HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS,
L.P.,
HOLLY ENERGY FINANCE
CORP.
EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
PARTY HERETO
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TIA Section
Indenture
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Section
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310(a)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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5.01
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(b)
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5.02
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(c)
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5.02
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313(a)
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5.03
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(b)
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5.03
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(c)
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13.03
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(d)
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5.03
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314(a)
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4.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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13.05
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(c)(2)
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13.05
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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6.07 & 13.03
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.08
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316(a)(last
sentence)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.06
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.06
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(a)(2)
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9.01(d)
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(b)
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6.04
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(c)
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5.04
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317(a)(1)
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6.02
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(a)(2)
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6.02
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(b)
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4.04
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318(a)
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13.07
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N.A. means Not
Applicable
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NOTE: This
Cross-Reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of
this Indenture.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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1
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1
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions
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8
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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8
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Section 1.04 Rules of
Construction
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9
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ARTICLE II DEBT SECURITIES
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9
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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9
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Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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9
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Section 2.03 Principal Amount; Issuable in
Series
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10
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Section 2.04 Execution of Debt
Securities
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12
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Section 2.05 Authentication and Delivery of
Debt Securities
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13
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Section 2.06 Denomination of Debt
Securities
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14
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Section 2.07 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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14
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Section 2.08 Temporary Debt
Securities
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16
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Section 2.09 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Debt Securities
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16
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Section 2.10 Cancellation of Surrendered
Debt Securities
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17
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Section 2.11 Provisions of the Indenture
and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the
Holders
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17
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Section 2.12 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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18
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Section 2.13 Securities Denominated in
Dollars
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18
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Section 2.14 Wire Transfers
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18
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Section 2.15 Securities Issuable in the
Form of a Global Security
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18
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Section 2.16 Medium Term
Securities
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21
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Section 2.17 Defaulted Interest
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21
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Section 2.18 CUSIP Numbers
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22
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ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF DEBT
SECURITIES
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22
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Section 3.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption;
Selection of Debt Securities
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23
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Section 3.03 Payment of Debt Securities
Called for Redemption
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24
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Section 3.04 Mandatory and Optional Sinking
Funds
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Section 3.05 Redemption of Debt Securities
for Sinking Fund
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25
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ARTICLE IV PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
ISSUERS
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27
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Section 4.01 Payment of Principal of, and
Premium, If Any, and Interest on, Debt Securities
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27
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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Offices or
Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt
Securities
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27
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Section 4.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy
in the Office of Trustee
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Section 4.04 Duties of Paying Agents,
etc
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Section 4.05 SEC Reports; Financial
Statements
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Section 4.06 Compliance
Certificate
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Section 4.07 Further Instruments and
Acts
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30
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Section 4.08 Corporate, Partnership or
Limited Liability Company Existence
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Section 4.09 Maintenance of
Properties
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Section 4.10 Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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Section 4.11 Waiver of Certain
Covenants
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ARTICLE V HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE TRUSTEE
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32
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Section 5.01 Issuers to Furnish Trustee
Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders; Preservation of
Information
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32
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Section 5.02 Communications to
Holders
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32
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Section 5.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 5.04 Record Dates for Action by
Holders
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33
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ARTICLE VI REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS
IN EVENT OF DEFAULT
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33
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Section 6.01 Events of Default
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Section 6.02 Collection of Debt by Trustee,
etc
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35
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Section 6.03 Application of Moneys
Collected by Trustee
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37
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Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits by
Holders
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38
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Section 6.05 Remedies Cumulative; Delay or
Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of Default
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Section 6.06 Rights of Holders of Majority
in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to
Waive Default
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Section 6.07 Trustee to Give Notice of
Defaults Known to It, but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain
Circumstances
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39
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Section 6.08 Requirement of an Undertaking
to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or Against the
Trustee
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40
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ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01 Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 7.02 Certain Rights of
Trustee
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41
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Section 7.03 Trustee Not Liable for
Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities
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42
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Section 7.04 Trustee, Paying Agent or
Registrar May Own Debt Securities
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Section 7.05 Moneys Received by Trustee to
Be Held in Trust
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Section 7.06 Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 7.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on an
Officers’ Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically
Prescribed
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Section 7.08 Separate Trustee; Replacement
of Trustee
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Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by
Merger
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Section 7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Issuers
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Section 7.12 Compliance with Tax
Laws
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ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
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Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by
Holders
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46
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Section 8.02 Proof of Execution of
Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities
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46
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Section 8.03 Who May Be Deemed Owner of
Debt Securities
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47
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Section 8.04 Instruments Executed by
Holders Bind Future Holders
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01 Purposes for Which
Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.02 Modification of Indenture with
Consent of Holders of Debt Securities
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Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04 Debt Securities May Bear
Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR
CONVEYANCE
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52
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Section 10.01 Consolidations and Mergers of
the Issuers
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Section 10.02 Rights and Duties of
Successor Company
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52
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ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
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Section 11.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture; Defeasance
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Section 11.03 Conditions of
Defeasance
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Section 11.04 Application of Trust
Money
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Section 11.05 Repayment to
Issuers
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56
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Section 11.06 Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations
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Section 11.07 Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XII SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND
GUARANTEE
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Section 12.01 Applicability of Article;
Agreement To Subordinate
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Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy
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Section 12.03 Default on Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 12.04 Acceleration of Payment of
Debt Securities
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Section 12.05 When Distribution Must Be
Paid Over
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Section 12.06 Subrogation
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Section 12.07 Relative Rights
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Section 12.08 Subordination May Not Be
Impaired by Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors
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Section 12.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent
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Section 12.10 Distribution or Notice to
Representative
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Section 12.11 Article XII Not to
Prevent Defaults or Limit Right to Accelerate
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Section 12.12 Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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Section 12.13 Trustee Entitled to
Rely
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Section 12.14 Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination
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Section 12.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for
Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 12.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 13.01 Successors and Assigns of
Parties Bound by Indenture
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Section 13.02 Acts of Board, Committee or
Officer of Successor Company Valid
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Section 13.03 Required Notices or
Demands
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Section 13.04 Indenture and Debt Securities
to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New
York
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Section 13.05 Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application or Demand
by the Issuers
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Section 13.06 Payments Due on Legal
Holidays
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Section 13.07 Provisions Required by TIA to
Control
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Section 13.08 Computation of Interest on
Debt Securities
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Section 13.09 Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar
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Section 13.10 No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders
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Section 13.11 Severability
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Section 13.12 Effect of Headings
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Section 13.13 Indenture May Be Executed in
Counterparts
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Section 14.01 Unconditional
Guarantee
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Section 14.02 Execution and Delivery of
Notation of Guarantee
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Section 14.03 Limitation on Liability of
the Subsidiary Guarantors
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Section 14.04 Release of Subsidiary
Guarantors from Guarantee
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Section 14.05 Contribution
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Annex
A Notion
of Guarantee
iv
THIS INDENTURE
dated as of [
] is
among Holly Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“ Holly Energy Partners ”), Holly Energy
Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Holly Energy
Finance ” and, together with Holly Energy Partners, the
“ Issuers ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as
defined), and [
], a [
], as
trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS AND THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Issuers and
the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to
time of the Issuers’ debentures, notes, bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series
unlimited as to principal amount (herein called the “ Debt
Securities ”), and the Guarantee by each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors of the Debt Securities, as in this Indenture
provided.
The Issuers and
the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same consolidated
group of companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct
and indirect economic benefit from the issuance of the Debt
Securities. Accordingly, each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for its full, unconditional and joint and several guarantee of the
Debt Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuers,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
That in order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
agreements and obligations set forth herein and for good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee hereby agree with each other, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time
of the Debt Securities or any series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01
Definitions.
“
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
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. The Trustee may request and may conclusively rely upon
an Officers’ Certificate to determine whether any Person is
an Affiliate of any specified Person.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar or paying
agent.
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“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“ Board
of Directors ” means (i) 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,
(ii) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors or
Board of Managers of the general partner of the partnership, or in
the case of Holly Energy Partners, the Board of Directors of Holly
Logistic Services, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and
the general partner of HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P.,
(iii) with respect to a limited liability company, the
managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing
members thereof and (iv) with respect to any other Person, the
board or committee of such Person serving a similar function. All
references in this Indenture to “Board of Directors”
shall be deemed to refer to the Board of Directors of Holly Energy
Partners, unless otherwise expressly indicated or the context
otherwise requires.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the appropriate Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal
Holiday.
“ capital
stock ” means (i) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or
business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or
membership interests and (iv) 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, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt
securities convertible into capital stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with capital
stock.
“ Credit
Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities or
commercial paper facilities, in each case, with banks or other
institutional lenders 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) or letters of
credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of
debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part
from time to time.
“
Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“
Debt ” of any Person at any date means any obligation
created or assumed by such Person for the repayment of borrowed
money and any guarantee thereof.
“ Debt
Security ” or “ Debt Securities ” has
the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any debt security or debt securities, as the
case may be, of any series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
2
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Default ” means any event, act or condition that is,
or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event
of Default.
“
Depositary ” means, unless otherwise specified by the
Issuers pursuant to either Section 2.03 or 2.15, with respect
to Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities, The Depository
Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto
registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or other
applicable statute or regulations.
“
Designated Senior Indebtedness ” means (i) any
Senior Indebtedness which, at the date of determination, has an
aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the
date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up
to, at least $100,000,000 and (ii) any other Senior
Indebtedness designated, as provided in Section 2.03, in
respect of any series of Debt Securities.
“
Dollar ” or “ $ ” means such
currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“ 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).
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and any successor statute.
“
Floating Rate Security ” means a Debt Security that
provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined
periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified
pursuant to Section 2.03.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time
to time.
“ General
Partner ” means HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, and its successors and permitted assigns as
general partner of Holly Energy Partners or as the business entity
with the ultimate authority to manage the business and operations
of Holly Energy Partners.
“ Global
Security ” means with respect to any series of Debt
Securities issued hereunder, a Debt Security which is executed by
the Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all
in accordance with this Indenture and any Indentures supplemental
hereto or the applicable Board Resolution and set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, which shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of, all the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series or
any portion thereof, in either
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case having the
same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue
date, date or dates on which principal is due and interest rate or
method of determining interest.
“
guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any
Debt or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation of such other
Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or
by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of
assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other
obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided,
however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
“
Holder ,” “ Holder of Debt Securities
” or other similar terms means, a Person in whose name a Debt
Security is registered in the Debt Security Register (as defined in
Section 2.07(a)).
“ Holly
Energy Finance ” means the Person named as “Holly
Energy Finance” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Holly Energy Finance” shall mean such successor
Person.
“ Holly
Energy Partners ” means the Person named as “Holly
Energy Partners” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Holly Energy Partners” shall mean such successor
Person.
“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed, or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
amended or supplemented and shall include the form and terms of
particular series of Debt Securities as contemplated hereunder,
whether or not a supplemental Indenture is entered into with
respect thereto.
“
Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or
higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or
the equivalent) by S&P.
“
Issuers ” means Holly Energy Partners and Holly Energy
Finance, and, subject to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, shall also include their successors and
assigns.
“ Issuer
Order ” means a written order of the Issuers signed by
two Officers of each Issuer and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Legal
Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York, New York or at a
Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive
order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a
Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period.
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Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance of any
kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary,
any Assistant Secretary, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice
President of such Person (or, if such Person is a limited
partnership, the general partner of such Person). So long as Holly
Energy Partners is a partnership, references herein to its Officers
shall be deemed to include the Officers of its General Partner or
the general partner of the General Partner, as
appropriate.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by two Officers of each of (i) Holly Energy Partners
and (ii) Holly Energy Finance; provided, however, one of each
such Officers is the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer, the principal accounting officer,
or any Person serving in a substantially similar position, of each
of (A) Holly Energy Partners or the General Partner, as the
case may be, and (B) Holly Energy Finance.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel
who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of
or counsel to Holly Energy Partners, the General Partner, any
Subsidiary of Holly Energy Partners or the General Partner, or the
Trustee.
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Original Issue Discount Debt Security ” means any Debt
Security which provides for an amount less than the principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01.
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Outstanding ,” when used with respect to any series of
Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt
Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(a) Debt
Securities of that series theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Debt
Securities of that series for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any paying agent (other than Holly Energy Partners,
Holly Energy Finance or any Subsidiary of Holly Energy Partners) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuers (if Holly
Energy Partners, Holly Energy Finance or any of Holly Energy
Partners’ Subsidiaries shall act as its own paying agent) for
the Holders of such Debt Securities; provided, that, if such Debt
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(c) Debt
Securities of that series which have been paid pursuant to
Section 2.09 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of
which
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there shall
have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the
Issuers;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Issuers
or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of
the Issuers or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Debt Securities which an officer of the Trustee actually knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt
Securities and that the pledgee is not an Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Debt Securities or an Affiliate of the Issuers or
of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, incorporated
or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or other agency or
political subdivision thereof or other entity of any
kind.
“
Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Debt
Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption
by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Reporting Failure ” means the failure of Holly Energy
Partners to deliver to the Trustee, within the time periods
specified in Section 4.05(a), the periodic reports,
information, documents or other reports which Holly Energy Partners
is required to deliver to the Trustee pursuant to such
Section.
“
Representative ” means the trustee, agent or
representative (if any) for an issue of Senior
Indebtedness.
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S&P ” means Standards & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“ SEC
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any successor statute.
“ Senior
Indebtedness ” means, unless otherwise provided with
respect to the Debt Securities of a series as contemplated by
Section 2.03, (i) all Debt of the Issuers or the
Subsidiary Guarantors, whether currently outstanding or hereafter
issued, unless, by the terms of
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the instrument
creating or evidencing such Debt, it is provided that such Debt is
subordinate or not superior in right of payment to the Subordinated
Debt Securities, in the case of the Issuers, or a Guarantee
thereof, in the case of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or to other Debt
which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Subordinated Debt
Securities, in the case of the Issuers, or a Guarantee thereof, in
the case of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and (ii) any
modifications, refunding, deferrals, renewals, or extensions of any
such Debt or securities, notes or other evidence of Debt issued in
exchange for such Debt; provided that in no event shall
“Senior Indebtedness” include (A) Debt evidenced
by the Subordinated Debt Securities or any Guarantee thereof,
(B) Debt of any of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors
owed or owing to any Subsidiary of the Issuers, (C) Debt of
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors owed or owing to the Issuers,
(D) Debt to trade creditors, (E) any liability for taxes
owed or owing by the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors or
(F) Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor in the event there is no
series of Debt Securities Outstanding that is entitled to the
benefits of a Guarantee.
“
Significant Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any
Subsidiary Guarantor 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 security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment
of principal of such security is due and payable, including
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any
provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the
option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency
beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has
occurred).
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means:
(i) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of equity interests entitled,
without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the
election of directors, managers, trustees or equivalent Persons
thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of such Person or combination thereof; or
(ii) in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners’
equity interests, considering all partners’ equity interests
as a single class, is at such time of determination owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or combination
thereof.
“
Subsidiary Guarantors ” means any Subsidiary of Holly
Energy Partners who may execute this Indenture, or a supplement
thereto, for the purpose of providing a Guarantee of Debt
Securities pursuant to this Indenture, until such Guarantee is
released in accordance with this Indenture.
“ TIA
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. (S)77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture
as originally executed and, to the extent required by law, as
amended.
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Trustee ” initially means [
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any other Person or Persons appointed as such from time to time
pursuant to Section 7.08, and, subject to the provisions of
Article VII, includes its or their successors and assigns. If
at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series.
“ Trust
Officer ” means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“ United
States ” means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“ U.S.
Government Obligations ” means direct obligations of the
United States of America, obligations on which the payment of
principal and interest is fully guaranteed by the United States of
America or obligations or guarantees for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
“ Yield
to Maturity ” means the yield to maturity, calculated at
the time of issuance of a series of Debt Securities, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such
series and calculated in accordance with accepted financial
practice.
Section 1.02
Other Definitions .
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Section 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.
Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
All 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.
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Section 1.04
Rules of Construction.
Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(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) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions;
(f) if
the applicable series of Debt Securities is subordinated pursuant
to Article XII, unsecured Debt shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to secured Debt merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Debt; and
(g) the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01
Forms Generally.
The Debt
Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form
established without the approval of any Holder by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution of each of the Issuers or in one or more
Indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as the Issuers may deem appropriate
(and, if not contained in a supplemental Indenture entered into in
accordance with Article IX, as are not prohibited by the
provisions of this Indenture) or as may be required or appropriate
to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or
with any rules of any securities exchange on which such series of
Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to general usage, or
as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers
executing such Debt Securities as evidenced by their execution of
the Debt Securities.
The definitive
Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such Debt
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Debt.
Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication.
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The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debt
Securities authenticated by the Trustee shall be in substantially
the following form:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03
Principal Amount; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued, executed,
authenticated, delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Debt
Securities may be issued in one or more series in fully registered
form. There shall be established, without the approval of any
Holders, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of each of the
Issuers and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Debt Securities of any series any or all of the
following:
(a) the
title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Debt Securities of the series from all other Debt
Securities);
(b) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to this
Article II);
(c) the
date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the
Debt Securities of the series are payable;
(d) the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or by which
the Debt Securities will accrete in value, or the method of
determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such
interest shall be payable, or the method by which such date will be
determined, the record dates for the determination of Holders
thereof to whom such interest is payable, and the extent to which
such interest may be paid in kind; and the basis upon which
interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of
twelve thirty-day months;
(e) the
place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the corporate
trust office of the Trustee, where the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be
payable (“ Place of Payment ”);
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(f) the
price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuers
or otherwise;
(g) whether
Debt Securities of the series are (i) to be co-issued by Holly
Energy Finance and (ii) entitled to the benefits of any
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this
Indenture;
(h) the
obligation, if any, of the Issuers to redeem, purchase or repay
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the
price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series
shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligations;
(i) the
terms, if any, upon which the Debt Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for equity interests (which may be
represented by depositary shares), other Debt Securities or
warrants for equity interests or Debt or other securities of any
kind of the Issuers or any other obligor and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be
effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or
rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in
addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(j) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Debt Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(k) if
the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Debt
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts
will be determined;
(l) if
the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Debt
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be
deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any
purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due
and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or
which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is
to be determined);
(m) any
changes or additions to Article XI, including the addition of
additional covenants that may be subject to the covenant defeasance
option pursuant to Section 11.02(b);
(n) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(o) the
terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as
security for the Debt Securities of the series of any properties,
assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including
whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any
corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as currently
in effect;
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(p) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default with respect to the
Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal of, and premium and
interest on, such Debt Securities due and payable;
(q) if
the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in
part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities
may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Debt
Securities in definitive registered form; and the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities and the form of any legend or
legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in
addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in
Section 2.15(a);
(r) any
trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or
registrars;
(s) the
applicability of, and any addition to or change in the covenants
and definitions currently set forth in this Indenture or in the
terms currently set forth in Article X, including conditioning
any merger, conveyance, transfer or lease permitted by
Article X upon the satisfaction of any Debt coverage standard
by the Issuers and any Successor Company (as defined in
Article X);
(t) the
subordination, if any, of the Debt Securities of the series
pursuant to Article XII and any changes or additions to
Article XII or designation of any Designated Senior
Indebtedness;
(u) with
regard to Debt Securities of the series that do not bear interest,
the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;
and
(v) any
other terms of the Debt Securities of the series (which terms shall
not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt
Securities of any one series appertaining thereto shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolutions and
as set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such
Indenture supplemental hereto.
Section 2.04
Execution of Debt Securities.
The Debt
Securities shall be signed by at least one Officer of each of the
Issuers by manual or facsimile signature of such present or any
future Officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Debt Securities.
In case any
Officer who shall have signed any of the Debt Securities shall
cease to be such Officer before the Debt Securities so signed shall
have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed
of by the Issuers, such Debt Securities nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who
signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such Officer; and
any Debt Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuers by such
Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt
Security, shall be the proper Officers of the Issuers, although at
the date of such Debt Security or of the execution of this
Indenture any such Person was not such Officer.
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Only such Debt
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, signed manually by
the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee upon any Debt Security executed by the Issuers shall be
conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.05
Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Issuers may deliver Debt Securities of any series
executed by the Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debt
Securities to or upon an Issuer Order. In authenticating such Debt
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under
this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) a
copy of a Board Resolution of each of the Issuers, certified by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the Issuers,
authorizing the terms of issuance of any series of Debt
Securities;
(b) an
executed supplemental Indenture, if any;
(c) an
Officers’ Certificate; and
(d) an
Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 13.05
which shall also state:
(i) that
the form of such Debt Securities has been established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution of each of the Issuers or by a
supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.01 in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) that
the terms of such Debt Securities have been established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution of each of the Issuers or by a
supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.03 in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) that
such Debt Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Issuers in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable
in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and rights of
acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be
limited by equitable principles of general
applicability;
(iv) that
Holly Energy Partners and Holly Energy Finance have the necessary
partnership and corporate power, respectively, to issue such Debt
Securities and have duly taken all necessary partnership and
corporate action with respect to such issuance;
(v) that
the issuance of such Debt Securities will not contravene the
organizational documents of either of the Issuers or result in any
material violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or
regulation or of any material indenture, mortgage or other
agreement known to such counsel by which the Issuers are
bound;
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(vi) that
authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and the
execution and delivery of any supplemental Indenture will not
violate the terms of this Indenture; and
(vii) such
other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
Such Opinion of
Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United
States would render a money judgment in a currency other than that
of the United States.
The Trustee shall
have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt
Securities under this Section 2.05 if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors,
trustees or vice presidents (or any combination thereof) shall
determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal
liability to existing Holders.
The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the
Issuers to authenticate Debt Securities of any series. Unless
limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent
may authenticate any Debt Securities 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 any Registrar, paying agent or agent
for service of notices and demands.
Unless otherwise
provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, each Debt
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.06
Denomination of Debt Securities.
Unless otherwise
provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, the Debt
Securities of each series shall be issuable only as fully
registered Debt Securities in such Dollar denominations as shall be
specified or contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of
any such specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 2.07
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The
Issuers shall keep or cause to be kept a register for each series
of Debt Securities issued hereunder (hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “ Debt Security Register ”),
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as they may
prescribe, the Issuers shall provide for the registration of all
Debt Securities and the transfer of Debt Securities as in this
Article II provided. At all reasonable times the Debt Security
Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. Subject to
Section 2.15, upon due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Debt Security at any office or agency to be
maintained by the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.02, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized
denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. In no event
may Debt Securities be issued as, or exchanged for, bearer
securities.
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Unless and until
otherwise determined by the Issuers pursuant to a Board Resolution
of each of the Issuers, the register of the Issuers for the purpose
of registration, exchange or registration of transfer of the Debt
Securities shall be kept at the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee and, for this purpose, the Trustee shall be designated
“Registrar.”
Debt Securities of
any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth
below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities of the same series of other authorized
denominations. Subject to Section 2.15, Debt Securities to be
exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be
maintained by the Issuers as provided in Section 4.02, and the
Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities
which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to
receive.
(b) All
Debt Securities presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Issuers,
the Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed or be accompanied by
a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Issuers, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in
writing.
All Debt
Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of Debt
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange
or transfer.
No service charge
shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt
Securities (except as provided by Section 2.09), but the
Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto, other than those expressly provided in this
Indenture to be made at the Issuers’ own expense or without
expense or without charge to the Holders.
The Issuers shall
not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Debt Securities for a period of 15 days next
preceding any mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of
such series or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for
redemption.
Prior to the due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the
Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent
or any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Debt
Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security is
overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
None of the
Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any agent of the
Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
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records
relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership
interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 2.08
Temporary Debt Securities.
Pending the
preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the
Issuers may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
temporary Debt Securities (printed, lithographed, photocopied,
typewritten or otherwise produced) of any authorized denomination,
and substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities in
lieu of which they are issued, in registered form with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Debt Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuers
with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities may
contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may
be appropriate. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by
the Issuers and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.
If temporary Debt
Securities of any series are issued, the Issuers will cause
definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt
Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such
series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such
series upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Issuers at a Place of Payment
for such series, without charge to the Holder thereof, except as
provided in Section 2.07 in connection with a transfer. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt
Securities of any series, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series
of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged,
temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debt Securities of such series.
Upon any exchange
of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global
Security or for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby
pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08, the temporary
Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the
reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the
principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced
for all purposes by the amount to be exchanged and
endorsed.
Section 2.09
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt
Securities.
If (i) any
mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its
corporate trust office or (ii) the Issuers and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the Issuers
and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them and any paying agent harmless, and
neither the Issuers nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt
Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, then the
Issuers shall execute and, upon an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt
Security of the same series of like tenor, form, terms
and
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principal
amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. Upon
the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, the Issuers may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee,
assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In
case any Debt which has matured or is about to mature or which has
been called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Issuers may, instead of issuing a substituted
Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without
surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security)
if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the Issuers and the
Trustee with such security or indemnity as either may require to
save it harmless from all risk, however remote, and, in case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the
Issuers and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substituted
Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.09 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security
is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at any
time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities
of that series duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, and shall
preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any
law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with
respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or
other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.10
Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities.
All Debt
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Issuers or any
paying agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
canceled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities held by the Trustee
shall be destroyed (subject to the record retention requirements of
the Exchange Act) and certification of their destruction delivered
to the Issuers, unless otherwise directed. On request of the
Issuers, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuers canceled Debt
Securities held by the Trustee. If the Issuers shall acquire any of
the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as
a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented thereby unless
and until the same are delivered or surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Issuers may not issue new Debt Securities to
replace Debt Securities they have redeemed, paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11
Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole
Benefit of the Parties and the Holders.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Debt Securities, expressed or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, the Holders or any Registrar or paying agent, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein
contained; all its covenants, conditions and
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provisions
being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, the Holders and
any Registrar and paying agents.
Section 2.12
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Interest
on any Debt Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly
provided for on any interest payment date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Debt Security is registered at the close
of business on the regular record date for such interest
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any
transfer or exchange subsequent to the regular record date. Payment
of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the corporate trust
office of the Trustee (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.03), or at the option of the Issuers, by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Debt Security Register or, if provided
pursuant to Section 2.03 and in accordance with arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee, at the option of the Holder by wire
transfer to an account designated by the Holder.
(b) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and
Section 2.17, each Debt Security of a particular series
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of the same
series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and
to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt
Security.
Section 2.13
Securities Denominated in Dollars.
Except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt
Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of such series will be
made in Dollars.
Section 2.14
Wire Transfers.
Notwithstanding
any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Issuers
may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the
Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on, the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory
redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by
the Trustee before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 2.15
Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global
Security.
(a) If
the Issuers shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
that the Debt Securities of a particular series are to be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then
each of the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee or its agent
shall, in accordance with Section 2.05, authenticate and
deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which shall represent,
and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series
to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such
portion thereof as the Issuers shall specify in an Officers’
Certificate, shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or
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Securities or
its nominee, shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and
shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
“UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“
DTC ”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR
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 IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREIN.”
or such other
legend as may then be required by the Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.15 or of
Section 2.07 to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of
paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security
expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or
in part for definitive Debt Securities in registered form, a Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
manner provided in Section 2.07, only by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or by a nominee
of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary to
a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or
approved by the Issuers, or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(c)
(i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security or
Securities notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or if
at any time the Depositary for the Debt Securities for such series
shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Exchange
Act or other applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Issuers
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global
Security or Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities is not appointed by the Issuers within
90 days after the Issuers receive such notice or become aware
of such ineligibility, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee
or its agent, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the
authentication and delivery of such individual Debt Securities of
such series in exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate
and deliver, individual Debt Securities of
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such series of
like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in
exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
(ii) The
Issuers may at any time and in their sole discretion determine that
the Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or
issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no
longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In
such event the Issuers will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt
of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange in whole or
in part for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms
in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such series or portion thereof in exchange for
such Global Security or Securities.
(iii) If
specified by the Issuers pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of a
Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may
surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for
individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms
in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuers,
the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon the Issuers shall
execute, and the Trustee or its agent upon receipt of an Issuer
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt
Securities of such series shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge, (A) to each Person specified by such
Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series of
like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the
Global Security and (B) to such Depositary a new Global
Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of
the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount
of Debt Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
(iv) In
any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs,
the Issuers will execute and the Trustee or its agent will
authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities. Upon the
exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Security for
individual Debt Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled
by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be registered in such
names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for
such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or
the Registrar. The Trustee or the Registrar shall deliver such Debt
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are
so registered.
(v) Payments
in respect of the principal of and interest on any Debt Securities
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be
payable to the Depositary or such nominee in its capacity as the
registered owner of such Global Security. The Issuers and the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Debt Securities,
including the Global Security, are registered as the owner thereof
for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all
other purposes whatsoever. None of the Issuers, the Trustee, any
Registrar, the paying agent or any agent of the Issuers or the
Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records relating to or payments made on account of the
beneficial
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ownership
interests of the Global Security by the Depositary or its nominee
or any of the Depositary’s direct or indirect participants,
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the
Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect
participants relating to the beneficial ownership interests of the
Global Security, the payments to the beneficial owners of the
Global Security of amounts paid to the Depositary or its nominee,
or any other matter relating to the actions and practices of the
Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect
participants. None of the Issuers, the Trustee or any such agent
will be liable for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee, or any
of its direct or indirect participants in identifying the
beneficial owners of the Debt Securities, and the Issuers and the
Trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying
on, instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all
purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery,
and the respective principal amounts, of the Debt Securities to be
issued).
Section 2.16
Medium Term Securities.
Notwithstanding
any contrary provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series
are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary for the Issuers to deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate, a Board Resolution, a supplemental
Indenture, an Opinion of Counsel or written order or any other
document otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.03,
2.05 or 13.05 at or prior to the time of authentication of each
Debt Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the
Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first such Debt Security of such series to
be issued; provided, that any subsequent request by the Issuers to
the Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities of such series upon
original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by
the Issuers that, as of the date of such request, the statements
made in the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 13.05 shall be true and correct as if made on
such date and that the Opinion of Counsel delivered at or prior to
such time of authentication of an original issuance of Debt
Securities shall specifically state that it shall relate to all
subsequent issuances of Debt Securities of such series that are
identical to the Debt Securities issued in the first issuance of
Debt Securities of such series.
An Issuer Order
delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee in the circumstances set
forth in the preceding paragraph, may provide that Debt Securities
which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee or its agent on original issue from time to time
upon the telephonic or written order of Persons designated in such
written order (any such telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing by such Person) and that such Persons are
authorized to determine, consistent with the Officers’
Certificate, supplemental Indenture or applicable Board Resolution
relating to such written order, such terms and conditions of such
Debt Securities as are specified in such Officers’
Certificate, supplemental Indenture or such Board
Resolution.
Section 2.17
Defaulted Interest.
Any interest on
any Debt Security of a particular series which is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the dates and in the
manner provided in the Debt Securities of such series and in this
Indenture (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the
relevant record date by virtue of having been
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such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuers, at their
election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or
(b) below:
(a) The
Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such series are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
such Debt Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to
the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Issuers of such special record date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
date therefor to be mailed, first class postage pre-paid, to each
Holder thereof at its address as it appears in the Debt Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record
date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Debt Securities of such series are registered at the close of
business on such special record date.
(b) The
Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Debt
Securities of such series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Debt Securities of such series may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.18
CUSIP Numbers.
The Issuers in
issuing the Debt Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP” 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 accuracy of such numbers
either as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and
any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Issuers will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP”
numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01
Applicability of Article.
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The provisions of
this Article shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any
series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Debt
Securities of such series.
Section 3.02
Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt
Securities.
In case the
Issuers shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the
case may be, any part of the Debt Securities of any series in
accordance with their terms, a Board Resolution of each Issuer or a
supplemental Indenture, the Issuers shall fix a date for redemption
and shall instruct the Trustee or registrar to give notice of such
redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of such
series so to be redeemed as a whole or in part, in the manner
provided in Section 13.03. The notice if given in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case,
failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption
as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security of such
series.
Each such notice
of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption, the
redemption price at which Debt Securities of such series are to be
redeemed (or the method of calculating such redemption price), the
Place or Places of Payment that payment will be made upon
presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, that any
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in said notice, that the redemption is for a sinking fund
payment (if applicable), that, unless the Issuers default in making
such redemption payment or if the Debt Securities of that series
are subordinated pursuant to the terms of Article XII, the
paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture, on and after said date any interest
thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to
accrue, or in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities
original issue discount accrued after the date fixed for redemption
will cease to accrue, the terms of the Debt Securities of that
series pursuant to which the Debt Securities of that series are
being redeemed and 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 Debt Securities of that series. If less
than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed the
notice of redemption shall specify the certificate numbers of the
Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed. In case any Debt
Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for
redemption, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of that series in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued.
At least
45 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption
Date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period, the Issuers
shall give written notice to the Trustee of the Redemption Date,
the principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed and the
series and terms of the Debt Securities pursuant to which such
redemption will occur. Such notice shall be accompanied by an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If
fewer than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by
the
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Issuers and
given in writing to the Trustee, which record date shall be not
less than 15 days after the date of notice to the
Trustee.
By
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any
Debt Securities, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with
a paying agent (or, if either of the Issuers or any Subsidiary of
Holly Energy Partners is acting as its own paying agent, segregate
and hold in trust) an amount of money in Dollars (except as
provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the
redemption price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof
that are to be redeemed on that date, together with any interest
accrued to the Redemption Date.
If less than all
the Debt Securities of like tenor and terms of a series are to be
redeemed (other than pursuant to mandatory sinking fund
redemptions), the Trustee shall select, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or by such other method as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities of that series or
portions thereof (in multiples of $1,000) or such other authorized
denomination to be redeemed. In any case where more than one Debt
Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee
in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so
registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security of such
series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of
the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed. If any Debt Security called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof on such
Redemption Date, the principal, premium, if any, and interest shall
bear interest until paid from the Redemption Date at the rate or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt
Securities) borne by the Debt Securities of that series. If less
than all the Debt Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series
are to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected by the Issuers. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Debt Securities called for redemption also apply to
portions of Debt Securities called for redemption.
Section 3.03
Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.
If notice of
redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the
Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the series with
respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and
payable on the date and at the Place or Places of Payment stated in
such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with any
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after
said date (unless the Issuers shall default in the payment of such
Debt Securities at the applicable redemption price, together with
any interest accrued to said date) any interest on the Debt
Securities or portions of Debt Securities of any series so called
for redemption shall cease to accrue, and any original issue
discount in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities shall
cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt
Securities at the Place or Places of Payment in said notice
specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuers at the applicable
redemption price, together with any interest accrued thereon to the
date fixed for redemption.
Any Debt Security
that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the
corporate trust office or such other office or agency of the
Trustee as is specified pursuant to Section 2.03 with, if the
Issuers, the Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Issuers, the Registrar and the Trustee
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duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service
charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series,
of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt
Security so surrendered; except that if a Global Security is so
surrendered, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global
Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a
denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of
the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of
a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at
the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of
delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may
make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the
redeemed portion thereof.
Section 3.04
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.
The minimum amount
of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of any series, Board Resolution or a supplemental
Indenture is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, Board
Resolution or a supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment.”
In lieu of making
all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Issuers may, at
their option, (i) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of
that series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Issuers or (ii) receive credit for the principal amount of
Debt Securities of that series which have been redeemed either at
the election of the Issuers pursuant to the terms of such Debt
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking
fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities,
resolution or supplemental Indenture; provided, that such Debt
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the
Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities,
resolution or supplemental Indenture for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 3.05
Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than
60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series
of Debt Securities, the Issuers will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms
of that series, any resolution or supplemental Indenture, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of
cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to
this Section 3.05 (which Debt Securities, if not previously
redeemed, will accompany such certificate) and whether the Issuers
intend to exercise their right to make any permitted optional
sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate
shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be
irrevocable and upon its delivery the Issuers shall be obligated to
make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, by
11:00
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a.m., New York
City time, on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.
Failure of the Issuers to deliver such certificate (or to deliver
the Debt Securities specified in this paragraph) shall not
constitute a Default, but such failure shall require that the
sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and
shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Debt
Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the
option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in this
Section 3.05 and without the right to make any optional
sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Any sinking fund
payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any
unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
which shall equal or exceed $100,000 (or a lesser sum if the
Issuers shall so request) with respect to the Debt Securities of
any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee on the
sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if
such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the
sinking fund payment date following the date of such payment) to
the redemption of such Debt Securities at the redemption price
specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental
Indenture for operation of the sinking fund together with any
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Any sinking fund
moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption
of Debt Securities shall be added to the next cash sinking fund
payment received by the Trustee for such series and, together with
such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 3.05. Any and all sinking fund moneys with
respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the
Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt
Securities of such series and not held for the payment or
redemption of particular Debt Securities shall be applied by the
Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited
sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the
Debt Securities of that series at its Stated Maturity.
The Trustee shall
select the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in the last paragraph of
Section 3.02 and the Issuers shall cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in
Section 3.02 except that the notice of redemption shall also
state that the Debt Securities are being redeemed by operation of
the sinking fund. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Section 3.03.
At least one
Business Day before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuers
shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Issuers are acting as their
own paying agents, the Issuers shall segregate and hold in trust)
in cash a sum equal to any interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption of the Debt Securities or portions thereof to be
redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this
Section 3.05.
The Trustee shall
not redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys
or mail any notice of redemption of such Debt Securities by
operation of the sinking f
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