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Exhibit 10.11


SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT



This Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 18, 2009, is entered into by (1) FRONTIER OIL AND REFINING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), (2) FRONTIER OIL CORPORATION, a Wyoming corporation (“FOC”), (3) each of the financial institutions party to the Credit Agreement referred to below (the “Lenders”) and (4) UNION BANK, N.A. (formerly known as “Union Bank of California, N.A.”), a national banking association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.


Recitals

A.           The Borrower, FOC, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and BNP Paribas, a French banking corporation, as syndication agent, are party to a Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 2008, as amended by a First Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2008 (said Credit Agreement, as so amended, herein called the “Credit Agreement”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the same respective meanings when used herein, and the rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.

B.           The Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend certain covenants and definitions in the Credit Agreement. Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, FOC, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as set forth below.


SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement
. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 of this Amendment, the Borrower, FOC and the Lenders hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is amended as set forth below.

(a) The definitions of “Pricing Level 1,” “Pricing Level 2” and “Pricing Level 3” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are amended in full to read as follows:

“‘Pricing Level 1’ means the Pricing Level that applies to each Advance (whether then outstanding or thereafter made) on and after, to each Letter of Credit (whether then outstanding or thereafter issued) on and after, and to each Commitment on and after, the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of a schedule of computations referred to in Section 6.4(a) or (b) if the ratio of (a) the difference between Consolidated Long-Term Debt and the aggregate amount, if any, of Cash Equivalents held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in excess of the sum of the smallest aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents needed to be held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in order for FOC to comply with the covenant contained in Section 7.10, all as determined on the last day of the fiscal quarter of FOC ended immediately before that date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Calculation Period ended on the last day of that fiscal quarter was less than 2.25:1.00, as demonstrated by that schedule; provided, however, that (i) if the information in any such schedule is incorrect and results in the payment of lower interest or fees than should have been paid based on the correct information, then the Borrower shall nevertheless be liable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the correct amounts of interest and fees and will pay any unpaid portion of the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Person(s) entitled thereto, promptly upon demand therefor, and (ii) if FOC fails to deliver any such schedule by the required day, then Pricing Level 3 shall apply until FOC delivers such schedule and the appropriate Pricing Level can be determined.”

“‘Pricing Level 2’ means the Pricing Level that applies to each Advance (whether then outstanding or thereafter made) on and after, to each Letter of Credit (whether then outstanding or thereafter issued) on and after, and to each Commitment on and after, the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of a schedule of computations referred to in Section 6.4(a) or (b) if the ratio of (a) the difference between Consolidated Long-Term Debt and the aggregate amount, if any, of Cash Equivalents held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in excess of the sum of the smallest aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents needed to be held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in order for FOC to comply with the covenant contained in Section 7.10, all as determined on the last day of the fiscal quarter of FOC ended immediately before that date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Calculation Period ended on the last day of that fiscal quarter was equal to or greater than 2.25:1.00 but less than 3.00:1.00, as demonstrated by that schedule; provided, however, that (i) if the information in any such schedule is incorrect and results in the payment of lower interest or fees than should have been paid based on the correct information, then the Borrower shall nevertheless be liable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the correct amounts of interest and fees and will pay any unpaid portion of the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Person(s) entitled thereto, promptly upon demand therefor, and (ii) if FOC fails to deliver any such schedule by the required day, then Pricing Level 3 shall apply until FOC delivers such schedule and the appropriate Pricing Level can be determined.”

“‘Pricing Level 3’ means the Pricing Level that applies to each Advance (whether then outstanding or thereafter made) on and after, to each Letter of Credit (whether then outstanding or thereafter issued) on and after, and to each Commitment on and after, the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of a schedule of computations referred to in Section 6.4(a) or (b) if the ratio of (a) the difference between Consolidated Long-Term Debt and the aggregate amount, if any, of Cash Equivalents held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in excess of the sum of the smallest aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents needed to be held by FOC and its Subsidiaries in order for FOC to comply with the covenant contained in Section 7.10, all as determined on the last day of the fiscal quarter of FOC ended immediately before that date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Calculation Period ended on the last day of that fiscal quarter was equal to or greater than 3.00:1.00, as demonstrated by that schedule; provided, however, that (i) if the information in any such schedule is incorrect and results in the payment of lower interest or fees than should have been paid based on the correct information, then the Borrower shall nevertheless be liable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the correct amounts of interest and fees and will pay any unpaid portion of the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Person(s) entitled thereto, promptly upon demand therefor, and (ii) if FOC fails to deliver any such schedule by the required day, then Pricing Level 3 shall apply until FOC delivers such schedule and the appropriate Pricing Level can be determined.”

(b) Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement is amended in full to read as follows:

“Section 7.10                                Leverage Ratio. FOC will not permit the ratio of (a) the difference between Consolidated Funded Debt as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of FOC and the aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents held by FOC and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such fiscal quarter to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Calculation Period ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00, as measured by the financial information to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.4(a) or (b).”

(c) Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement is amended in full to read as follows:

“Section 7.13                                Holding of Cash Equivalents. FOC will not permit the aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents held by it and its Subsidiaries at any and all times during any fiscal quarter of FOC to be less than the sum of (a) the smallest aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents needed to be held by FOC and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of FOC in order for FOC to comply with the covenant contained in Section 7.10 and (b) the smallest additional aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents needed to be held by FOC and its Subsidiaries (but not in excess of the additional aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents actually held by FOC and its Subsidiaries) as of the end of such fiscal quarter in order for the Borrower to qualify for the most favorable (to it) Pricing Level.”

SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent
. This Amendment shall become effective on the date, not later than December 31, 2009, on which the Administrative Agent has received all of the following, each dated the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in the number of originals requested thereby:

(a) this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower, FOC and the Majority Lenders; and

(b) a consent to this Amendment, duly executed by the Guarantors and by the Borrower, in its capacity as guarantor under the Borrower Guaranty.

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties
. Each of the Borrower and FOC represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as set forth below.

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Borrower and FOC of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, are within such Credit Party’s legal powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary legal action and do not (i) contravene such Credit Party’s charter documents or bylaws, (ii) violate any Governmental Rule, (iii) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any Material Contract, loan agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or lease, or any other contract or instrument, binding on or affecting such Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, the conflict, breach or default of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Liens created or permitted under the Credit Documents, as amended hereby. Neither such Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Governmental Rule or in breach of any such contract, loan agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other contract or instrument, the violation or breach of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) No Governmental Action, and no authorization, approval or other action by, or notice to, any third party, is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower or FOC of this Amendment or the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) authorizations, approvals and other actions by, and notices to, third parties, the failure to obtain which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) Governmental Action that has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is in full force and effect.

(c) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and FOC. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and FOC, enforceable against each such Credit Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability hereof or thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

(d) Each of the Security Agreement and the Stock Pledge Agreement constitutes a valid and perfected first-priority Lien on the Collateral purported to be encumbered thereby, enforceable against all third parties in all jurisdictions, and secures the payment of all obligations of the Borrower or FRMI, as applicable, under the Credit Documents, as amended hereby, to which the Borrower or FRMI, as applicable, is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment do not adversely affect the Lien of the Security Agreement or the Stock Pledge Agreement.

(e) There has been no amendment to the charter documents or bylaws of the Borrower or FOC on or after August 19, 2008, except for the amendment and restatement of FOC’s bylaws as provided in the Report on Form 8-K dated November 11, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The representations and warranties contained in each Credit Document, as amended hereby, to which the Borrower and/or FOC is a party are correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, as though made on and as of the date hereof. No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the effectiveness of this Amendment, that constitutes a Default.

SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on Credit Documents
.

(a) On and after the effective date of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to “the Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof,” “therein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(b) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Agreement and the Stock Pledge Agreement and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all obligations under the Credit Documents, as amended hereby, stated to be secured thereby.

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents or constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents.

SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses
. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent as to its rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder.

SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts
. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart of this Amendment.

SECTION 7. Governing Law
. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.




[Signature pages follow.]
 
 

The parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.


FRONTIER OIL AND REFINING COMPANY


By:       /s/ Doug S. Aron                                               
Name:  Doug S. Aron                                                              
Title:    EVP & CFO                                                  



FRONTIER OIL CORPORATION


By:       /s/ Doug S. Aron                                               
Name:  Doug S. Aron                                                              
Title:    EVP & CFO                                                   



UNION BANK, N.A.,
   as Administrative Agent and Lender


By:       /s/ Randall Osterberg                                               
Name: Randall Osterberg                                                               
Title:   Senior Vice President                                                   



BNP PARIBAS


By:        /s/ Edward Pak                                              
Name:  Edward Pak                                                              
Title:    Vice President                                                  


By:        /s/ Russell Otts                                              
Name:   Russell Otts                                                             
Title:     Director                                                 



TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC


By:       /s/ Jackie Barrett                                               
Name:  Jackie Barrett                                                              
Title:    Authorized Signatory                                                  



WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.


By:       /s/ Suzanne Bidenhour                                                
Name:  Suzanne Bidenhour                                                              
Title:    Vice President                                                  



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By:       /s/ Monte E. Deckerd                                               
Name:  Monte E. Deckerd                                                              
Title:    Senior Vice President                                                  



EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA


By:       /s/ Shawn Cusick                                               
Name:  Shawn Cusick                                                              
Title:    Loan Portfolio Manager                                                  


By:       /s/ Arturo Polisena                                               
Name: Arturo Polisena                                                              
Title:   Asset Manager                                                   


SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION


By:        /s/ William M. Ginn                                              
Name:  William M. Ginn                                                              
Title:    General Manager                                                  



BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC


By:       /s/ Julia R. Franklin                                               
Name:  Julia R. Franklin                                                              
Title:    Assistant Vice President                                                  



CAPITAL ONE, N.A.


By:       /s/ Wesley Fontana                                               
Name:  Wesley Fontana                                                              
Title:    Assistant Vice President                                                  



UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC


By:       /s/ Mary E. Evans                                               
Name:  Mary E. Evans                                                              
Title:    Associate Director                                                  


By:       /s/ Irja R. Otsa                                               
Name:  Irja R. Otsa                                                              
Title:    Associate Director                                                  



THE FROST NATIONAL BANK


By:       /s/ Thomas H. Dungan                                               
Name: Thomas H. Dungan                                                               
Title:   Senior Vice President                                                   



NATIXIS


By:      /s/ Louis P. Laville                                                
Name: Louis P. Laville                                                               
Title:   Managing Director                                                   


By:      /s/ Daniel Payer                                                
Name: Daniel Payer                                                               
Title:   Director