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5-Jun-2009
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Either Party may temporarily suspend its obligations under the Intermediate
Pipelines Agreement during the occurrence of an event that is outside its
control and renders its performance impossible for at least 30 days. An event
with a duration of longer than one year will allow either of the Parties to
terminate the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement.
Pursuant to the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement, Holly will not challenge,
or cause others to challenge or assist others in challenging, the Partnership's
tariff rates for the term of the agreement. At the termination of the
Intermediate Pipelines Agreement, Holly will be free to challenge, or to cause
others to challenge or assist others in challenging, the Partnership's tariff
rates.
During the term of the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement, the Partnership will
not reverse the direction of the Intermediate Product Pipelines or connect any
other pipelines to the Intermediate Product Pipelines without Holly's consent.
Holly has the right to reverse the direction of the Intermediate Product
Pipelines, so long as it reimburses the Partnership for the additional costs and
expenses the Partnership incurs as a result of changing the direction of the
Intermediate Product Pipelines and pays a flow reversal rate of $0.5664 per
barrel for any product shipped in a reversed direction on the Intermediate
Product Pipelines. Such flow reversal rates will be adjusted each year at a rate
equal to 75% of the percentage change in the producer price index.
Holly's obligations under the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement will not
terminate if Holly and its affiliates no longer own the Partnership's general
partner. The Intermediate Pipelines Agreement may be assigned to a third party
with the prior written consent of the non-assigning Party, provided such consent
will not be unreasonably withheld. The Parties may also assign the Intermediate
Pipelines Agreement to an affiliate or a third party lender or debt holder
without the prior written consent of the non-assigning Party.
The description of the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement herein is qualified
by reference to the copy of the Intermediate Pipelines Agreement, filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to this report, which is incorporated by reference into this report
in its entirety.
Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement
On June 1, 2009 in connection with the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Parties entered into an amended and
restated omnibus agreement (the "Restated Omnibus Agreement"). The Restated
Omnibus Agreement amends and restates the Omnibus Agreement dated July 13, 2004,
among the Parties. The Restated Omnibus Agreement addresses, among other things,
the following matters:
• the Partnership's obligation to pay Holly an annual administrative fee,
currently in the amount of $2.3 million, for the provision by Holly of
certain general and administrative services;
• Holly's and its affiliates' agreement not to compete with the Partnership under certain circumstances and the Partnership's right to notice of, and right of first offer to purchase, certain logistics assets constructed by Holly or acquired as part of an acquisition by Holly of refining assets;
• an indemnity by Holly for certain potential environmental liabilities;
• the Partnership's obligation to indemnify Holly for environmental liabilities related to the Partnership's assets existing on the date of the Partnership's initial public offering to the extent Holly is not required to indemnify the Partnership;
• Holly's right of first refusal to purchase the Partnership's assets that serve Holly's refineries.
Under the Restated Omnibus Agreement the Partnership pays Holly an annual
administrative fee, currently in the amount of $2.3 million, for the provision
of various general and administrative services for the Partnership's benefit.
The Partnership's general partner, with the approval and consent of its
Conflicts Committee, may agree to increases in the administrative fee in
connection with expansions of the Partnership's operations through the
acquisition or construction of new assets or businesses.
The $2.3 million fee includes expenses incurred by Holly and its affiliates
to perform centralized corporate functions, such as legal, treasury, information
technology and other corporate services, including the administration of
employee benefit plans. The fee does not include salaries of pipeline and
terminal personnel or other employees of the general partner of the
Partnership's general partner or the cost of their employee benefits, such as
401(k), pension, and health insurance benefits, which are separately charged to
the Partnership by Holly. The Partnership also reimburses Holly and its
affiliates for direct general and administrative expenses incurred on behalf of
the Partnership.
Holly and its affiliates have agreed, for so long as Holly controls the
Partnership's general partner, not to engage in, whether by acquisition or
otherwise, the business of owning and/or operating crude oil pipelines or
terminals, refined products pipelines or terminals, intermediate product
pipelines or terminals, truck racks or crude oil gathering systems in the
continental United States. This restriction will not apply to:
• any business operated by Holly or any of its affiliates at the time of the
closing of the Partnership's initial public offering;
• any business conducted by Holly with the approval of the Partnership's Conflicts Committee;
• any business or asset that Holly or any of its affiliates acquires or constructs that has a fair market value or construction cost of less than $5.0 million; and
• any business or asset that Holly or any of its affiliates acquires or constructs that has a fair market value or construction cost of $5.0 million or more if the Partnership has been offered the opportunity to purchase the business or asset at fair market value, and has declined to do so with the concurrence of the Partnership's Conflicts Committee.
The limitations on the ability of Holly and its affiliates to compete with
the Partnership may be terminated by Holly upon a change of control of Holly.
Under the Restated Omnibus Agreement, Holly has agreed to indemnify the
Partnership up to certain aggregate amounts for any environmental noncompliance
and remediation liabilities associated with assets transferred to the
Partnership and occurring or existing prior to the date of such transfers. The
transfers that are covered by the agreement include the refined products
pipelines, terminals and tanks transferred by Holly's subsidiaries in connection
with the Partnership's initial public offering in July 2004, the intermediate
pipelines transferred by Holly's subsidiaries to the Partnership in July 2005,
and the crude pipelines and tankage assets transferred by Holly's subsidiaries
to the Partnership in 2008. The Restated Omnibus Agreement provides
environmental indemnification of up to $15.0 million for the assets transferred
to the Partnership, other than the crude pipelines and tankage assets
transferred to the Partnership in 2008, plus an additional $2.5 million for the
intermediate pipelines transferred to the Partnership in July 2005. Except as
described below, Holly's indemnification obligations described above shall
remain in effect for an asset for ten years following the date of transfer of
such asset to the Partnership. The Restated
Omnibus Agreement also provides an additional $7.5 million of indemnification
through 2023 for environmental noncompliance and remediation liabilities
specific to the crude pipelines and tankage assets transferred to the
Partnership in 2008. Holly's indemnification obligations described above do not
apply to the newly constructed 16" feedstock pipeline owned by
Lovington-Artesia, L.L.C. (the "16" Pipeline").
The Restated Omnibus Agreement provides that the Partnership will indemnify
Holly and its affiliates against environmental liabilities relating to the
Partnership's assets to the extent Holly is not required to indemnify the
Partnership.
The Restated Omnibus Agreement also contains the terms under which Holly has
a right of first refusal to purchase the Partnership's assets that serve Holly's
refineries. Before the Partnership enters into any contract to sell pipeline,
terminal and tankage assets serving Holly's refineries, the Partnership must
give written notice of the terms of such proposed sale to Holly. The notice must
set forth the name of the third party purchaser, the assets to be sold, the
purchase price and all other material terms and conditions of the offer. To the
extent the third party offer consists of consideration other than cash (or in
addition to cash), the purchase price shall be deemed equal to the amount of any
such cash plus the fair market value of such non-cash consideration, determined
as set forth in the Restated Omnibus Agreement. Holly will then have the sole
and exclusive option for a period of thirty days following receipt of the
notice, to elect to purchase the subject assets on the terms specified in the
notice.
The description of the Restated Omnibus Agreement herein is qualified by
reference to the copy of the Restated Omnibus Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.2
to this report, which is incorporated by reference into this report in its
entirety.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference in its
entirety is a copy of a press release issued by Holly and the Partnership on
June 1, 2009, announcing the sale by Holly of the 16" Pipeline to the
Partnership.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information
furnished in this report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 7.01, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to
. . .
10.1 - Amended and Restated Intermediate Pipelines Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2009, by and among Holly Corporation, Navajo Refining Company,
L.L.C., Holly Energy Partners, L.P., Holly Energy Partners - Operating,
L.P., HEP Pipeline, L.L.C., Lovington-Artesia, L.L.C., HEP Logistics
Holdings, L.P., Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C. and HEP Logistics GP,
L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Holly Energy
Partners, L.P.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 5,
2009).
10.2 - Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2009, by and
among Holly Corporation, Navajo Pipeline Co., L.P., Holly Logistic
Services, L.L.C., HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P., Holly Energy Partners,
L.P., HEP Logistics GP, L.L.C. and Holly Energy Partners - Operating,
L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Holly Energy Partners,
L.P.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 5, 2009).
99.1 - Joint Press Release of Holly Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P.
issued June 1, 2009.*
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* Furnished pursuant to Regulation FD.
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