Global Partners' Unitholders Approve Amendment to Partnership Agreement

December 9, 2009
Partnership Announces $100 Million Expansion of Credit Facility

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) (the "Partnership") announced that at a special meeting held today, the Partnership received the required approvals from unitholders for the amendment to its partnership agreement described in its proxy statement dated November 5, 2009.

"We are pleased with the significant support the amendment received from unitholders," said Eric Slifka, president and chief executive officer of Global Partners. "The amended Partnership agreement maintains important safeguards for our common unitholders and adopts distributable cash flow as the metric to measure our ability to pay distributions from earnings."

Partnership Expands Credit Facility

The Partnership and its bank group also have recently signed an amendment that increases the working capital commitments available under Global Partners' Credit Agreement by $100 million. With this increase, total bank commitments now equal $850 million.

"The increase in our credit facility reflects a continuation of the strong commitment we have received from our 14-member bank group," Slifka said. "We believe this amendment provides us with further financial flexibility and better positions Global to execute its growth strategy."

About Global Partners

Global Partners LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership based in Waltham, Massachusetts, owns, controls and has access to one of the largest terminal networks of refined petroleum products in the Northeast. The Partnership is one of the largest wholesale distributors of gasoline, distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene) and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in the region. Global Partners LP, a FORTUNE 500(R) company, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GLP." For additional information, please visit www.globalp.com.

Forward-looking Statements

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SOURCE: Global Partners LP

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