Global Partners to Host 2012 Investor Day on October 10

Live Webcast Begins at 1:30 p.m. (ET)

Partnership to Host Tour of Recently Expanded Crude-by-Rail Terminal in Albany, NY

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) announced today that it will host an Investor Day meeting for institutional investors and analysts on Wednesday, October 10^th at 1:30 p.m. at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, NY.

Global Partners President and CEO Eric Slifka, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Thomas Hollister and other members of the executive team will provide an overview of the Partnership’s strategy, operations and financial performance. Presentations will be followed by question and answer sessions. Presentations are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. (ET) and to end at approximately 5:30 p.m. (ET). A live audio webcast of the event can be accessed by logging on to the “Investors” section of the Global Partners’ website at www.globalp.com. For those unable to listen to the live presentations, the event will be archived and available on the Partnership’s website.

On Thursday, October 11^th, management will host a tour of the Partnership’s petroleum products terminal in Albany. The terminal recently completed an expansion project that increased its capacity to receive crude and associated products by rail from the mid-continent from 55,000 barrels per day to 160,000 barrels per day.

The Investor Day is by invitation only to analysts and institutional investors. To request an invitation, please contact Scott Solomon, Sharon Merrill Associates, [e-mail].

About Global Partners LP

Global Partners LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership based in Waltham, Massachusetts, owns, controls or has access to one of the largest terminal networks of refined petroleum products and renewable fuels in the Northeast. Global is a leader in the logistics of transporting crude and other products from the mid-continent region to the East Coast. The Partnership is one of the largest wholesale distributors of gasoline (including blendstocks such as ethanol and naphtha), distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in the New England states and New York. In addition, the Partnership has a portfolio of approximately 1,000 gas stations in nine Northeastern states. The Partnership also is a distributor of natural gas. A FORTUNE 500® company, Global Partners trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GLP." For additional information, please visit www.globalp.com.