Exhibit 4.3
Execution Version
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 10, 2024, is entered into by and between Calumet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliate, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (collectively, “Computershare” or the “Warrant Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company entered into that certain Conversion Agreement, dated February 9, 2024, by and among Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CLMT”), the Company, Calumet Merger Sub I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), Calumet Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”), Calumet GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of CLMT (the “General Partner”), and other parties thereto (as amended by the First Amendment to Conversion Agreement dated April 17, 2024, the “Conversion Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Conversion Agreement, (i) Merger Sub I merged with and into CLMT, with CLMT continuing as the surviving entity and as a subsidiary of the General Partner and the Company (the “CLMT Merger”), and (ii) immediately after the CLMT Merger, Merger Sub II merged with and into the General Partner, with the General Partner continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (together with the CLMT Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Conversion Agreement, the “Conversion”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Conversion, (i) each CLMT Common Unit (as defined in the Conversion Agreement) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the CLMT Merger was exchanged into the right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”), and (ii) the holders of equity interests in the General Partner exchanged such equity interests for 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 2,000,000 warrants (“Warrants”) entitling the Holder or Holders thereof to purchase shares of Common Stock upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the form of warrant certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Warrant Certificate”); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires for the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange and exercise of the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the applicable Warrant Certificate.
Section 2. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company with respect to the Warrants in accordance with the express terms and conditions hereof, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint a co-warrant agent (“Co-Warrant Agent”) as it may, in