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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-32593
Global Partners LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-3140887
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
P.O. Box 9161800 South StreetWaltham, Massachusetts 02454-9161(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(781) 894-8800(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units representing limited partner interests
GLP
New York Stock Exchange
9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable
GLP pr B
Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The issuer had 33,995,563 common units outstanding as of November 5, 2025.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
4
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
6
Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
38
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
64
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
66
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
67
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 5. Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
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Item 1.Financial Statements
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except unit data)
(Unaudited)
September 30,
December 31,
2025
2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
17,932
8,208
Accounts receivable, net
521,482
472,591
Accounts receivable-affiliates
5,051
6,250
Inventories
478,511
594,072
Brokerage margin deposits
20,599
20,135
Derivative assets
8,183
13,710
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
82,363
92,414
Total current assets
1,134,121
1,207,380
Property and equipment, net
1,653,924
1,706,605
Right of use assets, net
323,033
302,199
Intangible assets, net
14,620
18,683
Goodwill
421,913
Equity method investments
112,472
92,709
Other assets
40,201
38,709
Total assets
3,700,284
3,788,198
Liabilities and partners’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
486,343
509,975
Working capital revolving credit facility-current portion
140,600
129,500
Lease liability-current portion
55,020
56,780
Environmental liabilities-current portion
7,704
Trustee taxes payable
63,487
66,753
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
167,245
223,304
Derivative liabilities
13,506
6,105
Total current liabilities
933,905
1,000,121
Working capital revolving credit facility-less current portion
100,000
Revolving credit facility
124,800
167,000
Senior notes
1,231,996
1,186,723
Lease liability-less current portion
274,134
251,745
Environmental liabilities-less current portion
89,034
91,367
Financing obligations
130,972
134,475
Deferred tax liabilities
64,523
63,548
Other long-term liabilities
68,436
76,606
Total liabilities
3,017,800
3,071,585
Partners’ equity
Series B preferred limited partners (3,000,000 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024)
72,305
Common limited partners (33,995,563 units issued and 33,825,839 outstanding at September 30, 2025 and 33,995,563 units issued and 33,668,256 outstanding at December 31, 2024)
606,726
641,218
General partner interest (0.67% interest with 230,303 equivalent units outstanding at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024)
3,453
3,090
Total partners’ equity
682,484
716,613
Total liabilities and partners’ equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per unit data)
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
Sales
4,694,416
4,422,238
13,913,538
12,977,328
Cost of sales
4,423,048
4,136,189
13,114,567
12,188,260
Gross profit
271,368
286,049
798,971
789,068
Costs and operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses
76,289
70,495
224,781
212,646
Operating expenses
132,505
137,126
394,883
387,235
Amortization expense
1,275
2,288
4,063
6,146
Net gain on sale and disposition of assets
(136)
(7,805)
(2,355)
(10,609)
Long-lived asset impairment
20
492
231
Total costs and operating expenses
209,953
202,596
621,603
595,910
Operating income
61,415
83,453
177,368
193,158
Other income (loss) and (expense):
Income (loss) from equity method investments
655
(147)
3,071
(1,872)
Interest expense
(33,316)
(35,129)
(103,878)
(100,356)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
(176)
—
(2,971)
Income before income tax benefit (expense)
28,578
48,177
73,590
90,930
Income tax benefit (expense)
447
(2,255)
(671)
(4,461)
Net income
29,025
45,922
72,919
86,469
Less: General partner’s interest in net income, including incentive distribution rights
4,799
4,118
13,826
11,056
Less: Preferred limited partner interest in net income
1,781
5,343
7,794
Less: Redemption of Series A preferred limited partner units
2,634
Net income attributable to common limited partners
22,445
40,023
53,750
64,985
Basic net income per common limited partner unit
0.66
1.18
1.59
1.92
Diluted net income per common limited partner unit
1.17
1.57
1.90
Basic weighted average common limited partner units outstanding
33,874
33,781
33,893
33,884
Diluted weighted average common limited partner units outstanding
34,157
34,193
34,239
34,255
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
Other comprehensive income:
Change in pension liability
990
76
Total other comprehensive income
Comprehensive income
46,912
86,545
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash flows from operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
107,265
103,505
Amortization of deferred financing fees
5,593
5,576
Bad debt expense
1,091
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Unit-based compensation expense
10,139
11,432
Write-off of financing fees
1,440
(Income) loss from equity method investments
(3,071)
1,872
Dividends received on equity method investments
477
204
2,971
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
(49,982)
79,850
Accounts receivable-affiliate
1,199
2,035
115,018
(105,314)
Broker margin deposits
(464)
(5,703)
Prepaid expenses, all other current assets and other assets
3,649
6,368
(23,632)
(194,239)
(3,266)
2,124
Change in derivatives
12,928
(10,303)
Accrued expenses, all other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities
(66,954)
(10,862)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
183,756
(35,647)
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of terminals
(215,000)
(24,916)
(13,884)
Capital expenditures
(52,657)
(56,497)
Seller note issuances, net
531
(7,938)
Dividends received of equity method investments
7,746
16,879
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment, net
4,493
46,071
Net cash used in investing activities
(64,803)
(230,369)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net borrowings from working capital revolving credit facility
11,100
202,400
Net payments on revolving credit facility
(42,200)
(203,000)
Proceeds from senior notes, net
441,208
441,301
Repayment of senior notes
(400,000)
Redemption of Series A preferred units
(69,000)
Repurchase of common units
(7,371)
(11,161)
LTIP units withheld for tax obligations
(13,439)
(1,818)
Distribution equivalent rights
(4,017)
(566)
Distributions to limited partners and general partner
(94,510)
(91,215)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(109,229)
266,941
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
9,724
925
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
19,642
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
20,567
Supplemental information
Cash paid during the period for interest
107,256
87,650
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS’ EQUITY
Series B
Preferred
Common
General
Total
Limited
Partner
Partners’
Three and nine months ended September 30, 2025
Partners
Interest
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2024
12,491
4,412
18,684
(1,781)
(25,157)
(4,326)
(31,264)
Unit-based compensation
3,455
(532)
(10,810)
(829)
Dividends on repurchased units
179
Balance at March 31, 2025
620,015
3,176
695,496
18,814
4,615
25,210
(25,327)
(4,488)
(31,596)
3,324
(3,025)
(2,629)
(502)
27
Balance at June 30, 2025
610,697
3,303
686,305
(25,497)
(4,649)
(31,927)
3,360
(3,814)
(536)
71
Balance at September 30, 2025
Series A
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Three and nine months ended September 30, 2024
Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2023
67,476
658,670
1,828
381
800,660
Net income (loss)
2,135
(12,654)
3,136
(5,602)
(2,135)
(23,797)
(3,037)
(30,750)
2,596
Other comprehensive loss
(584)
(519)
21
Balance at March 31, 2024
622,499
1,927
(203)
764,004
Redemption of preferred units
(66,366)
(2,634)
316
40,250
3,802
46,149
(1,426)
(24,137)
(3,359)
(30,703)
4,115
(330)
(7,902)
(777)
19
Balance at June 30, 2024
631,433
2,370
(533)
705,575
(24,477)
(3,682)
(29,940)
4,721
Other comprehensive income
(3,259)
(825)
138
Balance at September 30, 2024
647,754
2,806
457
723,322
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization
Global Partners LP (the “Partnership”) is a master limited partnership formed in March 2005. The Partnership owns, controls or has access to a large terminal network of refined petroleum products and renewable fuels—with connectivity to strategic rail, pipeline and marine assets—spanning from Maine to Florida and into the U.S. Gulf States. The Partnership is one of the largest independent owners, suppliers and operators of gasoline stations and convenience stores, primarily in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Northeast”) and Maryland and Virginia. As of September 30, 2025, the Partnership had a portfolio of 1,540 owned, leased and/or supplied gasoline stations, including 290 directly operated convenience stores, primarily in the Northeast, as well as 67 gasoline stations located in Texas that are operated or supplied by the Partnership’s joint venture, Spring Partners Retail LLC (“SPR”). The Partnership is also one of the largest distributors of gasoline, distillates, residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in the New England states and New York. The Partnership engages in the purchasing, selling, gathering, blending, storing and logistics of transporting petroleum and related products, including gasoline and gasoline blendstocks (such as ethanol), distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), residual oil, renewable fuels, crude oil and propane and in the transportation of petroleum products and renewable fuels by rail from the mid-continent region of the United States and Canada.
Global GP LLC, the Partnership’s general partner (the “General Partner”), manages the Partnership’s operations and activities and employs its officers and substantially all of its personnel, except for most of its gasoline station and convenience store employees who are employed by Global Montello Group Corp. (“GMG”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership and for substantially all of the employees who primarily or exclusively provide services to SPR, who are employed by SPR Operator LLC (“SPR Operator”), also a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership.
The General Partner, which holds a 0.67% general partner interest in the Partnership, is owned by affiliates of the Slifka family. As of September 30, 2025, affiliates of the General Partner, including its directors and executive officers and their affiliates, owned 5,938,539 common units, and the General Partner held 169,724 common units on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to its repurchase program for future Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) obligations, representing in the aggregate a 18.0% limited partner interest.
2025 Events
2033 Notes Offering and 2027 Notes Tender Offer and Redemption—On June 23, 2025, the Partnership and GLP Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”) issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”) in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the offering to fund the purchase of a portion of its 7.00% senior notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) in a cash tender offer and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its credit agreement.
On June 23, 2025, the Issuers delivered a Notice of Full Redemption to Regions Bank, as trustee, for all of the outstanding 2027 Notes not purchased in the tender offer. The redemption of the remaining 2027 Notes occurred on August 1, 2025. See Note 6, “Debt and Financing Obligations—Senior Notes” for additional information on the 2033 Notes.
Amendment to the Credit Agreement—On March 20, 2025, the Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the eleventh amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement which, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from May 2, 2026 to March 20, 2028, (ii) increased the working capital revolving credit facility from
$950.0 million to $1.0 billion, and (iii) decreased the revolving credit facility from $600.0 million to $500.0 million. See Note 6 for additional information on the credit agreement.
Investment in Real Estate—On January 23, 2025, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Global HQ 2 LLC, invested in BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC, a joint venture formed with unrelated third parties to acquire and operate an office building located in Newton, Massachusetts. Also on January 23, 2025, the Partnership signed a 12-year lease arrangement for space in this property that will serve as the Partnership’s principal executive office at the termination of its existing leased space in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2026. See Note 10 for additional information.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 reflect the accounts of the Partnership. Upon consolidation, all intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and operating results for the interim periods. The interim financial information, which has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 and notes thereto contained in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that will be realized for the entire year ending December 31, 2025. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2024 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The significant accounting policies described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 are the same used in preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements, including the following:
Leases
The Partnership, as lessee, has gasoline station and convenience store leases, primarily of land and buildings. The Partnership has terminal and dedicated storage facility lease arrangements with various petroleum terminals and third parties, of which certain arrangements have minimum usage requirements. The Partnership leases barges through various time charter lease arrangements and railcars through various lease arrangements. The Partnership also has leases for office space, computer and convenience store equipment and automobiles. The Partnership’s lease arrangements have various expiration dates with options to extend.
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Supplemental Information Related to Lessee Lease Arrangements
The following table presents supplemental information related to leases for the periods presented (in thousands):
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
61,183
63,788
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities
65,386
101,468
Concentration of Risk
Due to the nature of the Partnership’s businesses and its reliance, in part, on consumer travel and spending patterns, the Partnership may experience more demand for gasoline during the late spring and summer months than during the fall and winter months. Travel and recreational activities are typically higher in these months in the geographic areas in which the Partnership operates, increasing the demand for gasoline. Therefore, the Partnership’s volumes in gasoline are typically higher in the second and third quarters of the calendar year. As demand for some of the Partnership’s refined petroleum products, specifically home heating oil and residual oil for space heating purposes, is generally greater during the winter months, heating oil and residual oil volumes are generally higher during the first and fourth quarters of the calendar year. These factors may result in fluctuations in the Partnership’s quarterly operating results.
The following table presents the Partnership’s product sales and other revenues as a percentage of the consolidated sales for the periods presented:
Gasoline sales: gasoline and gasoline blendstocks (such as ethanol)
%
70
Distillates (home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), residual oil and crude oil sales
28
31
30
Convenience store and prepared food sales, rental income and sundries
100
The following table presents the Partnership’s product margin by segment as a percentage of the consolidated product margin for the periods presented:
Wholesale segment
26
22
29
24
Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations segment
72
75
73
Commercial segment
2
See Note 13, “Segment Reporting,” for additional information on the Partnership’s operating segments.
None of the Partnership’s customers accounted for greater than 10% of total sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
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Note 2. Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table provides the disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers and other sales by segment for the periods presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Revenue from contracts with customers:
Wholesale
GDSO
Commercial
Petroleum and related product sales
783,399
1,126,839
202,785
2,113,023
Station operations
130,449
Total revenue from contracts with customers
1,257,288
2,243,472
Other sales:
Revenue originating as physical forward sale contracts and exchange agreements
2,333,194
95,064
2,428,258
Revenue from leases
1,229
21,457
22,686
Total other sales
2,334,423
2,450,944
Total sales
3,117,822
1,278,745
297,849
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
544,210
1,269,955
192,661
2,006,826
129,576
1,399,531
2,136,402
2,179,349
84,469
2,263,818
651
21,367
22,018
2,180,000
2,285,836
2,724,210
1,420,898
277,130
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
2,326,202
3,209,397
616,092
6,151,691
351,031
3,560,428
6,502,722
7,111,324
232,660
7,343,984
3,232
63,600
66,832
7,114,556
7,410,816
9,440,758
3,624,028
848,752
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
2,001,437
3,683,780
567,886
6,253,103
367,864
4,051,644
6,620,967
6,022,577
268,780
6,291,357
2,232
62,772
65,004
6,024,809
6,356,361
8,026,246
4,114,416
836,666
Contract Balances
A receivable, which is included in accounts receivable, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is recognized in the period the Partnership provides services when its right to consideration is unconditional. In contrast, a contract asset will be recognized when the Partnership has fulfilled a contract obligation but must perform other obligations before being entitled to payment. The Partnership had no significant contract assets at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
The nature of the receivables related to revenue from contracts with customers and other revenue, as well as contract assets, are the same, given they are related to the same customers and have the same risk profile and securitization. Payment terms on invoiced amounts are typically 2 to 30 days.
A contract liability is recognized when the Partnership has an obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Partnership has received consideration (or the amount is due) from the customer. The Partnership had no significant contract liabilities at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Note 3. Inventories
The Partnership hedges substantially all of its petroleum and ethanol inventory using a variety of instruments, primarily exchange-traded futures contracts. These futures contracts are entered into when inventory is purchased and are either designated as fair value hedges against the inventory on a specific barrel basis for inventories qualifying for fair value hedge accounting or not designated and maintained as economic hedges against certain inventory of the Partnership on a specific barrel basis. Changes in fair value of these futures contracts, as well as the offsetting change in fair value on the hedged inventory, are recognized in earnings as an increase or decrease in cost of sales. All hedged inventory designated in a fair value hedge relationship is valued using the lower of cost, as determined by specific identification, or net realizable value, as determined at the product level. All petroleum and ethanol inventory not designated in a fair value hedging relationship is carried at the lower of historical cost, on a first-in, first-out basis, or net realizable value. Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) inventory is carried at the lower of historical cost, on a first-in, first-out basis, or net realizable value. Convenience store inventory is carried at the lower of historical cost, based on a weighted average cost method, or net realizable value.
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Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
Distillates: home heating oil, diesel and kerosene
165,068
234,486
Gasoline
202,070
222,092
Gasoline blendstocks
48,380
50,870
Residual oil
31,822
55,908
Renewable identification numbers (RINs)
2,891
3,313
Convenience store inventory
28,280
27,403
In addition to its own inventory, the Partnership has exchange agreements for petroleum products and ethanol with unrelated third-party suppliers, whereby it may draw inventory from these other suppliers and suppliers may draw inventory from the Partnership. Positive exchange balances are accounted for as accounts receivable and amounted to $0.5 million and $1.6 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Negative exchange balances are accounted for as accounts payable and amounted to $23.2 million and $13.1 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Exchange transactions are valued using current carrying costs.
Note 4. Goodwill
Goodwill, all of which has been allocated to the Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations (“GDSO”) segment, was $421.9 million at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. There were no changes to goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Note 5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
Buildings and improvements
1,993,554
1,948,849
Land
682,649
678,687
Fixtures and equipment
61,789
56,700
Idle plant assets
30,500
Construction in process
60,250
71,436
Capitalized internal use software
37,465
33,846
Total property and equipment
2,866,207
2,820,018
Less accumulated depreciation
1,212,283
1,113,413
Property and equipment includes retail gasoline station assets held for sale of $5.3 million and $5.2 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
At September 30, 2025, the Partnership had a $37.4 million remaining net book value of long-lived assets at its West Coast facility, including $30.5 million related to the Partnership’s ethanol plant acquired in 2013. The Partnership would need to take certain measures to prepare the facility for ethanol production in order to place the plant into service and commence depreciation. Therefore, the $30.5 million related to the ethanol plant was included in property and equipment and classified as idle plant assets at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
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If the Partnership is unable to generate cash flows to support the recoverability of the plant and facility assets, this may become an indicator of potential impairment of the West Coast facility. The Partnership believes these assets are recoverable but continues to monitor the market for ethanol, the continued business development of this facility for ethanol or other product transloading, and the related impact this may have on the facility’s operating cash flows and whether this would constitute an impairment indicator.
Evaluation of Long-Lived Asset Impairment
The Partnership recognized an immaterial impairment charge relating to construction in process assets allocated to the GDSO segment for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The Partnership recognized impairment charges relating to certain right of use assets and construction in process assets allocated to the GDSO segment in the total amount of $0.5 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. These impairment charges are included in long-lived asset impairment in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Note 6. Debt and Financing Obligations
Credit Agreement
Certain subsidiaries of the Partnership, as borrowers, and the Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, have a $1.50 billion senior secured credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement matures on March 20, 2028.
On March 20, 2025, the Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the eleventh amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement (the “Eleventh Amendment”) which, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from May 2, 2026 to March 20, 2028, (ii) increased the working capital revolving credit facility from $950.0 million to $1.0 billion and (iii) decreased the revolving credit facility from $600.0 million to $500.0 million. All other material terms of the Credit Agreement remain substantially the same as disclosed in Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
As of September 30, 2025, there were two facilities under the Credit Agreement:
The Credit Agreement has an accordion feature whereby the Partnership may request on the same terms and conditions then applicable to the Credit Agreement, provided no Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) then exists, an increase to the working capital revolving credit facility, the revolving credit facility, or both, by up to another $300.0 million, in the aggregate, for a total credit facility of up to $1.80 billion. Any such request for an increase must be in a minimum amount of $25.0 million. The Partnership cannot provide assurance, however, that its lending group and/or other lenders outside its lending group will agree to fund any request by the Partnership for additional amounts in excess of the total available commitments of $1.50 billion.
In addition, the Credit Agreement includes a swing line pursuant to which Bank of America, N.A., as the swing line lender, may make swing line loans in U.S. dollars in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (a) $100.0 million and (b) the Aggregate WC Commitments (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Swing line loans will bear interest at the
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Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The swing line is a sub-portion of the working capital revolving credit facility and is not an addition to the total available commitments of $1.50 billion.
Availability under the working capital revolving credit facility is subject to a borrowing base which is redetermined from time to time and based on specific advance rates on eligible current assets. Availability under the borrowing base may be affected by events beyond the Partnership’s control, such as changes in petroleum product prices, collection cycles, counterparty performance, advance rates and limits and general economic conditions.
The average interest rates for the Credit Agreement were 6.6% and 7.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 6.6% and 7.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Partnership classifies a portion of its working capital revolving credit facility as a current liability and a portion as a long-term liability. The portion classified as a long-term liability represents the amounts expected to be outstanding throughout the next twelve months based on an analysis of historical daily borrowings under the working capital revolving credit facility, the seasonality of borrowings, forecasted future working capital requirements and forward product curves, and because the Partnership has a multi-year, long-term commitment from its bank group. Accordingly, at September 30, 2025, the Partnership estimated working capital revolving credit facility borrowings will equal or exceed $100.0 million over the next twelve months.
The table below presents the total borrowings and availability under the Credit Agreement (in thousands):
Total available commitments
1,500,000
1,550,000
Total borrowings outstanding
365,400
396,500
Less outstanding letters of credit
64,900
100,200
Total remaining availability for borrowings and letters of credit (1)
1,069,700
1,053,300
The Credit Agreement also includes certain baskets, including: (i) a $35.0 million general secured indebtedness basket, (ii) a $30.0 million general investment basket, (iii) a $100.0 million secured indebtedness basket to permit the borrowers to enter into a Contango Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (iv) a Sale/Leaseback Transaction (as defined in the Credit Agreement) basket of $150.0 million, and (v) a basket of $150.0 million in an aggregate amount for the purchase of common units of the Partnership, provided that, among other things, no Default exists or would occur immediately following such purchase(s).
The Credit Agreement imposes financial covenants that require the Partnership to maintain certain minimum working capital amounts, a minimum combined interest coverage ratio, a maximum senior secured leverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. The Partnership was in compliance with the foregoing covenants at September 30, 2025.
Please read Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on the Credit Agreement.
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Supplemental cash flow information
The following table presents supplemental cash flow information related to the Credit Agreement for the periods presented (in thousands):
Borrowings from working capital revolving credit facility
2,032,600
1,896,200
Payments on working capital revolving credit facility
(2,021,500)
(1,693,800)
Borrowings from revolving credit facility
39,700
218,800
Payments on revolving credit facility
(81,900)
(421,800)
Senior Notes
The Partnership had 6.875% senior notes due 2029, 8.250% senior notes due 2032 and 7.125% senior notes due 2033 (discussed below) outstanding at September 30, 2025. Please read Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on the 6.875% senior notes due 2029 and the 8.250% senior notes due 2032.
7.125% Senior Notes Due 2033
On June 23, 2025, the Issuers issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2033 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Partnership used the net proceeds from the offering to fund the purchase of a portion of the 2027 Notes in a cash tender offer and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its Credit Agreement.
On June 23, 2025, the Partnership redeemed $360.3 million of the 2027 Notes, and the Issuers delivered a Notice of Full Redemption to Regions Bank, as trustee, for all of the outstanding 2027 Notes not purchased in the tender offer. On August 1, 2025, the Partnership redeemed the remaining portion of the 2027 Notes in the amount of $39.7 million.
As a result of the redemption of all $400.0 million of the 2027 Notes, the Partnership recorded a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million and $3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. This loss consists of a non-cash write-off of a portion of the remaining unamortized original issue discount of $0.2 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and a cash call premium of $0 and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.
2033 Notes Indenture
In connection with the issuance of the 2033 Notes on June 23, 2025, the Issuers and the subsidiary guarantors and Regions Bank, as trustee, entered into an indenture (the “2033 Notes Indenture”).
The 2033 Notes will mature on July 1, 2033 with interest accruing at a rate of 7.125% per annum. Interest is payable beginning January 1, 2026 and thereafter semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The 2033 Notes are guaranteed on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries of the Partnership. Upon a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding 2033 Notes may declare the 2033 Notes immediately due and payable, except that an event of default resulting from entry into a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Issuers, any restricted subsidiary of the Partnership that is a
significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Partnership, will automatically cause the outstanding 2033 Notes to become due and payable.
At any time prior to July 1, 2028, the Issuers have the option to redeem up to 35% of the 2033 Notes, in an amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 107.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The Issuers have the option to redeem all or part of the 2033 Notes at any time on or after July 1, 2028, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) of 103.563% for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2028, 101.781% for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2029, and 100% beginning on July 1, 2030 and at any time thereafter, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, prior to July 1, 2028, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the 2033 Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of the principal amount thereof, plus a make whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The holders of the 2033 Notes may require the Issuers to repurchase the 2033 Notes following certain asset sales or a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the 2033 Notes Indenture) at the prices and on the terms specified in the 2033 Notes Indenture.
The 2033 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit the Partnership’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness and issue preferred securities, make certain dividends and distributions, make certain investments and other restricted payments, restrict distributions by its subsidiaries, create liens, sell assets or merge with other entities. Events of default under the 2033 Notes Indenture include, but are not limited to, (i) a default in payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the 2033 Notes, (ii) breach of the Partnership’s covenants under the 2033 Notes Indenture, (iii) certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, (iv) any payment default or acceleration of indebtedness of the Partnership or certain subsidiaries if the total amount of such indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million and (v) failure to pay within 60 days uninsured final judgments exceeding $50.0 million.
Financing Obligations
The Partnership had financing obligations outstanding at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 associated with historical sale-leaseback transactions that did not meet the criteria for sale accounting. Please read Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on these financial obligations.
Deferred Financing Fees
The Partnership incurs bank fees related to its Credit Agreement and other financing arrangements. These deferred financing fees are capitalized and amortized over the life of the Credit Agreement or other financing arrangements. In 2025, the Partnership capitalized additional financing fees of $17.2 million, consisting of $8.8 million in connection with the issuance of the 2033 Notes and $8.4 million in connection with the Eleventh Amendment. These expenses are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The Partnership had unamortized deferred financing fees of $29.6 million and $19.9 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Unamortized fees related to the Credit Agreement are included in other current assets and other long-term assets and amounted to $11.2 million and $6.2 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Unamortized fees related to the senior notes are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability and amounted to $18.0 million and $13.3 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Unamortized fees related to the Partnership’s sale-leaseback transactions are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the financing obligation and amounted to $0.4 million at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
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Amortization expense of $1.9 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and $5.6 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 is included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Note 7. Derivative Financial Instruments
The Partnership principally uses derivative instruments, which include regulated exchange-traded futures and options contracts (collectively, “exchange-traded derivatives”) and physical and financial forwards and over-the-counter (“OTC”) swaps (collectively, “OTC derivatives”), to reduce its exposure to unfavorable changes in commodity market prices. The Partnership uses these exchange-traded and OTC derivatives to hedge commodity price risk associated with its inventory and undelivered forward commodity purchases and sales (“physical forward contracts”). The Partnership accounts for derivative transactions in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” (“ASC 815”) and recognizes derivatives instruments as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets and measures those instruments at fair value. The changes in fair value of the derivative transactions are presented in earnings, unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met.
The following table summarizes the notional values related to the Partnership’s derivative instruments outstanding at September 30, 2025:
Units (1)
Unit of Measure
Exchange-Traded Derivatives
Long
68,782
Thousands of barrels
Short
(70,403)
OTC Derivatives (Petroleum/Ethanol)
9,832
(7,123)
Derivatives Accounted for as Hedges
Fair Value Hedges
The Partnership’s fair value hedges include exchange-traded futures contracts and OTC derivative contracts that are hedges against inventory with specific futures contracts matched to specific barrels. The change in fair value of these futures contracts and the change in fair value of the underlying inventory generally provide an offset to each other in the consolidated statements of operations.
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The following table presents the gains and losses from the Partnership’s derivative instruments involved in fair value hedging relationships recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented (in thousands):
Location of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income on
Derivatives
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationship
Exchange-traded futures contracts and OTC derivative contracts for petroleum commodity products
(398)
10,028
20,727
13,422
Hedged items in fair value hedge relationship
Physical inventory
3,622
(11,003)
(20,997)
(17,608)
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedges
The Partnership utilizes petroleum and ethanol commodity contracts to hedge price risk in certain commodity inventories and physical forward contracts.
The following table presents the gains and losses from the Partnership’s derivative instruments not involved in a hedging relationship recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented (in thousands):
Derivatives not designated as
Recognized in
hedging instruments
Income on Derivatives
Commodity contracts
10,608
2,706
666
2,456
The Partnership’s commodity contracts and other derivative activity include: (i) exchange-traded derivative contracts that are hedges against inventory and either do not qualify for hedge accounting or are not designated in a hedge accounting relationship, (ii) undelivered physical forward contracts, (iii) exchange-traded derivative contracts used to economically hedge physical forward contracts, (iv) financial forward and OTC swap agreements used to economically hedge physical forward contracts and (v) the derivative instruments under the Partnership’s controlled trading program. The Partnership does not take the normal purchase and sale exemption available under ASC 815 for any of its physical forward contracts.
The following table presents the fair value of each classification of the Partnership’s derivative instruments and its location in the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
September 30, 2025
Derivatives Not
Designated as
Hedging
Balance Sheet Location
Instruments
Asset Derivatives:
Exchange-traded derivative contracts
1,647
45,731
47,378
Forward derivative contracts (1)
Total asset derivatives
53,914
55,561
Liability Derivatives:
(30,133)
(13,506)
Total liability derivatives
(43,639)
December 31, 2024
(9,355)
38,483
29,128
52,193
42,838
(30,936)
(6,105)
(37,041)
Credit Risk
The Partnership’s derivative financial instruments do not contain credit risk related to other contingent features that could cause accelerated payments when these financial instruments are in net liability positions.
The Partnership is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to the Partnership’s exchange-traded and OTC derivative contracts, but the Partnership has no current reason to expect any material nonperformance by any of these counterparties. Exchange-traded derivative contracts, the primary derivative instrument utilized by the Partnership, are traded on regulated exchanges, greatly reducing potential credit risks. The Partnership utilizes major financial institutions as its clearing brokers for all New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) and Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”) derivative transactions and the right of offset exists with these financial institutions under master netting agreements. Accordingly, the fair value of the Partnership’s exchange-traded derivative instruments is presented on a net basis in the consolidated balance sheets. Exposure on OTC derivatives is limited to the amount of the recorded fair value as of the balance sheet dates.
Please read Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on derivative financial instruments.
Note 8. Fair Value Measurements
The following tables present, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Partnership’s financial assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Fair Value at September 30, 2025
Cash Collateral
Level 1
Level 2
Netting
Assets:
Exchange-traded/cleared derivative instruments (2)
17,245
3,354
28,782
Liabilities:
Fair Value at December 31, 2024
(1,808)
21,943
Pension plans
3,936
2,128
37,781
This table excludes cash on hand and assets and liabilities that are measured at historical cost or any basis other than fair value. The carrying amounts of certain of the Partnership’s financial instruments, including cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The carrying value of the credit facility approximates fair value due to the variable rate nature of these financial instruments.
The determination of the fair values above incorporates factors including not only the credit standing of the counterparties involved, but also the impact of the Partnership’s nonperformance risks on its liabilities.
The Partnership estimates the fair values of its senior notes using a combination of quoted market prices for similar financing arrangements and expected future payments discounted at risk-adjusted rates, which are considered
Level 2 inputs. The fair values of the senior notes, estimated by observing market trading prices of the respective senior notes, were as follows (in thousands):
Face
Fair
Value
7.00% senior notes due 2027
400,000
400,500
6.875% senior notes due 2029
350,000
352,625
347,813
8.250% senior notes due 2032
450,000
474,187
464,063
7.125% senior notes due 2033
460,125
Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurements
Certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis and are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances, such as acquired assets and liabilities, losses related to firm non-cancellable purchase commitments or long-lived assets subject to impairment. For assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis during the period, accounting guidance requires quantitative disclosures about the fair value measurements separately for each major category.
Note 9. Environmental Liabilities
The following table presents a summary roll forward of the Partnership’s environmental liabilities at September 30, 2025 (in thousands):
Balance at
Payments
Adjustments
Environmental Liability Related to:
Retail gasoline stations
58,344
(2,316)
1,019
57,047
Terminals
40,727
(1,063)
39,691
Total environmental liabilities
99,071
(3,379)
1,046
96,738
Current portion
Long-term portion
In addition to environmental liabilities related to the Partnership’s retail gasoline stations, the Partnership retains some of the environmental obligations associated with certain gasoline stations that the Partnership has sold.
The Partnership’s estimates used in these environmental liabilities are based on all known facts at the time and its assessment of the ultimate remedial action outcomes. Among the many uncertainties that impact the Partnership’s estimates are the necessary regulatory approvals for, and potential modification of, its remediation plans, the amount of data available upon initial assessment of the impact of soil or water contamination, changes in costs associated with environmental remediation services and equipment, relief of obligations through divestitures of sites and the possibility of existing legal claims giving rise to additional claims. Dispositions generally represent relief of legal obligations through the sale of the related property with no retained obligation. Other adjustments generally represent changes in estimates for existing obligations or obligations associated with new sites. Therefore, although the Partnership believes that these environmental liabilities are adequate, no assurances can be made that any costs incurred in excess of these environmental liabilities or outside of indemnifications or not otherwise covered by insurance would not have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Note 10. Equity Method Investments
BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC
On January 23, 2025, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Global HQ 2 LLC, invested in BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC (“BGRP”), a joint venture formed with unrelated third parties to acquire and operate an office building located in Newton, Massachusetts. Also on January 23, 2025, the Partnership signed a 12-year lease arrangement for space in this property that will serve as the Partnership’s principal executive office at the termination of its existing leased space in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2026.
The Partnership accounts for its less than 20% interest in BGRP as an equity method investment. Under this method with regard to BGRP, the investment is carried originally at cost, increased by any allocated share of the investee’s net income and contributions made, and decreased by any allocated share of the investee’s net losses and distributions received. The investee’s allocated share of income and losses is based on the rights and priorities outlined in the joint venture agreement.
The Partnership recognized income of $0.4 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, which is included in income (loss) from equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership’s investment balance in the joint venture was $13.8 million at September 30, 2025 which is included in equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Everett Landco GP, LLC
On October 23, 2023, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Everett Landco, LLC, entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Everett LLC Agreement”) of Everett Landco GP, LLC (“Everett”), a Delaware limited liability company formed as a joint venture with Everett Investor LLC (the “Everett Investor”), an entity controlled by an affiliate of The Davis Companies, a company primarily involved in the acquisition, development, management and sale of commercial real estate. In accordance with the Everett LLC Agreement, the Partnership agreed to invest up to $30.0 million for an initial 30% ownership interest in the joint venture.
The joint venture was formed to invest, directly or indirectly, in Everett Landco, LLC, (“Landco”), an entity formed to acquire from ExxonMobil Corporation (“ExxonMobil”) specified real estate (formerly operated as a refined products terminal), consisting of, in part, multiple facilities used to store and transport petroleum products including oil storage tanks and related facilities located in Everett, Massachusetts (the “Project Site”) and thereafter proceed with certain decommissioning, demolition, environmental remediation, entitlement, horizontal development, and other development activities with respect to the Project Site in one or more phases.
Everett is a variable interest entity for which the Partnership is not the primary beneficiary and, therefore, is not consolidated in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements. The Partnership accounts for its investment in Everett as an equity method investment as the Partnership has significant influence, but not a controlling interest in the investee.
The Partnership recognized $0 for each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and $0 and income of $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which is included in income (loss) from equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership’s investment balance in the joint venture was $22.1 million and $17.2 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which is included in equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
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On December 5, 2023, Landco completed the purchase of the Project Site. In addition, the Partnership provided certain financial guarantees of Everett’s performance pursuant to a Terminal Demolition and Remediation Responsibilities Agreement (“TDRRA”) between Landco and ExxonMobil (the “Remediation Guaranty”). The Remediation Guaranty was executed at the closing of the Project Site purchase, concurrently with Landco’s execution of the TDRRA. The Remediation Guaranty was provided to ExxonMobil to provide security for Landco’s obligations to perform and complete the demolition and remediation responsibilities set forth in the TDRRA. The maximum amount of financial assurances liability of the Partnership under the Remediation Guaranty is $75.0 million (the “Guaranty Threshold”). The Guaranty Threshold will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as Landco undertakes demolition and remediation activities under the TDRRA. Through September 30, 2025, Everett expended $46.2 million on such demolition and remediation activities, which reduced the Guaranty Threshold to $28.8 million.
The Partnership received financial assurances from the Everett Investor and certain of its affiliates that allow the Partnership to recover 70% of any amounts paid under the Remediation Guaranty, up to $52.5 million. The Partnership’s loss exposure for the Everett investment is limited to the Partnership’s investment in the joint venture and any amounts due under the Remediation Guaranty. The Partnership recognized its performance obligation under the Remediation Guaranty at fair value, which was immaterial at both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Spring Partners Retail LLC
On March 1, 2023, the Partnership entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended (the “SPR LLC Agreement”) of SPR, a Delaware limited liability company formed as a joint venture with ExxonMobil for the purpose of engaging in the business of operating retail locations in the state of Texas and such other states as may be approved by SPR’s board of managers. In accordance with the SPR LLC Agreement, the Partnership invested $69.5 million in cash for a 49.99% ownership interest. ExxonMobil has the remaining 50.01% ownership interest in SPR. SPR is managed by a two-person board of managers, one of whom is designated by the Partnership. The day-to-day activities of SPR are operated by SPR Operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership. SPR Operator provides administrative and support functions, such as operations and management support, accounting, legal and human resources and information technology services and systems to SPR for an annual fixed fee.
The Partnership accounts for its investment in SPR as an equity method investment as the Partnership has significant influence, but not a controlling interest in the investee. Under this method with regard to SPR, the investment is carried originally at cost, increased by any allocated share of the investee’s net income and contributions made, and decreased by any allocated share of the investee’s net losses and distributions received. The investee’s allocated share of income and losses is based on the rights and priorities outlined in the joint venture agreement.
On June 1, 2023, SPR acquired a portfolio of 64 Houston-area convenience and fueling facilities from Landmark Industries, LLC and its related entities. The portfolio included 67 sites as of September 30, 2025.
The Partnership recognized income (loss) of $0.2 million and ($0.1 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $1.1 million and ($2.1 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which is included in income (loss) from equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership’s investment balance in the joint venture was $76.6 million and $75.5 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which is included in equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Note 11. Related Party Transactions
Services Agreement—The Partnership is a party to a services agreement with various entities which own limited partner interests in the Partnership and interests in the General Partner and which are 100% owned by members of the Slifka family (the “Slifka Entities Services Agreement”), pursuant to which the Partnership provides certain tax,
accounting, treasury, and legal support services and such Slifka entities pay the Partnership an annual services fee of $20,000, and which Slifka Entities Services Agreement has been approved by the Conflicts Committee of the board of directors of the General Partner. The Slifka Entities Services Agreement is for an indefinite term and any party may terminate some or all of the services upon ninety (90) days’ advance written notice. As of September 30, 2025, no such notice of termination had been given by any party to the Slifka Entities Services Agreement.
General Partner—Affiliates of the Slifka family own 100% of the ownership interests in the General Partner. The General Partner employs substantially all of the Partnership’s employees, except for most of its gasoline station and convenience store employees, who are employed by GMG, and for substantially all of the employees who primarily or exclusively provide services to SPR, who are employed by SPR Operator. The Partnership reimburses the General Partner for expenses incurred in connection with these employees. These expenses, including bonus, payroll and payroll taxes, were $56.1 million and $55.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $188.9 million and $165.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Partnership also reimburses the General Partner for its contributions under the General Partner’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan.
Spring Partners Retail LLC—The Partnership, through its subsidiary, SPR Operator, is party to an operations and maintenance agreement with the Partnership’s joint venture, SPR (see Note 10). Pursuant to this agreement, certain employees of the Partnership provide SPR with services including administrative and support functions, such as operations and management support, accounting, legal and human resources and information technology services and systems to SPR for which SPR pays SPR Operator, and therefore the Partnership, an annual fixed fee. The Partnership received $0.7 million and $0.8 million from SPR associated with the operations and management agreement for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $1.9 million and $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. In addition, SPR Operator employs substantially all of the employees who primarily or exclusively provide services to the Partnership’s joint venture. SPR reimburses the Partnership for direct expenses incurred in connection with these employees, which amounted to $3.4 million and $4.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $10.3 million and $13.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Accounts receivable–affiliates consisted of the following (in thousands):
Receivables from the General Partner (1)
3,633
5,156
Receivables from Spring Partners Retail LLC (2)
1,418
1,094
BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC—On January 23, 2025, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Global HQ 2 LLC, entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, of BGRP, a Delaware limited liability company formed as a joint venture with unrelated third parties to acquire and operate an office building located in Newton, Massachusetts. Also on January 23, 2025, the Partnership signed a 12-year lease arrangement for space in this property that will serve as the Partnership’s principal executive office at the termination of its existing leased space in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2026. See Note 10.
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Everett Landco GP, LLC—On October 23, 2023, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Everett Landco, LLC, entered into the Everett LLC Agreement of Everett, a Delaware limited liability company formed as a joint venture with the Everett Investor, an entity controlled by an affiliate of The Davis Companies, a company primarily involved in the acquisition, development, management and sale of commercial real estate. See Note 10.
Sale of the Revere Terminal—On June 28, 2022, the Partnership completed the sale of its terminal located on Boston Harbor in Revere, Massachusetts (the “Revere Terminal”) to Revere MA Owner LLC (the “Revere Buyer”) for a purchase price of $150.0 million in cash. In connection with closing under the purchase agreement between the Partnership and the Revere Buyer, the Partnership entered into a leaseback agreement, which meets the criteria for sale accounting, with the Revere Buyer pursuant to which the Partnership leases back key infrastructure at the Revere Terminal, including certain tanks, dock access rights, and loading rack infrastructure, to allow the Partnership to continue business operations at the Revere Terminal. The Partnership terminated the leaseback agreement on September 30, 2024.
Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement the Partnership entered into with affiliates of the Slifka family (the “Initial Sellers”), related parties, in 2015 to acquire the Revere Terminal, the Initial Sellers were entitled to an amount equal to fifty percent of the net proceeds (as defined in the 2015 purchase agreement) (the “Initial Sellers Share”) from the sale of the Revere Terminal. At the time of the 2022 closing, the preliminary calculation of the Initial Sellers Share was $44.3 million, which amount was subject to future revisions.
The final calculation of the Initial Sellers Share, including a sharing of any additional expenses in order to satisfy outstanding obligations under the Partnership’s then current government storage contract at the Revere Terminal and potential operating losses or profits relating to the operation of the Revere Terminal during the initial leaseback term, was expected to occur upon the expiration of such storage contract. The Partnership recorded $0 and $21.5 million of such additional expenses due to the Initial Sellers which are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
On January 17, 2025, the Partnership preliminarily settled its obligations under the purchase agreement and the storage contract at the Revere Terminal and paid an additional $22.1 million relating to the final calculation of the Initial Sellers Share, as adjusted for shared expenses and potential operating losses or profits. On May 6, 2025, the final calculation of the Initial Sellers share was determined and resulted in an amount due from the Initial Sellers of $0.7 million which was reimbursed to the Partnership.
Note 12. Partners’ Equity and Cash Distributions
Partners’ Equity
Common Units and General Partner Interest
At September 30, 2025, there were 33,995,563 common units issued, including 5,938,539 common units held by affiliates of the General Partner, including directors and executive officers, and 169,724 common units held by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to its repurchase program for future LTIP obligations, collectively representing a 99.33% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and 230,303 general partner units representing a 0.67% general partner interest in the Partnership. There were no changes to common units or the general partner interest during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Series A Preferred Units
On April 15, 2024 the Partnership redeemed all 2,760,000 of its Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”) at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit, plus a
$0.514275 per unit cash distribution for the period from February 15, 2024 through April 14, 2024. Effective April 15, 2024, the Series A Preferred Units are no longer outstanding.
Series B Preferred Units
At September 30, 2025, there were 3,000,000 9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units issued representing limited partners interests (the “Series B Preferred Units”) for $25.00 per Series B Preferred Unit outstanding. There were no changes to the Series B Preferred Units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Cash Distributions
Common Units
The Partnership intends to make cash distributions to common unitholders on a quarterly basis, although there is no assurance as to the future cash distributions since they are dependent upon future earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors. The Credit Agreement prohibits the Partnership from making cash distributions if any potential default or Event of Default, as defined in the Credit Agreement, occurs or would result from the cash distribution. The indentures governing the Partnership’s outstanding senior notes also limit the Partnership’s ability to make distributions to its common unitholders in certain circumstances.
Within 45 days after the end of each quarter, the Partnership will distribute all of its Available Cash (as defined in its partnership agreement) to common unitholders of record on the applicable record date.
The Partnership will make distributions of Available Cash from distributable cash flow for any quarter in the following manner: 99.33% to the common unitholders, pro rata, and 0.67% to the General Partner, until the Partnership distributes for each outstanding common unit an amount equal to the minimum quarterly distribution for that quarter; and thereafter, cash in excess of the minimum quarterly distribution is distributed to the common unitholders and the General Partner based on the percentages as provided below.
As holder of the IDRs, the General Partner is entitled to incentive distributions if the amount that the Partnership distributes with respect to any quarter exceeds specified target levels shown below:
Marginal Percentage
Total Quarterly Distribution
Interest in Distributions
Target Amount
Unitholders
General Partner
First Target Distribution
up to $0.4625
99.33
0.67
Second Target Distribution
above $0.4625 up to $0.5375
86.33
13.67
Third Target Distribution
above $0.5375 up to $0.6625
76.33
23.67
Thereafter
above $0.6625
51.33
48.67
The Partnership paid the following cash distributions to common unitholders during 2025 (in thousands, except per unit data):
For the
Per Unit
Cash Distribution
Quarter
Cash
Incentive
Total Cash
Payment Date
Ended
Distribution
Units
2/14/2025 (1)
12/31/24
0.7400
25,157
198
4,128
29,483
5/15/2025 (1)
03/31/25
0.7450
25,327
201
4,287
29,815
8/14/2025 (1)
06/30/25
0.7500
25,497
203
4,446
30,146
In addition, on October 28, 2025, the board of directors of the General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.7550 per unit ($3.02 per unit on an annualized basis) on all of its outstanding common units for the period from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025. On November 14, 2025, the Partnership will pay this cash distribution to its common unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2025.
Prior to the April 15, 2024 redemption of the Series A Preferred Units discussed above, distributions on the Series A Preferred Units were cumulative from August 7, 2018, the original issue date of the Series A Preferred Units, and were payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (each, a “Series A Distribution Payment Date”), commencing on November 15, 2018, to holders of record as of the opening of business on the February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1 next preceding the Series A Distribution Payment Date, in each case, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner out of legally available funds for such purpose. Distributions on the Series A Preferred Units were paid out of Available Cash with respect to the quarter immediately preceding the applicable Series A Distribution Payment Date.
Distributions on the Series B Preferred Units are cumulative from March 24, 2021, the original issue date of the Series B Preferred Units, and payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (each, a “Series B Distribution Payment Date”), commencing on May 15, 2021, to holders of record as of the opening of business on the February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1 next preceding the Series B Distribution Payment Date, in each case, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner out of legally available funds for such purpose. Distributions on the Series B Preferred Units will be paid out of Available Cash with respect to the quarter immediately preceding the applicable Series B Distribution Payment Date.
The distribution rate for the Series B Preferred Units is 9.50% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per Series B Preferred Unit (equal to $2.375 per Series B Preferred Unit per annum).
At any time on or after May 15, 2026, the Partnership may redeem, in whole or in part, the Series B Preferred Units at a redemption price in cash of $25.00 per Series B Preferred Unit plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption, whether or not declared. The Partnership must provide not less than 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ advance written notice of any such redemption.
The Partnership paid the following cash distributions on the Series B Preferred Units during 2025 (in thousands, except per unit data):
Quarterly Period
Covering
2/18/2025
11/15/24 - 2/14/25
0.59375
5/15/2025
2/15/25 - 5/14/25
8/15/2025
5/15/25 - 8/14/25
On October 14, 2025, the board of directors of the General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.59375 per unit ($2.375 per unit on an annualized basis) on the Series B Preferred Units for the period from August 15, 2025 through November 14, 2025. This distribution will be payable on November 17, 2025 to holders of record as of the opening of business on November 3, 2025.
Note 13. Segment Reporting
Summarized financial information for the Partnership’s reportable segments is presented in the table below (in thousands):
Wholesale Segment:
Gasoline and gasoline blendstocks
2,088,003
1,790,302
5,948,695
4,909,560
Distillates and other oils (1)
1,029,819
933,908
3,492,063
3,116,686
Product margin
61,480
43,024
177,443
143,197
16,499
28,118
85,908
69,230
77,979
71,142
263,351
212,427
Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations Segment:
Station operations (2)
151,906
150,943
414,631
430,636
144,763
164,122
408,430
433,065
74,132
206,216
213,831
218,895
237,712
614,646
646,896
Commercial Segment:
6,998
9,509
20,248
22,699
Combined sales and Product margin:
Product margin (3)
303,872
318,363
898,245
882,022
Depreciation allocated to cost of sales
(32,504)
(32,314)
(99,274)
(92,954)
Combined gross profit
Approximately 119 million gallons and 122 million gallons of the GDSO segment’s sales for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 345 million gallons and 342 million gallons of the GDSO segment’s sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, were supplied from petroleum products and renewable fuels sourced by the Wholesale segment. The Commercial segment’s sales were predominantly sourced by the Wholesale segment. These intra-segment sales are not reflected as sales in the Wholesale segment as they are eliminated.
The following tables provide the Partnership’s significant segment operating expenses for each reportable segment, as well as a reconciliation of the totals reported for the reportable segments to the applicable line items in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods presented (in thousands):
Consolidated
Cost of products
3,039,843
1,059,850
290,851
4,390,544
Operating expenses allocated to operating segments:
Wages and benefits (1)
11,142
30,593
41,735
Occupancy costs (2)
5,577
27,065
32,642
Transactional operating costs (3)
24,114
Maintenance (4)
13,152
10,610
23,762
Other segment operating expenses
4,499
5,753
10,252
Total operating expenses allocated to operating segments
34,370
98,135
Operating expenses not allocated to operating segments:
32,504
Total operating expenses not allocated to operating expenses
109,952
Income from equity method investments
Income tax benefit
2,653,068
1,183,186
267,621
4,103,875
11,402
30,457
41,859
6,164
26,939
33,103
24,991
16,461
10,894
27,355
4,348
5,470
9,818
38,375
98,751
32,314
97,784
Loss from equity method investments
Income tax expense
9,177,407
3,009,382
828,504
13,015,293
34,005
89,466
123,471
16,885
80,565
97,450
67,462
43,883
33,650
77,533
13,202
15,765
28,967
107,975
286,908
99,274
325,994
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7,813,819
3,467,520
813,967
12,095,306
33,318
92,035
125,353
17,289
78,767
96,056
70,222
35,275
32,603
67,878
11,919
15,807
27,726
97,801
289,434
92,954
301,629
The Partnership’s foreign assets and foreign sales were immaterial as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
Segment Assets
The Partnership’s terminal assets are allocated to the Wholesale segment, and its retail gasoline stations are allocated to the GDSO segment. Due to the commingled nature and uses of the remainder of the Partnership’s assets, it is not reasonably possible for the Partnership to allocate these assets among its reportable segments.
The table below presents total assets by reportable segment at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Unallocated (1)
1,202,178
1,830,074
668,032
1,333,102
1,859,417
595,679
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Note 14. Net Income Per Common Limited Partner Unit
Under the Partnership’s partnership agreement, for any quarterly period, the incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) participate in net income only to the extent of the amount of cash distributions actually declared, thereby excluding the IDRs from participating in the Partnership’s undistributed net income or losses. Accordingly, the Partnership’s undistributed net income or losses is assumed to be allocated to the common unitholders and to the General Partner’s general partner interest.
Common units outstanding as reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 excludes 169,724 and 327,307 common units, respectively, held on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to its repurchase program. These units are not deemed outstanding for purposes of calculating net income per common limited partner unit (basic and diluted). For all periods presented below, the Partnership’s preferred units are not potentially dilutive securities based on the nature of the conversion feature.
The following table provides a reconciliation of net income and the assumed allocation of net income to the common limited partners (after deducting amounts allocated to preferred unitholders) for purposes of computing net income per common limited partner unit for the periods presented (in thousands, except per unit data):
Numerator:
IDRs
24,226
41,804
Declared distribution
30,477
25,667
205
4,605
28,821
24,817
194
3,810
Assumed allocation of undistributed net (loss) income
(1,452)
(1,441)
(11)
17,101
16,987
114
Assumed allocation of net income
308
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common units outstanding
Dilutive effect of phantom units
283
412
Diluted weighted average common units outstanding
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59,093
75,413
90,438
76,491
609
13,338
84,476
73,431
568
10,477
(17,519)
(17,398)
(121)
1,993
1,982
488
579
346
371
See Note 12, “Partners’ Equity and Cash Distributions” for information on declared cash distributions.
Note 15. Legal Proceedings
Although the Partnership may, from time to time, be involved in litigation and claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business, the Partnership does not believe that it is a party to any litigation that will have a material adverse impact on its financial condition or results of operations. Except as described below and in Note 9 included herein, the Partnership is not aware of any significant legal or governmental proceedings against it or contemplated to be brought against it. The Partnership maintains insurance policies with insurers in amounts and with coverage and deductibles as its general partner believes are reasonable and prudent. However, the Partnership can provide no assurance that this insurance will be adequate to protect it from all material expenses related to potential future claims or that these levels of insurance will be available in the future at economically acceptable prices.
In December 2024, the Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) served the Partnership with a complaint alleging that past and present discharges at and from the Partnership’s terminal located on Broadway Street in Chelsea, MA and the Partnership’s former terminal located in Revere, MA exceeded the numeric effluent limits permitted under the terminals’ respective National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits. The complaint was filed by the CLF in July 2024. In August 2024, a month after the CLF filed its complaint, the EPA and the Partnership executed an administrative order on consent to address the exceedances at both terminals under each terminal’s respective NPDES permit. The issuance of the administrative order on consent by the EPA may significantly lessen, if not eliminate entirely, the ability for the CLF to seek and recover relief through its complaint against the Partnership. The Partnership believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously contest the allegations raised in the complaint.
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In May 2024, a petition was filed against the Partnership’s joint venture, SPR, and the Partnership’s wholly owned subsidiary, SPR Operator, in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, alleging, among other things, the wrongful death of a customer at a retail site in Houston, Texas. On October 22, 2025, the plaintiffs executed a confidential settlement agreement disposing of all claims and causes of actions asserted by the plaintiffs against the defendants in this litigation, subject to and conditioned upon full receipt by the plaintiffs of the settlement funds in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement.
The Partnership received a letter from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut (“CT AG”) dated June 28, 2022 seeking information from the Partnership related to its sales of motor fuel to retailers within the State of Connecticut from February 3, 2022 through June 28, 2022. The Partnership has been advised that the CT AG’s office sent similar requests for information to market participants across the petroleum industry. The Partnership has complied with the CT AG’s request and submitted information responsive thereto.
The Partnership received a Subpoena Duces Tecum dated May 13, 2022 from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York (“NY AG”) requesting information regarding charges paid by retailers, distributors, or consumers for oil and gas products in or within the proximity of the State of New York during the disruption of the market triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Partnership has been advised that the NY AG’s office sent similar subpoena requests for information to market participants across the petroleum industry. The Partnership submitted information to the NY AG’s office and cooperated with the NY AG’s office with respect to its obligations under the subpoena.
The Partnership received letters from the EPA dated November 2, 2011 and March 29, 2012, containing requirements and testing orders (collectively, the “Requests for Information”) for information under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). The Requests for Information were part of an EPA investigation to determine whether the Partnership has violated sections of the CAA at certain of its terminal locations in New England with respect to residual oil and asphalt. On June 6, 2014, a Notice of Violation was received from the EPA, alleging certain violations of its Air Emissions License issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, based upon the test results at the South Portland, Maine terminal. The Partnership met with and provided additional information to the EPA with respect to the alleged violations. On April 7, 2015, the EPA issued a Supplemental Notice of Violation modifying the allegations of violations of the terminal’s Air Emissions License. The Partnership has entered into a consent decree (the “Consent Decree”) with the EPA and the United States Department of Justice (the “Department of Justice”), which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (the “Court”) on March 25, 2019. The Consent Decree was entered by the Court on December 19, 2019. The Partnership believes that compliance with the Consent Decree and implementation of the requirements of the Consent Decree will have no material impact on its operations.
Note 16. New Accounting Standards
There have been no recently issued accounting standards that are expected to have a material impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.
Note 17. Subsequent Events
Distribution to Common Unitholders—On October 28, 2025, the board of directors of the General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.7550 per unit ($3.02 per unit on an annualized basis) for the period from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025. On November 14, 2025, the Partnership will pay this cash distribution to its common unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2025.
Distribution to Series B Preferred Unitholders—On October 14, 2025, the board of directors of the General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.59375 per unit ($2.375 per unit on an annualized basis) on the
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Series B Preferred Units, covering the period from August 15, 2025 through November 14, 2025. This distribution will be payable on November 17, 2025 to holders of record as of the opening of business on November 3, 2025.
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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of Global Partners LP should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial statements of Global Partners LP and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
We have three joint ventures that we account for as equity method investments. Under this method, our share of income and losses is included in equity method investments, as applicable, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations of Global Partners LP, and our investment balances in the joint ventures are included in equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Global Partners LP. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Except as otherwise specifically indicated, the information and discussion and analysis in this section does not otherwise take into account the financial condition and results of operations of our equity method investments.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, and may contain the words “may,” “believe,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “will likely result,” or other similar expressions although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. In addition, any statement made by our management concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible actions by us are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. Although we believe these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, statements made regarding future results are subject to a number of assumptions, uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which may cause future results to be materially different from the results stated or implied in this document. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things:
·
Tariffs and other controls on imports and exports could significantly impact our operations and costs, adversely affecting our business.
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Additional information about risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements is contained in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update these statements to reflect any change in our expectations or beliefs or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is
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based, other than as required by federal and state securities laws. All forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and all subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
Overview
We are a master limited partnership formed in March 2005. We own, control or have access to a large terminal network of refined petroleum products and renewable fuels—with connectivity to strategic rail, pipeline and marine assets—spanning from Maine to Florida and into the U.S. Gulf States. We are one of the largest independent owners, suppliers and operators of gasoline stations and convenience stores, primarily in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Northeast”) and Maryland and Virginia. As of September 30, 2025, we had a portfolio of 1,540 owned, leased and/or supplied gasoline stations, including 290 directly operated convenience stores, primarily in the Northeast, as well as 67 gasoline stations located in Texas that are operated or supplied by our joint venture, Spring Partners Retail LLC (“SPR”). We are also one of the largest distributors of gasoline, distillates, residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in the New England states and New York. We engage in the purchasing, selling, gathering, blending, storing and logistics of transporting petroleum and related products, including gasoline and gasoline blendstocks (such as ethanol), distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), residual oil, renewable fuels, crude oil and propane and in the transportation of petroleum products and renewable fuels by rail from the mid-continent region of the United States and Canada.
Collectively, we sold $4.5 billion and $13.5 billion of refined petroleum products, gasoline blendstocks, renewable fuels and crude oil for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. In addition, we had other revenues of $0.2 billion and $0.4 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from convenience store and prepared food sales at our directly operated stores, rental income from dealer leased and commissioned agent leased gasoline stations and from cobranding arrangements, and sundries.
We base our pricing on spot prices, fixed prices or indexed prices and routinely use the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) and Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”) or other counterparties to hedge the risk inherent in buying and selling commodities. Through the use of regulated exchanges or derivatives, we seek to maintain a position that is substantially balanced between purchased volumes and sales volumes or future delivery obligations.
2033 Notes Offering and 2027 Notes Tender Offer and Redemption—On June 23, 2025, we and GLP Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”) issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”) in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We used the net proceeds from the offering to fund the purchase of a portion of our 7.00% senior notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) in a cash tender offer and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under our credit agreement.
On June 23, 2025, the Issuers delivered a Notice of Full Redemption to Regions Bank, as trustee, for all of the outstanding 2027 Notes not purchased in the tender offer. The redemption of the remaining 2027 Notes occurred on August 1, 2025. Please read “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Senior Notes” for additional information on the 2033 Notes.
Amendment to the Credit Agreement—On March 20, 2025, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into the eleventh amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement which, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from May 2, 2026 to March 20, 2028, (ii) increased the working capital revolving credit facility from $950.0 million to $1.0 billion, and (iii) decreased the revolving credit facility from $600.0 million to $500.0 million. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Agreement.”
Investment in Real Estate—On January 23, 2025, we, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Global HQ 2 LLC, invested in BIG GRP 275 Grove JV LLC, a joint venture formed with unrelated third parties to acquire and operate an
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office building located in Newton, Massachusetts. Also on January 23, 2025, we signed a 12-year lease arrangement for space in this property that will serve as our principal executive office at the termination of our existing leased space in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2026. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information
Operating Segments
We purchase refined petroleum products, gasoline blendstocks, renewable fuels and crude oil primarily from domestic and foreign refiners and ethanol producers, crude oil producers, major and independent oil companies and trading companies. We operate our businesses under three segments: (i) Wholesale, (ii) Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations (“GDSO”) and (iii) Commercial.
In our Wholesale segment, we engage in the logistics of selling, gathering, blending, storing and transporting refined petroleum products, gasoline blendstocks, renewable fuels, crude oil and propane. We transport these products by railcars, barges, trucks and/or pipelines pursuant to spot or long-term contracts. We sell home heating oil, branded and unbranded gasoline and gasoline blendstocks, diesel, kerosene and residual oil to retail and wholesale distributors. Generally, customers use their own vehicles or contract carriers to take delivery of the gasoline, distillates and propane at bulk terminals and inland storage facilities that we own or control or at which we have throughput or exchange arrangements. Ethanol is shipped primarily by rail and by barge.
In our Wholesale segment, we obtain Renewable Identification Numbers (“RIN”) in connection with our purchase of ethanol which is used for bulk trading purposes or for blending with gasoline through our terminal system. A RIN is an identification number associated with government-mandated renewable fuel standards. To evidence that the required volume of renewable fuel is blended with gasoline, obligated parties must retire sufficient RINs to cover their Renewable Volume Obligation (“RVO”). Our U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) obligations relative to renewable fuel reporting are comprised of foreign gasoline and diesel that we may import and blending operations at certain facilities. We separate RINs from renewable fuel through blending with gasoline and can use those separated RINs to settle our RVO.
Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations
In our GDSO segment, gasoline distribution includes sales of branded and unbranded gasoline to gasoline station operators and sub-jobbers. Station operations include (i) convenience store and prepared food sales, (ii) rental income from gasoline stations leased to dealers, from commissioned agents and from cobranding arrangements and (iii) sundries (such as car wash sales and lottery and ATM commissions).
As of September 30, 2025, we had a portfolio of owned, leased and/or supplied gasoline stations, primarily in the Northeast, that consisted of the following:
Company operated
290
Commissioned agents
326
Lessee dealers
168
Contract dealers
756
Total (1)
1,540
At our company-operated stores, we operate the gasoline stations and convenience stores with our employees, and we set the retail price of gasoline at the station. At commissioned agent locations, we own the gasoline inventory, and we set the retail price of gasoline at the station and pay the commissioned agent a fee related to the gallons sold. We receive rental income from commissioned agent leased gasoline stations for the leasing of the convenience store premises, repair bays and/or other businesses that may be conducted by the commissioned agent. At dealer-leased locations, the dealer purchases gasoline from us, and the dealer sets the retail price of gasoline at the dealer’s station. We
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also receive rental income from (i) dealer-leased gasoline stations and (ii) cobranding arrangements. We also supply gasoline to locations owned and/or leased by independent contract dealers. Additionally, we have contractual relationships with distributors in certain New England states pursuant to which we source and supply these distributors’ gasoline stations with Exxon- or Mobil-branded gasoline.
In our Commercial segment, we include sales and deliveries to end user customers in the public sector and to large commercial and industrial end users of unbranded gasoline, home heating oil, diesel, kerosene, residual oil and bunker fuel. In the case of public sector commercial and industrial end user customers, we sell products primarily either through a competitive bidding process or through contracts of various terms. We respond to publicly issued requests for product proposals and quotes. We generally arrange for the delivery of the product to the customer’s designated location. Our Commercial segment also includes sales of custom blended fuels delivered by barges or from a terminal dock to ships through bunkering activity.
Seasonality
Due to the nature of our businesses and our reliance, in part, on consumer travel and spending patterns, we may experience more demand for gasoline during the late spring and summer months than during the fall and winter months. Travel and recreational activities are typically higher in these months in the geographic areas in which we operate, increasing the demand for gasoline. Therefore, our volumes in gasoline are typically higher in the second and third quarters of the calendar year. As demand for some of our refined petroleum products, specifically home heating oil and residual oil for space heating purposes, is generally greater during the winter months, heating oil and residual oil volumes are generally higher during the first and fourth quarters of the calendar year. These factors may result in fluctuations in our quarterly operating results.
Outlook
This section identifies certain risks and certain economic or industry-wide factors that may affect our financial performance and results of operations in the future, both in the short-term and in the long-term. Our results of operations and financial condition depend, in part, upon the following:
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Results of Operations
Evaluating Our Results of Operations
Our management uses a variety of financial and operational measurements to analyze our performance. These measurements include: (1) product margin, (2) gross profit, (3) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and adjusted EBITDA, (4) distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow, (5) selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”), (6) operating expenses and (7) degree days.
Product Margin
We view product margin as an important performance measure of the core profitability of our operations. We review product margin monthly for consistency and trend analysis. We define product margin as our product sales minus product costs. Product sales primarily include sales of unbranded and branded gasoline, distillates, residual oil, renewable fuels and crude oil, as well as convenience store and prepared food sales, gasoline station rental income and revenue generated from our logistics activities when we engage in the storage, transloading and shipment of products owned by others. Product costs include the cost of acquiring products and all associated costs including shipping and handling costs to bring such products to the point of sale as well as product costs related to convenience store items and costs associated with our logistics activities. We also look at product margin on a per unit basis (product margin divided by volume). Product margin is a non-GAAP financial measure used by management and external users of our consolidated financial statements to assess our business. Product margin should not be considered an alternative to net income, operating income, cash flow from operations, or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our product margin may not be comparable to product margin or a similarly titled measure of other companies.
Gross Profit
We define gross profit as our product margin minus terminal and gasoline station related depreciation expense allocated to cost of sales.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures used as supplemental financial measures by management and may be used by external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks and research analysts, to assess:
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Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA further adjusted for gains or losses on the sale and disposition of assets, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges and our proportionate share of EBITDA related to our joint venture, SPR, which is accounted for using the equity method. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income, operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income, and these measures may vary among other companies. Therefore, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted Distributable Cash Flow
Distributable cash flow is an important non-GAAP financial measure for our limited partners since it serves as an indicator of our success in providing a cash return on their investment. Distributable cash flow as defined by our partnership agreement is net income plus depreciation and amortization minus maintenance capital expenditures, as well as adjustments to eliminate items approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of our general partner that are extraordinary or non-recurring in nature and that would otherwise increase distributable cash flow.
Distributable cash flow as used in our partnership agreement also determines our ability to make cash distributions on our incentive distribution rights. The investment community also uses a distributable cash flow metric similar to the metric used in our partnership agreement with respect to publicly traded partnerships to indicate whether or not such partnerships have generated sufficient earnings on a current or historical level that can sustain distributions on preferred or common units or support an increase in quarterly cash distributions on common units. Our partnership agreement does not permit adjustments for certain non-cash items, such as net losses on the sale and disposition of assets and goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges.
Adjusted distributable cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure intended to provide management and investors with an enhanced perspective of our financial performance. Adjusted distributable cash flow is distributable cash flow (as defined in our partnership agreement) further adjusted for our proportionate share of distributable cash flow related to our joint venture, SPR, which is accounted for using the equity method. Adjusted distributable cash flow is not used in our partnership agreement to determine our ability to make cash distributions and may be higher or lower than distributable cash flow as calculated under our partnership agreement.
Distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow should not be considered as alternatives to net income, operating income, cash flow from operations, or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow may not be comparable to distributable cash flow or similarly titled measures of other companies.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Our SG&A expenses include, among other things, marketing costs, corporate overhead, employee salaries and benefits, pension and 401(k) plan expenses, discretionary bonuses, non-interest financing costs, professional fees and information technology expenses. Employee-related expenses including employee salaries, discretionary bonuses and related payroll taxes, benefits, and pension and 401(k) plan expenses are paid by our general partner which, in turn, are reimbursed for these expenses by us.
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Operating Expenses
Operating expenses are costs associated with the operation of the terminals, transload facilities and gasoline stations and convenience stores used in our businesses. Lease payments, maintenance and repair, property taxes, utilities, credit card fees, taxes, labor and labor-related expenses comprise the most significant portion of our operating expenses. While the majority of these expenses remains relatively stable, independent of the volumes through our system, they can fluctuate depending on the activities performed during a specific period. In addition, they can be impacted by new directives issued by federal, state and local governments.
Degree Days
A “degree day” is an industry measurement of temperature designed to evaluate energy demand and consumption. Degree days are based on how far the average temperature departs from a human comfort level of 65°F. Each degree of temperature above 65°F is counted as one cooling degree day, and each degree of temperature below 65°F is counted as one heating degree day. Degree days are accumulated each day over the course of a year and can be compared to a monthly or a long-term (multi-year) average, or normal, to see if a month or a year was warmer or cooler than usual. Degree days are officially observed by the National Weather Service and officially archived by the National Climatic Data Center. For purposes of evaluating our results of operations, we use the normal heating degree day amount as reported by the National Weather Service at its Logan International Airport station in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Key Performance Indicators
The following table provides a summary of some of the key performance indicators that may be used to assess our results of operations. These comparisons are not necessarily indicative of future results (gallons and dollars in thousands):
EBITDA (1)(2)
97,130
119,059
284,733
294,791
Adjusted EBITDA (1)(2)
98,798
113,956
288,216
291,282
Distributable cash flow (3)(4)(5)
52,980
71,133
150,642
160,066
Adjusted distributable cash flow (3)(4)(5)
53,289
71,639
152,111
162,031
Volume (gallons)
1,399,596
1,185,784
4,322,115
3,330,664
Distillates and other oils (6)
390,760
412,697
1,130,768
1,184,005
Station operations (7)
149,152
122,648
415,814
362,795
Combined sales and product margin:
Product margin (8)
GDSO portfolio as of September 30, 2025 and 2024:
306
312
177
794
Total GDSO portfolio (9)
1,589
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Weather conditions:
Normal heating degree days
96
3,750
3,781
Actual heating degree days
3,462
3,264
Variance from normal heating degree days
(59)
(61)
(8)
(14)
Variance from prior period actual heating degree days
(34)
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The following table presents reconciliations of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures on a historical basis for each period presented (in thousands):
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA:
35,236
35,753
33,316
35,129
103,878
100,356
Income tax (benefit) expense
(447)
2,255
671
4,461
EBITDA (1)
(Income) loss from equity method investment (2)
(249)
147
(1,125)
2,076
EBITDA related to equity method investment (2)
2,033
2,063
6,732
4,532
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
Reconciliation of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA:
19,026
122,709
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities and certain non-cash items
45,235
(41,034)
(3,572)
225,621
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The following table presents reconciliations of distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures on a historical basis for each period presented (in thousands):
Reconciliation of net income to distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow:
1,935
Amortization of routine bank refinancing fees
(1,287)
(1,193)
(3,714)
(3,580)
Maintenance capital expenditures
(11,929)
(11,221)
(31,421)
(31,904)
Distributable cash flow (1)(2)(3)
(Income) loss from equity method investment (4)
Distributable cash flow from equity method investment (4)
558
359
2,594
(111)
Adjusted distributable cash flow (1)(2)(3)
Distributions to preferred unitholders (5)
(5,343)
(7,794)
Adjusted distributable cash flow after distributions to preferred unitholders
51,508
69,858
146,768
154,237
Reconciliation of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow:
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Consolidated Sales
Our total sales were $4.7 billion and $4.4 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $272.2 million, or 6%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our aggregate volume of product sold was 1.9 billion gallons and 1.7 billion gallons for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing 218 million gallons from the prior-year period (consisting of increases of 214 million gallons and 26 million gallons in our Wholesale and Commercial segments, respectively, offset by a decrease of 22 million gallons in our GDSO segment).
Our total sales were $13.9 billion and $12.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $936.2 million, or 7%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our aggregate volume of product sold was 5.9 billion gallons and 4.9 billion gallons for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing 991 million gallons from the prior-year period (consisting of increases of 991 million gallons and 53 million gallons in our Wholesale and Commercial segments, respectively, offset by a decrease of 53 million gallons in our GDSO segment). The increases in our Wholesale segment sales and volume sold include the addition of four refined-product terminals we acquired from Gulf Oil Limited Partnership (“Gulf Oil”) in April 2024 and one liquid energy terminal in East Providence, Rhode Island we acquired from ExxonMobil Oil Corporation in November 2024 (collectively, the “Acquired Terminals”).
Our gross profit was $271.4 million and $286.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $14.6 million, or 5%. In our Wholesale segment, our product margin from gasoline and gasoline blendstocks increased primarily due to more favorable market conditions in gasoline, while our product margin from distillates and other oils decreased due to less favorable market conditions in residual oil. In our GDSO segment, our gasoline distribution product margin decreased primarily due to lower fuel margins (cents per gallon), and our station operations product margin increased due in part to an increase in sundries. Our Commercial segment product margin decreased in part due to less favorable market conditions in bunkering.
Our gross profit was $799.0 million and $789.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $9.9 million, or 1%. Our Wholesale segment product margins increased primarily due to more favorable market conditions in gasoline and distillates, partially offset by less favorable market conditions in residual oil. In our GDSO segment, our gasoline distribution product margin decreased primarily due to lower fuel margins (cents per gallon), while our station operations product margin decreased due in part to the sales and conversions of certain company-operated sites and to a decrease in sundries. Our Commercial segment product margin decreased in part due to less favorable market conditions in bunkering. The increase in gross profit was partially offset by a $6.3 million increase in depreciation allocated to cost of sales.
Results for Wholesale Segment
Gasoline and Gasoline Blendstocks. Sales from wholesale gasoline and gasoline blendstocks were $2.1 billion and $1.8 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $297.7 million, or 17%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our gasoline and gasoline blendstocks product margin was $61.5 million and $43.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $18.5 million, or 43%, primarily due to more favorable market conditions in gasoline.
Sales from wholesale gasoline and gasoline blendstocks were $5.9 billion and $4.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $1.0 billion, or 21%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our gasoline and gasoline blendstocks product margin was $177.4 million and $143.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of
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$34.2 million, or 24%, primarily due to more favorable market conditions in gasoline compared to the same period in 2024. Our product margin also benefited from the addition of the Acquired Terminals.
Distillates and Other Oils. Sales from distillates and other oils (primarily residual oil and crude oil) were $1.0 billion and $0.9 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $95.9 million, or 10%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our product margin from distillates and other oils was $16.5 million and $28.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $11.6 million, or 41%, primarily due to less favorable market conditions in residual oil.
Sales from distillates and other oils were $3.5 billion and $3.1 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $375.4 million, or 12%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our product margin from distillates and other oils was $86.0 million and $69.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $16.8 million, or 24%, primarily due to more favorable market conditions in distillates, partially offset by less favorable market conditions in residual oil.
Results for Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations Segment
Gasoline Distribution. Sales from gasoline distribution were $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, decreasing $143.1 million, or 11%, primarily due to decreases in prices and in volume sold. Our product margin from gasoline distribution was $144.8 million and $164.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $19.3 million, or 12%, primarily due to lower fuel margins (cents per gallon) compared to the same period in 2024.
Sales from gasoline distribution were $3.2 billion and $3.7 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, decreasing $474.4 million, or 13%, primarily due to decreases in prices and in volume sold. Our product margin from gasoline distribution was $408.4 million and $433.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $24.7 million, or 6%, primarily due to lower fuel margins (cents per gallon) compared to the same period in 2024.
Station Operations. Our station operations, which include (i) convenience store and prepared food sales at our directly operated stores, (ii) rental income from gasoline stations leased to dealers or from commissioned agents and from cobranding arrangements and (iii) sale of sundries, such as car wash sales and lottery and ATM commissions, collectively generated revenues of $151.9 million and $150.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $1.0 million, or 1%. Our product margin from station operations was $74.1 million and $73.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $0.5 million, or 1%, due in part to an increase in sundries.
Sales from our station operations were $414.6 million and $430.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $16.0 million, or 4%. Our product margin from station operations was $206.2 million and $213.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, a decrease of $7.6 million, or 4%. The decreases in sales and product margin are due in part to the sales and conversions of certain company-operated sites and to a decrease in sundries.
Results for Commercial Segment
Our commercial sales were $297.8 million and $277.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $20.7 million or 7%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our commercial product margin was $7.0 million and $9.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 26%, primarily due to less favorable market conditions in bunkering.
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Our commercial sales were $848.7 million and $836.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $12.0 million or 1%, primarily due to an increase in volume sold, partially offset by a decrease in prices. Our commercial product margin was $20.2 million and $22.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 11%, in part due to less favorable market conditions in bunkering.
SG&A expenses were $76.3 million and $70.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $5.8 million, or 8%, including increases of $1.8 million in wages and benefits, $1.4 million in dues and subscriptions, $1.1 million in professional fees, and $4.1 million in various other SG&A expenses. The increase in SG&A expenses was offset by a decrease of $2.6 million in accrued discretionary incentive compensation.
SG&A expenses were $224.8 million and $212.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $12.2 million, or 6%, including increases of $8.8 million in wages and benefits, $2.8 million in professional fees, $2.6 million in dues and subscriptions, $1.7 million in license fees and $5.7 million in various other SG&A expenses. The increase in SG&A expenses was offset by decreases of $5.6 million in expenses associated with the sale of the Revere Terminal (see Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), $2.8 million in acquisition costs and $1.0 million in accrued discretionary incentive compensation.
Operating expenses were $132.5 million and $137.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $4.6 million, or 3%, including decreases of $4.0 million in operating expenses associated with our terminals operations, primarily in maintenance and repairs, and $0.6 million in operating expenses related to our GDSO operations.
Operating expenses were $394.9 million and $387.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $7.7 million, or 2%, including an increase of $10.2 million in operating expenses associated with our terminals operations, primarily in maintenance and repairs, as well as the addition of the Acquired Terminals, offset by lower rent and lease expenses. The increase in operating expenses was offset by a decrease of $2.5 million in operating expenses related to our GDSO operations.
Amortization Expense
Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1.3 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $4.1 million and $6.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Net Gain on Sale and Disposition of Assets
Net gain on sale and disposition of assets was $0.1 million and $7.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $2.4 million and $10.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, primarily due to the sale of GDSO sites.
Long-Lived Asset Impairment
We recognized an immaterial impairment charge relating to construction in process assets allocated to the GDSO segment for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. We recognized impairment charges relating to certain right of use assets and construction in process assets allocated to the GDSO segment in the total amount of $0.5 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments
Income (loss) from equity method investments was $0.7 million and ($0.1 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $3.1 million and ($1.9 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, representing our proportional share of income (loss) from our equity method investments in our joint ventures. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information on our equity method investments.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $33.3 million and $35.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, a decrease of $1.8 million, or 5%, in part due to lower average balances on our credit facilities.
Interest expense was $103.9 million and $100.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, an increase of $3.6 million, or 4%, primarily due to higher average balances on our working capital credit facility.
Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt
As a result of the redemption of all $400.0 million of the 2027 Notes, we recorded a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million and $3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. This loss consists of a non-cash write-off of a portion of the remaining unamortized original issue discount of $0.2 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and a cash call premium of $0 and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. Please read “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Senior Notes” for additional information.
Income Tax Benefit (Expense)
Income tax benefit (expense) was $0.4 million and ($2.3 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and ($0.7 million) and ($4.5 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which predominantly reflects the income tax expense from the operating results of GMG, which is a taxable entity for federal and state income tax purposes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Our primary liquidity needs are to fund our working capital requirements, capital expenditures and distributions and to service our indebtedness. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from operations, amounts available under our working capital revolving credit facility and equity and debt offerings. Please read “—Credit Agreement” for more information on our working capital revolving credit facility.
Working capital was $200.2 million and $207.2 million at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, a decrease of $7.0 million. Changes in current assets and current liabilities decreasing our working capital primarily include, in part, decreases of $115.6 million in inventories due to carrying lower levels of inventory during the period and $10.1 million in prepaids and other current assts and an increase of $11.1 million in the current portion of our working capital revolving credit facility. The decrease in working capital was offset by decreases in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and accounts payable of $56.1 million and $23.6 million, respectively, and an increase in accounts receivable of $48.9 million.
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During 2025, we paid the following cash distributions to our common unitholders and our general partner:
Distribution Paid for the
Cash Distribution Payment Date
Total Paid
Quarterly Period Ended
February 14, 2025
29.5 million
Fourth quarter 2024
May 15, 2025
29.8 million
First quarter 2025
August 14, 2025
30.1 million
Second quarter 2025
In addition, on October 28, 2025, the board of directors of our general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.7550 per unit ($3.02 per unit on an annualized basis) on our common units for the period from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025 to our common unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2025. We expect to pay the total cash distribution of $30.5 million on November 14, 2025.
Preferred Units
During 2025, we paid the following cash distributions to holders of the Series B Preferred Units:
Rate
Quarterly Period Covering
February 18, 2025
1.8 million
9.50%
August 15, 2025
In addition, on October 14, 2025, the board of directors of our general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.59375 per unit ($2.375 per unit on an annualized basis) on the Series B Preferred Units for the period from August 15, 2025 through November 14, 2025 to our Series B preferred unitholders of record as of the opening of business on November 3, 2025. We expect to pay the total cash distribution of $1.8 million on November 17, 2025.
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Contractual Obligations
We have contractual obligations that are required to be settled in cash. The amounts of our contractual obligations at September 30, 2025 were as follows (in thousands):
Payments Due by Period
Remainder of
Beyond 2025
Credit facility obligations (1)
41,223
365,109
406,332
Senior notes obligations (2)
1,832,032
Operating lease obligations (3)
20,805
414,492
435,297
Other long-term liabilities (4)
3,274
83,708
86,982
Financing obligations (5)
4,142
68,075
72,217
69,444
2,763,416
2,832,860
Capital Expenditures
Our operations require investments to maintain, expand, upgrade and enhance existing operations and to meet environmental and operational regulations. We categorize our capital requirements as either maintenance capital expenditures or expansion capital expenditures. Maintenance capital expenditures represent capital expenditures to repair or replace partially or fully depreciated assets to maintain the operating capacity of, or revenues generated by, existing assets and extend their useful lives. Maintenance capital expenditures also include expenditures required to maintain equipment reliability, tank and pipeline integrity and safety and to address certain environmental regulations. We anticipate that maintenance capital expenditures will be funded with cash generated by operations. We had $34.1 million and $31.9 million in maintenance capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which are included in capital expenditures in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows, of which $24.1 million and $25.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, are related to our investments in our gasoline station business. Repair and maintenance expenses associated with existing assets that are minor in nature and do not extend the useful life of existing assets are charged to operating expenses as incurred.
Expansion capital expenditures include expenditures to acquire assets to grow our businesses or expand our existing facilities, such as projects that increase our operating capacity or revenues by, for example, increasing dock capacity and tankage, diversifying product availability, investing in raze and rebuilds and new-to-industry gasoline stations and convenience stores, increasing storage flexibility at various terminals and by adding terminals to our storage
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network. We have the ability to fund our expansion capital expenditures through cash from operations or our credit agreement or by issuing debt securities or additional equity. We had $21.2 million and $24.6 million in expansion capital expenditures, excluding acquired property and equipment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, primarily related to investments in our gasoline station and terminal businesses.
We currently expect maintenance capital expenditures of approximately $45.0 million to $55.0 million and expansion capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, of approximately $40.0 million to $50.0 million in 2025, relating primarily to investments in our gasoline station and terminal businesses. These current estimates depend, in part, on the timing of completion of projects, availability of equipment and workforce, weather and unanticipated events or opportunities requiring additional maintenance or investments.
We believe that we will have sufficient cash flow from operations, borrowing capacity under our credit agreement and the ability to issue additional equity and/or debt securities to meet our financial commitments, debt service obligations, contingencies and anticipated capital expenditures. However, we are subject to business and operational risks that could adversely affect our cash flow. A material decrease in our cash flows would likely have an adverse effect on our borrowing capacity as well as our ability to issue additional equity and/or debt securities.
Cash Flow
The following table summarizes cash flow activity (in thousands):
Operating Activities
Cash flow from operating activities generally reflects our net income, balance sheet changes arising from inventory purchasing patterns, the timing of collections on our accounts receivable, the seasonality of parts of our businesses, fluctuations in product prices, working capital requirements and general market conditions.
Net cash provided by (used) in operating activities was $183.7 million and ($35.6 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, for a period-over-period increase in cash flow from operating activities of $219.3 million.
Except for net income, the primary drivers of the changes in operating activities include the following (in thousands):
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable
Decrease (increase) in inventories
Decrease in accounts payable
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the above changes include: (i) an increase in accounts receivable due in part to timing of sales, partially offset by a decrease in prices, (ii) a decrease in inventories due in part to carrying lower levels of inventory during the period and to a decrease in prices, and (iii) a decrease in accounts payable due in part to timing of payments and a decrease in prices.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the decreases in accounts receivable and accounts payable are due in part to timing of sales and payments and to a decrease in prices. The increase in inventories is due in part to the inventory acquired from Gulf Oil, partially offset by a decrease in prices.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $64.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and included $52.6 million in capital expenditures and $24.9 million in expenditures associated with our equity method investments (see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was offset by $7.7 million in dividends received of equity method investments, $4.5 million in proceeds from the sale of property and equipment and $0.5 million in seller note issuances which represent notes we received from buyers in connection with the sale of certain of our gasoline stations, offset by loan repayments.
Net cash used in investing activities was $230.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and included $215.0 million related to the acquisition of the terminals from Gulf Oil, $56.5 million in capital expenditures, $13.9 million in expenditures associated with our equity method investments (see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) and $7.9 million in seller note issuances which represent notes we received from buyers in connection with the sale of certain of our gasoline stations, offset by loan repayments. Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was offset by $46.0 million in proceeds from the sale of property and equipment and $16.9 million in dividends received of equity method investments.
Please read “—Capital Expenditures” for a discussion of our capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $109.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and included $400.0 million in repayments in connection with the redemption of the 2027 Notes, $94.5 million in cash distributions to our limited partners (preferred and common unitholders) and our general partner, $42.2 million in net payments on our revolving credit facility, $13.4 million in LTIP units withheld for tax obligations, $7.4 million in the repurchase of common units pursuant to our repurchase program for future satisfaction of our LTIP obligations and $4.0 million paid pursuant to distribution equivalent rights previously granted under our LTIP. Net cash used in financing activities was offset by $441.2 million in proceeds in connection with the issuance of the 2033 Notes and $11.1 million in net borrowings from our working capital revolving credit facility.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $266.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and included $441.3 million in proceeds in connection with the issuance of the 2032 Notes and $202.4 million in net borrowings from our working capital revolving credit facility. Net cash provided by financing activities was offset by $203.0 million in net payments on our revolving credit facility, $91.2 million in cash distributions to our limited partners (preferred and common unitholders) and our general partner, $69.0 million in cash paid in connection with the redemption of the Series A Preferred Units (see Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), $11.2 million in the repurchase of common units pursuant to our repurchase program for future satisfaction of our LTIP obligations, $1.8 million in LTIP units withheld for tax obligations and $0.6 million paid pursuant to distribution equivalent rights previously granted under our LTIP.
See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for supplemental cash flow information related to our working capital revolving credit facility and revolving credit facility.
Certain subsidiaries of ours, as borrowers, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, have a $1.50 billion senior secured credit facility. We repay amounts outstanding and reborrow funds based on our working capital requirements and, therefore, classify as a current liability the portion of the working capital revolving credit
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facility we expect to pay down during the course of the year. The long-term portion of the working capital revolving credit facility is the amount we expect to be outstanding during the entire year. The credit agreement expires on March 20, 2028.
On March 20, 2025, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into the eleventh amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement (the “Eleventh Amendment”) which, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from May 2, 2026 to March 20, 2028, (ii) increased the working capital revolving credit facility from $950.0 million to $1.0 billion and (iii) decreased the revolving credit facility from $600.0 million to $500.0 million. All other material terms of the credit agreement remain substantially the same as disclosed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Credit Agreement” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
As of September 30, 2025, there were two facilities under the credit agreement:
The credit agreement has an accordion feature whereby we may request on the same terms and conditions then applicable to the credit agreement, provided no Default (as defined in the credit agreement) then exists, an increase to the working capital revolving credit facility, the revolving credit facility, or both, by up to another $300.0 million, in the aggregate, for a total credit facility of up to $1.80 billion. Any such request for an increase must be in a minimum amount of $25.0 million. We cannot provide assurance, however, that our lending group and/or other lenders outside our lending group will agree to fund any request by us for additional amounts in excess of the total available commitments of $1.50 billion.
In addition, the credit agreement includes a swing line pursuant to which Bank of America, N.A., as the swing line lender, may make swing line loans in U.S. dollars in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (a) $100.0 million and (b) the Aggregate WC Commitments (as defined in the credit agreement). Swing line loans will bear interest at the Base Rate (as defined in the credit agreement). The swing line is a sub-portion of the working capital revolving credit facility and is not an addition to the total available commitments of $1.50 billion.
Availability under the working capital revolving credit facility is subject to a borrowing base which is redetermined from time to time and based on specific advance rates on eligible current assets. Availability under the borrowing base may be affected by events beyond our control, such as changes in petroleum product prices, collection cycles, counterparty performance, advance rates and limits and general economic conditions.
The average interest rates for the credit agreement were 6.6% and 7.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 6.6% and 7.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
As of September 30, 2025, we had $240.6 million outstanding on the working capital revolving credit facility and $124.8 million outstanding on the revolving credit facility. In addition, we had outstanding letters of credit of $64.9 million. Subject to borrowing base limitations, the total remaining availability for borrowings and letters of credit was $1.07 billion and $1.05 billion at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The credit agreement also includes certain baskets, including: (i) a $35.0 million general secured indebtedness basket, (ii) a $30.0 million general investment basket, (iii) a $100.0 million secured indebtedness basket to permit the borrowers to enter into a Contango Facility (as defined in the credit agreement), (iv) a Sale/Leaseback Transaction (as defined in the credit agreement) basket of $150.0 million, and (v) a basket of $150.0 million in an aggregate amount for the purchase of our common units, provided that, among other things, no Default exists or would occur immediately following such purchase(s).
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The credit agreement imposes financial covenants that require us to maintain certain minimum working capital amounts, a minimum combined interest coverage ratio, a maximum senior secured leverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. We were in compliance with the foregoing covenants at September 30, 2025.
Please read Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Credit Agreement” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on the credit agreement.
We had 6.875% senior notes due 2029, 8.250% senior notes due 2032 and 7.125% senior notes due 2033 (discussed below) outstanding at September 30, 2025. Please read Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Senior Notes” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information on the 6.875% senior notes due 2029 and the 8.250% senior notes due 2032.
On June 23, 2025, the Issuers issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2033 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. We used the net proceeds from the offering to fund the purchase of a portion of the 2027 Notes in a cash tender offer and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under our credit agreement.
On June 23, 2025, we redeemed $360.3 million of the 2027 Notes, and the Issuers delivered a Notice of Full Redemption to Regions Bank, as trustee, for all of the outstanding 2027 Notes not purchased in the tender offer. On August 1, 2025, we redeemed the remaining portion of the 2027 Notes in the amount of $39.7 million.
As a result of the redemption of all $400.0 million of the 2027 Notes, we recorded a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million and $3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. This loss consists of a non-cash write-off of a portion of the remaining unamortized original issue discount of $0.2 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and a cash call premium of $0 and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.
The 2033 Notes will mature on July 1, 2033 with interest accruing at a rate of 7.125% per annum. Interest is payable beginning January 1, 2026 and thereafter semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The 2033 Notes are guaranteed on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries of ours. Upon a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding 2033 Notes may declare the 2033 Notes immediately due and payable, except that an event of default resulting from entry into a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Issuers, any restricted subsidiary of ours that is a significant subsidiary or any group of our restricted subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a significant subsidiary of ours, will automatically cause the outstanding 2033 Notes to become due and payable.
At any time prior to July 1, 2028, the Issuers have the option to redeem up to 35% of the 2033 Notes, in an amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 107.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The Issuers have the option to redeem all or part of the 2033 Notes at any time on or after July 1, 2028, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) of 103.563% for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2028, 101.781% for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2029, and 100% beginning on July 1, 2030 and at any time
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thereafter, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, prior to July 1, 2028, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the 2033 Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of the principal amount thereof, plus a make whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The holders of the 2033 Notes may require the Issuers to repurchase the 2033 Notes following certain asset sales or a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the 2033 Notes Indenture) at the prices and on the terms specified in the 2033 Notes Indenture.
The 2033 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness and issue preferred securities, make certain dividends and distributions, make certain investments and other restricted payments, restrict distributions by our subsidiaries, create liens, sell assets or merge with other entities. Events of default under the 2033 Notes Indenture include, but are not limited to, (i) a default in payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the 2033 Notes, (ii) breach of our covenants under the 2033 Notes Indenture, (iii) certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, (iv) any payment default or acceleration of indebtedness of ours or certain subsidiaries if the total amount of such indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million and (v) failure to pay within 60 days uninsured final judgments exceeding $50.0 million.
We had financing obligations outstanding at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 associated with historical sale-leaseback transactions that did not meet the criteria for sale accounting. Please read Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Obligations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for additional information.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The significant accounting policies and estimates that we have adopted and followed in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are detailed in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There have been no material changes in our policies that had a significant impact on our financial condition and results of operations for the periods covered in this report.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, there has been no material change to our critical accounting estimates discussed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
A description and related impact expected from the adoption of certain new accounting pronouncements is provided in Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. The principal market risks to which we are exposed are interest rate risk and commodity risk. We currently utilize various derivative instruments to manage exposure to commodity risk.
Interest Rate Risk
We utilize variable rate debt and are exposed to market risk due to the floating interest rates on our credit agreement. Therefore, from time to time, we utilize interest rate collars, swaps and caps to hedge interest obligations on specific and anticipated debt issuances.
As of September 30, 2025, we had total borrowings outstanding under our credit agreement of $365.4 million. Please read Part I, Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Agreement,” for information on interest rates related to our borrowings. The impact of a 1% increase in the interest rate on this amount of debt would have resulted in an increase in interest expense, and a corresponding decrease in our results of operations, of $3.7 million annually, assuming, however, that our indebtedness remained constant throughout the year.
Commodity Risk
We hedge our exposure to price fluctuations with respect to refined petroleum products, renewable fuels, crude oil and gasoline blendstocks in storage and expected purchases and sales of these commodities. The derivative instruments utilized consist primarily of exchange-traded futures contracts traded on the NYMEX, CME and ICE and over-the-counter transactions, including swap agreements entered into with established financial institutions and other credit-approved energy companies. Our policy is generally to purchase only products for which we have a market and to structure our sales contracts so that price fluctuations do not materially affect our profit. While our policies are designed to minimize market risk, as well as inherent basis risk, exposure to fluctuations in market conditions remains. Except for the controlled trading program discussed below, we do not acquire and hold futures contracts or other derivative products for the purpose of speculating on price changes that might expose us to indeterminable losses.
While we seek to maintain a position that is substantially balanced within our commodity product purchase and sales activities, we may experience net unbalanced positions for short periods of time as a result of variances in daily purchases and sales and transportation and delivery schedules as well as other logistical issues inherent in our businesses, such as weather conditions. In connection with managing these positions, we are aided by maintaining a constant presence in the marketplace. We also engage in a controlled trading program with an aggregate outright commodity exposure of up to 250,000 barrels at any one point in time. Changes in the fair value of these derivative instruments are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations through cost of sales. We may use foreign currency derivatives to minimize the risks of unfavorable exchange rates. These instruments may include foreign currency exchange contracts and forwards. In conjunction with entering into the commodity derivative, we may enter into a foreign currency derivative to hedge the resulting foreign currency risk. These foreign currency derivatives are generally short-term in nature and not designated for hedge accounting.
We utilize exchange-traded futures contracts and other derivative instruments to minimize or hedge the impact of commodity price changes on our inventories and forward fixed price commitments. Any hedge ineffectiveness is reflected in our results of operations. We utilize regulated exchanges, including the NYMEX, CME and ICE, which are exchanges for the respective commodities that each trades, thereby reducing potential delivery and supply risks. Generally, our practice is to close all exchange positions rather than to make or receive physical deliveries.
At September 30, 2025, the fair value of all of our commodity risk derivative instruments and the change in fair value that would be expected from a 10% price increase or decrease are shown in the table below (in thousands):
Fair Value at
Gain (Loss)
Effect of 10%
Price Increase
Price Decrease
Exchange traded derivative contracts
(19,933)
19,933
Forward derivative contracts
(5,323)
(17,342)
17,342
11,922
(37,275)
37,275
The fair values of the futures contracts are based on quoted market prices obtained from the NYMEX, CME and ICE. The fair value of the swaps and option contracts are estimated based on quoted prices from various sources such as independent reporting services, industry publications and brokers. These quotes are compared to the contract price of the
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swap, which approximates the gain or loss that would have been realized if the contracts had been closed out at September 30, 2025. For positions where independent quotations are not available, an estimate is provided, or the prevailing market price at which the positions could be liquidated is used. All hedge positions offset physical exposures to the physical market; none of these offsetting physical exposures are included in the above table. Price-risk sensitivities were calculated by assuming an across-the-board 10% increase or decrease in price regardless of term or historical relationships between the contractual price of the instruments and the underlying commodity price. In the event of an actual 10% change in prompt month prices, the fair value of our derivative portfolio would typically change less than that shown in the table due to lower volatility in out-month prices. We have a daily margin requirement to maintain a cash deposit with our brokers based on the prior day’s market results on open futures contracts. The balance of this deposit will fluctuate based on our open market positions and the commodity exchange’s requirements. The brokerage margin balance was $20.6 million at September 30, 2025.
We are exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to our exchange-traded derivative contracts, physical forward contracts, and swap agreements. We anticipate some nonperformance by some of these counterparties which, in the aggregate, we do not believe at this time will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash available for distribution to our unitholders. Exchange-traded derivative contracts, the primary derivative instrument utilized by us, are traded on regulated exchanges, greatly reducing potential credit risks. We utilize major financial institutions as our clearing brokers for all NYMEX, CME and ICE derivative transactions and the right of offset exists with these financial institutions. Accordingly, the fair value of our exchange-traded derivative instruments is presented on a net basis in the consolidated balance sheet. Exposure on physical forward contracts and swap agreements is limited to the amount of the recorded fair value as of the balance sheet dates.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, management evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were operating and effective as of September 30, 2025.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
The information required by this item is included in Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A.Risk Factors
In addition to other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results.
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Maximum Number (or
Total Number of
Approximate Dollar
Units Purchased as
Value) of Units That May
Total Number
Average
Part of Publicly
Yet Be Purchased
Of Units
Price Paid
Announced Plans or
Under the Plans or
Period
Purchased
Per Unit($)
Programs (1)
July 1—July 31, 2025
August 1—August 31, 2025
52,453
51.02
949,201
September 1 —September 30, 2025
22,723
50.70
926,478
Item 5.Other Information
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, no director or executive officer of the Partnership adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 6.Exhibits
3.1
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Global Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 10, 2005).
3.2
Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Global Partners LP dated as of March 24, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2021).
4.1
Indenture, dated October 7, 2020, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Regions Bank, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2020).
4.2
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2020, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Regions Bank, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 16, 2020).
4.3
Indenture, dated January 18, 2024, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Regions Bank, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 18, 2024).
4.4
Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2025, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Regions Bank, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 23, 2025).
31.1*
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Global GP LLC, general partner of Global Partners LP.
31.2*
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Global GP LLC, general partner of Global Partners LP.
32.1†
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Global GP LLC, general partner of Global Partners LP.
32.2†
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Global GP LLC, general partner of Global Partners LP.
101.INS*
Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
101.SCH*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.
101.PRE*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104*
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
* Filed herewith.
˄ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
† Not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
By:
Global GP LLC,
its general partner
Dated: November 7 2025
/s/ Eric Slifka
Eric Slifka
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Dated: November 7, 2025
/s/ Gregory B. Hanson
Gregory B. Hanson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)