SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICES AGREEMENT

EX-10.49 6 a2223627zex-10_49.htm EX-10.49

Exhibit 10.49

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 11th day of March, 2015 by and among Global Petroleum Corp., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”) and Global Companies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global LLC”), Global Montello Group Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GMG”), Chelsea Sandwich LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Chelsea LLC”), Alliance Energy LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Alliance”) and Bursaw Oil LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Bursaw”) (Global LLC, GMG, Chelsea LLC, Alliance and Bursaw are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as an “LLC”, and collectively as the “LLCs”).  The Company and the LLCs are sometimes hereinafter referred to each as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the LLCs have been providing certain services to the Company and, until February 1, 2015, the Company had been providing certain services to the LLCs;

 

WHEREAS, effective as of February 1, 2015, the Company ceased providing services to the LLCs after the Company sold the terminal located in Revere, MA to Global LLC and certain of the Company’s employees became employees of Global GP LLC;

 

WHEREAS, although the LLCs no longer require services provided to them by the Company, the LLCs are willing to continue to provide the services to the Company as they have been providing, and the Company desires to receive such services from the LLCs, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein contained;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the LLCs hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Services.  The LLCs hereby agree to provide to the Company services they are capable of providing during the Service Period (defined below) similar to those which historically have been provided to the Company by the LLCs (the “LLC Services”).  The LLC Services shall include, without limitation, accounting, treasury, legal, information technology, human resources and financial operations support services.  The LLC Services shall be rendered at such times as are reasonably requested by the Company, giving due regard to the LLCs’ operations and other responsibilities.  The LLC Services may not be expanded except in accordance with Paragraph 9 of this Agreement.

 

2.              Service Period.  The LLCs shall provide the LLC Services to the Company for such period of time as they shall mutually agree (the “Service Period”); provided, however, either Party may terminate some or all of the LLC Services upon ninety (90) days advance written notice.

 



 

3.              Compensation.  The LLCs shall keep timekeeper reports on a monthly basis for time expended on LLC Services, so as to accurately monitor such LLC Services provided for the benefit of the Company.  Invoices submitted by the LLCs to the Company shall be based upon such records.  As an alternative to said timekeeping requirements, the President or Treasurer of the Company and the Chief Executive Officer of each LLC may agree upon a specified monthly amount to be paid by the Company to the LLCs (the “Monthly Services Fee”), which Monthly Services Fee shall be subject to approval by the Conflicts Committee of Global Partners LP and reviewed and approved annually by the Parties hereto (subject to an accelerated review in the event of the occurrence of a material change) and amended in order to more accurately and equitably reflect the actual services rendered.  Upon 30 days prior written notice, either Party may elect to cancel the Monthly Services Fee and utilize actual timekeeping records whereupon compensation shall be paid in accordance with the prior provisions of this Paragraph 3.

 

4.              Indemnification.  In as much as the LLCs are performing the LLC Services on an at cost basis and not for the purpose of making a profit, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the LLCs, and their officers, directors, employees, members, agents and representatives (collectively, the “LLC Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) suffered or incurred by any LLC Indemnitee which arise out of or are related to any action of the LLCs or any of their employees taken while performing LLC Services for the benefit of, or on behalf of, the Company, except to the extent that such losses, liabilities, damages, claims, and expenses are caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the LLCs or any of their employees or agents.

 

5.              Relationship of the Parties.  The LLCs are retained by the Company only for the purposes and to the extent set forth in this Agreement, and shall serve the Company solely as an independent contractor.  The LLCs shall have no authority to enter into agreements or commitments on behalf of the Company or to bind the Company in any respect, except as expressly authorized in writing by the Company.  The LLCs shall not be entitled to receive any payments from the Company by way of compensation, expenses, reimbursements or otherwise in respect of the LLC Services, except for the reimbursement to be paid as set forth herein.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as making either Party, or any of its employees, an employee, officer, director or owner of any other Party hereto.

 

6.              Waivers and Consents.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the LLCs and the Company.  No such waiver or consent shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver or consent with respect to any other terms or provisions of this Agreement, whether or not similar.  Each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given.

 

7.              Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the receiving Party’s address set forth below or to such other address as a Party may designate by notice hereunder, and shall be either (a) delivered by hand, (b) made by confirmed facsimile transmission, (c) sent by overnight courier, or (d) sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

 

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If to the Company:

Global Petroleum Corp.

 

800 South Street, Suite 500

 

P.O. Box 9161

 

Waltham, Massachusetts ###-###-####

 

Attention: President

 

Fax:  (781) 398-9211

and

 

if to the LLCs:

Global Companies LLC

 

800 South Street, Suite 500

 

P.O. Box 9161

 

Waltham, Massachusetts ###-###-####

 

Attention: Chief Accounting Officer and General Counsel

 

Fax:  (781) 398-9211

 

All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been received:  (a) if by hand, at the time of the delivery thereof to the receiving party at the address of such party set forth above; (b) if made by facsimile transmission, at the time that receipt thereof has been acknowledged by electronic confirmation or otherwise; (c) if sent by overnight courier, on the next day following the day such mailing is made (or in the case that such mailing is made on a Friday, Saturday or on the day before a legal holiday, on the immediately following business day); or (d) if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, on the date indicated as the receipt date on such returned receipt, or on the 5th day following the time of such mailing thereof to such address (or in the case that such 5th day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, on the immediately following business day), if a receipt is not returned.

 

8.              Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement may not be assigned in whole or in part without the written consent of all of the non-assigning Parties.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the LLCs and the Company, and each of their respective successors and assigns.

 

9.              Entire Agreement/Amendment.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and except as otherwise provided herein, supersedes all prior agreements or understandings written or oral in respect thereof.  This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time or from time to time only by a written instrument signed by the Parties hereto.

 

10.       Enforcement.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be regarded as divisible, and if any of said provisions or any part hereof are declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity and enforceability of the remainder of such provisions or parts hereof and the applicability thereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

11.       Governing Law.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

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13.       Headings.  The paragraph headings contained herein are for convenience and reference only and shall not be given effect in the interpretation of any term or condition of this Agreement.

 

14.       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall be deemed one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

GLOBAL PETROLEUM CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL MONTELLO GROUP CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

CHELSEA SANDWICH LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

ALLIANCE ENERGY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

BURSAW OIL LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

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Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement - GPC