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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
         
For the quarterly period ended
  June 30, 2004    
 
 
   

OR

     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                 
For the transition period from
      to        
 
 
     
 
   
         
Commission File Number
  1-3876    
 
 
   

HOLLY CORPORATION


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   75-1056913

 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   (Identification No.)
     
100 Crescent Court, Suite 1600    
Dallas, Texas   75201-6927

 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
         
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
  (214) 871-3555    
 
 
   


Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes x No o

15,895,233 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, were outstanding on July 23, 2004.



 


HOLLY CORPORATION
INDEX

             
        Page No.
  FINANCIAL INFORMATION        
    3  
    4  
  Financial Statements        
 
  Consolidated Balance Sheet - (Unaudited) -        
 
  June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003     5  
 
  Consolidated Statement of Income (Unaudited) -        
 
  Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 and 2003     6  
 
  Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) -        
 
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 and 2003     7  
 
  Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) -        
 
  Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 and 2003     8  
 
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)     9  
  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial        
 
  Condition and Results of Operations     20  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures        
 
  About Market Risk     41  
    41  
  Controls and Procedures     44  
  OTHER INFORMATION        
  Legal Proceedings     45  
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     47  
  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K     47  
        49  
 Credit Agreement
 Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
 Certification of CEO under Section 302
 Certification of CFO under Section 302
 Certification of CEO under Section 906
 Certification of CFO under Section 906

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PART I

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

References throughout this document to Holly Corporation include Holly Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) “Plain English” guidelines, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been written in the first person. In this document, the words “we”, “our”, “ours” and “us” refer only to Holly Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries or to Holly Corporation or an individual subsidiary and not to any other person.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q, including, but not limited to, those under “Results of Operations,” “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Additional Factors that May Affect Future Results” (including “Risk Management”) in Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I and those in Item 1 “Legal Proceedings” in Part II, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s belief and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove to be correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in these statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

    risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in our markets;
 
    the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products;
 
    the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil;
 
    the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products;
 
    the possibility of inefficiencies or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines;
 
    effects of governmental regulations and policies;
 
    the availability and cost of our financing;
 
    the effectiveness of our capital investments and marketing strategies;
 
    our efficiency in carrying out construction projects;
 
    our ability to successfully purchase and integrate any future acquired operations;
 
    the outcome of litigation with Frontier Oil Corporation;
 
    the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks;
 
    general economic conditions;
 
    other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our SEC filings.

Cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are set forth in this Form 10-Q, including without limitation in conjunction with the forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q that are referred to above. This summary discussion should be read in conjunction with the discussion under the heading “Additional Factors That May Affect Future Results” included in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and in conjunction with the discussion in this Form 10-Q in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the headings “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Additional Factors That May Affect Future Results.” All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q and all subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, other than as

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required by law, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

DEFINITIONS

Within this report, the following terms have these specific meanings:

     “Alkylation” means the reaction of propylene or butylene (olefins) with isobutane to form an iso-paraffinic gasoline (inverse of cracking).

     “BPD” means the number of barrels per day of crude oil or petroleum products.

     “Cracking” means the process of breaking down larger, heavier and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules.

     “Crude distillation” means the process of distilling vapor from liquid crudes, usually by heating, and condensing slightly above atmospheric pressure the vapor back to liquid in order to purify, fractionate or form the desired products.

     “Fluid catalytic cracking” means the breaking down of large, complex hydrocarbon molecules into smaller, more useful ones by the application of heat, pressure and a chemical (catalyst) to speed the process.

     “Hydrodesulfurization” means to remove sulfur and nitrogen compounds from oil or gas in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst at relatively high temperatures.

     “Isomerization” means a refinery process for converting C5/C6 gasoline compounds into their isomers, i.e., rearranging the structure of the molecules without changing their size or chemical composition.

     “LPG” means liquid petroleum gases.

     “Refining gross margin” or “refinery gross margin” means the difference between produced refined product netback sales prices and the delivered costs for crude oil and other feedstocks.

     “Reforming” means the process of converting gasoline type molecules into aromatic, higher octane gasoline blend stocks while producing hydrogen in the process.

     “Sour crude oil” means crude oil containing quantities of hydrogen sulfur greater than 0.4%, while “sweet crude oil” would contain quantities of hydrogen sulfur less 0.4%.

     “Vacuum distillation” means the process of distilling vapor from liquid crudes, usually by heating, and condensing below atmospheric pressure the vapor back to liquid in order to purify, fractionate or form the desired products.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

HOLLY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)

                 
    June 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 64,398     $ 11,690  
Accounts receivable:
               
Product
    110,290       68,662  
Crude oil sales
    147,073       115,671  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    257,363       184,333  
Inventories:
               
Crude oil and refined products
    87,827       100,649  
Materials and supplies
    12,069       11,698  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    99,896       112,347  
Prepaid transportation receivable
    27,189        
Income taxes receivable
          7,806  
Prepayments and other
    26,624       20,230  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    475,470       336,406  
Properties, plant and equipment, at cost
    553,707       535,915  
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
    (244,922 )     (231,671 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    308,785       304,244  
Investments in and advances to joint ventures
    10,920       13,850  
Other assets:
               
Prepaid transportation
          25,000  
Other, net
    21,862       29,392  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    21,862       54,392  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 817,037     $ 708,892  
 
   
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 338,672     $ 277,897  
Accrued liabilities
    34,729       28,199  
Income taxes payable
    24,904        
Credit agreement borrowings
          50,000  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    8,571       8,571  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    406,876       364,667  
Deferred income taxes
    51,664       50,331  
Long-term debt, less current maturities
    8,571       8,571  
Other long-term liabilities
    2,570       2,239  
Commitments and contingencies
           
Minority interest in joint venture
    13,220       14,475  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value - 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
           
Common stock, $.01 par value - 50,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares authorized - 17,256,851 and 16,885,896 shares issued as of June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively
    172       169  
Additional capital
    20,846       15,818  
Retained earnings
    325,856       264,991  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (239 )     130  
Common stock held in treasury, at cost - 1,371,868 shares as of June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003
    (12,499 )     (12,499 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    334,136       268,609  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 817,037     $ 708,892  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenue
  $ 568,735     $ 323,287     $ 1,031,792     $ 638,199  
Operating costs and expenses:
                               
Cost of products sold (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    425,654       269,491       800,549       535,586  
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    39,935       29,095       78,607       56,264  
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    11,694       6,772       26,071       12,325  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    9,931       7,941       19,855       16,924  
Exploration expenses, including dry holes
    305       215       428       463  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total operating costs and expenses
    487,519       313,514       925,510       621,562  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gain on sale of assets
                      16,207  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income from operations
    81,216       9,773       106,282       32,844  
Other income (expense):
                               
Equity in earnings (loss) of joint ventures
    600       978       (55 )     (5 )
Minority interest in income of joint ventures
    (306 )           (995 )      
Interest income
    2,313       145       2,390       295  
Interest expense
    (751 )     (348 )     (1,706 )     (537 )
Reparations payment received
          15,226             15,226  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    1,856       16,001       (366 )     14,979  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before income taxes
    83,072       25,774       105,916       47,823  
Income tax provision:
                               
Current
    31,621       9,072       39,572       12,256  
Deferred
    444       644       1,375       5,983  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    32,065       9,716       40,947       18,239  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income per common share — basic
  $ 3.23     $ 1.04     $ 4.14     $ 1.91  
Net income per common share — diluted
  $ 3.13     $ 1.00     $ 4.01     $ 1.85  
Cash dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.13     $ 0.11     $ 0.26     $ 0.22  
Average number of common shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    15,803       15,503       15,704       15,501  
Diluted
    16,302       16,048       16,185       16,005  

See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

                 
    Six Months Ended
    June 30,
    2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
               
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    19,855       16,924  
Deferred income taxes
    1,375       5,983  
Minority interest in income of joint venture
    995        
Equity in earnings of joint ventures
    55       5  
Interest receivable
    (2,189 )      
Equity based compensation expense
    722        
Gain on sale of assets
          (16,207 )
(Increase) decrease in current assets:
               
Accounts receivable
    (73,030 )     (15,483 )
Inventories
    12,451       2,164  
Income taxes receivable
    8,992       647  
Prepayments and other
    (6,394 )     475  
Increase (decrease) in current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
    60,438       19,413  
Accrued liabilities
    6,530       6,786  
Income taxes payable
    25,393       9,227  
Turnaround expenditures
          (4,664 )
Other, net
    3,627       (3,754 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    123,789       51,100  
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Additions to properties, plant and equipment
    (19,119 )     (38,533 )
Acquisition of Woods Cross refinery and retail stations
          (56,768 )
Investments in and advances to joint ventures
    (64 )     (78 )
Purchase of additional interest in joint venture, net of cash
          (21,369 )
Distributions from joint ventures
    2,940       38  
Proceeds from sale of pipeline assets
          24,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used for investing activities
    (16,243 )     (92,710 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Net increase (decrease) in borrowings under revolving credit agreement
    (50,000 )     50,000  
Debt issuance costs
    (1,455 )     (185 )
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options
    2,634       477  
Purchase of treasury stock
          (894 )
Cash dividends
    (3,767 )     (3,408 )
Cash distributions to minority interests
    (2,250 )      
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
    (54,838 )     45,990  
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Increase for the period
    52,708       4,380  
Beginning of the year
    11,690       24,266  
 
   
 
     
 
 
End of period
  $ 64,398     $ 28,646  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid during the period for
               
Interest
  $ 1,352     $ 1,090  
Income taxes
  $ 5,174     $ 2,406  

See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Net income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                               
Derivative instruments qualifying as cash flow hedging instruments:
                               
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
                (329 )     (155 )
Reclassification adjustment into net income
                (270 )     108  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total loss on cash flow hedges before income taxes
                (599 )     (47 )
Income tax benefit
                230       18  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Other comprehensive loss
                (369 )     (29 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total comprehensive income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,600     $ 29,555  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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HOLLY CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note A — Presentation of Financial Statements

     References herein to Holly Corporation include Holly Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) “Plain English” guidelines, this Quarterly report on Form 10-Q has been written in the first person. In this document, the words “we”, “our”, “ours” and “us” refer only to Holly Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries or to Holly Corporation or an individual subsidiary and not to any other person.

     As of June 30, 2004, we

    owned and operated three refineries consisting of a petroleum refinery in Artesia, New Mexico that is operated in conjunction with crude oil and vacuum distillation and other facilities situated 65 miles away in Lovington, New Mexico (collectively known as the “Navajo Refinery”), and refineries in Woods Cross, Utah and Great Falls, Montana;
 
    owned and operated nine refined product storage terminals in Artesia, Moriarty, Bloomfield and Lovington, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Woods Cross, Utah; Great Falls, Montana; Spokane, Washington; and Mountain Home, Idaho;
 
    owned interests in four refined product storage terminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tucson, Arizona; and Burley and Boise, Idaho; and
 
    owned or leased approximately 2,000 miles of pipeline located principally in West Texas and New Mexico.

     See Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information and for information about changes that have occurred due to the initial public offering in July 2004 of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holly Energy Partners”) which is owned 51% by us and 49% by other investors in Holly Energy Partners.

     On July 30, 2003, we changed our fiscal year from a July 31 fiscal year-end to a December 31 fiscal year-end. A Form 10-K Annual Report was filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (the “2003 Form 10-K”). This Form 10-Q includes consolidated statements of income, cash flows and comprehensive income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003. We have not previously reported the consolidated statements of income, cash flows and comprehensive income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2003, other than certain quarterly summary information as provided in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2003 Form 10-K. A timing adjustment was made from the amounts previously reported in the quarterly summary information adjusting the March 2003 gain on sale of pipeline assets to the correct reported amount of $16,207,000. This had the effect of increasing net income by $907,000 to $16,058,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2003 from what was reported in the quarterly summary information, as this adjustment was previously included in the three month period ended June 30, 2003.

     We have prepared these consolidated financial statements without audit. In management’s opinion, these consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2004, the consolidated results of operations and comprehensive income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 and consolidated cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Although certain notes and other information required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted, we believe

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that the disclosures in these consolidated financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our 2003 Form 10-K.

     Our results of operations for the first six months of 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior reported amounts to conform to current classifications.

Note B — New Accounting Pronouncements

     The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) has issued an Exposure Draft for a Proposed Statement of Position, “Accounting for Certain Costs and Activities Related to Property, Plant and Equipment,” which would require major maintenance activities to be expensed as costs are incurred. At the April 14, 2004 Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) meeting, the FASB objected to final clearance of the proposed Statement of Position and further asked the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee to discontinue work on the project. The Board removed the project from the agenda and no further FASB discussion is planned.

Note C — Earnings Per Share

     Basic income per share is calculated as net income divided by average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted income per share assumes, when dilutive, issuance of the net incremental shares from stock options. The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted per share computations for net income:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Net income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
Average number of shares of common stock outstanding
    15,803       15,503       15,704       15,501  
Effect of dilutive stock options
    499       545       481       504  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Average number of shares of common stock outstanding assuming dilution
    16,302       16,048       16,185       16,005  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income per share — basic
  $ 3.23     $ 1.04     $ 4.14     $ 1.91  
Income per share — diluted
  $ 3.13     $ 1.00     $ 4.01     $ 1.85  

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Note D — Stock-Based Compensation

     We have compensation plans under which certain officers and employees have been granted stock options. All the options have been granted at prices equal to the market value of the shares at the time of the grant and normally expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. Our stock option based compensation is measured in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations. Accordingly, no compensation expense is recognized for fixed option plans because the exercise prices of employee stock options equal or exceed the market prices of the underlying stock on the dates of grant.

     The following table represents the effect on net income and earnings per share as if we had applied the fair value based method and recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” to stock based employee compensation.

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Net income, as reported
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value method for all stock option awards, net of related tax effects
    111       113       194       226  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Pro forma net income
  $ 50,896     $ 15,945     $ 64,775     $ 29,358  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income per share — basic:
                               
As reported
  $ 3.23     $ 1.04     $ 4.14     $ 1.91  
Pro forma
  $ 3.22     $ 1.03     $ 4.12     $ 1.89  
Net income per share — diluted:
                               
As reported
  $ 3.13     $ 1.00     $ 4.01     $ 1.85  
Pro forma
  $ 3.12     $ 0.99     $ 4.00     $ 1.83  

     During the six months ended June 30, 2004 we issued 138,850 shares (net of forfeitures) of restricted stock under our Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan. The 75,450 shares issued in the first quarter of 2004 vest 50% on December 31, 2004 and 50% on December 31, 2005. The 63,400 shares issued in the second quarter of 2004 vest 33.3% on January 1, 2007, 33.3% on January 1, 2008 and 33.4% on January 1, 2009. We also issued 8,505 shares of restricted stock to outside directors during the second quarter of 2004. These shares will vest on the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2007. Although ownership in these shares will not transfer to the recipients until the vesting terms have expired, recipients have dividend and voting rights on these shares from the date of grant. We are recording the cost of these grants over their corresponding vesting periods and have expensed $0.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2004.

     During the six months ended June 30, 2004, we also granted 145,850 performance share units (net of forfeitures) under our Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan. The 82,450 units issued during the first quarter of 2004 vest on December 31, 2004. The 63,400 units issued during the second quarter of

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2004 vest on December 31, 2006. The cash benefit payable under these grants will be based upon our total shareholder return during the period as compared to the total shareholder return of our peer group refining companies. We are recording the cost of these grants over their corresponding vesting periods and have expensed $1.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2004.

Note E — Investments in Joint Ventures

     NK Asphalt Partners, a joint venture owned 49% by us and 51% by a subsidiary of Koch Materials Company (“Koch”), manufactures and markets asphalt products from various terminals in Arizona and New Mexico under the name “Koch Asphalt Solutions — Southwest.” We account for this investment using the equity method. We made a contribution to the joint venture in July 2004 of $3.25 million and are required to make additional contributions to the joint venture of up to $3.25 million for each of the next six years contingent on the earnings level of the joint venture. We plan to finance such contributions from our share of cash flows of the joint venture. In the event we fail to make the required contributions, we may lose our voting rights during such default and the other partner could cause the partnership to bring a proceeding to collect the unpaid contributions plus interest at the prime rate plus 2.0%. All asphalt produced at our Navajo Refinery is sold at market prices to the joint venture under a supply agreement. Sales to the joint venture during the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 were $14.4 million and $13.1 million, respectively.

     The following table provides summary financial results for NK Asphalt Partners Joint Venture (unaudited):

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Sales
  $ 28,346     $ 31,703     $ 42,931     $ 43,183  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income from operations
  $ 1,986     $ 2,344     $ 2,916     $ 839  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income before taxes
  $ 1,494     $ 1,893     $ 1,959     $ (52 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The Rio Grande Pipeline Company (“Rio Grande”) is a pipeline joint venture partnership that as of June 30, 2004 was owned 70% by us and 30% by BP p.l.c., and serves northern Mexico by transporting liquid petroleum gases (“LPGs”) from a point near Odessa, Texas to Pemex Gas (“Pemex”) at a point near El Paso, Texas. Pemex then transports the LPGs to its Mendez Terminal near Juarez, Mexico. Prior to June 30, 2003, Rio Grande was owned 25% by us and 75% collectively by two parties unaffiliated with us. On June 30, 2003, we purchased an additional 45% interest in Rio Grande, through a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, adding to the 25% interest that our subsidiary already owned. Prior to the 45% acquisition, we accounted for the earnings in the joint venture using the equity method. Effective with the purchase, we consolidate the results of Rio Grande and show the interest we do not own as a minority interest in ownership and earnings. The purchase price for the additional 45% interest was $28.7 million, less cash of $7.3 million that we recorded due to the consolidation of Rio Grande at the time of the additional 45% acquisition. In addition to cash, at the date of the acquisition, Rio Grande owned current assets of $0.6 million, net property, plant and equipment of $34.9 million, other net assets of $7.8 million and current liabilities of $0.4 million.

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     See Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information about changes that have occurred due to the initial public offering in July 2004 of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners.

Note F — Debt

     On July 1, 2004, we entered into a new $175 million secured revolving credit facility with a term of four years and an option to increase the facility to $225 million under certain conditions. The new credit facility with Bank of America as administrative agent and a lender replaces the credit facility in place at June 30, 2004.

     The maximum amount we borrowed under our previous $100 million revolving credit facility with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as administrative agent and a lender during the first six months of 2004 was $80.0 million. At June 30, 2004, we had letters of credit outstanding under the facility of $1.2 million and had no borrowings outstanding.

     See Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information on the new four-year $100 million credit facility with Union Bank of California entered into in conjunction with initial public offering in July 2004 of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners.

Note G — Environmental

     Consistent with our accounting policy for environmental remediation and cleanup costs, we expensed $0.4 million and $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, for environmental remediation and cleanup obligations. The accrued liability reflected in the consolidated balance sheet was $4.0 million at June 30, 2004, of which $2.6 million was classified as other long-term liabilities. Costs of future expenditures for environmental remediation are not discounted to their present value.

Note H — Stockholders’ Equity

     On October 30, 2001, we announced plans to repurchase up to $20.0 million of our common stock. Such repurchases have been made from time to time in open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, subject to price and availability. The repurchases have been financed with currently available corporate funds. We did not repurchase any shares during the six months ended June 30, 2004. From inception of the plan through July 31, 2004, we have repurchased 272,400 shares at a cost of approximately $4.7 million. No stock repurchases have been made since February 7, 2003.

     On August 2, 2004, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a two-for-one stock split payable in the form of a stock dividend of one share of common stock for each issued and outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 30, 2004 to all record holders of common stock at the close of business on August 16, 2004. On August 2, 2004, we also announced that we will be resuming repurchases of stock under the $20.0 million stock repurchase program.

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Note I — Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

     We periodically utilize petroleum commodity futures contracts to reduce our exposure to the price fluctuations associated with crude oil and refined products. Such contracts historically have been used principally to help manage the price risk inherent in purchasing crude oil in advance of the delivery date and as a hedge for fixed-price sales contracts of refined products. We have also utilized commodity price swaps and collar options to help manage the exposure to price volatility relating to forecasted purchases of natural gas. We regularly utilize contracts that provide for the purchase of crude oil and other feedstocks and for the sale of refined products. Certain of these contracts may meet the definition of a derivative instrument in accordance with SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended. We believe these contracts qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales exception under SFAS No. 133, as amended, because deliveries under the contracts will be in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period of time in the normal course of business. Accordingly, we have designated these contracts as normal purchases and normal sales contracts and we are not required to record these as derivative instruments under SFAS No. 133, as amended.

     In December 2002, we entered into cash flow hedges relating to certain forecasted transactions to buy crude oil and sell gasoline in March 2003. The purpose of the hedges was to help protect us from the risk that the refinery margin would decline with respect to the hedged crude oil and refined products. To effect the hedges, we entered into gasoline and crude oil futures transactions. Gains and losses initially reported in accumulated other comprehensive income were reclassified into income when the forecasted transactions occurred. In March 2003, as the forecasted transactions occurred, we reclassified $108,000 of actual losses from comprehensive income to cost of sales. The ineffective portion of the hedges resulted in a $32,000 gain that was also included in cost of sales.

     In October 2003, we entered into price swaps to help manage the exposure to price volatility relating to forecasted purchases of natural gas from December 2003 to March 2004. We designated these transactions as cash flow hedges of forecasted purchases. The contracts to hedge natural gas costs were for 6,000, 500, and 2,000 MMBtu per day for the Navajo Refinery, Montana Refinery, and the Woods Cross Refinery, respectively. The January to March 2004 contracts resulted in net realized gains of $270,000 and were recorded as a reduction to refinery operating expenses. There was no ineffective portion of these hedges. There are no price swaps outstanding at June 30, 2004.

Note J — Segment Information

     At June 30, 2004, we had two major business segments: Refining and Pipeline Transportation. The Refining segment involves the refining of crude oil and wholesale marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel, and includes our Navajo Refinery, Montana Refinery and Woods Cross Refinery. We acquired the Woods Cross Refinery in June 2003. The petroleum products produced by the Refining segment are marketed in the Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and northern Mexico. Certain pipelines and terminals operate in conjunction with the Refining segment as part of the supply and distribution networks of the refineries. The Refining segment also includes our equity in earnings from our 49% interest in NK Asphalt Partners, which manufactures and markets asphalt and asphalt products in Arizona and New Mexico. The Pipeline Transportation segment at June 30, 2004 included approximately 500 miles of our pipeline assets in Texas and New Mexico. Revenues from the Pipeline Transportation segment were earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations. Pipeline Transportation segment revenues do

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not include any amount relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations. The Pipeline Transportation segment also included the earnings from our 70% (25% prior to June 30, 2003) interest in Rio Grande Pipeline Company (see Note E to the Consolidated Financial Statements), which provides petroleum products transportation. Our operations not included in the two reportable segments are included in Corporate and Other, which includes costs of Holly Corporation, the parent company, consisting primarily of general and administrative expenses and interest charges as well as a small-scale oil and gas exploration and production program, and a small equity investment in retail gasoline stations and convenience stores.

     See Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information about changes that have occurred due to the initial public offering in July 2004 of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners. Our segment reporting will be reviewed to consider the effects of Holly Energy Partners for periods subsequent to the initial public offering.

     The accounting policies for the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. Our reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services.

                                         
                    Total for        
            Pipeline   Reportable   Corporate   Consolidated
    Refining
  Transportation
  Segments
  and Other
  Total
    (In thousands)
Three months ended June 30, 2004
                                       
Sales and other revenues
  $ 562,726     $ 5,124     $ 567,850     $ 885     $ 568,735  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 8,901     $ 723     $ 9,624     $ 307     $ 9,931  
Income (loss) from operations
  $ 86,756     $ 3,016     $ 89,772     $ (8,556 )   $ 81,216  
Income (loss) before taxes
  $ 87,383     $ 2,710     $ 90,093     $ (7,021 )   $ 83,072  
Three months ended June 30, 2003
                                       
Sales and other revenues
  $ 316,736     $ 3,062     $ 319,798     $ 3,489     $ 323,287  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 7,390     $ 127     $ 7,517     $ 424     $ 7,941  
Income (loss) from operations
  $ 10,535     $ 2,383     $ 12,918     $ (3,145 )   $ 9,773  
Income (loss) before taxes
  $ 23,123     $ 6,007     $ 29,130     $ (3,356 )   $ 25,774  
Six months ended June 30, 2004
                                       
Sales and other revenues
  $ 1,018,735     $ 11,796     $ 1,030,531     $ 1,261     $ 1,031,792  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 17,598     $ 1,641     $ 19,239     $ 616     $ 19,855  
Income (loss) from operations
  $ 118,895     $ 7,632     $ 126,527     $ (20,245 )   $ 106,282  
Income (loss) before taxes
  $ 118,867     $ 6,637     $ 125,504     $ (19,588 )   $ 105,916  
Six months ended June 30, 2003
                                       
Sales and other revenues
  $ 626,660     $ 7,608     $ 634,268     $ 3,931     $ 638,199  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 15,574     $ 420     $ 15,994     $ 930     $ 16,924  
Income (loss) from operations
  $ 17,930     $ 21,490     $ 39,420     $ (6,576 )   $ 32,844  
Income (loss) before taxes
  $ 32,694     $ 22,029     $ 54,723     $ (6,900 )   $ 47,823  

Note K — Contingencies

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Partners Pipeline, L.P. (“Longhorn Partners”) against us in a state court in El Paso, Texas and litigation brought in August 2002 by us against Longhorn Partners and related parties in a state court in Carlsbad, New Mexico. In November 2002, under the settlement agreement developed in voluntary mediation, we paid $25.0 million to Longhorn Partners as a prepayment for the transportation of 7,000 barrels per day (“BPD”) of refined products from the Gulf Coast to El Paso for a period of up to six years from the date of the Longhorn Pipeline’s start-up. Longhorn Partners also issued to us an unsecured $25.0 million promissory note, subordinated to certain other indebtedness, that became payable with interest when the Longhorn Pipeline did not begin operations by July 1, 2004. On July 1, 2004, we received $27.2 million from Longhorn Partners which represents payment of $25.0 million principal and $2.2 million interest on the note and results in a termination of our transportation rights under the November 2002 settlement agreement. In the unaudited consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2004, the $27.2 million received on July 1, 2004, is reflected in Current Assets as “Prepaid transportation receivable.”

     On July 20, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its opinion on petitions for review of rulings by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in proceedings brought by us and other parties against Kinder Morgan’s SFPP, L.P. (“SFPP”). The appeals court ruled in favor of our positions on most of the disputed issues that concern us and remanded the case to the FERC for additional consideration of several issues, some of which are involved in our claims. These proceedings relate to tariffs of common carrier pipelines, which are owned and operated by SFPP, for shipments of refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona and from points in California to points in Arizona. We are one of several refiners that regularly utilize an SFPP pipeline to ship refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Rulings by the FERC that were the subject of proceedings in the appeals court resulted in reparations payments to us in 2003 totaling approximately $15.3 million relating principally to the period from 1993 through July 2000. Because of the remand of the proceedings to the FERC for further consideration of several issues, it is not yet possible to determine whether the amount of reparations actually due to us for the period at issue will be found to be less than or more than the $15.3 million we received in 2003. Although it is not possible at the date of this report to predict the final outcome of these proceedings, we believe that future proceedings following the July 2004 appeals court decision are not likely to result in an obligation for us to repay a significant portion of the reparations payments already received and could result in payment of additional reparations to us. The final reparations amount will be determined only after the rulings by the FERC on the remanded issues and any further court proceedings on the case, which could include further review by the appeals court and possibly a petition by one or more of the parties to the United States Supreme Court for review of issues in the case.

     On August 20, 2003, Frontier Oil Corporation (“Frontier”) filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against us seeking declaratory relief and unspecified damages based on allegations that we repudiated our obligations and breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing under a merger agreement announced in late March 2003 under which we and Frontier would be combined. On August 21, 2003, we formally notified Frontier of our position that pending and threatened toxic tort litigation with respect to oil properties operated by a subsidiary of Frontier from 1985 to 1995 adjacent to the campus of Beverly Hills High School constituted a breach of Frontier’s representations and warranties in the merger agreement as to the absence of litigation or other circumstances which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Frontier. On September 2, 2003, we filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery our Answer and Counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments that we had not repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had breached certain representations made by Frontier in the merger agreement, that our obligations under the merger agreement were and are excused and that we may terminate the merger agreement without liability, and seeking unspecified damages as well as costs and attorneys’ fees. The trial with respect to

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Frontier’s Complaint and our Answer and Counterclaims began in the Delaware Court of Chancery on February 23, 2004 and was completed on March 5, 2004. In this litigation, the maximum amount of damages currently asserted by Frontier against us is approximately $161 million plus interest and the maximum amount of damages we are currently asserting against Frontier is approximately $148 million plus interest. Post-trial briefing was completed in late April 2004 and on May 4, 2004 the court heard oral argument. A decision is expected to be announced within several months from the date of this report. Although it is not possible at the date of this report to predict the outcome of this litigation, we believe that the claims made by Frontier in the litigation are wholly without merit and that our counterclaims are well founded.

     We are a party to various other litigation and proceedings not mentioned in this Form 10-Q which we believe, based on advice of counsel, will not have a materially adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Note L — Sale of Pipeline Assets

     On March 4, 2003, we sold our 400 mile Iatan crude oil gathering system located in West Texas to Plains All-American Pipeline, L.P. for $24.0 million in cash. In connection with the transaction, we have entered into a six-and-a-half year agreement with Plains that commits us to transport on that gathering system at an agreed upon tariff any crude oil we purchase in the relevant area of the Iatan system. The Iatan system, while profitable, was not considered central to our refining operations. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $16.2 million. The proceeds from the sale increased our cash resources available for investment in our core refining operations, including our acquisition of the Woods Cross Refinery.

Note M — Refinery and Retail Assets Acquisition

     On June 1, 2003, we acquired from ConocoPhillips the Woods Cross Refinery, located near Salt Lake City, Utah, and related assets, including a refined products terminal in Spokane, Washington, and a 50% ownership interest in refined products terminals in Boise and Burley, Idaho for an agreed price of $25.0 million plus inventory less obligations assumed. The Woods Cross Refinery has a crude oil capacity of 25,000 BPD. The purchase also included certain pipelines and other transportation assets used in connection with the refinery, 25 retail service stations located in Utah and Wyoming (which we sold in August 2003), and a 10-year exclusive license to market fuels under the Phillips brand in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. The total cash purchase price, including expenses and the $2.5 million deposit made in 2002, was $58.3 million. In accounting for the purchase, we recorded inventory of $35.5 million, property, plant and equipment of $25.6 million, intangible assets of $1.6 million and recorded a $4.4 million liability, principally for pension obligations. The $56.8 million shown on the consolidated statement of cash flows at June 30, 2003 for the acquisition of Woods Cross refinery and retail stations includes an overpayment of $1.0 million for inventory and pension benefit liabilities which was returned to us in September 2003.

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Note N — Sale of Woods Cross Retail Assets

     In August 2003, we sold our retail assets located in Utah and Wyoming for $7.0 million, less our prorated share of property taxes and certain transaction expenses, plus $1.8 million for inventories, resulting in net cash proceeds of $8.5 million. The sale resulted in a pre-tax loss of approximately $.4 million, due mainly to transaction expenses. The asset package included twenty-five operating retail sites and three closed properties that we acquired from ConocoPhillips on June 1, 2003 in the acquisition of the Woods Cross Refinery. We will continue to supply the stations with fuel from our Woods Cross Refinery under a long-term supply agreement.

Note O — Retirement Plan

     We have a non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan that covers substantially all employees. Our policy is to make contributions annually of not less than the minimum funding requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Benefits are based on the employee’s years of service and compensation.

     The net periodic pension expense consisted of the following components:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Service cost
  $ 775     $ 453     $ 1,521     $ 912  
Interest costs
    701       643       1,760       1,295  
Expected return on assets
    (750 )     (420 )     (1,441 )     (845 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    65       65       130       130  
Amortization of net (gain) loss
    127       106       343       214  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 918     $ 847     $ 2,313     $ 1,706  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The expected long-term annual rate of return on plan assets is 8.5%. This rate was used in measuring 2004 and 2003 net periodic benefit cost. Through June 30, 2004, we have made $3.0 million in contributions and we do not expect to make any additional contributions in 2004.

Note P — Initial Public Offering of Holly Energy Partners

     On March 15, 2004, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC relating to a proposed underwritten initial public offering of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners. Holly Energy Partners was formed to acquire, own and operate substantially all of our refined product pipeline and terminalling assets that support our refining and marketing operations in West Texas, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona and to own our 70% interest in Rio Grande.

     On July 7, 2004, Holly Energy Partners priced 6,100,000 common units for the initial public offering and on July 8, 2004, Holly Energy Partners’ common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HEP.” On July 13, 2004, Holly Energy Partners closed its initial public offering of 7,000,000 common units at a price of $22.25 per unit, which included a 900,000 share over-

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allotment option that was exercised by the underwriters. Total proceeds to Holly Energy Partners from the sale of the units were $155.8 million, before offering costs and underwriting commissions. We own a 51% interest in Holly Energy Partners, including the general partner interest. The initial public offering represented the sale by us of a 49% interest in Holly Energy Partners.

     One of our affiliates, Holly Energy Partners — Operating, L.P., formed in anticipation of the Holly Energy Partners public offering entered into a four-year $100 million credit facility with Union Bank of California, as administrative agent and a lender, in conjunction with the initial public offering, with an option to increase the amount to $175 million under certain conditions. At closing of the initial public offering, $25 million was drawn under the facility.

     The sum of $156 million, the total proceeds of the initial public offering and the credit facility borrowing, less offering costs, underwriting commissions and $10 million retained by Holly Energy Partners for working capital purposes, was transferred to us in July 2004. The initial public offering by Holly Energy Partners and the distribution to us are not reflected in our financial statements included in this report since they occurred after the end of our second quarter. Beginning with the third quarter of 2004, we will consolidate the results of Holly Energy Partners with minority interest treatment for the common units. Until the proceeds we received from the initial public offering are invested in long-term assets, we expect our consolidated earnings to be reduced by approximately $2 million each quarter.

     We hold 7,000,000 subordinated units of Holly Energy Partners. Our rights as holder of subordinated units to receive distributions of cash from Holly Energy Partners are subordinated to the rights of the other limited partners to receive such distributions.

     In connection with the offering, we entered into a 15-year pipelines and terminals agreement with Holly Energy Partners under which we agreed generally to transport or terminal volumes on certain of Holly Energy Partners’ initial facilities that will equal or exceed a specified minimum revenue amount annually (which will initially be $35.4 million and will adjust upward based on the producer price index) over the term of the agreement.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition And Results of Operations

     This Item 2, including but not limited to the sections on “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Additional Factors that May Affect Future Results,” contains “forward-looking” statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of Part I.

OVERVIEW

     We are principally an independent petroleum refiner operating three refineries in Artesia and Lovington, New Mexico (operated as one refinery), Woods Cross, Utah and Great Falls, Montana. Our profitability depends largely on the spread between market prices for refined petroleum products and crude oil prices. At June 30, 2004, we also operated a pipeline transportation business consisting of leased and owned pipelines and our 70% investment in the Rio Grande Pipeline Company.

     On March 15, 2004, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC relating to a proposed underwritten initial public offering of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners. Holly Energy Partners was formed to acquire, own and operate substantially all of our refined product pipeline and terminalling assets that support our refining and marketing operations in West Texas, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona and to own our 70% interest in Rio Grande. On July 13, 2004, Holly Energy Partners closed its initial public offering of 7,000,000 common units at a price of $22.25 per unit, which included a 900,000 share over-allotment option that was exercised by the underwriters. Total proceeds to Holly Energy Partners from the sale of the units were $155.8 million, before offering costs and underwriting commissions. We own a 51% interest in Holly Energy Partners, including the general partner interest. The initial public offering represented the sale by us of a 49% interest in Holly Energy Partners. Holly Energy Partners’ common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HEP.” See "—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Initial Public Offering of Holly Energy Partners” below for additional information and for information about changes that have occurred due to the initial public offering for Holly Energy Partners.

     Our principal source of revenue is from the sale of high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel in markets in the western United States. Our sales and other revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2004 were $1,032 million and our net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was $65.0 million. Our sales and other revenues and net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 increased from $638 million and $29.6 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2003. Our principal expenses are costs of products sold and operating expenses. Our total operating costs and expenses for six months ended June 30, 2004 were $926 million, an increase from $622 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, we realized a $16.2 million gain on the sale of our 400-mile Iatan crude oil gathering system located in West Texas to Plains All-American Pipeline, L.P. and $15.2 million in reparation payments received.

     On April 26, 2004, our stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “HOC”. Our stock formerly traded on the American Stock Exchange.

     On July 1, 2004, we received $27.2 million from Longhorn Partners which represents a principal payment of $25.0 million plus $2.2 million in interest on a note that became payable when the Longhorn Pipeline did not begin operations by July 1, 2004. This payment also resulted in the termination of our prepaid transportation rights on the Longhorn Pipeline.

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     On July 1, 2004, we entered into a new $175 million secured revolving credit facility with Bank of America as administrative agent and a lender, with a term of four years and an option to increase the facility to $225 million under certain conditions. The new credit facility replaces our prior revolving credit facility with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and may be used to fund working capital requirements, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes.

     We are involved in litigation with Frontier Oil Corporation relating to our agreement to merge entered into on March 30, 2003. The trial with respect to Frontier’s amended Complaint and our Answer and Counterclaims began in the Delaware Court of Chancery on February 23, 2004 and was completed on March 5, 2004. In this litigation, the maximum amount of damages currently asserted by Frontier against us is approximately $161 million plus interest and the maximum amount of damages currently asserted by us against Frontier is approximately $148 million plus interest. A decision is expected to be announced within several months.

     On August 2, 2004, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a two-for-one stock split payable in the form of a stock dividend of one share of common stock for each issued and outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 30, 2004 to all record holders of common stock at the close of business on August 16, 2004. We also announced that we will be resuming repurchases of stock under the $20.0 million stock repurchase program that was originally announced in October 2001.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (Unaudited)

                                 
    Three Months Ended    
    June 30,
  Change from 2003
    2004
  2003
  Change
  Percent
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenue
  $ 568,735     $ 323,287     $ 245,448       75.9 %
Operating costs and expenses:
                               
Cost of products sold (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    425,654       269,491       156,163       57.9  
Operating expense (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    39,935       29,095       10,840       37.3  
Selling, general and administration expenses (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    11,694       6,772       4,922       72.7  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    9,931       7,941       1,990       25.1  
Exploration expense, including dry holes
    305       215       90       41.9  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total operating costs and expenses
    487,519       313,514       174,005       55.5  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income from operations
    81,216       9,773       71,443       731.0  
Other income (expense):
                               
Equity in earnings (loss) of joint ventures
    600       978       (378 )     (38.7 )
Minority interest in income of joint venture
    (306 )           (306 )      
Interest income
    2,313       145       2,168       1,495.2  
Interest expense
    (751 )     (348 )     (403 )     115.8  
Reparations payment received
          15,226       (15,226 )     (100.0 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total other income (expense)
    1,856       16,001       (14,145 )     (88.4 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before income taxes
    83,072       25,774       57,298       222.3  
Income tax provision
    32,065       9,716       22,349       230.0  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 34,949       217.6 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income per common share — basic
  $ 3.23     $ 1.04     $ 2.19       210.6 %
Net income per common share — diluted
  $ 3.13     $ 1.00     $ 2.13       213.0 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    15,803       15,503       300       1.9 %
Diluted
    16,302       16,048       254       1.6 %

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    Six Months Ended    
    June 30,
  Change from 2003
    2004
  2003
  Change
  Percent
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenue
  $ 1,031,792     $ 638,199     $ 393,593       61.7 %
Operating costs and expenses:
                               
Cost of products sold (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    800,549       535,586       264,963       49.5  
Operating expense (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    78,607       56,264       22,343       39.7  
Selling, general and administration expenses (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization)
    26,071       12,325       13,746       111.5  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    19,855       16,924       2,931       17.3  
Exploration expense, including dry holes
    428       463       (35 )     (7.6 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total operating costs and expenses
    925,510       621,562       303,948       48.9  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gain on sale of assets
          16,207       (16,207 )     (100.0 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income from operations
    106,282       32,844       73,438       223.6  
Other income (expense):
                               
Equity in loss of joint ventures
    (55 )     (5 )     (50 )     1,000.0  
Minority interest in income of joint venture
    (995 )           (995 )      
Interest income
    2,390       295       2,095       710.2  
Interest expense
    (1,706 )     (537 )     (1,169 )     217.7  
Reparations payment received
          15,226       (15,226 )     (100.0 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total other income (expense)
    (366 )     14,979       (15,345 )     (102.4 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before income taxes
    105,916       47,823       58,093       121.5  
Income tax provision
    40,947       18,239       22,708       124.5  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 64,969     $ 29,584     $ 35,385       119.6 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income per common share — basic
  $ 4.14     $ 1.91     $ 2.23       116.8 %
Net income per common share — diluted
  $ 4.01     $ 1.85     $ 2.16       116.8 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    15,704       15,501       203       1.3 %
Diluted
    16,185       16,005       180       1.1 %

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Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited)

                 
    June 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    (Dollars in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 64,398     $ 11,690  
Working capital
  $ 68,594     $ (28,261 )
Total assets
  $ 817,037     $ 708,892  
Total debt, including maturities and borrowings under the revolving credit agreement
  $ 17,142     $ 67,142  
Stockholders’ equity
  $ 334,136     $ 268,609  
Total debt to capitalization ratio(1)
    4.88 %     20.0 %

  (1)   The total debt to capitalization ratio is calculated by dividing total debt, including current maturities and borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, by the sum of total debt, including current maturities and borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, and stockholders’ equity.

Other Financial Data (Unaudited)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Sales and other revenue(1)
                               
Refining
  $ 562,726     $ 316,736     $ 1,018,735     $ 626,660  
Pipeline Transportation
    5,124       3,062       11,796       7,608  
Corporate and Other
    885       3,489       1,261       3,931  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Consolidated
  $ 568,735     $ 323,287     $ 1,031,792     $ 638,199  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) from operations(1)
                               
Refining
  $ 86,756     $ 10,535     $ 118,895     $ 17,930  
Pipeline Transportation
    3,016       2,383       7,632       21,490  
Corporate and Other
    (8,556 )     (3,145 )     (20,245 )     (6,576 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Consolidated
  $ 81,216     $ 9,773     $ 106,282     $ 32,844  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 86,458     $ 58,591     $ 123,789     $ 51,100  
Net cash used for investing activities
  $ (5,347 )   $ (96,449 )   $ (16,243 )   $ (92,710 )
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
  $ (38,975 )   $ 38,198     $ (54,838 )   $ 45,990  
EBITDA(2)
  $ 91,441     $ 33,918     $ 125,087     $ 64,989  

  (1)   The Refining segment includes our principal refinery in Artesia, New Mexico, which is operated in conjunction with refining facilities in Lovington, New Mexico (collectively, the “Navajo Refinery”),

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      the Woods Cross Refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah, and our refinery in Great Falls, Montana. Included in the Refining Segment are costs relating to pipelines and terminals that operate in conjunction with the Refining Segment as part of the supply and distribution networks of the refineries. At June 30, 2004, the Pipeline Transportation segment included approximately 500 miles of our pipeline assets in Texas and New Mexico and our 70% interest in Rio Grande Pipeline Company. Revenues of the Pipeline Transportation segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Initial Public Offering of Holly Energy Partners” below for information about changes that have occurred due to the initial public offering for Holly Energy Partners. Our segment reporting will be reviewed to consider the effects of Holly Energy Partners for periods subsequent to the initial public offering.
 
  (2)   Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is calculated as net income plus (i) interest expense net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation, depletion and amortization. EBITDA is not a calculation based upon generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, however, the amounts included in the EBITDA calculation are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income, as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA is presented here because it enhances an investor’s understanding of our ability to satisfy principal and interest obligations with respect to our indebtedness and to use cash for other purposes, including capital expenditures. EBITDA is also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants. EBITDA presented above is reconciled to net income under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” following Item 3 of Part I of this Form 10-Q.

Refining Operating Data (Unaudited)

     Our refinery operations include the Navajo Refinery, the Woods Cross Refinery and the Montana Refinery. The following tables set forth certain information about our refinery operations:

Navajo Refinery

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Crude charge (BPD)(1)
    73,570       60,820       70,510       58,210  
Refinery production (BPD)(2)
    81,590       68,980       80,430       66,240  
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    77,340       68,070       77,720       64,610  
Sales of refined products (BPD)(3)
    83,850       76,470       84,240       75,720  
Refinery utilization(4)
    98.1 %     101.4 %     94.0 %     97.0 %
Average per produced barrel(5)
                               
Net sales
  $ 52.72     $ 36.51     $ 48.83     $ 39.21  
Raw material costs
    37.77       29.98       36.43       32.21  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    14.95       6.53       12.40       7.00  
Refinery operating expenses(6)
    3.17       2.75       3.12       3.05  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 11.78     $ 3.78     $ 9.28     $ 3.95  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Feedstocks:
                               
Sour crude oil
    81 %     78 %     80 %     77 %
Sweet crude oil
    9 %     10 %     8 %     11 %
Other feedstocks and blends
    10 %     12 %     12 %     12 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
                               
Gasoline
    58 %     57 %     59 %     58 %
Diesel fuels
    26 %     24 %     26 %     23 %
Jet fuels
    6 %     9 %     6 %     9 %
Asphalt
    7 %     7 %     6 %     6 %
LPG and other
    3 %     3 %     3 %     4 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

Woods Cross Refinery(7)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003(7)
  2004
  2003(7)
Crude charge (BPD)(1)
    24,470       24,980       22,840       24,980  
Refinery production (BPD)(2)
    26,220       25,780       24,340       25,780  
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    24,550       27,150       23,280       27,150  
Sales of refined products (BPD)(3)
    25,050       27,160       23,580       27,160  
Refinery utilization(4)
    97.9 %     99.9 %     91.4 %     99.9 %
Average per produced barrel(5)
                               
Net sales
  $ 53.39     $ 38.70     $ 48.88     $ 38.70  
Raw material costs
    42.61       34.25       41.44       34.25  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    10.78       4.45       7.44       4.45  
Refinery operating expenses(6)
    3.76       2.50       3.93       2.50  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 7.02     $ 1.95     $ 3.51     $ 1.95  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Feedstocks:
                               
Sour crude oil
    5 %     0 %     5 %     0 %
Sweet crude oil
    88 %     97 %     89 %     97 %
Other feedstocks and blends
    7 %     3 %     6 %     3 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003(7)
  2004
  2003(7)
Sales of produced refined products:
                               
Gasoline
    58 %     66 %     59 %     66 %
Diesel fuels
    32 %     24 %     31 %     24 %
Jet fuels
    2 %     1 %     1 %     1 %
Fuel oil
    7 %     9 %     7 %     9 %
LPG and other
    1 %     0 %     2 %     0 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

Montana Refinery

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Crude charge (BPD)(1)
    8,160       5,930       7,030       6,280  
Refinery production (BPD)(2)
    8,760       6,340       7,610       6,830  
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    8,790       8,030       6,920       6,660  
Sales of refined products (BPD)(3)
    8,990       8,880       7,130       7,210  
Refinery utilization(4)
    102.0 %     84.7 %     87.9 %     89.7 %
Average per produced barrel(5)
                               
Net sales
  $ 43.29     $ 34.58     $ 42.24     $ 35.96  
Raw material costs
    34.17       29.24       33.72       30.18  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    9.12       5.34       8.52       5.78  
Refinery operating expenses(6)
    5.06       5.48       6.18       6.52  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 4.06     $ (0.14 )   $ 2.34     $ (0.74 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Feedstocks:
                               
Sour crude oil
    93 %     94 %     92 %     92 %
Other feedstocks and blends
    7 %     6 %     8 %     8 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
                               
Gasoline
    39 %     35 %     45 %     41 %
Diesel fuels
    17 %     13 %     19 %     17 %
Jet fuels
    5 %     5 %     6 %     6 %
Asphalt
    35 %     43 %     25 %     31 %
LPG and other
    4 %     4 %     5 %     5 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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Consolidated (7)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003(7)
  2004
  2003(7)
Crude charge (BPD)(1)
    106,200       74,990       100,380       68,640  
Refinery production (BPD)(2)
    116,570       83,820       112,380       77,340  
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    110,680       85,050       107,920       75,760  
Sales of refined products (BPD)(3)
    117,890       94,300       114,950       87,420  
Refinery utilization(4)
    98.3 %     99.5 %     92.9 %     96.4 %
Average per produced barrel(5)
                               
Net sales
  $ 52.12     $ 36.56     $ 48.42     $ 38.89  
Raw material costs
    38.56       30.36       37.34       32.16  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    13.56       6.20       11.08       6.73  
Refinery operating expenses(6)
    3.45       2.98       3.49       3.32  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 10.11     $ 3.22     $ 7.59     $ 3.41  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Feedstocks:
                               
Sour crude oil
    65 %     71 %     65 %     74 %
Sweet crude oil
    26 %     18 %     25 %     15 %
Other feedstocks and blends
    9 %     11 %     10 %     11 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
                               
Gasoline
    56 %     56 %     58 %     57 %
Diesel fuels
    27 %     23 %     27 %     23 %
Jet fuels
    5 %     7 %     5 %     8 %
Asphalt
    7 %     10 %     6 %     8 %
LPG and other
    5 %     4 %     4 %     4 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
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  (1)   Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at the crude units at our refineries.
 
  (2)   Refinery production represents the barrels per day of refined products yielded from processing crude and other refinery feedstocks through the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
 
  (3)   Includes refined products purchased for resale.
 
  (4)   Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity. For these calculations, crude oil capacity at the Navajo Refinery increased from 60,000 BPD to 75,000 BPD effective January 1, 2004, crude oil capacity at the Woods Cross Refinery is 25,000 BPD, and crude oil capacity at the Montana Refinery increased from 7,000 BPD to 8,000 BPD effective January 1, 2004.
 
  (5)   Represents average per barrel amounts for produced refined products sold. Reconciliations to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) are located under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” following Item 3 under Part I of this Form 10-Q.
 
  (6)   Represents operating expenses of refineries, exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization and excludes refining segment expenses of product pipelines and terminals.
 
  (7)   We acquired the Woods Cross Refinery on June 1, 2003 and we are reporting amounts for Woods Cross only since the purchase date. Accordingly amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 show amounts for Woods Cross that are only for the month of June 2003.

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Results of Operations — Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 Compared with the Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003

Three Months Ended June 30, 2004 Compared with the Three Months Ended June 30, 2003

Summary

     Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2004 was $51.0 million ($3.23 per basic share and $3.13 per diluted share) compared to a net income of $16.1 million ($1.04 per basic share and $1.00 per diluted share) for the three months ended June 30, 2003. The second quarter of 2003 benefited from $15.2 million ($9.3 million after-tax effect or $0.58 per diluted share) in the reparations payment received.

     The $34.9 million increase in net income in the second quarter of 2004 as compared to the second quarter of 2003 is due mainly to improved refined product margins (which we define as the difference between refined product sales prices and the costs for crude oil and other feedstocks exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization) and higher volumes, due to our Woods Cross Refinery acquisition in June 2003 and the completion of the expansion of our Navajo Refinery in December 2003. In addition to the industry wide improvements in refined product margins, we also benefited in 2004 from the new gas oil hydrotreater at the Navajo Refinery that was completed in 2003, which enhances higher value light product yields and allows us to process virtually all sour crude oil. These positive factors were offset by the reparations payment received in the second quarter of 2003, and for the second quarter of 2004 increased operating expenses, principally due to the Woods Cross Refinery acquisition, and increased selling, general and administrative expenses, principally due to additional employee compensation.

Sales and Other Revenues

     Sales and other revenues increased 76% from $323.3 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $568.7 million in the second quarter of 2004 due principally to higher refined product sales prices and the operations of the Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, higher refined product volumes sold from our Navajo Refinery. The average sales price we received per barrel sold increased 42% from $36.90 in the second quarter of 2003 to $52.44 in the second quarter of 2004. The total volume of refined products we sold increased 25% in the second quarter of 2004 as compared the prior year’s second quarter.

Cost of Products Sold

     Cost of products sold increased 58% from $269.5 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $425.7 million in the second quarter of 2004 due principally to higher costs of crude oil and the operations of the Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, higher refined product volumes sold from our Navajo Refinery. The average price we paid per barrel of crude oil purchased increased 27% from $30.36 in the second quarter of 2003 to $38.56 in the second quarter of 2004.

Gross Refinery Margins

     The gross refinery margin per produced barrel increased 119% from $6.20 in the second quarter of 2003 to $13.56 in the second quarter of 2004. See “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” following Item 3 under Part 1 of the Form 10-Q for a reconciliation to the income statement of prices of refined products sold and costs of crude oil purchased.

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Operating Expenses

     Operating expenses increased 37% from $29.1 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $39.9 million in the second quarter of 2004 primarily due to the operations of the recently acquired Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, higher utility costs, and the inclusion of the Rio Grande joint venture in the 2004 consolidated statements.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

     Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 73% from $6.8 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $11.7 million in the second quarter of 2004 due primarily to additional employee compensation expense of $4.1 million.

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization Expenses

     Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased 25% from $7.9 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $9.9 million in the second quarter of 2004 due to the acquisition of the Woods Cross Refinery, the large capital program at the Navajo Refinery, and the inclusion of the Rio Grande joint venture in the second quarter 2004 consolidated statements.

Equity in Earnings of Joint Ventures and Minority Interest

     Equity in earnings of joint ventures in the second quarter of 2003 included $0.4 million for our 25% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture and a $0.6 million for our 49% in the NK Asphalt joint venture. Since our acquisition of an additional 45% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture on June 30, 2003, we include our 70% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture in our consolidated financial statements. Equity in earnings of joint ventures in the 2004 second quarter included income of $0.7 million from our interest in the NK Asphalt joint venture. Minority interest in income of joint ventures in the 2004 second quarter was a reduction in income of $0.3 million. This represented the minority interest partner’s 30% ownership share of the Rio Grande joint venture’s income.

Interest Income

     Interest income was $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2004, as compared to $0.1 million for the second quarter of 2003. The increase of $2.2 million is due principally to the $2.2 million accrued as a receivable from Longhorn Partners. On July 1, 2004, we received $27.2 million from Longhorn Partners which represents $25.0 principal plus $2.2 million in interest on the Longhorn Partners note and results in a termination of our prepaid transportation rights under the November 2002 settlement agreement with Longhorn Partners.

Interest Expense

     Interest expense, net of capitalized interest, was $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2003. For the second quarter of 2004, interest expense increased to $0.8 million. The increase for the current year’s second quarter as compared to the same period in 2003 was due to higher borrowings made under our credit facility, and the fact that in 2003 we capitalized $0.5 million of interest costs relating to significant construction projects at the Navajo Refinery.

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Reparations Payment Received

     The $15.2 million reparations payment received in 2003 represents amounts we received from SFPP under an order by the FERC relating to tariffs we paid in prior years for shipments of refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

Income Taxes

     Income taxes increased 230% from $9.7 million for the second quarter of 2003 to $32.1 million for the second quarter of 2004 due to higher pre-tax income. The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2004 was 38.6%, as compared to 37.7% in the second quarter of 2003.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 Compared with the Six Months Ended June 30, 2003

Summary

     Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was $65.0 million ($4.14 per basic share and $4.01 per diluted share), an increase of $35.4 million from net income of $29.6 million ($1.91 per basic share and $1.85 per diluted share) for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The six months ended June 30, 2003 benefited from $15.2 million in reparations payment received and a one time gain of $16.2 million associated with the sale of certain pipeline assets. The combined effect of the reparations payment and gain on sale was a $19.2 million increase in after-tax income and represented $1.20 per diluted share.

     The $35.4 increase in net income in the first six months of 2004 as compared to the first six months of 2003 is due mainly to improved refined product margins and higher volumes, due to our Woods Cross Refinery acquisition in June 2003 and the completion of the expansion of our Navajo Refinery in December 2003. In addition to the industry wide improvements in refined product margins, we also benefited in 2004 from the new gas oil hydrotreater at the Navajo Refinery that was completed in 2003, which enhances higher value light product yields and allows us to process virtually all sour crude oil. These positive factors were offset by the reparations payment received and the gain on sale of pipeline assets in 2003, and in 2004 increased operating expenses, principally due to the Woods Cross Refinery acquisition, and increased selling, general and administrative expenses, principally due to legal costs associated with our litigation with Frontier Oil Corporation and additional employee compensation.

Sales and Other Revenues

     Sales and other revenues increased 62% from $638.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $1,031.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 due principally to the operations of the Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, to higher refined product sales prices and higher refined product volumes sold from our Navajo Refinery. The average sales price we received per barrel sold increased 23% from $39.58 for the first six months of 2003 to $48.68 for the first six months of 2004. The total volume of refined products we sold increased 31% in the first six months of 2004 as compared the first six months of 2003.

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Cost of Products Sold

     Cost of products sold increased 49% from $535.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $800.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 principally due to the operations of the Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, higher costs of crude oil and higher refined product volumes sold from our Navajo Refinery. The average price we paid per barrel of crude oil purchased increased 16% from $32.16 for the first six months of 2003 to $37.34 for the first six months of 2004.

     We recognized $2.8 million in income in the first six months of 2004 resulting from liquidations of certain LIFO inventory quantities that were carried at lower costs as compared to current costs.

Gross Refinery Margins

     The gross refinery margin per produced barrel increased 65% from $6.73 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $11.08 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. See “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” following Item 3 under Part 1 of the Form 10-Q for a reconciliation to the income statement of prices of refined products sold and costs of crude oil purchased.

Operating Expenses

     Operating expenses increased 40% from $56.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $78.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 primarily due to the operations of the recently acquired Woods Cross Refinery, and to a lesser degree, higher utility costs, and the inclusion of the Rio Grande joint venture in the 2004 consolidated statements.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

     Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 112% from $12.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $26.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 due primarily to $4.0 million of legal costs we incurred in 2004 associated with the litigation with Frontier, additional employee compensation expense of $6.7 million, and to a lesser degree, selling, general and administrative costs related to the Woods Cross Refinery.

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization Expenses

     Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased 17% from $16.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $19.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 due to the acquisition of the Woods Cross Refinery, the large capital program at the Navajo Refinery, and the inclusion of the Rio Grande joint venture in the 2004 consolidated statements.

Gain on Sale of Assets

     The gain on sale of assets for the six months ended June 30, 2003 is from the sale of our 400 mile Iatan crude oil gathering system located in West Texas to Plains All-American Pipeline, L.P.

Equity in Earnings of Joint Ventures and Minority Interest

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for our 25% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture and a loss of $0.5 million for our 49% in the NK Asphalt joint venture. Since our acquisition of an additional 45% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture on June 30, 2003, we include our 70% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture in our consolidated financial statements. Equity in earnings of joint ventures for the six months ended June 30, 2004 included income of $0.1 million from our interest in the NK Asphalt joint venture. Minority interest in income of joint ventures for the six months ended June 30, 2004 resulted in a reduction in income of $1.0 million. This represented the minority interest partner’s 30% ownership share of the Rio Grande joint venture’s income.

Interest Income

     Interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2003 was $0.3 million as compared to $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The increase of $2.1 million is due principally to the $2.2 million accrued as a receivable from Longhorn Partners. On July 1, 2004, we received $27.2 million from Longhorn Partners which represents $25.0 principal plus $2.2 million in interest on the Longhorn Partners note and results in a termination of our prepaid transportation rights under the November 2002 settlement agreement with Longhorn Partners.

Interest Expense

     Interest expense, net of capitalized interest, was $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. For the six months ended June 30, 2004, interest expense increased to $1.7 million. The $1.2 million increase was due to higher borrowings made under our credit agreement, and the fact that in 2003 we capitalized $1.0 million of interest costs relating to significant construction projects at the Navajo Refinery.

Reparations Payment Received

     The $15.2 million reparations payment received in 2003 represents amounts we received from SFPP under an order by the FERC relating to tariffs we paid in prior years for shipments of refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

Income Taxes

     Income taxes increased 125% from $18.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $40.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 due to higher pre-tax income. The effective tax rate for the first six months of 2004 was 38.7%, as compared to 38.1% for the first six months of 2003.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     Cash and cash equivalents increased by $52.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2004. The cash flow generated from operating activities of $123.8 million exceeded the cash used for financing activities of $54.8 million and for investing activities of $16.2 million. Working capital increased during the six months ended June 30, 2004 by $96.9 million.

     At June 30, 2004, we had letters of credit outstanding under our revolving credit facility with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce of $1.2 million and had no borrowings outstanding. Borrowings as of December 31, 2003 under this credit facility were classified as a current liability because the facility

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was set to expire in October 2004. We terminated this facility as of July 1, 2004 and no longer have any borrowings under it.

     On July 1, 2004, we entered into a new $175 million secured revolving credit facility which replaced the prior revolving credit facility. The new credit facility with Bank of America, as administrative agent and a lender, has a term of four years and we may increase it to $225 million under certain conditions. The new credit facility may be used to fund working capital requirements, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes.

     On October 30, 2001, we announced plans to repurchase up to $20.0 million of our common stock. Since that date we have made repurchases from time to time in open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, subject to price and availability. The repurchases have been financed with currently available corporate funds. We did not repurchase any shares during the six months ended June 30, 2004. From inception of the plan through July 31, 2004, we have repurchased 272,400 shares at a cost of approximately $4.7 million. No stock repurchases have been made since February 7, 2003. On August 2, 2004, we announced that we will be resuming repurchases of stock under the $20.0 million stock repurchase program.

     We believe our current cash balances, including the proceeds from Holly Energy Partners transferred to us, future internally generated cash flow, and funds available under our new credit facility, provide sufficient resources to fund planned capital projects, scheduled repayments of our senior notes, continued payment of dividends (although dividend payments must be approved by the Board of Directors and cannot be guaranteed), and our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future.

Initial Public Offering of Holly Energy Partners

     On March 15, 2004, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC relating to a proposed underwritten initial public offering of limited partnership interests in Holly Energy Partners. Holly Energy Partners was formed to acquire, own and operate substantially all of our refined product pipeline and terminalling assets that support our refining and marketing operations in West Texas, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona and to own our 70% interest in Rio Grande.

     On July 7, 2004, Holly Energy Partners priced 6,100,000 common units for the initial public offering and on July 8, 2004, Holly Energy Partners’ common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HEP.” On July 13, 2004, Holly Energy Partners closed its initial public offering of 7,000,000 common units at a price of $22.25 per unit, which included a 900,000 share over-allotment option that was exercised by the underwriters. Total proceeds to Holly Energy Partners from the sale of the units were $155.8 million, before offering costs and underwriting commissions. We own a 51% interest in Holly Energy Partners, including the general partner interest. The initial public offering represented the sale by us of a 49% interest in Holly Energy Partners.

     One of our affiliates, Holly Energy Partners — Operating, L.P., formed in anticipation of the Holly Energy Partners public offering entered into a four-year $100 million credit facility with Union Bank of California, as administrative agent and a lender, in conjunction with the initial public offering, with an option to increase the amount to $175 million under certain conditions. At closing of the initial public offering, $25 million was drawn under the facility.

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Partners for working capital purposes, was transferred to us in July 2004. The initial public offering by Holly Energy Partners and the distribution to us are not reflected in our financial statements included in this report since they occurred after the end of our second quarter. Beginning with the third quarter of 2004, we will consolidate the results of Holly Energy Partners with minority interest treatment for the common units. Until the proceeds we received from the initial public offering are invested in long-term assets, we expect our consolidated earnings to be reduced by approximately $2 million each quarter.

     We hold 7,000,000 subordinated units of Holly Energy Partners. Our rights as holder of subordinated units to receive distributions of cash from Holly Energy Partners are subordinated to the rights of the other limited partners to receive such distributions.

     In connection with the offering, we entered into a 15-year pipelines and terminals agreement with Holly Energy Partners under which we agreed generally to transport or terminal volumes on certain of Holly Energy Partners’ initial facilities that will equal or exceed a specified minimum revenue amount annually (which will initially be $35.4 million and will adjust upward based on the producer price index) over the term of the agreement.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

     Cash flows provided by operating activities amounted to $123.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $51.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The $72.7 million net increase in cash provided by operating activities for the first six months of 2004 as compared to the first six months of 2003 was primarily due to an increase in net income of $51.6 million (excluding the effect of the pre-tax gain on sale of assets). Additionally, positively impacting cash provided by operating activities in 2004 as compared to 2003, were greater increases in accounts payable of $41.0 million and net income taxes payable of $24.5 million, a larger decrease in inventories of $10.3 million, and turnaround expenditures incurred in 2003 of $4.7 million. These increases in cash flow were partially offset by significant items decreasing cash flow, when comparing the first six months of 2004 to the first six months of 2003, including a greater increase in accounts receivable of $57.5 million, an increase in prepayments and other in 2004 as compared to a small decrease in 2003 resulting in a net increase of $6.9 million, and a decrease of $4.6 million in deferred taxes.

Cash Flows Used for Investing Activities and Capital Projects

     Cash flows used for investing activities were $16.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004, as compared to cash flows used for investing activities of $92.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. Cash expenditures for property, plant and equipment for the first six months of 2004 totaled $19.1 million, as compared to $38.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. In the first six months of 2004, we received a distribution of $2.9 million from our asphalt joint venture. Our net cash flows provided by investing activities in 2003 included $24.0 million in proceeds from the sale of a crude oil gathering pipeline system located in West Texas, a cash outlay of $56.8 million for the purchase of the Woods Cross refinery on June 1, 2003 and $21.4 million for the purchase of an additional 45% interest in the Rio Grande joint venture.

     We have invested significant amounts in capital expenditures in recent years to expand and enhance the Navajo Refinery and expand its supply and distribution network. In December 2003, we completed a major expansion project at the Navajo Refinery that included the construction of a new gas oil hydrotreater unit. The total cost of the project was approximately $85.0 million, excluding capitalized

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interest. The hydrotreater enhances higher value light product yields and expands our ability to produce additional quantities of gasolines meeting the present California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) standards, which were adopted in the Phoenix market for winter months beginning in late 2000, and enables us to meet the recently adopted Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) nationwide low-sulfur gasoline requirements that became effective January 1, 2004. Contemporaneous with the hydrotreater project, we completed necessary modifications to several of the Artesia and Lovington processing units for the Navajo Refinery expansion, which increased crude oil refining capacity from 60,000 BPD to 75,000 BPD. The permits we received for the Artesia facility, subject to possible minor modifications, should also permit a second phase expansion of the Navajo Refinery’s crude oil capacity to an estimated 80,000 BPD, but a schedule for such additional expansion has not been determined.

     In March 2003, we sold our Iatan crude oil gathering system located in West Texas to Plains Marketing L.P. (“Plains”) for a purchase price of $24.0 million in cash. In connection with the transaction, we entered into a six-and-a-half-year agreement with Plains that commits us to transport any crude oil purchased in the relevant area on the Iatan system at an agreed-upon tariff. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $16.2 million.

Planned Capital Expenditures

     Each year our Board of Directors approves capital projects that our management is authorized to undertake in our annual capital budget. The funds allocated for a particular capital project in the annual capital budget may be expended in the current year or over a period of several years, depending on the time required to complete the project. Therefore, our planned capital expenditures for a given year consist of expenditures approved for capital projects included in the current year’s capital budget as well as, in certain cases, expenditures approved for capital projects in capital budgets for prior years. Our capital budget adopted for 2004 totals approximately $45.0 million, comprised of $7.0 million for refining and pipeline improvement projects for the Navajo Refinery, $19.5 million for projects at the Woods Cross Refinery, $0.5 million for projects at the Montana Refinery, $0.3 million for oil and gas exploration and production, $0.7 million for information technology and other, and $17.0 million for management to pursue new high-return pipeline transportation and terminal opportunities relating to the distribution network of the Navajo Refinery. For 2004, we expect to expend approximately $32.0 million on capital projects, which amounts include certain carryovers of capital projects from previous years, less carryovers to 2005 of certain of the 2004 approved capital items, including the $17.0 million authorized for new pipeline and terminal projects for which no material amounts are expected to be expended in 2004. We are finalizing our clean fuels strategy for the Woods Cross Refinery, which will be required to address the requirement for lower sulfur in on-road diesel fuel beginning June 1, 2006. The original 2004 capital budget for the Woods Cross Refinery includes preliminary costs of $13.5 million for increased hydrogen production, $3.0 million associated with a selected low-sulfur diesel desulfurization project, and approximately $3.0 million for other refinery improvements. However, we are continuing our analysis to determine the most effective means to meet low-sulfur diesel requirements, and our estimate of total costs for these projects is expected to exceed the original 2004 capital budget amounts for the Woods Cross Refinery. For our Navajo and Montana refineries, we are currently studying options which will allow us to meet the low-sulfur on-road diesel fuel requirements.

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Cash Flows from Financing Activities

     Cash flows used for financing activities were $54.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004, as compared to cash flows provided by financing activities of $46.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. During the first six months of 2004, we repaid in full our borrowings under our credit facility of $50.0 million, paid $3.8 million in dividends, received $2.6 million for common stock issued upon the exercise of options, and made a distribution of $2.3 million to the minority interest partner of the Rio Grande Pipeline Company. During the first six months of 2003, we had net borrowings under our credit facility of $50.0 million, spent $0.9 million to repurchase shares of common stock, paid $3.4 million in dividends and received $0.5 million for common stock issued upon exercise of options.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

     During the six months ended June 30, 2004, there were no significant changes to our contractual obligations for long-term debt and operating leases, other than the regular payments made under existing operating leases.

     In July 2000, we formed a joint venture with a subsidiary of Koch Materials Company (“Koch”) called NK Asphalt Partners, to manufacture and market asphalt and asphalt products in Arizona and New Mexico under the name “Koch Asphalt Solutions — Southwest.” We contributed our asphalt terminal and asphalt blending and modifications assets in Arizona to NK Asphalt Partners and Koch contributed its New Mexico and Arizona asphalt manufacturing and marketing assets to NK Asphalt Partners. In January 2002, we sold a 1% equity interest to Koch, thereby reducing our interest from 50% to 49%. All asphalt produced at the Navajo Refinery is sold at market prices to the joint venture under a supply agreement. We made a contribution to the joint venture in July 2004 of $3.25 million and are required to make additional contributions to the joint venture of up to $3.25 million for each of the next six years contingent on the earnings level of the joint venture. We plan to finance such contributions from our share of cash flows of the joint venture. In the event we fail to make the required contributions, we may lose our voting rights during such default and the other partner could cause the partnership to bring a proceeding to collect the unpaid contributions plus interest at the prime rate plus 2.0%.

     In December 2001, we entered into a Consent Agreement (“Consent Agreement”) with the EPA, the New Mexico Environment Department, and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. The Consent Agreement requires us to make investments at our New Mexico and Montana refineries for the installation of certain state of the art pollution control equipment currently expected to total approximately $15.0 million over a period expected to end in 2009, of which approximately $9.0 million has been expended to date.

     In connection with the Holly Energy Partners offering, discussed above, we entered into a 15-year pipelines and terminals agreement with Holly Energy Partners under which we agreed generally to transport or terminal volumes on certain of Holly Energy Partners’ initial facilities that will equal or exceed a specified minimum revenue amount annually (which will initially be $35.4 million and will adjust upward based on the producer price index) over the term of the agreement.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We consider the following policies to be the most critical to understanding the judgments that are involved and the uncertainties that could impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     Our significant accounting policies are described in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Operations — Critical Accounting Policies” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. Certain critical accounting policies that materially affect the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements are the use of the LIFO method of valuing certain inventories, the amortization of deferred costs for regular major maintenance and repairs at our refineries, assessing the possible impairment of certain long-lived assets, and assessing contingent liabilities for probable losses. There have been no changes to these policies in 2004.

New Accounting Prouncements

Exposure Draft for a Proposed Statement of Position, “Accounting for Certain Costs and Activities Related to Property, Plant and Equipment”

     The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) has issued an Exposure Draft for a Proposed Statement of Position, “Accounting for Certain Costs and Activities Related to Property, Plant and Equipment,” which would require major maintenance activities to be expensed as costs are incurred. At the April 14, 2004 Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) meeting, the FASB objected to final clearance of the proposed Statement of Position and further asked the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee to discontinue work on the project. The Board removed the project from the agenda and no further FASB discussion is planned.

ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

     This discussion should be read in conjunction with the discussion under the heading “Additional Factors That May Affect Future Results” included in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

The potential operation of the proposed Longhorn Pipeline could impact the supply of refined products to our existing markets, such as El Paso, Albuquerque and Phoenix.

     The proposed Longhorn Pipeline, which is owned by Longhorn Partners, is an additional potential source of pipeline transportation from Gulf Coast refineries to El Paso. This pipeline is proposed to run approximately 700 miles from the Houston area of the Gulf Coast to El Paso, utilizing a direct route. Longhorn Partners has proposed to use the pipeline initially to transport approximately 72,000 BPD of refined products from the Gulf Coast to El Paso and markets served from El Paso, with an ultimate maximum capacity of 225,000 BPD. In December 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the decision by the federal district court in Austin, Texas that allows the Longhorn Pipeline to begin operations when agreed improvements have been completed. The plaintiffs in these proceedings filed in April 2004 a petition to the Supreme Court of the United States seeking review of the Court of Appeals decision. We understand the current planned start-up date for the Longhorn Pipeline is sometime in the latter half of 2004.

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wholesale refined products margins in El Paso and related markets. However, any effects on our markets in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico would be expected to be limited in the near-term because current common carrier pipelines from El Paso to these markets are now running at capacity and proration policies of these pipelines allocate only limited capacity to new shippers. Although ChevronTexaco has not announced any plans to expand its common carrier pipeline from El Paso to Albuquerque to address their capacity constraint, SFPP has announced plans to expand the capacity of its pipeline from El Paso to the Arizona market by 53,000 BPD. According to industry sources, this expansion is expected to be complete during late 2005 or early 2006. Although our results of operations might be adversely impacted by the start-up of the Longhorn Pipeline, we are unable to predict at this time the extent to which we could be negatively affected.

     In November 2002, as a result of our settlement of litigation with Longhorn Partners, we prepaid $25.0 million to Longhorn Partners for the shipment of 7,000 BPD of refined products from the Gulf Coast to El Paso in a period of up to six years from the date the Longhorn Pipeline begins operations if such operations began by July 1, 2004. Under the agreement, the prepayment would have covered shipments of 7,000 BPD for approximately four and a half years assuming there were no curtailments of service once operations began. On July 1, 2004, under the terms of the November 2002 settlement agreement that terminated litigation between us and Longhorn Partners, we received $25.0 million principal plus $2.2 million of interest from Longhorn Partners. This repayment resulted in a termination of our prepaid transportation rights under the November 2002 settlement agreement.

A lawsuit is pending with respect to our proposed merger with Frontier Oil Corporation.

     On August 20, 2003, Frontier filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against us seeking declaratory relief and unspecified damages based on allegations that we repudiated our obligations and breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing under a merger agreement announced in late March 2003 under which we and Frontier would be combined. On August 21, 2003, we formally notified Frontier of our position that pending and threatened toxic tort litigation with respect to oil properties operated by a subsidiary of Frontier from 1985 to 1995 adjacent to the campus of Beverly Hills High School constituted a breach of Frontier’s representations and warranties in the merger agreement as to the absence of litigation or other circumstances which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Frontier. On September 2, 2003, we filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery our Answer and Counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments that we had not repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had breached certain representations made by Frontier in the merger agreement, that our obligations under the merger agreement were and are excused and that we may terminate the merger agreement without liability, and seeking unspecified damages as well as costs and attorneys’ fees. The trial with respect to Frontier’s Complaint and our Answer and Counterclaims began in the Delaware Court of Chancery on February 23, 2004 and was completed on March 5, 2004. In this litigation, the maximum amount of damages currently asserted by Frontier against us is approximately $161 million plus interest and the maximum amount of damages we are currently asserting against Frontier is approximately $148 million plus interest. Post-trial briefing was completed in late April 2004 and on May 4, 2004 the court heard oral argument. A decision is expected to be announced within several months from the date of this report. Although it is not possible at the date of this report to predict the outcome of this litigation, we believe that the claims made by Frontier in the litigation are wholly without merit and that our counterclaims are well founded.

     Other legal proceedings that could affect future results are described below in Part II, Item 1 “Legal Proceedings.”

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RISK MANAGEMENT

     We use certain strategies to reduce some commodity price and operational risks. We do not attempt to eliminate all market risk exposures when we believe the exposure relating to such risk would not be significant to our future earnings, financial position, capital resources or liquidity or that the cost of eliminating the exposure would outweigh the benefit. Our profitability depends largely on the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil. A substantial or prolonged reduction in this spread could have a significant negative effect on our earnings, financial condition and cash flows.

     We periodically utilize petroleum commodity futures contracts to reduce our exposure to price fluctuations associated with crude oil and refined products. In October 2003, we entered into price swaps to help manage the exposure to price volatility relating to forecasted purchases of natural gas from December 2003 to March 2004. These transactions were designated as cash flow hedges of forecasted purchases. The contracts to hedge natural gas costs were for 6,000, 500, and 2,000 MMBtu per day for the Navajo Refinery, Montana Refinery, and the Woods Cross Refinery, respectively. The January to March 2004 contracts resulted in net realized gains of $270,000 and were recorded as a reduction to refinery operating expenses. There was no ineffective portion of these hedges, and at June 30, 2004, no price swaps were outstanding.

     At June 30, 2004, we had outstanding unsecured debt of $17.1 million and had no borrowings outstanding under our credit facility. We do not have significant exposure to changing interest rates on our unsecured debt because the interest rates are fixed, the average maturity is approximately one year and such debt represents approximately 4.9% of our total capitalization. As the interest rates on our bank borrowings are reset frequently based on either the bank’s daily effective prime rate, or the LIBOR rate, interest rate market risk is very low. We used borrowings under our previous credit facility to finance our working capital needs. The maximum borrowing under our previous credit facility during the first six months of 2004 was $80.0 million. Through June 30, 2004, we invested any available cash only in investment grade, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less and hence the interest rate market risk implicit in these cash investments was low. Subsequent to the initial public offering of Holly Energy Partners, we are investing certain available cash in portfolios of investment grade debt securities with average duration of not greater than one year. A ten percent change in the market interest rate over the next year would not materially impact our earnings or cash flows since the interest rates on our long-term debt are fixed and our borrowings under our credit facility and short-term investments are at short-term market rates and such interest has historically not been significant as compared to our total operations. A ten percent change in the market interest rate over the next year would not materially impact our financial condition since the average maturity of our long-term debt is approximately one year, such debt represents approximately 4.9% of our total capitalization, and our borrowings under our credit facility and short-term investments are at short-term market rates.

     Our operations are subject to normal hazards of operations, including fire, explosion and weather-related perils. We maintain various insurance coverages, including business interruption insurance, subject to certain deductibles. We are not fully insured against certain risks because such risks are not fully insurable, coverage is unavailable, or premium costs, in our judgment, do not justify such expenditures.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     See “Risk Management” under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

     Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income plus (i) interest expense net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation, depletion and amortization. EBITDA is not a calculation based upon accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; however, the amounts included in the EBITDA calculation are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA is presented here because it enhances an investor’s understanding of our ability to satisfy principal and interest obligations with respect to our indebtedness and to use cash for other purposes, including capital expenditures. EBITDA is also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Net income
  $ 51,007     $ 16,058     $ 64,969     $ 29,584  
Add provision for income tax
    32,065       9,716       40,947       18,239  
Add interest expense
    751       348       1,706       537  
Subtract interest income
    (2,313 )     (145 )     (2,390 )     (295 )
Add depreciation and amortization
    9,931       7,941       19,855       16,924  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
EBITDA
  $ 91,441     $ 33,918     $ 125,087     $ 64,989  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

Reconciliations of refinery operating information to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

     Per barrel sales, material costs, operating cost and margins are used by management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. Refinery gross margin is the difference between net sales price per barrel and raw material costs per barrel of produced refined products. Net cash operating margin is the difference between refinery gross margin per barrel and refinery operating cost per barrel. Other companies may not calculate margins in the same manner. Per barrel sales, material cost, and operating cost of produced refined products can be reconciled to our Statement of Income. Refining segment sales can be calculated by taking the sum of produced refined products (or calculated on a refinery stand-alone basis) times the average sales price per produced barrel sold and purchased refined products times the average sales price per purchased barrel sold, times the number of days in the period. Refining segment costs of products sold would be calculated in the same manner. Refining operating expenses would be calculated by taking the sum of produced refined products sold (or calculated on a refinery stand-alone basis) times the average cash operating cost per barrel produced, times the number of days in the period. Due to rounding of reported numbers, some

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amounts may not calculate exactly. The average produced barrel per day net sales, raw material costs and refinery operating cost are reconciled to sales and other revenue, cost of product sold and operating expenses as follows:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003(1)
  2004
  2003(1)
Navajo Refinery
                               
Sale of produced refined products (BPD)
    77,340       68,070       77,720       64,610  
Average per produced barrel:
                               
Net sales
  $ 52.72     $ 36.51     $ 48.83     $ 39.21  
Raw materials
    37.77       29.98       36.43       32.21  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    14.95       6.53       12.40       7.00  
Refinery operating costs
    3.17       2.75       3.12       3.05  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 11.78     $ 3.78     $ 9.28     $ 3.95  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Woods Cross Refinery(1)
                               
Sale of produced refined products (BPD)
    24,550       27,150       23,280       27,150  
Average per produced barrel:
                               
Net sales
  $ 53.39     $ 38.70     $ 48.88     $ 38.70  
Raw materials
    42.61       34.25       41.44       34.25  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    10.78       4.45       7.44       4.45  
Refinery operating costs
    3.76       2.50       3.93       2.50  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 7.02     $ 1.95     $ 3.51     $ 1.95  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Montana Refinery
                               
Sale of produced refined products (BPD)
    8,790       8,030       6,920       6,660  
Average per produced barrel:
                               
Net sales
  $ 43.29     $ 34.58     $ 42.24     $ 35.96  
Raw materials
    34.17       29.24       33.72       30.18  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    9.12       5.34       8.52       5.78  
Refinery operating costs
    5.06       5.48       6.18       6.52  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 4.06     $ (0.14 )   $ 2.34     $ (0.74 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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Consolidated

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003(1)
  2004
  2003(1)
    (In thousands, except barrel data)
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    110,680       85,050       107,920       75,760  
Average per produced barrel:
                               
Net sales
  $ 52.12     $ 36.56     $ 48.42     $ 38.89  
Raw materials
    38.56       30.36       37.34       32.16  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery gross margin
    13.56       6.20       11.08       6.73  
Refinery operating costs
    3.45       2.98       3.49       3.32  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash operating margin
  $ 10.11     $ 3.22     $ 7.59     $ 3.41  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
    110,680       85,050       107,920       75,760  
Average sales price per produced barrel sold
  $ 52.12     $ 36.56     $ 48.42     $ 38.89  
Average raw material costs per produced barrel
  $ 38.56     $ 30.36     $ 37.34     $ 32.16  
Average cash operating expenses per produced barrel sold
  $ 3.45     $ 2.98     $ 3.49     $ 3.32  
Sales of purchased refined products (BPD)(2)
    7,210       9,250       7,030       11,660  
Average sales price per purchased barrel sold
  $ 57.25     $ 40.05     $ 52.63     $ 44.09  
Average cost per purchased barrel sold
  $ 57.07     $ 38.54     $ 52.69     $ 43.91  
Sales of all refined products (BPD)
    117,890       94,300       114,950       87,420  
Average sales price per sales barrel
  $ 52.44     $ 36.90     $ 48.68     $ 39.58  
Average costs of products per barrel sold
  $ 39.69     $ 31.16     $ 38.28     $ 33.72  
Refined product sales
  $ 562,548     $ 316,678     $ 1,018,375     $ 626,359  
Other refining segment revenue
    178       58       360       301  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total refining segment revenue
    562,726       316,736       1,018,735       626,660  
Pipeline transportation segment sales & other revenues
    5,124       3,062       11,796       7,608  
Corporate and Other revenues and eliminations
    885       3,489       1,261       3,931  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Sales and other revenues
  $ 568,735     $ 323,287     $ 1,031,792     $ 638,199  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refining segment costs of products sold
  $ 425,783     $ 267,585     $ 800,780     $ 533,812  
Corporate and other costs and eliminations
    (129 )     1,906       (231 )     1,774  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cost of products sold
  $ 425,654     $ 269,491     $ 800,549     $ 535,586  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinery operating expenses
  $ 34,747     $ 23,072     $ 68,552     $ 45,587  
Other refining segment operating expenses(3)
    3,574       4,724       7,501       8,024  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total refining segment operating expenses
    38,321       27,796       76,053       53,611  
Pipeline transportation segment operating expenses
    1,522       517       2,421       1,838  
Corporate and Other costs and eliminations
    92       782       133       815  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating expenses
  $ 39,935     $ 29,095     $ 78,607     $ 56,264  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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(1)   We purchased the Woods Cross, Utah refinery from ConocoPhillips on June 1, 2003. Barrels per day (“BPD”) for Woods Cross is calculated on actual production of the plant since June 1, 2003 (30 days for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2003). Consolidated barrels per day are computed based upon total volumes for all three refineries divided by the number of calendar days in each period presented.
 
(2)   We purchase finished refined products when opportunities arise that provide a profit on the sale of such products, or to meet delivery commitments where we choose to redirect produced products to more profitable markets.
 
(3)   Represents refining segment expenses of product pipelines and terminals, principally relating to the marketing of products from the Navajo Refinery.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

     Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

     There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     On August 20, 2003, Frontier Oil Corporation filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against us seeking declaratory relief and unspecified damages based on allegations that we repudiated our obligations and breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing under a merger agreement announced in late March 2003 under which we and Frontier would be combined. On August 21, 2003, we formally notified Frontier of our position that pending and threatened toxic tort litigation with respect to oil properties operated by a subsidiary of Frontier from 1985 to 1995 adjacent to the campus of Beverly Hills High School constituted a breach of Frontier’s representations and warranties in the merger agreement as to the absence of litigation or other circumstances which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Frontier. On September 2, 2003, we filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery our Answer and Counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments that we had not repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had repudiated the merger agreement, that Frontier had breached certain representations made by Frontier in the merger agreement, that our obligations under the merger agreement were and are excused and that we may terminate the merger agreement without liability, and seeking unspecified damages as well as costs and attorneys’ fees. The trial with respect to Frontier’s Complaint and our Answer and Counterclaims began in the Delaware Court of Chancery on February 23, 2004 and was completed on March 5, 2004. In this litigation, the maximum amount of damages currently asserted by Frontier against us is approximately $161 million plus interest and the maximum amount of damages we are currently asserting against Frontier is approximately $148 million plus interest. Post-trial briefing was completed in late April 2004 and on May 4, 2004 the court heard oral argument. A decision is expected to be announced within several months from the date of this report. Although it is not possible at the date of this report to predict the outcome of this litigation, we believe that the claims made by Frontier in the litigation are wholly without merit and that our counterclaims are well founded.

     We have pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims a lawsuit against the Department of Defense relating to claims totaling approximately $298 million with respect to jet fuel sales by two subsidiaries in the years 1982 through 1999. In October 2003, the judge before whom the case is pending issued a ruling that denied the Government’s motion for partial summary judgment on all issues raised by the Government and granted our motion for partial summary judgment on most of the issues we raised. The ruling on the motions for summary judgment in our case does not constitute a final ruling on our claims, but instead the judge’s ruling is expected to be followed by substantial discovery proceedings and then a trial on factual issues. We plan to seek to amend our complaint in this lawsuit to add an additional claim for approximately $900,000 which we submitted to the Government in September 2003 and which the Government denied in November 2003. The trial judge in our case issued an order on March 18, 2004 to stay proceedings in our case while interlocutory appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are pending on rulings by two other United States Court of Federal Claims judges in cases relating to military fuel sales of two other refining companies. The rulings in these two cases were favorable to the position of the refining company in one case and favorable to the position of the Government in the other case. A decision by the appeals court in these cases is expected to be issued by early in 2005 and such decision could substantially affect our lawsuit. It is not possible at the date of this report to predict the outcome of further proceedings in our case or the impact on our case of any decisions by the appeals court in the related cases, nor is it possible to predict what amount, if any, will ultimately be payable to us with respect to our lawsuit.

     On July 20, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its opinion on petitions for review of rulings by the FERC in proceedings brought by us and other parties against SFPP. The appeals court ruled in favor of our positions on most of the disputed issues that concern us and remanded the case to the FERC for additional consideration of several issues, some of

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which are involved in our claims. These proceedings relate to tariffs of common carrier pipelines, which are owned and operated by SFPP, for shipments of refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona and from points in California to points in Arizona. We are one of several refiners that regularly utilize an SFPP pipeline to ship refined products from El Paso, Texas to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Rulings by the FERC that were the subject of proceedings in the appeals court resulted in reparations payments to us in 2003 totaling approximately $15.3 million relating principally to the period from 1993 through July 2000. Because of the remand of the proceedings to the FERC for further consideration of several issues, it is not yet possible to determine whether the amount of reparations actually due to us for the period at issue will be found to be less than or more than the $15.3 million we received in 2003. Although it is not possible at the date of this report to predict the final outcome of these proceedings, we believe that future proceedings following the July 2004 appeals court decision are not likely to result in an obligation for us to repay a significant portion of the reparations payments already received and could result in payment of additional reparations to us. The final reparations amount will be determined only after the rulings by the FERC on the remanded issues and any further court proceedings on the case, which could include further review by the appeals court and possibly a petition by one or more of the parties to the United States Supreme Court for review of issues in the case.

     On May 21, 2004 we responded to a Request for Information from the EPA under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act that we had received in April 2004. The Request for Information related to certain batches of gasoline produced and shipped by our Navajo Refinery in 2000 through 2003 and followed informal communications with the EPA concerning our compliance with environmental regulations applicable to gasolines produced by the Navajo Refinery. One specific matter that was the subject of informal communications with the EPA in early 2004 but that was not the subject of the Request for Information was the inadvertent issuance by the Navajo Refinery for almost 12 months during 2001 and 2002 of delivery documents to exchange partners that failed to properly contain statements required by federal regulations that the product did not meet the requirements for reformulated gasoline. We believe that this omission did not result in the delivery of non-reformulated gasoline to geographic areas where federal regulations require the use of reformulated gasoline. We discovered and corrected this problem, which had been caused by a computer system problem at the Navajo Refinery’s Artesia, New Mexico loading rack, and self-reported the violation in our annual attestation statement made to the EPA in May 2002. We have no indication at this stage whether or not the EPA will consider any of the matters that were the subject of informal communications with the EPA in early 2004, including the matters that are the subject of the April 2004 Request for Information, as matters for enforcement action. If such enforcement action were taken, we do not believe that it would result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     At the annual meeting of stockholders on May 13, 2004, all ten of the nominees for directors as listed in the proxy statement were elected.

Election of Directors

                 
    Total Votes   Total Votes
    "For"
  "Withheld"
Buford P. Berry
    14,398,223       790,928  
Matthew P. Clifton
    11,622,313       3,566,838  
W. John Glancy
    11,619,121       3,570,030  
William J. Gray
    11,604,775       3,584,376  
Marcus R. Hickerson
    11,356,002       3,833,149  
Thomas K. Matthews, II
    14,044,091       1,145,060  
Robert G. McKenzie
    14,120,755       1,068,396  
Lamar Norsworthy
    11,635,321       3,553,830  
Jack P. Reid
    11,604,751       3,584,400  
Paul T. Stoffel
    14,100,759       1,088,392  

At the annual meeting of stockholders on May 13, 2004, the stockholders approved amending our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase our authorized shares of Common Stock to 50,000,000 shares.

                 
Votes For
    12,572,017          
Votes Against
    2,609,819          
Abstentions
    7,315          

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

  (a)   Exhibits

  10.1   Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among Holly Corporation, as borrower, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, Guaranty Bank and PNC Bank, National Association as Co-Documentation Agents, Union Bank of California, N.A. as syndication Agent, The Other Lenders Party Hereto, and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager.
 
  10.2   Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among Holly Corporation and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
 
  31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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  32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  (b)   Reports on Form 8-K:
 
      On April 1, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 31, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing our application to list our stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
      On April 26, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 26, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing that our stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
      On May 7, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 7, 2004 was filed under Item 12 Results of Operations and Financial Condition concerning the release of our earnings for the first quarter of 2004.
 
      On May 14, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing the election of a new Director, Mr. Buford P. Berry.
 
      On June 25, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 25, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing that repayment from Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P. is expected.
 
      On July 2, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 1, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing that we received $27.2 million from Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P.
 
      On July 2, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 2, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing our new $175 million secured revolving credit facility.
 
      On July 8, 2004, a current Report on Form 8-K dated July 7, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing the pricing of Holly Energy Partners initial public offering of 6,100,000 common units.
 
      On July 29, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 29, 2004 was filed under Item 9 Regulation FD Disclosure furnishing selected balance sheet information and operating statistics for the calendar quarters of 2003.
 
      On August 3, 2004, a current Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 2004 was filed under Item 5 Other Events announcing a two-for-one stock split, an increase in the quarterly cash dividend and the resumption of the stock repurchase program.
 
      On August 5, 2004, a Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 4, 2004 was filed under Item 12 Results of Operations and Financial Condition concerning the release of our earnings for the second quarter of 2004.

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HOLLY CORPORATION

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  HOLLY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: August 6, 2004     /s/ Scott C. Surplus    
    Scott C. Surplus   
    Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) 
 
 
     
     /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell    
    Stephen J. McDonnell   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   
 

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EX-10.1 2 d17349exv10w1.txt CREDIT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.1 EXECUTION VERSION ================================================================================ CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 1, 2004 among HOLLY CORPORATION, as the Borrower, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, GUARANTY BANK and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Syndication Agent, The Other Lenders Party Hereto, and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page - ------- ---- ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS .................................................. 1 1.01 Defined Terms .......................................................... 1 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions .......................................... 29 1.03 Accounting Terms ....................................................... 29 1.04 Rounding ............................................................... 30 1.05 References to Agreements and Laws ...................................... 30 1.06 Times of Day ........................................................... 30 1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts ............................................... 30 ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS ............................................ 30 2.01 Loans .................................................................. 30 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans ..................... 31 2.03 Letters of Credit ...................................................... 32 2.04 [Intentionally Omitted] ................................................ 41 2.05 Prepayments; Reduction of Commitments .................................. 41 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments ................................ 42 2.07 Repayment of Loans ..................................................... 42 2.08 Interest ............................................................... 42 2.09 Fees ................................................................... 43 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees ....................................... 43 2.11 Evidence of Debt ....................................................... 43 2.12 Payments Generally ..................................................... 44 2.13 Sharing of Payments .................................................... 45 2.14 Increase in Commitments ................................................ 46 ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY .......................................... 47 3.01 Taxes .................................................................. 47 3.02 Illegality ............................................................. 48 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates ........................................... 49 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans .................................................. 49 3.05 Compensation for Losses ................................................ 50 3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation .................... 50 3.07 Survival ............................................................... 51 ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS ........................................ 51 4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension ................................. 51 4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions .................................... 53 ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .................................................... 54 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws ............... 54 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention ........................................ 54 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents ............................. 54 5.04 Binding Effect ......................................................... 54 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect ....................... 55 5.06 Litigation ............................................................. 55 5.07 No Default ............................................................. 55 5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens ........................................... 56
i Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 5.09 Environmental Matters .................................................. 56 5.10 Insurance .............................................................. 56 5.11 Taxes .................................................................. 56 5.12 ERISA Compliance ....................................................... 56 5.13 Subsidiaries ........................................................... 57 5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act ............................................................ 57 5.15 Disclosure ............................................................. 67 5.16 Compliance with Laws ................................................... 58 5.17 Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ..................................... 58 5.18 Solvency ............................................................... 58 5.19 Use of Proceeds ........................................................ 58 ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ............................................................ 58 6.01 Financial Statements ................................................... 58 6.02 Certificates; Other Information ........................................ 59 6.03 Notices ................................................................ 60 6.04 Payment of Obligations ................................................. 61 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc ......................................... 61 6.06 Maintenance of Properties .............................................. 61 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance ............................................... 62 6.08 Compliance with Laws ................................................... 62 6.09 Books and Records ...................................................... 62 6.10 Inspection Rights ...................................................... 62 6.11 Use of Proceeds ........................................................ 62 6.12 Additional Guarantors .................................................. 62 6.13 Borrowing Base Certificate and Related Reports ......................... 63 6.14 Borrowing Base Verification ............................................ 64 6.15 Further Assurances ..................................................... 64 6.16 Designation of Subsidiaries ............................................ 64 ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS .............................................................. 65 7.01 Liens .................................................................. 65 7.02 Investments ............................................................ 67 7.03 Indebtedness ........................................................... 67 7.04 Fundamental Changes .................................................... 68 7.05 Dispositions ........................................................... 69 7.06 Restricted Payments .................................................... 69 7.07 Change in Nature of Business ........................................... 70 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates ........................................... 70 7.09 Burdensome Agreements .................................................. 70 7.10 Use of Proceeds ........................................................ 71 7.11 Financial Covenants .................................................... 71 7.12 Fiscal Periods ......................................................... 71 7.13 Change Name; State of Formation ........................................ 71 ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES ................................................. 71 8.01 Events of Default ...................................................... 71 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default ......................................... 74 8.03 Application of Funds ................................................... 74
ii Holly Corporation Credit Agreement ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ............................................................. 75 9.01 Appointment and Authority .............................................. 75 9.02 Rights as a Lender ..................................................... 76 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions ................................................. 76 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent ....................................... 77 9.05 Delegation of Duties ................................................... 77 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent .................................... 77 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders ................. 78 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc ................................................... 78 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim .......................... 79 9.10 Collateral and Guarantee Matters ....................................... 79 ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS ..................................................................... 80 10.01 Amendments, Etc ........................................................ 80 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies ..................... 81 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies ......................................... 83 10.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes ..................................... 83 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower ........................................ 83 10.06 Payments Set Aside ..................................................... 84 10.07 Successors and Assigns ................................................. 84 10.08 Confidentiality ........................................................ 87 10.09 Set-off ................................................................ 88 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation ............................................... 88 10.11 Counterparts ........................................................... 89 10.12 Integration ............................................................ 89 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties ............................. 89 10.14 Severability ........................................................... 89 10.15 Tax Forms .............................................................. 89 10.16 Replacement of Lenders ................................................. 91 10.17 Governing Law .......................................................... 92 10.18 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury ....................................... 92 10.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice ................................................. 92 SIGNATURES .......................................................................... S-1
iii Holly Corporation Credit Agreement SCHEDULES 1.01(a) Approved Account Debtors 1.01(b) Designated Customers 1.01(c) Eligible Government Contracts 2.01 Commitments and Pro Rata Shares 5.06 Litigation 5.09 Environmental Matters 5.13 Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments 6.16 Unrestricted Subsidiaries 7.01 Existing Liens 7.02 Investments 7.03 Existing Indebtedness 7.05 Permitted Dispositions 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates 10.02 Administrative Agent's Office, Certain Addresses for Notices EXHIBITS FORM OF A Loan Notice B Note C Compliance Certificate D Assignment and Assumption E Guarantee and Collateral Agreement F Opinion Matters G Borrowing Base Certificate iv Holly Corporation Credit Agreement CREDIT AGREEMENT This CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into as of July 1, 2004, among HOLLY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the "Lenders" and individually, a "Lender"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, GUARANTY BANK and PNC Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents (together, in such capacity, the "Co-Documentation Agents" and each, in such capacity, a "Co-Documentation Agent") and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent"). The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows: ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS 1.01 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: "Acceptable Issuer" means a United States domestic bank or United States branch of a foreign bank, in either case rated "A-" or higher by S&P and "A3" or higher by Moody's. "Account Control Default" means (a) any Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a), (f), or (g), or (b) any other Event of Default to the extent so designated in writing by the Supermajority Lenders. "Account Debtor" means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person or Persons obligated to make payments with respect to such Receivable, including any guarantor thereof. "Acquisition Consideration" means the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, such Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of equity interests or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, "earn-outs" and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person or business; provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in respect thereof by the Borrower or any other Loan Party. 1 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Administrative Agent" means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent. "Administrative Agent's Office" means the Administrative Agent's address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders. "Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto. "Agent-Related Persons" means the Administrative Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Syndication Agent, together with each of their respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates. "Aggregate Commitments" means the Commitments of all the Lenders. "Agreement" means this Credit Agreement. "Applicable Rate" means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b): APPLICABLE RATE
Eurodollar Rate + Pricing Consolidated Commitment Letters of Base Rate Level Leverage Ratio Fee Credit + ------- -------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1 (less than or equal to) 1.00:1 0.30% 1.25% 0.00% 2 (greater than) 1.00:1 but (less than or equal to) 1.50:1 0.375% 1.50% 0.25% 3 (greater than) 1.50:1 but (less than or equal to) 2.00:1 0.375% 1.75% 0.50% 4 (greater than) 2.00:1 but (less than or equal to) 2.50:1 0.50% 2.00% 0.75% 5 (greater than) 2.50:1 0.50% 2.50% 1.25%
2 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 5 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the first Business Day after such Compliance Certificate is actually delivered. The Applicable Rate in effect from the Closing Date through the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate (other than the Compliance Certificate to be delivered on the Closing Date) shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 1. "Approved Account Debtor" means (a) an Account Debtor of any Loan Party approved by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion), (b) an Account Debtor which is an Investment Grade Customer or the obligations of which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by an Investment Grade Customer and (c) each Account Debtor listed on Schedule 1.01(a). "Approved Account Debtor Receivable" means (a) an Eligible Receivable carried on the books of a Loan Party as to which the applicable Account Debtor is an Approved Account Debtor and (b) any Eligible Receivable as to which an Acceptable Issuer has issued an irrevocable standby letter of credit in the amount of such Eligible Receivable for the benefit of the applicable Loan Party to be drawn in the event of a default by the applicable Account Debtor; provided that from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts received by any Loan Party in respect of any such letter of credit shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and immediately after receipt thereof delivered to the Administrative Agent by such Loan Party in accordance with Section 6.3 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Arranger" means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as lead arranger and sole book manager. "Assignment and Assumption" means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. "Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel. "Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease. "Audited Financial Statements" means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders' Equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto. 3 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Availability Period" means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02. "Bank of America" means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors. "Base Rate" means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America's costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. "Borrower" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. "Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01. "Borrowing Base" means, as of the date of the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, an amount equal to the sum of (a) 85% of the outstanding balance of Eligible Commercial Receivables (90% with respect to any Approved Account Debtor Receivables); plus (b) 95% of the outstanding balance of Eligible Government Receivables; plus (c) 80% of Eligible Inventory; plus (d) 80% of Eligible Product In Transit; plus (e) 100% of Pledged Cash; provided, however, that the aggregate amount included in the Borrowing Base pursuant to clauses (c) and (d) above shall not exceed 60% of the Borrowing Base then in effect. The Borrowing Base as set forth in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower hereunder shall constitute the "Borrowing Base" for all purposes hereunder. "Borrowing Base Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit G executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. 4 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent's Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market. "Cash Collateralize" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g). "Cash Equivalents" means (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States having maturities of not more than twenty-four (24) months from the date of acquisition; (b) corporate and bank debt of an issuer rated at least A- (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by S&P and A3 (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by Moody's at the time of acquisition and having maturities of not more than twenty-four (24) months from the date of acquisition; (c) certificates of deposit, time deposits, Eurodollar time deposits, or bankers' acceptances, having in each case a tenor of not more than twenty-four (24) months from the date of acquisition, issued by any U.S. commercial bank or any branch or agency of a non-U.S. commercial bank licensed to conduct business in the United States having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 whose long term securities are rated at least A- (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by S&P and A3 (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by Moody's at the time of acquisition; (d) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's at the time of acquisition, or guaranteed by a letter of credit issued by a financial institution meeting the requirements in (c) and in either case having a tenor of not more than 270 days; (e) AAA rated taxable and tax-exempt municipal securities, including auction rate municipal securities, having maturities of not more than twenty-four (24) months from the date of acquisition; (f) repurchase agreements relating to any of the investments listed in clauses (a) through (e) above with a market value at least equal to the consideration paid in connection therewith, with any Person who regularly engages in the business of entering into repurchase agreements and has a combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 whose long term securities are rated at least A- (or then equivalent grade) by S&P and A3 (or then equivalent grade) by Moody's at the time of acquisition; (g) asset-backed securities having as the underlying asset securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association rated at least A- (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by S&P and A3 (or then equivalent grade, in each case with stable outlook) by Moody's at the time of acquisition and having maturities of not more than twenty-four (24) months from the date of acquisition; and (h) money market mutual or similar funds having assets in excess of $100,000,000, at least 95% of the assets of which are comprised of assets specified in clauses (a), (c), (d) and (e) above. "Cash Management Obligations" means liabilities of any Loan Party owing to any Agent-Related Persons or to any Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender in reliance on such Lender's agreement to indemnify such Affiliate) relating to or arising out of the provision by such Agent-Related Person, such Lender or such Affiliate, as applicable, of Cash Management Products. 5 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Cash Management Products" means (a) cash and treasury management services, including controlled disbursement and lockbox services and (b) services relating to the establishment and maintenance of deposit accounts. "Change of Control" means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of events by which: (a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) other than the Permitted Holders becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an "option right"), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or (b) during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors). "Closing Date" means July 1, 2004. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. "Co-Documentation Agent" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. "Collateral" has the meaning given to that term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. 6 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Collateral Account" has the meaning given to that term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Commitment" means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. "Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C. "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (iv) any other non-cash charges and other non-recurring expenses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period and (v) any cash payment received during such period and not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income for such period in respect of non-cash items deducted during a prior period pursuant to clause (b)(i) below and minus (b) (i) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (ii) all cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash charges or other non-recurring expenses added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (a)(iv) above in a prior period; provided, however, that the results of operations of all Persons in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has an ownership interest (other than such Restricted Subsidiary) shall only be included in Consolidated EBITDA to the extent that the Borrower or any other Loan Party actually receives cash distributions in respect of its ownership interests in such Person during such period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being calculated. "Consolidated Indebtedness" means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers' acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such 7 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of any joint venture included in the calculation of Consolidated Indebtedness by virtue of the Borrower's or any Restricted Subsidiary's liability therefor pursuant to its equity or ownership interest therein shall be limited to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness by (y) the percentage corresponding to the Borrower's or such Restricted Subsidiary's equity or other ownership interest in such joint venture unless such joint venture is a general partnership in which case the limitation provided herein shall not be applicable. "Consolidated Interest Charges" means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP. "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period. "Consolidated Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b). "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses) for that period. "Consolidated Subsidiary" means, at any date with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared as of such date. "Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Shareholders' Equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that date minus, without duplication, the Intangible Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that date. "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. "Control" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Affiliate." "Credit Extension" means each of the following: (a) a Loan and (b) an L/C Credit Extension. 8 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally. "Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default. "Default Rate" means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. "Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans or participations in L/C Obligations required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. "Designated Customer" means a Person set forth in Schedule 1.01(b) or any supplement to Schedule 1.01(b) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that the long term unsecured and unguaranteed debt of each Person included in any such supplement is rated at least A- by S&P or at least A3 by Moody's or such Person is otherwise approved by the Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, may at any time remove any Person from Schedule 1.01(b) (other than any Person then satisfying the ratings requirements set forth in this definition) upon written notice thereof to the Borrower. The revocation by the Required Lenders of approval of any Designated Customer shall be effective prospectively and shall not affect any Eligible Receivables with respect to which such Designated Customer is the entity obligated to make payments with respect to such Eligible Receivables, including any guarantor thereof, included in the Borrowing Base at the time such revocation is effective. "Disposition" or "Dispose" means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith. "Dollar" and "$" mean lawful money of the United States. "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States. 9 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Eligible Assignee" has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g). "Eligible Commercial Receivable" means, at any date of determination thereof, any Eligible Receivable which is identified as a "trade receivable" (and not as a "crude oil receivable") on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date (or would be so identified if such balance sheet were prepared at such date). "Eligible Government Contract" means a contract between the Borrower or any Guarantor and the U.S. Government; provided that if such contract calls for total payments by the U.S. Government in excess of $1,000,000, then such contract shall only be an Eligible Government Contract if such contract: (a) is set forth in Schedule 1.01(c) (or in a supplement to Schedule 1.01(c) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to any delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate in which such contract is sought to be included); (b) does not include a provision, substantially to the effect of Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.232-24, prohibiting assignment of amounts due from the U.S. Government under such contract; and (c) is the subject of an instrument of assignment duly completed and executed by the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor party to such contract in the form specified in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and a notice of assignment duly completed and executed by the Administrative Agent, in the form specified in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case and for each such notice, delivered to the U.S. Government for acknowledgment by the U.S. Government, not less than three Business Days prior to any delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate in which such contract is sought to be included. "Eligible Government Receivable" means, at any date of determination thereof, any Eligible Receivable created pursuant to an Eligible Government Contract. "Eligible Inventory" means an amount equal to the lower of (i) the sum of the net values of the inventory determined on a FIFO basis or (ii) the Market Value of petroleum products (other than petroleum products located at a service station or other retail outlet), as to which the Borrower or any Guarantor has title, as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a valid and perfected first priority security interest and as to which the Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent reasonably detailed information in a Borrowing Base Certificate, determined after taking into account all charges and liens (other than those of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, or those of producers arising under the New Mexico Oil and Gas Products Lien Act or any similar statute in any other jurisdiction or under section 9-319 of the UCC in effect in the States of Texas, Kansas, Montana, Utah and Wyoming or any other applicable jurisdiction, held in suspense or in existence less than 90 days from the date of creation thereof, in either case in respect of obligations of the Borrower 10 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement or the applicable Guarantor not yet overdue), of all kinds against such inventory, reductions in market value thereof, and transportation, processing and other handling charges affecting the value thereof, and excluding therefrom any such petroleum products in the possession of (or located in or upon assets that are owned or otherwise controlled by) any Person other than a Loan Party (other than pursuant to Pipeline Transportation Services being provided by such Person) with an aggregate value (as determined pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as applicable) in excess of $7,500,000, unless and to the extent that the Borrower has delivered a duly executed collateral access agreement (or similar document) in respect thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion using its reasonable credit judgment, which, absent manifest error, shall be final and binding upon the Borrower. "Eligible Product In Transit" means petroleum products which any Person is obligated under contract to supply to the Borrower or any Guarantor, the payment for which is backed by a Letter of Credit issued hereunder, valued at the lower of (i) the contract price on a FIFO basis or (ii) Market Value, as if such products were inventory of the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor, as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the related contract or other rights of the Borrower or such Guarantor and as to which the Borrower has furnished to the Lenders reasonably detailed information in a Borrowing Base Certificate, determined after taking into account all charges and liens (other than those of the Lenders or those of producers arising under the New Mexico Oil and Gas Products Lien Act or any similar statute in any other jurisdiction or under section 9-319 of the UCC in effect in the States of Texas, Kansas, Montana, Utah and Wyoming or any other applicable jurisdiction, held in suspense or in existence less than 90 days from the date of creation thereof, in either case in respect of obligations of the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor not yet overdue), of all kinds against such products, reductions in market value thereof, and transportation, processing and other handling charges affecting the value thereof, all as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion using its reasonable credit judgment, which absent manifest error, shall be final and binding upon the Borrower. "Eligible Receivable" means, at any date of determination thereof, any Receivable other than the following: (a) solely in the case of a Receivable created pursuant to an Eligible Government Contract, any such Receivable for which all necessary government funding has not been appropriated at the time such Receivable is invoiced; (b) any Receivable that is not invoiced and payable by the applicable Account Debtor in Dollars unless the currency exchange risk in respect of such Receivable has been hedged to the reasonable satisfaction of the Required Lenders; (c) any Receivable due from an Account Debtor (i) organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction located in the United States or Canada or (ii) whose principal place of business is located in any jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction located in the United States or Canada, other than, in either case, (x) Receivables as to which Pemex or any Affiliate of Pemex is the applicable Account Debtor in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for all such Receivables, (y) Receivables as to which 11 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has been provided with a perfected first priority lien (as confirmed by a favorable opinion of local counsel in the applicable jurisdiction in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (z) any Receivable that is invoiced to and paid from an office of the applicable Account Debtor located within the United States; (d) any Receivable that does not comply with all applicable legal requirements, including, without limitation, all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority; (e) any Receivable whose original due date is more than 90 days after the date of the original issuance of the invoice therefor; (f) any Receivable that remains unpaid for more than 90 days from the original due date specified at the time of the original issuance of the invoice therefor; (g) any Receivables from any Account Debtor if the total value of all Receivables owing from such Account Debtor which remain unpaid for more than 90 days from the original due date specified at the time of the original issuance of the invoice therefor and which are not being contested in good faith exceeds 10% of the value of all such Receivables owing from such Account Debtor; (h) any Receivable arising outside the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Guarantors; (i) any Receivable as to which the applicable Account Debtor is a Person other than the U.S. Government, an Investment Grade Customer, or a Designated Customer, to the extent the aggregate amount of all Receivables due from such Account Debtor at such date exceeds 5% of the aggregate amount of the Borrowing Base at such date; (j) any Receivable as to which the applicable Account Debtor is an Investment Grade Customer, to the extent the aggregate amount of all Receivables due from such Account Debtor at such date exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of the Borrowing Base at such date; (k) any Receivable as to which the applicable Account Debtor is a Designated Customer, to the extent the aggregate amount of all Receivables due from such Account Debtor at such date exceeds 15% of the aggregate amount of the Borrowing Base at such date; (l) any Receivable evidenced by an "instrument" (as defined in the UCC) not in the possession of the Administrative Agent; (m) any Receivable that is not an "account" as defined in the UCC; 12 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (n) any Receivable that is not subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (under all applicable laws and subject only to Permitted Liens), including without limitation any Receivable which constitutes an "account" under the UCC subject to subsection (5) of Section 9-103 of the UCC in effect in any applicable jurisdiction and with respect to which Receivable all necessary actions (including without limitation the filing of all necessary UCC-1 financing statements in the proper form) necessary to perfect such Lien have not been taken; (o) any Receivable as to which the Borrower or any Guarantor does not have good title, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens; (p) any Receivable that is not at all times the legal and valid payment obligation of the Account Debtor thereon, enforceable against such Account Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable Debtor Relief Laws; (q) any Receivable which is subject to any asserted offset, or other defense but only to the extent of such offset, or other defense; (r) any Receivable from an Account Debtor that to the Borrower's knowledge is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding; (s) any Receivable prohibiting assignment of such Receivable if the U.S. Government is the Account Debtor; and (t) any Receivable from an Account Debtor who is an Affiliate of the Borrower or any Guarantor (other than Receivables as to which any MLP Party is the applicable Account Debtor in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for all such Receivables). All Eligible Receivables shall be determined after deducting from the aggregate amount thereof all payments, adjustments or credits applicable thereto (but without any deduction for credits or adjustments backed by a Letter of Credit issued hereunder); provided that the amount of Eligible Receivables from any Account Debtor shall be reduced by the aggregate net dollar amount of all accounts payable to such Account Debtor (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Affiliates of such Account Debtor that are separate legal entities). A Receivable which is an Eligible Receivable, but which subsequently fails to meet any of the foregoing requirements shall immediately cease to be an Eligible Receivable. "Environmental Laws" means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous Materials, human or worker exposure to Hazardous Materials, air emissions and discharges to soils, surface or subsurface waters or public wastewater treatment systems. 13 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed on any such Loan Party with respect to any of the foregoing. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code). "ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate. "Eurodollar Rate" means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan: (a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate screen (or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or (b) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a 14 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or (c) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period. "Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01. "Existing Credit Agreement" means that certain Amended and Restated Credit and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 14, 2000 among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, as additional borrowers thereunder, and, among others, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent. "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent. "Fee Letter" means the letter agreement, dated April 23, 2004, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger. "FIFO" means the first-in, first-out method of accounting. "Foreign Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 10.15(a)(i). "FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the 15 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied. "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government. "Guarantee" means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term "Guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning. "Guarantee and Collateral Agreement" means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement entered into by the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E. "Guarantors" means, collectively, the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that now or hereafter become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in accordance with Section 6.12. The MLP Parties shall not be Restricted Subsidiaries and shall not become parties to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law. "Holly Energy Partners" means Holly Energy Partners, L. P., currently a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower. 16 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Increase Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b). "Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers' acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract; (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business); (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse; (f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and (g) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of any joint venture included in the calculation of Consolidated Indebtedness by virtue of the Borrower's or any Restricted Subsidiary's liability therefor pursuant to its equity or ownership interest therein shall be limited to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness by (y) the percentage corresponding to the Borrower's or such Restricted Subsidiary's equity or other ownership interest in such joint venture unless such joint venture is a general partnership in which case the limitation provided herein shall not be applicable. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date. "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in Section 10.05. "Indemnitees" has the meaning specified in Section 10.05. 17 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Intangible Assets" means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs. "Interest Payment Date" means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date. "Interest Period" means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date 14 days (to the extent available from each Lender) or one, two, three, six or, to the extent available from each Lender, nine months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that: (i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. "Investment" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or one or more refineries. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, excluding any return of capital with respect to such Investment that has actually been received by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in cash or Cash Equivalents or has been converted into cash or Cash Equivalents by the Borrower or any other Loan Party. "Investment Grade Customer" means any Account Debtor other than the U.S. Government or a Designated Customer (i) whose long term unsecured and unguaranteed debt is rated at least "BBB-" by S&P or at least "Baa3" by Moody's or (ii) the direct or indirect parent of which is so rated by S&P or Moody's; provided that, with respect to an Account Debtor 18 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement described in clause (ii) above, such Account Debtor must be approved as an "Investment Grade Customer" by the Administrative Agent, acting in its sole discretion after consultation with the Lenders, which approval may be revoked by the Administrative Agent, acting in its sole discretion after consultation with the Lenders, at any time upon written notice thereof to the Borrower. The revocation by the Administrative Agent of its approval of any Account Debtor described in clause (ii) above as an "Investment Grade Customer" shall be effective prospectively and shall not affect any Eligible Receivables with respect to which such Investment Grade Customer is the Account Debtor included in the Borrowing Base at the time such revocation is effective. "IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service. "ISP" means, with respect to any standby Letter of Credit, the "International Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance). "Issuer Documents" means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit. "Joint Venture Investments" means Investments in joint ventures or similar entities or Guarantors that are general partners of a joint venture or similar entity; provided that the applicable joint venture or similar entity engages in a business permitted under Section 7.07. "Laws" means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law. "L/C Advance" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. "L/C Borrowing" means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing. "L/C Credit Extension" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof. "L/C Issuer" means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. "L/C Obligations" means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including 19 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be "outstanding" in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. "Lender" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes the L/C Issuer. "Lending Office" means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender's Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. "Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit. "Letter of Credit Application" means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer. "Letter of Credit Expiration Date" means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day). "Letter of Credit Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i). "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). "Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01. "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter, and the Security Documents. "Loan Notice" means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. "Loan Parties" means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor. "Market Value" means the fair market value of petroleum products determined by reference to indices and data acceptable to the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Lenders. "Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document 20 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party. "Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary, the assets of which comprise more than 5% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (in the case of a Subsidiary that is not wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower, determined on a pro rata basis based on the Borrower's or the applicable Subsidiary's relative ownership interests), as determined in accordance with GAAP. "Maturity Date" means the earlier of (a) July 1, 2008 and (b) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02. "MLP Documents" means (a) the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, (b) the Omnibus Agreement, and (c) the Pipelines and Terminals Agreement, in each case to be executed by the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries. "MLP Parties" means, collectively, Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C., HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P., HEP Logistics GP, L.L.C., Holly Energy Partners and each of its Subsidiaries. "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto. "Multiemployer Plan" means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions. "NK Asphalt Partners" means NK Asphalt Partners, a partnership formed under the laws of the State of New Mexico. "NK Partnership Agreement" means that certain Partnership Agreement of NK Asphalt Partners, dated as of July 15, 2000, between Koch S.W. Asphalt Company, a Delaware corporation, and Navajo Western Asphalt Company, a New Mexico corporation, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated March 5, 2001, and the Second Amendment thereto, dated May 1, 2002. "Note" means any promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender, to the extent requested by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a), evidencing Loans made by such Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit B. "Obligations" means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit; (b) all amounts constituting Cash Management Obligations; and (c) all amounts owing by any Loan Party to a Qualified Counterparty that is a Secured Party in respect of any interest rate protection Swap Contract, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or 21 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. "Organization Documents" means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity. "Outstanding Amount" means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date. "Participant" has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d). "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. "Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years. "Permitted Acquisition" means any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or indirect acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of any Person, or of any business unit or refineries of any Person; the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock of any Person, and otherwise causing such Person to become a Subsidiary of such Person; or the merger or consolidation or any other combination with any Person, if each of the following conditions is met: (i) no Default then exists or would result therefrom; (ii) after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions on a pro forma basis, the Borrower shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the first day of the applicable period covered by the most recently 22 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement delivered Compliance Certificate (for purposes of Section 7.11, as if such transaction or series of related transactions, and all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated since the first day of such applicable period, had occurred on the first day of such applicable period); (iii) no Loan Party shall, in connection with any such transaction or series of transactions, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness of the related seller or the business, Person or properties acquired except to the extent permitted under Section 7.03; (iv) the Person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a business of the type that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged in under Section 7.07 and the property acquired in connection with any such transaction or series of transactions to be included in the Borrowing Base shall be made subject to the Lien of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens; (v) any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such transaction or series of transactions shall have executed a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and become a Loan Party hereunder on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (vi) the board of directors of the Person to be acquired shall not have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition unless such opposition has been publicly withdrawn; (vii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws of all applicable Governmental Authorities; (viii) to the extent available, the Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with (A) audited financial statements for the last three fiscal years of the Person or business to be acquired and unaudited financial statements thereof for the most recent interim period, (B) updated projections for the Borrower after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, and (C) such other information and data relating to such transaction or series of transactions or the Person or business to be acquired as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; (ix) at least 5 Business Days prior to the date of consummation of the proposed transaction or series of transactions, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that (A) such transaction or series of transactions complies with this definition (which shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such compliance), and (B) such transaction or series of transactions would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and 23 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (x) the aggregate Acquisition Consideration paid or to be paid by the Loan Parties in such transaction or series of transactions shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) 15% of the aggregate amount of assets reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01, all determined in accordance with GAAP, and (B) the fair market value of any assets acquired that would be included in the Collateral and subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. "Permitted Holders" means (a) Lamar Norsworthy, David Norsworthy, Nona Barrett, Betty Regard, Margaret Simmons and Suzanne Bartolucci, (b) the parents, spouses, children and other lineal descendants of any Person listed in clause (a) and (c) any estate or any trust established for the benefit of any one or more of the Persons described in clauses (a) and (b). "Permitted Liens" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01. "Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness" means unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower (and not of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); provided that such Indebtedness (a) does not mature or require any scheduled payments in excess of 1% per annum of the principal amount thereof prior to September 30, 2008, (b) bears no greater than a market interest rate as of the time of its issuance or incurrence (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (c) contains covenants and defaults no less favorable to, or more restrictive upon, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenants and defaults set forth in the Loan Documents and (d) after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness on a pro forma basis, the Borrower shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the first day of the applicable period covered by the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate (for purposes of Section 7.11, as if such Indebtedness, and all other Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness issued or incurred since the first day of such applicable period, had been issued or incurred on the first day of such applicable period). "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. "Pipeline Transportation Services" means pipeline transportation services in respect of petroleum products provided to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the provider of such services delivers such petroleum products from a designated point of origination to a delivery point specified by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper (in each case, as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) evidencing or representing such petroleum products shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with, and to the extent required by, Section 5.2(a) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (ii) all actions shall have been taken as required by Section 5.2(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to any related Electronic Chattel Paper (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement). "Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate. 24 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Pledged Cash" means, on any date, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in the Collateral Account on such date; provided that the Borrower shall at all times maintain cash and Cash Equivalents in one or more Collateral Accounts in an amount not less than the amount specified as "Pledged Cash" in the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate. "Private Placement Agreement" means, collectively, the Note Agreement, dated as of November 15, 1995, providing for the issuance by the Borrower of $39,000,000 of its 7.62% Series C Senior Notes Due December 15, 2005 and $21,000,000 of its Series D Senior Notes Due December 15, 2005. "Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable. "Qualified Counterparty" has the meaning given to that term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Receivable" means, at any date of determination thereof, the amount of the unpaid portion of an obligation, as stated in the invoice to a customer of the Borrower or any Guarantor which the Borrower or such Guarantor has issued with respect thereto, in respect of goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business, which amount has been earned by performance under the terms of the contract between the Borrower or such Guarantor and such customer relating to such goods or services, as the case may be, net of any credits, rebates or offsets owed to such customer. "Register" has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(c). "Related Parties" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person's Affiliates. "Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived. "Request for Credit Extension" means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application. 25 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Required Lenders" means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed "held" by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders. "Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, president, any vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other equity interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other equity interest or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other equity interest. "Restricted Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary at such time. "Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any transaction or series of related transactions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary sells or transfers any of its property to any other Person (other than to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) and concurrently with such sale or transfer, or thereafter, rents or leases such transferred property or substantially similar property from such Person. "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto. "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions. "Secured Parties" has the meaning given to that term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Security Documents" means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, each other security agreement, pledge, control agreement, consent and any other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant thereto. 26 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement "Shareholders' Equity" means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders' equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP. "Solvent" means that, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise," as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state Debtor Relief Laws, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature and (e) such Person is not insolvent within the meaning of any applicable legal requirement. For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim," and (ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. "Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. "Supermajority Lenders" means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 66 2/3% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed "held" by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Supermajority Lenders. "Swap Contract" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap 27 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a "Master Agreement"), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement. "Swap Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender). "Syndication Agent" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. "Synthetic Lease Obligation" means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment). "Total Outstandings" means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations. "Type" means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan. "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or, to the extent otherwise specified, as in effect in such other jurisdiction or jurisdictions. "U.S. Government" means the federal government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. "United States" and "U.S." mean the United States of America. "Unreimbursed Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i). "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means the MLP Parties and any other Subsidiary designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" pursuant to Section 6.16 28 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement on or after the date hereof; provided, however, that no Indebtedness or other obligation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary is Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingent or otherwise. 1.02 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. (b) (i) The words "herein," "hereto," "hereof" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof. (ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears. (iii) The term "including" is by way of example and not limitation. (iv) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form. (c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through" means "to and including." (d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS. (a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. (b) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and, 29 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement as applicable, the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. 1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number). 1.05 REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law. 1.06 TIMES OF DAY. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time in the United States (daylight or standard, as applicable). 1.07 LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNTS. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Issuer Documents related thereto, whether or not such maximum face amount is in effect at such time. ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS 2.01 LOANS. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a "Loan") to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender's Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender's Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein. 30 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS. (a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower's irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of "Interest Period," the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 10:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. (b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent's Office not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 31 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above. (c) During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders. (d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America's prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change. (e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans. 2.03 LETTERS OF CREDIT. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the Aggregate Commitments and (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans of any Lender plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender's Commitment. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower's ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and 32 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. (ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if: (A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date; or (C) after giving effect to such issuance, the Total Outstandings shall exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments. (iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if: (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it; (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws or one or more policies of the L/C Issuer; (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial face amount less than $100,000; (D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; (E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or (F) a default of any Lender's obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C 33 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer's risk with respect to such Lender. (iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof. (v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit. (b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (w) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (x) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (y) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (z) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. (ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to 34 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer's usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit. (iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an "Auto-Extension Letter of Credit"); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the "Non-Extension Notice Date") in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Loan Party that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension. (iv) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an "Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit"). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the "Non- 35 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Reinstatement Deadline"), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement. (v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. (c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor Date"), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the "Unreimbursed Amount"), and the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the Borrowing Base and the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice. (ii) Each Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent's Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer. (iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied (and have not been waived) or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be 36 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date such amount is so demanded until the date on which such amount is paid in full. In such event, each Lender's payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03. (iv) Until each Lender funds its Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer. (v) Each Lender's obligation to make Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender's obligation to make Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein. (vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. (d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender's L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent 37 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent. (ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. (e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit; (iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or (v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. 38 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower's instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid. (f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower's pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer's willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. (g) Cash Collateral. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the date that is 10 Business Days prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize such amount as the Administrative Agent may request, up to a maximum amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be). Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash 39 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c), "Cash Collateralize" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. Upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, the Administrative Agent shall immediately release the security interest in the cash, deposit accounts and balances therein and proceeds thereof maintained as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.03(g). (h) Applicability of ISP98 and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. (i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit). Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate. (j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amount specified in the Fee Letter, payable on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit). Such fronting fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable. 40 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control. (l) Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower's business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries. 2.04 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]. 2.05 PREPAYMENTS; REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS. (a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. (b) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans, the Total Outstandings exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments then in effect. (c) If the Borrower or any Guarantor sells any assets permitted under Section 7.05 and, after giving effect to such sale, the Total Outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect, the Net Cash Proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the prepayment of the Loans in an amount necessary to eliminate any such excess. 41 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 2.06 TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. 2.07 REPAYMENT OF LOANS. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on such date. 2.08 INTEREST. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. (b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter, and until paid, bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. (ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the written request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter, and until paid, bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. (iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. (iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon written demand. 42 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law. 2.09 FEES. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.03: (a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the Total Outstandings. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met or otherwise waived, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. (b) Other Fees. (i) The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever. (ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever. 2.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America's "prime rate" shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. 2.11 EVIDENCE OF DEBT. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each 43 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender's Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto. (b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. 2.12 PAYMENTS GENERALLY. (a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent's Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender's Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. (b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be. (c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then: (i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that 44 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and (ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the "Compensation Period") at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent's demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. (d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest. (e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation. (f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner. 2.13 SHARING OF PAYMENTS. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations held by it, any payment 45 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased. 2.14 INCREASE IN COMMITMENTS. (a) Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may, not more than two times, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments by an amount (for both such requests) not exceeding $50,000,000; provided that the initial request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000, and, provided further that the following increase, if requested, shall be in an amount equal to the remainder of the aggregate increase permitted pursuant to this clause (a). At the time of sending any such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata Share of such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders' responses (or non-responses) to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to 46 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. (b) If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the "Increase Effective Date") and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date and provide to each Lender and the Borrower a revised Schedule 2.01 reflecting such increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists. In the event that there are any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date, upon notice from the Administrative Agent to each Lender, the amount of Loans owing to each Lender shall be appropriately adjusted to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Pro Rata Shares arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section and the Borrower shall pay any amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. (c) This Section shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary. ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY 3.01 TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes), imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are required to be deducted or withheld by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that 47 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make (or cause to be made) such deductions or withholdings, (iii) the Borrower shall pay (or cause to be paid) the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified copy of a receipt (or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) evidencing payment thereof. (b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes"). (c) If the Borrower shall be required to deduct, withhold or pay any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall also pay to the Administrative Agent or to such Lender, as the case may be, at the time interest is paid, such additional amount that the Administrative Agent or such Lender specifies (in a certificate to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a)) is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed. (d) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts payable under Section 3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this subsection (d) shall be made within 30 days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor, accompanied by a certificate to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a). 3.02 ILLEGALITY. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on written notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, 48 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. 3.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or that the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein. 3.04 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY; RESERVES ON EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS. (a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender's compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans (and similar loans made by such Lender to borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower) or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements, then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), accompanied by a certificate to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction. (b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender's obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender's desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), accompanied by a certificate to the 49 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction. (c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as "Eurocurrency liabilities"), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 15 days' prior written notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), accompanied by a certificate to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a), of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice. 3.05 COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), accompanied by a certificate to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06(a), from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by it as a result of: (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); (b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or (c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.16; including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded. 3.06 MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION. (a) A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation or other amounts under this Article III and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such 50 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. (b) Upon any Lender's making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.16. 3.07 SURVIVAL. All of the Borrower's obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder. ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS 4.01 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSION. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent: (a) The Administrative Agent's receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders: (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (together with related UCC-1 financing statements, account control agreements, third party access agreements, insurance certificates naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured and all such other related documents, in each case, to the extent necessary to perfect the Lien on the Collateral granted pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower; (ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note; (iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; (iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of 51 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) favorable opinions of (A) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., outside counsel to the Borrower, and (B) John Glancy, General Counsel of the Borrower, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit F and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request; (vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required; (vii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate as of April 30, 2004; (ix) a duly completed Compliance Certificate as of March 31, 2004, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; (x) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect; (xi) evidence that, subject to the initial Borrowing hereunder, the Existing Credit Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated, all amounts owing thereunder have been prepaid and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released; and (xii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Required Lenders reasonably may require. (b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid. (c) Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date. (d) All governmental and third party approvals (including landlords' and other consents) necessary in connection with the continuing operations of the Loan Parties and the 52 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the financing contemplated hereby. (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien, tax lien, judgment and litigation search in each of the jurisdictions or offices in which UCC financing statements or other filings or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect (with the priority required under the Loan Documents) security interests in the Collateral (or would have been made at any time during the five years immediately preceding the Closing Date to perfect Liens on such assets of the Loan Parties), and such search shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders. (f) Each document (including, without limitation, any UCC financing statement) required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Permitted Liens), shall have been filed, registered or recorded or shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation. (g) There shall be no litigation, public or private, or administrative proceedings, governmental investigation or other legal or regulatory developments, actual or threatened, that, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to fully and timely perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents. 4.02 CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT EXTENSIONS. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent: (a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party, contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01. (b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension. 53 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof. (d) the Total Outstandings, after giving effect to such Credit Extension, shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Aggregate Commitments then in effect. Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied (or waived) on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension. ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that: 5.01 EXISTENCE, QUALIFICATION AND POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (d) is in compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c) or (d), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.02 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person's Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law. 5.03 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION; OTHER CONSENTS. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for those that have previously been obtained and are currently in full force and effect. 5.04 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered 54 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws. 5.05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. The Borrower has previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness. (b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders' Equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments. Such unaudited consolidated balance sheet sets forth all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date of such financial statements, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness. (c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.06 LITIGATION. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06, there, are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.07 NO DEFAULT. Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 55 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 5.08 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01. 5.09 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and pending or threatened claims alleging potential Environmental Liability on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.09, and after taking into account the availability of any insurance proceeds or other amounts recovered from third parties, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.10 INSURANCE. The properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates. 5.11 TAXES. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and state income tax returns and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal and state income taxes and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (a) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that a failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.12 ERISA COMPLIANCE. (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, (ii) has outstanding an application for such a letter that is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, or (iii) has a remedial amendment period for submitting such an application that has not closed. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, Plan qualification. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan. 56 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA and normal funding obligations); (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA. 5.13 SUBSIDIARIES. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 and has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part(b) of Schedule 5.13, in each case, other than as otherwise subsequently disclosed to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Loan Documents. 5.14 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT. (a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. (b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) is a "holding company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940. 5.15 DISCLOSURE. All information, other than projections, which has been or is hereafter made available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document is and will be complete and correct in all material respects. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (in writing) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to 57 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. 5.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.17 GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid, binding and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, prior to all other Liens except Permitted Liens. 5.18 SOLVENCY. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith will be and will continue to be, Solvent. 5.19 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Borrower intends to use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions) not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document and to refinance all amounts owing under the Existing Credit Agreement. ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.09, 6.11, 6.13 and 6.14) cause each Subsidiary, or, where specifically limited in a covenant, each Restricted Subsidiary to: 6.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders: (a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, its Consolidated Subsidiaries and the MLP Parties as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders' Equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any "going concern" or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and 58 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the MLP Parties as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders' Equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower's fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, Shareholders' Equity and cash flows of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the MLP Parties in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes. As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(d), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein. As to the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above, the Borrower shall provide, on an unaudited basis, corresponding consolidating financial statements. As to the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above, the Borrower shall provide, on an unaudited basis, corresponding information and materials representative of the Borrower and the Loan Parties (excluding therefrom any amounts attributable to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries). 6.02 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders: (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (commencing with the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; (b) promptly after any reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports or management letters submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them; (c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; (d) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof pursuant 59 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01 or any other clause of this Section 6.02; (e) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other material inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; and (f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower's website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower's behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.02(a) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents. 6.03 NOTICES. Promptly, but in any event within five Business Days of the date on which any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender: (a) of the occurrence of any Default; (b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any 60 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws (in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) above to the extent it has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect); (c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event; and (d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached. 6.04 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness. 6.05 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect the legal existence and good standing of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary under the Laws of the applicable jurisdiction of organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of the business of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of the registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary, the non-preservation of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 6.06 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Except with respect to transactions permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05, (a) maintain, preserve and protect all material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of the Borrower's or any Restricted Subsidiary's business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of all facilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries. 61 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 6.07 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to properties and business of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and providing for not less than 30 days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance. 6.08 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 6.09 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Maintain (a) proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (b) such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. 6.10 INSPECTION RIGHTS. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to examine the corporate, financial and operating records of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the directors, officers, and independent public accountants of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, the reasonable expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith to be paid by the Borrower, at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice. 6.11 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions in accordance with Section 5.20. 6.12 ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS. Notify the Administrative Agent at the time that any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, and promptly thereafter (and in any event within 30 days), cause such Person to (a) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably deem appropriate for such purpose, and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.01(a) and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding 62 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (a)), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 6.13 BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE AND RELATED REPORTS. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered (at the expense of the Borrower) to the Administrative Agent the following: (a) in no event less frequently than 30 days after the end of each month for the month most recently ended, a Borrowing Base Certificate from the Borrower accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment; (b) upon request by the Administrative Agent, and in no event less frequently than 30 days after the end of (i) each month, a monthly trial balance showing Receivables outstanding aged from the statement date as follows: 1 to 30 days, 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 days or more, accompanied by a comparison to the prior month's trial balance and such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment and (ii) each quarter, a summary of Eligible Inventory and Eligible Product in Transit by location and type accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment (in each case, together with a copy of all or any part of such delivery requested by any Lender in writing after the Closing Date); (c) on the date any Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.13(a), a collateral report with respect to the Loan Parties, including all additions and reductions (cash and non-cash) with respect to Receivables of the Loan Parties, accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment; (d) at each time of delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b): (i) a reconciliation of the Receivables trial balance and quarter-end Eligible Inventory reports of the Loan Parties to the general ledger of the Loan Parties, in each case, accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment, and (ii) a general description of any property included in the Collateral that has been disposed of other than in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent collateral audit conducted pursuant to Section 6.13(e) and the aggregate book value thereof; (e) on or before December 31 of each calendar year, a collateral audit to be conducted by an auditor (which may include any Agent-Related Person), and in form, scope and substance, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (f) such other reports, statements and reconciliations with respect to the Borrowing Base or Collateral of any or all Loan Parties as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time request in its reasonable credit judgment. 63 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement The delivery of each certificate and report or any other information delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13 shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the statements and information contained therein are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date. 6.14 BORROWING BASE VERIFICATION. Any of the Administrative Agent's officers, employees or agents (which shall include any Agent-Related Person) shall have the right, not more than two times in any calendar year during normal business hours (or at any time during normal business hours when a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), in the name of the Administrative Agent, any designee of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to Receivables, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Product in Transit by mail, telephone, electronic communication, personal inspection or otherwise. The Borrower shall take reasonable steps necessary to cooperate with the Administrative Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Administrative Agent's officers, employees or agents (which shall include any Agent-Related Person) shall have the right to contact any third parties without the prior consent of the Borrower (which consent may be granted or withheld in the Borrower's sole discretion); provided that no such consent shall be required following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. 6.15 FURTHER ASSURANCES. From time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds or products thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may be required to obtain from the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization. 6.16 DESIGNATION OF SUBSIDIARIES. The board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, subject in each case to the definitions of Restricted Subsidiary and Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that each Restricted Subsidiary shall at all times be a Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, provided further, that except for the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 6.16 hereof which are, as of the date hereof and until designated otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, no designation by the board of 64 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement directors of the Borrower of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be effective unless: (a) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice of such designation, together with (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate, calculating the Borrowing Base as of the date of the proposed effectiveness of such designation, demonstrating that the Total Outstandings will not exceed the Borrowing Base after giving effect to such designation (and any applicable prepayment of Total Outstandings pursuant to Section 2.05(b))and (ii) a certificate, dated the date of such designation, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 after giving effect to such designation; (b) immediately before and after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (c) such Restricted Subsidiary (other than any MLP Party) is also an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" under and as defined in the Private Placement Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute for purposes of Sections 7.02 and 7.06 an Investment therein as of the date of such designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the Borrower's or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary's investment therein, and the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute, inter alia, the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly: 7.01 LIENS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following (collectively, "Permitted Liens"): (a) Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to any Loan Document; (b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.03(b); (c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; 65 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person; (e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA; (f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person; (h) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition; (i) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired or merged into or consolidated with any Loan Party to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation is otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that such Liens (i) are not created in anticipation or contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, (ii) do not extend to property not subject to such Liens at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, (iii) are not more favorable to the applicable lienholders than their existing Liens and (iv) secure Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000; (j) Liens of producers arising in the ordinary course of business under the New Mexico Oil and Gas Products Lien Act or any similar statute in any other jurisdiction or under section 9-319 of the UCC in effect in the States of Texas, Kansas, Montana, Utah and Wyoming or any other applicable jurisdiction; (k) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents securing Swap Contracts; provided that the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents subject to such Liens may at no time exceed $5,000,000; and (l) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000; provided that such Liens do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of any Loan Party's assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business. 66 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 7.02 INVESTMENTS. Make any Investments, except: (a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of Cash Equivalents; (b) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes; (c) Investments of the Borrower in any Guarantor (other than Joint Venture Investments) and Investments of any Guarantor in the Borrower or in another Guarantor (other than Joint Venture Investments); (d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss; (e) Investments (including Joint Venture Investments) outstanding on the date hereof and identified on Schedule 7.02; (f) Investments in any MLP Party in the form of debt instruments or equity interests issued by such MLP Party that are received in consideration for logistics assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that fair market value is received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in consideration for such assets; (g) Investments in NK Asphalt Partners, to the extent required to be made under the NK Partnership Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,250,000 in any fiscal year; (h) other Joint Venture Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000; (i) Guarantees permitted by Section 7.03; (j) Investments (other than Joint Venture Investments) consisting of Permitted Acquisitions; and (k) other Investments (other than Joint Venture Investments) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000. 7.03 INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except: (a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents; (b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness to be refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is not increased at the time of such 67 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) any such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Obligations shall continue to be subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the terms of such Indebtedness to be refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; (c) Guarantees of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness of any other Loan Party otherwise permitted hereunder; (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a "market view;" and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party; (e) Indebtedness in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i); provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $10,000,000; (f) Indebtedness of any Person existing at the time such Person is acquired or merged into or consolidated with any Loan Party to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation is otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that (i) any Liens in respect of such Indebtedness are otherwise permitted under Section 7.01(i) and (ii) such Indebtedness is not incurred in anticipation or contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; (g) secured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; and (h) Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness. 7.04 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.05, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom: (a) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that when any Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and 68 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor. 7.05 DISPOSITIONS. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except: (a) Dispositions of obsolete or other property that is no longer materially beneficial in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business; (b) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (c) Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of other property used in the ordinary course of business or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such other property; (d) Dispositions of property by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party; (e) Dispositions consisting of Investments permitted by Section 7.02(a); (f) Dispositions (i) permitted by Section 7.04 or (ii) described on Schedule 7.05; and (g) Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) of logistics assets of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary to any MLP Party (subject to the receipt of cash or the other consideration described in Section 7.02(f)) and (ii) not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (A) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition and (B) except with respect to Dispositions of assets to any MLP Party pursuant to the MLP Documents or otherwise permitted under clause (i) above, the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (g) in any fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000. provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (g) shall be for fair market value. 7.06 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that: (a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and any Guarantor (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Subsidiary and to each other owner of capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests); 69 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common equity interests of such Person; (c) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its common stock or other common equity interests or warrants or options to acquire any such shares with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other common equity interests; and (d) the Borrower may declare or pay cash dividends to its stockholders and purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its capital stock or warrants, rights or options to acquire any such shares for cash in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) $25,000,000, plus (y) an amount equal to 50% of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries arising after March 31, 2004, plus (z) an amount equal to 50% of the aggregate increases in Shareholders' Equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries arising after March 31, 2004 by reason of the issuance and sale of capital stock or other equity interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), including upon any conversion of debt securities of the Borrower into such capital stock or other equity interests, and computed on a cumulative consolidated basis with other such transactions by the Borrower since that date; provided that immediately after giving effect to such proposed action, no Default would exist. 7.07 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto. 7.08 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.08, enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate. 7.09 BURDENSOME AGREEMENTS. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii) of any Restricted Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness or Section 7.03(h) (provided that any such negative pledge shall not restrict or prohibit any of the Liens pursuant to the Loan Documents or any other similar senior secured credit facility); or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person. 70 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 7.10 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or for any other purpose not specifically permitted hereunder. 7.11 FINANCIAL COVENANTS. (a) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. Permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (a) $220,000,000, (b) an amount equal to 50% of the Consolidated Net Income earned in each full fiscal quarter ending after March 31, 2004 (with no deduction for a net loss in any such fiscal quarter) and (c) an amount equal to 50% of the aggregate increases in Shareholders' Equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof by reason of the issuance and sale of capital stock or other equity interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuances to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary), including upon any conversion of debt securities of the Borrower into such capital stock or other equity interests. (b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 3.00:1.00. (c) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at any time during any period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower set forth below to be greater than 3.25:1.00. 7.12 FISCAL PERIODS. Change its fiscal year, any fiscal quarter or any other fiscal period. 7.13 CHANGE NAME; STATE OF FORMATION. Without having given the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days' prior written notice thereof and after having executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent such further instruments and documents in connection therewith as may be required by the Administrative Agent, change the Borrower's or any Guarantor's name, reincorporate, reform or otherwise reorganize the Borrower or any Guarantor, or change the Borrower's or any Guarantor's jurisdiction of organization. ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default: (a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party (as applicable) fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within ten days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or 71 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13 or 6.14 or Article VII; or in Section 5 (other than Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5(c) thereof) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or (c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days; provided, however, that if such failure is not reasonably capable of cure within such 30-day period and the Borrower has undertaken promptly to cure such failure and is thereafter diligently pursuing such cure, the period referred to above shall be extended for an additional 30 days; or (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be materially incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made; or (e) Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount for all such Indebtedness and Guarantees (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $5,000,000, or, if all amounts owing under the Private Placement Agreement shall have been repaid in full and all obligations thereunder shall have been terminated, $10,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the $5,000,000, or, if all amounts owing under the Private Placement Agreement shall have been repaid in full and all obligations thereunder shall have been terminated, $10,000,000; or (f) Insolvency Proceedings; Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any 72 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or (g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or (h) Judgments. There is entered against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (i) a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000, or, if all amounts owing under the Private Placement Agreement shall have been repaid in full and all obligations thereunder shall have been terminated, $10,000,000 (in each case, to the extent such final judgment or order remains unpaid or is not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or (i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000, or, if all amounts owing under the Private Placement Agreement shall have been repaid in full and all obligations thereunder shall have been terminated, $10,000,000, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the $5,000,000, or, if all amounts owing under the Private Placement Agreement shall have been repaid in full and all obligations thereunder shall have been terminated, $10,000,000; or (j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party (or any other Person in any judicial or administrative proceeding) contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or 73 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control with respect to the Borrower; or (l) Security Interest; Guarantee. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express release in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof), to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created or purported to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority created or purported to be created thereby. The Guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express release in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof), to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert. 8.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions: (a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated; (b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; (c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in accordance with Section 2.03(g); and (d) subject to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement which provide that certain rights and remedies may only be exercised upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Account Control Default, exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. 8.03 APPLICATION OF FUNDS. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02) or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.4 of the Guarantee and Collateral 74 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Agreement, any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order: First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such; Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them; Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them; Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit; Sixth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting amounts payable to Qualified Counterparties that are Secured Parties in respect of interest rate protection Swap Contracts and to that portion of the Obligations constituting Cash Management Obligations, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth payable to them; and Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law. Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above or otherwise promptly returned to the Borrower. ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 9.01 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORITY. Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental 75 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. 9.02 RIGHTS AS A LENDER. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. 9.03 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the 76 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. 9.04 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. 9.05 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. 9.06 RESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower; provided that no such consent will be required following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective 77 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit. 9.07 NON-RELIANCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. 9.08 NO OTHER DUTIES, ETC. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons listed on the cover page hereof or identified on the signature pages hereto as "syndication agent," "co-documentation agent," "co-agent," "book manager," "lead manager," "arranger," "lead arranger" or "co-arranger" shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities 78 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder. 9.09 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding. 9.10 COLLATERAL AND GUARANTEE MATTERS. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders; 79 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i); and (c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.10. ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS 10.01 AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender; (b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender; (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the final proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (subject to Section 1.03(b)) change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of "Default Rate" or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate; 80 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; (f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders," "Supermajority Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or (g) except as expressly provided in Section 9.10, release any Guarantor from the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement without the written consent of each Lender or release all or a material part of the Collateral, in each case except to the extent expressly permitted under the Loan Documents; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender. 10.02 NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS; FACSIMILE COPIES. (a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed certified or registered mail, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows: (i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and (ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer. 81 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b). (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender's receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the "return receipt requested" function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor. (c) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature. (d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to 82 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording. 10.03 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. 10.04 ATTORNEY COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any "workout" or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable within thirty days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. 10.05 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWER. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, 83 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be payable within ten Business Days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations. 10.06 PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. 10.07 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other 84 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (b) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (as defined in subsection (g) of this Section) with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned; (iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee); and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 payable by the applicable assignor, and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section. (c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent's Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the 85 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register. (d) Any Lender may at any time, upon notice to (but without the consent of) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender's participations in L/C Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. (e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 10.15 as though it were a Lender. (f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its 86 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. (g) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings: "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries. "Fund" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business. "Approved Fund" means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, upon 30 days' notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). 10.08 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates' respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap 87 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. 10.09 SET-OFF. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. 10.10 INTEREST RATE LIMITATION. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the "Maximum Rate"). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder. 88 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 10.11 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 10.12 INTEGRATION. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof. 10.13 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding. 10.14 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 10.15 TAX FORMS. (a) (i) Each Lender that is not a "United States person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "Foreign Lender") shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment under any Loan Document (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such 89 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that the Borrower make any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Foreign Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Foreign Lender shall be obligated to deliver any form or certificate that it cannot legally deliver. (ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender), shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of the Administrative Agent (in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of the forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information such Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Code, to establish that such Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender. (iii) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Foreign Lender under Section 3.01 (A) with respect to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such Lender transmits with an IRS Form W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 10.15(a) or (B) to the extent any Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted as a result of the failure by such Lender to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.15(a); provided that if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirement of this Section 10.15(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this Section 10.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate. 90 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement (iv) The Administrative Agent may withhold any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents with respect to which the Borrower is not required to pay additional amounts under this Section 10.15(a). (b) Each Lender that is a "United States person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9. If such Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable back-up withholding tax imposed by the Code. (c) If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent. 10.16 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.07), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that: (a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.07(b); (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts); (c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and (d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. 91 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement 10.17 GOVERNING LAW. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, the LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW. (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE. 10.18 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. 10.19 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. 92 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 93 Holly Corporation Credit Agreement IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written. HOLLY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower By: /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell ------------------------------------ Name: Stephen J. McDonnell Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Claire Liu ------------------------------------ Name: Claire Liu Title: Managing Director [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender and L/C Issuer By: /s/ Claire Liu ------------------------------------ Name: Claire Liu Title: Managing Director [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] GUARANTY BANK, as a Lender and Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Jim R. Hamilton ------------------------------------ Name: Jim R. Hamilton Title: Senior Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender and Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Paul R. Frank ------------------------------------ Name: Paul R. Frank Title: Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as a Lender and Syndication Agent By: /s/ Sean Murphy ------------------------------------ Name: Sean Murphy Title: Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender By: /s/ Nancy G. Moragas ------------------------------------ Name: Nancy G. Moragas Title: Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] REGIONS BANK, an Alabama banking corporation, as a Lender By: /s/ Kellie I. DeWhitt ------------------------------------ Name: Kellie I. DeWhitt Title: Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] RZB FINANCE LLC, as a Lender By: /s/ John A. Valiska ------------------------------------ Name: John A. Valiska Title: Group Vice President By: /s/ Astrid Wilke ------------------------------------ Name: Astrid Wilke Title: Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By: /s/ Charles S. Searle ------------------------------------ Name: Charles S. Searle Title: Sr. Vice President [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement] WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender By: /s/ M. Jarrod Bourgeois ------------------------------------ Name: M. Jarrod Bourgeois Title: Relationship Manager [Signature Page to Holly Corporation Credit Agreement]
EX-10.2 3 d17349exv10w2.txt GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.2 EXECUTION VERSION ================================================================================ GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT Dated as of July 1, 2004 among HOLLY CORPORATION and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS ......................................................... 1 1.1. Definitions ........................................................... 1 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions ......................................... 6 SECTION 2. GUARANTEE ............................................................. 6 2.1. Guarantee ............................................................. 6 2.2. Rights of Reimbursement, Contribution and Subrogation ................. 7 2.3. Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations ............. 9 2.4. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional .................................. 9 2.5. Reinstatement ......................................................... 10 2.6. Payments .............................................................. 10 SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL ..... 11 SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ........................................ 12 4.1. Representations in Credit Agreement ................................... 12 4.2. Title; No Other Liens ................................................. 12 4.3. Perfected First Priority Liens ........................................ 12 4.4. Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc ............................... 13 4.5. Inventory ............................................................. 13 4.6. Farm Products ......................................................... 13 4.7. Deposit Accounts ...................................................... 13 4.8. Receivables ........................................................... 14 4.9. Intellectual Property ................................................. 14 4.10. Transmitting Utilities ................................................ 15 SECTION 5. COVENANTS ............................................................. 15 5.1. Covenants in Credit Agreement ......................................... 15 5.2. Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents and Deposit Accounts ........................................ 15 5.3. Maintenance of Insurance .............................................. 16 5.4. Payment of Obligations ................................................ 16 5.5. Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation ..... 16 5.6. Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, etc ........ 17 5.7. Notices ............................................................... 17 5.8. Receivables ........................................................... 18 5.9. Intellectual Property ................................................. 18 SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS ................................................... 18 6.1. Certain Matters Relating to Receivables and the Collateral Account .... 18
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PAGE ---- 6.2. Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable .................. 20 6.3. Proceeds to be Turned Over to Administrative Agent .................... 20 6.4. Application of Proceeds ............................................... 21 6.5. Code and Other Remedies ............................................... 21 6.6. Waiver; Deficiency .................................................... 22 SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT .............................................. 22 7.1. Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc ........... 22 7.2. Duty of Administrative Agent .......................................... 24 7.3. Authorization of Financing Statements ................................. 24 7.4. Authority of Administrative Agent ..................................... 25 7.5. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents ................................... 25 SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS ......................................................... 25 8.1. Amendments in Writing ................................................. 25 8.2. Notices ............................................................... 25 8.3. No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies ................... 25 8.4. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification ................................. 26 8.5. Successors and Assigns ................................................ 27 8.6. Set-Off ............................................................... 27 8.7. Counterparts .......................................................... 27 8.8. Severability .......................................................... 27 8.9. Section Headings ...................................................... 28 8.10. Integration ........................................................... 28 8.11. GOVERNING LAW ......................................................... 28 8.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers ................................... 28 8.13. Acknowledgments ....................................................... 28 8.14. Additional Grantors ................................................... 29 8.15. Releases .............................................................. 29 8.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .................................................. 29
ii SCHEDULES Schedule 1 Notice Addresses of Guarantors Schedule 2 Deposit Accounts Schedule 3 Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests Schedule 4 Exact Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office Schedule 5 Location of Inventory Schedule 6 Bailees and Warehousemen Schedule 7 Transmitting Utilities EXHIBITS Exhibit A Form of Perfection Certificate Exhibit B-1 Form of Assignment Exhibit B-2 Form of Notice of Assignment Exhibit C Form of Control Agreement ANNEX Annex I Assumption Agreement i GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of July 1, 2004, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the "Grantors"), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for (i) the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the "Lenders") from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among HOLLY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor; WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS 1.1. Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof are used herein as so defined: Account Debtor, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Account, Documents, Farm Products, Goods, Instruments, Payment Intangibles, and Supporting Obligations. (b) The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: "Agreement" means this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Borrower Obligations" means the collective reference to the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement). "Cash Collateral Investments" means: (i) marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof which mature within one year from the date of purchase by or on behalf of Borrower (including without limitation repurchase transactions with respect thereto which are effected through banks); (ii) certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of any of the Lenders, or any other United States banks, in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that such Lenders and such other banks have a Thompson Bank Watch rating of "B" or better at the time of acquisition and at any time such certificates of deposit, bankers acceptance and time deposit are included in the Borrowing Base and such other banks shall also have total assets in excess of $20,000,000,000; (iii) certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of First National Bank of Artesia up to an aggregate amount of $600,000 which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and which mature within one year after the date of acquisition thereof by or on behalf of the Borrower; and (iv) interests in money market mutual funds that invest at least 95% of its assets in so- called "money market" instruments maturing not more than 13 months after the acquisition thereof by or on behalf of the Borrower, which funds are managed by Persons having, or which are members of holding company groups having, capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000. "Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section 3. "Collateral Account" means (i) any collateral account established and maintained as provided in Section 6.1 or (ii) any other cash collateral account established and maintained as provided in the Credit Agreement, including for purposes of designating cash or cash equivalents as "Pledged Cash" thereunder. 2 "Copyright Licenses" means any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee, granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, print, publish, copy, import, export, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright. "Copyrights" means (i) all domestic copyrights, whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published, including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all Mask Works (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act) and all works of authorship and other intellectual property rights therein, all copyrights of works based on, incorporated in, derived from or relating to works covered by such copyrights, all right, title and interest to make and exploit all derivative works based on or adopted from works covered by such copyrights, and all copyright registrations and copyright applications, mask works registrations, and mask works applications, and any renewals or extensions thereof, (ii) the rights to print, publish and distribute any of the foregoing, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all Copyright Licenses entered into in connection therewith, payments arising out of any other sale, lease, license or other disposition thereof and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (v) all other rights of any kind whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto. "General Intangibles" means all "general intangibles" as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the New York UCC in effect as of the date hereof and, in any event, including, without limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all rights of such Grantor to receive any tax refunds, all Swap Contracts and all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures and all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder, and (iv) all rights of such Grantor to terminate and to perform, compel performance and to exercise all remedies thereunder. "Guarantor Obligations" means with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of Guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to any Secured Party that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document). 3 "Guarantors" means the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower. "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in Section 8.4. "Indemnitee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.4. "Intellectual Property" means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets and the Trade Secret Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. "Inventory" means all "inventory" as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(48) of the New York UCC in effect as of the date hereof now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower (including, but not limited to, all (i) petroleum products, raw materials and work in process therefor, and materials used or consumed in the manufacture of production thereof, (ii) goods in which the Borrower has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind, and (iii) goods which are returned to or repossessed by the Borrower, and all accessions thereto and products thereof and documents therefor wherever located). "New York UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York. "Obligations" means (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations. "Patent License" means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use, import, export, distribute or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent. "Patents" means (i) all domestic patents, patent applications and patentable inventions, all certificates of invention or similar property rights, (ii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all Patent Licenses entered into in connection therewith, payments arising out of any other sale, lease, license or other disposition thereof and damages and payments for past, present or future infringement thereof), and (v) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutes, renewals, and extensions thereof, all improvements thereon and all other rights of any kind whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto. 4 "Perfection Certificate" means that certain Perfection Certificate dated as of July 1, 2004, executed by the Borrower, as may be supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. "Proceeds" means all "proceeds" as such term in defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC in effect as of the date hereof and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all other profits, rentals. accessions or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or realization upon, Collateral, including, without limitation, all claims of the Borrower against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect of, any Collateral, rights to any returned or repossessed goods relating to any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to any Collateral, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising. "Qualified Counterparty" means, with respect to any Swap Contract, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Swap Contract was entered into, was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender. "Receivable" means all Accounts and any other right to payment for Goods or other property sold, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper or classified as a Payment Intangible and whether or not it has been earned by performance. References herein to Receivables shall include any Supporting Obligation or collateral securing such Receivable. "Secured Parties" means collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the L/C Issuer, the other Lenders and, with respect to any interest rate protection Swap Contract entered into in accordance with the terms of Section 7.03(d) of the Credit Agreement, any Qualified Counterparty that has agreed to be bound by the provisions of Article IX of the Credit Agreement at all times as if it were a Lender party thereto; provided that no such Qualified Counterparty shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or any Guarantor Obligations under this Agreement. "Trademark License" means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark. "Trademarks" means (i) all domestic trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, or other indicia of origin or source identification, Internet domain names, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark or service mark registrations and any renewals thereof, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all Trademark Licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future 5 infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto, together in each case with the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each of the above. "Trade Secret License" means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trade Secret. "Trade Secrets" means (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments arising out of the sale, lease, license, assignment or other disposition thereof, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of any Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto. "UCC" means the New York UCC; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection. 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise provided herein, the rules of interpretation set forth in Article I of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement. (b) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof. (c) The expressions "payment in full," "paid in full" and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to the Borrower Obligations or the Guarantor Obligations shall mean the unconditional, final and irrevocable payment in full, in immediately available funds, of all of the Borrower Obligations or the Guarantor Obligations, as the case may be. SECTION 2. GUARANTEE 2.1. Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, Guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and 6 complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations. (b) If and to the extent required in order for the Guarantor Obligations to be enforceable under applicable federal, state and other Debtor Relief Laws, the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the greatest amount which can lawfully be Guaranteed by such Guarantor under such Debtor Relief Laws after giving effect to any rights of contribution, reimbursement and subrogation arising under Section 2.2. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, (i) such Guarantor (as opposed to its creditors, representatives of creditors or bankruptcy trustee, including such Guarantor in its capacity as debtor in possession exercising any powers of a bankruptcy trustee) has no personal right under such laws to reduce, or request any judicial relief that has the effect of reducing, the amount of its liability under this Agreement, (ii) such Guarantor (as opposed to its creditors, representatives of creditors or bankruptcy trustee, including such Guarantor in its capacity as debtor in possession exercising any powers of a bankruptcy trustee) has no personal right to enforce the limitation set forth in this Section 2.1(b) or to reduce, or request judicial relief reducing, the amount of its liability under this Agreement, and (iii) the limitation set forth in this Section 2.1(b) may be enforced only to the extent required under such laws in order for the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement to be enforceable under such laws and only by or for the benefit of a creditor, representative of creditors or bankruptcy trustee of such Guarantor or other Person entitled, under such laws, to enforce the provisions thereof. (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and from time to time be incurred or permitted in an amount exceeding the maximum liability of such Guarantor under Section 2.1(b) without impairing the Guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of any Secured Party hereunder. (d) The Guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations. (e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by any Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations (other than in respect of any Swap Contract) are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated or have expired. 2.2. Rights of Reimbursement, Contribution and Subrogation. 7 In case any payment is made on account of the Obligations by any Grantor or is received or collected on account of the Obligations from any Grantor or its property: (a) If such payment is made by the Borrower or from its property, then, if and to the extent such payment is made on account of Obligations arising from or relating to a Loan made to the Borrower or a Letter of Credit issued for account of the Borrower, the Borrower shall not be entitled (i) to demand or enforce reimbursement or contribution in respect of such payment from any other Grantor or (ii) to be subrogated to any claim, interest, right or remedy of any Secured Party against any other Person, including any other Grantor or its property. (b) If such payment is made by a Guarantor or from its property, such Guarantor shall be entitled, subject to and upon payment in full of the Obligations, (i) to demand and enforce reimbursement for the full amount of such payment from the Borrower and (ii) to demand and enforce contribution in respect of such payment from each other Guarantor which has not paid its fair share of such payment, as necessary to ensure that (after giving effect to any enforcement of reimbursement rights provided hereby) each Guarantor pays its fair share of the unreimbursed portion of such payment. For this purpose, the fair share of each Guarantor as to any unreimbursed payment shall be determined based on an equitable apportionment of such unreimbursed payment among all Guarantors based on the relative value of their assets and any other equitable considerations deemed appropriate by a court of competent jurisdiction. (c) If and whenever (after payment in full of the Obligations) any right of reimbursement or contribution becomes enforceable by any Guarantor against any other Grantor under Section 2.2(b), such Grantor shall be entitled, subject to and upon payment in full of the Obligations, to be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Grantors entitled to reimbursement or contribution from any other Grantor as set forth in this Section 2.2) to any security interest that may then be held by the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, upon any Collateral granted to it in this Agreement. Such right of subrogation shall be enforceable solely against the Grantors, and not against the Secured Parties, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any duty whatsoever to warrant, ensure or protect any such right of subrogation or to obtain, perfect, maintain, hold, enforce or retain any Collateral for any purpose related to any such right of subrogation. If subrogation is demanded by any Grantor, then (after payment in full of the Obligations) the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Grantors making such demand, or to a representative of such Grantors or of the Grantors generally, an instrument satisfactory to the Administrative Agent transferring, on a quitclaim basis without any recourse, representation, warranty or obligation whatsoever, whatever security interest the Administrative Agent then may hold in whatever Collateral may then exist that was not previously released or disposed of by the Administrative Agent. (d) All rights and claims arising under this Section 2.2 or based upon or relating to any other right of reimbursement, indemnification, contribution or subrogation that may at any time arise or exist in favor of any Grantor as to any payment on account of the Obligations made by it or received or collected from its property shall be fully subordinated in all respects to the prior payment in full of all of the Obligations. Until payment in full of the Obligations, no Grantor shall demand or receive any collateral security, payment or distribution whatsoever (whether in cash, property or securities or otherwise) on account of any such right or claim. If any such payment or distribution is made or becomes available to any Grantor in any bankruptcy 8 case or receivership, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, such payment or distribution shall be delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution directly to the Administrative Agent, for application to the payment of the Obligations. If any such payment or distribution is received by any Grantor, it shall be held by such Grantor in trust, as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall forthwith be transferred and delivered by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, in the exact form received and, if necessary, duly endorsed. (e) The obligations of the Grantors under the Loan Documents, including their liability for the Obligations and the enforceability of the security interests granted thereby, are not contingent upon the validity, legality, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of any right of reimbursement, contribution or subrogation arising under this Section 2.2. The invalidity, insufficiency, unenforceability or uncollectibility of any such right shall not in any respect diminish, affect or impair any such obligation or any other claim, interest, right or remedy at any time held by any Secured Party against any Guarantor or its property. The Secured Parties make no representations or warranties in respect of any such right and shall have no duty to assure, protect, enforce or ensure any such right or otherwise relating to any such right. (f) Each Grantor reserves any and all other rights of reimbursement, contribution or subrogation at any time available to it as against any other Grantor, but (i) the exercise and enforcement of such rights shall be subject to Section 2.2(d) and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall ever have any duty or liability whatsoever in respect of any such right, except as provided in Section 2.2(c). 2.3. Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by any Secured Party may be rescinded by such Secured Party and any of the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or Guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, increased, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by any Secured Party, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated (to the extent provided by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents), in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the requisite Lenders under the Credit Agreement or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, Guarantee or right of offset at any time held by any Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. No Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the Guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto. 2.4. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. 9 Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon the Guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the Guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the Guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the Guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the Guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional Guarantee of payment and performance without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or Guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against any Secured Party, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the Guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, any Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or Guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by any Secured Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or Guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, Guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of any Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. 2.5. Reinstatement. The Guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made. 2.6. Payments. 10 Each Guarantor hereby Guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent's Office. SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL (a) Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the "Collateral"), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations: (i) all Accounts, including, without limitation, any Collateral Account, all cash deposited therein from time to time and the Cash Collateral Investments made pursuant to Section 6.1(d); (ii) all Inventory; (iii) all Documents; (iv) all Instruments; (v) all General Intangibles relating to any Collateral including, without limitation, all rights against the owners or operators of any pipeline or storage facility with respect to any Inventory or other Collateral; (vi) all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary in the collection thereof or realization thereupon; and (vii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and Guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing. (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under and each of the agreements included in the Collateral, to use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the obligations undertaken by it thereunder and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party have 11 any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral. SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES To induce the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that: 4.1. Representations in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.l, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge. 4.2. Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns its respective items of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims, including, without limitation, Liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as a grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement, mortgage or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except (a) such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement, (b) such as have been filed in connection with Permitted Liens, or (c) financing statements which remain on file or of record in a public office notwithstanding the effective termination, release or expiration thereof. 4.3. Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and, as applicable, duly executed form, and may be filed by the Administrative Agent at any time) and payment of all filing fees, will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor's Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens. 12 Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor has taken all actions necessary or desirable, including without limitation those specified in Section 5.2 to establish the Administrative Agent's "control" (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts that are Collateral Accounts. 4.4. Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc. On the date hereof, such Grantor's exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantor's jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational i.d. number, if any, and the location of such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4. Each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as otherwise indicated on Schedule 4, the jurisdiction of each such Grantor's organization of formation is required to maintain a public record showing the Grantor to have been organized or formed. Except as specified on Schedule 4, it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business or its corporate structure in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the five years preceding the date hereof and has not within such five-year period become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as a grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been (or which is concurrently herewith being) terminated. 4.5. Inventory. (a) On the date hereof, the Inventory is kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5; (b) any Inventory now or hereafter produced by any Grantor included in the Collateral has been and will be produced in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; and (c) except as set forth on Schedule 6, no portion of the Inventory that has a fair market value in excess of $500,000 is in the possession of an issuer of a Negotiable Document (as defined in Section 7-104 of the UCC) therefor or otherwise in the possession of any bailee or warehousemen. 4.6. Farm Products. No portion of the Collateral that has a fair market value in excess of $500,000 constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products. 4.7. Deposit Accounts. Schedule 2 hereto (as such schedule may be amended from time to time) sets forth all of the Deposit Accounts in which each Grantor has an interest. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder or customer of each such account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto) having "control" (within the meanings of Sections 8-106, 9-106 and 9-104 of the UCC) over, or 13 any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any securities, commodities or other property credited thereto. 4.8. Receivables. (a) Upon the delivery to the Administrative Agent of assignments and notices of assignment substantially in the forms of Exhibits B-1 and B-2, or such other form as may be required by the applicable Governmental Authority, and the filing of each such notice with the Governmental Authority or agency or other office described therein, the security interests granted hereunder shall constitute valid assignments of the Receivables due under Eligible Government Contracts to the extent that such assignment is governed by the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. 3727, 41 U.S.C 15) (the "Assignment of Claims Act"). (b) As of the date hereof, such Grantor is not aware of any material Receivable included in the Collateral that (i) is not and will not be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor, (ii) is not and will not be enforceable in accordance with its terms, (iii) is or will be subject to any setoffs, defenses, taxes, counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise) and (iv) is not and will not be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. 4.9. Intellectual Property. (a) Each Grantor is the exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such items of Intellectual Property as are reasonably necessary in the operation of such Grantor's business and is otherwise entitled to use all such Intellectual Property, without limitation, subject only to the license terms of applicable licensing or franchise agreements. (b) As of the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property reasonably necessary in the operation of such Grantor's business is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not, to such Grantor's knowledge, been abandoned and neither the operation of such Grantor's business as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted nor the use of such Intellectual Property in connection therewith would reasonably be expected to conflict with, infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any other Person. (c) As of the date hereof none of the Collateral is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which the applicable Grantor is the licensor or franchisor. (d) The rights of such Grantor in or to any Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to conflict with or infringe upon the rights of any third party, and, to such Grantor's knowledge, no claim has been asserted that the use of such Intellectual Property does or may infringe upon the rights of any third party, in either case, which conflict or infringement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, there is no infringement or unauthorized use of any item of Intellectual Property of such Grantor that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 14 (e) To such Grantor's knowledge, no holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity or enforceability of, or such Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (f) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Intellectual Property or such Grantor's ownership interest therein, (ii) alleging that any services provided by, processes used by, or products manufactured or sold by such Grantor infringe any patent, trademark, copyright, or any other right of any third party, or (iii) alleging that any material Intellectual Property is being licensed, sublicensed or used in violation of any patent, trademark, copyright or any other right of any third party, in each case, which if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 4.10. Transmitting Utilities. Except as set forth on Schedule 7 hereto, no Grantor is a "Transmitting Utility" as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. SECTION 5. COVENANTS Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of any Swap Contracts) shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated or expired: 5.1. Covenants in Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries. 5.2. Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents and Deposit Accounts. (a) If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper, in an amount in excess of $500,000, such Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business), Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to any such Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper as of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall as soon as reasonably as practicable after the Closing Date, and in any event not to exceed 10 Business Days after the Closing Date, deliver such Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 5.2(a). 15 (b) If any of the Collateral is or shall become "Electronic Chattel Paper" in an amount in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall ensure that (i) a single authoritative copy exists which is unique, identifiable, unalterable (except as provided in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of this paragraph), (ii) that such authoritative copy identifies the Administrative Agent as the assignee and is communicated to and maintained by the Administrative Agent or its designee, (iii) that copies or revisions that add or change the assignee of the authoritative copy can only be made with the participation of the Administrative Agent, (iv) that each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy and not the authoritative copy and (v) any revision of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as an authorized or unauthorized revision. (c) Each Grantor shall maintain each Deposit Account that is a Collateral Account only with financial institutions that have agreed to comply with instructions issued or originated by the Administrative Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be substantially in the form of Exhibit C or in another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. (d) Each Grantor shall ensure that all amounts received in respect of Eligible Receivables shall at all times be deposited into a Deposit Account that is a Collateral Account prior to distribution to any other account. 5.3. Maintenance of Insurance. To the extent required by Section 6.07 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where such Grantor operates. 5.4. Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all Federal and state income taxes and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or its properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (i) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) to the extent that a failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness. 5.5. Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever. 16 (b) To the extent required by Section 6.15 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time (but no more than once per fiscal year unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, in which case such Grantor will furnish such reports to the Administrative Agent as often as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request) statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the assets and property of such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail. (c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby (including, without limitation, any such document or action in respect of the Assignment of Claims Act; provided that the Borrower shall not be required at any time to file any document or take any action in respect of the Assignment of Claims Act if at such time no Receivables created pursuant to an Eligible Government Contract are included in the Borrowing Base) and (ii) in the case of each Deposit Account that is a Collateral Account, taking any actions reasonably necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain "control" (within the meaning of the applicable UCC) with respect thereto, including, without limitation, executing and delivering and causing the relevant depositary bank to execute and deliver a Control Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, or in another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. 5.6. Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, etc. (a) Such Grantor will not permit a material portion of the Inventory to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 5, except upon 30 days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of (i) all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (ii) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional location at which Inventory shall be kept. (b) Without limiting the prohibitions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not change its name, reincorporate, reform or otherwise reorganize, or change its jurisdiction of organization without having given the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days' prior written notice thereof and after having executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent such further instruments and documents in connection therewith as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. 5.7. Notices. Upon acquiring knowledge thereof, such Grantor will advise the Secured Parties promptly, in reasonable detail, of: 17 (a) any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Collateral which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and (b) the occurrence of any other event which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby. 5.8. Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value thereof. (b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Receivables. (c) Each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform and comply in all material respects with all of its obligations with respect to the Receivables. (d) Each Grantor will take all steps necessary to comply with the Assignment of Claims Act for all Receivables due under any Eligible Government Contract, including, without limitation, obtaining assignments and notices of assignment substantially in the forms of Exhibits B-1 and B-2, or such other form as may be required by the applicable Governmental Authority, and filing each such notice with the Governmental Authority or agency or other office described therein. 5.9. Intellectual Property. Such Grantor hereby gives a nonexclusive license and further agrees to execute such documents and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that the Secured Parties may use, without any charge or expense, any item of Intellectual Property useful or necessary in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies in respect of the Collateral. SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS 6.1. Certain Matters Relating to Receivables and the Collateral Account. (a) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the Credit Agreement, and each applicable Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection with such test verifications. 18 (b) Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Account Control Default, and if requested by the Administrative Agent in writing, the Borrower shall (without limiting the obligations of the Borrower under Section 5.2(d)) instruct all Account Debtors to make all payments in respect of Receivables either (i) directly to the Administrative Agent (by instructing that such payments be remitted to a post office box which shall be in the name and under the control of the Administrative Agent) or (ii) to one or more other banks in any state (other than Louisiana) in the United States (by instructing that such payments be remitted to a post office box which shall be in the name and under the control of such bank) under a Control Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (or in another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) duly executed by the Borrower and such bank or under other arrangements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the Borrower shall have irrevocably instructed such other bank (and such other bank shall have agreed) to remit all Proceeds of such payments directly to the Administrative Agent for deposit into the Collateral Account designated by the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent may otherwise instruct such bank. All such payments made to the Administrative Agent shall be deposited in such Collateral Account. In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower agrees that if the Proceeds of any Collateral hereunder (including the payments made in respect of Accounts) shall be received by it upon or after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall as promptly as possible deposit such Proceeds into the Collateral Account designated by the Administrative Agent. Until so deposited, all such Proceeds shall be held in trust by the Borrower for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall not be commingled with any other funds or property of the Borrower. (c) There shall be deposited from time to time into the Collateral Account designated by the Administrative Agent (i) the cash proceeds of the Collateral required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 6 (if any) or any other provision of this Agreement and (ii) at the discretion of the Borrower, any other cash. Any income received by the Administrative Agent with respect to the balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Collateral Account, including any interest or capital gains on Cash Collateral Investments, shall remain, or be deposited, in such Collateral Account. The cash amounts on deposit from time to time in any Collateral Account shall constitute part of the Collateral hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Obligations until applied thereto as hereinafter provided. (d) Amounts on deposit in any Collateral Account shall be invested and re-invested from time to time in such Cash Collateral Investments as the Borrower shall determine, which Cash Collateral Investments shall be under the control of the Administrative Agent, provided that, if an Account Control Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, if instructed by the Supermajority Lenders, liquidate any such Cash Collateral Investment and apply or cause to be applied the proceeds thereof to the payment of the Obligations in the manner specified in Section 6.4. (e) At the Administrative Agent's reasonable request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables to the extent such documents are in the possession of such Grantor or are otherwise reasonably capable of being 19 obtained by such Grantor, including, without limitation, copies of all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts. 6.2. Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to any contract or other agreement to verify with them to the Administrative Agent's reasonable satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables. (b) The Administrative Agent may at any time notify, or require any Grantor to so notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty in respect of any Receivable of the security interest of the Administrative Agent therein. In addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may (i) upon written notice to the applicable Grantor, notify, or require any Grantor to notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty to make all payments under the Receivables directly to the Administrative Agent, or (ii) in the case of any Collateral in the possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee or any of the Borrower's agents or processors, promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall notify such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor of the security interests created hereby and to hold all such Collateral for the Administrative Agent's account subject to the Administrative Agent's instructions. (c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times. 6.3. Proceeds to be Turned Over to Administrative Agent. In addition to the rights of the Secured Parties specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Account Control Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent (or by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral 20 security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5. 6.4. Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, at any time, apply all or any part of the net Proceeds (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 6.6) constituting Collateral realized through the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the Guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the manner provided by Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement. 6.5. Code and Other Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC (whether or not the New York UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or its rights under any other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's board or office of any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Each Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Administrative Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Administrative Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor 21 hereby waives any claims against the Administrative Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Administrative Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent's request, to assemble its Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take possession thereof with or without judicial process and shall be entitled to use or employ, without charge, all items of Intellectual Property used or employed by any Grantor. (b) The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.5, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the New York UCC. If the Administrative Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, the applicable Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Administrative Agent. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Administrative Agent may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. 6.6. Waiver; Deficiency. Subject to the terms of Section 2.1(b), each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and any Attorney Costs incurred by any Secured Party to collect such deficiency. SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 7.1. Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be reasonably necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following: 22 (i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any of its Receivables or with respect to any of its other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any of its Receivables or with respect to any of its other Collateral whenever payable; (ii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against any of its Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof; (iii) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.5, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to any of its Collateral; and (iv) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of its Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of its Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any of its Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any of its Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any of its Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; and (7) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of its Collateral as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon any of such Collateral and the Administrative Agent's security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do. Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its covenants contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement; provided, however, that unless and Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative 23 Agent shall not exercise this power without first making demand on the Grantor and the Grantor failing to promptly comply therewith. (c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on past due Base Rate Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Administrative Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent on written demand. (d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released. 7.2. Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. To the extent permitted under applicable law, neither the Administrative Agent, nor any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. 7.3. Authorization of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the New York UCC and any other applicable law, the Administrative Agent is authorized to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described herein, or such other description as the Administrative Agent, in its sole judgment, determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be 24 sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction. 7.4. Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority. 7.5. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents. At any time or from time to time, in order to comply with any requirement of law, the Administrative Agent may appoint another Secured Party, either to act as co-agent or agents on behalf of the Secured Parties with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual operation of the provisions hereof and which may be specified in the instrument of appointment (which may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, include provisions for indemnification and similar protections of such co-agent or separate agent). SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1. Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. 8.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1. 8.3. No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise 25 of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. 8.4. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees (i) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (ii) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any "workout" or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 8.4 shall be payable within thirty days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement. (b) Each Grantor shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (i) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a 26 court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with the Credit Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this Section 8.4 shall be payable within ten Business Days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of this Agreement. 8.5. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. 8.6. Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured Parties provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Secured Party is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to each Grantor, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Guarantor) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of the respective Grantors against any and all Obligations owing to such Secured Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such other Secured Party shall have made demand under the this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Secured Party agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Secured Party; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. 8.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 8.8. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition 27 or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 8.9. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. 8.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Secured Party relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 8.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT EACH SECURED PARTY SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 8.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be brought in the courts of the State of New York sitting in the County of New York or of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and each Grantor consents, for itself and in respect of its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts. The Administrative Agent and each Grantor irrevocably waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any action or proceeding in such jurisdiction in respect of any Loan Document or other document related thereto. Each Grantor and each Secured Party waives personal service of any summons, complaint or other process, which may be made by any other means permitted by the Law of such state. 8.13. Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that: (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; (b) no Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the 28 relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties. 8.14. Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto. 8.15. Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated or expired and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. (b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Guarantor and the terms of the disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that the Proceeds of such disposition will be applied in accordance therewith. (c) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent subject to such Grantor's rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the New York UCC. 8.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 29 EACH GRANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 30 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. HOLLY CORPORATION By: /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell ------------------------------------- Name: Stephen J. McDonnell Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer BLACK EAGLE, INC. HOLLYCORP AVIATION, LLC HOLLY REFINING & MARKETING COMPANY HOLLY PETROLEUM, INC. HOLLY REFINING COMMUNICATIONS, INC. LEA REFINING COMPANY LOREFCO, INC. MONTANA REFINING COMPANY, A PARTNERSHIP By: BLACK EAGLE, INC. and NAVAJO NORTHERN, INC., its partners MONTANA RETAIL CORPORATION NAVAJO CRUDE OIL PURCHASING, INC. NAVAJO HOLDINGS, INC. NAVAJO PIPELINE CO., L.P. By: NAVAJO PIPELINE GP, L.L.C., its general partner NAVAJO PIPELINE GP, L.L.C. NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY, L.P. By: NAVAJO REFINING GP, L.L.C., its general partner NAVAJO REFINING GP, L.L.C. NAVAJO WESTERN ASPHALT COMPANY WOODS CROSS REFINING COMPANY, L.L.C. By: /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell ------------------------------------- Name: Stephen J. McDonnell Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 31 NAVAJO PIPELINE LP, L.L.C. By: /s/ James G. Townsend ------------------------------------- Name: James G. Townsend Title: President NAVAJO REFINING LP, L.L.C. By: /s/ James G. Townsend ------------------------------------- Name: James G. Townsend Title: Vice President BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Claire Liu ------------------------------------- Name: Claire Liu Title: Managing Director
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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, C. Lamar Norsworthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holly Corporation, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Holly Corporation;

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

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

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

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

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

c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

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

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

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

     
Date: August 6, 2004
  /s/ C. Lamar Norsworthy, III
 
 
  C. Lamar Norsworthy, III
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen J. McDonnell, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holly Corporation, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Holly Corporation;

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

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

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

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

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

c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

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

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

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

     
Date: August 6, 2004
  /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell
 
 
  Stephen J. McDonnell
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF HOLLY CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In connection with the accompanying report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, C. Lamar Norsworthy, III, Chief Executive Officer of Holly Corporation (the “Company”) hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

     
Date: August 6, 2004
  /s/ C. Lamar Norsworthy, III
 
 
  C. Lamar Norsworthy, III
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF HOLLY CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In connection with the accompanying report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Stephen J. McDonnell, Chief Financial Officer of Holly Corporation (the “Company”) hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

     
Date: August 6, 2004
  /s/ Stephen J. McDonnell
 
 
  Stephen J. McDonnell
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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