CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P. 4,500,000 COMMON UNITS REPRESENTING LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
4,500,000 COMMON UNITS
REPRESENTING LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
February 24, 2011
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
as representatives of the several underwriters on Schedule I hereto
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
as representatives of the several underwriters on Schedule I hereto
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 4,500,000 common units representing
limited partner interests in the Partnership (“Common Units”) and, at the election of the
Underwriters, up to 675,000 additional Common Units. The aggregate of 4,500,000 Common Units is
herein called the “Firm Units” and the aggregate of 675,000 additional Common Units is herein
called the “Optional Units.” The Firm Units and the Optional Units that the Underwriters elect to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Units.”
Calumet Lubricants Co., Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (“Calumet”), and
certain of its subsidiaries own and operate certain refineries, a terminal and certain storage
facilities for specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, as described more particularly in the
Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus (as defined below). At each Time
of Delivery (as defined in Section 4), the Partnership operates its business through Calumet and
its subsidiaries. Calumet LP GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “OLP GP”), is the
general partner of Calumet. Calumet Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Operating Company” or the “OLLC”), is the sole member of the OLP GP and the sole limited partner
of Calumet. Calumet GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), is the
general partner of the Partnership. The General Partner and the Partnership are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Calumet Parties.” The General Partner, the Partnership, the
Operating Company, the OLP GP and
the Operating Subsidiaries (as defined below) are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
“Partnership Entities.”
Calumet Shreveport, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Calumet Shreveport”), through
its ownership of Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company
(“Shreveport Lubes”), and Calumet Shreveport Fuels, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company
(“Shreveport Fuels” and together with Shreveport Lubes, the “Shreveport Subsidiaries”), hold all
assets related to Calumet’s refinery in Shreveport, Louisiana. Shreveport Lubes, Shreveport Fuels,
Calumet Penreco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Calumet Penreco”), and Calumet Sales
Company Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Reseller”), are wholly owned subsidiaries of
Calumet. Calumet Shreveport, the Shreveport Subsidiaries and Calumet Penreco are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Operating LLCs.” Calumet, the Operating LLCs and Reseller are
hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Operating Subsidiaries.”
1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Calumet Parties. The Calumet
Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(a) Registration. A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-170390) (the “Initial
Registration Statement”) in respect of the Units has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, but
including all documents incorporated by reference therein, for each of the other Underwriters, have
been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if
any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective
upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document
incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the
Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the Act previously approved by the representatives of the Underwriters); and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Partnership
Entities, threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Initial
Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on
or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Units, is hereinafter called the “Basic
Prospectus;” any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating
to the Units filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called
a “Preliminary Prospectus;” the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus
supplement relating to the Units that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule
430B under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, each as amended at the time
such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively
called the “Registration Statement;” the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately
prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) is hereinafter called the
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“Pricing Prospectus;” the
final prospectus relating to the Units filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the
“Prospectus;” any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 (the “Incorporated
Documents”); any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Units filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after
the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may
be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and
include any annual report of the Partnership filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in
Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Units is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus”). For purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 8:15 a.m. (New York City
time) on the date of this Agreement.
(b) No Stop Orders; No Material Misstatements or Omissions in any Preliminary Prospectus. No
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Partnership by an Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
(c) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement or Prospectus. The
Registration Statement conforms, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement will, when they become effective, conform, in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as
of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto will conform, when filed with
the Commission under Rule 424(b), in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the representation and warranty in this Section 1(c) shall not apply to any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Partnership by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
(d) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing
Prospectus, as supplemented by those Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses and other documents and
information, if any, listed on Schedule II(A) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing
Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include an untrue statement of a
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fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus listed in Schedule II(A) or Schedule II(B) hereto does not conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and
each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the statements made
by the Partnership in the Pricing Prospectus, and to be made in the Prospectus and any further
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus within the coverage of Rule
175(b) of the rules and regulations under the Act, including (but not limited to) any projections
of results of operations or statements with respect to future available cash or future cash
distributions of the Partnership or the anticipated ratio of taxable income to distributions, was
made or will be made with a reasonable basis and in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representation and warranty in this Section 1(d) shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Partnership by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
(e) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in the Incorporated Documents. The Incorporated
Documents, when they were filed with the Commission or, in the case of the registration statement
on Form 8-A, when it became effective, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such
documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with
the Commission, or in the case of any registration statement on Form 8-A, when it becomes
effective, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Partnership by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and no such documents were
filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately
prior to the date of this Agreement.
(f) Formation and Qualification of the Partnership, Calumet, the General Partner, the OLP GP,
the Operating Company, the Operating LLCs and Reseller.
(i) Each of the Partnership and Calumet has been duly formed and is validly existing in good
standing as a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the
“Delaware LP Act”) and the Indiana Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Indiana Act”),
respectively, with all necessary partnership power and authority to enter into this
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Agreement (in the case of the Partnership), to own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus.
(ii) Each of the General Partner, the OLP GP, the Operating Company and Calumet Penreco has
been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”) with all necessary limited
liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement (in the case of the General
Partner), to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, and in the case of the
General Partner and the OLP GP, to act as the general partner of the Partnership and Calumet,
respectively, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(iii) Each of the Operating LLCs (other than Calumet Penreco) has been duly formed and is
validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Indiana Business
Flexibility Act (the “Indiana LLC Act”) with all necessary limited liability company power and
authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material
respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(iv) Reseller has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) with all necessary corporate power and authority to
own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(g) Foreign Qualifications of the Partnership Entities. Each of the Partnership Entities is
duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporation, as the case may be, for the transaction of business under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of
the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except
where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects or results of operations of the Partnership
Entities taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or (ii) subject the limited partners of
the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(h) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The General Partner is the
sole general partner of the Partnership and owns of record a 2.0% general partner interest in the
Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the partnership agreement of the Partnership (as the same may be amended or
restated at or prior to any Time of Delivery, the “Partnership Agreement”); and the General Partner
owns of record such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except
restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus),
security interests, charges or claims.
(i) Partnership Interests Outstanding. As of the date hereof (and prior to the issuance of
the Firm Units), the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership consist of
35,279,778 Common Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement); and all of such Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner
interests represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
Partnership Agreement, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement)
and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in the
Pricing
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Prospectus and the Prospectus under the Caption “The Partnership Agreement — Limited
Liability” or by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act); and the General
Partner owns all of the Incentive Distribution Rights, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances
(except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus),
security interests, charges or claims.
(j) Valid Issuance of the Units. The Units and the limited partner interests represented
thereby are duly authorized in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and
delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be
validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement — Limited Liability” or
by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act).
(k) Ownership of the Membership Interest in Operating Company. The Partnership owns of record
a 100% membership interest in the Operating Company; such membership interest has been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the
Operating Company (as the same may be amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the
“Operating Company Agreement”) and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating
Company Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections
18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and the Partnership owns of record such
membership interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on
transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise
contained in the Operating Company Agreement), security interests, charges or claims, other than
those arising under the credit agreements filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
Incorporated Documents (the “Credit Agreements”) and the Amended and Restated ISDA Master
Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2008, between Calumet and X. Xxxx & Company (the “X. Xxxx ISDA
Agreement”) and the ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2000, between Calumet and Xxxx
Petroleum Group, L.P., as amended on April 18, 2006 and on September 3, 2009 (such agreement,
together with the X. Xxxx ISDA Agreement, the “ISDA Agreements”), each filed as an exhibit to the
Incorporated Documents.
(l) Ownership of the Membership Interests in the OLP GP. The Operating Company owns of record
a 100% membership interest in the OLP GP; such membership interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the OLP GP (as the
same may be amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the “OLP GP Agreement”) and
is fully paid (to the extent required under the OLP GP Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act);
and the Operating Company owns of record such membership interest free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the OLP GP Agreement), security interests, charges or
claims, other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(m) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in Calumet. The OLP GP is the sole general
partner of Calumet and owns of record a 10% general partner interest in Calumet; such general
partner
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interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the partnership
agreement of Calumet (as the same may be amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery,
the “Calumet Agreement”); and the OLP GP owns of record such general partner interest free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Calumet Agreement),
security interests, charges or claims, other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the
ISDA Agreements.
(n) Ownership of the Limited Partner Interest in Calumet. The Operating Company is the sole
limited partner of Calumet and owns of record a 90% limited partner interest in Calumet; such
limited partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Calumet
Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Calumet Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by IC 23-16-6-2 and IC 23-16-7-8 in the Indiana
Act); and the Operating Company owns of record such limited partner interest free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Calumet Agreement), security interests,
charges or claims, other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(o) Ownership of the Membership Interests in the General Partner. The Heritage Group, an
Indiana general partnership (“Heritage”), certain trusts associated with Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
(collectively, “Xxxxxxxxxx”), and a trust associated with F. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”) own of record
a 51%, 19% and 30% membership interest in the General Partner, respectively; such membership
interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability
company agreement of the General Partner (as the same may be amended or restated at or prior to
each Time of Delivery, the “General Partner Agreement”) and are fully paid (to the extent required
under the General Partner Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be
affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx
and, to the knowledge of the Calumet Parties, Heritage, own of record such membership interests
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability contained in the
General Partner Agreement), security interests, charges or claims.
(p) Ownership of Calumet Shreveport. Calumet owns of record a 100% membership interest in
Calumet Shreveport; such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Calumet Shreveport (as the same may be
amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the “Calumet Shreveport Agreement”) and
is fully paid (to the extent required under the Calumet Shreveport Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by IC 23-18-5-1(c) and IC 23-18-5-7 in the Indiana
LLC Act); and Calumet owns of record such membership interest free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Calumet Shreveport Agreement), security interests,
charges or claims, other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(q) Ownership of Shreveport Lubes and Shreveport Fuels. Calumet Shreveport owns of record a
100% membership interest in each of Shreveport Lubes and Shreveport Fuels; such membership
interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective limited
liability company agreements of Shreveport Lubes and Shreveport Fuels (as the same may be amended
or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the “Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements”)
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and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by IC 23-18-5-1(c) and IC 23-18-5-7
in the Indiana LLC Act); and Calumet Shreveport owns of record such membership interests free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Shreveport Subsidiary
Agreements), security interests, charges or claims, other than those arising under the Credit
Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(r) Ownership of the Membership Interests in Calumet Penreco. Calumet owns of record a 100%
membership interest in Calumet Penreco; such membership interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Calumet Penreco (as
the same may be amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the “Calumet Penreco
Agreement”) and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Calumet Penreco Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and
18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act); and Calumet owns of record such membership interest free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Calumet Penreco Agreement)),
security interests, charges or claims, other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the
ISDA Agreements.
(s) Ownership of Reseller. Calumet owns of record 100% of the capital stock of Reseller; such
capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the charter and bylaws
of Reseller (as the same may be amended or restated at or prior to each Time of Delivery, the
“Reseller Charter Documents”) and is fully paid and nonassessable; and Calumet owns of record such
capital stock free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the
Reseller Charter Documents), security interests, charges or claims, other than those arising under
the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(t) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than the Partnership’s ownership of its 100% membership
interest in the Operating Company, the Operating Company’s ownership of its 90% limited partner
interest in Calumet and 100% membership interest in the OLP GP, the OLP GP’s ownership of its 10%
general partner interest in Calumet, Calumet’s ownership of its 100% equity interest in Reseller
and its 100% membership interest in each of Calumet Shreveport and Calumet Penreco, and Calumet
Shreveport’s 100% membership interest in each of the Shreveport Subsidiaries, none of the
Partnership, the Operating Company, the OLP GP or the Operating Subsidiaries own, directly or
indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association or other entity, other than Calumet Finance Corp., a
Delaware corporation.
(u) No Preemptive Rights, Registration Rights or Options. Except as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except for transfer restrictions as set forth in the
Organizational Documents (as defined below), there are no options, warrants, preemptive rights or
other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of,
any partnership or membership interests in any Partnership Entity, in each case pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement, the Operating Company Agreement, the General Partner Agreement, the OLP GP
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Agreement, the Calumet Agreement, the Calumet Shreveport Agreement, the Shreveport Subsidiary
Agreements, the Calumet Penreco Agreement and the Reseller Charter Documents (all such agreements,
collectively, the “Organizational Agreements”) or the certificates of limited partnership or
formation and other organizational documents of the Partnership Entities (collectively with the
Organizational Agreements, the “Organizational Documents”) or any other agreement or instrument to
which any of such entities is a party or by which any one of them may be bound. Neither the filing
of the Registration Statement nor the offering and sale of the Units contemplated hereby gives rise
to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities of the
Partnership, other than (i) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the
Partnership Agreement and (ii) as have been waived.
(v) Authority and Authorization. The Partnership has all necessary partnership power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Units, in accordance with and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement. At each Time of Delivery,
all corporate, partnership and limited liability company action, as the case may be, required to be
taken by the Calumet Parties or any of their stockholders, members or partners for the
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Units, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been validly taken.
(w) Due Execution and Delivery of Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Calumet Parties.
(x) Enforceability of Other Agreements.
(i) The Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General
Partner and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the General Partner, enforceable against
the General Partner in accordance with its terms;
(ii) The Operating Company Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Partnership and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Partnership, enforceable against
the Partnership in accordance with its terms;
(iii) The OLP GP Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Operating
Company and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Operating Company, enforceable against
the Operating Company in accordance with its terms;
(iv) The General Partner Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
Heritage, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Heritage, Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxxxxx, enforceable against Heritage, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx in accordance with its terms;
(v) Each of the Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Calumet Shreveport and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Calumet Shreveport,
enforceable against Calumet Shreveport in accordance with its terms;
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(vi) Each of the Calumet Shreveport Agreement and the Calumet Penreco Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by Calumet and is valid and legally binding agreements of
Calumet, enforceable against Calumet in accordance with its terms;
(vii) The Calumet Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the OLP GP and
the Operating Company and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the OLP GP and the Operating
Company, enforceable against the OLP GP and the Operating Company in accordance with its terms; and
provided that, with respect to each agreement described in this Section 1(x), the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); provided, further, that the
indemnity and contribution provisions contained therein may be limited by applicable laws or public
policy.
(y) No Conflicts. None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Calumet Parties, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the Organizational Documents, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or
violation of, or a default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such a default), any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or by which any of them
or any of their respective properties may be bound or subject, (iii) violates or will violate any
statute, law or regulation or any order, rule, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Entities or any of
their properties or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the Partnership Entities, which conflicts,
breaches, violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii)
or (iv), would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or would
materially impair the ability of any of the Calumet Parties to perform their obligations under this
Agreement.
(z) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“consent”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Partnership Entities or their respective properties or assets is required for the
offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Calumet Parties, or the consummation by the Calumet Parties of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) for such consents required under the
Act or the Exchange Act, (ii) for such consents required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Units by the Underwriters, (iii) for such
consents which have been, or prior to the First Time of Delivery will be, obtained, (iv) for such
consents which, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect and (v) as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(aa) No Violation or Default. None of the Partnership Entities is in (i) violation of its
Organizational Documents, (ii) violation of any law, statute, ordinance, administrative or
governmental
rule or regulation applicable to it or of any decree of any court or governmental agency
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or
body having jurisdiction over it or (iii) breach, default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute such a default) or violation in the performance of any material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other
evidence of indebtedness or in any other agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which breach, default or
violation, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), would, if continued, have a Material Adverse
Effect, or could materially impair the ability of any of the Calumet Parties to perform their
obligations under this Agreement.
(bb) Conformity of Securities to Description in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. The Units, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Partnership
Agreement against payment therefor as provided herein, will conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(cc) Investment Company. None of the Partnership Entities is now, and after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Units and the application of the proceeds thereof will be, an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company Act”).
(dd) Independent Public Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain audited
financial statements of the Partnership and the General Partner included in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to
such entities as required by the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(ee) Financial Statements. At December 31, 2010, the Partnership would have had, on the
consolidated, as adjusted basis indicated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, a
capitalization as set forth therein. The historical financial statements (including the related
notes and supporting schedules) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in all material
respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to
be shown thereby on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for the respective periods
to which they apply and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except to the
extent disclosed therein. The selected historical financial information set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement thereto) is prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited historical
consolidated financial statements, as applicable, from which it has been derived and presents
fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. No other financial statements or
schedules of the Partnership are required by the Act or the Exchange Act to be included in the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(ff) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002. The Partnership is in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, the rules and regulations
thereunder and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“NASDAQ”) that are effective and
applicable to the Partnership.
(gg) No Material Changes. None of the Partnership Entities has sustained since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package any material
loss or
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interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, investigation,
order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package;
and, since the respective dates as of which such information is given in the Pricing Disclosure
Package, there has not been any change in the capitalization or increase in long-term debt of any
of the Partnership Entities that would have a Material Adverse Effect or any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, partners’ capital, members’ equity, or results of
operations of any of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole; in each case otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(hh) Title to Real Property. The Operating Company and the Operating Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, will have good and indefeasible title to all real property (save and except
“rights-of-way” (as defined in subsection (ii) below)) and good title to all personal property
owned by them, in each case free and clear of all (i) liens and security interests except (a) liens
or security interests securing indebtedness incurred, assumed or agreed to by the Operating Company
or any of the Operating Subsidiaries, (b) liens for real property taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges not delinquencies or that are currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, and (c) mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens not filed of record and similar
charges not delinquent or that are filed of record but are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, or (ii) other claims and other encumbrances (other than liens or security
interests) except, in each case, (1) as described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (2) as would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that, with respect to
any real property and buildings held under lease by the Operating Company, Calumet and the
Operating Subsidiaries, such real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions or as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Rights-of-Way. Each of the Partnership Entities has such consents, easements,
rights-of-way, permits or licenses from each person (collectively, “rights-of-way”) as are
necessary to conduct its business in the manner described, and subject to the limitations
contained, in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for (i) qualifications,
reservations and encumbrances as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus which are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) such
rights-of-way that, if not obtained, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect; other than as set forth, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Partnership Entities has fulfilled and performed
all its material obligations with respect to such rights-of-way, and no event has occurred that
allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would
result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such
revocations, terminations and impairments that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) Permits. Each of the Partnership Entities has such permits, consents, licenses,
franchises, certificates and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“permits”)
as are necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth
in the Pricing
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Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for such permits which, if not obtained,
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as described
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; each of the Partnership Entities has
fulfilled and performed all its obligations with respect to such permits which are due to have been
fulfilled and performed by such date and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or
lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such permit, except for such obligations, revocations, terminations and
impairments that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(kk) Tax Returns. Each of the Partnership Entities has filed (or has obtained extensions with
respect to) all federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed
through the date hereof, which returns are complete and correct in all material respects, and has
timely paid all taxes shown to be due pursuant to such returns, other than those (i) which, if not
paid, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and
for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
(ll) Environmental Matters. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Partnership Entities (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety
(to the extent such health and safety protection relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) and
the environment or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any Hazardous Material (as
hereinafter defined) (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as they are currently being
operated, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permits, and (iv) to
the knowledge of the Calumet Parties, do not have any liability in connection with the release into
the environment of any Hazardous Material, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such
permits or liability in connection with such releases, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Hazardous Material” means (A) any “hazardous substance”
as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, (B) any “hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended, (C) any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any polychlorinated biphenyl and (E) any
pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material, waste or substance
regulated under or within the meaning of any other Environmental Law.
(mm) No Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Partnership Entities
exists, or, to the knowledge of the Calumet Parties, is imminent, except as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(nn) Insurance. The Partnership Entities maintain, or are entitled to the benefits of,
insurance covering their properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and
risks as are reasonably adequate to protect them and their businesses. None of the Partnership
Entities has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital
improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance, and
all such insurance is outstanding and duly in force.
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(oo) Legal Proceedings or Contracts Required to be Described or Filed. Other than as set
forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Calumet Parties, threatened against any of the
Calumet Parties or to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or of which any property of
any of the Partnership Entities is the subject that is required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus but are not described as required; and
there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required by the
Act.
(pp) Trading. The Units are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(qq) Not Ineligible Issuer. At (i) the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement and
(ii) the earliest time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement that the Partnership
or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under
the Act) of the Units, the Partnership was not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under
the Act.
(rr) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Disclosure Controls. The Partnership
maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) and has been designed by the General Partner’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. The Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the
Partnership is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial
reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no significant
change in the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnership’s internal control over financial
reporting. The Partnership maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), such disclosure controls and procedures have been
designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the
Partnership in reports that it submits or files under the Exchange Act is made known to the General
Partner’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to
allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective at the reasonable assurance level.
(ss) Internal Accounting Controls. The Partnership maintains systems of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(tt) No Legal Actions. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
governmental
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agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Calumet Parties, threatened, to which any of the Partnership Entities is or may be a party or to
which the business or property of any of the Partnership Entities is or may be subject, and (ii) no
injunction, restraining order or order of any nature issued by a federal or state court or foreign
court of competent jurisdiction to which any of the Partnership Entities is or may be subject,
that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if determined adversely to any of the Partnership
Entities, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect or prevent or result in the suspension of the offering and issuance of the Units.
(uu) Other Actions. No subsidiary of the Partnership is currently prohibited, directly or
indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Partnership, from making any other distribution on
such subsidiary’s capital stock or partnership or limited liability company interests, from
repaying to the Partnership any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Partnership or from
transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Partnership or any other subsidiary
of the Partnership, except (i) as described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), (ii) such prohibitions
mandated by the laws of each such subsidiary’s state of formation and the terms of any such
subsidiary’s governing instruments or (iii) where such prohibition would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vv) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials. None of the Partnership Entities has
distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) any Time of Delivery and (ii) completion of the
distribution of the Units, will not distribute, any prospectus (as defined under the Act) in
connection with the offering and sale of the Units other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, subject to the conditions in Section 6 of this
Agreement, or other materials, if any, permitted by the Act, including Rule 134 of the rules and
regulations under the Act.
(ww) Stabilization. Except as stated in this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the Partnership has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that could reasonably be expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price
of the Common Units to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units.
(xx) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Partnership Entities nor, to the best knowledge of the
Calumet Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting
on behalf of the Calumet Parties has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment.
(yy) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Partnership Entities are,
and have been conducted, at all times for the past seven years, in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of the United States, the rules
and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered
or enforced by any United States federal governmental agency (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or
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body or any arbitrator involving the Partnership Entities with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Calumet Parties, threatened.
(zz) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Partnership Entities or, to the knowledge of the
Calumet Parties, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Partnership Entities is currently
listed under any U.S. sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Partnership Entities will not use the proceeds of
the offering of the Securities and the Guarantees hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the
express purpose of financing the activities of any person currently listed under any U.S. sanctions
program administered by OFAC.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Partnership agrees to issue
and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Partnership, at a purchase price per unit of $20.58, the number of
Firm Units set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the
event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional
Units as provided below, the Partnership agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and
each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Partnership, at
the purchase price per unit set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, less an amount per unit
equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Partnership and payable on the Firm Units
but not payable on the Optional Units, that portion of the number of Optional Units as to which
such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional units)
determined by multiplying such number of Optional Units by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the maximum number of Optional Units which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the
maximum number of Optional Units that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Partnership hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up
to an aggregate of 675,000 Optional Units, at the purchase price per unit set forth in the
paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of units in excess of the number of Firm
Units. Any such election to purchase Optional Units may be exercised only by written notice from
you to the Partnership, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement,
setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Units to be purchased and the date on which such
Optional Units are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First
Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Partnership otherwise
agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Offering of Units by the Underwriters. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the
Firm Units, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Units for sale upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Delivery and Payment for the Units. (a) The Units to be purchased by each Underwriter
hereunder, in book entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in
such names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice
to the Partnership, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Partnership to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such
Underwriter, against
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payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Partnership to Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. If the Units are represented by certificates,
the Partnership will cause the certificates representing the Units to be made available for
checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below)
with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”).
The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Units, 9:30 a.m.,
New York City time, on March 1, 2011 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and the
Partnership may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Units, 9:30 a.m., New York
time, on the date specified by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co. of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Units, or such other time and date as
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Partnership may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for
delivery of the Firm Units is herein called the “First Time of Delivery,” such time and date for
delivery of the Optional Units, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second
Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties
hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Units and any additional
documents reasonably requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(m) hereof, will be
delivered at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (the “Closing
Location”), and the Units will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery.
A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 2:00 p.m., Houston time, on the New York
Business Day immediately preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the
documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the
parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in
New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. Further Agreements of the Calumet Parties. Each of the Calumet Parties agrees with each of
the Underwriters:
(a) Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement. (i) To prepare the Prospectus in a
form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later
than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule
430A(a)(3) under the Act; (ii) to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; (iii) to file promptly all material required to be filed by the
Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; (iv) to advise you, promptly
after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has
been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and
to furnish you with copies thereof; (v) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or,
in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection
with the offering or sale of the Units; (vi) to advise you, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the issuance by the
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Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Units, of
the suspension of the qualification of the Units for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and, (vii) in the event of the
issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Qualification of Securities. Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Units for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of
sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Units, provided that in connection therewith the Partnership shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign limited partnership or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Copies of Documents to Underwriters. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New
York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the
Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such
quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the
expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering
or sale of the Units and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the
Act or the Exchange Act, to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to prepare
and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a
supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Units
at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at
the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and
electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) Reports to Unitholders. To make generally available to its unitholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the
Partnership and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Partnership, Rule 158);
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(e) Lock-Up Period. During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and
including the date 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to offer,
sell, hedge, contract to sell, pledge, grant an option to purchase, make any short sale or
otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any Common Units or any securities of the
Partnership that are substantially similar to the Common Units, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive,
Common Units or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee benefit
plans, qualified unit option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on, or upon the
conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of
this Agreement), without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.; provided, however, that
the foregoing restrictions do not apply to any existing employee benefit plans of the Partnership;
(f) Copies of Public Documents. During a period of two years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish or make available to its unitholders as soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of
income, partnership equity and cash flows of the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries
certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of
the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the
effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its unitholders a consolidated
summary financial information of the Partnership and its subsidiaries for such quarter in
reasonable detail;
(g) Copies of Reports. During a period of two years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish or make available to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to its unitholders, and to deliver to you as soon as
they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Partnership
is listed;
(h) Use of Proceeds. To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Units
pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds;”
(i) Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. If the Partnership elects to rely upon Rule 462(b),
the Partnership shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the
Partnership shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant
to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
(j) License. Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such
Underwriter an electronic version of the Partnership’s trademarks, servicemarks and logo for use on
the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line
offering of the Units (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for
the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred; and
(k) No Fiduciary Duty. That (i) the purchase and sale of the Units pursuant to this Agreement
is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Partnership, on the one hand, and the several
Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such
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transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the
Partnership or any of the other Partnership Entities, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory
or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Partnership or any of the other Partnership Entities
with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Partnership or any of the other
Partnership Entities on other matters) or any other obligation to the Partnership except the
obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) each of the Partnership Entities has
consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the
Calumet Parties agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Partnership
or any of the other Partnership Entities, in connection with such transaction or the process
leading thereto.
6. Use of Free Writing Prospectus.
(a) Free Writing Prospectus. Each of the Calumet Parties represents and agrees that, without
the prior consent of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to
the Units that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Partnership and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Units that would
constitute a free writing prospectus; each of the Calumet Parties and the Underwriters each
represent and agree that any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by
the Partnership and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. is listed on Schedule II(A) or Schedule II(B) hereto.
(b) Use of Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each of the Calumet Parties represents and agrees
that it has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where
required and legending; and that it has satisfied and will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433
under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
(c) Information in Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each of the Calumet Parties represents and
agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event
occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the
information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading,
to give prompt notice thereof to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and, if requested by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., to
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other
document that will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Partnership by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
7. Expenses. Each of the Calumet Parties covenants and agrees with one another and with the
several Underwriters that the Partnership will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Partnership’s counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Units under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation,
printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary
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Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and
dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement,
any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other
documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Units; (iii) all
expenses in connection with the qualification of the Units for offering and sale under state
securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky
survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Units on NASDAQ; (v) the filing
fees incident to any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Units; (vi) the cost of preparing certificates for the Units; (vii) the
cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section 7. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this
Section 7 and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and
expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Units
by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as
to the Units to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Calumet Parties
herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Calumet
Parties shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and
the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under
the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time
period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the Act; if the Partnership has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Calumet Parties,
threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and
all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with
to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written
opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Units and other related matters as the representatives of the Underwriters may reasonably request,
and
such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters;
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(c) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Partnership, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the
effect that:
(i) The Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited
partnership under the Delaware LP Act with all necessary limited partnership power and authority to
own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Partnership is duly registered
or qualified as a foreign limited partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of the
jurisdictions set forth under its name on Annex I to this Agreement.
(ii) Each of the General Partner, the Operating Company, the OLP GP and Calumet Penreco has
been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the
Delaware LLC Act with all necessary limited liability company power and authority to own or lease
its properties and to conduct its business, and, in the case of the General Partner and the OLP GP,
to serve as the general partner of the Partnership and Calumet, respectively, in each case in all
material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each of the
General Partner, the Operating Company, the OLP GP and Calumet Penreco is duly registered or
qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of
the jurisdictions set forth under its name on Annex I to this Agreement.
(iii) Reseller has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation
under the DGCL with all necessary corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and
to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Reseller is duly registered or qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth under its
name on Annex I to this Agreement.
(iv) The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership and owns of record a
2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement; and the General Partner
owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions
on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), security
interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as a debtor is on file in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel,
without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP
Act.
(v) The OLP GP owns a 10% general partner interest in Calumet free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus), security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of which a financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the OLP GP as debtor is
on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to
such
counsel, without independent investigation, other than with respect to both (i) and (ii)
above, those created by or arising under the Delaware Act and those arising under the Credit
Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
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(vi) The Operating Company owns a 90% limited partner interest in Calumet free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of
which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the
Operating Company as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than
those created by or arising under the Delaware Act and those arising under the Credit Agreements
and the ISDA Agreements.
(vii) The Common Units, the Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests
represented thereby outstanding as of the date hereof (and prior to the issuance of the Firm Units)
have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, and are
fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as
such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act
and may be affected by matters described in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “The
Partnership Agreement — Limited Liability”). As of the date hereof (and prior to the issuance of
the Firm Units), the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership consist of
35,279,778 Common Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, and the General Partner owns of
record all of the Incentive Distribution Rights free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except
restrictions on transferability described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus),
security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as debtor is on file in
the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such
counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the
Delaware LP Act.
(viii) The Firm Units or the Optional Units, as the case may be, to be issued and sold to the
Underwriters by the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement and the limited partner interests
represented thereby have been duly authorized in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and,
when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms
hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement)
and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and
17-804 of the Delaware LP Act and may be affected by matters described in the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement — Limited Liability”).
(ix) The Operating Company owns of record a 100% membership interest in the OLP GP; such
membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the OLP GP
Agreement, and is fully paid (to the extent required under the OLP GP Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC
Act); and the Operating Company owns such membership interest free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or in the OLP GP Agreement), security interests, charges or claims (i) in
respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware
naming the Operating Company as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation,
other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act and those arising in connection
with the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
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(x) The Partnership owns of record a 100% membership interest in the Operating Company; such
membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating
Company Agreement, and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Company Agreement)
and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of
the Delaware LLC Act); and the Partnership owns such membership interest free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or in the Operating Company Agreement), security interests, charges or
claims (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State
of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation,
other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act and those arising in connection
with the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(xi) To the knowledge of such counsel, Heritage, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx own a 51%, 30% and 19%
membership interest in the General Partner, respectively; and such membership interests have been
duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the General Partner Agreement, and are fully
paid (to the extent required under the General Partner Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act).
(xii) Calumet owns of record a 100% membership interest in Calumet Penreco; and such
membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Calumet
Penreco Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Calumet Penreco Agreement)
and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and
18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act).
(xiii) Calumet owns of record 100% of the capital stock of Reseller; such capital stock has
been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Reseller Charter Documents and is
fully paid and nonassessable.
(xiv) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
options, warrants, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any partnership or membership interests in any of the
Partnership, the Operating Company, the OLP GP, Calumet Penreco or Reseller (the “Delaware
Partnership Entities”), in each case pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the Operating Company
Agreement, the OLP GP Agreement, the Calumet Penreco Agreement and the Reseller Charter Documents
or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any other agreement or instrument listed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement to which the Delaware Partnership Entities are a party or by which any of
them may be bound. To the knowledge of such counsel, neither the filing of the Registration
Statement nor the offering or sale of the Firm Units or the Optional Units, as the case may be, as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any
Common Units or other
securities of the Partnership other than (i) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package,
the Prospectus and Partnership Agreement and (ii) as have been waived.
(xv) The Partnership has all necessary partnership power and authority to issue, sell and
deliver the Units, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and the Partnership Agreement.
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(xvi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Calumet
Parties.
(xvii) Each of the Partnership Agreement, the Operating Company Agreement, the OLP GP
Agreement, the General Partner Agreement and the Calumet Penreco Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and is a valid and legally binding
agreement of such parties thereto, enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their
respective terms; provided, that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof
may be limited by (A) the Enforceability Exceptions and (B) public policy, applicable law relating
to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(xviii) None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Firm Units or the
Optional Units, as the case may be, being delivered at such Time of Delivery, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Calumet Parties, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (i) constitutes or will constitute a violation of the certificate
of limited partnership, agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation, limited
liability company agreement certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as the case may be, of any of
the Delaware Partnership Entities, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or
a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default), or result in a lien, under any other agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, or (iii) violates or will violate the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL,
federal law, provided such counsel need not express an opinion in this paragraph (xvi) as to
federal or state securities or anti-fraud laws, or any order, judgment, decree or injunction known
to such counsel of any Delaware or federal court to which any of the Partnership Entities or any of
their properties is subject, which breach, violation, lien or default in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“consent”) under the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL or federal law
is required for the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Firm Units or the
Optional Units, as the case may be, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Calumet Parties or the consummation by the Calumet Parties of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, except (i) for such consents as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act and
state securities or “Blue Sky” laws (and applicable rules and regulations under such laws), as to
which such counsel need not express any opinion, (ii) for such consents which have been obtained or
made, (iii) for such consents which (A) are of a routine or administrative nature, (B) are not
customarily obtained or made prior to the consummation of transactions such as those contemplated
by this Agreement and (C) are expected in the reasonable judgment of the General Partner to be
obtained or made in the ordinary course of business, (iv) for such consents which, if not obtained,
would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) as disclosed in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xx) The statements set forth in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010 under the caption “Cash Distribution Policy” and in the Pricing Prospectus
and Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Common Units” fairly describe in all material
respects the portions of the documents addressed thereby and, insofar as they purport to
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constitute
summaries of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects; and the Common Units
and the Incentive Distribution Rights conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Summary—The Offering,”
“Description of the Common Units,” “The Partnership Agreement” and “Our Cash Distribution Policy
and Restrictions on Distributions.”
(xxi) The opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. that is filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the Partnership’s
Form 8-K filed between the date hereof and the First Delivery Date is confirmed, and the
Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them.
(xxii) The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act on November 22, 2010;
to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by
the Commission; and any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in
the manner and within the time period required by such Rule.
(xxiii) The Registration Statement, on the effective date and at such Time of Delivery, and
the Prospectus or any further amendment and supplement thereto, made by the Partnership prior to
such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements, notes or schedules thereto and the
auditor’s reports thereon included in or incorporated by reference into or omitted from the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or other financial or accounting
data included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion), when they
were filed with the Commission, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(xxiv) None of the Partnership Entities is an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act.
(xxv) To the knowledge of such counsel, (i) there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or threatened against any of the Partnership Entities or to which any of the Partnership
Entities is a party or to which any of their respective properties is subject that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus but are not so
described as required and (ii) there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other
instruments that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus
or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described
or filed as required by the Act.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and the independent public accountants of the
Partnership and you and your representatives, at which conferences the contents of the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed,
and although such counsel has not independently verified, is not passing upon, and is not assuming
any responsibility for, or undertaking to determine independently, the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (except to the extent specified in the foregoing opinion), based on the
foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that lead such counsel to believe that:
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(A) the Registration Statement (other than (i) the financial statements or related schedules,
including the notes thereto and auditor’s report thereon and (ii) other financial or accounting
data included in the Registration Statement, as to which such counsel need not comment), as of the
most recent Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading,
(B) the Pricing Disclosure Package (other than (i) the financial statements and related
schedules, including the notes thereto and auditor’s report thereon and (ii) other financial and
accounting data contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package, as to which such counsel need not
comment), as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
(C) the Prospectus (other than (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including
the notes thereto and auditor’s report thereon and (ii) other financial and accounting data
included in the Prospectus, as to which such counsel need not comment), as of its issue date and as
of such Time of Delivery contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
representations of the Calumet Parties set forth in this Agreement, certificates of officers and
employees of the Partnership Entities and upon information obtained from public officials, (B)
assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted
to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them
are genuine, (C) state that their opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP Act, the
Delaware LLC Act and the DGCL, (D) with respect to the opinions expressed in paragraphs (i), (ii)
and (iii) above as to the due qualification or registration as a foreign limited partnership,
corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, of the Partnership, the Operating
Company, the General Partner, the OLP GP, Calumet Penreco and Reseller, state that such opinions
are based upon the opinions of counsel provided pursuant to Sections 8(d) and (e) of this Agreement
and upon certificates of foreign qualification or registration provided by the Secretary of State
of the States listed on Annex I to this Agreement (each of which shall be dated as of a date not
more than fourteen days prior to such Time of Delivery and shall be provided to you), (E) state
that they express no opinion with respect to the accuracy of descriptions of real or personal
property or permits to own or operate any real or personal
property, and (F) state that they express no opinion with respect to state or local taxes or
tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership
Entities may be subject;
(d) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, with respect to the State of Indiana, shall have furnished to you
their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to
the effect that:
(i) Calumet has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership under the
Indiana Act, with all necessary limited partnership power and authority to own or lease its
properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Calumet is duly registered or qualified as a
foreign limited
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partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of the jurisdictions set
forth under its name on Annex I to this Agreement.
(ii) Each of Calumet Shreveport and the Shreveport Subsidiaries has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a limited liability company under the Indiana LLC Act with all necessary
limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus. Each of Calumet Shreveport and the Shreveport Subsidiaries is duly registered or
qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of
the jurisdictions set forth under its name on Annex I to this Agreement.
(iii) The OLP GP is the sole general partner of Calumet and owns of record a 10% general
partner interest in Calumet; and such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the Calumet Agreement.
(iv) The Operating Company is the sole limited partner of Calumet and owns of record a 90%
limited partner interest in Calumet; and such limited partner interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the Calumet Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required
under the Calumet Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by
IC 23-16-6-2 and IC 23-16-7-8 in the Indiana Act).
(v) Calumet owns of record a 100% membership interest in Calumet Shreveport; such membership
interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Calumet Shreveport
Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Calumet Shreveport Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by IC 23-18-5-1(c) and IC 23-18-5-7
in the Indiana LLC Act); and Calumet owns of record such membership interest free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or otherwise contained in the Calumet Shreveport Agreement), security
interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of Indiana naming Calumet as debtor is on file in the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Indiana or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without
independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Indiana LLC Act and
other than those arising under the Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(vi) Calumet Shreveport owns of record a 100% membership interest in each of the Shreveport
Subsidiaries; such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance
with the Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements and are fully paid (to the extent required under the
Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be
affected by IC 23-18-5-1(c) and IC 23-18-5-7 in the Indiana LLC Act); and Calumet Shreveport owns
of record such membership interests free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions
on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise
contained in the Shreveport Subsidiary Agreeements), security interests, charges or claims (i) in
respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Indiana
naming Calumet Shreveport as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Indiana or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than
those created by or arising under the Indiana LLC Act and those arising under the Credit Agreements
and the ISDA Agreements.
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(vii) Calumet owns of record a 100% membership interest in Calumet Penreco; and Calumet owns
of record such membership interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions
on transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise
contained in the Calumet Penreco Agreement), security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect
of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Indiana naming
Calumet as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana or
(ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created
by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act and other than those arising under the Credit Agreements
and the ISDA Agreements.
(viii) Calumet owns of record 100% of the capital stock of Reseller; and Calumet owns of
record such capital stock free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on
transferability as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise
contained in the Reseller Charter Documents), security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect
of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Indiana naming
Calumet as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana or
(ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created
by or arising under the DGCL and those arising in connection with the Credit Agreements and the
ISDA Agreements.
(ix) To the knowledge of such counsel, Heritage, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx each own membership
interests in the General Partner; Heritage, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx own such membership interests free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except restrictions on transferability set forth in the
General Partner Agreement), security interests, charges or claims (i) in respect of which a
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Indiana naming Heritage,
Xxxxx or Xxxxxxxxxx, as the case may be, as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Indiana or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent
investigation, other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act.
(x) The Partnership has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited partnership for
the transaction of business under the laws of the State of Indiana. Each of the General Partner,
the Operating Company, the OLP GP and Calumet Penreco has been duly qualified or
registered as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the
laws of the State of Indiana.
(xi) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
options, warrants, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any partnership or membership interests in any of
Calumet, Calumet Shreveport or the Shreveport Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indiana Partnership
Entities”), in each case pursuant to the Calumet Agreement, the Calumet Shreveport Agreement and
the Shreveport Subsidiary Agreements or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any other agreement or
instrument to which such entities are a party or by which any of them may be bound other than the
Credit Agreements and the ISDA Agreements.
(xii) None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units being delivered
on the date hereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) constitutes or
will constitute a violation of the organizational documents of any of the Indiana
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Partnership
Entities, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default), or result in a lien,
under any mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument known to
such counsel to which any of the Indiana Partnership Entities or their properties may be bound
(other than any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or the Incorporated
Documents, including but not limited to the Credit Agreements), or (iii) results or will result in
any violation of the Indiana Act, the Indiana LLC Act or the laws of the State of Indiana, or any
order, judgment, decree or injunction known to such counsel of any Indiana court or governmental
agency or body to which any of the Indiana Partnership Entities or any of their properties is
subject, which breach, violation, lien or default in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or
results of operations of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole.
(xiii) Upon the consummation of the offering and sale of the Units contemplated hereby, (i)
the liability of the Partnership for the liabilities of Calumet arising solely from the status of
the Partnership as the sole member of the limited partner of Calumet will not be governed by the
laws of the State of Indiana and (ii) the liability of the Partnership’s unitholders for the
liabilities of the Partnership or the Operating Subsidiaries arising solely from the status of the
Partnership’s unitholders as limited partners of the Partnership will not be governed by the laws
of the State of Indiana.
(xiv) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“consent”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body of the State of Indiana
having jurisdiction over the Partnership Entities or any of their respective properties is required
for the issuance and sale of the Units by the Partnership, except (A) for such consents required
under the Act, the Exchange Act and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, as to which such counsel
need not express any opinion, (B) for such consents which have been obtained or made, (C) for such
consents which (i) are of a routine or administrative nature, (ii) are not customarily obtained or
made prior to the consummation of transactions such as those contemplated by this Agreement and
(iii) are expected in the reasonable judgment of the General Partner to be obtained or made in the
ordinary course of business, (D) for such consents which, if not obtained or made, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect upon the operations conducted or
to be conducted as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the State of Indiana by the
Partnership Entities or (E) as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Partnership Entities and upon information obtained
from public officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are authentic,
and all copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all
documents examined by them are genuine, (C) state that such opinions are limited to the laws of the
State of Indiana, excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and regulations, (D) state
that they express no opinion with respect to (i) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any
of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Entities may be subject, (ii)
title to any real or personal property, (iii) the accuracy of descriptions or references to real or
personal property or (iv) permits to own or operate any real or personal property, and (E) with
respect to the opinion in paragraph (i) rely upon certificates of foreign qualification provided by
the Secretary of State
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Indiana (each of which shall be dated as of the date not more than
fourteen days prior to such Time of Delivery and provided to you.)
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that (A) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. and Xxxxx
Xxxxx L.L.P. are each authorized to rely upon such opinion letter in connection with the offering
as if such opinion letter were addressed and delivered to them on the date hereof and (B) subject
to the foregoing, such opinion letter may be relied upon only by the Underwriters and its counsel
in connection with the offering and no other use or distribution of this opinion letter may be made
without such counsel’s prior written consent;
(e) Cook, Yancey, King & Xxxxxxxx APLC, with respect to the State of Louisiana, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) Calumet has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited partnership for the
transaction of business under the laws of the State of Louisiana. Each of the Operating LLCs
(other than Calumet Penreco) has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited liability
company for the transaction of business under the laws of the State of Louisiana. Reseller has
been duly qualified or registered as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under
the laws of the State of Louisiana.
(ii) Upon the consummation of the offering and sale of the Units contemplated hereby, (i) the
liability of the Partnership for the liabilities of Calumet arising solely from the status of the
Partnership as the sole member of the limited partner of Calumet will not be governed by the laws
of the State of Louisiana and (ii) the liability of the Partnership’s unitholders for the
liabilities of the Partnership or the Operating Subsidiaries arising solely from the status of the
Partnership’s unitholders as limited partners of the Partnership will not be governed by the laws
of the State of Louisiana.
(iii) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“consent”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body of the State of
Louisiana having jurisdiction over the Partnership Entities or any of their respective properties
is required for the issuance and sale of the Units by the Partnership, except (A) for such consents
required under the Act,
the Exchange Act and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, as to which such counsel need not
express any opinion, (B) for such consents which have been obtained or made, (C) for such consents
which (i) are of a routine or administrative nature, (ii) are not customarily obtained or made
prior to the consummation of transactions such as those contemplated by this Agreement and (iii)
are expected in the reasonable judgment of the General Partner to be obtained or made in the
ordinary course of business subsequent to the offering and sale of the Units contemplated hereby,
(D) for such consents which, if not obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect upon the operations conducted or to be conducted as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the State of Louisiana by the Partnership Entities
or (E) as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Partnership Entities and upon information obtained
from public officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are authentic,
and all copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all
documents
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examined by them are genuine, (C) state that such opinions are limited to the laws of the
State of Louisiana, excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and regulations, (D) state
that they express no opinion with respect to (i) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any
of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Entities may be subject, (ii)
title to any real or personal property, (iii) the accuracy of descriptions or references to real or
personal property or (iv) permits to own or operate any real or personal property, and (E) with
respect to the opinion in paragraph (i) rely upon certificates of foreign qualification provided by
the Secretary of State of Louisiana (each of which shall be dated as of the date not more than
fourteen days prior to such Time of Delivery and provided to you.)
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that (A) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. and Xxxxx
Xxxxx L.L.P. are each authorized to rely upon such opinion letter in connection with the offering
as if such opinion letter were addressed and delivered to them on the date hereof and (B) subject
to the foregoing, such opinion letter may be relied upon only by the Underwriters and its counsel
in connection with the offering and no other use or distribution of this opinion letter may be made
without such counsel’s prior written consent;
(f) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, and also
at each Time of Delivery (provided such letter shall also address the Prospectus), Ernst & Young
LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery
thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, confirming that they are an independent
registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and stating that in their
opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; and
containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and
statistical information contained in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(g) (i) None of the Partnership Entities shall have sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package, and
(ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package
there shall not have been any change in the capitalization or long-term debt of any of the
Partnership Entities or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, partners’ equity, members’ equity or
results of operations of any of the Partnership Entities otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in
clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Underwriters so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units being
delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
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(h) On or after the Applicable Time, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the debt securities of any Partnership Entity by any “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization,” as that term is used in Section 15E of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible
negative implications, its rating of any of the debt securities of any Partnership Entity;
(i) On or after the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange
or NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Partnership’s securities on
NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by Federal, New York
State, Louisiana State or Indiana State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; or (iv) the outbreak or
escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in
financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any
such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units being
delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(j) Proper notifications regarding the listing of the Units on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
shall have been submitted to and received by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC;
(k) The Partnership shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of a
letter agreement from each officer and director of the General Partner and from each of Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx and the Heritage Group substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 5(e) hereof in
form and substance satisfactory to you;
(l) The Partnership shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with
respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of
this Agreement;
(m) The Partnership shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of
Delivery certificates of officers of the Calumet Parties satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Calumet Parties herein at and as of such Time of
Delivery, as to the performance by the Calumet Parties of all of their obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
(g) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
9. Indemnification.
(a) The Calumet Parties, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter and each person who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act from and against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary
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Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or “any issuer information” filed or
required to be filed by Rule 433(d) under the Act, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that each of the Calumet Parties shall
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Partnership by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Calumet
Parties, the directors of the General Partner, the officers of the General Partner who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Calumet Parties within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which any of the Calumet Parties may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Partnership by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly
for use therein; and will reimburse the Calumet
Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Calumet Parties in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of
its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other
expenses, in each case subsequently
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incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party
is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Calumet Parties on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Units. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if
the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Calumet Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Calumet Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Partnership bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Calumet Parties on the one hand
or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Each of the Calumet
Parties and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant
to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Units underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
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fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Calumet Parties under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any
liability which they may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to
each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each
broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this
Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise
have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the
General Partner (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration
Statement as about to become a director of the General Partner) and to each person, if any, who
controls any of the Calumet Parties within the meaning of the Act.
10. Underwriters.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Units which it has
agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or
another party or other parties to purchase such Units on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such
Units, then the Partnership shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which
to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Units on such terms.
In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Partnership that you
have so arranged for the purchase of such Units, or the Partnership notifies you that it has so
arranged for the purchase of such Units, you or the Partnership shall have the right to postpone
such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes
may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Partnership agrees to file promptly any amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to
this Agreement with respect to such Units.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Units of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Partnership as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate number of such Units which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all the Units to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Partnership
shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Units
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of
Units which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Units of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Units of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Partnership as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate number of such Units which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of all the Units to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Partnership shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase
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Units of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect
to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Partnership to sell the Optional Units) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Partnership, except for the expenses to be borne by the
Partnership and the Underwriters as provided in Sections 7 and 12 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Partnership and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on
behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Partnership, or any officer
or director or controlling person of the General Partner, and shall survive delivery of and payment
for the Units.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Partnership shall
not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof;
but, if for any other reason, any Units are not delivered by or on behalf of the Partnership as
provided herein, the Partnership will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket
expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the
Units not so delivered, but the Partnership shall then be under no further liability to any
Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. (a) In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and
the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or
agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on
behalf of you as the representatives of the several Underwriters.
(b) All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to
the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the
representatives of the several Underwriters in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Partnership shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Partnership set
forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; and if to a party to the lockup letters
described in Section 8(k) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
the address set forth in such party’s lockup letter; provided, however, that notices under Section
9(c) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its
address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire,
which address will be supplied to the Partnership by you upon request; provided, however, that
notices under Section 5(e) shall be in writing, and, if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives at Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Control Room. Any such statements,
requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
(c) In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
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information that identifies their respective clients, including the Partnership, which information
may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that
will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Calumet Parties and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the
officers and directors of the General Partner and each person who controls the Partnership or any
Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of
any of the Units from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
15. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or
oral) between the Partnership and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day”
shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
17. Each of the Calumet Parties and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
19. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
20. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Partnership is authorized, subject to
applicable law, to disclose to any persons any and all aspects of this potential transaction that
are necessary to support any U.S. federal and state tax treatment and tax structure of the
potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses)
relating to such treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any
kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain
confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any
person to comply with applicable securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to
any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us seven
counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the
Underwriters and each of the Calumet Parties. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter
on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement
among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Partnership for examination upon
request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
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[Signature page follows.]
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Very truly yours, CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P. |
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By: | Calumet GP, LLC, its general partner |
By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, II | |||
Name: | R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, II | |||
Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
CALUMET GP, LLC |
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, II | |||
Name: | R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, II | |||
Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
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Accepted as of the date hereof, on behalf of themselves and each of the Underwriters:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO. | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | |||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
SCHEDULE I
Number of Optional | ||||||||
Units to be | ||||||||
Total Number of | Purchased if | |||||||
Firm Units | Maximum Option | |||||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased | Exercised | ||||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. |
1,215,000 | 182,250 | ||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
1,215,000 | 182,250 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
1,215,000 | 182,250 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
346,500 | 51,976 | ||||||
RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
254,250 | 38,137 | ||||||
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. |
254,250 | 38,137 | ||||||
Total |
4,500,000 | 675,000 | ||||||
SCHEDULE II(A)
Materials/Information Other Than the Pricing Prospectus
That Comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package
That Comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package
Number of Firm Units: 4,500,000
Price to the Public: $21.45 per Unit
SCHEDULE II(B)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses Not Included
in the Pricing Disclosure Package
in the Pricing Disclosure Package
None
ANNEX I
FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS
Calumet Operating, LLC
Indiana
Indiana
Calumet LP GP, LLC
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Ohio
South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Ohio
South Carolina
Texas
Calumet Lubricants Co., Limited Partnership
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Calumet Shreveport, LLC
Louisiana
Louisiana
Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Calumet Shreveport Fuels, LLC
Arkansas
Connecticut
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
Connecticut
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Calumet Sales Company Incorporated
Louisiana
Louisiana
Calumet GP, LLC
California
Illinois
Indiana
Mississippi
California
Illinois
Indiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Calumet Penreco, LLC
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin