NTI Northern Tier Energy LP Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests (delisted)

On June 23, 2016, Western Refining, Inc. (“ WNR ”) and Northern Tier Energy LP (“ NTI ”) issued a joint press release announcing that NTI common unitholders voted to approve the previously announced merger of NTI and a subsidiary of WNR (the “ Merger ”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 21, 2015, by and among NTI, WNR and various of their respective affiliates and to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation payments that may be paid or become payable to NTI’s named executive officers in connection with the Merger. The press release also announced that on June 23, 2016, all closing conditions to the Merger were satisfied, and the Merger was successfully completed.

The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.