-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Nlgaw/eTsYGUi9XrMisyzy+iDxj0Jgv9L/u0XxNR4X43gkg4fez5HAw2jMdgbekm mfsEo1gcyMdESRNojA3gDg== 0000950129-05-011140.txt : 20051116 0000950129-05-011140.hdr.sgml : 20051116 20051116170302 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-05-011140 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051114 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TESORO CORP /NEW/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000050104 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PETROLEUM REFINING [2911] IRS NUMBER: 950862768 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03473 FILM NUMBER: 051210437 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 CONCORD PLAZA DRIVE CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78216-6999 BUSINESS PHONE: 2108288484 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 CONCORD PLAZA DRIVE CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78216-6999 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TESORO PETROLEUM CORP /NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 h30539e8vk.htm TESORO CORPORATION e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2005
Tesoro Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  1-3473
(Commission File Number)
  95-0862768
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
300 Concord Plaza Drive
San Antonio, Texas

(Address of principal executive offices)
  (210) 828-8484
(Registrant’s telephone
number, including area code)
  78216-6999
(Zip Code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 14, 2005, Tesoro Corporation (the “Company”) entered into three supplemental indentures relating to its outstanding notes: (i) a Supplemental Indenture (the “2001 Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (as supplemented, the “2001 Indenture”), (ii) a Supplemental Indenture (the “2002 Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2002, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (as supplemented, the “2002 Indenture”), and (iii) a Supplemental Indenture (the “2003 Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the 2001 Supplemental Indenture and the 2002 Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures”) to the Indenture, dated as of April 17, 2003, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee (as supplemented, the “2003 Indenture,” and together with the 2001 Indenture and the 2002 Indenture, the “Indentures”).
The 2001 Indenture governs the terms of the Company’s 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Subordinated Notes”). The 2002 Indenture governs the terms of the Company’s 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”). The 2003 Indenture governs the terms of the Company’s 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Secured Notes,” and together with the 2008 Subordinated Notes and the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”).
The 2001 Supplemental Indenture amends the 2001 Indenture, and the 2002 Supplemental Indenture amends the 2002 Indenture, by eliminating the restrictive covenants listed below:
     
Section 1.01.
  Definition of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Section 4.02.
  Maintenance of Office or Agency
Section 4.04.
  Compliance Certificate
Section 4.05.
  Taxes
Section 4.06.
  Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
Section 4.07.
  Restricted Payments
Section 4.08.
  Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
Section 4.09.
  Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
Section 4.10.
  Asset Sales
Section 4.11.
  Transactions with Affiliates
Section 4.12.
  Liens
Section 4.13.
  Business Activities
Section 4.14
  Corporate Existence
Section 4.15.
  Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
Section 4.16.
  No Senior Subordinated Debt
Section 4.17.
  Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
Section 4.18.
  Payments for Consent
Section 4.19
  Termination of Covenants
Section 5.01.
  Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
Section 5.02.
  Successor Corporation Substituted
The 2001 Supplemental Indenture and the 2002 Supplemental Indenture also eliminate the events of default in such Indentures (Section 6.01) other than those related to the payment of interest (Section 6.01(a)) and principal (Section 6.01(b)) on the 2008 Subordinated Notes and the 2012 Notes, respectively, when due and to the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (Section 6.01(g)), the right to assert certain other general remedies (Section 6.03) and the right of either of the respective trustees to

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bring a suit for collection under the 2008 Subordinated Notes and the 2012 Notes, respectively (Section 6.08).
The 2003 Supplemental Indenture amends the 2003 Indenture by eliminating the following restrictive covenants contained in the 2003 Indenture:
     
Section 1.01.
  Definition of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Section 4.02.
  Maintenance of Office or Agency
Section 4.04.
  Compliance Certificate
Section 4.05.
  Taxes
Section 4.06.
  Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
Section 4.07.
  Restricted Payments
Section 4.08.
  Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
Section 4.09.
  Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
Section 4.10.
  Asset Sales
Section 4.11.
  Transactions with Affiliates
Section 4.12.
  Liens
Section 4.13.
  Business Activities
Section 4.14
  Corporate Existence
Section 4.15.
  Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
Section 4.17.
  Additional Subsidiary Guarantees and Liens
Section 4.18.
  Payments for Consent
Section 4.19.
  Suspension of Covenants
Section 5.01.
  Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
Section 5.02.
  Successor Corporation Substituted
The 2003 Supplemental Indenture also eliminates the events of default in the 2003 Indenture (Section 6.01) other than those related to the payment of interest (Section 6.01(a)) and principal (Section 6.01(b)) on the 2008 Secured Notes when due and to the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (Section 6.01(i)), the right to assert certain other general remedies (Section 6.03) and the right of the respective trustee to bring a suit for collection under the 2008 Secured Notes (Section 6.08).
Each of the Supplemental Indentures substantially revises the procedures for defeasance of the respective Notes set forth in Article VIII of each of the governing Indentures, eliminating most of the conditions required to effect a defeasance and deleting the previous section in favor of a deposit requirement.
The Supplemental Indentures also made certain other changes in each of the Indentures of a technical or conforming nature, including the deletion in their entirety of terms and their respective definitions for which all references were eliminated in the respective Supplemental Indenture as a result of the amendments.
Although the Supplemental Indentures were executed on November 14, 2005, the amendments contained therein did not become operative until November 16, 2005, the date on which the Company purchased Notes tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of the Company dated October 31, 2005.
The foregoing is qualified by reference to the Supplemental Indentures, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 to 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (c) Exhibits.
     
4.1
  Supplemental Indenture to the 9⅝% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of November 6, 2001 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.
 
   
4.2
  Supplemental Indenture to the 9⅝% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of April 9, 2002 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Escrow Corp., which was merged with and into Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
   
4.3
  Supplemental Indenture to the 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2008, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of April 17, 2003 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 16, 2005
         
  TESORO CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles S. Parrish   
    Charles S. Parrish   
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 

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Index to Exhibits
     
4.1
  Supplemental Indenture to the 9⅝% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of November 6, 2001 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.
 
   
4.2
  Supplemental Indenture to the 9⅝% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of April 9, 2002 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Escrow Corp., which was merged with and into Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
   
4.3
  Supplemental Indenture to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008, dated as of November 14, 2005, among Tesoro Corporation, the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture dated as of April 17, 2003 among Tesoro Corporation (formerly Tesoro Petroleum Corporation), the subsidiaries of Tesoro Corporation named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee.

6 EX-4.1 2 h30539exv4w1.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE exv4w1

 

Exhibit 4.1
TESORO CORPORATION
and each of the Guarantors named herein
9⅝% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated November 14, 2005
 
U.S. Bank National Association
Trustee
 

 


 

     This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 14, 2005, is by and among Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly U.S. Bank Trust National Association), as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and certain of the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee the indenture dated as of November 6, 2001 (as amended and supplemented and in effect, the “Indenture”), providing for the initial original issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $215,000,000 of 95/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Guarantors propose to amend the Indenture (the “Proposed Amendments”), which Proposed Amendments must be approved with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has solicited the consent of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated October 31, 2005, as amended, supplemented or modified (the “Consent Solicitation Statement”) to the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture as contemplated hereby provided that the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding have consented;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has received and delivered or caused to be delivered to the satisfaction of the Trustee the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to the Proposed Amendments pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement;
     WHEREAS, the Trustee is in receipt of such written consents;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and each Guarantor has been authorized by a resolution of its respective board of directors or board of managers to enter into this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law, by the Indenture and by the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Issuer and the Guarantors to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 and Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, following the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the terms hereof will become operative (the “Operative Date”) on the first date that the Issuer purchases the Notes validly tendered in the “Offer to Purchase” contemplated by the Consent Solicitation Statement; and
     WHEREAS, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void if the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005.

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     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     That, for and in consideration of the premises herein contained and in order to effect the Proposed Amendments contained in the Consent Solicitation Statement, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture the Issuer and the Guarantors agree with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENT OF INDENTURE
     SECTION 1.01. Amendment of Indenture. Effective as of the Operative Date, this Supplemental Indenture amends the Indenture as provided for herein. The Issuer and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that no amendment or waiver of the provisions described in Section 9.02 of the Indenture requiring the consent of each affected Holder has been made hereby. If the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005, then the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void and the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect without any modification hereby. The Issuer shall give the Trustee prompt written notice of the Operative Date or of the failure of the Operative Date to occur.
     SECTION 1.02. Amendment of Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended by (a) deleting in their entirety the definitions of “Acquired Debt”, “Change of Control”, “Commodity Hedging Agreements”, “Commodity Hedging Obligations”, “Consolidated Cash Flow”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, “Fixed Charges”, “Net Income”, “Permitted Debt”, “Fixed Charges” and “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in the Indenture and (b) adding the following defined term to Section 1.01 of the Indenture:
     "incur” means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness.
     SECTION 1.03. Amendment of Section 1.02. Section 1.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
"Asset Sale Offer
    3.09  
"DTC
    2.03  
"Event of Default
    6.01  
"Funding Guarantor
    11.05  
"Legal Defeasance
    8.03  
"Nonpayment Default
    10.03  
"Offer Amount
    3.09  
"Offer Period
    3.09  
"Original Notes
    2.02  
"Paying Agent
    2.03  
"Payment Blockage Notice
    10.03  
"Purchase Date
    3.09  
"Registrar
    2.03  
"Terminated Covenant
    4.19  

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     SECTION 1.04. Amendment to Section 4.02. Section 4.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.05. Amendment to Section 4.04. Section 4.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.04. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.06. Amendment to Section 4.05. Section 4.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.07. Amendment to Section 4.06. Section 4.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.08. Amendment to Section 4.07. Section 4.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.09. Amendment to Section 4.08. Section 4.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.10. Amendment to Section 4.09. Section 4.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.11. Amendment to Section 4.10. Section 4.10 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.12. Amendment to Section 4.11. Section 4.11 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.11. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.13. Amendment to Section 4.12. Section 4.12 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.12. [Intentionally Omitted.]

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     SECTION 1.14. Amendment to Section 4.13. Section 4.13 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.13. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.15. Amendment to Section 4.14. Section 4.14 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.14. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.16. Amendment to Section 4.15. Section 4.15 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.15. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.17. Amendment to Section 4.16. Section 4.16 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.16. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.18. Amendment to Section 4.17. Section 4.17 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.17. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.19. Amendment to Section 4.18. Section 4.18 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.18. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.20. Amendment to Section 4.19. Section 4.19 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.19. Suspension of Covenants. In the event that at any time (i) the rating assigned to the Notes by each of S&P and Moody’s is an Investment Grade Rating and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to Section 11.03(b)(iii) hereof (the “Terminated Covenant”); provided, however, that all other provisions of this Indenture shall continue to be in full force and effect.
     SECTION 1.21. Amendment to Section 5.01. Section 5.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.01. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.22. Amendment to Section 5.02. Section 5.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.23. Amendment to Section 6.01. Section 6.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

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     Section 6.01. Events of Default.
     An “Event of Default” occurs if:
     (a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not prohibited by Article 10 hereof);
     (b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 10 hereof);
     (c) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (d) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (e) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (f) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code:
      (i) commences a voluntary case,
      (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
      (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
      (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
      (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
     (h) [Intentionally Omitted]; or
     (i) [Intentionally Omitted].
     SECTION 1.24. Amendment to Section 6.03. Section 6.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.03. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.25. Amendment to Section 6.08. Section 6.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.26. Amendment to Section 8.03. Section 8.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

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Section 8.03. Defeasance. The Company may defease the outstanding Notes at any time by placing on deposit with a reputable servicing agent an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of all the outstanding Notes being defeased plus an amount sufficient to cover the required interest payments and servicing fees with respect to such defeased notes, all as shall be determined by the Company in its reasonable business judgment. Such defeasance shall constitute a “Legal Defeasance” for all purposes of this Indenture.
     SECTION 1.27. Amendment to Section 8.04. Section 8.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.04. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exceptions, each stating that all applicable conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been complied with.
     SECTION 1.28. Amendment to Section 8.05. Section 8.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.29. Amendment to Section 8.06. Section 8.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.30. Amendment to Section 8.07. Section 8.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.31. Amendment to Section 8.08. Section 8.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.32. Amendment to Section 8.09. Section 8.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.33. General Conforming Amendment. The Indenture shall hereby be deemed to be amended to delete any and all references therein to any section or subsections deleted pursuant hereto and to any defined terms in the Indenture that are used solely in those deleted sections or subsections.
ARTICLE TWO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     SECTION 2.01. Instruments to be Read Together. This Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and said Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read together.

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     SECTION 2.02. Confirmation. The Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and preserved.
     SECTION 2.03. Terms Defined. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. For all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision.
     SECTION 2.04. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts, delivered either in the original and electronically, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 2.05. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     SECTION 2.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture will take effect immediately upon execution thereof by the parties hereto and will become operative to amend the Indenture as provided in Article One hereof on the Operative Date of this Supplemental Indenture.
     SECTION 2.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the ''Trust Indenture Act’’), that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be.
     SECTION 2.08. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
     SECTION 2.09. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.
     SECTION 2.10. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
     SECTION 2.11. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due authorization of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company.
     SECTION 2.12. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture

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relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.
     SECTION 2.13. Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
         
  TESORO CORPORATION, as Issuer
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
       
TESORO FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY (f/k/a FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY), as Guarantor
       
GOLD STAR MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
SMILEY’S SUPER SERVICE, INC., as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO AVIATION COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO HIGH PLAINS PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES, LLC. (f/ka TESORO MARINE SERVICES, INC.), as Guarantor
BY: Tesoro Marine Services Holding Company, as sole Member
       
TESORO MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC. as Guarantor
       
TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY (f/k/a TESORO WEST COAST COMPANY and successor in interest to TESORO REFINING & MARKETING SUPPLY COMPANY), as Guarantor
       
TESORO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO TRADING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO WASATCH, LLC, as Guarantor
       
TESORO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY, as Guarantor
         
     
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

         
  TESORO HAWAII CORPORATION, Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
 
         
  TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC., as Guarantor
DIGICOMP, INC., as Guarantor
TESORO SOUTH PACIFIC PETROLEUM CORPORATION, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Vice President, Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact   
 
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
TRUSTEE
 
 
  By:   /s/ James Kowalski    
    Name:   James Kowalski   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

  EX-4.2 3 h30539exv4w2.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE exv4w2

 

Exhibit 4.2
TESORO CORPORATION
and each of the Guarantors named herein
9⅝% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2012
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated November 14, 2005
 
U.S. Bank National Association
Trustee
 

 


 

     This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 14, 2005, is by and among Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Tesoro Escrow Corp., which was merged with and into Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, the “Issuer”), the direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and certain of the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee the indenture dated as of April 9, 2002 (as amended and supplemented and in effect, the “Indenture”), providing for the initial original issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 of 9⅝% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Guarantors propose to amend the Indenture (the “Proposed Amendments”), which Proposed Amendments must be approved with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has solicited the consent of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated October 31, 2005, as amended, supplemented or modified (the “Consent Solicitation Statement”) to the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture as contemplated hereby provided that the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding have consented;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has received and delivered or caused to be delivered to the satisfaction of the Trustee the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to the Proposed Amendments pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement;
     WHEREAS, the Trustee is in receipt of such written consents;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and each Guarantor has been authorized by a resolution of its respective board of directors or board of managers to enter into this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law, by the Indenture and by the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Issuer and the Guarantors to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 and Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, following the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the terms hereof will become operative (the “Operative Date”) on the first date that the Issuer purchases the Notes validly tendered in the “Offer to Purchase” contemplated by the Consent Solicitation Statement; and
     WHEREAS, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void if the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005.

 


 

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     That, for and in consideration of the premises herein contained and in order to effect the Proposed Amendments contained in the Consent Solicitation Statement, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture the Issuer and the Guarantors agree with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENT OF INDENTURE
     SECTION 1.01. Amendment of Indenture. Effective as of the Operative Date, this Supplemental Indenture amends the Indenture as provided for herein. The Issuer and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that no amendment or waiver of the provisions described in Section 9.02 of the Indenture requiring the consent of each affected Holder has been made hereby. If the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005, then the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void and the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect without any modification hereby. The Issuer shall give the Trustee prompt written notice of the Operative Date or of the failure of the Operative Date to occur.
     SECTION 1.02. Amendment of Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended by (a) deleting in their entirety the definitions of “Acquired Debt”, “Change of Control”, “Commodity Hedging Agreements”, “Commodity Hedging Obligations”, “Consolidated Cash Flow”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, “Fixed Charges”, “Net Income”, “Permitted Debt” and “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in the Indenture and (b) adding the following defined term to Section 1.01 of the Indenture:
     "incur” means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness.
     SECTION 1.03. Amendment of Section 1.02. Section 1.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
"Asset Sale Offer
    3.09  
"DTC
    2.03  
"Event of Default
    6.01  
"Funding Guarantor
    11.05  
"Legal Defeasance
    8.03  
"Nonpayment Default
    10.03  
"Offer Amount
    3.09  
"Offer Period
    3.09  
"Original Notes
    2.02  
"Paying Agent
    2.03  
"Payment Blockage Notice
    10.03  
"Purchase Date
    3.09  
"Registrar
    2.03  
"Terminated Covenant
    4.19  

 


 

     SECTION 1.04. Amendment to Section 4.02. Section 4.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.05. Amendment to Section 4.04. Section 4.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.04. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.06. Amendment to Section 4.05. Section 4.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.07. Amendment to Section 4.06. Section 4.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.08. Amendment to Section 4.07. Section 4.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.09. Amendment to Section 4.08. Section 4.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.10. Amendment to Section 4.09. Section 4.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.11. Amendment to Section 4.10. Section 4.10 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.12. Amendment to Section 4.11. Section 4.11 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.11. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.13. Amendment to Section 4.12. Section 4.12 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.12. [Intentionally Omitted.]

 


 

     SECTION 1.14. Amendment to Section 4.13. Section 4.13 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.13. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.15. Amendment to Section 4.14. Section 4.14 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.14. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.16. Amendment to Section 4.15. Section 4.15 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.15. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.17. Amendment to Section 4.16. Section 4.16 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.16. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.18. Amendment to Section 4.17. Section 4.17 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.17. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.19. Amendment to Section 4.18. Section 4.18 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.18. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.20. Amendment to Section 4.19. Section 4.19 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.19. Suspension of Covenants. In the event that at any time (i) the rating assigned to the Notes by each of S&P and Moody’s is an Investment Grade Rating and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to Section 11.03(b)(iii) hereof (the “Terminated Covenant”); provided, however, that all other provisions of this Indenture shall continue to be in full force and effect.
     SECTION 1.21. Amendment to Section 5.01. Section 5.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.01. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.22. Amendment to Section 5.02. Section 5.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]

 


 

     SECTION 1.23. Amendment to Section 6.01. Section 6.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.01. Events of Default.
     An “Event of Default” occurs if:
     (a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not prohibited by Article 10 hereof);
     (b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 10 hereof);
     (c) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (d) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (e) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (f) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code:
     (i) commences a voluntary case,
     (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
     (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
     (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
     (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
     (h) [Intentionally Omitted]; or
     (i) [Intentionally Omitted].
     SECTION 1.24. Amendment to Section 6.03. Section 6.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.03. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.25. Amendment to Section 6.08. Section 6.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]

 


 

     SECTION 1.26. Amendment to Section 8.03. Section 8.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.03. Defeasance. The Company may defease the outstanding Notes at any time by placing on deposit with a reputable servicing agent an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of all the outstanding Notes being defeased plus an amount sufficient to cover the required interest payments and servicing fees with respect to such defeased notes, all as shall be determined by the Company in its reasonable business judgment. Such defeasance shall constitute a “Legal Defeasance” for all purposes of this Indenture.
     SECTION 1.27. Amendment to Section 8.04. Section 8.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.04. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exceptions, each stating that all applicable conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been complied with.
     SECTION 1.28. Amendment to Section 8.05. Section 8.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.29. Amendment to Section 8.06. Section 8.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.30. Amendment to Section 8.07. Section 8.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.31. Amendment to Section 8.08. Section 8.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.32. Amendment to Section 8.09. Section 8.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.33. General Conforming Amendment. The Indenture shall hereby be deemed to be amended to delete any and all references therein to any section or subsections deleted pursuant hereto and to any defined terms in the Indenture that are used solely in those deleted sections or subsections.

 


 

ARTICLE TWO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     SECTION 2.01. Instruments to be Read Together. This Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and said Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read together.
     SECTION 2.02. Confirmation. The Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and preserved.
     SECTION 2.03. Terms Defined. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. For all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision.
     SECTION 2.04. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts, delivered either in the original and electronically, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 2.05. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     SECTION 2.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture will take effect immediately upon execution thereof by the parties hereto and will become operative to amend the Indenture as provided in Article One hereof on the Operative Date of this Supplemental Indenture.
     SECTION 2.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the ''Trust Indenture Act’’), that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be.
     SECTION 2.08. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
     SECTION 2.09. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.
     SECTION 2.10. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
     SECTION 2.11. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

 


 

The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due authorization of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company.
     SECTION 2.12. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.
     SECTION 2.13. Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
         
  TESORO CORPORATION, as Issuer
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
       
TESORO FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY (f/k/a FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY), as Guarantor
       
GOLD STAR MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
SMILEY’S SUPER SERVICE, INC., as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO AVIATION COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO HIGH PLAINS PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES, LLC., as Guarantor
BY: Tesoro Marine Services Holding Company, as sole Member
       
TESORO MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC. as Guarantor
       
TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO TRADING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO WASATCH, LLC, as Guarantor
       
TESORO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY, as Guarantor
         
     
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

         
  TESORO HAWAII CORPORATION, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
 
         
  TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC., as Guarantor
DIGICOMP, INC., as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Vice President, Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact   
 
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
 
 
  By:   /s/ James Kowalski    
    Name:   James Kowalski   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

 

EX-4.3 4 h30539exv4w3.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE exv4w3
 

Exhibit 4.3
TESORO CORPORATION
and each of the Guarantors named herein
8% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2008
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated November 14, 2005
 
The Bank of New York
Trustee
 
 

 


 

     This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 14, 2005, is by and among Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and The Bank of New York, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and certain of the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee the indenture dated as of April 17, 2003 (as amended and supplemented and in effect, the “Indenture”), providing for the initial original issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $375,000,000 of 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2008 (the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Guarantors propose to amend the Indenture (the “Proposed Amendments”), which Proposed Amendments must be approved with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has solicited the consent of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated October 31, 2005, as amended, supplemented or modified (the “Consent Solicitation Statement”) to the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture as contemplated hereby provided that the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding have consented;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has received and delivered or caused to be delivered to the satisfaction of the Trustee the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to the Proposed Amendments pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement;
     WHEREAS, the Trustee is in receipt of such written consents;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer and each Guarantor has been authorized by a resolution of its respective board of directors or board of managers to enter into this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law, by the Indenture and by the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Issuer and the Guarantors to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 and Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute this Supplemental Indenture;
     WHEREAS, following the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the terms hereof will become operative (the “Operative Date”) on the first date that the Issuer purchases the Notes validly tendered in the “Offer to Purchase” contemplated by the Consent Solicitation Statement; and
     WHEREAS, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void if the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005.

 


 

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     That, for and in consideration of the premises herein contained and in order to effect the Proposed Amendments contained in the Consent Solicitation Statement, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture the Issuer and the Guarantors agree with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENT OF INDENTURE
     SECTION 1.01. Amendment of Indenture. Effective as of the Operative Date, this Supplemental Indenture amends the Indenture as provided for herein. The Issuer and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that no amendment or waiver of the provisions described in Section 9.02 of the Indenture requiring the consent of each affected Holder has been made hereby. If the Operative Date does not occur on or prior to December 15, 2005, then the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be null and void and the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect without any modification hereby. The Issuer shall give the Trustee prompt written notice of the Operative Date.
     SECTION 1.02. Amendment of Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended by (a) deleting in their entirety the definitions of “Acquired Debt”, “Borrowing Base”, “Calculation Date”, “Collateral Proceeds Offer”, “Consolidated Cash Flow”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, “Fixed Charges”, “Net Income”, “Payment Default”, “Permitted Debt”, “Restricted Payments” and “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in the Indenture and (b) adding the following defined term to Section 1.01 of the Indenture:
     "incur” means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness.
     SECTION 1.03. Amendment of Section 1.02. Section 1.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
"Asset Sale Offer
    3.09  
"DTC
    2.03  
"Event of Default
    6.01  
"Funding Guarantor
    13.05  
"Indemnitee
    10.07  
"Legal Defeasance
    8.03  
"Offer Amount
    3.09  
"Offer Period
    3.09  
"Original Notes
    2.02  
"Paying Agent
    2.03  
"Processing and Sale Period
    11.04  
"Purchase Date
    3.09  
"Registrar
    2.03  
"Suspended Covenant
    4.19  

 


 

     SECTION 1.04. Amendment to Section 4.02. Section 4.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.05. Amendment to Section 4.04. Section 4.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.04. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.06. Amendment to Section 4.05. Section 4.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.07. Amendment to Section 4.06. Section 4.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.08. Amendment to Section 4.07. Section 4.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.09. Amendment to Section 4.08. Section 4.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.10. Amendment to Section 4.09. Section 4.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.11. Amendment to Section 4.10. Section 4.10 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.12. Amendment to Section 4.11. Section 4.11 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.11. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.13. Amendment to Section 4.12. Section 4.12 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.12. [Intentionally Omitted.]

 


 

     SECTION 1.14. Amendment to Section 4.13. Section 4.13 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.13. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.15. Amendment to Section 4.14. Section 4.14 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.14. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.16. Amendment to Section 4.15. Section 4.15 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.15. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.17. Amendment to Section 4.17. Section 4.17 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.17. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.18. Amendment to Section 4.18. Section 4.18 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.18. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.19. Amendment to Section 4.19. Section 4.19 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 4.19. Suspension of Covenants.
     (a) In the event that at any time (i) the rating assigned to the Notes by each of S&P and Moody’s is an Investment Grade Rating and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) below, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to Section 13.03(b)(iii) hereof (the “Suspended Covenant”); provided, however, that all other provisions of this Indenture shall continue to be in full force and effect.
     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the rating assigned by either Moody’s or S&P should subsequently decline to below an Investment Grade Rating, respectively, the foregoing covenant shall be reinstituted as of and from the date of such rating decline.
     SECTION 1.20. Amendment to Section 5.01. Section 5.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.01. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.21. Amendment to Section 5.02. Section 5.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted.]

 


 

     SECTION 1.22. Amendment to Section 6.01. Section 6.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.01. Events of Default.
     An “Event of Default” occurs if:
     (a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on, or Special Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
     (b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes;
     (c) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (d) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (e) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (f) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (g) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (h) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (i) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code:
     (i) commences a voluntary case,
     (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
     (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
     (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
     (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
     (j) [Intentionally Omitted]; or
     (k) [Intentionally Omitted].
     SECTION 1.23. Amendment to Section 6.03. Section 6.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 6.03. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.24. Amendment to Section 6.08. Section 6.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 


 

     Section 6.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.25. Amendment to Section 8.03. Section 8.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.03. Defeasance. The Company may defease the outstanding Notes at any time by placing on deposit with a reputable servicing agent an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of all the outstanding Notes being defeased plus an amount sufficient to cover the required interest payments and servicing fees with respect to such defeased notes, all as shall be determined by the Company in its reasonable business judgment. Such defeasance shall constitute a “Legal Defeasance” for all purposes of this Indenture.
     SECTION 1.26. Amendment to Section 8.04. Section 8.04 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.04. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exceptions, each stating that all applicable conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been complied with.
     SECTION 1.27. Amendment to Section 8.05. Section 8.05 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.05. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.28. Amendment to Section 8.06. Section 8.06 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.06. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.29. Amendment to Section 8.07. Section 8.07 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.07. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.30. Amendment to Section 8.08. Section 8.08 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.08. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.31. Amendment to Section 8.09. Section 8.09 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     Section 8.09. [Intentionally Omitted.]
     SECTION 1.32. General Conforming Amendment. The Indenture shall hereby be deemed to be amended to delete any and all references therein to any section or subsections deleted pursuant hereto and to any defined terms in the Indenture that are used solely in those deleted sections or subsections.

 


 

ARTICLE TWO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     SECTION 2.01. Instruments to be Read Together. This Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and said Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read together.
     SECTION 2.02. Confirmation. The Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and preserved.
     SECTION 2.03. Terms Defined. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. For all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision.
     SECTION 2.04. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts, delivered either in the original and electronically, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 2.05. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     SECTION 2.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture will take effect immediately upon execution thereof by the parties hereto and will become operative to amend the Indenture as provided in Article One hereof on the Operative Date of this Supplemental Indenture.
     SECTION 2.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the ''Trust Indenture Act’’), that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be.
     SECTION 2.08. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
     SECTION 2.09. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.
     SECTION 2.10. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
     SECTION 2.11. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

 


 

The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due authorization of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company.
     SECTION 2.12. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.
     SECTION 2.13. Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
         
  TESORO CORPORATION, as Issuer
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
       
TESORO FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY (f/k/a FAR EAST MARITIME COMPANY), as Guarantor
       
GOLD STAR MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
SMILEY’S SUPER SERVICE, INC., as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO AVIATION COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO HIGH PLAINS PIPELINE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO MARINE SERVICES, LLC., as Guarantor
BY: Tesoro Marine Services Holding Company, as sole Member
       
TESORO MARITIME COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC. as Guarantor
       
TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO TRADING COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
TESORO WASATCH, LLC, as Guarantor
BY: Tesoro Corporation, as sole Member
       
TESORO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMPANY, as Guarantor
       
VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY, as Guarantor
         
     
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

         
  TESORO HAWAII CORPORATION, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Wright    
    Name:   Gregory A. Wright   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
 
  DIGICOMP, INC., as Guarantor
TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC., as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Vice President, Finance and Treasurer   
 
  TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY, as Guarantor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Spendlove    
    Name:   Scott Spendlove   
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact   
 
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE
 
 
  By:   /s/ John C. Stohlmann    
    Name:   John C. Stohlmann   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

 

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