Form 425
aFiled 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
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Holly Corporation & Frontier Oil Corporation
Weekly CommuniquéMerger Update #11
Video Two
Below is the transcript of a video message delivered by Holly Corporations President, Dave Lamp
and Frontier Oil Corporations Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mike Jennings, to
both Holly and Frontier employees on May 27, 2011.
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Mike Jennings:
Well, youve had to put up with a lot of calls and emails, emails, from me in the middle of the
night and the middle of the morning, so why dont you take the first shot?
Dave Lamp:
Well, I think it, you know, the most challenging part of it is just the time management in this
transition period. Uh, thats...and you know you have all the other pressures of your outside life
too that uh, that dont stop. So, it uh, theres as Mike said its nights and weekends is where you
have your free time that is no longer free is the way, the way Id best put it. So, thats a big
challenge, but I think you know thats a temporary phenomenon and well get through it and once we
get through it then we get more back in the typical groove. Now all that said, is that you know the
typical groove may not be exactly the same as what it was because its, we have, I personally have a
lot to learn about the Frontier side and Im sure Mike has the same issue on the Holly side. And
these new business processes were going to merge together were both going to have to be somewhat
flexible to how they, how they come out and how we work them and how fast we continuously improve
them so there will be an adjustment period even after the transition to get through. And I think
those are just the reality of the deal. But you know the excitement level for me is high just
because I love to build things and see things change. I just, thats just my nature so I kind of
fit right into it.
Mike Jennings:
Id say that the easy integration is the one where you take a group of people and you say youre
going to do it our way. and you need to conform, and that isnt the style were going through this
time around. Were putting together, you know, two companies that have pretty successful histories,
um, and trying to make something better out of it. So, as we move toward higher ground a lot of the
challenge is just defining what that grounds going to look like. Ok? And clearly were pulling
from different aspects of each of our legacy or historical operations. Uh, and thats really where
the heavy lifting is. What does it look like and how do we get there? A lot of debates about which
way is best or is there another way altogether that we ought to be operating? And I think what
youll find as we look forward is strong contributions from each side in terms of various different
business processes uh, but an absolute insistence on having one process. And thats the challenge,
is just defining what that is and then frankly selling it to people. Projecting the vision, having
them buy in, some people are going to debate with you. Um, but well get through that and well
have a common way of operating. People will understand it, it will be well communicated and at some
point in the near future, well talk about business as usual.
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Mike Jennings:
SAP is a very expandable system. Its a great platform from which to grow. Uh, and for that reason
weve selected it over the Frontier system which was frankly an older legacy system.
Dave Lamp:
SAP is a, is a very valuable business tool to give common business processes a real structure. And
its a, you know its a powerful information system, done, used right. And thats part of it. Its
kind of, you know, I always say SAP is an adventure, its not really something that has an end.
Cause youre always, theres always something else you can add to it and build and it becomes
your, its a real enterprise system for your information, so its, its, its a depository where
you can put everything in it and people have access to it, which is powerful.
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Mike Jennings:
Were going to have a lot of new people to work with, but were going to have opportunities that
we havent had individually. Uh, as I talk about knitting our geography together, if you spend a
little bit of time with the map, you see that these refineries are fairly closely linked and were
gonna have marketing overlap, were gonna have crude supply, were gonna have refinery integration
opportunities. Uh really those are things that are yet untapped and thats gonna be the excitement
in the near term. As a follow on to that, were going to be looking to grow and develop these
businesses. Uh and doing so with the combined platform and combined geography, first is going to be
easier, but second is going to be more productive.
Anxiety when theres change is natural. I try to encourage people to breathe deeply because, again,
the foundation is about safe, reliable refining operations and good service to our customers and
thats going to prevail through the merger. So, the basics of what most of our people do day-to-day
will not change. Of course there will be changes in benefits plans and who the health care
providers might be through time, but the focus of this business isnt going to change and our need
for good employees and their day-to-day contribution, our desire to pay them well, and have a
competitive good benefits package is going to endure through time. So as much as there will be a
new logo, theres gonna be a new company name, most of the faces will be the same and our focus
isnt going to change from that foundation that I speak about.
You know, as much as there is change, probably the greatest change will come through opportunity
over time, where we start to build these businesses together; well look both internally and
externally for growth opportunities, but in terms of how that effects people and their careers and
the opportunities they foresee, I think the change is positive and it relates to growth.
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Dave Lamp:
You know, the thing that uh, that I know Mike and I are very concerned about is that we, we align
all our processes within Holly to, you know, the competitive wage, competitive benefits, um a bonus
system that rewards results, performance driven culture in everything we do. Um making sure we
dont put people in artificial boundaries that they hit their head against and cant ever get
things done or get results. Uh those are the things that are not different but were going to try
to make it even better as we as we combine these two companies. And the two companies give us a
kind of a unique position for employees because as long as people are mobile and are willing to
move, were gonna have five assets instead of three in our, in Hollys case, and two in Frontiers
case. That kind of constrains the diversity and the type of change and changing opportunities that
can be available to our employees and if they exhibit some flexibility on location, theres a lot
of different experiences we can get and again you can build those résumés.
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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. 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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