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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 March 31, 2021

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 No. 001-35711

 

CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

45-4165414

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

600 Hamilton Street, Suite 500

Allentown, PA

 

18101

(Zip Code)

(610) 625-8000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(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

CAPL

New York Stock Exchange

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) 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  

As of May 6, 2021, the registrant had outstanding 37,874,868 common units.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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Commonly Used Defined Terms

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

1

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

1

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

 

1

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

 

2

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

 

3

Consolidated Statements of Equity and Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

 

4

Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

5

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

17

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

29

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

30

 

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

30

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

30

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

30

Item 6. Exhibits

 

30

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

31

 

 

 

 


 

 

COMMONLY USED DEFINED TERMS

 

The following is a list of certain acronyms and terms generally used in the industry and throughout this document:

 

 

CrossAmerica Partners LP and subsidiaries:

 

CrossAmerica Partners LP

 

CrossAmerica, the Partnership, we, us, our

 

 

 

LGW

 

Lehigh Gas Wholesale LLC

 

 

 

LGPR

 

LGP Realty Holdings LP

 

 

 

LGWS

 

Lehigh Gas Wholesale Services, Inc. and subsidiaries

 

 

 

CrossAmerica Partners LP related parties at any point during 2020 or 2021:

 

DMI

 

Dunne Manning Inc. (formerly Lehigh Gas Corporation), an entity affiliated with the Topper Group

 

 

 

DMP

 

Dunne Manning Partners LLC, an entity affiliated with the Topper Group and controlled by Joseph V. Topper, Jr. Since November 19, 2019, DMP has owned 100% of the membership interests in the sole member of the General Partner.

 

 

 

DMS

 

 

Dunne Manning Stores LLC (formerly known as Lehigh Gas-Ohio, LLC), an entity affiliated with the Topper Group. Through April 14, 2020, DMS was an operator of retail motor fuel stations. DMS leased retail sites from us in accordance with a master lease agreement and purchased a significant portion of its motor fuel for these sites from us on a wholesale basis under rack plus pricing. The financial results of DMS are not consolidated with ours.

 

 

 

General Partner

 

CrossAmerica GP LLC, the General Partner of CrossAmerica, a Delaware limited liability company, indirectly owned by the Topper Group.

 

 

 

Topper Group

 

Joseph V. Topper, Jr., collectively with his affiliates and family trusts that have ownership interests in the Partnership. Joseph V. Topper, Jr. is the founder of the Partnership and a member of the Board. The Topper Group is a related party and large holder of our common units

 

 

 

TopStar

 

TopStar Inc., an entity affiliated with a family member of Joseph V. Topper, Jr. TopStar is an operator of convenience stores that leases retail sites from us, and since April 14, 2020, also purchases fuel from us.

 

 

 

Other Defined Terms:

 

 

 

 

 

2020 Bonus Plan

 

The 2020 Performance-Based Bonus Compensation Policy is one of the key components of “at-risk” compensation. The 2020 Bonus Plan is utilized to reward short-term performance achievements and to motivate and reward employees for their contributions toward meeting financial and strategic goals.

 

 

 

ASC

 

Accounting Standards Codification

 

 

 

ASU

 

Accounting Standards Update

 

 

 

Board

 

Board of Directors of our General Partner

 

 

 

BP

 

BP p.l.c.

 

 

 

CDC

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

 

 

Circle K

 

Circle K Stores Inc., a Texas corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD.A ATD.B)

 

 

 

Circle K Omnibus Agreement

 

The Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated October 1, 2014, as amended effective January 1, 2016, February 1, 2018 and April 29, 2019 by and among CrossAmerica, the General Partner, DMI, DMS, CST Services and Joseph V. Topper, Jr., which amends and restates the original omnibus agreement that was executed in connection with CrossAmerica’s IPO on October 30, 2012. The terms of the Circle K Omnibus Agreement were approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board. Pursuant to the Circle K Omnibus Agreement, CST Services agreed, among other things, to provide, or cause to be provided, to the Partnership certain management services.

 


 

 

 

 

COVID-19 Pandemic

 

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.

 

 

 

CST

 

CST Brands LLC, which merged into Circle K Stores. Inc. on February 28, 2020, and subsidiaries, indirectly owned by Circle K.

 

 

 

CST Fuel Supply

 

CST Fuel Supply LP is indirectly owned by Circle K and is the parent of CST Marketing and Supply, LLC, CST’s wholesale motor fuel supply business, which provides wholesale fuel distribution to the majority of CST’s legacy U.S. retail convenience stores on a fixed markup per gallon. From July 1, 2015 through March 25, 2020, we owned a 17.5% limited partner interest in CST Fuel Supply.

 

 

 

CST Fuel Supply Exchange

 

Exchange Agreement, dated November 19, 2019, between the Partnership and Circle K, which closed effective March 25, 2020. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, Circle K transferred to the Partnership certain owned and leased convenience store properties and related assets (including fuel supply agreements) and wholesale fuel supply contracts covering additional sites, and, in exchange, the Partnership transferred to Circle K 100% of the limited partnership units it held in CST Fuel Supply.

 

 

 

CST Services

 

CST Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Circle K

 

 

 

DTW

 

Dealer tank wagon contracts, which are variable cent per gallon priced wholesale motor fuel distribution or supply contracts. DTW also refers to the pricing methodology under such contracts

 

 

 

EBITDA

 

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and accretion, a non-GAAP financial measure

 

 

 

EMV

 

Payment method based upon a technical standard for smart payment cards, also referred to as chip cards

 

 

 

Equity Restructuring Agreement

 

On January 15, 2020, the Partnership entered into an Equity Restructuring Agreement with the General Partner and Dunne Manning CAP Holdings II LLC (“DM CAP Holdings”), a wholly owned subsidiary of DMP. Pursuant to the Equity Restructuring Agreement, all of the outstanding IDRs of the Partnership, all of which were held by DM CAP Holdings, were cancelled and converted into 2,528,673 newly-issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership based on a value of $45 million and calculated using the 20 business day volume weighted average trading price of our common units ended five business days prior to the execution of the Equity Restructuring Agreement. This transaction closed on February 6, 2020.

 

 

 

Exchange Act

 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

 

 

 

ExxonMobil

 

ExxonMobil Corporation

 

 

 

FASB

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board

 

 

 

Form 10-K

 

CrossAmerica’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

GP Purchase

 

Purchase by DMP from subsidiaries of Circle K of: 1) 100% of the membership interests in the sole member of the General Partner; 2) 100% of the Incentive Distribution Rights issued by the Partnership; and 3) an aggregate of 7,486,131 common units of the Partnership. These transactions closed on November 19, 2019.

 

 

 

IDRs

 

Incentive Distribution Rights represented the right to receive an increasing percentage of quarterly distributions after the target distribution levels were achieved. As a result of the GP Purchase, DMP owned 100% of the outstanding IDRs from November 19, 2019 through February 6, 2020.

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Code

 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended

 

 

 

IPO

 

Initial public offering of CrossAmerica Partners LP on October 30, 2012

 

 

 

LIBOR

 

London Interbank Offered Rate

 

 

 

MD&A

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

 

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Marathon

 

Marathon Petroleum Company LP

 

 

 

Motiva

 

Motiva Enterprises LLC

 

 

 

Partnership Agreement

 

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of CrossAmerica Partners LP, dated as of February 6, 2020

 

 

 

Predecessor Entity

 

Wholesale distribution contracts and real property and leasehold interests contributed to the Partnership in connection with the IPO

 

 

 

SEC

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

 

 

Terms Discounts

 

Discounts for prompt payment and other rebates and incentives from our suppliers for a majority of the gallons of motor fuel purchased by us, which are recorded within cost of sales. Prompt payment discounts are based on a percentage of the purchase price of motor fuel.

 

 

 

Topper Group Omnibus

Agreement

 

The Topper Group Omnibus Agreement, effective January 1, 2020, by and among the Partnership, the General Partner and DMI. The terms of the Topper Group Omnibus Agreement were approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board, which is composed of the independent directors of the Board. Pursuant to the Topper Group Omnibus Agreement, DMI agrees, among other things, to provide, or cause to be provided, to the Partnership certain management services at cost without markup.

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP

 

U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

 

 

 

Valero

 

Valero Energy Corporation and, where appropriate in context, one or more of its subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole

 

 

 

WTI

 

West Texas Intermediate crude oil

 

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Thousands of Dollars, except unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

954

 

 

$

513

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $344 and $429, respectively

 

 

31,001

 

 

 

28,519

 

Accounts receivable from related parties

 

 

935

 

 

 

931

 

Inventory

 

 

24,357

 

 

 

23,253

 

Assets held for sale

 

 

10,548

 

 

 

9,898

 

Other current assets

 

 

13,069

 

 

 

11,707

 

Total current assets

 

 

80,864

 

 

 

74,821

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

561,762

 

 

 

570,856

 

Right-of-use assets, net

 

 

170,116

 

 

 

167,860

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

88,340

 

 

 

92,912

 

Goodwill

 

 

88,764

 

 

 

88,764

 

Other assets

 

 

20,091

 

 

 

19,129

 

Total assets

 

$

1,009,937

 

 

$

1,014,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations

 

$

2,677

 

 

$

2,631

 

Current portion of operating lease obligations

 

 

32,977

 

 

 

31,958

 

Accounts payable

 

 

67,197

 

 

 

63,978

 

Accounts payable to related parties

 

 

5,855

 

 

 

5,379

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

22,028

 

 

 

23,267

 

Motor fuel and sales taxes payable

 

 

20,594

 

 

 

19,735

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

151,328

 

 

 

146,948

 

Debt and finance lease obligations, less current portion

 

 

539,841

 

 

 

527,299

 

Operating lease obligations, less current portion

 

 

143,017

 

 

 

141,380

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

15,189

 

 

 

15,022

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

 

41,590

 

 

 

41,450

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

31,566

 

 

 

32,575

 

Total liabilities

 

 

922,531

 

 

 

904,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common units—37,874,868 and 37,868,046 units issued and

   outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

87,614

 

 

 

112,124

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(208

)

 

 

(2,456

)

Total equity

 

 

87,406

 

 

 

109,668

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

1,009,937

 

 

$

1,014,342

 

 

See Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Thousands of Dollars, except unit and per unit amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating revenues (a)

 

$

657,284

 

 

$

391,695

 

Costs of sales (b)

 

 

602,416

 

 

 

355,966

 

Gross profit

 

 

54,868

 

 

 

35,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests

 

 

 

 

 

3,202

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses (c)

 

 

29,403

 

 

 

10,723

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

7,650

 

 

 

4,480

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

 

18,031

 

 

 

17,227

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

55,084

 

 

 

32,430

 

(Loss) gain on dispositions and lease terminations, net

 

 

(648

)

 

 

70,931

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(864

)

 

 

77,432

 

Other income, net

 

 

88

 

 

 

137

 

Interest expense

 

 

(3,497

)

 

 

(5,540

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

 

(4,273

)

 

 

72,029

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(306

)

 

 

(32

)

Net (loss) income

 

 

(3,967

)

 

 

72,061

 

IDR distributions

 

 

 

 

 

(133

)

Net (loss) income available to limited partners

 

$

(3,967

)

 

$

71,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per common unit

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average limited partner units:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic common units

 

 

37,869,259

 

 

 

35,994,972

 

Diluted common units (d)

 

 

37,891,130

 

 

 

35,995,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) includes excise taxes of:

 

$

43,705

 

 

$

14,937

 

(a) includes rent income of:

 

 

20,472

 

 

 

22,688

 

(b) excludes depreciation, amortization and accretion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) includes rent expense of:

 

 

5,913

 

 

 

6,920

 

(c) includes rent expense of:

 

 

3,196

 

 

 

 

(d) Diluted common units were not used in the calculation of diluted earnings per common unit for the three months ended

      March 31, 2021 because to do so would have been antidilutive.

 

 

See Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Thousands of Dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(3,967

)

 

$

72,061

 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by

   operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

 

18,031

 

 

 

17,227

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

260

 

 

 

261

 

Credit loss expense

 

 

31

 

 

 

91

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(590

)

 

 

(136

)

Equity-based employee and director compensation expense

 

 

368

 

 

 

31

 

Loss (gain) on dispositions and lease terminations, net

 

 

648

 

 

 

(70,931

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

(810

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

17,668

 

 

 

17,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments received on notes receivable

 

 

47

 

 

 

87

 

Proceeds from Circle K in connection with CST Fuel Supply Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

15,935

 

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

 

931

 

 

 

5,032

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(10,621

)

 

 

(5,382

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(9,643

)

 

 

15,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under the revolving credit facility

 

 

34,500

 

 

 

19,000

 

Repayments on the revolving credit facility

 

 

(21,539

)

 

 

(26,500

)

Payments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations

 

 

(633

)

 

 

(595

)

Distributions paid on distribution equivalent rights

 

 

(31

)

 

 

(1

)

Distributions paid to holders of the IDRs

 

 

 

 

 

(133

)

Distributions paid on common units

 

 

(19,881

)

 

 

(18,110

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(7,584

)

 

 

(26,339

)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

441

 

 

 

7,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

513

 

 

 

1,780

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

954

 

 

$

8,907

 

 

See Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Thousands of Dollars, except unit amounts)

(Unaudited) 

 

 

Limited Partners’ Interest

 

 

Incentive

 

 

Accumulated other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

Unitholders

 

 

Distribution

Rights

 

 

comprehensive loss

 

 

Total Equity

 

 

 

Units

 

 

Dollars

 

 

Dollars

 

 

Dollars

 

 

Dollars

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

 

 

37,868,046

 

 

$

112,124

 

 

$

 

 

$

(2,456

)

 

$

109,668

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

(3,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,967

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,017

 

 

 

2,017

 

   Realized loss on interest rate swap contracts

      reclassified from AOCI into interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

231

 

 

 

231

 

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,248

 

 

 

2,248

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

 

 

 

(3,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

2,248

 

 

 

(1,719

)

Issuance of units related to 2020 Bonus Plan

 

 

6,822

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126

 

Tax effect from intra-entity transfer of assets

 

 

 

 

 

(757

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(757

)

Distributions paid

 

 

 

 

 

(19,912

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(19,912

)

Balance at March 31, 2021

 

 

37,874,868

 

 

$

87,614

 

 

$

 

 

$

(208

)

 

$

87,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

34,494,441

 

 

$

78,397

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

78,397

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

71,928

 

 

 

133

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,061

 

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(786

)

 

 

(786

)

   Realized gain on interest rate swap contract

      reclassified from AOCI into interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(11

)

Total other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(797

)

 

 

(797

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

71,928

 

 

 

133

 

 

 

(797

)

 

 

71,264

 

Issuance of units to the Topper Group in connection

   with the Equity Restructuring Agreement

 

 

2,528,673

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions paid

 

 

 

 

 

(18,111

)

 

 

(133

)

 

 

 

 

 

(18,244

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

37,023,114

 

 

$

132,214

 

 

$

 

 

$

(797

)

 

$

131,417

 

 

See Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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Note 1.DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES

Our business consists of:

 

the wholesale distribution of motor fuels;

 

the owning or leasing of retail sites used in the retail distribution of motor fuels and, in turn, generating rental income from the lease or sublease of the retail sites;

 

the retail sale of motor fuels to end customers at retail sites operated by commission agents or, since April 14, 2020, ourselves; and

 

since April 14, 2020, the operation of retail sites, including the sale of convenience merchandise to end customers. We had no company operated sites from September 30, 2019 through April 14, 2020.

The financial statements reflect the consolidated results of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Our primary operations are conducted by the following consolidated wholly owned subsidiaries:

 

LGW, which distributes motor fuels on a wholesale basis and generates qualifying income under Section 7704(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

LGPR, which functions as our real estate holding company and holds assets that generate qualifying rental income under Section 7704(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

 

LGWS, which owns and leases (or leases and sub-leases) real estate and personal property used in the retail sale of motor fuels, as well as provides maintenance and other services to its customers. In addition, LGWS sells motor fuel on a retail basis at sites operated by commission agents. Since our acquisition of retail and wholesale assets that closed on April 14, 2020, LGWS also sells motor fuels on a retail basis and sells convenience merchandise items to end customers at company operated retail sites. Income from LGWS generally is not qualifying income under Section 7704(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Interim Financial Statements

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and the Exchange Act. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature unless disclosed otherwise. Management believes that the disclosures made are adequate to keep the information presented from being misleading. The financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-K. Financial information as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 included in the consolidated financial statements has been derived from our unaudited financial statements. Financial information as of December 31, 2020 has been derived from our audited financial statements and notes thereto as of that date.

Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. Our business exhibits seasonality due to our wholesale and retail sites being located in certain geographic areas that are affected by seasonal weather and temperature trends and associated changes in retail customer activity during different seasons. Historically, sales volumes have been highest in the second and third quarters (during the summer activity months) and lowest during the winter months in the first and fourth quarters. The COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted our business and these seasonal trends typical in our business. See the “COVID-19 Pandemic” section below.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results and outcomes could differ from those estimates and assumptions. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances could result in revised estimates and assumptions.

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Significant Accounting Policies

Certain new accounting pronouncements have become effective for our financial statements during 2021, but the adoption of these pronouncements did not materially impact our financial position, results of operations or disclosures.

Concentration Risk

Approximately 12% of our rent income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was from one multi-site operator.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, our wholesale business purchased approximately 33%, 23%, 12% and 10% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP, Motiva and Marathon, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, our wholesale business purchased approximately 24%, 23%, 13% and 11% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP, Motiva and Circle K, respectively. No other fuel suppliers accounted for 10% or more of our motor fuel purchases during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Approximately 17% and 15% of our motor fuel gallons sold for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were delivered by one carrier.

Prior Year Acquisitions

We completed six tranches of the asset exchange with Circle K on May 21, 2019, September 5, 2019, February 25, 2020, April 7, 2020, May 5, 2020 and September 15, 2020. With the closing of the sixth tranche, the transactions contemplated under the Asset Exchange Agreement we entered into with Circle K on December 17, 2018 (“Asset Exchange Agreement”) have concluded. Through these transactions, we acquired 191 sites in exchange for the real property at 56 sites as well as 17 sites previously owned and operated by the Partnership. Although we no longer collect rent from the sites divested in these transactions, we continue to distribute fuel on a wholesale basis to them.

Effective March 25, 2020, we closed on the CST Fuel Supply Exchange. Through this transaction, we acquired 33 sites, wholesale fuel supply to 331 additional sites and $14.1 million in proceeds in exchange for our investment in CST Fuel Supply.

On April 14, 2020, we closed on the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets. Through these transactions, we expanded the retail operations of the Partnership by 169 sites (154 company operated sites and 15 commission sites) through a combination of (1) entering into new leasing arrangements with related parties as the lessee for 62 sites and (2) terminating contracts where we were previously the lessor and fuel supplier under dealer arrangements for 107 sites which then became company operated sites. As a result of the Asset Purchase Agreement, we have expanded our wholesale fuel distribution by 110 sites, including 53 third-party wholesale dealer contracts, and supply of the 62 newly leased sites.

COVID-19 Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus spread worldwide, including to the U.S., posing public health risks that have reached pandemic proportions.

We experienced a sharp decrease in fuel volume in mid-to-late March 2020. Although fuel volumes have largely recovered during the second half of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, we cannot predict the scope and severity with which COVID-19 will impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Sustained decreases in fuel volume or erosion of margin could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flow, financial position and ultimately our ability to pay distributions.

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 2. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

We have classified 28 sites and 25 sites as held for sale at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, which are expected to be sold within one year of such classification. Assets held for sale were as follows (in thousands): 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Land

 

$

8,780

 

 

$

7,889

 

Buildings and site improvements

 

 

2,302

 

 

 

2,784

 

Equipment

 

 

1,278

 

 

 

1,152

 

Total

 

 

12,360

 

 

 

11,825

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(1,812

)

 

 

(1,927

)

Assets held for sale

 

$

10,548

 

 

$

9,898

 

 

The Partnership has reprioritized divesting lower performing assets. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we sold three properties for $0.9 million in proceeds, resulting in an insignificant net loss. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we sold six properties for $5.0 million in proceeds, resulting in a net gain of $1.6 million.

 

Note 3. INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Retail site merchandise

 

$

11,437

 

 

$

11,969

 

Motor fuel

 

 

12,920

 

 

 

11,284

 

Inventories

 

$

24,357

 

 

$

23,253

 

 

Note 4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Land

 

$

238,614

 

 

$

241,585

 

Buildings and site improvements

 

 

283,835

 

 

 

284,593

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

10,635

 

 

 

10,684

 

Equipment

 

 

245,352

 

 

 

236,420

 

Construction in progress

 

 

11,764

 

 

 

15,919

 

Property and equipment, at cost

 

 

790,200

 

 

 

789,201

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(228,438

)

 

 

(218,345

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

561,762

 

 

$

570,856

 

 

We recorded impairment charges of $2.3 million and $5.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, included within depreciation, amortization and accretion expenses on the statements of operations. These impairment charges were primarily related to sites initially classified within assets held for sale in connection with our ongoing real estate rationalization effort.

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Gross

Amount

 

 

Accumulated

Amortization

 

 

Net

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Gross

Amount

 

 

Accumulated

Amortization

 

 

Net

Carrying

Amount

 

Wholesale fuel supply contracts/rights

 

$

187,643

 

 

$

(100,223

)

 

$

87,420

 

 

$

187,643

 

 

$

(95,694

)

 

$

91,949

 

Trademarks/licenses

 

 

1,898

 

 

 

(1,128

)

 

 

770

 

 

 

1,898

 

 

 

(1,115

)

 

 

783

 

Covenant not to compete

 

 

4,552

 

 

 

(4,402

)

 

 

150

 

 

 

4,552

 

 

 

(4,372

)

 

 

180

 

Total intangible assets

 

$

194,093

 

 

$

(105,753

)

 

$

88,340

 

 

$

194,093

 

 

$

(101,181

)

 

$

92,912

 

 

Note 6. DEBT

Our balances for long-term debt and finance lease obligations were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revolving credit facility

 

$

526,141

 

 

$

513,180

 

Finance lease obligations

 

 

19,374

 

 

 

20,007

 

Total debt and finance lease obligations

 

 

545,515

 

 

 

533,187

 

Current portion

 

 

2,677

 

 

 

2,631

 

Noncurrent portion

 

 

542,838

 

 

 

530,556

 

Deferred financing costs, net

 

 

2,997

 

 

 

3,257

 

Noncurrent portion, net of deferred financing costs

 

$

539,841

 

 

$

527,299

 

 

Our revolving credit facility is secured by substantially all of our assets. Letters of credit outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 totaled $4.0 million. The amount of availability under the credit facility at March 31, 2021, after taking into consideration debt covenant restrictions, was $115.4 million.

Financial Covenants and Interest Rate

 

The credit facility contains certain financial covenants. We are required to maintain a consolidated leverage ratio for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of 4.75 to 1.00. Such threshold is increased to 5.50 to 1.00 for the quarter during a specified acquisition period (as defined in the credit facility). Upon the occurrence of a qualified note offering (as defined in the credit facility), the consolidated leverage ratio when not in a specified acquisition period is increased to 5.25 to 1.00, while the specified acquisition period threshold remains 5.50 to 1.00. Upon the occurrence of a qualified note offering, we are also required to maintain a consolidated senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit facility) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00. Such threshold is increased to 4.00 to 1.00 for the quarter during a specified acquisition period. We are also required to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the credit facility) of at least 2.50 to 1.00. As of March 31, 2021, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.

 

Our borrowings under the revolving credit facility had a weighted-average interest rate of 2.1% as of March 31, 2021 (LIBOR plus an applicable margin, which was 2.0% as of March 31, 2021).

See Note 7 for information related to our interest rate swap contracts.

Note 7. INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS

 

The interest payments on our credit facility vary based on monthly changes in the one-month LIBOR and changes, if any, in the applicable margin, which is based on our leverage ratio as further discussed in Note 6. To hedge against interest rate volatility on our variable rate borrowings under the credit facility, on March 26, 2020, we entered into an interest rate swap contract. The interest rate swap contract has a notional amount of $150 million, a fixed rate of 0.495% and matures on April 1, 2024. On April 15, 2020, we entered into two additional interest rate swap contracts, each with notional amounts of $75 million, a fixed rate of 0.38% and that mature on April 1, 2024. All of these interest rate swap contracts have been designated as cash flow hedges and are expected to be highly effective.

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

The fair value of these interest rate swap contracts, which is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, totaled $0.2 million and $2.5 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 10 for additional information on the fair value of the interest rate swap contracts.

 

We report the unrealized gains and losses on our interest rate swap contracts designated as highly effective cash flow hedges as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassify such gains and losses into earnings in the same period during which the hedged interest expense is recorded. We recognized a net realized loss from settlements of the interest rate swap contracts of $0.2 million and an insignificant amount for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

We currently estimate that a loss of $1.0 million will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into interest expense during the next 12 months; however, the actual amount that will be reclassified will vary based on changes in interest rates.

Note 8. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Wholesale Motor Fuel Sales and Real Estate Rentals

Revenues from motor fuel sales and rental income from DMS for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):  

Revenues from motor fuel sales to DMS

 

$

22,109

 

Rental income from DMS

 

 

1,213

 

 

As a result of the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, as of April 14, 2020, we no longer have any revenue from DMS.

Revenues from TopStar, an entity affiliated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr., were $11.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Accounts receivable from TopStar were $0.8 million and $0.7 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Effective April 14, 2020, we acquired wholesale fuel supply rights, including this supply contract, as part of the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets. Prior to April 14, 2020, we were only leasing motor fuel stations to TopStar.

CrossAmerica leases real estate from the Topper Group. Rent expense under these lease agreements, including rent paid under the leases entered into in connection with the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, was $2.3 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Topper Group Omnibus Agreement

We incurred expenses under the Topper Group Omnibus Agreement, including costs for store level personnel at our company operated sites since our April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, totaling $12.8 million and $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Such expenses are included in operating expenses and general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations. Amounts payable to the Topper Group related to expenses incurred by the Topper Group on our behalf in accordance with the Topper Group Omnibus Agreement totaled $3.7 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

IDR and Common Unit Distributions

We distributed $9.7 million and $7.9 million to the Topper Group related to its ownership of our common units during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We distributed $0.1 million to the Topper Group related to its ownership of our IDRs during the three months ended March 31, 2020. On February 6, 2020, we closed on the Equity Restructuring Agreement that eliminated the IDRs.

Maintenance and Environmental Costs

Certain maintenance and environmental remediation activities are performed by an entity affiliated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr., a member of the Board, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board. We incurred charges with to this related party of $0.4 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Accounts payable to this related party amounted to $0.1 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

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Environmental Compliance and Inventory Management Costs

We use certain environmental monitoring and inventory management equipment and services provided by an entity affiliated with the Topper Group, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board. We incurred charges with this related party of $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Convenience Store Products

We purchase certain convenience store products from an affiliate of John B. Reilly, III and Joseph V. Topper, Jr., members of the Board, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board in connection with the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets. Merchandise costs amounted to $4.2 million for three months ended March 31, 2021. Amounts payable to this related party amounted to $1.8 million and $1.5 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Vehicle Lease

 

In connection with the services rendered under the Topper Group Omnibus Agreement, we lease certain vehicles from an entity affiliated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr., a member of the Board, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board. Lease expense was insignificant for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are in Allentown, Pennsylvania. We sublease office space from the Topper Group that the Topper Group leases from an affiliate of John B. Reilly, III and Joseph V. Topper, Jr., members of our Board, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the Board. Rent expense amounted to $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Public Relations and Website Consulting Services

 

We have engaged a company affiliated with a member of the Board for public relations and website consulting services. The cost of these services was insignificant for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Note 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Purchase Commitments

We have minimum volume purchase requirements under certain of our fuel supply agreements with a purchase price at prevailing market rates for wholesale distribution. In the event we fail to purchase the required minimum volume for a given contract year, the underlying third party’s exclusive remedies (depending on the magnitude of the failure) are either termination of the supply agreement and/or a financial penalty per gallon based on the volume shortfall for the given year. We did not incur any significant penalties during the three months ended March 31, 2021 or 2020.

Litigation Matters

We are from time to time party to various lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. These actions typically seek, among other things, compensation for alleged personal injury, breach of contract, property damages, environmental damages, employment-related claims and damages, punitive damages, civil penalties or other losses, or injunctive or declaratory relief. With respect to all such lawsuits, claims and proceedings, we record an accrual when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. In addition, we disclose matters for which management believes a material loss is at least reasonably possible. None of these proceedings, separately or in the aggregate, are expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In all instances, management has assessed the matter based on current information and made a judgment concerning its potential outcome, giving due consideration to the nature of the claim, the amount and nature of damages sought and the probability of success. Management’s judgment may prove materially inaccurate, and such judgment is made subject to the known uncertainties of litigation.     

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Environmental Matters

We currently own or lease retail sites where refined petroleum products are being or have been handled. These retail sites and the refined petroleum products handled thereon may be subject to federal and state environmental laws and regulations. Under such laws and regulations, we could be required to remove or remediate containerized hazardous liquids or associated generated wastes (including wastes disposed of or abandoned by prior owners or operators), to remediate contaminated property arising from the release of liquids or wastes into the environment, including contaminated groundwater, or to implement best management practices to prevent future contamination.

We maintain insurance of various types with varying levels of coverage that is considered adequate under the circumstances to cover operations and properties. The insurance policies are subject to deductibles that are considered reasonable and not excessive. In addition, we have entered into indemnification and escrow agreements with various sellers in conjunction with several of their respective acquisitions, as further described below. Financial responsibility for environmental remediation is negotiated in connection with each acquisition transaction. In each case, an assessment is made of potential environmental liability exposure based on available information. Based on that assessment and relevant economic and risk factors, a determination is made whether to, and the extent to which we will, assume liability for existing environmental conditions.

Environmental liabilities recorded on the balance sheet within accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities totaled $4.0 million and $3.9 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Indemnification assets related to third-party escrow funds, state funds or insurance recorded on the balance sheet within other current assets and other noncurrent assets totaled $3.1 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. State funds represent probable state reimbursement amounts. Reimbursement will depend upon the continued maintenance and solvency of the state. Insurance coverage represents amounts deemed probable of reimbursement under insurance policies.

The estimates used in these reserves are based on all known facts at the time and an assessment of the ultimate remedial action outcomes. We will adjust loss accruals as further information becomes available or circumstances change. Among the many uncertainties that impact the estimates are the necessary regulatory approvals for, and potential modifications of 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 and the possibility of existing legal claims giving rise to additional claims.

Environmental liabilities related to the sites contributed to the Partnership in connection with our IPO have not been assigned to us and are still the responsibility of the Predecessor Entity. The Predecessor Entity indemnified us for any costs or expenses that we incur for environmental liabilities and third-party claims, regardless of when a claim is made, that are based on environmental conditions in existence prior to the closing of the IPO for contributed sites. As such, these environmental liabilities and indemnification assets are not recorded on the balance sheet of the Partnership.

Similarly, we have generally been indemnified with respect to known contamination at sites acquired from third parties. As such, these environmental liabilities and indemnification assets are also not recorded on the balance sheet of the Partnership.

Note 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

We measure and report certain financial and non-financial assets and liabilities on a fair value basis. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). U.S. GAAP specifies a three-level hierarchy that is used when measuring and disclosing fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices available in active markets (i.e., observable inputs) and the lowest priority to data lacking transparency (i.e., unobservable inputs). An instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of significant input to its valuation.

Transfers into or out of any hierarchy level are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which the transfers occurred. There were no transfers between any levels in 2021 or 2020.

As further discussed in Note 7, we entered into interest rate swap contracts during 2020 and remeasure the fair value of such contracts on a recurring basis each balance sheet date. We used an income approach to measure the fair value of these contracts, utilizing a forward LIBOR yield curve for the same period as the future interest rate swap settlements. These fair value measurements are classified as Level 2.

As further discussed in Note 11, we have accrued for unvested phantom units and phantom performance units as a liability and adjust that liability on a recurring basis based on the market price of our common units each balance sheet date. These fair value measurements are classified as Level 1.

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The fair value of our accounts receivable, notes receivable, and accounts payable approximated their carrying values as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. The fair value of the revolving credit facility approximated its carrying values as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 due to the frequency with which interest rates are reset and the consistency of the market spread.

Note 11. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

Equity-based compensation expense was $0.2 million and insignificant for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The liability for equity-based awards was $0.3 million and insignificant at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Phantom Units

In February 2021, the Partnership granted 1,509 phantom units to each of three non-employee directors of the Board as a portion of director compensation. Such awards will vest in July 2021, conditioned upon continuous service as non-employee directors. These awards were accompanied by tandem distribution equivalent rights that entitle the holder to cash payments equal to the amount of unit distributions authorized to be paid to the holders of our common units.

Note 12. INCOME TAXES

As a limited partnership, we are not subject to federal and state income taxes. However, our corporate subsidiaries are subject to income taxes. Income tax attributable to our taxable income (including any dividend income from our corporate subsidiaries), which may differ significantly from income for financial statement purposes, is assessed at the individual limited partner unitholder level. We are subject to a statutory requirement that non-qualifying income, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, cannot exceed 10% of total gross income for the calendar year. If non-qualifying income exceeds this statutory limit, we would be taxed as a corporation. The non-qualifying income did not exceed the statutory limit in any annual period.

Certain activities that generate non-qualifying income are conducted through our wholly owned taxable corporate subsidiary, LGWS. Current and deferred income taxes are recognized on the earnings of LGWS. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and are measured using enacted tax rates.  

We recorded an income tax benefit of $0.3 million and an insignificant amount for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as a result of the losses incurred by our corporate subsidiaries. The effective tax rate differs from the combined federal and state statutory rate primarily because only LGWS is subject to income tax.

Note 13. NET INCOME PER LIMITED PARTNER UNIT

We compute income per unit using the two-class method under which any excess of distributions declared over net income shall be allocated to the partners based on their respective sharing of income as specified in the Partnership Agreement. Net income per unit applicable to limited partners is computed by dividing the limited partners’ interest in net income, after deducting the IDRs, by the weighted-average number of outstanding common units.

Since February 6, 2020, our common units are the only participating securities. On February 6, 2020, we closed on the Equity Restructuring Agreement that eliminated the IDRs.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of net income and weighted-average units used in computing basic and diluted net income per limited partner unit for the following periods (in thousands, except unit and per unit amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions paid

 

$

19,912

 

 

$

18,111

 

Allocation of distributions in excess of net income

 

 

(23,879

)

 

 

53,817

 

Limited partners’ interest in net income - basic and diluted

 

$

(3,967

)

 

$

71,928

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average limited partnership units outstanding - basic

 

 

37,869,259

 

 

 

35,994,972

 

Adjustment for phantom and phantom performance units (a)

 

 

 

 

 

961

 

Weighted-average limited partnership units outstanding - diluted

 

 

37,869,259

 

 

 

35,995,933

 

Net income per limited partnership unit - basic and diluted

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions paid per common unit

 

$

0.5250

 

 

$

0.5250

 

Distributions declared (with respect to each respective period) per common unit

 

$

0.5250

 

 

$

0.5250

 

  

 

(a)

21,871 potentially dilutive common units were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common unit for the three months ended March 31, 2021 because to do so would have been antidilutive.

Distributions

Distribution activity for 2021 is as follows:

 

Quarter Ended

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Cash

Distribution

(per unit)

 

 

Cash

Distribution

(in thousands)

 

December 31, 2020

 

February 2, 2021

 

February 9, 2021

 

$

0.5250

 

 

$

19,912

 

March 31, 2021

 

May 4, 2021

 

May 11, 2021

 

 

0.5250

 

 

 

19,915

 

 

The amount of any distribution is subject to the discretion of the Board, which may modify or revoke our cash distribution policy at any time. Our Partnership Agreement does not require us to pay any distributions. As such, there can be no assurance we will continue to pay distributions in the future.

Note 14. SEGMENT REPORTING

We conduct our business in two segments: 1) the Wholesale segment and 2) the Retail segment. The wholesale segment includes the wholesale distribution of motor fuel to lessee dealers, independent dealers, commission agents, DMS (through the closing of the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets) and company operated retail sites. We have exclusive motor fuel distribution contracts with lessee dealers who lease the property from us. We also have exclusive distribution contracts with independent dealers to distribute motor fuel but do not collect rent from the independent dealers. Similar to lessee dealers, we had motor fuel distribution and lease agreements with DMS (through the closing of the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets). The Retail segment includes the retail sale of motor fuel at retail sites operated by commission agents and the sale of convenience merchandise items and the retail sale of motor fuel at company operated sites. A commission agent is a retail site where we retain title to the motor fuel inventory and sell it directly to our end user customers. At commission agent retail sites, we manage motor fuel inventory pricing and retain the gross profit on motor fuel sales, less a commission to the agent who operates the retail site. Similar to our Wholesale segment, we also generate revenues through leasing or subleasing real estate in our Retail segment.

Unallocated items consist primarily of general and administrative expenses, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, gains on dispositions and lease terminations, net, and the elimination of the Retail segment’s intersegment cost of revenues from motor fuel sales against the Wholesale segment’s intersegment revenues from motor fuel sales. The profit in ending inventory generated by the intersegment motor fuel sales is also eliminated. Total assets by segment are not presented as management does not currently assess performance or allocate resources based on that data.

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The following table reflects activity related to our reportable segments (in thousands):

 

 

 

Wholesale

 

 

Retail

 

 

Unallocated

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from fuel sales to external customers

 

$

398,493

 

 

$

197,487

 

 

$

 

 

$

595,980

 

Intersegment revenues from fuel sales

 

 

144,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

(144,452

)

 

 

 

Revenues from food and merchandise sales

 

 

 

 

 

37,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,839

 

Rent income

 

 

17,700

 

 

 

2,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,472

 

Other revenue

 

 

1,134

 

 

 

1,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,993

 

Total revenues

 

$

561,779

 

 

$

239,957

 

 

$

(144,452

)

 

$

657,284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

$

24,905

 

 

$

293

 

 

$

(26,062

)

 

$

(864

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from fuel sales to external customers

 

$

302,123

 

 

$

65,769

 

 

$

 

 

$

367,892

 

Intersegment revenues from fuel sales

 

 

47,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

(47,906

)

 

 

 

Rent income

 

 

20,468

 

 

 

2,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,688

 

Other revenue

 

 

1,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,115

 

Total revenues

 

$

371,612

 

 

$

67,989

 

 

$

(47,906

)

 

$

391,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests

 

$

3,202

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,202

 

Operating income

 

$

29,265

 

 

$

395

 

 

$

47,772

 

 

$

77,432

 

 

From the date of conversion of the 46 company operated sites to dealer operated sites in the third quarter of 2019 through April 14, 2020, we did not have any company operated sites.

Receivables relating to the revenue streams above are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Receivables from fuel and merchandise sales

 

$

26,741

 

 

$

23,800

 

Receivables for rent and other lease-related charges

 

 

5,195

 

 

 

5,650

 

Total accounts receivable

 

$

31,936

 

 

$

29,450

 

Performance obligations are satisfied as fuel is delivered to the customer and as merchandise is sold to the consumer. Many of our fuel contracts with our customers include minimum purchase volumes measured on a monthly basis, although such revenue is not material. Receivables from fuel are recognized on a per-gallon rate and are generally collected within 10 days of delivery.

The balance of unamortized costs incurred to obtain certain contracts with customers was $8.7 million and $8.3 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Amortization of such costs is recorded against operating revenues and amounted to $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Receivables from rent and other lease-related charges are generally collected at the beginning of the month.

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Note 15. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

In order to determine net cash provided by operating activities, net income is adjusted by, among other things, changes in operating assets and liabilities as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Decrease (increase):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

$

(2,512

)

 

$

9,238

 

Accounts receivable from related parties

 

 

(4

)

 

 

2,612

 

Inventories

 

 

(1,104

)

 

 

1,840

 

Other current assets

 

 

(1,359

)

 

 

479

 

Other assets

 

 

(892

)

 

 

(423

)

Increase (decrease):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

3,063

 

 

 

(10,498

)

Accounts payable to related parties

 

 

529

 

 

 

482

 

Motor fuel and sales taxes payable

 

 

859

 

 

 

(2,402

)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

733

 

 

 

(1,570

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

3,574

 

 

 

(568

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions

 

$

2,887

 

 

$

(810

)

 

The above changes in operating assets and liabilities may differ from changes between amounts reflected in the applicable balance sheets for the respective periods due to acquisitions.

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

2,996

 

 

$

5,330

 

Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(5

)


Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets

 

$

9,156

 

 

$

7,351

 

Net assets acquired in connection with the asset exchange

   tranches with Circle K

 

 

 

 

 

(10,965

)

Net assets acquired in connection with the CST Fuel

   Supply Exchange with Circle K

 

 

 

 

 

(55,282

)

 

Note 16. SUBSEQUENT EVENT – ACQUISITION OF ASSETS FROM 7-ELEVEN

 

On April 28, 2021, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with 7-Eleven, Inc. (“7-Eleven”), pursuant to which we have agreed to purchase certain assets related to the ownership and operations of 106 company-operated sites (90 fee; 16 leased) located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. (collectively, the “Properties”) for an aggregate purchase price of $263.0 million, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. The assets are being sold by 7-Eleven as part of a divestiture process in connection with its previously announced acquisition of the Speedway business from Marathon Petroleum Corporation (“MPC”).

The assets to be purchased by CrossAmerica include real property and leasehold rights to the Properties, and all inventory and other assets located at the Properties, other than specific excluded assets, such as rights to intellectual property or rights with respect to “7-Eleven” or “Speedway” branding. The vast majority of the sites are currently operating under the Speedway brand, and all sites will be rebranded in connection with the closing of such site pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. We also will assume certain specified liabilities associated with the assets. We expect to finance the transaction through undrawn capacity under our existing revolving credit facility, cash on hand, and/or additional debt financing from other sources.

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We expect to close the acquisition of the Properties on a rolling site-by-site basis, and the initial closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions, including consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 2, 2020, between MPC and 7-Eleven (the “Marathon PSA”), the acceptance by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) for public comment of an agreement containing consent orders and a proposed order pursuant to applicable FTC rules, and certain other customary conditions to closing.

The Asset Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, agreements and obligations of the parties, including covenants regarding the conduct of the business at the Properties prior to the applicable closing of such Property.

The Asset Purchase Agreement also is subject to termination under certain circumstances, including if the FTC does not accept the Asset Purchase Agreement, notifies the parties that it will not submit the Asset Purchase Agreement for commission approval, or makes a formal determination that the Asset Purchase Agreement does not help to resolve the antitrust concerns related to the transactions contemplated by the Marathon PSA.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, credit ratings, distribution growth, potential growth opportunities, potential operating performance improvements, potential improvements in return on capital employed, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations. You can identify our forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions. Such statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could potentially affect actual results. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding:

 

future retail and wholesale gross profits, including gasoline, diesel and convenience store merchandise gross profits;

 

our anticipated level of capital investments, primarily through acquisitions, and the effect of these capital investments on our results of operations;

 

anticipated trends in the demand for, and volumes sold of, gasoline and diesel in the regions where we operate;

 

volatility in the equity and credit markets limiting access to capital markets;

 

our ability to integrate acquired businesses;

 

expectations regarding environmental, tax and other regulatory initiatives; and

 

the effect of general economic and other conditions on our business.

In general, we based the forward-looking statements included in this report on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our company and the industry in which we operate. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties we cannot predict. We anticipate that subsequent events and market developments will cause our estimates to change. In addition, we based many of these forward-looking statements on assumptions about future events that may prove to be inaccurate. Accordingly, our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what we have expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Any differences could result from a variety of factors, including the following:

 

the Topper Group’s business strategy and operations and the Topper Group’s conflicts of interest with us;

 

availability of cash flow to pay the current quarterly distributions on our common units;

 

the availability and cost of competing motor fuels;

 

motor fuel price volatility or a reduction in demand for motor fuels, including as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic;

 

competition in the industries and geographical areas in which we operate;

 

the consummation of financing, acquisition or disposition transactions and the effect thereof on our business;

 

environmental compliance and remediation costs;

 

our existing or future indebtedness and the related interest expense and our ability to comply with debt covenants;

 

our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition;

 

failure to comply with applicable tax and other regulations or governmental policies;

 

future legislation and changes in regulations, governmental policies, immigration laws and restrictions or changes in enforcement or interpretations thereof;

 

future regulations and actions that could expand the non-exempt status of employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act;

 

future income tax legislation;

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changes in energy policy;

 

increases in energy conservation efforts;

 

technological advances;

 

the impact of worldwide economic and political conditions;

 

the impact of wars and acts of terrorism;

 

weather conditions or catastrophic weather-related damage;

 

earthquakes and other natural disasters;

 

hazards and risks associated with transporting and storing motor fuel;

 

unexpected environmental liabilities;

 

the outcome of pending or future litigation; and

 

our ability to comply with federal and state laws and regulations, including those related to environmental matters, the sale of alcohol, cigarettes and fresh foods, employment and health benefits, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration and international trade.

You should consider the risks and uncertainties described above and elsewhere in this report as well as those set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K in connection with considering any forward-looking statements that may be made by us and our businesses generally. We cannot assure you that anticipated results or events reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events after the date of this report, except as required by law.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following MD&A is intended to help the reader understand our results of operations and financial condition. This section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to these financial statements contained elsewhere in this report, and the MD&A section and the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to those financial statements in our Form 10-K. Our Form 10-K contains a discussion of other matters not included herein, such as disclosures regarding critical accounting policies and estimates and contractual obligations.

MD&A is organized as follows:

 

Recent Developments—This section describes significant recent developments, including our pending acquisition of certain assets from 7-Eleven, Inc.

 

Significant Factors Affecting Our Profitability—This section describes the significant impact on our results of operations caused by crude oil commodity price volatility, seasonality and acquisition and financing activities.

 

Results of Operations—This section provides an analysis of our results of operations, including the results of operations of our business segments, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and non-GAAP financial measures.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources—This section provides a discussion of our financial condition and cash flows. It also includes a discussion of our debt, capital requirements, other matters impacting our liquidity and capital resources and an outlook for our business.

 

New Accounting Policies—This section describes new accounting pronouncements that we have already adopted, those that we are required to adopt in the future and those that became applicable in the current year as a result of new circumstances.

 

Critical Accounting Policies Involving Critical Accounting Estimates—This section describes the accounting policies and estimates that we consider most important for our business and that require significant judgment.

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Recent Developments

Subsequent Event – Acquisition of Assets from 7-Eleven

 

On April 28, 2021, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with 7-Eleven, Inc. (“7-Eleven”), pursuant to which we have agreed to purchase certain assets related to the ownership and operations of 106 company-operated sites (90 fee; 16 leased) located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. (collectively, the “Properties”) for an aggregate purchase price of $263.0 million, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. The assets are being sold by 7-Eleven as part of a divestiture process in connection with its previously announced acquisition of the Speedway business from Marathon Petroleum Corporation (“MPC”).

The assets to be purchased by CrossAmerica include real property and leasehold rights to the Properties, and all inventory and other assets located at the Properties, other than specific excluded assets, such as rights to intellectual property or rights with respect to “7-Eleven” or “Speedway” branding. The vast majority of the sites are currently operating under the Speedway brand, and all sites will be rebranded in connection with the closing of such site pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. We also will assume certain specified liabilities associated with the assets. We expect to finance the transaction through undrawn capacity under our existing revolving credit facility, cash on hand, and/or additional debt financing from other sources.

We expect to close the acquisition of the Properties on a rolling site-by-site basis, and the initial closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions, including consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 2, 2020, between MPC and 7-Eleven (the “Marathon PSA”), the acceptance by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) for public comment of an agreement containing consent orders and a proposed order pursuant to applicable FTC rules, and certain other customary conditions to closing.

The Asset Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, agreements and obligations of the parties, including covenants regarding the conduct of the business at the Properties prior to the applicable closing of such Property.

The Asset Purchase Agreement also is subject to termination under certain circumstances, including if the FTC does not accept the Asset Purchase Agreement, notifies the parties that it will not submit the Asset Purchase Agreement for commission approval, or makes a formal determination that the Asset Purchase Agreement does not help to resolve the antitrust concerns related to the transactions contemplated by the Marathon PSA.

COVID-19 Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus spread worldwide, including to the U.S., posing public health risks that have reached pandemic proportions. We experienced a sharp decrease in fuel volume in mid-to-late March 2020. Although fuel volumes have largely recovered during the second half of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, we cannot predict the scope and severity with which COVID-19 will impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Sustained decreases in fuel volume or erosion of margin could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flow, financial position and ultimately our ability to pay distributions.

Significant Factors Affecting our Profitability

The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit

Wholesale segment

The prices paid to our motor fuel suppliers for wholesale motor fuel (which affects our cost of sales) are highly correlated to the price of crude oil. The crude oil commodity markets are highly volatile, and the market prices of crude oil, and, correspondingly, the market prices of wholesale motor fuel, experience significant and rapid fluctuations. We receive a fixed mark-up per gallon on approximately 71% of gallons sold to our customers. The remaining gallons are primarily DTW priced contracts, including intersegment sales to the Retail segment. These contracts provide for variable, market-based pricing that results in motor fuel gross profit effects similar to retail motor fuel gross profits (as crude oil prices decline, motor fuel gross profit generally increases, as discussed in our Retail segment below). The increase in DTW gross profit results from the cost of wholesale motor fuel declining at a faster rate as compared to the rate that retail motor fuel prices decline. Conversely, our DTW motor fuel gross profit generally declines when the cost of wholesale motor fuel increases at a faster rate as compared to the rate that retail motor fuel prices increase.

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Regarding our supplier relationships, a majority of our total gallons purchased are subject to Terms Discounts. The dollar value of these discounts increases and decreases corresponding to motor fuel prices. Therefore, in periods of lower wholesale motor fuel prices, our gross profit is negatively affected, and, in periods of higher wholesale motor fuel prices, our gross profit is positively affected (as it relates to these discounts).

Retail segment

We attempt to pass along wholesale motor fuel price changes to our retail customers through “at the pump” retail price changes; however, market conditions do not always allow us to do so immediately. The timing of any related increase or decrease in “at the pump” retail prices is affected by competitive conditions in each geographic market in which we operate. As such, the prices we charge our customers for motor fuel and the gross profit we receive on our motor fuel sales can increase or decrease significantly over short periods of time.

Changes in our average motor fuel selling price per gallon and gross margin are directly related to the changes in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices. Variations in our reported revenues and cost of sales are, therefore, primarily related to the price of crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices and generally not as a result of changes in motor fuel sales volumes, unless otherwise indicated and discussed below.

We typically experience lower retail motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel increases, and higher retail motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel declines. Since the Wholesale segment supplies all fuel requirements to the Retail segment, a portion of that volatility is absorbed by the Wholesale segment.

As previously reported, we converted 46 company operated sites to dealer operated sites in the third quarter of 2019. As a result of this transition, we did not have any company operated sites for the period from September 30, 2019 through closing on the retail and wholesale acquisition on April 14, 2020, since which we have again been operating company operated sites.

Seasonality Effects on Volumes

Our business is subject to seasonality due to our wholesale and retail sites being located in certain geographic areas that are affected by seasonal weather and temperature trends and associated changes in retail customer activity during different seasons. Historically, sales volumes have been highest in the second and third quarters (during the summer months) and lowest during the winter months in the first and fourth quarters.

Impact of Inflation

Inflation affects our financial performance by increasing certain of our operating expenses and cost of goods sold. Operating expenses include labor costs, leases, and general and administrative expenses. While our Wholesale segment benefits from higher Terms Discounts as a result of higher fuel costs, inflation could negatively impact our operating expenses. Although we have historically been able to pass on increased costs through price increases, there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so in the future.

Acquisition and Financing Activity

Our results of operations and financial condition are also impacted by our acquisition and financing activities as summarized below.

 

On February 6, 2020, we closed on the Equity Restructuring Agreement that eliminated the IDRs.

 

We completed the final four tranches of the asset exchange with Circle K on February 25, 2020, April 7, 2020, May 5, 2020 and September 15, 2020. With the closing of the sixth tranche, the transactions contemplated under the Asset Exchange have concluded.

 

Effective March 25, 2020, we closed on the CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

 

On April 14, 2020, we closed on the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets.

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Results of Operations

Consolidated Income Statement Analysis

Below is an analysis of our consolidated statements of operations and provides the primary reasons for significant increases and decreases in the various income statement line items from period to period. Our consolidated statements of operations are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating revenues

 

$

657,284

 

 

$

391,695

 

Costs of sales

 

 

602,416

 

 

 

355,966

 

Gross profit

 

 

54,868

 

 

 

35,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests

 

 

 

 

 

3,202

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

29,403

 

 

 

10,723

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

7,650

 

 

 

4,480

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

 

18,031

 

 

 

17,227

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

55,084

 

 

 

32,430

 

(Loss) gain on dispositions and lease terminations, net

 

 

(648

)

 

 

70,931

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(864

)

 

 

77,432

 

Other income, net

 

 

88

 

 

 

137

 

Interest expense

 

 

(3,497

)

 

 

(5,540

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

 

(4,273

)

 

 

72,029

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(306

)

 

 

(32

)

Net (loss) income

 

 

(3,967

)

 

 

72,061

 

IDR distributions

 

 

 

 

 

(133

)

Net (loss) income available to limited partners

 

$

(3,967

)

 

$

71,928

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

Consolidated Results

Operating revenues increased $266 million (68%) and gross profit increased $19 million (54%).

Operating revenues

Significant items impacting these results prior to the elimination of intercompany revenues were:

 

A $190 million (51%) increase in our Wholesale segment revenues primarily attributable to a 32% increase in volume primarily as a result of volume generated by the asset exchanges with Circle K, the CST Fuel Supply Exchange and the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets (the average number of sites with wholesale fuel distribution increased 30% from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021), partially offset by the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In addition, the average daily spot price of WTI crude oil increased 28% to $58.09 per barrel for the first quarter of 2021, compared to $45.34 per barrel for the first quarter of 2020. The wholesale price of motor fuel is highly correlated to the price of crude oil. See “Significant Factors Affecting our Profitability—The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.”

 

A $172 million (253%) increase in our Retail segment revenues primarily attributable to the increase in company operated and commission sites as a result of the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and the March 2020 CST Fuel Supply Exchange, (the average total system sites increased 109% from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021). Volume increased 171% for the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2020. The average retail fuel price increased 11% between those same periods due primarily to the increase in wholesale motor fuel prices as noted above. In addition, merchandise revenues were $37.8 million for the first quarter of 2021 whereas we had no company operated sites for the first quarter of 2020.

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Intersegment revenues

We present the results of operations of our segments on a consistent basis with how our management views the business. Therefore, our segments are presented before intersegment eliminations (which consist of motor fuel sold by our Wholesale segment to our Retail segment). As a result, in order to reconcile to our consolidated change in operating revenues, a discussion of the change in intersegment revenues is included in our consolidated MD&A discussion.

Our intersegment revenues increased $97 million (202%), primarily attributable to the incremental intersegment revenues generated by the company operated and commission sites acquired in the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and the March 2020 CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales increased $246 million (69%) as a result of the impact of the increase in sites acquired in the asset exchanges with Circle K, the CST Fuel Supply Exchange, the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets as well as the increase in wholesale motor fuel prices discussed above. See “Results of Operations—Segment Results” for additional gross profit analyses.

Gross profit

The increase in gross profit was primarily driven by increases in motor fuel and merchandise gross profit driven by 1) the CST Fuel Supply Exchange, which primarily resulted in an increase in fuel margin and a decrease in income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests; and 2) the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, which primarily resulted in an increase in fuel margin and merchandise margin and a decrease in lease margin. See “Results of Operations—Segment Results” for additional gross profit analyses.

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests and Operating expenses

See “Results of Operations—Segment Results” for analyses.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses increased $3.2 million (71%) primarily driven by a $0.9 million increase in management fees related to the increase in headcount and overall higher general and administrative expenses stemming from the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets. Additionally, acquisition-related costs increased $0.9 million as a result of higher legal fees incurred in connection with potential acquisitions.

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $0.8 million (5%) primarily from the property and equipment and intangible assets acquired in the asset exchanges with Circle K, the CST Fuel Supply Exchange and the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets. Partially offsetting this increase, we recorded $2.3 million in impairment charges during the first quarter of 2021 compared with $5.2 million in impairment charges during the same period of 2020. These impairment charges were primarily related to our ongoing real estate rationalization effort and the resulting reclassification of these sites to assets held for sale.

Gain (loss) on dispositions and lease terminations, net

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a $67.6 million gain on the sale of our 17.5% investment in CST Fuel Supply. In addition, we also recorded a gain of $1.8 million related to sale of five CAPL properties as part of the third asset exchange with Circle K.

Interest expense

Interest expense decreased $2.0 million (37%) primarily driven by a reduction in interest expense on borrowings under our credit facility due to a decrease in the average interest rate from 3.7% to 2.0%.

Income tax benefit

We recorded an income tax benefit of $0.3 million and an insignificant amount for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The benefits were primarily driven by losses incurred by our taxable subsidiaries.

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Segment Results

We present the results of operations of our segments consistent with how our management views the business. Therefore, our segments are presented before intersegment eliminations (which consist of motor fuel sold by our Wholesale segment to our Retail segment). These comparisons are not necessarily indicative of future results.

Wholesale

The following table highlights the results of operations and certain operating metrics of our Wholesale segment. The narrative following these tables provides an analysis of the results of operations of that segment (thousands of dollars, except for the number of distribution sites and per gallon amounts):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motor fuel–third party

 

$

15,523

 

 

$

13,040

 

Motor fuel–intersegment and related party

 

 

5,729

 

 

 

6,853

 

Motor fuel gross profit

 

 

21,252

 

 

 

19,893

 

Rent gross profit

 

 

12,493

 

 

 

14,129

 

Other revenues

 

 

1,134

 

 

 

1,115

 

Total gross profit

 

 

34,879

 

 

 

35,137

 

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests (a)

 

 

 

 

 

3,202

 

Operating expenses

 

 

(9,974

)

 

 

(9,074

)

Operating income

 

$

24,905

 

 

$

29,265

 

Motor fuel distribution sites (end of period): (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motor fuel–third party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent dealers (c)

 

 

683

 

 

 

660

 

Lessee dealers (d)

 

 

648

 

 

 

708

 

Total motor fuel distribution–third party sites

 

 

1,331

 

 

 

1,368

 

Motor fuel–intersegment and related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMS (related party) (e)

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Commission agents (Retail segment)

 

 

205

 

 

 

202

 

Company operated retail sites (Retail segment) (f)

 

 

151

 

 

 

 

Total motor fuel distribution–intersegment and related party sites

 

 

356

 

 

 

257

 

Motor fuel distribution sites (average during the period):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motor fuel-third party distribution

 

 

1,338

 

 

 

1,074

 

Motor fuel-intersegment and related party distribution

 

 

356

 

 

 

232

 

Total motor fuel distribution sites

 

 

1,694

 

 

 

1,306

 

Volume of gallons distributed (in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third party

 

 

213,708

 

 

 

177,497

 

Intersegment and related party

 

 

78,072

 

 

 

43,148

 

Total volume of gallons distributed

 

 

291,780

 

 

 

220,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wholesale margin per gallon

 

$

0.073

 

 

$

0.090

 

 

(a)

Represents income from our equity interest in CST Fuel Supply. The CST Fuel Supply Exchange closed on March 25, 2020.

(b)

In addition, as of March 31, 2021 and 2020, we distributed motor fuel to 13 sub-wholesalers who distributed to additional sites.

(c)

The increase in the independent dealer site count was primarily attributable to divestitures that resulted in 23 sites being converted to independent dealer sites, largely driven by our real estate rationalization effort.

(d)

The decrease in the lessee dealer site count was primarily attributable to the impacts of the retail and wholesale acquisition that resulted in the termination of 48 lessee dealer sites and the real estate rationalization effort, partially offset by the net 49 site increase from the asset exchanges with Circle K.

(e)

The decrease in the DMS site count was primarily attributable to the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets that resulted in the termination of 54 leases with DMS.

(f)

The increase in the company operated site count was primarily attributable to the 154 company operated sites from the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets.

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

Gross profit decreased $0.3 million (1%) and operating income decreased $4.4 million (15%). The results were driven by:

Motor fuel gross profit

The $1.4 million (7%) increase in motor fuel gross profit was primarily driven by a 32% increase in volume as a result of the asset exchanges with Circle K, the CST Fuel Supply Exchange and the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, partially offset by the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In addition, we benefited from higher terms discounts as a result of higher crude prices. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in DTW margins due to the movements in crude prices throughout the first quarter of 2021 relative to the first quarter of 2020. During the first quarter of 2021, the daily spot price of WTI crude oil increased from $48 per barrel at the start of the quarter to $59 per barrel as of March 31, 2021, a 22% increase, which adversely impacted fuel margins for our variable priced gallons during the quarter. During the first quarter of 2020, the daily spot price of WTI crude oil decreased from $61 per barrel at the start of the quarter to $21 per barrel as of March 31, 2020, a 66% decrease, which positively impacted fuel margins. See “Significant Factors Affecting our Profitability—The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.”

Rent gross profit

Rent gross profit decreased $1.6 million (12%) primarily as a result of terminating leases in connection with the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets, partially offset by the CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests

Income from CST Fuel Supply equity interests is no longer generated as a result of the March 2020 CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

Operating expenses

Operating expenses increased $0.9 million (10%), primarily as a result of a $0.2 million increase in environmental costs related to increased remediation reserves and increased costs in compliance testing and monitoring and a $0.7 million increase in insurance costs due to the increase in controlled sites as a result of the acquisitions. In addition, we incurred increases in management fees related to the increase in headcount primarily stemming from the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and a general increase in operating expenses driven by the increase in the number of controlled sites due particularly to the asset exchanges with Circle K and the CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

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Retail

The following table highlights the results of operations and certain operating metrics of our Retail segment. For the first quarter of 2020, the Retail segment was comprised solely of our commission sites as our acquisition of retail and wholesale assets closed on April 14, 2020. The narrative following these tables provides an analysis of the results of operations of that segment (thousands of dollars, except for the number of retail sites, gallons sold per day and per gallon amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motor fuel

 

$

5,433

 

 

$

405

 

Merchandise

 

 

10,364

 

 

 

 

Rent

 

 

2,066

 

 

 

1,639

 

Other revenue

 

 

1,859

 

 

 

 

Total gross profit

 

 

19,722

 

 

 

2,044

 

Operating expenses

 

 

(19,429

)

 

 

(1,649

)

Operating income

 

$

293

 

 

$

395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail sites (end of period):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commission agents

 

 

205

 

 

 

202

 

Company operated retail sites (a)

 

 

151

 

 

 

 

Total system sites at the end of the period

 

 

356

 

 

 

202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total system operating statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average retail fuel sites during the period

 

 

356

 

 

 

170

 

Motor fuel sales (gallons per site per day)

 

 

2,440

 

 

 

1,865

 

Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees and commissions

 

$

0.069

 

 

$

0.014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commission agents statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average retail fuel sites during the period

 

 

205

 

 

 

170

 

Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees and commissions

 

$

0.015

 

 

$

0.014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company operated retail site statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average retail fuel sites during the period

 

 

151

 

 

 

 

Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees

 

$

0.128

 

 

$

 

Merchandise gross profit percentage, net of credit card fees

 

 

27.4

%

 

n/a

 

 

(a)

The increase in the company operated site count was primarily attributable to the 154 company operated sites from the acquisition of retail and wholesale assets in April 2020.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

Gross profit increased $18 million and operating income was generally flat to prior year. These results were impacted by:

Gross profit

 

Our motor fuel gross profit increased $5.0 million attributable to realizing a higher average margin per gallon as the higher retail fuel margins at our company operated sites comprised a larger percentage of our overall retail fuel margins in 2021 as compared to 2020. In addition, volume increased 171% driven by the increase in company operated and commission sites as a result of the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and the March 2020 CST Fuel Supply Exchange, partially offset by the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

 

Our merchandise gross profit and other revenues increased $10.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively, as a result of the increase in company operated sites driven by the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets.

 

Rent gross profit increased $0.4 million (26%) due primarily to the commission sites acquired in the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and the March 2020 CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

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Operating expenses

Operating expenses increased $18 million due primarily to the increase in company operated and commission sites as a result of the April 2020 acquisition of retail and wholesale assets and CST Fuel Supply Exchange.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use the non-GAAP financial measures EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio. EBITDA represents net income available to us before deducting interest expense, income taxes and depreciation, amortization and accretion (which includes certain impairment charges). Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA as further adjusted to exclude equity-based employee and director compensation expense, gains or losses on dispositions and lease terminations, net, certain discrete acquisition related costs, such as legal and other professional fees and separation benefit costs and certain other discrete non-cash items arising from purchase accounting. Distributable Cash Flow represents Adjusted EBITDA less cash interest expense, sustaining capital expenditures and current income tax benefit or expense. The Distribution Coverage Ratio is computed by dividing Distributable Cash Flow by the weighted-average diluted common units and then dividing that result by the distributions paid per limited partner unit.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio are used as supplemental financial measures by management and by external users of our financial statements, such as investors and lenders. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are used to assess our financial performance without regard to financing methods, capital structure or income taxes and the ability to incur and service debt and to fund capital expenditures. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess the operating performance of our business on a consistent basis by excluding the impact of items which do not result directly from the wholesale distribution of motor fuel, the leasing of real property, or the day to day operations of our retail site activities. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio are also used to assess the ability to generate cash sufficient to make distributions to our unitholders.

We believe the presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio provides useful information to investors in assessing the financial condition and results of operations. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio should not be considered alternatives to net income or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect net income. Additionally, because EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definitions may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.

The following table presents reconciliations of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Distributable Cash Flow to net income, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, for each of the periods indicated (in thousands, except for per unit amounts):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net income available to limited partners

 

$

(3,967

)

 

$

71,928

 

Interest expense

 

 

3,497

 

 

 

5,540

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(306

)

 

 

(32

)

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

 

18,031

 

 

 

17,227

 

EBITDA

 

 

17,255

 

 

 

94,663

 

Equity-based employee and director compensation expense

 

 

368

 

 

 

31

 

Loss (gain) on dispositions and lease terminations, net (a)

 

 

648

 

 

 

(70,931

)

Acquisition-related costs (b)

 

 

2,394

 

 

 

1,521

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

20,665

 

 

 

25,284

 

Cash interest expense

 

 

(3,236

)

 

 

(5,279

)

Sustaining capital expenditures (c)

 

 

(1,392

)

 

 

(640

)

Current income tax (expense) benefit (d)

 

 

(284

)

 

 

1,074

 

Distributable Cash Flow

 

$

15,753

 

 

$

20,439

 

Weighted-average diluted common units

 

 

37,891

 

 

 

35,996

 

Distributions paid per limited partner unit (e)

 

$

0.5250

 

 

$

0.5250

 

Distribution Coverage Ratio (f)

 

0.79x

 

 

1.08x

 

 

(a)

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a $67.6 million gain on the sale of our 17.5% investment in CST Fuel Supply. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a gain of $1.8 million related to the sale of five CAPL properties as part of the third asset exchange.

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(b)

Relates to certain discrete acquisition related costs, such as legal and other professional fees, separation benefit costs and certain purchase accounting adjustments associated with recently acquired businesses.

(c)

Under the Partnership Agreement, sustaining capital expenditures are capital expenditures made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Examples of sustaining capital expenditures are those made to maintain existing contract volumes, including payments to renew existing distribution contracts, or to maintain our sites in conditions suitable to lease, such as parking lot or roof replacement/renovation, or to replace equipment required to operate the existing business.

(d)

Consistent with prior divestitures, the current income tax benefit excludes income tax incurred on the sale of sites.

(e)

On April 22, 2021, the Board approved a quarterly distribution of $0.5250 per unit attributable to the first quarter of 2021. The distribution is payable on May 11, 2021 to all unitholders of record on May 4, 2021.

(f)

The distribution coverage ratio is computed by dividing Distributable Cash Flow by the weighted-average diluted common units and then dividing that result by the distributions paid per limited partner unit.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Our principal liquidity requirements are to finance our operations, fund acquisitions, service our debt and pay distributions to our unitholders. We expect our ongoing sources of liquidity to include cash generated by our operations and borrowings under the revolving credit facility and, if available to us on acceptable terms, issuances of equity and debt securities. We regularly evaluate alternate sources of capital, including sale-leaseback financing of real property with third parties, to support our liquidity requirements.

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations and other capital requirements, including capital expenditures, acquisitions, and partnership distributions, will depend on our future operating performance, which, in turn, will be subject to general economic, financial, business, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other conditions, many of which are beyond our control. As a normal part of our business, depending on market conditions, we will, from time to time, consider opportunities to repay, redeem, repurchase or refinance our indebtedness. Changes in our operating plans, lower than anticipated sales, increased expenses, acquisitions or other events may cause us to seek additional debt or equity financing in future periods.

We believe that we will have sufficient cash flow from operations, borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility and access to capital markets and alternate sources of funding to meet our financial commitments, debt service obligations, contingencies, anticipated capital expenditures and partnership distributions. 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 produce an adverse effect on our borrowing capacity as well as our ability to issue additional equity and/or debt securities and/or maintain or increase distributions to unitholders.

See “Recent Developments—COVID-19 Pandemic” for a discussion of the impacts and potential impacts on our liquidity from the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as actions we have taken or could take to mitigate its impact.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes cash flow activity (in thousands): 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

17,668

 

 

$

17,794

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(9,643

)

 

 

15,672

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(7,584

)

 

 

(26,339

)

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was generally flat to prior year. The weaker DTW margins in 2021 offset the positive impact from the 2020 acquisitions.

As is typical in our industry, our current liabilities exceed our current assets as a result of the longer settlement of real estate and motor fuel taxes as well as operating lease obligations as compared to the shorter settlement of receivables for fuel and rent.

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Investing Activities

We incurred capital expenditures of $10.6 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase was largely driven by EMV upgrades. During the first quarter of 2020, we received $15.9 million from Circle K in connection with the CST Fuel Supply Exchange and $5.0 million in connection with divesting lower performing assets.

Financing Activities

We paid $19.9 million in distributions and made net borrowings on our credit facility of $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. We paid $18.2 million in distributions and made net repayments on our credit facility of $7.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Distributions

Distribution activity for 2021 was as follows:

Quarter Ended

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Cash Distribution

(per unit)

 

 

Cash Distribution

(in thousands)

 

December 31, 2020

 

February 2, 2021

 

February 9, 2021

 

$

0.5250

 

 

$

19,912

 

March 31, 2021

 

May 4, 2021

 

May 11, 2021

 

 

0.5250

 

 

 

19,915

 

 

The amount of any distribution is subject to the discretion of the Board, which may modify or revoke our cash distribution policy at any time. Our Partnership Agreement does not require us to pay any distributions. As such, there can be no assurance we will continue to pay distributions in the future.

Debt

As of March 31, 2021, our debt and finance lease obligations consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Revolving credit facility

 

$

526,141

 

Finance lease obligations

 

 

19,374

 

Total debt and finance lease obligations

 

 

545,515

 

Current portion

 

 

2,677

 

Noncurrent portion

 

 

542,838

 

Deferred financing costs, net

 

 

2,997

 

Noncurrent portion, net of deferred financing costs

 

$

539,841

 

 

Taking the interest rate swap contracts into account, our effective interest rate at March 31, 2021 was 2.3% (our applicable margin was 2.0% as of March 31, 2021). Letters of credit outstanding at March 31, 2021 totaled $4.0 million.

The amount of availability under our credit facility at May 6, 2021, after taking into consideration debt covenant restrictions, was $122.6 million.

Capital Expenditures

We make investments to expand, upgrade and enhance existing assets. We categorize our capital requirements as either sustaining capital expenditures, growth capital expenditures or acquisition capital expenditures. Sustaining capital expenditures are those capital expenditures required to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Acquisition and growth capital expenditures are those capital expenditures that we expect will increase our operating income or operating capacity over the long term. We have the ability to fund our capital expenditures by additional borrowings under our revolving credit facility or, if available to us on acceptable terms, accessing the capital markets and issuing additional equity, debt securities or other options, such as the sale of assets. Our ability to access the capital markets may have an impact on our ability to fund acquisitions. We may not be able to complete any offering of securities or other options on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

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The following table outlines our capital expenditures (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Sustaining capital

 

$

1,392

 

 

$

640

 

Growth

 

 

9,229

 

 

 

4,742

 

Total capital expenditures and acquisitions

 

$

10,621

 

 

$

5,382

 

 

Growth capital expenditures increased primarily as a result of EMV upgrades and rebranding of certain sites.

Other Matters Impacting Liquidity and Capital Resources

Concentration of Customers

Approximately 12% of our rent income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was from one multi-site operator.

Outlook

As noted previously, the prices paid to our motor fuel suppliers for wholesale motor fuel (which affects our cost of sales) are highly correlated to the price of crude oil. The crude oil commodity markets are highly volatile, and the market prices of crude oil, and, correspondingly, the market prices of wholesale motor fuel, experience significant and rapid fluctuations, which affect our motor fuel gross profit. See “Significant Factors Affecting our Profitability—The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit” for additional information.

Our results for 2021 relative to 2020 are anticipated to be impacted by the following:

 

Transactions effected pursuant to the Asset Exchange Agreement entered into with Circle K are anticipated to increase motor fuel volume and motor fuel gross profit.

 

The CST Fuel Supply Exchange is anticipated to increase motor fuel volume and motor fuel gross profit.

 

The acquisition of retail and wholesale contracts from the Topper Group and certain other parties is anticipated to increase gross profit both within the Wholesale and Retail segments.

 

Our volume starting in mid-March 2020 was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Although fuel volumes have largely recovered during the second half of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, we cannot predict the scope and severity with which COVID-19 will impact our results. See “Recent Developments—COVID-19 Pandemic” for additional information.

We will continue to evaluate acquisitions on an opportunistic basis. Additionally, we will pursue acquisition targets that fit into our strategy. Whether we will be able to execute acquisitions will depend on market conditions, availability of suitable acquisition targets at attractive terms, acquisition related compliance with customary regulatory requirements, and our ability to finance such acquisitions on favorable terms and in compliance with our debt covenant restrictions.

New Accounting Policies

There is no new accounting guidance effective or pending adoption that has had or is anticipated to have a material impact on our financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies Involving Critical Accounting Estimates

There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies described in our Form 10-K.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

No significant changes to our market risk have occurred since December 31, 2020. For a discussion of market risks affecting us, refer to Part II, Item 7A—"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" included in our Form 10-K.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management has evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2021.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2021, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

We hereby incorporate by reference into this Item our disclosures made in Part I, Item 1 of this report included in Note 9 of the financial statements.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K during the period covered by this report.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1 *

 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated April 28, 2021, by and between 7-Eleven Inc., the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, and CrossAmerica Partners LP

 

 

 

31.1 *

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

31.2 *

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

32.1*†

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350

 

 

 

32.2*†

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350

 

 

 

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.LAB*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

104*

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101

 

*

Filed herewith

Not considered to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

CROSSAMERICA PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

By:

 

CROSSAMERICA GP LLC, its General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Jonathan E. Benfield

 

 

Jonathan E. Benfield

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

 

Date: May 10, 2021

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capl-ex21_145.htm

Exhibit 2.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

7-ELEVEN, INC.,

 

THE SPEEDWAY SUBSIDIARY SELLERS,

 

CAPL JKM PARTNERS LLC,

 

JOE’S KWIK MARTS LLC,

 

CAPL JKM REALTY HOLDINGS LLC,

 

and

 

CAPL JKM WHOLESALE LLC

 

 

 

 

Dated as of

 

April 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

1.

ASSETS AND ASSUMED LIABILITIES1

 

 

1.1

Sale of Assets1

 

 

1.2

Excluded Assets2

 

 

1.3

Excluded Liabilities; Assumed Liabilities4

 

 

1.4

Purchase Price6

 

 

1.5

Tax Allocation7

 

 

1.6

Agreed Location Value7

 

 

1.7

Prorations and Adjustments7

 

 

1.8

Inventory, Accrued PTO Amount and Proration Adjustment8

 

2.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES9

 

 

2.1

Representations and Warranties of Seller9

 

 

2.2

Representations and Warranties of Buyer20

 

3.

COVENANTS PRIOR TO CLOSING22

 

 

3.1

Access to Information; Confidentiality22

 

 

3.2

Acknowledgment23

 

 

3.3

Conduct of Business Pending the Closings24

 

 

3.4

Further Actions25

 

 

3.5

Certain Filings25

 

 

3.6

Exclusivity26

 

 

3.7

Equipment Testing, Maintenance and Repair26

 

 

3.8

Title26

 

 

3.9

Joinder28

 

 

3.10

Contract Consents28

 

 

3.11

Lease Consent; Replacement Properties28

 

 

3.12

Permits29

 

4.

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS29

 

 

4.1

Environmental.29

 

 

4.2

Tax Matters31

 

 

4.3

Employee Matters33

 

 

4.4

Casualty36

 

 

4.5

Condemnation37

 

 

4.6

Certain Intellectual Property Matters38

 

 

4.7

Further Assurances39

 

 

4.8

Contact with Business Relations40

 

 

4.9

Substitution and Release of Guarantees and Surety Bonds40

 

 

4.10

De-Branding41

 

 

4.11

R&W Insurance Policy41

 

 

4.12

Non-Solicitation of Employees41

 

 

4.13

Alternative Transaction Structures42

 

 

4.14

Supremacy of Consent Order42

 

 

4.15

Certain Prepared Financial Statements42

 

5.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY43

 

 

5.1

FTC Approval43

 

 

5.2

No Injunction, Etc43

 

 

5.3

Purchase and Sale Agreement43

 

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(continued)

Page

 

 

6.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS44

 

 

6.1

Accuracy of Representations and Warranties44

 

 

6.2

Performance of Obligations44

 

 

6.3

Delivery of Documents44

 

7.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE SELLER PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS44

 

 

7.1

Accuracy of Representations and Warranties44

 

 

7.2

Performance of Obligations45

 

 

7.3

Delivery of Documents45

 

8.

INDEMNIFICATION45

 

 

8.1

Survival45

 

 

8.2

Indemnification by 7-Eleven46

 

 

8.3

Indemnification by Buyer47

 

 

8.4

Procedures Relating to Indemnification Between Buyer and the Seller Parties47

 

 

8.5

Procedures Relating to Indemnification for Third Party Claims47

 

 

8.6

Insurance49

 

 

8.7

Payments49

 

 

8.8

Duty to Mitigate49

 

 

8.9

Exclusive Remedy; No Consequential Damages, etc49

 

 

8.10

Environmental Insurance Policy50

 

 

8.11

R&W Insurance Policy50

 

9.

CLOSINGS50

 

 

9.1

Closing Dates50

 

 

9.2

Items to be Delivered by the Seller Parties51

 

 

9.3

Items to be Delivered by Buyer52

 

10.

TERMINATION52

 

 

10.1

General52

 

 

10.2

Post-Termination Obligations; Deliverables54

 

 

10.3

No Liabilities in Event of Termination54

 

11.

MISCELLANEOUS55

 

 

11.1

Publicity55

 

 

11.2

Assignment55

 

 

11.3

Parties in Interest55

 

 

11.4

Amendment55

 

 

11.5

Waiver56

 

 

11.6

Notices56

 

 

11.7

Expenses57

 

 

11.8

Section Headings; Table of Contents; Interpretation57

 

 

11.9

Joint and Several Obligations57

 

 

11.10

Severability57

 

 

11.11

No Strict Construction57

 

 

11.12

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial57

 

 

11.13

Entire Agreement58

 

 

11.14

Time of Essence58

 

 

11.15

Prevailing Party58

 

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(continued)

Page

 

 

 

11.16

Specific Performance58

 

 

11.17

Counterparts59

 

 

11.18

Definitions59

 

 

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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

Section 1.1(g)Assumed Contracts

Section 1.2(a)Assets Exclusions

Section 1.3(a)(vii)Covered Contamination

Section 1.6Agreed Location Value

Section 2.1(a)Due Organization and Power

Section 2.1(c)No Violation

Section 2.1(d)Financial Information

Section 2.1(f)No Litigation

Section 2.1(g)Compliance with Laws and Orders

Section 2.1(h)Permits

Section 2.1(i)Environmental Matters

Section 2.1(j)Title to Assets; Liens

Section 2.1(k)Sufficiency and Condition of Assets

Section 2.1(l)7-Eleven Station Property Matters

Section 2.1(m)Speedway Station Property Matters

Section 2.1(n)Real Property

Section 2.1(o)Assumed Contracts

Section 2.1(p)Employee Matters

Section 2.1(q)Employee Benefit Plans

Section 2.1(r)Absence of Certain Changes

Section 2.1(x)Bonds

Section 3.3Conduct of Business

Section 3.11(a)Lease Consents

Section 3.11(b)Replacement Properties

Section 4.3(j)Immigration Laws Matters

Section 4.6Intellectual Property Matters

Section 11.18(a)Business Locations

Section 11.18(b)EBITDA

Section 11.18(c)Knowledge of 7-Eleven

Section 11.18(d)Leased Real Properties

Section 11.18(e)Owned Real Properties

Section 11.18(f)Seller Guarantees

Section 11.18(g)Speedway Entities

Section 11.18(h)Station Properties

EXHIBITS

Exhibit AAgreed Inventory Procedures

Exhibit A-1Agreed Proration and Accrued PTO Procedures

Exhibit BForm of Joinder

Exhibit CForm of Bill of Sale

Exhibit DForm of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit EForm of Assignment of Lease

Exhibit FForm of Transition Services Agreement

Exhibit GForm of Special Warranty Deed

 

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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 28, 2021 (the “Signing Date”), by and among 7-Eleven, Inc., a Texas corporation (“7-Eleven”), the entities who will become party to this Agreement upon executing and delivering a joinder pursuant to the terms of Section 3.9 (the “Speedway Subsidiary Sellers,” and, together with 7-Eleven, collectively, the “Seller Parties”), and each of CAPL JKM Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Joe’s Kwik Marts LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAPL JKM Realty Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CAPL JKM Wholesale LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, “Buyer”), each of which is an indirect subsidiary of CrossAmerica Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Buyer Parent”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, 7-Eleven has entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 2, 2020, by and among Marathon Petroleum Corporation (“Marathon”), 7-Eleven and the other parties thereto (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things and subject to and conditioned upon the Closing (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement), 7-Eleven will acquire, indirectly through the acquisition of certain subsidiaries of Marathon that will become Seller Parties hereunder, the Speedway Station Properties engaged in the Business;

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller Parties desire to sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase, acquire, accept and receive, all of the Seller Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Assets (as defined below) for the consideration specified herein (the “Transaction”); and

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined in the context of the Sections in which such terms first appear have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 11.18.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1.ASSETS AND ASSUMED LIABILITIES

1.1Sale of Assets

.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at each Closing, the Seller Parties shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, acquire, accept and receive, all of the Seller Parties’ right, title and interest as of the applicable Closing in and to only the following assets, rights and properties, whether real, personal or mixed, now existing or hereafter acquired prior to the applicable Closing (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement), in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens (collectively, the “Assets”):

(a)All assets and properties, including all furniture, fixtures, equipment, machinery, spare parts, supplies, tools and other tangible personal property, in each case, owned or leased by

 


 

the Seller Parties and located at the applicable Real Property (including the Equipment and the Fuel Equipment);

(b)The applicable Owned Real Properties, together with all Improvements located on or affixed to the Owned Real Properties, and all of the Seller Parties’ right, title and interest in and to all easements, appurtenances and fixtures located on the Owned Real Properties;

(c)The applicable Real Property Leases and all of the Seller Parties’ leasehold right, title and interest in and to the Leased Real Properties (including all buildings, structures and Improvements thereon) and to all easements, appurtenances, and fixtures located on or appurtenant to such Leased Real Properties;

(d)The applicable Third Party Leases exclusively related to the Business or the applicable Station Properties (the “Business Third Party Leases”);

(e)All Inventory owned by the Seller Parties that is physically present at the applicable Station Properties;

(f)To the extent legally transferable under applicable Laws, all Permits exclusively used or exclusively held for use in connection with the Business (the “Business Permits”);

(g)The Contracts set forth on Section 1.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedules (together with the Real Property Leases, the Business Third Party Leases and the Business Permits, to the extent assigned to Buyer in connection with the Closings, the “Assumed Contracts”);

(h)Copies of all records and documentation of the Seller Parties, to the extent exclusively relating to the Business or located at the applicable Station Properties, other than Excluded Records (collectively, the “Books and Records”);

(i)All claims, counterclaims, causes of action, rights or recourse of any Seller Party against third parties to the extent relating to (x) the Assets (solely to the extent related to common law claims for product liability or common law warranties, including common law warranties and other common law claims arising out of construction or third party service providers, and whether for products, workmanship or otherwise) or (y) the Assumed Liabilities, in each case, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent, but excluding any claims against Marathon pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(j)All Seller Deposits, to the extent included in the Proration Amounts with respect to the applicable Closing pursuant to Section 1.7; and

(k)All of the Seller Parties’ goodwill exclusively associated with the Business.

1.2Excluded Assets

.

For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Seller Parties shall not sell, transfer, convey, assign or deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall not purchase, acquire, accept or receive from the Seller Parties (and the Assets shall not include), any assets of the Seller Parties other than the Assets (the “Excluded Assets”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Excluded Assets include, without limitation:

(a)Any of the assets set forth on Section 1.2(a) of the Disclosure Schedules;

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(b)Any tangible assets of the Seller Parties that are not located at any Station Property;

(c)Improvements and equipment not owned or leased by the Seller Parties and therefore not part of the Assets or subject to this Agreement but situated at the Station Properties and at locations operated by third-party operators or other third parties (collectively, the “Excluded Improvements and Equipment”);

(d)The Seller Parties’ Tax Returns and supporting documentation related thereto, corporate franchise, stock record books, record books containing minutes of meetings of directors and stockholders, and such other records as have to do exclusively with the Seller Parties’ organization or stock capitalization (collectively, the “Excluded Records”);

(e)Any of the Seller Parties’ rights or claims to any refunds (or portions thereof) of any federal, state, local or foreign Tax for which the Seller Parties are liable under this Agreement;

(f)Other than (i) all In-Store Cash included in Inventory, as determined pursuant to Exhibit A, (ii) any Seller Deposits included in the Proration Amounts with respect to the applicable Closing pursuant to Section 1.7 and (iii) any deposits held by the Seller Parties in such Seller Party’s capacity as a landlord with respect to any Real Property, any and all cash, cash equivalents, vendor rebates, uncollected checks, bank deposits and accounts, certificates of deposit, governmental obligations, marketable securities, and all other securities and monies of the Seller Parties;

(g)Any notes receivable or accounts receivable;

(h)All personnel records and other records that are part of the Books and Records that the Seller Parties are required by Law to retain in its possession (provided that copies of any such records shall be provided to Buyer at the applicable Closing for any Transferred Employees, to the extent permitted by Law);

(i)Any Collective Bargaining Agreement;

(j)All Contracts other than the Assumed Contracts;

(k)All rights which accrue or will accrue to the Seller Parties under this Agreement or any documents executed or delivered in connection herewith;

(l)Any claim, cause of action, defense, right of offset or counterclaim or settlement agreement (in any manner arising or existing, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent) of the Seller Parties except as set forth in Section 1.1(i);

(m)All Intellectual Property;

(n)All insurance policies of the Seller Parties and their respective Affiliates, and all rights to applicable claims and proceeds thereunder; and

(o)All rights, title and interest to the equity interests of the Seller Parties’ direct and indirect subsidiaries, unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing in accordance with Section 4.13.

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1.3Excluded Liabilities; Assumed Liabilities

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(a)The Seller Parties and Buyer agree that Buyer shall not assume and shall not be responsible for paying, performing or discharging any Liability of the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, other than such Liabilities expressly included in the Assumed Liabilities as set forth in Section 1.3(b) (the “Excluded Liabilities”).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Excluded Liabilities include, without limitation:

(i)all Liabilities to the extent relating to the ownership or operation of the Business or the ownership, leasing, use or operation of the Assets, in each case, prior to the applicable Closing Date; provided, that the foregoing shall not include Seller Taxes, which are addressed in Section 1.3(a)(iii) and shall be indemnified in accordance with Section 4.2;

(ii)all Liabilities to the extent relating to the Excluded Assets or to any businesses, assets or operations of the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates or predecessors, other than the Business and the Assets;

(iii)all Seller Taxes, the indemnification for which shall be governed by Section 4.2;

(iv)all Liabilities and obligations (A) arising from the Benefit Plans or (B) relating to any current or former employee of any Seller Party or their respective Affiliates, including the Business Employees, to the extent arising out of or in connection with the applicable Closing (unless with respect to Transferred Employees to the extent arising from an act or omission solely attributable to Buyer) or prior to the applicable Closing (other than Accrued PTO relating to the Transferred Employees to the extent included in the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount);

(v)any Liability (other than Assumed Liabilities to the extent expressly set forth in Section 1.3(b)) arising out of any Contract to which any Seller Party is a party or by which any of the Assets are bound;

(vi)all Indebtedness of the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates;

(vii)all Environmental Liabilities associated with Covered Contamination (excluding any Environmental Liabilities to the extent caused by Buyer’s exacerbation of the Covered Contamination), subject to the Environmental Liabilities associated with any such Covered Contamination becoming an Assumed Liability pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(viii));

(viii)all Liabilities of Seller Parties arising under, relating to or in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and

(ix)other than Liabilities arising as a result of any Covered Contamination, all Liabilities arising out of, relating to or in connection with any pending or threatened Actions relating to (A) any of the foregoing, (B) any other Excluded Liabilities, (C) any Assets, (D) any Excluded Assets or (E) any Assumed Liabilities.

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applicable Closing, Buyer shall assume and agree to pay or discharge when due in accordance with their respective terms the following Liabilities (the Assumed Liabilities):

(i)all Liabilities and obligations under the applicable Assumed Contracts but only to the extent such liabilities or obligations do not arise from any breach of or default under any such Assumed Contract occurring or existing prior to the applicable Closing Date;

(ii)all Liabilities and obligations relating to the applicable Transferred Employees solely to the extent relating to periods after the applicable Closing Date;

(iii)all Liabilities and obligations relating to the Accrued PTO with respect to the applicable Transferred Employees, subject to the applicable Accrued PTO Amount as an adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 1.4;

(iv)other than Seller Taxes, Transfer Taxes (to the extent payable by the Seller Parties under this Agreement) and any other Taxes payable by the Seller Parties hereunder, all Liabilities for Taxes relating to the applicable Assets or Assumed Liabilities, or the applicable portion of the Business, for any taxable period or part thereof beginning on or after the applicable Closing Date and any Taxes for which Buyer is liable under this Agreement;

(v)other than Liabilities arising as a result of any Covered Contamination, all Liabilities arising under Environmental Law or as a result of any Release, threatened Release, investigation, control or cleanup of any Hazardous Materials relating to the applicable Assets or the applicable portion of the Business, whether arising out of or relating to facts, circumstances or conditions existing prior to, on or after the applicable Closing Date; and

(vi)all other Liabilities to the extent arising out of Buyer’s operation of the applicable Assets or the applicable portion of the Business on or after the applicable Closing Date.

(c)For the avoidance of doubt, “Assumed Liabilities” excludes (i) any Subsequent Closing Assumed Liabilities related to each Subsequent Closing Property unless and until such time as a Subsequent Closing occurs with respect to such Subsequent Closing Property, upon the occurrence of which such Subsequent Closing Assumed Liabilities shall become Assumed Liabilities assumed by Buyer, and (ii) any other Assumed Liabilities that are not related to any particular Initial Closing Property or any Subsequent Closing Property unless and until such time as the final Closing occurs, upon the occurrence of which such Assumed Liabilities will be assumed by Buyer and become Assumed Liabilities.

(d)The transaction contemplated by this Agreement is the purchase and sale of assets and not a de facto merger of the Seller Parties and Buyer.  Neither the Seller Parties nor any shareholder, officer, director, manager, member or partner of the Seller Parties, as the case may be, shall have any continuing participation in the ownership or management of any Station Properties transferred hereunder after the applicable Closing.  The assumption of any Liabilities by any Party shall not enlarge any rights of third parties under Contracts with Buyer or any Seller Party and nothing herein shall prevent any Party from contesting in good faith any such Liabilities as against any third party.

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1.4Purchase Price

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(a)As consideration for the Assets, Buyer shall (i) pay to the Seller Parties an aggregate amount (the “Purchase Price”) equal to (A) $263,000,000.00 (the “Base Purchase Price”), plus (B) the Actual Inventory Value for all Station Properties, minus (C) the Agreed Location Value of each Removed Property, plus (D) the Agreed Location Value of each Replacement Property, minus (E) the Actual Accrued PTO Amount, plus or minus (as applicable) the Actual Proration Amounts, and (ii) assume the Assumed Liabilities. The Actual Inventory Value and the Estimated Inventory Value will be calculated in accordance with the methodologies, policies, procedures, practices, estimation techniques, assumptions and principles set forth on Exhibit A. Not less than two (2) Business Days, nor more than three (3) Business Days, before each Closing Date, the Seller Parties shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”) setting forth the Seller Parties’ good faith estimate as of the applicable Closing Date of the Estimated Inventory Value, Estimated Proration Amounts and Accrued PTO Amount (the “Estimated Accrued PTO Amount”), in each case, with respect to the applicable Station Properties subject to such Closing, together with other materials supporting the calculations in the Estimated Closing Statement. Subject to the reasonable review and satisfaction of Buyer, the Seller Parties’ calculation of the Estimated Inventory Value, Estimated Proration Amounts and Estimated Accrued PTO Amount shall be utilized for purposes of determining the amount of the Applicable Closing Purchase Price payable at each Closing, but shall be subject to adjustment after each Closing in accordance with Section 1.8 and Exhibit A. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchase Price shall also be subject to the other adjustments and prorations set forth in this Agreement.  

(b)At the initial Closing under this Agreement (the “Initial Closing,” and the date on which such Initial Closing occurs, the “Initial Closing Date”), Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Title Company, via wire transfer of immediately available funds at or prior to 11:00 a.m. prevailing Eastern Time, an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to: (A) such portion of the Base Purchase Price payable for the Initial Closing Properties (which portion shall be equal to the sum of the Agreed Location Values set forth on Section 1.6 of the Disclosure Schedules for all Initial Closing Properties), plus (B) the aggregate Estimated Inventory Value for all Initial Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing, plus (C) the Agreed Location Value of any applicable Replacement Property to be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing, minus (D) the Agreed Location Value of any applicable Removed Property, minus (E) the Estimated Accrued PTO Amount for such Transferred Employees to be transferred to Buyer in connection with the Initial Closing, plus or minus (as applicable) (F) the Estimated Proration Amounts for the Initial Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing (the “Initial Closing Purchase Price”).

(c)At each Subsequent Closing, Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Title Company, via wire transfer of immediately available funds at or prior to 11:00 a.m. prevailing Eastern Time, an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to: (A) the portion of the Base Purchase Price payable for the Subsequent Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing (which portion shall be equal to the sum of the Agreed Location Values set forth on Section 1.6 of the Disclosure Schedules for all Subsequent Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing), plus (B) the aggregate Estimated Inventory Value for all Subsequent Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing plus, (C) the Agreed Location Value of any applicable Replacement Property to be transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing, minus, (D) the Agreed Location Value of any applicable Removed Property, minus (E) the Estimated Accrued PTO Amount for such Transferred Employees to be transferred to Buyer in connection with such Subsequent Closing, plus or minus (as applicable) (F) the Estimated Proration Amounts for the Subsequent Closing Properties to be transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing (such amount, with respect to each Subsequent Closing, a “Subsequent

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Closing Purchase Price, and each Subsequent Closing Purchase Price and the Initial Closing Purchase Price, as applicable, an Applicable Closing Purchase Price)).

(d)At the Initial Closing, the Title Company shall disburse to the Seller Parties, via wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) designated by the Seller Parties in writing no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Initial Closing Date (the “Seller Party Account(s)”), an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to: the Initial Closing Purchase Price minus any amounts to be paid to the holders of Secured Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1.4(e). At each Subsequent Closing, the Title Company shall disburse to the Seller Parties, via wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Seller Party Account(s), an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to: the applicable Subsequent Closing Purchase Price minus any amounts to be paid to the holders of Secured Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1.4(e).

(e)At each Closing, if applicable, Buyer and the Seller Parties shall (i) instruct the Title Company to, and the Title Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the holders of Secured Indebtedness, the amount indicated in the applicable Payoff Letters or such other amount as shall be necessary for Seller Parties to sell, transfer, convey and deliver the applicable Assets at such Closing free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with respect to the release of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the applicable Assets and the filing of all termination statements and other documents evidencing the release of such Liens.

1.5Tax Allocation

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For tax purposes, the parties shall allocate among the Assets the Purchase Price, the Assumed Liabilities, and all other capitalized costs in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (and any similar provision of state, local or foreign law, as appropriate).  No later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the last applicable Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Seller Parties a proposed tax allocation schedule allocating the Purchase Price, the Assumed Liabilities, and all other capitalized costs among the Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code (the “Allocation”).  The parties shall negotiate and attempt to resolve any disagreement with respect to the Allocation in good faith, but no party shall be prevented from taking any position inconsistent with the Allocation (whether with respect to any Tax Returns, in audits, or otherwise) if it is required to do so by applicable Law or otherwise, provided that such party notifies the other party promptly of its intent to take such position.

1.6Agreed Location Value

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The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Base Purchase Price represents the sum of the base purchase price for each of the Station Properties (the “Agreed Location Value”), as set forth on Section 1.6 of the Disclosure Schedules.  The Agreed Location Values have been agreed upon by the Parties for purposes of (i) establishing the portion of the Base Purchase Price payable at each Closing with respect to each of the Station Properties and (ii) making any necessary adjustments to any Applicable Closing Purchase Price, as further specifically described in this Agreement, and will not be used by any Party for any other purpose.

1.7Prorations and Adjustments

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The following expenses and other amounts relating to the Assets to be sold to Buyer at each Closing shall be prorated between the Parties in connection with such Closing in accordance with the

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methodologies, policies, procedures, practices, estimation techniques, assumptions and principles set forth on Exhibit A-1 (collectively, the Proration Amounts):

(a)Real Estate Taxes.  All real estate Taxes and assessments levied against the Assets to be sold at such Closing for the calendar year in which the applicable Closing occurs shall be prorated as of the applicable Closing between Buyer and Seller Parties.  The pro rata portion of all such real estate Taxes that shall be the responsibility of the Seller Parties and the remaining portion of such real estate Taxes that shall be the responsibility of Buyer, shall be calculated in accordance with Section 4.2(d). The Seller Parties shall pay all installments of real estate Taxes with respect to the Assets payable on or prior to the applicable Closing with respect to any such Assets and  Buyer shall pay all installments of real estate Taxes with respect to the Assets payable after the applicable Closing with respect to any such Assets.  If the Tax rates and assessed values have not been set at or prior to the applicable Closing Date, then the preceding proration(s) shall be calculated based upon the preceding year’s tax rates and assessed values.  Buyer shall receive a credit at Closing for any real estate Taxes that are the responsibility of the Seller Parties, but which are not yet due and payable, and Buyer shall be responsible for the actual payment of such Taxes to the extent of such credit.

(b)Utility Charges.  All telephone, electricity and other utility charges paid or payable with respect to the Assets to be sold to Buyer at such Closing shall be prorated as of the applicable Closing Date.  For any such metered utilities, the Parties shall prorate such utilities based off of the most recent monthly bill for each such utility preceding the applicable Closing Date or in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the Parties.

(c)Security Deposits, Charges Under Leases, Etc.  At each Closing, Buyer shall reimburse the Seller Parties for all refundable security deposits paid by the Seller Parties pursuant to any applicable Assumed Contracts and refundable utility or other deposits paid by the Seller Parties, and such deposits shall be assigned to Buyer (the “Seller Deposits”). Similarly, Buyer shall receive a credit at each Closing for all refundable security or other deposits paid to the Seller Parties pursuant to any applicable Assumed Contracts that were not reimbursed to Buyer as of such Closing (“Third Party Deposits” and, together with the Seller Deposits, the “Security Deposits”).  All amounts paid or payable by or to the Seller Parties pursuant to any applicable Assumed Contracts, including rental (including percentage rent or prepaid rent), taxes (including contributions by lessees to real estate taxes), common area charges, maintenance charges, utilities charges, business taxes, merchants’ association and advertising fees and occupancy costs shall be prorated as of the applicable Closing Date.

1.8Inventory, Accrued PTO Amount and Proration Adjustment

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(a)Following each Closing, Buyer and the Seller Parties shall determine, no later than thirty (30) days after the applicable Closing Date, the Actual Inventory Value, the Actual Accrued PTO Amount and the Actual Proration Amounts in accordance with Exhibit A and Exhibit A-1, as applicable, in each case, solely with respect to the Assets sold to Buyer at such Closing.  Notwithstanding that the Parties shall determine the foregoing amounts separately for each Closing, the Parties shall calculate and prepare a reconciliation, on a biweekly basis, with respect to all Closings for which the Actual Inventory Value, the Actual Accrued PTO Amount and the Actual Proration Amounts shall have been determined within such biweekly period in accordance with the foregoing sentence. In connection therewith, the Parties shall reconcile, for each such Closing, (i) the applicable Estimated Inventory Value, Estimated Accrued PTO Amount and Estimated Proration Amounts to (ii) the applicable Actual Inventory Value, Actual Accrued PTO Amount and Actual Proration Amounts, respectively, each as determined in accordance with Exhibit A and

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Exhibit A-1, as applicable, to determine a net reconciliation amount for each Closing, as follows (each, a Reconciliation Amount):

(i)If the sum of the applicable Actual Inventory Value plus the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Actual Proration Amounts is greater than the sum of the applicable Estimated Inventory Value plus the applicable Estimated Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Estimated Proration Amounts, then, without demand by the Seller Parties as a requirement, Buyer shall owe to the Seller Parties the amount by which the sum of the applicable Actual Inventory Value plus the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Actual Proration Amounts exceeds the sum of the applicable Estimated Inventory Value plus the applicable Estimated Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Estimated Proration Amounts.

(ii)If the sum of the applicable Actual Inventory Value plus the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Actual Proration Amounts is less than the sum of the applicable Estimated Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Estimated Inventory Value plus the applicable Estimated Proration Amounts, then, without demand by Buyer as a requirement, the Seller Parties shall owe to Buyer the amount by which the sum of the applicable Actual Inventory Value plus the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Actual Proration Amounts is less than the sum of the applicable Estimated Inventory Value plus the applicable Estimated Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Estimated Proration Amounts.

(iii)For the avoidance of doubt, if the sum of the applicable Actual Inventory Value plus the applicable Actual Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Actual Proration Amounts is equal to the sum of the applicable Estimated Inventory Value plus the applicable Estimated Accrued PTO Amount plus the applicable Estimated Proration Amounts, then neither Buyer nor the Seller Parties shall owe any amount to the other Party in connection with such Reconciliation Amount.

(b)Notwithstanding such bi-weekly reconciliation, payments with respect thereto shall be made by the Parties monthly, with the amount of such each such monthly payment (each, a “Monthly Reconciliation Payment”) being determined by netting the Reconciliation Amounts for both biweekly periods within such month, such that only one net payment shall be made by one Party each month. The Parties shall, on the first day of each month following the Initial Closing Date, determine the aggregate amount (if any), on a net basis, owed by one Party to the other Party in respect of all then-outstanding Reconciliation Amounts that have been determined pursuant to and in accordance with Section 1.8(a) and the owing Party shall pay to the owed Party, in U.S. Dollars via wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) designated by the owed Party in writing, an amount equal to such Monthly Reconciliation Payment.

(c)Any payments made pursuant to this Section 1.8 shall be included as part of the applicable Actual Inventory Value, Actual Accrued PTO Amount and Actual Proration Amounts for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required under applicable Law.  The provisions of this Section 1.8 shall survive the applicable Closing.

2.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1Representations and Warranties of Seller

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Parties.  The Seller Parties, jointly and severally, hereby make the following representations and warranties to Buyer as of the Signing Date and as of each Closing Date:

(a)Due Organization and Power.  7-Eleven is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Texas. Each Speedway Subsidiary Seller is, as of the respective date of entry into the Joinder thereby, an entity of the type set forth opposite its name on Section 2.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedules, duly formed or incorporated (as applicable) and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on Section 2.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedules. Each Seller Party has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to own, operate or lease its assets and properties currently owned, operated or leased by it and to carry on the Business as currently conducted. Each Seller Party is qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign entity, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which the ownership, operation or lease of the Assets or the operation of the Business as currently conducted makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Subject to and conditioned upon the Closing (as defined therein) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Seller Parties have all requisite authority to sell the Assets to Buyer.

(b)Authority.  The execution and delivery by each Seller Party of this Agreement and the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by such Seller Party pursuant hereto and the consummation by such Seller Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, with respect to the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, will be at the time of entering into the Joinder) duly authorized by the board of directors or other such governing body of such Seller Party.  No other organizational act or proceeding on the part of any Seller Party is (or, with respect to the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, will be after entry into the Joinder) necessary to authorize this Agreement or the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by such Seller Party pursuant hereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  This Agreement constitutes, and when executed and delivered, the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by each Seller Party pursuant hereto will constitute, valid and binding agreements of such Seller Party, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles (collectively, the “Bankruptcy and Equity Principles”).

(c)No Violation.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the Disclosure Schedules, neither the execution and delivery by any Seller Party of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by such Seller Party pursuant hereto or thereto nor the consummation by such Seller Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) will violate any Law or Order applicable to such Seller Party, (ii) will require any authorization, consent or approval by, filing with or notice to any Governmental Entity, or (iii) will violate or conflict with, or constitute a breach of or default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach of or default) under, or will result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or require any notice or consent of any party under, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or result in the creation of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the Assets under, (A) any term or provision of the corporate charter, bylaws, or similar organizational documents of the Seller Parties or (B) any of the express terms of any Assumed Contract, in the case of each of clause (ii) and (iii) above, except for such matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Business.

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(d)Financial Information.  With respect to the Station Properties and the Scheduled Replacement Properties, the financial information set forth on Section 2.1(d) of the Disclosure Schedules (the “Financial Statements”) is true, correct and complete in all material respects. The Financial Statements (i) are based upon the information contained in the books and records of the Seller Parties or the Speedway Entities or their respective Affiliates, as applicable, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the sales history and costs and expenses of the Business for the periods referred to therein.

(e)Tax Matters.

(i)Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in any material Liability to the Business, (A) all Tax Returns required to be filed by or on behalf of 7-Eleven or the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, in respect of the Assets or the Business have been timely filed (taking into account extensions) and are complete and accurate in all respects and (B) all Taxes due and owing by 7-Eleven or the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, in respect of the Assets or the Business have been timely paid (taking into account extensions), in each case, other than those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

(ii)Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business, all deficiencies due and owing as a result of any examinations by any Taxing Authority of the Tax Returns of 7-Eleven or the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, in each case, with respect to the Business or the Assets have been fully paid. Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business, there are no current, pending or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened Tax Proceedings with respect to the Business or the Assets.

(iii)To the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, as of the Signing Date, (A) except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business, there are no current, pending or threatened Tax Proceedings with respect to the Business or the Assets, and (B) there are no outstanding waivers extending the statutory period of limitations for a Tax assessment applicable to any Tax Returns relating to the Business or the Assets with respect to a taxable period for which such statute of limitations is still open.

(iv)Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business, there are no Liens for Taxes against the Assets, other than Permitted Liens.

(v)No Seller Party is a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.

(vi)Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, all of the Assets have been properly listed and described on the applicable property Tax rolls for all periods prior to and including the applicable Closing (to the extent required to be so listed and described), and no portion of the Assets constitutes omitted property for property Tax purposes.

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property used in the Business is (i) tax-exempt use property within the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code; (ii) tax-exempt bond financed property within the meaning of Section 168(g) of the Code; (iii) subject to Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code; or (iv) subject to any provision of state, local or foreign Law comparable to any of the provisions listed above.

(viii)All applicable Taxes required to be paid on the motor fuel Inventory of the Business have been paid or will be paid on or prior to the payment due date for such Taxes.

(f)No Litigation.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(f) of the Disclosure Schedules, there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened against the Business or affecting the Assets, or against any Seller Party relating to the Business or the Assets that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Business, and there is no outstanding Order against or adversely affecting the Business or the Assets that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Business. None of the Actions set forth on Section 2.1(f) of the Disclosure Schedules (i) has had, or would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. No Seller Party is a party to, nor, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, has there been threatened in writing against any Seller Party or otherwise threatened in writing with respect to the Business or the Assets, any claim alleging damages arising out of the sale of non-temperature-corrected fuel, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Business.

(g)Compliance with Laws and Orders.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedules, 7-Eleven and the other Seller Parties are, and during the immediately preceding three (3) years have been, in compliance in all material respects with, and to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, are not under investigation with respect to, and have not been threatened to be charged with, or given notice of, any material violation of any Law applicable to the Seller Parties’ ownership and/or use of the Assets or the operation of the Business.  The Seller Parties maintain a reasonable program to ensure that the operation and ownership of the Business are in compliance with applicable Law.

(h)Permits. Section 2.1(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all material Permits, separated on a State-by-State basis, that are currently owned, held, possessed or utilized by any Seller Party exclusively for the ownership, lease or operation of the Assets and the conduct and operation of the Business as currently conducted and operated by such Seller Party that were issued by, or entered into with, any Governmental Entity (the “Material Business Permits”).  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(h)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedules, (i) each of 7-Eleven and the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers has all material Permits required for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted and (ii) 7-Eleven and the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers are in material compliance with all such Permits.  Each material Permit used in the operation of the Business as currently conducted has been lawfully and validly issued and has not expired, and no Seller Party has received any notice that any such Permit will not be renewed, except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Business, each Seller Party (x) has not received any written notification from any Governmental Entity alleging that such Seller Party is in violation of any such Permit, and (y) no Action is pending or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened that looks toward the revocation, suspension or limitation of any such Permit, nor are there any violations of any such Permit that would result in its termination.

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(i)Environmental Matters.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(i) of the Disclosure Schedules:

(i)The Business’ and Assets’ operations are, and have been, for the immediately preceding three (3) years, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;

(ii)Seller Parties have obtained and possess all material Environmental Permits, and all such Environmental Permits are in full force and effect, and applications for renewals or amendment thereof have been timely filed, and Seller Parties are, and for the immediately preceding three (3) years have been, operating in compliance in all material respects with such Environmental Permits;

(iii)no Action is pending, or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened, relating to Environmental Law affecting the Business or any Assets which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to result in revocation of, or additional material restrictions in, any Environmental Permits, and any Liabilities arising from or in connection with any such Actions are covered by (y) policies of insurance (including insurance covering environmental remediation or other risks, but excluding self-insurance or other reserves) or (z) to the extent available, eligible for reimbursement under or payable by the applicable state petroleum storage tank fund or other similar fund;

(iv)there is no material outstanding judgment, order or decree (including any consent decree) or similar ruling, or any Contract with a Governmental Entity, pursuant to Environmental Law with respect to the Business or any Assets;

(v)none of the Seller Parties or their respective Affiliates has received a written notice or written information request in the immediately preceding three (3) years from any Person regarding a material violation of Environmental Laws or a material Liability arising under Environmental Laws in connection with the Assets or the Business which has not been fully resolved;

(vi)Other than the Covered Contamination, none of the Seller Parties, their respective Affiliates, the Business or the Assets has handled, stored, transported, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, or Released any Hazardous Materials at, or from any Station Property and, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, no such Station Property is contaminated by any Hazardous Materials, in each case in a manner that had given or would give rise to material Liabilities, including Liabilities for response costs, corrective action costs, personal injury, property damage or natural resources damages, of the Business or Assets pursuant to Environmental Law;

(vii)Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Business, each parcel of Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property is eligible to receive reimbursement or other funding assistance under the applicable state petroleum storage tank fund or other similar fund, to the extent such fund exists, and no action has been taken that has or would be expected to limit, prohibit or adversely affect Buyer’s eligibility to receive reimbursement or other funding assistance under any state petroleum storage tank fund or other similar fund.; and

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(viii)This Section 2.1(i) and the related bring-down of such representation contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Seller Parties with respect to environmental matters, including any matters arising under Environmental Laws.

(j)Title to Assets; Liens.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(j) of the Disclosure Schedules, (x) with respect to the 7-Eleven Station Properties: (A) 7-Eleven has good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest (as applicable) in, all of the Assets located at or relating to such 7-Eleven Station Properties and (B) such Assets located at or relating to such 7-Eleven Station Properties are held free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens; and (y) with respect to the Speedway Station Properties, (A) the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers have good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest (as applicable) in the Assets at such Speedway Station Properties, (B) subject to and conditioned upon the Closing of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Seller Parties will acquire one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests of the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers and (C) such Assets located at or relating to such Speedway Station Properties are held free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens.

(k)Sufficiency and Condition of Assets.  Except as set forth on Section 2.1(k) of the Disclosure Schedules, the Assets constitute all material tangible property and assets that are necessary and sufficient to conduct the Business in all material respects as conducted as of the date hereof.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there are no material tangible assets used or held for use by any Seller Party (or their respective Affiliates) exclusively in the Business that are located anywhere other than at the Station Properties.  Each of the Station Properties and each item of tangible personal property included in the Assets, including all Fuel Equipment, Equipment and Improvements, is free from material defects (patent and latent), has been maintained in accordance with standard industry practice, is in good operating condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and is suitable for the purposes for which it is presently used.

(l)7-Eleven Station Properties.  Except as set forth on Section 2.1(l) of the Disclosure Schedules:

(i)There are no written leases, concessions or other Contracts granting to any Person (other than any Seller Party) the right to use or occupy any of the 7-Eleven Station Properties or any portion thereof, other than pursuant to a Third Party Lease; and

(ii)There are no outstanding purchase and sale contracts, options, rights of first offer, rights of first refusal to purchase, or rights of repurchase or forfeiture of or with respect to any of the 7-Eleven Station Properties or any portion thereof or interest therein, other than any rights that may be granted by Law under the PMPA and the right of Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

(m)Speedway Station Properties. Except as set forth on Section 2.1(m) of the Disclosure Schedules:

(i)There are no written leases, concessions or other Contracts granting to any Person the right to use or occupy any of the Speedway Station Properties or any portion thereof, other than pursuant to a Third Party Lease.

(ii)There are no outstanding purchase and sale contracts, options, rights of first offer, rights of first refusal to purchase, or rights of repurchase or forfeiture of or with respect to any of the Speedway Station Properties or any portion thereof or interest therein,

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other than any rights that may be granted by Law under the PMPA, the right of 7-Eleven under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the right of Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

(n)Real Property.

(i)Section 2.1(n)(i) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all of the Owned Real Property, and Section 2.1(n)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the Leased Real Property and the applicable Real Property Lease with respect to each Leased Real Property.  True, correct and complete copies of all Real Property Leases and all Business Third Party Leases have been provided to Buyer.  

(ii)Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Business, the Seller Parties have not received any written notice of any material breach or default under the Real Property Leases that has not been cured.

(iii)Except as set forth in Section 2.1(n)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedules, the Real Property constitutes all interests in real property (i) currently used, occupied or held for use in connection with the Business as presently conducted and (ii) necessary for the operation of the Business in all material respects as presently conducted.

(iv)Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Business, the Seller Parties have not received any written notice of, and, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, there is no material violation of any applicable Law, covenant, condition or restriction applicable to the Real Property, including any zoning Law or building code that has not been cured.

(v)Each Real Property has access to public streets (directly or through easements or otherwise).

(vi)Except as set forth on Section 2.1(n)(vi) of the Disclosure Schedules, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened in writing against any Station Property or, in each case, any portion thereof or interest therein, in the nature of or in lieu of condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that would reasonably be likely to materially and adversely affect the operation of such Station Property affected thereby.

(vii)No written notice has been received by the Seller Parties or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, by Marathon, of violation of any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions and other instruments of record affecting the Real Property that has not been cured. There is no easement, covenant, restriction or similar encumbrance of record affecting any Real Property, nor any material encroachment of any Improvement located on any Real Property, in each case, which materially and adversely impairs the continued use of such Real Property for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted on such Real Property.

(viii)Section 2.1(n)(viii) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each Third Party Lease. Except as set forth in Section 2.1(n)(viii) of the Disclosure Schedules, each Third Party Lease is exclusively related to the Business or the Station Properties. Each Third Party Lease is in full force and effect and is the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the applicable Seller Party thereto (and, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, each other party thereto) in accordance with its terms, except as

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may be limited by the Bankruptcy and Equity Principles, and except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Business. To the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, no party to any Business Third Party Lease is in material breach or default under such Business Third Party Lease.

(ix)Section 2.1(n)(ix) of the Disclosure Schedules shall be delivered with respect to each applicable Station Property at or prior to the applicable Closing and shall set forth a true, correct and complete list of all Security Deposits applicable to such Station Properties.

(x)Section 2.1(n)(x) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all material Excluded Improvement and Equipment.

(o)Assumed Contracts; Shared Contracts.  

(i)The Assumed Contracts constitute all of the Contracts used exclusively in the operation of the Business. Except as set forth in Section 2.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedules, each Assumed Contract is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable against 7-Eleven or the applicable Speedway Subsidiary Seller(s), and, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, the other party or parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such may be limited by the Bankruptcy and Equity Principles  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedules, 7-Eleven or the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, as applicable, are in compliance in all material respects with all terms and requirements of each Assumed Contract and no material breach or default by 7-Eleven or the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers, as applicable, of any provision thereof, nor any condition or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, has occurred.  To the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, and except as set forth in Section 2.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedules, no material breach or default by any other party to any Assumed Contract of any provision thereof, nor any condition or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, has occurred.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedules, neither 7-Eleven nor any Speedway Subsidiary Seller has received any notice of any materially adverse modification, termination, cancellation or nonrenewal (but excluding expiration in accordance with its terms) of any Assumed Contract or to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, knows of any intent of the counterparty to effect the same.  Except as set forth in Section 2.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedules, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven there is no current dispute with any party under any Assumed Contract. The Seller Parties have delivered or made available to Buyer complete and correct copies of each material Assumed Contract.  

(ii)No Seller Party nor any of their respective Affiliates is a party to any Third Party Lease that inures to the benefit or burden of both (a) the Business or any of the Assets or Assumed Liabilities and (b) any of the Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities (collectively, “Shared Contracts”).

(p)Employee Matters.  

(i)(A) No Seller Party nor any of such Party’s Affiliates is party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, labor contract, or other written agreement (a “Collective Bargaining Agreement”) with any union or labor organization covering wages, hours, or terms or conditions of employment with respect to any Business Employees; (B) in the three (3) years preceding the Signing Date, no union or labor organization or group

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of employees of any Seller Party or its Affiliates, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, has (x) sought to organize any Business Employees for purposes of collective bargaining or made a demand for recognition or certification or (y) sought to bargain collectively with any Seller Party or its Affiliates, or filed a petition for recognition with a Governmental Entity relating to any Business Employees; (C) as of the Signing Date, no Collective Bargaining Agreement is being negotiated by any Seller Party relating to any Business Employees; (D) in the three (3) years preceding the Signing Date, there have been no actual or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened lockouts, strikes, boycotts, handbilling, picketing, walkouts, demonstrations, leafleting, sit-ins, sick-outs, slowdowns, work stoppages or other forms of labor disruption with respect to the Business Employees; and (E) no Business Employees are represented by any union or other labor organization with respect to their employment with a Seller Party.

(ii)Except as set forth on Section 2.1(p)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedules, and except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Business in any material respect, individually or in the aggregate, for the three (3) years prior to the Signing Date (and, solely with respect to labor and employment matters relating to the Speedway Subsidiary Sellers or the employment of any Business Employee with Marathon or its Affiliates, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven): (A) each natural person performing work for the Business classified by any Seller Party as an “independent contractor,” consultant, volunteer, subcontractor, “temp,” leased employee or other contingent worker is properly classified under applicable Laws, and each Seller Party has fully and accurately reported all payments to all independent contractors and other contingent workers on IRS Form 1099s or as otherwise required by applicable Laws; (B) each Business Employee classified as “exempt” from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) or any state wage and hour Laws has been properly classified as such, and each Seller Party has not incurred any Liabilities under the FLSA or any state wage and hour Laws; (C) each Business Employee not subject to the FLSA has been properly categorized according to applicable Law, and has been paid overtime wages consistent with applicable Law; (D) no Seller Party has, with respect to Business Employees, failed to provide advance notice of layoffs or terminations as required by the Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and any similar foreign, state or local Law or incurred any Liability under such Laws; (E) solely in respect of the Business, each Seller Party is in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to labor and employment, including, but not limited to, all Laws relating to employment practices; the hiring, background check, promotion, assignment, and termination of employees; discrimination; equal employment opportunities; affirmative action; sexual and other types of harassment; disability; labor relations; wages and hours; hours of work; payment of wages; immigration; workers’ compensation; employee benefits; working conditions; occupational safety and health; family and medical leave; employee terminations; or data privacy and data protection; (F) solely in respect of the Business Employees, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, threatened, Actions, grievances, or unfair labor practice charges, against any Seller Party brought by or on behalf of any applicant for employment; any Business Employee; any independent contractor of any Seller Party who is a natural person; any leased employee, volunteer or “temp” of any Seller Party; any person alleging to be a current or former employee of any Seller Party; any group or class of the foregoing, or any Governmental Entity, in each case in connection with his or her affiliation with, or the performance of his or her duties to, such Seller Party, or alleging the violation of any labor or employment Laws, breach of any Collective Bargaining Agreement, breach of any express or implied contract of employment, wrongful termination of employment or any other discriminatory, wrongful, or tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship; (G) to the Knowledge

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of 7-Eleven, each Business Employee has all work permits, immigration permits, visas or other authorizations required by Law for such employee given the duties and nature of such employees employment; (H) to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, no individual who has been a service provider to the Business in the three (3) years prior to the Signing Date has been improperly excluded from, or wrongly denied benefits under, any Benefit Plan; (I) to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, no Business Employee or former employee of the Business has (1) been investigated in connection with any misconduct, nor subject to any disciplinary action, that could reasonably be expected to cause any material damage to the Business, or (2) engaged or aided in any conduct or cover-up of such conduct that could cause or has caused material damage to the Business, including, but not limited to, any conduct constituting sexual misconduct, harassment (including sexual harassment) or discrimination.

(q)Employee Benefit Plans.

(i)Section 2.1(q)(i) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list, as of the Signing Date, of the Benefit Plans.

(ii)With respect to each material Benefit Plan, the Seller Parties have made available to Buyer, to the extent in existence as of the date of this Agreement and otherwise applicable, a copy of the following: (i) the plan document or agreement and all amendments thereto, (ii) any summary plan descriptions and summaries of material modifications, (iii) a copy of the most recently filed Form 5500 (with schedules and financial statements attached), and (iv) the most recent determination, advisory or opinion letter received from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).

(iii)Each 7-Eleven Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS (or is entitled to rely upon a favorable opinion letter issued by the IRS), and to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, no event or circumstance exists or has occurred that has affected or is likely to adversely affect the qualified status of such plan. Except as set forth on Section 2.1(q)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedules, none of the Seller Parties has any obligation or liability to provide post-employment medical or welfare benefits to any Business Employee or Former Business Employee, other than as required for providing group health plan continuation coverage under Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code or similar provisions of applicable state Law. Each 7-Eleven Benefit Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in substantial compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws and regulations, including ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Laws governing the 7-Eleven Benefit Plan, except for such noncompliance or impropriety that would not reasonably be expected to result in a material Liability of Buyer or in the imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the Assets.

(iv)No Benefit Plan is, and no Seller Party nor any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or is obligated to contribute to, or has in the past six years sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or been obligated to contribute to, or has any actual or potential liability with respect to, (i) a “defined benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, (ii) a “pension plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (iii) a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) or

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Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, or (iv) a multiple employer plan (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code).

(v)Except as set forth on Section 2.1(q)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof would: (i) increase the amount or value of any payment, right or other benefits to any Business Employee or former Business Employee, (ii) entitle any Business Employee or former Business Employee to severance pay or unemployment compensation, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any compensation or benefits payable to any Business Employee or Former Business Employee.

(r)Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Section 2.1(r) of the Disclosure Schedules, since December 31, 2019, (i) there has not occurred any Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the Business has been operated in all material respects in the Ordinary Course of Business.

(s)Broker Fees.  Other than the commission to be paid to Nomura Securities International, Inc., a New York corporation (the fees and expenses of which shall be borne solely by the Seller Parties), no Seller Party has paid, nor is any Seller Party obligated to pay, any fees or commissions to any broker or finder in connection with the transactions provided for herein or in connection with the negotiation thereof.

(t)Inventory.  The Inventory of the Business constitutes a customary and normal supply and product mix, consistent with past practice, of saleable Inventory currently sold in the Ordinary Course of Business.

(u)Powers of Attorney. Other than the Business Employees or any employees of the Seller Parties, there are no Persons holding an irrevocable power of attorney relating to the Real Property, the Assets or the Business, except as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to be material to the Business.

(v)Affiliate Transactions. Other than the Seller Parties or as a result of a Person’s ownership interests in the Seller Parties, no Person who is a Related Party: (i) owns, directly or indirectly, a material portion of or has any interest in any material property (real or personal, tangible or intangible) used in the Business; or (ii) is party to any currently enforceable Contract involving or affecting the Business or any of the Assets.

(w)Insurance. In connection with the operation of the Business, the Seller Parties maintain such insurance (including self-insurance) (a) in such amounts and against such risks as the Seller Parties have in good faith determined to be sufficient for the conduct of the Business, (b) as is required under any Real Property Lease or Contract and (c) as is required by applicable Law. To the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, all policies of insurance (including insurance covering environmental remediation or other environmental risks) maintained by the Seller Parties and covering any of the Real Property, Assets or the Business are legal, valid, binding and enforceable, and in full force and effect, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Principles. There is no default with respect to any provisions contained in any such policies nor has there been any failure to give notice of or present any claim under such policies in a due and timely fashion, except in each case to the extent as would not materially adversely affect the Seller Parties’ ability to enforce its insurance benefits thereunder. No notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any such policy has been received, and to the Knowledge of 7-Eleven, none of the insurance providers has any current intent

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to cancel or decline to renew such policies, with such terms as may be mutually agreed between the Seller Parties and the applicable insurers, in the future.

(x)Bonds. Section 2.1(x) of the Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all surety or other bonds required or otherwise in effect in connection with the operation of the Business or the ownership of the Assets (“Surety Bonds”). Except as described in Section 2.1(x) of the Disclosure Schedules, each Seller Party (solely with respect to the Business) maintains all Surety Bonds required in connection with the operation of the Business, as currently conducted in all material respects by such Seller Party.

(y)Unclaimed Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to result in material Liability to the Business: (i) each of the Seller Parties has filed or caused to be filed with the appropriate Governmental Entities all Unclaimed Property returns, reports, declaration, information or other documents required to be filed (the “Unclaimed Property Reports”) and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity all Unclaimed Property required to be remitted, in each case, with respect of the Assets and the Business; (ii) all Unclaimed Properties due and owing by any of the Seller Parties with respect to the Assets and the Business as a result of any examination or audit by any Governmental Entity have been fully remitted; (iii) none of the Seller Parties has been subject to a written claim by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction in which such Seller Party does not file Unclaimed Property Reports with respect to the Assets and the Business that such Seller Party is or may be required to file an Unclaimed Property Report in that jurisdiction with respect of the Assets and the Business; and (iv) each of the Seller Parties has complied with all applicable Laws relating to Unclaimed Property (including, but not limited to, any abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws) with respect to the Assets and the Business

(z)Replacement Properties. To the extent that a Replacement Property is substituted for a Station Property pursuant to Section 3.11, the Replacement Property shall be deemed to be a Station Property for purposes of the representations and warranties made in Section 2.1 (subject to the Parties’ reasonable agreement to any Disclosure Schedules with respect to such Replacement Property prior to the applicable Closing and adjusting the timing for any requirement to have provided any items to Buyer on the Signing Date or within a specified period of time prior to the applicable Closing Date with respect to such Replacement Property).

2.2Representations and Warranties of Buyer

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Buyer hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Seller Parties as of the Signing Date:

(a)Due Organization and Power.  Each Buyer Entity (i) is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) has all requisite power to enter this Agreement and the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by such Buyer Entity pursuant hereto and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

(b)Authority.  The execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement and the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by Buyer pursuant hereto and the consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors or other such governing body of each Buyer Entity.  No other organizational act or proceeding on the part of Buyer is necessary to authorize this Agreement or the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by Buyer pursuant hereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  This Agreement constitutes,

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and when executed and delivered, the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by Buyer pursuant hereto will constitute, valid and binding agreements of Buyer, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such may be limited by the Bankruptcy and Equity Principles.

(c)No Violation.  Neither the execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement or the other documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by Buyer pursuant hereto nor the consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) will violate any Law or Order applicable to Buyer, (ii) will require any authorization, consent or approval by, filing with or notice to any Governmental Entity on the part of Buyer (except that which is lawfully and validly obtained prior to the applicable Closing), or (iii) will violate or conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or will result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, (A) any term or provision of the corporate charter, bylaws, or similar organizational documents of Buyer or (B) any of the express terms of any Contract to which Buyer is a party or by which its assets are bound. None of Buyer, nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents involved in the Transaction is a Sanctioned Person.  Buyer represents that, as to each source of funds (each a “Source”) from a third party to be used by Buyer for any payments to be paid to the Seller Parties in connection with this Agreement, to Buyer’s knowledge, the Source does not include any assets derived directly or knowingly indirectly from conduct that resulted in a violation of Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws, or Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

(d)Finders or Brokers.  Buyer has not dealt with any investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other intermediary entitled to a commission, broker’s fee or other compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

(e)Litigation.  There is no Action pending or threatened against Buyer that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(f)Disclosure. Buyer has identified to the Seller Parties, and supplied any material related information reasonably requested by the Seller Parties or their respective representatives with respect to, any and all retail convenience store or fuel outlet sites owned or operated, whether directly or indirectly, by Buyer or any of its Affiliates as of the Signing Date that, to Buyer’s knowledge, are located within five (5) driving miles of any Station Property.

(g)Financial and Operating Capacity.  Buyer has sufficient cash on hand or other sources of immediately available funds (including pursuant to a guaranty provided by Buyer Parent) to enable it to make payment of the Purchase Price and any other amounts due hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the making of such payments will not render Buyer insolvent.  Buyer acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are not subject to a financing contingency.

(h)Sophisticated Buyer.  Buyer has significant experience in the industry in which the Business operates, has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the Business and the Assets and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the Station Properties, Assets, books and records of the Business, and other documents and data available to the Seller Parties for such purpose.  Buyer acknowledges that, except for the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.1, neither the Seller Parties nor any of their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents, advisors or representatives, makes or shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including as to the accuracy and/or

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completeness of any information (including, without limitation, any estimates, projections, forecasts or other forward-looking information) provided or otherwise made available to Buyer or any of its directors, managers, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents, advisors or representatives (including, without limitation, in any virtual data room management presentations, information or offering memorandum, supplemental information or other materials or information with respect to any of the above), that the sole representations or warranties being made by the Seller Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby are set forth in this Agreement and that Buyer is not relying on any statements, information or data other than the representations or warranties in Section 2.1 in its determination to effect such transactions.  With respect to any estimate, projection or forecast delivered or made available by or on behalf of the Seller Parties, Buyer acknowledges that it shall have no claim against the Seller Parties with respect to any such estimate, projection or forecast.

(i)Acknowledgment.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.1, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY CERTIFICATE DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO OR THERETO, NEITHER THE SELLER PARTIES NOR ANY PERSON ACTING ON THE SELLER PARTIES’ BEHALF MAKES OR HAS MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN RESPECT OF THE BUSINESS, THE ASSETS OR LIABILITIES OF THE SELLER PARTIES OR THE BUSINESS, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY AND ALL SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.

3.COVENANTS PRIOR TO CLOSING

3.1Access to Information; Confidentiality

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(a)Access to Information.  During the period commencing on the Signing Date and ending on the Closing Date applicable to such Station Properties, upon reasonable advance written request by Buyer, 7-Eleven shall (i) with respect to the Speedway Station Properties, use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon and its Affiliates to, and (ii) with respect to the 7-Eleven Station Properties, and from and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Speedway Station Properties, in each case, upon reasonable advance notice, at a mutually agreed upon time and date, furnish or cause to be furnished to Buyer and its representatives, (x) reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the Station Properties and personnel at such Station Properties including for the purposes of interviews; provided that Buyer shall not unreasonably disrupt personnel, operations or properties of the Business, and (y) reasonable access to the books and records of the Business, solely to the extent available to 7-Eleven and to the extent permitted by Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, within twenty (20) days after the end of each calendar quarter during the period commencing on the Signing Date and ending on the final Closing Date, 7-Eleven shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a true, correct and complete profit and loss report for the immediately preceding calendar quarter with respect to each Station Property and Replacement Property (as applicable) not previously transferred to Buyer, in substantially the same form and level of detail as the Financial Statements.  Within thirty (30) days following each Closing, 7-Eleven shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a true, correct and complete profit and loss report for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the applicable Closing occurs with respect to each Station Property and Replacement Property (as applicable) transferred to Buyer at such Closing, in substantially the same form and level of detail as the Financial Statements.  

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(b)Confidentiality.  All Confidential Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) made available to or obtained by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, including this Section 3.1, shall be treated as confidential pursuant to the terms of and for all purposes of the Confidentiality Agreement.  The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference and shall continue in full force and effect following the final Closing hereunder, except that Buyers confidentiality obligations in the Confidentiality Agreement solely with respect to information to the extent regarding the applicable Assets, Business and Assumed Liabilities transferred to Buyer at any Closing will terminate effective upon, and only upon, such Closing.  The Parties expressly agree that, notwithstanding any provision of the Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, including with respect to termination thereof, if, for any reason, this Agreement is terminated, and the remaining term of the Confidentiality Agreement is less than twenty-four (24) months, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months following termination of this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with its terms, and this Agreement shall constitute the requisite consent of the Parties to amend the Confidentiality Agreement accordingly.

(c)Business Information. For a period of two (2) years following each Closing, each Seller Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and its and their respective representatives to, keep confidential and not use for any purpose or disclose to any third party, all confidential and proprietary or nonpublic information to the extent relating to Buyer, the Business, the Assets acquired by Buyer at such Closing and the Assumed Liabilities assumed by Buyer at such Closing (“Confidential Business Information”); provided that the applicable Seller Party and its representatives may disclose Confidential Business Information if required by judicial or administrative process or by any other requirements of applicable Law, regulation or legal or regulatory process. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the use or disclosure by any Seller Party or their respective representatives of any Confidential Business Information to the extent such use or disclosure is necessary for such party or such representatives in connection with its rights or obligations with respect to post-Closing matters expressly required or permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including in connection with determining the Actual Inventory Value, Actual Accrued PTO Amount or Actual Proration Amount, the provision of services and the performance of other obligations pursuant to any of the Ancillary Agreements, for the purpose of complying with the terms of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, any indemnification claim made by any Buyer Indemnified Party, any post-Closing Tax filings, any filings with or audit by any Governmental Entity, the preparation of financial statements or Tax Returns or in furtherance of any other reasonable business purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Confidential Business Information” shall not include any information which (i) is or was independently developed by a party without reference to any Confidential Business Information, (ii) is or becomes available to the general public, other than as a direct result of a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 3.1(c) or (iii) is or becomes generally available to professionals operating in the same or similar industry as the Business.

3.2Acknowledgment

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Buyer acknowledges that (i) as of the date hereof (until the PSA Closing Date), 7-Eleven has never operated, and currently does not operate, the Business at any of the Speedway Station Properties; (ii) with respect to the Speedway Station Properties, the Business has been operated, and, prior to the closing of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, will continue to be operated, by Marathon and its Affiliates; and (iii) solely to the extent that any Closing is not consummated simultaneously with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, 7-Eleven will acquire the ownership of and assume the operation of the Speedway Station Properties and the portion of the Business related thereto for the limited

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period between the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement and such Closing.

3.3Conduct of Business Pending the Closings

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From the Signing Date until the earlier of the applicable Closing or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 10, except (v) as expressly required or contemplated by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (w) as set forth on Section 3.3 of the Disclosure Schedules, (x) where mandated by applicable Laws, (y) to the extent action is taken (or omitted) in response to COVID-19 Conditions, or (z) otherwise consented to by Buyer in writing (not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), 7-Eleven shall, or, if prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, shall use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon and its Affiliates to:

(a)use commercially reasonable efforts to operate the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business, including with respect to the maintenance of Inventory levels and employee staffing at the Station Properties;

(b)use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Business and the Assets substantially intact, including the present operations, physical facilities, working conditions and relationships with Governmental Entities, suppliers, customers and employees;

(c)not adopt, enter into, amend, alter or terminate any Benefit Plan in respect of any Business Employee or grant or agree to grant any material increase in the wages, salary, bonuses or other compensation, remuneration or employee benefits of any Business Employee, in each case except: (A) for wage or salary increases (and corresponding increases to target cash incentive compensation opportunities) made in the Ordinary Course of Business, (B) as required under applicable Law, any existing Benefit Plan or by any existing employment agreement or other Contract, including a Collective Bargaining Agreement, (C) if the costs of which are borne solely by the Seller Parties or their respective Affiliates, or (D) for actions with respect to any Benefit Plan that apply uniformly to all Business Employees and other similarly situated employees of the Seller Parties and their respective Affiliates; provided, that any such increases resulting from this subclause (D) shall be disregarded for Buyer’s and its Affiliates’ obligations under Section 4.3(a);

(d)except as required by Law, not (i) enter into any Collective Bargaining Agreement covering the Business Employees, or (ii) recognize or certify any union as the bargaining representative for any Business Employees, provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that nothing herein shall require any Seller Party to take any action that would violate any Law, including but not limited to the National Law Relations Act;

(e)except for changes or transfers in the Ordinary Course of Business, not change or transfer the primary location where any Business Employee performs services for the Business from the Station Property or other location at which such Business Employee is primarily employed as of the Signing Date;

(f)except in the Ordinary Course of Business, not voluntarily terminate, cancel, renew or amend any Assumed Contract or enter into any Third Party Lease or any Contract that relates exclusively to the Business;

(g)not sell, lease, license, pledge, encumber, abandon, permit to lapse or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Assets, or remove any Assets from any Station Property, except (i) for

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transfers of the applicable Assets to Buyer at each Closing pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in the Ordinary Course of Business or (iii) as required to comply with its obligations under Section 3.7;

(h)not (i) make, change or revoke any material Tax election except in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) settle or compromise any material Tax claim or Tax Liability, or (iii) change (or make a request to any Taxing Authority to change) any material aspect of its method of accounting for Tax purposes, in each case, solely with respect to the Business and the Assets, in a manner that, in each case, would reasonably be expected to increase the Tax Liabilities of Buyer or any of its Affiliates for any period (or portion thereof) after the applicable Closing Date;

(i)not initiate, settle, cancel, compromise, release or provide a waiver with respect to any Action relating to the Business, the Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or any portion thereof existing on or after the Signing Date unless all monetary damages and other amounts payable in respect thereof are paid in full by the Seller Parties and such settlement, cancellation, compromise, release or waiver does not and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the Business, the Assets, or Buyer’s ownership or operation thereof, in each case, after the applicable Closing;

(j)not enter into any Contract to which the Business, Buyer or any Station Properties would be subject that would restrain or restrict the ability of Buyer or the Business to compete in any material respect with any Person or to conduct any business or line of business in any geographic area;

(k)not violate, terminate or permit the lapse of, or otherwise fail to maintain or renew, any Material Business Permit; or

(l)not authorize, contract, commit or otherwise agree in writing to take any of the actions set forth in clauses (c)–(j) of this Section 3.3.

3.4Further Actions

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Subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 3.5, 3.10, 3.11 and 4.9, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby, including (i) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain prior to the applicable Closing Date all licenses, Permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, waivers, clearances, licenses, qualifications and orders of Governmental Entities with respect to the Business that are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cooperating with one another to obtain all actions, non-actions, approvals, clearances, waivers, consents, Permits, authorizations, licenses, qualifications, and orders of Governmental Entities, (iii) supplying as promptly as practicable any information and documentary material that may be formally or informally requested by any Governmental Entity, and (iv) Buyer promptly notifying the Seller Parties of any written or other substantive communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

3.5Certain Filings

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Buyer and 7-Eleven shall make or cause to be made, as promptly as practicable, all filings with Governmental Entities that are necessary to obtain all authorizations, consents, orders and approvals for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  Seller Parties shall pay the cost of all filing and similar fees arising in connection with such filings.

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3.6Exclusivity

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During the period commencing on the Signing Date and expiring on the earlier of final Closing Date hereunder or the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms of Article 10, neither 7-Eleven nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, solicit, make, respond to (other than to decline), discuss with any third party, furnish any information to (including by providing access to the books, records, assets, business or personnel of any Seller Party) or negotiate the terms of any offer or proposal from or to any Person (other than from or to Buyer or its Affiliates) relating to any acquisition of direct or indirect control of the Business, any purchase of any material amount of the Station Properties or the Assets (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practice), or any change-of-control or business combination or similar transaction involving the Business, including any merger, consolidation, acquisition, purchase, re-capitalization or other transaction that would have a similar result as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. As promptly as practicable following the Signing Date, 7-Eleven shall terminate, or cause the termination of, access to any of 7-Eleven’s hosted data sites (whether third-party or otherwise), or portion thereof, containing any confidential information with respect to the Business, the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities by all other prospective purchasers.

3.7Equipment Testing, Maintenance and Repair

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(a)From the Signing Date until the earlier of the applicable Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Article 10, 7-Eleven shall, and, if prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, shall use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon or its Affiliates to, conduct, or engage a reasonably qualified contractor to conduct, such inspections and testing of the Fuel Equipment required by applicable Laws and nationally recognized standards (e.g.  PEI, NFPA 30 and PCI) in the Ordinary Course of Business.  7-Eleven will provide Buyer with the final results of any such inspections and testing of the Fuel Equipment (if any), to the extent received by 7-Eleven, promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) after 7-Eleven’s receipt thereof.

(b)From the Signing Date until the earlier of the applicable Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Article 10, 7-Eleven shall, and, if prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, shall use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon or its Affiliates to, continue the process of maintaining, repairing and replacing in a manner consistent with good industry standards in the Ordinary Course of Business all equipment used in the Business (including the Fuel Equipment).

3.8Title

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(a)7-Eleven shall order a title search and Survey to be performed with regard to each Real Property, and order a commitment or commitments for title insurance (collectively, the “Commitment”) to be issued by the Title Company with regard to all Real Property (which may be on an aggregate basis with respect to certain Real Property), all at Buyer’s sole cost and expense. 7-Eleven shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Survey for each of the Owned Real Properties and Leased Real Properties and instruct the Title Company to deliver the Commitment and all underlying exception documents to Buyer upon completion of the Title Company’s preparation of same, and Buyer may, no later than thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Commitment (and all underlying exception documents) and the Surveys for all Real Property (the “Title Objection Date”), deliver written notice (preferably in a spreadsheet or another streamlined format rather than a formal objection letter) to 7-Eleven of any Material Defect (as defined below) set forth in the Commitment or on a Survey, together with complete copies of each of any Survey or Commitment possessed by Buyer and evidencing or showing the Material Defect, and all documents and

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instruments referred to therein possessed by Buyer and further showing or evidencing the Material Defect, as applicable. Buyer may also, at or prior to the applicable Closing, notify 7-Eleven in writing of any Material Defect first raised by the Title Company in an updated title commitment (a Title Update) between the date of the Commitment referred to above and the applicable Closing Date and relating to acts or omissions arising after the date of the Commitment other than to the extent such acts or omissions arise from Buyer’s activities or are otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement.

(b)7-Eleven will use commercially reasonable efforts to support Buyer’s efforts to obtain title policies with respect to the Real Property; provided that the Seller Parties shall have no obligation to cure any objections or defects with respect to the Real Property except as set forth in Section 3.8(c).

(c)If Buyer does not deliver the written notice of Material Defect described in Section 3.8(a) to 7-Eleven on or before the applicable Title Objection Date or, as applicable, the earlier of (A) three (3) Business Days after receipt of any Title Update and (B) the applicable Closing Date (the “Additional Objection Date”), Buyer shall be deemed to waive any right to object to such Material Defects in the applicable Commitment or Survey, and shall accept title to the affected Real Property subject to such Material Defects, and shall proceed to the applicable Closing without any reduction in the Applicable Closing Purchase Price.  If, on or before the Title Objection Date or, as applicable, the Additional Objection Date, Buyer properly gives notice to 7-Eleven of one or more Material Defects, (1) 7-Eleven shall, within ten (10) Business Days after receiving such notice, notify Buyer how 7-Eleven will cure such Material Defects by the applicable Closing, which may be by (i) direct action or payment, (ii) causing the Title Company to provide title insurance coverage that insures over such Material Defects or (iii) paying Buyer at the applicable Closing (as a credit toward the Applicable Closing Purchase Price) an amount of money that 7-Eleven and Buyer agree, acting reasonably and in good faith, to be sufficient to fully discharge or address such Material Defect (or, with respect to any item covered under clause (A) of the definition of Material Survey and Title Defect, by providing indemnity sufficient to fully cover and address such Material Defect), and (2) Seller shall, prior to the applicable Closing, cure such Material Defects in such manner. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 3.8, and without the need for further notice from Buyer, 7-Eleven shall cure, prior to Closing, any monetary encumbrances to title to the extent identified in the Commitment.

(d)As used in this Agreement, “Material Defect” means only the following items that are not a Permitted Lien (and, with respect to any Leased Real Property, are defects relating to a Seller Party’s leasehold interest and not defects which encumber the applicable landlord’s fee interest in such Leased Real Property): (i) a violation of applicable zoning Laws or building codes that renders the current use of the Owned Real Property illegal (rather than merely legal non-conforming) and which materially and adversely affects the value of the applicable Real Property or the continued use of the applicable Real Property as a convenience store or (ii) a Material Title or Survey Defect (as defined below).  As used in this Agreement, a “Material Title or Survey Defect” means the following: (A) title in the name of any party other than a Seller Party, life estates in title, reversionary interests in title, rights of first offer or first refusal or unexpired options to acquire an interest in the applicable Owned Real Property or the leasehold interest in the Leased Real Property, (B) restrictions preventing the use and operation of the applicable Real Property as a convenience store or gas station, (C) due and unpaid Taxes, judgments,  deed of trust/mortgage or similar liens, (D) financing statements which materially and adversely affect the value of the applicable Real Property, (E) mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens and security obligations that are due and payable, and (F) federal tax liens securing delinquent taxes. Seller Parties shall use

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commercially reasonable efforts to cure, upon Buyer’s request, (i) any violation of applicable zoning Laws that is not a Material Defect and (ii) any title defect that is not a Material Defect but that materially and adversely affects the value of the applicable Real Property or the use of the Real Property for the continued conduct of the Business; provided that if such defect relates to Leased Real Property, then such defect must relate to a Seller Party’s leasehold interest and not to the landlord’s fee interest in such Lease Real Property.

3.9Joinder

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To the extent that any Affiliate of 7-Eleven, including, subject to and conditioned upon the Closing (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement), any Speedway Subsidiary Seller, is the actual owner of any Assets or Assumed Liabilities to be transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, prior to the applicable Closing Date, 7-Eleven shall cause such Affiliate to execute and deliver a joinder to this Agreement in the form set forth on Exhibit B hereto (a “Joinder”). The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that by its execution and delivery of a Joinder, such Affiliate of 7-Eleven (a) assumes all obligations, and acquires all of the rights of a “Seller Party” under this Agreement, and (b) is required to comply with this Agreement and bound hereby as if it had been included in the definition of “Seller Party” as of the Signing Date.

3.10Contract Consents

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Other than with respect to the Lease Consents (as defined below), which are the subject of Section 3.11 below, 7-Eleven shall, at 7-Eleven’s sole cost and expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, as promptly as practicable, all consents required with respect to the assignment and transfer of the Assumed Contracts and the Business Third Party Leases to Buyer, and Buyer’s assumption thereof (the “Contract Consents”), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and 7-Eleven, and shall use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon to cooperate therewith. Buyer shall cooperate with 7-Eleven, at 7-Eleven’s reasonable request, in obtaining Contract Consents as promptly as practicable pursuant to this Section 3.10.

3.11Lease Consent; Replacement Properties

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(a)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Seller Parties shall, as promptly as practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary to deliver to Buyer, prior to each applicable Closing Date, all consents required under any Real Property Lease or any Third Party Lease, as set forth on Section 3.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedules (collectively, the “Lease Consents”).

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any such Lease Consent, if, notwithstanding the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts, 7-Eleven is unable to obtain such Lease Consent or if there is a termination with respect to a Station Property pursuant to Section 10.1(e), then, subject to regulatory approval (including approval by the FTC), 7-Eleven may elect to remove such Station Property from the Assets (a “Removed Property”) and to replace such Station Property with the corresponding retail store site set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedules and labeled as the applicable “Replacement Property” for such Removed Property (each, a “Scheduled Replacement Property”) or, if, notwithstanding the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts, 7-Eleven is unable to obtain any required Lease Consent for the applicable Scheduled Replacement Property set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedules, a comparable replacement retail store site otherwise acceptable to each of 7-Eleven, Buyer and the FTC (each, an “Alternate Replacement Property” and, with respect to any Removed Property, the Scheduled Replacement Property or Alternative Replacement Property, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 3.11(b), a “Replacement Property”). Upon any such removal or removal

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and replacement, the Purchase Price (and the Applicable Closing Purchase Price to be paid at the applicable Closing) shall be adjusted based on the applicable Agreed Location Value of the Removed Property in accordance with Section 1.6, and the Agreed Location Value of the applicable Scheduled Replacement Property set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedules or, with respect to any Alternate Replacement Property, the Parties shall agree on an Agreed Location Value for the applicable Alternate Replacement Property in a manner consistent with the methodology set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedules.  

3.12Permits

.  7-Eleven shall use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate with Buyer to transfer to Buyer or its designee effective as of the applicable Closing the Permits included in the Assets that are transferable under applicable Law. Buyer shall reasonably cooperate with all of 7-Eleven’s actions in connection therewith. All filing fees with respect to such Permits shall be borne solely by the Seller Parties.  With respect to any Permits that are not transferable under applicable Law or cannot be transferred to Buyer on or prior to the Closing despite commercially reasonable efforts having been undertaken, Buyer shall be responsible for obtaining such Permits and 7-Eleven shall reasonably cooperate, and shall use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon to cooperate, with all of Buyer’s actions in connection therewith, including by executing all documents or applications required for such Permits and, subject to regulatory approval, entering into any interim management or other agreements permitted by applicable Law.

4.ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

 

4.1Environmental.

(a)From and after the applicable Closing, with respect to any Covered Contamination (except to the extent caused by Buyer’s exacerbation of the Covered Contamination), 7-Eleven shall conduct, at its sole cost and expense, any Remediation Activities required under Environmental Law or as directed by the appropriate Governmental Entity, until such time as 7-Eleven obtains a Closure or No Further Action Letter with respect to such Covered Contamination.  In connection with such activities by 7-Eleven or its representatives, (1) Buyer shall provide 7-Eleven with non-exclusive access to the Station Properties as necessary to conduct such Remediation Activities, and, at the applicable Closing, Buyer shall execute and deliver to 7-Eleven a Site Access Agreement in a form mutually agreeable to the Parties (the “Site Access Agreement”) for each such Station Property; (2) 7-Eleven shall have the right to access the Station Properties as is reasonably necessary to conduct such Remediation Activities in accordance with the Site Access Agreement; provided, however, that such activities are conducted in a manner that minimizes any interference or disturbance to, and do not unreasonably interfere with or unreasonably disturb, Buyer’s operations; (3) Buyer shall cooperate in good faith with 7-Eleven to complete any Remediation Activities related to such Covered Contamination; and (4) such Remediation Activities shall be subject to the following requirements:

(i)7-Eleven shall coordinate the schedule of any Remediation Activities with Buyer in advance;

(ii)7-Eleven shall submit a work plan for any such Remediation Activities in advance to Buyer, which shall be subject to Buyer’s prior written approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld;

(iii)7-Eleven shall comply with all Environmental Laws and any environmental, health and safety requirements of Buyer while performing Remediation Activities;

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(iv)7-Eleven shall be deemed the generator of all waste created by or generated in the course of performing the Remediation Activities and shall sign all manifests for the transportation and disposal of any such waste and contaminated soil and groundwater;

(v)Unless required by a Governmental Entity in an Order (and 7-Eleven shall consult with Buyer in good faith if there is a Governmental Entity actively negotiating material terms of an Order and shall not enter into such an Order unless agreed to by Buyer (which agreement may not be unreasonably denied, conditioned or delayed)), 7-Eleven shall not agree to or elect any remediation (excluding any Engineering and Institutional Controls to the extent such Engineering and Institutional Controls do not materially adversely affect the conduct of the Business, as currently conducted) that imposes any material obligations on any Buyer without Buyer’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;

(vi)7-Eleven shall keep Buyer reasonably informed of the progress of the remediation and 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer with copies of documents prepared in connection with the remediation of such Covered Contamination, including all correspondence with the applicable Governmental Entity, and 7-Eleven shall, prior to submittal to any Governmental Entity, allow Buyer to comment on such documents and correspondence;

(vii)7-Eleven shall ensure proper closure of any groundwater or other monitoring wells, remove all metal rings and restore the condition of each Station Property to proper grade; and

(viii)Upon receipt of a Closure or No Further Action Letter, 7-Eleven shall have no further responsibility for the Covered Contamination, and the Environmental Liabilities associated with such Covered Contamination shall thereafter be treated as an Assumed Liability; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, should the Closure or No Further Action Letter later be rescinded or any re-openers in such Closure or No Further Action Letter be triggered, or if any exacerbation of such Covered Contamination by Buyer creates any remediation obligations after receipt of a Closure or No Further Action Letter, Buyer shall be fully responsible for any remaining Environmental Liabilities with respect to such Hazardous Materials.

(b)Except as provided in Section 8.10, Buyer shall not have the right to perform or conduct, or cause to be performed or conducted, any environmental sampling or testing at, in, on or underneath any Real Property prior to the applicable Closing.

(c)7-Eleven may cause Marathon and its Affiliates to and, from and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, may cause the Seller Parties to conduct work pursuant to the agreed-upon work plan (the “Agreed Work”) described in Item 3 on Section 2.1(i) of the Disclosure Schedules, provided that if any Release of Hazardous Materials is discovered in  the course of performing such work prior to the applicable Closing and such environmental contamination is required by Law to be remediated and reported to the applicable Governmental Entity pursuant to Environmental Law, such environmental contamination shall be treated as “Covered Contamination” under this Agreement.  In the event that the Agreed Work is not complete at the time of the applicable Closing, then the Seller Parties shall provide a good faith estimate of the cost remaining to complete the Agreed Work, and such estimated cost shall be reimbursed to Buyer by the Seller Parties at the applicable Closing.

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4.2Tax Matters

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(a)Tax Indemnification.  

(i)7-Eleven shall be liable for and shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer from and against, without duplication, (A) all Taxes imposed on the Seller Parties for any taxable period, including all Taxes arising out of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) all Taxes with respect to the Business or Assets (1) for any Pre-Closing Period and (2) with respect to any Straddle Period, for the portion of such Straddle Period up to the applicable Closing Date, calculated in accordance with Section 4.2(d) (other than real estate Taxes for which the Seller Parties are responsible pursuant to Section 1.7(a) and for which Buyer has received a credit), (C) all Taxes resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations and warranties of the Seller Parties in Section 2.1(e), (D) all Taxes resulting from, arising out of or attributable to any breach by the Seller Parties of a covenant in this Agreement related to Taxes (including the Seller Parties’ failure to pay Transfer Taxes for which it is responsible pursuant to Section 4.2(e)), (E) any Taxes deferred in a Pre-Closing Period pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) or any other Law enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and (F) any Losses arising out of any Taxes described in clauses (A)-(E) of this Section 4.2(a)(i); provided, however, that, 7-Eleven shall not have any responsibility in respect of any Taxes resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations and warranties of the Seller Parties in Section 2.1(e) (other than the representation and warranties set forth in Section 2.1(e)(vii)) to the extent such Taxes are attributable to any Tax period (or portion thereof, as calculated in accordance with Section 4.2(d)) beginning on the applicable Closing Date ((i) through (vi) collectively, “Seller Taxes”).

(ii)Buyer shall be liable for, shall pay (or cause to be paid) and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Parties from and against, without duplication, (A) all Taxes relating to the Business, the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, (1) for any Post-Closing Period and (2) with respect to any Straddle Period, for the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date, calculated in accordance with Section 4.2(d), (B) Transfer Taxes for which Buyer is responsible pursuant to Section 4.2(e), and (C) all Taxes resulting from, arising out of or attributable to any breach by Buyer of a covenant in this Agreement related to Taxes, in each case other than Seller Taxes.

(b)Tax Returns; Payment and Refunds. 7-Eleven shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) all Tax Returns that are required to be filed with respect to the Business or the Assets for Pre-Closing Periods.  Buyer shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) and file (or cause to be filed) all Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Business or the Assets that relate to a Straddle Period.  With respect to any Tax Return related to a Straddle Period, Buyer shall deliver to 7-Eleven for 7-Eleven’s review and comment any such Tax Returns at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date therefor (or, if delivery thirty (30) days prior to the due date thereof is impracticable, as soon as reasonably available).  Buyer shall incorporate any reasonable comments timely received from 7-Eleven on such Tax Returns.  For purposes of any Tax that is payable for a Straddle Period (including real and personal property Taxes), Buyer shall be responsible for the timely payment of such Taxes and Buyer shall notify 7-Eleven of the proration of such Taxes as set forth herein; provided, that Buyer’s payment of such Taxes shall not affect 7-Eleven’s indemnification obligations hereunder.  If either Party pays any Taxes to be borne by the other Party under this Agreement, the other Party shall reimburse such Party for the Taxes paid within ten (10) days following receipt of proof of payment. If either Party receives any refunds or credits

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which are the property of the other Party under this Agreement, such Party shall promptly pay the amount of such refunds or credits to the other Party, net of any costs and expenses associated with the receipt of such refund or credit and any Tax thereon.

(c)Cooperation.  Buyer and 7-Eleven shall and shall cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party in connection with the filing of Tax Returns in respect of the Assets, in connection with any Tax Proceeding or in connection with determining a liability for Taxes or a right to refund of Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s written request) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such Tax Proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. 7-Eleven and Buyer shall retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Assets relating to any taxable period beginning on or before the applicable Closing Date until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer or 7-Eleven, any extensions thereof), and shall abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Taxing Authority. After the applicable Closing Date, Buyer and 7-Eleven shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns and any audit, litigation, appeal, hearing, or other proceeding with respect to Taxes.  The requesting party shall bear any and all reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred by the other party in connection with complying with cooperation requests by such requesting party pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

(d)Proration of Taxes. In the case of Taxes imposed on a periodic basis (including real and personal property Taxes) for a taxable period that begins on or before and ends after the applicable Closing Date (the “Straddle Period”), the portion of such Taxes attributable to the portion of such Straddle Period up to the applicable Closing Date shall be equal to the product of the amount of such Taxes for the Straddle Period and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the applicable Straddle Period up to and including the applicable Closing Date, and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire applicable Straddle Period.

(e)Transfer Taxes.  Regardless of which Party is liable for such Taxes under applicable Law, each of Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller Parties, on the other, shall pay and be responsible for one-half of any sales Tax, use Tax, real property transfer Tax, grantor or grantee Tax, documentary stamp Tax, transfer Tax, motor vehicle Tax, registration Tax or similar Tax or recording expense or notarial fee attributable to, imposed upon or arising from the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”).  The party responsible under applicable Law for filing the Tax Returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes shall file all such Tax Returns and the other Party shall provide reasonable assistance in connection with such filings.  Each Party shall timely execute and deliver to the other Party such certificates, forms or other documentation as may be necessary and appropriate to establish an exemption from (or otherwise reduce) such Transfer Taxes.

(f)Section 1031 Exchange.  7-Eleven shall have the right to structure all or part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a simultaneous or deferred (reverse) exchange pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (a “Like-Kind Exchange”). Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in connection with effectuating a Like-Kind Exchange, 7-Eleven shall have the right, at or prior to the applicable Closing Date, to assign all or a portion of its rights under this Agreement to a “qualified intermediary” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1031(k)-1(g)(4)), a “qualified exchange accommodation titleholder” (within the meaning of Revenue Procedure 2000-37), or another person reasonably selected by 7-Eleven for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of

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Section 1031 of the Code. Should 7-Eleven choose to effectuate a Like-Kind Exchange, the Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with one another in the completion of such an exchange, including the execution of all documents reasonably necessary to effectuate a Like-Kind Exchange; provided, however, that (i) the applicable Closing Date shall not be delayed, prohibited, prevented or restricted by reason of the Like-Kind Exchange, (ii) Buyer shall incur no additional unreimbursed costs, expenses, fees or liabilities as a result of or in connection with the Like-Kind Exchange, (iii) such documents shall not modify the Seller Parties or Buyers representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement, and (iv) any such assignment by 7-Eleven shall not relieve the Seller Parties of any Liability under this Agreement. 7-Eleven does hereby and shall release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer against any and all costs and expenses reasonably incurred with respect to or in connection with the Like-Kind Exchange.

4.3Employee Matters

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(a)Transferred Employees. Within ten (10) Business Days following the Signing Date, 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer with an initial list (excluding any personal identifying information) of (i) all store-level employees of the Station Properties, (ii) any non-store level employee of the Seller Parties who primarily devotes his or her business time to the Business, and (iii) any other non-store level employee of the Seller Parties whose responsibilities relate to the Business and is identified by 7-Eleven in its reasonable discretion ((i), (ii) and (iii), collectively, and incorporating any additions or subtractions on the Final Business Employee List, the “Business Employees”) (such list, the “Initial Business Employee List”).  At least forty-five (45) days prior to the Initial Closing Date and each Subsequent Closing Date, 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer an updated version of the Initial Business Employee List with respect to the Business Employees who are expected to become Transferred Employees on the applicable Closing Date; provided, however, that such updated list shall include, with respect to all store-level Business Employees of the applicable Station Properties to be transferred at such Closing and each other employee specified in clause (ii) or (iii) above that Buyer and 7-Eleven mutually agree shall be transferred to Buyer at such closing, each such Business Employee’s (A) name or employee identification number, (B) assigned Station Property, (C) job title, (D) employing entity, (E) salary, bonus and target incentive compensation, if applicable, or other rate of pay, (F) full-time or part-time status, (G) status as “exempt” or “non-exempt” from the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and any state Laws governing wages, hours, and overtime pay, (H) active or leave status, (I) bargaining unit, if applicable, and (J) visa status (including type and expiration date), if applicable (the “Final Business Employee List”). Buyer shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, accept the transfer of all active Business Employees on the Final Business Employee List (including all store-level employees of the Station Properties who are employed with respect to the applicable Station Properties to be acquired by Buyer on such Closing Date) as of the applicable Closing Date; provided, however, that such Business Employees are employed by 7-Eleven as of immediately prior to the applicable Closing Date and satisfy Buyer’s or its Affiliates’ onboarding requirements (each such employee, upon such transfer and subject to the satisfaction of such onboarding requirements, a “Transferred Employee”). Any inactive Business Employees as of the applicable Closing Date shall transfer employment to Buyer or its Affiliates upon returning to work with the Seller Parties and shall be considered a Transferred Employee at such time; provided, however, that such inactive Business Employee returns to work within six (6) months following the applicable Closing Date and satisfies Buyer’s or its Affiliates’ onboarding requirements.

(b)The terms and conditions of each Transferred Employee’s employment with Buyer, or an Affiliate of Buyer, including compensation and benefits (excluding any equity based compensation) immediately following the applicable Closing Date shall be substantially similar in the aggregate to that in effect for similarly situated employees of Buyer or one of its applicable

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Affiliates, which terms and conditions, according to Seller Parties’ review of the information Buyer provided to Seller Parties, are, or will be as of the applicable Closing Date, substantially similar, in the aggregate, to the terms and conditions of employment for the Transferred Employees in place immediately prior to the applicable Closing Date. Nothing in Section 4.3 affects in any way Buyer’s ability to interview or hire non-Transferred Employees before or after the Transferred Employees become Buyer employees.

(c)Service Credit. Buyer shall, or shall cause its applicable Affiliates to, recognize all service of the Transferred Employees with the Business, any Seller Party, Speedway Entity or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates, and all of their current and former Affiliates that are recognized under any employee benefit plan of any Seller Party, Speedway Entity or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates or the Business applicable to service-related or measured entitlements under applicable Law (collectively, the “Service Credits”). Buyer shall take Service Credits into account for purposes of determining, as applicable, the eligibility for participation, vesting and level of benefits (but excluding benefit accruals and participation eligibility under any equity compensation, defined benefit pension plan and any post-retirement medical plan that is not an Acquired Entity Plan (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement)) under any employee benefit plan established or maintained by Buyer or its Affiliates under which any Transferred Employee may be eligible to participate on or after the applicable Closing Date to the same extent recognized under comparable employee benefit plans of any Seller Party, Speedway Entity or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates or the Business immediately prior to the applicable Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4.3(c) shall be construed to require crediting of service that would be in duplication of benefits for the same period of service.

(d)Pre-Existing Conditions. To the extent that any Transferred Employee participates in any health or other group welfare plan of Buyer or any of its Affiliates following the applicable Closing Date, Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) waive any limitation on healthcare and other welfare benefit coverage of the Transferred Employees and their eligible dependents due to pre-existing conditions under any applicable healthcare and welfare benefit plans of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, to the extent waived under the corresponding plan in which the Transferred Employee participated immediately prior to the applicable Closing Date; and (ii) credit Transferred Employees and their eligible dependents with all payments credited against out-of-pocket maximums and deductible payments and co-payments paid by such person, in each case, under the healthcare plans of any Seller Party, Speedway Entity or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing Date during the year in which the applicable Closing occurs (or, if later, prior to the first date of participation during the year in which such participation first commences) for the purpose of determining the extent to which any such person has satisfied his or her deductible and whether he or she has reached the out-of-pocket maximum under any healthcare plan of Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer for such year.

(e)Defined Contribution Plans. Following the applicable Closing Date, Buyer or its Affiliates shall provide that each Transferred Employee who is eligible to participate in a tax-qualified defined contribution retirement plan sponsored by any Seller Party, Speedway Entity or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable (a “Seller Retirement Plan”), as of the applicable Closing Date, shall be eligible to participate in an “eligible retirement plan” (within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code) of Buyer or one of its Affiliates (the “Buyer Retirement Plan”), subject to satisfaction of eligibility requirements of such Buyer Retirement Plan.  Each such Transferred Employee shall be given the option to receive a distribution of his or her account balance under the applicable Seller Retirement Plan and, in accordance with applicable Law, elect to roll over such amount (but excluding any notes corresponding to outstanding loans), into the Buyer Retirement Plan to the extent permitted under such Buyer Retirement Plan.

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(f)Continuing Obligations of 7-Eleven.  Effective as of the applicable Closing, the Transferred Employees shall cease active participation in the benefit plans of the Business.  Buyer will not have Liability for any claims for benefits under the benefit plans of the Business that are incurred by the Transferred Employees prior to the applicable Closing Date.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, Buyer and 7-Eleven intend that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement should not constitute a separation, termination or severance of employment of any Business Employee that becomes a Transferred Employee.

(g)Accrued Vacation and Personal Time. Buyer shall assume and recognize all vacation and personal time that is accrued and unused as of the applicable Closing Date, and take all step necessary to effectuate such assumption, provided, however, that (i) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, Buyer and 7-Eleven intend that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not require a payment to any Business Employee by the Seller Parties or their Affiliates for accrued but unused vacation or paid time off, but to the extent such payment is required, the Accrued PTO Amount shall be reduced by any such amount paid by the Seller Parties at the applicable Closing, and (ii) Buyer shall be entitled to a credit against the Purchase Price with respect to such Accrued PTO pursuant to Section 1.4.

(h)Communications to Employees. Prior to the applicable Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates shall be permitted to provide employee notices or communication materials (including website postings) to the Business Employees relating to (i) compensation or benefits matters or (ii) the transactions or transfers of employment contemplated by this Agreement or employment as of and after the applicable Closing. Such notices and materials shall be subject to the prior review, comment, and reasonable approval of the Seller Parties, except as otherwise required by applicable Law, provided, however, that Seller Parties shall confer in good faith with Buyer regarding approval of such communications, and provided, further, that Buyer shall not take any action pursuant to this Section 4.3(h) that unreasonably interferes with, or disrupts, the operations of the Business.

(i)Workers’ Compensation. Effective as of the applicable Closing, Buyer shall be responsible for all workers’ compensation benefits payable to or on behalf of the Transferred Employees with respect to matters arising on or after the applicable Closing Date.

(j)Immigration Laws. With respect to each Business Employee listed on Section 4.3(j) of the Disclosure Schedules as a foreign national working in the United States in non-immigrant visa status, Buyer shall employ such Business Employee under terms and conditions such that Buyer qualifies as a “successor employer” under applicable United States immigration Laws effective as of the applicable Closing for immigration-related purposes and Buyer shall not be deemed to have otherwise assumed any Liabilities (other than with respect to the immigration-related liabilities and responsibilities associated with the applicable visa petitions) or to be a successor for any other purpose except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

(k)No Third-Party Beneficiaries. All provisions contained in this Agreement with respect to employee benefit plans or the compensation of the Business Employees are included for the sole benefit of the respective parties hereto. Nothing contained herein (i) shall confer upon any former, current or future employee of any Seller Party or Buyer or any legal representative or beneficiary thereof any rights or remedies, including any right to employment or continued employment, of any nature, for any specified period or (ii) shall confer any third party beneficiary rights upon any Business Employee or any dependent or beneficiary thereof or any heirs or assigns thereof. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall not constitute an adoption, amendment or other

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modification to any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement covering the Business Employees or any Seller Partys employees.

4.4Casualty

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(a)Promptly following the occurrence of any Casualty Event, and in any event no later than fifteen (15) days prior to each Closing, 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer with a list (each such list, a “Pre-Closing Casualty List”) of any Station Property to be transferred to Buyer at the applicable Closing (i) which has been damaged or destroyed at any time after December 31, 2018 and on or prior to such date by fire, theft, vandalism, flood, wind, hurricane, explosion, lightning storm, hail, subversion, earthquake, act of God, act of terrorism or other causality (such event, a “Casualty Event”), and (ii) the repair and restoration of which is not expected to be completed on or before the applicable Closing Date.  The Pre-Closing Casualty List shall include (A) a reasonable description of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Casualty Event (including all information provided to 7-Eleven by Marathon and its Affiliates with respect to such Casualty Event), (B) 7-Eleven’s or Marathon’s and its Affiliates’, as applicable, preliminary assessment of the effect of the Casualty Event on the relevant Station Property, including the estimated dollar amount of the Casualty Loss Amount and the portion of such Casualty Loss Amount actually paid by 7-Eleven, any other Seller Party, any Speedway Entity and/or Marathon or its Affiliates as of such date to repair or restore such Station Property, (C) the date upon which each such Station Property sustained a Casualty Event and (D) the status of repair and restoration of each such Station Property.

(b)As promptly as practicable following each Closing, 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer with a list (a “Casualty Event Notice”) of any Station Property transferred to Buyer at such Closing (i) which has been damaged or destroyed at any time after December 31, 2018 and on or prior to the applicable Closing Date by a Casualty Event (any Station Property so damaged or destroyed, a “Damaged Station Property”) and (ii) the repair and restoration of which were not completed on or before the applicable Closing Date.  The Casualty Event Notice shall include (A) a reasonable description of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Casualty Event (including all written information provided to 7-Eleven by Marathon and its Affiliates with respect to such Casualty Event), (B) 7-Eleven’s or Marathon’s and its Affiliates’, as applicable, preliminary assessment of the effect of the Casualty Event on the relevant Station Property, including the estimated dollar amount of the Casualty Loss Amount and the portion of such Casualty Loss Amount actually paid by 7-Eleven, any other Seller Party, any Speedway Entity and/or Marathon or its Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing to repair or restore such Damaged Station Property, (C) the date upon which each such Damaged Station Property sustained a Casualty Event and (D) the status of repair and restoration of each Damaged Station Property.

(c)During the period prior to each Closing, with respect to each Damaged Station Property, 7-Eleven shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, or, if prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon and its Affiliates to, repair and restore such Damaged Station Property, including making any required expenditures, in the Ordinary Course of Business.  With respect to each Damaged Station Property (i) that has been damaged or destroyed by a Casualty Event before the applicable Closing resulting in damages in excess of $25,000 individually (a “Casualty Loss Adjustment Site”) and (ii) the repairs and restoration of which have not been completed on or before the applicable Closing Date, 7-Eleven shall pay to Buyer, as an advancement of expenses for each Casualty Loss Adjustment Site: (A) the applicable Casualty Loss Amount less (B) the portion of such Casualty Loss Amount actually paid by 7-Eleven or Marathon or their respective Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing to repair or restore such Casualty Loss Adjustment Site, in each

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case, at the applicable Closing, if reasonably determinable and agreed by the Parties thereby or, if not reasonably determinable and agreed by the Parties at the time of the applicable Closing, on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day after the applicable Closing Date.

(d)With respect to each Damaged Station Property that has been damaged or destroyed by a Casualty Event prior to each Closing such that either the front court or back court of the Damaged Station Property is not operational and is closed as of the applicable Closing Date (including, in the event of any Casualty Event impacting a Leased Real Property, (i) if the applicable landlord has the right to terminate the applicable lease for such Leased Real Property as a result thereof (and such right has not been exercised or waived and the time period, if any, for exercising such right has not expired and does not expire prior to the applicable Closing) and (ii) if the applicable landlord validly exercises a right to terminate the applicable lease for such Leased Real Property as a result thereof prior to the applicable Closing), 7-Eleven shall pay to Buyer, at the applicable Closing if reasonably determinable and agreed by the Parties thereby or, if not reasonably determinable and agreed by the Parties at the time of the applicable Closing, on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day after the applicable Closing Date, an amount for each such closed Damaged Station Property equal to the sum of (x) the applicable Casualty Loss Amount less the portion of such Casualty Loss Amount actually paid by 7-Eleven or Marathon or their respective Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing to repair or restore such Damaged Station Property and (y) (i) the average monthly EBITDA generated by such Damaged Station Property for all full calendar months in which such Damaged Station Property was fully operational during the twelve (12) full calendar months immediately preceding the date of such Casualty Loss Amount multiplied by (ii) the number of months (or fraction thereof) required to repair and restore such Damaged Station Property from and after the applicable Closing (provided that such estimated period pursuant to this clause (y) shall not exceed twelve (12) months unless the Parties reasonably agree in good faith prior to the applicable Closing that such repairs are expected to take more than twelve (12) months to complete, in which case, such estimated period shall be equal to such greater number of months agreed upon by the Parties). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Parties mutually agree, in lieu of the foregoing payment of the applicable Casualty Loss Amount, the Parties may agree on an adjustment to the amount of the Applicable Closing Purchase Price to take into account the Parties’ agreed upon estimate of the Casualty Loss Amount.

(e)With respect to any Casualty Loss Adjustment Site, 7-Eleven shall, and, if prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, use Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts to cause Marathon or its Affiliates to, promptly submit to Buyer a reasonably detailed summary of the plan to repair or restore any such Damaged Station Property not repaired or restored prior to the applicable Closing, including a good faith estimate of the cost to repair such damage by a reputable independent third party who is selected by Marathon or its Affiliates and is reasonably approved by Buyer.

(f)With respect to any Casualty Loss Adjustment Site, such Casualty Loss Adjustment Site and the Casualty Event relating thereto shall have no effect for purposes of determining whether the conditions to the applicable Closing set forth in Article 5 have been fulfilled.

4.5Condemnation

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(a)Promptly following the occurrence thereof, and in any event no later than fifteen (15) days prior to each Closing, 7-Eleven shall provide Buyer a list (each such list, a “Pre-Closing Condemnation List”) of any Station Property to be transferred to Buyer at such Closing that has been taken, or noticed or threatened for taking, by eminent domain (each, a “Condemnation

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Action).  Subject to Section 4.5(c), Buyer may, in its sole discretion, elect not to acquire any Station Property included on a Pre-Closing Condemnation List at the applicable Closing by providing written notice of such election to 7-Eleven no later than five (5) days prior to such Closing.

(b)With respect to all Condemnation Actions which occurred between January 1, 2019 and the applicable Closing Date that are not Total Condemnation Actions (as defined below) (the “Partial Condemnation Actions”), (i) solely with respect to Partial Condemnation Actions after the Signing Date, 7-Eleven shall give Buyer written notice of any Condemnation Action in excess of $500,000 as promptly as practicable and (ii) 7-Eleven shall pay to Buyer at the applicable Closing all aggregate net proceeds (less, without duplication, (x) the amount of collection costs actually incurred by 7-Eleven or Marathon or their respective Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing Date to obtain such proceeds and (y) the amount actually paid by 7-Eleven or Marathon or their respective Affiliates prior to the applicable Closing to correct or mitigate for such Partial Condemnation Action) actually received by 7-Eleven or Marathon or their respective Affiliates at or prior to the applicable Closing Date as a result of the Partial Condemnation Actions.  7-Eleven shall cause the right to receive any future proceeds received in respect of any Partial Condemnation Action or Total Condemnation Action to be assigned to Buyer and shall remit to Buyer any such proceeds received by the Seller Parties.

(c)With respect to any Condemnation Action (x) involving a Station Property and (y) that occurred between January 1, 2019 and the applicable Closing Date that (i) results in either the front court or back court of the applicable Station Property being not operational and closed as of the applicable Closing Date (including, in the event of any Condemnation Action impacting a Leased Real Property, (1) if the applicable landlord has the right to terminate the applicable lease for such Leased Real Property as a result thereof (and such right has not been exercised or waived and the time period, if any, for exercising such right has not expired and does not expire prior to the applicable Closing) and (2) if the applicable landlord validly exercises a right to terminate the applicable lease for such Leased Real Property as a result thereof prior to the applicable Closing), or (ii) reduces the value of the applicable Station Property by forty percent (40%) or more (any such Condemnation Action described in clause (i) or (ii), a “Total Condemnation Action”) then in each case, 7-Eleven shall pay to Buyer at the applicable Closing for each such Station Property, an amount in cash equal to the Agreed Location Value of such Station Property less the amount reasonably agreed by the parties, acting in good faith, to represent the estimated proceeds with respect to such Condemnation Action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, as a result of any Total Condemnation Action, 7-Eleven is no longer required to divest the applicable Station Property, Buyer may, by providing a written notice to 7-Eleven prior to the applicable Closing Date, elect to remove the affected Station Property from this Agreement, in which case the applicable Closing shall nevertheless proceed, except that the applicable Station Property shall be designated as a Rejected Property, in which case the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Agreed Location Value assigned to such Station Property on Section 1.6 of the Disclosure Schedules and such affected Station Property shall no longer be a part of the Assets being transferred hereunder.  7-Eleven shall give Buyer written notice of any Total Condemnation Action as promptly as practicable.

4.6Certain Intellectual Property Matters

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Following each Closing and except to the extent permitted under any Ancillary Agreement or other document or instrument delivered under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, Buyer shall, at its sole cost and expense: (1) cease to make any use (in any form or manner) of (X) any names or Trademarks set forth on Section 4.6 of the Disclosure Schedules or any other Trademark owned by 7-Eleven or any of its Affiliates, (Y) any names or Trademarks that include the terms “Marathon” or “Marathon Corporation,”

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or any other Trademark owned by Marathon or any of its Affiliates and/or (Z) any name or Trademark that is derived from, a variant of or otherwise related to, or that contains or comprises any of the foregoing names or Trademarks (in part or whole, including any formatives thereof), and including any contractions, combinations, abbreviations, derivations, translations or transliterations of any such names and/or Trademarks, and any names or Trademarks confusingly similar to, or likely to be confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, any of the foregoing, in any jurisdiction in the world (and regardless of whether alone or in combination with any other words, phrases or designs) (collectively, all such names and Trademarks, the Excluded Marks), including as part of any company name or Internet domain name; and (2) cease to, and not at any time thereafter, hold itself out as having any affiliation or association with Marathon or any of its Affiliates.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to have violated this Section 4.6 by reason of: (i) their use of equipment and other similar articles used in the Business as of the applicable Closing (but not signage), notwithstanding that they may bear one or more of the Excluded Marks (provided that Buyer shall use commercially reasonably efforts to cover or remove as soon as reasonably practicable such Excluded Mark); (ii) the appearance of the Excluded Marks on any manuals, work sheets, operating procedures, other written or electronic data, materials or assets (including computer source code) that are used only for internal purposes in connection with the Business; (iii) the appearance of the Excluded Marks in or on any third partys publications, marketing materials, brochures or instruction sheets that were distributed prior to the applicable Closing and that are not used by Buyer and its Affiliates after ninety (90) days following the applicable Closing; or (iv) the use by Buyer and its Affiliates of any Excluded Marks in a non-disparaging and non-trademark manner in textual sentences that is factually accurate and non-prominent for purposes of conveying to customers or the general public that the Business is no longer affiliated with the Seller Parties or to reference historical details concerning or make historical reference to the Business. The Seller Parties shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer for the period from the Signing Date until the applicable Closing to prepare the Business for the transition process described in this Section 4.6. For the avoidance of doubt, no Equipment or other tangible assets shall constitute Excluded Assets solely because they bear any Excluded Marks.

4.7Further Assurances

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(a)From time to time after each Closing Date, upon request of the other Party and without further consideration, each Party shall execute and deliver to the requesting Party such documents and take such action as the requesting Party reasonably requests to consummate more effectively the intent and purpose of the Parties under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Buyer agrees to take all actions reasonably necessary to operate the Station Properties in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Consent Order and related orders or agreements with the FTC to which Buyer is a party and to comply with the terms of any such Order or agreement.

(b)7-Eleven shall and shall cause its subsidiaries and Affiliates (if applicable) to promptly pay or deliver to Buyer (or its designee) any monies or checks that have been sent to a Seller Party or any of its Affiliates after the applicable Closing by contracting parties of the Business (including promptly forwarding any invoices or similar documentation to Buyer) to the extent that they are or are in respect of the Business, any of the Assets or any of the Assumed Liabilities.

(c)Buyer shall and shall cause its subsidiaries and Affiliates (if applicable) to promptly pay or deliver to 7-Eleven (or its designee) any monies or checks that have been sent to Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the applicable Closing (including promptly forwarding any invoices or similar documentation to 7-Eleven) to the extent that they are or are in respect of any of the Excluded Assets or any of the Excluded Liabilities.

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4.8Contact with Business Relations

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During the period from the Signing Date until the earlier of the applicable Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Buyer hereby agrees that it is not authorized to and shall not (and shall not permit any of its employees, agents, representatives or Affiliates to) contact any employee (excluding executive officers), customer, material supplier, distributor or other material business relation of 7-Eleven or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates regarding 7-Eleven or Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates or the Business without the prior written consent of 7-Eleven; provided that Buyer and its Affiliates shall be permitted to contact suppliers and distributors with respect to establishing new contractual arrangements with respect to the Business and/or the Station Properties following the applicable Closing Date with respect thereto, so long as neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates discloses to such third parties any of the non-public terms or conditions of this Agreement (other than identifying the applicable Station Properties to be serviced by such supplier or distributor) or provides any such third party with a copy of this Agreement (to the extent not publicly available). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.8 shall not limit or otherwise restrict Buyer or its Affiliates from contacting or having business dealings with any such Person with whom Buyer or such Affiliate has or may have business dealings in the ordinary course of its business, so long as such contact or business dealings relate solely to Buyer’s or its Affiliates’ operation of their businesses and not to 7-Eleven or the Seller Parties or the Seller Parties’ or their respective Affiliates’ business dealings with such Person with respect to the Business or the Assets or with respect to any aspect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

4.9Substitution and Release of Guarantees and Surety Bonds

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(a)Prior to each Closing, 7-Eleven and Buyer shall cooperate and shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) terminate, or cause to be terminated, or cause Buyer or one of its Affiliates to be substituted in all respects for any Seller Party and any Affiliate thereof (collectively, the “Seller Guarantors”) in respect of all obligations of Seller Guarantors under, or replace or cause to be replaced, effective as of the applicable Closing Date, any Seller Guarantees and Surety Bonds and (ii) in each case obtain from the creditor or other counterparty to each such Seller Guarantee and Surety Bond a full and irrevocable release of the Seller Guarantors that are liable, directly or indirectly, to such creditor in respect of such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond.  None of the Seller Parties, Buyer nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to make any payment or incur any out of pocket cost to obtain the foregoing terminations, substitutions or replacements of any Seller Guarantees or Surety Bonds.

(b)In the event the actions provided for in Section 4.9(a) above are not completed by the applicable Closing Date, from and after the applicable Closing, 7-Eleven and Buyer shall continue to cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to terminate, or cause Buyer or one of its Affiliates to be substituted in all respects for Seller Guarantors in respect of all obligations of Seller Guarantors under, or replace or cause to be replaced, any such Seller Guarantees or Surety Bonds and in each case obtain from the creditor or other counterparty to each such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond a full and irrevocable release of the Seller Guarantors that are liable, directly or indirectly, to such creditor in respect of such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond, and Buyer shall (i) not and shall not permit the Business to (A) renew or extend the term of or (B) amend any contract to increase the obligations under, or transfer to another third party, any Contract or other obligation for which any Seller Guarantor is or would reasonably be expected to be liable under such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless Seller Guarantors from and against all Liabilities under any such Seller Guarantees and Surety Bonds, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of Buyer’s operation of the Business after the applicable Closing; provided, however, that 7-Eleven complied with its obligations pursuant to Section 4.9(a) with

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respect to such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond.  To the extent that any Seller Guarantor continues to have any performance obligations under any such Seller Guarantee or Surety Bond on or after the applicable Closing Date, Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) perform, or cause its Affiliates to perform, such obligations on behalf of such Seller Guarantor or (y) otherwise take such action as reasonably requested by 7-Eleven so as to put such Seller Guarantor in the same position as if Buyer or one of its Affiliates, and not such Seller Guarantor, had performed or were performing such obligations.

4.10De-Branding

.  If applicable and to the extent not paid for by Marathon pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Seller Parties shall be responsible for, and shall pay for, all de-branding costs and image money, including any termination fees and any contractual liquidated damages associated therewith, it being understood that Buyer will acquire the Business hereunder free and clear of any branding obligation or associated liabilities.  In connection with each Closing, Buyer shall, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, on or before the applicable Closing Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, cause all signage and, subject to Section 4.6, other fixtures and assets at each Station Property that bears Excluded Marks to be removed, replaced or covered with the applicable signage and marks under which Buyer will operate the Business at such Station Property from and after the applicable Closing, and the Seller Parties shall reasonably cooperate, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, with all such removal and replacement efforts, including providing reasonable access to the applicable Station Properties after the PSA Closing Date and prior to the applicable Closing and, if and to the extent such removal or replacement occurs after the applicable Closing Date, the Selling Parties shall provide a license or sublicense to use Excluded Marks in the ordinary course of business solely for the period from such Closing until seven (7) days after such Closing.

4.11R&W Insurance Policy

.  Buyer has bound and delivered to 7-Eleven the R&W Insurance Policy as of the Signing Date. Buyer shall take all actions reasonably necessary to complete the applicable conditions in the conditional binder (other than the condition that the Initial Closing has occurred) to the R&W Insurance Policy within the times set forth in the R&W Insurance Policy to maintain the R&W Insurance Policy in full force and effect. Following the final issuance of the R&W Insurance Policy, Buyer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the R&W Insurance Policy in full force and effect for the policy period set forth in such policy. Upon its final issuance, Buyer shall deliver the R&W Insurance Policy to 7-Eleven. Buyer acknowledges that Buyer obtaining the R&W Insurance Policy is a material inducement to the Seller Parties entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Seller Parties are relying on Buyer’s covenants and obligations set forth in this Section 4.11. In addition, the R&W Insurance Policy may not be amended or waived by Buyer in any manner that is adverse to any Seller Party or any of their respective Affiliates without such Seller Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and the subrogation provisions therein may not be amended or waived in any manner that is adverse to any Seller Party or any of their respective Affiliates without such Seller Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In the event that Buyer or any of its Affiliates otherwise amends, waives, modifies or cancels the terms of the R&W Insurance Policy, in no event shall any Seller Party be liable under this Agreement for any liabilities or obligations in excess of such liabilities or obligations as they would have under this Agreement if the R&W Insurance Policy in the form as of the Signing Date had not been so amended, waived, modified or cancelled.

4.12Non-Solicitation of Employees

.  For a period of two (2) years after the final Closing Date, the Seller Parties shall not, directly or indirectly through their Affiliates or otherwise, solicit for employment or employ any Transferred Employee then currently employed by Buyer or any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the Seller Parties shall not be prohibited from conducting generalized solicitations for employees (which solicitations are not specifically targeted at any one or more Transferred Employees then

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currently employed by Buyer or any of its Affiliates) through the use of media advertisements, professional search firms or otherwise.

4.13Alternative Transaction Structures

.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement and the transaction structure set forth herein, Buyer and the Seller Parties agree that, promptly following the Signing Date and prior to the consummation of the Initial Closing, they shall jointly cooperate in good faith to consider whether to adopt any alternative transaction structures (i.e., a sale of the equity of one or more entities, including by way of a statutory division under Delaware law, a transaction structured as a partial asset sale and partial equity sale, etc.) that might have the effect of materially reducing the scope and burden of required Contract Consents (including Lease Consents), transfers of Business Permits or new Permit applications, or otherwise facilitating the transfer of Assets to Buyer; provided, however, that, subject to such party’s good faith cooperation, either party may elect not to pursue any proposed alternative transaction structure in its sole discretion.

4.14Supremacy of Consent Order

. This Agreement shall not limit the terms of the Consent Order or the obligations of the Seller Parties under the Consent Order.  To the extent any provision in this Agreement varies from, or conflicts with, any provision in the Consent Order such that the Seller Parties cannot fully comply with both, the Seller Parties shall comply with the Consent Order.

4.15Certain Prepared Financial Statements

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(a)The Seller Parties shall prepare and deliver to Buyer on or before the Financials Deadline historical audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Historical Audited Financial Statements”) and historical unaudited financial statements for the most recent interim period preceding the Initial Closing Date (the “Interim Financial Statements” and, together with the Historical Audited Financial Statements, the “Prepared Financial Statements”) required under SEC rules and regulations applicable to Buyer’s acquisition of the Assets and Assumed Liabilities, in each case, in a form that complies with the requirements of Rule 3-05(e)(2) of Regulation S-X for a business acquisition required to be described in answer to Item 2.01 of Form 8-K (the “Acquisition Form 8-K”), including information to the extent required in order for Buyer to prepare the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.  As used herein, the term “Financials Deadline” shall mean as soon as reasonably practicable after the Initial Closing Date, but in any event not later than sixty-two (62) calendar days after the date Buyer files the Acquisition Form 8-K with the SEC.

(b)The Seller Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an unqualified report with respect to the Historical Audited Financial Statements from an independent national accounting firm selected by 7-Eleven and reasonably acceptable to Buyer (the “Accounting Firm”), stating that such Historical Audited Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the statement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and the statement of revenue and direct expenses, of the Assets and Assumed Liabilities for the periods covered by such Prepared Financial Statements, in conformity with GAAP and the SEC’s applicable rules and regulations for abbreviated financial statements set forth in Rule 3-05(e)(2) of Regulation S-X.  Buyer agrees that PricewaterhouseCoopers is a reasonably acceptable independent national accounting firm.

(c)The Seller Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Buyer with a consent letter from the Accounting Firm on or before the Financials Deadline as Buyer may reasonably request in order to comply with the requirements for incorporating by reference the Historical Audited Financial Statements into a registration statement filed by Buyer with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933.

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(d)Any failure to comply with or breach of this Section 4.15 by the Seller Parties shall not constitute (i) failure to perform any covenant or agreement giving rise to Buyer’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(g) or (ii) failure to satisfy a condition to the Initial Closing for purposes of Section 6.2 of this Agreement.  Neither the Seller Parties nor any of their Affiliates shall be required to make any representation or warranty in connection with the actions and obligations contemplated by this Section 4.15.

(e)Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Parties and any other Seller Indemnified Parties (as defined below) from and against any and all Losses incurred by them as a result of any use by Buyer or its Affiliates of the Prepared Financial Statements, except to the extent of the Seller Parties’ gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  Buyer’s indemnity pursuant to this Section 4.15(e) is without prejudice to Seller Parties’ indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 8.2 of this Agreement.

(f)Buyer shall, following written demand from the Selling Parties, promptly reimburse the Selling Parties for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Selling Parties and their Affiliates in connection with such cooperation contemplated by this Section 4.15.

5.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY

The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Initial Closing of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, in whole or in part, by Buyer or the Seller Parties, as the case may be:

5.1FTC Approval

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The FTC shall have accepted for public comment an agreement containing consent orders and a proposed order pursuant to applicable FTC rules as set forth in 16 C.F.R. § 2.31 et seq.

5.2No Injunction, Etc

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No statute, rule, or regulation shall have been promulgated, nor any  temporary, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order issued by, any Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition that restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in effect.

5.3Purchase and Sale Agreement

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The transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall have been consummated or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

6.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS

The obligation of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Initial Closing of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, in whole or in part, by Buyer:

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6.1Accuracy of Representations and Warranties

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(a)Other than the representations and warranties of the Seller Parties contained in Section 2.1(a) (Due Organization and Power), Section 2.1(b) (Authority), Section 2.1(r)(i) (Absence of Changes) and Section 2.1(s) (Broker Fees), except for such failures to be true and correct as would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the representations and warranties of the Seller Parties made in this Agreement (disregarding any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in any individual such representation or warranty) shall be true and correct as of the Initial Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made or given on and as of the Initial Closing Date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date or time (which shall be true and correct as of such date or time); (b) each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.1(a) (Due Organization and Power), Section 2.1(b) (Authority) and Section 2.1(s) (Broker Fees) shall be true and correct in all respects (other than such failures to be true and correct as are de minimis) as of the Initial Closing Date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date or time (which shall be true and correct (other than such failures to be true and correct as are de minimis) as of such date or time); and (c) 7-Eleven shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate dated as of the Initial Closing Date and executed by an authorized officer of 7-Eleven confirming the foregoing.

6.2Performance of Obligations

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The Seller Parties shall have in all material respects performed and complied with their respective agreements and obligations under this Agreement that are to be performed or complied with by the Seller Parties prior to or on the Initial Closing Date, and 7-Eleven shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate dated the Initial Closing Date and executed by an authorized officer of 7-Eleven confirming the foregoing.

6.3Delivery of Documents

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The Seller Parties shall have delivered, or caused to have been delivered, to Buyer the documents described in Section 9.2.

7.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE SELLER PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS

The obligation of the Seller Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Initial Closing of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, in whole or in part, by 7-Eleven:

7.1Accuracy of Representations and Warranties

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Except for such failures to be true and correct as would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the ability of Buyer to consummate the Initial Closing, each of the representations and warranties of Buyer made in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Initial Closing Date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date or time (which shall be true and correct as of such date or time); and Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller Parties a certificate dated as of the applicable Closing Date and executed by an authorized officer of Buyer confirming the foregoing.

7.2Performance of Obligations

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Buyer shall have in all material respects performed and complied with its agreements and obligations under this Agreement that are to be performed or complied with by Buyer prior to or on the applicable Closing Date and Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller Parties a certificate dated as of the applicable Closing Date and executed by an authorized officer of Buyer confirming the foregoing.

7.3Delivery of Documents

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Buyer shall have delivered, or caused to have been delivered, the documents described in Section 9.3.

8.INDEMNIFICATION

8.1Survival

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None of the respective representations, warranties or covenants of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the applicable Closing, except that:

(a)the Seller Fundamental Representations shall survive the applicable Closing until the date that is three (3) years after the applicable Closing Date (with respect to the Assets transferred to Buyer on such Closing Date) and any other representations and warranties of the Seller Parties that do not otherwise have a survival period ascribed to them in this Agreement shall survive the applicable Closing until the date that is one (1) year after the applicable Closing Date (with respect to the Assets transferred to Buyer on such Closing Date);

(b)the representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Sections 2.2(a) (Due Organization and Power), 2.2(b) (Authority) and 2.2(d) (Finders or Brokers) shall survive the applicable Closing until the date that is three (3) years after the final Closing Date, and the representations and warranties of Buyer as to the matters set forth in Section 2.2(h) (Sophisticated Buyer) and Section 2.2(i) (Acknowledgment) shall survive the final Closing indefinitely;

(c)any covenant which by its terms is to be performed at or prior to each applicable Closing shall survive until such applicable Closing; provided, however, that any breach of any such covenant occurring prior to such applicable Closing shall survive until the one (1) year anniversary of the applicable Closing;

(d)any covenant which by its terms is to be performed after each applicable Closing shall survive until such covenant has been fully performed, satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(e)the obligation of the Seller Parties to indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnified Parties for Seller Taxes pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(i) shall survive each applicable Closing Date until sixty (60) days following the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations;

(f)the obligation of the Seller Parties to indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnified Parties for any Excluded Liabilities other than Seller Taxes shall survive the final Closing indefinitely; and

(g)the obligation of Buyer to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Indemnified Parties for any Assumed Liabilities shall survive the final Closing indefinitely.

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The obligations under this Article 8 to indemnify any Indemnified Party shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, in respect of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, after the applicable Survival Date; provided, however, that such obligations to indemnify shall not terminate with respect to any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement as to which the Indemnified Party shall have made, before the applicable Survival Date, a bona fide claim by delivering an Indemnification Notice to the Indemnifying Party, and such claim shall survive (without any release, waiver, reduction, limitation or other modification of any of the Indemnified Party’s rights or remedies for the recovery of indemnification claims set forth herein) until fully and finally resolved in accordance herewith.

8.2Indemnification by 7-Eleven

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(a)General.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 8, if any Closing occurs, 7-Eleven shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates, and their respective directors, partners, managers, officers, employees and controlling persons (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties,” and each, a “Buyer Indemnified Party), from and against all Losses imposed upon or incurred by any such Buyer Indemnified Party to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of the Seller Fundamental Representations, (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement made by the Seller Parties contained in this Agreement, except for any breach of any covenant or agreement made by 7-Eleven pursuant to Section 4.2 (the indemnification for which shall be governed by Section 4.2(a)(i)), (iii) any Excluded Liabilities, except for Seller Taxes (the indemnification for which shall be governed by Section 4.2(a)(i)); or (iv) any breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller Parties in Section 2.1.

(b)Limitations.

(i)Except for Losses arising out of or resulting from Fraud, in no event shall the aggregate Liability of 7-Eleven under Section 8.2(a)(i), Section 8.2(a)(ii), Section 8.2(a)(iii) or with respect to Seller Taxes under Section 4.2(a)(i) exceed the Purchase Price.  

(ii)7-Eleven shall be obligated to indemnify Buyer for the same Loss only once under this Article 8 even if a claim for indemnification in respect of such Loss has been made as a result of a breach of more than one representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.

(iii)Buyer shall seek recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy for any indemnifiable Losses under Section 8.2(a)(i) as set forth below and shall concurrently seek recovery from the Seller Parties and under the R&W Insurance Policy for any indemnifiable Losses under Section 4.2(a)(i). With respect to any breach of a Seller Fundamental Representation indemnifiable pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(i), the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall seek recovery (A) first, (1) if Buyer has incurred aggregate Losses (including any indemnifiable Losses under Section 8.2(a)(iv)) less than $1,972,500, from 7-Eleven, up to an amount not to exceed $1,972,500, so long as Buyer also seeks recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy or (2) if Buyer has incurred aggregate Losses (including any indemnifiable Losses under Section 8.2(a)(iv)) equal to or greater than $1,972,500, then Buyer shall first seek recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy, in each case, including without limitation any such indemnifiable Losses for which Buyer may also be entitled to recovery under Section 8.2(a)(iii), (B) second, to the extent the policy limit under the R&W Insurance Policy has not been reached, by submission of claims to the R&W Insurance Policy, and (C) third, whether or not the R&W Insurance Policy was obtained or is then in effect, once the total of all Losses incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Parties with respect to such matters exceeds an amount equal to $26,300,000 (such amount, the

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Threshold), from 7-Eleven only for such Losses in excess of the Threshold (subject to the other applicable limitations set forth in this Section 8.2(b)).

(iv)Except for Losses arising out of or resulting from Fraud, in no event shall 7-Eleven have liability for indemnification under Section 8.2(a)(iv) unless and until the aggregate Losses imposed upon or incurred by the Seller Related Parties exceed $250,000 (and then only for the amount of such Losses that exceed $250,000), and the aggregate Liability of 7-Eleven under Section 8.2(a)(iv)  shall not exceed $2 million.  Liability of 7-Eleven under Section 8.2(a)(iv) shall count towards the $2 million limitation on liability in this Section 8.2(b)(iv).

8.3Indemnification by Buyer

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Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 8, if any Closing occurs, Buyer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Seller Parties and their respective Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties,” and each, a “Seller Indemnified Party”), from and against all Losses imposed upon or incurred by any such Seller Indemnified Party to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of the representations and warranties made by Buyer set forth in Section 2.2; (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement made by Buyer contained in this Agreement or (iii) any Assumed Liabilities.

8.4Procedures Relating to Indemnification Between Buyer and the Seller Parties

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Following the discovery of any facts or conditions that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Loss or Losses for which indemnification under this Article 8 can be obtained, the Party seeking indemnification under this Article 8 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, reasonably promptly thereafter, provide written notice to the Party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”), setting forth the specific facts and circumstances, in reasonable detail (to the extent then known), relating to such Loss or Losses, the amount of Loss or Losses (or a non-binding, reasonable estimate thereof if the actual amount is not known or not capable of reasonable calculation) and the specific Section(s) of this Agreement upon which the Indemnified Party is relying in seeking such indemnification (an “Indemnification Notice”); provided, however, that any delay or failure in providing the Indemnification Notice shall not preclude the Indemnified Party from seeking indemnification except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced thereby.

8.5Procedures Relating to Indemnification for Third Party Claims

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(a)Notice.  In order for an Indemnified Party to be entitled to any indemnification provided for under this Agreement arising out of or involving a claim or demand made by any third party, including any Governmental Entity (a “Third Party Claim”), the Indemnified Party must provide an Indemnification Notice to the Indemnifying Party relating to the Third Party Claim reasonably promptly after the Indemnified Party’s receipt of notice of the Third Party Claim, but in no event more than fifteen (15) Business Days after being served with any summons, complaint or similar legal process; provided, however, that failure to give timely notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except if, and only to the extent that, the Indemnifying Party suffers actual prejudice as a proximate result of such failure.  Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, within ten (10) Business Days after the

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Indemnified Partys receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents, including all court papers, received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Third Party Claim.

(b)Defense.  If a Third Party Claim is made against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense thereof at its sole cost and expense, and, if the Indemnifying Party so chooses, it shall have twenty (20) days from its receipt of the Indemnification Notice (the “Notice Period”) to notify the Indemnified Party that it desires to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume the defense, and shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified Party, if (i) the claim for indemnification is with respect to a criminal Action; (ii) the claims seeks an injunction on, or other equitable relief against, the Indemnified Party; (iii) if the assumption of such defense by the Indemnifying Party would cause Buyer to lose coverage under the Environmental Insurance Policy or the R&W Insurance Policy or Buyer or any insurer is required to assume such defense under the terms thereunder; or (iv) in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Indemnified Party, there is a reasonable likelihood of a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified Party for any period during which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense thereof.  If the Indemnifying Party so elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim (in accordance with this Section 8.5(b)), then the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that (i) prior to assuming the defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall provide to the Indemnified Party an undertaking stating that such Indemnifying Party is able to and will assume the payment of all defense fees and costs and (ii) the Indemnifying Party’s assumption of the defense of such Third Party Claim shall not signify any agreement, obligation or commitment on the part of the Indemnifying Party to assume or pay any amount awarded to a claimant in respect of such Third Party Claim.  If the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense (in accordance with this Section 8.5(b)), then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall control such defense.  If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend any Third Party Claim, then the Parties shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution of such Third Party Claim.  Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party’s request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into a settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except to the extent such settlement does not provide for liability or the creation of a financial or other obligation (including the imposition of an injunction or other equitable relief) on the part of the Indemnified Party, does not provide for any statement of liability, wrongdoing, criminal offense or finding or admission of any violation of Law by the Indemnified Party and provides, in customary form, for the full, complete and unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim. If the Indemnifying Party (x) has not within the Notice Period notified the Indemnified Party of its election to assume defense of a Third Party Claim, (y) is not entitled to assume defense of a Third Party Claim under this Section 8.5(b), or (z) fails to defend such Third Party Claim actively and in good faith, then the Indemnified Party shall (upon further written notice) have the right to defend and compromise or settle of such Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to such Third Party Claim, in each case at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying

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Party. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to this Section 8.5(b), it shall not agree to any settlement which imposes any obligation on the Indemnifying Party (including the imposition of an injunction or other equitable relief) or which provides for the any statement of liability, wrongdoing, criminal offense or finding or admission of any violation of Law by the Indemnifying Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and no such settlement shall be determinative of the Indemnifying Partys obligations under this Article 8.

8.6Insurance

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Payments by an Indemnifying Party under this Article 8 in respect of any Loss shall be limited to the amount of any liability or damage that remains after deducting therefrom (a) any insurance proceeds (other than R&W Insurance Policy and Environmental Insurance Policy proceeds) and (b) any indemnity, contribution or other similar payment, in each case, actually received by the Indemnified Party in respect of any such claim, net of any collection costs and any increase in premium resulting from the coverage of such Loss.  The Indemnified Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to recover under insurance policies or indemnity, contribution or other similar agreements (including, but not limited to, governmental reimbursement programs) for any Losses.  In the event that recovery is made under any insurance policies (other than the R&W Insurance Policy or Environmental Insurance Policy) or indemnity, contribution or other similar agreements by any Indemnified Party with respect to any Loss for which any such Indemnified Party has already been indemnified hereunder, then a refund equal to the aggregate amount of the recovery actually received by such Indemnified Party (net of any collection costs and any increase in premium resulting from the coverage for such Loss) shall be promptly made to applicable Indemnifying Party.

8.7Payments

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Any amounts payable by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 8 shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Indemnified Party within five (5) Business Days of the final determination thereof. Any payment made pursuant to Section 4.2(a) or this Article 8 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax purposes, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

8.8Duty to Mitigate

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In all cases in which a Person is entitled to be indemnified in accordance with this Agreement, such Indemnified Party shall take all commercially reasonable measures to mitigate all Losses upon becoming aware of any event which would reasonably be expected to, or does, give rise thereto; provided, however, such commercially reasonable efforts shall not require the Indemnified Party to initiate any Action in order to comply with this Section 8.8.

8.9Exclusive Remedy; No Consequential Damages, etc

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(a)Except in the case of Fraud and subject to the right of each Party to seek specific performance, an injunction or other equitable relief pursuant to Section 11.16, if any Closing occurs, the indemnification provisions of this Article 8 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims arising out of or relating to a Party’s breach of its representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement.  In addition to the foregoing, and except in the case of Fraud, the Parties shall not be entitled to a rescission of this Agreement (or any related agreements) related to the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Buyer Indemnified Party from seeking recovery, or recovering, against the R&W Insurance Policy in accordance with its terms.

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(b)UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL EITHER PARTY BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF, OR ANY MULTIPLES OF REVENUE OR EBITDA. FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING LOSSES WITH RESPECT TO DIMINUTION IN VALUE, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST PROFITS (TO THE EXTENT AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW), LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM ANY STATION PROPERTY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AGREED LOCATION VALUE APPLICABLE TO SUCH STATION PROPERTY.

8.10Environmental Insurance Policy

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Buyer may procure, at its option and subject to the Seller Parties’ approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, an Environmental Insurance Policy as of the Initial Closing Date, on industry standard terms, covering all of the Real Property under this Agreement, and naming Buyer (and Buyer’s Affiliates) as the named insured, and also naming the Seller Parties (and the Seller Parties’ Affiliates) as additional insured thereunder. The Seller Parties shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer’s efforts and provide assistance as reasonably requested by Buyer to obtain the Environmental Insurance Policy; provided, that such cooperation and assistance shall not include any environmental sampling or testing other than environmental sampling or testing required by the underwriter of the Environmental Insurance Policy following the PSA Closing Date.  The Environmental Insurance Policy (if procured) shall have a five- (5) to ten (10) year term. Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller Parties, on the other, shall each pay half of the cost of all of the premiums, deposits, expense reimbursements and underwriting costs of obtaining the Environmental Insurance Policy (if procured) at the earlier of the Initial Closing or when due under the Environmental Insurance Policy.  Buyer shall pay any deductible or retention required by any claim on the Environmental Insurance Policy (if procured).  

8.11R&W Insurance Policy

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The policy limit under the R&W Insurance Policy shall be ten to twenty percent (10-20%) of the Base Purchase Price, and each of Buyer and the Seller Parties shall pay one-half of the cost of the R&W Insurance Policy as and when due, including all underwriting fees and Taxes related to such policy. The R&W Insurance Policy must include a full waiver of subrogation with respect to the Seller Parties, Marathon and their respective Affiliates (other than for Fraud). The Seller Parties shall cooperate with Buyer’s efforts and provide assistance as reasonably requested by Buyer to obtain, bind and maintain the R&W Insurance Policy.

9.CLOSINGS

9.1Closing Dates

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Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been abandoned pursuant to Section 10.1, and provided that the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article 5, Article 6 and Article 7 are satisfied or waived, each of the Initial Closing and any Subsequent Closing (each, a “Closing”) shall take place through the electronic exchange of documents and signatures, at the Seller Parties’ election, either (a) simultaneously with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement or (b) at any time or times after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement; provided, that the Seller Parties and Buyer shall, prior to the Initial Closing, cooperate in good faith and mutually agree on a projected schedule for the Subsequent Closings (the “Projected Subsequent Closing Schedule”), and shall consummate such Subsequent Closings in accordance with the parameters set forth in the Projected Subsequent Closing Schedule; provided, further, that, subject to the rights and obligations of the Parties in Section 3.10, Section 3.11 and

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Section 3.12, Buyer shall have the right to modify the Projected Subsequent Closing Schedule to the extent necessary to obtain any Permits, Contract Consents or Lease Consents required for any applicable Closing, in each case, to the extent that Buyer has complied with the terms of this Agreement with respect to obtaining such Permits, Contract Consents or Lease Consents.    The actual date of any Closing is referred to in this Agreement as a “Closing Date.” Each Closing shall be deemed to occur at 12:01 AM Central Time on the applicable Closing Date.

9.2Items to be Delivered by the Seller Parties

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At each Closing, the Seller Parties shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer the following documents, in each case duly executed or otherwise in proper form:

(a)A bill of sale, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, with such changes (if any) as the Parties reasonably shall agree to, acting in good faith, as it relates to each Closing (the “Bill of Sale”);

(b)An assignment and assumption agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, with such changes (if any) as the Parties reasonably shall agree to, acting in good faith, as it relates to each Closing (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), with respect to the applicable Assets and Assumed Liabilities other than the Real Property Leases;

(c)An assignment of lease, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, with such changes (if any) as the Parties reasonably shall agree to, acting in good faith, as it relates to each Closing (an “Assignment of Lease”) for each applicable Real Property Lease (if any);

(d)(i) with respect to the Initial Closing, a transition services agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, with such changes (if any) as the Parties reasonably shall agree to, acting in good faith (the “Transition Services Agreement”) and (ii) with respect to each applicable Subsequent Closing, a schedule to the Transition Services Agreement for the applicable Station Property (each, a “Subsequent Closing TSA Schedule”);

(e)A special warranty deed (or jurisdictional equivalent) with respect to each of the applicable Owned Real Properties, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, with such changes (if any) as the Parties reasonably shall agree to, acting in good faith, as it relates to each Closing;

(f)The Payoff Letters evidencing the full release of Liens on any of the applicable Assets securing the Secured Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens;

(g)A certificate of an authorized officer of each of the Seller Parties which shall certify (i) the resolutions authorizing each Seller Party to consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the sale of the Assets) and (ii) the names of the officers of each Seller Party authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents, instruments or certificates to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by such Seller Party or any of its officers, together with the true signatures of such officers;

(h)The Books and Records that constitute the applicable Assets;

(i)All owner’s affidavits, GAP indemnities, disclosures, governing documents or other documents reasonably and customarily required by the Title Company to induce the Title Company to issue its owner’s policy of title insurance to Buyer with respect to each applicable Owned Real Property;

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(j)A statement regarding the requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1445-2(b)(2) certifying that no Seller Party is a foreign person within the meaning of the Code;

(k)Any applicable transfer tax forms and such other specific instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as Buyer or the Title Company may reasonably request; and

(l)The certificate required pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.

9.3Items to be Delivered by Buyer

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(a)At the Initial Closing, Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller Parties the following documents, in each case duly executed or otherwise in proper form:

(i)The R&W Insurance Policy; and

(ii)The Environmental Insurance Policy (if procured pursuant to the terms of Section 8.10).

(b)At each Closing, Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller Parties the following documents, in each case duly executed or otherwise in proper form:

(i)An Assignment and Assumption Agreement;

(ii)An Assignment of Lease for each applicable Real Property Lease (if any);

(iii)(x) With respect to the Initial Closing, the Transition Services Agreement and (y) with respect to each applicable Subsequent Closing, a Subsequent Closing TSA Schedule;

(iv)A certificate of an authorized officer of Buyer which shall certify (i) the resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors (or other governing body) authorizing Buyer to consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the acquisition of the Assets), and (ii) the names of the officers of Buyer authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents, instruments or certificates to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by Buyer or any of its officers, together with the true signatures of such officers; and

(v)The certificate required pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2.

10.TERMINATION

10.1General

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This Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned, only as follows:

(a)By the mutual written agreement of Buyer and 7-Eleven;

(b)By Buyer or the Seller Parties, if the Initial Closing has not occurred on or before the Outside Date, unless the failure to consummate the Initial Closing shall be due to the failure of

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the Party seeking to terminate the Agreement to have satisfied any of its obligations under this Agreement;

(c)By Buyer or the Seller Parties, by written notice given before the Initial Closing, if (i) the FTC does not accept this Agreement, (ii) Buyer, the Seller Parties or their respective representatives receive notification that the staff of the FTC will not submit this Agreement for commission approval or (iii) the FTC or the staff of the FTC makes a formal determination that this Agreement does not help to resolve the antitrust concerns related to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(d)Automatically without further action of any Party upon the termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, in accordance with its terms, prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(e)By 7-Eleven or by Buyer, upon written notice to the other, if any court or Governmental Entity, in each case, of competent jurisdiction shall have, after the Signing Date, issued a statute, rule, regulation, order, decree or injunction or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such statute, rule, regulation, order, decree or injunction or other action shall have become final and non-appealable; provided that 7-Eleven or Buyer, as applicable, shall not have the right to terminate pursuant to this Section 10.1(e) if such action by a Governmental Entity shall be due to the failure of Buyer or 7-Eleven, respectively, to have fulfilled any of its obligations under this Agreement;

(f)By 7-Eleven, if any of the representations or warranties of Buyer set forth in Section 2.2 are not true and correct or if Buyer has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Buyer set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate any Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 7.1 (Accuracy of Representations) or Section 7.2 (Performance of Obligations), respectively, would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to Buyer and (ii) the last Business Day prior to the Outside Date; provided that 7-Eleven is not then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.1 (Accuracy of Representations) or Section 6.2 (Performance of Obligations) from being satisfied; or

(g)By Buyer, if any of the representations or warranties of any Seller Party set forth in Section 2.1 are not true and correct or if any Seller Party has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of such Seller Party set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate any Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.1 (Accuracy of Representations) or Section 6.2 (Performance of Obligations), respectively, would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Seller Parties and (ii) the last Business Day prior to the Outside Date; provided that Buyer is not then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 7.1 (Accuracy of Representations) or Section 7.2 (Performance of Obligations) from being satisfied;

provided, however, that if a Party seeking termination pursuant to Section 10.1(b) is in breach in any material respect of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, including such Party’s failure to satisfy any condition to Closing that is within the

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control of such Party, then such Party may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to such Section 10.1(b).

10.2Post-Termination Obligations; Deliverables

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To terminate this Agreement as provided in Sections 10.1(b), (c), (e), (f) or (g), the terminating Party shall provide the other Party with written notice of its election to terminate this Agreement, and upon delivery of such written notice in accordance with Section 11.6:

(a)The transactions contemplated hereby shall be terminated, without further action by any Party (except for a termination after the Initial Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(e), in which case, the transactions contemplated hereby shall be terminated solely with respect to any Assets and Assumed Liabilities that have not been transferred to or assumed by Buyer and, without further action by any Party, each Station Property not previously transferred to Buyer shall become a Removed Property; provided, however, that to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable action of a Governmental Entity resulting in such termination right, Buyer shall acquire and the Seller Parties shall sell and convey to Buyer a Replacement Property with respect to any such Station Property that becomes a Removed Property, in each case subject to and in accordance with Section 3.11;

(b)Solely with respect to a termination after the Initial Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(e), this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect solely with respect to those Assets and Assumed Liabilities that have been transferred to and assumed by Buyer, respectively, at a Closing prior to such termination;

(c)Buyer shall return or destroy all Confidential Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) upon 7-Eleven’s request in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement (and subject to the exemptions set forth therein); and

(d)All Confidential Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) received or accumulated by Buyer or its representatives relating to the Business shall be treated as confidential pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement and Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.

10.3No Liabilities in Event of Termination

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Except as provided in Section 10.2(b), if this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 10.1, then this Agreement shall forthwith become wholly void and of no further force and effect, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of Buyer or the Seller Parties, except (a) as set forth in this Section 10.3, and (b) that the respective obligations of Buyer or the Seller Parties, as the case may be, under Section 10.2, shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if such termination is a direct result of the willful and material breach by a Party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, then such Party shall be liable for any and all Losses (including, with respect to Buyer, its Transaction Expenses) incurred by the other Party as a result of such breach, failure or termination. For purposes of this Section 10.3, the term “willful and material breach” shall mean a material breach of, or material failure to perform any of the covenants or other agreements contained in, this Agreement that is a consequence of an intentional act or failure to act by the breaching or non-performing Party performed or omitted by such Party with the actual knowledge and intent that such Party’s act or failure to act would result in or constitute a material breach of or material failure of performance under this Agreement.  If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(d), then Buyer shall promptly deliver to 7-Eleven a schedule setting forth its out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable

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attorneys fees, incurred prior to such termination in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the Transaction Expenses), and within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of such schedule, 7-Eleven shall pay to Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount equal to the Transaction Expenses, up to a maximum of $1,250,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Buyers right to receive reimbursement for the Transaction Expenses pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Buyer or any of its Affiliates against the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective stockholders, partners, members or representatives for any and all Losses that may be suffered based upon, resulting from or arising out of the circumstances giving rise to such termination pursuant to Section 10.1(d), and (ii) upon payment of the Transaction Expenses to Buyer, none of the Seller Parties nor any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective stockholders, partners, members or representatives shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of the Seller Parties failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

11.MISCELLANEOUS

11.1Publicity

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The Parties agree that, from and after the Signing Date, no public release, public written statement or public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be issued or made without the prior written consent of both Parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except for the content of any such release or announcement that is required by Law, including the rules or regulations of any United States or foreign securities exchange, which release or announcement shall be made available to the other Party for its review as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such disclosure.

11.2Assignment

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Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, no Party may assign, transfer or encumber this Agreement, or its rights or obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, voluntarily or by operation of Law, without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that in connection with any Closing, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Buyer shall be entitled to designate one or more of its Affiliates to purchase specified Assets and assume specified Assumed Liabilities; provided, further, that no assignment by either Party shall relieve the assigning Party of any of its obligations hereunder, and any attempted assignment, transfer or Lien without such consent shall be void and without effect.

11.3Parties in Interest

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This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Except as expressly provided herein, this Agreement is not intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the Parties any rights or remedies hereunder.

11.4Amendment

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No modifications, amendments or supplements to this Agreement shall be valid and binding unless set forth in a written agreement executed and delivered by the Parties.

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11.5Waiver

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No waiver by any Party of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by the Party so waiving.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement and in any documents delivered or to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with any Closing under this Agreement.  The waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

11.6Notices

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All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by delivery in person, E-mail (followed by overnight courier), delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the other Parties as follows:

TO BUYER:

CrossAmerica Partners LP

645 West Hamilton Street, Suite 500

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Attention:  Keenan Lynch

E-mail:  klynch@caplp.com

 

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Rodney Square
920 N. King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Attention:  Allison L. Land

E-mail:  allison.land@skadden.com

 

 

TO THE SELLER PARTIES:  

7-Eleven, Inc.

3200 Hackberry Road

Irving, Texas 75063

Attention:  Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Senior Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions

E-mail:  legal@7-11.com

 

 

 

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2300 N. Field Street, Suite 1800

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention:  Thomas Yang

E-mail:  tyang@akingump.com

 

 

 

 

 

or to such other person or address as any Party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other Party.  If personally delivered, then such communication shall be deemed delivered upon actual receipt.  If sent by E-mail, then such communication shall be deemed delivered the day of the transmission or, if the transmission is not made on a Business Day, the first Business Day after transmission.  If sent by overnight courier, then such communication shall be deemed delivered on the first Business Day after deposit with the courier.  If sent by U.S. mail, then such communication shall be deemed delivered as of the date of

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delivery indicated on the receipt issued by the relevant postal service or, if the addressee fails or refuses to accept delivery, as of the date of such failure or refusal.

11.7Expenses

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Regardless of whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated and except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, all expenses incurred by the Parties in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne solely and entirely by the Party that has incurred such expenses.

11.8Section Headings; Table of Contents; Interpretation

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The Section headings contained in this Agreement and the Table of Contents to this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Any matter disclosed in any section of the Disclosure Schedules shall be considered disclosed with respect to each other section of the Disclosure Schedules to the extent the relevance thereto is reasonably apparent. Whenever the words “include,” “includes,” “including” and words of similar import are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” unless otherwise expressly specified. The word “or” shall not be exclusive. This Agreement was prepared jointly by the parties hereto and no rule that it be construed against the drafter will have any application in its construction or interpretation.

11.9Joint and Several Obligations

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All obligations of the Seller Parties under this Agreement shall be joint and several and enforceable in full against each Seller Party following the execution of this Agreement or a Joinder, as applicable, by such Seller Party.

11.10Severability

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If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, then such provisions shall be construed so that the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect, and any such illegal, void or unenforceable provisions shall be deemed, without further action on the part of any person or entity, to be modified, amended and/or limited, but only to the extent necessary to render the same valid and enforceable in the applicable jurisdiction.

11.11No Strict Construction

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Notwithstanding the fact that this Agreement has been drafted or prepared by one of the Parties, each Party confirms that both it and its counsel have reviewed, negotiated and adopted this Agreement as the joint agreement and understanding of the Parties.  The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

11.12Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial

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The Parties agree that this Agreement and all matters arising from or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof.  The Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the Court of Chancery lacks jurisdiction over such matter, any federal or state court having jurisdiction

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over the matter situated in New Castle County, Delaware, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and each of the Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all Actions in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such federal court.  Without limitation of other means of service, the Parties hereto agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document with respect to any action, suit or proceeding may be served on it in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 11.6.  The Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  The Parties hereto each agree that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an appropriate court pursuant to this Section 11.12 shall be conclusive and binding upon the Parties hereto, as the case may be, and may be enforced in any other courts to whose jurisdiction the Parties hereto, as the case may be, is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, The Parties hereby waive their respective rights to a trial by jury of any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to Buyers investigation of the Business, the Assets, this Agreement, the negotiation and execution of this Agreement or any Contract entered into pursuant hereto (except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth therein) or the performance by the Parties of its or their terms in any suit, action or proceeding of any type brought by one Party against the other, regardless of the basis of the claim or cause of action.

11.13Entire Agreement

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This Agreement, together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto constitute the entire agreement between the Parties, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, between the Parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

11.14Time of Essence

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With regard to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the essence.

11.15Prevailing Party

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If any Action is commenced by any Party to enforce its rights under this Agreement against any other Party, all fees, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, incurred by the prevailing Party in such Action shall be reimbursed by the losing Party; provided that, if a Party to any such Action prevails in part, and loses in part, the court or other adjudicator presiding over such Action shall award a reimbursement of the fees, costs and expenses incurred by the substantially prevailing Party.

11.16Specific Performance

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The Parties acknowledge and agree that the failure of any Party to perform under this Agreement will cause an actual, immediate and irreparable harm and injury and that the other Party would not have any adequate remedy at law or in equity in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached prior to the final Closing. Accordingly, it is agreed that, except where this Agreement is properly terminated in accordance with Article 10, each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement by the other Parties prior to the final Closing and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and any other agreement or instrument executed in connection herewith. Such remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies that any party may have under this Agreement or otherwise.  Each Party further agrees not to assert that a remedy of specific performance is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable Law or inequitable for any reason, and not to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy for any such breach or that the other Parties otherwise have an adequate remedy at law. To the extent the Parties bring any Action to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and any other agreement or instrument executed in connection

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herewith in accordance with this Section 11.16, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended by (i) the amount of time during which such Action is pending, plus twenty (20) Business Days, or (ii) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Action.

11.17Counterparts

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This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or other electronic signature (including by .pdf) and in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

11.18Definitions

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For purposes of this Agreement, the term:

7-Eleven” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

7-Eleven Benefit Plans” means (i) each material “employee benefit plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including without limitation, each “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) and each “employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) and (ii) each collective bargaining and each other material incentive, bonus, employment, consulting, performance award, phantom equity, stock or stock-based award, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, retirement, post-retirement, employment, consulting, severance, termination, change in control, retention, supplemental retirement, vacation or other paid-time off, sickness, life or other insurance, disability, welfare, fringe benefit and similar contract, agreement, plan, program, policy or arrangement that is entered into, sponsored or maintained, by 7-Eleven or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates as of the Signing Date in which any Business Employee participates or to which any Business Employee is subject or party, excluding, in each case, any of the foregoing that is (A) maintained by a Governmental Entity to which any of the Seller Parties or their respective Affiliates contributes (or has the obligation to contribute) as required by applicable Law or (B) a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

7-Eleven Station Property” means any Station Property owned or leased and operated by 7-Eleven as of the date hereof and included in the Assets.

Accounting Firm” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).

Accounting Standards” means generally accepted accounting principles, IFRS or any other accounting standard used by a substantial number of publicly traded corporations or significant segments of the accounting profession, as adopted by the Seller Parties from time to time.

Accrued PTO” means accrued and unpaid paid time off or other leave or other arrangements with respect to the Transferred Employees.

Accrued PTO Amount” means the amount of Accrued PTO as of the applicable Closing.

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Acquisition Form 8-Khas the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).

Action” means any action, claim, counterclaim, complaint, investigation, mediation, proceeding, petition, audit, suit or arbitration, whether civil or criminal, at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Entity.

Actual Accrued PTO Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1.

Actual Inventory Value” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

Actual Proration Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1.

Affiliate” means any Person that directly, or indirectly through one of more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by Contract or otherwise and, in any event and without limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning 20% or more of the voting securities and/or the rights to distributions of another Person shall be deemed to control that Person.

Agreed Location Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Allocation” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5.

Ancillary Agreements” means the Bill of Sale, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Buyer or any of its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the USA PATRIOT Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and corresponding laws of the jurisdictions in which Buyer or any of its subsidiaries operates.

Applicable Closing Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(c).

Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).

Assignment of Lease” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(c).

Assumed Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(g).

Assumed Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b).

Bankruptcy and Equity Principles” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

Base Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).

Benefit Plans” means, collectively, the 7-Eleven Benefit Plans and the Speedway Benefit Plans.

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Bill of Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

Books and Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(h).

Business means the ownership and operation of a motor fuels retail business, including ancillary businesses such as convenience stores, as conducted solely at the locations identified on Section 11.18(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of Texas, the State of New York or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are authorized or required by Law to be closed.

Business Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Business Intellectual Property” means the Intellectual Property owned or licensed from third parties (other than nonexclusive commercially available licenses) by the Seller Parties, Marathon or their respective Affiliates and exclusively used or exclusively held for use in the Business.

Business Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(f).

Business Third Party Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d).

Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Buyer Entities” means each of CAPL JKM Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Joe’s Kwik Marts LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAPL JKM Realty Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CAPL JKM Wholesale LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Buyer Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).

Buyer Retirement Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(e).

Casualty Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).

Casualty Event Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).

Casualty Loss Adjustment Site” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(c).

Casualty Loss Amount” means, with respect to a Casualty Event, the estimated cost to repair or restore the Damaged Station Property in accordance with Section 4.5.  The Casualty Loss Amount in respect of any Damaged Station Property shall be determined upon the mutual agreement of the Seller Parties and Buyer in good faith.  In the event the Seller Parties and Buyer cannot agree on the Casualty Loss Amount in respect of any Damaged Station Property, the Casualty Loss Amount shall be determined by an independent contractor mutually acceptable to the Seller Parties and Buyer, and the expense of such independent contractor shall be shared equally by Buyer, on the one hand, and the Seller Parties, on the other hand.

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

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Closure or No Further Action Letter means either: (a) a letter or written determination from the applicable Governmental Entity that no further environmental investigation, remediation or monitoring of Hazardous Materials is required for the Real Property to be used for commercial use (including, but not limited to, as a gas station and convenience store, but not a sensitive use such as a daycare, residential or health care facility), or (b) when all necessary Remediation Activities have been completed to meet applicable clean-up standards based on the commercial or industrial use of the applicable Station Property under applicable Environmental Laws.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collective Bargaining Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(p)(i).

Commercially Reasonable SW Efforts” means commercially reasonable efforts by the Seller Parties to cause Marathon and its Affiliates to comply with the Seller Parties’ covenants contained herein which are to be performed prior to any Closing with respect to the Speedway Station Properties, which efforts will require the Seller Parties request that Marathon and its Affiliates take or refrain from taking any actions or inactions expressly set forth in the pre-closing covenants of Marathon in the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the extent such compliance would be required by the terms of the Seller Parties’ covenants contained herein which are to be performed prior to such Closing; provided, that under no circumstances would Seller be required to institute or pursue any Actions against Marathon or its Affiliates.

Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.

Condemnation Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).

Confidential Business Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).

Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated September 14, 2020, by and between 7-Eleven and CrossAmerica Partners LP.

Consent Order” means the final Decision and Order and related agreements (in each case, as well as all documents and appendices incorporate therein) entered by the FTC in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Contract Consents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.

Contract(s)” means any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, licensing agreement, contract, instrument or other agreement (whether written or oral, and whether express or implied), that is legally binding, including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto.

Copyrights” means all copyrights (including all registrations and applications to register the same, and all unregistered copyrights).

Covered Contamination” means (A) the Environmental Liabilities associated with the open remediation cases set forth on Section 11.18(h) of the Disclosure Schedules and (B) any Release of Hazardous Material at a Station Property which (x) first occurs between the Signing Date and  the applicable Closing, (y) is identified by or disclosed to 7-Eleven prior to the applicable Closing, and (z) based on conditions in existence at the applicable Closing, is required by Law to be remediated and reported to the applicable Governmental Entity pursuant to Environmental Law.

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COVID-19 Conditions means conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, including as a result of actions of Governmental Entities, customers and suppliers taken in connection with the pandemic.

Damaged Station Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).

Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure letter referred to in, and delivered to Buyer pursuant to, this Agreement.

EBITDA” means store-level EBITDA calculated in a manner consistent with the methodology set forth in Section 11.18(b) of the Disclosure Schedules.

Environmental Insurance Policy” means a pollution legal liability insurance policy on terms reasonably acceptable to the Seller Parties and Buyer.

Environmental Law” means any Law promulgated on or prior to the applicable Closing Date or any common law principle relating to public health and safety, worker/occupational health and safety (due to exposure to Hazardous Materials), pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources (including all those relating to the presence, use, manufacturing, refining, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, recycling, storage, disposal, distribution, importing, labeling, testing, discharge, Release, threatened Release, investigation, control or cleanup of any Hazardous Material).

Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities arising under or relating to (i) any actual or alleged violation of, or liability arising under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (ii) the presence, Release, cleanup or control of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials.

Environmental Permits” means all Permits required by Environmental Laws.

Equipment” means all equipment (including any car wash equipment), machines, point of sale systems (including all point of sale hardware), materials and furniture (but excluding the Fuel Equipment), whether owned or leased, to the extent exclusively used or exclusively held for use in connection with the Business or used or held for use at any Owned Real Property.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the related regulations and published interpretations.

Estimated Accrued PTO Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).

Estimated Closing Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).

Estimated Inventory Value” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

Estimated Proration Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1.

Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.

Excluded Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a).

Excluded Marks” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

Excluded Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d).

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Final Business Employee List has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Financials Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).

Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

FLSA” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(p)(ii).

Fraud” means (a) a false representation by a Person, (b) made with knowledge or belief of its falsity, (c) the intent of inducing another Person to act, or refrain from acting, (d) such other Person’s action or inaction resulted from a reasonable reliance on the representation and (e) such reliance resulted in Losses of such other Person, and which shall expressly exclude any other claim of fraud that does not include the elements set forth in this definition, including constructive fraud, negligent misrepresentation or any similar theory.

FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission.

Fuel Equipment” means all fuel fixtures and equipment, including all petroleum pumps and dispensers, dispenser pans or under-dispenser containers and overfill sumps, vapor recovery equipment, automatic tank gauges, leak detectors, underground and aboveground fuel storage tanks and associated piping, canopies, point of sale systems (including all point of sale hardware), electronic price signs, fuel lines, fittings and connections and other related equipment primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the Business or attached to or affixed to, located at, or used or held for use at any Real Property.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis during the period covered thereby.

Governmental Entity” means any United States federal, state, county or city or any supra-national or foreign government, political subdivision, regulatory, self-regulatory, tribal or administrative authority, instrumentality, agency, bureau, board, commission, court, arbitral body or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction.

Hazardous Material” means any material, substance or waste which is regulated by, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed under, Environmental Law, including any material, substance or waste defined or regulated in any Environmental Law as a hazardous substance, hazardous waste, hazardous material, solid waste, toxic substance, toxic waste, pollutant or contaminant, and including petroleum or any fraction thereof, petroleum products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, radon, per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, urea formaldehyde and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Historical Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).

IFRS” means the International Financing Reporting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and the interpretations thereof developed by the IFRS Interpretations Committee and approved by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Improvements” means any owned or leased (as the case may be) buildings, gasoline canopies or fixtures (including building foundations and other structural aspects, HVAC, electrical, lighting, ventilating, heating and air-conditioning equipment, refrigeration equipment, plumbing, sewer lines and roofs), electronic price signs, electric service, fire suppression system, signage and lighting, parking areas

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or lots, sidewalks, ramps and other improvements exclusively used or exclusively held for use in connection with the Business or attached to or affixed to, located at, or used or held for use at any Owned Real Property.

In-Store Cash” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

Indebtedness” means without duplication, (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money or issued in substitution for or exchange of indebtedness for borrowed money (including any unpaid principal, accrued and unpaid interest, related expenses and prepayment penalties in connection therewith), (b) any indebtedness or other liability evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security, (c) any Liability arising out of interest rate or currency swap arrangements and any other arrangements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency rates (valued at the termination value thereof), (d) any reimbursement under letters of credit or similar transactions, (e) any amounts owing as deferred purchase price for properties or services, including any unearned but unpaid “earnout” payments, (f) any guarantees on behalf of third parties with respect to any obligation described in the preceding clauses (a) through (e), (g) any accrued and unpaid interest owed with respect to any obligation described in the preceding clauses (a) through (f), and (i) any fees, expenses, pre-payment penalties or breakage costs attributable to or arising under the terms of any obligation described in the preceding clauses (a) through (g).

Indemnification Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.

Initial Business Employee List” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Initial Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b).

Initial Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b).

Initial Closing Properties” means all Station Properties that are transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing.

Initial Closing Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b).

Intellectual Property” means all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets in any jurisdiction, in each case, to the extent recognized under the Laws of such jurisdiction and, in each case, including such rights that are embodied in software.

Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).

Inventory” means fuel inventory, merchandise inventory (of every type and description, including alcohol and alcoholic beverages), supplies inventory and other consumable items not intended for retail sale, food service inventory, and all In-Store Cash; provided, however, that Inventory does not include any inventory that cannot be transferred pursuant to applicable Law; provided, further, that Buyer and the Seller Parties shall enter into a mutually acceptable agreement to provide any such assets to Buyer.

Inventory Value” means the aggregate value of the Inventory determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

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IRS has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(q)(ii).

Joinder” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

Knowledge of 7-Eleven” shall mean the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the individuals set forth on Section 11.18(c) of the Disclosure Schedules.

Law(s)” means any law, statute, code, rule, regulation, constitution, treaty, order, injunction, ordinance, judgment, decree or other pronouncement or restriction of any Governmental Entity.

Lease Consents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

Leased Real Properties” means all real property (including Seller Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the buildings and improvements located thereon pursuant to the terms of the applicable Real Property Leases) leased by the Seller Parties (or with respect to which the Seller Parties have the right to acquire and assume the related lease) as lessee or sublessee that is exclusively used or exclusively held for use in the Business (whether or not further subleased), as set forth on Section 11.18(d) of the Disclosure Schedules.

Liability” or “Liabilities” means and shall include any direct or indirect liability or obligation, whether fixed or unfixed, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, whether called a liability, obligation, indebtedness, guaranty, endorsement, claim or responsibility or otherwise.

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind.

Like-Kind Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(f).

Loss” means all debts, Liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, awards, Taxes, penalties, settlements, costs and expenses (including interest, court costs and reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and expert witnesses) of investigating, defending or asserting any of the foregoing.

Marathon” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Material Adverse Effect means any fact, change, circumstance, development, effect, condition, occurrence or event that has, had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Business, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Seller Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, other than, for purposes of clause (i), any fact, change, circumstance, development, effect, condition, occurrence or event resulting from or arising out of the following matters shall not constitute or contribute to a Material Adverse Effect:

(a)general economic conditions in the United States;

(b)the financial, banking, currency or capital markets in general (whether in the United States or any other country or in any international market in which the Business operates or globally), including changes in (i) financial or market conditions, (ii) currency exchange rates or currency fluctuations, (iii) prevailing interest rates or credit markets and (iv) the price of commodities or raw materials;

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(c)the retail fuel or convenience store industry generally;

(d)local, national or international political or social actions or conditions in jurisdictions where the Business operates, including protests, civil unrest, the engagement by any country in which the Business operates in hostilities, whether commenced before or after the Signing Date, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack;

(e)natural disasters, manmade disasters, epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks (including the COVID-19 virus and including actions of Governmental Entities taken in connection with or in response to any such epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks);

(f)changes in Law, GAAP or other applicable accounting standards or interpretations thereof after the Signing Date;

(g)any failure to meet internal projections, public estimates or expectations with respect to the Business (it being understood that the underlying causes of such failure may be taken into consideration in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred); or

(h)the announcement of, or the taking of any action expressly required by, this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby.

provided, however, any fact, change, effect, circumstance, development, condition, occurrence or event resulting from or arising out of clauses (a) through (f) may nonetheless be taken into consideration in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur to the extent such fact, change, effect, circumstance, development, condition, occurrence or event has a materially disproportionate impact on the Business, taken as a whole, as compared to similarly situated businesses in the same industry.

Material Business Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(h).

Material Defects” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(d).

Material Title or Survey Defect” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(d).

Monthly Reconciliation Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(b).

Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(b).

Order” means any order, writ, injunction, judgment, plan or decree of any Governmental Entity.

Ordinary Course of Business” means, with respect to any Person or business, the ordinary course of business consistent with the applicable Person’s or business’s past custom and practice; provided that, actions taken (or omitted) in response to the COVID-19 Conditions shall be deemed Ordinary Course of Business, so long as such actions (or omissions) are consistent with reasonable commercial practice in response to such COVID-19 Conditions.

Outside Date” means the outside date fixed by the FTC in the Consent Order.

Owned Real Properties” means the real property (including land and buildings and Improvements located thereon) owned by the Seller Parties (or that the Seller Parties have the right to acquire) exclusively

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used or exclusively held for use in the operation of the Business, as set forth on Section 11.18(e) of the Disclosure Schedules.

Partial Condemnation Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).

Party” or “Parties” means Buyer and/or the Seller Parties, as the case may be.

Patents” means issued patents and pending patent applications, including all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part and provisionals, and patents issuing on any of the foregoing, and all reissues, reexaminations, substitutions, renewals and extensions of any of the foregoing, issued or filed under the applicable Laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction or under any international convention, including all rights in inventions and improvements thereto (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice).

Payoff Letters” means, with respect to each Closing, customary payoff letters provided by the holders of Secured Indebtedness, if any, to the Seller Parties, which payoff letters shall (a) evidence the aggregate amount of such Secured Indebtedness, including any accrued interest and any fees, outstanding as of the applicable Closing Date and (b) state that, if such aggregate amount so identified is paid to such lender on the applicable Closing Date, such Secured Indebtedness shall be repaid in full and that all Liens relating to such Secured Indebtedness and secured by any Assets will be irrevocably and unconditionally released in full.

Permits” means all approvals, permits, certifications, registrations, exemptions, licenses or other authorizations of Governmental Entities.

Permitted Liens means (a) statutory Liens arising by operation of Law with respect to a Liability incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and which is not due and payable or are contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) requirements and restrictions of zoning, environmental, licensing, permitting, building and other Laws (provided, however, that the same individually and in the aggregate do not materially interfere with the current operation or use of the Assets or the Business and specifically excluding any violations of any such Laws, requirements or restrictions); (c) Liens for Taxes (i) that are not due or (ii) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (d) rights to Business Intellectual Property granted in the Ordinary Course of Business; (e) mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens and security obligations that are not due and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (f) all encroachments, overlaps, overhangs, variations in area or measurement, rights of parties under the Third Party Leases, servitudes or easements (including conservation easements and public trust easements, rights-of-way, road use Contracts, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, licenses, and any other nonmonetary matters of public record) or any other matters not of record, and matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or physical inspection of the Real Property (provided, however, that the same (x) individually and in the aggregate do not materially interfere with the current and ongoing use and operation of or materially detract from the value of the applicable Asset affected thereby, nor materially interfere with or impair the operation of the Business conducted thereon as currently conducted, and (y) do not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a breach or violation of any Law that would be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Business); (g) Liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security (other than pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 4068 of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code) or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations; (h) Liens arising under conditional sales Contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in

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the Ordinary Course of Business; (i) Liens approved by Buyer or incurred as a result of any action by, through or under Buyer or its Affiliates; (j) Liens granted to any lender at any Closing in connection with any financing by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby; (k) matters set forth in the Commitment and not objected to by Buyer prior to the Title Objection Date (or the Additional Objection Date, as applicable) (excluding the standard printed conditions and exceptions); (l) any Lien which the Title Company agrees to insure over; provided, however, in each case (other than with respect to the foregoing clause (j)), that none of the foregoing shall include Liens securing Indebtedness for borrowed money; (m) the terms, conditions and provisions of the Real Property Leases; (n) any landlords lien granted in favor of the lessors under the Real Property Leases; (o) any Liens, encumbrances, or other matters solely affecting title to the fee estate underlying the Leased Real Properties; and (p) any right, title or interest of any lessor, sublessor or licensor under any of the Real Property Leases.

Person” means an association, a corporation, an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a Governmental Entity.

PMPA” means the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2801-2806 (1978), as amended.

Post-Closing Period” means any taxable period beginning after the applicable Closing Date.

Pre-Closing Casualty List” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).

Pre-Closing Condemnation List” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).

Pre-Closing Period” means any taxable period ending on or before the applicable Closing Date.

Prepared Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).

Projected Subsequent Closing Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Proration Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7.

PSA Closing Date” means the date on which the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement occurs or has occurred.

Purchase and Sale Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).

R&W Insurance Policy” means the Buyer-side representation and warranty insurance policy to be obtained by Buyer to be issued to Buyer on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and the Seller Parties.

Real Property” means, collectively, the Owned Real Properties and the Leased Real Properties.

Real Property Lease” means any lease, sublease or other similar Contract pursuant to which any Seller Party leases or subleases any Leased Real Property (including all amendments, modifications, assignments or guaranties thereof).

Reconciliation Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a).

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Rejected Property means, collectively, the Station Properties rejected by Buyer and removed from the Assets pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 4.5(b).

Related Party” means, collectively, each Seller Party and such Seller Party’s subsidiaries and Affiliates and its and their respective owners, representatives, managers, directors, officers, contractors, invitees, servants, predecessors, successors and assigns.

Release” or “Released” means the release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migrating of any Hazardous Material into the environment, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material.

Remediation Activities” means any investigation, assessment, response, removal, remediation or monitoring activities that are required to comply with Environmental Laws.

Removed Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(b).

Replacement Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(b).

Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions (currently, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).

Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom or Canada, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person or Persons owned, fifty percent (50%) or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, or controlled by any such Person or Persons.

Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or Canada.

Secured Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Business, to the extent secured by Assets.

Security Deposits” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).

Seller Deposits” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).

Seller Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1(a) (Due Organization and Power), 2.1(b) (Authority), 2.1(j) (Title to Assets), and 2.1(s) (Broker Fees).

Seller Guarantees” means any guarantees (including under any Contract, letter of credit, lease or Permit), covenants, indemnities, letters of credit, undertakings and similar credit assurances (and any collateral, indemnity or other agreements associated therewith), but excluding Surety Bonds, provided by, on behalf of or for the account of the Seller Parties or any of their Affiliates in connection with or relating to the Business or the Assets, a list of which is set forth in Section 11.18(f) of the Disclosure Schedules.

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Seller Guarantors has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a).

Seller Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

Seller Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Seller Party Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(d).

Seller Retirement Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(e).

Seller Taxes” has the meaning defined in Section 4.2(a)(i).

Service Credits” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).

Signing Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Site Access Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

Source” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).

Speedway Benefit Plans” mean each Acquired Entity Plan (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement) as of the Signing Date in which in which any Business Employee participates or to which any Business Employee is subject or party, excluding, in each case, any of the foregoing that is (A) maintained by a Governmental Entity to which any of the Seller Parties or their respective Affiliates contributes (or has the obligation to contribute) as required by applicable Law or (B) a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

Speedway Entities” means the entities set forth on Section 11.18(g) of the Disclosure Schedules.

Speedway Station Property” means any Station Property included in the Assets other than the 7-Eleven Station Properties.

Speedway Subsidiary Sellers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Station Properties” means all of the Real Property, together with all fixtures, building systems and equipment and all other personal property located at such Real Property.

Straddle Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(d).

Subsequent Closing” means any Closing following the Initial Closing.

Subsequent Closing Assumed Liabilities” means, with respect to any Subsequent Closing, the Assumed Liabilities related to any Subsequent Closing Property or Asset being transferred to Buyer at such Subsequent Closing.

Subsequent Closing Properties” means all Station Properties that are transferred to Buyer at any Subsequent Closing.

Subsequent Closing Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(c).

Surety Bonds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(x).

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Survey shall mean an ALTA survey from a licensed surveyor certified to Buyer and the Title Company and sufficient to allow the title company to remove the survey exception from a title policy with respect to the Real Property.

Survival Date” means, with respect to any given representation or warranty, covenant or agreement made in this Agreement, the applicable survival date under the terms of this Agreement.

Tax” or “Taxes” means any United States federal, state, local, or non-United States income, alternative minimum, sales and use, excise, franchise, real and personal property, gross receipts, capital stock, transfer, production, business and occupation, disability, employment, payroll, severance or withholding tax or other tax, duty, fee or assessment imposed by any Taxing Authority, including any interest, addition to Tax or penalties related thereto.

Tax Proceeding” means any claim, audit, action, suit, proceeding, examination, contest, litigation or other Action with or against any Taxing Authority.

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, estimate, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to, or required to be filed in connection with, any Taxes, including any schedule, form, attachment or amendment thereto.

Taxing Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the administration or the imposition of any Tax.

Third Party Claim has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).

Third Party Deposits” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).

Third Party Lease” means any lease, sublease, license, franchise or similar use or occupancy agreement pursuant to which any Seller Party grants to any other party the right to use or occupy any Real Property (including all amendments or modifications thereto).

Threshold” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b)(iii).

Title Company” means Sutton Land of Texas, LLC, 1717 St. James Place, Suite 115, Houston, Texas 77056.

Title Objection Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(a).

Title Update” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(a).

Total Condemnation Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(c).

Trade Secrets” means trade secret rights, including all confidential information regarding non-public discoveries and proprietary know-how.

Trademark” means all registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names and Internet domain names and other indicia of origin and all registrations and applications relating to the foregoing, and all goodwill associated with the foregoing.

Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

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Transaction Expenses has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(e).

Transferred Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(d).

Unclaimed Property” means any property that becomes property of a Governmental Entity under the applicable unclaimed property or abandoned property Law after the expiration of the applicable dormancy period.

Unclaimed Property Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(y).

Where any group or category of items or matters is defined collectively in the plural number, any item or matter within such definition may be referred to using such defined term in the singular number, and vice versa.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Asset Purchase Agreement to be executed as of the date set forth above by their duly authorized representatives.

BUYER:

CAPL JKM PARTNERS LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Name:

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

JOE’S KWIK MARTS LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Name:

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

CAPL JKM REALTY HOLDINGS LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Name:

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

CAPL JKM WHOLESALE LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Name:

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement


 

 

7-ELEVEN:

7-ELEVEN, INC.

By:

/s/ David J. Colletti, Jr.

Name:

David J. Colletti, Jr.

Title:

Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions

 

Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement

capl-ex311_11.htm

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Charles M. Nifong, Jr, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CrossAmerica Partners LP;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 10, 2021

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

CrossAmerica GP LLC

(as General Partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP)

 

 

capl-ex312_9.htm

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jonathan E. Benfield, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CrossAmerica Partners LP;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 10, 2021

/s/ Jonathan E. Benfield

Jonathan E. Benfield

Chief Accounting Officer

CrossAmerica GP LLC

(as General Partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP)

 

 

capl-ex321_12.htm

 

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CrossAmerica Partners LP (the “Partnership”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Charles M. Nifong, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC, the General Partner of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that, to my knowledge:

 

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.

Date: May 10, 2021

 

/s/ Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

Charles M. Nifong, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

CrossAmerica GP LLC

(as General Partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP)

 

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1964, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

capl-ex322_10.htm

 

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CrossAmerica Partners LP (the “Partnership”) for the quarter ended Marcy 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jonathan E. Benfield, Chief Accounting Officer of CrossAmerica GP LLC, the General Partner of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that, to my knowledge:

 

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.

Date: May 10, 2021

 

/s/ Jonathan E. Benfield

Jonathan E. Benfield

Chief Accounting Officer

CrossAmerica GP LLC

(as General Partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP)

 

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1964, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.