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): May 18, 2017

DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-35721
(Commission File Number)
45-5379027
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee
(Address of principal executive offices)

37027
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (615) 771-6701
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨





Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Purchase Agreement
On May 18, 2017, Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership (“Finance Corp.” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and the Partnership’s existing subsidiaries (other than Finance Corp., the “Guarantors”), entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), along with the related guarantees of the 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes were offered and sold in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The 2025 Notes are expected to be sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Issuers and the Guarantors, on one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions.
Some of the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Partnership or its affiliates. The Initial Purchasers have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. In particular, affiliates of certain of the Initial Purchasers are lenders under the Partnership’s revolving credit facility.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1.
Indenture and the 2025 Notes
On May 23, 2017, the Issuers, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee, entered into an indenture (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuers issued the 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Issuers. The 2025 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors and will be unconditionally guaranteed on the same basis by certain of the Partnership’s future subsidiaries. The 2025 Notes rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Issuers, and senior in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness of the Issuers.
Interest and Maturity
The 2025 Notes will mature on May 15, 2025, and interest on the 2025 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15, 2017. Interest will be payable to holders of record on the May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding the related interest payment date, and will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of 2025 Notes issued under the Indenture, upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price of 106.750% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date), in an amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings by the Partnership, provided that:  

at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding 2025 Notes held by the Partnership and its subsidiaries); and
the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of each such equity offering.

Prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem all or part of the 2025 Notes, upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:

the principal amount thereof, plus
the Make Whole Premium (as defined in the Indenture) at the redemption date, plus





accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date).

On and after May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the 2025 Notes, upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2025 Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
 
 
 
 
 
YEAR
 
PERCENTAGE
2020
 
105.063
%
2021
 
103.375
%
2022
 
101.688
%
2023 and thereafter
 
100.000
%

The Issuers may also redeem all (but not a portion of) the 2025 Notes under certain circumstances if 90% or more of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2025 Notes are purchased in connection with a change of control or alternate offer.
Change of Control
If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Indenture) occurs, each holder of 2025 Notes may require the Partnership to repurchase all or any part of that holder’s 2025 Notes for cash at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the notes repurchased, to the date of settlement (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the settlement date).
Certain Covenants
The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Partnership’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to: (i) incur, assume or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue certain convertible or redeemable equity securities; (ii) create liens to secure indebtedness; (iii) pay distributions on equity interests, repurchase equity securities or redeem subordinated securities; (iv) make investments; (v) restrict distributions, loans or other asset transfers from the Partnership’s restricted subsidiaries; (vi) consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of the Partnership’s properties to, another person; (vii) sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including equity interests in subsidiaries; and (viii) enter into transactions with affiliates.
Events of Default
Upon a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of 25% of the principal amount of the then outstanding 2025 Notes may declare all the 2025 Notes immediately due and payable, except that a default resulting from a bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Partnership or any restricted subsidiary of the Partnership that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Partnership, will automatically cause all outstanding 2025 Notes to become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Each of the following constitutes an event of default under the Indenture:

default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the 2025 Notes;
default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the 2025 Notes;
failure by the Partnership to comply with the covenant relating to consolidations, mergers or transfers of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets or failure by the Partnership to purchase notes when required pursuant to the asset sale or change of control provisions of the Indenture;
failure by the Partnership for 180 days after notice to comply with its reporting obligations under the Indenture;
failure by the Partnership for 60 days after notice by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture;
default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument governing certain indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its restricted subsidiaries, if such default: (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal, interest or premium, if any, on said indebtedness within any applicable grace period; or (ii) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of the indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such





indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or acceleration of maturity, aggregates at such time $50.0 million or more, subject to a cure or waiver provision;
failure by the Partnership or any of its restricted subsidiaries to pay final non-appealeable judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
except as permitted by the Indenture, any guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its guarantee; and
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with respect to the Partnership, or any of the Partnership’s restricted subsidiaries that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Partnership.
The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture and the form of 6.750% Senior Note due 2025, which are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively.
Registration Rights Agreement
On May 23, 2017, in connection with the issuance of the 2025 Notes, the Issuers, the Guarantors and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers, entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered exchange offer to exchange the 2025 Notes for new notes with terms substantially identical in all material respects with the 2025 Notes (except the new notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions). The Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such exchange offer registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act.
The Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer to be consummated not later than 365 days after May 23, 2017. Under some circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonably efforts to file a shelf registration statement covering resales of the 2025 Notes. If the Issuers and the Guarantors fail to satisfy such obligations (a “registration default”), the annual interest rate on the 2025 Notes will increase by 0.25%. The annual interest rate on the 2025 Notes will increase by an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90-day period during which the registration default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 0.75% per year over the applicable interest rate listed in the Indenture. If the registration default is corrected, the applicable interest rate will be reduced to the interest rate listed in the Indenture.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3.
Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information required by Item 2.03 relating to the 2025 Notes and the Indenture is contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K above and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)    Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Not applicable.
(b)    Pro Forma Financial Information.
Not applicable.
(c)    Shell company transactions.
Not applicable.
(d)    Exhibits.
1.1
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein.





4.1
Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.
4.2
Form of 6.750% Senior Note due 2025 (included as Exhibit A in Exhibit 4.1).
4.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers, relating to the 2025 Notes.











SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: May 23, 2017
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
 
By: Delek Logistics GP, LLC
 
its general partner
 
 
 
/s/ Assaf Ginzburg
 
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
 
Title: EVP / Chief Financial Officer

















EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.      Description

1.1
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein.

4.1
Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.

4.2
Form of 6.750% Senior Note due 2025 (included as Exhibit A in Exhibit 4.1).

4.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2017, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers, relating to the 2025 Notes.







Exhibit 1.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT

May 18, 2017
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED

     As Representative of the Initial Purchasers

c/o     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introductory . Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp. ” and together with the Partnership, the “ Issuers ”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership, as joint and several obligors, propose to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A (the “ Initial Purchasers ”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Notes ”). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill Lynch ”) has agreed to act as the representative of the several Initial Purchasers (the “ Representative ”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.
The Securities (as defined below) will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of May 23, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Notes will be issued only in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”) pursuant to a letter of representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 hereof) (the “ DTC Agreement ”), among the Issuers, the Trustee and the Depositary.
The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated as of May 23, 2017 (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Issuers and the Guarantors will agree to file with the Commission (as defined below), under the circumstances set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below) relating to another series of debt securities of the Issuers with terms substantially identical to the Notes (the “ Exchange Notes ”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes (the “ Exchange Offer ”) and (ii) to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes, and in each case, to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective. All references herein to the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Offer are only applicable if the Issuers and the Guarantors are in fact required to consummate the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally by (i) the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as “Guarantors” and (ii) any subsidiary of the Partnership formed or acquired after the Closing Date that guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), pursuant to their guarantees (the “ Guarantees ”). The Notes and the Guarantees related thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “ Securities ”; and the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees related thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “ Exchange Securities .” The Issuers and the Guarantors are herein collectively referred to as the “ Delek Parties ”.
This Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), the Registration Rights Agreement, the DTC Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange Securities, and the Indenture are referred to herein as the “ Transaction Documents .”  

                         




The Issuers understand that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and agree that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “ Subsequent Purchasers ”) on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package (the first time when sales of the Securities are made is referred to as the “ Time of Sale ”). The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “ Securities Act ,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire the Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that the Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”) or Regulation S under the Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”)).
The Issuers have prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated May 15, 2017 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and have prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated May 18, 2017, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “ Pricing Term Sheet ”), describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Term Sheet are herein referred to as the “ Pricing Disclosure Package .” Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Issuers will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final Offering Memorandum dated the date hereof (the “ Final Offering Memorandum ”).
All references herein to the terms “ Pricing Disclosure Package ” and “ Final Offering Memorandum ” shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “ Exchange Act ,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) prior to the Time of Sale and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package (including the Preliminary Offering Memorandum) or the Final Offering Memorandum (as the case may be), and all references herein to the terms “ amend ,” “ amendment ” or “ supplement ” with respect to the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Exchange Act after the Time of Sale and incorporated by reference in the Final Offering Memorandum.
The Issuers hereby confirm their agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties . Each of the Delek Parties, jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 1 to the “ Offering Memorandum ” are to (x) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y) the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date):
(a)     No Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2(d) hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “ Trust Indenture Act ,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).
(b)     No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation. None of the Delek Parties nor any of their respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) (each, an “ Affiliate ”), nor any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Delek Parties make no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Delek Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Delek Parties make no

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representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Delek Parties, their Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Delek Parties make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Delek Parties, or any of their respective Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Delek Parties make no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
(c)     Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A. The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, on the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.
(d)     The Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum. Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, nor the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(a), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuers in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be. The Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Final Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Issuers have not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(e)     Issuers Additional Written Communications. The Issuers have not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 3(a). Each such communication by the Issuers or their agents and representatives pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, an “ Issuers Additional Written Communication ”), when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and on the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Issuers Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuers in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuers Additional Written Communication.
(f)     Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission (collectively, the “ Incorporated Documents ”) conformed in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Each such Incorporated Document, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and on the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(g)     The Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Delek Parties.
(h)     The Registration Rights Agreement and DTC Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a

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valid and binding agreement of, the Delek Parties, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnification may be limited by applicable law. The DTC Agreement has been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, each Issuer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(i)     Authorization of the Securities and the Exchange Securities. The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Issuers will on the Closing Date be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Issuers and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Issuers, and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes on the Closing Date and the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes when issued have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture; when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors; and, when the Exchange Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(j)     Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Delek Parties and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Delek Parties and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Delek Parties, enforceable against the Delek Parties in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(k)     Description of the Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Offering Memorandum.
(l)     No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto): (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business,

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operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Delek Parties, taken as a whole (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”); (ii) there has been no loss or interference from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, investigation, order or decree; and (iii) the Delek Parties, taken as a whole, have not incurred any liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business, except in each of items (ii) and (iii) above, as will not result, or could not be reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change.
(m)     Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules of the Partnership filed with the Commission and included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(n)     Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum present fairly the consolidated financial position of the entities to which they relate as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The financial data set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Summary Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data” present fairly the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited historical consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum, except as described therein. The statistical and market‑related data and forward‑looking statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Delek Parties believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the information called for and have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(o)     Authority of the General Partner . Delek Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “ General Partner ”), has all requisite power and authority to act as general partner of the Partnership in all material respects as described in the Offering Memorandum.
(p)     Ownership of General Partner . Delek Logistics Services Company, a Delaware corporation (“ Delek Services ”), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delek US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, owns 94.85% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the General Partner; all of such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner, dated December 10, 2013 (the “ GP LLC Agreement ”), and are fully paid (to the extent required by the GP LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”)); and with the exception of restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the GP LLC Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, Delek Services owns such membership interests free and clear of all liens, mortgages, encumbrances, security interests, charges or other claims (“ Liens ”).
(q)     Ownership of GP Interest . The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership, such interest being represented by the 496,502 general partner units (the “ General Partner Units ”); such General Partner Units have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated November 7, 2012 (the “ Partnership Agreement ”); and the General Partner owns such General Partner Units free and clear of all Liens (except restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the Partnership Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum).

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(r)     Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding partnership interests of the Partnership solely consist of 24,328,607 common units representing limited partner interests (the “ Common Units ”), 496,502 General Partner Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership Agreement). All outstanding Common Units, General Partner Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, and the limited partner interests or general partner interests, as applicable, represented thereby, have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “ Delaware LP Act ”).
(s)     Ownership of the OLLC . The Partnership owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ OLLC ”); such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the OLLC (as amended, the “ OLLC Agreement ”), and are fully paid (to the extent required by the OLLC LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2014, by and among the Partnership, certain of the Guarantors, Fifth Third Bank, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders (as amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”), restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the OLLC LLC Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, the Partnership owns such membership interests free and clear of all Liens.
(t)     Ownership of Finance Corp . The Partnership owns all of the outstanding capital stock of Finance Corp.; such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Finance Corp. and is fully paid and nonassessable; and with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or as described in the Offering Memorandum, the Partnership owns such capital stock free and clear of all Liens.
(u)     Ownership of SALA Gathering, El Dorado, Magnolia, Paline, and Marketing GP . The OLLC owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Delek Marketing GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Marketing GP ”), Paline Pipeline Company, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“ Paline ”), Magnolia Pipeline Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Magnolia ”), SALA Gathering Systems, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“ SALA Gathering ”), El Dorado Pipeline Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ El Dorado ”), DKL Transportation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ DKL Transportation ”), DKL Caddo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ DKL Caddo ”), and DKL RIO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ DKL RIO ”); such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective limited liability company agreements of Marketing GP, Paline, Magnolia, SALA Gathering, El Dorado, DKL Transportation, DKL Caddo and DKL RIO (collectively, the “ Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements ”) and are fully paid (to the extent required by the respective Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by (A) Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, in the case of Marketing GP, El Dorado, Magnolia, DKL Transportation, DKL Caddo and DKL RIO and (B) the Texas Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Texas LLC Act ”) in the case of SALA Gathering and Paline); and, with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the respective Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements or as described in the Offering Memorandum, the OLLC owns such membership interests free and clear of all Liens.
(v)     Ownership of Marketing LP . The OLLC owns all of the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of in Delek Marketing & Supply, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Marketing LP ”); such limited partner interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the agreement of limited partnership of Marketing LP (as amended, the “ Marketing LP Partnership Agreement ”), and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Marketing LP Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act); and, with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the Marketing LP Partnership Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, the OLLC owns such limited partner interests free and clear of all Liens.

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(w)     Ownership of Marketing LP GP Interest . Marketing GP is the sole general partner of Marketing LP with a 1.0% general partner interest in Marketing LP; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Marketing LP Partnership Agreement; and, with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the Marketing LP Partnership Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, Marketing GP LLC owns such general partner interest free and clear of all Liens.
(x)     Ownership of Crude Logistics . Marketing LP owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Delek Crude Logistics, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“ Crude Logistics ”); such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Crude Logistics (as amended, the “ Crude Logistics LLC Agreement ”) and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Crude Logistics LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the Texas LLC Act); and, with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the Crude Logistics LLC Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, Marketing LP owns such membership interests free and clear of all Liens.
(y)     Ownership of Big Sandy . Crude Logistics owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Delek Marketing-Big Sandy, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“ Big Sandy ”); such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Big Sandy (as amended, the “ Big Sandy LLC Agreement ”) and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Big Sandy LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the Texas LLC Act); and, with the exception of Liens arising under or securing the Credit Agreement, restrictions on transferability that may be imposed by federal or state securities laws or in the Big Sandy LLC Agreement or as described in the Offering Memorandum, Crude Logistics owns such membership interests free and clear of all Liens.
(z)      No Other Subsidiaries . Other than: (i) the Partnership’s ownership of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Finance Corp. and a 100% membership interest in the OLLC, (ii) the OLLC’s ownership of a 100% membership interest in each of Marketing GP, Paline, Magnolia, SALA Gathering, El Dorado, DKL Transportation, DKL Caddo and DKL RIO and a 99% limited partner interest in Marketing LP, (iii) Marketing GP’s ownership of a 1% general partner interest in Marketing LP, (iv) Marketing LP’s ownership of a 100% membership interest in Crude Logistics, (v) Crude Logistics’ ownership of a 100% membership interest in Big Sandy, (vi) DKL Caddo’s ownership of a 50% membership interest in Caddo Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and (vii) DKL RIO’s ownership of a 33% membership interest in Rangeland RIO Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, no Delek Party owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity. Other than its ownership of the General Partner Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, the General Partner does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity.
(aa)     Incorporation and Good Standing. Each of the Delek Parties has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Delek Parties is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
(bb)     Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. No Delek Party (i) is in violation of its charter, bylaws or other constitutive document, (ii) is in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“ Default ”) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), or to which any of its property or assets is subject (each, an

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Existing Instrument ”), or (iii)  is in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, assets or operations (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”), except, in the case of clause (ii) and cause (iii) above, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Delek Parties party thereto, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, bylaws or other constitutive document of any of the Delek Parties, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Delek Parties pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults or Liens as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or order of any Governmental Entity applicable to any of the Delek Parties. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Delek Parties to the extent a party thereto, or the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum, except (A) such as have been obtained or made by the Issuers or (B) such as may be required by the securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada with respect to the Issuers’ obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by any Delek Party.
(cc)     No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened (i) against or affecting any of the Delek Parties or (ii) which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by any of the Delek Parties, and any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely to such Delek Party, would result in a Material Adverse Change or would materially impair the ability of the Delek Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(dd)     Possession of Intellectual Property . The Delek Parties own or possess adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know‑how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) necessary to carry on the business of the Delek Parties as described in the Offering Memorandum, except to the extent that the failure to own, possess or have other rights in such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Delek Party has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Change.
(ee)     Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Delek Parties possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities under applicable law necessary to conduct the business of the Delek Parties, except where the failure so to possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Delek Parties are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. None of the Delek Parties has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

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(ff)     Title to Property . The Delek Parties have indefeasible title to all real property and good title to all personal property described in the Offering Memorandum as owned in fee by the Delek Parties, in each case, free and clear of all Liens of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Offering Memorandum, (B) are created under or permitted by the Credit Agreement, (C) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Delek Parties or (D) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Partnership, and under which any of the Delek Parties holds properties described in the Offering Memorandum, are in full force and effect, and none of the Delek Parties has received any written notice of any material claim that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Delek Parties under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or questioning the rights of the Delek Parties to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(gg)     Rights-of-Way . The Delek Parties have such easements or rights-of-way from each person (collectively, “ rights-of-way ”) as are necessary to conduct their business in the manner described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Offering Memorandum, except for (i) qualifications, reservations and encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change and (ii) such rights-of-way that, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; the Delek Parties have fulfilled and performed all their material obligations with respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such revocations, terminations and impairments that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(hh)     Tax Law Compliance. Each Delek Party has filed, or properly requested extensions of, all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and all other material tax returns required to be filed by the Delek Parties through the date hereof and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against it except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Delek Parties have made any charges, accruals or reserves required in accordance with GAAP in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(n) hereof in respect of any federal, state or foreign income or franchise taxes or any other material taxes for any period as to which the tax liability of any Delek Party has not been finally determined.
(ii)     No “Investment Company”. The Partnership has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder). No Delek Party is, nor will any Delek Party be after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Offering Memorandum, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(jj)     Insurance. The Delek Parties carry or are otherwise entitled to the benefits of insurance relating to their business, with reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. None of the Delek Parties has any reason to believe that any Delek Party will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(kk)     No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Delek Parties has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ll)     Solvency. Each Delek Party is, and immediately after the Closing Date will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term “ Solvent ” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value of the assets of such person is not less than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is not less than the amount that will be required

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to pay the probable liabilities of such person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and become due in the normal course of business and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital.
(mm)     Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Delek Parties and, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, the executive officers and directors of the General Partner, in their capacity as such, are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).
(nn)     Partnership’s Accounting System. The Delek Parties maintain a system of accounting controls that is sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii)  access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(oo)     Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Partnership has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e under the Exchange Act); and (i) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Partnership in the reports to be filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, as applicable, is accumulated and communicated to management of the General Partner, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be made and (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established to the extent required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Subject to the limitations of any such control system, the Partnership’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner have been advised of: any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Partnership’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, and there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(pp)     Regulations T, U, X. No Delek Party, nor any agent thereof acting on their behalf, has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(qq)     Compliance with and Liability Under Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as will not result, or could not be reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change: (i) each of the Delek Parties and their respective operations and facilities are in compliance with, and not subject to any known liabilities under, applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes, without limitation, having obtained and being in compliance with any permits, licenses or other governmental authorizations or approvals, and having made all filings and provided all financial assurances and notices, required for the ownership and operation of the business, properties and facilities of the Delek Parties under applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Delek Parties has received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that any Delek Party is in violation of any Environmental Law; (iii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which any of the Delek Parties has received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging actual or potential liability on the part of any Delek Party based on or pursuant to any Environmental Law pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened against any Delek Party or any person or entity whose liability under or pursuant to any Environmental Law any Delek Party has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; (iv) no Delek Party is conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, response or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any site or facility, nor is any of them subject or a party to any outstanding order, judgment, decree, contract or agreement which imposes any

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obligation or liability under any Environmental Law; and (v) no Lien has been recorded pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any assets, facility or property owned, operated or leased by any Delek Party.
For purposes of this Agreement, “ Environment ” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna. “ Environmental Laws ” means the common law and all federal, state, local and foreign laws or regulations, ordinances, codes, orders, decrees, judgments and injunctions issued, promulgated or entered thereunder, relating to pollution or protection of the Environment or, to the extent related to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern, human health, including without limitation, those relating to (i) the Release or threatened Release of Materials of Environmental Concern; and (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, transport, handling or recycling of Materials of Environmental Concern. “ Materials of Environmental Concern ” means any substance, material, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, waste, compound or constituent, in any form, including without limitation, petroleum and petroleum products, subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law applicable to the business, operations or properties of any Delek Party. “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the Environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.
(rr)     Periodic Review of Costs of Environmental Compliance. In the ordinary course of its business, the Partnership conducts a periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Delek Parties, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties under Environmental Laws). On the basis of such review and the amount of its established reserves, the Partnership has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.
(ss)     ERISA Compliance. Except as will not result, or could not be reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, (i) the Delek Parties and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended, “ ERISA ,” which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder) established or maintained by the Delek Parties or their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA; (ii) no Delek Party or any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (A) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan”, including any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) or (B) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code; and (iii) each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by any Delek Party or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. “ ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Delek Party, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “ Code, ” which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder) of which such Delek Party is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by any Delek Party or any of their ERISA Affiliates
(tt)     Compliance with Labor Laws. Except as will not result, or could not be reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened against any Delek Party before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened, against any Delek Party and (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened against any Delek Party and (ii) there has been no violation of any federal, state or local law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or of any applicable wage or hour laws.

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(uu)     Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and any director, officer, direct or indirect member or unitholder, customer or supplier of any of the Delek Parties, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in an annual report on Form 10-K which is not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.
(vv)     No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. No Delek Party nor, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, or any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the General Partner or any Delek Party has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Delek Parties and, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
FCPA ” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(ww)     No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Delek Parties are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any Delek Party with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, threatened.
(xx)     No Conflict with Sanctions Laws. No Delek Party nor, to the knowledge of the Delek Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of any of the Delek Parties is currently the subject, or the target of, any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is any Delek Party located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions. The Issuers will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is in violation of applicable Sanctions, or is in a country or territory against which the United States maintains Sanctions, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine, or in any other country or territory in violation of applicable Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(yy)     Regulation S. The Delek Parties and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Delek Parties make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902.
(zz)     Lending Relationship . Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no Delek Party has any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Initial Purchaser.
(aaa)      No Registration Rights . Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between any of the Delek Parties and any person granting such person the right to require any of the Delek Parties to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any

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securities of any of the Delek Parties owned or to be owned by such person or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by any of the Delek Parties under the Securities Act.
Any certificate signed by an officer of any Delek Party and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Delek Party to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.
SECTION 2.     Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a)     The Securities. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuers and the Guarantors the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A, at a purchase price of 97.495% of the principal amount thereof payable on the Closing Date, in each case, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms herein set forth.
(b)     The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Notes in global form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Baker Botts L.L.P., One Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Partnership and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on May 23, 2017, or such other time and date as the Representative shall designate by notice to the Issuers (the time and date of such closing are called the “ Closing Date ”). The Issuers hereby acknowledge that circumstances under which the Representative may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Issuers or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 17 hereof.
(c)     Delivery of the Securities. The Issuers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Securities to the Representative for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers through the facilities of the Depositary on the Closing Date against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Notes shall be in such denominations as the Representative may designate and shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary, pursuant to the DTC Agreement, and shall be delivered on the Closing Date to the Trustee, as the Depositary’s custodian. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.
(d)     Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers. Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Delek Parties that:
(i)     it will offer and sell Securities only to (a) persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A (“ Qualified Institutional Buyers ”) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex IV to this Agreement;
(ii)    it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer;
(iii)    it is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act; and
(iv)    it will not offer or sell Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.
SECTION 3.     Additional Covenants. Each of the Delek Parties further covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a)     Preparation of Final Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements and Issuers Additional Written Communications. As promptly as practicable following the Time of Sale and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Issuers will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum, which shall consist of the

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Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement. The Issuers will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Pricing Supplement. The Issuers will not amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless the Representative shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement at least two business days prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or distributing any Issuers Additional Written Communication, the Issuers will furnish to the Representative a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or distribute any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(b)     Amendments and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with applicable law, the Delek Parties will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with all applicable law. If, prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading, or if in the judgment of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Delek Parties agree to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof), and furnish at their own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances on the Closing Date and at the time of sale of Securities, be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.
The Delek Parties hereby expressly acknowledge that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each offering memorandum, registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.
(c)     Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Issuers agree to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall reasonably request.
(d)     Blue Sky Compliance. Each of the Delek Parties shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States or any other jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Delek Parties shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be. The Issuers will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, each of the Delek Parties shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(e)     Use of Proceeds. The Issuers shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by them in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package.

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(f)     The Depositary . The Issuers will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use their best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.
(g)     Additional Issuer Information. Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Partnership shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when the Partnership is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act and any of the Securities remain outstanding, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Partnership shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information (“ Additional Issuer Information ”) satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).
(h)     Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 60 days following the date hereof, the Issuers will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Merrill Lynch), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Issuers or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Issuers (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement).
(i)     No Integration. The Issuers agree that they will not and will cause their Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Issuers of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.
(j)     No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts . The Issuers agree that they will not and will not permit any of their Affiliates or any other person acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) to (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities within the meaning of Regulation S, and the Partnership will and will cause all such persons to comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S with respect to the Securities.
(k)     No Restricted Resales. The Partnership will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Notes that have been reacquired by any of them.
(l)     Legended Securities. Each certificate for a Security will bear the legend contained in “Transfer Restrictions” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
The Representative on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by any Delek Party of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
SECTION 4.     Payment of Expenses. Each of the Delek Parties agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Delek Parties’ counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution (including any form of electronic distribution) of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and the Transaction

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Documents, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Delek Parties or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States or any other jurisdictions designated by the Representative (including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any related supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities or the Exchange Securities by ratings agencies, (viii) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Delek Parties in connection with approval of the Securities by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, and the performance by the Delek Parties of their respective other obligations under this Agreement and (ix) 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the “road show” for the offering of the Securities. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
SECTION 5.     Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Delek Parties set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Delek Parties of their covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a)     Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Partnership, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, covering the financial information in the Pricing Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accountants a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date.
(b)     No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i)    in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change; and
(ii)    there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any Delek Party or any of their securities or indebtedness by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act.
(c)     Opinion of Counsel for the Partnership. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Partnership, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Annex II.
(d)     Opinion of General Counsel of the Partnership . On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of the General Counsel of the Partnership, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Annex III.
(e)     Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.
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Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner, Finance Corp. and the Guarantors, or other officers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof, and further to the effect that:
(i)    for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;
(ii)    the representations, warranties and covenants of the Issuers and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof were true and correct as of the date hereof and are true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and
(iii)     each of the Issuers and the Guarantors has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.
(g)     Indenture; Registration Rights Agreement . The Delek Parties shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof. The Delek Parties shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received such executed counterparts.
(h)     Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Issuers at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 6.     Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 5 or 10 hereof, including if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Delek Parties to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Issuers agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.
SECTION 7.     Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures . Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and each of the Delek Parties, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
(a)    Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex IV hereto, which Annex IV is hereby expressly made a part hereof.
(b)    No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(c)    Upon original issuance by the Issuers, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Securities) shall bear the following legend:

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THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER: (1) REPRESENTS THAT: (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT IT SHALL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY: (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE ISSUERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Following the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Issuers for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Issuers, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security.
SECTION 8.     Indemnification.
(a)     Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. Each of the Delek Parties, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Partnership), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Issuers Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Merrill Lynch) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply, with respect to an Initial Purchaser, to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the

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Pricing Supplement, any Issuers Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Delek Parties may otherwise have.
(b)     Indemnification of the Delek Parties. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Delek Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls any Delek Party within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which any Delek Party or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Issuers Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Issuers Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse any Delek Party and each such director, officer or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by any Delek Party or such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Delek Parties hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers through the Representative have furnished to the Issuers expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Issuers Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution—Short Positions” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.
(c)     Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have to an indemnified party other than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel (in each jurisdiction)), which shall be selected by Merrill Lynch (in the case of counsel representing the Initial Purchasers or their related persons), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of

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commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d)     Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request or disputed in good faith the indemnified party’s entitlement to such reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
SECTION 9.     Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Delek Parties, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for purposes of indemnification.
The Delek Parties and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule

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A. For purposes of this Section 9, each affiliate, director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each director and officer of a Delek Party, and each person, if any, who controls any Delek Party within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Delek Party.
SECTION 10.     Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Partnership if at any time: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Partnership’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the NYSE, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such quotation system or stock exchange by the Commission or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal, New York or Delaware authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering sale or delivery of the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; or (iv) in the judgment of the Representative there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change. Any termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of (i) any Delek Party to any Initial Purchaser, except that the Delek Parties shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (ii) any Initial Purchaser to any Delek Party, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 11.     Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Delek Parties, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, any Delek Party or any of their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 12.     Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, couriered or facsimiled and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Initial Purchasers:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
Facsimile: 212-901-7897
Attention: High Yield Legal Department

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77002
Facsimile: 713-615-5794
Attention: Ms. Gillian Hobson

If to the Delek Parties:

Delek Logistics Partners, LP
7102 Commerce Way

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Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
Facsimile: (615) 224-6362
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Facsimile: 713-229-2793
Attention: Mr. Andrew J. Ericksen

Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.
SECTION 13.     Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.
SECTION 14.     Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by Merrill Lynch shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
SECTION 15.     Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
SECTION 16.     Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding a “ Related Judgment ”, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 17.     Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall

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fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Partnership for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Partnership shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term “ Initial Purchaser ” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 17. Any action taken under this Section 17 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
SECTION 18.     No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Delek Parties acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Delek Parties, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Delek Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Delek Parties or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Delek Parties with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Delek Parties on other matters) or any other obligation to the Delek Parties except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Delek Parties, and the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Delek Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Delek Parties and the several Initial Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Delek Parties hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Delek Parties may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
SECTION 19.     General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Issuers the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
By: Delek Logistics GP, LLC, as general partner


By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
    Name:    Assaf Ginzburg    Title:    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.
By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
    Name:    Assaf Ginzburg    Title:    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
DELEK MARKETING & SUPPLY, LP
By: Delek Marketing GP, LLC, as general partner
DELEK LOGISTICS OPERATING, LLC
DELEK MARKETING GP, LLC
DELEK CRUDE LOGISTICS, LLC
DELEK MARKETING-BIG SANDY, LLC
PALINE PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
MAGNOLIA PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
SALA GATHERING SYSTEMS, LLC
EL DORADO PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
DKL TRANSPORTATION, LLC
DKL CADDO, LLC
DKL RIO, LLC,
as Guarantors


By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
    Name:    Assaf Ginzburg    Title:    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


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The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
Acting on behalf of itself
and as the Representative of
the several Initial Purchasers
By:    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated


By:     /s/ John Pantalena                                  
    Managing Director


                         




SCHEDULE A
Initial Purchasers
Aggregate Principal Amount of Securities to be Purchased
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
$
77,500,000

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
32,500,000

RBC Capital Markets, LLC
32,500,000

BBVA Securities Inc.
32,500,000

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
12,500,000

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
12,500,000

Barclays Capital Inc.
12,500,000

Regions Securities LLC
12,500,000

PNC Capital Markets LLC
6,250,000

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
6,250,000

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.
6,250,000

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
6,250,000

   Total
$
250,000,000







ANNEX I
Pricing Term Sheet
Pricing Term Sheet dated May 18, 2017
to Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated May 15, 2017
Strictly Confidential
 
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.
6.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
 
PRICING TERM SHEET
 
May 18, 2017
 
The information in this term sheet supplements Delek Logistics Partners, LP and Delek Logistics Finance Corp.’s preliminary offering memorandum dated May 15, 2017 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. This pricing term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
 
Issuers:
 
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Delek Logistics Finance Corp.
Guarantors:
 
The Notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed by all existing subsidiaries of Delek Logistics Partners, LP (other than Delek Logistics Finance Corp.) and by certain future subsidiaries

Size:
 
$250,000,000
Gross Proceeds:
 
$248,112,500
Form of Offering:
 
144A/Reg S with Registration Rights as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
Maturity:
 
May 15, 2025
Coupon:
 
6.750%
Price:
 
99.245% of face amount plus accrued interest, if any, from May 23, 2017
Interest Payment Dates:
 
May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15, 2017
Record Dates:
 
May 1 and November 1
Redemption Provisions:
 
 
First Call Date:
 
May 15, 2020
Make-Whole Call:
 
Before the first call date at redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the “Make Whole Premium” as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date then on or after the following dates at the following redemption prices:
May 15, 2020: 105.063%
May 15, 2021: 103.375%
May 15, 2022: 101.688%
May 15, 2023: 100.0%

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Redemption with Proceeds of Equity Offering:
 
On or prior to May 15, 2020, up to 35% may be redeemed at 106.750%
Change of Control:
 
Following a Change of Control, put at 101% of principal plus accrued interest
Trade Date:
 
May 18, 2017
Settlement:
 
T+3; May 23, 2017
Denominations:
 
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
CUSIP/ISIN:
 
144A:    24665F AA0 /   US24665FAA03
Regulation S: 
  U24570 AA8 /   USU24570AA84
Joint Book-Running Managers:
 
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
 Incorporated
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
BBVA Securities Inc.
   
Senior Co-Managers:
 
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Regions Securities LLC
 
 
 
Co-Managers:
 
PNC Capital Markets LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
This material is strictly confidential and has been prepared by the Issuers solely for use in connection with the proposed offering of the securities described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. This material is personal to each offeree and does not constitute an offer to any other person or the public generally to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the securities. Please refer to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for a complete description.
The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are being offered only to (1) persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, and this communication is only being distributed to such persons.
This communication is not an offer to sell the securities and it is not a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
Any disclaimers or notices that may appear on this Term Sheet below the text of this legend are not applicable to this Term Sheet and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers may have been electronically generated as a result of this Term Sheet having been sent via, or posted on, Bloomberg or another electronic mail system.
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ANNEX II
Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Partnership
1.    Assuming without independent investigation, (a) that the Securities are sold to the Initial Purchasers, and initially resold by the Initial Purchasers, in accordance with the terms of and in the manner contemplated by, the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum; (b) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors set forth in the Purchase Agreement and in those certain certificates delivered pursuant thereto on the date hereof; (c) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (d) the due performance by, and compliance with, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, of their respective covenants and agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (e) compliance by the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the Guarantors with the transfer procedures and restrictions described in the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary to register the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers or the initial offer and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, in each case in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to qualify the Indenture in respect thereof under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, it being expressly understood that we express no opinion in this paragraph as to any subsequent offer or resale of any of the Securities;
2.    Each of the General Partner, the Issuers and the Guarantors is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware or the State of Texas, as the case may be, and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto. Each of the General Partner, the Issuers and the Guarantors has all requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to own, operate or lease its properties currently owned, operated or leased and to conduct the businesses in which it is currently engaged, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;
3.    The General Partner has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to serve as general partner of the Partnership in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;
4.    Delek Logistics Services Company, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Delek Services ”), owns 94.85% of the issued and outstanding membership interest in the General Partner; such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the GP LLC Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the GP LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”)); and Delek Services owns its membership interest in the General Partner free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Delek Services as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to us, without inspection;
5.    The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership. As of the date hereof, the General Partner owns a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership, such interest being represented by the 496,502 general partner units (the “ General Partner Units ”); such General Partner Units have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, as the same may have been amended from time to time; and the General Partner owns such General Partner Units free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to us, without inspection;
6.    Lion Oil Company, an Arkansas corporation (“ Lion Oil ”), owns 12,611,465 limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “ Lion Oil Units ”), Delek Marketing & Supply, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Delek Marketing ”), owns 2,653,535 limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “ Delek Marketing Units ” and, together with the Lion Oil Units, the “ Sponsor Units ”), and the General Partner owns all of the Incentive Distribution Rights; all of such Sponsor Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “ Delaware LP Act ”)); and Lion Oil owns the Lion Oil Units, Delek Marketing owns the Delek Marketing Units and the General

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Partner owns the Incentive Distribution Rights, in each case free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Delek Marketing or the General Partner as debtor, as applicable, is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Arkansas naming Lion Oil as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas or (ii) otherwise known to us, without inspection.
7.    The Partnership owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, in Finance Corp. and in each of the Guarantors; such stock, partnership interests or membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Finance Corp. and the Guarantors and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Organizational Documents) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act, Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act or the Texas Limited Liability Company Act, as applicable); and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware or the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas, as applicable, naming the Partnership or a Guarantor as the debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, as applicable, or (ii) otherwise known to us, without inspection, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Credit Agreement;
8.    Each of the Issuers has all requisite corporate or limited partnership power and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to issue and sell the Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Each of the Guarantors has all requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
9.    The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Issuers and Guarantors;
10.    The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, action of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors, has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and the Guarantors and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms; provided that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”);
11.    The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership action, as applicable, of each of the Issuers and, when executed, issued and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by you in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Issuers, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
12.    The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors, has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and the Guarantors and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions; The DTC Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership action, as applicable, of each of the Issuers, has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee and the Depositary, is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Issuers, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;

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13.    The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership, as applicable, action of each of the Issuers and, when executed, issued and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Issuers, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
14.    The Guarantees of the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, of each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been executed, issued and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by you in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, the Guarantees will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, action of each of the Guarantors and, when the Exchange Notes are executed, issued and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
15.    The Organizational Documents of each of the Delek Parties have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Delek Parties that are parties thereto and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, are valid and legally binding agreements of the Delek Parties that are parties thereto, enforceable against such Delek Parties that are parties thereto in accordance with their terms; provided that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;
16.    None of (a) the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, (b) the issuance of the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes, (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuers and the Guarantors of the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and (d) the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (i) constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Issuers, the General Partner or any of the Guarantors, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, (x) any agreement or other instrument filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 or any applicable Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission after the date of such Annual Report or (y) any agreement or other instrument listed on Schedule II hereto (together, the “ Applicable Documents ”), (iii) violates or will violate any of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the Texas Limited Liability Company Act or federal law, or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Liens arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement) upon any property or assets of any of the Delek Parties under the Applicable Documents, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or Liens that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of any of the Delek Parties to consummate the transactions provided for in the Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that we do not express an opinion in this paragraph 18 with respect to federal or state securities or anti-fraud laws;
17.    No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification (“ Consent ”) of or with any Delaware, Texas or federal court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of any of the Issuers, Guarantors or any of their properties or assets is required in connection with (a) the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuers and the Guarantors of the Transaction Documents to which they are a party and (c) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, except (i) for such Consents as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, (ii) with respect to the Exchange Notes, as may be required under the Securities Act or under state securities or Blue Sky laws as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) for such Consents that have been obtained or made, (iv) for any such Consents the absence or omission of which would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of any of the Issuers or Guarantors to consummate the transactions provided for in the Purchase Agreement, and (v) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;

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18.    None of the Issuers or Guarantors is now, or immediately following the sale of the Notes to be sold by the Issuers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds” will be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act;
19.    The Registration Rights Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture conform in all materials respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum;
20.    The statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Transfer Restrictions” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, are accurate in all material respects;
21.    The statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Other Indebtedness,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of contracts and other documents, are accurate in all material respects; and
22.    The statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of United States federal tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, are accurate in all material respects.
In rendering the opinion expressed in paragraph 2 above as it relates to the valid existence and good standing of the Issuers and Delek Parties under the laws of the State of Delaware or the State of Texas, as applicable, we have relied solely upon certificates from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Secretary of State of the State of Texas or the Office of the Comptroller of the State of Texas, as applicable. In rendering the opinion expressed in paragraph 2 above as it relates to the due qualification to transact business and good standing as a foreign limited partnership, foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company, as the case may be, of the General Partner, the Issuers and the Guarantors, in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule I hereto, we have relied solely upon certificates as of a recent date from public officials of such states.
In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 above as they relate to the existence of any Lien for which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code is on file, we have relied solely upon our review of reports, dated as of [●], 2017, prepared by CT Lien Solutions, a Wolters Kluwer Company, purporting to describe all financing statements on file as of [●], 2017, in the office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware and Texas, as applicable, naming Delek Services, Delek Marketing, Lion Oil, the General Partner, the Partnership or a Guarantor, as applicable, as debtors. The reports described in the immediately preceding sentence do not include any information regarding financing statements filed in the State of Delaware, in the State of Texas or in the State of Arkansas after [●], 2017 and, accordingly, we express no opinion related to any mortgages, pledges or security interests that may be effected or filings filed or recorded after such date.
In addition, we do not express any opinion with respect to (a) any permits or title to own or operate any real or personal property, (b) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Delek Parties may be subject or (c) any matters which require the performance of a mathematical calculation or the making of a financial or accounting determination.
We have reviewed the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Delek Parties, with representatives of the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm, with your representatives and your counsel, at which the contents of the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed. The purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, and we have not undertaken to verify independently any of the factual matters in such documents. Moreover, many of the determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum involve matters of a non-legal nature. Accordingly, we are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (except to the extent stated in paragraphs 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 above). Subject to the foregoing and on the basis of the information we gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, we advise you that nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that:

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(a)    the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
(b)    the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or as of the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
it being understood that in each case we have not been asked to, and do not express any belief with respect to (1) the financial statements and schedules or other financial, accounting or reserve information included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom or (2) representations and warranties and other statements of fact contained in the exhibits to the documents incorporated by reference therein.
The opinions set forth above are limited in all respects to matters governed by federal law, the laws of the State of New York, the Texas Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware LLC Act, in each case published and in effect on the date hereof, and we express no opinion as to any other laws.
The Trustee may rely on our opinions in paragraphs 1 (solely with respect to the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended), 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 above as if this letter had been addressed to it. Otherwise, we are furnishing this letter to the Initial Purchasers solely for their use in connection with the transactions consummated on the date hereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and this letter may not be relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose. This letter speaks as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to update this letter.

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SCHEDULE I

Entity
Jurisdiction of Organization
Foreign Qualifications
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Delaware
Delek Logistics Finance Corp.
Delaware


Guarantors

Entity
Jurisdiction of Organization
Foreign Qualifications
Delek Logistics Operating, LLC
Delaware
Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee
Delek Marketing & Supply, LP
Delaware
Missouri, Tennessee, Texas
Delek Marketing GP, LLC
Delaware
Texas
Delek Crude Logistics, LLC
Texas
Delek Marketing-Big Sandy, LLC
Texas
Paline Pipeline Company, LLC
Texas
Magnolia Pipeline Company, LLC
Delaware
Arkansas, Louisiana
SALA Gathering Systems, LLC
Texas
Arkansas, Louisiana
El Dorado Pipeline Company, LLC
Delaware
Arkansas
DKL Transportation, LLC
Delaware
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas
DKL RIO, LLC
Delaware
DKL Caddo, LLC
Delaware


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SCHEDULE II
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2014, by and among Delek Logistics Partners, LP, Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, Delek Marketing GP, LLC, Delek Marketing & Supply, LP, Delek Crude Logistics, LLC, Delek Marketing-Big Sandy, LLC, Magnolia Pipeline Company, LLC, El Dorado Pipeline Company, LLC, SALA Gathering Systems, LLC, Paline Pipeline Company, LLC, DKL Transportation, LLC and Fifth Third Bank, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders.




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ANNEX III
Form of Opinion of General Counsel of the Partnership
1. There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Issuers or the Guarantors that, if determined adversely to the Issuers or the Guarantors, would result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuers or the Guarantors to perform their obligations under the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the knowledge of the Partnership, contemplated.







ANNEX IV
Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A . Each Initial Purchaser understands that:
Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any “tombstone” advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as are permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.
Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance upon Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.”




Exhibit 4.1





DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP,
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.

AND
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

6.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025


INDENTURE
Dated as of May 23, 2017



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee












CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section
Indenture Section
310(a)(1)
7.10
   (a)(2)
7.10
   (a)(3)
N.A.
   (a)(4)
N.A.
   (a)(5)
7.10
   (b)
7.10
   (c)
N.A.
311(a)
7.11
   (b)
7.11
   (c)
N.A.
312(a)
2.05
   (b)
12.03
   (c)
12.03
313(a)
7.06
   (b)(1)
N.A.
   (b)(2)
7.06; 7.07
   (c)
7.06; 12.02
   (d)
7.06
314(a)
4.03; 12.02; 12.05
   (b)
N.A.
   (c)(1)
12.04
   (c)(2)
12.04
   (c)(3)
N.A.
   (d)
N.A.
   (e)
12.05
   (f)
N.A.
315(a)
7.01
   (b)
7.05; 12.02
   (c)
7.01
   (d)
7.01
   (e)
6.11
316(a) (last sentence)
2.09
   (a)(1)(A)
6.05
   (a)(1)(B)
6.04
   (a)(2)
N.A.
   (b)
6.07
   (c)
2.12
317(a)(1)
6.08
   (a)(2)
6.09
   (b)
2.04
318(a)
12.01
   (b)
N.A.
   (c)
12.01

N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.








TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01
Definitions
1

Section 1.02
Other Definitions
23

Section 1.03
Incorporations by Reference of Certain TIA Provisions
23

Section 1.04
Rules of Construction
23

ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01
Form and Dating
24

Section 2.02
Execution and Authentication
25

Section 2.03
Registrar and Paying Agent
25

Section 2.04
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
25

Section 2.05
Holder Lists
25

Section 2.06
Transfer and Exchange
26

Section 2.07
Replacement Notes
35

Section 2.08
Outstanding Notes
35

Section 2.09
Treasury Notes
35

Section 2.10
Temporary Notes
36

Section 2.11
Cancellation
36

Section 2.12
Defaulted Interest
36

Section 2.13
CUSIP Numbers
36

ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01
Notices to Trustee
36

Section 3.02
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
37

Section 3.03
Notice of Redemption
37

Section 3.04
Effect of Notice of Redemption
38

Section 3.05
Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
38

Section 3.06
Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
38

Section 3.07
Optional Redemption
38

Section 3.08
Mandatory Redemption
39

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01
Payment of Notes
39

Section 4.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency
39

Section 4.03
Reports
40

Section 4.04
Compliance Certificate
41


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Page
Section 4.05
Taxes
41

Section 4.06
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
41

Section 4.07
Restricted Payments
41

Section 4.08
Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
44

Section 4.09
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Equity
45

Section 4.10
Asset Sales
48

Section 4.11
Transactions with Affiliates
49

Section 4.12
Liens
51

Section 4.13
Limitation on Finance Corp. Activities
51

Section 4.14
Organizational Existence
51

Section 4.15
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
52

Section 4.16
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
53

Section 4.17
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
54

Section 4.18
Termination of Covenants
54

ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
54

Section 5.02
Successor Company Substituted
55

ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01
Events of Default
56

Section 6.02
Acceleration
57

Section 6.03
Other Remedies
58

Section 6.04
Waiver of Past Defaults
58

Section 6.05
Control by Majority
58

Section 6.06
Limitation on Suits
58

Section 6.07
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
59

Section 6.08
Collection Suit by Trustee
59

Section 6.09
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
59

Section 6.10
Priorities
59

Section 6.11
Undertaking for Costs
59

ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01
Duties of Trustee
60

Section 7.02
Rights of Trustee
60

Section 7.03
Individual Rights of Trustee
61

Section 7.04
Trustee's Disclaimer
61

Section 7.05
Notice of Defaults
61

Section 7.06
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
62

Section 7.07
Compensation and Indemnity
62



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Page
Section 7.08
Replacement of Trustee
62

Section 7.09
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
63

Section 7.10
Eligibility; Disqualification
63

Section 7.11
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers
64

ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
64

Section 8.02
Legal Defeasance and Discharge
64

Section 8.03
Covenant Defeasance
64

Section 8.04
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
65

Section 8.05
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
65

Section 8.06
Repayment to Issuers
66

Section 8.07
Reinstatement
66

ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01
Without Consent of Holders of Notes
66

Section 9.02
With Consent of Holders of Notes
67

Section 9.03
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
68

Section 9.04
Revocation and Effect of Consents
68

Section 9.05
Notation on or Exchange of Notes
68

Section 9.06
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
69

ARTICLE 10
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 10.01
Guarantee
69

Section 10.02
Limitation on Guarantor Liability
70

Section 10.03
Evidenced by Indenture; No Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee
70

Section 10.04
Releases
70

ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01
Satisfaction and Discharge
71

Section 11.02
Application of Trust Money
71

ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01
Trust Indenture Act Controls
72

Section 12.02
Notices
72

Section 12.03
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
73

Section 12.04
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
73

Section 12.05
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
73

Section 12.06
Rules by Trustee and Agents
74

Section 12.07
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders
74


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Page
Section 12.08
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
74

Section 12.09
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Section 12.10
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Section 12.11
Rules by Trustee and Agents
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Section 12.12
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders
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Section 12.13
Table of Contents, Headings, etc
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Section 12.14
Payment Date Other Than a Business Day
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Section 12.15
Evidence of Action by Holders
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Section 12.16
U.S.A Patriot Act
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Section 12.17
Force Majeure
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
FORM OF NOTE
 
Exhibit B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
 
Exhibit C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
 
Exhibit D
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
 








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THIS INDENTURE dated as of May 23, 2017 is among Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp. ” and, together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of (a) the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Initial Notes ”), (b) any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof and (c) if and when issued pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein), the Issuers’ Exchange Notes (as defined herein) issued in an Exchange Offer (as defined herein) in exchange for any outstanding Initial Notes or Additional Notes (all such securities in clauses (a), (b) and (c) being referred to collectively as the “ Notes ”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01      Definitions.
144A Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
Acquired Debt ” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)      Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or becomes a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, but excluding Indebtedness which is extinguished, retired or repaid in connection with such Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person; and
(2)      Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional Interest ” means, at any time, all Special Interest (as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement) then owing pursuant to such Registration Rights Agreement. All references to “interest” in this Indenture and the Notes include any Additional Interest that may be payable on the Notes.
Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections ‎2.02 and ‎4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes whether or not they bear the same “CUSIP” number.
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
Agent ” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

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Asset Sale ” means:
(1)    the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any properties or assets; provided , however , that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by ‎Section 4.15 and/or ‎Section 5.01 and not by ‎Section 4.10; and
(2)    the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1)    any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves properties or assets having a fair market value of less than $15.0 million;
(2)    a transfer of properties or assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3)    an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4)    the sale or lease of products, inventory, equipment, services, accounts receivable, renewable fuel credits (including renewable identification numbers and biodiesel credits) or other property or assets in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete properties or assets in the ordinary course of business;
(5)    the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents, Hedging Obligations or other financial instruments in the ordinary course of business;
(6)    a Restricted Payment that does not violate ‎Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment;
(7)    any trade or exchange by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of properties or assets of any type for properties or assets of any type owned or held by another Person, including any disposition (which may include issuances) of some but not all of the Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in exchange for assets or properties and either (i) after which the Person whose Equity Interests have been so disposed of continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) if the Person whose Equity Interests have been so disposed does not continue to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person will be deemed to be either an Investment made as of the time of such disposition that will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under ‎Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company; provided that the fair market value of the properties or assets traded or exchanged by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (together with any cash or Cash Equivalents and liabilities assumed by such other Person) is reasonably equivalent to the fair market value of the properties or assets (together with any cash or Cash Equivalents) to be received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (together with any liabilities to be assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); and provided further that any cash received must be applied in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 4.10;
(8)    the creation or perfection of a Lien that is not prohibited by ‎Section 4.12, and any disposition in connection with a Permitted Lien;
(9)    dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between the Joint Venture parties set forth in, Joint Venture agreements or any similar binding arrangements;
(10)    the sale or other disposition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company;


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(11)    surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(12)    the grant in the ordinary course of business of any non-exclusive license of patents, trademarks, registrations therefor and other similar intellectual property;
(13)    any lease of assets entered into in the ordinary course of business and with respect to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is the lessor and the lessee has no option to purchase such assets for less than fair market value at any time the right to acquire such asset occurs; and
(14)    any disposition of defaulted receivables that arose in the ordinary course of business for collection.
Attributable Indebtedness ,” when used with respect to any sale-leaseback transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale-leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.
Available Cash ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have corresponding meanings.
Board of Directors ” means:
(1)    with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2)    with respect to a partnership, the board of directors or board of managers of the general partner of the partnership or, if such general partner is itself a limited partnership, then the board of directors or board of managers of its general partner;
(3)    with respect to a limited liability company, the board of managers or directors, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4)    with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the applicable Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day ” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or another place of payment are authorized or required by law to close.


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Capital Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, excluding liabilities resulting from a change in GAAP subsequent to the date of this Indenture, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock ” means:
(1)    in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2)    in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3)    in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4)    any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Cash Equivalents ” means:
(1)    United States dollars or, in an amount up to the amount necessary or appropriate to fund local operating expenses, other currencies;
(2)    securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(3)    certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson BankWatch Rating of “B” or better;
(4)    repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5)    commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and, in each case, maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and
(6)    money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1)    the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets (including Capital Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than a Restricted Subsidiary or a Qualifying Owner;
(2)    the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or removal of the General Partner by the limited partners of the Company; or


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(3)    the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), excluding the Qualifying Owners, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of either the General Partner or, if the Company is no longer a limited partnership, of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares, units or the like, other than any merger or consolidation in which the Voting Stock of the General Partner or the Company, as the case may be, outstanding immediately prior to the transaction, collectively, is exchanged or converted into more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the surviving entity or any parent thereof.
Notwithstanding the preceding, a conversion of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from a limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other form of entity to a limited liability company, corporation, limited partnership or other form of entity or an exchange of all of the outstanding Equity Interests in one form of entity for Equity Interests in another form of entity shall not constitute a Change of Control, so long as following such conversion or exchange the “persons” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) who Beneficially Owned the Capital Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transactions continue to Beneficially Own in the aggregate more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such entity or any parent thereof, or continue to Beneficially Own sufficient Equity Interests in such entity to elect a majority of its directors, managers, trustees or other persons serving in a similar capacity for such entity or its general partner or any parent thereof, as applicable, and, in either case no “person,” other than a Qualifying Owner, Beneficially Owns more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such entity or its general partner or any parent thereof, as applicable.
Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of a Change of Control that is accompanied or followed by a downgrade by one or more gradations (including gradations within ratings categories as well as between ratings categories) or withdrawal of the rating of the Notes within the Ratings Decline Period by either of the Rating Agencies, as a result of which the rating of the Notes on any day during such Ratings Decline Period is below the rating by such Rating Agency in effect immediately preceding the first public announcement of the Change of Control (or occurrence thereof if such Change of Control occurs prior to public announcement).
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and its successors.
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission ” or “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company ” means Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and any and all successors thereto.
Conflicts Committee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement, as such Partnership Agreement is in effect on the date of this Indenture, or any successor committee performing an equivalent role.
Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1)    an amount equal to any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale or the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2)    provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all


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payments, if any, made or received pursuant to interest-rate Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4)    depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5)    unrealized non-cash losses resulting from foreign currency balance sheet adjustments required by GAAP to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(6)    an amount (to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income) equal to the dividends or distributions paid during such period in cash to such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; minus
(7)    non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items that were accrued in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1)    the aggregate Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(2)    the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, partners or members;
(3)    the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;
(4)    unrealized losses and gains under derivative instruments included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, including those resulting from the application of FASB ASC Topic No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging , will be excluded;
(5)    in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation, merger or disposition of its properties or assets, any Net Income of the successor prior to such transaction will be excluded; and
(6)    any charges relating to any premium or penalty paid, write off of deferred finance costs or other charges in connection with redeeming or retiring any Indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity will be excluded.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of total assets included in such Person’s most recent quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP less applicable reserves reflected in such balance sheet, after (i) adding the aggregate incremental amount of total assets that would have resulted from an acquisition of assets from an Affiliate that is accounted for as a pooling had it been accounted for using purchase accounting and (ii) deducting the following amounts: (a) all current liabilities reflected in such balance sheet, and (b) all goodwill, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discounts and expenses and other like intangibles reflected in such balance sheet.


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Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in ‎Section 12.02 hereof (except with respect to payments on the Notes and any exchange, transfer or surrender of the Notes, in which case this address will be U.S. Bank National Association, 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005) or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Issuers.
Credit Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2014, among the Company, the other borrowers party thereto, Fifth Third Bank, as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
Credit Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities (including the Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities, loan agreements, indentures or other financing agreements in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), debt securities or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Customary Recourse Exceptions ” means, with respect to any Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture, exclusions from the exculpation provisions with respect to such Non-Recourse Debt for the voluntary bankruptcy of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture, fraud, misapplication of cash, environmental claims, waste, willful destruction and other circumstances customarily excluded by lenders from exculpation provisions or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financings.
Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with ‎Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in ‎Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as “Designated Non-cash Consideration” pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Disqualified Equity ” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Equity Interest), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Equity Interest, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature (other than in exchange for Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity)). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Equity solely because the holders of the Equity Interest have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Equity if the terms of such Equity Interest provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interest pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with ‎Section 4.07. The amount of Disqualified Equity deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption or repurchase provisions of, such Disqualified Equity, exclusive of accumulated dividends.


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Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Equity Offering ” means any public or private sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Equity) made for cash on a primary basis by the Company, or other cash equity contribution to the Company, in each case after the date of this Indenture.
Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV and its successors, as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Notes ” means the Notes issued in an Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness ” means the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid.
The term “ fair market value ” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, and such value shall be determined, in the case of amounts under $50.0 million, by an Officer of the Person making the determination and, in the case of amounts equal to or greater than $50.0 million, by the Board of Directors of such Person, whose determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
FERC Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (or any successor thereof) under the Interstate Commerce Act.
Finance Corp. ” means Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means with respect to any specified Person for any four-quarter reference period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. If the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary course incurrences or repayments, in each case, in respect of revolving Indebtedness) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Equity subsequent to the commencement of the applicable four-quarter reference period and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Equity, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of such period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1)    acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period, including any Consolidated Cash Flow and any pro forma expense and cost reductions that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur, in the reasonable judgment of the chief financial or accounting officer of such Person (regardless of whether those cost savings or operating improvements could then be reflected in pro forma financial statements in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the SEC related thereto);


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(2)    the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
(3)    the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(4)    interest income reasonably anticipated by such Person to be received during the applicable four quarter period from cash or Cash Equivalents held by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, which cash or Cash Equivalents exist on the Calculation Date or will exist as a result of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, will be included;
(5)    any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at all times during such four-quarter period;
(6)    any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at any time during such four-quarter period;
(7)    if any Indebtedness is incurred under a revolving credit facility and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated based on the average daily balance of such Indebtedness for the four fiscal quarters subject to the pro forma calculation;
(8)    if any Indebtedness to which pro forma effect is being given bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months); and
(9)    interest on a Capital Lease Obligation and imputed interest on Attributable Indebtedness shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation or Attributable Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP.
Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, (A) the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, but excluding (a) amortization of deferred financing charges incurred in respect of the Notes and the Credit Agreement on or prior to the Issue Date and (b) the write off of any deferred financing fees or debt discount, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus
(2)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3)    any interest expense respecting Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4)    all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Equity of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity


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Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; minus
(B) to the extent included in (A) above, write-offs of deferred financing costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and any charge related to, or any premium or penalty paid in connection with, paying any such Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to its Stated Maturity.
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, which are in effect from time to time (except as otherwise indicated in this Indenture).
General Partner ” means Delek Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns as general partner of the Company or as the business entity with the ultimate authority to manage the business and operations of the Company.
Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in ‎Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with ‎Section 2.01, ‎2.06(b)(3), ‎2.06(b)(4), ‎2.06(d)(2) or ‎2.06(f) hereof.
Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
The term “ guarantee ” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including by way of a pledge of assets, acting as co-obligor or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness. When used as a verb, “guarantee” has a correlative meaning.
Guarantors ” means each of:
(1)    the Subsidiaries of the Company executing this Indenture as initial Guarantors; and
(2)    any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes under:
(1)    interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements entered into with one or more financial institutions and designed to reduce costs of borrowing or to protect the Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entering into the agreement against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred;
(2)    other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk;
(3)    foreign exchange contracts and currency protection agreements entered into with one of more financial institutions and designed to protect the Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entering into the agreement against fluctuations in currency exchanges rates;


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(4)    any commodity futures contract, commodity option, commodity swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in the price of Hydrocarbons used, produced, processed, purchased or sold by that Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time; and
(5)    other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
Hydrocarbons ” means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons, biodiesel, ethanol and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and products refined or processed therefrom.
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1)    in respect of borrowed money;
(2)    evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3)    in respect of bankers’ acceptances;
(4)    representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Indebtedness;
(5)    representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6)    representing any Hedging Obligations;
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, Attributable Indebtedness and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute “Indebtedness”:
(1)    accrued expenses and trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(2)    any obligation of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of workers’ compensation or similar liabilities, health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance obligations, insurance contracts, reclamation, statutory obligations, bankers’ acceptances and bid, performance, advance payment, deposit, appeal and surety or similar bonds in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees and obligations respecting standby letters of credit supporting such obligations, to the extent not drawn (in each case other than an obligation for money borrowed);
(3)    any Indebtedness that has been defeased in accordance with GAAP or defeased pursuant to the deposit of cash or Government Securities (in an amount sufficient to satisfy all such Indebtedness at fixed maturity or redemption, as applicable, and all payments of interest and premium, if any) in a trust or account created or pledged for the sole benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness and subject to no other Liens, and the other applicable terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness;


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(4)    any obligation arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such obligation is extinguished within five business days of its incurrence;
(5)    any obligation arising from any agreement providing for indemnities, guarantees, purchase price adjustments, earn-outs holdbacks, contingency payment obligations based on the performance of the acquired or disposed assets or similar obligations (other than guarantees of Indebtedness) incurred by any Person in connection with the acquisition or disposition of assets; and
(6)    any obligation in respect of buy-sell or similar arrangements related to renewable fuel credits (including renewable identification numbers and biodiesel credits).
The term “Indebtedness” also excludes any repayment or reimbursement obligation of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Customary Recourse Exceptions, unless and until an event or circumstance occurs that triggers the Person’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s direct repayment or reimbursement obligation (as opposed to contingent or performance obligations) to the lender or other Person to whom such obligation is actually owed, in which case the amount of such direct payment or reimbursement obligation shall constitute Indebtedness.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1)    the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(2)    in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
(a)    the fair market value of such assets at the date of determination; and
(b)    the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person; and
(3)    in the case of net obligations in respect of Hedging Obligations, the termination value of the agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging Obligations that would be payable by the specified Person at such date.
Except to the extent provided in the preceding sentence, the amount of any Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company outstanding as of any date, shall be deemed to be equal to the principal and premium, if any, in respect of such Indebtedness, notwithstanding the provisions of GAAP (including Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options).
Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble of this Indenture.
Initial Purchasers ” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and the other initial purchasers of the Initial Notes identified in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Plan of Distribution.”
Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
Interest Payment Date ” means each May 15 and November 15, beginning November 15, 2017, while the Notes are outstanding.


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Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.
Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding (1) commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business and (2) advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender), and (b) purchases or other acquisitions of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of ‎Section 4.07.
Issue Date ” means the first date on which Notes are issued under this Indenture.
Joint Venture ” means any Person that is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries makes any Investment in the Capital Stock of such Person.
Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with an Exchange Offer.
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction other than a precautionary financing statement respecting a lease not intended as a security agreement.
Make Whole Premium ” means, with respect to a Note at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such time of (i) the redemption price of such Note at May 15, 2020 (as specified in the table in ‎Section 3.07(d) hereof, excluding accrued interest) plus (ii) any required interest payments due on such Note through May 15, 2020 (except for currently accrued and unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), over (b) the principal amount of such Note.
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however, any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person.
Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of:
(1)    the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
(2)    taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements,


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(3)    amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and all distributions and payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale, and
(4)    any amounts to be set aside in any reserve established in accordance with GAAP or any amount placed in escrow, in either case for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such properties or assets or for liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries until such time as such reserve is reversed or such escrow arrangement is terminated, in which case Net Proceeds shall include only the amount of the reserve so reversed or the amount returned to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from such escrow arrangement, as the case may be.
Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:
(1)    as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), except for Customary Recourse Exceptions or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, except, in the case of each of subclauses (a) and (b) for (i) Liens permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and (ii) any guarantee given solely to support such Liens, which guarantee is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2)    no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (except the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
For purposes of determining compliance with ‎Section 4.09, if any Non-Recourse Debt of any of the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries ceases to be Non-Recourse Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event will be deemed to constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes.
Obligations ” means any principal, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages, guarantees, and other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereto.
Offering Memorandum ” means the final offering memorandum of the Issuers, dated May 18, 2017, relating to the offering of the Initial Notes.
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person (or, with respect to the Company so long as it is a limited partnership, of the General Partner).
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of each Issuer by two of its Officers and that meets the requirements of ‎Section 12.05 hereof.
Operating Surplus ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.


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Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of ‎Section 12.05 hereof. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the General Partner, the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Participating Broker-Dealer ” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.
Partnership Agreement ” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Company, dated November 7, 2012, as in effect on the date of this Indenture and as such may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Permitted Business ” means either (1) gathering, transporting, marketing, distributing, storing or otherwise handling Hydrocarbons, or activities or services reasonably related or ancillary thereto including entering into Hedging Obligations to support these businesses, (2) any other business that generates gross income that constitutes “qualifying income” under Section 7704(d) of the Code or (3) any activity that is ancillary, complementary or incidental to or necessary or appropriate for the activities described in clause (1) or (2) of this definition.
Permitted Business Investments ” means Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or in any Joint Venture, provided that:
(1)    either (a) at the time of such Investment and immediately thereafter, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of ‎Section 4.09 or (b) such Investment does not exceed the aggregate amount of Incremental Funds (as defined in ‎Section 4.07) not previously expended at the time of making such Investment;
(2)    if such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture has outstanding Indebtedness at the time of such Investment, either (a) all such Indebtedness is Non-Recourse Debt or (b) any such Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture that is recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (which shall include all Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture for which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may be directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, obligated to pay, whether pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, by law or pursuant to any guarantee, including any “claw-back,” “make-well” or “keep-well” arrangement) could, at the time such Investment is made, be incurred at that time by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of ‎Section 4.09 or under clause (16) of the second paragraph of ‎Section 4.09; and
(3)    such Unrestricted Subsidiary’s or Joint Venture’s activities are not outside the scope of the Permitted Business.
Permitted Investments ” means:
(1)    any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (including through purchases of the Notes or other Senior Indebtedness);
(2)    any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3)    any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(A)    such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or


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(B)    such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its properties or assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4)    any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration:
(A)    from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with ‎Section 4.10; or
(B)    pursuant to clause (7) of the items deemed not to be Asset Sales under the definition of “Asset Sale”;
(5)    any Investment in any Person solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity) of the Company;
(6)    any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer, or as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment in default; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
(7)    Investments represented by Hedging Obligations permitted to be incurred;
(8)    loans or advances to employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million at any one time outstanding;
(9)    any Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility, workers’ compensation and performance and other similar deposits and prepaid expenses made in the ordinary course of business;
(10)    Permitted Business Investments;
(11)    Investments consisting of (i) Liens permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and (ii) any guarantee given solely to support such Liens, which guarantee is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(12)    any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date, and any modifications, renewals or extensions that do not increase the amount of the Investment being modified, renewed or extended (as determined as of such date of modification, renewal or extension) unless the incremental increase in such Investment is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(13)    Investments owned by any Person at the time such Person merges with, or is acquired by, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided that such Investments are not incurred in contemplation of such merger or acquisition; and
(14)    other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause ‎(14) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $50.0 million and (b) 10.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause ‎(14) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause ‎(1) of this definition and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause ‎(14) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.


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In determining whether an Investment is a Permitted Investment, the Company may allocate all or any portion of any Investment and later reallocate all or any portion of any Investment to one or more of the above clauses (1) through (14) and any of the provisions of ‎Section 4.07.
Permitted Liens ” means:
(1)    Liens securing any Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities (including the Credit Agreement) and all Obligations and Hedging Obligations relating to such Indebtedness;
(2)    Liens in favor of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3)    Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets (other than improvements thereon, accessions thereto and proceeds thereof) other than those of the Person merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;
(4)    Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
(5)    Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6)    Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) or (11) of the second paragraph of ‎Section 4.09 covering only the assets acquired, constructed, installed or improved with, or financed by, such Indebtedness (and improvements thereon, accessions thereto and proceeds thereof);
(7)    Liens existing on the date of this Indenture (other than Liens securing the Credit Facilities);
(8)    Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Subsidiary Guarantees);
(9)    Liens on any property or asset acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a “Purchase Money Lien”), which (a) are in favor of the seller of such property or asset, in favor of the Person developing, constructing, repairing or improving such property or asset, or in favor of the Person that provided the funding for the acquisition, development, construction, repair or improvement cost, as the case may be, of such property or asset, (b) are created within 360 days after the acquisition, development, construction, repair or improvement, (c) secure the purchase price or development, construction, repair or improvement cost, as the case may be, of such property or asset in an amount up to 100% of the fair market value of such acquisition, construction or improvement of such property or asset, and (d) are limited to the asset or property so acquired, constructed or improved (including the proceeds thereof, accessions thereto and upgrades thereof);
(10)    Liens on and pledges of the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent securing Non-Recourse Debt or other Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture;
(11)    Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on deposit with or in possession of such bank;
(12)    Liens to secure performance of Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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purchase, gathering, processing, fractionating, sale, transportation or exchange of crude oil, natural gas liquids, condensate and natural gas, natural gas storage agreements, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, real property leases and other agreements arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14)    Liens upon specific items of inventory, receivables or other goods or proceeds of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or receivables securitizations issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory, receivables or other goods or proceeds and permitted by ‎Section 4.09;
(15)    Liens securing (a) any defeasance trust, provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets or properties that are not part of such defeasance trust, or (b) any Indebtedness equally and ratably with all Obligations due under the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a contractual covenant that limits Liens in a manner substantially similar to ‎Section 4.12;
(16)    any interest or title of a lessor to any property subject to a Capital Lease Obligation or operating lease;
(17)    to the extent securing Indebtedness, Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(18)    to the extent securing Indebtedness, Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, repairman’s, materialmen’s, mechanics’ and other like Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(19)    to the extent securing Indebtedness, inchoate Liens arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any amendments thereto;
(20)    to the extent securing Indebtedness, Liens on storage facilities, pipelines or pipeline facilities that arise by operation of law, rule or regulation;
(21)    Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided , however , that:
(a)    the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
(b)    the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, redeemed, defeased or discharged with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay accrued interest on such Indebtedness and any discounts, commissions, premiums, fees and other costs and expenses, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;
(22)    Liens relating to escrow arrangements securing Indebtedness incurred in accordance with this Indenture;
(23)    any Lien securing Indebtedness, neither assumed nor guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor on which it customarily pays interest, existing upon real estate or rights in or relating to real estate acquired by the Company for substation, metering station, pump station, storage, gathering line, transmission line, transportation line, distribution line or for right-of-way purposes, any Liens reserved in leases for rent and for compliance with the terms of the leases in the case of leasehold estates, to the extent that any such Lien referred to in this clause (23) does not, in


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the good faith judgment of an officer of the Company, materially impair the use of the property covered by such Lien for the purposes of which such property is held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(24)    any Liens securing industrial development, pollution control or similar bonds;
(25)    Liens securing any insurance premium financing under customary terms and conditions, provided that no such Lien may extend to or cover any assets or property other than the insurance being acquired with such financing, the proceeds thereof and any unearned or refunded insurance premiums related thereto;
(26)    Liens securing obligations in respect of Treasury Management Arrangements; and
(27)    Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however , that, after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness then outstanding and secured by any Liens pursuant to this clause ‎(27) does not exceed the greater of (a) $50.0 million and (b) 10.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at such time.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge, other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1)    the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(2)    such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;
(3)    if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4)    such Indebtedness is not incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than Finance Corp. or any Guarantor) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities pursuant to ‎Section 4.09 shall be subject only to the refinancing provision in the definition of Credit Facilities and not pursuant to the requirements set forth in the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in ‎Section 2.06(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
Qualifying Owners ” means, collectively, (i) Delek US Holdings, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Delek Holdco, Inc. and its Subsidiaries and (iii) any Person controlled by any of the Persons in either clause (i) or (ii).


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Rating Agencies ” means Moody's and S&P or, if Moody's or S&P or both shall not make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company, which shall be substituted for Moody's or S&P or both, as the case may be.
Ratings Decline Period ” means the period that (i) begins on the occurrence of a Change of Control and (ii) ends 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control.
Registration Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Reporting Default ” means a Default described in clause ‎(d) under ‎Section 6.01.
Responsible Officer, ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the specified Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Finance Corp. shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person, unless the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness provides that such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Person, as the case may be.
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Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)    any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of its Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2)    any partnership (whether general or limited) or limited liability company (a) the sole general partner or member of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person, or (b) if there is more than a single general partner or member, either (x) the only managing general partners or managing members of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof) or (y) such Person owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a majority of the outstanding general partner interests, member interests or other Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company, respectively, plus in the case of both subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (b) it consolidates the financial results of such partnership or limited liability company with its own financial results in accordance with GAAP.
Subsidiary Guarantee ” means any guarantee by a Guarantor of the Issuers’ Obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes.
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
Treasury Management Arrangement ” means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit cards, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.
Treasury Rate ” means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date fixed for redemption (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to May 15, 2020; provided , however , that if such period is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Company shall obtain the Treasury Rate by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to May 15, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company (other than Finance Corp. or any successor to it) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:


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(1)    except to the extent permitted by subclause (2)(b) of the definition of “Permitted Business Investments,” has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2)    except as permitted under ‎Section 4.11, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company; and
(3)    has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
All Subsidiaries of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be also Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
U.S. Person ” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1)    the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2)    the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.


























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Section 1.02     Other Definitions.
 
Defined in
Term
Section
Alternate Offer
4.15
Affiliate Transaction    
4.11
Asset Sale Offer
4.10
Authentication Order    
2.02
Change of Control Offer    
4.15
Change of Control Payment    
4.15
Change of Control Settlement Date    
4.15
Covenant Defeasance    
8.03
DTC    
2.03
Event of Default    
6.01
Excess Proceeds
4.10
“Incremental Funds”    
4.07
incur
4.09
Issuers
Preamble
Legal Defeasance    
8.02
Paying Agent    
2.03
Payment Default    
6.01
Permitted Debt
4.09
Registrar    
2.03
Restricted Payments
4.07
Section 1.03     Incorporation by Reference of Certain TIA Provisions .
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms, to the extent used in this Indenture, have the following meanings:
indenture securities ” means the Notes;
indenture security holder ” means a Holder of a Note;
indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and
obligor ” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Issuers and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04     Rules of Construction .
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(a)    a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b)    an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c)    “or” is not exclusive;
(d)    words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e)    unless the context indicates otherwise, “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(f)    provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(g)    “including” shall be interpreted to mean “including, without limitation,” and the use of the word “including” followed by specific examples shall not be construed as limiting the meaning of the general wording preceding it;
(h)    references to sections of or rules under the TIA, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules enacted by Congress or adopted by the SEC from time to time;
(i)    references to Sections, Articles, Exhibits, subsections or other subdivisions are references to Sections, Articles, Exhibits, subsections or other subdivisions of this Indenture unless otherwise specified; and
(j)    the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import are references to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provisions of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01     Form and Dating .
(a)     General . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b)     Global Notes . Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by ‎Section 2.06 hereof.
(c)     Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.


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Section 2.02     Execution and Authentication .
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for each Issuer by manual, facsimile or electronically transmitted signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers signed by an Officer of each Issuer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for original or other issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuers pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in ‎Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03     Registrar and Paying Agent .
The Issuers will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuers initially appoint The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee at its Corporate Trust office to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04     Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The Issuers will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by an Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to an Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05     Holder Lists .
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request


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in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes, and the Issuers shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
Section 2.06     Transfer and Exchange .
(a)     Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes if:
(1)    the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary for the Global Note or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either event, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days;
(2)    the Company, at its option and subject to the procedures of the Depositary, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes; or
(3)    there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default and the Depositary notifies the Trustee of its decision to exchange such Global Note for Definitive Notes.
Upon the occurrence of any the preceding events in clause (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections ‎2.07 and ‎2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06 or ‎Section 2.07 or ‎2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this ‎Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in ‎Section 2.06(b), ‎(c) or (f) hereof.
(b)     Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1)     Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided , however , that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser) and immediately thereafter must be held through either Euroclear or Clearstream. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this ‎Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2)     All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to ‎Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A)    both:
(i)    a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and


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(ii)    instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B)    both:
(i)    a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii)    instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.
Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt (whether actual or deemed) by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3)     Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of ‎Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4)     Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of ‎Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies pursuant to the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers or the Guarantors;
(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)    such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or
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(i)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in ‎Section 2.06(b)(4)(D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(b)(4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with ‎Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(b)(4).
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c)     Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes .
(1)     Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
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the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2)     Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies pursuant to the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers or the Guarantors;
(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)    such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D)    the Registrar receives the following:
(i)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in ‎Section 2.06(c)(2)(D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3)     Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ‎Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so


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registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d)     Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests .
(1)     Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A)    if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(2)     Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies pursuant to the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers or the Guarantors;
(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;
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(D)    the Registrar receives the following:
(i)    if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii)    if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in ‎Section 2.06(d)(2)(D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this ‎Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06(d)(2) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with ‎Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(3)     Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
(e)     Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this ‎Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this ‎Section 2.06(e).
(1)     Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.


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(2)     Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies pursuant to the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers or the Guarantors;
(B)    any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)    any such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D)    the Registrar receives the following:
(i)    if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii)    if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in ‎Section 2.06(e)(2)(D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3)     Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f)     Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1)    one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in accordance with the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Participating Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers; and
(2)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in accordance with the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Participating Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers.


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Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuers will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g)     Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1)     Private Placement Legend .
(A)    Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) , AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER: (1) REPRESENTS THAT: (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT IT SHALL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY: (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE ISSUERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”
(B)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph ‎(b)(4), ‎(c)‎(2) (c)(3), ‎(d)(2), ‎(d)(3), ‎(e)(2), ‎(e)(3) or ‎(f) of this ‎Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2)     Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS ‎2.01 AND ‎2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION ‎2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION ‎2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.


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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(h)     Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for beneficial interests in another Global Note or Definitive Notes, or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section ‎2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i)     General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .
(1)    To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with ‎Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
(2)    No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections ‎2.10, ‎3.06, ‎4.10, ‎4.15 and ‎9.05 hereof).
(3)    All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(4)    Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers will be required:
(A)    to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under ‎Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B)    to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C)    to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
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Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuers shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(6)    The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 2.02 hereof.
(7)    All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or electronic image scan.
(8)    The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of the Definitive Notes.
Section 2.07     Replacement Notes .
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuers and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuers will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuers to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuers may charge for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuers and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08     Outstanding Notes .
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interests in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this ‎Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in ‎Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of ‎Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to ‎Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under ‎Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on a redemption date or other maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09     Treasury Notes .
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by an Issuer or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with an Issuer or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.




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Section 2.10     Temporary Notes .
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11     Cancellation .
The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Issuers. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12     Defaulted Interest .
If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus , to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in ‎Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuers will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Issuers will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Issuers, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will send or cause to be sent to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13     CUSIP Numbers.
The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers.

ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01     Notices to Trustee .
If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of ‎Section 3.07 or ‎4.15(h) hereof, they must furnish to the Trustee, at least five Business Days prior to the giving of notice of a redemption, written notice setting forth:
(a)    the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(b)    the redemption date;
(c)    the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
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Section 3.02     Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:
(1)    if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed; or
(2)    if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or such other method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate (or, in the case of Notes in global form, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption based on DTC’s operational arrangements).
The Trustee will promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03     Notice of Redemption .
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuers will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail (or send or cause to be sent electronically if DTC is the recipient), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article ‎8 or ‎11 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(a)    the redemption date;
(b)    the redemption price (if then determined and otherwise the method of determination);
(c)    if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d)    the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e)    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f)    that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g)    the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;
(h)    any condition precedent to the redemption; and
(i)    that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Issuers’ request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuers’ names and at the Issuers’ expense; provided, however , that the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee, as provided in Section 3.01, written notice requesting that the Trustee give such notice and a form of such notice of optional redemption.



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Section 3.04     Effect of Notice of Redemption .
Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with ‎Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption will become irrevocably due and payable (subject to the provisions of the next succeeding sentence) on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may be conditioned on one or more conditions specified in the notice.
Section 3.05     Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price .
No later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuers will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Issuers comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or accepted for purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or tendered for purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in ‎Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06     Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part .
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuers will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07     Optional Redemption .
(a)    At any time prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture, upon notice as provided in this Indenture, at a redemption price of 106.750% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date), in an amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:
(1)    at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
(2)    the redemption occurs within 180 days after the date of the closing of each such Equity Offering.
(b)    Prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:
(1)    the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus
(2)    the Make Whole Premium at the redemption date,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date). The Company (a) will calculate the Treasury Rate no later than the second (and no earlier than the fourth) Business Day preceding the applicable


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redemption date (or in the case of any redemption in connection with a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, on the Business Day preceding such event) and (b) will file with the Trustee, promptly after completing such calculation and in any event prior to such redemption date (or such event, as applicable) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Make Whole Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail; provided that the Trustee shall not be responsible for any such calculation.
(c)    The Issuers may redeem all (but not a portion of) the Notes when permitted by, and pursuant to the conditions in, ‎Section 4.15(h) hereof.
(d)    On and after May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in this Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Year
Percentage
2020
105.063%
2021
103.375%
2022
101.688%
2023 and thereafter ...........................................................
100.000%

(e)    Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.
(f)    Any redemption pursuant to this ‎Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Article 3.
Section 3.08     Mandatory Redemption .
Except as set forth in Sections ‎4.10 and ‎4.15 hereof, the Issuers are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes or to repurchase the Notes at the option of the Holders.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01     Payment of Notes .
The Issuers will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Issuers in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due. The Issuers will pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.
The Issuers will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at a rate that is equal to the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; and they will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02     Maintenance of Office or Agency .
The Issuers will maintain in the City and State of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or the Paying Agent or an affiliate of the Trustee or the Paying Agent) where Notes may be surrendered for payment, and the Issuers


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will maintain in the United States an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or the Registrar or an affiliate of the Trustee or the Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers fail to maintain any such required office or agency or fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however , that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligation to maintain an office or agency in the City and State of New York for such purposes. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.03     Reports .
(a)    Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations applicable to non-accelerated filers, furnish, or cause the Trustee to furnish, to the Holders, without cost to the Trustee or the Holders:
(1)    all quarterly and annual financial and other information with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and
(2)    all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports;
provided that, the availability of the foregoing reports on the Commission’s EDGAR filing system or a publicly available website of the Company will be deemed to satisfy the foregoing delivery requirements.
In the event that any direct or indirect parent company of the Company becomes a guarantor of the Notes, the Company may satisfy its obligations under this ‎Section 4.03 with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing information relating to such parent company; provided that the same be accompanied by consolidated information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.
Any and all Defaults or Events of Default arising from a failure to comply with this ‎Section 4.03 shall be deemed cured (and the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with this covenant) upon furnishing or filing such information or report as contemplated by this ‎Section 4.03 (but without regard to the date on which such information or report is so furnished or filed); provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of Holders under ‎Article 6 hereof if all outstanding Notes shall have been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure.
(b)    The Issuers and the Guarantors will, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding and cannot be resold by non-affiliates without restriction under Rule 144, furnish to the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors in the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(c)    Delivery of any reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this ‎Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).


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Section 4.04     Compliance Certificate .
(a)    The Issuers and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Issuers and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(b)    So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuers will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer of the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, a written statement specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05     Taxes .
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06     Stay, Extension and Usury Laws .
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Issuers and the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07     Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1)    declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of its outstanding Equity Interests (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than distributions or dividends payable in Equity Interests, excluding Disqualified Equity, of the Company and other than distributions or dividends payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);
(2)    repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company;
(3)    make any principal payment on or with respect to, or repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee (excluding intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except any payment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement thereof within one year of its Stated Maturity; or
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(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless, at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, no Default (except a Reporting Default) or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment and either:
(I)    if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment is not less than 1.75 to 1.0, such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4) (to the extent, in the case of clause (4), payments are made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of the next succeeding paragraph) during the quarter in which such Restricted Payment is made, is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(a)    Available Cash from Operating Surplus with respect to the Company’s preceding fiscal quarter; plus
(b)    100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company (including the fair market value of any Permitted Business or long-term assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business to the extent acquired in consideration of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity)) since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Equity or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Equity or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
(c)    to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or Cash Equivalents or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, the return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any); plus
(d)    the net reduction in Restricted Investments since the Issue Date resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances, or other transfers of assets, in each case to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from any Person (including Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or from redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such amounts have not been included in Available Cash from Operating Surplus for any period commencing on or after the Issue Date (items (b), (c) and (d) being referred to as “ Incremental Funds ”); minus
(e)    the aggregate amount of Incremental Funds previously expended pursuant to this clause (I) and clause (II) below; or
(II)    if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment is less than 1.75 to 1.0, such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4) (to the extent, in the case of clause (4), payments are made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of the next succeeding paragraph) during the quarter in which such Restricted Payment is made (such Restricted Payments for purposes of this clause (II) meaning only distributions on common units, preferred units, incentive distribution rights or other Capital Stock of the Company, plus the related distribution on the general partner interest), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(a)    $100.0 million less the aggregate amount of all prior Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (II)(a) during the period since the Issue Date; plus
(b)    Incremental Funds to the extent not previously expended pursuant to this clause (II) or clause (I) above.
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(1)    the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of its declaration, if at the date of declaration the payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2)    the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of, a substantially concurrent (a) capital contribution to the Company from any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or (b) issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of Equity Interests of the Company, with a sale being deemed substantially concurrent if such repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value occurs not more than 120 days after such sale; provided that proceeds from sale of Disqualified Equity may only be used to repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value subordinated indebtedness or Disqualified Equity; provided, further that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value will be excluded (or deducted, if included) from the calculation of Available Cash from Operating Surplus and Incremental Funds;
(3)    the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of, or in exchange for, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4)    the payment of any distribution or dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis or on a basis more favorable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(5)    the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company pursuant to any equity subscription agreement or plan, stock or unit option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $5.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year to be carried forward to successive calendar years and added to such amount); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (a) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests of the Company to members of management or directors of the Company or its Affiliates that occurs after the Issue Date (to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clauses (I)(e) or (II)(b) of the preceding paragraph), plus (b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;
(6)    so long as no Default (except a Reporting Default) has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the declaration and payments of dividends on Disqualified Equity issued pursuant to ‎Section 4.09;
(7)    repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible securities if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options, warrants or other convertible securities, and any repurchase of Capital Stock made in lieu of withholding taxes in connection with any exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants or other convertible securities or vesting or payment of equity participation units or similar awards;
(8)    the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to those in ‎Section 4.15 and ‎Section 4.10; provided that prior to such repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value the Company (or a third party to the extent permitted by this Indenture) shall have made a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be, with respect to the Notes and shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control or Asset Sale Offer; or
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The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the fair market value on the date the asset(s) or securities are proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment, except that the fair market value of any non-cash dividend or distribution made within 60 days after the date of declaration will be determined as of such date. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this ‎Section 4.07 will be determined in the manner specified in the definition of that term. For the purposes of determining compliance with this ‎Section 4.07, (x) if a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in the preceding clauses (1)-(9), the Company will be permitted to classify (or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) such Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this ‎Section 4.07 and (y) in the event that a Restricted Payment is made pursuant to clause (I) or (II) of the first paragraph of this ‎Section 4.07, the Company will be permitted to classify (or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) whether all or any portion thereof is being made with Incremental Funds.
Section 4.08     Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1)    pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or to pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however , that the priority that any series of preferred securities of a Restricted Subsidiary has in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions before dividends or liquidating distributions are paid in respect of common securities of such Restricted Subsidiary shall not constitute a restriction on the ability to make dividends or distributions on Equity Interests for purposes of this covenant so long as the terms of such preferred securities do not expressly restrict the ability of such Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make distributions on its Equity Interests;
(2)    make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or
(3)    sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
The preceding restrictions of this ‎Section 4.08 will not, however, apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1)    agreements as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements or any Indebtedness to which they relate; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend, distribution and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2)    this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(3)    applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar governmental restriction;
(4)    any instrument governing Indebtedness or Equity Interests of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Equity Interests were incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided, however , that, in the case of Indebtedness, the incurrence thereof was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;


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(5)    customary non-assignment provisions in contracts for purchase, gathering, processing, fractionating, sale, transportation or exchange of Hydrocarbons, storage agreements, transportation agreements or purchase and sale or exchange agreements, pipeline or terminaling agreements, or similar operational agreements or in licenses, leases, rights-of-way, easements or servitudes, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(6)    purchase money obligations for property (including Capital Stock) acquired in the ordinary course of business, mortgage financings and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;
(7)    any agreement for the sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(8)    Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are, in the good faith judgment of an officer of the Company, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(9)    Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of ‎Section 4.12 or agreements governing such Liens or the Indebtedness secured thereby that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of, lease or otherwise transfer the assets subject to such Liens;
(10)    provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements, buy/sell agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(11)    any agreement or instrument relating to any property or assets acquired after the date of this Indenture, so long as such encumbrance or restriction relates only to the property or assets so acquired and is not and was not created in anticipation of such acquisitions;
(12)    restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(13)    any instrument governing Indebtedness of an FERC Subsidiary, provided that such Indebtedness was otherwise permitted by this Indenture to be incurred;
(14)    encumbrances or restrictions contained in, or in respect of, Hedging Obligations permitted under this Indenture from time to time;
(15)    any encumbrances or restrictions contained in, or in respect of, agreements governing Investments of the type described in the definition of “Permitted Business Investment”; and
(16)    any other agreement governing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred by ‎Section 4.09 hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements or the Indebtedness to which they related; provided , however , that such encumbrances or restrictions (i) in the good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in this Indenture or the Credit Agreement as it exists on the Issue Date or (ii) apply only in the event of a payment default or a default with respect to a financial covenant in such Indebtedness or agreement.
Section 4.09     Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Equity.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “ incur ”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Equity and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Disqualified Equity; provided, however , that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue Disqualified Equity, if


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the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Equity is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Equity had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this ‎Section 4.09 will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”) or the issuance of any Disqualified Equity described in clause (11), (12) or (16) below:
(1)    the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness (including letters of credit) under Credit Facilities, provided that, after giving effect to such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (a) $800.0 million and (b) the sum of $600.0 million and 25.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
(2)    the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
(3)    the incurrence by the Company, Finance Corp. and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees issued on the Issue Date and the Exchange Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement;
(4)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations (including any Acquired Debt), in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, development, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal and including Capital Stock), plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, whether through the direct purchase of such assets or the Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), provided that after giving effect to such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (a) $35.0 million and (b) 10.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
(5)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge, any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this ‎Section 4.09 or clause (2), (3) or (11) of this paragraph or this clause (5);
(6)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any liability in respect of the Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Joint Venture but only to the extent that such liability (x) is the result of the Company’s or any such Restricted Subsidiary’s being a general partner of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture and not as guarantor of such Indebtedness and provided that, after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this subclause (x) and then outstanding does not exceed $25.0 million or (y) consists of Liens permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and any guarantee given solely to support such Liens, which guarantee is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(7)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however , that:
(A)    if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Company or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and


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(B)    (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (7);
(8)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations;
(9)    the guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this ‎Section 4.09;
(10)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations relating to net Hydrocarbon balancing positions arising in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
(11)    the incurrence or issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of (i) Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance an acquisition and (ii) Acquired Debt; provided , that after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company meets either one of the financial tests set forth in clause (4) of ‎Section 5.01(a);
(12)    the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Disqualified Equity; provided, however , that:
(A)    any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Disqualified Equity being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
(B)    any sale or other transfer of any such Disqualified Equity to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Disqualified Equity by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (12);
(13)    the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business under documentary letters of credit, which are to be repaid or terminated in full not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred to finance the purchase of goods by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14)    the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums;
(15)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations in respect of Treasury Management Arrangements; and
(16)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness or the issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Disqualified Equity; provided that, after giving effect to any such incurrence or issuance, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred and Disqualified Equity issued under this clause (16) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (a) $50.0 million and (b) 10.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
For purposes of determining compliance with this ‎Section 4.09, if an item of proposed Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (16) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this ‎Section 4.09, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity on the date of its incurrence or issuance, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity, in any manner that complies with this ‎Section 4.09. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the


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offering of the Initial Notes, will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Equity in the form of additional shares, units or the like of the same class of Disqualified Equity will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Equity for purposes of this ‎Section 4.09; provided, however , in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Company to the extent required by the definition of that term. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ‎Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this ‎Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values. Further, the accounting reclassification of any obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as Indebtedness will not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this ‎Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
Section 4.10     Asset Sales.
The Company will not consummate, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate, an Asset Sale unless:
(1)    the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (to be determined on the date of contractual agreement to such Asset Sale by the parties thereto) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2)    at least 75% of the aggregate consideration received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Asset Sale and all other Asset Sales, on a cumulative basis, since the Issue Date is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(A)    any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
(B)    any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such transaction that are within 180 days after the Asset Sale (subject to ordinary settlement periods), converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion; and
(C)    any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale; provided that the aggregate fair market value of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, taken together with the fair market value at the time of receipt of all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) less the amount of Net Proceeds previously realized in cash or Cash Equivalents from prior Designated Non-cash Consideration is less than the greater of (x) 5.0%


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of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (y) $20.0 million.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may apply such Net Proceeds (or enter into a definitive agreement for such application within such 365-day period, provided that such application occurs within 180 days after the end of such 365-day period):
(1)    to repay Senior Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (or to make an offer to repurchase or redeem such Indebtedness; provided that such repurchase or redemption or offer for repurchase or redemption closes within 45 days after the end of such 365-day period);
(2)    to acquire all or substantially all of the properties or assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(3)    to make a capital expenditure in a Permitted Business; or
(4)    to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the second paragraph of this ‎Section 4.10 will constitute “ Excess Proceeds .” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, within five days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase or redeem, on a pro rata basis, the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase or redemption, subject to the right of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the purchase or redemption date, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds allocated to the purchase of Notes, then Notes will be purchased on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Global Notes, the Notes represented thereby will be purchased in accordance with DTC’s prescribed method), based on the amounts tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
In making an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and other securities laws and regulations. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this ‎Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this ‎Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.
Section 4.11     Transactions with Affiliates .
(a)    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions in excess of $15.0 million, unless:
(1)    the Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person or, if in the good faith


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judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, no comparable transaction is available with which to compare such Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions), such Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) is otherwise fair to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; and
(2)    the Company delivers to the trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) complies with clause (1) of this ‎Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) has been approved by either the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (so long as a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee approving the Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) are disinterested) or a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b)    The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of ‎Section 4.11(a) hereof:
(1)    any employment, compensation, equity award, equity option or equity appreciation agreement or plan entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(2)    transactions between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company;
(3)    transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in such Person;
(4)    transactions effected in accordance with the terms of agreements that are in effect on the Issue Date, and any amendment or replacement of any of such agreements so long as such amendment or replacement agreement is no less advantageous to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in any material respect than the agreement so amended or replaced;
(5)    compensation, indemnification and other benefits made available to current or former officers, directors or employees of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company (including reimbursements for such amounts), including reimbursement or advancement of out-of-pocket expenses and provisions of officers’ and directors’ liability insurance;
(6)    sales or issuances of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity) to Affiliates of the Company;
(7)    Permitted Investments or Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of ‎Section 4.07;
(8)    transactions between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any other Person, a director of which is also on the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, and such common director is the sole cause for such other Person to be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that such director abstains from voting as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, as the case may be, on any transaction with such other Person;
(9)    any transaction or series of related transactions as to which the Company has obtained an opinion from an independent investment bank, accounting firm or appraiser to the effect that such transaction or series of related transactions is fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from a financial point of view;
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(11)    in the case of contracts for the gathering, transportation, marketing, distributing, processing, storing or otherwise handling Hydrocarbons or purchasing or selling goods or services or leasing property or activities or services reasonably related thereto, or other operational contracts, any such contracts that are entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms (i) substantially similar to those contained in similar contracts entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with third parties, (ii) in the good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, not, in the aggregate (taking into account all the costs and benefits associated with such transactions), materially less favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those that would reasonably be expected to be available in a transaction with an unrelated third party or (iii) otherwise in accordance with the Company’s common carrier tariffs on file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (or any successor thereof) or the Texas Railroad Commission (or any successor thereof) or any other similar state agency;
(12)    (i) guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of performance of obligations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures in the ordinary course of business, except for guarantees of Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money, and (ii) pledges by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures for the benefit of lenders or other creditors of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures as contemplated by clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and any guarantee given solely to support such pledge, which guarantee is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(13)    transactions entered into by a Person prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated into the Company or a Subsidiary (provided such transaction is not entered into in contemplation of such event); and
(14)    dividends and distributions to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture.
Section 4.12     Liens .
The Company will not and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness (including any Attributable Indebtedness) upon any of their respective property or assets, owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, unless all payments due under the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, are secured on an equal and ratable basis or on a senior basis with the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by a Lien (other than Permitted Liens).
Any Lien on property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph of this Section 4.12 shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes or Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable. In addition, in the event that the triggering Lien is or becomes a Permitted Lien, the Company may, at its option and without the consent of any Holder, elect to release and discharge the Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph in respect of such triggering Lien.
Section 4.13     Limitation on Finance Corp. Activities .
Finance Corp. may not incur Indebtedness unless (1) the Company is a borrower, issuer, co-obligor or guarantor of such Indebtedness or (2) the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are loaned to the Company, used to acquire outstanding debt securities issued by the Company or used to repay Indebtedness of the Company as permitted under ‎Section 4.09. Finance Corp. may not engage in any business not related directly or indirectly to obtaining money or arranging financing for the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 4.14     Organizational Existence .
Subject to Article ‎5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (1) its organizational existence in accordance with the Company’s organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) and (2) the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company; provided


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that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise if in the good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.15     Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control .
(a)    If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently given notice of redemption of all of the Notes pursuant to ‎Section 3.07 hereof, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer to purchase any and all of the Notes (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in this ‎Section 4.15. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer a cash payment (a “ Change of Control Payment ”) equal to 101% (or at the Company’s election, a higher percentage) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of settlement (the “ Change of Control Settlement Date ”), subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Change of Control Settlement Date. No later than 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently exercised their right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to ‎Section 3.07 hereof, the Company will send a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and further stating:
(1)    that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this ‎Section 4.15 and that all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment;
(2)    the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Settlement Date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent;
(3)    that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4)    that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest as of the Change of Control Settlement Date;
(5)    that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or to transfer by book-entry, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Settlement Date;
(6)    that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Settlement Date, a telegram, electronic image scan, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and
(7)    that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
If any of the Notes subject to a Change of Control Offer is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary applicable to repurchases.
(b)    The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this ‎Section 4.15, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this ‎Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.


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(c)    Promptly following the expiration of the Change of Control Offer, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Promptly thereafter on the Change of Control Settlement Date, the Company will:
(1)    deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(2)    deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(d)    On the Change of Control Settlement Date, the paying agent will mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes (or, if all the Notes are then in global form, make such payment through the facilities of DTC), and the Trustee will authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided , however , that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Settlement Date.
(e)    Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this ‎Section 4.15, but in any event no later than the Change of Control Settlement Date, the Company or any Guarantor must either repay all of its other outstanding senior Indebtedness or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing such senior Indebtedness to the extent necessary to permit the repurchase of Notes required by this ‎Section 4.15.
(f)    The provisions of this ‎Section 4.15 that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control Triggering Event will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable, except as provided in ‎Section 4.15(g) hereof.
(g)    The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event (i) if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this ‎Section 4.15 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (ii) in connection with a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control, the Company or a third party has made an offer to purchase all Notes properly tendered at a price higher than the Change of Control Payment and has purchased all Notes properly tendered in such offer (an “ Alternate Offer ”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Triggering Event, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control Triggering Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer is made.
(h)    In the event that the Company (or any third party making the offer as set forth in ‎Section 4.15(g)) purchases 90% or more of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer, the Issuers will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer described above, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the Change of Control Payment plus , to the extent not included in such payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date).
Section 4.16     Additional Subsidiary Guarantees .
If, after the date of this Indenture, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than Finance Corp.) that is not already a Guarantor guarantees any other Indebtedness of an Issuer under a Credit Facility, then that Subsidiary will become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto and delivering it to the Trustee within 20 Business Days of the date on which it guaranteed such Indebtedness.


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Section 4.17     Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries .
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be either an Investment made as of the time of the designation that will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under ‎Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company; provided that any designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions of this ‎Section 4.17 and was permitted by ‎Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under ‎Section 4.09, the Company will be in default of such covenant.
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under ‎Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
Section 4.18     Termination of Covenants.
If at any time (a) the rating assigned to the Notes by either of the Rating Agencies is an Investment Grade Rating and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing under this Indenture, and the Issuers give notice to the Trustee of such event, then, beginning on that day and continuing at all times thereafter regardless of any subsequent changes in the ratings of the Notes, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to Sections ‎4.07, ‎4.08, ‎4.09, ‎4.10, ‎4.11 and ‎4.17, and clause (4) of Section ‎5.01(a).
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01     Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets .
(a)    Neither of the Issuers may, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not such Issuer is the survivor); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1)    either: (a) such Issuer is the survivor; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; provided , however , that Finance Corp. may not consolidate or merge with or into any Person other than a corporation satisfying such requirement so long as the Company is not a corporation;
(2)    the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Issuer) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of such Issuer under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, if then in effect, pursuant to a supplement to this Indenture;
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(4)    in the case of a transaction involving the Company and not Finance Corp., the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made will either:
(A)    be, on the date of such transaction immediately after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of ‎Section 4.09; or
(B)    have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on the date of such transaction and immediately after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, not less than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction; and
(5)    such Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or disposition and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture and all conditions precedent herein relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b)    This ‎Section 5.01 will not apply to: (1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of organizing the Company in another jurisdiction within the United States of America; or (2) any merger or consolidation, or any sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may reorganize as any other form of entity in accordance with the following procedures provided that:
(1)    the reorganization involves the conversion (by merger, sale, contribution or exchange of assets or otherwise) of the Company into a form of entity other than a limited partnership formed under Delaware law;
(2)    the entity so formed by or resulting from such reorganization is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(3)    the entity so formed by or resulting from such reorganization assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, if then in effect, pursuant to the terms of the Notes and this Indenture;
(4)    immediately after such reorganization no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(5)    such reorganization, in the good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, is not materially adverse to the Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Notes (for purposes of this clause (5) a reorganization will not be considered materially adverse to the Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Notes solely because the successor or survivor of such reorganization (a) is subject to federal or state income taxation as an entity or (b) is considered to be an “includible corporation” of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504(b) of the Code or any similar state or local law).
(d)    Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, in the event the Company becomes a corporation or the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any consolidation or merger (permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) is a corporation, Finance Corp. may be merged into the Company or it may be dissolved and cease to be an Issuer.
Section 5.02     Successor Company Substituted .
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accordance with ‎Section 5.01(a) in which such Issuer is not the surviving entity, the surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which such Issuer is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such surviving Person had been named as such Issuer in this Indenture, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of such Issuer’s properties or assets), such Issuer will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01     Events of Default .
Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ”:
(a)    default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(b)    default in the payment when due (at Stated Maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;
(c)    failure by the Company to comply with its obligations to offer to repurchase Notes within the time periods set forth, or to consummate a purchase of Notes when required, under the provisions of Sections ‎4.10 and ‎4.15 hereof or failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under the provisions of ‎Section 5.01 hereof;
(d)    failure by the Company for 180 days after notice to (1) the Company by the Trustee or (2) the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with the provisions of ‎Section 4.03;
(e)    failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to (1) the Company by the Trustee or (2) the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other agreements in this Indenture;
(f)    default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:
(1)    is caused by a failure to pay principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “ Payment Default ”); or
(2)    results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates at such time $50.0 million or more; provided, however , that if any such Payment Default is cured or waived, or any such acceleration is rescinded, or such Indebtedness is repaid within a period of 30 days from the continuation of such Payment Default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment or decree;
(g)    failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $50.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance by a reputable and creditworthy insurer as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days;


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(h)    the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(1)    commences a voluntary case,
(2)    consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(3)    consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(4)    makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(5)    generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(i)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(1)    is for relief against the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(2)    appoints a custodian of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(3)    orders the liquidation of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; and
(j)    except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 6.02     Acceleration .
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause ‎(h) or ‎(i) of ‎Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders of all the Notes, rescind an acceleration and its consequences hereunder, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on the Notes that have become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.


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Section 6.03     Other Remedies .
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04     Waiver of Past Defaults .
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05     Control by Majority .
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, further , that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Section 6.05, the Trustee shall be entitled to security or indemnity from the Holders satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06     Limitation on Suits .
No Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(a)    such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(b)    Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c)    such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d)    the Trustee does not comply with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(e)    during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).


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Section 6.07     Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Holder of a Note may bring suit to enforce its right to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase).
Section 6.08     Collection Suit by Trustee .
If an Event of Default specified in ‎Section 6.01(a) or ‎(b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09     Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to an Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under ‎Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under ‎Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10     Priorities .
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article ‎6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First :    to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under ‎Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second :    to Holders of the Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third :    to the Issuers or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of the Notes pursuant to this ‎Section 6.10.
Section 6.11     Undertaking for Costs .
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.


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This ‎Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to ‎Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01     Duties of Trustee .
(a)    If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1)    the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2)    in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c)    The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1)    this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this ‎Section 7.01;
(2)    the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3)    the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to ‎Section 6.05 hereof.
(d)    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this ‎Section 7.01.
(e)    No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f)    The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02     Rights of Trustee .
(a)    The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of


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Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c)    The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d)    The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from an Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of such Issuer.
(f)    The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g)    The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default.
(h)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood or such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(i)    The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Agent, Custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j)    The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety or to expend or risk its own funds in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(k)    The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any action or inaction of the Depositary, Euroclear, Clearstream or any other clearinghouse or depositary.
Section 7.03     Individual Rights of Trustee .
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the TIA) after a Default has occurred and is continuing it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections ‎7.10 and ‎7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04     Trustee’s Disclaimer .
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuers or upon the Issuers’ direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05     Notice of Defaults .
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of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06     Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes .
(a)    Within 60 days after each May 1 beginning with the May 1 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will send to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA §313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit all reports as required by TIA §313(c).
(b)    A copy of each report at the time it is sent to the Holders of the Notes will be sent by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07     Compensation and Indemnity .
(a)    The Issuers will pay to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b)    The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuers and the Guarantors (including this ‎Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuers, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuers will not relieve either Issuer or any of the Guarantors of its obligations hereunder. The Issuers or the Guarantors will defend the claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Issuers will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. None of the Issuers or any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c)    The obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under this ‎Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d)    To secure the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this ‎Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e)    When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in ‎Section 6.01(h) or ‎(i) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(f)    The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08     Replacement of Trustee .
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(b)    The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuers in writing. The Issuers may remove the Trustee if:
(1)    the Trustee fails to comply with ‎Section 7.10 hereof;
(2)    the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3)    a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4)    the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c)    If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuers will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuers.
(d)    If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuers or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)    If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with ‎Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f)    A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in ‎Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this ‎Section 7.08, the Issuers’ obligations under ‎Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09     Successor Trustee by Merger, etc .
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another Person, the successor Person without any further act will be the successor Trustee. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
Section 7.10     Eligibility; Disqualification .
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b).


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Section 7.11     Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers .
The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01     Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .
The Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have either ‎Section 8.02 or ‎8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article ‎8.
Section 8.02     Legal Defeasance and Discharge .
Upon the Issuers’ exercise under ‎Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this ‎Section 8.02, the Issuers and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ‎Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of ‎Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(a)    the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in ‎Section 8.04 hereof;
(b)    the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Notes under Article ‎2 and ‎Section 4.02 hereof;
(c)    the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
(d)    this Article ‎8.
Subject to compliance with this Article ‎8, the Company may exercise their option under this ‎Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section ‎8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03     Covenant Defeasance .
Upon the Issuers’ exercise under ‎Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this ‎Section 8.03, the Issuers and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ‎Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their respective obligations under the covenants contained in Sections ‎4.03, ‎4.05, ‎4.07, ‎4.08, ‎4.09, ‎4.10, ‎4.11, ‎4.12, ‎4.13, ‎4.15, ‎4.16 and ‎4.17 hereof and in clause ‎(4) of ‎Section 5.01(a) on and after the date the conditions set forth in ‎Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes to the extent permitted by GAAP). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees, the Issuers and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under ‎Section 6.01


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hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuers’ exercise under ‎Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section ‎8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ‎Section 8.04 hereof, Sections ‎6.01(c), ‎(d), ‎(e), ‎(f), ‎(g) and ‎(j) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04     Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance .
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either ‎Section 8.02 or ‎8.03 hereof:
(a)    the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the date of fixed maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to the date of fixed maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b)    in the case of an election under ‎Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:
(1)    the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(2)    since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c)    in the case of an election under ‎Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness);
(e)    such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(f)    the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Notes over the other creditors of the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuers or others; and
(g)    the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been satisfied.
Section 8.05     Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .
Subject to ‎Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to ‎Section 8.04 hereof will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company


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acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such funds need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuers will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to ‎Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article ‎8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuers from time to time upon the request of the Issuers any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in ‎Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under ‎Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06     Repayment to Issuers .
Any funds deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their request or (if then held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust funds will thereupon cease; provided, however , that, if any Definitive Note is then outstanding, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such funds remain unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such funds then remaining will be repaid to the Issuers.
Section 8.07     Reinstatement .
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) in accordance with ‎Section 8.02 or ‎8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to ‎Section 8.02 or ‎8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such funds in accordance with ‎Section 8.02 or ‎8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on, any Notes following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the funds held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01     Without Consent of Holders of Notes .
Notwithstanding ‎Section 9.02 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees:
(a)    to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b)    to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(c)    to provide for the assumption of an Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees in the case of a merger or consolidation or disposition of all or substantially all of such Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s properties or assets, as applicable;


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(d)    to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any Holder, provided that any change to conform this Indenture to the Offering Memorandum will be deemed not to adversely affect such legal rights;
(e)    to secure the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to the requirements of ‎Section 4.12 hereof;
(f)    to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with Sections ‎2.02 and ‎4.09 of this Indenture;
(g)    to add any additional Guarantor or to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee, in each case as provided in this Indenture;
(h)    to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee;
(i)    to release Liens securing the Notes in accordance with the last paragraph of ‎Section 4.12 hereof or to confirm and evidence such release or the termination or discharge of any such Lien; or
(j)    to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Upon the request of the Issuers, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuers and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02     With Consent of Holders of Notes .
Except as provided below in this ‎Section 9.02, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Section 4.10 and ‎Section 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections ‎6.04 and ‎6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). ‎Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this ‎Section 9.02. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this ‎Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a)    reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b)    reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes (other than the minimum required notice period set forth in ‎Section 3.03 or provisions relating to ‎Section 4.10 or ‎Section 4.15);
(c)    reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;
(d)    waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);


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(e)    make any Note payable in currency other than that stated in the Notes;
(f)    make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes (other than as permitted in clause (g) below);
(g)    waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by ‎Section 4.10 or ‎4.15);
(h)    release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of ‎Section 10.04); or
(i)    make any change in the preceding amendment, supplement and waiver provisions.
Upon the request of the Issuers accompanied by a resolution of their respective Boards of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of the Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuers and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of the Notes under this ‎Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder given in connection with a purchase, tender or exchange of such Holder’s Notes shall not be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender or exchange.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this ‎Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders of the Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.03     Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 9, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.04     Revocation and Effect of Consents .
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05     Notation on or Exchange of Notes .
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuers in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.


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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06     Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc .
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article ‎9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to ‎Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by ‎Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 10.01     Guarantee .
(a)    Subject to this Article ‎10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuers hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1)     the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2)    in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b)    The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against an Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of an Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against either Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c)    If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to an Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either Issuer or any of the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, each Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d)    Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article ‎6 hereof for the purposes of this ‎Article 10, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby,


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and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article ‎6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this ‎Section 10.01. Each of the Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this ‎Article 10.
Section 10.02     Limitation on Guarantor Liability .
Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article ‎10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03     Evidenced by Indenture; No Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee .
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on any Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
Section 10.04     Releases .
The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor, together with all of its other obligations hereunder, shall be released:
(a)    in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(b)    in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a result of the sale or other disposition;
(c)    upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article ‎8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article ‎11 hereof;
(d)    if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(e)    upon the liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor; or
(f)    at such time as such Guarantor does not guarantee any Indebtedness of the Issuers under a Credit Facility other than the Notes.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee as provided in this ‎Section 10.04 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, the Notes and for the other obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article ‎10.


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ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01     Satisfaction and Discharge .
This Indenture will be satisfied and discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes and as otherwise specified in this Article 11), when:
(a)    either:
(1)    all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuers, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2)    all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise and the Issuers or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of fixed maturity or redemption;
(b)    the Issuers or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by the Issuers under this Indenture; and
(c)    the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at fixed maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Issuers must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause ‎(2) of clause ‎(a) of this ‎Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections ‎11.02 and ‎8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this ‎Section 11.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of ‎Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 11.02     Application of Trust Money .
Subject to the provisions of ‎Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to ‎Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the Notes of the principal, premium, if any, or interest for whose payment such funds have been deposited with the Trustee; but such funds need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) in accordance with ‎Section 11.01 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to ‎Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply such funds in accordance with ‎Section 11.01; provided , however , that if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on, any Notes following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the funds held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.


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ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01     Trust Indenture Act Controls .
This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 12.02     Notices .
Any notice or communication by an Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing in the English language and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), electronic image scan, facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to any of the Issuers and the Guarantors:

Delek Logistics Partners, LP
7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
Facsimile No.: (615) 224-6362
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Baker Botts L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Facsimile No.: (713) 229-7980
Attention: Rachael L. Lichman
If to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association
333 Commerce Street, Suite 800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Facsimile No.: (615) 251-0737
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Polsinelli PC
401 Commerce Street, Suite 900
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Facsimile No.: (615) 259-1573
Attention: Kolin B. Holladay
The Issuers, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when


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receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by electronic image scan or facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar, except that all notices and communications to the Depositary as a Holder shall be given in the manner it prescribes, notwithstanding anything to the contrary indicated herein. Any notice or communication will also be so given to any Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is given in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If an Issuer sends a notice or communication to Holders, it will send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03     Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes .
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).
Section 12.04     Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .
Upon any request or application by an Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than in connection with an Authentication Order), such Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a)    an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in ‎Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b)    an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in ‎Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05     Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion .
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and must include:
(a)    a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b)    a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c)    a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d)    a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.


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Section 12.06     Rules by Trustee and Agents .
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07     No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders .
None of the General Partner or any director, officer, partner, employee, incorporator, manager or unitholder or other owner of Capital Stock of the General Partner, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08     Governing Law .
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
Section 12.09     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 12.10     Successors .
All agreements of the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as provided in ‎Section 10.04 hereof.
Section 12.11     Severability .
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12     Counterpart Originals .
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture, and each party hereto may sign any number of separate copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 12.13     Table of Contents, Headings, etc .
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.14     Payment Date Other Than a Business Day .
If any payment with respect to any principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on any Note (including any payment to be made on any date fixed for redemption or purchase of any Note) is due on a day which is not a Business Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no interest will accrue for the intervening period.


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Section 12.15     Evidence of Action by Holders .
(a)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by the Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing, and may be given, made or taken in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, outstanding Notes; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuers if made in the manner provided in this ‎Section 12.15.
Without limiting the generality of this ‎Section 12.15, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, (i) a Holder, including a Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global Note, may give, make or take, by an agent or agents duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be given, made or taken by the Holders, and a Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global Note may duly appoint in writing as its agent or agents members of, or participants in, such Depositary holding interests in such Global Note in the records of such Depositary; and (ii) with respect to any Global Note the Depositary for which is DTC, any consent or other action given, made or taken by an “agent member” of DTC by electronic means in accordance with the Automated Tender Offer Procedures system or other customary procedures of, and pursuant to authorization by, DTC shall be deemed to constitute the “act” of the Holder of such Global Note, and such act shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Partnership and the Trustee upon the delivery by DTC of an “agent’s message” or other notice of such consent or other action having been so given, made or taken in accordance with the customary procedures of DTC.
(b)    The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such witness, notary or officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this ‎Section 12.15 or elsewhere in this Indenture, the principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Holder, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar as provided in ‎Section 2.03.
(d)    If the Issuers shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, the Issuers may, at their option, by or pursuant to a resolution of each of their Board of Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of the Holders entitled to give, make or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, but the Issuers shall have no obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of the Holders generally in connection therewith or the date of the most recent list of the Holders forwarded to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to ‎Section 2.05 and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the second sentence of ‎Section 9.04, any instrument embodying and evidencing such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act may be executed before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date (whether or not such Persons were Holders before, or continue to be Holders after, such record date) shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the then outstanding Notes have given, made or taken such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, and for that purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such act by the Holders of record on any record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after such record date.
(e)    Subject to ‎Section 9.04, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the


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registration or transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
(f)    Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give, make or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so itself with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
(g)    For purposes of this Indenture, any action by the Holders which may be taken in writing may be taken by electronic means or as otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 12.16     U.S.A. Patriot Act .
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identities each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 12.17     Force Majeure .
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
[Signatures on following pages]



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SIGNATURES
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP

By:    Delek Logistics GP, LLC,
its General Partner

By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.

By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    

GUARANTORS:


DELEK MARKETING & SUPPLY, LP
By: Delek Marketing GP, LLC, its General Partner
DELEK LOGISTICS OPERATING, LLC
DELEK MARKETING GP, LLC
DELEK CRUDE LOGISTICS, LLC
DELEK MARKETING-BIG SANDY, LLC
PALINE PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
MAGNOLIA PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
SALA GATHERING SYSTEMS, LLC
EL DORADO PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
DKL TRANSPORTATION, LLC
DKL CADDO, LLC
DKL RIO, LLC

By:     /s/ Assaf Ginzburg    
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Trustee


By:     /s/ Connie Jaco    
Name:    Connie Jaco
Title:    Assistant Vice President





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[Face of Note]


CUSIP ____
6.750% Senior Notes due 2025
No. ___    $____________
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.
promise to pay, jointly and severally, to _______________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________________ DOLLARS [or such greater or lesser amount as may be indicated on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note] * on May 15, 2025.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1
Dated: _______________
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
By:    Delek Logistics GP, LLC,
its General Partner,


By:         
    Name:
    Title:
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.


By:         
    Name:
    Title:


________________________

*     This phrase should be included only if the Notes are in global form .


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This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:

U.S. Bank National Association ,
as Trustee

By:         
    Authorized Signatory

    

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[BACK OF NOTE]
6.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1)      INTEREST . Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), and Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp .” and, together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), jointly and severally promise to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.750% per annum from May 23, 2017 until maturity and shall pay the Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Issuers will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment to be made on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 15, 2017. The Issuers will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is equal to the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; and they will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2)      METHOD OF PAYMENT . The Issuers will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the May 1 and November 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in ‎Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3)      PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(4)      INDENTURE . The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 23, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”) among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Issuers. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.

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(5)      OPTIONAL REDEMPTION .
(a)      At any time prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price of 106.750% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date), in an amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, provided that:
(A)      at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
(B)      the redemption occurs within 180 days after the date of the closing of each such Equity Offering.
(b)      Prior to May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the sum of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Make Whole Premium at, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, the date of redemption, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date.
(c)      The Issuers may redeem all (but not a portion of) the Notes when permitted by, and pursuant to the conditions in, ‎Section 4.15(h) of the Indenture.
(d)      On and after May 15, 2020, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Year
Percentage
2020
105.063%
2021
103.375%
2022
101.688%
2023 and thereafter ...........................................................
100.000%

(e)      Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.
(6)      MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in Sections ‎4.10 and ‎4.15 of the Indenture, the Issuers are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes or to repurchase the Notes at the option of the Holders.
(7)      REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a)      If there is a Change of Control Triggering Event, except as provided in ‎Section 4.15 of the Indenture, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% (or, at the Company’s election, a higher percentage) of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase,

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subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Change of Control Settlement Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will send a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b)      If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within five days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase or redeem, on a pro rata basis, the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase or redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the purchase or redemption date, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds allocated to the purchase of Notes, the Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (except as provided in Section 4.10 of the Indenture), based on the amounts tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Definitive Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “ Option of Holder to Elect Purchase ” attached to the Notes.
(8)      NOTICE OF REDEMPTION . At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuers will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail (or send or cause to be sent electronically if DTC is the recipient), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article ‎8 or ‎11 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed.
(9)      DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE . The Notes are in registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuers may require a Holder to pay any transfer taxes or similar governmental charges permitted by the Indenture. The Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(10)      PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS . The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
(11)      AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented: (i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (iii) to provide for the assumption of an Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees by a successor to such Issuer or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture; (iv) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits

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to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, provided that any change to conform the Indenture to the Offering Memorandum will be deemed not to adversely affect such legal rights; (v) to secure the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to the requirements of ‎Section 4.12 of the Indenture; (vi) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with ‎Section 2.02 of the Indenture; (vii) to add any additional Guarantor or to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee, in each case as provided in the Indenture; (viii) to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee; (ix) to release Liens securing the Notes in accordance with the last paragraph of ‎Section 4.12 of the Indenture or to confirm and evidence such release or the termination or discharge of any such Lien; or (x) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.
(12)      DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES . Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due (at Stated Maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes, (iii) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations to offer to repurchase Notes within the time periods set forth, or to consummate a purchase of Notes when required, under the provisions of Sections ‎4.10 and ‎4.15 of the Indenture or failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under the provisions of ‎Section 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company for 180 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with the provisions of ‎Section 4.03 of the Indenture; (v) failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture; (vi) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default is a Payment Default or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates at such time $50.0 million or more; (vii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay certain final non-appealable judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $50.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance by a reputable and creditworthy insurer as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days; (viii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (ix) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase any Notes). The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually an Officers’ Certificate regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a written statement specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(13)      TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

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(14)      NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS . None of the General Partner or any director, officer, partner, employee, incorporator, manager or unitholder or other owner of Capital Stock of the General Partner, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(15)      DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE . Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some or all of their obligations under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Indenture if the Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes to redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be.
(16)      AUTHENTICATION . This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(17)      ABBREVIATIONS . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(18)      ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES . In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 23, 2017, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Issuers and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).
(19)      CUSIP NUMBERS . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(20)      GOVERNING LAW. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

Delek Logistics Partners, LP
7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
Facsimile No.: (615) 224-6362
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:     
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
    
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
    
    
    
    
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint     

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: _______________
Your Signature:     
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*: _________________________

*    Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to ‎Section 4.10 or ‎4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
¨ Section 4.10             ¨ Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to ‎Section 4.10 or ‎4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$_______________


Date: _______________
Your Signature:     
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:     


Signature Guarantee*: _________________________

*    Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

Date of Exchange
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of  
this Global Note
Principal Amount
of this Global Note following such decrease
 
(or increase)
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Custodian
 
 
 
 
 































________________________

*     This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form .


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EXHIBIT B


FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Delek Logistics Finance Corp.
7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
U.S. Bank National Association
333 Commerce Street, Suite 800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Re: 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), among Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp .” and, together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
___________________ (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Transfer ”), to ___________________________ (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies to the Issuers and the Trustee that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

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3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a)     ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
OR
(b)     ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
OR
(c)     ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note .
(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.


    [Insert Name of Transferor]



By:
            
    Name:
    Title:
Dated: _______________________


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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1.    The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (A) OR (B)]
(a)      ¨ a beneficial interest in the:
(i)     ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP 24665FAA0), or
(ii)     ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U24570AA8), or
(b)      ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.
2.    After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a)     ¨ a beneficial interest in the:
(i)     ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP 24665FAA0), or
(ii)     ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U24570AA8), or
(iii)     ¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _________); or
(b)     ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c)     ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.


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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Delek Logistics Finance Corp.
7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

U.S. Bank National Association
333 Commerce Street, Suite 800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Re: 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025
(CUSIP [ ])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), among Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp .” and, together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
__________________________ (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies to the Issuers and the Trustee that:
1.     Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

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(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2.     Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit.

    [Insert Name of Transferor]


By:
            
    Name:
    Title:
Dated: ______________________


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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of __________, 20____, among __________________ (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), a Subsidiary of Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), the Company, Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Finance Corp .” and, together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended or supplemented, the “ Indenture ”), dated as of May 23, 2017 providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Notes ”);
WHEREAS, ‎Section 4.16 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “ Subsidiary Guarantee ”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ‎Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the other Guarantors, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1.    CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2.    AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture, to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee, and agrees to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
4.    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. None of the General Partner or any director, officer, partner, employee, incorporator, manager or unitholder or other owner of Capital Stock of the General Partner, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
5.    NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
6.    COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
7.    EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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8.    THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the other Guarantors and the Issuers.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: _______________
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]


By: _______________________________
Name:
    Title:


DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP

By:    Delek Logistics GP, LLC,
its General Partner


By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:

DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.


By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:


[EXISTING GUARANTORS]


By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Trustee


By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory

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Exhibit 4.3


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 23, 2017
AMONG
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP,
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
AND
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS

6.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025







TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.
Definitions
1

2.
Exchange Offer
4

3.
Shelf Registration
6

4.
Special Interest
7

5.
Registration Procedures
7

6.
Registration Expenses
12

7.
Indemnification and Contribution
13

8.
Rule 144A
16

9.
Underwritten Registrations
16

10.
Miscellaneous
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of May 23, 2017, among Delek Logistics Partners, LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Partnership”), Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative (the “Representative”) of the initial purchasers listed on Schedule II hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”).
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Representative, which provides for, among other things, the sale by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The Notes are issued under an indenture, dated as of May 23, 2017 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, the Guarantors are required to guarantee (collectively, the “Guarantees”) the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes and the Indenture. References to the “Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Notes and the Guarantees. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Securities. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Advice : See the last paragraph of Section ‎5 hereof.
Agreement : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Applicable Period : See Section ‎2(b) hereof.
Business Day : Shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 14d-1 under the Exchange Act.
Effectiveness Period : See Section ‎3(a) hereof.
Event Date : See Section ‎4(b) hereof.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Date : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
Exchange Notes : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
Exchange Securities : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
FINRA : See Section ‎5(r) hereof.
Guarantees : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

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Guarantors : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Holder : Any holder of a Registrable Security or Registrable Securities.
Indenture : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Information : See Section ‎5(n) hereof.
Initial Purchasers : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Initial Shelf Registration : See Section ‎3(a) hereof.
Inspectors : See Section ‎5(n) hereof.
Issue Date : May 23, 2017, the date of original issuance of the Notes.
Issuers : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
New Guarantees : See Section ‎2(a) hereof.
Notes : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Participant : See Section ‎7(a) hereof.
Participating Broker-Dealer : See Section ‎2(b) hereof.
Partnership : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Person : An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other legal entity.
Private Exchange : See Section ‎2(b) hereof.
Private Exchange Notes : See Section ‎2(b) hereof.
Prospectus : The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Records : See Section ‎5(n) hereof.
Registrable Securities : Each Security upon its original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Security as to which Section ‎2(c)(3)(B)(ii) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees) upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, until, in each case, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Securities as to which Section ‎2(c)(3)(B)(ii) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees) has been declared effective by the SEC and such Security, Exchange Security or such Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Security has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer

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for an Exchange Security or Exchange Securities that may be resold without restriction under state and federal securities laws, (iii) such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture or (iv) the date on which such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be, is actually sold in compliance with Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as applicable, relating to restrictions on transferability thereof under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Issuers; provided that such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees) will not cease to be a Registrable Security for purposes of the Exchange Offer by virtue of this clause (iv).
Registration Default : See Section ‎4(a) hereof.
Registration Statement : Any registration statement of the Issuers that covers any of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees) filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, including, in each case, the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Rule 144 : Rule 144 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A : Rule 144A (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
Rule 405 : Rule 405 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
Rule 415 : Rule 415 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
Rule 424 : Rule 424 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
SEC : The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities : See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice : See Section ‎2(c) hereof.
Shelf Registration : See Section ‎3(b) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement : Any Registration Statement relating to a Shelf Registration.
Shelf Suspension Period : See Section ‎3(a) hereof.
Special Interest : See Section ‎4(a) hereof.
Subsequent Shelf Registration : See Section ‎3(b) hereof.
TIA : The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee : The trustee under the Indenture and the trustee under any indenture (if different) governing the Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees).
Underwritten registration or underwritten offering : A registration in which securities of the Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public. Except as otherwise specifically provided, all references in this Agreement to acts, laws, statutes, rules, regulations, releases, forms, no-action letters and other regulatory requirements (collectively, the “Regulatory Requirements”) shall be deemed to refer also to any amendments thereto and all subsequent Regulatory Requirements adopted

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as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect therewith; provided that Rule 144 shall not be deemed to amend or replace Rule 144A.
2.      Exchange Offer
(a)      Unless the Exchange Offer would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, or there are no Registrable Securities outstanding, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a Registration Statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange any and all of the Registrable Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Issuers (the “Exchange Notes”), guaranteed, to the extent applicable, on a senior basis by the Guarantors (the “New Guarantees” and, together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”), that are identical in all material respects to the Notes, as applicable, except that (i) the Exchange Notes shall contain no restrictive legend thereon, (ii) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on such Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from May 23, 2017 and (iii) the Exchange Securities shall be entitled to the benefits of an indenture or a trust indenture which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical trust indenture as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA. The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and other applicable laws. The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (x) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and (y) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the date that is 365 days after the Issue Date (the “Exchange Date”).
Each Holder (including, without limitation, each Participating Broker-Dealer) that participates in the Exchange Offer, as a condition to participation in the Exchange Offer, will be required to represent to the Issuers in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that: (i) any Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Registrable Securities tendered are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the Person receiving such Exchange Securities, whether or not such recipient is such Holder itself; (ii) at the time of the commencement or consummation of the Exchange Offer neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder is or has been an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405) of the Issuers or, if it is an affiliate of the Issuers, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable and will provide information to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Section ‎5 hereof in order to have its Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement and benefit from the provisions regarding Special Interest in Section ‎4 hereof; (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder is engaging or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Securities; and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder has acquired the Registrable Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a result of trading activities and that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder).
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section ‎2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis , solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees), Exchange Securities as to which Section ‎2‎(c)(3)(B)(ii) is applicable and Exchange Securities held by the Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Issuers shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees) and Exchange Securities as to which clause ‎2‎(c)(3)(B)(ii) hereof applies) pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof.
No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(b)      The Issuers shall include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or

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policies represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also expressly permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities in compliance with the Securities Act.
The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons (including Participating Broker-Dealers) subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed 90 days, or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section ‎5 hereof (the “Applicable Period”).
If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold any Notes acquired by them that have the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Issuers, upon the request of the Initial Purchasers, shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for such Notes held by any such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”) of the Issuers, guaranteed by the Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes if permitted by the CUSIP Service Bureau.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers will
(1)      mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder of record entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(2)      use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days from the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);
(3)      utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in Wilmington, Delaware, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate thereof;
(4)      permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer remains open; and
(5)      otherwise comply in all material respects with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and any Private Exchange the Issuers shall:
(1)      accept for exchange all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any Private Exchange;
(2)      deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(3)      cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange; provided that, in the case of any Notes held in global form by a depositary, authentication and delivery to such depositary of one or more replacement Notes in global form in an equivalent principal amount thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy such authentication and delivery requirement.
The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC; (ii) no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which

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might materially impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuers; and (iii) all governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the Issuers deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange.
The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Notes (and related Guarantees) shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
(c)      If (1) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the Issuers are not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (2) the Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Exchange Date, or (3) at any time prior to the Exchange Date: (A) the Initial Purchasers request from the Issuers with respect to Registrable Securities held by them that are not eligible to participate or be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, (B) with respect to any Holder of Registrable Securities, such Holder notifies the Issuers that (i) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (ii) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (iii) such Holder is a broker-dealer and holds Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or one of their affiliates or (C) in the case of any Initial Purchaser, such Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Notes or the Private Exchange Notes that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of unsold allotments in an initial distribution, then, in the case of each of clauses (1) through (3) of this sentence, the Issuers shall promptly deliver to the Trustee with a copy to the registrar (to deliver to the Holders) written notice thereof (the “Shelf Notice”) and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof.
3.      Shelf Registration
If at any time a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section ‎2(c) hereof, then:
(a)      Shelf Registration . The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (the “Initial Shelf Registration”). The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on any appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities and the Guarantees to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below).
The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the Exchange Date and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act for the period ending on the earlier of the date that is one year after the effective date of the Initial Shelf Registration and the date all notes covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration, subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of Section ‎5 hereof (the “Effectiveness Period”); provided, however, that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time, the Issuers may delay the filing of any Initial Shelf Registration Statement or delay or suspend the effectiveness thereof, for a reasonable period of time, but not in excess of 60 consecutive days or more than one (1) time during any calendar year (each, a “Shelf Suspension Period”), if the board of directors or applicable governing body of the Issuers determines reasonably and in good faith that the filing of any such Initial Shelf Registration Statement or the continuing effectiveness thereof would require the disclosure of non-public material information that, in the reasonable judgment of the board of directors or applicable governing body of the Issuers, would be detrimental to the Issuers if so disclosed or would otherwise materially adversely affect a financing, acquisition, disposition, merger or other material transaction or if such action is required by applicable law.

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(b)      Withdrawal of Stop Orders; Subsequent Shelf Registrations . If the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the Securities registered thereunder), the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall file an additional Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein the term “Shelf Registration” means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf Registration.
(c)      Supplements and Amendments . The Issuers shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities (or their counsel) covered by such Registration Statement with respect to the information included therein with respect to one or more of such Holders, or, if reasonably requested by any underwriter of such Registrable Securities, with respect to the information included therein with respect to such underwriter.
4.      Special Interest
(a)      The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to fulfill their obligations under Section ‎2 or Section ‎3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuers agree to pay, jointly and severally, as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes (“Special Interest”) if either (i) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to the Exchange Date, (ii) any Shelf Registration, if required hereby, has not been declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the Exchange Date or (iii) any Registration Statement required by Section ‎2 or ‎3 of this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default”). The Special Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default (which rate will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period that such Special Interest continues to accrue, provided that the rate at which such Special Interest accrues may in no event exceed 0.75% per annum) (such Special Interest to be calculated by the Issuers); provided, however , that upon the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to the particular Registrable Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Registrable Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section ‎4, the Issuers shall not be obligated to pay Special Interest provided in Section ‎4‎(a)(ii) during a Shelf Suspension Period permitted by Section ‎3(a) hereof. The provisions for Special Interest will be the only monetary remedy available to holders under this Agreement.
(b)      The Issuers shall notify the Trustee and the paying agent within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Special Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”). Any amounts of Special Interest due pursuant to clause (a) of this Section ‎4 will be payable in cash semiannually on each May 15 and November 15 (to the holders of record on the May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding such dates), commencing the first such date occurring after any such Special Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Special Interest will be determined by the Issuers by multiplying the applicable Special Interest rate by the principal amount of the Registrable Securities, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Special Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.
5.      Registration Procedures
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method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(a)      Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by Section ‎2 or ‎3 hereof, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however , that if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Issuers have received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Issuers shall furnish to and afford counsel for the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof) or counsel for such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, and counsel to the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case, at least three Business Days prior to such filing). The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object.
(b)      Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period, the Applicable Period or until consummation of the Exchange Offer, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus in all material respects. The Issuers shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective if they voluntarily take any action that is reasonably expected to result in selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Securities not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or such Exchange Securities during that period unless such action is required by applicable law or permitted by this Agreement.
(c)     If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Issuers have received written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within three Business Days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section ‎5(m) hereof cease to be true and correct, (iv) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or

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that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not 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 not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi) of the Issuers’ determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d)      Use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in any jurisdiction.
(e)      If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 and if requested during the Effectiveness Period by the managing underwriter, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, (i) as promptly as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter, if any, such Holders or counsel for either of them reasonably request to be included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers have received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment and (iii) supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement.
(f)      If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof) and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests (with respect to any such Registration Statement) and to their respective counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.
(g)     If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their respective counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section ‎5, the Issuers hereby consent to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Securities pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h)      Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that where Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section ‎5(h), keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be

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kept effective and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i)      If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriter, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (subject to applicable requirements contained in the Indenture) and registered in such names as the managing underwriter, if any, or Holders may request.
(j)      Use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other U.S. governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Issuers will cooperate in all respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.
(k)     If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph ‎5‎(c)(v) or ‎5‎(c)(vi) hereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and (subject to Section ‎5‎(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof) or to the purchasers of the Exchange Securities to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l)     Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities.
(m)      In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities (including, without limitation, a customary condition to the obligations of the underwriters that the underwriters shall have received comfort letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter, if any, from the independent registered public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other independent registered public accountants of the Issuers, or of any business acquired by the Issuers, for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities), and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities and, in such connection, (i) make such representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers (including any acquired business, properties or entity, if applicable), and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) obtain the written opinions of counsel to the Issuers, and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter, if any, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions reasonably requested in underwritten offerings; and (iii) if an underwriting agreement

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is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the sellers and underwriters, if any, than those set forth in Section ‎7 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures reasonably acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents, if any). The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder.
(n)     If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any Initial Purchaser, any selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being sold (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section ‎3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, or underwriter (any such Initial Purchasers, Holders, Participating Broker-Dealers, underwriters, attorneys, accountants or agents, collectively, the “Inspectors”), upon written request, at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Issuers and subsidiaries of the Issuers (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and any of their subsidiaries to supply all information (the “Information”) reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such due diligence responsibilities. Each Inspector shall agree in writing that it will keep the Records and Information confidential, to use the Records and Information only for due diligence purposes, to abstain from using the Records and Information as the basis for any market transactions in Securities of the Issuers and that it will not disclose any of the Records or Information that the Issuers determine, in good faith, to be confidential and notify the Inspectors in writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of such Records or Information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the release of such Records or Information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such Records or Information is necessary or advisable, in the opinion of counsel for any Inspector, in connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder or (iv) the information in such Records or Information has been made generally available to the public other than by an Inspector or an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405) thereof; provided, however , that prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Issuers of the potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this sentence to permit the Issuers to obtain a protective order (or waive the provisions of this paragraph ‎(n)) and that such Inspector shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector.
(o)      Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section ‎2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Securities, to effect such changes (if any) to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(p)      Comply with Section 4.03 of the Indenture.
(q)      Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers, in a form customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the related Guarantees and the related indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their respective terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications. If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to the Issuers (or to such other Person as directed by the Issuers), in exchange for the

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Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be, the Issuers shall mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Securities that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(r)      Use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
(s)      Use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration of the Exchange Securities and/or Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Issuers may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller so long as such seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuers all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Issuers by such seller not materially misleading.
If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Issuers, then such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Issuers or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be required.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Issuers of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section ‎5‎(c)(ii), ‎5‎(c)(iv), ‎5‎(c)(v) or ‎5‎(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section ‎5‎(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuers that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Issuers shall give any such notice, each of the Applicable Period and the Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section ‎5‎(k) hereof or (y) the Advice.
6.      Registration Expenses
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers of their obligations under Sections ‎2, ‎3, ‎5 and ‎8 shall be borne by the Issuers, whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States (x) where the holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the Exchange Securities or (y) as provided in Section ‎5(h) hereof, in the case of Registrable Securities

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or Exchange Securities to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, printing all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter, if any, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement or in respect of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement, (iii) fees and expenses of the Trustee, any exchange agent and their counsel, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Securities selected by the Holder of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers) exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section ‎7 hereof, (v) fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants referred to in Section ‎5(m) hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any comfort letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating agency fees, if any, and any fees associated with making the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities eligible for trading through The Depository Trust Company, (vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers desire such insurance, (viii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuers, (ix) internal expenses of the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Issuers performing legal or accounting duties), (x) the expense of any annual audit, (xi) any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, and the obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable and (xii) the expenses relating to word processing and distributing all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.
7.      Indemnification and Contribution
(a)      The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, and each Person, if any, who controls any such Persons or its affiliates within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Participant”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which any Participant may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(i)      any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus; or
(ii)      the omission or alleged omission to state, in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any other document or any amendment or supplement thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except, in each case, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Participant furnished to the Issuers in writing by or on behalf of any Participant expressly for use therein; and agree (subject to the limitations set forth in this sentence) to reimburse, as incurred, the Participant for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Participant in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The indemnity provided for in this Section ‎7 will be in addition to any liability that the Issuers may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be liable under this Section ‎7 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Issuers and the Guarantors, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b)      Each Participant, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantors, their respective directors (or equivalent), their respective officers who sign any Registration Statement and each

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person, if any, who controls the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuers, the Guarantors or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Participant, furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of such Participant, specifically for use therein; and subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Issuers, the Guarantors or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. The indemnity provided for in this Section ‎7 will be in addition to any liability that the Participants may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Participants shall not be liable under this Section ‎7 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Participants, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of such Participant, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such Participant is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Participant, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of such Participant, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Participant, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such Participant.
(c)      Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section ‎7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section ‎7, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph ‎(a) or ‎(b) above unless and to the extent such indemnifying party did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs ‎(a) or ‎(b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest (based on the advice of counsel to the indemnified person); (ii) such action includes both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel to the indemnified person) that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or separate but related or substantially similar proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) representing the indemnified parties under paragraph ‎(a) or paragraph ‎(b) of this Section ‎7, as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions. Any such separate firm for any Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities and Exchange Securities sold by all such Participants in the case of paragraph ‎(a) of this Section ‎7 or the Issuers in the case of paragraph ‎(b) of this Section ‎7. In the event that any Participants are indemnified persons collectively entitled, in connection with a proceeding or separate but related or substantially similar proceedings in a single jurisdiction, to the payment of fees and expenses of a single separate firm under this Section ‎7(c), and any such Participants

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cannot agree to a mutually acceptable separate firm to act as counsel thereto, then such separate firm for all such Indemnified Persons shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities and Exchange Securities sold by all such Participants. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statement as to, or any admission of, fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. All fees and expenses that are reimbursable pursuant to this paragraph ‎(c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.
(d)      After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section ‎7 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the third sentence of paragraph ‎(c) of this Section ‎7 or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), unless such indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this Section ‎7, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent.
(e)     In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section ‎7 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (other than by virtue of the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to paragraph ‎(a) or ‎(b) of this Section ‎7, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantial rights or defenses)), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and such Participant on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion that the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) of the Securities received by the Issuers bear to the total discounts and commissions received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Securities (or if such Participant did not receive discounts or commissions, the value of receiving the Securities). The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers on the one hand, or the Participants on the other, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The parties agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph ‎(e). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph ‎(e), no Participant shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total discounts, commissions and other compensation or net proceeds on the sale of Securities received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Securities, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact, and no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph ‎(e), each person, if any, who controls a Participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Participants, and each director and officer of the Issuers and the Guarantors and each person, if any, who controls the Issuers and the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers.

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8.      Rule 144A
The Issuers covenant and agree that they will use commercially reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by either of them under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time they are not required to file such reports, the Issuers will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A. The Issuers further covenant and agree, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding that they will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144A unless the Issuers are then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and reports filed thereunder satisfy the information requirements of Rule 144A then in effect.
9.      Underwritten Registrations
The Issuers shall not be required to assist in an underwritten offering unless requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities. If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the underwriters and managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Issuers. No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
10.      Miscellaneous
(a)      No Inconsistent Agreements . The Issuers have not as of the date hereof, entered, and the Issuers shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to any of their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers’ other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements. The Issuers will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities which will grant to any Person “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to any Registration Statement.
(b)      Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities . The Issuers shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
(c)      Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of (i) the Issuers and (ii) (a) the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Securities and (b) in circumstances that would adversely affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes held by all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section ‎7 and this Section ‎10‎(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior written consent of each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any person who was a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement) affected by any such amendment, modification or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement.

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(d)      Notices . All notices and other communications (including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee and the registrar, paying agent and transfer agent) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:
(i)      if to a Holder of the Registrable Securities or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows:
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
Facsimile: (212) 901-7897
Attention: High Yield Legal Department

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77002-6760
Facsimile: (713) 615-5794
Attention: Gillian A. Hobson
if to the Initial Purchasers, at the address specified in this Section ‎10(d)(i);
(ii)      if to the Issuers, at the address as follows:
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
7102 Commerce Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
Facsimile: (615) 224-6362
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Facsimile: (713) 229-2793
Attention: Andrew J. Ericksen


All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and upon written confirmation, if sent by facsimile.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee or the registrar, paying agent and/or the transfer agent at the respective addresses and in the manner specified in such Indenture.
(e)      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however , that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.

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(f)      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the 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.
(g)      Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h)      GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(i)      Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(j)      Notes Held by the Issuer or its Affiliates . Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Issuer or its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(k)      Third-Party Beneficiaries . Holders of Registrable Securities and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.
(l)      Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name on the date first written above.
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
 
DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
 
By: Delek Logistics GP, LLC
 
its general partner
 
 
 
/s/ Assaf Ginzburg
 
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
 
Title: EVP / Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
DELEK LOGISTICS FINANCE CORP.
 
 
 
/s/ Assaf Ginzburg
 
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
 
Title: EVP / Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 

GUARANTORS:
 
 
 
DELEK MARKETING & SUPPLY, LP
 
By: Delek Marketing GP, LLC, its general partner
 
DELEK LOGISTICS OPERATING, LLC
 
DELEK MARKETING GP, LLC
 
DELEK CRUDE LOGISTICS, LLC
 
DELEK MARKETING-BIG SANDY, LLC
 
PALINE PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
 
MAGNOLIA PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
 
SALA GATHERING SYSTEMS, LLC
 
EL DORADO PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
 
DKL TRANSPORTATION, LLC
 
DKL CADDO, LLC
 
DKL RIO, LLC
 
 
 
/s/ Assaf Ginzburg
 
Name: Assaf Ginzburg
 
Title: EVP / Chief Financial Officer








The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
 
 
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                            INCORPORATED
 
By: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                         Incorporated
As Authorized Representative
 
/s/ John Pantalena
Name: John Pantalena
Title: Managing Director
 








SCHEDULE I
THE GUARANTORS
Delek Marketing & Supply, LP
Delek Logistics Operating, LLC
Delek Marketing GP, LLC
Delek Crude Logistics, LLC
Delek Marketing-Big Sandy, LLC
Paline Pipeline Company, LLC
Magnolia Pipeline Company, LLC
SALA Gathering Systems, LLC
El Dorado Pipeline Company, LLC
DKL Transportation, LLC
DKL Caddo, LLC
DKL RIO, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








SCHEDULE II
INITIAL PURCHASERS
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.    
RBC Capital Markets, LLC    
BBVA Securities Inc.
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.    
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC    
Barclays Capital Inc.    
Regions Securities LLC
PNC Capital Markets LLC    
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.    
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.    
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.