WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2012--
Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) (“Global Partners” or “the Partnership”)
today announced the signing of a long-term lease agreement with Getty
Realty Corp. (NYSE-GTY) (“Getty”) that enables the Partnership to supply
gasoline to and operate through a dealer network approximately 90 of
Getty’s gas station sites in the boroughs of Queens, Manhattan and the
Bronx as well as in Long Island and Westchester County.
“Further enhancing our fuel supply and distribution network through
vertical integration of strategically located assets is a key element in
our growth plan, and today’s announcement is the most recent step in
executing that objective,” said Eric Slifka, the Partnership’s President
and Chief Executive Officer. “Our expanded relationship with Getty,
which follows this year’s acquisition of Alliance Energy and our 2010
purchase of Mobil stations from ExxonMobil Corporation, demonstrates the
value of our Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations segment as an
effective and efficient platform for growth.”
“This long-term agreement significantly expands our retail gasoline and
fuel distribution presence in the New York metro region,” Slifka said.
“We look forward to continuing to enhance our strategic alliance with
Getty.”
Most of the approximately 90 stations under the new long-term lease
arrangement had been part of an interim fuel supply and services
agreement that Global Partners and Getty entered earlier this year. The
initial lease term for the locations is 15 years and includes multiple
five-year renewal options. Approximately 140 sites, the majority in New
York and New Jersey, will continue to operate under the interim fuel
supply agreement.
About Global Partners LP
Global
Partners LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership based in
Waltham, Massachusetts, owns, controls or has access to one of the
largest terminal networks of refined petroleum products and renewable
fuels in the Northeast. Global Partners is a leader in the logistics of
transporting crude and other products from the mid-continent region of
the U.S. and Canada to the East Coast. The Partnership is one of the
largest wholesale distributors of gasoline (including blendstocks such
as ethanol and naphtha), distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel
and kerosene), residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers,
retailers and commercial customers in the New England states and New
York. In addition, the Partnership has a portfolio of approximately
1,000 gas stations in nine Northeastern states. The Partnership also is
a distributor of natural gas. A FORTUNE 500® company, Global Partners
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GLP." For
additional information, please visit www.globalp.com.
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“intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “will likely result,” or other similar
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management concerning future financial performance (including future
revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or
prospects and possible actions by Global Partners LP or its subsidiaries
are also forward-looking statements.
Although Global Partners LP believes these forward-looking statements
are reasonable as and when made, there may be events in the future that
Global Partners LP is not able to predict accurately or control, and
there can be no assurance that future developments affecting Global
Partners LP’s business will be those that it anticipates.
For additional information about risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations Global
Partners LP describes in its forward-looking statements, please refer to
Global Partners LP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2011 and subsequent filings the Partnership makes with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made.
Global Partners LP expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
update forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its
expectations or beliefs or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based.
Source: Global Partners LP
Global Partners LP
Thomas J. Hollister, 781-894-8800
Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
or
Edward J.
Faneuil, 781-894-8800
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary