EXHIBIT 10.11
CONSENT AND SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CONSENT AND SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Consent and Sixth Amendment”) is dated as of September 30, 2024 and is executed by and among CALUMET, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), the Subsidiaries of Parent listed as “Borrowers” on the signature pages hereto (together with Parent, collectively, “Borrowers” and each individually a “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as agent for the Lenders (“Agent”).
R E C I T A L S:
A. Borrowers, Guarantors (if any), Lenders and Agent are parties to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 23, 2018 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 4, 2019, Consent and Amendment No. 2 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 18, 2021, Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 20, 2022, Fourth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 17, 2024 and Fifth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2024, and as further amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Consent and Sixth Amendment not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement).
B.The Borrowers have requested consent to the sale by Calumet Montana to Stonebriar Commercial Finance LLC (“Stonebriar”), of all of the existing Refinery Assets (the “Refinery Assets Disposition”) and the leaseback thereof by Stonebriar to Calumet Montana.
C.In connection with the Refinery Assets Disposition, the Borrowers intend to permanently reduce the Refinery Asset Borrowing Base Component to zero and, upon such reduction and the Borrowers’ satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.8 of the Credit Agreement, Agent shall release its Liens on the Refinery Collateral.
D.The Lenders party hereto and Agent desire to consent to the Refinery Assets Disposition and to amend the Credit Agreement, in each case, on the terms and conditions contained in this Consent and Sixth Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| (a) | Effective as of the Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Lenders party hereto and Agent hereby consent to the Refinery Assets Disposition; provided that the initial Net Cash Proceeds from such Disposition be no less than $110,000,000. Effective as of the Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date, each of the Borrowers and the Lenders party hereto and Agent hereby agree that the Refinery Asset Borrowing Base Component shall be permanently reduced to $0. |
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| (i) | The following defined terms shall be added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement: |
“Sixth Amendment” – that certain Consent and Sixth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2024, among Parent, CSPP, the Subsidiaries of Parent listed as Borrowers on the signatures pages thereto, the Lenders party thereto and Agent.
“Sixth Amendment Effective Date”— the “Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date” as defined in the Sixth Amendment.
| (ii) | Section 9.2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (z) thereof, (b) deleting the period at the end of clause (aa) thereof and inserting “; and” in lieu thereof and (c) adding a new clause (bb) at the end thereof as follows: |
(bb) “Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2.3(q); provided, that such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property constituting Collateral or any other Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof (including insurance proceeds).”
| (iii) | Section 9.2.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (o) thereof, (b) deleting the period at the end of clause (p) thereof and inserting “; and” in lieu thereof and (c) adding a new clause (q) at the end thereof as follows: |
(q) “Attributable Indebtedness under Sale and Leaseback Transactions incurred by Calumet Montana; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $150,000,000.”
| (a) | The consent provided in Section 1(a) of this Consent and Sixth Amendment shall be effective only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction, the “Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date”): |
| (i) | Agent’s receipt of executed counterparts of this Consent and Sixth Amendment executed by all Borrowers, all Guarantors (if any), Agent and the Supermajority Lenders; |
| (ii) | The Refinery Asset Borrowing Base Component shall have been permanently reduced to $0 (the “Refinery Borrowing Base Reduction”) and immediately before and after giving effect to such Refinery Borrowing Base Reduction, no Overadvance shall exist; |
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| (iii) | Agent shall have received an updated Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of the close of business of (A) if the Refinery Assets Disposition is consummated prior to October 15, 2024, August 2024 and (B) otherwise, September 2024, in each case, after giving pro forma effect to the Refinery Borrowing Base Reduction, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent; |
| (iv) | (i) All of the consideration paid to the Borrowers in connection with the Refinery Assets Disposition shall be in cash, such payment shall be in aggregate, when fully and finally disbursed over time, in an amount not less than the fair market value of the Refinery Assets and to the extent that such Refinery Asset Disposition results in the Facility Usage exceeding the Aggregate Borrowing Base after giving effect thereto, Borrowers shall, prior to or concurrently with such consummation, repay the Obligations in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess and (ii) promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of receipt), Obligors agree to apply all Net Cash Proceeds of such Refinery Asset Disposition to repay the Loans; |
| (v) | [reserved]; |
| (vi) | (i) Availability (A) at all times during the 30-day period preceding the Refinery Assets Disposition and (B) on the date of such Refinery Assets Disposition and after giving effect thereto (including any reduction in the Aggregate Borrowing Base to result therefrom), in each case, on a Pro Forma Basis, shall be greater than or equal to the sum of (x) 15% of the Borrowing Base then in effect plus (y) the amount of any FILO Loans outstanding on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii) if Availability as referred to in (i)(A) or (B) above is less than the sum of (x) 22.5% of the Borrowing Base then in effect, plus (y) the amount of any FILO Loans outstanding on a Pro Forma Basis (which Availability under clause (i)(A) above shall be, for purposes of this clause (B) only, calculated on an average basis for such 30-day period), Borrower Agent shall have delivered to Agent a certificate demonstrating, based on adjustments made in good faith using reasonable assumptions, that, upon and after giving effect to such Refinery Assets Disposition, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be at least 1.0 to 1.0; |
| (vii) | No Default or Event of Default exists at the time of the Refinery Assets Disposition or will arise as a result thereof; |
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| conditions in the immediately preceding clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), and (a)(vi) are satisfied; |
| (ix) | Borrowers shall have paid to the Agent, for the benefit of each Lender (including Bank of America) that consents to this Consent and Sixth Amendment on or prior the date hereof, a consent fee (the “Consent and Sixth Amendment Fee”) in an aggregate amount equal to 0.05% of the Commitments of each such Lender outstanding on the Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date, which Consent and Sixth Amendment Fee Borrowers agree shall be deemed fully earned and payable on the Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date; |
| (x) | Borrowers shall have paid all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Agent) to the extent that the Borrower Agent has received an invoice therefor at least two Business Days prior to the Consent and Sixth Amendment Effective Date (without prejudice to any post-closing settlement of such fees, costs and expenses to the extent not so invoiced); and |
| (xi) | Agent shall have received such documentation and other information as has been reasonably requested by Agent in connection with this Consent and Sixth Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent and Sixth Amendment to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
| BORROWERS: |
| CALUMET, INC. By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET GP, LLC By: Calumet, Inc., its sole member By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P. By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET OPERATING, LLC By: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., its sole member By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET FINANCE CORP. By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| CALUMET INTERNATIONAL, INC. By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| KURLIN COMPANY, LLC By: Calumet International, Inc., its sole member By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| CALUMET BRANDED PRODUCTS, LLC By: Calumet Operating, LLC, its sole member By: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., its sole member By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| BEL-RAY COMPANY, LLC By: Calumet Branded Products, LLC, its sole member By: Calumet Operating, LLC, its sole member By: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., its sole member By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET REFINING, LLC By: Calumet Operating, LLC, its sole member By: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., its sole member By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| CALUMET PRINCETON REFINING, LLC CALUMET COTTON VALLEY REFINING, LLC CALUMET SHREVEPORT REFINING, LLC CALUMET MONTANA REFINING, LLC CALUMET MISSOURI, LLC CALUMET KARNS CITY REFINING, LLC CALUMET DICKINSON REFINING, LLC By: Calumet Refining, LLC, their sole member By: Calumet Operating, LLC, its sole member By: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., its sole member By: Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner By: /s/ David Lunin Name: David Lunin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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AGENT AND LENDERS: | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent, a Lender and an Issuing Bank |
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| WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender |
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| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
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| REGIONS BANK, as a Lender |
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| BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
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| BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender |
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| MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as a Lender |
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| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender |
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