Introductory Note
On October 31, 2025, Sunoco LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Sunoco”), completed the previously announced acquisition of Parkland Corporation, an Alberta Corporation (“Parkland”), contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2025, by and among Sunoco, SunocoCorp LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SunocoCorp”), Parkland, and 2709716 Alberta ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability corporation (as amended on May 26, 2025 and October 10, 2025, the “Arrangement Agreement”). In accordance with the Arrangement Agreement and pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement attached thereto (the “Plan of Arrangement”), Sunoco acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Parkland (the “Parkland Shares”) by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under Section 193 of the Business Corporations Act (Canada) (the “Arrangement”) and Parkland became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Sunoco.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, after taking into account the elections made by Parkland shareholders and the proration, maximum amounts and adjustments set forth in the Plan of Arrangement, each holder of Parkland Shares became entitled to receive as consideration for each Parkland Share held immediately prior to the effective time of the Arrangement (the “Effective Time”), and in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement:
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with respect to each Parkland shareholder electing to receive a mix of cash and units (or who did not make an election or was otherwise deemed to have elected to receive a mix of cash and SunocoCorp Common Units (as defined below)), CAD$19.80 in cash and 0.295 common units representing limited liability company interests in SunocoCorp (the “SunocoCorp Common Units”); |
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with respect to each Parkland shareholder electing to receive cash consideration, approximately CAD$21.82 in cash and approximately 0.270 SunocoCorp Common Units; and |
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with respect to each Parkland shareholder duly and properly electing to receive unit consideration, approximately 0.536 SunocoCorp Common Units. |
After giving effect to the elections made by the Parkland shareholders and the maximum amounts and pro-rationing set forth in the Plan of Arrangement, the aggregate consideration payable to Parkland shareholders in connection with the consummation of the Arrangement, consists of approximately CAD$3.458 million in cash and approximately 51.5 million SunocoCorp Common Units.
In connection with the consummation of the Arrangement, Sunoco issued to SunocoCorp a number of limited partnership interests in Sunoco (the “Sunoco Class D Units”) equal to the number of SunocoCorp Common Units issued pursuant to the Arrangement. The Sunoco Class D Unis, which are economically equivalent to Sunoco’s publicly-traded common units (the “Sunoco Common Units”), were issued to SunocoCorp in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Based on the number of SunocoCorp Common Units issued pursuant to the Arrangement, as of the Effective Time, SunocoCorp owns approximately a 27.4% interest in Sunoco’s outstanding common units (i.e., treating the Sunoco Common Units and Sunoco Class D Units as if they were a single class).
In addition, pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, at the Effective Time:
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each option to purchase Parkland Shares (an “Option”) outstanding at the Effective Time was deemed to be fully vested, surrendered and transferred by the holder of such Option to Parkland, and in respect of such Option, the holder thereof became entitled to receive, without interest and subject to applicable withholding, (i) if the Option is in-the-money, an amount of cash equal to the amount by which the volume weighted average trading price of the Parkland Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five trading days on which the Parkland Shares traded immediately preceding the business day prior to the date on which the Arrangement became effective (the “Fair Market Value”) exceeds the applicable exercise of such Option, and (ii) if the Option is not in-the-money, no consideration; |
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each Parkland restricted share unit (“RSU”) outstanding at the Effective Time, including any fractional RSUs, was deemed to be fully vested (in the case of an RSU with vesting conditions based on performance criteria, based on a vesting multiplier of 1.25), surrendered and transferred by the holder of such RSU to Parkland, and the holder thereof became entitled to receive cash, without interest and subject to applicable withholding, in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value; and |
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each Parkland deferred share unit (“DSU”) outstanding at the Effective Time, including any fractional DSUs, was deemed to be redeemed by and surrendered and transferred by the holder of such DSU to Parkland, and the holder thereof became entitled to receive cash, without interest and subject to applicable withholding, in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value. |
The foregoing description of the Arrangement Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Arrangement Agreement, the First Amending Agreement to the Arrangement Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2025, and the Second Amending Agreement to the Arrangement Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2025, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2. and 2.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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