GLP 8-K
Global Partners LP (GLP)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 10, 2025, Global Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and GLP Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), Global GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), and certain subsidiaries of the Partnership, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 7.125% senior notes due 2033 (the “Notes”) to the Initial Purchasers in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes will be resold by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Issuers, the General Partner and the Guarantors, on one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. The description of the Purchase Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such exhibit.
Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about June 23, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the purchase of its outstanding $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% senior notes due 2027 (the “2027 Senior Notes”) in a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its credit agreement. The offering of the Notes is not conditioned upon the consummation of the Tender Offer. To the extent the Tender Offer is not completed or is completed but the Partnership purchases less than all of the 2027 Senior Notes in the Tender Offer, the Partnership intends to redeem any 2027 Senior Notes that remain outstanding on or about August 1, 2025.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a notice of redemption or an offer to purchase the 2027 Senior Notes not purchased in the Tender Offer.
Some of the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Partnership or its affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. For example, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as the dealer manager for the Tender Offer and will receive certain fees in connection therewith. In addition, certain of the Initial Purchasers or their affiliates may own a portion of the 2027 Senior Notes that are subject to the Tender Offer and accordingly may receive a portion of the proceeds from the offering. Certain of the Initial Purchasers or their affiliates may be agents and/or lenders under the Partnership’s credit agreement. For example, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, is a lender, issuer of letters of credit and co-syndication agent under the credit agreement, and Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., is the administrative agent and a lender under the credit agreement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 10.1 | Purchase Agreement, dated June 10, 2025, among the Issuers, the General Partner, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| GLOBAL PARTNERS LP | ||
| By: | Global GP LLC | |
| its general partner | ||
| Dated: June 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ Sean T. Geary |
| Sean T. Geary | ||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
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Exhibit 10.1
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
GLP FINANCE CORP.
$450,000,000
7.125% Senior Notes due 2033
Purchase Agreement
June 10, 2025
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
As Representative of the Initial Purchasers
listed in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Global Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and GLP Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GLP Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), propose to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), $450,000,000 principal amount of their 7.125% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of June 23, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and Regions Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”). The Securities will be issued only in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), pursuant to a letter of representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 hereof) (the “DTC Agreement”), among the Issuers, the Trustee and DTC.
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This purchase agreement (this “Agreement”) confirms the agreement by and among Global GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), the Issuers, Cascade Kelly Holdings LLC, an Oregon limited liability company (“Cascade Kelly”), Global Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Operating”), Global Companies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Companies”), Global Montello Group Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Global Montello”), Chelsea Sandwich LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Chelsea Sandwich”), Glen Hes Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Glen Hes”), Alliance Energy LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Alliance”), Bursaw Oil LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Bursaw Oil”), Global Partners Energy Canada ULC, an Alberta, Canada unlimited liability corporation (“GPEC”), Warren Equities, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Warren”), Warex Terminals Corporation, a New York corporation (“Warex”), Drake Petroleum Company, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Drake”), Puritan Oil Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Puritan”), Maryland Oil Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Maryland Oil”), Basin Transload, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Basin Transload”), Meridian Bunker Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Meridian”), Global Everett Landco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Everett”), Global Terminal Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Terminal”), SPR Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SPR Holdings”), SPR Operator LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SPR Operator”), Global Chelsea Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Chelsea”), Global New Haven Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global New Haven”), Global Linden Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Linden”), Global Woodbury Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Woodbury”), Global East Providence Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global East Providence”), Beacon Street Logistics LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Beacon Street Logistics” and, together with Cascade Kelly, Global Operating, Global Companies, Global Montello, Chelsea Sandwich, Glen Hes, Alliance, Bursaw Oil, GPEC, Warren, Warex, Drake, Puritan, Maryland Oil, Basin Transload, Meridian, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, and Global East Providence, the “Guarantors”), and the Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers. The Partnership, the General Partner, GLP Finance and the Guarantors are herein referred to as the “Partnership Parties.”
The Securities will be sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. The Partnership Parties have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated June 10, 2025 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and have prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated June 10, 2025 (the “Pricing Supplement”), describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Partnership Parties will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Partnership Parties, the Securities and the Guarantees. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Partnership Parties to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Each of the Partnership Parties hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein prior to the Time of Sale (as defined below) and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such time and incorporated by reference therein.
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At 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, which is at or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Partnership Parties prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement, substantially in the form of Annex A hereto.
Each of the Partnership Parties hereby jointly and severally confirms its agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and resale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Purchase and Resale of the Securities.
(a) The Issuers agree to issue and sell the Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuers on the Closing Date the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a purchase price equal to 98.625% of the principal amount of Securities purchased by each Initial Purchaser in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule 1 hereto bear to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such Initial Purchasers. The Issuers will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The Issuers understand that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
(i) it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”);
(ii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; and
(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except:
(A) to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or
(B) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex B hereto.
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(c) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Issuers and, for purposes of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6, counsel for the Issuers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements, contained in Section 1(b) (including Annex B hereto), and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.
(d) The Issuers acknowledge and agree that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser.
(e) The Partnership Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) each Initial Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Partnership Parties with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or agent of, the Partnership Parties or any other person and (ii) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Partnership Parties, and the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Partnership Parties or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Partnership Parties shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser shall have any responsibility or liability to the Partnership Parties with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative or any Initial Purchaser of the Partnership Parties and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative or such Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Partnership Parties or any other person and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Representative or any Initial Purchaser.
2. Payment and Delivery. (a) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made, against delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers through the facilities of DTC, at the offices of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1114 6th Ave., 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10036 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 23, 2025, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Issuers may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” At such closing, the Issuers will deliver to the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Notes”), each registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, pursuant to the DTC Agreement. The Global Notes shall be in such denominations as the Representatives shall designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.
(b) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Issuers to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of DTC, for the account of the Initial Purchasers, of the Global Notes, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Issuers.
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3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Partnership Parties. The Partnership Parties jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Initial Purchasers as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that:
(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not, the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, and the Offering Memorandum, in the form first used by the Initial Purchasers to confirm sales of the Securities and as of the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Partnership Parties make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Partnership Parties in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, which information is specified in the last sentence of Section 7(b). The Partnership Parties have not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum and any other Issuer Written Communication used in accordance with Sections 3(b) and 4(c) hereof.
(b) Additional Written Communications. The Partnership Parties (including their agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) have not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Partnership Parties or their agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below), an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum, (iii) the Time of Sale Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale, did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Partnership Parties make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Partnership Parties in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Written Communication, which information is specified in the last sentence of Section 7(b).
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(c) Form of Documents; Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (the “Incorporated Documents”), when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such Incorporated Documents contained or will contain, as the case may be, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit, as the case may be, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) Formation and Qualification of the Partnership. The Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”) with full partnership power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. The Partnership is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure to so register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, results of operations or prospects of the Partnership Parties and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Partnership Parties of their obligations under this Agreement, the Securities and the Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(e) Formation and Qualification of the General Partner, Global Operating, Global Companies, Chelsea Sandwich, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, Global East Providence and Beacon Street Logistics. Each of the General Partner, Global Operating, Global Companies, Chelsea Sandwich, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, Global East Providence and Beacon Street Logistics has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”) with full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, and, in the case of the General Partner, to act as general partner of the Partnership. Each of the General Partner, Global Operating, Global Companies, Chelsea Sandwich, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, Global East Providence and Beacon Street Logistics is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
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(f) Formation and Qualification of GLP Finance, Global Montello, Glen Hes, Warren, Maryland Oil and Meridian. Each of GLP Finance, Global Montello, Glen Hes, Warren, Maryland Oil and Meridian has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business. Each of GLP Finance, Global Montello, Glen Hes, Warren, Maryland Oil and Meridian is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(g) Formation and Qualification of Alliance and Bursaw Oil. Each of Alliance and Bursaw Oil has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Massachusetts Limited Liability Company Act with full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. Each of Alliance and Bursaw Oil is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(h) Formation and Qualification of Drake. Drake has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation under the Massachusetts Business Corporations Act with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. Drake is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(i) Formation and Qualification of Cascade Kelly. Cascade Kelly has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company under the Oregon Limited Liability Company Act with full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. Cascade Kelly is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(j) Formation and Qualification of GPEC. GPEC has been duly formed and is validly existing as an unlimited liability corporation under the Alberta Business Corporations Act with full unlimited liability corporation power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. GPEC is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
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(k) Formation and Qualification of Warex. Warex has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation under the New York Business Corporation Law with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. Warex is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(l) Formation and Qualification of Puritan. Puritan has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business. Puritan is, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(m) Ownership of the General Partner. The parties listed on Schedule 2 hereto collectively own 100% of the outstanding membership interests in the General Partner; such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner (as amended, the “General Partner LLC Agreement”) and are fully paid (to the extent required under the General Partner LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and each member of the General Partner owns its membership interest in the General Partner free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (“Liens”), except restrictions on transferability contained in the General Partner LLC Agreement and the organizational documents of each such member, as applicable.
(n) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with, as of the date hereof, a 0.67% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”); and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions on transferability contained in the Partnership Agreement, other than Liens created pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April 25, 2017, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated September 10, 2018, the Second Amendment thereto, dated September 10, 2018, the Third Amendment thereto, dated April 19, 2019, the Fourth Amendment thereto, dated May 7, 2020, the Fifth Amendment thereto, dated May 5, 2021, the Sixth Amendment thereto, dated March 9, 2022, the Seventh Amendment thereto, dated March 30, 2022, the Eighth Amendment thereto, dated February 2, 2023, the Ninth Amendment thereto, dated May 2, 2023, the Canadian Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes Amendment (which constitutes the Tenth Amendment thereto), dated June 14, 2024, and the Eleventh Amendment thereto, dated March 20, 2025 (the “Credit Agreement”), the Indenture governing the 8.250% Senior Notes due 2032 of the Partnership and GLP Finance, as amended or supplemented (the “2032 Notes Indenture”), the Indenture governing the 6.875% Senior Notes due 2029 of the Partnership and GLP Finance, as amended or supplemented (the “2029 Notes Indenture”), and the Indenture governing the 7.00% Senior Notes due 2027 of the Partnership and GLP Finance, as amended or supplemented (together with the 2032 Notes Indenture and the 2029 Notes Indenture, the “Existing Indentures”).
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(o) Capitalization of the Partnership. As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership consist of 33,995,563 common units representing limited partner interests (“Common Units”), 3,000,000 9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests (“Series B Preferred Units”) and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as such term is defined in the Partnership Agreement). All such Common Units, Series B Preferred Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act).
(p) Ownership of Global Operating. The Partnership owns a 100% membership interest in Global Operating; such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Global Operating (the “Global Operating LLC Agreement”) and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Global Operating LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and the Partnership owns such membership interest free and clear of all Liens, other than those created pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures.
(q) Ownership of Other Guarantors. Global Operating owns a 100% membership interest in each of Global Companies, Chelsea Sandwich, Alliance, Cascade Kelly, Basin Transload and Beacon Street Logistics, Global Everett and Global Terminal and 100% of the capital stock of each of Global Montello, GPEC and Meridian; Global Companies owns 100% of the capital stock of Glen Hes; Alliance owns a 100% membership interest in Bursaw Oil; Global Montello owns (i) 100% of the capital stock of Warren, which owns 100% of the capital stock of each of Puritan, Warex, Drake and Maryland Oil and (ii) 100% of the membership interest in SPR Holdings, which owns 100% of the membership interest in SPR Operator; Global Terminal owns 100% of the membership interests in each of Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury and Global East Providence; in each case free and clear of all Liens, other than those created pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures. In the case of the Guarantors that are limited liability companies, such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with their respective limited liability company agreement (collectively, the “Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements”) and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation applicable to such entity). In the case of the Guarantors that are corporations, such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation applicable to such corporations and the charters and bylaws of such corporations and is fully paid and nonassessable.
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(r) Ownership of GLP Finance. The Partnership owns 100% of the capital stock of GLP Finance free and clear of all Liens, other than those created pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures. Such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the charter and bylaws of GLP Finance and is fully paid and nonassessable.
(s) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than the ownership interests in GLP Finance, the Guarantors, Global Partners Energy Switzerland GmbH, Spring Partners Retail LLC, Spring Partners Licensing LLC, Everett Landco GP LLC, Everett Devco LLC, Everett Landco LLC, Global HQ 2 LLC, BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC, and BIG GRP 275 Grove Owner LLC, the Partnership does not own, directly or indirectly, and at the Closing Date will not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity. Other than its ownership of its partnership interests in the Partnership, the General Partner does not own, and as of the Closing Date will not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity. GLP Finance was formed for the sole purpose of being a co-issuer of the Partnership’s debt and has no operating assets.
(t) Authority and Due Authorization. Each of the Partnership Parties has all requisite partnership, corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein) (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; the Partnership Parties have taken all action required to be taken for the authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Partnership Parties which are party thereto and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been validly taken.
(u) Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Issuers and the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.
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(v) Securities and the Guarantees. The Securities have been duly authorized by each of the Issuers and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Issuers enforceable against each of the Issuers in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(w) Purchase Agreement and DTC Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Partnership Parties. The DTC Agreement has been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Issuers, enforceable against each of the Issuers in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except that enforceability may be limited by public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(x) Descriptions of Certain Documents. Each of the Securities, the Guarantees, the Indenture and the Existing Indentures conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(y) Enforceability of Agreements.
(i) The Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General Partner and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the General Partner, enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its terms;
(ii) The General Partner LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by its members and is a valid and legally binding agreement of such members, enforceable against such members in accordance with its terms;
(iii) The Global Operating LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Partnership, enforceable against the Partnership in accordance with its terms;
(iv) The limited liability company agreement of Bursaw Oil (the “Bursaw Oil LLC Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Alliance, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Alliance, enforceable against Alliance in accordance with its terms;
(v) The limited liability company agreement of SPR Holdings (the “SPR Holdings LLC Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Global Montello, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Global Montello, enforceable against Global Montello in accordance with its terms;
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(vi) The limited liability company agreement of SPR Operator (the “SPR Operator LLC Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by SPR Holdings, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of SPR Holdings, enforceable against SPR Holdings in accordance with its terms;
(vii) The limited liability company agreements of each of Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury and Global East Providence (collectively, the “Terminal Subsidiaries LLC Agreements”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Global Terminal, and are valid and legally binding agreements of Global Terminal, enforceable against Global Terminal in accordance with their respective terms; and
(viii) Each Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement, other than the Bursaw Oil LLC Agreement, the SPR Holdings LLC Agreement, the SPR Operator LLC Agreement and the Terminal Subsidiaries LLC Agreements, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Global Operating, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Global Operating, enforceable against Global Operating in accordance with its terms;
provided that, with respect to each agreement described in this Section 3(y), the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and by public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
The Partnership Agreement, the General Partner LLC Agreement, the Global Operating LLC Agreement, the Bursaw Oil LLC Agreement, the SPR Holdings LLC Agreement, the SPR Operator LLC Agreement, the Terminal Subsidiaries LLC Agreements and the other Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements are herein collectively referred to as the “Organizational Agreements.” The Organizational Agreements, together with the certificates of limited partnership or formation or certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents of the Partnership Parties are herein referred to as the “Organizational Documents.”
(z) No Conflicts. None of the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the application of the net proceeds as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership Parties of each Transaction Document to which each is a party or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (i) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or asset of any of the Partnership Parties pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Partnership Parties is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound, including the Existing Indentures, or subject, or (iii) violates or will violate any statute, law or regulation or any order, rule, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body directed to any of the Partnership Parties or any of their properties in a proceeding to which any of them or their property is a party, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, or Lien that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(aa) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Parties or any of their respective properties or assets is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the application of the net proceeds as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Offering Memorandum, the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership Parties of each Transaction Document to which each is a party, or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings or qualifications required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and applicable rules and regulations under such laws.
(bb) No Default. No Partnership Party (i) is in violation of its Organizational Documents, (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute, law or regulation or any order, rule, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets directed to any of the Partnership Parties or any of their properties in a proceeding to which any of them or their property is a party or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation, failure or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) No Integration. None of the Partnership Parties or any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(dd) No Material Adverse Change, Liabilities, Material Contracts or Distributions. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Partnership included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (i) no Partnership Party has (A) sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (B) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business; or (C) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Partnership has not declared or paid any distribution on its Common Units other than regular quarterly pro rata distributions to holders of Common Units; and (iii) there has not been any change in the net current assets or long-term debt of a Partnership Party, in the case of clauses (i) or (iii), as could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, properties, management, business or prospects of the Partnership Parties and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
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(ee) Independent Public Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Partnership included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Partnership as required by the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and the regulations of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(ff) Financial Statements. At March 31, 2025, the Partnership would have had, on the consolidated, as adjusted basis indicated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, a capitalization as set forth therein. The historical financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein, at the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is accurately presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited historical consolidated financial statements, as applicable, from which it has been derived. No other financial statements or schedules are required by the Exchange Act to be included in the Incorporated Documents.
(gg) XBRL. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.
(hh) Statistical and Market Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Partnership Parties believe to be reliable and accurate, and the Partnership has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.
(ii) Investment Company. None of the Partnership Parties is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
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(jj) No Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, threatened, to which any of the Partnership Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any of the business or property of any of the Partnership Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries is or may be subject, and (ii) no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature issued by a federal or state court or foreign court of competent jurisdiction to which any of the Partnership Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries is or may be subject, that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if determined adversely to any of the Partnership Parties, could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(kk) No Labor Dispute. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, no labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Partnership Parties exists or, to the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, is imminent, that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which the Partnership or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code, excluding any failures that individually or in the aggregate are not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, other than events not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (c) the present value of all benefits accrued under each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) does not exceed the fair market value of the assets under such Plan by an amount reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect and (d) neither the Partnership or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a determination letter (or may rely on an IRS opinion letter) that it is so qualified, or has timely submitted, or expects to timely submit, an application for such a determination and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
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(mm) Tax Returns. Each of the Partnership Parties has filed all material federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon other than those (i) that are being contested in good faith or (ii) that, if not paid, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Partnership Parties do not have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies with respect to any Partnership Party that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(nn) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of a Partnership Party or any of its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(oo) Title to Properties. The Partnership Parties have good and marketable title to all real property and good title to all personal property described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum as being owned by the Partnership Parties, free and clear of all Liens (other than those arising under the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures) except (i) as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or (ii) such as do not materially interfere with the use of such properties, taken as a whole, by the Partnership Parties; provided that, with respect to any real property and buildings held under lease by the Partnership Parties, such real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use of such properties, taken as a whole, by the Partnership Parties.
(pp) Permits. The Partnership Parties have such permits, licenses, sub-licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except for any of the foregoing that could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Partnership Parties has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such Permits, except for any of the foregoing that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(qq) Intellectual Property. The Partnership Parties own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
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(rr) Cybersecurity. (A) To the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, there has been no material security breach or material attack, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to any of the Partnership Parties’ or their respective consolidated subsidiaries’ information technology, computer systems, networks, hardware, software, sensitive data and databases (including the personally identifiable or confidential data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Partnership Parties or their respective consolidated subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Partnership Parties and their respective consolidated subsidiaries), that are used in connection with their respective businesses (collectively, “IT Systems and Sensitive Data”) and (B) the Partnership Parties have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would be reasonably expected to result in, any material security breach or material attack, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise to their and their consolidated subsidiaries’ respective IT Systems and Sensitive Data. To the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, the Partnership Parties and their consolidated subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any applicable court or arbitrator or any applicable governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations applicable to the privacy and security of their IT Systems and Sensitive Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access or modification. The Partnership Parties have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures and safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Sensitive Data as required by applicable laws.
(ss) Environmental Compliance. The Partnership Parties (i) are, and at all times prior hereto were, in compliance with all laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without limitation any international, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority, relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources, or to hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) applicable to such entity, which compliance includes, without limitation, obtaining, maintaining and complying with all permits and authorizations and approvals required by Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (ii) have not received notice of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any potential liability for or other obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in the case of clause (i) or (ii) where such non-compliance, violation, liability, or other obligation could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or has otherwise already been resolved. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (A) there are no proceedings that are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, known to be contemplated, against any Partnership Parties under Environmental Laws in which a governmental authority is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $300,000 or more will be imposed, (B) the Partnership Parties are not aware of any issues regarding non-compliance by the Partnership Parties with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Partnership Parties taken as a whole, and (C) the Partnership Parties do not anticipate that the Partnership Parties will be required to incur material capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws.
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(tt) No Restrictions on Consolidated Subsidiaries. No consolidated subsidiary of the Partnership, other than Global Partners Energy Switzerland GmbH, is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Partnership, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s equity securities, from repaying to the Partnership any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Partnership or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Partnership or any other consolidated subsidiary of the Partnership, except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and except for any such restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures.
(uu) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. No Partnership Party, nor any subsidiary, director or officer of any of the Partnership Parties, nor, to the knowledge of any of the Partnership Parties, any agent, employee or affiliate of any Partnership Party or any of its subsidiaries or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Partnership, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (together with the rules and regulations thereunder, the “FCPA”), any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption statute or regulation (collectively, “Applicable Anti-Corruption Laws”), including, without limitation, by (i) using any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) making or taking an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office, or (iii) making, offering, agreeing, requesting or taking an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. Each of the Partnership Parties and their subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of any of the Partnership Parties, their respective affiliates, have conducted their businesses in compliance, and have instituted, maintained and enforced, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve continued compliance, with all Applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(vv) No Conflict with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Partnership Parties and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of (i) the U.S. Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, (ii) the U.S. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended, (iii) the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, (iv) the rules and regulations issued under any of the foregoing, and (v) any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-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 of the Partnership Parties or their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Partnership Parties, threatened.
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(ww) No Conflict with Sanctions Laws. No Partnership Party, nor any subsidiary, director or officer thereof, nor, to the knowledge of any of the Partnership Parties, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of any Partnership Party or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is, currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or the U.S. State Department, and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and any of its member states, His Majesty’s Treasury, or any other applicable sanctions laws or authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor are any of the Partnership Parties or any of their subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea Region and the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Partnership will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or Person to (i) fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of any Sanctions in violation of applicable Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities or business in any Sanctioned Country in violation of applicable Sanctions or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of any Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as initial purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). Each Partnership Party and its subsidiaries have not engaged in, and are not now engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of any Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country, in each case except as authorized under applicable Sanctions.
(xx) Market Stabilization. The Partnership Parties have not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(yy) Books and Records. The Partnership (i) makes and keeps books, records and accounts that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets and (ii) maintains systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
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(zz) Insurance. The Partnership Parties maintain insurance covering their properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks as is reasonably adequate to protect them and their businesses as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. None of the Partnership Parties has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that material capital improvements or other material expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance; all such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof and will be outstanding and duly in force as of the Closing Date.
(aaa) Disclosure Controls. The Partnership has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the General Partner’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness and presented in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024; and (iii) as of December 31, 2024, are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.
(bbb) No Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Partnership reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP and the audit committee of the board of directors of the General Partner, (i) the Partnership has not been advised of (A) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Partnership, and (ii) since that date, there has been no significant change in internal controls over financial reporting that has significantly affected such internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(ccc) Solvency. On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, (after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the Guarantees and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular date and entity, that on such date (i) the fair market value (and present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, is not less than the total amount required to pay the liability of the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, on their total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are able to realize upon their assets and pay their debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities and the Guarantees as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are not incurring debts or liabilities beyond their ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (iv) the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are not engaged in any business or transaction, and do not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which their property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are engaged; and (v) the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Partnership Parties, taken as a whole, are or would become unable to satisfy.
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(ddd) Rule 144A Eligibility. The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and, on the Closing Date, will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(eee) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Partnership Parties or any of their respective affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(fff) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 1(b) (including Annex B hereto) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities and the Guarantees under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(ggg) No Broker’s Fees. None of the Partnership Parties is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(hhh) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Partnership as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(iii) Regulation S. The Partnership Parties and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Partnership Parties make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902. The Partnership is a “reporting issuer,” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Partnership Parties and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of the Securities and the Guarantees shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Partnership Parties, as to matters covered thereby, to each Initial Purchaser.
4. Further Agreements of the Partnership Parties. Each of the Partnership Parties jointly and severally covenants and agrees with each of the Initial Purchasers that:
(a) Preparation of Offering Memorandum; Delivery of Copies. The Partnership Parties will prepare and deliver, without charge, to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or filing with the Commission any document that will be incorporated by reference therein, the Partnership Parties will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement or document to be incorporated by reference therein for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement or file any such document with the Commission to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(c) Additional Written Communications. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Partnership Parties will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Partnership Parties will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities and the Guarantees as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (iii) of the receipt by the Partnership Parties of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities and the Guarantees for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Partnership Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and the Guarantees and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Issuers will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(b), furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum. If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities and the Guarantees (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include 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 existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Issuers will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(b), furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (including such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Partnership Parties will qualify the Securities and the Guarantees for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities and the Guarantees; provided that in connection therewith none of the Partnership Parties shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is 90 days after the date hereof, each of the Partnership Parties will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by any of the Partnership Parties and having a term of more than one year.
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(i) Use of Proceeds. The Partnership Parties will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(j) Additional Issuer Information. Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with any subsequent purchasers, the Partnership Parties shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, each of the Partnership Parties will, during any period in which the Partnership is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(k) DTC. The Partnership Parties will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities and the Guarantees to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) No Resales by the Partnership. The Partnership Parties will not, and will not permit any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities and the Guarantees that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Partnership Parties or any of their affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(m) No Integration. None of the Partnership Parties or any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities and the Guarantees in a manner that would require registration of the Securities and the Guarantees under the Securities Act.
(n) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Partnership Parties or any of their affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities and the Guarantees by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(o) No Stabilization. None of the Partnership Parties will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(p) Legended Securities. Each certificate for a Security will bear a legend substantially the same as that contained in “Transfer Restrictions” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
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The Representative may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Partnership Parties of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities and the Guarantees other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) any written communication that contains either (a) no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) or (b) “issuer information” that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written communication prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Partnership in advance in writing or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the preliminary or final terms of the Securities and the Guarantees or their offering and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum.
6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by each of the Partnership Parties of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Partnership Parties contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made; and the statements of the Partnership Parties and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by any of the Partnership Parties by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by any of the Partnership Parties (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, no event or condition of a type described in Section 3(dd) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Offering Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
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(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of each of the Partnership Parties who has specific knowledge of such Partnership Party’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Partnership Parties in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Partnership Parties have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) to the effect set forth in Sections 6(b) and 6(c).
(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Partnership, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(f) Opinion of Counsel for the Issuers. On the Closing Date, each of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Issuers, Sean T. Geary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary for the General Partner, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, local counsel in Oregon, and Bennett Jones LLP, local counsel in Alberta, Canada, shall have furnished to you their respective written opinion and, with respect to Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., negative assurance statement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth on Annexes D, E, F and G to this Agreement, respectively.
(g) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Initial Purchasers, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions and negative assurance statement, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(h) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees.
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(i) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Partnership Parties in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions dated as of a recent date.
(j) Indenture. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Indenture that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of the Partnership Parties.
(k) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership Parties shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers. If any condition specified in this Section 6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Partnership at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 7 and 10 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Partnership Parties jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates who have, or who are alleged to have, participated in the distribution of the Securities, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Partnership in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein.
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(b) Indemnification of the Partnership. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Partnership Parties, the directors and officers of each of the Partnership Parties, as the case may be, and each person, if any, who controls the Partnership Parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Partnership in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such written information consists of the following information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum: the third sentence of the sixth paragraph and the ninth paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution.”
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates who have, or who are alleged to have, participated in the distribution of the Securities, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Representative and any such separate firm for the Partnership Parties, their directors and officers and any control persons of the Partnership Parties shall be designated in writing by the Partnership. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Partnership Parties on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities and the Guarantees or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Partnership Parties on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Partnership Parties on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers from the sale of the Securities and the Guarantees and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities and the Guarantees. The relative fault of the Partnership Parties on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Partnership Parties and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Guarantees exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
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(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Issuers, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
9. Defaulting Initial Purchaser.
(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities and the Guarantees that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Issuers on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Issuers shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities and the Guarantees of a defaulting Initial Purchaser, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Issuers may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Issuers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Issuers agree to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.
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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities and the Guarantees of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Issuers as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Issuers shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Issuers as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Issuers shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Partnership Parties, except that the Partnership Parties will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Partnership Parties or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default.
10. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Partnership Parties jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof (including any form of electronic distribution); (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Partnership Parties’ counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Partnership Parties in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
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(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 8, (ii) the Issuers for any reason fail to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or (iii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Partnership Parties jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Initial Purchaser referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Partnership Parties and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Partnership Parties or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Partnership Parties or the Initial Purchasers.
13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Meghann Altman, Facsimile: (212) 270-1063. Notices to the Partnership Parties shall be given to them c/o Global Partners LP, P.O. Box 9161, 800 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9161, Attention: Sean T. Geary (fax: (781) 398-9205).
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(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(d) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Partnership Parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Partnership Parties waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. Each of the Partnership Parties agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Partnership Parties and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Partnership Parties are subject by a suit upon such judgment.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(g) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
(i) Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Issuers and the Guarantors, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.
(j) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(i) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Initial Purchaser of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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(ii) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Initial Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Initial Purchaser are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 14(j), a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
[Signature pages follow]
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| Very truly yours, | ||||
| GLOBAL PARTNERS LP | ||||
| By: Global GP LLC, its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| GLOBAL GP LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| GLP FINANCE CORP. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| GLOBAL OPERATING LLC | ||||
| By: Global Partners LP, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global GP LLC, its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
| GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC CHELSEA SANDWICH LLC ALLIANCE ENERGY LLC CASCADE KELLY HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
| BASIN TRANSLOAD, LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL EVERETT LANDCO LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL TERMINAL HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
| BEACON STREET LOGISTICS LLC | ||||
| By: Global Operating LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Partners LP, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global GP LLC, its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| BURSAW OIL LLC | ||||
| By: Alliance Energy LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Operating LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Partners LP, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global GP LLC, its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| GLOBAL MONTELLO GROUP CORP. GLEN HES CORP. | ||||
| WARREN EQUITIES INC. | ||||
| WAREX TERMINALS CORPORATION | ||||
| DRAKE PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. | ||||
| PURITAN OIL COMPANY, INC. | ||||
| MARYLAND OIL COMPANY, INC. | ||||
| MERIDIAN BUNKER CORP. | ||||
| GLOBAL PARTNERS ENERGY CANADA ULC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
| SPR HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
| By: Global Montello Group Corp., its Sole Member | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| SPR OPERATOR LLC | ||||
| By: SPR Holdings LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Montello Group Corp., its Sole Member | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| GLOBAL CHELSEA TERMINALS LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL LINDEN TERMINALS LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL NEW HAVEN TERMINALS LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL WOODBURY TERMINALS LLC | ||||
| GLOBAL EAST PROVIDENCE TERMINALS LLC | ||||
| By: Global Terminal Holdings LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Operating LLC, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global Partners LP, its Sole Member | ||||
| By: Global GP LLC, its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Name: | Gregory B. Hanson | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
| Accepted as of the date hereof: | |||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | |||
| For itself and on behalf of the | |||
| several Initial Purchasers listed | |||
| in Schedule 1 hereto. | |||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Meghann Altman | ||
| Name: | Meghann Altman | ||
| Title: | Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
SCHEDULE 1
| Initial Purchaser | Principal Amount | |||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $ | 81,000,000 | ||
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. | 43,875,000 | |||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | 41,625,000 | |||
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | 41,625,000 | |||
| Citizens JMP Securities, LLC | 41,625,000 | |||
| MUFG Securities Americas Inc. | 41,625,000 | |||
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | 41,625,000 | |||
| Capital One Securities, Inc. | 22,500,000 | |||
| Rabo Securities USA, Inc. | 22,500,000 | |||
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 22,500,000 | |||
| Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | 15,750,000 | |||
| Santander US Capital Markets LLC | 15,750,000 | |||
| KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. | 9,000,000 | |||
| ING Financial Markets LLC | 4,500,000 | |||
| M&T Securities, Inc. | 4,500,000 | |||
| Total | $ | 450,000,000 | ||
Schedule 1-1
SCHEDULE 2
RS 2012 LLC
AAS93 LLC
A trust for the benefit of certain family members of Richard Slifka
Entities owned by members of the Slifka family
Larea Holdings LLC
Larea Holdings II LLC
Schedule 2-1
ANNEX A
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
GLP FINANCE CORP.
Pricing Supplement
This summary pricing supplement relates only to the securities described below and should only be read together with the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated June 10, 2025, relating to these securities and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. This summary pricing supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
| Issuer: | Global Partners LP and GLP Finance Corp. | ||||
| Security description: | 7.125% Senior Notes due 2033 | ||||
| Distribution: | 144A and Regulation S | ||||
| Size: | $450,000,000 (increased from $400,000,000) | ||||
| Maturity: | July 1, 2033 | ||||
| Coupon: | 7.125% | ||||
| Price: | 100% of face amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 23, 2025 | ||||
| Yield to maturity: | 7.125% | ||||
| Interest Payment Dates: | January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2026 | ||||
| Equity Clawback: | Prior to July 1, 2028, up to 35% at 107.125% | ||||
| Optional redemption: | Make-whole call at T+50 prior to July 1, 2028 then: | ||||
| On or after July 1 of each of the years indicated below: | Price: | ||||
| 2028 | 103.563 | % | |||
| 2029 | 101.781 | % | |||
| 2030 and thereafter | 100.000 | % | |||
| Change of control: | 101% of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest | ||||
| Trade date: | June 10, 2025 | ||||
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| Settlement: | T+8; June 23, 2025 It is expected that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about June 23, 2025, which is the 8th business day following the date hereof (such settlement cycle being referred to as “T+8”). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes prior to one business day before delivery will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+8, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes prior to their date of delivery hereunder should consult their own advisors. | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 144A Note: | |
| Denominations/Multiple: | 2,000 x 1,000 | |
| Joint Book-Runners: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC BofA Securities, Inc. BMO Capital Markets Corp. Citizens JMP Securities, LLC MUFG Securities Americas Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC Capital One Securities, Inc. Rabo Securities USA, Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC | ||
| Senior Co-Managers: | Fifth Third Securities, Inc. Santander US Capital Markets LLC KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. | |
| Co-Managers: | ING Financial Markets LLC M&T Securities, Inc. | |
| Use of Proceeds: | To fund the purchase or redemption of any and all outstanding $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 7.000% senior notes due 2027, as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under our credit agreement. |
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This material is confidential and is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these notes or the offering. Please refer to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for a complete description.
This communication is being distributed solely to Qualified Institutional Buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and outside the United States solely to investors that are not U.S. persons (as defined under Regulation S).
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
Not for retail investors in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the United Kingdom. No key information document (KID) as required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) or as required by the PRIIPs Regulation as it forms part of domestic UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, has been prepared as the notes will not be made available to retail investors in the EEA or the United Kingdom, respectively.
Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.
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ANNEX B
Restrictions on Offers and Sales Outside the United States
In connection with offers and sales of Securities outside the United States:
(a) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities 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 transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
(i) Such Initial Purchaser has offered and sold the Securities, and will offer and sell the Securities, (A) as part of their distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
(ii) None of such Initial Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and all such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(iii) At or prior to the confirmation of any sale of any Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S, such Initial Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Securities from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered 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 of the Securities and the date of original issuance of the Securities, except in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”
(iv) Such Initial Purchaser has not and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with any distributor with respect to the distribution of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Partnership.
Terms used in paragraph (a) and this paragraph (b) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
(c) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by the Issuers that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of any of the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
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ANNEX C
Foreign Qualifications
Global Partners LP
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Canada – Ontario
Global GP LLC
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Canada – Ontario
GLP Finance Corp.
Massachusetts
Global Operating LLC
Massachusetts
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Global Companies LLC
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Canada – Alberta
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Global Montello Group Corp.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Canada - Alberta
Chelsea Sandwich LLC
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
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Glen Hes Corp.
Massachusetts
Alliance Energy LLC
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Bursaw Oil LLC
New Hampshire
Cascade Kelly Holdings LLC
None
Global Partners Energy Canada ULC
Canada - British Columbia
Canada - Ontario
Canada - Manitoba
Canada - Saskatchewan
Warren Equities Inc.
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
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Warex Terminals Corporation
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Drake Petroleum Company, Inc.
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Puritan Oil Company, Inc.
None
Maryland Oil Company
Maryland
Massachusetts
Basin Transload, LLC
Montana
North Dakota
Meridian Bunker Corp.
Alabama
California
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Oregon
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Canada - British Columbia
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Global Terminal Holdings LLC
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Global Everett Landco LLC
Massachusetts
SPR Holdings LLC
Texas
SPR Operator LLC
Texas
Global Chelsea Terminals LLC
Massachusetts
Global New Haven Terminals LLC
Connecticut
Global Linden Terminals LLC
New Jersey
Global Woodbury Terminals LLC
New Jersey
Global East Providence Terminals LLC
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Beacon Street Logistics LLC
Florida
Massachusetts
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ANNEX D
FORM OF OPINION OF VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
(a) The Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited partnership under the Delaware LP Act with full partnership power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(b) Each of the General Partner, Global Operating, Global Companies and Chelsea Sandwich has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware LLC Act with full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the General Partner, to act as general partner of the Partnership.
(c) Each of GLP Finance, Global Montello and Glen Hes has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the DGCL with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(d) Warex is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the New York Business Corporation Law with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(e) The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 0.67% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement; and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures.
(f) The Partnership owns 100% of the capital stock of GLP Finance; such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the GLP Finance Charter Documents and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the Partnership owns such capital stock free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the DGCL or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures.
(g) The Partnership owns a 100% membership interest in Global Operating; such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Global Operating LLC Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Global Operating LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and the Partnership owns such membership interest free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures.
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(h) Global Operating owns a 100% membership interest in each of Global Companies and Chelsea Sandwich and 100% of the capital stock of Global Montello; and Global Companies owns 100% of the capital stock in Glen Hes. Such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and Global Operating owns such membership interest free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Global Operating as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures. In the case of such Operating Subsidiaries that are corporations, such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the DGCL, and is fully paid and nonassessable; and Global Operating or Global Companies, as the case may be, owns such capital stock free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Global Operating or Global Companies, as applicable, as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the DGCL or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures.
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(i) The Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General Partner and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the General Partner, enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its terms;
(ii) The Global Operating LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Partnership, enforceable against the Partnership in accordance with its terms; and
(iii) The Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement of each of Global Companies and Chelsea Sandwich has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Global Operating and each is a valid and legally binding agreement of Global Operating, enforceable against Global Operating in accordance with its terms;
provided that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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(j) Each of the Issuers and each of Global Operating, Global Companies, Global Montello, Chelsea Sandwich, Glen Hes, Basin Transload, Meridian, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, Global East Providence and Beacon Street Logistics (the “Delaware Guarantors”) and Warex (together with the Delaware Guarantors, the “Covered Guarantors,” and the Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors, the “Other Guarantors”) has all requisite partnership, limited liability company or corporate power and authority, as the case may be, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations thereunder, as the case may be.
(k) The purchase agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Issuers, the General Partner and each of the Covered Guarantors.
(l) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and each of the Covered Guarantors and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee and the Other Guarantors, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors enforceable against each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Indenture conforms in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.
(m) The Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and, assuming due authentication as provided in the Indenture, when delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers as provided in the purchase agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Issuers enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(n) The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Covered Guarantors and, assuming the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Other Guarantors, when each global certificate representing the Securities has been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers as provided in the purchase agreement, the Guarantees will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(o) None of the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership Parties of each Transaction Document to which each is a party, or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (i) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Issuers or the Covered Guarantors, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, or create a Lien upon any property or asset of any of the Partnership Parties pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Existing Indentures, or (iii) violates or will violate (A) with respect to the Delaware Guarantors, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act or the DGCL, as applicable, (B) with respect to Warex, the New York Business Corporations Law, or (C) federal or New York state law, which breaches, violations, Liens or defaults in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however that no opinion is expressed pursuant to this paragraph with respect to securities and other anti-fraud statutes, rules or regulations.
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(p) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification (“consent”) of or with any U.S. Federal or Delaware or New York court or governmental agency or body under the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL or U.S. Federal or New York state law is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Partnership Parties to which each is a party, or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents as may be required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and applicable rules and regulations under such laws.
(q) The statements in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes,” to the extent they constitute a description of the terms of the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture, and under the captions “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences,” to the extent that they constitute descriptions of matters of law or agreements referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects.
(r) None of the Partnership Parties is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, none of them will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(s) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the Guarantors contained in the purchase agreement and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by the purchase agreement, the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum and the Indenture, to register the offer and sale of Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, it being understood that such counsel need not express an opinion as to any subsequent resale of any Securities.
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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely, without independent investigation or verification, with respect to matters of fact, upon certificates of officers and employees of the Partnership Parties, upon information obtained from public officials and upon the representations of the Partnership Parties set forth in the purchase agreement, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them are genuine, (C) assume that each certificate from government officials reviewed by them is accurate, complete and authentic, and all official public records are accurate and complete, (D) state that their opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the State of New York, (E) with respect to the opinions expressed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above as to the valid existence and good standing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, of certain of the Partnership Parties, state that such opinions relied solely on certificates and oral assurances of existence and good standing provided by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the Secretary of State of the State of New York, as applicable, (F) assume that, to the extent documents constitute agreements of parties other than the Issuers, the Covered Guarantors and the General Partner, they are valid and binding obligations of such other parties, enforceable against such other parties in accordance with their terms, (G) with respect to the opinions expressed in clause (i) of paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h) above, such counsel relied on reports, dated as of recent dates, prepared by CSC Corporation purporting to describe all financing statements on file as of the dates specified therein in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership, the General Partner, Global Operating or Global Companies, or one or more of them, as debtors, (H) with respect to the opinions expressed in paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h) above, assume that (i) each identified holder of partner interests, membership interests or capital stock (each a “Holder”) gave value for the partner interests, membership interests or capital stock, as the case may be, held by such Holder, (ii) each Holder has taken delivery of such partner interests, membership interests or capital stock and (iii) no Holder has any notice of an adverse claim with respect to such partner interests, membership interests or capital stock, (I) with respect to the opinion expressed in clause (ii) of paragraph (o) above, state that they express no opinion or belief with respect to compliance with any financial, accounting or similar covenant requirement contained in any agreement, (J) state that they express no opinion with respect to state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or equity holders of any of the Partnership Parties may be subject, and (K) state that they express no opinion as to the validity, legality, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Existing Indentures and the Indenture that requires or relates to the payment of interest at a rate or in an amount which a court would determine in the circumstances or under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or a forfeiture.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Partnership Parties, representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Partnership, and representatives of the Initial Purchasers, at which the contents of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel did not independently verify, is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (except to the extent specified in paragraph (q) above), on the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that causes it to believe that:
(i) the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
(ii) the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
it being understood that such counsel need not express any statement or belief with respect to (i) the financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein, including the notes and schedules thereto and the independent public accounting firm’s report thereon, or (ii) the other financial data and statistical data derived from financial data included or incorporated by reference therein.
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ANNEX E
FORM OF OPINION OF SEAN T. GEARY
(a) The Partnership is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth on a schedule to such opinion.
(b) Each of the General Partner, Global Operating, Global Companies, Chelsea Sandwich, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury and Global East Providence is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth on a schedule to such opinion.
(c) Each of Global Montello, Glen Hes, GLP Finance, Warren, Warex, Drake, Puritan, Maryland Oil and Meridian is duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth on a schedule to such opinion.
(d) The members listed on an annex to such opinion collectively own 100% of the outstanding membership interests in the General Partner free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with respect to such members as indicated on an annex to such opinion, and the State of Delaware with respect to such members as indicated on an annex to such opinion, in each case naming any of them as a debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as applicable, or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the Delaware LLC Act or contained in the General Partner LLC Agreement and the organizational documents of each such member, as applicable.
(e) Each of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury, Global East Providence and Beacon Street Logistics has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Massachusetts Limited Liability Company Act (“Massachusetts LLC Act”) or the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, with full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(f) Each of Warren, Maryland Oil, Drake and Meridian has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction of origin with full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(g) Each of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Drake, Maryland Oil and Warren has all limited liability company or corporate power and authority, as the case may be, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations thereunder. All limited liability company action or corporate action, as the case may be, required to be taken by each of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Drake, Maryland Oil and Warren or any of their respective members for the issuance and sale of the Guarantees, the authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been validly taken.
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(h) Global Operating owns a 100% membership interest in each of Basin Transload, Alliance, Global Everett, Global Terminal and Beacon Street Logistics and owns 100% of the capital stock of Meridian; Alliance owns a 100% membership interest in Bursaw Oil; Global Montello (i) owns 100% of the capital stock of Warren, which owns 100% of the capital stock of each of Puritan, Warex, Drake and Maryland Oil, and (ii) owns 100% of the membership interest in SPR Holdings, which owns 100% of the membership interest in SPR Operator; and Global Terminal owns 100% of the membership interests in each of Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury and Global East Providence. In the case of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Basin Transload, Global Everett, Global Terminal, SPR Holdings, SPR Operator, Global Chelsea, Global New Haven, Global Linden, Global Woodbury and Global East Providence, such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreements and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act or the Massachusetts LLC Act); and Global Operating or Global Terminal, as applicable, owns such membership interest free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Global Operating or Global Terminal, as applicable, as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Massachusetts LLC Act or the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures. In the case of Drake, such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Massachusetts Business Corporations Act and is fully paid and nonassessable; and Warren owns such capital stock free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Warren as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Massachusetts Business Corporations Act, as applicable, or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures. In the case of Meridian, such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the DGCL, and is fully paid and nonassessable; and Global Operating owns such capital stock free and clear of all Liens (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Global Operating as a debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to me, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the DGCL or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures.
(i) (i) The Operating Subsidiary LLC Agreement of Alliance has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Global Operating, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Global Operating, enforceable against Global Operating in accordance with its terms; and (ii) the Bursaw Oil LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Alliance, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Alliance; provided that, with respect to each agreement described in this paragraph (i), the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) the Enforceability Exceptions and (B) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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(j) Each of the purchase agreement and the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Drake, Maryland Oil and Warren.
(k) Each of the Guarantees has been duly authorized by each of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Drake, Maryland Oil and Warren.
(l) The General Partner LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Members and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Members, enforceable against the Members in accordance with its terms; provided that, with respect to such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) the Enforceability Exceptions and (B) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties, indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(m) None of the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership Parties of each Transaction Document to which each is a party or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (i) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of Alliance, Bursaw Oil, Drake, Maryland Oil and Warren, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or asset of any of the Partnership Parties pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel (other than the Credit Agreement and the Existing Indentures) to which any of the Partnership Parties is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or subject, (iii) violates or will violate any order, judgment, decree or injunction known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body to which any of the Partnership Parties or any of their properties are subject, or (iv) violates or will violate the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (other than any state securities laws or broker/dealer laws, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion), which breaches, violations, Liens or defaults in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however that no opinion is expressed pursuant to this paragraph with respect to securities and other anti-fraud statutes, rules or regulations.
(n) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification (“consent”) of or with any Massachusetts court or governmental agency or body under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Partnership Parties to which each is a party or the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents as may be required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and applicable rules and regulations under such laws, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion.
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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely, without independent investigation or verification, with respect to matters of fact upon certificates of officers and employees of the Partnership Parties and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to him or to members of his staff or others under his supervision as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to him or to members of his staff or others under his supervision conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by him or by members of his staff or others under his supervision are genuine, (C) state that his opinion is limited to federal laws, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act and the DGCL, (D) with respect to the opinions expressed in clauses (i) of each of paragraphs (d) and (h) above, such counsel relied solely on reports, dated as of recent dates, purporting to describe all financing statements on file as of the dates specified therein in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as applicable, naming one or more of the parties listed on Schedule 2 to the purchase agreement or Global Operating, Global Terminal or Warren, as debtors, (E) state that he expresses no opinion with respect to state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Parties may be subject, and (F) with respect to the opinions expressed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) above as to the valid existence, good standing, due qualification or registration as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, of the Partnership Parties, state that such opinions are based upon certificates or oral assurances of existence, good standing, foreign qualification or registration provided by the Secretary of State of the states listed on a schedule to such opinion.
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ANNEX F
FORM OF OPINION OF SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT
1. Cascade Kelly: (i) is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Oregon; and (ii) has full limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
2. All limited liability company actions required to be taken by Cascade Kelly to authorize Cascade Kelly to enter into and execute the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been taken.
3. Cascade Kelly has all requisite limited liability company authority to undertake and perform the obligations of Cascade Kelly under the Transaction Documents.
4. Cascade Kelly has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
5. The execution, delivery and performance by Cascade Kelly of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions described under the Transaction Documents, do not (i) violate any of Cascade Kelly’s charter documents, (ii) violate any existing obligation of Cascade Kelly under any court orders listed on Schedule 1 to this opinion letter or (iii) violate any Oregon statute or regulation which, in our experience, are normally applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
6. No consent or approval by, or any notification of or filing with, any Oregon state court, public body or public authority is required pursuant to Oregon law to be obtained or effected by Cascade Kelly in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Cascade Kelly of any Transaction Document, and the consummation of the transactions described under such Transaction Documents.
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ANNEX G
FORM OF OPINION OF BENNETT JONES LLP
1. Global Partners Energy Canada ULC (“GPEC”) is a valid and subsisting unlimited liability corporation under the laws of the Province of Alberta, with corporate power and capacity to own or lease its properties and conduct its business.
2. GPEC has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize GPEC to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder.
3. GPEC has the corporate power and capacity to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (including, for certainty, GPEC’s guarantee as provided in Article 10 of the Indenture).
4. GPEC has, to the extent that execution and delivery are matters governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta, duly executed and delivered the Transaction Documents.
5. The execution and delivery by GPEC of the Transaction Documents, and the performance by GPEC of its obligations thereunder, do not violate (i) any provisions of the articles or by-laws of GPEC, or (ii) any Alberta statute or regulation which, in our experience, is normally applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
6. No consent or approval by, or any notification of or filing with, any Alberta provincial court, public body or governmental or regulatory authority is required pursuant to Alberta law to be obtained or effected by GPEC in connection with the execution and delivery by GPEC of any Transaction Document, and the performance by GPEC of its obligations thereunder.
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