FINANCING AGREEMENT
This Financing Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made as of January 17, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), among J. Aron & Company LLC (“Aron”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of New York and located at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware and located at 3333 Midway Ave, Shreveport, LA 71109, and Calumet Refining, LLC (“Calumet Refining”), a Delaware limited liability company (Calumet Refining, together with the Company, each a “Transaction Party” and collectively, the “Transaction Parties”) (each of the Transaction Parties, individually or collectively, as the context may require, and Aron referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Company owns and operates the Refinery for the processing and refining of Feedstock and the recovery therefrom of refined products;
WHEREAS, the Transaction Parties and Aron have entered into that certain Supply and Offtake Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Supply and Offtake Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Aron and the Company will enter into transactions pursuant to which Aron will (a) purchase Feedstock from the Transaction Parties or certain third parties, (b) sell Feedstock to the Transaction Parties, (c) purchase Products from the Transaction Parties and (d) sell Products to the Transaction Parties, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof;
WHEREAS, the Company and the other Transaction Parties have requested that Aron provide certain financial accommodations to the Transaction Parties based on product groups, with respect to Feedstock and Products pursuant to the terms hereof;
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Supply and Offtake Agreement and the other Transaction Documents entered into in connection therewith, the Transaction Parties and Aron entered into that certain Monetization Master Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Monetization Master Agreement”);
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the occurrence of the Commencement Date under the Monetization Master Agreement that the Parties enter into this Agreement on the date hereof; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and respective promises, conditions, terms and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties do hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION 1.1.Definitions. Terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in Annex I of the Monetization Master Agreement.