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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 7, 2016 among Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Tesoro Great Plains Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented and in effect, the “Indenture”), dated as of September 27, 2012, pursuant to which the Company has issued an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2017 and an aggregate principal amount of $475,000,000 of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Article X of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company may or must cause certain of its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the New Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1.     Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2.     Agreement to Guarantee.  Each New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article X of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Guarantor thereunder.
3.     No Recourse Against Others.  No past, present or future director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator, partner, member, agent, shareholder or other owner of Capital Stock of any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
4.     NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN.  THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
5.     Counterparts.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6.     Effect of Headings.  The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

7.     The Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the correctness of the recitals of fact contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the New Guarantor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

TESORO CORPORATION

By:     ___________________________
Name:    Brad S. Lakhia 
Title:      Vice President and Treasurer

TESORO GREAT PLAINS HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 

By:     ___________________________
Name:    Brad S. Lakhia
Title:      Vice President and Treasurer

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:     ___________________________
Name:    James Kowalski
Title:      Vice PresidentExhibit

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 7, 2016 among Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Tesoro Great Plains Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented and in effect, the “Indenture”), dated as of March 18, 2014 pursuant to which the Company has issued an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Article X of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company may or must cause certain of its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the New Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1.     Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2.     Agreement to Guarantee.  Each New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article X of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Guarantor thereunder.
3.     No Recourse Against Others.  No past, present or future director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator, partner, member, agent, shareholder or other owner of Capital Stock of any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
4.     NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN.  THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
5.     Counterparts.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6.     Effect of Headings.  The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

7.     The Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the correctness of the recitals of fact contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the New Guarantor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

TESORO CORPORATION

By:     ___________________________
Name:    Brad S. Lakhia 
Title:      Vice President and Treasurer

TESORO GREAT PLAINS HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 

By:     ___________________________
Name:    Brad S. Lakhia
Title:      Vice President and Treasurer

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:     ___________________________
Name:    James Kowalski
Title:      Vice PresidentExhibit

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE SECONDMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS Amendment No. 2 To The Secondment And Logistics Services Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 31, 2016, is made and entered into by and among Tesoro Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TCI”), Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TRMC”), Tesoro Alaska Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TAC”), Tesoro Great Plains Midstream LLC (“TGPM”), Tesoro Great Plains Gathering & Marketing LLC (“TGPGM”), BakkenLink Pipeline LLC (“BLP”), ND Land Holdings LLC (“NDLH”) and Tesoro Alaska Terminals LLC (“TAT” and, together with TCI, TAC and TRMC, the “Tesoro Group”), Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), Tesoro Logistics Operations LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TLO”), Tesoro Logistics Pipelines LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TLP”), Tesoro High Plains Pipeline Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“THPPC”), Tesoro Logistics Northwest Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TLNP”), and Tesoro Alaska Pipeline Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TAPC” and together with the General Partner, TLO, TLP, THPPC and TLNP, the “Logistics Group”), QEP Field Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QEPFS”), QEP Midstream Partners GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QEPM GP”), QEP Midstream Partners Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QEPM OpCo”), QEPM Gathering I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QEPM Gathering”), Rendezvous Pipeline Company, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Rendezvous”) and Green River Processing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GRP” and together with QEPFS, QEPM GP, QEPM OpCo, QEPM Gathering and Rendezvous, the “QEP Group”). Each signatory hereto is referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2014, certain of the Parties entered into that certain Secondment and Logistics Services Agreement (the “Secondment Agreement”) pursuant to which the Tesoro Group agreed to provide to the Logistics Group certain services necessary to operate, manage, maintain and report the operating results of the Logistics Group’s assets, including gathering pipelines, transportation pipelines, storage tanks, trucks, truck racks, terminal facilities, offices and related equipment, real estate and other assets or portions thereof of the Logistics Group;
WHEREAS, by Amendment No.1, dated December 2, 2014, the Secondment Agreement was amended to add additional Parties;
WHEREAS, subsequent to Amendment No.1, TGPM, TGPGM, BLP, NDLH and TAT have become members of the Tesoro Group’ as defined in the preamble to the Secondment Agreement; 
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Secondment Agreement to add these entities as parties to the Secondment Agreement and as member of the Tesoro Group.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.    AMENDMENTS
Each of TGPM, TGPGM, BLP, NDLH and TAT, respectively, is made a party for all purposes to the Secondment Agreement, and shall hereafter be a “Party” and a member of the “Tesoro Group” (each as defined in the Secondment Agreement.
2.    MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Other than as set forth above, the Secondment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as written.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses (including legal and financial advisory fees and expenses) incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.
(c) This Amendment and the legal relations between the Parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Secondment Agreement.
(d) This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.

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(e) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Either Party’s delivery of an executed counterpart signature page by facsimile (or electronic .pdf format transmission) is as effective as executing and delivering this Amendment in the presence of the other Party. No Party shall be bound until such time as all of the Parties have executed counterparts of this Amendment.
(f) This Amendment is solely for the benefit of the Parties and should not be deemed to confer upon third parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Amendment.
(g) The invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Amendment in any situation or jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other terms or provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction and the remaining terms and provisions shall remain in full force and effect, unless doing so would result in an interpretation of this Amendment that is manifestly unjust.
[Signatures of the Parties follow on the next page.]

    

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

	
		
	TESORO LOGISTICS GP, LLC

TESORO LOGISTICS OPERATIONS LLC

TESORO LOGISTICS PIPELINES LLC

TESORO HIGH PLAINS PIPELINE COMPANY LLC

TESORO LOGISTICS NORTHWEST PIPELINE LLC

TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC

QEP FIELD SERVICES, LLC

QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS GP, LLC

QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC

QEPM GATHERING I, LLC

GREEN RIVER PROCESSING, LLC

RENDEZVOUS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC

By ____________________ 
Phillip M. Anderson 
President
	

TESORO COMPANIES, INC.

TESORO REFINING & MARKETING COMPANY LLC, 

TESORO ALASKA COMPANY LLC

TESORO GREAT PLAINS MIDSTREAM LLC 

TESORO GREAT PLAINS GATHERING & MARKETING LLC 

BAKKENLINK PIPELINE LLC 
 
ND LAND HOLDINGS LLC 

TESORO ALASKA TERMINALS LLC

By ____________________ 
 Gregory J. Goff
Chairman of the Board of Managers and President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Secondment Agreement

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