Global Partners LP Signs Amendment to Expand Revolving Credit Facility to $600 Million

August 3, 2006

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug 03, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP), one of New England's largest wholesale distributors of distillates, gasoline and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers, announced today that it has signed an amendment to its Revolving Credit Facility with an eleven-bank group, increasing the Partnership's borrowing capacity by $100 million to $600 million.

Bank of America serves as agent for the three-year senior secured credit agreement, which is composed of a $550 million facility to be used for working capital purposes, a $35 million acquisition facility and a $15 million revolving credit facility to be used for general partnership purposes. The other participants are Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Fortis Capital Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, KeyBank, Societe Generale, Sovereign Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, TD Banknorth Inc., Webster Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.

About Global Partners LP

Global Partners LP, a master limited partnership based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is one of the largest wholesale distributors of distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), gasoline and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in New England. Global Partners LP trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GLP." For additional information, please visit http://www.globalp.com.

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    Contacts:
    Thomas J. Hollister                  Edward J. Faneuil
    Executive Vice President and         Executive Vice President,
    Chief Financial Officer              General Counsel and Secretary
    Global Partners LP                   Global Partners LP
    (781) 894-8800                       (781) 894-8800

SOURCE Global Partners LP

Thomas J. Hollister, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
+1-781-894-8800, or Edward J. Faneuil, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, +1-781-894-8800, both of Global Partners LP
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