Filed
by Holly Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed
pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Subject Company: Frontier Oil
Corporation
Commission File No: 1-07627
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HollyFrontier
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Weekly Communiqué #11Merger Update
May 27, 2011
As May comes to an end, we draw nearer to our anticipated close date and things are progressing on
track. Now, as indicated last Friday, this communiqué is a link to a video segment rather than a
written document.
Todays release (Video Two) affords us the opportunity to address three common employee areas of
interest: Challenges and Opportunities with Merging Why SAP? and With the merger, whats
changing and whats staying the same?
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Holly Corporation & Frontier Oil Corporation, Weekly CommuniquéMerger
Update #11, Video Two
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Produced as one in a series of internal communications to their
respective organizations, Frontier CEO Mike Jennings and Holly
President Dave Lamp address three common employee areas of
interest: Challenges
and Opportunities with Merging Why SAP? and With the merger,
whats changing and whats staying the same?
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(Video Runtime: 00:07:18. To ensure an optimal viewing experience,
please allow
time for the video to fully load before playing.)
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The video can be viewed within
the Holly Network at these intranet
URLs: |
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For all Dallas users:
http://video.hollycorp.com/HollyFrontier_Weekly-02-Dallas.htm |
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For non-Dallas sites:
http://video.hollycorp.com/HollyFrontier_Weekly-02-Remote.htm |
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(Due to high demand, Holly remote locations may experience some
problems connecting to the video at times. Please be patient and keep
trying.) |
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In the likelihood you wish to share this video with family or friends,
it can also be found
in the public domain here: http://vimeo.com/24206270 |
We will release additional video segments in subsequent weeks that address more questions.
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Employee FAQs
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Employee FAQs |
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Integration Team Response |
There was talk in some of the
early communications about
consolidation and reduction in
force. Will there be any early
out opportunities for hourly
employees?
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Most of the overlap will occur at the
corporate or higher level positions in
the refinery. We do not have plans to
offer early retirement packages at the
hourly level. We need that knowledge
base at the refinery level! |
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With Holly you can retire at age
62 and have health insurance at
the current rate until you are
65. Will this program continue
after the merger?
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We are reviewing all employee benefits
to be provided in the future by
HollyFrontier Corporation. Through
this process, one of our objectives
will be to transition away from
benefits provided only to select
groups of employees and toward a
common benefits program for all
employees. There is no assurance that
individual benefits currently provided
at either Frontier or Holly will be
maintained into the future. Our
intention is to provide a competitive
and attractive benefits program that
applies to all employees and to make
any necessary plan changes sooner
rather than later, with careful
consideration of how these changes may
affect individual employees. |
Submitting Questions or Suggestions to our Integration Team
For those of you who have questions, suggestions or concerns about the Integration processor have
heard rumors and would like to surface these for a response, you may either submit them to your
local HR Departmentwhich will, in turn, share them with usor you may email the HollyFrontier
Integration Team
(hollyfrontier_merger_questions@hollycorp.com). Please let us know whats on your
mind, as we cannot meet unknown expectations nor address unshared concerns.
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Logo Update
Just one more week until the winner of the HollyFrontier
Corporation Logo Contest is announced and the iPad is handed
out!
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Next Friday, June 3rd, we will resume writingand answer more FAQs, share additional
updates and feature the Tulsa refinery in Spotlight.
We look forward to remembering and celebrating our Nations fallen heroes this weekend. Sincere
thanks to any of you who may have served. Enjoy the holiday and this special weekend.
Dave Lamp
President
Holly Corporation
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Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. The issuance of Holly Corporation (Holly)
common stock in connection with the proposed merger will be submitted to Hollys shareholders for
their consideration, and the proposed merger will be submitted to shareholders of Frontier Oil
Corporation (Frontier) for their consideration. Holly filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) a registration statement on Form S-4 that included a joint proxy statement to be
used by Holly and Frontier to solicit the required approval of their shareholders in connection
with the proposed merger and constituted a prospectus of Holly. Holly and Frontier may also file
other documents with the SEC concerning the proposed merger. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF
HOLLY AND FRONTIER ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED
MERGER AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER.
Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and
other documents containing important information about Holly and Frontier through the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Holly
will be available free of charge on Hollys website at
www.hollycorp.com under the tab Investors
or by contacting Hollys Investor Relations Department at (214) 871-3555. Copies of documents filed
with the SEC by Frontier will be available free of charge on Frontiers website at
www.frontieroil.com under the tab Investor Relations and then under the tab SEC Filings or by
contacting Frontiers Investor Relations Department at (713) 688-9600.
Holly, Frontier and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Holly and shareholders of
Frontier in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Holly is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders,
which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Frontier is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2011 annual meeting of
shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2011. These documents can be obtained free
of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the participants in the
proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings
or otherwise, are contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to
be filed with the SEC.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These include
statements regarding the effects of the proposed merger and statements preceded by, followed by or
that otherwise include the words believes, expects, anticipates, intends, estimates, or
similar expressions. Forward looking statements relating to expectations about future results or
events are based upon information available to Holly and Frontier as of todays date, and are not
guarantees of the future performance of Holly, Frontier or the combined company, and actual results
may vary materially from the results and expectations discussed. For instance, although Holly and
Frontier have signed an agreement for a subsidiary of Holly to merge with and into Frontier, there
is no assurance that they will complete the proposed merger by a specified date or at all. The
merger agreement will terminate if the companies do not receive the necessary approval of Hollys
shareholders or Frontiers shareholders or government approvals or if either Holly or Frontier
fails to satisfy conditions to closing. Additional risks and uncertainties related to the proposed
merger include, but are not limited to, the successful integration of Hollys and Frontiers
business and the combined companys ability to compete in the highly competitive refining and
marketing industry. The revenues, earnings and business prospects of Holly, Frontier and the
combined company and their ability to achieve planned business objectives will be subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks
and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of
refined petroleum products in Hollys, Frontiers and the combined companys markets; the demand
for and supply of crude oil and refined products; the spread between market prices for refined
products and market prices for crude oil; the possibility of constraints on the transportation of
refined products; the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery
operations or pipelines; effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies; the
availability and cost of financing; the effectiveness of capital investments and marketing
strategies; efficiency in carrying out construction projects; the ability to acquire refined
product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any
existing or future acquired operations; the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences
of any such attacks; and general economic conditions.
Holly and Frontier caution that the foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is not exclusive.
Additional information concerning these and other risks is contained in Hollys and Frontiers most
recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent
Current Reports on Form 8-K and other SEC filings. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements concerning Holly, Frontier, the proposed merger or other matters and attributable to
Holly or Frontier or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
the cautionary statements above. Neither Holly nor Frontier undertake any obligation to publicly
update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise
after the date hereof.
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