GLOBAL PARTNERS LP — Director's Dealing 2009

Jan 9, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GLOBAL PARTNERS LP (GLP)
CIK: 0001323468
Period of Report: 2008-12-29

Reporting Person: Slifka Eric (Director, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-12-29	Common Units	A	99700	—	Acquired	127542	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents phantom units awarded in which each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit of Global Partners LP. The phantom units will vest in six approximately equal installments on June 30, 2009, December 31, 2009, June 30, 2010, December 31, 2010, June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

F2: 27,100 common units representing limited partner interests are owned directly by Mr. Eric Slifka; 742 common units representing limited partner interests are units held by Larea Holdings LLC. Mr. Eric Slifka has sole voting and investment power with respect to units owned by Larea Holdings LLC. Mr. Eric Slifka may, therefore, be deemed to beneficially own the units held by Larea Holdings LLC.