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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2012

 

 

WESTERN REFINING, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32721   20-3472415

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

123 West Mills Avenue, Suite 200

El Paso, Texas 79901

(Address of principal executive offices)

(915) 534-1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 31, 2012, Western Refining, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it made a $78.3 million prepayment on its Term Loan on May 31, 2012, bringing the total year-to-date Term Loan prepayment amount to approximately $183 million. This payment represents the remaining cash in the restricted account containing proceeds from the Company’s sale of its Yorktown refinery and an underutilized segment of pipeline in New Mexico in December 2011. The remaining Term Loan balance, net of this $78.3 million prepayment, is $138.5 million. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Other Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 31, 2012


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

WESTERN REFINING, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary R. Dalke
Name:   Gary R. Dalke
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Dated: May 31, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 31, 2012