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COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INDEPENDENT GASOLINE & OIL CO OF ROCHESTER CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045547 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-35083-11 FILM NUMBER: 07981221 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147231500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KWIK FILL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045541 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-35083-05 FILM NUMBER: 07981222 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147231500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED JET CENTER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045542 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 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15 BRADLEY STREET CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED REFINING CO /PA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001040270 IRS NUMBER: 250850960 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-35083-02 FILM NUMBER: 07981224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147231500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELL OIL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045543 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-35083-07 FILM NUMBER: 07981220 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147231500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SUPER TEST PETROLEUM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045545 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-35083-09 FILM NUMBER: 07981218 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147231500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 BRADLEY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16365 10-Q 1 d10q.htm FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MAY 31, 2007

 

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to            

 

LOGO   

Commission File No. 333-35083

 

___________________

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   25-1411751

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

15 Bradley Street  
Warren, Pennsylvania   16365
(Address of principal executive office)   (Zip Code)

 

814-723-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨

 

Accelerated filer  ¨

 

Non-accelerated filer  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Number of shares outstanding of Registrant’s Common Stock as of July 16, 2007: 100.

 



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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Name

   State of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
   IRS Employer
Identification
Number
   Commission
File Number

Kiantone Pipeline Corporation

   New York    25-1211902    333-35083-01

Kiantone Pipeline Company

   Pennsylvania    25-1416278    333-35083-03

United Refining Company of Pennsylvania

   Pennsylvania    25-0850960    333-35083-02

United Jet Center, Inc.  

   Delaware    52-1623169    333-35083-06

Kwik-Fill Corporation

   Pennsylvania    25-1525543    333-35083-05

Independent Gas and Oil Company of Rochester, Inc.  

   New York    06-1217388    333-35083-11

Bell Oil Corp.  

   Michigan    38-1884781    333-35083-07

PPC, Inc.  

   Ohio    31-0821706    333-35083-08

Super Test Petroleum, Inc.  

   Michigan    38-1901439    333-35083-09

Kwik-Fil, Inc.  

   New York    25-1525615    333-35083-04

Vulcan Asphalt Refining Corporation

   Delaware    23-2486891    333-35083-10

Country Fair, Inc.  

   Pennsylvania    25-1149799    333-35083-12

 

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FORM 10-Q CONTENTS

 

          PAGE(S)
PART I.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION    4

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements.

   4
  

Consolidated Balance Sheets – May 31, 2007 (unaudited) and August 31, 2006

   4
  

Consolidated Statements of Operations – Quarter and Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)

   5
  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)

   6
  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

   7

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

   15

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

   23

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures.

   23
PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION    25

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings.

   25

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors.

   25

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

   25

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

   25

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

   25

Item 5.

  

Other Information.

   25

Item 6.

  

Exhibits.

   26

Signatures.

   27

 

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PART I.—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share amounts)

 

     May 31,
2007
(Unaudited)
    August 31,
2006
 

Assets

    

Current:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 164,655     $ 59,197  

Accounts receivable, net

     86,564       85,036  

Inventories

     121,160       130,633  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     39,185       21,809  

Amounts due from affiliated companies, net

     —         883  
                

Total current assets

     411,564       297,558  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     210,350       190,080  

Investment in affiliated company

     3,172       2,899  

Deferred financing costs, net

     5,520       5,643  

Goodwill

     1,349       1,349  

Tradename

     10,500       10,500  

Amortizable intangible assets, net

     2,280       2,665  

Deferred turnaround costs and other assets, net

     8,592       6,077  
                
   $ 653,327     $ 516,771  
                

Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity

    

Current:

    

Current installments of long-term debt

   $ 1,768     $ 435  

Accounts payable

     53,194       84,269  

Accrued liabilities

     25,023       19,892  

Income tax payable

     27,525       21,432  

Sales, use and fuel taxes payable

     21,787       20,144  

Deferred income taxes

     4,663       4,663  

Amounts due to affiliated companies, net

     398       —    
                

Total current liabilities

     134,358       150,835  

Long term debt: less current installments

     357,601       227,579  

Deferred income taxes

     6,577       8,624  

Deferred gain on settlement of pension plan obligations

     323       485  

Deferred retirement benefits

     42,974       36,794  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     234       601  
                

Total liabilities

     542,067       424,918  
                

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholder’s equity:

    

Common stock; $.10 par value per share – shares authorized 100; issued and outstanding 100

     —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

     14,244       14,244  

Retained earnings

     98,595       79,188  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,579 )     (1,579 )
                

Total stockholder’s equity

     111,260       91,853  
                
   $ 653,327     $ 516,771  
                

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS—(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

   

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Net sales

   $ 587,298     $ 612,966     $ 1,664,675     $ 1,693,443  

Costs of goods sold

     488,784       498,186       1,486,609       1,492,820  
                                

Gross profit

     98,514       114,780       178,066       200,623  
                                

Expenses:

        

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     33,601       32,417       100,782       94,420  

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     3,470       3,296       10,447       9,878  
                                

Total operating expenses

     37,071       35,713       111,229       104,298  
                                

Operating income

     61,443       79,067       66,837       96,325  
                                

Other income (expense):

        

Interest expense, net

     (6,214 )     (6,202 )     (17,320 )     (18,415 )

Other, net

     (807 )     (732 )     (2,489 )     (601 )

Equity in net earnings of affiliate

     438       507       1,273       1,412  
                                
     (6,583 )     (6,427 )     (18,536 )     (17,604 )
                                

Income before income tax expense

     54,860       72,640       48,301       78,721  

Income tax expense

     22,494       30,346       19,804       32,886  
                                

Net income

   $ 32,366     $ 42,294     $ 28,497     $ 45,835  
                                

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS—(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     May 31,
2007
    May 31,
2006
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 28,497     $ 45,835  
                

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     13,154       13,215  

Equity in net earnings of affiliate

     (1,273 )     (1,412 )

Deferred income taxes

     (2,047 )     5,185  

Loss on asset dispositions

     1,198       27  

Cash used in working capital items

     (26,358 )     (46,164 )

Other, net

     (6 )     27  

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Deferred retirement benefits

     6,180       4,426  

Other assets

     (34 )     (2 )

Other noncurrent liabilities

     (367 )     (463 )
                

Total adjustments

     (9,553 )     (25,161 )
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     18,944       20,674  
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Additions to property, plant and equipment

     (31,525 )     (13,341 )

Additions to deferred turnaround costs

     (4,339 )     (848 )

Distribution received

     1,000       1,000  

Proceeds from asset dispositions

     —         1,384  
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (34,864 )     (11,805 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from issuance of long term debt

     131,956       1,140  

Dividends to stockholder

     (9,090 )     (6,559 )

Principal reductions of long term debt

     (700 )     (472 )

Deferred financing costs

     (788 )     (72 )
                

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     121,378       (5,963 )
                

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     105,458       2,906  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

     59,197       43,204  
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 164,655     $ 46,110  
                

Cash used in working capital items:

    

Accounts receivable, net

   $ (1,528 )   $ (9,050 )

Inventories

     9,473       (64,255 )

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (17,376 )     (4,540 )

Accounts payable

     (31,075 )     6,846  

Accrued liabilities

     5,131       4,331  

Income taxes payable

     6,093       23,571  

Sales, use and fuel taxes payable

     1,643       (1,905 )

Amounts due from (to) affiliated companies, net

     1,281       (1,162 )
                

Total change

   $ (26,358 )   $ (46,164 )
                

Cash paid during the period for:

    

Interest

   $ 12,258     $ 12,633  

Income taxes

   $ 15,779     $ 3,822  
                

Non-cash investing activities:

    

Property additions & capital leases

   $ —       $ 167  
                

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of United Refining Company and its subsidiaries, United Refining Company of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries, and Kiantone Pipeline Corporation (collectively, the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The Company is a petroleum refiner and marketer in its primary market area of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Operations are organized into two business segments: wholesale and retail.

 

The wholesale segment is responsible for the acquisition of crude oil, petroleum refining, supplying petroleum products to the retail segment and the marketing of petroleum products to wholesale and industrial customers. The retail segment sells petroleum products under the Kwik Fill®, Citgo® and Keystone® brand names through a network of Company-operated retail units and convenience and grocery items through gasoline stations and convenience stores under the Red Apple Food Mart® and Country Fair® brand names.

 

The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Refining, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Acquisition Corp., which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Apple Group, Inc. (the “Parent”).

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending August 31, 2007. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006.

 

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN No. 48”). FIN No. 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement classification, accounting for interest and penalties and accounting in interim periods and disclosure.

 

The provisions of FIN No. 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company does not expect that the adoption of Interpretation 48 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued Staff Position No. AUG AIR-1, “Accounting for Planned Major Maintenance Activities” (“Position No. AUG AIR-1”). Position No. AUG AIR-1 prohibits the use of the accrue-in-advance method of accounting for planned major maintenance activities.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The provisions of Position No. AUG AIR-1 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company does not expect that the adoption of Position No. AUG AIR-1 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“Statement 158”), an amendment of Statements 87, 88, 106, and 132 (R). Statement 158 represents the completion of the FASB’s first phase in its postretirement benefit accounting project. Statement 158 requires an entity to recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a defined benefit postretirement plan’s overfunded status or a liability for a plan’s underfunded status, measure a defined benefit postretirement plan’s assets and obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year, and recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan in comprehensive income in the year in which the changes occur. Under Statement 158, the Company will be required to recognize the funded status of its defined benefit postretirement plans and to provide the required disclosures. Statement 158 is effective for fiscal years ending after June 15, 2007. Because the actuarial valuation of the retirement plan obligations at year end has not been completed, and because the fair value of retirement plan assets is subject to change based on market fluctuations through August 31, 2007, the Company is not yet able to estimate the impact of Statement 158 on its balance sheet.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“Statement 159”). Statement 159 permits entities to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value and to report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings for the period. Statement 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect that the adoption of Statement 159 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

3. Inventories

 

As of May 31, 2007 and August 31, 2006, the replacement cost of LIFO inventories exceeded their LIFO carrying values by approximately $34,537,000 and $73,119,000, respectively. The May 31, 2007 LIFO calculation was computed using quantities and prices which are not necessarily indicative of the actual quantities and prices which will exist at fiscal year-end. Due to anticipated fluctuations in inventory levels and the many factors which enter into the LIFO calculation which are beyond management’s control, it is the policy of the Company to record the LIFO inventory adjustment only at fiscal year-end.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

4. Subsidiary Guarantors

 

Certain of United Refining Company’s (the “issuer”) subsidiaries function as guarantors under the terms of the $350,000,000 Senior Unsecured Note Indenture due August 15, 2012. Financial information for the issuer and its wholly owned subsidiary guarantors is as follows:

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

    May 31, 2007     August 31, 2006  
    Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated     Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Assets

               

Current:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 152,399     $ 12,256     $ —       $ 164,655     $ 52,375     $ 6,822     $ —       $ 59,197  

Accounts receivable, net

    55,797       30,767       —         86,564       55,230       29,806       —         85,036  

Inventories

    96,305       24,855       —         121,160       103,996       26,637       —         130,633  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    34,335       4,850       —         39,185       17,418       4,391       —         21,809  

Amounts due from affiliated companies, net

    —         —         —         —         1,744       (861 )     —         883  

Intercompany

    141,100       19,048       (160,148 )     —         119,481       20,655       (140,136 )     —    
                                                               

Total current assets

    479,936       91,776       (160,148 )     411,564       350,244       87,450       (140,136 )     297,558  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    136,634       73,716       —         210,350       119,728       70,352       —         190,080  

Investment in affiliated company

    3,172       —         —         3,172       2,899       —         —         2,899  

Deferred financing costs, net

    5,520       —         —         5,520       5,643       —         —         5,643  

Goodwill and other non-amortizable assets

    —         11,849       —         11,849       —         11,849       —         11,849  

Amortizable intangible assets, net

    —         2,280       —         2,280       —         2,665       —         2,665  

Deferred turnaround costs & other assets

    8,338       1,425       (1,171 )     8,592       5,735       1,513       (1,171 )     6,077  
                                                               
  $ 633,600     $ 181,046     $ (161,319 )   $ 653,327     $ 484,249     $ 173,829     $ (141,307 )   $ 516,771  
                                                               

Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity

               

Current:

               

Current installments of long-term debt

  $ 991     $ 777     $ —       $ 1,768     $ (84 )   $ 519     $ —       $ 435  

Accounts payable

    38,200       14,994       —         53,194       65,801       18,468       —         84,269  

Accrued liabilities

    19,035       5,988       —         25,023       14,022       5,870       —         19,892  

Income taxes payable

    31,731       (4,206 )     —         27,525       23,223       (1,791 )     —         21,432  

Sales, use and fuel taxes payable

    17,820       3,967       —         21,787       16,833       3,311       —         20,144  

Deferred income taxes

    5,644       (981 )     —         4,663       5,644       (981 )     —         4,663  

Intercompany

    —         160,148       (160,148 )     —         —         140,136       (140,136 )     —    

Amounts due affiliated companies, net

    (393 )     791       —         398       —         —         —         —    
                                                               

Total current liabilities

    113,028       181,478       (160,148 )     134,358       125,439       165,532       (140,136 )     150,835  

Long term debt: less current installments

    353,646       3,955       —         357,601       224,065       3,514       —         227,579  

Deferred income taxes

    2,381       4,196       —         6,577       3,650       4,974       —         8,624  

Deferred gain on settlement of pension plan obligations

    323       —         —         323       485       —         —         485  

Deferred retirement benefits

    42,840       134       —         42,974       36,826       (32 )     —         36,794  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    —         234       —         234       —         601       —         601  
                                                               

Total liabilities

    512,218       189,997       (160,148 )     542,067       390,465       174,589       (140,136 )     424,918  
                                                               

Commitment and contingencies

               

Stockholder’s equity

               

Common stock, $.10 par value per share— shares authorized 100; issued and outstanding 100

    —         18       (18 )     —         —         18       (18 )     —    

Additional paid-in capital

    4,746       10,651       (1,153 )     14,244       4,746       10,651       (1,153 )     14,244  

Retained earnings

    118,215       (19,620 )     —         98,595       90,617       (11,429 )     —         79,188  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (1,579 )     —         —         (1,579 )     (1,579 )     —         —         (1,579 )
                                                               

Total stockholder’s equity

    121,382       (8,951 )     (1,171 )     111,260       93,784       (760 )     (1,171 )     91,853  
                                                               
  $ 633,600     $ 181,046     $ (161,319 )   $ 653,327     $ 484,249     $ 173,829     $ (141,307 )   $ 516,771  
                                                               

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

    Three Months Ended May 31, 2007     Three Months Ended May 31, 2006  
    Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated     Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

  $ 425,770     $ 321,557     $ (160,029 )   $ 587,298     $ 454,969     $ 293,517     $ (135,520 )   $ 612,966  

Costs of goods sold

    353,912       294,901       (160,029 )     488,784       366,613       267,093       (135,520 )     498,186  
                                                               

Gross profit

    71,858       26,656       —         98,514       88,356       26,424       —         114,780  
                                                               

Expenses:

               

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    5,816       27,785       —         33,601       5,940       26,477       —         32,417  

Depreciation and amortization expenses

    2,291       1,179       —         3,470       2,134       1,162       —         3,296  
                                                               

Total operating expenses

    8,107       28,964       —         37,071       8,074       27,639       —         35,713  
                                                               

Operating income (loss)

    63,751       (2,308 )     —         61,443       80,282       (1,215 )     —         79,067  
                                                               

Other income (expense):

               

Interest expense, net

    (3,129 )     (3,085 )     —         (6,214 )     (3,681 )     (2,521 )     —         (6,202 )

Other, net

    (614 )     (193 )     —         (807 )     (551 )     (181 )     —         (732 )

Equity in net earnings affiliate

    438       —         —         438       507       —         —         507  
                                                               
    (3,305 )     (3,278 )     —         (6,583 )     (3,725 )     (2,702 )     —         (6,427 )
                                                               

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)

    60,446       (5,586 )     —         54,860       76,557       (3,917 )     —         72,640  

Income tax expense (benefit)

    24,317       (1,823 )     —         22,494       31,869       (1,523 )     —         30,346  
                                                               

Net income (loss)

  $ 36,129     $ (3,763 )   $ —       $ 32,366     $ 44,688     $ (2,394 )   $ —       $ 42,294  
                                                               

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

    Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007     Nine Months Ended May 31, 2006  
    Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated     Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

  $ 1,202,400     $ 845,905     $ (383,630 )   $ 1,664,675     $ 1,240,609     $ 807,692     $ (354,858 )   $ 1,693,443  

Costs of goods sold

    1,107,571       762,668       (383,630 )     1,486,609       1,119,244       728,434       (354,858 )     1,492,820  
                                                               

Gross profit

    94,829       83,237       —         178,066       121,365       79,258       —         200,623  
                                                               

Expenses:

               

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    17,170       83,612       —         100,782       17,170       77,250       —         94,420  

Depreciation and amortization expenses

    6,873       3,574       —         10,447       6,402       3,476       —         9,878  
                                                               

Total operating expenses

    24,043       87,186       —         111,229       23,572       80,726       —         104,298  
                                                               

Operating income (loss)

    70,786       (3,949 )     —         66,837       97,793       (1,468 )     —         96,325  
                                                               

Other income (expense):

               

Interest expense, net

    (8,707 )     (8,613 )     —         (17,320 )     (11,616 )     (6,799 )     —         (18,415 )

Other, net

    (1,959 )     (530 )     —         (2,489 )     (1,549 )     948       —         (601 )

Equity in net earnings affiliate

    1,273       —         —         1,273       1,412       —         —         1,412  
                                                               
    (9,393 )     (9,143 )     —         (18,536 )     (11,753 )     (5,851 )     —         (17,604 )
                                                               

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)

    61,393       (13,092 )     —         48,301       86,040       (7,319 )     —         78,721  

Income tax expense (benefit)

    24,705       (4,901 )     —         19,804       35,591       (2,705 )     —         32,886  
                                                               

Net income (loss)

  $ 36,688     $ (8,191 )   $ —       $ 28,497     $ 50,449     $ (4,614 )   $ —       $ 45,835  
                                                               

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

    Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007     Nine Months Ended May 31, 2006  
    Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations   Consolidated     Issuer     Guarantors     Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 6,431     $ 12,513     $ —     $ 18,944     $ 21,031     $ (357 )   $ —     $ 20,674  
                                                           

Cash flows from investing activities:

               

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (23,843 )     (7,682 )     —       (31,525 )     (10,368 )     (2,973 )     —       (13,341 )

Additions to deferred turnaround costs

    (4,244 )     (95 )     —       (4,339 )     (845 )     (3 )     —       (848 )

Distributions received

    1,000       —         —       1,000       1,000       —         —       1,000  

Proceeds from asset dispositions

    —         —         —       —         206       1,178       —       1,384  
                                                           

Net cash used in investing activities

    (27,087 )     (7,777 )     —       (34,864 )     (10,007 )     (1,798 )     —       (11,805 )
                                                           

Cash flows from financing activities:

               

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    130,711       1,245       —       131,956       —         1,140       —       1,140  

Dividends to stockholder

    (9,090 )     —         —       (9,090 )     (6,559 )     —         —       (6,559 )

Principal reductions of long-term debt

    (153 )     (547 )     —       (700 )     (147 )     (325 )     —       (472 )

Deferred financing costs

    (788 )     —         —       (788 )     (72 )     —         —       (72 )
                                                           

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    120,680       698       —       121,378       (6,778 )     815       —       (5,963 )
                                                           

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    100,024       5,434       —       105,458       4,246       (1,340 )     —       2,906  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

    52,375       6,822       —       59,197       31,195       12,009       —       43,204  
                                                           

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 152,399     $ 12,256     $ —     $ 164,655     $ 35,441     $ 10,669     $ —     $ 46,110  
                                                           

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

5. Segments of Business

 

Intersegment revenues are calculated using estimated market prices and are eliminated upon consolidation. Summarized financial information regarding the Company’s reportable segments is presented in the following tables (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
May 31,
   

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Net Sales

        

Retail

   $ 320,706     $ 292,336     $ 842,533     $ 804,006  

Wholesale

     266,592       320,630       822,142       889,437  
                                
   $ 587,298     $ 612,966     $ 1,664,675     $ 1,693,443  
                                

Intersegment Sales

        

Wholesale

   $ 159,178     $ 134,419     $ 380,258     $ 351,252  
                                

Operating Income (loss)

        

Retail

   $ (2,245 )   $ (2,004 )   $ (2,889 )   $ (2,349 )

Wholesale

     63,688       81,071       69,726       98,674  
                                
   $ 61,443     $ 79,067     $ 66,837     $ 96,325  
                                

Depreciation and Amortization

        

Retail

   $ 1,128     $ 1,112     $ 3,422     $ 3,326  

Wholesale

     2,342       2,184       7,025       6,552  
                                
   $ 3,470     $ 3,296     $ 10,447     $ 9,878  
                                

 

     May 31,
2007
   August 31,
2006

Total Assets

     

Retail

   $ 151,264    $ 143,881

Wholesale

     502,063      372,890
             
   $ 653,327    $ 516,771
             

Capital Expenditures (including non-cash)

     

Retail

   $ 5,642    $ 5,161

Wholesale

     25,883      16,725
             
   $ 31,525    $ 21,886
             

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

6. Employee Benefit Plans

 

For the periods ended May 31, 2007 and 2006, net pension and other postretirement benefit costs were comprised of the following:

 

     Pension Benefits     Other Post-Retirement Benefits
    

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

   

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

     2007     2006     2007    2006
     (in thousands)

Service cost

   $ 1,971     $ 2,325     $ 1,696    $ 1,835

Interest cost on benefit obligation

     3,159       3,121       2,544      2,118

Expected return on plan assets

     (3,198 )     (2,875 )     —        —  

Amortization of transition obligation

     105       105       448      448

Amortization and deferral of net loss

     558       1,156       748      603
                             

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 2,595     $ 3,832     $ 5,436    $ 5,004
                             

 

As of May 31, 2007, $6,160,000 of contributions have been made to the Company pension plans for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007.

 

7. Derivative Financial Instruments

 

At August 31, 2006, the Company had net open future positions of 1,400,000 barrels of crude oil, all of which were sold during the first quarter of 2007. The resulting gain on the sale of the future positions amounted to $4,114,000, which was recorded in cost of sales. The Company has no open future positions at May 31, 2007.

 

8. Long-Term Debt

 

During May 2007, the Company sold an additional $125,000,000 of 10 1/2% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2012 for $130,312,500, resulting in a debt premium of $5,312,500 which will be amortized over the life of the note using the interest method. These additional notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004, pursuant to which $200,000,000 of notes of the same series were issued in August 2004. The net proceeds of the offering were used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain statements that constitute “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements may include, among other things, United Refining Company and its subsidiaries current expectations with respect to future operating results, future performance of its refinery and retail operations, capital expenditures and other financial items. Words such as “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “projects”, “believes”, “estimates”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “shall”, “anticipates”, “predicts”, and similar expressions typically identify such forward looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

By their nature, all forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainties. All phases of the Company’s operations involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the Company’s control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and whether the forward looking statements ultimately prove to be correct. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward looking statements for a number of reasons.

 

Although we believe our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge, investors and prospective investors are cautioned that such statements are only projections and that actual events or results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors described in greater detail in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10-K, reports on Form 8-K, etc. In addition to the factors discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s actual consolidated quarterly or annual operating results have been affected in the past, or could be affected in the future, by additional factors, including, without limitation:

 

   

the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products;

 

   

the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil;

 

   

repayment of debt;

 

   

general economic, business and market conditions;

 

   

risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in our markets;

 

   

the possibility of inefficiencies or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines;

 

   

the availability and cost of financing to us;

 

   

environmental, tax and tobacco legislation or regulation;

 

   

volatility of gasoline prices, margins and supplies;

 

   

merchandising margins;

 

   

labor costs;

 

   

level of capital expenditures;

 

   

customer traffic;

 

   

weather conditions;

 

   

acts of terrorism and war;

 

   

business strategies;

 

   

expansion and growth of operations;

 

   

future projects and investments;

 

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future exposure to currency devaluations or exchange rate fluctuations;

 

   

expected outcomes of legal and administrative proceedings and their expected effects on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows;

 

   

future operating results and financial condition; and

 

   

the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.

 

All subsequent written and oral forward looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing. We undertake no obligation to update any information contained herein or to publicly release the results of any revisions to any such forward looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or which we become aware of, after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Recent Developments

 

The Company successfully completed its comprehensive turnaround of the Crude unit and other related units, such as the desalter and vacuum tower. In addition to normal maintenance work, the Company upgraded the units to allow them to meet the 30 ppm low sulfur gasoline requirement of the federal Clean Air Act which is effective January 1, 2008. The Company now has the ability to process 70,000/bpd of crude instead of the previous 65,000/bpd capacity. The upgrade also allows the Company to run up to 80% of its crude slate as heavy, sour crude. The Company will continue to utilize its proprietary linear program model to determine the optimal crude slate and run rate for the facility.

 

The Company continues to be impacted by the world crude market as it continues to remain volatile with prices on the New York mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) ranging from a low of $57.43/bbl in December to a high of $70.68/bbl in June. Average crude oil prices for delivery in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 as of June 30, 2007 were averaging $67.96/bbl as compared to an average of $61.39/bbl for the third fiscal quarter of 2007, a $6.57 increase.

 

Industry-wide wholesale margins of gasoline have decreased in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 as compared to the third fiscal quarter of 2007 while heating oil margins have increased slightly. As of June 30, 2007, margins, as indicated by the difference between prices of crude oil contracts traded on the NYMEX and prices of NYMEX gasoline and heating oil contracts, were averaging $27.10 and $18.81 respectively for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007. This represents a $1.46 decrease in wholesale margins for gasoline and a $3.43 increase in wholesale margins for heating oil. The widely monitored “3-2-1 crackspread”, consisting of two thirds gasoline margin and one third heating oil margin, increased $0.18 to $24.34.

 

Results of Operations

 

The Company is a petroleum refiner and marketer in its primary market area of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Operations are organized into two business segments: wholesale and retail.

 

The wholesale segment is responsible for the acquisition of crude oil, petroleum refining, supplying petroleum products to the retail segment and the marketing of petroleum products to wholesale and industrial customers. The retail segment sells petroleum products under the Kwik Fill®, Citgo® and Keystone® brand names through a network of Company-operated retail units and convenience and grocery items through gasoline stations and convenience stores under the Red Apple Food Mart® and Country Fair® brand names.

 

A discussion and analysis of the factors contributing to the Company’s results of operations are presented below. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes, together with the following information, are intended to supply investors with a reasonable basis for evaluating the Company’s operations, but should not serve as the only criteria for predicting the Company’s future performance.

 

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Retail Operations:

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

   

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  
     (dollars in thousands)  

Net Sales

        

Petroleum

   $ 268,572     $ 242,438     $ 692,426     $ 660,943  

Merchandise and other

     52,134       49,898       150,107       143,063  
                                

Total Net Sales

     320,706       292,336       842,533       804,006  
                                

Costs of Goods Sold

     294,179       266,885       758,795       726,161  
                                

Gross Profit

     26,527       25,451       83,738       77,845  
                                

Operating Expenses

     28,772       27,455       86,627       80,194  
                                

Segment Operating Income / (Loss)

   $ (2,245 )   $ (2,004 )   $ (2,889 )   $ (2,349 )
                                

Petroleum Sales (thousands of gallons)

     95,504       88,735       271,679       255,897  

Gross Profit

        

Petroleum (a)

   $ 12,283     $ 11,677     $ 43,020     $ 38,610  

Merchandise and other

     14,244       13,774       40,718       39,235  
                                
   $ 26,527     $ 25,451     $ 83,738     $ 77,845  
                                

Petroleum margin ($/gallon) (b)

     .1286       .1316       .1583       .1509  

Merchandise margin (percent of sales)

     27.3 %     27.6 %     27.1 %     27.4 %

(a) Includes the effect of intersegment purchases from the Company’s wholesale segment at prices which approximate market.
(b) Company management calculates petroleum margin per gallon by dividing petroleum gross margin by petroleum sales volumes. Management uses fuel margin per gallon calculations to compare profitability to other companies in the industry. Petroleum margin per gallon may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in the industry.

 

Comparison of Fiscal Quarters Ended May 31, 2007 and May 31, 2006

 

Net Sales

 

Retail sales increased during the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007 by $28.4 million or 9.7% from $292.3 million to $320.7 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The increase is due to the following: $26.1 million in petroleum sales and $2.3 million in merchandise sales. The petroleum sales increase resulted from a 2.9% increase in retail selling prices per gallon, and a 6.8 million gallon or 7.6% increase in retail petroleum volume. Merchandise sales increase is primarily due to increased prepared food, beverages and cigarette sales due to promotional campaigns and increased selling prices.

 

Costs of Goods Sold

 

Retail costs of goods sold increased during the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007 by $27.3 million or 10.2% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006 from $266.9 million to $294.2 million. The increase is due to the following: petroleum purchases of $21.4 million due to an increase in prices and volume, fuel tax of $3.5 million, merchandise cost of $1.8 million, and an inventory adjustment of $.6 million due mainly to price variances.

 

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Gross Profit

 

Retail gross profit increased during the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007 by $1.1 million or 4.2% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The Company increased its petroleum margins by $.6 million or 5.2% and merchandise margin increased by $.5 million or 3.4%.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Retail operating expenses increased during the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007 by $1.3 million or 4.8% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The increase is due to the following: payroll and related payroll costs of $.1 million; maintenance costs of $.3 million, environmental costs of $.1 million, credit/customer service costs of $.3 million, supplies of $.1 million, insurance/utilities/tax cost of $.2 million and other miscellaneous costs of $.2 million.

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007 and May 31, 2006

 

Net Sales

 

Retail sales increased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $38.5 million or 4.8% from $804.0 million to $842.5 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The increase was primarily due to $31.5 million in petroleum sales, and $7.0 million in merchandise sales. This merchandise sales increase is primarily due to increased prepared food, beverages and cigarette sales due to promotional campaigns and increased selling prices. The petroleum sales increase resulted from a 15.8 million gallon or 6.2% increase in retail petroleum volume, offset by a 1.3% decrease in retail selling prices per gallon.

 

Costs of Goods Sold

 

Retail costs of goods sold increased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $32.6 million or 4.5% from $726.2 million to $758.8 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The increase was primarily due to the following: fuel taxes of $9.1 million, freight costs of $.6 million, merchandise costs of $5.6 million directly related to the increase in sales, petroleum purchases of $16.9 million due to an increase in volume and an inventory change of $.4 million due mainly to a 2% decrease in petroleum product costs.

 

Gross Profit

 

Retail gross profit increased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $5.9 million or 7.6% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The Company increased its petroleum margins by $4.4 million or 11.4% and merchandise margin increased by $1.5 million or 3.8%.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Retail operating expenses increased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $6.4 million or 8.0% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The primary contributing factors were (i) environmental costs of $1.8 million, due primarily to environmental remediation liability issues and (ii) increased payroll and related payroll costs of $1.6 million due to a minimum wage increase effective January 1, 2006 from $6.00 to $6.75 per hour and another increase effective January 1, 2007 from $6.75 to $7.15 per hour for New York State and effective January 1, 2007 an increase of $5.15 to $6.25 per hour for Pennsylvania. Combined these January 1, 2007 increases affected approximately 1,100 retail employees. Other increases were related to maintenance costs of $.7 million, credit/customer service costs of $.8 million, supplies of $.2 million, legal/professional fees of $.1 million, equipment rental of $.1 million, insurance/utilities/taxes of $.5 million, advertising/promotion costs of $.3 million and other miscellaneous costs of $.3 million.

 

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Wholesale Operations:

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

  

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

     2007 (a)    2006    2007 (a)    2006
     (dollars in thousands)

Net Sales (b)

   $ 266,592    $ 320,630    $ 822,142    $ 889,437

Costs of Goods Sold

     194,605      231,301      727,814      766,659
                           

Gross Profit

   $ 71,987    $ 89,329    $ 94,328    $ 122,778
                           

Operating Expenses

     8,299      8,258      24,602      24,104
                           

Segment Operating Income

   $ 63,688    $ 81,071    $ 69,726    $ 98,674
                           

Crude throughput (thousand barrels per day)

     44.4      61.8      59.3      65.1
                           

 

Refinery Product Yield

(thousands of barrels)

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

   

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

 
     2007 (a)     2006     2007 (a)     2006  

Gasoline and gasoline blendstock

   2,059     2,448     7,486     7,795  

Distillates

   987     1,511     4,019     4,986  

Asphalt

   1,142     1,537     4,592     4,881  

Butane, propane, residual products, internally produced fuel and other (“Other”)

   534     420     1,720     715  
                        

Total Product Yield

   4,722     5,916     17,817     18,377  
                        

% Heavy Crude Oil of Total Refinery Throughput (c)

   58 %   55 %   57 %   53 %
                        

 

Product Sales

(dollars in thousands) (a)

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

  

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

     2007 (a)    2006    2007 (a)    2006

Gasoline and gasoline blendstock

   $ 123,911    $ 132,290    $ 333,838    $ 362,174

Distillates

     74,983      106,962      264,051      324,626

Asphalt

     62,514      76,855      210,932      189,539

Other

     5,184      4,523      13,321      13,098
                           
   $ 266,592    $ 320,630    $ 822,142    $ 889,437
                           

 

Product Sales

(thousand of barrels) (a)

 

    

Three Months Ended

May 31,

  

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

     2007 (a)    2006    2007 (a)    2006

Gasoline and gasoline blendstock

   1,375    1,553    4,469    4,736

Distillates

   888    1,245    3,399    4,007

Asphalt

   1,463    2,072    4,849    5,645

Other

   128    120    353    339
                   
   3,854    4,990    13,070    14,727
                   

 

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(a)

Scheduled refinery maintenance turnaround (March 18th through April 17th).

(b) Sources of total product sales include products manufactured at the refinery located in Warren, Pennsylvania and products purchased from third parties.
(c) The Company defines “heavy” crude oil as crude oil with an American Petroleum Institute specific gravity of 26 or less.

 

Comparison of Fiscal Quarters Ended May 31, 2007 and May 31, 2006

 

Net Sales

 

Wholesale sales decreased during the three months ended May 31, 2007 by $54.0 million or 16.9% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006 from $320.6 million to $266.6 million. The wholesale sales decrease was due to a 22.8% decrease in wholesale volume. This decrease was primarily a result of our scheduled refinery maintenance turnaround.

 

Costs of Goods Sold

 

Wholesale costs of goods sold decreased during the three months ended May 31, 2007 by $36.7 million or 15.9% for the comparable period in fiscal 2006 from $231.3 million to $194.6 million. The decrease in wholesale costs of goods sold during this period was primarily a result of our scheduled refinery turnaround.

 

Gross Profit

 

Wholesale gross profit decreased $17.3 million or 19.4% from $89.3 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2006 to $72.0 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007. This decrease was primarily the result of our scheduled refinery turnaround.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses increased during the three months ended May 31, 2007 by $.04 million or .5% over such expenses for the comparable period in fiscal 2006.

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended May 31, 2007 and May 31, 2006

 

Net Sales

 

Wholesale sales decreased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $67.3 million or 7.6% from $889.4 million to $822.1 million. The wholesale sales decrease was due to an 11.3% decrease in volume. This decrease was primarily a result of our scheduled refinery turnaround.

 

Costs of Goods Sold

 

Wholesale costs of goods sold decreased during 2007 by $38.8 million or 5.1% from $766.6 million to $727.8 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. The decrease in wholesale costs of goods was primarily due to an 11.3% decrease in wholesale volume as a result of our scheduled refinery turnaround. Also contributing to the decrease was the sale of Motor Vehicle Fuel Credits of $2.4 million and a gain on hedging activity of $4.1 million.

 

Gross Profit

 

Wholesale gross profit decreased $28.5 million or 23.2% from $122.8 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2006 to $94.3 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2007. This decrease was primarily due to narrowing margins and our scheduled refinery turnaround.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses increased during the nine months ended May 31, 2007 by $.5 million or 2.1% over such expenses for the comparable period in fiscal 2006. This was due to increased professional services of $.4 million, and credit costs of $.3 million offset by decreases of other miscellaneous costs of $.2 million. For fiscal 2007 operating expenses were $24.6 million, or 3.0% of net wholesale sales, compared to $24.1 million, or 2.7% of net wholesale sales for the comparable period in fiscal 2006.

 

Consolidated Expenses:

 

Interest Expense, net

 

Net interest expense (interest expense less interest income) for the three months ended May 31, 2007 remained relatively constant at $6.2 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006.

 

Net interest expense (interest expense less interest income) for the nine months ended May 31, 2007 decreased $1.1 million or 5.9% to $17.3 million from $18.4 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2006, primarily due to an increase in interest income.

 

Income Tax Expense / (Benefit)

 

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended May 31, 2007 was relatively constant at approximately 41.0% compared to a rate of 41.8% for the three months ended May 31, 2006.

 

The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended May 31, 2007 also remained relatively constant at approximately 41% compared to a rate of 41.8% for the nine months ended May 31, 2006.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We operate in an environment where our liquidity and capital resources are impacted by changes in the price of crude oil and refined petroleum products, availability of credit, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors beyond our control. Included in such factors are, among others, the level of customer product demand, weather conditions, governmental regulations, worldwide political conditions and overall market and economic conditions.

 

The following table summarizes selected measures of liquidity and capital sources (in thousands):

 

     May 31, 2007    August 31, 2006

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 164,655    $ 59,197

Working capital

   $ 277,206    $ 146,723

Current ratio

     3.1      2.0

Debt

   $ 359,369    $ 228,014

 

Primary sources of liquidity have been cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations and borrowing availability under a revolving line of credit. We believe available capital resources will be adequate to meet our working capital, debt service, and capital expenditure requirements for existing operations.

 

Our cash and cash equivalents consist of bank balances and investments in money market funds. These investments have staggered maturity dates, none of which exceed three months. They have a high degree of liquidity since the securities are traded in public markets.

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended May 31, 2007 was $18.9 million compared to $20.7 million for the comparable nine months ended May 31, 2006. The primary use of cash was for working capital items, which were approximately $26.4 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2007.

 

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Of the $26.4 million net cash used in working capital items $31.1 million was used to reduce accounts payable, $17.4 million increased prepaid expenses (both related to crude costs and feedstocks) and $1.5 million was used to increase accounts receivable. This use of cash in working capital items was offset by providing cash through inventory liquidation of $9.5 million, increasing income taxes payable by $6.1 million, increasing accrued liabilities by $5.1 million, increasing sales use and fuel taxes by $1.6 million and increasing amounts due affiliated companies by $1.3 million.

 

Changes in cash provided by or used for working capital during the nine month period ended May 31, 2007 and May 31, 2006 are shown in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to the Financial Statements, Part 1, Item 1.

 

Net cash used in investing activities of $34.8 million was used primarily for additions to property plant and equipment of $31.5 million and an increase to deferred turnaround costs of $4.3 million offset by a $1.0 million distribution from investment in an affiliated company.

 

Net cash from financing activities of $121.4 million was primarily from proceeds of issuance of additional long term debt of $132.0 million offset by a $9.1 million payment of a dividend to the stockholder, $.7 million principal reduction of long term debt and $.8 million increase in deferred financing related to issuance of additional long term debt.

 

We require a substantial investment in working capital which is susceptible to large variations during the year resulting from purchases of inventory and seasonal demands. Inventory purchasing activity is a function of sales activity and turnaround cycles for the different refinery units.

 

Maintenance and non-discretionary capital expenditures have averaged approximately $4 million annually over the last three years for the refining and marketing operations. Management does not foresee any increase in these maintenance and non-discretionary capital expenditures during fiscal year 2007.

 

Future liquidity, both short and long-term, will continue to be primarily dependent on realizing a refinery margin sufficient to cover fixed and variable expenses, including planned capital expenditures. We expect to be able to meet our working capital, capital expenditure, contractual obligations, letter of credit and debt service requirements out of cash flow from operations, cash on hand and borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility with PNC Bank, N.A. as Agent Bank. In November 2006, we extended the term of our $100,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility from May 9, 2007 to November 27, 2011, and amended certain terms and provisions thereof, including a reduction in the interest rate and a modification of certain covenants. Under the amended Revolving Credit Facility, interest is calculated as follows: (a) for base rate borrowings, at the greater of the Agent Bank’s prime rate less an applicable margin of .5% to 0% or federal funds rate plus 1%; (b) for euro-rate borrowings, at the LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.25% to 1.75%. The applicable margin will vary depending on a formula calculating our average unused availability under the facility. Under the Revolving Credit Facility in effect prior to the extension and amendment, interest was calculated as follows: (a) for base rate borrowings, at the greater of the Agent Bank’s prime rate plus an applicable margin of .25% to .75% (8.50% at August 31, 2006) or federal funds rate plus 1%; (b) for euro-rate borrowings, at the LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75% to 3.00%. The applicable margin varied with our facility leverage ratio calculation.

 

The Revolving Credit Facility is secured primarily by certain cash accounts, accounts receivable and inventory. Until maturity, we may borrow on a borrowing base formula as set forth in the facility. We had outstanding letters of credit of $433,000 as of May 31, 2007. As of May 31, 2007, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility resulting in net availability of $99,567,000 and was secured by eligible collateral in excess of $164.7 million. The Company’s working capital ratio exceeded 3.1 as of May 31, 2007.

 

Although we are not aware of any pending circumstances which would change our expectation, changes in the tax laws, the imposition of and changes in federal and state clean air and clean fuel requirements and other

 

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changes in environmental laws and regulations may also increase future capital expenditure levels. Future capital expenditures are also subject to business conditions affecting the industry. We continue to investigate strategic acquisitions and capital improvements to our existing facilities.

 

During May 2007, the Company sold an additional $125,000,000 of 10 1/2% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2012 for $130,312,500 resulting in a debt premium of $5,312,500 which will be amortized over the life of the note using the interest method. These additional notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004, pursuant to which $200,000,000 of notes of the same series were issued in August 2004. The net proceeds of the offerings were used and will continue to be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.

 

Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment affect nearly all of our operations. As is the case with all the companies engaged in similar industries, we face significant exposure from actual or potential claims and lawsuits involving environmental matters. Future expenditures related to environmental matters cannot be reasonably quantified in many circumstances due to the uncertainties as to required remediation methods and related clean-up cost estimates. We cannot predict what additional environmental legislation or regulations will be enacted or become effective in the future or how existing or future laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted with respect to products or activities to which they have not been previously applied.

 

Seasonal Factors

 

Seasonal factors affecting the Company’s business may cause variation in the prices and margins of some of the Company’s products. For example, demand for gasoline tends to be highest in spring and summer months, while demand for home heating oil and kerosene tends to be highest in winter months.

 

As a result, the margin on gasoline prices versus crude oil costs generally tends to increase in the spring and summer, while margins on home heating oil and kerosene tend to increase in winter.

 

Inflation

 

The effect of inflation on the Company has not been significant during the last five fiscal years.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

The Company uses its revolving credit facility to finance a portion of its operations. These on-balance sheet financial instruments, to the extent they provide for variable rates, expose the Company to interest rate risk resulting from changes in the PNC Prime rate, the Federal Funds or LIBOR rate.

 

The Company has exposure to price fluctuations of crude oil and refined products. The Company does not manage the price risk related to all of its inventories of crude oil and refined products with a permanent formal hedging program, but does manage its risk exposures by managing inventory levels. At August 31, 2006, the Company had net open future positions of 1,400,000 barrels of crude oil, all of which were sold during the first quarter of 2007. The resulting gain on the sale of the future positions amounted to $4,114,000, which was recorded in cost of sales. The Company has no open future positions at May 31, 2007.

 

See also Recent Developments section of Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)

Based on an evaluation by management of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13(a) – 15(e) and 15(d) – 15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), as of the end of

 

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the Company’s fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007, (the “Evaluation Date”) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively) have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the Evaluation Date.

 

(b) There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

     None.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

 

     There have been no material changes in our Risk Factors disclosed in the Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2006.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

     None.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

     None.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

     None.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

    

On May 1, 2007, the Company, its subsidiaries (collectively the “Guarantors”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company sold to Morgan Stanley $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012. Morgan Stanley purchased the Senior Notes for a purchase price of 104.25% of the principal amount thereof and the Company delivered the Senior Notes on May 4, 2007. The Senior Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated August 6, 2004, pursuant to which $225,000,000 of notes of the same series were previously issued. The Company’s obligations under the Senior Notes will be severally and jointly guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors. Morgan Stanley sold the Senior Notes pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined thereunder.

 

     In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company, the Guarantors and Morgan Stanley entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated as of May 4, 2007, pursuant to which the Company shall offer the holders of the Senior Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement the opportunity to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) all such notes for new notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of and with terms substantially identical to the notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Company further agreed to file a registration within 135 days of the sale of the Senior Notes relating to the new notes and to use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on or prior to 225 days of the sale of the Senior Notes. The Company shall use its best efforts to consummate the Exchange Offer within 45 days after the date on which the registration statement is declared effective. In certain circumstances, the Company may be obligated to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act within the timelines described above. In the event the Company fails to file a registration statement within these timelines, the Company shall be obligated to pay increasing liquidated damages up to a maximum of $.20 per week per $1,000 principal amount of notes that remain unregistered.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit 4.1    Form of Note
Exhibit 4.2    Form of Note
Exhibit 10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2007, between United Refining Company (“URC”), Country Fair, Inc. (“CFI”), Kiantone Pipeline Corporation (“KPC”), Kiantone Pipeline Company (“KPCY”), United Jet Center, Inc. (“UJCI”), United Refining Company of Pennsylvania (“URCP”), Kwik Fill Corporation (“K-FC”), Independent Gasoline and Oil Company of Rochester, Inc. (“IGOCRI”), Bell Oil Corporation (“BOC”), PPC, Inc. (“PPCI”), Super Test Petroleum, Inc. (“STPI”), Kwik-Fil, Inc. (“K-FI”), Vulcan Asphalt Refining Corporation (“VARC”), collectively “the Companies” and Morgan Stanley
Exhibit 10.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 4, 2007, between the Companies and Morgan Stanley
Exhibit 31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

KIANTONE PIPELINE CORPORATION
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

KIANTONE PIPELINE COMPANY
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

UNITED JET CENTER, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

KWIK-FILL CORPORATION
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

INDEPENDENT GASOLINE AND OIL COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

BELL OIL CORP.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

PPC, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

SUPER TEST PETROLEUM, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

KWIK-FIL, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CORPORATION
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Chief Financial Officer

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 16, 2007

 

COUNTRY FAIR, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/  Myron L. Turfitt

Myron L. Turfitt
President and Chief Operating Officer

/s/  James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy
Vice President – Finance

 

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EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm FORM OF NOTE Form of Note

Exhibit 4.1

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN 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.

“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE NEXT SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A “QIB”), OR (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE

 

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REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS, THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.”

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY

10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A

CUSIP No.: 911358 AH 2

 

No. 1

    $124,750,000.00          

United Refining Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND United States Dollars, on August 15, 2012.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2007

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

Dated: May 4, 2007      
    UNITED REFINING COMPANY  
    By:  

 

 
    Name:    
    Title:    
    By:  

 

 
    Name:    
    Title:    

 

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This is one of the 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A, described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee
By:  

 

 
  Authorized Signatory  

 

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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A

 

1. Interest.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Date”), commencing August 15, 2007. Interest on the Securities will accrue from February 15, 2007, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Securities plus 2% and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.

 

2. Method of Payment.

The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”). However, the Company may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of U.S. Federal funds, or interest by check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar.

The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders; however, the Paying Agent shall always be the Trustee or any successor trustee, under the Indenture.

 

4. Indenture and Guarantees.

The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, except as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The

 

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Securities are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company may issue Additional Securities under the Indenture subject to compliance with Section 4.04 thereof, unlimited in aggregate principal amount. Payment on each Security is guaranteed on a senior basis, jointly and severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Article Ten of the Indenture.

 

5. Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Securities will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time, prior to August 15, 2008, at the Make-Whole Price (as defined below), in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

Make-Whole Price” means an amount equal to the greater of:

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; and

(2) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of (a) the Redemption Price of the Securities at August 15, 2008 (as set forth below) and (b) the remaining scheduled payments of interest from the Redemption Date to August 15, 2008 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted back to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.

plus, in the case of both (1) and (2), accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Make-Whole Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having the maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and its successors, or, if Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or its successors, if any, to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., are unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and three additional primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City, (each a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by the Company, and their respective successors (provided, however, that if Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or any such successor, as the case may be, shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City, the Company shall substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer).

 

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Reference Treasury Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before and after the stated maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

The notice of redemption with respect to the foregoing redemption need not set forth the Make-Whole Price but only the manner of calculation thereof. The Company will notify the Trustee of the Make-Whole Price with respect to any redemption promptly after the calculation thereof, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.

The Securities will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on or after August 15, 2008, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount), together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning August 15:

 

Year

   Optional
Redemption Price
 

2008

   105.250 %

2009

   102.625 %

2010 and thereafter

   100.000 %

(b) Optional Redemption upon Public Equity Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), at any time prior to August 15, 2007, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price equal to 110.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided that (a) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and (b) such redemption occurs within 60 days of the date of the closing of any such Equity Offering.

 

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(c) Selection of Securities for Redemption. If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of the Securities to be redeemed will be made by the Trustee from among the outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any other method permitted in the Indenture; provided that in the case of a redemption with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, selection shall be made on a pro rata basis.

 

6. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. Securities in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000.

If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

8. Persons Deemed Owners.

The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

9. Unclaimed Funds.

If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company at their request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.

 

10. Discharge.

The Company may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Securities except for certain provisions thereof, upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

 

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11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for securities) of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived other than any continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal amount of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for securities) of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders in the case of a merger or acquisition or comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.

 

12. Restrictive Covenants.

The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and their subsidiaries to make Restricted Payments, to incur Indebtedness, to create Liens, to issue preferred or other Capital Stock of Subsidiaries, to sell assets, to permit restrictions on dividends and other payments by subsidiaries to the Company, to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets or to engage in transactions with Affiliates. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

13. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest, including an accelerated payment) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14. Trustee Dealings with Company.

The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

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15. No Recourse Against Others.

No director, officer, employee, direct or indirect stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any of their Subsidiaries, including but not limited to Parent and its stockholders, shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.

 

16. Authentication.

This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.

 

17. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

18. CUSIP Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

 

19. Registration Rights.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be obligated upon the occurrence of certain events to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Security shall, subject to certain limitations, have the right to exchange this Series A Security for the Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series B (the “Series B Securities”), which will be registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects as the Series A Securities. The Holders shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: United Refining Company, 15 Bradley Street, Warren, Pennsylvania 16365, Attention: Myron L. Turfitt.

 

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GUARANTEE

The Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed and each hereinafter referred to as a “Subsidiary Guarantor,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) have unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (such guarantee by each Subsidiary Guarantor being referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal amount of, premium and interest on the Securities, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal amount and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

No director, officer, employee, direct or indirect stockholder or incorporator, as such, of any Subsidiary Guarantor, including but not limited to Parent and its stockholders, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

 

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COUNTRY FAIR, INC.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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KIANTONE PIPELINE CORPORATION  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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KIANTONE PIPELINE COMPANY  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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UNITED JET CENTER, INC.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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KWIK-FILL CORPORATION  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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INDEPENDENT GASOLINE AND OIL

COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, INC.

 
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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BELL OIL CORP.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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PPC, INC.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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SUPER TEST PETROLEUM, INC.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

22


KWIK-FIL, INC.  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CORPORATION  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

 
 

(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)

 

(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

 

and irrevocably appoint     

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Dated:  

 

     Signed:   

 

          (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

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

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.16 or Section 4.20 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:

Section 4.16  ¨ or Section 4.20  ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.16 or Section 4.20 of the Indenture, state the amount: $                    

 

Dated:  

 

     Signed:   

 

          (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

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

 

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EX-4.2 3 dex42.htm FORM OF NOTE Form of Note

Exhibit 4.2

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN 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.

“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE NEXT SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A “QIB”), OR (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE

 

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SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS, THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.”

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY

10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A

 

              CUSIP No.: U9112Y AD 0
No.1               $250,000.00  

United Refining Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND United States Dollars, on August 15, 2012.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2007

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: May 4, 2007

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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This is one of the 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A, described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series A

 

1. Interest.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Date”), commencing August 15, 2007. Interest on the Securities will accrue from February 15, 2007, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Securities plus 2% and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.

 

2. Method of Payment.

The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”). However, the Company may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of U.S. Federal funds, or interest by check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar.

The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders; however, the Paying Agent shall always be the Trustee or any successor trustee, under the Indenture.

 

4. Indenture and Guarantees.

The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, except as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company may issue Additional Securities under the Indenture subject to compliance with Section 4.04 thereof, unlimited in aggregate principal amount. Payment on each Security is guaranteed on a senior basis, jointly and severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Article Ten of the Indenture.

 

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5. Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Securities will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time, prior to August 15, 2008, at the Make-Whole Price (as defined below), in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

Make-Whole Price” means an amount equal to the greater of:

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; and

(2) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of (a) the Redemption Price of the Securities at August 15, 2008 (as set forth below) and (b) the remaining scheduled payments of interest from the Redemption Date to August 15, 2008 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted back to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.

plus, in the case of both (1) and (2), accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Make-Whole Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having the maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and its successors, or, if Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or its successors, if any, to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., are unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and three additional primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City, (each a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by the Company, and their respective successors (provided, however, that if Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or any such successor, as the case may be, shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City, the Company shall substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer).

 

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Reference Treasury Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before and after the stated maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

The notice of redemption with respect to the foregoing redemption need not set forth the Make-Whole Price but only the manner of calculation thereof. The Company will notify the Trustee of the Make-Whole Price with respect to any redemption promptly after the calculation thereof, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.

The Securities will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on or after August 15, 2008, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount), together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning August 15:

 

Year

   Optional
Redemption Price
 

2008

   105.250 %

2009

   102.625 %

2010 and thereafter

   100.000 %

(b) Optional Redemption upon Public Equity Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), at any time prior to August 15, 2007, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price equal to 110.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided that (a) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and (b) such redemption occurs within 60 days of the date of the closing of any such Equity Offering.

(c) Selection of Securities for Redemption. If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of the Securities to be redeemed will be made by the Trustee from among the outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any other method permitted in the Indenture; provided that in the case of a redemption with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, selection shall be made on a pro rata basis.

 

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6. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. Securities in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000.

If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

8. Persons Deemed Owners.

The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

9. Unclaimed Funds.

If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company at their request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.

 

10. Discharge.

The Company may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Securities except for certain provisions thereof, upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

 

11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for securities) of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived other than any continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the

 

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principal amount of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for securities) of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders in the case of a merger or acquisition or comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.

 

12. Restrictive Covenants.

The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and their subsidiaries to make Restricted Payments, to incur Indebtedness, to create Liens, to issue preferred or other Capital Stock of Subsidiaries, to sell assets, to permit restrictions on dividends and other payments by subsidiaries to the Company, to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets or to engage in transactions with Affiliates. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

13. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest, including an accelerated payment) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

14. Trustee Dealings with Company.

The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

15. No Recourse Against Others.

No director, officer, employee, direct or indirect stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any of their Subsidiaries, including but not limited to Parent and its stockholders, shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.

 

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16. Authentication.

This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.

 

17. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

18. CUSIP Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

 

19. Registration Rights.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be obligated upon the occurrence of certain events to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Security shall, subject to certain limitations, have the right to exchange this Series A Security for the Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012, Series B (the “Series B Securities”), which will be registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects as the Series A Securities. The Holders shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: United Refining Company, 15 Bradley Street, Warren, Pennsylvania 16365, Attention: Myron L. Turfitt.

 

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GUARANTEE

The Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed and each hereinafter referred to as a “Subsidiary Guarantor,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) have unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (such guarantee by each Subsidiary Guarantor being referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal amount of, premium and interest on the Securities, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal amount and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

No director, officer, employee, direct or indirect stockholder or incorporator, as such, of any Subsidiary Guarantor, including but not limited to Parent and its stockholders, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

 

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COUNTRY FAIR, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KIANTONE PIPELINE CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KIANTONE PIPELINE COMPANY
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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UNITED JET CENTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KWIK-FILL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

13


INDEPENDENT GASOLINE AND OIL COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

14


BELL OIL CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

15


PPC, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SUPER TEST PETROLEUM, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KWIK-FIL, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

 
 

(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)

 

(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

 

and irrevocably appoint     

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Dated:  

 

     Signed:   

 

          (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

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

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.16 or Section 4.20 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:

Section 4.16  ¨ or Section 4.20  ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.16 or Section 4.20 of the Indenture, state the amount: $                    

 

Dated:  

 

     Signed:   

 

          (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

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

 

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EX-10.1 4 dex101.htm PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 1, 2007 Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2007

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

$125,000,000

10 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2012

Purchase Agreement

May 1, 2007

Morgan Stanley & Co.

Incorporated 1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

United Refining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the “Initial Purchaser”), $125,000,000 principal amount of its 10 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2012 (the “Notes”). The Notes are to be issued under an indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which $225,000,000 of notes of the same series were previously issued (the “Initial Notes”). The Company’s obligations under the Notes will be severally and jointly guaranteed (the “Guarantees,” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”) on a senior unsecured basis by each of the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors,” and together with the Company, the “Issuers”).

The Securities will have the benefit of a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein), among the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser, pursuant to which the Issuers will agree to register the Securities under the Act subject to the terms and conditions therein specified. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 19 hereof.

The sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchaser will be made without registration of the Securities under the Act in reliance upon exemptions from the registration requirements of the Act.

In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Issuers have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated May 1, 2007 (as amended or supplemented at the

 

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Execution Time, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and a final offering memorandum, dated May 1, 2007 (as amended or supplemented at the Execution Time, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein, the “Final Offering Memorandum”). Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum sets forth certain information concerning the Issuers and the Securities. Each of the Issuers hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. Unless stated to the contrary, any references herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any information filed under the Exchange Act subsequent to the Execution Time that is incorporated by reference therein.

Representations and Warranties. The Issuers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Initial Purchaser as set forth below in this Section 1.

The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, at the date thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the Execution Time and on the Closing Date, the Final Offering Memorandum did not and will not (and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the date thereof and at the Closing Date will not) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Issuers make no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

The Disclosure Package, as of the Execution Time, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

None of the Issuers, their Affiliates, or any person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy, any security under circumstances that would require the registration of the Securities under the Act; provided, however, that the Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has registered $225 million

 

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in aggregate principal amount of 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 under the Act, which notes have been exchanged for the Initial Notes pursuant to an exchange offer by the Company (the “Initial Notes Exchange Offer”).

None of the Issuers, their Affiliates, or any person acting on their behalf has: (i) engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities; and each of the Issuers, their Affiliates and each person acting on their behalf has complied with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S.

The Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Act.

No registration under the Act of the Securities is required for the offer and sale of the Securities to or by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated herein, or in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum assuming, in each case: (i) that the purchasers who buy the Securities in the resales are either “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined under Rule 144A of the Act) or institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D) and (ii) the accuracy of and compliance with the Initial Purchaser’s representations, warranties and covenants contained in Section 4 of this Agreement.

None of the Issuers is, or after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum will be, an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of holders of the Issuers’ securities.

Each Issuer is subject to and in full compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

None of the Issuers has paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of any Issuer under circumstances that would require the registration of the Securities under the Act (except as contemplated in this Agreement).

None of the Issuers has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result, or has caused or resulted, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any Issuer to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

Each Issuer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, and each such Issuer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such qualification, or is subject to no material liability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction.

 

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All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Issuer and each subsidiary of each Issuer that is a corporation have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance (other than permitted liens under the Indenture as described in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum).

The statements set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, and under the caption “Certain Material United States Federal Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe United States tax considerations to holders of the Securities, fairly summarize the matters described therein.

This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Issuer; the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Issuer and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, is a legal, valid, binding instrument enforceable against each Issuer in accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity); the Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchaser, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity); and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by each Issuer and, when executed and delivered by each such Issuer, will constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable instrument of each such Issuer (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity).

Each of the Guarantees has been duly authorized by the applicable Guarantor and, when executed by the applicable Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to the general principles of equity).

No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated

 

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herein, in the Indenture or in the Registration Rights Agreement, except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered and sold and, in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement, such as will be obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act.

None of the execution and delivery by the Issuers of the Indenture, this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities, or the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of such Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which such Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over such Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except where such breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any Issuer as set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) above would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); the selected financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Operating Data” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, the summary financial data set forth under the caption “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial and Other Operating Data” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, and financial information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, fairly presents, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, the information included therein.

No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Issuers or any of their respective subsidiaries or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of any Issuer, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities or the Registration Rights Agreement, or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

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Each Issuer owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted.

No Issuer is in violation or default of: (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws or other organizational or governing documents; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to any Issuer of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Issuers or any of their properties, as applicable, except where such violation or default as set forth in clause (ii) or (iii) would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

BDO Seidman, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act.

The Issuers have filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

No labor problem or dispute with the employees of any of the Issuers exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Issuers’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

The Issuers are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged, and no Issuer has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

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No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except (i) as described in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and (ii) in connection with the Revolving Credit Facility.

The Issuers possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and no Issuer has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

Each Issuer maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

Each Issuer and its subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Each Issuer (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its respective businesses; and (iii) has not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, no Issuer has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, except in such cases that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

The Issuers have no costs and liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,

 

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closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) that would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), has been satisfied by each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by each Issuer and/or one or more of such Issuer’s subsidiaries, and the trust forming part of each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified; each Issuer and each of such Issuer’s subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Issuers and/or any of their subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and no Issuer or any of its subsidiaries has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or any other liability under Title IV of ERISA.

The statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Issuers believe to be reliable and accurate.

None of the Issuers or any agent acting on their behalf has taken or will take any action that might cause this Agreement or the sale of the Securities to violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in each case as in effect, or as the same may hereafter be in effect, on the Closing Date.

To the knowledge of the Issuers, the operations of each Issuer and its respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuers, threatened.

No Issuer or, to the knowledge of the Issuers, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of any Issuer is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Issuers and, to the knowledge of the Issuers, their Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA.

 

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The Company is in compliance with all the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) that are currently in effect and require compliance by the Company on or before the Execution Time.

None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

All of the Company’s subsidiaries are listed on Schedule I hereto and each such subsidiary will be a Guarantor unless indicated otherwise on such schedule.

Any certificate signed by any officer of any Issuer and delivered to the Initial Purchaser or counsel for the Initial Purchaser in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by each such Issuer, as to matters covered thereby, to the Initial Purchaser.

Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Issuers agree to sell to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Issuers, at a purchase price of 103.72875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from February 15, 2007 to the Closing Date, the entire principal amount of Securities.

Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on May 4, 2007 or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Initial Purchaser shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Initial Purchaser and the Company (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the account of the Initial Purchaser against payment by the Initial Purchaser of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Initial Purchaser shall otherwise instruct.

Offering by Initial Purchaser. a) The Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act.

 

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The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to and agrees with the Issuers that:

it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any Securities within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (x) as part of their distribution at any time or (y) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the date of closing of the offering except:

to those it reasonably believes to be “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Act) or in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S;

neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has made or will make offers or sales of the Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in the United States;

in connection with each sale pursuant to Section 4(b)(i)(A), it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of such Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A;

neither it, nor any of its Affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities;

it is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D);

it has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with any distributor (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the distribution of the Securities, except with its Affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company;

it and any distributor (within the meaning of Regulation S) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S;

at or prior to the confirmation of sale of Securities (other than a sale of Securities pursuant to Section 4(b)(i)(A) of this Agreement), it shall have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Securities from it during the distribution compliance period (within the meaning of Regulation S) a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the date of closing of the offering, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A under the Act. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”;

 

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it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom;

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Securities, in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), it has not made and will not make an offer to the public of any Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Agreement in that Relevant Member State, except that it may make an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State of any Securities at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive, if they have been implemented in that Relevant Member State:

 

   

to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;

 

   

to any legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year, (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (iii) an annual turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;

 

   

to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior written consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or

 

   

in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive;

provided that no such offer of Securities shall result in a requirement for the publication by the Company or the Initial Purchaser of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

 

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Agreements. The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree with the Initial Purchaser that:

The Issuers will furnish to the Initial Purchaser and to counsel for the Initial Purchaser, without charge, during the period referred to in paragraph (iii) below, as many copies of the materials contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they may reasonably request.

The Company has prepared a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, attached as Schedule II hereto. The Issuers will not amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, other than by filing documents under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference therein, without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser; provided, however, that, prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser (as determined by the Initial Purchaser), the Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum unless, prior to such proposed filing, the Company has furnished the Initial Purchaser with a copy of such document for its review and the Initial Purchaser has not reasonably objected to the filing of such document. The Company will promptly advise the Initial Purchaser when any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum shall have been filed with the Commission.

If at any time prior to the completion of the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser (as determined by the Initial Purchaser), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Issuers will (x) if such time is prior to the date that is nine months from the date of the Final Offering Memorandum, at the Issuers’ expense and (y) if otherwise, at the Initial Purchaser’s expense, promptly (a) notify the Initial Purchaser of any such event; (b) subject to the requirements of paragraph (ii) of this Section 5, prepare an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (c) supply any supplemented or amended Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum to the Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request.

Without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has given and neither will give to any prospective purchaser of the Securities any written information concerning the offering of the Securities other than

 

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materials contained in the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any other offering materials prepared by or with the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser.

The Issuers will arrange, upon the request of the Initial Purchaser, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Initial Purchaser under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchaser may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall any Issuer be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Issuers will promptly advise the Initial Purchaser of the receipt by any Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Issuers will not, and will not permit any of their Affiliates to, resell any Securities that constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been acquired by any of them.

None of the Issuers, their Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf will, directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Securities under the Act.

None of the Issuers, their Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities in the United States and none of the Issuers, their Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and each of them will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

So long as any of the Securities are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, the Issuers will, during any period in which it is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of such restricted securities and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of such restricted securities, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act. This covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the holders, and the prospective purchasers designated by such holders, from time to time of such restricted securities.

The Issuers will cooperate with the Initial Purchaser and use their best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

 

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Each of the Securities will bear, to the extent applicable, the legend contained in “Notice to Investors” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated therein.

No Issuer will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any Issuer to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation of the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance of the Securities and the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction of the Offering Memorandum and each amendment or supplement to either of them; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the materials contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, and all amendments or supplements to either of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities; (v) any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (vi) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vii) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(v) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchaser relating to such registration and qualification); (viii) admitting the Securities for trading in the PORTAL Market; (ix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (x) the fees and expenses of the Issuers’ accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Issuers; and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Issuers of their obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that the Initial Purchaser will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes, fees and commissions on resale of any of the securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers it may make.

The Company will, for a period of twelve months following the Execution Time, furnish to the Initial Purchaser (i) all reports or other communications (financial or other) generally made available to stockholders, and deliver such reports and communications to the Initial Purchaser as soon as they are available, unless such documents are furnished to or filed with the Commission or any securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed and generally made available to the public and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as Initial Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request (such statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to stockholders).

 

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Each Issuer will comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, and to the extent applicable, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its best efforts to cause each of their directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Conditions to the Obligations of the Initial Purchaser. The obligations of the Initial Purchaser to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained herein at the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Issuers made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuers of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

The Initial Purchaser shall have received from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchaser, substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

The Initial Purchaser shall have received from John R. Wagner, General Counsel for the Issuers, the opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchaser, substantially in the form of Annex B attached hereto.

The Initial Purchaser shall have received from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchaser, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchaser, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum (as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date) and other related matters as the Initial Purchaser may reasonably require, and each of the Issuers shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

The Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchaser a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the Chairman of the Board or the President and (y) the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, any amendments or supplements thereto, and this Agreement and that:

the representations and warranties of each Issuer in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and each Issuer has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and

since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change to the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

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At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Issuers shall have requested and caused BDO Seidman, LLP to furnish to the Initial Purchaser, a “comfort” letter, dated as of the Execution Time and a bring-down “comfort letter”, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Exchange Act and within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and confirming certain matters with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and other financial and accounting information contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, including any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of the applicable letter.

Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6; or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Initial Purchaser, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.

The Securities shall have been designated as PORTAL-eligible securities in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD and the Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchaser such further information, certificates and documents as the Initial Purchaser may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser, this Agreement and all obligations of the Initial Purchaser hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Initial Purchaser. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

 

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The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be delivered at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchaser, at 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, on the Closing Date.

Reimbursement of Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchaser set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Issuers to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by the Initial Purchaser, the Issuers will reimburse the Initial Purchaser on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

Indemnification and Contribution. b) The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of the Initial Purchaser and each person who controls the Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Information or any other written information used by or on behalf of the Issuers in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Issuers will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Information or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

The Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Issuer, each of their directors, each of their officers, and each person who controls such Issuer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from such Issuer to the Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to written information relating to the Initial Purchaser furnished to such Issuer by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Written Information or the Final Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Initial

 

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Purchaser may otherwise have. Each Issuer acknowledges that the statements set forth in first sentence of the first paragraph, the fifth, seventh and ninth paragraphs and the fifth sentence of the eleventh paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution”, in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, Issuer Written Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in any amendment or supplement thereto.

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize in writing the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party; provided, however, the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one such separate counsel (together with local counsel) in connection with any action or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

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In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers on the one hand and by the Initial Purchaser on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall the Initial Purchaser be responsible for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchaser hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Issuers on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by them, and benefits received by the Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Issuers on the one hand or the Initial Purchaser on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Issuers and the Initial Purchaser agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls the Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of the Initial Purchaser shall have the same rights to contribution as the Initial Purchaser, and each person who controls an Issuer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer and director of an Issuer shall have the same rights to contribution as such Issuer, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Initial Purchaser, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market; (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national

 

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emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Initial Purchaser, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum.

Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Issuers or their respective officers and of the Initial Purchaser set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser or the Issuers or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Initial Purchaser, will be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile transmission to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: High Yield Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; or, if sent to the Issuers, will be mailed, delivered or facsimile transmission to (814) 723-4371 and confirmed to it at 15 Bradley Street, Warren, Pennsylvania 16365, attention of the Legal Department.

Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors, and, except as expressly set forth in Section 5(ix) hereof, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

No Fiduciary Duty. Each Issuer hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser and any Affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Initial Purchaser is acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Issuers and (c) the Issuers’ engagement of the Initial Purchaser in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each Issuer agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether the Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Issuers on related or other matters). Each Issuer agrees that it will not claim that the Initial Purchaser has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to such Issuer, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

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Waiver of Tax Confidentiality. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, purchasers of the Securities (and each employee, representative or other agent of a purchaser) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of any transaction contemplated herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the purchasers of the Securities relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure, other than any information for which nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws.

Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Each such counterpart may be delivered by facsimile transmission, which such transmission being deemed valid and original.

Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented at the Execution Time, (ii) the final term sheet prepared pursuant to Section 5(ii) hereto and attached as Schedule II hereto and (iii) any Issuer Written Information.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

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Issuer Written Information” shall mean any writings in addition to the Preliminary Memorandum that the parties expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

NASD” shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

PORTAL” shall mean the Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through Automated Linkages system of the NASD.

Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D under the Act.

Regulation S” shall mean Regulation S under the Act.

“Regulation S-X” shall mean Regulation S-X under the Act.

Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2002, as amended, among the Company, PNC Bank, National Association, and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto.

subsidiary” shall mean those subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser.

[–Signature pages to follow–]

 

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Very truly yours,

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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COUNTRY FAIR, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

24


KIANTONE PIPELINE CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

25


KIANTONE PIPELINE COMPANY
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

26


UNITED JET CENTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

27


UNITED REFINING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

28


KWIK FILL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

29


INDEPENDENT GASOLINE AND OIL COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

30


BELL OIL CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

31


PPC, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

32


SUPER TEST PETROLEUM, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

33


KWIK-FIL, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

34


VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

35


MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE I

Subsidiaries

 

Company

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Country Fair, Inc.

   Pennsylvania

Kiantone Pipeline Corporation

   New York

Kiantone Pipeline Company

   Pennsylvania

United Jet Center, Inc.

   Delaware

United Refining Company of Pennsylvania

   Pennsylvania

Kwik Fill Corporation

   Pennsylvania

Independent Gasoline and Oil Company of Rochester, Inc.

   New York

Bell Oil Corp.

   Michigan

PPC, Inc.

   Ohio

Super Test Petroleum, Inc.

   Michigan

Kwik-Fil, Inc.

   New York

Vulcan Asphalt Refining Corporation

   Delaware

 

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SCHEDULE II

PRELIMINARY OFFERING MEMORANDUM SUPPLEMENT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL May 1, 2007

$125,000,000

LOGO

10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012

Preliminary Offering Memorandum Supplement dated May 1, 2007 to Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated May 1, 2007 of UNITED REFINING COMPANY (“URC”)

This Preliminary Offering Memorandum Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

The information in this Preliminary Offering Memorandum Supplement updates and supersedes any information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum which is inconsistent, or prepared based on assumptions that are inconsistent, with the information contained below.

Unless otherwise indicated, terms used but not defined herein have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

 

Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes    $125,000,000.   
Issued in the Offering:      

Aggregate Principal Amount of 10 1/2

 

Senior Notes due 2012 outstanding after the Offering

   $350,000,000.   
Issue Price:    104.25%, plus accrued interest from February 15, 2007   
Trade Date:    May 1, 2007   
Settlement Date:    May 4, 2007 (T+3 business days)   
Use of Proceeds:   

On page 17:

(a) reference to $102.3 million is deleted and replaced with $129.3 million; and

(b) reference to $1.2 million is deleted and replaced with $1.0 million

  
Other Changes from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum:   

Summary

On page 1, in the last sentence of the preamble, reference to $100,000,000 is deleted and replaced with $125,000,000.

 

The Offering

On page 6:

(a) in the first sentence of The Notes section, reference to $100,000,000 is deleted and replaced with $125,000,000; and

  

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(b) in the second sentence of Interest Payment Dates section, “May     , 2007” is deleted and replaced with “February 15, 2007”.

 

Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial and Other Operating Data

 

Certain line items on page 9 have changed as follows:

  
  

 

Ratio of EBITDA to interest expense

     3.7x
   Ratio of long-term debt to EBITDA      2.6x
   Capitalization   
   Certain line items on page 17 have changed as follows:   
          As Adjusted
   Cash and cash equivalents    $ 145,318
   10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012    $ 350,000
   Premium/discount on notes offered hereby    $ 5,313
   Total debt including current maturities    $ 376,652
   Total capitalization    $ 455,546
   Description of the Notes   
   On page 19, in the first sentence of the first paragraph under “General” the reference to $100,000,000 is deleted and replaced with $125,000,000.   

Other Changes from the Preliminary

Offering Memorandum:

  

On page 2, in the last sentence under the caption “Marketing and Distribution Operations” the reference to “Rochester, New York” is deleted and replaced with “Buffalo, New York.”

 

On page 10, footnote 4 is deleted and replaced with “(4) Interest expense includes interest expense for existing outstanding debt, as well as for pro forma debt, composed of pro forma interest expense on the notes of $13.125 million less the premium on the notes (net of estimated offering expenses) of $4.3 million amortized over the 5.3 year estimated life of the notes, see “Capitalization.””

 

On page 12, in the first sentence under “Substantial Leverage and Ability to Service and Refinance Debt”, reference to $349.8 is deleted and replaced with $376.7

  

We expect that the notes will be ready for delivery in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company on or about May 4, 2007.

 

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ANNEX A

Form of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Opinion

[to be provided by Issuers’ Counsel]

 

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ANNEX B

Form of John R. Wagner Opinion

May     , 2007

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporation

As Representative of the Initial Purchasers

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as general counsel to United Refining Company of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania corporation (“URCPA”); Kiantone Pipeline Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (“KPC”); Kwik-Fill Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“KFC”); Country Fair, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“COUN”); Bell Oil Corp., a Michigan corporation (“BOC”); PPC, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“PPC”) and Super Test Petroleum, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“STI,” and together with URCPA, KPC, KFC, COUN, BOC and PPC, the “Subsidiaries”), in connection with the offering, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2007 between United Refining Company (the “Company”), the Guarantors and you, of $125 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”). This opinion is delivered pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

In rendering this opinion, I have examined copies of the following documents (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”):

(A) the Purchase Agreement;

(B) the Final Memorandum and the documents incorporated by reference therein;

(C) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007, between the Issuers and you (the “Registration Rights Agreement”);

(D) the Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004, between the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the “Indenture”); and

(E) the form of Securities.

 

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I have also reviewed such other documents and made such other investigations as I have deemed appropriate. As to various questions of fact material to this opinion, I have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents and upon the statements, representations and certificates of officers or representatives of the Company, public officials and others. I have not independently verified the facts so relied on.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:

 

   

Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Final Memorandum, and each Issuer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, or is subject to no material liability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction.

 

   

All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Issuers have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Final Memorandum, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Guarantors are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to my knowledge, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance.

 

   

Each of the Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Subsidiaries; the Notes have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Subsidiaries and delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

   

No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court, governmental body or agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company or the Subsidiaries, of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, except such as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities (as to which I express no opinion) and (ii) federal securities laws with respect to the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries under the Registration Rights Agreement (as to which I express no opinion).

 

   

Neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any

 

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of the Guarantors is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of the Guarantors of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective properties, except where such breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors as set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) above would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

As used in this opinion letter, any reference to my “knowledge” shall mean my current, actual knowledge (without independent investigation or verification).

The above opinion is subject to and limited by the following:

This opinion is limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal laws of the United States of America, and I do not express any opinion herein as to any other laws. My opinion is further limited to those statutes, rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America and those sections of the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which, in my experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Agreement (the “Relevant Laws”).

The opinion expressed herein is based upon the Relevant Laws and interpretations thereof in effect on the date hereof, and the facts and circumstances in existence on the date hereof, and I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion letter should any such law or interpretation be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise or should there be any change in such facts or circumstances.

This opinion letter is being delivered to you in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and may not be relied on or otherwise used by any other person or by you for any other purpose.

Very truly yours,

John R. Wagner

 

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Schedule A

Subsidiaries

United Refining Company of Pennsylvania

Kiantone Pipeline Company

Kwik-Fill Corporation

Country Fair, Inc.

Bell Oil Corp.

PPC, Inc.

Super Test Petroleum, Inc.

 

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EX-10.2 5 dex102.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 4, 2007 Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 4, 2007

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

 


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 4, 2007

by and among

UNITED REFINING COMPANY

THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

and

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED,

as the Initial Purchaser

 


 

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This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 4, 2007 by and among UNITED REFINING COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS (as defined herein) and MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED as the initial purchaser (the “Initial Purchaser”). The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchaser to purchase $125,000,000 of the Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 under the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser.

The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant thereto.

Action: As defined in Section 8(c) of this Agreement.

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Closing Date: The date that the Old Notes are purchased by the Initial Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consummate: A Registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of New Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes that were so tendered.

Damages Payment Date: With respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities, each Interest Payment Date.

Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 of this Agreement.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant thereto.

 

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Exchange Offer: The registration under the Act by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of the New Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors offer the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Old Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for New Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchaser proposes to sell the Notes to (i) certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act, (ii) to a limited number of certain institutional “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D under the Act and (iii) other eligible purchasers pursuant to Regulation S under the Act.

Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) of this Agreement.

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2004, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Initial Purchaser: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Notes.

NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

New Notes: The Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with the Exchange Offer and evidencing the same debt as the Old Notes, including the guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Notes: Old Notes and New Notes.

Old Notes: The Company’s 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture on the Closing Date, including the guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments and supplements thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, if any, in such Prospectus.

 

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Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 of this Agreement.

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of New Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including pre- and post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, if any, therein.

Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) of this Agreement.

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) of this Agreement.

Subsidiary: With respect to any Person, any other Person of which a majority of the equity ownership or the voting securities is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.

Subsidiary Guarantors: Each Subsidiary of the Company that, pursuant to the Indenture, is, or is required to become, a guarantor of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture.

TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note until the earliest to occur of (i) with respect to an Old Note, the date on which each such Old Note has been exchanged by a person other than a Broker-Dealer for a New Note in the Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Old Note for a New Note, the date on which such New Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such New Note has been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such New Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public pursuant to an effective Registration Statement.

SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT

Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person beneficially owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

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REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

Unless, due to a change in law or Commission policy after the date hereof, the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable federal law or Commission policy, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable on or prior to 135 days after the Closing Date, a Registration Statement under the Act relating to the New Notes and the Exchange Offer and (ii) use their best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable on or prior to 225 days after the Closing Date. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act, (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the New Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer (provided, however, that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be obligated to qualify as foreign corporations in any jurisdiction in which they are not so qualified or to take any action that would subject them to general service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction where they are not so subject) and (D) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer and use their best efforts to issue on or prior to 45 days after the date on which such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, New Notes in exchange for all Old Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the New Notes to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of New Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below. If, after such Exchange Offer Registration Statement initially is declared effective by the Commission, the Exchange Offer or the issuance of New Notes under the Exchange Offer or the resale of New Notes received by Broker-Dealers in the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 3(c) below is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have become effective for purposes of this Agreement during the period that such stop order, injunction or other similar order or requirement shall remain in effect.

The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 business days nor longer than 90 days. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall only offer to exchange New Notes for Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, and only the New Notes shall be registered under the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 45 business days after such effective date.

 

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The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer that holds Old Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with any resales of the New Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall allow the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, including Participating Broker-Dealers, and shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Old Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of New Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such period in order to facilitate such resales.

The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not consummate the Exchange Offer later than 270 days following the Closing Date.

SHELF REGISTRATION

Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company within 20 business days of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that such Holder (A) is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) may not resell the New Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C) is a Broker-Dealer and holds Old Notes (including the Initial Purchaser who holds Old Notes as part of an unsold allotment from the original offering of the Old Notes) acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates or (iii) the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors do not consummate the Exchange Offer within 45 days following the effectiveness date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, then the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (x) cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer

 

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Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”), on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the 135th day after the date on which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (2) the 135th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii) above (such earliest date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Agreement, and (y) use its best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 225th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) of this Agreement to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of New Notes by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a continuous period of two years following the date on which such Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act or such shorter period that will terminate when all the New Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 business days after receipt of a request therefor, such information regarding such Holder as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 45 business days after the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods required by this Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held

 

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by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues. The amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $.20 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities if the Registration Default arises from the failure of the Company to file, or cause to become effective, a Shelf Registration Statement within the time period required by Section 4 of this Agreement and such Registration Default is by reason of the failure of the Holders to provide the information regarding the Holder reasonably requested by the Company, the NASD or any other regulatory agency having jurisdiction over any of the Holders at least 10 business days prior to such Registration Default. All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid by the Company on each Damages Payment Date to the Holders by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by federal funds check and to the Holders of certificated securities by mailing a check to such Holders’ registered addresses. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the accrual of liquidated damages with respect to such Transfer Restricted Securities will cease.

All obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Transfer Restricted Security shall have been satisfied in full.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

If, due to a change in law or Commission policy after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of special counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law or Commission policy, the Company hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Old Notes. The Company hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a no-action letter or favorable decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. The Company hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission an analysis prepared by special counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission of such submission. The Initial Purchaser shall be given prior notice of any action taken by the Company under this clause (i).

 

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As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the New Notes in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Initial Purchaser acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has taken the position that any broker-dealer that owns New Notes that were received by such broker-dealer for its own account in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment resulting from the original offering of the Old Notes).

The Company and the Initial Purchaser also acknowledge that it is the Commission staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the New Notes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of New Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligations under the Act in connection with resales of New Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Act.

Shelf Registration Statement. In the event that a Shelf Registration Statement is required by this Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) of this Agreement and shall use their best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities and, in connection therewith, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities.

General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted

 

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Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, to the extent that the same are required to be available to permit resales of New Notes by Broker-Dealers), the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

use their best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable time period required hereunder and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Subsidiary Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders to suspend use of the Prospectus, and the Holders shall suspend use of the Prospectus, and such Holders shall not communicate non-public information to any third party, in violation of the securities laws, until the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have made an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act during the applicable time period required hereunder and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers of such securities set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented;

advise the underwriter(s), if any, the Initial Purchaser, and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each of the selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the

 

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qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, or any document incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus untrue in any material respect, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements in such Registration Statement or Prospectus not misleading and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

furnish to each of the underwriter(s), if any, the Initial Purchaser and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each of the selling Holders before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review of such underwriter(s), if any, the Initial Purchaser, and such Holders for a period of at least five business days, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which any underwriter, Initial Purchaser or selling Holder shall reasonably object within five business days after the receipt of such Registration Statement or Prospectus. A selling Holder or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, Prospectus, amendment or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;

promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, (a) provide copies of such document to the selling Holders and to the underwriter(s), if any, (b) make the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters; provided that such discussion and due diligence shall be coordinated on behalf of the selling Holders by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such selling Holders and (c) include such information in such document prior to the filing of such document as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request

 

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make available at reasonable times for inspection by the selling Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such selling Holders or any of the underwriter(s), if any, at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided, however, that such persons shall first agree in writing with the Company that any information that is reasonably and in good faith designated by the Company in writing as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such persons, unless and to the extent that (i) disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative order or is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities, (ii) disclosure of such information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements pursuant to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement or the use of any Prospectus), (iii) such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard such information by such person or (iv) such information becomes available to such person from a source other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement;

if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid for Transfer Restricted Securities and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Section 6(c)(vii) that would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, violate applicable law;

furnish to each underwriter, if any, the Initial Purchaser and upon request to the Company to a selling Holder without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including, upon the request of such Person, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits to the extent requested (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

deliver to each selling Holder, each of the underwriter(s), if any, and the Initial Purchaser, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary

 

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prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms thereof and with U.S. Federal securities laws and Blue Sky laws covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings of securities of this type) and take all such other reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all as may be reasonably requested by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with any sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (i) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Transfer Restricted Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including with respect to businesses or assets acquired or to be acquired by any of them), and the Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings, and confirm the same if and when customarily requested; (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the underwriters, if any, and special counsel to the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold), addressed to each selling Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and each of the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters, if any, and special counsel to Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (iii) use their best efforts to obtain customary “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company or any such subsidiary for which financial statements and financial data is, or is required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed (where reasonably possible) to each selling Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and each of the underwriters, if any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings; (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, than those set forth in Section 8 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement

 

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and the underwriters, if any); and (v) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold and the underwriters, if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors contemplated in clause (i) above cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the Initial Purchaser and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by any of them, shall confirm such advice in writing;

prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

if a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 2(b), cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing Underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing Underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably request;

in connection with any sale or transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two business days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);

 

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use its best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers of such Transfer Restricted Securities or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xi) above;

if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) of this Agreement shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated in such Registration Statement or Prospectus by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities that are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company;

cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter” that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD); and

otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission in regards to any Registration Statement, and make generally available to its securityholders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earning statement of the Company meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or reasonable best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) of this Agreement, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) of this Agreement, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense)

 

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all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event that the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) of this Agreement to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) of this Agreement or shall have received the Advice.

REGISTRATION EXPENSES

All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the NASD (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses); (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; and (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions of any underwriters with respect to any Notes sold by or on behalf of it.

In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchaser and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

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INDEMNIFICATION

The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Initial Purchaser, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and each Participating Broker Dealer, (ii) each person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act (any of the persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the agents, employees, officers and directors and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such controlling person (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and reasonable expenses whatsoever (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all reasonable amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person relating to such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors may otherwise have, including, but not limited to, under this Agreement.

In connection with any Registration Statement pursuant to which a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities offers or sells Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and any person controlling the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to each Indemnified Person but only with respect to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement. In any such case in which any action shall be brought against the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, any director or officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or any person controlling the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor based on such Registration Statement and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (except that if the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have assumed the defense thereof, such Holder shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Holder), and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, their

 

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respective directors and officers and any person controlling the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the rights and duties given to the Indemnified Persons by Section 8(a) hereof.

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding (collectively, an “Action”), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, promptly notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement of such Action (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may otherwise have). In case any such Action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement of such Action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in such Action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense of such Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such Action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such Action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such Action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the Action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them that are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses of counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all indemnified parties in connection with any one Action or separate but substantially similar or related Actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or Action effected without its written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.

In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable from the indemnifying party, or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified under this Section 8, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Indemnified Parties shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any Action or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the indemnifying party, any contribution received by the indemnifying party, from persons other than the indemnified party who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the indemnified party within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or

 

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Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) to which the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Indemnified Parties may be subject, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Indemnified Parties, on the other hand, from the offering of the Old Notes or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not available as a result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 8, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Indemnified Parties, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering of Old Notes (net of discounts but before deducting expenses) received by the Company as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Indemnified Parties, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Indemnified Parties and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 8, (i) in no case shall an Indemnified Party be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Indemnified Party with respect to its sale of its Transfer Restricted Securities or New Notes, as the case may be, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Indemnified Party has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Indemnified Party within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Indemnified Party, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 8(e). Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any Action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under paragraphs 8(d) or (e) of this Section 8, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under paragraphs (d) or (e) of this Section 8 or otherwise. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any Action or claim settled without its written consent; provided, however, that such written consent was not unreasonably withheld.

 

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RULE 144A

The Company shall use its best efforts, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale of such securities and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS

No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration under this Agreement unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled under this Agreement to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorneys, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS

The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

MISCELLANEOUS

Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided in this Agreement, in the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any Action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company has not previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders under this Agreement do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Adjustments Affecting the Notes. Without the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to such Transfer Restricted Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions of this Agreement may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions of this Agreement that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being sold or tendered pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being sold or tendered pursuant to such Registration Statement may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being so sold or tendered.

Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivering, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

if to the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, at:

 

United Refining Company

15 Bradley Street

Warren, Pennsylvania 16365

Facsimile: (814) 723-4371

Attention: Myron Turfitt

with a copy to:

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: 212-715-8222

Attention: Shari K. Krouner

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (ii) five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (iii) when written receipt of transmission, if delivered by facsimile transmission; and (v) on the next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

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Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities.

Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties to this Agreement in separate counterparts, each of which may be delivered by facsimile transmission, and each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of this Agreement.

Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement, or the application of any such provision in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the other Operative Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement in respect of the subject matter contained in this Agreement. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to in this Agreement with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

UNITED REFINING COMPANY
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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COUNTRY FAIR, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

24


KIANTONE PIPELINE CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KIANTONE PIPELINE COMPANY
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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UNITED JET CENTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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UNITED REFINING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KWIK-FILL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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INDEPENDENT GASOLINE AND OIL COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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BELL OIL CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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PPC, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

32


SUPER TEST PETROLEUM, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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KWIK-FIL, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

34


VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

35


Accepted and agreed as of the date first above written:
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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Name:  
Title:  

 

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EX-31.1 6 dex311.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION FOR THE CEO Section 302 Certification for the CEO

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, John A. Catsimatidis certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of United Refining Company (the “registrant”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 16, 2007   Signature:  

/s/ John A. Catsimatidis

    John A. Catsimatidis
    Principal Executive Officer
EX-31.2 7 dex312.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION FOR THE CFO Section 302 Certification for the CFO

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, James E. Murphy certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of United Refining Company (the “registrant”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 16, 2007   Signature:  

/s/ James E. Murphy

    James E. Murphy
    Principal Financial Officer
EX-32.1 8 dex321.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION FOR THE CEO & CFO Section 906 Certification for the CEO & CFO

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of United Refining Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 31, 2007 (the “Form 10-Q”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Dated: July 16, 2007   By:  

/s/ John A. Catsimatidis

    John A. Catsimatidis
    Principal Executive Officer

 

Dated: July 16, 2007   By:  

/s/ James E. Murphy

    James E. Murphy
    Principal Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of this Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to United Refining Company and will be retained by United Refining Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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