severance or other benefits of any of its, directors, officers or employees, (C) establish, adopt, materially amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan except for amendments to Company Benefit Plans (or the adoption of successor Company Benefit Plans) that are broad-based welfare plans in connection with the Companys annual or open enrollment procedures and that do not materially increase the expense of maintaining such plans, (D) grant any new awards, or amend or modify the terms of any outstanding awards, under any Company Benefit Plan, (E) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (F) materially change any actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Company Benefit Plans or to materially change the manner in which contributions to such plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be required by GAAP, (G) forgive any loans to any of its or of any of its Subsidiaries directors, officers or employees, (H) hire any employee, other than any employee with an aggregate annual salary of less than $250,000 hired to replace a departed employee, (I) terminate the employment of any executive officer other than for cause or (J) become a party to, establish, adopt, amend, commence participation in or terminate any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization;
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(xvii) effectuate a plant closing or mass layoff as those terms are defined in the WARN Act; or
(xviii) agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Covenants of Parent . From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except (A) as otherwise expressly required by this Agreement, (B) as Company may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (C) as set forth in the relevant subsection of Section 6.1(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent will not:
(i) adopt or propose any change in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or the terms of any security of Parent;
(ii) reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock;
(iii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock or repurchase any Parent Shares at a premium; provided that , in each case solely to the extent in compliance with the credit agreements, indentures and other Contractual obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, (x) Parent may continue to declare and pay regular quarterly cash dividends to the holders of Parent Shares in an amount not in excess of $0.55 per Parent Share per fiscal quarter, in each case (1) with a record date not more than seven business days prior to the anniversary of the record date of Parents regular quarterly dividend for the corresponding quarter of the prior fiscal year and (2) otherwise in accordance with Parents past practice, (y) TMLP may continue to declare and pay cash distributions to the holders of its common units at such times and in such amounts as is consistent with TMLPs past practice (it being understood that TMLPs past practice includes regular increases in the amount of its cash distributions) and (z) Parent and TMLP may give effect to dividend equivalent rights with respect to grants under the Parent Stock Plan, any similar Parent plan or the TMLP LTIP;
(iv) restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate (except for (1) any such transactions among its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or (2) any restructuring, reorganization or complete or partial liquidation of TMLP);
(v) make any material changes to Merger Sub 1s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or Merger Sub 2s certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, or any of their other governing documents;
(vi) acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any Person or any business or division thereof, or otherwise acquire any assets, unless such acquisition or the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to or the consummation of such transaction would not reasonably be expected to (i) impose any material delay in the obtaining of, or increase in any material
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respect the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders, declarations or approvals of any Governmental Entity necessary to consummate the Merger or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting or approval period, (ii) increase the risk in any material respect of any Governmental Entity entering an order prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or (iii) increase in any material respect the risk of not being able to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise;
(vii) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock or of any its Subsidiaries, or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, other than the issuance of (A) any Parent Shares upon the settlement of any grants made under the Parent Stock Plan, or any similar Parent plan, or the TMLP LTIP that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms as of the date of this Agreement of those grants; (B) any securities of a Parent Subsidiary to Parent or any other Subsidiary of Parent; (C) any common units of the TMLP that both is in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice (including as to timing, amount and purpose of each such issuance) (it being understood that any secondary offering of TMLP units will be deemed not to be in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice) and does not have as its purpose or effect a significant dilution of Parents equity interest in the TMLP or (D) any grants under the Parent Stock Plan, or any similar Parent plan, or the TMLP LTIP in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(c) Interim Communications by the Company . Prior to making any written communications generally disseminated to the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries pertaining to compensation, benefit or other matters related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall provide Parent with a copy of the intended communication, and Parent shall have a reasonable period of time to review and comment on the communication, and the parties hereto shall cooperate in providing any such mutually agreeable communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, without prior consultation, the Company may disseminate information included in a written communication already approved for distribution by Parent.
6.2. Acquisition Proposals .
(a) No-Shop . Each of the Company and Parent agree that, except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.2 , neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and each shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives (such Persons, collectively, Representatives ) not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or facilitate the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Acquisition Proposal (as defined below), in the case of the Company, or any Parent Acquisition Proposal (as defined below), in the case of Parent;
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(ii) enter into, engage in, maintain, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or furnish or otherwise make available any non-public information or data to, any Person other than the other parties to this Agreement, or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives (a Third Party ) that is reasonably likely to be considering or seeking to make, or has made within the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement, a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), in each case relating to, or as would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, respectively; or
(iii) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement, memorandum of understanding or other Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 6.2(b) ) relating to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent) (any of the foregoing, an Alternative Acquisition Agreement ).
Each of the Company and Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to, cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party and/or its Representatives, with respect to any Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, as the case may be, and shall promptly request that each Third Party to whom confidential information has been furnished or otherwise made available by or on behalf of such party or any of its Subsidiaries within the 12 month period preceding the date of this Agreement in connection with, or for the purpose of evaluating, a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, promptly return or destroy all such confidential information so furnished or otherwise made available; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Representatives, may in any event (A) seek to clarify the terms and conditions of any inquiry or proposal to determine whether such inquiry or proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Superior Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Superior Proposal (in the case of Parent) and (B) inform a Third Party that makes a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal, as applicable, of the restrictions imposed by the provisions of this Section 6.2 (without conveying, requesting or attempting to gather any other information (except as otherwise specifically permitted hereunder)). Neither the Company nor Parent shall, and each shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, terminate, waive, amend, release or modify in any respect any standstill or other similar provision of any confidentiality agreement to which any of them is a party in connection with a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, respectively, or other proposal, inquiry or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, and shall enforce, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, the provisions of any such confidentiality agreements, including by seeking injunctions to prevent any known breaches of any such agreements and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof, except in each case if such partys board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law.
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(b) No-Shop Exception . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.2(a) , prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Company Vote (in the case of the Company) or the Requisite Parent Vote (in the case of Parent) is obtained, if (i) the any party receives a bona fide Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company), or a Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), that did not result from a breach by such party or its Subsidiaries or Representatives that are officers, directors or employees of such party or its Subsidiaries of this Section 6.2 , (ii) the board of directors of such party determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Superior Proposal (as defined below) or Parent Superior Proposal (as defined below) and (iii) the board of directors of such party determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law, then, before (but not after) the Requisite Company Vote (in the case of the Company) or the Requisite Parent Vote (in the case of Parent) is obtained, the Company or Parent, as applicable, directly or indirectly through its Representatives, may (A) engage in negotiations or discussions with such Third Party making the Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives regarding a Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal and (B) furnish to such Third Party or its Representatives information, including non-public information, relating to, and afford access to the business, properties, assets, books and records of, such party and any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided that such party shall promptly provide to the other parties hereto any such information that is provided to any such Third Party which was not previously provided to or made available to such other parties; provided , further , that such party and its Subsidiaries shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) following the time that such partys board of directors determines in good faith that such Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parents board of directors) does not constitute and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Superior Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, respectively, terminate such negotiations, discussion and information access.
(c) Restrictions on Changes of Recommendation . Subject to Section 6.2(d) , Section 6.2(f) and Section 6.2(h) , the board of directors of the Company and each committee thereof, on the one hand, and the board of directors of Parent and each committee thereof, on the other hand, shall not:
(i) (A) fail to include the Company Recommendation (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Recommendation (in the case of Parents board of directors) in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, (B) withhold or withdraw (or qualify or modify in a manner adverse to the other parties hereto) the Company Recommendation (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Recommendation (in the case of Parents board of directors) or its approval of this Agreement or the Merger or publicly propose to do so, (C) make any public recommendation in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer other than a
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recommendation against such offer or a stop, look and listen communication by its board of directors of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, or fail to recommend against acceptance of such a tender or exchange offer by the close of business on the earlier of (1) the 10th business day after the commencement of such tender offer or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act and (2) the second business day prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Stockholders Meeting (in the case of Parents board of directors), as the same may be postponed in accordance with Section 6.4(a) ) (it being understood and agreed that such partys board of directors may take no position with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or a Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parents board of directors) that is a tender offer or exchange offer during the period referred to in the applicable of clause (1) and clause (2) without such non-position constituting, in and of itself, of an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change), (D) (except as permitted by Section 6.2(d) ) adopt, approve, recommend to its stockholders, endorse or otherwise declare advisable any Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parents board of directors) or resolve or agree or publicly propose to take any such actions or (E) other than with respect to a tender offer or exchange offer, fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Recommendation (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Recommendation (in the case of Parents board of directors) within three business days following receipt of a written notice from Parent (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Company (in the case of Parents board of directors), delivered after the public announcement of a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or a Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parents board of directors), which notice requests such reaffirmation (or, if earlier, the date that is two business days prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or the Parent Stockholders Meeting (in the case of Parents board of directors), as the same may be postponed in accordance with Section 6.4(a) ) (each such action set forth in this Section 6.2(c)(i) with respect to the Companys board of directors being referred to herein as an Adverse Company Recommendation Change , and each such action set forth in this Section 6.2(c)(i) with respect to Parents board of directors being referred to herein as an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change ); and
(ii) except as expressly permitted by Section 6.2(d)(y) , cause or permit such party to enter into any Alternative Acquisition Agreement.
(d) Permitted Changes of Recommendation and Permitted Entry into Alternative Acquisition Proposals . Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6.2 to the contrary, if prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Company Vote (in the case of the Company) or the Requisite Parent Vote (in the case of Parent) is obtained, (i) the Company or Parent receives a bona fide Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent) that did not result from a breach by the receiving party of this Section 6.2 and (ii) the board of directors of the receiving party determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that such Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent) constitutes a Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal, respectively, and that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law, then the board of directors of the receiving party may,
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after complying with Section 6.2(f) , (x) make an Adverse Company Recommendation Change (in the case of the Company) or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change (in the case of Parent) or (y) (1) terminate this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.3(a) and pay the Termination Fee (if the receiving party is the Company) or (2) terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.4(a) and pay the Reverse Termination Fee (if the receiving party is Parent), in either case to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal.
(e) Certain Permitted Disclosure . In addition, nothing contained in this Section 6.2 shall prevent the Company or Parent or either of their boards of directors from (i) taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9, Rule 14e-2(a) and Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act or from making any legally required disclosure to stockholders with regard to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement ( provided that neither the disclosing party nor its board of directors may effect an Adverse Company Recommendation Change (in the case of the Company) or an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change (in the case of Parent) unless permitted by Section 6.2(d) or Section 6.2(h) ) or (ii) issuing a stop, look and listen communication pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act; provided , however , that if any disclosure made in reliance on this Section 6.2(e) does not reaffirm the Company Recommendation (in the case of the Company) or Parent Recommendation (in the case of Parent), such disclosure shall be deemed to be an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change, respectively, and, in the case of an Adverse Company Recommendation Change Parent shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 8.4(b)(i) , and, in the case of an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change the Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 8.3(b)(i) .
(f) Match Rights . The board of directors of the Company, on the one hand, and the board of directors of Parent, on the other hand, shall not take any action set forth in Section 6.2(d) unless it has first:
(i) caused the Company (in the case of the Companys board of directors) or Parent (in the case of the Parents board of directors), to provide the other party at least four business days prior written notice of its intent to take either of the actions set forth in clause (x) or clause (y) of Section 6.2(d) (a Notice of Superior Proposal ), which notice shall (A) state that the notifying party has received a Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal, as applicable, (B) specify the material terms and conditions of such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal, (C) identify the Person making such Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal, and (D) enclose the most recent draft of any agreements intended to be entered into in connection with such Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal (it being understood and agreed that the delivery of the notification contemplated by this clause (i) shall not, in and of itself, constitute an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change);
(ii) caused the notifying party and its Representatives to negotiate, to the extent the other party so wishes to negotiate, during such four business day period following delivery of the Notice of Superior Proposal (the Notice Period ), in good faith with the other party concerning any revisions to the terms of this Agreement and/or any Voting Agreement that the other party wishes to propose in response to such Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal; and
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(iii) following the end of the Notice Period, determined in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Company Superior Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, respectively, after taking into account any changes to which the other party has committed in writing to make to this Agreement and any Voting Agreement, and that the failure to take an action set forth in clause (x) or clause (y) of Section 6.2(d) would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law; provided , however , that if, during the Notice Period, any revisions are made to the financial or other material terms of the Company Superior Proposal or Parent Superior Proposal that is the subject of such Notice of Superior Proposal, the notifying party shall deliver to the other party a new notice describing such revisions (and providing copies of the most recent draft of any agreements implementing such revisions) and shall comply with the requirements of clause (i) and clause (ii) of this Section 6.2(f) (except that the four business day Notice Period shall instead be a three business day Notice Period).
(g) Notice of Acquisition Proposals . Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other promptly (but in no event later than 24 hours) after receipt by such party (or any of its Representatives) of any Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), or any request for information relating to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case by any Person that is reasonably likely to be considering or seeking to make, or has made within the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement, a Company Acquisition Proposal (in the case of the Company) or Parent Acquisition Proposal (in the case of Parent), which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of any such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, proposal, offer or request, copies of any material written communications and draft documentation received relating to such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal and indicating the name of the Person making such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, proposal, offer or request, and thereafter the notifying party shall keep the other party reasonably informed, on a timely basis, of the status and material terms of any such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, proposal, offer or request (including any amendments thereto) and the status of any discussions or negotiations with such Person or its Affiliates (without prejudice to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.2(a) and the other provisions of this Section 6.2 ) and provide copies of all material written communications and draft documentation received relating to such Company Acquisition Proposal or Parent Acquisition Proposal.
(h) Intervening Event . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.2(c)(i) , the board of directors of the Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, may at any time prior to (but not after) obtaining the Requisite Company Vote (in the case of the Company) or the Requisite Parent Vote (in the case of Parent) effect an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change, respectively,
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if (i) a Company Intervening Event (in the case of the Company) or Parent Intervening Event (in the case of Parent) occurs and (ii) the board of directors of the Company (in the case of a Company Intervening Event) or Parent (in the case of a Parent Intervening Event) determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that the failure to effect an Adverse Company Recommendation Change (in the case of the Company) or an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change (in the case of Parent) in response to such Company Intervening Event or Parent Intervening Event would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law; provided that the board of directors of the party in respect of which such Company Intervening Event (in the case of the Company) or Parent Intervening Event (in the case of Parent) has first (x) caused such party to provide the other party at least four business days prior written notice of its intent to effect such an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change, which shall specify in reasonable detail the circumstances related to such determination, (y) caused such party and its Representatives to negotiate, to the extent the other party so wishes to negotiate, during such four business day period following delivery of such notice, in good faith with the other party concerning any revisions to the terms of this Agreement and/or any Voting Agreement that the other party wishes to propose in response to such Company Intervening Event or Parent Intervening Event and (z) after complying with clause (x) and clause (y) , determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that the failure to effect an Adverse Company Recommendation Change (in the case of the Company) or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change (in the case of Parent) in response to such Company Intervening Event or Parent Intervening Event continues to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law after taking into account any changes committed in writing to be made to this Agreement and any Voting Agreement by the other party.
(i) Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:
(A) Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement means a confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company or Parent party thereto than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement that are applicable to the Company (it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not contain a standstill or similar obligations to the extent that the other party hereto is, concurrently with the entry by a party hereto or any of its Subsidiaries into such confidentiality agreement, released from any standstill and other similar obligations in the Confidentiality Agreement).
(B) Company Acquisition Proposal means (i) any proposal or offer from any Third Party with respect to a merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to assets that constitute 15% or more of the assets, revenues or net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (ii) any acquisition by a Third Party resulting in, or proposal or offer (including any tender offer or exchange offer) from a Third Party that if consummated would result in, a Third Party becoming the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (A) 15% or more of the total voting power of, or of any class of, equity securities of the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, or (B) 15% or more of the consolidated total assets (including equity securities of the Companys Subsidiaries), revenues or net income of the Company, in each case other than the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement; provided that no proposal or offer with respect to a dropdown transaction between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, on the one hand, and the MLP or any Subsidiary of the MLP, on the other hand, shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a Company Acquisition Proposal. A Parent Acquisition Proposal means a Company Acquisition Proposal, except that (x) the references therein to the Company, MLP and Company Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be references to Parent, TMLP and Parent Acquisition Proposal, respectively, and (y) each reference to 15% therein shall be deemed to be a reference to more than 50%.
(C) Company Intervening Event means any material change, development or occurrence that (i) first becomes known to the Companys board of directors after the date of this Agreement and was not reasonably foreseeable by the Companys board of directors as of the date of this Agreement, or (ii) if known (or reasonably foreseeable) as of the date of this Agreement, the consequences of such change, development or occurrence were not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Companys board of directors as of the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the following constitute or be deemed to contribute to or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Intervening Event: (a) the receipt, existence or terms of any Company Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer, request or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Company Acquisition Proposal, or the consequences of any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the economy or financial markets generally in the United States or any other country or any change that is the result of acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or of natural disasters, (c) any change that is the result of factors generally affecting the petrochemical refining or pipeline industries, (d) any change in Law or in United States generally accepted accounting principles after the date of this Agreement, (e) any change in the price and/or trading volume of the Company Shares or the Parent Shares (or of the equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or of Parent) on the NYSE or any other market in which such securities are quoted for purchase and sale ( provided that, the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such change has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Intervening Event, to the extent not otherwise excluded from the definition of Company Intervening Event), (f) the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary meeting or exceeding any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance or integration synergies for any period, including as a result of any realization by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the anticipated benefits of any product launch, initiative or roll-out or other marketing initiative, (g) Parent and/or any Parent Subsidiary failing to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance or integration synergies for any period, including as a result of any failure by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to realize the anticipated benefits of any product launch, initiative or roll-out or other marketing initiative and (h) any change in the prices of natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products or natural gas liquids or products produced from hydrocarbon products or natural gas liquids or crack spreads. A Parent Intervening Event means a Company Intervening Event, except the references therein to the Company, Company Acquisition Proposal, Company Intervening Event and Parent, shall be deemed to be references to Parent, Parent Acquisition Proposal, Parent Intervening Event and the Company, respectively, and in no event shall any opportunity to acquire (by merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any assets, securities, properties, or businesses or enter into any licensing, collaboration or similar arrangements, with any Third Party, constitute or be deemed to contribute to or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Parent Intervening Event.
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(D) Company Superior Proposal means a bona fide written Company Acquisition Proposal (but substituting 50% for all references to 15% in the definition of such term) not solicited in violation of this Section 6.2 , that the board of directors of the Company has determined in its good faith judgment, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, and taking into account the terms and conditions and all other relevant factors (including all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal and the Person making the proposal), is reasonably capable of being consummated in accordance with its terms and which, if consummated, would be more favorable to the Companys stockholders from a financial point of view than the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (after taking into account (1) any revisions to the terms of this Agreement and any Voting Agreement that Parent has committed in writing to make pursuant to Section 6.2(f) and (2) the certainty of completion and the time likely to be required to consummate such Company Acquisition Proposal). A Parent Superior Proposal means a Company Superior Proposal, except the references therein to a Company Acquisition Proposal, the Company shall be deemed to be references to Parent Acquisition Proposal and Parent, and vice versa.
6.3. Proxy Filing; Information Supplied . (a) Parent and the Company shall promptly jointly prepare and file with the SEC the Prospectus/Proxy Statement relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (the Prospectus/Proxy Statement ) in preliminary form, and Parent shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC by Parent in connection with the issuance of Parent Shares in the Merger, which shall include the Prospectus/Proxy Statement (the S -4 Registration Statement ). Parent and the Company each shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Prospectus/Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the S-4 Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after its filing (and keep the S-4 Registration Statement effective for so long as may be necessary to consummate the Merger), and promptly thereafter each of the Company and Parent shall mail their respective Prospectus/Proxy Statement to their respective stockholders. Each of the parties shall promptly furnish to the other all non-privileged information concerning such party that is required by applicable Law to be included in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or the S-4 Registration Statement so as to enable Parent to file the S-4 Registration Statement and the Company to file the Prospectus/Proxy Statement. Each of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 shall promptly correct any information provided by it or any of its Representatives for use in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or the S-4 Registration Statement if and to the extent that such information is discovered by Company, Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2, as applicable, to be or to have become false or misleading in any material respect. Each of the Company and Parent shall, as promptly as practicable after the receipt thereof, provide the other party with copies of any written comments and advise the other party of any oral comments with respect to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or the S-4 Registration Statement received by such party from the SEC, including any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements thereto, and shall provide the other with copies of all other material or substantive correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. Notwithstanding the
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foregoing, prior to filing the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the S-4 Registration Statement or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and consider in good faith the comments of the other party in connection with any such document or response. None of the Company, Parent or their respective Representatives shall agree to participate in any material or substantive meeting or conference (including by telephone) with the SEC, or any member of the staff thereof, in respect of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or the S-4 Registration Statement unless it consults with the other party in advance and, to the extent permitted by the SEC, allows the other party to participate. Parent shall advise the Company, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the S-4 Registration Statement, and the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of Parent Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated.
(b) The Company and Parent each agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the S-4 Registration Statement will, at the time the S-4 Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the date of mailing to stockholders and at the times of the meeting of stockholders of each of the Company and Parent to be held in connection with the Merger, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company and Parent will cause the S-4 Registration Statement to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(c) If at any time prior to the Requisite Company Vote and the Requisite Parent Vote, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to either of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or the S-4 Registration Statement, so that either of such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall promptly be prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required under applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of each of the Company and Parent.
(d) Each of the Company and Parent shall, upon request, furnish to the other all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and (to the extent reasonably available to the applicable party) stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with any statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, to the SEC or the NYSE in connection with the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the S-4 Registration Statement.
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6.4. Stockholders Meetings .
(a) The Company shall (i) as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments on the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or that the Company may commence mailing the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, duly call and give notice of, and commence mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement to the holders of Company Shares as of the record date established for, a meeting of holders of the Company Shares (the Company Stockholders Meeting ) to consider and vote upon the adoption of this Agreement and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 35 days) following the commencement of the mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement pursuant to clause (i) above, convene and hold the Company Stockholders Meeting; provided that the Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders Meeting to a later date to the extent the Company believes in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary (A) to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is provided to the holders of Company Shares within a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Company Stockholders Meeting, (B) to allow reasonable additional time to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the Requisite Company Vote (including after commencement of a Company Acquisition Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer), provided that the Company Stockholders Meeting cannot be postponed by more than 20 business days pursuant to this clause (B) in connection with any individual commencement of a Company Acquisition Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act, (C) to ensure that there are sufficient Company Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) and voting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Stockholders Meeting or (D) otherwise where required to comply with applicable Law. Subject to Section 6.2 , the Companys board of directors shall recommend the adoption of the Agreement at the Company Stockholders Meeting and, unless there has been an Adverse Company Recommendation Change permitted by and in accordance with Section 6.2(d) or Section 6.2(h) , shall include the Company Recommendation in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and take all lawful action necessary, proper or advisable on its part to solicit such adoption.
(b) Parent shall (i) as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments on the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or that Parent may commence mailing the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, duly call and give notice of, and commence mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement to the holders of Parent Shares as of the record date established for, a meeting of holders of the Parent Shares (the Parent Stockholders Meeting ) (which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the Company for the Company Stockholders Meeting) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Shares in the Merger and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 35 days) following the commencement of the mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement pursuant to clause (i) above, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting; provided that Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting to a later date to the extent Parent believes
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in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary (A) to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is provided to the holders of Parent Shares within a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Parent Stockholders Meeting, (B) to allow reasonable additional time to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the Requisite Parent Vote (including after commencement of a Parent Superior Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer), provided that the Parent Stockholders Meeting cannot be postponed by more than 20 business days pursuant to this clause (B) in connection with any individual commencement of a Parent Acquisition Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act, (C) to ensure that there are sufficient Parent Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) and voting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders Meeting or (D) otherwise where required to comply with applicable Law. Subject to Section 6.2 , Parents board of directors shall recommend the approval of the issuance of Parent Shares in the Merger at the Parent Stockholders Meeting and, unless there has been an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change permitted by and in accordance with Section 6.2(d) or Section 6.2(h) , shall include the Parent Recommendation in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and take all lawful action necessary, proper or advisable on its part to solicit such approval.
(c) Parent and the Company shall cooperate to schedule and convene the Parent Stockholders Meeting and the Company Stockholders Meeting on the same date and to establish the same record date for both the Parent Stockholders Meeting and the Company Stockholders Meeting. Notwithstanding any Adverse Company Recommendation Change or Adverse Parent Recommendation Change, unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VIII , (x) the adoption of this Agreement shall be submitted to the holders of the Company Shares at the Company Stockholders Meeting and (y) the approval of the issuance of Parent Shares in the Merger shall be submitted to the holders of the Parent Shares at the Parent Stockholders Meeting.
6.5. Filings; Other Actions; Notification .
(a) [RESERVED]
(b) Cooperation . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings and to obtain as promptly as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including filing a Notice and Report Form with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice pursuant to the HSR Act within 15 business days after the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that (i) nothing in this Agreement, including this Section 6.5 , will (and reasonable best efforts will in no event) require, or be construed to require, Parent to
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agree to or take any action (or consent to the Company or any Company Subsidiary agreeing to take, or taking, any action) that would constitute a Burdensome Condition. For purposes of this Agreement, a Burdensome Condition means any terms, conditions, liabilities, obligations or commitments that would obligate or require Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to (A) proffer to or agree to sell, divest, lease, license, transfer, dispose of or otherwise encumber or hold separate, any assets, licenses, operations, rights, product lines, businesses or interest therein of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) agree to any material changes (including through a licensing arrangement) or restriction on, or other impairment of Parents or the Companys ability to own or operate, any assets, licenses, operations, rights, product lines, businesses or interest therein of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of each of clause (A) and clause (B), for (1) any sales, divestments, leases, licenses, transfers, disposals, encumbrances or holding separate of, and (2) any agreements to any material changes, restrictions or impairments on, any assets, licenses, operations, rights, product lines, businesses or interest therein of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, that generated no more than $25,000,000 of EBITDA, in the aggregate (taking into account all proffers and agreements made pursuant to this sentence), in the most recently completed fiscal year for which financial information is available. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not take or agree to any of the actions set forth in clause (A) or clause (B) of the definition of Burdensome Condition without the prior written consent of Parent which, without limiting Parents obligations under this Section 6.5(b) , may be granted or withheld in Parents sole discretion. To the extent Parent so requests in writing (and solely to the extent of such written request), the Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to proffer, consent and/or agree to any of the matters referred to in clause (A) or clause (B) of the definition of Burdensome Condition to the extent such proffer, consent or agreement is conditioned on the occurrence of the Effective Time. Nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, Parent or any of its Affiliates to defend litigation or any similar proceeding if the United States Department of Justice or the United States Federal Trade Commission authorizes its staff to seek a preliminary injunction or restraining order to enjoin consummation of the Merger. If Parent determines to defend any litigation or similar proceeding brought by the Federal Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or any state attorney general in connection with their review (if any) of the Merger, Parent will promptly reimburse the Company for any reasonable and documented expenses and costs (including out-of-pocket auditors and attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the Companys or its Subsidiaries or Representatives involvement therewith. The Company and Parent will each request early termination of the waiting period with respect to the Merger under the HSR Act. At the written request of Parent, each of Parent and the Company shall, on a one time basis, (i) agree to extend the waiting period with respect to the Merger under the HSR Act for up to a further 30 days and/or (ii) pull and promptly refile the Notice and Report Forms filed in respect of the Merger. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Parent shall have the right to direct all matters with any Governmental Entity consistent with its obligations hereunder; provided that each party hereto shall permit the other parties to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each of Parent and the Company will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, any proposed substantive communication to any Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including all of the information relating to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, and any
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of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Prospectus/Proxy Statement). In exercising the foregoing rights, each of the parties hereto shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
(c) Information . The Company and Parent each shall, upon request by the other, use reasonable best efforts to furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the S-4 Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided , that the limitations set forth in the provisos to Section 6.7 shall apply to the Companys and Parents obligations, mutatis mutandis . In addition, each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide the information concerning it necessary to enable the Company and Parent to prepare required pro forma financial statements and related footnotes in connection with the preparation of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the S-4 Registration Statement.
(d) Status .
(i) Subject to applicable Law and as required by any Governmental Entity, the Company and Parent each shall keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of written notices or other communications received by Parent or the Company, as the case may be, or any of its Subsidiaries, from any Governmental Entity with respect to such transactions. The Company and Parent each shall give prompt notice to the other of any change, fact or condition of which it becomes aware that would be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect, respectively, or any breach by such party of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder that would reasonably be expected to result in the failure of any condition to the other partys obligations to effect the Merger hereunder. Subject to Section 6.5(b) , neither the Company nor Parent shall permit any of its officers or any other representatives or agents to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry relating to the transactions contemplated hereby unless it consults with the other party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of Section 6.5(b) or Section 6.5(d)(i) , the Company and Parent shall each promptly advise the other party if it obtains knowledge of (A) any written notice or other written communication from any counterparty to a Contract with regard to any action, consent, approval or waiver that is required to be taken or obtained with respect to such Contract in connection with the consummation of the Merger (and provide a copy thereof) or (B) any written notice or other written communication from any other Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Merger (and provide a copy thereof). The Company shall notify Parent as promptly as practicable of any written notice or other written communication received after the date of this Agreement from any party
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to any Material Contract to the effect that such party has terminated or intends to terminate or otherwise materially adversely modify its relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a partys failure to comply with this Section 6.5(d)(ii) (provided that such failure was not in bad faith) shall not constitute a failure of any condition set forth in Article VII to be satisfied, or otherwise provide any other party the right not to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent that any other provision of this Agreement independently provides such right.
6.6. Taxation .
(a) The parties intend to adopt this Agreement and the Merger as a plan of reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter or the Parent Disclosure Letter to the contrary, each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) not take any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (ii) cooperate with one another in obtaining the opinion from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (or another nationally recognized law firm selected by the Company) described in Section 7.3(c) . Parent and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver to the counsel of Parent and the Company officers certificates containing appropriate representations at such time or times as may be reasonably requested by such counsel (each, a Tax Representation Letter ) in connection with the delivery of the opinion described in Section 7.3(c) (in each case, only to the extent that Parent or Company, as the case may be, in good faith reasonably believes that it is able to make such representations truthfully).
(b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and Parent, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Parent, the Surviving Corporation and Merger Sub 2 shall not consummate the Second Merger unless either Parent or the Company provides notice prior to the Closing, to the other party that it elects to have the Second Merger consummated (the Second Merger Election ) because it reasonably believes, based upon the receipt of an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (or another nationally recognized law firm selected by the Company), that the Second Merger is necessary to enable the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(c) After the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall cooperate in good faith with respect to Tax matters relevant to integrating their respective Subsidiaries and operations.
6.7. Access and Reports . Subject to applicable Law, upon reasonable notice, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford Parents Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time, to its employees, properties, books, Contracts and records and, during such period, shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to Parent all information concerning its business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be requested, provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 herein, and provided , further , that the foregoing shall not require the Company (i) to permit any inspection, or to
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disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or violate any of its obligations with respect to confidentiality if the Company shall have used reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent of such third party to such inspection or disclosure, (ii) to permit any environmental sampling on any of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to disclose any privileged information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All requests for information made pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be directed to the executive officer or other Person designated by the Company. All such information shall be governed by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
6.8. Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting . Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Parent Shares to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall cooperate with Parent and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Laws and rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting by the Surviving Corporation of the Company Shares from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Company Shares under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, and in any event no more than 10 days after the Closing Date.
6.9. Publicity . The initial press release regarding the Merger shall be a joint press release, and thereafter, unless an Adverse Company Recommendation Change or an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change shall have occurred, and except with respect to press releases and other public statements in connection with Section 6.2 (to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 ), the Company and Parent each shall consult with the other prior to issuing any press releases or otherwise making public announcements with respect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and prior to making any filings with any third party and/or any Governmental Entity (including any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation service) with respect thereto, except as may be required by Law or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with or rules of any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation service or by the request of any Governmental Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, without prior consultation, each party (a) may, subject to Section 6.2 , communicate information that is not confidential information of any other party with financial analysts, investors and media representatives in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with its past practice in compliance with applicable Law and (b) may disseminate information included in a press release or other document already approved for external distribution by the other parties.
6.10. Employee Benefits .
(a) Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, provide each employee who is actively employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (each a Continuing Employee ) while employed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with: (A) during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the 12 month anniversary of the Effective Time, base salary or base wage no less favorable than the base salary or base wage provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time, (B) during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on
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the December 31 of the year in which the Effective Time occurs, (x) target annual cash bonus opportunities and severance benefits, in each case, that are no less favorable than those provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time and (y) retirement and welfare benefits (other than defined benefit plan and retiree welfare benefits) that are no less favorable in the aggregate than those provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (C) during the period commencing on January 1 of the year following the year in which the Effective Time occurs and ending on the 12 month anniversary of the Effective Time, (x) target annual cash bonus opportunities and severance benefits, in each case, that are substantially comparable to those provided to similarly situated employees of Parent and (y) retirement and welfare benefits (other than defined benefit plan and retiree welfare benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to similarly situated employees of Parent; provided , however , that until such time as Parent fully integrates the Continuing Employees into its plans, participation in the Company Benefit Plans shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing standards, it being understood that the Continuing Employees may commence participating in the plans of Parent on different dates following the Effective Time with respect to different benefit plans; provided , further , that the requirements of this sentence shall not apply to Continuing Employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Parent shall (A) use its reasonable best efforts to cause any pre-existing conditions or limitations and eligibility waiting periods under any group health plans of Parent or its Affiliates to be waived with respect to the Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to give each Continuing Employee credit for the plan year in which the Effective Time occurs towards applicable deductibles and annual out-of-pocket limits for medical expenses incurred prior to the Effective Time for which payment has been made and (C) give each Continuing Employee service credit for such Continuing Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of vesting, benefit accrual and eligibility to participate under each applicable Parent benefit plan, as if such service had been performed with Parent, except for benefit accrual under defined benefit pension plans, or to the extent it would result in a duplication of benefits.
(c) If requested in writing by Parent at least five business days prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take (or cause to be taken) all actions reasonably determined by Parent to be necessary or appropriate to terminate, effective not later than the business day immediately prior to the Effective Time, any Company Benefit Plans that contain a cash or deferred arrangement intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code. In the event that Parent requests that such plan(s) be terminated, (i) the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such plan(s) has been terminated (the form and substance of which shall be subject to review and approval by Parent) not later than the business day immediately preceding the Effective Time and (ii) Parent shall permit each eligible Continuing Employee to become a participant in an eligible retirement plan (within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code) of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (the Parent 401(k) Plan ) and make rollover contributions of eligible rollover distributions (within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code, including, to the extent permitted by the Parent 401(k) Plan, all participant loans) in cash or notes (in the case of participant loans and to the extent permitted by the Parent 401(k) Plan) in an amount equal to the eligible rollover distribution portion of the account balance distributed to each such Continuing Employee from such plan to the Parent 401(k) Plan.
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Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to (A) be treated as an amendment of any particular Company Benefit Plan, (B) prevent Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates from amending or terminating any of their benefit plans in accordance their terms, (C) prevent Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates, after the Effective Time, from terminating the employment of any Continuing Employee, or (D) create any third party beneficiary rights in any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any beneficiary or dependent thereof, or any collective bargaining representative thereof, with respect to the compensation, terms and conditions of employment and/or benefits that may be provided to any Continuing Employee by Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates or under any benefit plan which Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates may maintain.
6.11. Election to Parent s Board of Directors . Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall increase the size of its board of directors in order to cause Paul Foster and Jeff Stevens to be appointed to Parents board of directors at such time and, subject to fiduciary obligations under applicable Law, shall use its best efforts to cause Paul Foster and Jeff Stevens to be elected to the board of directors of Parent at the first annual meeting of stockholders of Parent with a proxy mailing date after the Effective Time.
6.12. Expenses . Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expense, except (a) that expenses incurred in connection with the filing fee for the S-4 Registration Statement and printing and mailing the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the S-4 Registration Statement shall be shared equally by Parent and the Company and (b) as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.
6.13. Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance . (a) From and after the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation agrees that it will (including by Parent providing sufficient funds to the Surviving Corporation or the applicable Subsidiary) indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and each other Person who, at the request or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is or was previously serving as a director or officer, MLP employee or fiduciary of any other Person or any benefit plan of the Company or any benefit plan of any of the Companys Subsidiaries (in each case, when acting in such capacity), determined as of the Effective Time (the Indemnified Parties ), from and against any costs or expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, penalties, amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges) or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company would have been permitted under Delaware law and under its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other governing documents in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify such Person (and Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall also advance fees, costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursements) as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by a final and nonappealable judicial determination that such Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder or thereunder).
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(b) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under paragraph (a) of this Section 6.13 , upon learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify Parent thereof, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve Parent or the Surviving Corporation of any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party.
(c) For six years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be maintained in effect provisions in the Surviving Corporations certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or in such documents of any successor to the business of the Surviving Corporation (including, for clarity the Surviving Company, if applicable)) regarding elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries and agents and advancement of fees, costs and expenses that are no less advantageous to the intended beneficiaries than the corresponding provisions in existence on the date of this Agreement. From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to honor and comply with their respective obligations under any indemnification agreement with any Indemnified Party in effect as of (and disclosed to Parent prior to) the date hereof, and not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any such agreement in any manner that would adversely affect any right of any Indemnified Party thereunder.
(d) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall, and if the Company is unable to, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time to, obtain and fully pay for tail insurance policies (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for the Company) with a claims period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time with respect to any claim related to any period of time at or prior to the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Companys current insurance carrier with respect to directors and officers liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, D&O Insurance ) with benefits and levels of coverage no less favorable in any material respect to the Indemnified Parties than the Companys existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided , however , that in no event shall the Company expend for such policies a premium amount in excess of the amount set forth in Section 6.13(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter. If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such tail insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Insurance in place as of the date of this Agreement with benefits and levels of coverage no less favorable in any material respect to the Indemnified Parties than that provided in the Companys existing policies as of the date of this Agreement, or the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as provided in the Companys existing policies as of the date of this Agreement), provided , however , that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance; and, provided further that if the annual premia of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount.
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(e) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any individual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation (including, for clarity, the Surviving Company, if applicable) shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.13 .
(f) The provisions of this Section 6.13 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties.
(g) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.13 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws.
6.14. Company Debt Arrangements .
(a) From the date hereof through the Effective Time, at Parents written request, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with, and provide all reasonable assistance to, Parent in connection with any steps Parent may, in its sole discretion, determine are necessary or desirable to take in order for Parent to retire, repay, defease, repurchase or redeem, effective at or after the Effective Time, some or all amounts outstanding under (a) any or all Company Credit Agreements (other than the MLP Credit Agreement) and/or (b) any or all Company Indentures, which cooperation and assistance shall include, arranging for (x) the optional redemption, defeasance or other repurchase by the Parent (on behalf of the Company) or any of Parents Subsidiaries of, or a tender offer by Parent (on behalf of the Company) or any of Parents Subsidiaries for, some or all of the notes issued pursuant to any Company Indenture (and in connection therewith, obtaining the release of all guarantees and liens with respect thereto), provided that the consummation of any such redemption, repurchase or tender offer shall be contingent upon the occurrence of the Effective Time unless otherwise agreed by the Company or (y) the repayment or prepayment by Parent or any of Parents Subsidiaries of any amounts outstanding under any Company Credit Agreement (other than the MLP Credit Agreement) on or after the Closing Date (and in connection therewith, obtaining the termination of all commitments under and the release of all guarantees and liens with respect thereto), provided that the consummation of any such repayment or prepayment shall be contingent upon the occurrence of the Effective Time unless otherwise agreed by the Company.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely make all notices, and timely take all such other actions, required to be made by it pursuant to each Company Credit Agreement (other than the MLP Credit Agreement) and Company Indenture in connection with this Agreement and/or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(c) All documentation prepared by the Company, the Companys Subsidiaries and/or the Representatives of any of the foregoing in connection with this Section 6.14 shall be subject to the prior review, comment and approval of Parent.
(d) Section 6.14 shall be subject to Sections 6.17(d) and 6.17(e ).
(e) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) Company Credit Agreements means (A) the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Facility, dated as of October 2, 2014 (as amended pursuant to the First Amendment thereto on April 29, 2015 and the Second Amendment thereto on May 27, 2016 and as otherwise modified prior to the date hereof), by and among the Company, the Company Subsidiaries from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, (B) the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2013 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on November 25, 2013, Amendment No. 2 thereto on April 29, 2015 and Amendment No. 3 thereto on May 27, 2016, as supplemented by the Incremental Supplement thereto on June 23, 2016 and as otherwise modified prior to the date hereof), by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, (C) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2014 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on February 29, 2016 and as otherwise modified prior to the date hereof), by and among Northern Tier Energy LLC, each subsidiary of Northern Tier Energy LLC party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent, (D) the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2013 (as amended by the Commitment Increase and First Amendment thereto on September 15, 2016) (the MLP Credit Agreement ), by and among the MLP, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Well Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer and (E) any other credit agreements or facilities to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
(ii) Company Indentures means (A) that certain Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2015 (the MLP Indenture ), among the MLP, WNRL Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, (B) that certain Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, paying agent, registrar and transfer agent, (C) that certain Indenture, dated November 8, 2012, by and among Northern Tier Energy LLC, Northern Tier Finance Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and the supplemental Indenture, dated September 29, 2014, by and among Northern Tier Energy LLC, Northern Tier Finance Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company America and (D) any other indentures to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
6.15. Other Actions by the Company and Parent .
(a) Takeover Statute . If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Voting Agreement, each of Parent and the Company and their respective boards of directors shall grant such
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approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and by the Voting Agreements and otherwise act to eliminate (or to the extent elimination is not possible, minimize) the effects of such statute or regulation on such transactions.
(b) Dividends . The Company shall coordinate with Parent the declaration, setting of record dates and payment dates of dividends on Company Shares so that holders of Company Shares do not receive dividends on both Company Shares and Parent Shares received in the Merger in respect of any calendar quarter or fail to receive a dividend on either Company Shares or Parent Shares received in the Merger in respect of any calendar quarter.
(c) Section 16 Matters . The board of directors of the Company and Parent shall, prior to the Effective Time, take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) and Rule 16b-3(e) under the Exchange Act to exempt (i) the disposition of Company Shares, Company Equity Awards and other derivative securities with respect to Company Shares, (ii) the conversion of Company Shares, Company Equity Awards and other derivative securities with respect to Company Shares into Parent Shares or other derivative securities with respect to Parent Shares, as the case may be, and (iii) the acquisition of Parent Shares or other derivative securities with respect to Parent Shares as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement by officers and directors of the Company subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or by employees of the Company who may become an officer or director of Parent subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
(d) The Company agrees that, from and after January 1, 2017 and prior to the Effective Time, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the MLP) shall (i) file any registration statement (other than on Form S-8 and other than prospectus supplements to existing registration statements) or (ii) consummate any unregistered offering of securities that by the terms of such offering requires subsequent registration under the Securities Act.
6.16. Litigation . The Company shall control the defense and settlement of any litigation or other legal proceedings against the Company or any of its directors relating to this Agreement, the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the Companys defense or settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company and/or its directors or executive officers relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger. The Company agrees that it shall not settle or offer to settle any litigation commenced prior to or after the date of this Agreement against the Company or its directors, executive officers or similar Persons by any stockholder of the Company relating to this Agreement the Merger, or any other transaction contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed
6.17. Financing .
(a) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, advisable or desirable to (i) satisfy on a timely basis all terms and conditions applicable to Parent and Parents Subsidiaries set
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forth in the Commitment Letter that are within its control (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any condition where the failure to be so satisfied results from the Companys failure to deliver the Required Information), (ii) maintain in effect the Commitment Letter and negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contemplated by the Commitment Letter and (iii) subject to the other terms and provisions of this Agreement, to consummate the Financing at the Closing to the extent the proceeds thereof are needed to pay the Cash Consideration and to pay all other cash amounts required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, Parent may substitute one or more other debt financing contemplated by the Commitment Letter, whether with the same and/or alternative financing sources (any such substitute financing, a Permitted Alternative Financing ), so long as such substitution does not reduce the aggregate amount of Financing and would not reasonably be expected to delay or prevent the Closing or make the timely funding of the Financing materially less likely to occur to the extent needed to consummate the Merger. Parent will notify the Company in writing promptly (and in any event within three business days) (A) of any breach or default of the Commitment Letter by any party to the Commitment Letter of which Parent becomes aware, (B) if and when Parent becomes aware that any portion of the Financing may not be available to consummate the funding of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (C) of the receipt by Parent of any written notice or other written communication from any Person with respect to any actual or potential breach, default, termination or repudiation by, any party to the Commitment Letter that would reasonably be expected to result in the Financing not being available or a material delay to the Closing Date, (D) of any material dispute or disagreement between Parent and any other parties to the Commitment Letter or definitive agreements related to the Financing with respect to the obligation to fund the Financing or the amount of the Financing to be funded on the Closing Date and (E) of any expiration or termination of the Commitment Letter. To the extent requested in writing by the Company, Parent will keep the Company informed on a reasonably current basis and in reasonable detail of the status of its efforts to arrange the Financing. Parent will not replace (except with Permitted Alternative Financing), amend or waive the Commitment Letter without the Companys prior written consent if such replacement, amendment or waiver reduces the aggregate amount of the Financing or amends the Financing, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to delay or prevent the Closing or make the timely funding of the Financing materially less likely to occur to the extent needed to consummate the Merger (it being understood that Parent may amend or supplement the Commitment Letter (and the related fee and engagement letters) on one or more occasions to add additional arrangers, bookrunners, agents, other titled persons and lenders in accordance with the terms of the Commitment Letter (but not to make any other changes other than to the extent otherwise permitted above). For purposes of this Agreement, all references to Financing shall be deemed to include any Alternative Financing (as defined below), and all references to Financing Sources shall include the persons providing or arranging, underwriting or placing any Alternative Financing.
(b) If, notwithstanding the use of reasonable best efforts by Parent to satisfy its obligations under this Section 6.17 , the Financing under the Commitment Letter or the Commitment Letter (or any definitive financing agreement relating thereto) expire or are terminated or become unavailable prior to the Closing Date, in whole or in part, for any reason, and such portion is reasonably required to fund the amounts contemplated to be paid by Parent
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pursuant to this Agreement, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts promptly to arrange for alternative financing ( Required Alternative Financing and together with Permitted Alternative Financing, the Alternative Financing ) (which shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, impose any new or additional condition or otherwise expand any condition to the receipt of the Financing to the extent such new, additional or expanded condition would cause the Financing to be materially less likely to occur to the extent needed to consummate the Merger) to replace the financing contemplated by such expired, terminated, or unavailable commitment or arrangement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing contained in this Section 6.17 shall require, and in no event shall the reasonable best efforts of Parent be deemed or construed to require, Parent to pay any fees or any interest rates applicable to the Financing in excess of those contemplated by the Commitment Letter and the related fee letter (including the market flex provisions) and engagement letter or require Parent to agree to other terms and conditions materially less favorable to Parent than those set forth in the Financing. Parent and the Merger Subs shall deliver to the Company true and correct copies of all contracts or other arrangements pursuant to which any alternative source shall have committed to provide any portion of any Required Alternative Financing.
(c) The Company shall use and cause its Subsidiaries to use its and their reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, investment bankers, agents and other non-legal advisor and Representatives to provide to Parent all cooperation as is reasonably requested by Parent in connection with arranging, obtaining and syndicating the Financing, including (i) promptly furnishing Parent and its Financing Sources with (A) such financial statements, financial data, audit reports and other pertinent information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries of the type required by SEC Regulation S-X and SEC Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (including assistance in the preparation of pro forma financial information) for registered offerings of debt securities of the type contemplated by the Financing, to the extent the same is of the type and form customarily included in private placements under Rule 144A under the Securities Act to consummate the offering and of the type and form customarily included in offering memoranda for high-yield debt securities, such financial statements to include audited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows and related notes thereto of the Company, for the three fiscal years most recently ended at least 90 days prior to the Closing Date and unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, cash flows and related notes thereto of the Company, for each subsequent fiscal quarter (excluding the fourth quarter of any fiscal year) ended at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, in each case, with comparative financial information for the equivalent period of the prior year (which shall have been reviewed by the independent accountants for the Company as provided in the procedures specified by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in AU 722); (B) information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries customarily included in information memoranda and other syndication materials for revolving and term loan facilities, and (C) draft comfort letters (including negative assurance comfort) to be provided by the independent auditors of the Company that can be provided in final form on any date during the relevant period (collectively, the Required Information ), (ii) making senior management of the Company available at reasonable times and locations and upon reasonable prior notice, to participate in meetings (including one-on-one meetings or conference calls with the parties acting as agents, arrangers or underwriters for, and prospective lenders or other providers of, the
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Financing), drafting sessions, presentations, road shows, rating agency presentations and due diligence sessions, (iii) assisting Parent and its Financing Sources in (A) the preparation of (x) offering documents, private placement memoranda, prospectuses, syndication documents and materials including information memoranda, lender presentations and other marketing documents (including public side versions thereof), and similar documents for any portion of the Financing, including, if an offering of debt securities is conducted by Parent after January 15, 2017 and prior to the filing by the Company of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, a customary qualitative or if available, quantitative recent developments section (the Recent Developments Section ) with a brief discussion of the Companys expected consolidated results of operations for both the quarter ended December 31, 2016 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which discussion shall only include ranges, if available, of the Companys expected results of operations for such period, and (y) materials for rating agency presentations and (B) the conduct of any field examination and inventory appraisals, and the preparation of any related reports, in connection with any portion of the Financing in the form of an asset-based credit facility, (iv) cooperating with the marketing efforts of Parent and its Financing Sources, including, to the extent applicable, obtaining and providing representation and authorization letters and arranging for customary auditor consents for use of the Required Information and other financial data in the marketing documentation, (v) assisting in obtaining corporate and facility credit ratings, (vi) using reasonable best efforts to cause the independent accountants and local and internal counsel of the Company to provide assistance to Parent including in connection with providing customary review of interim financial statements as provided in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, comfort letters (which comfort letters shall not address or opine on the preliminary financial information included in any Recent Developments Section) and opinions of counsel (including providing customary back-up certificates), (vii) providing, at least seven business days prior to Closing, information as required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and (viii) assisting in the negotiation and preparation of, any credit agreement, indenture, note, purchase agreement, underwriting agreement, guarantees, security agreements, customary closing certificates and other certificates, letters and documents as may be reasonably requested by Parent, in each case contemplated in connection with the Financing.
(d) Notwithstanding Sections 6.14 and 6.17 or any other sections in this Agreement to the contrary, the actions contemplated in Section 6.14 and this Section 6.17 , or under any other provision of this Agreement with respect to the Financing or the arrangements contemplated by Section 6.14 with respect to the Company Credit Agreements and Company Indentures, do not and shall not (i) require such cooperation to the extent it would require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives to waive or amend any terms of this Agreement, incur any actual or potential liabilities (of any kind), pay any fees, reimburse any expenses, or provide any indemnity, or enter into any definitive agreement (other than customary authorization and representation letters), in each case, with respect to any Financing, any actions with respect to the Company Indentures or Company Credit Agreement or any cooperation provided pursuant to Section 6.14 or this Section 6.17 , in each case of the foregoing prior to the Closing that is not contingent on the Closing or which Parent is not obligated to reimburse or indemnify the Company or its Subsidiaries under this Agreement, or take any actions that would cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to breach this Agreement or become unable to satisfy a condition to the Closing, (ii) require such
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cooperation from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives to the extent it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) involve any binding commitment by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives (other than customary authorization and representation letters) which commitment is not conditioned on the Closing and does not terminate without liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives upon the termination of this Agreement, (iv) require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives to be the issuer of any securities or issue any offering document prior to Closing or require the Company, any of its Affiliates, or any of its or their respective Representatives to enter into or approve any Financing or purchase agreement for any Financing prior to the Closing, (v) require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives to provide any information the disclosure of which is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law or legal proceeding or that is legally privileged and disclosure of which would result in a loss of privilege, (vi) require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives to take any action that will conflict with or violate the organizational documents of such person or any applicable Law or legal proceeding, (vii) require any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to deliver or be required to deliver any certificate or take any other action pursuant to Section 6.14 or this Section 6.17 to the extent any such action would reasonably be expected to result in personal liability to such officer, director or employee, (viii) require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives prior to Closing to make any representation to Parent, any of its Affiliates, any lender, agent or lead arranger to any Financing, or any other person with respect to any actions under this Section 6.17 , as to the solvency of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives, or to deliver or require to be delivered any solvency or similar certificate or (viii) seek any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification under any Company Credit Agreement or any Company Indenture.
(e) Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries, and their respective Representatives from, against and in respect of any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interest, awards, judgments or penalties, of any kind ( Losses ), imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, any of them, directly or indirectly relating to, arising out of or resulting from any cooperation requested by Parent pursuant to Section 6.14 or this Section 6.17 , and/or the provision of information utilized in connection therewith (other than arising from information provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries used in a manner agreed to by the Company) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, except to the extent such Losses arise out of the gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective Representatives. Parent shall from time to time (and upon request by the Company) promptly reimburse the Company for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and costs (including reasonable out-of-pocket auditors and attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the Companys or its Subsidiaries or Representatives obligations under Section 6.14 or this Section 6.17 (provided that such reimbursement shall not include general auditor and legal expenses the Company would have incurred regardless of whether cooperation was requested pursuant to Section 6.14 or this Section 6.17 ). This Section 6.17(e) shall survive the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement.
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(f) For purposes of this Agreement, Financing Sources means the Persons (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) that have committed to provide or otherwise entered into any commitment letter, engagement letter, credit agreement, underwriting agreement, purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement in connection with, or are otherwise acting as an arranger, bookrunner, underwriter, initial purchaser, placement agent, administrative or collateral agent, trustee or similar representative in connection with, any portion of the Financing, including (x) the parties named in the Commitment Letter, any joinder agreements and the fee letter contemplated therein (and their respective successors and permitted assigns) and (y) the Persons that have committed to provide or otherwise entered into definitive financing documents contemplated by the Commitment Letter (and their respective successors and permitted assigns) together with, in each case, their respective Affiliates and their and their respective Affiliates former, current or future officers, directors, employees, partners, managers, members, controlling persons, agents, legal counsel, advisors, consultants and other representatives.
ARTICLE VII
Conditions
7.1. Conditions to Each Party s Obligation to Effect the Merger . The respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval . This Agreement shall have been duly adopted by holders of Company Shares constituting the Requisite Company Vote in accordance with applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, and the issuance of Parent Shares pursuant to the Merger shall have been duly approved by the holders of Parent Shares constituting the Requisite Parent Vote.
(b) NYSE Listing . The Parent Shares issuable to the Company stockholders pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE upon official notice of issuance.
(c) Regulatory Consents . The waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have expired or been terminated, in each case without the imposition of, or requirement to agree to, any terms, conditions, liabilities, obligations or commitments that, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Burdensome Condition ( provided that for purposes of the condition to the Companys (as opposed to Parents) obligation to effect the Merger set forth in this Section 7.1(c) , the reference to $25,000,000 in the definition of Burdensome Condition shall be deemed to be a reference to $75,000,000).
(d) Litigation . No court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any applicable Law, (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, an Order ).
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(e) S-4 . The S-4 Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the S-4 Registration Statement shall have been issued (and not rescinded), and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending before the SEC.
7.2. Conditions to Obligations of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 . The obligations of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 to effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (i) Section 5.1 (other than Section 5.1(a) (first sentence) ( Incorporation ), Section 5.1(b)(i) ( Company Capitalization ), Section 5.1(b)(ii) ( MLP Capitalization ), Section 5.1(c) ( Corporate Authority, Approval and Fairness ), 5.1(d)(ii)(A) ( Non-Contravention ), Section 5.1(f)(ii) ( Absence of Certain Changes ), Section 5.1(j) ( Takeover Statutes ), and Section 5.1(t) ( Brokers and Finders )) shall be true and correct (without regard to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect and similar qualifiers contained in such representations and warranties) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of another date, in which case such representation and warranty shall only be required to be so true and correct as of such other date), other than for such failures to be so true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not be reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) Section 5.1(b)(i) ( Company Capitalization ) and Section 5.1(b)(ii) ( MLP Capitalization ) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of another date, in which case such representation and warranty shall only be required to be so true and correct as of such other date), except for such inaccuracies as would not in the aggregate be material in amount or effect, (iii) Section 5.1(f)(ii) ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time and (iv) Section 5.1(a) (first sentence) ( Incorporation ), Section 5.1(c) ( Corporate Authority, Approval and Fairness ), Section 5.1(d)(ii)(A) ( Non-Contravention ), Section 5.1(j) ( Takeover Statutes ) and Section 5.1(t) ( Brokers and Finders ) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of another date, in which case such representation and warranty shall only be required to be so true and correct as of such other date). Parent shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of the Company to the effect that such executive officer has read this Section 7.2(a) and the conditions set forth in this Section 7.2(a) have been satisfied.
(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company . The Company shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all of its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing, and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of the Company to such effect.
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7.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company . The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 set forth in (i) Section 5.2 (other than Section 5.2(a) (first sentence) ( Incorporation ), Section 5.2(b) ( Capital Structure ), Section 5.2(c) ( Corporate Authority; Approval ), Section 5.2(d)(ii)(A) ( Non-Contravention ), Section 5.2(f)(ii) ( Absence of Certain Changes ) and Section 5.2(j) ( Brokers and Finders )), shall be true and correct (without regard to materiality, Parent Material Adverse Effect and similar qualifiers contained in such representations and warranties) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of another date, in which case such representation and warranty shall only be required to be so true and correct as of such other date), other than for such failures to be so true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not be reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (ii) Section 5.2(f)(ii) ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time, (iii) Section 5.2(a) (first sentence) ( Incorporation ), Section 5.2(b) ( Capital Structure ), Section 5.2(c) ( Corporate Authority, Approval and Fairness ), Section 5.2(d)(ii)(A) ( Non-Contravention ) and Section 5.2(j) ( Brokers and Finders ) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of another date, in which case such representation and warranty shall only be required to be so true and correct as of such other date) and (iv) the Company shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 by an executive officer of Parent to the effect that such executive officer has read this Section 7.3(a) and the conditions set forth in this Section 7.3(a) have been satisfied.
(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 . Each of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all of their respective obligations under this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 by an executive officer of Parent to such effect.
(c) Opinion as to Tax Treatment . The Company shall have received an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (or another nationally recognized law firm selected by the Company) substantially to the effect that (i) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (x) if a Second Merger Election has not been made, the First Merger, without regard to the consummation of the Second Merger, or (y) if a Second Merger Election has been made, the Merger will be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (ii) in either case, the Company and Parent will each be a party to the reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such law firm shall be entitled to rely upon assumptions, representations, warranties and covenants, including those contained in this Agreement and in the Tax Representation Letters described in Section 6.6(a) .
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ARTICLE VIII
Termination
8.1. Termination by Mutual Consent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after either of the Requisite Company Vote and the Requisite Parent Vote, by mutual written consent of the Company and Parent by action of their respective boards of directors.
8.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after either of the Requisite Company Vote and the Requisite Parent Vote, by action of the board of directors of either Parent or the Company if:
(a) the First Merger shall not have been consummated by November 16, 2017 (the End Date );
(b) the adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company shall not have been obtained at the Company Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with this Agreement;
(c) the approval by Parents stockholders of the issuance of Parent Shares pursuant to the Merger shall not have been obtained at the Parent Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with this Agreement; or
(d) any Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger shall become final and non-appealable.
The right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall not be available to any party that has breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the failure of a condition to, or the occurrence of, the consummation of the First Merger.
8.3. Termination by the Company . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by action of the board of directors of the Company:
(a) solely prior to the time the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, in order for the Company to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement providing for the consummation of a Company Superior Proposal in compliance with Section 6.2(d)(y) (after having fully complied with Section 6.2 , including Section 6.2(f) , in respect of such Company Superior Proposal); provided that the Company pays the Termination Fee prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement; or
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(b) at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, if:
(i) an Adverse Parent Recommendation Change shall have occurred; or
(ii) there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 in this Agreement, or any such representation and warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, in each case such that Section 7.3(a) or 7.3(b) would not be satisfied and such breach or condition is not curable or, if curable, is not cured within the earlier of (x) 30 days after written notice thereof is given by the Company to Parent and (y) the fifth business day prior to the End Date.
8.4. Termination by Parent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of the board of directors of Parent:
(a) solely prior to the time the Requisite Parent Vote is obtained, in order for Parent to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement providing for the consummation of a Parent Superior Proposal in compliance with Section 6.2(d)(y) (after having fully complied with Section 6.2 , including Section 6.2(f) , in respect of such Parent Superior Proposal); provided that Parent pays the Reverse Termination Fee prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement; or
(b) at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Requisite Parent Vote is obtained, if:
(i) if an Adverse Company Recommendation Change shall have occurred; or
(ii) there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company in this Agreement, or any such representation and warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, such that Section 7.2(a) or 7.2(b) would not be satisfied and such breach or condition is not curable or, if curable, is not cured within the earlier of (x) 30 days after written notice thereof is given by Parent to the Company and (y) the fifth business day prior to End Date.
8.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.5 , in the event of termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this Article VIII , this Agreement shall become void and of no effect with no liability to any Person on the part of any party hereto (or of any of its Representatives or Affiliates); provided , however , and notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, that (i) no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of any liability or damages to the other party hereto resulting from any willful material breach of this Agreement, (ii) the provisions set forth in Section 6.5(b) (fourth to last sentence), Section 6.17(e) , this Section 8.5 and Article IX (other than the first sentence of Section 9.1 and Section 9.5(c) ) shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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(b) Payment of Termination Fee .
(i) If this Agreement is terminated (x) by Parent either pursuant to Section 8.4(b)(i) ( Adverse Company Recommendation Change ) or pursuant to Section 8.4(b)(ii) ( Company Breach) following a willful and material breach of Section 6.2 by the Company or its Representatives or (y) by the Company pursuant to Section 8.3(a) ( Company Signs Alternative Acquisition Agreement ), then the Company shall pay to Parent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, $120,000,000 (the Termination Fee ), (A) within two business days after such a termination of this Agreement by Parent and (B) immediately before and as a condition to such termination in the case of such a termination by the Company.
(ii) If (A) this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(a) ( End Date ) or Section 8.2(b) (Company No Vote) , or by Parent pursuant to Section 8.4(b)(ii) ( Company Breach ) (other than due to a willful and material breach of Section 6.2 by the Company or its Representatives), (B) a Company Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced after the date of this Agreement and not publicly unconditionally withdrawn prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting and (C) within 12 months following the date of such termination (1) the Company board of directors shall have recommended that stockholders vote in favor of or tender into a Company Acquisition Proposal, (2) the Company shall have entered into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement providing for the consummation of a Company Acquisition Proposal or (3) a Company Acquisition Proposal shall have been consummated ( provided that for purposes of this clause (C), each reference to 15% in the definition of Company Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be a reference to 50%), then the Company shall pay to Parent in cash in immediately available funds, concurrently with the occurrence of the applicable event described in clause (C) above, the Termination Fee (net of the amount, if any, that has previously been paid to the Company pursuant to Section 8.5(b)(iii) ).
(iii) Without prejudice to the payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.5(b)(ii) , if this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(b) (Company No Vote) , the Company shall pay to Parent, in cash in immediately available funds, an amount equal to $41,100,000 (A) within two business days after such a termination of this Agreement by Parent and (B) immediately before and as a condition to such termination in the case of such a termination by the Company.
(iv) The Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.5(b) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Parent and Merger Sub would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if the Company fails to promptly pay the amount due pursuant to this Section 8.5(b) , and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent or Merger Sub commences a suit that results in a judgment against the Company for the fee or reimbursement of expenses set forth in this Section 8.5(b) or any portion of such amounts, the Company shall pay to Parent and Merger Sub their costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of the fee, at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date such payment was required to be made, from the date such payment was required to be made through the date of payment.
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(c) Payment of Reverse Termination Fee .
(i) If this Agreement is terminated (x) by the Company either pursuant to Section 8.3(b)(i) ( Adverse Parent Recommendation Change ) or pursuant to Section 8.3(b)(ii) ( Parent Breach ) following a willful and material breach of Section 6.2 by Parent or its Representatives or (y) by Parent pursuant to Section 8.4(a) ( Parent Signs Alternative Acquisition Agreement ), then Parent shall pay to the Company, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, $240,000,000 (the Reverse Termination Fee ), (A) within two business days after such a termination of this Agreement by the Company and (B) immediately before and as a condition to such termination in the case of such a termination by Parent.
(ii) Without prejudice to the payment of the Reverse Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.5(c)(iii) , if this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(c) (Parent No Vote) , Parent shall pay to the Company, in cash in immediately available funds, an amount equal to $41,100,000 (A) within two business days after such a termination of this Agreement by the Company and (B) immediately before and as a condition to such termination in the case of such a termination by Parent.
(iii) If (A) this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(a) ( End Date ) or Section 8.2(c) ( Parent No Vote ), or by the Company pursuant to Section 8.3(b)(ii) ( Parent Breach ) (other than due to a willful and material breach of Section 6.2 by Parent or its Representatives), (B) a Parent Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced after the date of this Agreement and not publicly unconditionally withdrawn prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting and (C) within 12 months following the date of such termination (1) Parents board of directors shall have recommended that stockholders vote in favor of or tender into a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (2) shall have entered into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement providing for the consummation of a Parent Acquisition Proposal or (3) a Parent Acquisition Proposal shall have been consummated ( provided that for purposes of this clause (C), each reference to 15% in the definition of Parent Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be a reference to 50%), then Parent shall pay to the Company in cash in immediately available funds, concurrently with the occurrence of the applicable event described in clause (C) above, the Reverse Termination Fee (net of the amount, if any, that has previously been paid to the Company pursuant to Section 8.5(c)(ii) ).
(iv) Parent acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.5(c) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements, the Company would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if Parent fails to promptly pay the amount due pursuant to this Section 8.5(c) , and, in order to obtain such payment, the Company commences a suit that results in a judgment against Parent for the fee or reimbursement of expenses set forth in this Section 8.5(c) or any portion of such amounts, Parent shall pay to the Company its costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of the fee at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date such payment was required to be made from the date such payment was required to be made through the date of payment.
(d) Exclusive Remedy . The parties agree and understand that (i) in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion ( provided that the Company may be required to pay a portion of the Termination Fee in the circumstances set forth in Section 8.5(b)(iii) and the remainder of the Termination Fee in the circumstances set
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forth in Section 8.5(b)(ii) ), (ii) in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Reverse Termination Fee on more than one occasion ( provided that Parent may be required to pay a portion of the Reverse Termination Fee in the circumstances set forth in Section 8.5(c)(ii) and the remainder of the Reverse Termination Fee in the circumstances set forth in Section 8.5(c)(iii) ) and (iii) if Parent receives the full amount of the Termination Fee from the Company in the circumstances described in Section 8.5(b) or the Company receives the full amount of the Reverse Termination Fee from Parent in the circumstances described in Section 8.5(c) , such payment shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the receiving party against the paying party and its Subsidiaries and their respective former, current or future partners, stockholders, managers, members, Affiliates, Representatives and the Financing Sources and none of the paying party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective former, current or future partners, stockholders, managers, members, Affiliates, Representatives or the Financing Sources shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous and General
9.1. Survival . This Article IX and the agreements of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 contained in Article II , Article III , Article IV , Sections 6.6 ( Taxation ), 6.8 ( Stock Exchange Listing and De-listing ), 6.10 ( Employee Benefits ), 6.11 ( Election to Parents Board of Directors ), 6.12 ( Expenses ) and 6.13 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ) shall survive the consummation of the Merger. All other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall not survive the consummation of the Merger.
9.2. Modification or Amendment . Subject to the provisions of applicable Law, at any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in writing by the parties hereto, by action of the board of directors of the respective parties; provided that after the Requisite Company Vote or Requisite Parent Vote has been obtained there shall be no amendment or waiver that would require the further approval of the stockholders of the Company or the stockholders of Parent, respectively, under applicable Law without such approval having first been obtained. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of this sentence of this Section 9.2 , Section 8.5(d) , the last sentence of Section 9.5(a) , the last sentence of Section 9.5(b) or the last sentence of Section 9.8 or Section 9.15 (and no definition set forth in, or other provision of, this Agreement to the extent that a modification, amendment or waiver of such definition or other provision would modify, amend or waive the substance of this Section 9.2 , Section 8.5(d) , the last sentence of Section 9.5(a) , the last sentence of Section 9.5(b) , the last sentence of Section 9.8 or Section 9.15 ), may be modified, amended or waived in a manner adverse to any Financing Source without the prior written consent of such Financing Source (and any such modification, amendment or waiver without such prior written consent shall be null and void).
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9.3. Waiver of Conditions . The conditions to each of the parties obligations to consummate the Merger are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
9.4. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.
9.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE . (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THE LAWS OF, OR DIRECTING A MATTER TO, ANOTHER JURISDICTION. The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and the Voting Agreements and of the documents referred to in this Agreement and the Voting Agreements, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement, any Voting Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such action, proceeding or transactions shall be heard and determined in such a Delaware State or Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 9.6 or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all claims or causes of action (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) against any of the Financing Sources in any way relating to this Agreement, the Financing, the Commitment Letter or any other agreement relating to the Financing, or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby shall, except as specifically set forth in the Commitment Letter, be exclusively governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that such principles would have the effect of applying the laws of, or directing a matter to, another jurisdiction, and each party agrees not to bring or support any Person in any action of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any of the Financing Sources in any way relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Financing, the Commitment Letter or any other agreement relating to the Financing, or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby, in any forum other than the federal and New York state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan within the City of New York.
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(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY VOTING AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY VOTING AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY VOTING AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED TO SUCH PARTY, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE VOTING AGREEMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.5 . Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right such party may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation (whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise) involving the Financing Sources or directly or indirectly arising out of or relating in any way to the Financing, the Commitment Letter or any other agreement relating to the Financing or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby.
(c) The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy (and each party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy), this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at Law or in equity. The parties further agree that (x) by seeking the remedies provided for in this Section 9.5(c) , a party shall not in any respect waive its right to seek any other form of relief that may be available to a party under this Agreement, including, subject to Section 8.5(d) , monetary damages in the event that this Agreement has been terminated or in the event that the remedies provided for in this Section 9.5(c) are not available or otherwise are not granted and (y) nothing contained in this Section 9.5(c) shall require any party to institute any proceeding for (or limit any partys right to institute any proceeding for) specific performance under this Section 9.5(c) before exercising any termination right under Article VIII (and pursuing damages after such termination) nor shall the commencement of any action pursuant to this Section 9.5(c) or anything contained in this Section 9.5(c) restrict or limit any partys right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Article VIII or pursue any other remedies under this Agreement that may be available then or thereafter.
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9.6. Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document or communication to be given to any party hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, email or overnight courier:
if to Parent, Merger Sub 1 or Merger Sub 2 :
Kim Rucker
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Tesoro Corporation
19100 Ridgewood Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78259
fax: Separately provided to the Company
Email: Separately provided to the Company
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to)
Frank J. Aquila, Esq.
Audra D. Cohen, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
fax: (212) 558-3588
Email: cohena@sullcrom.com
aquilaf@sullcrom.com
if to the Company :
Lowry Barfield
1250 W. Washington Street
Suite 101
Tempe, Arizona 85281
fax: Separately provided to Parent
Email: Separately provided to Parent
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to)
John D. Amorosi, Esq.
Marc O. Williams, Esq.
Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017
fax: (212) 701-5010
Email: john.amorosi@davispolk.com
marc.williams@davispolk.com
or to such other Persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; three business days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon telephonic or written confirmation of receipt (excluding out of office replies) if sent by facsimile or email; or on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.
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9.7. Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including any exhibits hereto), the Company Disclosure Letter, the Parent Disclosure Letter, the Voting Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement, dated October 10, 2016, between Parent and the Company (the Confidentiality Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NONE OF PARENT, MERGER SUB 1, MERGER SUB 2, OR THE COMPANY MAKES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND EACH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OTHER INFORMATION MADE BY, OR MADE AVAILABLE BY, ITSELF OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES WITH RESPECT TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE OTHER OR THE OTHERS REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING.
9.8. No Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Section 6.13 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ), Parent, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and the Company hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein. The parties hereto further agree that the rights of third party beneficiaries under Section 6.13 shall not arise unless and until the Effective Time occurs. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the parties hereto in accordance with Section 9.3 without notice or liability to any other Person. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the Knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Consequently, Persons other than the parties hereto may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Financing Sources shall be an express third party beneficiary of and shall be entitled to rely on this sentence of Section 9.8 , Section 8.5(d) , the last sentence of Section 9.2 , the last sentence of Section 9.5(a) , the last sentence of Section 9.5(b) and Section 9.15 and each of the Financing Sources may enforce such provisions.
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9.9. Obligations of Parent and of the Company . Whenever this Agreement requires Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 or any other Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 or such other Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of the Company to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of the Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and, after the Effective Time, on the part of the Surviving Corporation to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
9.10. Transfer Taxes . All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other such Taxes and fees (including penalties and interest) incurred in connection with the Merger shall be paid by Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 when due, and Parent, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 will indemnify the Company against liability for any such Taxes.
9.11. Definitions . Each of the terms set forth in Annex A is defined in the Section of this Agreement set forth opposite such term.
9.12. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.
9.13. Interpretation; Construction . (a) The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions of this Agreement. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section or Exhibit, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. References to any statute, rule, regulation, law or Law shall be deemed to refer to all applicable Laws as amended or supplemented from time to time and to any rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or Contract are to that agreement or Contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in accordance with its terms. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References to a party or the parties means a party or the parties to this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.
(b) The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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(c) Each party to this Agreement has or may have set forth information in its respective Disclosure Letter in a section of such Disclosure Letter that corresponds to the section of this Agreement to which it relates. The fact that any item of information is disclosed in a Disclosure Letter to this Agreement shall not be construed to mean that such information is required to be disclosed by this Agreement.
9.14. Assignment . This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of Law or otherwise; provided , however , that Parent may designate, by written notice to the Company, (i) another wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiary that is a Delaware corporation in lieu of Merger Sub 1, in which event all references herein to Merger Sub 1 shall be deemed references to such other Subsidiary, except that all representations and warranties made herein with respect to Merger Sub 1 as of the date of this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties made with respect to such other Subsidiary as of the date of such designation or (ii) another wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiary that is a Delaware limited liability company in lieu of Merger Sub 2, in which event all references herein to Merger Sub 2 shall be deemed references to such other Subsidiary, except that all representations and warranties made herein with respect to Merger Sub 2 as of the date of this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties made with respect to such other Subsidiary as of the date of such designation; provided that no such designation shall relieve any such Person of its obligations hereunder, (ii) impose any additional or incremental non- de minimis obligation, or otherwise have any non- de minimis adverse effect, on the Company or any of its stockholders, or (iii) impede or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise impede the rights of the Company or the stockholders of the Company under this Agreement. Any purported assignment in violation of this Agreement is void.
9.15. No Recourse to Financing Sources . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, without in any way limiting the rights of the Company against Parent or the Merger Subs (including the right to sue Parent and the Merger Subs to compel it to seek specific performance of the Financing Sources obligations under the Commitment Letter), the Company acknowledges and agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and each of its and its Affiliates respective former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, managers, members, controlling persons, agents or Representatives (collectively, the Company Parties ) that the Financing Sources shall be subject to no liability or claims to the Company Parties in connection with the Financing or in any way relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.
( Signature Pages Follow )
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
WESTERN REFINING, INC. | ||
By | /s/ Jeff A. Stevens | |
Name: Jeff A. Stevens | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[ Signature Page to Merger Agreement ]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
TESORO CORPORATION | ||
By | /s/ Gregory J. Goff | |
Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
[ Signature Page to Merger Agreement ]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
TAHOE MERGER SUB 1, INC. | ||
By | /s/ Gregory J. Goff | |
Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
[ Signature Page to Merger Agreement ]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
TAHOE MERGER SUB 2, LLC | ||
By | /s/ Gregory J. Goff | |
Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
[ Signature Page to Merger Agreement ]
ANNEX A
DEFINED TERMS
Terms |
Section |
|
Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement | 6.2(i)(A) | |
Adverse Company Recommendation Change | 6.2(c)(i) | |
Adverse Parent Recommendation Change | 6.2(c)(i) | |
Affiliate | 5.1(l) | |
Agreement | Preamble | |
Alternative Acquisition Agreement | 6.2(a)(iii) | |
Alternative Financing | 6.17(b) | |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 5.1(i)(ii) | |
Applicable Date | 5.1(e)(i) | |
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception | 5.1(c)(i) | |
Book Entry Company Share | 4.1(a) | |
Book Entry Parent Shares | 4.2(b)(i) | |
Burdensome Condition | 6.5(b) | |
business day | 1.3 | |
By-Laws | 2.2 | |
Cash Consideration | 4.1(a) | |
Cash Election | 4.2(b)(ii) | |
Cash Election Number | 4.2(a) | |
Cash Election Shares | 4.2(b)(v) | |
Certificate | 4.1(a) | |
Chairman | Recitals | |
Charter | 2.1 | |
Closing | 1.3 | |
Closing Date | 1.3 | |
Code | Recitals | |
Commitment Letter | 5.2(k) | |
Company | Preamble | |
Company Acquisition Proposal | 6.2(i)(B) | |
Company Benefit Plan | 5.1(h)(i) | |
Company CEO | Recitals | |
Company Credit Agreements | 6.14(e)(i) | |
Company Disclosure Letter | 5.1 | |
Company Equity Awards | 4.5(g) | |
Company Indentures | 6.14(e)(ii) | |
Company Intellectual Property | 5.1(o)(i) | |
Company Intervening Event | 6.2(i)(C) | |
Company Labor Agreements | 5.1(n)(i) | |
Company Material Adverse Effect | 5.1(a) | |
Company Other Awards | 4.5(d) | |
Company Preferred Shares | 5.1(b)(i) | |
Company PUA | 4.5(c) |
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Company Recommendation | 5.1(c)(ii) | |
Company Reports | 5.1(e)(i) | |
Company RSU | 4.5(a) | |
Company Share | 4.1(a) | |
Company Shares | 4.1(a) | |
Company Stockholders Meeting | 6.4(a) | |
Company Superior Proposal | 6.2(i)(D) | |
Compliant | 1.3(b) | |
Confidentiality Agreement | 9.7 | |
Continuing Employee | 6.10(a) | |
Contract | 5.1(d)(ii) | |
D&O Insurance | 6.13(d) | |
Deemed Converted Cash Election Shares | 4.2(b)(v) | |
Delaware Certificate of First Merger | 1.4(a) | |
Delaware Certificate of Second Merger | 1.4(b) | |
DGCL | 1.1 | |
Disclosure Letter | 5.2 | |
Effective Time | 1.4(a) | |
Election Deadline | 4.2(b)(iii) | |
End Date | 8.2(a) | |
Environmental Law | 5.1(k)(ii)(A) | |
ERISA | 5.1(h)(i) | |
ESPP | 4.5(f) | |
Exchange Act | 5.1(a) | |
Exchange Agent | 4.2(b)(i) | |
Exchange Fund | 4.2(b)(i) | |
Exchange Ratio | 4.1(a) | |
Excluded Company Share | 4.1(a) | |
Excluded Company Shares | 4.1(a) | |
Financing | 5.2(k) | |
Financing Sources | 6.17(f) | |
First Merger | Recitals | |
Form of Election | 4.2(b)(iii) | |
Founders | Recitals | |
GAAP | 5.1(e)(iii) | |
Governmental Entity | 5.1(d)(i) | |
Hazardous Substance | 5.1(k)(ii)(B) | |
HSR Act | 5.1(b)(iii) | |
Indemnified Parties | 6.13(a) | |
Insurance Policies | 5.1(p) | |
Intellectual Property | 5.1(o)(viii) | |
IT Assets | 5.1(o)(viii) | |
Knowledge | 5.1(g) | |
Laws | 5.1(i) | |
Licenses | 5.1(i) | |
Lien | 5.1(b)(i) |
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LLC Act | 1.2 | |
Losses | 6.17(e) | |
Marketing Period | 1.3(a) | |
Material Contract | 5.1(q) | |
Material Customer | 5.1(u) | |
Material Supplier | 5.1(u) | |
Merger | Recitals | |
Merger Sub 1 | Preamble | |
Merger Sub 2 | Preamble | |
Merger Subs | Preamble | |
MLP | 5.1(b)(ii) | |
MLP Credit Agreement | 6.14(e)(i) | |
MLP Indenture | 6.14(e)(ii) | |
MLP Reports | 5.1(e)(i) | |
Notice of Superior Proposal | 6.2(f)(i) | |
Notice Period | 6.2(f)(ii) | |
NYSE | 4.2(e) | |
Order | 7.1(d) | |
Owned Real Property | 5.1(s)(i) | |
Parent | Preamble | |
Parent 401(k) Plan | 6.10(c) | |
Parent Acquisition Proposal | 6.2(i)(B) | |
Parent Assets | 6.5(b) | |
Parent Disclosure Letter | 5.2 | |
Parent Intervening Event | 6.2(i)(C) | |
Parent Material Adverse Effect | 5.2(a) | |
Parent Preferred Stock | 5.2(b)(i) | |
Parent Recommendation | 5.2(c)(ii) | |
Parent Reports | 5.2(e)(i) | |
Parent RSU | 4.5(b) | |
Parent Share | 4.1(a) | |
Parent Shares | 4.1(a) | |
Parent PUA | 4.5(c) | |
Parent Stock Plan | 5.2(b)(i) | |
Parent Stockholders Meeting | 6.4(b) | |
Parent Superior Proposal | 6.2(i)(D) | |
Partnership Agreement | 5.1(b)(ii) | |
Per Share Merger Consideration | 4.1(a) | |
Permitted Alternative Financing | 6.17(a) | |
Permitted Dropdown Transaction | 6.1(a)(iii) | |
Permitted Lien | 5.1(s) | |
Person | 4.2(f) | |
Prospectus/Proxy Statement | 6.3(a) | |
Real Property Leases | 5.1(s)(i) | |
Recent Developments Section | 6.17(c) | |
Registered | 5.1(o)(viii) |
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Representatives | 6.2(a) | |
Required Alternative Financing | 6.17(b) | |
Required Information | 6.17(c) | |
Requisite Company Vote | 5.1(c)(i) | |
Requisite Parent Vote | 5.2(c)(i) | |
Reverse Termination Fee | 8.5(c) | |
S-4 Registration Statement | 6.3(a) | |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 5.1(e)(i) | |
SEC | 4.5(e) | |
Second Merger | Recitals | |
Second Merger Effective Time | 1.4(b) | |
Second Merger Election | 6.6(b) | |
Securities Act | 4.5(e) | |
Significant Subsidiary | 5.1(a) | |
Stock Consideration | 4.1(a) | |
Stock Election | 4.2(b)(ii) | |
Stock Election Number | 4.2(a) | |
Stock Election Shares | 4.2(b)(v) | |
Stock Plans | 5.1(b)(i) | |
Subsidiary | 5.1(a) | |
Surviving Company | 1.2 | |
Surviving Corporation | 1.1 | |
Takeover Statute | 5.1(j) | |
Tax; Taxes | 5.1(m) | |
Tax Representation Letter | 6.6(a) | |
Tax Return | 5.1(m) | |
Termination Fee | 8.5(b)(i) | |
Third Party | 6.2(a)(ii) | |
TMLP | 5.2(b)(iv) | |
TMLP LTIP | 5.2(b)(iv) | |
TMLP Partnership Agreement | 5.2(b)(iv) | |
TMLP Reports | 5.2(e)(i) | |
Trade Secrets | 5.1(o)(viii) | |
Unvested Company RSU | 4.5(b) | |
Vested Company RSU | 4.5(a) | |
Voting Agreement | Recitals | |
WARN Act | 5.1(n)(v) |
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EXHIBIT 1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
WESTERN REFINING, INC.
(as of [])
FIRST. The name of the corporation is Western Refining, Inc.
SECOND. The address of the corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Service Company.
THIRD. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law ( DGCL ).
FOURTH. The total number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock, ( Common Stock ) and the par value of each of such shares is $0.01.
FIFTH. The board of directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws of the corporation.
SIXTH. Elections of the directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the by-laws of the corporation.
EIGHTH. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended to
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authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph by the stockholders of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
NINTH. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL (including, without limitation, Section 145 thereof), as amended from time to time, indemnify any officer or director whom it shall have power to indemnify from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other losses of any nature. The indemnification provided in this Article NINTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity, while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a officer or director and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
November 16, 2016
Tesoro Corporation
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78259
Attention: Stephan Tompsett
Project Lisa
Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have advised Goldman Sachs Bank USA ( GS Bank ) and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC ( GSLP and, together with GS Bank, Goldman Sachs ; Goldman Sachs, together with any person that becomes a party hereto as a Commitment Party as contemplated in Section 2 below, the Commitment Parties , we or us ) that Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Borrower or you ), will acquire (the Acquisition ) the company you have previously described to us under the code name Washington (the Target ). You have further advised us that, in connection with the foregoing, you intend to consummate the other Transactions described in the Transaction Description attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Transaction Description ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Transaction Description and in the Term Sheets described below. This commitment letter, together with all Exhibits hereto, is referred to as this Commitment Letter .
1. Commitment . Based upon the foregoing, on the terms set forth in this Commitment Letter and subject only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit E of this Commitment Letter, (a) GS Bank hereby commits to provide to the Borrower 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Facility upon the principal terms set forth in the 364-day Senior Unsecured Bridge Facility Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated by reference herein (the Bridge Facility Term Sheet ) and (b) if the requisite consent of the Existing Lenders (as defined below) for the Specified Amendment is not obtained under the Existing Credit Facility on or prior to the Closing Date, then (i) GS Bank hereby commits to provide to the Borrower 37.5% of the Backstop Facility and (ii) GSLP hereby commits to provide to the Borrower 62.5% of the Backstop Facility, in each case to replace the Existing Credit Facility upon the principal terms set forth in the Senior Secured Backstop Facility Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit D and incorporated by reference herein (the Backstop Facility Term Sheet and, together with the Transaction Description, the Summary of Existing Credit Facility Amendments attached hereto as Exhibit C , the Conditions Precedent to the Closing attached hereto as Exhibit E and the Bridge Facility Term Sheet, the Term Sheets ). It is understood and agreed that any
event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the initial funding of the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date that would result in a mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction with respect to the Bridge Facility as set forth in the Bridge Facility Term Sheet under Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions shall reduce the amount of the Bridge Facility, and the aggregate amount of the Commitment Parties commitments hereunder (on a pro rata basis as between the Commitment Parties, based on the amount of their respective commitments under the Bridge Facility), on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and you agree to give the Commitment Parties prompt written notice of the occurrence of any such event, together with a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of any such reduction.
2. Appointment of Roles . You hereby appoint GS Bank to act, and GS Bank hereby agrees to act, (a) as lead arranger and bookrunner (in such capacities, the Bridge Lead Arranger ) and as the sole administrative agent for the Bridge Facility and (b) as lead arranger and bookrunner (in such capacities, the Backstop Lead Arranger ) and as the sole administrative agent for the Backstop Facility, in each case on the terms set forth in this Commitment Letter and subject only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit E to this Commitment Letter.
You also hereby appoint GS Bank to act, and GS Bank hereby agrees to act, as lead arranger and bookrunner (in such capacities, the Amendment Lead Arranger and, together with the Bridge Lead Arranger and the Backstop Lead Arranger, the Lead Arrangers ) for the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment. In its capacity as the Amendment Lead Arranger, GS Bank agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the requisite consent of lenders under the Existing Credit Facility (the Existing Lenders ) to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, it being understood and agreed that (a) the Amendment Lead Arranger shall endeavor to obtain such requisite consent within 90 days after the date hereof, (b) the Additional Amendments may be obtained in the same amendment agreement as the Specified Amendment or in one or more subsequent amendment agreements, all as determined by the Amendment Lead Arranger, and obtaining the requisite consent for any Additional Amendment shall not be a condition to or cause for delay in entering into the Specified Amendment, and (c) if the requisite consent for the Specified Amendment shall not have been obtained on or prior to the date that is 90 days after the date hereof, GS Bank may at its discretion cease seeking to obtain the requisite consents for the Existing Credit Facility Amendment. You acknowledge that this Commitment Letter is neither an expressed nor an implied commitment by the Amendment Lead Arranger or any of its affiliates to consummate the Existing Credit Facility Amendment (or any part thereof) or to hold or purchase any existing loans or commitments under the Existing Credit Facility in order to facilitate the consummation of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment (or any part thereof), nor is it a guarantee with respect to the outcome of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment. The obligations of the Amendment Lead Arranger to endeavor to arrange the requisite consent to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment shall not require the Amendment Lead Arranger or any of its affiliates to share any of the fees payable to it in connection with the Transactions (or otherwise expend any amounts) in order to achieve such consents.
On or prior to December 2, 2016 (or such later date as the Commitment Parties may agree), you may appoint up to four additional financial institutions as agents, co-agents, lead arrangers, bookrunners or managers and up to two more additional financial institutions as co-managers (but not as lead arrangers or bookrunners) in respect of the Facilities and the Existing
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Credit Facility Amendment (any such financial institution, an Additional Arranger ), and/or confer additional titles in respect of the Facilities and the Existing Credit Facility Amendment on the Additional Arrangers, in a manner and with economics determined by you in consultation with us; provided that (a) each such Additional Arranger or its affiliates shall commit to a pro rata portion of each Facility (and the economics allocated to such Additional Arranger or its affiliates with respect to any Facility will be proportionate to the percentage of such Facility committed to be provided by such Additional Arranger and its affiliates); (b) the commitments of GS Bank and GSLP hereunder in respect of each Facility are reduced ratably by the aggregate amount of the commitments allocated to the Additional Arrangers; (c) no Additional Arranger shall be allocated a greater percentage of the commitments with respect to any Facility (and corresponding compensatory economics) than Goldman Sachs; (d) not more than 70% of the aggregate commitments (and corresponding compensatory economics) with respect to any Facility shall be so allocated; (e) no Additional Arranger or its affiliates shall be allocated a greater percentage of the compensatory economics in respect of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment than the percentage of compensatory economics allocated to it, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in respect of the Facilities; and (f) such Additional Arrangers shall assume the obligations of the Commitment Parties and, if applicable, the Lead Arrangers hereunder on terms reasonably acceptable to the Commitment Parties and you (including the execution and delivery by such Additional Arrangers of customary joinder documentation) and, thereafter, each such Additional Arranger shall constitute a Commitment Party and, if applicable, a Lead Arranger under this Commitment Letter and under the Arranger Fee Letter (as defined below). The commitments and other obligations of the Commitment Parties hereunder are several and not joint. Subject to the second preceding sentence, no other agents, co-agents, arrangers, co-arrangers, bookrunners, managers or co-managers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation (other than compensation expressly contemplated by this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letters (as defined below)) will be paid by you or your subsidiaries to any Lender as consideration for its participation in the Facilities or to any Existing Lender as consideration to its consent to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, in each case, unless you and we shall so agree. It is understood and agreed that GS Bank will appear on the top left of the cover page of any marketing materials for each Facility, and will hold the roles and responsibilities conventionally understood to be associated with such name placement.
3. Syndication . The Commitment Parties reserve the right, prior to or after the execution of the definitive documentation for the Facilities, to syndicate the Facilities to one or more financial institutions or other lenders in consultation with and reasonably acceptable to you (together with the Commitment Parties, the Lenders ), it being understood that Permitted Lenders (as defined below) are reasonably acceptable to you, and you understand that the Facilities may be separately syndicated. The Commitment Parties agree not to syndicate the Facilities to, or assign their commitments under the Facilities to, (a) certain banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders that have been specified by you in writing to the Lead Arrangers at any time prior to the date hereof, (b) any of your competitors that have been specified to the Lead Arrangers by you in writing before the Closing Date or to the applicable Administrative Agent by you in writing after the Closing Date at any time and from time to time and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their respective affiliates (other than any bona fide debt funds) that are either (x) identified in writing to the Lead Arrangers or, after the Closing Date, the applicable Administrative Agent by you from time to time or (y) clearly
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identifiable as affiliates of such persons on the basis of such affiliates name (the foregoing persons, collectively, the Disqualified Lenders ), it being understood and agreed that the foregoing provisions shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any person that shall have become a Disqualified Lender after the date of the launch of the general syndication for any Facility if such person shall have become a Lender or participant (or shall have been allocated a commitment as part of the general syndication of such Facility) prior thereto, but shall disqualify such person from taking any further assignment or participation thereafter). Notwithstanding our right to syndicate the Facilities and to receive commitments with respect thereto, other than as expressly provided in the final paragraph of Section 2 above and other than (i) in connection with any assignment between a Commitment Party and any of its affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, between GS Bank and GSLP), (ii) any assignment to any person that (A) is an Existing Lender as of the date hereof or (B) is a commercial or investment bank or an insurance company that, in each case under this clause (B), at the time of such assignment has a long-term senior unsecured, non-credit enhanced debt rating of at least BBB by Standard & Poors Ratings Service ( S&P ) or Baa2 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. ( Moodys ) and is not a Disqualified Lender or (iii) any assignment to any other person to which you shall have consented in writing (each assignee described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, together with the Additional Arrangers, being referred to as a Permitted Lender ), (A) no Commitment Party shall be relieved, released or novated from its obligations hereunder (including its obligation to fund the Facilities on the Closing Date) in connection with any syndication, assignment or participation of the Facilities until after the Closing Date has occurred, (B) no assignment or novation shall become effective (as between you and any of us) with respect to all or any portion of any Commitment Partys commitments in respect of the Facilities until the initial funding of the Facilities by such Commitment Party and (C) unless you otherwise agree in writing, each Commitment Party shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to its commitments in respect of the Facilities and this Commitment Letter, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements, waivers and amendments, until after the Closing Date has occurred.
Until the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which a Successful Syndication (as defined in the Arranger Fee Letter) shall have occurred and (b) 60 days after the Closing Date (such period, the Syndication Period ), you agree to assist us in arranging the Existing Credit Facility Amendments and completing syndications of the Facilities that are reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers and you. Such assistance shall include (i) your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the arrangement and syndication efforts benefit from your and your subsidiaries existing banking relationships and, to the extent practical and appropriate, the existing banking relationships of the Target and its subsidiaries, (ii) direct contact between your senior management, on the one hand, and the Existing Lenders and the proposed Lenders, on the other hand (and subject to your rights under the Acquisition Agreement, your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure such contact between the senior management of the Target, on the one hand, and the Existing Lenders and the proposed Lenders, on the other hand), at such times during normal business hours as are mutually agreed, (iii) your assistance (and subject to your rights under the Acquisition Agreement, your using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target and its subsidiaries to assist) in prompt preparation of customary confidential information memoranda (the Confidential Information Memoranda ) and other customary marketing materials to be used in connection with the arrangement and syndication efforts by providing information and other customary materials
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reasonably requested by us in connection therewith (such marketing materials and the Confidential Information Memoranda, collectively, with the Term Sheets and the information and projections referred to in the next succeeding paragraph, the Information Materials ), (iv) the hosting, with the Lead Arrangers, of one or more meetings of and conference calls with the Existing Lenders and the prospective Lenders, at times and locations mutually agreed upon and upon reasonable advance notice ( provided that, without your consent, there shall be no more than one general bank meeting), (v) your ensuring that there are not any competing issues of debt securities or commercial bank or other credit facilities (including incremental commitments or loans or extensions of existing commitments or loans) of you or your subsidiaries (and, subject to your rights under the Acquisition Agreement, your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the same with respect to the Target and its subsidiaries) offered, placed, announced or arranged (excluding the Facilities, the Term Loan Facility, the Senior Notes or any other debt securities issued for the purpose of consummating the Acquisition or any debt securities issued by, or commercial bank or other credit facilities of, Tesoro Logistics LP, a Delaware limited partnership ( Tesoro Logistics ), and its subsidiaries), to the extent such offering, placement, announcement or arrangement could reasonably be expected to materially impair the arrangement of the Specified Amendment, the primary syndication of the Facilities or the marketing of the Senior Notes or the Term Loan Facility, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood that the Borrowers and its subsidiaries deferred purchase price obligations, ordinary course working capital facilities (other than any new or incremental revolving credit facilities), borrowings under existing facilities (other than under any incremental commitments established or extended under such facilities after the date hereof) and ordinary course capital leases, purchase money and equipment financings, and any indebtedness of the Target and its subsidiaries permitted to be incurred and remain outstanding pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement will not, in each case, be deemed to materially impair the arrangement of the Specified Amendment, the primary syndication of the Facilities or the marketing of the Senior Notes or the Term Loan Facility), and (vi) prior to the launch of the syndication of the Facilities and the commencement of the marketing period for the Senior Notes, using your commercially reasonable efforts to (x) obtain an updated monitored public corporate credit rating from S&P and an updated monitored public corporate family rating from Moodys, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and (y) obtain public ratings of the Senior Notes and, if applicable, the Term Loan Facility from each of S&P and Moodys. Such assistance shall also include, in respect of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, your cooperating with the Amendment Lead Arranger in seeking to obtain the requisite consent of the Existing Lenders to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment (including, without limitation, by negotiating in good faith the terms of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment (including as to such amendments of the Existing Credit Facility as may be reasonably requested by the Existing Lenders in respect of the Acquisition and the Target and its subsidiaries and by consenting to such assignments under the Existing Credit Facility as the Amendment Lead Arranger may request be made to facilitate obtaining such requisite consent) and your entering into the Specified Amendment at such time as the Amendment Lead Arranger shall advise you that the Existing Lenders are willing to provide the requisite consent thereto. Without limiting your obligations to assist with arrangement and syndication efforts as set forth above, each Commitment Party agrees that neither the obtaining of the requisite consent to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment nor the commencement or the completion of the syndication of any Facility or the receipt of any rating referred to above is a condition to its commitment hereunder.
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The Lead Arrangers will manage, in consultation with you, all aspects of the syndication of the Facilities and the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, including, without limitation, selection of Lenders, determination of when the Lead Arrangers will approach the Existing Lenders or potential Lenders and the time of acceptance of the Lenders commitments or the Existing Lenders consents and any naming rights, and will, subject to your consent in the case of any Lender that is not a Permitted Lender, determine the Lenders whose commitments will be accepted, the final allocations of the commitments among the Lenders and the amount and distribution of fees among the Existing Lenders and the Lenders. To assist the Lead Arrangers in their syndication and arrangement efforts, you agree promptly to prepare and provide to the Lead Arrangers (and, subject to your rights under the Acquisition Agreement, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target to prepare and provide to the Lead Arrangers) all customary information with respect to you, the Target and your and its subsidiaries and the Transactions, including, without limitation, all customary financial information and the projections of and other forward-looking information with respect to you, the Target and your and its subsidiaries after the Transactions (the Projections ), that the Lead Arrangers may reasonably request in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the Facilities and the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment.
You acknowledge that (a) subject to the confidentiality obligations contained herein, the Commitment Parties on your behalf will make available the Information Materials and other information relating to the Existing Credit Facility Amendment and the Facilities, including drafts and final definitive documentation with respect thereto, to the Existing Lenders and the proposed Lenders by posting the Information Materials and such other information on IntraLinks, SyndTrak, Datasite or another similar electronic system, in accordance with the Lead Arrangers standard syndication practices (including hard copy and via electronic transmissions), it being understood and agreed that all information so disseminated or provided shall continue to be subject to the terms of any written confidentiality agreements heretofore or hereafter executed by the Lead Arrangers and the confidentiality provisions set forth herein, and (b) certain Existing Lenders and prospective Lenders (such Lenders, Public Lenders ; all other Existing Lenders or Lenders, Private Lenders ) may have personnel that do not wish to receive Private Lender Information (as defined below). If requested, you agree to assist in the preparation of a version of the Confidential Information Memoranda (and related marketing materials) and presentations to be distributed to Public Lenders in connection with the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment and the syndication of the Facilities consisting exclusively of information and documentation that is either (i) publicly available or (ii) not material with respect to you, your subsidiaries, the Target or its subsidiaries or any securities of any of the foregoing for purposes of the United States Federal or state securities laws (the information and documentation described in clauses (i) and (ii) being Public Lender Information ). Any information and documentation that is not Public Lender Information is referred to herein as Private Lender Information . You further agree that, unless expressly designated as PUBLIC, each document to be disseminated by the Lead Arrangers to any Existing Lender or any Lender in connection with the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment or the syndication of the Facilities will be deemed to contain Private Lender Information. It is understood that in connection with your assistance described above, customary authorization letters will be
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included in any Confidential Information Memorandum that authorize the distribution of such Confidential Information Memorandum to the Existing Lenders or prospective Lenders, containing a representation from you to the Lead Arrangers that the public-side version does not include any Private Lender Information and a customary 10b-5 representation consistent with Section 6 below (and you shall, subject to your rights under the Acquisition Agreement, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target to deliver customary authorization letters containing such representations from the Target to the Lead Arrangers, it being understood that the customary 10b-5 representation by the Target, in the case of authorization letters delivered by the Target, shall not be qualified by knowledge), and exculpating (x) the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates with respect to any liability related to the use of the contents of such Confidential Information Memorandum or any related marketing material by the recipients thereof and (y) you or your subsidiaries with respect to any liability related to the misuse of the contents of such Confidential Information Memorandum. You agree that the Commitment Parties on your behalf may distribute the following documents to all Public Lenders and Private Lenders (other than Disqualified Lenders), unless, after having been given a reasonable opportunity to review such documents, you advise the Commitment Parties that such material should only be distributed to Private Lenders: (a) drafts and final definitive documentation with respect to the Facilities and the Existing Credit Facility Amendment; (b) administrative materials prepared by the Lead Arrangers for the Existing Lenders or prospective Lenders (such as a lender meeting invitation, bank allocation, if any, and funding and closing memoranda); and (c) notification of changes in the terms of the Facilities or the Existing Credit Facility Amendment. If you advise us in writing that any of the foregoing items should be distributed only to Private Lenders, then the Commitment Parties will not distribute such materials to Public Lenders without further discussions with you. At our request, you shall designate information to be distributed solely to Public Lenders by clearly and conspicuously designating the same as PUBLIC (it is understood that you shall not otherwise be under any obligation to designate information as PUBLIC).
4. Fees . As consideration for our commitments hereunder and our undertakings to arrange, manage, structure and syndicate the Facilities and arrange the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, you agree to pay to us the fees and fulfill the other obligations set forth in the Term Sheets and in the arranger fee letter among us and you dated the date hereof (the Arranger Fee Letter ) and the administrative agent fee letter among you and Goldman Sachs dated the date hereof (the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and, together with the Arranger Fee Letter, the Fee Letters ).
5. Conditions Precedent . Our commitments and agreements hereunder are subject solely to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions expressly stated in Exhibit E hereto; it being understood that there are no conditions (implied or otherwise) to the commitments hereunder (including compliance with the terms of the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the Loan Documents) other than those that are expressly stated in Exhibit E (and upon satisfaction or waiver of such conditions, the initial funding under the Facilities shall occur). Notwithstanding anything in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Loan Documents or any other letter agreement or other undertaking to the contrary, (a) the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which shall be a condition to availability of the Facilities on the Closing Date shall be (i) the Acquisition Agreement Representations (as defined below) and (ii) the Specified Representations (as defined below) and (b) the terms of the Loan Documents, to
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the extent not expressly set forth in the Exhibits hereto, shall be in a form such that they do not impair availability of the Facilities on the Closing Date if the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit E hereto are satisfied. For purposes of the foregoing, (A) Acquisition Agreement Representations means such representations and warranties made by the Target in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that you (or your applicable subsidiaries) have the right (taking into account any applicable cure periods) to terminate your (or its) obligation to consummate the Acquisition under the Acquisition Agreement or the right not to consummate the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties, and (B) Specified Representations means the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents relating to corporate or other organizational existence of the Loan Parties, organizational power and authority (as to execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents) of the Loan Parties, the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by the Loan Parties, enforceability and governmental authorizations, in each case as it relates to entering into and performance of the Loan Documents against or by the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents not conflicting with the Loan Parties respective organizational documents, the Loan Documents and the Transactions not conflicting with the Existing Tesoro Indentures (as defined below), solvency as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (such representation and warranty to be consistent with the solvency certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto), Federal Reserve margin regulations, Investment Company Act status, subject to permitted liens, the creation, validity and perfection of the security interests granted in the collateral (solely in the case of the Backstop Facility), compliance with Patriot Act and use of proceeds not violating OFAC and FCPA. The provisions in this Section 5 are referred to as the Limited Conditionality Provisions . For the avoidance of doubt, Loan Documents as used in this Commitment Letter shall mean (i) if the Specified Amendment is not obtained prior to the Closing Date, the Bridge Documentation and the Backstop Documentation and (ii) if the Specified Amendment is obtained prior to the Closing Date, the Bridge Documentation only. For purposes of the foregoing, Existing Tesoro Indentures means (x) Indenture dated as of March 18, 2014, between the Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and (y) Indenture, dated as of September 27, 2012, between the Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association, in each case, together with the forms of notes issued thereunder and as supplemented from time to time.
6. Information . You hereby represent and warrant (but the accuracy of such representation and warranty shall not be a condition to the commitments hereunder or the funding of the Facilities) that (a) all written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic, forward looking or industry nature and, prior to the Closing Date, limited to your knowledge in the case of any such information as to the Target and its subsidiaries) (the Information ) that has been or will be made available to the Commitment Parties by you or any of your representatives or affiliates on your behalf, when taken as a whole, is or will be, when furnished, correct in all material respects and does not or will not, as the case may be, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (when taken as a whole after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto) and (b) the Projections that have been made or will be made available to the Commitment Parties by you or any of your representatives or affiliates on your behalf and that have or will be made available to us or any
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Lender in connection with the Transactions have been or will be, as the case may be, prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the preparer thereof to be reasonable at the time so made available (it being recognized by us that such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond your control, are not to be viewed as facts, that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material, and that no assurance can be given that any projection will be realized). You agree to supplement the Information and the Projections from time to time until the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Syndication Period so that, assuming such Information and the Projections were so made available at any time prior to such later date, the representation and warranty in the preceding sentence remains correct. In syndicating and arranging the Facilities and the Existing Credit Facility Additional Amendment, we will be entitled to use and rely primarily on the Information and the Projections without responsibility for independent verification thereof.
7. Expenses . You agree to pay or reimburse each Commitment Party for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of such Commitment Partys due diligence investigation, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of outside counsel identified in the Term Sheets and one local counsel retained in any material relevant jurisdiction to the extent reasonably necessary) incurred by such Commitment Party or its affiliates (whether incurred before or after the date hereof) in connection with the Facilities and the Existing Credit Facility Amendment and the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Loan Documents and any security arrangements in connection therewith and any such fees and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of the Commitment Parties rights and remedies hereunder.
8. Indemnification . You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Commitment Party and its affiliates and each Commitment Partys and its affiliates respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents, other representatives, controlling persons, members, partners and successors and permitted assigns (each Commitment Party and each such other person being an Indemnified Person ) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (excluding expenses of the nature described in Section 7 above), joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Term Sheets, the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, the Facilities, the use of proceeds therefrom and any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (any of the foregoing, a Proceeding ) relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any such Indemnified Person is a party thereto and regardless of whether a Proceeding is brought by a third party or by you, the Target or any of your or its respective affiliates or equity holders or any other person, and to reimburse each such Indemnified Person upon demand for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or testifying in connection with any of the foregoing (limited, in the case of legal expenses, to one counsel to the Indemnified Persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each relevant material jurisdiction and, in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and one additional counsel in each relevant material jurisdiction) to each group of affected Indemnified Persons similarly situated, taken as a whole; provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to losses,
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claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (a) to the extent they have been determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person, or material breach by such Indemnified Person of its obligations under this Commitment Letter or the Loan Documents, or (b) that have resulted from any dispute solely among the Commitment Parties not arising from any act or omission by the Borrower, the Target or their respective affiliates, other than any proceeding against an Indemnified Person in its capacity or fulfilling its role as an administrative agent, arranger or other agent or any similar role under the Facilities or in respect of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, provided further that such Indemnified Person shall promptly repay to you all expense reimbursements previously made pursuant to this paragraph to the extent that such Indemnified Person is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder as contemplated by the preceding proviso of this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment Letter, no Indemnified Person shall be liable for (i) any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent such damages have been determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person, or (ii) any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with its activities related to this Commitment Letter, the Existing Credit Facility Amendments, the Facilities or the use of proceeds thereunder.
You shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceedings effected without your prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), but if settled with your prior written consent or if there is a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in any such Proceedings, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with the preceding paragraph. You shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), effect any settlement or consent to the entry of any judgment of any pending or threatened Proceedings in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance satisfactory to such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceedings, (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person and (iii) contains customary confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions. Except to the extent arising from your indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations under this Commitment Letter, the Loan Documents or any other written agreement to which any such person is a party, in no event shall you, the Target and your and its respective subsidiaries and affiliates be liable for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages.
9. Confidentiality . You agree that you will not disclose, directly or indirectly, the Fee Letters and the contents thereof or this Commitment Letter and the Term Sheets and the contents hereof, or the activities of the Commitment Parties pursuant hereto or thereto, to any person without prior written approval of the Commitment Parties (not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), except that you may disclose (a) this Commitment Letter, the
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Term Sheets, the Fee Letters and the contents hereof and thereof (i) to your officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants and advisors, in each case in connection with the Transactions on a confidential and need-to-know basis, and (ii) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule, regulation or compulsory legal process or as requested by a governmental authority based on the reasonable advice of your legal counsel (in which case you agree to provide prompt written notice thereof, such notice to be provided in advance to the extent permitted by applicable law), (b) this Commitment Letter, the Term Sheets and the contents hereof and thereof and the Fee Letters and the contents thereof on a redacted basis, with such redaction to be reasonably acceptable to the Commitment Parties, to the Target and its and its subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants and advisors, in each case in connection with the Transactions and on a confidential and need-to-know basis, (c) the existence and contents of the Term Sheets to any rating agency and Existing Lenders and potential Lenders in connection with the Transactions and (d) to the extent required by applicable law, the existence and contents of this Commitment Letter and the Term Sheets in any public filing or prospectus or private placement offering documents in connection with the Acquisition or the financing thereof. In addition you may disclose (i) the aggregate amount of fees and other compensation under the Fee Letters (but without disclosing any specific fees, flex or other economic terms set forth therein) aggregated with the other fees and compensation for the Transactions as part of projections, pro forma information or generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses related to the Transactions in any syndication of the Facility or in any prospectus or offering memorandum related to the Senior Notes or any other securities issued in lieu of the Facility or in any filings with (including documents furnished to) the Securities Exchange Commission to the extent required by law or regulation, in each case to the extent customary, and (ii) the Fee Letters and the contents thereof on a confidential basis after the Closing Date to the Borrowers auditors for customary accounting purposes, including accounting for deferred financing costs.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, you (and any employee, representative or other agent of yours) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, except that (i) tax treatment and tax structure shall not include the identity of any existing or future party (or any affiliate of such party) to this Commitment Letter or any Fee Letter and (ii) no party shall disclose any information relating to such tax treatment and tax structure to the extent nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws. For this purpose, the tax treatment of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters is the purported or claimed U.S. Federal income tax treatment of such transactions and the tax structure of such transactions is any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed U.S. Federal income tax treatment of such transactions.
We shall use all material non-public information received by us in connection with the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter solely for the purposes of providing the services that are the subject of this Commitment Letter and shall treat confidentially all such information; provided , however , that nothing herein shall prevent us from disclosing any such information (a) to rating agencies on a confidential basis,
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(b) to any Existing Lenders, Lenders or participants, prospective Lenders or participants or any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or prospective counterparties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to you or the other Loan Parties and your or their obligations under the Existing Credit Facility or the Facilities, (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case we agree to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify you, such notice to be provided in advance to the extent permitted by applicable law), (d) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over us or our affiliates (in which case we agree to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify you to the extent lawfully permitted to do so), (e) to our officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants and advisors (collectively, Representatives ) who need to know such information, are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep information of this type confidential, (f) to any of our respective affiliates and their respective Representatives who need to know such information, are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep information of this type confidential ( provided that we shall be responsible for our affiliates compliance with this paragraph), solely in connection with the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, (g) to the extent any such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of disclosure by us, our affiliates or Representatives in breach of this Commitment Letter, or to the extent any such information is developed independently by us as evidenced by our written records and without the use of any confidential information, (h) to the extent such information was already in our possession as evidenced by our written records prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality entered into in connection with the Transactions, or otherwise, (i) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense or in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies and (j) to the extent that you have consented in writing prior to such disclosure; provided that the disclosure of any such information to any Existing Lenders, any Lenders or prospective Lenders, participants or prospective participants or derivative counterparties or prospective derivative counterparties referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such Existing Lender, Lender or prospective Lender, participant or prospective participant or derivative counterparty or prospective derivative counterparty that such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as is otherwise reasonably acceptable to you and us, including, without limitation, as set forth in the Existing Credit Facility or as agreed in any confidential information memorandum or other marketing materials) in accordance with our standard syndication processes or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information. In addition, each Commitment Party may disclose the existence of the Facilities and the information about the Facilities and the Existing Credit Facility Amendment to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Commitment Parties in connection with the administration and management of the Facilities or the Existing Credit Facility Amendment. Subject to Section 10 hereof, our obligations under this paragraph shall automatically expire upon the earlier of execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the first anniversary of the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any disclosure of such information referred to above be made to any Disqualified Lender.
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In consultation with you, any of the Commitment Parties may place advertisements in financial and other newspapers and periodicals or on a home page or similar place for dissemination of information on the Internet or World Wide Web as it may choose, and circulate similar promotional materials, in the form of a tombstone or otherwise describing the names of you, the Target and your and its affiliates (or any of them), and the amount, type and closing date of the Facilities or the Existing Credit Facility Amendment, all at such Commitment Partys expense.
You acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including, without limitation, financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. The Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates will not use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or any of their other relationships with you in connection with the performance by them and their affiliates of services for other companies, and the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates will not furnish any such information to such other companies. By the same token, we will not make available to you confidential information that we have obtained or may obtain from any other customer. You also acknowledge that no Commitment Party, nor any of its affiliates, has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, or to furnish to you, the Target or your or its subsidiaries, confidential information obtained by such Commitment Party and its affiliates from other companies.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Commitment Letter, you acknowledge and agree, and acknowledge your affiliates understanding, that: (i) the Facilities, the Existing Credit Facility Amendment and any related arranging or other services described in this Commitment Letter is an arms-length commercial transaction between you and your affiliates, on the one hand, and the Commitment Parties, on the other hand, (ii) the Commitment Parties have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby and you have consulted your own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have deemed appropriate, (iii) you are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) in connection with the financing transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Commitment Parties has been, is and will be acting solely as a principal and has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for you, the Target or any of your or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other person, (v) the Commitment Parties have not assumed and will not be deemed to assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in your or your affiliates favor with respect to any of the financing transactions contemplated hereby (irrespective of whether any Commitment Party has advised, is currently advising or will advise you, your equityholders or affiliates on other matters), and the Commitment Parties have no obligation to you or your affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth in this Commitment Letter, and (vi) the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that
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differ from yours and those of your affiliates, and the Commitment Parties have no obligation to disclose any of such interests to you or your affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you hereby waive and release any claims that you may have against the Commitment Parties with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any financing transaction contemplated by this Commitment Letter. No Commitment Party has provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Term Sheets and you have consulted with your own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have deemed it appropriate to do so.
As you know, Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been retained by you (or one of your affiliates) as financial advisor (in such capacity, the Financial Advisor ) in connection with the Acquisition. The parties hereto agree to such retention, and further agree not to assert any claim you might allege based on any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might be asserted to arise or result from the engagement of the Financial Advisor, on the one hand, and Goldman Sachs and its affiliates relationships with you as described and referred to herein, on the other.
10. Termination . Our commitments and undertakings hereunder shall terminate in their entirety automatically without further notice or action by us on the first to occur of (a) November 22, 2017, (b) the date of the closing of the Acquisition, effective immediately following such closing, with or without the use of any portion of the Facilities, and (c) the termination of the Acquisition Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the effectiveness of the Specified Amendment, the commitments and any other obligations of the Commitment Parties in respect of the Backstop Facility or the Existing Credit Facility Amendment (or any part thereof) shall permanently, irrevocably and automatically be terminated and have no further force or effect without any further action by the Commitment Parties or you.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10 to the contrary, the termination of any commitment pursuant to this Section 10 does not prejudice your or our rights and remedies in respect of any breach of this Commitment Letter that occurred prior to such termination.
The Fee Letters and the compensation, reimbursement, indemnification, syndication, information, jurisdiction, absence of agency or fiduciary relationship, conflicts of interest, governing law, venue, waiver of jury trial and confidentiality provisions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether the Loan Documents shall be executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter or any Lenders commitments hereunder; provided that your obligations under this Commitment Letter (other than your obligations with respect to confidentiality, compensation, jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, governing law, venue, absence of agency or fiduciary relationship, conflicts of interest, information and assistance to be provided in connection with the syndication of the Facilities) shall automatically terminate and be superseded to the extent of any corresponding provisions of the Loan Documents covering substantially the same subject matter upon the execution and delivery thereof, and you shall automatically be released from all liability hereunder in connection therewith at such time.
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11. Assignment; etc . This Commitment Letter and the commitments and undertakings hereunder shall not be assignable by any party hereto without the prior written consent of each other party hereto, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void and of no effect; provided , however , each Commitment Party may assign its commitment and other rights and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, (a) to any of its affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, assignments between GS Bank and GSLP), (b) as provided in Section 2 hereof, to any Additional Arranger or its affiliates and (c) subject to Section 2 and 3 hereof, in connection with the syndication of the Facilities or the arrangement of the Existing Credit Facility Amendment; provided that, other than as contemplated by Sections 2 and 3 hereof and except for assignments between GS Bank and GSLP or assignments to Permitted Lenders, such Commitment Party shall not be released from the portion of its commitment hereunder so assigned to the extent such assignee fails to fund the portion of the commitment assigned to it on the Closing Date notwithstanding the satisfaction of the conditions to such funding set forth herein. Any assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void. This Commitment Letter is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and the Indemnified Persons and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of or be enforceable by, any person other than the parties hereto and the Indemnified Persons, except that the Commitment Parties may perform the duties and activities described hereunder through any of their respective affiliates or branches and the provisions of Section 9 shall apply with equal force and effect to any of such affiliates or branches so performing any such duties or activities.
12. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; etc . This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof to the extent that such principles would direct a matter to another jurisdiction; provided that the laws of the State of Delaware shall govern in determining (i) whether the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, (ii) whether a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Exhibit E) has occurred and (iii) accuracy of any Acquisition Agreement Representations. Each of the parties hereto waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) related to or arising out of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, each element of the Transactions or the performance by us or any of our affiliates of the services contemplated hereby. In addition, with respect to any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Transactions or the performance by us or any of our affiliates of the services contemplated hereby, the parties hereto hereby irrevocably: (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York; (b) agree that, subject to the final sentence of this paragraph, all claims with respect to such action or proceeding may be heard and determined exclusively in such New York State or Federal court; (c) waive the defense of any inconvenient forum to such New York State or Federal court; (d) agree that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in another jurisdiction by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; and (e) consent to service of process by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to such party at its address set forth in Section 15 hereof and agree that such service shall be effective when sent or delivered. Nothing in this Commitment Letter shall affect any right that any Commitment Party or any of its affiliates may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Commitment Letter and the Transactions against you or your properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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13. Amendments; Counterparts; etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision hereof (including the Term Sheets) or of a Fee Letter shall be effective unless in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto or thereto and then only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. This Commitment Letter (including the Term Sheets) and the Fee Letters are the only agreements among the parties hereto with respect to the matters contemplated hereby and thereby and set forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect thereto. This Commitment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Commitment Letter by facsimile transmission (or in pdf or similar format by electronic mail) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Commitment Letter.
14. PATRIOT Act Notification . We hereby notify you that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (as the same may be extended and in effect from time to time, the PATRIOT Act ), each Commitment Party is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Guarantors, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the Borrower and the Guarantors that will allow the Commitment Parties to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act and is effective as to each Commitment Party and each Lender. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Commitment Parties shall be permitted to share any or all such information with the Lenders.
15. Notices . Any notice given pursuant to this Commitment Letter shall be mailed or hand delivered in writing, if to (a) you, at your address set forth on page one hereof and (b) GS Bank and GSLP, at its address set forth on page one hereof.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters are binding and enforceable agreements with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, including an agreement to negotiate in good faith the Facilities and the Specified Amendment by the parties hereto in a manner consistent with this Commitment Letter, it being acknowledged and agreed that the commitments provided hereunder by the Commitment Parties are subject only to the conditions precedent set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to you, please so confirm by signing and returning to us executed counterparts of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters. Unless we receive your executed counterparts hereof and thereof by 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 17, 2016, our offer hereunder will automatically expire at such time without further action or notice.
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We are pleased to have this opportunity and we look forward to working with you on this transaction.
Very truly yours, | ||||
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert Ehudin | |||
Name: | Robert Ehudin | |||
Title: | Authorized signatory | |||
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert Ehudin | |||
Name: | Robert Ehudin | |||
Title: | Authorized signatory |
[Signature Page to Commitment Letter]
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above: | ||
TESORO CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Steven M. Sterin | |
Name: Steven M. Sterin | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
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Transaction Description
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter to which this Exhibit A is attached or the other Exhibits to the Commitment Letter.
Pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of the date of the Commitment Letter, among the Borrower, certain newly formed subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto and the Target (together with all exhibits, schedules and disclosure letters thereto, collectively, the Acquisition Agreement ), the Borrower will acquire the Target (the Acquisition ).
In connection with the Acquisition, it is intended that:
(a) The Borrower will (i) (1) issue and sell senior unsecured notes providing for gross proceeds of up to $2.15 billion on or prior to the Closing Date (the Senior Notes ) pursuant to a registered public offering or a Rule 144A and/or Regulation S offering or other private placement and/or (2) obtain a new syndicated term loan facility (the Term Loan Facility ); or (ii) to the extent that all or a portion of such offering of the Senior Notes and/or the Term Loan Facility providing such amount of gross proceeds has not been entered into on or prior to the Closing Date, obtain up to $2.15 billion in the aggregate (less the amount of any gross proceeds (including proceeds received in escrow) from the issuance of Senior Notes and/or the Term Loan Facility), under a senior unsecured bridge credit facility described in Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter (the Bridge Facility ).
(c) (i) The Existing Credit Facility will be (x) amended pursuant to the Specified Amendment and, if the consent of the Existing Lenders thereto is obtained, the Additional Amendments, in each case, as described in Exhibit C to the Commitment Letter, or (y) refinanced in full with a senior secured backstop credit facility described in Exhibit D to the Commitment Letter (the Backstop Facility ), with all commitments thereunder terminated and replaced with the commitments under the Backstop Facility and all security and guarantees in respect of the Existing Credit Facility being discharged and released (the Existing Credit Facility Refinancing ) and (ii) the following indebtedness of the Target and its subsidiaries, in each case as amended, will be repaid or otherwise satisfied and discharged, with all commitments thereunder terminated and all security and guarantees in respect thereof (if any) discharged and released (the Debt Repayment ):
(1) the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2013, among Western Refining, Inc., Bank of America, N.A. and the lenders party thereto;
(2) the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2014, among Western Refining, Inc., Bank of America, N.A. and the lenders party thereto;
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(3) the Indenture dated as of March 25, 2013, among Western Refining, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to 6.25% Senior Notes due 2021 of Western Refining, Inc.
(4) the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2012, among Northern Tier Energy LLC, Northern Tier Finance Corporation, Northern Tier Energy LP and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee, relating to 7.125% Senior Notes due 2020 of Northern Tier Energy LLC and Northern Tier Finance Corporation, as co-issuers; and
(5) the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2014, among Northern Tier Energy LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and the financial institutions party hereto.
The proceeds of the Senior Notes, the Term Loan Facility and/or the Bridge Facility will be applied to the Debt Repayment and to pay a portion of the Cash Consideration (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) and all or a portion of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions (such fees and expenses, the Transaction Costs ) and, if the Specified Amendment is not obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the proceeds of loans under the Backstop Facility on the Closing Date may be applied to repay loans under the Existing Credit Facility and to pay the Transaction Costs and letters of credit under the Backstop Facility may be used to replace, backstop or, subject to the consent of the issuer thereof, grandfather any letters of credit.
The transactions described above are collectively referred to herein as the Transactions and, the date of the consummation of the Acquisition, the Closing Date .
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EXHIBIT B
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364-day Senior Unsecured Bridge Facility
Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit B shall have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter to which this Exhibit B is attached or the other Exhibits to the Commitment Letter.
Borrower : | Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ). | |
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners : | Goldman Sachs Bank USA ( GS Bank ) (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) and each other financial institution appointed as a lead arranger and/or bookrunner pursuant to the terms of the Commitment Letter (collectively, the Bridge Lead Arrangers ). | |
Administrative Agent : | GS Bank (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) will act as sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the Bridge Administrative Agent ) for the Bridge Lenders (as defined below). | |
Transactions : | As described in Exhibit A to the Commitment Letter. | |
Lenders : | GS Bank (or one of its affiliates) and a syndicate of financial institutions and other lenders (the Bridge Lenders ) arranged by the Bridge Lead Arrangers as contemplated by the Commitment Letter. | |
Type and Amount of Facility : | A senior unsecured 364-day bridge loan facility (the Bridge Facility ) under which the Bridge Lenders will make senior increasing rate loans (the Bridge Loans ) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2.15 billion, less the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of any Senior Notes issued from and after the date of the Commitment Letter and on or prior to the Closing Date plus (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all reductions on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions section below. | |
Purpose : | The proceeds of the Bridge Loans, together with the proceeds of any Senior Notes issued in lieu thereof, will be used to finance the Acquisition and the Debt Repayment and to pay for a portion of Transaction Costs. | |
Availability : | The full amount of the Bridge Facility must be drawn in a single drawing on the Closing Date concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition. Amounts repaid or prepaid under the Bridge Facility may not be reborrowed. |
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Ranking : | The Bridge Loans will rank pari passu with other senior indebtedness of the Borrower. | |
Guarantees : | Substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. The Target and each of its subsidiaries that would be required to guarantee the Existing Credit Facility will, subject to the Guarantee and Collateral Provisions, be required to become guarantors. The Borrower and the guarantors are collectively referred to as the Loan Parties . | |
Maturity : | The Bridge Loans will mature on the day that is 364 days after the Closing Date, and will not be subject to scheduled amortization prior to the final maturity thereof. | |
Interest Rates : |
The Borrower may elect that the Bridge Loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (a) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (b) the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
As used herein:
Base Rate means for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1 ⁄ 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
Adjusted LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
LIBO Rate means the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Bridge Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (in each case the LIBO Screen Rate ) at approximately |
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11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate (as defined in the Existing Credit Facility).
Applicable Margin shall be the applicable rate per annum determined in accordance with the ratings based grid on Annex I hereto.
In no event shall the Adjusted LIBO Rate be less than zero or the Base Rate be less than the one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate plus 1.00% per annum.
The Borrower may select, in respect of Eurodollar Loans, Interest Periods of one week or one, two or three months or such shorter or longer period as may be consented to by each Bridge Lender.
Interest will be payable in arrears (a) with respect to each Base Rate Loan, on the first business day of each calendar quarter during the term of such Base Rate Loan and (b) with respect to each Eurodollar Loan, on the last day of the applicable interest period relating thereto; provided that in the event that the interest period for a Eurodollar Loan shall be for a period in excess of three months, then interest shall also be payable on each three month anniversary of the commencement of such interest period. |
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Duration Fees | The Borrower shall pay duration fees for the account of each Bridge Lender in amounts equal to the percentage, determined in accordance with the grid below, of the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Loans of such Bridge Lender outstanding at the close of business, New York City time, on each date set forth in the grid below. |
Duration Fees | ||||
90 days after the Closing Date |
180 days after the Closing Date |
270 days after the Closing Date |
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50 bps | 75 bps | 100 bps |
Default Rate : | Upon and during the continuance of any payment event of default or bankruptcy event of default, with respect to principal, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and, with respect to any other amount, the interest rate applicable to the Bridge Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus 2.00% per annum. |
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Mandatory Prepayments/ Commitment Reductions : |
The Borrower shall prepay the Bridge Loans or, prior to the funding of the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date, the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility shall automatically reduce, in an aggregate amount equal to:
(a) 100% of the net cash proceeds received (including into escrow) by the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries from any Specified Debt Incurrence (as defined below), in each case after the date of the Commitment Letter, whether before or after the Closing Date; provided that, prior to the Closing Date, any automatic reduction of commitments under the Bridge Facility pursuant to this clause (a) on account of the issuance of Senior Notes shall be without duplication of any such reduction pursuant to the Type and Amount of Facility section above;
(b) 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from any Specified Equity Issuance (as defined below) after the date of the Commitment Letter, whether before or after the Closing Date; and
(c) 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries from any Specified Asset Disposition consummated after the date of the Commitment Letter, whether before or after the Closing Date, other than net cash proceeds of any Specified Asset Disposition consummated prior to the Closing Date with respect to which the Borrower shall have given written notice to the Bridge Lead Arrangers that the Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries intend to reinvest such net cash proceeds within 180 days of receipt thereof in non-current assets to be used in the business of the Borrower and/or its restricted subsidiaries, provided that any such net cash proceeds that are not so reinvested by the end of such 180-day period shall then be subject to the provisions of this clause (c), and provided further that no net cash proceeds received prior to the Closing Date that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this clause (c) shall be subject to such provisions until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds shall equal $1.0 billion, and then only the portion in excess of $1.0 billion shall be subject to such provisions.
In addition, prior to the funding of the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date, the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility shall automatically reduce by the aggregate committed amount of any loan or other credit agreement (including the Term Loan Facility, but excluding the Backstop Facility) entered into by the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries after the date of the Commitment Letter for the stated purpose of financing the Acquisition or the other Transactions, provided that the conditions precedent to funding such commitments are no less favorable to the Borrower or such restricted subsidiary than the conditions precedent to the funding of the Bridge Facility as set forth herein, it being understood that upon the effectiveness of any such automatic reduction and solely to the extent |
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of the amount thereof, there shall be no duplicative reduction or prepayment in respect of such loan or other credit facility pursuant to clause (a) above or pursuant to the Type and Amount of Facility section above.
Any required commitment reduction resulting from any of the foregoing shall be effective on the same day as such net cash proceeds are received or, in the case of the establishment of any loan or other credit facility, on the date of entry into the loan or other credit agreement establishing such facility. Any prepayment of the Bridge Loans required under clause (a), (b) or (c) above shall be made on or prior to the third business day after such net cash proceeds are received, and will be without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Bridge Lenders breakage costs. |
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Specified Debt Incurrence means any issuance or incurrence of (a) the Senior Notes, (b) any other debt securities (including debt securities convertible into equity and any equity-linked or hybrid debt-equity securities) of the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries, in each case, whether pursuant to a public offering or in a Rule 144A or other private placement, (c) indebtedness under any loan or other credit facility (other than the Bridge Facility or the Backstop Facility) of the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries and (d) any other indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries, in each case, other than (i) intercompany debt between the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, indebtedness of Tesoro Logistics and its subsidiaries and other subsidiaries that are excluded subsidiaries under the Existing Credit Facility, including, after the Closing Date, Western Refining Logistics, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ( Western Refining Logistics ), and its subsidiaries, (iii) borrowings under the Existing Credit Facility (but not any incremental commitments thereunder effected after the date of the Commitment Letter), (iv) refinancings of the 4.250% Senior Notes due 2017 of the Borrower, provided that such refinancing does not increase the aggregate outstanding amount thereof, other than by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the indebtedness being refinanced and the amount of any costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (v) deferred purchase price obligations, (vi) ordinary course working capital facilities (other than any revolving credit facilities), (vii) ordinary course capital leases, purchase money and equipment financings and (viii) any indebtedness of the Target and its subsidiaries incurred prior to the Closing Date permitted to be incurred and remain outstanding pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement. |
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Specified Equity Issuance means any issuance of common equity, preferred equity or other equity securities by the Borrower, whether pursuant to a public offering or in a Rule 144A or other private placement, other than (a) any equity securities issued pursuant to employee stock plans or other employee compensation plans, (b) equity securities issued as consideration in the Acquisition or in any other acquisition and (c) issuances of directors qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts required to be held by persons (other than the Borrower or its subsidiaries under applicable law) by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, in each case on or after the date of the Commitment Letter.
Specified Asset Disposition means any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business, other than (a) dispositions between the Borrower and any of its restricted subsidiaries, (b) the unwinding of hedging arrangements, (c) disposition of accounts receivable as part of collection, (d) the sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business and (e) any sale, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions) for which the net cash proceeds received does not exceed $10 million. It is understood that a casualty loss or damage to any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries shall not constitute a Specified Asset Disposition. |
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Optional Prepayment : | The Bridge Loans may be prepaid at any time, in whole or in part, at par plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment but without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Bridge Lenders breakage costs, upon not less than three (3) business days prior written notice, at the option of the Borrower. | |
Documentation : | The definitive documentation for the Bridge Facility (the Bridge Documentation ) will be based on the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016, by and among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the Existing Credit Facility ), as in effect on the date of the Commitment Letter but after giving effect to the Specified Amendments, and solely with such other modifications thereto as are required to reflect (a) the terms and conditions set forth in this Exhibit B (as they may be modified in accordance with the market flex provisions of the Arranger Fee Letter), (b) the interim nature of the Bridge Facility and the fact that the Bridge Facility is an unsecured term loan facility, (c) the Bridge Administrative Agents customary agency and mechanical provisions, (d) scheduled exceptions to the representations and warranties to be subject to the reasonable approval of the Bridge Lead Arrangers (in lieu of certain exceptions being previously disclosed to the agent and the lenders under the Existing Credit Facility) and (e) modifications to the Existing Credit Facility that are mutually agreed |
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to account for changes in law or accounting standards or to cure mistakes or defects (it being understood that if a modification of any provision in the definitive documentation is proposed pursuant to this clause (e), but the Borrower and the Bridge Lead Arrangers fail to mutually agree on any modification of such provision in the requisite time period to allow drawing on the Closing Date, such provision shall be in the form of the corresponding provision of the Existing Credit Facility). The Bridge Documentation shall contain only those conditions to borrowing, mandatory prepayments, representations and warranties, affirmative, negative and financial covenants and events of default expressly set forth in this Exhibit B , which, subject to the preceding sentence, shall be substantially consistent with, but no less favorable to the Borrower in any respect than, the Existing Credit Facility. The principles set forth in this paragraph are referred to as the Bridge Documentation Principles . | ||
Conditions Precedent to Borrowing : | The availability of the borrowing under the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date shall only be subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit E to the Commitment Letter. | |
Representations and Warranties : | Subject to the Bridge Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility, it being understood that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date will cover the Target and its subsidiaries (in the case of excluded subsidiaries of the Target, only to the extent such representations and warranties cover the excluded subsidiaries of the Borrower) and the Acquisition and the other Transactions. | |
Affirmative Covenants : | Subject to the Bridge Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Negative and Financial Covenants : | Subject to the Bridge Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Events of Default : | Subject to the Bridge Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Cost and Yield Protection : | Subject to the Bridge Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Assignments and Participation : | The Bridge Lenders will have the right to assign all or, subject to minimum amounts to be agreed, a portion of their Bridge Loans after the Closing Date without the consent of the Borrower (other than to Disqualified Lenders, provided that the list thereof is made available to all Bridge Lenders); provided , however , that, unless an event of default has occurred and is at such time continuing, the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required with respect to any such assignment if, subsequent thereto, the Commitment Parties would hold, in the aggregate, less than 50.1% of the outstanding Bridge Loans. |
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The Bridge Lenders will be permitted to participate the Bridge Loans without restriction (other than to Disqualified Lenders, provided that the list thereof is made available to all Bridge Lenders). Voting rights of participants shall be limited to matters in respect of (a) increases in commitments, (b) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees, (c) extension of final maturity and (d) releases of all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees or the Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything in the Bridge Documentation to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for monitoring assignments or participations for compliance with the list of Disqualified Lenders, if any. |
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Voting : |
Amendments and waivers of the Bridge Documentation will require the approval of the Bridge Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans and unused commitments under the Bridge Facility (excluding loans and unused commitments of Defaulting Lenders) (the Required Lenders ), except that: (a) the consent of each Bridge Lender affected thereby shall be required with respect to (i) increases in commitments, (ii) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees, (iii) extensions of final maturity; (v) modifications to the pro rata sharing and payment provisions and (vi) releases of all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees on a consolidated basis (other than in connection with any sale of the relevant Guarantor permitted by the Bridge Documentation) and (b) the consent of 100% of the Bridge Lenders will be required with respect to (i) modifications to any of the voting percentages and (ii) releases of the Borrower. The consent of the Bridge Administrative Agent will be required to amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights and duties of the Bridge Administrative Agent.
The Bridge Documentation shall contain customary provisions with respect to non-consenting Bridge Lenders, consistent with the Bridge Documentation Principles. |
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Expenses and Indemnification : | The Borrower shall pay (a) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses of the Bridge Administrative Agent and the Bridge Lead Arrangers associated with the syndication of the Bridge Facility and the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Bridge Documentation and any amendment or waiver with respect thereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of outside counsel identified herein, one local counsel in each relevant material jurisdiction and counsel |
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otherwise retained with the Borrowers consent) and (b) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses of the Bridge Administrative Agent, the Bridge Lead Arrangers and the Bridge Lenders (including, without limitation, the fees, disbursements and other charges of outside counsel) in connection with the enforcement of the Bridge Documentation.
The Loan Parties will indemnify the Bridge Administrative Agent, the Bridge Lead Arrangers and the Bridge Lenders and the respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents, other representatives, controlling persons, members, partners and successors and permitted assigns of any of the foregoing, and hold them harmless from and against all costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) and liabilities of any such indemnified person arising out of or relating to any claim or any litigation or other proceedings (regardless of whether any such indemnified person is a party thereto or whether such claim, litigation, or other proceeding is brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any of its affiliates, creditors or shareholders or any other person) that relate to the Bridge Documentation or the transactions contemplated thereby or the use of proceeds therefrom, provided that no indemnified person will be indemnified for (i) its gross negligence, bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct or material breach in bad faith of the Bridge Documentation, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) disputes solely among indemnified parties and not involving any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its affiliates (other than, with respect to the Bridge Administrative Agent, any Bridge Lead Arranger or any other agent or arranger under the Bridge Facility, any dispute involving such person in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as such). |
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Governing Law and Forum : | New York, including exclusive New York jurisdiction. | |
Counsel to Bridge Administrative Agent and Bridge Lead Arrangers : | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. | |
Counsel to Borrowe r: | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. |
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364-day Senior Unsecured Bridge Facility
Pricing Grid
Applicable Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Debt Rating |
Closing Date
89 days after Closing Date |
90- 179 days
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180 269 days
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270 days after
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ABR | LIBOR | ABR | LIBOR | ABR | LIBOR | ABR | LIBOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1: >Ba2/BB+ |
1.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 1.75 | % | 2.75 | % | 2.00 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Level 2: Ba2/BB+ |
1.75 | % | 2.75 | % | 2.00 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | 2.50 | % | 3.50 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Level 3: Ba3/BB |
2.00 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | 2.50 | % | 3.50 | % | 2.75 | % | 3.75 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Level 4: <Ba3/BB or unrated |
2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | 2.50 | % | 3.50 | % | 2.75 | % | 3.75 | % | 3.00 | % | 4.00 | % |
Senior Debt Rating means the rating assigned by S&P or Moodys to the senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrower money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
For purposes of the foregoing, at any time that there is a split in such Senior Debt Ratings, then the lower of such Senior Debt Ratings shall apply, unless there is a split in Senior Debt Ratings of more than one level, in which case the level that is one level higher than the lower Senior Debt Rating shall apply. If either S&P or Moodys shall not have in effect a Senior Debt Rating, then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Level 4.
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EXHIBIT C
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Summary of Exiting Credit Facility Amendments
The term Specified Amendment refers to the following amendments to the Existing Credit Facility, in each case, in the form to be mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Amendment Lead Arrangers:
(a) | Negative Covenants: |
(i) | Section 6.01(a)(ix) shall be amended to permit the pre-existing debt of the Target and its subsidiaries (other than any indebtedness required to be repaid or otherwise discharged and satisfied as part of the Debt Repayment) permitted under the Acquisition Agreement to be outstanding on the Closing Date. |
(ii) | Section 6.01(a)(xiii) shall be amended to permit additional unsecured indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, the Bridge Facility and the Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.15 billion. |
(iii) | Section 6.04 shall be amended to include a provision permitting the consummation of the Acquisition as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement. |
(b) | Affirmative Covenants: |
(i) | Section 5.09(a) shall be amended to exclude Western Refining Logistics and its subsidiaries from any requirement to guarantee or secure the Existing Credit Facility. |
(c) | Other: |
(i) | Western Refining Logistics and its subsidiaries shall be designated as Excluded Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, subject to certain corresponding amendments to the Existing Credit Facility that provide for the substantially similar restrictions on transactions between the Borrower and its subsidiaries (other than Western Refining Logistics and its subsidiaries), on the one hand, and Western Refining Logistics and its subsidiaries, on the other hand, as the restrictions on the transactions between the Borrower and its subsidiaries (other than Tesoro Logistics and its subsidiaries), on the one hand, and Tesoro Logistics and its subsidiaries, on the other hand. |
The term Additional Amendment refers to the following amendments to the Existing Credit Facility, in each case, in the form to be mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Amendment Lead Arrangers:
(a) | Section 2.02(a) shall be amended to permit establishment of additional incremental revolving commitments in an aggregate amount of up to $750.0 million, so that the aggregate amount of revolving commitments under the Existing Credit Facility can be increased to an amount up to $3.0 billion. |
(b) | The Existing Credit Facility shall be amended to permit incurrence of term loans by the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750.0 million, which term loans will be permitted to be guaranteed and secured on a pari passu basis with the obligations under the Existing Credit Facility. |
The term Existing Credit Facility Amendment refers to the Specified Amendments and, if and to the extent any such amendments are solicited or effected in connection with soliciting or effecting the Specified Amendments, the Additional Amendments.
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Senior Secured Backstop Facility
Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit D shall have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter to which this Exhibit D is attached or the other Exhibits to the Commitment Letter.
Borrower : | Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ). | |
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners: | Goldman Sachs Bank USA ( GS Bank ) (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) and each other financial institution appointed as a lead arranger and/or bookrunner pursuant to the terms of the Commitment Letter (the Backstop Lead Arrangers ). | |
Administrative Agent : | GS Bank (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) will act as sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the Backstop Administrative Agent and, together with the Bridge Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agents ) for the Backstop Lenders (as defined below). | |
Transactions : | As described in Exhibit A to the Commitment Letter. | |
Lenders : | GS Bank (or one of its affiliates) and a syndicate of financial institutions and other lenders (the Backstop Lenders ) arranged by the Backstop Lead Arrangers as contemplated by the Commitment Letter. | |
Backstop Facility : |
If the Specified Amendment is not obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the Backstop Lenders will provide a senior secured revolving credit facility in aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion (the Backstop Facility ).
Up to $1.05 billion of the Backstop Facility will be available in the form of standby letters of credit to be provided by the Commitment Parties (ratably in accordance with their commitments in respect of the Backstop Facility under the Commitment Letter) and/or other Backstop Lenders to be mutually agreed that consent to act in such capacity (with the amount of each such Backstop Lenders commitment to issue letters of credit being as separately agreed by the Borrower and such Backstop Lender, and such commitment to reduce ratably the commitments of the Commitment Parties to issue letters of credit). The obligation of letter of credit issuers under the Backstop Facility to issue, extend, renew or amend any letter of credit shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such letter of credit issuer. |
Purpose : | The commitments under and the proceeds of the Backstop Facility will be used to refinance the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Availability : | If the Specified Amendment is not obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the full amount of the Backstop Facility will be made available on the Closing Date to refinance amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility and for fees and costs in connection with the Transactions, and the Backstop Facility will be available after the Closing Date to finance working capital and general corporate purposes. | |
Ranking : | The Backstop Facility will rank pari passu with the Bridge Facility and other senior indebtedness of the Borrower. | |
Guarantees : | Substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. The Target and each of its subsidiaries that would be required to guarantee the Existing Credit Facility will, subject to the Guarantee and Collateral Provisions, be required to become guarantors. The Borrower and the guarantors are collectively referred to as the Loan Parties . | |
Security: | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles and the Guarantee and Collateral Provisions, substantially the same as and limited to that set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Maturity : | September 30, 2020. | |
Interest Rates and Commitment and Letter of Credit Fees : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, the same as the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Default Rate : | Upon and during the continuance of any payment event of default or bankruptcy event of default, with respect to principal, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and, with respect to any other amount, the interest rate applicable to the Base Rate Loans under the Backstop Facility plus 2.00% per annum. | |
Mandatory Prepayment: | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Optional Prepayment : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. |
Documentation : | The definitive documentation for the Backstop Facility (the Backstop Documentation ) will be based on the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016, by and among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the Existing Credit Facility ), as in effect on the date of the Commitment Letter but after giving effect to the Specified Amendments, and solely with such other modifications thereto as are required to reflect (a) the terms and conditions set forth in this Exhibit D (as they may be modified in accordance with the market flex provisions of the Arranger Fee Letter), (b) the Backstop Administrative Agents customary agency and mechanical provisions, (c) scheduled exceptions to the representations and warranties to be subject to the reasonable approval of the Backstop Lead Arrangers (in lieu of certain exceptions being previously disclosed to the agent and the lenders under the Existing Credit Facility) and (d) modifications to the Existing Credit Facility to account for changes in law or accounting standards or to cure mistakes or defects (it being understood that if a modification of any provision in the definitive documentation is proposed pursuant to this clause (d), but the Borrower and the Backstop Lead Arrangers fail to mutually agree on any modification of such provision in the requisite time period to allow effectiveness on the Closing Date, such provision shall be in the form of the corresponding provision of the Existing Credit Facility). The Backstop Documentation shall contain only those conditions to borrowing, mandatory prepayments, representations and warranties, affirmative, negative and financial covenants and events of default set forth in this Exhibit D (as they may be modified in accordance with the market flex provisions of the Arranger Fee Letter), which, subject to the preceding sentence (and the immediately preceding parenthetical), shall be substantially consistent with, but no less favorable to the Borrower in any respect than, the Existing Credit Facility. The principles set forth in this paragraph are referred to as the Backstop Documentation Principles . | |
Conditions Precedent to Closing Date Borrowing : | The availability of the borrowing under the Backstop Facility on the Closing Date shall only be subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit E to the Commitment Letter. | |
Conditions Precedent to Borrowings after the Closing Date | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Representations and Warranties : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility, it being understood that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date will cover the Target and its subsidiaries (in the case of excluded subsidiaries of the Target, only to the extent such representations and warranties cover the excluded subsidiaries of the Borrower) and the Acquisition and the other Transactions. |
Affirmative Covenants : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Negative and Financial Covenants : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Events of Default : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Cost and Yield Protection : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Assignments and Participation : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Voting : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Expenses and Indemnification : | Subject to the Backstop Documentation Principles, substantially the same as and limited to those set forth in the Existing Credit Facility. | |
Governing Law and Forum: | New York, including exclusive New York jurisdiction. | |
Counsel to Backstop Administrative Agent and Backstop Lead Arrangers : | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. | |
Counsel to Borrower: | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. |
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Conditions Precedent to Closing
The initial extensions of credit under the Facilities will be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) as determined by each Lead Arranger of the following conditions:
1. The Lead Arrangers shall have received a copy of the definitive Acquisition Agreement. The terms of the Acquisition Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers (it being acknowledged that the execution copy version of the Acquisition Agreement received by counsel to the Commitment Parties and acknowledged by such counsel as the applicable version thereof for purposes of this parenthetical, is satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers). The Acquisition shall have been consummated, or substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowing under the Facilities shall be consummated, in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement in all material respects, and no provision of the Acquisition Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including any consent thereunder) in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arrangers without the consent of the Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that (a) any increase in the purchase price shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arrangers if it is paid for solely by an increase in the equity component of the purchase price, (b) any decrease in the purchase price shall be deemed not materially adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arrangers, provided that such decrease in the purchase price is allocated to reduce, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the amount of the Bridge Facility and (c) the availability of the borrowing under the Bridge Facility (but not under the Backstop Facility) shall be subject to (i) there being no modification of the definitions of the terms Marketing Period, Required Information and Compliant (each, as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), in each case, from the definition thereof in the Acquisition Agreement as in effect on the date of the Commitment Letter, and (ii) the consummation of the Acquisition not occurring prior to the final day of the Marketing Period (as so defined), in each case, without the consent of the Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), it being understood that this clause (c) shall cease to be in effect upon the termination (including as a result of any reductions as set forth in the Bridge Facility Term Sheet under Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions) of all commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility.
2. Except as set forth in (a) the Company Reports or the MLP Reports publicly filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding, in each case, any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or (b) Section 5.1(f)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter (in the final form received by counsel to the Commitment Parties and acknowledged by such counsel as the applicable version thereof for purposes of this parenthetical) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any other section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to this Section 2(a) if the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), since December 31, 2015, there has not been any change in the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any circumstance, occurrence or
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development of which the Company has Knowledge which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Company Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding any effect to the extent resulting from any of the following: (A) changes in the economy or financial markets generally in the United States or any other country or changes that are the result of acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or of natural disasters; (B) changes that are the result of factors generally affecting the petrochemical refining or pipeline industries; (C) (i) the (1) announcement, or (2) consummation, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the exception in clause (2) shall not apply to any representation or warranty contained Section 5.1 of this Agreement if the primary purpose of such representation or warranty is from the face of such representation or warranty to address the consequences resulting from the consummation of the Merger; or (ii) any litigation brought by or on behalf of any current or former holder of Company Shares, in its capacity as such, arising from allegations of any breach of fiduciary duty or violation of Law relating to this Agreement or the Merger; (D) changes in Law or in United States generally accepted accounting principles after the date of this Agreement; (E) any failure in and of itself by the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet any estimates or projections of financial performance for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing; provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (F) a decline in the price or trading volume of the Company Shares (or of the equity securities of any Company Subsidiary) on the NYSE; provided that, the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such decline has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (G) (1) any action taken (or omitted to be taken) at the written request of Parent (subject to the prior written consent of the Lead Arrangers to such request) or that is expressly required by this Agreement or (2) the failure to take any specific action expressly prohibited by this Agreement for which Parent declined to consent; and (H) any change in the prices of natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products or natural gas liquids or products produced from hydrocarbon products, natural gas liquids or crack spreads, except, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (D) and (H), to the extent such change, event, circumstance or development (i) primarily relates only to (or has the effect of primarily relating only to) the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) disproportionately adversely affects the Company and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies of similar size operating in the petrochemical refining and pipeline industries. All capitalized terms used in this Section 2 and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Acquisition Agreement (as in effect on the date of the Commitment Letter).
3. All fees of the Commitment Parties and the Administrative Agents payable on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letters, all fees owed to the Lenders pursuant to the Fee Letters and all expenses of the Commitment Parties required to be paid or reimbursed on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter (to the extent, in the case of such expenses, invoiced at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed by the Borrower) shall have been paid, in each case, at the Borrowers option, from the proceeds of the initial funding under the relevant Facility.
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4. The Lead Arrangers shall have received (a) audited consolidated financial statements of the Target and its subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years ended at least 90 days before the Closing Date and (b) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Target and its subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter) ended after the date of the most recent balance sheet delivered pursuant to clause (a) above and at least 45 days before the Closing Date (and, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such financial statements shall be prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP).
5. The Lead Arrangers shall have received (a) audited consolidated financial statements for the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years ended at least 90 days before the Closing Date, (b) unaudited consolidated financial statements for the Borrower and its subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter) ended after the date of the most recent balance sheet delivered pursuant to clause (a) above and at least 45 days before the Closing Date (and, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such financial statements shall be prepared in conforming with U.S. GAAP and (c) an unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter provided pursuant to the foregoing clause (a) or (b) and pro forma consolidated income statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Transactions) for each of (i) the most recent fiscal year for which audited consolidated financial statements are provided pursuant to clause (a) above and (ii) the interim period, if any, since the date of such audited financial statements through the most recent quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements provided pursuant to clause (b) above, in each case, presented in all material respects in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X.
6. The Specified Amendment shall have been obtained or the Existing Credit Facility Refinancing shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowing under the Facilities shall be, consummated, and the Debt Repayment shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowing under the Facilities shall be, consummated.
7. To the extent requested at least ten business days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know-your-customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act, at least three business days prior to the Closing Date.
8. The Bridge Documentation, in the case of the Bridge Facility, and the Backstop Documentation, in the case of the Backstop Facility, shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties. Subject to the Limited Conditionality Provisions, the guarantees and the security documents required to satisfy the requirements described under the Guarantees and, in respect of the Backstop Facility, Security headings set forth in the applicable Term Sheet shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties.
9. Subject to the Limited Conditionality Provisions, the Lead Arrangers shall have received the following (the Closing Deliverables ): (a) customary legal opinions, (b) customary evidence of authority, (c) customary officers certificates (including a certification of the aggregate amount of the reductions in the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility
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occurring pursuant to the Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions section in Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter, together with a reasonably detailed calculation thereof), (d) good standing certificates (to the extent applicable) in the respective jurisdictions of organization of the Loan Parties, (e) a solvency certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F and (f) a customary borrowing notice.
10. The Borrower shall have engaged (on or before the execution of the Commitment Letter) one or more investment and/or commercial banks reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers to arrange permanent financing or refinancing for the Bridge Facility.
11. The Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for representations and warranties that are already qualified by materiality, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct after giving effect to such materiality qualifier).
12. The Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects to the extent required under the Limited Conditionality Provisions.
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EXHIBIT F
Project Lisa
Solvency Certificate
Pursuant to Section [] of the Credit Agreement, dated [], 2016, among [] (the Borrower ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, the undersigned hereby certifies, solely in such undersigneds capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower, and not individually, as follows:
As of the date hereof, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such indebtedness under such Transactions:
(a) | The amount of the fair saleable value of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis exceeds: |
(i) | the value of all liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis), including contingent and other liabilities, as generally determined in accordance with applicable United States federal laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors; and |
(ii) | the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on its existing debts (including contingent liabilities) as such debts become absolute and matured; |
(b) | The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) do not have an unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the businesses in which it is engaged or proposed to be engaged; and |
(c) | The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) will be able to pay its liabilities, including contingent and other liabilities, as they mature. |
For purposes of this Certificate, each of the phrases not have an unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the businesses in which they are engaged or proposed to be engaged and able to pay their liabilities, including contingent and other liabilities, as they mature means that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be able to generate enough cash from operations, asset dispositions or refinancing, or a combination thereof, to meet its obligations as they become due. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned is familiar with the business and financial position of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. In reaching the conclusions set forth in this Certificate, the undersigned has made such other investigations and inquiries as the undersigned has deemed appropriate, having taken into account the nature of the particular business anticipated to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after consummation of the Transactions.
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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 16, 2016 (this Agreement ), by and among Western Refining, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ( Parent ), Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 1 ), Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 2 , and together with Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub ) and Paul L. Foster and Franklin Mountain Investments, LP (together, the Stockholder ). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
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WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of the Existing Shares (as defined below), and has sole investment power over, the Existing Shares;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the Merger Agreement ), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub 1 will be merged with and into the Company (the Merger ), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, the Stockholder has been provided with the execution copy of the Merger Agreement and acknowledges that the Stockholder will benefit directly and substantially from the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub have required that the Stockholder agree to, and the Stockholder has agreed to, enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Stockholder has determined to vote in favor of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in furtherance thereof has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote .
(a) From the date hereof until the Expiration Date, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to any of the following, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted), or (with respect to any written consent solicitation) deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with respect to, all of the Subject Shares: (A) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and any related proposal in furtherance thereof; (B) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement and/or if there are not sufficient shares present in person or by proxy at the Company Stockholder Meeting to constitute a quorum, (C) in favor of any other matter necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (D) against the following actions: (1) any merger, tender offer, exchange offer, sale of all or substantially all assets, recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person (including any Acquisition Proposal), other than the Merger and (2) any other action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to impede, frustrate, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the consummation thereof.
(b) At any meeting of the stockholders of the Company to which Section 1(a) above is applicable, the Stockholder shall, or shall direct the holder(s) of record of all of the Subject Shares on any applicable record date to, appear, in person or by proxy, at each meeting or otherwise cause all of the Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum. The Stockholder shall provide Parent with at least five (5) business days written notice prior to signing any action proposed to be taken by written consent with respect to any Subject Shares. The obligations of the Stockholder under this Agreement, including this Section 1 , shall apply whether or not an Adverse Company Recommendation Change has occurred.
(c) Solely in the event of a failure by the Stockholder to act in accordance with its obligations pursuant to Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) of this Agreement, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants to and appoints Parent (and any designee thereof) as the Stockholders proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of the Stockholder, to (i) represent the Subject Shares and (ii) vote, execute written consents and otherwise act (by voting at any meeting of stockholders of the Company or otherwise) with respect to the Subject Shares, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), regarding the matters referred to in Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) until, subject to Law, the Expiration Date, to the same extent and with the same effect as the Stockholder could do under Law. The Stockholder intends the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 1(c) to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest and hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by the Stockholder with respect to the Subject Shares. The Stockholder hereby ratifies and confirms all actions that the proxy appointed hereunder may lawfully do or cause to be done in accordance with
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this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this proxy shall automatically be revoked on the Expiration Date. Parent may terminate this proxy with respect to the Stockholder at any time at its sole election by written notice provided to the Stockholder. The parties acknowledge and agree that neither Parent, nor any of its Affiliates, shall owe any duty (fiduciary or otherwise), or incur any liability of any kind to the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, in connection with or as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to Parent by this Section 1(c) .
(d) The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall the meanings set forth below:
(i) Beneficial Owner shall be interpreted in accordance with the term beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act; provided that notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which such Person has, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (including the passage of time in excess of sixty (60) days), the satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing). The terms Beneficial Ownership , Beneficially Own and Beneficially Owned shall have correlative meanings.
(ii) Existing Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, the number of Company Shares Beneficially Owned and/or owned of record by Stockholder as of the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule A .
(iii) Subject Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, Stockholders Existing Shares, together with any Company Shares or other voting capital stock of the Company of which Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof.
(e) Stockholder has disclosed and each of the parties hereto has agreed to the matters set forth on Schedule B .
2. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder . The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub with respect to the Stockholder and the Stockholders ownership of the Subject Shares, subject in all cases to Schedule B, as follows:
(a) Authority . The Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and except for any filings by Stockholder with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) and compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act, the execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement does not require any action by or in respect of, or any notice, report or other filing by the Stockholder with or to, or any
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consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization from, any Governmental Entity other than any actions or filings the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder.
(b) No Conflicts . Assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 2(a), neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the terms hereof, will (with or without notice or the passage of time or both) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under the Stockholders organizational documents or under any Contract of, or Law applicable to, the Stockholder or to the Stockholders property or assets.
(c) The Subject Shares . The Stockholder is the sole record and beneficial owner of, or is a trust or estate that is the sole record holder of and whose beneficiaries are the sole beneficial owners of, and has good and marketable title to, all of the Existing Shares, free and clear of any and all Liens and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of any Existing Shares), other than any of the foregoing that would not prevent, materially delay or materially impair, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The Stockholder does not Beneficially Own or own of record any Company Shares other than the Existing Shares. The Stockholder has, and will have at the time of each Company stockholders meeting occurring prior to the Merger with respect to the matters covered by Section 1(a) , the sole right to vote and direct the vote of, and to dispose of and direct the disposition of, the Subject Shares, and none of the Subject Shares is subject to any agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the Subject Shares that would prevent or delay the Stockholders ability to perform its obligations hereunder. There are no agreements or arrangements of any kind, contingent or otherwise, obligating such Stockholder to Transfer (as defined below), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Existing Shares, and no Person has any contractual or other right or obligation to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Subject Shares.
(d) Reliance by Parent and Merger Sub . The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholders execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and upon the representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Stockholder contained in this Agreement.
(e) Litigation . As of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates; or (ii) outstanding Order to which the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates are subject or bound, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to or seeks to prevent, materially delay, hinder or impair the exercise by Parent of its rights under this Agreement or the performance by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
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(f) Other Agreements . Except for this Agreement, the Stockholder has not: (i) taken any action that would or would reasonably be expected to (A) constitute or result in a breach hereof; (B) make any representation or warranty of the Stockholder set forth in this Section 2 untrue or incorrect; or (C) have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) granted any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any of the Subject Shares with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1(a) ; or (iii) deposited any of the Subject Shares into a separate voting trust or entered into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares.
(g) Finders Fees . No broker, investment bank, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisers or similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Stockholder.
(h) Stockholder Has Adequate Information . The Stockholder acknowledges that the Stockholder is a sophisticated investor with respect to the Subject Shares and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has, independently and without reliance upon any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and based on such information as the Stockholder has deemed appropriate, made his or its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing has made or is making any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to seek independent legal advice prior to executing this Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub . Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to (a) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder or Merger Sub (which will occur promptly following execution of the Merger Agreement) and (b) obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and any filings by Parent and Merger Sub with the SEC, the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement does not require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification to any Governmental Entity, other than any consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.
4. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares and Proxies . The Stockholder covenants and agrees that during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Expiration Date, the Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, (i) transfer, assign, sell, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (whether by merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise) or consent to any of the foregoing
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( Transfer ), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Subject Shares; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any or all of its Subject Shares in respect of any matter addressed by this Agreement; (iii) deposit any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (iv) enter into any Contract with respect to the Transfer of any Subject Shares; or (v) take any other action, that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The foregoing restrictions on Transfers of Subject Shares shall not prohibit any such Transfers by the Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Any purported Transfer of the Subject Shares in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void ab initio .
5. Stop Transfer; Changes in Subject Shares . The Stockholder hereby agrees with, and covenants to, Parent that (a) this Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Shares and shall be binding upon any Person or entity to which legal or Beneficial Ownership shall pass, whether by operation of Law or otherwise, including its successors or assigns; and (b) such Stockholder shall not request that the Company register the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any or all of its Subject Shares. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company Shares by reason of any split-up, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange of Company Shares or the like, the terms Existing Shares and Subject Shares shall be deemed to refer to and include such Company Shares as well as all such stock splits, dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of such Company Shares may be converted, changed or exchanged or which are otherwise received in such transaction.
6. Documentation and Information . The Stockholder hereby (a) consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by the Company, Parent and/or their respective Affiliates of its identity and holdings of the Subject Shares and the nature of its commitments and obligations under this Agreement in any announcement, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or any other disclosure document or filing with or notice to a Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (b) agrees as promptly as practicable to give to the Company and Parent any information it may reasonably require for the preparation of any such disclosure documents. The Stockholder hereby agrees to as promptly as practicable notify the Company and Parent of any required corrections with respect to any written information supplied by the Stockholder specifically for use in any such disclosure document, filing or notice if and to the extent that any shall contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Stockholder hereby agrees to notify Parent in writing as promptly as practicable of the number of any additional Subject Shares or other securities of the Company of which the Shareholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof. Parent, the Merger Subs and the Company each hereby consent to and authorize the Stockholder and its Affiliates, to the extent the Stockholder or such Affiliates determine it to be necessary or advisable under applicable Law, to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC (including any amendment to the Stockholders Schedule 13D) and all documents and schedules filed with the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of
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Justice, and any press release or other disclosure document or filing in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement, a copy of this Agreement, each of the other partys identities and the nature of the Stockholders commitments and obligations under this Agreement.
7. Waiver of Appraisal Rights . The Stockholder hereby waives, to the full extent of the law, and agrees not to assert, any appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL or otherwise in connection with the Merger with respect to any and all Subject Shares.
8. Termination . This Agreement shall automatically terminate without further action upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time and (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the date and time at which the earlier of clause (a) and clause (b) occurs being, the Expiration Date ). Upon termination of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided , however , that (i) nothing set forth in this Section 8 shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to the termination hereof; and (ii) the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 10 through Section 17 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
9. Further Assurances . Each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional instruments and other documents and shall take such further actions as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate, carry out and comply with all of the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
10. Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document or communication to be given to any party hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, email or overnight courier:
if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Tesoro Corporation
19100 Ridgewood Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78259
Attention: Kim Rucker
Fax: Separately provided to the Company
E-mail: Separately provided to the Company
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
Frank J. Aquila, Esq.
Audra D. Cohen, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad St.
New York, NY 10004
Fax: (212) 558-3588
E-mail: cohena@sullcrom.com
aquilaf@sullcrom.com
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if to the Company, to:
Western Refining, Inc.
1250 W. Washington Street
Suite 101
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attention: Lowry Barfield
Fax: Separately provided to Parent
E-mail: Separately provided to Parent
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
John D. Amorosi, Esq.
Marc O. Williams, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Fax: (212) 701-5010
E-mail: john.amorosi@davispolk.com
marc.williams@davispolk.com
if to the Stockholder, to:
Paul L. Foster
123 W. Mills
#600
Facsimile No.: (915) 504-7099
E-mail: paul.foster@wnr.com
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; three (3) business days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon telephonic or written confirmation of receipt (excluding out of office replies) if sent by facsimile or email; or on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.
11. Amendment, Waivers, etc .
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived prior to the Effective Time if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
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(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
12. Expenses . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.
13. Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and no provision of this Agreement is intended to, and no provision of this Agreement does, confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto.
14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction .
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THE LAWS OF, OR DIRECTING A MATTER TO, ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such action, proceeding or transactions shall be heard and determined in such a Delaware State or Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 10 or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
15. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
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ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE MERGER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15 .
16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.
17. Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
18. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.
19. Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at Law or in equity.
20. Joint Negotiation . The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS, LP | ||||
By: Franklin Mountain Investments G.P., LLC, | ||||
as its general partner | ||||
By: |
/s/ Paul L. Foster |
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Name: Paul L. Foster | ||||
Title: President | ||||
PAUL L. FOSTER |
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By: |
/s/ Paul L. Foster |
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Name: Paul L. Foster | ||||
WESTERN REFINING, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Jeff A. Stevens |
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Name: Jeff A. Stevens | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
TESORO CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 1, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 2, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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SCHEDULE A
Name of Stockholder |
No. of
Company Shares |
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Paul L. Foster |
3,434,466 | |||
|
|
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Franklin Mountain Investments, LP |
16,129,581 | |||
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|
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TOTAL: |
19,564,047 |
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Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 16, 2016 (this Agreement ), by and among Western Refining, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ( Parent ), Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 1 ), Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 2 , and together with Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub ) and Jeff A. Stevens (the Stockholder ). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of the Existing Shares (as defined below), and has sole investment power over, the Existing Shares;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the Merger Agreement ), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub 1 will be merged with and into the Company (the Merger ), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, the Stockholder has been provided with the execution copy of the Merger Agreement and acknowledges that the Stockholder will benefit directly and substantially from the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub have required that the Stockholder agree to, and the Stockholder has agreed to, enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Stockholder has determined to vote in favor of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in furtherance thereof has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote .
(a) From the date hereof until the Expiration Date, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to any of the following, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted), or (with respect to any written consent solicitation) deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with respect to, all of the Subject Shares: (A) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and any related proposal in furtherance thereof; (B) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement and/or if there are not sufficient shares present in person or by proxy at the Company Stockholder Meeting to constitute a quorum, (C) in favor of any other matter necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (D) against the following actions: (1) any merger, tender offer, exchange offer, sale of all or substantially all assets, recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person (including any Acquisition Proposal), other than the Merger and (2) any other action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to impede, frustrate, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the consummation thereof.
(b) At any meeting of the stockholders of the Company to which Section 1(a) above is applicable, the Stockholder shall, or shall direct the holder(s) of record of all of the Subject Shares on any applicable record date to, appear, in person or by proxy, at each meeting or otherwise cause all of the Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum. The Stockholder shall provide Parent with at least five (5) business days written notice prior to signing any action proposed to be taken by written consent with respect to any Subject Shares. The obligations of the Stockholder under this Agreement, including this Section 1 , shall apply whether or not an Adverse Company Recommendation Change has occurred.
(c) Solely in the event of a failure by the Stockholder to act in accordance with its obligations pursuant to Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) of this Agreement, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants to and appoints Parent (and any designee thereof) as the Stockholders proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of the Stockholder, to (i) represent the Subject Shares and (ii) vote, execute written consents and otherwise act (by voting at any meeting of stockholders of the Company or otherwise) with respect to the Subject Shares, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), regarding the matters referred to in Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) until, subject to Law, the Expiration Date, to the same extent and with the same effect as the Stockholder could do under Law. The Stockholder intends the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 1(c) to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest and hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by the Stockholder with respect to the Subject Shares. The Stockholder hereby ratifies and confirms all actions that the proxy appointed hereunder may lawfully do or cause to be done in accordance with
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this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this proxy shall automatically be revoked on the Expiration Date. Parent may terminate this proxy with respect to the Stockholder at any time at its sole election by written notice provided to the Stockholder. The parties acknowledge and agree that neither Parent, nor any of its Affiliates, shall owe any duty (fiduciary or otherwise), or incur any liability of any kind to the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, in connection with or as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to Parent by this Section 1(c) .
(d) The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall the meanings set forth below:
(i) Beneficial Owner shall be interpreted in accordance with the term beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act; provided that notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which such Person has, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (including the passage of time in excess of sixty (60) days), the satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing). The terms Beneficial Ownership , Beneficially Own and Beneficially Owned shall have correlative meanings.
(ii) Existing Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, the number of Company Shares Beneficially Owned and/or owned of record by Stockholder as of the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule A .
(iii) Subject Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, Stockholders Existing Shares, together with any Company Shares or other voting capital stock of the Company of which Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder . The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub with respect to the Stockholder and the Stockholders ownership of the Subject Shares as follows:
(a) Authority . The Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and except for any filings by Stockholder with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) and compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act, the execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement does not require any action by or in respect of, or any notice, report or other filing by the Stockholder with or to, or any consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization from, any Governmental Entity other than any actions or filings the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder.
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(b) No Conflicts . Assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 2(a), neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the terms hereof, will (with or without notice or the passage of time or both) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under the Stockholders organizational documents or under any Contract of, or Law applicable to, the Stockholder or to the Stockholders property or assets.
(c) The Subject Shares . The Stockholder is the sole record and beneficial owner of, or is a trust or estate that is the sole record holder of and whose beneficiaries are the sole beneficial owners of, and has good and marketable title to, all of the Existing Shares, free and clear of any and all Liens and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of any Existing Shares), other than any of the foregoing that would not prevent, materially delay or materially impair, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The Stockholder does not Beneficially Own or own of record any Company Shares other than the Existing Shares. The Stockholder has, and will have at the time of each Company stockholders meeting occurring prior to the Merger with respect to the matters covered by Section 1(a) , the sole right to vote and direct the vote of, and to dispose of and direct the disposition of, the Subject Shares, and none of the Subject Shares is subject to any agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the Subject Shares that would prevent or delay the Stockholders ability to perform its obligations hereunder. There are no agreements or arrangements of any kind, contingent or otherwise, obligating such Stockholder to Transfer (as defined below), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Existing Shares, and no Person has any contractual or other right or obligation to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Subject Shares.
(d) Reliance by Parent and Merger Sub . The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholders execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and upon the representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Stockholder contained in this Agreement.
(e) Litigation . As of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates; or (ii) outstanding Order to which the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates are subject or bound, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to or seeks to prevent, materially delay, hinder or impair the exercise by Parent of its rights under this Agreement or the performance by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
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(f) Other Agreements . Except for this Agreement, the Stockholder has not: (i) taken any action that would or would reasonably be expected to (A) constitute or result in a breach hereof; (B) make any representation or warranty of the Stockholder set forth in this Section 2 untrue or incorrect; or (C) have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) granted any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any of the Subject Shares with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1(a) ; or (iii) deposited any of the Subject Shares into a separate voting trust or entered into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares.
(g) Finders Fees . No broker, investment bank, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisers or similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Stockholder.
(h) Stockholder Has Adequate Information . The Stockholder acknowledges that the Stockholder is a sophisticated investor with respect to the Subject Shares and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has, independently and without reliance upon any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and based on such information as the Stockholder has deemed appropriate, made his or its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing has made or is making any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to seek independent legal advice prior to executing this Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub . Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to (a) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder or Merger Sub (which will occur promptly following execution of the Merger Agreement) and (b) obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and any filings by Parent and Merger Sub with the SEC, the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement does not require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification to any Governmental Entity, other than any consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.
4. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares and Proxies . The Stockholder covenants and agrees that during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Expiration Date, the Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, (i) transfer, assign, sell, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (whether by merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise) or consent to any of the foregoing ( Transfer ), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Subject Shares; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any or all of its Subject Shares in
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respect of any matter addressed by this Agreement; (iii) deposit any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (iv) enter into any Contract with respect to the Transfer of any Subject Shares; or (v) take any other action, that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The foregoing restrictions on Transfers of Subject Shares shall not prohibit any such Transfers by the Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Any purported Transfer of the Subject Shares in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void ab initio .
5. Stop Transfer; Changes in Subject Shares . The Stockholder hereby agrees with, and covenants to, Parent that (a) this Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Shares and shall be binding upon any Person or entity to which legal or Beneficial Ownership shall pass, whether by operation of Law or otherwise, including its successors or assigns; and (b) such Stockholder shall not request that the Company register the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any or all of its Subject Shares. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company Shares by reason of any split-up, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange of Company Shares or the like, the terms Existing Shares and Subject Shares shall be deemed to refer to and include such Company Shares as well as all such stock splits, dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of such Company Shares may be converted, changed or exchanged or which are otherwise received in such transaction.
6. Documentation and Information . The Stockholder hereby (a) consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by the Company, Parent and/or their respective Affiliates of its identity and holdings of the Subject Shares and the nature of its commitments and obligations under this Agreement in any announcement, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or any other disclosure document or filing with or notice to a Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (b) agrees as promptly as practicable to give to the Company and Parent any information it may reasonably require for the preparation of any such disclosure documents. The Stockholder hereby agrees to as promptly as practicable notify the Company and Parent of any required corrections with respect to any written information supplied by the Stockholder specifically for use in any such disclosure document, filing or notice if and to the extent that any shall contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Stockholder hereby agrees to notify Parent in writing as promptly as practicable of the number of any additional Subject Shares or other securities of the Company of which the Shareholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof. Parent, the Merger Subs and the Company each hereby consent to and authorize the Stockholder and its Affiliates, to the extent the Stockholder or such Affiliates determine it to be necessary or advisable under applicable Law, to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC (including any amendment to the Stockholders Schedule 13D) and all documents and schedules filed with the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice, and any press release or other disclosure document or filing in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement, a copy of this Agreement, each of the other partys identities and the nature of the Stockholders commitments and obligations under this Agreement.
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7. Waiver of Appraisal Rights . The Stockholder hereby waives, to the full extent of the law, and agrees not to assert, any appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL or otherwise in connection with the Merger with respect to any and all Subject Shares.
8. Termination . This Agreement shall automatically terminate without further action upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time and (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the date and time at which the earlier of clause (a) and clause (b) occurs being, the Expiration Date ). Upon termination of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided , however , that (i) nothing set forth in this Section 8 shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to the termination hereof; and (ii) the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 10 through Section 17 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
9. Further Assurances . Each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional instruments and other documents and shall take such further actions as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate, carry out and comply with all of the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
10. Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document or communication to be given to any party hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, email or overnight courier:
if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Tesoro Corporation
19100 Ridgewood Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78259
Attention: Kim Rucker
Fax: Separately provided to the Company
E-mail: Separately provided to the Company
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
Frank J. Aquila, Esq.
Audra D. Cohen, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad St.
New York, NY 10004
Fax: (212) 558-3588
E-mail: cohena@sullcrom.com
aquilaf@sullcrom.com
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if to the Company, to:
Western Refining, Inc.
1250 W. Washington Street
Suite 101
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attention: Lowry Barfield
Fax: Separately provided to Parent
E-mail: Separately provided to Parent
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
John D. Amorosi, Esq.
Marc O. Williams, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Fax: (212) 701-5010
E-mail: john.amorosi@davispolk.com
marc.williams@davispolk.com
if to the Stockholder, to:
Jeff Stevens
1250 W. Washington
#101
Facsimile No.: (602) 683-5604
E-mail: jeff.stevens@wnr.com
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; three (3) business days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon telephonic or written confirmation of receipt (excluding out of office replies) if sent by facsimile or email; or on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.
11. Amendment, Waivers, etc .
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived prior to the Effective Time if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
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(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
12. Expenses . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.
13. Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and no provision of this Agreement is intended to, and no provision of this Agreement does, confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto.
14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction .
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THE LAWS OF, OR DIRECTING A MATTER TO, ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such action, proceeding or transactions shall be heard and determined in such a Delaware State or Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 10 or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
15. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
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ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE MERGER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15 .
16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.
17. Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
18. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.
19. Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at Law or in equity.
20. Joint Negotiation . The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
JEFF A. STEVENS | ||
By: |
/s/ Jeff A. Stevens |
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Name: Jeff A. Stevens | ||
WESTERN REFINING, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Jeff A. Stevens |
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Name: Jeff A. Stevens | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TESORO CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 1, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 2, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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SCHEDULE A
Name of Stockholder |
No. of
Company Shares |
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Jeff A. Stevens |
3,556,456 |
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Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 16, 2016 (this Agreement ), by and among Western Refining, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ( Parent ), Tahoe Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 1 ), Tahoe Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub 2 , and together with Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub ) and Scott D. Weaver (the Stockholder ). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
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WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of the Existing Shares (as defined below), and has sole investment power over, the Existing Shares;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the Merger Agreement ), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub 1 will be merged with and into the Company (the Merger ), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, the Stockholder has been provided with the execution copy of the Merger Agreement and acknowledges that the Stockholder will benefit directly and substantially from the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub have required that the Stockholder agree to, and the Stockholder has agreed to, enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Stockholder has determined to vote in favor of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in furtherance thereof has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote .
(a) From the date hereof until the Expiration Date, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to any of the following, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted), or (with respect to any written consent solicitation) deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with respect to, all of the Subject Shares: (A) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and any related proposal in furtherance thereof; (B) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement and/or if there are not sufficient shares present in person or by proxy at the Company Stockholder Meeting to constitute a quorum, (C) in favor of any other matter necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (D) against the following actions: (1) any merger, tender offer, exchange offer, sale of all or substantially all assets, recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person (including any Acquisition Proposal), other than the Merger and (2) any other action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to impede, frustrate, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the consummation thereof.
(b) At any meeting of the stockholders of the Company to which Section 1(a) above is applicable, the Stockholder shall, or shall direct the holder(s) of record of all of the Subject Shares on any applicable record date to, appear, in person or by proxy, at each meeting or otherwise cause all of the Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum. The Stockholder shall provide Parent with at least five (5) business days written notice prior to signing any action proposed to be taken by written consent with respect to any Subject Shares. The obligations of the Stockholder under this Agreement, including this Section 1 , shall apply whether or not an Adverse Company Recommendation Change has occurred.
(c) Solely in the event of a failure by the Stockholder to act in accordance with its obligations pursuant to Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) of this Agreement, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants to and appoints Parent (and any designee thereof) as the Stockholders proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of the Stockholder, to (i) represent the Subject Shares and (ii) vote, execute written consents and otherwise act (by voting at any meeting of stockholders of the Company or otherwise) with respect to the Subject Shares, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), regarding the matters referred to in Section 1(a) and Section 1(b) until, subject to Law, the Expiration Date, to the same extent and with the same effect as the Stockholder could do under Law. The Stockholder intends the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 1(c) to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest and hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by the Stockholder with respect to the Subject Shares. The Stockholder hereby ratifies and confirms all actions that the proxy appointed hereunder may lawfully do or cause to be done in accordance with
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this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this proxy shall automatically be revoked on the Expiration Date. Parent may terminate this proxy with respect to the Stockholder at any time at its sole election by written notice provided to the Stockholder. The parties acknowledge and agree that neither Parent, nor any of its Affiliates, shall owe any duty (fiduciary or otherwise), or incur any liability of any kind to the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, in connection with or as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to Parent by this Section 1(c) .
(d) The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall the meanings set forth below:
(i) Beneficial Owner shall be interpreted in accordance with the term beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act; provided that notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which such Person has, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (including the passage of time in excess of sixty (60) days), the satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing). The terms Beneficial Ownership , Beneficially Own and Beneficially Owned shall have correlative meanings.
(ii) Existing Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, the number of Company Shares Beneficially Owned and/or owned of record by Stockholder as of the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule A .
(iii) Subject Shares means, with respect to Stockholder, Stockholders Existing Shares, together with any Company Shares or other voting capital stock of the Company of which Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder . The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub with respect to the Stockholder and the Stockholders ownership of the Subject Shares as follows:
(a) Authority . The Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and except for any filings by Stockholder with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) and compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act, the execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement does not require any action by or in respect of, or any notice, report or other filing by the Stockholder with or to, or any consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization from, any Governmental Entity other than any actions or filings the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder.
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(b) No Conflicts . Assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 2(a), neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the terms hereof, will (with or without notice or the passage of time or both) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under the Stockholders organizational documents or under any Contract of, or Law applicable to, the Stockholder or to the Stockholders property or assets.
(c) The Subject Shares . The Stockholder is the sole record and beneficial owner of, or is a trust or estate that is the sole record holder of and whose beneficiaries are the sole beneficial owners of, and has good and marketable title to, all of the Existing Shares, free and clear of any and all Liens and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of any Existing Shares), other than any of the foregoing that would not prevent, materially delay or materially impair, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Stockholders ability to observe and perform the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The Stockholder does not Beneficially Own or own of record any Company Shares other than the Existing Shares. The Stockholder has, and will have at the time of each Company stockholders meeting occurring prior to the Merger with respect to the matters covered by Section 1(a) , the sole right to vote and direct the vote of, and to dispose of and direct the disposition of, the Subject Shares, and none of the Subject Shares is subject to any agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the Subject Shares that would prevent or delay the Stockholders ability to perform its obligations hereunder. There are no agreements or arrangements of any kind, contingent or otherwise, obligating such Stockholder to Transfer (as defined below), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Existing Shares, and no Person has any contractual or other right or obligation to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Subject Shares.
(d) Reliance by Parent and Merger Sub . The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholders execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and upon the representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Stockholder contained in this Agreement.
(e) Litigation . As of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates; or (ii) outstanding Order to which the Stockholder or any of its Affiliates are subject or bound, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to or seeks to prevent, materially delay, hinder or impair the exercise by Parent of its rights under this Agreement or the performance by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
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(f) Other Agreements . Except for this Agreement, the Stockholder has not: (i) taken any action that would or would reasonably be expected to (A) constitute or result in a breach hereof; (B) make any representation or warranty of the Stockholder set forth in this Section 2 untrue or incorrect; or (C) have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) granted any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any of the Subject Shares with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1(a) ; or (iii) deposited any of the Subject Shares into a separate voting trust or entered into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares.
(g) Finders Fees . No broker, investment bank, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisers or similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Stockholder.
(h) Stockholder Has Adequate Information . The Stockholder acknowledges that the Stockholder is a sophisticated investor with respect to the Subject Shares and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has, independently and without reliance upon any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and based on such information as the Stockholder has deemed appropriate, made his or its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing has made or is making any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to seek independent legal advice prior to executing this Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub . Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to (a) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder or Merger Sub (which will occur promptly following execution of the Merger Agreement) and (b) obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Other than as provided in the Merger Agreement and any filings by Parent and Merger Sub with the SEC, the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement does not require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification to any Governmental Entity, other than any consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.
4. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares and Proxies . The Stockholder covenants and agrees that during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Expiration Date, the Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, (i) transfer, assign, sell, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (whether by merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise) or consent to any of the foregoing ( Transfer ), or cause to be Transferred, any of the Subject Shares; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, or any other authorization or consent with respect to any or all of its Subject Shares in
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respect of any matter addressed by this Agreement; (iii) deposit any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (iv) enter into any Contract with respect to the Transfer of any Subject Shares; or (v) take any other action, that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholders obligations hereunder. The foregoing restrictions on Transfers of Subject Shares shall not prohibit any such Transfers by the Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Any purported Transfer of the Subject Shares in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void ab initio .
5. Stop Transfer; Changes in Subject Shares . The Stockholder hereby agrees with, and covenants to, Parent that (a) this Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Shares and shall be binding upon any Person or entity to which legal or Beneficial Ownership shall pass, whether by operation of Law or otherwise, including its successors or assigns; and (b) such Stockholder shall not request that the Company register the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any or all of its Subject Shares. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company Shares by reason of any split-up, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange of Company Shares or the like, the terms Existing Shares and Subject Shares shall be deemed to refer to and include such Company Shares as well as all such stock splits, dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of such Company Shares may be converted, changed or exchanged or which are otherwise received in such transaction.
6. Documentation and Information . The Stockholder hereby (a) consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by the Company, Parent and/or their respective Affiliates of its identity and holdings of the Subject Shares and the nature of its commitments and obligations under this Agreement in any announcement, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement or any other disclosure document or filing with or notice to a Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (b) agrees as promptly as practicable to give to the Company and Parent any information it may reasonably require for the preparation of any such disclosure documents. The Stockholder hereby agrees to as promptly as practicable notify the Company and Parent of any required corrections with respect to any written information supplied by the Stockholder specifically for use in any such disclosure document, filing or notice if and to the extent that any shall contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Stockholder hereby agrees to notify Parent in writing as promptly as practicable of the number of any additional Subject Shares or other securities of the Company of which the Shareholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof. Parent, the Merger Subs and the Company each hereby consent to and authorize the Stockholder and its Affiliates, to the extent the Stockholder or such Affiliates determine it to be necessary or advisable under applicable Law, to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC (including any amendment to the Stockholders Schedule 13D) and all documents and schedules filed with the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice, and any press release or other disclosure document or filing in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement, a copy of this Agreement, each of the other partys identities and the nature of the Stockholders commitments and obligations under this Agreement.
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7. Waiver of Appraisal Rights . The Stockholder hereby waives, to the full extent of the law, and agrees not to assert, any appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL or otherwise in connection with the Merger with respect to any and all Subject Shares.
8. Termination . This Agreement shall automatically terminate without further action upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time and (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the date and time at which the earlier of clause (a) and clause (b) occurs being, the Expiration Date ). Upon termination of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided , however , that (i) nothing set forth in this Section 8 shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to the termination hereof; and (ii) the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 10 through Section 17 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
9. Further Assurances . Each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional instruments and other documents and shall take such further actions as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate, carry out and comply with all of the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
10. Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document or communication to be given to any party hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, email or overnight courier:
if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Tesoro Corporation
19100 Ridgewood Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78259
Attention: Kim Rucker
Fax: Separately provided to the Company
E-mail: Separately provided to the Company
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
Frank J. Aquila, Esq.
Audra D. Cohen, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad St.
New York, NY 10004
Fax: (212) 558-3588
E-mail: cohena@sullcrom.com
aquilaf@sullcrom.com
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if to the Company, to:
Western Refining, Inc.
1250 W. Washington Street
Suite 101
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attention: Lowry Barfield
Fax: Separately provided to Parent
E-mail: Separately provided to Parent
(with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to):
John D. Amorosi, Esq.
Marc O. Williams, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Fax: (212) 701-5010
E-mail: john.amorosi@davispolk.com
marc.williams@davispolk.com
if to the Stockholder, to:
Scott Weaver
123 W. Mills
#600
Facsimile No.: (915) 504-7099
E-mail: scott.weaver@wnr.com
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; three (3) business days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon telephonic or written confirmation of receipt (excluding out of office replies) if sent by facsimile or email; or on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.
11. Amendment, Waivers, etc .
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived prior to the Effective Time if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
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(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
12. Expenses . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.
13. Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and no provision of this Agreement is intended to, and no provision of this Agreement does, confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto.
14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction .
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THE LAWS OF, OR DIRECTING A MATTER TO, ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such action, proceeding or transactions shall be heard and determined in such a Delaware State or Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 10 or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
15. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
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ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE MERGER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15 .
16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.
17. Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
18. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.
19. Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at Law or in equity.
20. Joint Negotiation . The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
SCOTT D. WEAVER | ||
By: |
/s/ Scott D. Weaver |
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Name: Scott D. Weaver | ||
WESTERN REFINING, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Jeff A. Stevens |
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Name: Jeff A. Stevens | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TESORO CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 1, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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TAHOE MERGER SUB 2, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregory J. Goff |
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Name: Gregory J. Goff | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors and President |
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SCHEDULE A
Name of Stockholder |
No. of
Company Shares |
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Scott D. Weaver |
1,307,229 |
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Exhibit 99.1
TESORO TO ACQUIRE WESTERN REFINING IN $6.4 BILLION TRANSACTION
| Transaction creates a premier, highly integrated and geographically diversified refining, marketing and logistics company |
| Stock transaction at exchange ratio of 0.4350, with option to elect cash in lieu of stock up to a cap of 10% of the equity consideration; values the transaction at $6.4 billion |
| Commit to delivering $350 to $425 million in annual synergies; run rate to be achieved within the first two years |
| Expects to achieve 10% to 13% EPS accretion in 2018, the first full year of combined operations |
| Well positioned, highly reliable and advantaged refining system with over 1.1 million barrels per day of refining capacity with access to wide array of advantaged crude oil |
| Creates leading multi-brand marketing and convenience store portfolio in growing geographies with over 3,000 combined branded retail stations |
| Expands opportunities for logistics growth in crude oil production basins and product regions, particularly in the Permian basin |
SAN ANTONIO AND EL PASO, TEXAS November 17, 2016 - Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) (Tesoro) and Western Refining, Inc. (NYSE: WNR) (Western) today jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Tesoro will acquire Western at an implied current price of $37.30 per Western share in a stock transaction, representing an equity value of $4.1 billion based on Tesoros closing stock price of $85.74 on November 16, 2016. This represents an enterprise value of $6.4 billion, including the assumption of approximately $1.7 billion of Westerns net debt and the $605 million market value of non-controlling interest in Western Refining Logistics, LP (NYSE: WNRL). This transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, and is another transformative step forward for Tesoro and the Companys ongoing commitment to creating significant value for shareholders, employees, communities and other key partners. The acquisition creates a premier, highly integrated and geographically diversified refining, marketing and logistics company and provides a strong platform for earnings growth and cash flow generation.
Under the terms of the agreement, Western shareholders can elect to receive 0.4350 shares of Tesoro for each share of Western stock they own, or $37.30 in cash per share of Western stock. Elections to receive cash will be subject to proration to the extent they exceed approximately 10.8 million shares (or approximately $404 million in the aggregate). Stock elections will not be subject to proration. The purchase price represents a premium of 22.3% to the closing price of Westerns stock on the day prior to announcement, and a 31.6% premium to the volume weighted average price over the last 30 trading days. The transaction is expected to be tax-free to Westerns shareholders who elect stock.
The acquisition of Western further strengthens our integrated business model and extends our portfolio into attractive and growing markets, said Greg Goff, Chairman and CEO of Tesoro. As a leading integrated refining, marketing and logistics company, this transformative acquisition drives value through a combination of access to advantaged crude oil, a strong, multi-brand marketing and convenience store portfolio and a robust platform for logistics growth, all of which will allow us to continue to create shareholder value.
Also, our increased scale and diversity will enable us to leverage and enhance in-house technical capabilities, which we expect will result in cost efficiencies, the ability to drive more growth and increased productivity, Goff continued.
This strategic combination provides our shareholders with the opportunity to participate in the tremendous future growth prospects and synergies of the combined company, said Paul Foster, Executive Chairman of Western Refining. Joining forces with Tesoro, a company that shares our integrated business model strategy, will enable us to further leverage our capabilities in refining, marketing and logistics operations and allow our talented team to work on a growing number of exciting opportunities. We have tremendous respect for the Tesoro team and are excited to be a part of a larger and more diverse organization to support our continued growth.
Strategic Rationale
This transaction will enhance the integrated refining, marketing and logistics operations of both companies, creating a combined company that is well-positioned to drive significant growth across the value chain.
| Top Tier Refining System: Adds Westerns refineries in Texas, New Mexico and Minnesota to Tesoros existing refineries in California, Washington, Alaska, Utah and North Dakota, which will expand the combined companys operational capabilities and improve access to advantaged crude oil and extended product regions. Combined, the Company will have ten refineries, a refining capacity of over 1.1 million barrels per day and will benefit from Tesoros and Westerns proven track record of operational excellence. |
| Strong, Combined Multi-brand Marketing and Convenience Store Portfolio in Growing Geographies: Brings together 12 premium and leading value retail and convenience store brands to better serve a broad customer base and regional preferences, and provides improved ratable supply from the entire refining system. The combined retail operations will comprise over 3,000 branded retail stations operating under a variety of brands including ARCO ® , Shell ® , Exxon ® , Mobil ® , SuperAmerica ® , Giant and Tesoro ® . |
| Expands Opportunities for Logistics Growth: Leverages an extensive and complementary logistics network with access to advantaged crude oil basins. The logistics business will include ownership in two high-growth, independent Master Limited Partnerships Tesoro Logistics LP and Western Refining Logistics, LP. Upon close of the transaction, Tesoro will own the general partner and be the largest unitholder in each MLP. Tesoro is committed to growing the value of the combined logistics portfolio and the current logistics growth strategy will be deployed across the expanded business. This strategy consists of: generating stable fee-based revenues; optimizing existing assets; pursuing high-return organic growth opportunities; growing through strategic acquisitions; and growing through the combined drop down inventory available to the two MLPs. Additionally, Tesoro expects to use the parent companys strong operating and execution capability to enhance the portfolio of opportunities in the high-growth Permian and other attractive crude oil basins. This will include investments in crude oil gathering and storage, as well as natural gas gathering and processing. |
| Significant Shareholder Value Creation from Synergies: Shareholders of both companies will benefit from $350 to $425 million in operational, commercial and corporate synergies. |
The Company expects to achieve the full run rate of these synergies within the first two years. The Company is confident in its ability to achieve these synergies given its solid track record of integrating operations and leveraging its integrated business model to deliver earnings growth through productivity, cost and system optimization benefits.
| Strong Financial Position and Significant Cash Flow Enable Investments for Future Growth, Reducing Debt and Returning Cash to Shareholders: The combined company is expected to deliver strong cash flows providing growth in shareholder value through investments in high-return capital projects, dividends and share repurchases. Upon closing, Tesoro will continue to have a strong balance sheet and credit metrics, and will remain on track for achieving an investment grade credit rating. The Company has increased its share repurchase authorization by $1.0 billion to over $2.0 billion in total. Tesoro expects to maintain its current quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share (or $2.20 per share annualized) after closing and is focused on growing dividends commensurate with the growth of the Company. |
Leadership
Upon closing, Greg Goff will continue to serve as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the combined company. Steven Sterin will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tesoros Board of Directors is also expected to expand the size of the Board and name Westerns current Executive Chairman, Paul Foster, and Westerns current Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Stevens, as directors after closing of the transaction. The headquarters of Tesoro will remain in San Antonio, TX.
Approvals and Timing
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2017 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the shareholders of both companies and the receipt of regulatory approval.
Public Invitation to Conference Call and Webcast
Tesoro and Western will live broadcast a conference call at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET) today to discuss the transaction. Tesoro will also provide an update regarding its 2017 stand-alone outlook on the conference call. Interested parties may listen to the conference call and access accompanying presentation slides by logging on to http://www.tsocorp.com or http://www.wnr.com.
Advisors
Goldman, Sachs & Co. is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Tesoro and certain of its affiliates are providing committed financing. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is serving as Tesoros legal advisor for the transaction. Barclays is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Western and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as its legal advisor.
About Tesoro Corporation
Tesoro Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Tesoro, through its subsidiaries, operates seven refineries in the western United States with a combined capacity of over 895,000 barrels per day and ownership in a logistics business, which includes an interest in Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE: TLLP) and ownership of its general partner. Tesoros retail-marketing system includes over 2,400 retail stations under the ARCO®, Shell®, Exxon®, Mobil®, USA Gasoline, Rebel and Tesoro® brands.
About Western Refining, Inc.
Western Refining, Inc. is an independent refining and marketing company headquartered in El Paso, Texas. The Company operates refineries in El Paso, Gallup, New Mexico and St. Paul Park, Minnesota. The Companys retail operations includes retail service stations and convenience stores in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin, operating primarily through the Giant, Howdys, and SuperAmerica brands. Western Refining, Inc. also owns the general partner and approximately 53% of the limited partnership interest of Western Refining Logistics, LP (NYSE: WNRL).
More information about Western Refining is available at http://www.wnr.com.
Forward Looking Statements
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project, future, potential, intend, plan, assume, believe, forecast, look, build, focus, create, work continue or the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed merger, integration and transition plans, synergies, opportunities, anticipated future performance, expected share buyback program and expected dividends. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements included in this communication. For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that stockholders of Tesoro Corporation (Tesoro) may not approve the issuance of new shares of common stock in the merger or that stockholders of Western Refining, Inc. (Western) may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Tesoros common stock or Westerns common stock, the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Tesoro and Western to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, the risk that problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the risk that the combined company may be unable to achieve cost-cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, the risk that the combined company may not buy back shares, the risk of the amount of any future dividend Tesoro may pay, and other factors. All such factors are difficult to predict and are beyond our control, including those detailed in Tesoros annual reports on Form 10- K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K that are available on Tesoros website at http://www.tsocorp.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov, and those detailed in Westerns annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on
Form 8-K that are available on Westerns website at http://www.wnr.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Westerns forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that Western believes to be reasonable but that may not prove to be accurate. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or which we become aware of, except as required by applicable law or regulation. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication relates to a proposed business combination between Western and Tesoro. This announcement is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction pursuant to the proposed transactions or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer or securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed transaction between Tesoro and Western. In connection with the proposed transaction, Western and/or Tesoro may file one or more proxy statements, registration statements, proxy statement/prospectus or other documents with the SEC. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement, registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus or any other documents that Tesoro or Western may file with the SEC or send to stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. STOCKHOLDERS OF TESORO AND WESTERN ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT(S), REGISTRATION STATEMENT(S) AND/OR PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Any definitive proxy statement(s) (if and when available) will be mailed to stockholders of Western and/or Tesoro, as applicable. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain copies of these documents, including the proxy statement/prospectus, and other documents filed with the SEC (when available) free of charge at the SECs website, http://www.sec.gov. Copies of documents filed with the SEC by Tesoro will be made available free of charge on Tesoros website at http://www.tsocorp.com or by contacting Tesoros Investor Relations Department by phone at 210- 626-6000. Copies of documents filed with the SEC by Western will be made available free of charge on Westerns website at http://www.wnr.com or by contacting Westerns Investor Relations Department by phone at 602-286-1530 or 602-286-1533.
Participants in the Solicitation
Tesoro and its directors and executive officers, and Western and its directors and executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Tesoro common stock and Western common stock in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Tesoro is set forth in the proxy statement for Tesoros 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 22, 2016, and in the other documents filed after the date thereof by Tesoro with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Western is set forth in the proxy statement for Westerns 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 22, 2016, and in the other documents filed after the date thereof by Western with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
Contacts:
For Tesoro:
Investors:
Sam Ramraj, Vice President, Investor Relations, (210) 626-4757
Media:
Tesoro Media Relations, media@tsocorp.com, (210) 626-7702
For Western:
Investors:
Jeffrey S. Beyersdorfer
602-286-1530
Michelle Clemente
602-286-1533
Media:
Gary Hanson
602-286-1777