10-K 1 cstq42016form10k.htm 10-K Document


FORM 10-K
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016
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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. 001-35743
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CST BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
 
46-1365950
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
19500 Bulverde Road
Suite 100
San Antonio, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
78259
(Zip Code)

(210) 692-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Common stock, $0.01 par value per share listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ
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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer þ     Accelerated filer o     Non-accelerated filer o     Smaller reporting company o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $3.3 billion based on the last sales price quoted as of June 30, 2016 on the New York Stock Exchange, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
As of February 24, 2017, there were 75,786,728 common shares outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.




TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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Commonly Used Defined Terms
The following is a list of certain acronyms and terms generally used in the industry and throughout this document:
 
CST Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries:
CST
CST Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, where appropriate in context, to one or more of CST’s subsidiaries without the inclusion or consolidation of the operations or subsidiaries of CrossAmerica. CST includes CST’s ownership of 100% of the equity interests in the sole member of CrossAmerica GP LLC, 100% of the outstanding IDRs of CrossAmerica (as defined herein) and any common units of CrossAmerica owned by CST
Board of Directors
the Board of Directors of CST
We, us, our, Company
The consolidated results and accounts of CST and CrossAmerica, or individually as the context implies
CrossAmerica
CrossAmerica Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and, where appropriate in context, one or more of its subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole
General Partner
CrossAmerica GP LLC, the General Partner of CrossAmerica
GP Board
The board of directors of the General Partner
CST Services
CST Services LLC
Guarantor Subsidiaries
CST’s 100% owned, domestic subsidiaries
CST Fuel Supply
CST Fuel Supply LP is the Parent of CST Marketing and Supply
CST Marketing and Supply
CST Marketing and Supply, LLC, a subsidiary of CST Fuel Supply, which provides wholesale fuel distribution to the majority of CST’s U.S. retail sites on a fixed markup per gallon
 
 
CrossAmerica Partners LP related and affiliated parties:
DMS
Dunne Manning Stores LLC (formerly known as Lehigh Gas-Ohio, LLC), an entity associated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr., a former member of the Board of Directors until his retirement in 2016, a member of the GP Board, and a related party. DMS is an operator of retail motor fuel stations. DMS leases retail sites from CrossAmerica in accordance with a master lease agreement with CrossAmerica and DMS purchases substantially all of its motor fuel for these sites from CrossAmerica on a wholesale basis under rack plus pricing
DMI
Dunne Manning Inc., an entity associated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr.
Predecessor Entities
Wholesale distribution business of Lehigh Gas-Ohio, LLC and real property and leasehold interests contributed to CrossAmerica in connection with its initial public offering
Topper Group
Joseph V. Topper, Jr., collectively with those of his affiliates and family trusts that have ownership interests in the Predecessor Entities, including DMI
Topstar
Topstar Enterprises, an entity associated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr. Topstar is an operator of retail sites that leases retail sites from CrossAmerica, but does not purchase fuel from CrossAmerica
 
 
Recent Acquisitions:
PMI
Petroleum Marketers, Inc., acquired by CrossAmerica in April 2014
Nice N Easy
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, acquired by CrossAmerica and CST in November 2014
Landmark
Landmark Industries, acquired by CrossAmerica and CST in January 2015
Erickson
Erickson Oil Products, Inc., acquired by CrossAmerica in February 2015
One Stop
M&J Operations, LLC, acquired by CrossAmerica in July 2015
Flash Foods
Flash Foods, LLC and other entities acquired by CST from the Jones Company, a Georgia corporation, and certain other sellers in February 2016
Franchised Holiday Stores
The franchised Holiday stores acquired by CrossAmerica from S/S/G Corporation in March 2016
State Oil Assets
The assets acquired by CrossAmerica from State Oil Company in September 2016

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Other Defined Terms:
 
Amended Omnibus Agreement
The Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated October 1, 2014, as amended on February 17, 2016, by and among CrossAmerica, the General Partner, Dunne Manning Inc., DMS, CST Services and Joseph V. Topper, Jr., which amends and restates the original omnibus agreement that was executed in connection with CrossAmerica’s initial public offering on October 30, 2012
Antitrust Division
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
ASC
Accounting Standards Codification
ASU
Accounting Standards Update
ATMs
Automated teller machines
Brent
Brent crude oil
BP
BP p.l.c.
Code
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
Conversion
The conversion of all outstanding subordinated units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica into common units on a one-for-one basis
Core-Mark
Core-Mark International
Couche-Tard
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD.A ATD.B)
CPG
Cents per gallon
CrossAmerica Plan
The Lehigh Gas Partners LP 2012 Incentive Award Plan
CST Plan
The 2013 CST Brands, Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
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 and amortization, a non-GAAP financial measure
Exchange Act
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Form 10-K
CST’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016
FTC
United States Federal Trade Commission
GCC
U.S. Gulf Coast conventional gasoline
GP Purchase
CST’s purchase from Lehigh Gas Corporation of 100% of the membership interests in the sole member of Lehigh Gas GP LLC (now known as CrossAmerica GP LLC), the general partner of Lehigh Gas Partners LP, a publicly traded limited partnership, now known as CrossAmerica Partners LP (NYSE:CAPL), which occurred October 1, 2014
HSR Act
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
IDRs
Incentive Distribution Rights, which are partnership interests on CrossAmerica’s common units that provide for special distributions associated with increasing distributions. CST is the owner of 100% of the outstanding IDRs of CrossAmerica
IDR Purchase
CST’s purchase of all of the membership interests in limited liability companies formed by the 2004 Irrevocable Agreement of Trust of Joseph V. Topper, Sr. and the 2008 Irrevocable Agreement of Trust of John B. Reilly, Jr., which owned all of the IDRs in Lehigh Gas Partners LP
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
LIFO
The dollar-value, last-in, first-out method of accounting for motor fuel inventory in our U.S. Retail Segment
MD&A
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Merger
The merger of Ultra Acquisition Corp. with CST, with CST surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Circle K Stores Inc. See Merger Agreement below

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Merger Agreement
Our Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) entered into on August 21, 2016 with Circle K Stores Inc., a Texas corporation (“Parent”), and Ultra Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into CST, with CST surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent is a wholly owned subsidiary of Couche-Tard Inc.
Motiva
Motiva Enterprises LLC
NOL
Net operating loss
NTI
Our new to industry stores in our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments opened after January 1, 2008, which is generally when we began designing and operating our larger format stores that accommodate broader merchandise categories and food offerings and have more fuel dispensers than our legacy stores
NYSE
New York Stock Exchange
NYHC
New York Harbor conventional gasoline
Partnership Agreement
the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of CrossAmerica Partners LP, dated as of October 1, 2014, as amended
Plan Administrator
The CrossAmerica Plan is administered by the GP Board or a committee thereof
QSR
Quick service restaurants
Rack
The price at which a wholesale distributor generally purchases motor fuel from an integrated oil company or refiner at the terminal
Retail site
A general term to refer to convenience stores, including those operated by commission agents / dealers, independent dealers or lessee dealers and company operated sites, as well as cardlock locations
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Act
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Second Request
A request for additional information and documentary material from the FTC received by us on November 16, 2016
Sobeys
Sobeys Québec Inc.
Spin-off
The separation and distribution of the retail business from Valero’s other businesses and the creation of an independent publicly traded company, CST, on May 1, 2013, to hold the assets and liabilities associated with Valero’s retail business from and after the distribution
U.S. GAAP
United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
UST
Underground storage tanks
Valero
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) and, where appropriate in context, one or more of its subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole
Valero Fuel Supply Agreements
The Branded Distributor Marketing Agreement, Petroleum Product Sale Agreement and Master Agreement CST entered into with Valero in connection with the Spin-off for the supply of motor fuel for its U.S. operations, and all amendments thereto
WTI
West Texas Intermediate crude oil

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
Forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, are made throughout this Form 10-K report. This Form 10-K report includes forward-looking statements, including in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, credit ratings, dividend 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 management’s current views and assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties that could affect expected results. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding:
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future retail gross profits, including gasoline, diesel, heating oil and convenience store merchandise gross profits;
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our anticipated level of capital investments and the effect of these capital investments on our results of operations;
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anticipated trends in the demand for, and volumes sold, of gasoline, diesel and heating oil globally and in the regions where we operate;
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expectations regarding environmental, tax and other regulatory initiatives; and
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the effect of general economic and other conditions on retail fundamentals.
The following factors related to the Merger or our Merger Agreement, among others, could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements:
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the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement;
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the inability to satisfy the conditions specified in the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, the receipt of necessary governmental or regulatory approvals required to complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
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the risk that the Merger or covenants contained in the Merger Agreement disrupt current plans and operations, increase operating costs and the potential difficulties in customer loss and employee retention as a result of the announcement and consummation of such transactions;
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the interim operating covenants and their limitations on incurrence of debt, capital expenditures, acquisitions and divestitures; and
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the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors.
Unless stated otherwise, all forward-looking information contained in this report does not take into account or give any effect to the impact of the proposed Merger but do take into account the restrictions and covenants of the Merger Agreement on our operations. In general, we based the forward-looking statements 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 as they involve assumptions that, while made in good faith, may prove to be incorrect, and involve risks and uncertainties we cannot predict. 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:
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volatility and seasonality in crude oil, wholesale motor fuel costs and motor fuel sales;
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political conditions in oil producing regions and global demand for oil;
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competitive pressures from retail sites and other non-traditional retailers located in our markets;
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changes in our customers’ behavior and travel as a result of changing economic conditions, labor strikes or otherwise;
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increasing consumer preference for alternative motor fuel and improvements in fuel efficiency;
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future legislation or campaigns to discourage smoking;

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our ability to comply with federal, provincial and state laws and regulations, including those related to environmental matters, the sale of alcohol, cigarettes and fresh foods, employment, health benefits, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration, and international trade;
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significant increases in statutory minimum wage;
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future regulations and actions that could expand the non-exempt status of employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act;
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severe or unfavorable weather conditions;
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dependence on senior management and the ability to attract and retain qualified employees;
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inability to build or acquire and successfully integrate new retail sites;
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fluctuations in the exchange rate between the United States and Canadian currencies;
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dependence on Valero and other suppliers for motor fuel and merchandise;
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dependence on suppliers, including Valero, for credit terms;
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supply chain disruptions;
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litigation or adverse publicity concerning food quality, food safety, other health concerns or compliance with franchise agreements related to our food product merchandise or restaurant facilities;
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dangers inherent in storing and transporting motor fuel;
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pending or future consumer, environmental or other litigation;
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dependence on our IT systems and maintaining data security;
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acts of terrorism or war;
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our and CrossAmerica’s access to capital, credit ratings, debt and ability to raise additional debt or equity financing;
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impairment of long-lived assets, intangible assets or goodwill;
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our ability to comply with covenants in any credit agreements or other debt instruments and availability, terms and deployment of capital;
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our business strategy and operations and potential conflicts of interest with CrossAmerica;
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our ability to successfully integrate any acquisition we may make;
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future income tax legislation;
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a determination by the IRS that the Spin-off or certain related transactions should be treated as a taxable transaction;
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the Merger or our Merger Agreement and the terms and conditions thereof;
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regulatory review of the Merger in the U.S. and Canada;
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litigation associated with the Merger Agreement; and
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other unforeseen factors.
You should consider the areas of risk described above, as well as those set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this 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 projected 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.

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ITEMS 1., 1A., and 2. BUSINESS, RISK FACTORS AND PROPERTIES
Overview
CST is a holding company and conducts substantially all of its operations through its subsidiaries. CST was incorporated in Delaware in 2012, formed solely in contemplation of the Spin-off and, prior to May 1, 2013, had not commenced operations and had no material assets, liabilities or commitments.
The address of CST’s principal executive offices is 19500 Bulverde Rd, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas 78259, and our telephone number is (210) 692-5000. Our common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol “CST.”
CST is one of the largest independent retailers of motor fuel and convenience merchandise in the U.S. and eastern Canada. Our retail operations include (i) the sale of motor fuel at retail sites, commission sites and cardlocks, (ii) the sale of food, convenience merchandise items and services at retail sites, and (iii) the sale of heating oil to residential customers and heating oil and motor fuel to small commercial customers in Canada.
On October 1, 2014, CST completed the GP Purchase and the IDR Purchase for $17 million in cash and approximately 2.0 million shares of CST common stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $90 million. CST controls the General Partner of CrossAmerica and has the right to appoint all members of the GP Board. CrossAmerica is a separate publicly traded Delaware limited partnership primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of motor fuel and the ownership and leasing of real estate used in the retail distribution of motor fuel. CrossAmerica also generates revenues from the operation of retail sites.
We are required to consolidate the financial results of CrossAmerica (see “CrossAmerica Segment” below). CST receives distributions from CrossAmerica as a result of its ownership of common units and the IDRs. As of February 24, 2017, we owned an approximate 19.8% limited partner interest in CrossAmerica.
The address of the principal executive offices of CrossAmerica is 515 Hamilton Street, Suite 200, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 and the telephone number is (610) 625-8000. CrossAmerica units trade on the NYSE under the symbol “CAPL.”
On a consolidated basis, we have three operating segments, U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica. The U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica segments are managed as individual strategic business units. Each segment experiences different operating income margins due to geographic supply and demand attributes, specific country and local regulatory environments, and are exposed to variability in gross profit from the volatility of crude oil prices.
Our segments consisted of the following sites as of December 31, 2016:
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U.S. Retail—1,167 company operated retail sites located in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma and Texas;
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Canadian Retail—884 retail sites located in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Québec, which consisted of 314 company operated retail sites, 498 commission sites and 72 cardlocks; and
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CrossAmerica—1,187 distribution sites located in 29 states (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin), which consisted of 403 independent dealer sites, 153 sites operated by DMS, 420 sites operated by lessee dealers, 95 commission sites, 73 CrossAmerica company operated retail sites and 43 CST company operated retail sites in the U.S. Retail segment.
Recent Developments
Merger Agreement
On August 21, 2016, our Board of Directors unanimously approved, and we entered into, a definitive Merger Agreement with a subsidiary of Couche-Tard, under which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, a U.S. subsidiary of Couche-Tard will acquire all of the shares of CST for $48.53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.4 billion, including the assumption of net debt. CST’s stockholders approved the Merger Agreement at a special meeting of stockholders held November 16, 2016. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second quarter of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals in the United States and Canada. The Merger Agreement provides for interim operating covenants as set forth therein, which limit certain activities and operations of CST. On September 16, 2016, each of CST and Couche-Tard filed a premerger notification and report

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form under the HSR Act with the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with the Merger. Couche-Tard voluntarily withdrew its premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act on October 14, 2016, and re-filed its premerger notification and report form on October 17, 2016. The waiting period imposed by the HSR Act will expire 45 days after substantial compliance with the Second Request has been certified by all parties to the transaction that received a Second Request, unless that period is extended by court order or terminated earlier by the FTC.
On December 21, 2016, we entered into a timing agreement with the FTC pursuant to which we agreed, among other things, (i) not to consummate the Merger prior to 45 days after both we and Couche-Tard have substantially complied with the FTC’s Second Request, unless we and Couche-Tard have received prior written notice that the FTC has closed its investigation and (ii) not to certify compliance with the Second Request before January 31, 2017. Couche-Tard has informed us that it also entered into a timing agreement with the FTC on the same terms. We and Couche-Tard are continuing to work cooperatively with the FTC in its review of the proposed Merger.
See our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2016 and October 18, 2016, and our Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on October 11, 2016 for additional information, including risks associated with the Merger.
U.S. Retail—Acquisition of Flash Foods
In February 2016, we closed on the acquisition of Flash Foods for approximately $425 million plus working capital, assets under construction and other closing adjustments. Flash Foods operates 165 Flash Foods-branded retail sites located in Georgia and Florida (which sell Flash Foods-branded fuel), 21 branded QSRs, a land bank of 15 real estate sites to build NTIs, on which we have completed the construction of 3 NTIs, a merchandise distribution company with a 90,000 square foot distribution center that it operates in Georgia and a fuel supply company with access to the Colonial and Plantation pipelines, leased storage and a company-owned transportation fleet.
U.S. Retail—Sale of California and Wyoming Stores
In July 2016, CST consummated the sale of all 79 stores in the California and Wyoming markets to 7-Eleven, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services, Inc. and recognized a gain of $347 million, or $220 million net of tax, which is included in our U.S. Retail segment. The closing purchase price for the transaction was $408 million plus adjustments for inventory and working capital.
CrossAmerica—Acquisition of Franchised Holiday Stores
On March 29, 2016, CrossAmerica closed on the acquisition of 31 Franchised Holiday Stores and three company operated liquor stores from S/S/G Corporation for approximately $52 million. Of the 34 company operated retail sites, 31 are located in Wisconsin and three are located in Minnesota.
CrossAmerica—Acquisition of State Oil Assets
In September 2016, CrossAmerica acquired certain assets of State Oil Company located in the greater Chicago market for approximately $42 million.
Available Information
Our internet website is www.CSTBrands.com. Information on our website is not part of this annual report. Annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with (or furnished to) the SEC are available on our website free of charge, soon after such material is filed or furnished. In this same location, CST also posts its corporate governance guidelines, code of ethics and business conduct and the charters of the committees of the Board of Directors. These documents are available in print to any stockholder that makes a written request to CST Brands, Inc. Attn: Corporate Secretary, 19500 Bulverde Road, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas 78259.
CrossAmerica’s internet website is www.crossamericapartners.com. Information on this website is not part of this annual report. Annual reports on CrossAmerica’s Form 10-K, quarterly reports on its Form 10-Q and its current reports on Form 8-K filed with (or furnished to) the SEC are available on this website free of charge, soon after such material is filed or furnished. In this same location, CrossAmerica also posts its corporate governance guidelines, code of ethics and business conduct and the charters of the committees of the GP Board. These documents are available in print to any unitholder that makes a written request to CrossAmerica Partners L.P. Attn: Corporate Secretary, 515 Hamilton Street, Suite 200, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101.
Operations
With 2016 revenues of $11.1 billion, we are one of the largest independent retail and wholesale distributors of motor fuel, convenience merchandise and services in North America. Our operations include retail sites and dedicated wholesale motor fuel

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supply businesses in the U.S. and Canada that sell motor fuel primarily to our retail sites. Subsequent to the GP Purchase, we control the operations of CrossAmerica, which is primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of motor fuel and the ownership and leasing of real estate used in the retail distribution of motor fuel.
We believe CST and CrossAmerica have a strong combined footprint with over 3,200 retail sites throughout 30 states in the U.S. and six provinces in eastern Canada. Our Corner Store and Corner Store Market convenience store brands in the U.S. Retail segment sell primarily Valero branded motor fuel brand and signature products such as Fresh Choices baked goods and Corner Store branded packaged goods. In Canada, we are the exclusive provider of Ultramar motor fuel also primarily purchased from Valero. Our Dépanneur du Coin convenience store brand (in Québec) and Corner Store convenience store brand (in English speaking provinces), sell signature Transit Café coffee and pastries and Corner Store branded packaged goods. CrossAmerica distributes motor fuel at approximately 1,200 retail sites located in 29 states.
CST’s retail sites in the U.S. and Canada sold approximately 2.1 billion and 1.0 billion gallons of branded and unbranded motor fuel, respectively, directly to the public during 2016. Our CrossAmerica segment distributed approximately 1.0 billion gallons during 2016.
We maintain wholesale motor fuel supply businesses in our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments, which purchase motor fuel under long-term supply contracts, primarily from Valero. These businesses primarily sell motor fuel to our retail sites, where it is sold primarily under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock and Ultramar brands. CrossAmerica also sells motor fuel to a limited number of retail sites in our U.S. Retail segment. CrossAmerica purchases branded and unbranded motor fuel from major integrated oil companies, refiners and unbranded motor fuel suppliers, which provide diversity to our overall motor fuel supply.
Our business strategy is focused on the following key initiatives:
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growing organically through the construction of NTIs;
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We intend to build a substantial number of NTIs over the next five years as part of our organic growth plan.
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To help fund the NTI organic growth program, we expect to leverage our “sponsored MLP” relationship with CrossAmerica, whereby certain CST assets, such as its U.S. Retail wholesale motor fuel supply business, can be sold to CrossAmerica for cash and/or limited partner equity consideration when favorable market conditions exist and pending approval by the GP Board independent conflicts committee and the approval of the executive committee of the Board of Directors and mutual agreement upon terms and other conditions. The Merger Agreement prohibits, among other things, CST from selling its tangible and intangible properties or assets to CrossAmerica between August 21, 2016 and completion of the Merger. As such, there can be no assurance we will be able to sell equity interests in CST Fuel Supply in the future.
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growing our business in existing and new geographic locations through third party acquisitions;
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We have completed $784 million of combined acquisition growth with CrossAmerica since the GP Purchase.
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In addition, the closing of the Flash Foods transaction represents CST’s largest acquisition to date and provides us with access to new markets while growing our business in Georgia and Florida.
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developing and expanding our wholesale fuel distribution business;
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improving our convenience store profits by developing our convenience store brands in order to grow the number of customers in our stores and maximizing our merchandise gross profit margin.



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Our Ownership Structure of CrossAmerica
The following condensed and summarized organization chart depicts the ownership structure between CST and CrossAmerica. This chart is not meant to be a complete depiction of the legal structure of CST’s entities. Ownership interests are as of December 31, 2016.
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Sale of CST Fuel Supply Equity Interests
In January 2015 and July 2015, we closed on the sale of a 5% and 12.5%, respectively, limited partner equity interest in CST Fuel Supply to CrossAmerica in exchange for aggregate consideration of $171 million, including 4.8 million common units of CrossAmerica and cash in the amount of $18 million. As of February 24, 2017, CrossAmerica’s total equity interest in CST Fuel Supply is 17.5%.
Sale and Lease Back of NTIs
In July 2015, we completed the contribution and sale of 29 NTIs to CrossAmerica in exchange for an aggregate consideration of $134 million on the date of closing, including 0.3 million common units of CrossAmerica and cash in the amount of $124 million. CrossAmerica leased the real property associated with the NTIs back to us and we continue to operate the sites pursuant to a triple net lease at a lease rate of 7.5%, per annum, of the fair value of the property at lease inception.
U.S. Retail Segment
Our U.S. Retail segment operations are substantially a company-owned and operated convenience store business. We generate profit on motor fuel sales, food sales and sales of convenience merchandise and services (car wash, lottery, money orders, air/water/vacuum services, video and game rentals, and access to ATMs). Our retail sites are operated by CST employees.

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The following chart depicts how motor fuel and convenience merchandise items are procured and distributed to our retail sites:
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Wholesale Fuel Business
Within the U.S. Retail segment, we have a wholesale fuel business created principally to supply our company owned and operated retail sites. Our U.S. Retail segment sold 2.1 billion, 1.9 billion and 1.9 billion gallons of motor fuel (purchased primarily from Valero) during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We are the general partner of CST Fuel Supply and control it. CST Fuel Supply owns 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in CST Marketing and Supply LLC, which is a party to the Valero Fuel Supply Agreements. CST Marketing and Supply LLC purchased over 99% of its motor fuel from Valero in 2016. As of February 24, 2017, CrossAmerica owns 17.5% of CST Fuel Supply.
Our retail sites purchase substantially all of their motor fuel from CST Fuel Supply at a price reflecting product delivered cost plus a profit margin of approximately $0.05 per gallon. Our retail sites will purchase, for at least 8 years, no less than 1.57 billion gallons annually of branded and unbranded motor fuel from CST Fuel Supply. Motor fuel is purchased as needed to replenish supply at our retail sites. In addition to Valero branded motor fuel, CST Fuel Supply also supplies Phillips 66 branded motor fuel to six of our retail sites and Exxon branded motor fuel to one of our retail sites. CST Fuel Supply provides unbranded motor fuel to seven of our retail sites.
CrossAmerica supplies motor fuel to certain of our retail sites in New York state acquired in the Nice N Easy acquisition and 22 of our retail sites in San Antonio under the Shell brand acquired in the Landmark acquisition.
Company Operated Retail Sites
As of December 31, 2016, our company operated retail sites consisted of 1,167 retail sites, of which 880 were owned sites and 287 were leased sites. Our convenience store buildings average approximately 2,900 square feet and carry a broad selection of food, beverages, snacks, grocery and non-food merchandise. In 2016, CST took a strategic approach to executing many new marketing initiatives as well as building on existing successful programs to differentiate the Corner Store brand. With the growth of our large store format NTI program, we introduced an expanded fresh food offering (fresh pizza, salads, wraps and sandwiches)

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to 10 new builds in the U.S. and 5 in Canada in 2016. We also widened our private label packaged food offering in both the U.S. and Canadian networks and updated the entire line of products with fresh and relevant brand packaging. At the end of 2015, we piloted the new Corner Store brand image and operational value proposition in a group of legacy stores in a micro market in South San Antonio. Each of these marketing efforts is aimed at increasing top line revenues, expanding margins, and providing a long term growth opportunity for the Company. We continue to offer automated car wash services at 257 of our retail sites and also have QSRs at 60 of our retail sites.
We have an agreement with Core-Mark, which is a leading grocery and merchandise wholesale distributor, to provide us with merchandising expertise, purchasing power and efficient distribution services in our U.S. Retail segment. We own a 426,000 square-foot distribution center in San Antonio, Texas, of which we use 249,000 square feet and lease the remainder, that supplies 636 of our retail sites in Texas, provides us with improved inventory management, allows us to handle a greater product variety, and supports the development and growth of our private label packaged goods and fresh food programs. Core-Mark operates our distribution center on our behalf under a management agreement and we own the distribution center’s inventory. We also pay Core-Mark a license fee for use of proprietary software used in operating the center.
We own a 90,000 square-foot distribution center in Alma, Georgia, that supplies 167 Flash Foods retail sites, provides us with improved inventory management, allows us to handle a greater product variety, and supports the development and growth of our private label merchandise offerings. Our employees manage and operate the distribution center and we own the distribution center’s inventory. In addition, we own proprietary software used in operating the center.

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Canadian Retail Segment
Our Canadian Retail segment includes company operated retail sites, commission sites, cardlocks and business and home energy operations located in Canada. Our Canadian Retail segment sold 1.0 billion gallons of Ultramar branded motor fuel (purchased primarily from Valero) during each of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Most of our retail sites are located in metropolitan areas where there are high concentrations of consumers and daily commuters. Of these retail sites, 304 are owned and 580 are leased under leases that generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from five to ten years.
The following chart depicts how motor fuel and convenience merchandise items are procured and distributed to our retail sites:
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Wholesale Fuel Business
Within our Canadian Retail segment, we have a wholesale fuel business that purchases substantially all of our motor fuel from Valero at “per-terminal,” market-based prices. Our wholesale motor fuel business in Canada purchased approximately 93.5% of its fuel from Valero in 2016. In addition to Valero, we purchase motor fuel from other suppliers including Shell and Imperial Oil. Motor fuel is purchased as needed to replenish supply at our retail locations. The cost of motor fuel purchased and used by the downstream operators of the segment does not include a mark-up because 100% of the purchased motor fuel is sold to wholly owned and controlled related entities.

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Company Operated Retail Sites
As of December 31, 2016, our Canadian company operated retail sites consisted of 314 retail sites, of which 193 were owned sites and 121 were leased sites. In this network, we retain the gross profits on motor fuel sales, food sales and merchandise sales and services, and the retail sites are operated by Company employees. Our Company owned and operated convenience store buildings average approximately 2,100 square feet.
Our Canadian retail operation sells primarily Ultramar-branded motor fuel, food and convenience merchandise items and other services through retail sites operated predominantly under the Corner Store brand (in English speaking provinces) and Dépanneur du Coin brand (in Québec). We operate in six provinces in eastern Canada, with a significant concentration in Québec.
Our retail sites carry a broad selection of immediately consumable and take-home items, including beverages, tobacco products, snacks, freshly prepared and pre-packaged foods (including sandwiches, salads, pastries and coffee), motor oils and automotive products and general convenience merchandise items. At some of our retail sites, we offer a variety of additional products and services, such as car wash, lottery, air/water/vacuum services for motor vehicles and access to ATMs. We offer automated car wash services at 95 of our retail sites. We have QSRs at 50 of our retail sites.
For grocery supply, we have an agreement with Sobeys, which is a leading grocery wholesale distributor in eastern Canada. Sobeys provides our Canadian Retail segment with merchandising expertise, purchasing power and efficient distribution services.
Commission Sites
As of December 31, 2016, we had 498 commission sites. At these locations, we own and control the retail motor fuel activity at the site and we retain the gross profits on motor fuel sales. The convenience store operations at commission sites are owned by third parties. We pay these operators a “commission” based on gallons sold to compensate the operator for their motor fuel selling costs. Our commission sites consist of the following:
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413 dealers, where each retail site is typically owned and operated by an independent dealer, and
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85 agents, where each retail site is generally owned by us but leased and operated by an independent agent.
Cardlock
As of December 31, 2016, we had 72 cardlock sites. Cardlocks are unattended self-service fueling stations that provide motor fuel to fleet customers, such as trucking and other commercial customers. Generally, we own or lease the site and we retain the gross profit on motor fuel sales at these retail sites.
Business and Home Energy
We supply heating oil to residential customers and heating oil and motor fuel to commercial customers under the Ultramar and Esso brands. Operating revenues from these sales were less than 5% of consolidated operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. These operations are immaterial to our overall results; therefore, they are included within the Canadian Retail segment.
CrossAmerica Segment
As a result of the GP Purchase, we control CrossAmerica’s General Partner and have the right to appoint all members of the GP Board. CrossAmerica is managed and operated by the GP Board and executive officers appointed by the General Partner. Therefore, we control the operations and activities of CrossAmerica even though we do not own a majority of CrossAmerica’s outstanding limited partner units. Under U.S. GAAP, per the guidance in ASC 805–Consolidation, we consolidate the financial results of CrossAmerica with our financial results.
CrossAmerica’s primary business objective is to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to make quarterly cash distributions to its unitholders and, over time, to increase its quarterly cash distributions. The amount of any distribution however, is subject to the discretion of the GP Board, and the GP Board may modify or revoke the cash distribution policy at any time. CrossAmerica’s partnership agreement does not require it to pay any distributions.
CrossAmerica generates cash flows primarily from the wholesale distribution of motor fuel. Gross profits are generated primarily by a per gallon mark-up that is either fixed or variable per gallon, depending on the contract terms. A component of CrossAmerica’s motor fuel gross profit is the discount for prompt payment and other rebates and incentives offered by its suppliers. Prompt payment discounts from suppliers are based on a percentage of the purchase price of motor fuel and the dollar value of the discounts varies with motor fuel prices. CrossAmerica distributes motor fuel to lessee dealers, independent dealers, DMS, CST’s U.S. Retail Segment and sub-wholesalers, as well as its retail commission sites and company operated retail sites. CrossAmerica distributes

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branded motor fuel under the Exxon, Mobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, Sunoco, Valero, Gulf, Citgo, Marathon and Phillips 66 brands to its customers. Branded motor fuels are purchased from major integrated oil companies and refiners under supply agreements. CrossAmerica receives a fixed mark-up per gallon with its dealer customers on approximately 87% of its gallons sold (based on 2016 volumes) while receiving a variable mark-up on remaining gallons sold. CrossAmerica receives a variable rate mark-up per gallon on the remaining gallons sold.
CrossAmerica owns and leases real and personal property that it leases or subleases to related parties and third parties to generate cash flows (collectively “real estate activities”). CrossAmerica also generates revenues from the retail sale of motor fuel and the operation of retail sites.
The following chart depicts how motor fuel is procured and distributed to CrossAmerica’s customer groups and how convenience merchandise items are procured and distributed to its company owned and operated retail sites. The chart also depicts the relationship of CrossAmerica’s real estate business to its retail sites.
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For the year ended December 31, 2016, our CrossAmerica segment distributed motor fuel through the following customer groups:
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Independent dealers—CrossAmerica contracts to exclusively distribute motor fuel to the dealer. The dealer owns the property, all motor fuel and convenience store inventory.
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DMS—sites owned or leased by CrossAmerica and operated by DMS, where CrossAmerica owns or leases the property and then leases or subleases the site to DMS. CrossAmerica collects rent income from DMS and DMS owns all motor fuel and convenience store inventory and owns retail motor fuel profits and convenience store profits.
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Lessee dealers—sites owned or leased by CrossAmerica and operated by lessee dealers, where CrossAmerica owns or leases the property and then leases or subleases the site to a dealer. The dealer owns all motor fuel and convenience store items and retains retail motor fuel profits and convenience store profits.
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Commission sites—sites owned or leased by CrossAmerica and operated by commission agents, where CrossAmerica owns or leases the site to the commission agent, who pays rent to CrossAmerica and operates all the non-fuel related operations at the sites for its own account. CrossAmerica owns the motor fuel inventory at the sites and generates revenue from the retail sale of motor fuel to the end customer. CrossAmerica pays the commission agent a commission for each gallon of motor fuel sold at the site.
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Company operated retail sites—convenience stores owned or leased and operated by CrossAmerica.

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CST’s U.S. Retail Segment (Nice N Easy and Landmark)—43 sites operated by CST, all of which are owned by CrossAmerica.
CrossAmerica also generates revenues through leasing or subleasing real estate (real estate activities). CrossAmerica owns or leases real and personal property and it leases or subleases to tenants, the substantial majority of which are wholesale customers as described above. Approximately 57% of the sites to which CrossAmerica distributes motor fuel are owned or leased by CrossAmerica. In addition, CrossAmerica has agreements requiring the operators of these sites to purchase motor fuel from CrossAmerica.
Market and Industry Trends
We operate within the large and growing convenience store industry, which is highly fragmented. We believe we benefit from several key market and industry trends and characteristics, including:
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“small box” retailers, such as convenience stores, meet consumers’ demand for speed and convenience in daily shopping needs;
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continuing shift of consumer food and general merchandise purchases away from traditional supermarkets and QSRs to convenience stores, hypermarkets and drug stores;
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changing consumer demographics and eating patterns resulting in more food consumed away from home;
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highly fragmented nature of the industry providing larger chain operators with significant scale advantage; and
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continued opportunities to compete more effectively and grow through acquisitions as a result of continued industry consolidation.
Supplier Arrangements
Merchandise Supply
We have strong relationships with merchandise suppliers resulting from our high volume purchases, allowing us to negotiate preferred prices. Through our distribution center and private label products, we believe we have a strategic advantage over our peers in terms of product knowledge and pricing.
Motor Fuel Supply
Under the Valero Fuel Supply Agreements and the Petroleum Product Supply Agreement in Canada, we purchase a substantial portion of our motor fuel from Valero at “per-terminal,” market based prices.
CrossAmerica purchases branded and unbranded motor fuel from major integrated oil companies, refiners and unbranded fuel suppliers.
We take legal title to the motor fuel when we receive it at the rack and generally arrange for a third-party transportation provider to take delivery of the motor fuel at the rack and deliver it to the appropriate retail sites in our network.
Competition
The convenience store industry is highly competitive and marked by ease of entry and constant change in the number and type of retailers offering products and services of the type we sell in our retail sites. We compete with other convenience store chains, independently owned retail sites, motor fuel stations, supermarkets, drugstores, discount stores, dollar stores, club stores and hypermarkets. Over the past ten years, several non-traditional retailers, such as dollar stores, supermarkets, club stores and hypermarkets, have impacted the convenience store industry, particularly in the geographic areas in which we operate, by entering the motor fuel retail business. These non-traditional motor fuel retailers have captured a significant share of the retail motor fuel market, and we expect their market share will continue to grow. In addition, some retailers in other channels are adjusting their store layouts and product prices in an attempt to appeal to convenience store customers. Major competitive factors include, among others, location, ease of access, product and service selection, motor fuel brands, pricing, customer service, store appearance, cleanliness and perception of safety.
CrossAmerica’s wholesale motor fuel distribution business competes with other motor fuel distributors, which is also highly competitive. CrossAmerica may encounter more significant competition if major integrated oil companies alter their current business strategies and decide to re-enter the wholesale motor fuel distribution business, thereby reducing and/or eliminating their need to rely on wholesale motor fuel distributors. In addition, independent dealers or sub-wholesalers may choose to purchase

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their motor fuel supplies directly from the major integrated oil companies in certain geographic regions. Major competitive factors for CrossAmerica include, among others, customer service, price and quality of service.
Seasonality
Our business exhibits substantial seasonality due to the concentration of our retail sites in certain geographic areas, as well as changes in consumer behaviors during different seasons. In general, sales volumes and operating income are highest in the second and third quarters during the summer activity months and lowest during the winter months.
Trade Names, Service Marks and Trademarks
Our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments sell motor fuel primarily under the Valero and Diamond Shamrock brands in the U.S. and primarily under the Ultramar brand in Canada, all of which are trademarks owned by Valero. The Valero Fuel Supply Agreements contain customary language granting us the right of non-exclusive use of the Valero-owned trademarks throughout the terms of those agreements. The fuel supply agreements in Canada provide for exclusive use of the Ultramar trademarks.
The Corner Store trademark and a number of other registered trademarks and service marks used in this annual report are the sole property of CST or its subsidiaries. Each trademark, trade name or service mark of any other company appearing in this Form 10-K is owned by such company.
CrossAmerica is a wholesale distributor of motor fuel for various major integrated energy companies and is licensed to resell/market motor fuel under their respective motor fuel brands.
We are not aware of any facts that would negatively affect our continuing use of any trademarks, trade names or service marks.
Environmental Laws and Regulations
We are subject to extensive federal, provincial, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to USTs, the release or discharge of materials into the air, water and soil, waste management, pollution prevention measures, the generation, storage, handling, use, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials, the exposure of persons to hazardous materials, greenhouse gas emissions, and characteristics, composition, storage and sale of motor fuel and the health and safety of our employees. We incorporate by reference into this section our disclosures included in Note 2 under the captions “Environmental Matters” and “Asset Retirement Obligations” and Note 11 under the caption “Asset Retirement Obligations” of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.
Employees
As of December 31, 2016, we employed 10,700 persons in our U.S. Retail segment, of which approximately 62% were full-time employees. Approximately 93% of our U.S. employees work in our retail sites and 7% work in our corporate or field offices.
As of December 31, 2016, we employed 3,711 persons in our Canadian Retail segment, of which approximately 60% were full-time employees. Approximately 85% of our Canadian employees work in our retail sites and 15% work in our corporate or field offices.
The General Partner manages the operations and activities of CrossAmerica. Pursuant to the Amended Omnibus Agreement, employees of CST provide management services to CrossAmerica. As of December 31, 2016, pursuant to the Amended Omnibus Agreement, 87 employees of CST provide management services to CrossAmerica.
As of December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica employed 744 persons who provide services to its retail operations.



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RISK FACTORS
If any of the following risks were to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment. Also, please read “Cautionary Statement For the Purpose of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995” included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Risks Relating to Our Pending Merger Agreement
Risks associated with the pending Merger may adversely affect our business, financial performance and stock price. Potential risks and uncertainties related to the Merger include, among others:
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the inability to consummate the Merger in a timely manner or at all, including due to the inability to obtain or delays in obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals, or satisfaction of other conditions to the closing of the Merger;
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the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement;
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potential adverse effects on our vendor and customer relationships, operating results and business generally resulting from the announcement and pendency of the Merger;
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risks related to our ability to retain or recruit key talent as a result of the Merger;
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costs, fees, expenses and charges related to or triggered by the Merger;
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the initiation or outcome of any legal proceedings or regulatory proceedings that have or may be instituted against us relating to the Merger;
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limitations on the operation and management of the business due to the interim operating covenants in the Merger Agreement including the payment of dividends and issuance or repurchases of common stock (other than for equity plans of the Company); and
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other risks detailed in our Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on October 11, 2016.
Failure to comply with the covenants and agreements in the Merger Agreement may adversely affect our business, financial performance and stock price. The Merger Agreement contains covenants and agreements, including, among others:
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conduct of the business pending the Merger;
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access to our facilities;
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no solicitation of alternative proposals;
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financing of the Merger;
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employee matters;
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efforts to complete the Merger;
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indemnification and insurance;
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coordination on litigation; and
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public announcements relating to the Merger.
Risks Relating to Our Industry and Our Business
Volatility in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel costs, seasonality in those costs and seasonality in motor fuel sales volumes and merchandise sales affect our operating results and cash flows.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, motor fuel revenue accounted for 77% of total revenues and motor fuel gross profit accounted for 43% of total gross profit. The retail sales prices for our motor fuel are substantially impacted by the price we pay for wholesale motor fuel. Wholesale motor fuel costs are directly related to the price of crude oil and are volatile. General political conditions, acts of war or terrorism, instability in oil producing regions, particularly in the Middle East and South America, and the value of U.S. or Canadian dollars relative to other foreign currencies, particularly those of oil producing nations, could significantly affect crude oil prices and, consequently, wholesale motor fuel costs. In addition, the supply of motor fuel and our wholesale purchase costs could be adversely affected in the event of a shortage, which could result from, among other things, interruptions of fuel production at oil refineries, sustained increase or decrease in global demand or the fact that our motor fuel contracts do not guarantee an uninterrupted, unlimited supply of motor fuel.

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Significant increases and volatility in wholesale motor fuel costs could result in an increase in the retail price of motor fuel. Increases in the retail price of motor fuel could impact consumer demand for motor fuel and convenience merchandise. Dramatic increases in oil prices reduce retail motor fuel gross profits, because wholesale motor fuel costs typically increase faster than retailers are able to pass them along to customers. Correspondingly, significant decreases in oil prices and the corresponding decreases in wholesale motor fuel sales prices can result in higher fuel margins. As the market prices of crude oil, and, correspondingly, the market prices of wholesale motor fuel, experience significant and rapid fluctuations, we attempt to pass along wholesale motor fuel price changes to our customers through retail price changes; however, we are not always able to do so immediately. The timing of any related increase or decrease in sales prices is affected by competitive conditions in each geographic market in which we operate. As such, our revenues and gross profit for motor fuel can increase or decrease significantly and rapidly over short periods of time. The volatility in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel costs and sales prices makes it extremely difficult to forecast future motor fuel gross profits or predict the effect that future wholesale costs and sales price fluctuations will have on our operating results and financial condition.
Please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview—The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit” and “—Results of Operations.”
Furthermore, oil prices, wholesale motor fuel costs, motor fuel sales volumes, motor fuel gross profits and merchandise sales can be subject to seasonal fluctuations. For example, consumer demand for motor fuel typically increases during the summer driving season and typically falls during the winter months. Travel, recreation and construction are typically higher in these months in the geographic areas in which we operate, increasing the demand for motor fuel and merchandise that we sell. Therefore, our motor fuel volumes are typically higher in the second and third quarters of our fiscal year. A significant change in any of these factors, including a significant decrease in consumer demand (other than typical seasonal variations), could materially affect our motor fuel and merchandise volumes, motor fuel gross profit and overall customer traffic, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The convenience store industry is highly competitive, and new entrants or increased competition could result in reduced gross profits.
The convenience store industry in the geographic areas in which we operate is highly competitive and marked by ease of entry and constant change in the number and type of retailers offering the products and services found at our retail sites. We compete with numerous other convenience store chains, independent convenience stores, supermarkets, drugstores, discount warehouse clubs, motor fuel service stations, mass merchants, fast food operations and other similar retail outlets. In recent years, several non-traditional retailers, including supermarkets and club stores, have begun to compete directly with convenience stores, particularly in the sale of motor fuel. These non-traditional motor fuel retailers have obtained a significant share of the motor fuel market, and their market share is expected to grow, and these retailers may use promotional pricing or discounts, both at the fuel pump and in the store, to encourage in-store merchandise sales and motor fuel sales. Some of our competitors have been in existence longer than us and have greater financial, marketing and other resources than we do. Some of our competitors operate under a different business model than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond better to changes in the economy and new opportunities within the industry.
Changes in credit or debit card expenses could reduce our gross profit, especially on motor fuel.
A significant portion of our sales involve payment using credit or debit cards. We are assessed fees as a percentage of transaction amounts and not as a fixed dollar amount or percentage of our gross profits. Higher motor fuel prices result in higher credit and debit card expenses, and an increase in credit or debit card use or an increase in fees would have a similar effect. Therefore, credit and debit card fees charged on motor fuel purchases are more expensive as a result of higher motor fuel prices. Such fees may cause even lower gross profits. Lower gross profits on motor fuel sales caused by higher fees may decrease our overall gross profit and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
General economic conditions that are largely out of our control may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Recessionary economic conditions, higher interest rates, higher motor fuel and other energy costs, inflation, increases in commodity prices, higher levels of unemployment, higher consumer debt levels, higher tax rates and other changes in tax laws or other economic factors may affect consumer spending or buying habits, and could adversely affect the demand for products we sell at our retail sites. Unfavorable economic conditions, higher motor fuel prices and unemployment levels can affect consumer confidence, spending patterns and miles driven, with many customers “trading down” to lower priced products in certain categories when unfavorable conditions exist. These factors can lead to sales declines in both motor fuel and general merchandise, and in turn have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Changes in our consumer behavior and travel as a result of changing economic conditions, labor strikes or otherwise could affect our business.
In the convenience store industry, customer traffic is generally driven by consumer preferences and spending trends, growth rates for commercial truck traffic and trends in travel and weather. Changes in economic conditions generally, or in the regions in which we operate, could adversely affect consumer spending patterns and travel in our markets. In particular, weakening economic conditions may result in decreases in miles driven and discretionary consumer spending and travel, which affect spending on motor fuel and convenience items. In addition, changes in the types of products and services demanded by consumers or labor strikes in the construction industry or other industries that employ customers who visit our stores, may adversely affect our sales and gross profit. Additionally, negative publicity or perception surrounding motor fuel suppliers could adversely affect their reputation and brand image, which may negatively affect our motor fuel sales and gross profit. Similarly, advanced technology and increased use of “green” automobiles (e.g., those automobiles that do not use petroleum-based motor fuel or that are powered by hybrid engines) would reduce demand for motor fuel. Our success depends on our ability to anticipate and respond in a timely manner to changing consumer demands and preferences while continuing to sell products and services that remain relevant to the consumer and thus will positively impact overall gross profit.
Legal, technological, political and scientific developments regarding climate change and fuel efficiency may decrease demand for motor fuel.
Developments aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions’ contribution to climate change may decrease the demand or increase the cost for our major product, petroleum-based motor fuel. Attitudes toward this product and its relationship to the environment may significantly affect our effectiveness in marketing our product and sales. Government efforts to steer the public toward non-petroleum-based fuel dependent modes of transportation may foster a negative perception toward motor fuel or increase costs for our product, thus affecting the public’s attitude toward our major product. New technologies that increase fuel efficiency or offer alternative vehicle power sources or laws or regulations to increase fuel efficiency, reduce consumption or offer alternative vehicle power sources may result in decreased demand for petroleum-based motor fuel. We may also incur increased costs for our product which we may not be able to pass along to our customers. These developments could potentially have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Future tobacco legislation, campaigns to discourage smoking, increased use of tobacco alternatives, increases in tobacco taxes and wholesale cost increases of tobacco products could have a material adverse impact on our operating revenues and gross profit.
Sales of tobacco products have historically accounted for a significant portion of our total sales of convenience store merchandise. Increases in wholesale cigarette costs and tax increases on tobacco products, as well as future legislation, national and local campaigns to discourage smoking in the U.S. and Canada, and increased use of tobacco alternatives such as electronic cigarettes, may have an adverse effect on the demand for tobacco products, and therefore reduce our revenues and profits. Competitive pressures in our markets can make it difficult to pass price increases on to our customers. These factors could materially and adversely affect our retail price of cigarettes, cigarette unit volume and sales, merchandise gross profit and overall customer traffic. Reduced sales of tobacco products or smaller gross profits on the sales we make could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Currently, major cigarette manufacturers offer substantial rebates to retailers. We include these rebates as a component of our gross profit. In the event these rebates are no longer offered, or decreased, our profit from cigarette sales will decrease accordingly. In addition, reduced retail display allowances on cigarettes offered by cigarette manufacturers negatively affect gross profits. These factors could materially affect our retail price of cigarettes, cigarette unit volume and revenues, merchandise gross profit and overall customer traffic, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to extensive government laws and regulations, and the cost of compliance with such laws and regulations can be material.
Our business and properties are subject to extensive local, state, provincial and federal governmental laws and regulations relating to, among other things, environmental conditions, the sale of alcohol, tobacco and money orders, employment conditions, including minimum wage requirements, and public accessibility requirements. The cost of compliance with these laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. In addition, failure to comply with local, state, provincial and federal laws and regulations to which our operations are subject may result in penalties and costs that could adversely affect our business and our operating results.
In certain areas where our retail sites are located, provincial, state or local laws limit the retail sites’ hours of operation or restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, possible inhalants and lottery tickets, in particular to minors. Moreover, in

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some markets, we are subject to price regulation on products such as gasoline, heating oil, milk, beer and wine. Failure to comply with these laws could adversely affect our revenues and results of operations because these provincial, state and local regulatory agencies have the power to revoke, suspend or deny applications for, and renewals of, permits and licenses relating to the sale of these products or to seek other remedies, such as the imposition of fines or other penalties. Moreover, these laws may impact our sales volumes in general, as customers who purchase certain products such as alcoholic beverages typically buy other products when they shop. Laws that curtail the consumer’s ability to buy certain products at our retail sites may curtail consumer demand for other products that we sell.
Regulations related to wages also affect our business. In addition, if a portion of our workforce were to create or become part of a labor union, we could be forced to increase our compensation levels in order to avoid work disruptions or stoppages. Any appreciable increase in the statutory minimum wage, unionization or changes in qualified/non-qualified criteria of our workforce could result in an increase in our labor costs and such cost increase, or the penalties for failing to comply with such statutory minimums, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Further, U.S. health care reform legislation requires us to provide additional health insurance benefits to our employees, or health insurance coverage to additional employees, and has increased our costs.
Any changes in the laws or regulations described above that are adverse to us, our operations, or our properties could affect our operating and financial performance. In addition, new regulations are proposed from time to time which, if adopted, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.
We are subject to extensive federal, provincial, state and local environmental laws.
Our operations are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to emissions to the air, discharges into water, releases of hazardous and toxic substances and remediation of contaminated sites. Under various federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations, we may, as the owner or operator, be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of contamination at our current locations or our former locations, whether or not we knew of, or were responsible for, the presence of such contamination. In particular, as an owner and operator of motor fueling stations, we face risks relating to petroleum product contamination that other convenience store operators not engaged in such activities would not face. The remediation costs and other costs required to clean up or treat contaminated sites could be substantial. Contamination on and from our current or former locations may subject us to liability to third parties or governmental authorities for injuries to persons, property or natural resources and may adversely affect our ability to sell or rent our properties or to borrow money using such properties as collateral.
In the U.S., persons who dispose of or arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances at third party sites may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at these disposal sites although such sites are not owned by such persons. Our current and historic operation of many locations and the disposal of contaminated soil and groundwater wastes generated during cleanups of contamination at such locations could expose us to such liability.
We are subject to extensive environmental laws and regulations regulating USTs and vapor recovery systems. Compliance with existing and future environmental laws regulating such tanks and systems may require significant expenditures. In the U.S., we pay fees to state “leaking UST” trust funds in states where they exist. These state trust funds are expected to pay or reimburse us for remediation expenses related to contamination associated with USTs subject to their jurisdiction. Such payments are always subject to a deductible paid by us, specified per incident caps and specified maximum annual payments, which vary among the funds. Additionally, such funds may have eligibility requirements that not all of our sites will meet. To the extent state funds or other responsible parties do not pay or delay payments for remediation, we will be obligated to make these payments, which could materially, adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. We can make no assurance that these funds or responsible third parties are or will continue to remain viable. See Note 14 of the notes to consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K under the caption “Litigation Matters” for a discussion of certain allegations made against us related to the remediation activities of USTs.
Motor fuel operations present risks of soil and groundwater contamination. In the future, we may incur substantial expenditures for remediation of contamination that has not been discovered at existing locations or locations that we may acquire. We regularly monitor our facilities for environmental contamination and record liabilities on our financial statements to cover potential environmental remediation and compliance costs when probable to occur and reasonably estimable. However, we can make no assurance that the liabilities we have recorded are the only environmental liabilities relating to our current and former locations, that material environmental conditions not known to us do not exist, that future laws or regulations will not impose material environmental liability on us or that our actual environmental liabilities will not exceed our reserves. In addition, failure to comply with any environmental regulations or an increase in regulations could materially and adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

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Severe or unfavorable weather conditions in the regions in which we operate could adversely affect our business.
Our retail sites are located in regions throughout the U.S. and Canada, with a concentration of company operated retail sites in Texas and Quebec. Certain regions are susceptible to certain severe weather events, such as hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, snowstorms, tornadoes and extreme heat and cold. Inclement weather conditions could damage our facilities, our suppliers or could have a significant impact on consumer behavior, travel and convenience store traffic patterns, as well as our ability to operate our retail sites. We could also be affected by regional occurrences, such as energy shortages or increases in energy prices, fires or other natural disasters. Besides these more obvious consequences of severe weather, our ability to insure these locations and the related cost of such insurance may also affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We could be adversely affected if we are not able to attract and retain a strong management team.
We are dependent on our ability to attract and retain a strong management team. If, for any reason, we are not able to attract and retain qualified senior personnel, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected. We also are dependent on our ability to recruit qualified convenience store and field managers. If we fail to attract and retain these individuals at reasonable compensation levels, our operating results may be adversely affected.
Our convenience store growth and improvement strategies require significant resources, which, if they are not completed successfully, may divert our resources from more productive uses and harm our financial results.
In order to meet our growth objectives, we will need to secure an adequate number of suitable new or expanded convenience store sites, many of which are in competitive locations in their local markets. We require that all proposed convenience store sites satisfy our criteria regarding cost and location. In addition, we may experience further increased competition for convenience store sites. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to find a sufficient number of suitable new convenience store sites for any planned expansion in any future period.
Additionally, our expectations regarding financial performance are based on our new retail sites opening on expected dates. It is possible that events such as construction delays caused by permitting or licensing issues, material shortages, labor issues, weather delays or other acts of God, discovery of contaminants or accidents could delay planned new convenience store openings beyond their expected dates or force us to abandon planned openings altogether.
We also expect to devote significant resources to development of NTIs and store improvement, which may include developing new stores and remodeling and/or re-branding certain stores and divesting of less productive stores. There can be no assurance that these initiatives will be successful or that they will represent the most productive use of our resources or that they will be completed on expected dates.
Valero is our principal supplier of motor fuel in our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments. A disruption in supply or a change in that relationship could have a material adverse effect on our business.
In connection with the Spin-off, we entered into long-term fuel supply agreements with Valero pursuant to which Valero supplies a substantial portion of our retail sites with motor fuel. As a result, we depend on Valero as a material supplier of our motor fuel. A change of motor fuel suppliers, a disruption in supply or a significant change in our relationship or payment terms with Valero could have a material adverse effect on our business, cost of sales, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Valero, at its sole discretion, can reduce or eliminate the payment terms.
CrossAmerica depends on three principal suppliers for the majority of its motor fuel. A disruption in supply or a change in CrossAmerica’s relationship with any one of them could have a material adverse effect on our business.
ExxonMobil, BP and Motiva (Shell) collectively supplied approximately 79% of CrossAmerica’s motor fuel purchases in 2016. CrossAmerica purchased approximately 30%, 25% and 24% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP and Motiva (Shell), respectively. A change of motor fuel suppliers, a disruption in supply or a significant change in pricing with any of these suppliers could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Pending or future litigation could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Litigation and publicity concerning motor fuel or food quality, health, cybersecurity and other issues could result in significant liabilities or litigation costs and cause consumers to avoid our retail sites.
Convenience store businesses can be adversely affected by litigation and complaints from customers or government agencies resulting from motor fuel or food quality, illness or other health or environmental concerns or operating issues stemming from one or more locations. Additionally, we may become a party to individual personal injury, off-specification motor fuel, products liability, employee claims, infringement, breach of contract and other legal actions in the ordinary course of our business and we are occasionally exposed to industry-wide or class-action claims arising from the products we carry or specific business practices.

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Adverse publicity about these allegations may negatively affect us, regardless of whether the allegations are true, by discouraging customers from purchasing motor fuel, merchandise or food at one or more of our retail sites. Additionally, if Valero experienced a major accident or event that resulted in adverse publicity for Valero, we could be similarly affected because Valero supplies substantially all of our motor fuel. We could also incur significant liabilities if a lawsuit or claim results in a decision against us. Even if we are successful in defending such litigation, our litigation costs could be significant, and the litigation may divert time and money away from our operations and adversely affect our performance. Our defense costs and any resulting damage awards may not be fully covered by our insurance policies. Please see Note 14 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
The dangers inherent in the storage and transport of motor fuel could cause disruptions and could expose us to potentially significant losses, costs or liabilities.
We store motor fuel in storage tanks at our retail sites. Additionally, we transport a portion of our motor fuel in our own trucks, instead of by third-party carriers. Our operations are subject to significant hazards and risks inherent in storing and transporting motor fuel. These hazards and risks include, but are not limited to, fires, explosions, traffic accidents, spills, discharges and other releases, any of which could result in distribution difficulties and disruptions, environmental pollution, governmentally imposed fines or cleanup obligations, personal injury or wrongful death claims and other damage to our properties and the properties of others. Any such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on transportation providers for the transportation of substantially all of our motor fuel. Thus, a change of providers or a significant change in our relationship with any of these providers could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Substantially all of the motor fuel we distribute is transported from motor fuel terminals to gas stations by third party carriers. A change of transportation providers, a disruption in service or a significant change in our relationship with any of these transportation carriers could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern the product quality specifications of the motor fuel that we distribute and sell.
Various federal, state and local agencies have the authority to prescribe specific product quality specifications to the sale of commodities. Changes in product quality specifications, such as reformulated fuels mandates, reduced sulfur content in refined petroleum products, or other more stringent requirements for fuels, could reduce our ability to procure product and our sales volume, require us to incur additional handling costs, and/or require the expenditure of capital. If we are unable to procure product or to recover these costs through increased sales, our ability to meet our financial obligations could be adversely affected. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in substantial penalties.
Our motor fuel sales in our CrossAmerica segment are generated under contracts that must be renegotiated or replaced periodically. If we are unable to successfully renegotiate or replace these contracts, then our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Our CrossAmerica segment’s motor fuel sales are generated under contracts that must be periodically renegotiated or replaced. As these contracts expire, they must be renegotiated or replaced. We may be unable to renegotiate or replace these contracts when they expire, and the terms of any renegotiated contracts may not be as favorable as the contracts they replace. Whether these contracts are successfully renegotiated or replaced is often times subject to factors beyond our control. Such factors include fluctuations in motor fuel prices, counterparty ability to pay for or accept the contracted volumes and a competitive marketplace for the services offered by us. If we cannot successfully renegotiate or replace our contracts or must renegotiate or replace them on less favorable terms, sales from these arrangements could decline and CrossAmerica’s ability to make distributions to its unitholders could be adversely affected.
We rely on our IT systems and network infrastructure to manage numerous aspects of our business, and a disruption of these systems could adversely affect our business.
We depend on our IT systems and network infrastructure to manage numerous aspects of our business and provide analytical information to management. These systems are an essential component of our business and growth strategies, and a serious disruption to them could significantly limit our ability to manage and operate our business efficiently. These systems are vulnerable to, among other things, damage and interruption from power loss or natural disasters, computer system and network failures, loss of telecommunications services, physical and electronic loss of data, security breaches and computer viruses, which could result in a loss of sensitive business information, systems interruption or the disruption of our business operations. To protect against unauthorized access or attacks, we have implemented infrastructure protection technologies and disaster recovery plans, but there can be no assurance that a technology systems breach or systems failure will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

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Our business and our reputation could be adversely affected by the failure to protect sensitive customer, employee or vendor data, whether as a result of cyber security attacks or otherwise, or to comply with applicable regulations relating to data security and privacy.
In the normal course of our business as a motor fuel and merchandise retailer, we obtain large amounts of personal data, including credit and debit card information from our customers. While we have invested significant amounts in the protection of our IT systems and maintain what we believe are adequate security controls over individually identifiable customer, employee and vendor data provided to us, a breakdown or a breach in our systems that results in the unauthorized release of individually identifiable customer or other sensitive data could nonetheless occur.
Cyber attacks are rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly sophisticated. A successful cyber attack resulting in the loss of sensitive customer, employee or vendor data could adversely affect our reputation, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and could result in litigation against us or the imposition of penalties. Moreover, a security breach could require that we expend significant additional resources to upgrade further the security measures that we employ to guard against cyber attacks.
We are subject to currency exchange risk.
A significant portion of our sales are made in Canada. In our consolidated financial statements, we translate the local currency financial results of our Canadian Retail segment into U.S. dollars based on average exchange rates prevailing during a reporting period. During times of a strengthening U.S. dollar, at a constant level of business, our reported Canadian revenues and earnings will be reduced because the local currency will translate into fewer U.S. dollars.
Substantially all of our indebtedness is denominated in U.S. dollars, while a significant portion of our revenue and cash flow is generated from our Canadian operations. To the extent that the cash flow generated from our U.S. operations is not sufficient to satisfy the ongoing payment obligations under our U.S. dollar-denominated debt, we will need to convert Canadian dollars into U.S. dollars in order to make the necessary payments and we may incur additional tax expense. Accordingly, a strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar could make it more difficult for us to repay our indebtedness.
Given the volatility of exchange rates, we may not be able to manage our currency risks effectively, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
We have comprehensive insurance coverage, but we may incur losses that are not covered by insurance or reserves in whole or in part, and such losses could adversely affect our results of operations and financial position.
We reserve for estimated general liability, workers’ compensation, employee work injury liabilities and property loss. Although, we carry comprehensive insurance policies to cover general liabilities, workers’ compensation liabilities, employee work injury liabilities, auto liability, property losses and directors’ and officers’ liabilities, a significant portion of risk is self-insured where the risk may not be insurable or cannot be insured at a reasonable cost. Some losses, such as those resulting from wars or acts of terrorism may not be insurable at any cost. Self-insured losses and uninsurable losses, if large enough, could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur, we could lose capital invested in that property, as well as the anticipated future revenues derived from the retailing activities conducted at that property, while remaining obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the property. Any such loss could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Uncertainty and illiquidity in credit and capital markets could impair our ability to obtain credit and financing on acceptable terms.
Our ability to obtain credit and capital depends in large measure on capital markets and liquidity factors that we do not control. Our ability to access credit and capital markets may be restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to access those markets, which could have an impact on our flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions. In addition, the cost and availability of debt and equity financing may be adversely affected by unstable or illiquid market conditions. Protracted uncertainty and illiquidity in these markets also could have an adverse impact on our lenders, causing them to fail to meet their obligations to us. Our access to credit and capital markets may be affected by the credit ratings assigned to our debt by independent credit rating agencies.
Compliance with and changes in tax laws could adversely affect our performance.
We are subject to extensive tax liabilities imposed by multiple jurisdictions, including income taxes, indirect taxes (excise/duty, sales/use and gross receipts taxes), payroll taxes, franchise taxes, withholding taxes and ad valorem taxes. New tax laws and regulations and changes in existing tax laws and regulations are continuously being enacted or proposed that could result in increased expenditures for tax liabilities in the future. Many of these liabilities are subject to periodic audits by the respective taxing authority. Subsequent changes to our tax liabilities as a result of these audits may subject us to interest and penalties.

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CST has substantial debt, which could have a negative impact on our financial position and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our debt agreements and notes.
CST has a significant amount of debt. As of December 31, 2016, we had $1.0 billion of total debt (excluding CrossAmerica debt) and $344 million of availability under the CST revolving credit facility. Our overall leverage and the terms of our financing arrangements could:
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limit our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions;
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations under our senior notes;
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limit our ability to refinance our indebtedness on terms acceptable to us or at all;
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limit our flexibility to plan for and to adjust to changing business and market conditions in the industry in which we operate, and increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make interest and principal payments on our debt, thereby limiting the availability of our cash flow to fund future investments, capital expenditures, working capital, business activities and other general corporate requirements;
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limit our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, for capital expenditures, to fund growth or for general corporate purposes, even when necessary to maintain adequate liquidity, particularly if any ratings assigned to our debt securities by rating organizations were revised downward;
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subject us to higher levels of indebtedness than some of our competitors, which may cause a competitive disadvantage and may reduce our flexibility in responding to increased competition; and
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limit our ability to make capital expenditures, including to develop NTIs.
 We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.
Our ability to make scheduled payments on, or to refinance, our debt obligations depends, in part, on our financial condition and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business, commodity risks and other factors beyond our control. We may not be able to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investment decisions and capital expenditures, or to sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The terms of existing or future debt instruments may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. In addition, any failure to make payments of interest and principal on our outstanding indebtedness on a timely basis would likely result in a reduction of our credit rating, which could harm our ability to incur additional indebtedness. In the absence of such operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations. The agreement relating to our senior credit facilities and the indenture governing our senior notes restrict our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from the disposition. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions or to obtain the proceeds that we could realize from them and these proceeds may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. If we breach our covenants under our senior credit facilities and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders. If this occurs, we would be in default under our senior credit facilities, and the lenders could exercise their rights and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.
Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.
Borrowings under CST’s senior secured revolving credit and term loan facilities and CrossAmerica’s credit facility bear interest at variable rates and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase and we are unable to effectively hedge our interest rate risk, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even if the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash available for servicing our indebtedness would decrease.

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We are a holding company. Substantially all of our business is conducted through our subsidiaries. Our ability to repay our debt and pay dividends depends on the performance of our subsidiaries and their ability to make distributions to us.
We are a holding company and conduct all of our operations through our subsidiaries. As a result, we rely on dividends, loans and other payments or distributions from our subsidiaries to meet our debt service obligations and enable us to pay interest and dividends. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments or distributions to us depends substantially on their respective operating results and is subject to restrictions under, among other things, the laws of their jurisdiction of organization (which may limit the amount of funds available for the payment of financing arrangements of our subsidiaries).
Covenants in the agreements governing CST’s senior secured revolving credit and term loan facilities restrict its ability to engage in certain activities, and also require it to meet financial maintenance tests, failure to comply with which could have a material adverse effect on us.
The indenture governing CST’s senior notes and the agreement governing its senior credit facilities restricts its ability to, among other things:
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incur, assume or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock;
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declare or pay dividends, redeem, repurchase or retire our capital stock or subordinated indebtedness or make other distributions to stockholders;
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make certain types of investments above certain levels;
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limit the amount of capital expenditures we may make in any calendar year;
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create liens or use assets as security in other transactions or grant negative pledges;
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enter into agreements that restrict dividends or other payments from our restricted subsidiaries to us;
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consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, transfer, lease or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to, another person (unless permitted under an exception as defined in the senior secured revolving credit facility or certain conditions exist as defined in the indenture governing the senior notes);
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enter into transactions with affiliates;
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designate unrestricted subsidiaries; and
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enter into new lines of business.
In addition, the agreement governing CST’s senior credit facilities contains various financial covenants that require it to maintain a maximum total lease adjusted leverage ratio of 3.50 : 1.00 and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.30 : 1.00. Such restrictions may limit its ability to successfully execute its business plans, which may have adverse consequences on our operations.
If CST is unable to comply with the restrictions and covenants in such agreements, or in future debt financing agreements, there could be a default under the terms of these agreements. CST’s ability to comply with these restrictions and covenants, including meeting financial ratios and tests, may be affected by events beyond our control. As a result, we cannot make any assurances that we will be able to comply with these restrictions and covenants or meet these tests. Any default under the agreements governing CST’s indebtedness, including a default under the agreement governing our senior credit facilities, that is not waived by the required lenders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could prevent us from paying principal, premium, if any, and interest on our senior notes and substantially decrease the market value of our senior notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants in the instruments governing our indebtedness (including covenants in the agreement governing our senior credit facilities and the indenture governing our senior notes), we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness, including our senior credit facilities and the indenture governing our senior notes. In the event of such default:
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the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest;
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the lenders under CST’s senior credit facilities could elect to terminate their commitments thereunder, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets; and
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Moreover, the agreements governing CST’s indebtedness contain cross-default or cross-acceleration provisions that would be triggered by the occurrence of a default or acceleration under other instruments governing CST’s indebtedness. If the payment of CST’s indebtedness is accelerated, there can be no assurance that CST’s assets would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and CST’s other indebtedness that would become due as a result of any acceleration.
CrossAmerica’s credit facility contains operating and financial restrictions that may limit its business and financing activities.
The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in CrossAmerica’s credit agreement and any future financing agreements could adversely affect its ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to engage, expand or pursue its business activities. CrossAmerica’s credit agreement may restrict its ability to:
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make distributions if any potential default or event of default occurs;
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incur additional indebtedness, including the issuance of certain preferred equity interests, or guarantee other indebtedness;
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grant liens or make certain negative pledges;
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make certain advances, loans or investments;
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make any material change to the nature of its business, including mergers, consolidations, liquidations and dissolutions;
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make certain capital expenditures in excess of specified levels;
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acquire another company;
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enter into a sale-leaseback transaction or certain sales or leases of assets;
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enter into certain affiliate transactions; or
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make certain repurchases of equity interests.
CrossAmerica is required to maintain a total leverage ratio (as defined in the credit facility) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of less than or equal to 4.50 : 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the credit facility) of greater than or equal to 2.75 : 1.00. The total leverage ratio covenant is 5.00 : 1.00 for the three quarters following a material acquisition (as defined in the credit facility).
CST is not a guarantor of CrossAmerica’s debt obligations; however, CrossAmerica’s ability to comply with the covenants and restrictions contained in its credit agreement may be affected by events beyond its control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions. If market or other economic conditions deteriorate, its ability to comply with these covenants may be impaired. If CrossAmerica violates any of the restrictions, covenants, ratios or tests in its credit agreement, the debt issued under its credit agreement may become immediately due and payable, and CrossAmerica’s lenders’ commitment to make further loans to it may terminate. CrossAmerica might not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient funds to make these accelerated payments. In addition, CrossAmerica’s obligations under its credit agreement will be secured by substantially all of its assets, and if it is unable to repay its indebtedness under its credit agreement, the lenders could seek to foreclose on CrossAmerica’s assets securing its debt.

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Risks Relating to CST’s Common Stock
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate.
We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock may trade in the future. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Couche-Tard will acquire all of the common stock of CST for $48.53 per share in cash. The factors described in these “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K could influence the market price of our common stock.
We are precluded from paying dividends on our common stock under the Merger Agreement.
The Merger Agreement also prohibits, among other things, us from declaring and paying quarterly cash dividends between August 21, 2016 and completion of our Merger.
Risks Relating to CrossAmerica
We act as the General Partner of CrossAmerica, which may involve a greater exposure to legal liability than our historic business operations.
One of our subsidiaries acts as the General Partner of CrossAmerica. Our control of the General Partner of CrossAmerica may increase the possibility of claims of breaches of fiduciary duties including claims of conflict of interest related to CrossAmerica. Any liability resulting from such claims could have a material adverse effect on our future business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
A reduction in CrossAmerica’s distributions will disproportionately affect the amount of cash distributions to which we are entitled.
Our ownership of all of the IDRs in CrossAmerica entitles us to receive specified percentages of the amount of cash distributions made by CrossAmerica to its limited partners only in the event that CrossAmerica distributes more than $0.5031 per unit for such quarter. CrossAmerica’s quarterly distribution for the fourth quarter of 2016 was $0.6125 per common unit. If CrossAmerica were to reduce its quarterly distribution to a level at or below $0.5031 per unit, our IDRs would not receive any distributions.
Our IDRs entitle us to receive increasing percentages, up to 50%, of all cash distributed by CrossAmerica. Because CrossAmerica’s distribution rate is currently above the first target cash distribution level on the IDRs, our marginal percentage in CrossAmerica’s distributions is at 25%. CrossAmerica distributed $3 million and $1 million to us with respect to the IDRs during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. There is no guarantee that CrossAmerica’s financial performance will allow it to increase its quarterly distributions beyond the thresholds required to achieve higher marginal percentages of distributions to our IDRs. Further, any reduction in quarterly cash distributions from CrossAmerica would have the effect of disproportionately reducing the distributions that we receive from CrossAmerica based on our IDRs as compared to the other limited partners in CrossAmerica.
If CrossAmerica’s unitholders remove the General Partner, we would lose our General Partner interest in CrossAmerica and the ability to manage CrossAmerica.
We currently manage CrossAmerica through our ownership interest in the General Partner. CrossAmerica’s partnership agreement, however, gives unitholders of CrossAmerica the right to remove the General Partner upon the affirmative vote of holders of 66⅔% of CrossAmerica’s outstanding units, voting as a single class. If the General Partner is removed as General Partner of CrossAmerica, it loses its ability to manage CrossAmerica. As of February 24, 2017, we own approximately 19.8% of the outstanding units in CrossAmerica and, pursuant to a voting agreement with an affiliate of Joseph V. Topper, Jr., have voting control over an additional approximately 23.0% of the units of CrossAmerica. As a result, we currently have the power to effectively prevent the removal of the General Partner.
Restrictions in CrossAmerica’s credit facility could limit its ability to make distributions to us.
CrossAmerica’s credit agreement contains covenants limiting its ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, engage in transactions with affiliates and make distributions. The credit agreement also contains covenants requiring CrossAmerica to maintain certain financial ratios. CrossAmerica is prohibited from making any distribution to unitholders if such distribution would cause an event of default or otherwise violate a covenant under the CrossAmerica credit agreement, which in turn will prohibit CrossAmerica from making distributions to us.
The duties of our officers and directors may conflict with those owed to CrossAmerica.
Certain of our officers and members of our Board of Directors are officers and/or directors of the General Partner of CrossAmerica and, as a result, have separate duties that govern their management of CrossAmerica’s business. These officers and directors may

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encounter situations in which their obligations to us, on the one hand, and CrossAmerica, on the other hand, are in conflict. The resolution of these conflicts may not always be in our best interest or that of our stockholders.
The value of our ownership interests in CrossAmerica depends on its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which could be subject to potential legislative, judicial or administrative changes and differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis. Additionally, CrossAmerica’s cash available for distribution could decrease if it becomes subject to a material amount of entity-level taxation by individual states.
The value of our investment in CrossAmerica depends largely on CrossAmerica being treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The present federal income tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships, including CrossAmerica, or our investment in CrossAmerica, may be modified by administrative rules, legislative actions or judicial interpretation at any time. From time to time, members of the U.S. Congress propose and consider substantive changes to the existing federal income tax laws that affect publicly traded partnerships. One such relatively recent legislative proposal would have eliminated the qualifying income exception upon which we rely for our treatment as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We are unable to predict whether any legislation will ultimately be enacted. However, it is possible that a change in law could affect us or CrossAmerica and may, if enacted, be applied retroactively.
In addition, despite the fact that CrossAmerica is organized as a limited partnership under Delaware law, a publicly traded partnership such as CrossAmerica will be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless 90% or more of its gross income from its business activities is “qualifying income” under Section 7704(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. “Qualifying income” includes income and gains derived from the wholesale marketing of natural resources and natural resource products, the leasing of real estate to unrelated tenants and other passive types of income such as interest and dividends. Although we do not believe, based upon its current operations, that CrossAmerica will be so treated, a change in its business (or a change in current law) could cause CrossAmerica to be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise subject to taxation as an entity.
Any change in law or interpretation thereof, or the failure by CrossAmerica to have enough “qualifying income,” that causes CrossAmerica to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or otherwise subject to taxation as an entity, would likely materially and adversely impact the value of our investment in CrossAmerica.
If the IRS were to contest the U.S. federal income tax positions CrossAmerica takes, it may adversely impact the market for CrossAmerica’s common units, and the costs of any such contest would reduce distributable cash flow to CrossAmerica unitholders, including CST as holder of common units and the IDRs.
As part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, legislation was passed requiring large partnerships to pay federal tax deficiencies at the partnership level, unless the partnership elects to take into account any federal tax deficiency by including the adjustment in the Form K-1s of the partners in the year in which the audit is completed. These rules differ from the current rules which require that the IRS to determine the deficiency at the partnership level, but collect the tax deficiency from the partners directly. The new rules are effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. Partnerships may elect to apply the rules to years beginning after November 2, 2015. CrossAmerica will evaluate the new audit rules and determine at a later date whether or not to elect early application. CrossAmerica will also determine at a later date whether to pay the tax deficiency, if any, at the partnership level or to include the adjustment in the Form K-1s of the partners.
Risks Relating to the Spin-Off
Valero agreed to indemnify us for certain liabilities, and we agreed to indemnify Valero for certain liabilities. If we are required to act on these indemnities to Valero, we may need to divert cash to meet those obligations, and our financial results could be negatively impacted. In the case of Valero’s indemnity, there can be no assurance that the indemnity will be sufficient to insure us against the full amount of such liabilities, or as to Valero’s ability to satisfy its indemnification obligations in the future.
Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement and other agreements with Valero, Valero agreed to indemnify us for certain liabilities, and we agreed to indemnify Valero for certain liabilities, in each case for uncapped amounts. Indemnities that we may be required to provide Valero are not subject to any cap, may be significant and could negatively impact our business, particularly indemnities relating to our actions that could impact the tax-free nature to Valero of the distribution. Third parties could also seek to hold us responsible for any of the liabilities that Valero has agreed to retain. Further, there can be no assurance that the indemnity from Valero will be sufficient to protect us against the full amount of such liabilities, or that Valero will be able to fully satisfy its indemnification obligations. Moreover, even if we ultimately succeed in recovering from Valero any amounts for which we are held liable, we may be temporarily required to bear these losses ourselves. Each of these risks could negatively affect our business, cash flows, results of operations and financial condition.

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We are subject to continuing contingent liabilities of Valero.
There are several significant areas where the liabilities of Valero may become our obligations. For example, under the Code, and the related rules and regulations, each corporation that was a member of the Valero consolidated U.S. federal income tax reporting group during any taxable period or portion of any taxable period ending on or before the effective time of the distribution is jointly and severally liable for the U.S. federal income tax liability of the entire Valero consolidated tax reporting group for that taxable period. In connection with the spin-off, we entered into a Tax Matters Agreement with Valero that allocated the responsibility for prior period taxes of the Valero consolidated tax reporting group between us and Valero. However, if Valero is unable to pay any prior period taxes for which it is responsible, we could be required to pay the entire amount of such taxes.
If the Spin-off, together with certain related transactions, does not qualify as a transaction that is generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Valero and/or our stockholders could be subject to significant tax liability and, in certain circumstances, we could be required to indemnify Valero for material taxes pursuant to indemnification obligations under the Tax Matters Agreement.
If the spin-off or certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the distribution are determined to be taxable for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then we, Valero and/or our stockholders could be subject to significant tax liability. Valero received a private letter ruling from the IRS to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the distribution, except for cash received in lieu of fractional shares, will qualify as tax-free under Sections 355 and 361 of the Code, and that certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the distribution will qualify for favorable treatment. Notwithstanding the private letter ruling, the IRS could determine on audit that the distribution or the internal transactions should be treated as taxable transactions if it determines that any of the facts, assumptions, representations or undertakings we or Valero have made or provided to the IRS is not correct, or that the distribution or the internal transactions should be taxable for other reasons, including as a result of a significant change in stock or asset ownership after the distribution. If the distribution ultimately is determined to be taxable, the distribution could be treated as a taxable dividend or capital gain to our stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and they could incur significant U.S. federal income tax liabilities. In addition, Valero would recognize a gain in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of shares of our common stock distributed to Valero stockholders on the distribution date over Valero’s tax basis in such shares of our common stock. Moreover, Valero could incur significant U.S. federal income tax liabilities if it is ultimately determined that certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the distribution are taxable.
Under the Tax Matters Agreement between Valero and us, we will be required to indemnify Valero against any tax resulting from the distribution to the extent that such tax resulted from (i) an acquisition of all or a portion of our stock or assets, whether by merger or otherwise, (ii) other actions or failures to act by us, or (iii) any of our representations or undertakings being incorrect. Our indemnification obligations to Valero and its officers and directors will not be limited by any maximum amount. If we are required to indemnify Valero or such other persons under the circumstances set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement, we may be subject to substantial liabilities.
We potentially could have received better terms from unaffiliated third parties than the terms we received in our agreements with Valero.
The agreements entered into with Valero in connection with the separation, including the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement and other agreements, were negotiated in the context of the separation while we were still a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero. Accordingly, during the period in which the terms of those agreements were negotiated, we did not have an independent Board of Directors or a management team independent of Valero. As a result, the terms of those agreements may not reflect terms that would have resulted from arm’s-length negotiations between unaffiliated third parties. The terms of the agreements negotiated in the context of the separation related to, among other things, the allocation of assets, liabilities, rights and other obligations between Valero and us. Arm’s-length negotiations between Valero and an unaffiliated third party in another form of transaction, such as a buyer in a sale of a business transaction, may have resulted in more favorable terms to the unaffiliated third party.

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PROPERTIES
We own a distribution warehouse with adjoining office facilities located in San Antonio. These facilities allow us to consolidate our distribution center with our corporate service center office space. The warehouse has approximately 426,000 square feet of space, of which we use approximately 249,000 and lease the remainder. The office facilities have approximately 147,000 square feet of office space.
We own a 90,000 square-foot distribution center in Alma, Georgia.
We believe that our properties and retail sites are generally adequate for our operations and that our retail sites are maintained in a good state of repair.
U.S. Retail Segment
The following table provides the number of our retail sites in the U.S. Retail Segment by state as of December 31, 2016:
 
 
Number of retail sites
Texas
 
677
Georgia
 
152
Colorado
 
137
Arizona
 
60
New Mexico
 
36
New York
 
32
Louisiana
 
30
Arkansas
 
26
Florida
 
15
Oklahoma
 
2
Total
 
1,167

The following table provides a history of our U.S. retail sites opened (reflected as NTIs below), acquired and closed or divested for the last three years:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Number at beginning of period
 
1,049

 
1,021

 
1,036

NTIs
 
38

 
31

 
28

Acquisitions
 
165

 
22

 
32

Closed or divested
 
(85
)
 
(25
)
 
(75
)
Number at end of period
 
1,167

 
1,049

 
1,021

In our normal course of business, we evaluate our retail sites for profitability and the costs of maintaining these sites in our store portfolio. As such, it is customary to have store closures and divestitures occur each year. In 2014, we conducted a more in-depth network optimization program and identified certain sites that were candidates for divestiture as a result of being smaller and less profitable than the average retail sites in our network. We divested all of these sites by the third quarter of 2015. In July 2016, CST consummated the sale of all 79 stores in the California and Wyoming markets to 7-Eleven, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services, Inc.

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Canadian Retail Segment
The following table provides the number and type of our Canadian retail sites by region as of December 31, 2016:
Region
 
Convenience
Stores
 
Commission Sites
 
Cardlock
 
Total
Québec
 
202
 
291
 
39
 
532
Ontario
 
35
 
119
 
17
 
171
Maritimes(a)   
 
53
 
50
 
11
 
114
Newfoundland and Labrador
 
24
 
38
 
5
 
67
Total
 
314
 
498
 
72
 
884
(a)
Includes the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
The following table provides a history of our Canadian retail sites acquired, opened (reflected as NTIs below), closed, divested or de-branded for the last three years:
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Number at beginning of period
 
869

 
861

 
846

NTIs
 
12

 
11

 
10

Acquisitions and new dealers(a)
 
18

 
14

 
18

Closed, divested or de-branded(b)
 
(15
)
 
(17
)
 
(13
)
Number at end of period
 
884

 
869

 
861

(a)
Includes one cardlock site each that were built in 2016 and 2015 and one store that was re-opened in December 2014 after being closed in 2013.
(b)
“De-branded” is a term we use to refer to commission sites where our relationship with the operators of those retail sites is not renewed. Amounts include one, two, and two cardlock closures in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
In our normal course of business, we evaluate our retail sites for profitability and the costs of maintaining these sites in our store portfolio. As such, it is customary to have store closures, divestitures and de-branded sites occur.
We lease approximately 69,000 square feet of office space in Montreal, Québec, as well as 6,500 square feet of office space in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to support our Canadian operations.
CrossAmerica Segment
The following table shows the aggregate number of sites CrossAmerica owned or leased by customer group at December 31, 2016:
 
Owned
Sites
 
Leased
Sites
 
Total
Sites
 
Percentage of
Total Sites
Lessee dealers
227

 
241

 
468

 
53
%
Independent dealers
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

CST
74

 
—

 
74

 
8
%
DMS
90

 
78

 
168

 
19
%
Commission sites
45

 
55

 
100

 
11
%
Company operated
65

 
11

 
76

 
9
%
Total(a)
501

 
385

 
886

 
100
%
(a) This amount excludes 403 independent dealer sites and includes 28 closed sites and 71 sites where CrossAmerica only collects rent.
CrossAmerica conducts business at sites located in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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The following table provides a history of CrossAmerica sites acquired, converted to dealer or sold during 2016:
 
Lessee Dealers
 
CST
 
DMS
 
Commission Sites
 
Company Operated
 
Total
Number at beginning of period
337

 
74

 
207

 
73

 
116

 
807

Acquired
57

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
37

 
95

Changes between customer groups
85

 
—

 
(33
)
 
24

 
(76
)
 
—

Sold
(4
)
 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
(5
)
Other
(7
)
 
—

 
(6
)
 
3

 
(1
)
 
(11
)
Number at end of period(a)   
468

 
74

 
168

 
100

 
76

 
886

(a) This amount excludes 403 independent dealer sites and includes 28 closed sites and 71 sites where CrossAmerica only collects rent.
The CrossAmerica principal executive offices are in Allentown, Pennsylvania in approximately 27,000 square feet of leased office space.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We hereby incorporate by reference into this Item our disclosures made in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K included in Note 14 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements under the caption “Litigation Matters”.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Common Stock
As of February 24, 2017, we had 75,786,728 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and approximately 5,100 shareholders of record. Our common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol “CST.”
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices for our common stock, as reported by the NYSE, and quarterly cash dividends declared per share. The last reported sales price of our common stock on the NYSE on February 24, 2017 was $48.35 per share.
 
 
Common Stock Price Range
 
Cash Dividends
Declared
Per Share
 
 
High
 
Low
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter
 
$
45.25

 
$
40.32

 
$
0.0625

Second Quarter
 
$
44.87

 
$
38.60

 
$
0.0625

Third Quarter
 
$
40.21

 
$
32.61

 
$
0.0625

Fourth Quarter
 
$
40.99

 
$
32.28

 
$
0.0625

2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter
 
$
41.40

 
$
29.73

 
$
0.0625

Second Quarter
 
$
45.28

 
$
36.02

 
$
0.0625

Third Quarter
 
$
48.31

 
$
42.32

 
$
—

Fourth Quarter
 
$
48.43

 
$
47.83

 
$
—

We paid regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.0625 per common share, or $5 million, each quarter, commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2013 through the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The Merger Agreement prohibits, among other things, us from declaring and paying quarterly cash dividends between August 21, 2016 and completion of our Merger. Our indebtedness also restricts our ability to pay dividends. It is uncertain that we will pay dividends in the future at previous levels or at all. Dividend activity for 2016 was as follows:
Quarter Ended
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Cash Distribution (per share)
 
Cash Distribution (in millions)
December 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2015
 
January 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

March 31, 2016
 
March 31, 2016
 
April 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

June 30, 2016
 
June 30, 2016
 
July 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On August 5, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan under which we are authorized to purchase shares of our common stock up to a maximum dollar amount of $200 million, until such authorization is exhausted or withdrawn by our Board of Directors. We did not repurchase any of our common stock during the year ended December 31, 2016 and have $114 million remaining under the plan. The Merger Agreement prohibits CST from making any further repurchases of CST common stock.

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The following table contains information about CST’s shares withheld in connection with exercise proceeds and withholding taxes related to the exercise of stock options, the vesting of restricted stock and the vesting of restricted stock units during the three months ended December 31, 2016:
Period
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
Average Price Paid per Share
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Plan
 
Maximum Dollar Amount that May Yet Be Spent Under the Plan
October 1-31, 2016
 
837

 
$
47.97

 
—

 
$
114,390,897

November 1-30, 2016
 
512

 
$
48.16

 
—

 
$
114,390,897

December 1-31, 2016
 
25,569

 
$
48.18

 
—

 
$
114,390,897

Total
 
26,918

 
 
 
—

 
$
114,390,897

Through February 24, 2017, we have repurchased 2,094,227 shares totaling $85.6 million under this program.
CST Purchases of CrossAmerica Common Units
On September 21, 2015, CST announced that the independent executive committee of the Board of Directors approved a unit purchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, authorizing CST to purchase up to an aggregate of $50 million of the common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. The CrossAmerica common unit purchase program does not have a fixed expiration date and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time at CST’s discretion.
We made no purchases under the CrossAmerica common unit purchase program during the year ended December 31, 2016. From inception through December 31, 2016, we had purchased $20 million, or 804,667 common units, at an average price of $24.64 per common unit, which common units cannot be transferred absent registration with the SEC or an available exemption from the SEC’s registration requirements. The Merger Agreement prohibits CST from making any further purchases of CrossAmerica common units.

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Cumulative Stockholder Returns
The following performance graph is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed filed with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of CST’s filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, respectively.
This performance graph and the related textual information are based on historical data and are not indicative of future performance. The following line graph compares the cumulative total return on an investment in our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and an index of direct peer companies (that we selected) for the period commencing May 2, 2013 (the day our common stock began trading on the NYSE) and ending December 31, 2016.
The S&P 500 Index includes 500 United States companies in the industrial, transportation, utilities and financial sectors and is weighted by market capitalization. Our peer group consisted of the following six companies: Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (CASY), Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ATD-B.TO), Murphy U.S.A., Inc. (MUSA), Travel Centers of America, L.L.C. (TA), Sunoco LP (SUN) and Global Partners LP (GLP). In 2013, we included Susser Holdings Corporation (SUSS) and Pantry, Inc. (PTRY) in our peer group. During 2014, SUSS was acquired and is no longer publicly traded and has been retroactively removed from our peer group. On December 18, 2014, ATD-B.TO and PTRY announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement, which closed in 2015. As such, PTRY has been retroactively removed from our peer group.
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The graph and the following table depicts the results of investing $100 in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and our peer group at closing prices on May 2, 2013, December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016 and assumes the reinvestment of dividends.
 
May 2,
2013
 
December 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2016
CST Common Stock
$
100.00

 
$
122.05

 
$
145.97

 
$
131.81

 
$
162.65

Peer Group
$
100.00

 
$
112.30

 
$
162.05

 
$
152.65

 
$
147.00

S&P 500 Index
$
100.00

 
$
118.52

 
$
134.73

 
$
136.61

 
$
153.00



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ITEM 6. SELECTED HISTORICAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data reflect the combined results of Valero’s retail business for periods prior to the Spin-off (May 1, 2013) and our consolidated results for periods after the Spin-off, and include CrossAmerica effective October 1, 2014 as a result of the GP Purchase and the IDR Purchase. We derived the selected consolidated and combined income statement data for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, from the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. We derived the selected combined income statement data for the year ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the selected consolidated and combined balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, from the consolidated and combined financial statements of CST, which are not included in this Form 10-K.
To ensure a full understanding, you should read the selected financial data presented below in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
The financial data below are presented in millions.
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014 (b)
 
2013(a)
 
2012
Operating revenues
 
$
11,106

 
$
11,455

 
$
12,754

 
$
12,777

 
$
13,135

Gross profit
 
1,440

 
1,394

 
1,273

 
1,097

 
1,133

Operating income
 
536

 
267

 
328

 
238

 
313

Interest expense
 
(67
)
 
(58
)
 
(45
)
 
(27
)
 
(1
)
Consolidated net income
 
304

 
139

 
180

 
139

 
208

Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
324

 
149

 
200

 
139

 
208

Basic earnings per common share
 
$
4.26

 
$
1.95

 
$
2.63

 
$
1.84

 
$
2.76

Diluted earnings per common share
 
$
4.24

 
$
1.95

 
$
2.63

 
$
1.84

 
$
2.76

Dividends declared per common share
 
$
0.125

 
$
0.250

 
$
0.250

 
$
0.125

 
$
—

 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014(b)
 
2013(a)
 
2012
Total assets
 
$
4,360

 
$
3,840

 
$
3,606

 
$
2,286

 
$
1,732

Debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion
 
1,427

 
1,290

 
1,204

 
989

 
4

Total stockholders’ equity / net investment
 
1,779

 
1,545

 
1,555

 
627

 
1,270

(a)
The Spin-off resulted in material changes to our consolidated and combined financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013. See our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for further discussion of these changes.
(b)
The GP Purchase and IDR Purchase resulted in material changes to our consolidated financial statements. See Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.

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ITEM 7. 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, Items 1., 1A. and 8. (which includes our consolidated financial statements) included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
MD&A is organized as follows:
•
Significant Factors Affecting Our Profitability—This section describes the significant impact on our results of operations caused by crude oil commodity price volatility and seasonality.
•
Recently Acquired Retail Sites—This section describes our operating model related to recently acquired convenience store operations.
•
Results of Operations—This section provides an analysis of our results of operations, including the results of operations of our business segments, for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 and an outlook for our business.
•
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 and other matters impacting our liquidity and capital resources.
•
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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Significant Factors Affecting Our Profitability
The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
CST
The prices paid to our motor fuel suppliers for wholesale motor fuel are closely correlated to the price of crude oil. The crude oil commodity markets are highly volatile, and the market prices of crude oil and wholesale motor fuel experience significant and rapid fluctuations. 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 and rapidly over short periods of time.
Changes in our average motor fuel selling price per gallon and gross margin for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were directly related to the changes in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices over the same period. 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.
Approximately 40% of CST’s gross profit is derived from the sale of motor fuel. CST typically experiences lower motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel increases, and higher motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel declines. A change in gross profit margin of $.01 per gallon affects our gross profit margin by approximately $20 million in our U.S. Retail segment and approximately $10 million in our Canadian Retail segment (on an annualized basis).

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Historically, the volatility of crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices has significantly impacted CST’s motor fuel gross profits, and is further discussed in “Results of Operations” below. The following graph provides benchmark information for both crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices for the thirty-six months ended December 31, 2016:
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(a) Represents the average monthly spot price per barrel during the periods presented for WTI and Brent crude oil. One barrel represents 42 gallons (source: EIA.gov).
(b)
Represents the average monthly spot price per gallon during the periods presented for GCC gasoline and NYHC gasoline (source: EIA.gov).

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The following graph shows the volatility of wholesale motor fuel prices and the impact on our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments’ gross profits for the thirty-six months ended December 31, 2016 (U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail CPG gross profits):
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(a)
Represents the average monthly spot price per gallon during the periods presented for GCC gasoline and NYHC gasoline (source: EIA.gov).
CrossAmerica
As discussed above, our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments typically experience lower motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel is increasing, and higher motor fuel gross profits in periods when the wholesale cost of motor fuel is decreasing. As it relates to its retail operations, CrossAmerica generally experiences similar effects on its gross profits from wholesale motor fuel price changes.
The prices paid to CrossAmerica’s 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. CrossAmerica receives a fixed mark-up per gallon on approximately 87% of gallons sold to its wholesale customers. The remaining gallons are primarily DTW priced contracts with its other wholesale customers. 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). The increase in DTW gross profit results from the acquisition cost of wholesale motor fuel declining at a faster rate as compared to the rate retail motor fuel prices decline. Alternatively, our DTW motor fuel gross profit declines when the cost of wholesale motor fuel increases at a faster rate as compared to the rate retail motor fuel prices increase.
Regarding CrossAmerica’s supplier relationships, a majority of CrossAmerica’s total gallons purchased are subject to discounts for prompt payment and other rebates and incentives, which are recorded within cost of sales. Prompt payment discounts are based on a percentage of the purchase price of motor fuel. As such, the dollar value of these discounts increase and decrease corresponding with motor fuel prices. Therefore, in periods of lower wholesale motor fuel prices, CrossAmerica’s 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). Based on CrossAmerica’s current volumes, we estimate a $10 per barrel change in the price of crude oil

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would impact CrossAmerica’s overall annual wholesale motor fuel gross profit by approximately $2 million related to these payment discounts.
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 and operating income 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 on Inflation
Inflation affects our financial performance by increasing certain of our operating expenses, cost of goods sold and working capital requirements. Operating expenses include labor costs, leases, and general and administrative expenses. The long term impact of inflation is minimized, as we generally are able to pass along energy cost, merchandise cost and operating expense increases in the form of increased sales prices to our customers over time. Although we believe 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.
Recently Acquired Retail Sites
When we acquire wholesale fuel and convenience store operations, we generally do not have a predetermined operating or ownership model for these businesses. Acquisitions can be done by CST or CrossAmerica separately or jointly, with wholesale fuel supply operations generally acquired by CrossAmerica and convenience store operations generally acquired by CST. The Merger Agreement prohibits, among other things, CST from acquiring tangible and intangible properties or assets between August 21, 2016 and completion of the Merger. Subsequent to an acquisition, we have an integration team that evaluates the eventual long-term operation of each convenience store acquired: (a) to be fully integrated into the existing core retail site operations of CST, (b) to be converted into a dealer, or (c) other strategic alternatives, including divestiture or longer-term operation by CrossAmerica. All retail sites we acquire are first categorized as non-core and an evaluation process (which could take up to twelve months) is performed to determine if any of the acquired retail sites are suitable to be converted and integrated into CST’s core store operating model. We believe it is necessary to differentiate the operating performance between core and non-core stores when presenting our operating statistics because non-core stores are not necessarily reflective of our core business practices. Key differentiating factors include the following:
•
Non-core merchandising strategies are often legacy strategies of the former owner, which may be different from our core store merchandising strategies, including the offering of our proprietary products and food programs.
•
Non-core retail sites are independently managed by our integration team whereas our President of Retail Operations oversees all core store operations.
•
Non-core motor fuel pricing, merchandise supply and labor strategies may be different from our core business.
The following is a rollforward of our non-core retail sites in our U.S. Retail segment and company operated retail sites in our CrossAmerica segment:
 
 
Year Ended December 31, 2016
 
 
U.S. Retail
 
CrossAmerica
 
Total
Beginning of period
 
—

 
116

 
116

Acquisitions
 
165

 
37

 
202

Conversion to core site (a)
 
(165
)
 
—

 
(165
)
Dealer conversions(b)
 
—

 
(77
)
 
(77
)
End of period
 
—

 
76

 
76

(a) Effective April 1, 2016, the 165 retail sites acquired February 1, 2016 in the Flash Foods acquisition are included in our U.S. Retail Segment’s core-store operations. The retail sites acquired by CrossAmerica in the Franchised Holiday Stores and State Oil Assets acquisitions are included in CrossAmerica’s retail operations.
(b) Includes one QSR where CrossAmerica collects rent but does not supply motor fuel. During the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica converted 77 company operated retail sites to third party dealer operated stores. As of December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica continues to operate 76 retail sites (including three company operated liquor stores) from its recent acquisitions.

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Results of Operations
Consolidated Income Statement Analysis
Below is an analysis of our consolidated income statements, which provides the primary reasons for significant increases and decreases in the various income statement line items from period to period. Our consolidated income statements are as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016

2015
 
2014
Operating revenues
 
$
11,106

 
$
11,455

 
$
12,754

Cost of sales
 
9,666

 
10,061

 
11,481

Gross profit
 
1,440

 
1,394

 
1,273

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
839

 
752

 
687

General and administrative expenses
 
157

 
175

 
140

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
257

 
209

 
147

Asset impairments
 
2

 
1

 
3

Total operating expenses
 
1,255

 
1,137

 
977

Gain on sale of assets, net
 
351

 
10

 
32

Operating income
 
536

 
267

 
328

Other income, net
 
11

 
18

 
6

Interest expense
 
(67
)
 
(58
)
 
(45
)
Income before income tax expense
 
480

 
227

 
289

Income tax expense
 
176

 
88

 
109

Consolidated net income
 
304

 
139

 
180

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
20

 
10

 
20

Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
$
324

 
$
149

 
$
200

On February 1, 2016, we completed the acquisition of Flash Foods and began consolidating the financial results of Flash Foods. We have quantified the effects of Flash Foods to specific income statement line items in our consolidated discussion of our results of operations, and any significant increase or decrease in the underlying income statement line items attributable to CST excluding the Flash Foods acquisition are then discussed.










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Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
Consolidated Results
Operating revenues increased $834 million and gross profit increased $114 million as a result of the acquisition of Flash Foods, which was completed on February 1, 2016. Operating revenues declined by $301 million and gross profit declined by $24 million related to the sale of all 79 retail sites in California and Wyoming.
Excluding the effects of the Flash Foods acquisition and the California and Wyoming retail site divestitures, operating revenues declined $882 million, while gross profit declined $45 million.
Operating revenues
Significant items impacting these results (excluding Flash Foods and the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites) were:
•
A $284 million decrease in our U.S. Retail segment operating revenues primarily attributable to:
◦
A decrease in the retail price per gallon of motor fuel that we sold as a result of a decline in wholesale gasoline prices, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
◦
An increase in motor fuel gallons sold, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
◦
Our merchandise and services revenues increased primarily from our expanded core network, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
•A $232 million decline in our Canadian Retail segment operating revenues primarily attributable to:
◦
A decline of $89 million in operating revenues due to the foreign exchange effects of a weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. On average, Canadian $1 was equal to U.S. $0.75 during 2016, and equal to U.S. $0.78 during 2015, representing a decrease in value of 4%.
◦
A decrease in the retail price of our motor fuel as a result of a decline in wholesale gasoline prices, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
◦
Partially offsetting this decline was an increase in the volume of motor fuel we sold as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
◦
Further offsetting the decline were improvements in merchandise and services revenues as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
•
A $355 million decline in our CrossAmerica operating revenues primarily as a result of a decline in motor fuel and merchandise and services revenues, partially offset by increased volumes as a result of recent acquisitions as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—CrossAmerica.”
Cost of sales
Cost of sales increased $442 million as a result of the acquisition of Flash Foods and net of the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites.
Excluding the effects of Flash Foods and the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites, cost of sales declined $837 million.
Excluding Flash Foods, and net of the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites, the decline in crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices, as discussed above under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit” drove the decline.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $63 million as a result of the acquisition of Flash Foods and net of the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites.

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Excluding the effects of Flash Foods and the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites, operating expenses increased by $22 million primarily due to our expanded core network, partially offset by declines in our CrossAmerica segment, as more fully described below. Additionally, we recorded approximately $2 million of severance costs during the third quarter of 2016 primarily related to the sale of our California and Wyoming convenience store operations as more fully described in Note 3.
General and administrative expenses
Excluding the effects of Flash Foods, general and administrative expenses were down $22 million primarily as a result of declines in CrossAmerica’s general and administrative expenses from the integration of prior year acquisitions resulting in the elimination and reduction in duplicative administration costs as well as headcount reductions, partially offset by an increase of $8 million in merger related expenses and legal and professional fees associated with discrete projects in the current year.
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $26 million related to the acquisition of Flash Foods and net of the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites.
Excluding the effects of Flash Foods and net of the divestiture of the California and Wyoming retail sites, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $22 million mainly due to our NTIs. We opened 38 NTIs in the U.S. and 12 NTIs in Canada in 2016.
Gain on sale of assets, net
The gain recognized during 2016 primarily relates to the sale of our California and Wyoming convenience store operations as more fully described in Note 3.
Income tax expense
Income tax expense, including CrossAmerica, increased $88 million, primarily as a result of the gain on the sale of our California and Wyoming retail sites. Our effective income tax rate was 37% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to an effective rate of 39% for the year ended December 31, 2015. This decrease in our effective income tax rate was due primarily to withholding taxes incurred in 2015 related to the distribution of property from our Canadian subsidiary. CST’s effective tax rate, excluding CrossAmerica, was 36% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to 39% for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Consolidated Results
Operating revenues increased $1.6 billion and gross profit increased $133 million from the acquisition of CrossAmerica, which was completed on October 1, 2014.
Excluding the effects of CrossAmerica, operating revenues declined $2.8 billion, or 23%, while gross profit declined $13 million, or 1%.
Operating revenues
Significant items impacting these results (excluding CrossAmerica) were:
•
A $1.5 billion, or 20%, decline in our U.S. Retail segment operating revenues primarily attributable to:
◦
A decrease in the retail price per gallon of motor fuel that we sold as a result of a decline in wholesale gasoline prices, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
◦
Partially offsetting the decline was an increase in motor fuel gallons sold of 2% from our recent acquisitions and NTIs, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
◦
Our merchandise and services revenues increased $120 million primarily from our recent acquisitions and NTIs, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—U.S. Retail.”
•A $1.3 billion, or 28%, decline in our Canadian Retail segment operating revenues primarily attributable to:
◦
A decline of $452 million in operating revenues due to the foreign exchange effects of a weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. On average, Canadian $1 was equal to U.S. $0.78 during 2015, and equal to U.S. $0.91 during 2014, representing a decrease in value of 14%.
•
Excluding the effects of foreign currency translation changes, our operating revenues decreased $856 million. This decrease was primarily attributable to:
◦
A $743 million decrease in operating revenues primarily attributable to a decrease in the retail price of our motor fuel as a result of a decline in wholesale gasoline prices, as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
◦
A $49 million decline attributable to a 1% decrease in the volume of motor fuel we sold mainly related to the timing of certain marketing promotions, competition and reduced volumes associated with a weakening Canadian economy as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
◦
An increase in our merchandise sales of $26 million primarily from an increase in NTIs as more fully described below under the heading “Segment Results—Canadian Retail.”
◦
A decline of $101 million primarily related to our business and home energy operations due to a decline in retail motor fuel prices as a result of a decline in wholesale prices.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales increased $1.5 billion from the acquisition of CrossAmerica.
Excluding the effects of CrossAmerica, cost of sales declined $2.8 billion or 26%.
Significant items impacting these results excluding CrossAmerica were:
•
The decline in crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices, as discussed above under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit” drove the remainder of the decline.
•
A $391 million decline from the foreign exchange effects of the weakening of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar as discussed above.

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Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $55 million from the acquisition of CrossAmerica.
Excluding the effects of CrossAmerica, operating expenses increased by $20 million primarily due to an increase of $44 million related to our NTIs and the acquisitions of Nice N Easy and the Landmark retail sites, which was partially offset by a $24 million decline in operating expenses primarily from the foreign exchange effects of the weakening of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $23 million related primarily to the acquisition of CrossAmerica.
Excluding the effects of CrossAmerica, general and administrative expenses increased by $12 million primarily as a result of severance for certain CST executives and CST employees who were officers of CrossAmerica who have terminated their employment, acquisition costs related to our recent acquisitions, legal related expenditures, and salaries, incentive compensation and benefits due to an increase in employees.
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $55 million related primarily to the acquisition of CrossAmerica.
Excluding the effects of CrossAmerica, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $7 million mainly due to our NTIs. We opened 31 NTIs in the U.S. and 11 NTIs in Canada in 2015.
Gain on sale of assets, net
During the year ended December 31, 2015, CrossAmerica recognized a gain of $3 million primarily related to the sale of individual sites. Additionally, we completed the sale of 25 retail sites in our U.S. Retail segment in 2015 primarily related to our previously announced network optimization program and recognized a gain of $7 million.
Other income, net
Other income, net increased $12 million primarily related to gains on U.S. dollar denominated cash held in Canada.
Interest expense
Interest expense increased $13 million, primarily from the acquisition of CrossAmerica.
Income tax expense
Income tax expense, including CrossAmerica, declined $21 million, primarily as a result in the decline in income before income taxes. Our effective income tax rate was 39% for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to an effective rate of 38% for the year ended December 31, 2014. CST’s effective tax rate, excluding CrossAmerica, was 39%, for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to 35% for the year ended December 31, 2014. CST incurred a withholding tax of $18 million related to property distributed from its Canadian subsidiary to a U.S. subsidiary, which increased its effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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Segment Results
We present the results of operations of our segments consistent with how our management views the business. Therefore, the segments are presented before intercompany eliminations (which consist of motor fuel sold from our CrossAmerica segment to our U.S. Retail segment, CST Fuel Supply distributions and rent expense paid by our U.S. Retail segment to our CrossAmerica segment) and before purchase accounting adjustments related to the acquisition of CrossAmerica (primarily depreciation and amortization).
U.S. Retail
The following tables highlight the results of operations and certain operating metrics of our U.S. Retail segment. The narrative following these tables provides an analysis of the results of operations of that segment (millions of dollars, except for the number of retail sites, per site per day and per gallon amounts):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel
 
$
4,431

 
$
4,464

 
$
6,085

Merchandise and services(a)
 
1,797

 
1,514

 
1,396

Other(b)
 
2

 
3

 
1

Total operating revenues
 
$
6,230

 
$
5,981

 
$
7,482

Gross profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel–before amounts attributable to CrossAmerica
 
$
331

 
$
376

 
$
383

Motor fuel–amounts attributable to CrossAmerica
 
(22
)
 
(16
)
 
—

Motor fuel–after amounts attributable to CrossAmerica
 
309

 
360

 
383

Merchandise and services(a)
 
607

 
497

 
460

Other(b)
 
2

 
2

 
1

Total gross profit
 
918

 
859

 
844

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
578

 
482

 
438

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
129

 
96

 
90

Asset impairments
 
—

 
1

 
3

Total operating expenses
 
707

 
579

 
531

Gain on sale of assets, net
 
347

 
7

 
32

Operating income
 
$
558

 
$
287

 
$
345

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Core store operating statistics:(c)
 
 
 
 
 
 
End of period core stores
 
1,167

 
1,049

 
989

Motor fuel sales (gallons per store per day)
 
5,093

 
5,100

 
4,901

Motor fuel sales (per store per day)
 
$
10,254

 
$
11,844

 
$
16,014

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees
 
$
0.150

 
$
0.195

 
$
0.201

CST Fuel Supply wholesale profit attributable to CrossAmerica(e)
 
(0.009
)
 
(0.006
)
 
—

Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees(d), (e)
 
$
0.141

 
$
0.189

 
$
0.201

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merchandise and services sales (per store per day)(a)
 
4,161

 
3,991

 
3,655

Merchandise and services gross profit percentage, net
of credit card fees(a)
 
33.8
%
 
32.9
%
 
33.0
%

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U.S. Retail (continued)
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Company operated retail sites:
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
1,049

 
1,021

NTIs opened
 
38

 
31

Acquisitions
 
165

 
22

Closed or divested
 
(85
)
 
(25
)
End of period
 
1,167

 
1,049

End of period non-core retail stores
 
—

 
—

End of period core retail stores
 
1,167

 
1,049

 
 
 
 
 
Core store same-store information(c),(f):
 
 
 
 
Company operated retail sites(g)
 
929

 
929

NTIs included in core same-store information(f)
 
76

 
76

Motor fuel sales (gallons per store per day)
 
4,943

 
4,977

Merchandise and services sales (per store per day)(a)
 
$
4,141

 
$
4,192

Merchandise and services gross profit percent, net of
credit card fees(a)
 
33.9
%
 
32.9
%
Merchandise and services sales, ex. cigarettes (per store per day)(a)
 
$
3,059

 
$
3,076

Merchandise and services gross profit percent, net of
credit card fees and ex. cigarettes(a)
 
39.9
%
 
39.0
%
Merchandise and services gross profit dollars(a)
 
$
477

 
$
467


Notes to U.S. Retail Statistical Table
(a)
Includes the results from car wash sales and commissions from lottery, money orders, air/water/vacuum services, video and game rentals and ATM fees.
(b)
Primarily consists of rental income.
(c)
Represents the portfolio of core retail stores and excludes recently acquired retail stores that are being integrated or are under performance evaluation to determine if they are: (a) to be fully integrated into the existing core retail operations of CST, (b) to be converted into a dealer operated site, or (c) other strategic alternatives, including divestiture or longer term operation by CrossAmerica. All NTIs are core stores and, accordingly, are included in the core system operating statistics. For the period of February 1 to March 31, 2016, Flash Foods stores were classified as non-core. Effective April 1, 2016, the Flash Foods stores are included in the U.S. Retail Segment’s core-store operations.  Accordingly, their operations are excluded from the core system operating statistics for a portion of the year ended December 31, 2016.
(d)
Includes $0.05 per gallon of wholesale fuel distribution profit.
(e)
CrossAmerica owns a 17.5% limited partner equity interest in CST Fuel Supply, which is the sole owner of CST Marketing & Supply, which distributes motor fuel to our retail operations at a net $0.05 per gallon margin. A separate entity, Fuel South LLC, distributes motor fuel to the Flash Foods retail operations.
(f)
The same-store information consists of aggregated individual store results for all stores in operation substantially throughout both periods presented. Stores that were temporarily closed for a brief period of time during the periods being compared remain in the same-store sales comparison. If a store is replaced, either at the same location or relocated to a new location, it is removed from the comparison until the new store has been in operation for substantially all of the periods being compared. NTIs are included in the core same-store metrics when they meet this criteria.
(g)
Includes 7 retail sites that do not sell motor fuel, which were acquired in the Nice N Easy acquisition.


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Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
Operating revenues increased $249 million, gross profit increased $59 million and operating expenses increased $96 million.
The results were driven by:
Operating revenues
•
Excluding the impact of our California and Wyoming retail site divestitures discussed below, we had an increase in motor fuel gallons sold of 19%, which increased motor fuel operating revenues by $748 million. The increase in motor fuel gallons sold resulted primarily from our expanded core network, which includes Flash Foods and NTIs.
•
Excluding the impact of our California and Wyoming retail site divestitures discussed below, our merchandise and services revenues increased $309 million. This increase was primarily a result of our expanded core network, which includes Flash Foods and NTIs.
•
Offsetting these increases was a decrease in the retail price per gallon of motor fuel that we sold, which contributed $564 million of the decrease to our motor fuel operating revenues, and was attributable to the volatility in wholesale gasoline prices, as discussed above under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.” The average daily spot price of GCC gasoline decreased to $1.33 per gallon during 2016 compared to $1.55 per gallon during 2015, representing a 14% decrease.
•
As a result of the divestiture of our convenience store operations in California and Wyoming, motor fuel operating revenues decreased by $217 million due to the decline in motor fuel gallons sold and merchandise and services revenues decreased $27 million.
Gross profit
•
Excluding the impact of our California and Wyoming retail site divestitures discussed below, our motor fuel gross profit increased $62 million due to an increase in the gallons of motor fuel that we sold from our expanded core network, which includes Flash Foods.
•
Our motor fuel gross profit decreased $89 million as a result of crude oil prices being more volatile during the second half of 2015 than the second half of 2016 and the resulting impact on our motor fuel gross margin. The daily spot price of WTI crude oil decreased approximately 35% during the last six months of 2015 compared to an increase of approximately 10% during the same period of 2016. See further discussion under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.”
•
Excluding the impact of our California and Wyoming retail site divestitures discussed below, our merchandise and services gross profit increased $118 million. This increase was primarily from the contribution of the Flash Foods stores and from the contribution of our newly constructed NTIs.
•
As a result of the divestiture of our convenience store operations in California and Wyoming, motor fuel gross profits decreased by $16 million and merchandise and services gross profits decreased $8 million.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $96 million as a result of our expanded core network, including the 38 NTIs opened in 2016 and the acquisition of Flash Foods.
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $33 million as a result of our expanded core network, which includes Flash Foods and NTIs.
Gain on sale of assets, net
The gain recognized during 2016 primarily relates to the sale of our California and Wyoming convenience store operations.

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Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Operating revenues declined $1.5 billion, or 20%, gross profit increased $15 million, or 2%, operating expenses increased $44 million, or 10%, and operating income declined $58 million, or 17%.
The results were driven by:
Operating revenues
•
A decrease in the retail price per gallon of motor fuel that we sold, which contributed $1.8 billion of the decrease to our motor fuel operating revenues, and was attributable to the volatility in wholesale gasoline prices, as discussed above under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.” The average daily spot price of GCC gasoline decreased to $1.55 per gallon during 2015 compared to $2.49 per gallon during 2014, representing a 38% decrease.
•
Partially offsetting the decline was an increase in motor fuel gallons sold of 2%, which increased motor fuel operating revenues by $134 million. The increase in motor fuel gallons sold resulted primarily from our NTIs and the acquisitions of Nice N Easy and the Landmark retail sites. Partially offsetting this increase was a decline in volume attributable to our recently divested retail sites.
•
Our merchandise and services revenues increased $120 million primarily as a result of our NTIs and the acquisitions of Nice N Easy and the Landmark retail sites as well as an overall increase in our same store merchandise sales. The increase in same store merchandise sales was the result of strategies designed to add business in the packaged beverage and dairy categories as well as continued development of our fresh food programs.
Gross profit
•
A decrease in motor fuel gross profit of $23 million primarily due to a moderate decline in our motor fuel gross profit per gallon of $0.01 per gallon. The decline in our motor fuel gross profit per gallon was driven by volatility in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices, as discussed under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit.”
•
Also contributing to the decrease to motor fuel gross profit was the effect of wholesale fuel mark-up payments to CrossAmerica. As discussed in Note 13 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K, CST paid CrossAmerica $5 million related to fuel purchased under distribution agreements for Nice N Easy and Landmark retail sites and $11 million to CrossAmerica related to its investment in CST Fuel Supply.
•
Our merchandise and services gross profit increased $37 million primarily from our acquisitions and an increase in our same store sales.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $44 million, primarily as a result of our acquisitions and the impact on rent expense from the NTI sale and lease backs with CrossAmerica as discussed in Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $6 million as a result of our NTIs.
Gain on sale of assets, net
We completed the sale of 25 retail sites in 2015 primarily related to our previously announced network optimization program and recognized a gain of $7 million.

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Canadian Retail
The following tables highlight the results of operations and certain operating metrics of our Canadian Retail segment, expressed in U.S. dollars, except for retail site counts and motor fuel gallons. The narrative following these tables provides an analysis of the results of operations of that segment (which are expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, except where indicated and except for the number of retail sites, per site per day and per gallon amounts):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel
 
$
2,568

 
$
2,801

 
$
3,957

Merchandise and services(a)
 
267

 
255

 
271

Other(b)
 
327

 
338

 
474

Total operating revenues
 
$
3,162

 
$
3,394

 
$
4,702

Gross profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel
 
$
226

 
$
225

 
$
241

Merchandise and services(a)
 
83

 
80

 
84

Other(b)
 
58

 
60

 
68

Total gross profit
 
367

 
365

 
393

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
217

 
212

 
236

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
42

 
39

 
38

Total operating expenses
 
259

 
251

 
274

Gain on sale of assets, net
 
4

 
—

 
—

Operating income
 
$
112

 
$
114

 
$
119

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total retail sites (end of period):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company operated retail sites (fuel and merchandise)
 
314

 
303

 
293

Commission sites (fuel only)
 
498

 
494

 
495

Cardlock (fuel only)
 
72

 
72

 
73

Total retail sites (end of period)
 
884

 
869

 
861

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average retail sites during the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company operated retail sites (fuel and merchandise)
 
307

 
293

 
280

Commission sites (fuel only)
 
496

 
495

 
499

Cardlock (fuel only)
 
72

 
72

 
74

Average retail sites during the period
 
875

 
860

 
853

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total system operating statistics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor fuel sales (gallons per site per day)
 
3,185

 
3,166

 
3,230

Motor fuel sales (per site per day)
 
$
8,020

 
$
8,918

 
$
12,719

Motor fuel gross profit per gallon, net of credit card fees
 
$
0.222

 
$
0.227

 
$
0.240

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company operated retail site statistics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merchandise and services sales (per site per day)(a)
 
$
2,378

 
$
2,406

 
$
2,659

Merchandise and services gross profit percentage, net of credit card
   fees(a)
 
31.1
%
 
30.9
%
 
31.0
%

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Canadian Retail (continued)
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
Company operated statistics(c)
 
2016
 
2015
Retail sites:
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
303

 
293

NTIs opened
 
12

 
11

Acquisitions
 
—

 
—

Conversions, net(d)
 
2

 
3

Closed or divested
 
(3
)
 
(4
)
End of period
 
314

 
303

 
 
 
 
 
Average foreign exchange rate for $1 CAD to USD
 
0.75423

 
0.78284

 
 
 
 
 
Same-store information ($ amounts in CAD)(e), (f):
 
 
 
 
Company operated retail sites
 
286

 
286

NTIs included in same-store information
 
34

 
34

Motor fuel sales (gallons per site per day)
 
3,416

 
3,417

Merchandise and services sales (per site per day)(a)
 
$
3,190

 
$
3,076

Merchandise and services gross profit percent, net of credit card
   fees(a)
 
31.2
%
 
31.2
%
Merchandise and services sales, ex. cigarettes (per site per day)(a)
 
$
1,720

 
$
1,669

Merchandise and services gross profit percent, net of credit card
   fees and ex. cigarettes(a)
 
43.3
%
 
43.1
%
Merchandise and services gross profit dollars(a)
 
$
104

 
$
100

 
 
 
 
 
Commission agent and dealer statistics(c)
 
 
 
 
Retail sites:
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
494

 
495

New dealers
 
17

 
13

Conversions, net(d)
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
Closed or de-branded
 
(11
)
 
(11
)
End of period
 
498

 
494

 
 
 
 
 
Same Site Information(f):
 
 
 
 
Commission agent and dealer retail sites
 
460

 
460

Motor fuel sales (gallons per site per day)
 
2,680

 
2,698

Notes to Canadian Retail Statistical Table
(a)
Includes the results from car wash sales, commissions from lottery and ATM fees.
(b)
Primarily consists of our business and home energy operations.
(c)
Company operated retail sites sell motor fuel and merchandise. The Company sells only motor fuel at commission agent and dealer sites. We do not currently distinguish between core and non-core stores in our Canadian Retail segment. All sites in our Canadian Retail segment are core stores.
(d)
Conversions represent stores that have changed their classification from commission sites to company-owned and operated or vice versa. Changes in classification result when we either take over the operations of commission sites or convert an existing company-owned and operated store to commission sites.
(e)
All amounts presented are stated in Canadian dollars to remove the impact of foreign exchange and all fuel information excludes amounts related to cardlock operations.

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(f)
The same-store and same-site information consists of aggregated individual store results for all sites in operation substantially throughout both periods presented. Stores that were temporarily closed for a brief period of time during the periods being compared remain in the same-store sales comparison. If a store is replaced, either at the same location or relocated to a new location, it is removed from the comparison until the new store has been in operation for substantially all of the periods being compared. NTIs are included in the same-store metrics when they meet this criteria.
Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
Operating revenues declined $232 million, gross profit increased $2 million, operating expenses increased $5 million, and operating income decreased $2 million.
Significant items impacting these results included:
Operating revenues
•
A decline of $89 million in operating revenues due to the foreign currency translation effects of a weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. On average, Canadian $1 was equal to U.S. $0.75 during 2016, and equal to U.S. $0.78 during 2015, representing a decrease in value of 4%.
•
Excluding the effects of foreign currency translation changes, our operating revenues decreased $143 million. This decrease was primarily attributable to:
◦
A $266 million decrease in operating revenues primarily attributable to a decrease in the retail price of our motor fuel. The average daily spot price of NYHC gasoline decreased to $1.39 per gallon during 2016, compared to $1.61 per gallon during 2015.
◦
Partially offsetting this decline was a $93 million increase attributable to a 3% increase in the volume of motor fuel we sold mainly related to the increase in the average number of retail sites.
◦
Further offsetting the decline was an increase in merchandise and services revenues of $28 million from an increase in the number of company operated retail sites as well as an increase in same-store sales of 3% attributable to growth in the grocery and packaged beverage business, as well as an increase in alcohol sales.
Gross profit
•
Our motor fuel gross profit increased $12 million driven by slight increases in both price and volume.
•
Our merchandise and services gross profit increased $9 million as a result of an increase in the number of company operated retail sites during 2016, resulting from NTI openings, as well as growth in same-store merchandise and services as discussed above.
•
The effects of foreign exchange were to decrease gross profit $18 million during 2016.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $5 million primarily from an increase of 14 stores in the average number of company operated retail sites during 2016.

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Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Operating revenues declined $1.3 billion, or 28%, gross profit declined $28 million, or 7%, operating expenses declined $24 million, or 10%, and operating income declined $5 million, or 4%.
Significant items impacting these results included:
Operating revenues
•
A decline of $452 million in operating revenues due to the foreign currency translation effects of a weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. On average, Canadian $1 was equal to U.S. $0.78 during 2015, and equal to U.S. $0.91 during 2014, representing a decrease in value of 14%.
•
Excluding the effects of foreign currency translation changes, our operating revenues decreased $856 million. This decrease was primarily attributable to:
◦
A $743 million decrease in operating revenues primarily attributable to a decrease in the retail price of our motor fuel. In terms of Canadian dollars, the average daily spot price of NYHC gasoline decreased to $2.06 per gallon during 2015, compared to $2.88 per gallon during 2014.
◦
A $49 million decline attributable to a 1% decrease in the volume of motor fuel we sold mainly related to the timing of certain marketing promotions, competition and reduced volumes associated with a weakening Canadian economy.
◦
An increase in merchandise revenues of $26 million, from an increase of 11 NTIs through 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year as well as an increase in same store sales. We have successfully implemented some of the strategies from our U.S. Retail segment, which has contributed to the increase in same store sales trends.
◦
A decline of $101 million primarily related to our business and home energy operations due to a decline in retail motor fuel prices from a decline in crude oil prices.
Gross profit
•
The decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar resulted in a $60 million gross profit decline.
•
Excluding the effects of foreign exchange, our motor fuel gross profit increased $24 million driven primarily by volatility in crude oil and wholesale motor fuel prices, as discussed under the heading “The Significance of Crude Oil and Wholesale Motor Fuel Prices on Our Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit,” and our merchandise and services gross profit increase $6 million as a result of an increase in the number of company operated retail sites during 2015 resulting from NTI openings.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses declined $24 million primarily from the foreign exchange effects of a weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange, operating expenses increased $10 million, primarily as a result of an increase in the number of company operated retail sites during 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year resulting from NTI openings.

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CrossAmerica
The following table highlights the results of operations and certain operating metrics of CrossAmerica. CrossAmerica is presented excluding the accounting purchase price adjustments and before elimination of transactions with our U.S. Retail segment to be consistent with how our management reviews its results. The impact of the purchase accounting adjustments is to increase depreciation, amortization and accretion expense by $32 million, $26 million and $7 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As discussed in Note 13 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K, transactions with our U.S. Retail segment consisted of a wholesale mark-up on purchased motor fuel, rent income and equity ownership interest in CST Fuel Supply. Additionally, CST provides management and corporate support services to CrossAmerica and charges CrossAmerica a management fee under the terms of the Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, as well as an allocation of certain incentive compensation. All transactions between our U.S. Retail segment and CrossAmerica are eliminated from our consolidated financial statements. Approximately 80% and 89% of CrossAmerica’s operating results are attributable to noncontrolling interests for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. CrossAmerica is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership and its units are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “CAPL.” As a result, CrossAmerica is required to file reports with the SEC, where additional information about its results of operations can be found and should be read in conjunction with the table below (millions of dollars).
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014(a)
Operating revenues
 
$
1,870

 
$
2,225

 
$
582

Cost of sales
 
1,714

 
2,056

 
546

Gross profit
 
156

 
169

 
36

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from CST Fuel Supply
 
16

 
11

 
—

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
61

 
68

 
13

General and administrative expenses
 
24

 
41

 
18

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
54

 
48

 
12

Total operating expenses
 
139

 
157

 
43

Gain on sales of assets, net
 
—

 
3

 
—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
$
33

 
$
26

 
$
(7
)
(a)
Represents the consolidated operations of CrossAmerica subsequent to the GP Purchase, which occurred October 1, 2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015
Operating revenues declined $355 million while gross profit declined $13 million.
•
A $335 million decline attributable to a decrease in the wholesale price of our motor fuel as well as a decline in motor fuel gallons sold. The average daily spot price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil decreased 11% to $43.29 per barrel during 2016, compared to $48.66 per barrel during 2015. Motor fuel gallons sold declined 2% as a result of the divestiture of low margin wholesale fuel supply contracts and other assets acquired in the PMI acquisition as well as converting company operated retail sites to dealer operated sites.
•
Merchandise and other services revenues declined $37 million primarily from converting company operated retail sites to dealer operated sites.
•
Partially offsetting this decline was a $17 million increase primarily related to rental income associated with converting company operated retail sites to dealer operated sites.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales declined $342 million primarily from the decline in crude oil prices discussed above.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses decreased $7 million primarily attributable to to the conversion of company operated retail sites to lessee dealer sites, partially offset by the impact of the Erickson, One Stop and Franchised Holiday Stores acquisitions.

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General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses declined $17 million primarily attributable to the integration of prior year acquisitions.
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased $6 million related to our recent acquisitions.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
On October 1, 2014, CST completed the GP Purchase; therefore, the 2015 results of operations for our CrossAmerica segment are not comparable to the 2014 results of operations for this segment. We have quantified the effects of CrossAmerica to specific income statement line items in our 2015 compared to 2014 consolidated discussion of our results of operations, and any significant increase or decrease in the underlying income statement line items attributable to CST are then discussed.


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Outlook
On August 21, 2016, our Board of Directors unanimously approved the Merger, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Couche-Tard will acquire all of the shares of CST. CST’s stockholders approved the Merger Agreement at a special meeting of stockholders held November 16, 2016. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second quarter of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals in the United States and Canada. As discussed under the heading “Merger Agreement”, the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act will expire 45 days after substantial compliance with the Second Request has been certified by all parties to the transaction that received a Second Request, unless that period is extended by court order or terminated earlier by the FTC. The Merger Agreement contains certain restrictions that may limit our ability to undertake or continue various strategic initiatives without Couche-Tard’s consent. Additionally, there are a number of other factors related to the Merger and Merger Agreement that could impact our operations, which are included under the heading “Cautionary Statement for the Purpose of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.”
On December 21, 2016, we entered into a timing agreement with the FTC pursuant to which we agreed, among other things, (i) not to consummate the Merger prior to 45 days after both we and Couche-Tard have substantially complied with the FTC’s Second Request, unless we and Couche-Tard have received prior written notice that the FTC has closed its investigation and (ii) not to certify compliance with the Second Request before January 31, 2017. Couche-Tard has informed us that it also entered into a timing agreement with the FTC on the same terms. We and Couche-Tard are continuing to work cooperatively with the FTC in its review of the proposed Merger.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Capital Structure
CST and CrossAmerica maintain separate debt and equity capital structures. As such, CST and CrossAmerica each maintain credit facilities with separate covenants and restrictions. In addition, CST has outstanding publicly registered 5% senior notes due 2023, the terms of which are covered by a bond indenture. CST’s subsidiary that owns 100% of the membership interests in the General Partner has been designated an “unrestricted” subsidiary under this bond indenture and there are no guarantees of outstanding debt between CST and CrossAmerica. However, the IDRs and any current and future common units of CrossAmerica representing limited partner interests acquired and owned by CST are considered collateral under CST’s revolving credit facility.
Consolidated Cash Flows
The following table summarizes cash flow activity (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
 
$
287

 
$
362

 
$
355

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
 
$
(508
)
 
$
(525
)
 
$
(312
)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
 
$
40

 
$
151

 
$
(36
)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
Operating Activities
The decrease in cash provided by operating activities in 2016 was primarily the result of a decline in gross profit for the reasons discussed above under the heading “Results of Operations.” Changes in cash provided by or used for working capital are shown in Note 21 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Investing Activities
The net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 was related to our acquisitions, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of our California and Wyoming assets.
Financing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2016, we had net proceeds under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility of $83 million, net proceeds under the CST revolving credit facility of $90 million, spent $3 million on CrossAmerica’s unit repurchase program, $15 million for the payment of dividends on CST common stock, $64 million for the payment of CrossAmerica distributions and payments of $69 million on the CST term loan. Borrowings during the period on the CST revolving credit facility, along with cash on hand, were used to finance the Flash Foods acquisition and borrowings on the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility were used to finance the Franchised Holiday Stores and State Oil Assets acquisitions.
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Operating Activities
The increase in cash provided by operating activities was the result of an increase in depreciation, amortization and accretion from our recent acquisitions and NTIs. Changes in cash provided by or used for working capital are shown in Note 21 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Investing Activities
The net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2015 was related to our acquisitions. Cash used for acquisitions was $199 million during 2015 compared to $86 million during 2014.
Financing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2015, we had net proceeds under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility of $158 million, net proceeds under the CST revolving credit facility of $60 million, spent $69 million on our share repurchase program, $19 million for the payment of dividends on CST common stock, $55 million for the payment of CrossAmerica distributions and payments of $47 million on our term loan. Additionally, during the second and third quarters of 2015, CrossAmerica closed on the sale of

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4.8 million common units for net proceeds of $145 million and used the net proceeds from this offering to reduce indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility.
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
Operating Activities
Changes in net cash provided by or used for working capital are shown in Note 21 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Investing Activities
In 2014, we increased our NTI build program with a resulting increase in capital expenditures, we purchased Nice N Easy for $24 million and paid cash of $17 million as part of the GP Purchase and IDR Purchase. CrossAmerica’s purchase of Nice N Easy for $54 million also contributed to the cash outflows. These cash outflows were partially offset by $58 million of cash received from our network optimization program.
Financing Activities
During 2014, we spent $22 million on our share repurchase program, $19 million for the payment of dividends on CST common stock, $12 million for the payment of CrossAmerica distributions and made payments of $34 million on our term loan. These cash outflows were partially offset by $55 million of borrowings by CrossAmerica on their revolving credit facility.
Consolidated Debt
As of December 31, 2016, our consolidated debt consisted of the following (in millions):
CST debt:(a)
 
 
$500 million revolving credit facility
 
$
150

Term loan due 2019
 
338

5.00% senior notes due 2023
 
550

Total CST debt
 
$
1,038

CrossAmerica debt:(b)
 
 
$550 million revolving credit facility
 
$
442

Other
 
1

Total CrossAmerica debt
 
$
443

Total consolidated debt outstanding
 
$
1,481

Less current portion:
 
 
CST
 
75

CrossAmerica
 
—

Consolidated debt, less current portion
 
$
1,406

(a) The assets of CST can only be used to settle the obligations of CST and creditors of CST have no recourse to the assets or general credit of CrossAmerica. CST has pledged its equity ownership in CrossAmerica to secure the CST Credit Facility.
(b) The assets of CrossAmerica can only be used to settle the obligations of CrossAmerica and creditors of CrossAmerica have no recourse to the assets or general credit of CST.
Debt related to CST
On January 29, 2016, CST amended its Credit Facility to increase borrowing capacity from $300 million to $500 million and immediately drew $307 million under the amended Credit Facility to fund a portion of the Flash Foods acquisition and pay fees of $1 million associated with the amendment. The amended credit facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of CST and its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2016, CST’s outstanding borrowings currently under this Credit Facility bear a weighted average interest of 2.25%. As of February 24, 2017, approximately $112 million was available for future borrowings under the revolving credit facility. The amended Credit Facility contains certain customary representations and warranties, covenants and events of default. Our amended Credit Facility contains financial covenants (as defined in the credit agreement) consisting of (a) a maximum total lease adjusted leverage ratio set at 3.50 : 1.00, (b) a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio set at 1.30 : 1.00, and (c) limitations on capital expenditures. As of December 31, 2016, we were in compliance with these financial covenant ratios.

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See Note 12 included elsewhere in this quarterly report for additional information regarding CST’s debt.
Debt related to CrossAmerica
CrossAmerica maintains a revolving credit facility that provides for aggregate outstanding borrowings of up to $550 million. CrossAmerica’s borrowings had a weighted-average interest rate of 3.53% at December 31, 2016. The credit facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of CrossAmerica and its subsidiaries. The amount of availability under the revolving credit facility at February 24, 2017, was $84 million. In connection with future acquisitions, the revolving credit facility requires, among other things, that CrossAmerica has, after giving effect to such acquisition, at least $20 million of borrowing availability under its revolving credit facility and unrestricted cash on the balance sheet on the date of such acquisition. CrossAmerica is required to maintain a total leverage ratio (as defined in the revolving credit facility) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of less than or equal to 4.50 : 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the revolving credit facility) of greater than or equal to 2.75 : 1.00. The total leverage ratio covenant is 5.00 : 1.00 for the three quarters following a material acquisition (as defined in the revolving credit facility). As of December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica was in compliance with these financial covenant ratios.
In December 2016, the credit facility was amended as summarized below:
•
Modified certain terms to permit the acquisition of the General Partner indirectly by Couche-Tard;
•
Reduced the threshold for qualifying as a “material acquisition” from $50 million to $30 million;
•
Extended the time period from two to three quarters that the leverage ratio following a material acquisition can be 5.00 : 1.00;
•
Created further flexibility to conduct sale leaseback transactions;
•
Increased swing-line loan capacity from $10 million to $25 million; and
•
Certain other operational and technical amendments.
See Note 12 included elsewhere in this quarterly report for additional information regarding CrossAmerica’s debt.
Consolidated Capital Requirements
Our capital expenditures and investments relate primarily to the acquisition of land and the construction of NTIs. We also spend capital to improve, renovate and remodel our existing retail sites, which we refer to as sustaining capital, and, from time to time, we enter into strategic acquisitions. For the year ended December 31, 2016, our sustaining capital expenditures also include $27 million related to the improvement of our distribution warehouse and adjoining service center offices in San Antonio, Texas.
During 2015, CST conducted several transactions with CrossAmerica to help fund CST’s NTI construction and acquisition growth activities including the sale of a 17.5% equity interest in CST Fuel Supply LP and the sale of real property associated with 29 NTIs, which CST leased back from CrossAmerica. In addition, CrossAmerica participated in the Nice N Easy and Landmark acquisitions by purchasing the fuel supply and real property assets related to the acquisitions and subsequently providing motor fuel and leasing the real property to CST.
In the second half of 2015, access to capital tightened for the energy and MLP industries as a whole, which impacted CrossAmerica’s cost of capital and its ability to fund acquisitions of assets from CST on economic terms more favorable than those Cross America has negotiated in recent third-party acquisitions. CST and CrossAmerica regularly evaluate alternative sources of funding including, but not limited to, asset sales and sale-leaseback financing of real property with third parties. In that regard, in December 2016, CrossAmerica sold the real property at 17 retail sites acquired through the State Oil Assets acquisition for cash proceeds of $25 million, which were used to repay borrowings on its credit facility.
Management believes CST and CrossAmerica will have sufficient cash flow from operations, borrowing capacity under their revolving credit facilities, and access to capital markets and alternative sources of funding to continue to operate and fund our growth for the next twelve months.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, CST completed thirty-eight NTIs in the U.S., which are located in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Florida. In Canada, we completed twelve NTIs, which are located in Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick.

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The following table outlines our consolidated capital expenditures and expenditures for acquisitions by segment for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. The table includes the elimination of acquisitions between CST and CrossAmerica including the sale of fuel supply interest and NTI sales (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
U.S. Retail Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
NTI
 
$
244

 
$
218

 
$
130

Acquisitions
 
438

 
22

 
24

Sustaining capital
 
72

 
79

 
97

 
 
$
754

 
$
319

 
$
251

Canadian Retail Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
NTI
 
$
28

 
$
31

 
$
29

Acquisitions
 
—

 
—

 
7

Sustaining capital
 
18

 
32

 
27

 
 
$
46

 
$
63

 
$
63

CrossAmerica
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sustaining capital(a)
 
$
21

 
$
2

 
$
3

Acquisitions(b)
 
94

 
177

 
54

 
 
$
115

 
$
179

 
$
57

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total aggregate capital expenditures and
   acquisitions(c)
 
$
915

 
$
561

 
$
371

(a) CrossAmerica’s sustaining capital expenditures include approximately $20 million and $9 million of “growth” capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which are those capital expenditures expected to increase CrossAmerica’s operating income or operating capacity over the long term.
(b) Cash transactions between CST and CrossAmerica, including sales of CST Fuel Supply equity interest and sales of NTIs, are eliminated from the statements of cash flows.
(c) Includes $13 million of accrued capital expenditures in our U.S. Retail segment.


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Contractual Obligations
Our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2016 are summarized below (in millions).
 
 
Payments Due by Period
 
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
Thereafter
 
Total
CST obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
$
75

 
$
75

 
$
338

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
550

 
$
1,038

Interest payments on debt
 
35

 
33

 
30

 
28

 
28

 
40

 
194

Capital lease obligations,
   including interest thereon
 
4

 
4

 
3

 
3

 
3

 
14

 
31

Operating lease obligations
 
41

 
37

 
33

 
29

 
26

 
105

 
271

Other liabilities
 
42

 
21

 
3

 
4

 
4

 
103

 
177

Total CST obligations
 
$
197

 
$
170

 
$
407

 
$
64

 
$
61

 
$
812

 
$
1,711

CrossAmerica obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
$
—

 
$
1

 
$
442

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
443

Interest payments on debt
 
15

 
15

 
3

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
33

Capital lease and financing
obligations
 
3

 
3

 
3

 
3

 
3

 
19

 
34

Operating lease obligations
 
17

 
15

 
14

 
12

 
9

 
39

 
106

Sale leaseback obligations
 
6

 
6

 
7

 
7

 
7

 
70

 
103

Other liabilities
 
—

 
5

 
1

 
1

 
1

 
39

 
47

Total CrossAmerica obligations
 
$
41

 
$
45

 
$
470

 
$
23

 
$
20

 
$
167

 
$
766

Total consolidated obligations
 
$
238

 
$
215

 
$
877

 
$
87

 
$
81

 
$
979

 
$
2,477

Interest Payments on Debt
Such amounts include estimates of interest expense related to the CST and CrossAmerica credit facilities assuming the interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2016.
Capital Lease and Financing Obligations
Both CST and CrossAmerica have land and certain retail site properties under capital leases. Capital lease obligations in the table above include both principal and interest. The financing obligations of CrossAmerica consist of principal and interest payments due on sale-leaseback transactions for which the sale was not recognized because CrossAmerica’s predecessor retained continuing involvement in the underlying sites.
Operating Lease Obligations
The operating lease obligations include leases for land, office facilities and retail sites, including retail sites that CST leases from CrossAmerica. The lease income and lease expense associated with the retail sites that CST leases from CrossAmerica are eliminated in consolidation. Operating lease obligations reflected in the table above include all operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable terms in excess of one year, and are not reduced by minimum rentals to be received by us under subleases. In addition, such amounts do not reflect contingent rentals that may be incurred in addition to minimum rentals.
Other Liabilities
Other liabilities include certain accrued expenses, asset retirement obligations and all long-term liabilities that are described in Note 11 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Excluded are other liabilities whose payment period or amount is not determinable. For purposes of reflecting amounts for other liabilities in the table above, we have made our best estimate of expected payments for each type of liability based on information available as of December 31, 2016.

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CrossAmerica Management Fees
The amounts related to the management fee have been excluded from the table above as they are intercompany payments. See Note 13 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Other Matters Impacting Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Held by Our Canadian Subsidiary
As of December 31, 2016, $42 million of cash was held in Canada. In December 2015, we established a U.S. dollar denominated intercompany loan from the U.S. to a Canadian subsidiary in the amount of $360 million and incurred a withholding tax of $18 million. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Canadian subsidiary repaid $235 million of this loan. At December 31, 2016, the outstanding amount of this loan was $125 million. As this loan is repaid, no additional income taxes will be incurred. As the Canadian foreign currency exchange rates fluctuate with the U.S. dollar, we will recognize either a gain or loss related to the outstanding balance of this loan in “other income” on our consolidated income statement.
Cash Held by CrossAmerica
As of December 31, 2016, $1 million of cash was held by CrossAmerica.
Concentration of Suppliers
For the year ended December 31, 2016, CST purchased substantially all of its motor fuel for resale from Valero.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica purchased approximately 30%, 25% and 24% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP, and Motiva, respectively.
Concentration of Customers
CST has no significant concentration of customers. For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica distributed approximately 16% of its total wholesale distribution volumes to DMS and its affiliates and received 26% of its rent income from DMS and its affiliates. For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica distributed 8% of its total wholesale distribution volume to CST and received 21% of its rent income from CST, respectively.
CST Dividends
We paid regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.0625 per common share, or $5 million, each quarter, commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2013 through the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The Merger Agreement prohibits, among other things, us from declaring and paying quarterly cash dividends between August 21, 2016 and completion of our Merger. Our indebtedness also restricts our ability to pay dividends. It is uncertain that we will pay dividends in the future at previous levels or at all. Dividend activity for 2016 was as follows:
Quarter Ended
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Cash Distribution (per share)
 
Cash Distribution (in millions)
December 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2015
 
January 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

March 31, 2016
 
March 31, 2016
 
April 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

June 30, 2016
 
June 30, 2016
 
July 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5


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CrossAmerica Limited Partnership Distributions
Distribution activity for 2016 was as follows:
Quarter Ended
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Cash Distribution (per unit)
 
Cash Distribution (in millions)
December 31, 2015
 
February 12, 2016
 
February 24, 2016
 
$
0.5925

 
$
20

March 31, 2016
 
May 19, 2016
 
May 31, 2016
 
$
0.5975

 
$
20

June 30, 2016
 
August 8, 2016
 
August 15, 2016
 
$
0.6025

 
$
20

September 30, 2016
 
November 4, 2016
 
November 15, 2016
 
$
0.6075

 
$
20

December 31, 2016
 
February 6, 2017
 
February 13, 2017
 
$
0.6125

 
$
21

The amount of any distribution is subject to the discretion of the GP Board, which may modify or revoke CrossAmerica’s cash distribution policy at any time. CrossAmerica’s partnership agreement does not require CrossAmerica to pay any distributions. As such, there can be no assurance CrossAmerica will continue to pay distributions in the future.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica distributed $16 million to us with respect to our ownership of common units.
CrossAmerica IDR Distributions to CST
IDRs represent our right to receive an increasing percentage of CrossAmerica’s quarterly distributions from operating surplus (as defined by the partnership agreement) after the minimum quarterly distribution and the target distribution levels have been achieved. If cash distributions to CrossAmerica’s limited partner unitholders exceed $0.5031 per unit in any quarter, CrossAmerica’s unitholders and we, as the holder of CrossAmerica’s IDRs, will receive distributions according to the following percentage allocations:
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Common and Subordinated Unit
 
Marginal Percentage Interest in Distribution
Target Amount
  
Unitholders
 
Holders of IDRs
above $0.5031 up to $0.5469
  
 
85
%
 
 
15
%
above $0.5469 up to $0.6563
  
 
75
%
 
 
25
%
above $0.6563
  
 
50
%
 
 
50
%
For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica distributed $3 million to us with respect to our ownership of the IDRs.
Conversion of CrossAmerica’s Subordinated Units
On February 25, 2016, the 7,525,000 outstanding subordinated units of CrossAmerica converted into common units on a one-for-one basis. Each former subordinated unit now participates in CrossAmerica’s cash distributions pro rata with the other common units. In addition, CST may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of an additional 6,786,499 common units as a result of a voting agreement by and between CST and Joseph V. Topper and entities wholly owned and managed by him.
CST Stock Repurchase Plan
On August 5, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan under which we are authorized to purchase shares of our common stock up to a maximum dollar amount of $200 million, until such authorization is exhausted or withdrawn by our Board of Directors. Under the stock repurchase program, we are authorized to repurchase, from time-to-time, shares of our outstanding common stock in the open market and in private transactions, at management’s discretion, based on market and business conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors, or pursuant to an issuer repurchase plan or agreement that may be in effect. The repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any specific amount of common stock and will continue until otherwise modified or terminated by our Board of Directors at any time at its sole discretion and without notice. We did not repurchase any of our common stock during the year ended December 31, 2016 and have $114 million remaining under the plan. The Merger Agreement precludes CST from making any further repurchases of CST common stock.

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CST Purchases of CrossAmerica Common Units
On September 21, 2015, CST announced that the independent executive committee of the Board of Directors approved a unit purchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, authorizing CST to purchase up to an aggregate of $50 million of the common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. The CrossAmerica common unit purchase program does not have a fixed expiration date and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time at CST’s discretion.
CST made no purchases under the CrossAmerica common unit purchase program during the year ended December 31, 2016. From inception until December 31, 2016, CST had purchased $20 million, or 804,667 common units, at an average price of $24.64 per common unit, which common units cannot be transferred absent registration with the SEC or an available exemption from the SEC’s registration requirements. The Merger Agreement prohibits CST from making any further purchases of CrossAmerica common units.
CrossAmerica Common Unit Repurchase Program
In November 2015, the GP Board approved a common unit repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act authorizing CrossAmerica to repurchase up to an aggregate of $25 million of the common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. Under the program, CrossAmerica may make purchases in the open market in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, or in privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act or otherwise. Any purchases will be funded from available cash on hand. The common unit repurchase program does not require CrossAmerica to acquire any specific number of common units and may be suspended or terminated by CrossAmerica at any time without prior notice. The purchases will not be made from any officer, director or control person of CrossAmerica or CST. The Merger Agreement precludes CrossAmerica from making any further repurchases of its common units. The following table shows the purchases made through December 31, 2016:
Period
 
Total Number of Units Purchased
 
Average Price Paid per Unit
 
Total Cost of Units Purchased
 
Amount Remaining under the Program
January 1 - December 31, 2015
 
154,158

 
$
23.37

 
$
3,603,071

 
$
21,396,929

January 1 - March 31, 2016
 
112,492

 
$
24.47

 
$
2,752,240

 
$
18,644,689

April 1 - June 30, 2016
 
20,971

 
$
23.86

 
$
500,413

 
$
18,144,276

July 1 - September 30, 2016
 
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
18,144,276

October 1 - December 31, 2016
 
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
18,144,276

Total
 
287,621
 

 
$
6,855,724

 
$
18,144,276

CST Acquisition of Flash Foods
On February 1, 2016, we closed on the acquisition of Flash Foods from the Jones Company for approximately $425 million plus working capital and other closing adjustments.
See Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
Sale of Wholesale Fuel Supply Contracts to CrossAmerica
In February 2016, CST sold 21 independent dealer contracts and 11 subwholesaler contracts to CrossAmerica for $3 million.
See Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
CrossAmerica Acquisition of Franchised Holiday Stores
On March 29, 2016, CrossAmerica closed on the acquisition of 31 Franchised Holiday Stores and three company operated liquor stores from S/S/G Corporation for approximately $52 million. Of the 34 company operated retail sites, 31 are located in Wisconsin and three are located in Minnesota.
See Note 3 included elsewhere in this quarterly report for additional information.
Sale of California and Wyoming Assets
In July 2016, CST consummated the sale of all 79 stores in the California and Wyoming markets to 7-Eleven, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services, Inc. for $408 million plus adjustments for inventory and working capital and recognized a

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gain of $347 million, or $220 million net of tax. The sale of assets in California and Wyoming resulted in a permanent reduction to our minimum volume commitments contained in the Valero Fuel Supply Agreements. Additionally, in accordance with the asset purchase agreement, we were required to make deposits into an escrow account to secure certain of our obligations and indemnify the Purchasers against any preexisting environmental liabilities arising from the divested stations, which we classified as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet. The balance in this account at December 31, 2016 was $22 million.
See Note 3 included elsewhere in this quarterly report for additional information.
Refund payment related to CST sale of California and Wyoming Assets
In July 2016, we provided a refund payment to CrossAmerica related to its 17.5% interest in CST Fuel Supply as a result of our sale of the California and Wyoming retail sites to which we no longer supply motor fuel. The total refund payment to CrossAmerica was $18 million.
See Note 13 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
CrossAmerica Acquisition of State Oil Assets
In September 2016, CrossAmerica acquired certain assets of State Oil Company located in the greater Chicago market for approximately $42 million.
See Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
Contingencies
Legal Matters
See Note 14 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K under the caption “Litigation Matters” for a discussion of our legal matters.
Environmental Matters
See Note 14 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K under the caption “Environmental Matters” for a discussion of our environmental matters.
Quarterly Results of Operations
See Note 23 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for financial and operating quarterly data for each quarter of 2016 and 2015.
Merger Related Expenses
See Note 1 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for a discussion of expenses related to the Merger.


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New Accounting Policies
For information on recent accounting pronouncements impacting our business, see Note 2 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

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Critical Accounting Policies Involving Critical Accounting Estimates
We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. See Note 2 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for a summary of our significant accounting policies.
Critical accounting policies are those we believe are both most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results, and require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often because we must make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of those policies may result in materially different amounts being reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. We believe the following policies to be the most critical in understanding the judgments that are involved in preparing our financial statements.
Business Combinations
We account for business combinations in accordance with the guidance under ASC 805–Business Combinations. Acquisitions of assets or entities that include inputs and processes and have the ability to create outputs are accounted for as business combinations. The purchase price is recorded for assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on fair value. The excess of the fair value of the consideration conveyed over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. The income statement includes the results of operations for each acquisition from their respective date of acquisition.
Determining the fair value of these items requires management’s judgment, the utilization of independent valuation experts and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions with respect to the timing and amounts of future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, market prices and asset lives, among other items. The judgments made in the determination of the estimated fair value assigned to the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the investee, as well as the estimated useful life of each asset and the duration of each liability, can materially impact the financial statements in periods after acquisition, such as through depreciation and amortization. For more information on our acquisitions and application of the acquisition method, see Note 3 included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level at least annually, and more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the goodwill might be impaired. The annual impairment test of goodwill is performed as of the first day of the fourth quarter of our fiscal year.
In performing our annual impairment analysis, ASC 350–20, Intangibles–Goodwill and Other, allows us to use qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill.
If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, no further testing is necessary. However, if we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then we perform the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test.
In the first step of the goodwill impairment test, the reporting unit’s carrying amount (including goodwill) and its fair value are compared. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of our “implied fair value” requires us to allocate the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared to the corresponding carrying value. If the “implied fair value” is less than the carrying value, an impairment charge would be recorded.
At December 31, 2016, we had $226 million of goodwill recorded in our U.S. Retail segment, $2 million in our Canadian Retail segment and $391 million from our CrossAmerica segment.
Our annual goodwill impairment test is performed October 1, and after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, we determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting units exceed their carrying amounts and therefore goodwill was not impaired for any of our segments at December 31, 2016.

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Asset Retirement Obligations
We recognize the estimated future cost to remove our USTs over their estimated useful lives. We record a discounted liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation with a corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related long-lived asset at the time a UST is installed. We depreciate the amount added to property and equipment and recognize accretion expense in connection with the discounted liability over the remaining life of the UST.
We base our estimates of such future costs on our prior experience with removal and include normal and customary costs we expect to incur associated with UST removal. We compare our cost estimates with our actual removal cost experience on an annual basis, and when the actual costs we experience exceed our original estimates, we will recognize an additional liability for estimated future costs to remove the USTs. Because these estimates are subjective and are currently based on historical costs with adjustments for estimated future changes in the associated costs, the dollar amount of these obligations could change as more information is obtained.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, our liabilities related to the removal of USTs recorded in the consolidated balance sheets were $132 million and $116 million, respectively. A 10% change in our estimate of anticipated future costs for removal of USTs as of December 31, 2016 would change our asset retirement obligation by approximately $13 million. See also Note 11 under the caption “Asset Retirement Obligations” included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
Environmental Liabilities
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, our environmental reserves recorded in the consolidated balance sheets were $6 million and $5 million, respectively. These environmental reserves represent our estimates for future expenditures for remediation and related litigation associated with contaminated sites as a result of releases (e.g. overfills, spills and releases) and are based on current regulations, historical results and certain other factors.
Environmental liabilities that we have recorded are based on internal and external estimates of costs to remediate sites. Factors considered in the estimates of the liability are the expected cost and the estimated length of time to remediate each contaminated site. Estimated remediation costs are not discounted because the timing of payments cannot be reasonably estimated. Reimbursements under state trust fund programs are recognized when received because such amounts are insignificant. The adequacy of the liability is evaluated monthly and adjustments are made based on updated experience at existing sites, newly identified sites and changes in governmental policy. A 10% change in our estimate of future costs related to environmental liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2016 would change our environmental liabilities and operating expenses by less than $1 million. See also Note 14 under the caption “Environmental Matters” included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for additional information.
Tax Matters
We are subject to tax liabilities imposed by multiple jurisdictions, including income taxes, indirect taxes (excise/duty, sales/use and gross receipts taxes), payroll taxes, franchise taxes, withholding taxes and ad valorem taxes. New tax laws and regulations and changes in existing tax laws and regulations are continuously being enacted or proposed that could result in increased expenditures for tax liabilities that cannot be predicted at this time. Tax liabilities include potential assessments of penalty and interest amounts.
As a limited partnership, excluding earnings and losses of its wholly owned taxable subsidiary, CrossAmerica is not subject to federal and state income taxes. Income tax attributable to CrossAmerica’s taxable income, which may differ significantly from income for financial statement purposes, is assessed at the individual level of the limited partner unit holders. CrossAmerica is 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, CrossAmerica would be taxed as a corporation. The non-qualifying income did not exceed the statutory limit in any period.
We record tax liabilities based on our assessment of existing tax laws and regulations. A contingent loss related to a transactional tax claim is recorded if the loss is both probable and estimable. The recording of our tax liabilities requires significant judgments and estimates. Actual tax liabilities can vary from our estimates for a variety of reasons, including different interpretations of tax laws and regulations and different assessments of the amount of tax due. In addition, in determining our income tax provision, we must assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered through future taxable income. Significant judgment is required in estimating the amount of valuation allowance, if any, that should be recorded against those deferred income tax assets. If our actual results of operations differ from such estimates or our estimates of future taxable income change, the valuation allowance may need to be revised. However, an estimate of the sensitivity to earnings that would result from changes in the assumptions and estimates used in determining our tax liabilities is not practicable due to the number of assumptions and tax laws involved, the various potential interpretations of the tax laws, and the wide range of possible outcomes. See Note 14 under the

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caption “Tax Matters” and Note 18 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K for a further discussion of our tax liabilities.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation cost is measured in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718 Compensation—Stock Compensation at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. ASC 718 requires the use of a valuation model to calculate the fair value of certain stock-based awards. We have elected to use the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which incorporates various assumptions, including volatility, expected term, and risk-free interest rates, to value our stock options. Certain assumptions are based on a blend of our historical experience and an analysis of the common stock of our peers due to the short period of time our stock has been publicly traded. As the trading history of our stock lengthens, we will incorporate more of our history and less of our peers’ history. The expected term of an award is based on the terms and conditions of the stock awards granted to employees. The dividend yield is based on our intention to pay regular cash dividends. If different factors for volatility, expected term or dividend yield were utilized, it could significantly change the fair value assigned to stock-based awards at their grant date.
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, we recorded consolidated stock-based compensation expense of $17 million, $17 million and $18 million, respectively.
Legal Matters
A variety of claims have been made against us in various lawsuits. We record a liability related to a loss contingency attributable to such legal matters if we determine the loss to be both probable and estimable. The recording of such liabilities requires judgments and estimates, the results of which can vary significantly from actual litigation results due to differing interpretations of relevant law and differing opinions regarding the degree of potential liability and the assessment of reasonable damages. However, an estimate of the sensitivity to earnings if other assumptions were used in recording our legal liabilities is not practicable due to the number of contingencies that must be assessed and the wide range of reasonably possible outcomes, both in terms of the probability of loss and the estimates of such loss. See Note 14 under the caption “Litigation Matters” for a further discussion of our legal matters.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Risk
CST’s debt includes a $338 million, five-year, amortizing term loan bearing interest at a variable rate. In addition, the CST revolving credit facility has a borrowing capacity of up to $500 million, and any borrowings would bear interest at variable rates. As of December 31, 2016, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the credit facility was 2.25%. A one percentage point change in the average interest rate would impact annual interest expense by approximately $5 million.
As of December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica had $442 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility. Outstanding borrowings under this credit facility had a weighted-average interest rate of 3.53%. A one percentage point change in CrossAmerica’s average rate would impact annual interest expense by approximately $4 million.
Commodity Price Risk
We have not historically hedged or managed our price risk in any significant manner with respect to our commodity inventories (gasoline and diesel fuel), as the time period between the purchases of our motor fuel inventory and the sales to our customers is a few days.
A change in gross profit margin of $.01 per gallon affects our gross profit margin by approximately $20 million in our U.S. Retail segment and approximately $10 million in our Canadian Retail segment (on an annualized basis). Based on CrossAmerica’s current volumes, we estimate a $10 per barrel change in the price of crude oil would impact CrossAmerica’s annual wholesale motor fuel gross profit by approximately $2 million related to its payment discounts.
Foreign Currency Risk
Our financial statements are reported in U.S. dollars. However, a substantial portion of our operations and assets are located in Canada. As such, our reported results of operations, cash flows and financial position as they relate to our Canadian operations are impacted by fluctuations in the Canadian dollar exchange rate into U.S. dollars. We have not historically hedged our risk associated with our exposure to the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate. A one percent decline in the 2016 weighted average exchange rate would have no material impact to our December 31, 2016 net income. As of December 31, 2016, $42 million of cash was held in Canada.
At December 31, 2016, a Canadian subsidiary had outstanding to the U.S. a U.S. dollar denominated loan in the amount of $125 million. If the Canadian dollar strengthens against the U.S. dollar during a reporting period, we will recognize a gain related to the outstanding balance of this loan in “other income” on our consolidated income statement. If the Canadian dollar weakens against the U.S. dollar during a reporting period, we will recognize a loss related to the outstanding balance of this loan in “other income” on our consolidated income statement.
The operations of CrossAmerica are located in the U.S., and therefore are not subject to foreign currency risk.


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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, adopted rules requiring companies to file reports with the SEC to include a management report on such company’s internal control over financial reporting in its annual report. In addition, our independent registered public accounting firm must attest to our internal control over financial reporting.
The management of CST Brands, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. This internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to the company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. CST Brands, Inc. management assessed the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016. In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, 2013 version. Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of December 31, 2016, the company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Management’s evaluation of and conclusion regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting excludes the internal control over financial reporting of Flash Foods, which we acquired on February 1, 2016 (as described in Note 3 of the notes to consolidated financial statements). The Flash Foods acquisition contributed approximately 8 percent of our total operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 and accounted for approximately 11 percent of our total assets as of December 31, 2016 (of which 7 percent represents goodwill, intangibles, and property and equipment included within the scope of the assessment). We plan to fully integrate Flash Foods into our internal control over financial reporting in 2017.
As a public company, CrossAmerica’s management is required to report on its evaluation and conclusions regarding the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting in its separate Form 10-K annual report. CrossAmerica’s management assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 using the criteria set forth by COSO in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework. CrossAmerica’s management believes that as of December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, which begins on page 70 of this report.
The independent public accounting firm for CrossAmerica has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of CrossAmerica’s internal control over financial reporting and this report is included on page 71 of this report.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
CST Brands, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CST Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three‑year period ended December 31, 2016. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of CrossAmerica Partners LP, a consolidated variable interest entity, as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, which statements reflect total assets constituting 21 percent and 22 percent of consolidated total assets at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and total revenues constituting 16 percent and 18 percent in 2016 and 2015, respectively, of the consolidated total revenues. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for CrossAmerica Partners LP, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and report of the other auditors, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CST Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three‑year period ended December 31, 2016, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), CST Brands, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 27, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of February 27, 2017, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company excludes an evaluation of internal control over financial reporting of Flash Foods, which was acquired during 2016.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Antonio, Texas
February 27, 2017


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors
General Partner and Limited Partners of CrossAmerica Partners LP
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CrossAmerica Partners LP (a Delaware Limited Partnership) and subsidiaries (the “Partnership”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in partners’ capital and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CrossAmerica Partners LP and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 27, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Arlington, Virginia
February 27, 2017


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
CST Brands, Inc.:
We have audited CST Brands, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). CST Brands, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We did not audit the internal control over financial reporting of CrossAmerica Partners LP, a consolidated variable interest entity, whose financial statements reflect total assets and revenues constituting 21 and 16 percent, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016. CrossAmerica Partners LP’s internal control over financial reporting was audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to CrossAmerica Partners LP’s internal control over financial reporting, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit and the report of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of the other auditors, CST Brands, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Management’s evaluation of and assessment of the effectiveness of CST Brands, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 excluded the internal control over financial reporting of Flash Foods, which was acquired during 2016, whose financial statements reflect 11 percent of total assets (of which 7 percent represents goodwill, intangibles, and property and equipment included within the scope of the assessment) and 8 percent of total revenues of the related consolidated financial statement amounts of CST Brands, Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of CST Brands, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Flash Foods.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of CST Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and our report dated February 27, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Antonio, Texas
February 27, 2017

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors
General Partner and Limited Partners of CrossAmerica Partners LP
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of CrossAmerica Partners LP (a Delaware Limited Partnership) and subsidiaries (the “Partnership”) as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Partnership’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the Partnership maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements of the Partnership as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016, and our report dated February 27, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Arlington, Virginia
February 27, 2017


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CST BRANDS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Millions of Dollars)
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash (CrossAmerica: $1 and $1, respectively)
 
$
137

 
$
314

Restricted cash
 
22

 
—

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $1 and $1, at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (CrossAmerica: $37 and $18, respectively)
 
195

 
135

Inventories (CrossAmerica: $13 and $16, respectively)
 
250

 
224

Prepaid taxes (CrossAmerica: $1 and $1, respectively)
 
3

 
27

Prepaid expenses and other (CrossAmerica: $8 and $10, respectively)
 
20

 
20

Total current assets
 
627

 
720

Property and equipment, at cost (CrossAmerica: $822 and $738, respectively)
 
3,565

 
3,010

Accumulated depreciation (CrossAmerica: $96 and $47, respectively)
 
(923
)
 
(786
)
Property and equipment, net (CrossAmerica: $726 and $691, respectively)
 
2,642

 
2,224

Intangible assets, net (CrossAmerica: $321 and $340, respectively)
 
357

 
359

Goodwill (CrossAmerica: $391 and $383, respectively)
 
619

 
420

Deferred income taxes
 
62

 
63

Other assets, net (CrossAmerica: $18 and $11, respectively)
 
53

 
54

Total assets
 
$
4,360

 
$
3,840

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations (CrossAmerica: $2 and $9, respectively)
 
$
78

 
$
139

Accounts payable (CrossAmerica: $35 and $32, respectively)
 
223

 
186

Accounts payable to Valero
 
181

 
152

Accrued expenses (CrossAmerica: $16 and $16, respectively)
 
70

 
71

Taxes other than income taxes (CrossAmerica: $12 and $10, respectively)
 
61

 
42

Income taxes payable (CrossAmerica: $0 and $1, respectively)
 
2

 
26

Dividends payable
 
—

 
5

Total current liabilities
 
615

 
621

Debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion (CrossAmerica: $465 and $404, respectively)
 
1,427

 
1,290

Deferred income taxes (CrossAmerica: $52 and $54, respectively)
 
274

 
186

Asset retirement obligations (CrossAmerica: $28 and $23, respectively)
 
129

 
113

Other long-term liabilities (CrossAmerica: $100 and $46, respectively)
 
136

 
85

Total liabilities
 
2,581

 
2,295

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
 


 


Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
CST Brands, Inc. stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, 250,000,000 shares authorized at $0.01 par value; 77,935,731 and 77,749,964 shares issued as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
 
1

 
1

Additional paid-in capital (APIC)
 
629

 
627

Treasury stock, at cost: 2,186,617 and 2,134,198 common shares as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
 
(89
)
 
(87
)
Retained earnings
 
713

 
399

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) (AOCI)
 
(25
)
 
(30
)
Total CST Brands, Inc. stockholders’ equity
 
1,229

 
910

Noncontrolling interest
 
550

 
635

Total stockholders’ equity
 
1,779

 
1,545

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
4,360

 
$
3,840

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CST BRANDS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Millions of Dollars, Except Share and per Share Amounts)
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Operating revenues(a)
 
$
11,106

 
$
11,455

 
$
12,754

Cost of sales(b)
 
9,666

 
10,061

 
11,481

Gross profit
 
1,440

 
1,394

 
1,273

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
839

 
752

 
687

General and administrative expenses
 
157

 
175

 
140

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
257

 
209

 
147

Asset impairments
 
2

 
1

 
3

Total operating expenses
 
1,255

 
1,137

 
977

Gain on sale of assets, net
 
351

 
10

 
32

Operating income
 
536

 
267

 
328

Other income, net
 
11

 
18

 
6

Interest expense
 
(67
)
 
(58
)
 
(45
)
Income before income tax expense
 
480

 
227

 
289

Income tax expense
 
176

 
88

 
109

Consolidated net income
 
304

 
139

 
180

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
20

 
10

 
20

Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
$
324

 
$
149

 
$
200

Earnings per common share
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per common share
 
$
4.26

 
$
1.95

 
$
2.63

Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in thousands)
 
75,627

 
76,155

 
75,909

Earnings per common share – assuming dilution
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per common share
 
$
4.24

 
$
1.95

 
$
2.63

Weighted-average common shares outstanding - assuming dilution (in thousands)
 
76,137

 
76,505

 
76,086

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends per common share
 
$
0.1250

 
$
0.2500

 
$
0.2500

Supplemental information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Includes excise taxes of:
 
$
2,045

 
$
1,945

 
$
2,046

(a) Includes revenues from fuel sales to related parties of:
 
$
254

 
$
323

 
$
751

(a) Includes income from rentals of:
 
$
63

 
$
60

 
$
43

(b) Includes expenses from fuel sales to related parties of:
 
$
247

 
$
314

 
$
722

(b) Includes expenses from rentals of:
 
$
20

 
$
17

 
$
15

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CST BRANDS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Millions of Dollars)
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Consolidated net income
 
$
304

 
$
139

 
$
180

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
5

 
(107
)
 
(56
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes
 
5

 
(107
)
 
(56
)
Income taxes related to items of other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
—

Other comprehensive income (loss)
 
5

 
(107
)
 
(56
)
Comprehensive income
 
309

 
32

 
124

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(20
)
 
(10
)
 
(20
)
Comprehensive income attributable to CST
   stockholders
 
$
329

 
$
42

 
$
144

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CST BRANDS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Millions of Dollars)
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated net income
 
$
304

 
$
139

 
$
180

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
17

 
17

 
18

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
257

 
209

 
147

Gain on the sale of assets, net
 
(351
)
 
(10
)
 
(32
)
Asset impairments
 
2

 
1

 
3

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
 
76

 
(7
)
 
24

Changes in working capital, net of acquisitions
 
(17
)
 
13

 
15

Other operating activities
 
(1
)
 
—

 
—

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
287

 
$
362

 
$
355

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
 
$
(370
)
 
$
(352
)
 
$
(285
)
Proceeds from sale of California and Wyoming stores
 
408

 
—

 
—

Proceeds from California and Wyoming sale restricted for use
 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

Proceeds from the sale of assets
 
5

 
13

 
58

CST acquisitions, net of cash acquired
 
(438
)
 
(22
)
 
(41
)
CrossAmerica acquisitions, net of cash acquired
 
(94
)
 
(168
)
 
(45
)
Other investing activities, net
 
3

 
4

 
1

Net cash used in investing activities
 
$
(508
)
 
$
(525
)
 
$
(312
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borrowings under the CST revolving credit facility
 
$
532

 
$
135

 
$
—

Payments on the CST revolving credit facility
 
(442
)
 
(75
)
 
—

Payments on the CST term loan facility
 
(69
)
 
(47
)
 
(34
)
CST debt issuance costs
 
(1
)
 
—

 
(2
)
CrossAmerica debt issuance costs
 
(1
)
 
—

 
—

Borrowings under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
 
215

 
369

 
—

Payments on the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
 
(132
)
 
(211
)
 
—

Proceeds from issuance of CrossAmerica common units, net
 
—

 
145

 
—

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
 
—

 
—

 
55

Proceeds from sale leaseback transactions
 
25

 
—

 
—

CST repurchases of common shares
 
—

 
(69
)
 
(22
)
CST purchases of CrossAmerica common units
 
—

 
(20
)
 
—

CrossAmerica repurchases of common units
 
(3
)
 
—

 
—

Payments of capital lease obligations
 
(5
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
CST dividends paid
 
(15
)
 
(19
)
 
(19
)
CrossAmerica distributions paid
 
(64
)
 
(55
)
 
(12
)
Receivables repaid by CrossAmerica related parties
 
—

 
2

 
—

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
40

 
151

 
(36
)
Effect of foreign currency translation changes on cash
 
4

 
(42
)
 
(17
)
Net decrease in cash
 
(177
)
 
(54
)
 
(10
)
Cash at beginning of period
 
314

 
368

 
378

Cash at end of period
 
$
137

 
$
314

 
$
368

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CST BRANDS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Millions of Dollars and Shares)
 
 
CST Brands, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common
 
 
 
Treasury
 
Retained
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Controlling
 
Total
 
 
Stock
 
APIC
 
Stock
 
Earnings
 
AOCI
 
Total
 
Interest
 
Equity
Balance as of December 31, 2013
 
1

 
406

 
—

 
87

 
133

 
627

 
—

 
627

Recognition of noncontrolling interest due to GP Purchase
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
771

 
771

Net income
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
200

 
—

 
200

 
(20
)
 
180

Stock-based compensation expense
 
—

 
10

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10

 
3

 
13

Dividends
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(18
)
 
—

 
(18
)
 
—

 
(18
)
Shares issued in connection with the GP Purchase and IDR Purchase
 
—

 
72

 
 
 
—

 
—

 
72

 
—

 
72

Stock repurchases under buyback program
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
(22
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(12
)
 
(12
)
Other comprehensive loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(56
)
 
(56
)
 
—

 
(56
)
Balance as of December 31, 2014
 
1

 
488

 
(22
)
 
269

 
77

 
813

 
742

 
1,555

Net income (loss)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
149

 
—

 
149

 
(10
)
 
139

Purchase price adjustment
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(8
)
 
(8
)
Stock-based compensation expense
 
—

 
14

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
14

 
3

 
17

Dividends
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(19
)
 
—

 
(19
)
 
—

 
(19
)
Stock repurchases in connection with stock-based comp plans
 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
(1
)
CST and CrossAmerica treasury stock
 
—

 
(20
)
 
(64
)
 
—

 
—

 
(84
)
 
(4
)
 
(88
)
Asset drops
 
—

 
18

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
18

 
(18
)
 
—

Deferred tax adjustments
 
—

 
(31
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(31
)
 
—

 
(31
)
Distributions paid
 
—

 
8

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
8

 
(66
)
 
(58
)
CrossAmerica equity issuance
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
145

 
145

Issuance of CrossAmerica common units for settlement of the management fee
 
—

 
(7
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(7
)
 
7

 
—

Noncontrolling interest reclassification for CrossAmerica common units acquired by CST
 
—

 
156

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
156

 
(156
)
 
—

Other
 
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
1

Other comprehensive loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(107
)
 
(107
)
 
—

 
(107
)
Balance as of December 31, 2015
 
1

 
627

 
(87
)
 
399

 
(30
)
 
910

 
635

 
1,545

Net income (loss)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
324

 
—

 
324

 
(20
)
 
304

Stock-based compensation expense
 
—

 
15

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
15

 
2

 
17

Dividends
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(10
)
 
—

 
(10
)
 
—

 
(10
)
Stock repurchases in connection with stock-based comp plans
 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
 
—

 
(2
)
CrossAmerica treasury stock
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Dealer and subwholesaler contracts purchased by CrossAmerica from CST
 
—

 
3

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
3

 
(3
)
 
—

Refund payment to CrossAmerica
 
—

 
(18
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(18
)
 
18

 
—

Deferred tax adjustments
 
—

 
(15
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(15
)
 
—

 
(15
)
Distributions paid
 
—

 
16

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
16

 
(80
)
 
(64
)
Issuance of CrossAmerica common units for settlement of the management fee
 
—

 
(11
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(11
)
 
11

 
—

Noncontrolling interest reclassification for CrossAmerica common units acquired by CST
 
—

 
10

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10

 
(10
)
 
—

Other
 
—

 
2

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2

 
—

 
2

Other comprehensive loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
5

 
5

 
—

 
5

Balance as of December 31, 2016
 
$
1

 
$
629

 
$
(89
)
 
$
713

 
$
(25
)
 
$
1,229

 
$
550

 
$
1,779

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.
MERGER AGREEMENT, DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND CONCENTRATION RISK
Our Merger Agreement
On August 21, 2016, our Board of Directors unanimously approved, and we entered into, the Merger Agreement with a subsidiary of Couche-Tard, under which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, a U.S. subsidiary of Couche-Tard will acquire all of the shares of CST for $48.53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.4 billion, including the assumption of net debt. CST’s stockholders approved the Merger Agreement at a special meeting of stockholders held November 16, 2016. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second quarter of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals in the United States and Canada. The Merger Agreement provides for interim operating covenants as set forth therein, which limit certain activities and operations of CST. On September 16, 2016, each of CST and Couche-Tard filed a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act, with the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with the Merger. Couche-Tard voluntarily withdrew its premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act on October 14, 2016, and re-filed its premerger notification and report form on October 17, 2016. The waiting period imposed by the HSR Act will expire 45 days after substantial compliance with the Second Request has been certified by all parties to the transaction that received a Second Request, unless that period is extended by court order or terminated earlier by the FTC.
On December 21, 2016, we entered into a timing agreement with the FTC pursuant to which we agreed, among other things, (i) not to consummate the Merger prior to 45 days after both we and Couche-Tard have substantially complied with the FTC’s Second Request, unless we and Couche-Tard have received prior written notice that the FTC has closed its investigation and (ii) not to certify compliance with the Second Request before January 31, 2017. Couche-Tard has informed us that it also entered into a timing agreement with the FTC on the same terms. We and Couche-Tard are continuing to work cooperatively with the FTC in its review of the proposed Merger.
As part of the Merger, certain financial consultants were retained (Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan) to advise CST management and the Special Committee of the Board of Directors through the strategic review process. The fees associated with these services include amounts for an opinion as to the fairness and adequacy, from a financial point of view, of the consideration offered to the Company or our shareholders. These fees also include amounts payable upon the closing of a transaction of up to $40 million. For the year ended December 31, 2016, we have expensed approximately $2 million of such fees in our consolidated financial statements. We expect the majority of the fees to be expensed at or near the close of the transaction.
Description of Business
CST is a holding company and conducts substantially all of its operations through its subsidiaries. CST was incorporated in Delaware in 2012, formed solely in contemplation of the Spin-off and, prior to May 1, 2013, had not commenced operations and had no material assets, liabilities or commitments.
On October 1, 2014, CST completed the purchase of 100% of the membership interests in the sole member of the General Partner and 100% of the IDRs of Lehigh Gas Partners LP for $17 million in cash and approximately 2.0 million shares of CST common stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $90 million. After the purchase of the sole member of the General Partner, the name of Lehigh Gas Partners LP was changed to CrossAmerica Partners LP. At December 31, 2016, after giving effect to the transactions discussed in the following notes, CST owns 19.8% of the limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. See Notes 3 and 13 for additional information.
CrossAmerica is a separate publicly traded Delaware master limited partnership primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of motor fuel and the ownership and leasing of real estate used in the retail distribution of motor fuel. CST controls CrossAmerica’s General Partner and has the right to appoint all members of the GP Board. The General Partner is managed and operated by the executive officers of the General Partner, under the oversight of the GP Board. Therefore, we control the operations and activities of CrossAmerica even though we do not have a majority ownership of CrossAmerica’s outstanding limited partner units. As a result, under the guidance in ASC 810–Consolidation, we are required to consolidate CrossAmerica.
On a consolidated basis, we have three operating segments, U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica. The U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica segments are each managed as individual strategic business units. Each segment experiences different operating income margins due to certain unique operating characteristics, geographic supply and demand attributes, specific country and local regulatory environments, and is exposed to variability in gross profit from the volatility of crude oil prices. Our Canadian Retail segment also experiences variability from the volatility of foreign currency exchange rates.

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CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Our U.S. Retail segment operations are substantially a company owned and operated retail site business. We generate profit on motor fuel sales, prepared foods and convenience merchandise and services (car wash, lottery, money orders, air/water/vacuum services, video and game rentals, and access to ATMs). Our retail sites are operated by company employees.
Our Canadian Retail segment includes company owned and operated retail sites, commission sites, independent dealers, cardlocks and business and home energy operations. We generate profit on motor fuel sales, and, at our company owned and operated retail sites, profit is also generated on prepared foods and convenience merchandise and services (similar to our U.S. Retail segment).
CrossAmerica is engaged in the wholesale distribution of motor fuels, the operation of retail sites and the ownership and leasing of real estate used in the retail distribution of motor fuels. CrossAmerica’s operations are conducted entirely within the U.S.
Concentration Risk
Valero supplied substantially all of the motor fuel purchased by our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments for resale during all periods presented. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segments purchased $5.7 billion, $6.4 billion, and $9.5 billion, respectively, of motor fuel from Valero.
CrossAmerica purchases a substantial amount of motor fuel from three suppliers. For the year ended December 31, 2016, CrossAmerica’s wholesale business purchased approximately 30%, 25% and 24% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP and Motiva (Shell), respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2015, our wholesale business purchased approximately 30%, 26% and 26% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP and Motiva (Shell), respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, our wholesale business purchased approximately 37%, 28% and 22% of its motor fuel from ExxonMobil, BP and Motiva (Shell), respectively. No other fuel suppliers accounted for 10% or more of CrossAmerica’s fuel purchases in 2016, 2015 or 2014.
No customers are individually material to our U.S. Retail and Canadian Retail segment operations. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, CrossAmerica distributed approximately 16%, 17% and25% of its total wholesale distribution volumes to DMS and its affiliates and DMS and its affiliates accounted for approximately 26%, 36% and 47% of CrossAmerica’s rental income, respectively. For more information regarding transactions with DMS, see Note 13.
Note 2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation and Combination
These consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These financial statements include the consolidated accounts of CST Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries for all periods after the Spin-off. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
CrossAmerica is consolidated within our financial statements. The amounts shown in the parenthetical presentation on the consolidated balance sheet represent the assets of CrossAmerica that can only be used to settle the obligations of CrossAmerica and the liabilities of CrossAmerica for which creditors have no access to the assets or general credit of CST. CrossAmerica’s financial results are included in our results of operations from October 1, 2014 forward.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications were made to prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation, as discussed further in Note 20. Such reclassifications had no effect on net income or total equity for any periods.
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.
Receivables
Trade receivables represent amounts due from credit card companies, from our cardlock customers and from our business and home energy customers. CrossAmerica’s trade receivables primarily relate to its wholesale motor fuel sales as credit is extended to customers based on evaluations of customers’ financial condition. Trade receivables are carried at original invoice amount. Other receivables consist primarily of amounts due from vendors related to vendor rebates (see “Merchandise Vendor Allowances and Rebates” for our policy regarding the accounting for vendor rebates). We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts, which

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is adjusted based on management’s assessment of our customers’ historical collection experience, known credit risks and industry and economic conditions.
Inventories
Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market. The cost of supplies and convenience store merchandise is determined principally under the weighted-average cost method. The cost of motor fuel inventories in our U.S. Retail segment is determined under LIFO, with any increments valued based on average purchase prices for the year. The cost of motor fuel inventories in our Canadian Retail segment and our CrossAmerica segment is determined under the weighted-average cost method.
No provision for potentially slow moving or obsolete inventories has been made.
Property and Equipment
The cost of property and equipment purchased or constructed, including betterments of property assets, is capitalized. The cost of repairs and normal maintenance of property and equipment is expensed as incurred. Betterments of property and equipment are those which extend the useful lives of the property and equipment or improve the safety of our operations. Betterments also include additions to and enlargements of our retail sites. The cost of property and equipment constructed includes interest and certain overhead costs allocable to the construction activities.
When property and equipment are retired or replaced, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated, with any gain or loss reflected in depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, unless such amounts are reported separately due to materiality.
Depreciation of property and equipment is recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements and assets acquired under capital leases are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the lease terms or the estimated useful lives of the related assets.
Impairment of Assets
Long-lived assets, which include property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, are tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. A long-lived asset is not recoverable if its carrying amount exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. If a long-lived asset is not recoverable, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the long-lived asset exceeds its fair value, with fair value determined based on discounted estimated net cash flows or other appropriate methods. See Note 4 for our impairment analysis of our long-lived assets.
Business Combinations
We account for business combinations in accordance with the guidance under ASC 805–Business Combinations. Acquisitions of assets or entities that include inputs and processes and have the ability to create outputs are accounted for as business combinations. The purchase price is recorded for assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on fair value. The excess of the fair value of the consideration conveyed over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. The income statement includes the results of operations for each acquisition from their respective date of acquisition.
Determining the fair value of these items requires management’s judgment, the utilization of independent valuation experts and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions with respect to the timing and amounts of future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, market prices and asset lives, among other items. The judgments made in the determination of the estimated fair value assigned to the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the investee, as well as the estimated useful life of each asset and the duration of each liability, can materially impact the financial statements in periods after acquisition, such as through depreciation and amortization. For more information on our acquisitions and application of the acquisition method, see Note 3.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level at least annually, and tested for impairment more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the goodwill might be impaired. The annual impairment test of goodwill is performed as of the October 1 of our fiscal year.
In our annual impairment analysis, we used qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill.

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If after assessing the totality of events or circumstances an entity determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step test is unnecessary. However, if we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we then perform the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test.
In the first step of the goodwill impairment test, the reporting unit’s carrying amount (including goodwill) and its fair value are compared. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of our “implied fair value” requires us to allocate the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared to the corresponding carrying value. If the “implied fair value” is less than the carrying value, an impairment charge would be recorded.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets are recorded at fair value at the date of acquisition and primarily relate to fuel supply agreements and distribution agreements, customer lists and trademark and tradenames (See Note 10). Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment if we believe that changes or triggering events have occurred that could have caused the carrying value of the intangible assets to exceed its fair value. Intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized, but are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the intangible assets might be impaired.
Environmental Matters
Liabilities for future remediation costs are recorded when environmental assessments from governmental regulatory agencies and/or remedial efforts are probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Other than for assessments, the timing and magnitude of these accruals generally are based on the completion of investigations or other studies or a commitment to a formal plan of action. Environmental liabilities are based on best estimates of probable undiscounted future costs using currently available technology and applying current regulations, as well as our own internal environmental policies, without establishing a range of loss for these liabilities. Environmental liabilities are difficult to assess and estimate due to uncertainties related to the magnitude of possible remediation, the timing of such remediation and the determination of our obligation in proportion to other parties. Such estimates are subject to change due to many factors, including the identification of new sites requiring remediation, changes in environmental laws and regulations and their interpretation, additional information related to the extent and nature of remediation efforts and potential improvements in remediation technologies. Amounts recorded for environmental liabilities have not been reduced by possible recoveries from third parties.
Asset Retirement Obligations
We record a liability, which is referred to as an asset retirement obligation, at fair value for the estimated cost to remove USTs used to store motor fuel at owned and leased retail sites at the time we incur that liability, which is generally when the UST is installed. We record a discounted liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation with a corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related long-lived asset. We depreciate the amount added to property and equipment and recognize accretion expense in connection with the discounted liability over the estimated remaining life of the UST. Accretion expense is reflected in depreciation, amortization and accretion expense. We base our estimates of the anticipated future costs for removal of a UST on our prior experience with removal. Removal costs include the cost to remove the USTs, soil remediation costs resulting from the spillage of small quantities of motor fuel in the normal operations of our business and other miscellaneous costs. We review our assumptions for computing the estimated liability for the removal of USTs on an annual basis. Any change in estimated cash flows is reflected as an adjustment to the liability and the associated asset.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of our Canadian operations is the Canadian dollar. Balance sheet accounts are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect as of the balance sheet date. Revenue and expense accounts are translated using the weighted-average exchange rates during the year presented. Foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recorded upon delivery of the products to our customers, which is the point at which title to the products is transferred, and when payment has either been received or collection is reasonably assured.
We present motor fuel excise taxes on sales on a gross basis with supplemental information regarding the amount of such taxes included in revenues provided in a footnote on the face of the statements of income.

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Revenues from leasing arrangements for which CrossAmerica is the lessor are recognized ratably over the term of the underlying lease.
Shipping and Handling Costs
Costs incurred for the shipping and handling of motor fuel and convenience store merchandise are included in inventories, and therefore, reflected in cost of sales when the related items are sold.
Lease Accounting
We lease a portion of our properties under non-cancelable operating leases, whose initial terms are typically 10 to 20 years, along with options that permit renewals for additional periods. Minimum rent is expensed on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease including renewal periods that are reasonably assured at the inception of the lease. In addition to minimum rental payments, certain leases require additional payments based on our sales volumes. We are typically responsible for payment of real estate taxes, maintenance expenses and insurance related to leased properties.
CrossAmerica is the lessee in certain sale-leaseback transactions for certain sites, and as CrossAmerica has continuing involvement in the underlying sites, or the lease agreement has a repurchase feature, the sale-leaseback arrangements are accounted for as financing transactions.
Income Taxes
We and CrossAmerica’s wholly owned, taxable subsidiary account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred amounts are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Income taxes prior to the Spin-off were accounted for and presented as if we were a separate taxpayer rather than a member of Valero’s consolidated income tax return.
Income taxes attributable to CrossAmerica’s earnings and losses, excluding the earnings and losses of its wholly owned taxable subsidiary, are assessed at the individual unit holder level.
We classify any interest expense and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes in income tax expense.
Merchandise Vendor Allowances and Rebates
We receive payments for vendor allowances and volume rebates from various suppliers of convenience store merchandise. Our accounting practices are as follows:
•
Vendor allowances for price markdowns are credited to cost of sales during the period the related markdown is realized.
•
Volume rebates of merchandise are recorded as reductions to cost of sales when the merchandise qualifying for the rebate is sold.
•
Slotting and stocking allowances received from a vendor are recorded as a reduction to cost of sales over the period covered by the agreement.
The aggregate amounts recorded as a reduction to cost of sales for vendor allowances and rebates for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $77 million, $69 million and $71 million, respectively. The recording of vendor allowances and rebates does not require us to make any significant estimates.
Stock-Based Compensation
We have granted awards of non-qualified stock options, market share units and restricted stock units to certain employees. Stock-based compensation expense is based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the award. We recognize this compensation expense over the requisite service period of the award.
CrossAmerica has granted phantom units and other awards to certain of our employees who perform services for CrossAmerica. The value of these grants are remeasured at fair value at each balance sheet reporting date based on the fair market value of CrossAmerica’s common units, and the cumulative compensation cost related to that portion of the awards that have vested is recognized ratably over the vesting term. The liability for the future grant of common units is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the balance sheet.

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Cost of Sales
We include in our cost of sales all costs we incur to acquire motor fuel and merchandise, including the costs of purchasing, storing and transporting inventory prior to delivery to our customers. A component of our cost of sales is the discount for prompt payment and other volume rebates, discounts and incentives offered by our motor fuel suppliers. Prompt payment discounts from suppliers are based on a percentage of the purchase price of motor fuel and the dollar value of these discounts varies with motor fuel prices. Cost of sales does not include any depreciation of our property and equipment, as these amounts are included in depreciation, amortization and accretion expense on our statements of income.
Motor Fuel Taxes
We collect motor fuel taxes, which consist of various pass through taxes collected from customers on behalf of taxing authorities, and remit such taxes directly to those taxing authorities. Our accounting policy is to exclude such taxes collected and remitted from U.S. wholesale revenues and cost of sales and account for them as liabilities. All other motor fuel sales and cost of sales include motor fuel taxes as the taxes are included in the cost paid for the motor fuel.
Earnings per Common Share
Earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income attributable to CST by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Participating share-based payment awards are included in the computation of basic earnings per share using the two-class method. Unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and are included in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. Diluted earnings per common share reflects the potential dilution arising from our outstanding stock options, unvested market share units, unvested restricted shares and unvested restricted units. Awards are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share when the effect of including such shares would be anti-dilutive.
Financial Instruments
Our financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, payables, our credit facilities, capital lease obligations, and trade payables. The estimated fair values of these financial instruments approximate their carrying amounts, except for certain debt as discussed in Note 5.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09–Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which results in comprehensive new revenue accounting guidance, requires enhanced disclosures to help users of financial statements better understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized, and develops a common revenue standard under U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. Specifically, the core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. With the issuance of ASU 2015-14, which deferred the effective date by one year, this guidance is effective January 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than January 1, 2017. The guidance can be applied either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented, or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. Management is currently evaluating this new guidance, including how it will apply the guidance at the date of adoption.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02–Leases (Topic 842). This standard modifies existing guidance for reporting organizations that enter into leases to increase transparency by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2018, and requires a modified retrospective approach to adoption. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance in addition to the timing of adoption.
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09–Compensation–Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This standard is issued as part of a simplification initiative involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016. The approach to adoption is dependent upon which amendments are applicable. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance in addition to the timing of adoption.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15–Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This standard provides additional guidance on the classification of eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those

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years beginning after December 15, 2017, and requires a modified retrospective approach to adoption. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance in addition to the timing of adoption.
In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18–Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. This standard requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash would be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance in addition to the timing of adoption.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04–Intangibles–Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This standard removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. ASU 2017-04 is effective for a Company's annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance in addition to the timing of adoption.
Certain other new financial accounting pronouncements have become effective for our financial statements but the adoption of these pronouncements will not affect our financial position or results of operations, nor will they require any additional disclosures.
Note 3.    ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
CST Acquisition of Flash Foods
On February 1, 2016, we closed on the acquisition of Flash Foods for approximately $425 million plus working capital, assets under construction and other closing adjustments. Flash Foods operates 165 Flash Foods-branded retail sites located in Georgia and Florida (which sell Flash Foods-branded fuel), 21 branded QSRs, a land bank of 15 real estate sites to build NTIs, on which we have completed the construction of 3 NTIs, a merchandise distribution company with a 90,000 square foot distribution center that it operates in Georgia and a fuel supply company with access to the Colonial and Plantation pipelines, leased storage and a company-owned transportation fleet.
The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition were as follows (in millions):
Current assets (excluding inventories)
$
13

Inventories
24

Property and equipment
228

Intangibles
26

Goodwill
191

Current liabilities
(31
)
Asset retirement obligations
(13
)
   Total consideration, net of cash acquired
438

Net working capital
(7
)
Assets under construction
(6
)
Purchase price, net
$
425

Operating revenues since the date of acquisition were $834 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
During the second quarter of 2016, the Company updated its appraisal of the acquired assets to include certain trademarks and tradenames, as well as to adjust the value of certain property and equipment based on additional information received. The result of these adjustments was to increase property and equipment by $16 million, recognize intangible assets of $26 million, and reduce goodwill by $42 million. These adjustments resulted in a charge to depreciation and amortization expense of $3 million recorded during the second quarter of 2016. Additional immaterial adjustments were made during the third and fourth quarters of 2016 upon further management review of the valuation. Management has finalized the purchase accounting associated with this acquisition.

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The fair value of inventory was estimated at retail selling price less estimated costs to sell and a reasonable profit allowance for the selling effort.
The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings and equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated remaining useful lives of up to 30 years for the buildings and 1 to 20 years for equipment.
The intangibles, which consist of trademarks and tradenames, had a fair value of $22 million and was based on an income approach, with the fair value estimated to be the present value of incremental after-tax cash flows attributable solely to the trademarks and tradenames. The remaining $4 million of acquired intangibles consist of fuel supply agreements and pipeline shipping rights. The trademarks, tradenames and other intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
Goodwill recorded is primarily attributable to expected synergies of the combined operations as well as an assembled workforce not eligible for recognition as an intangible asset. All of the goodwill was assigned to our U.S. Retail segment. Goodwill deductible for tax purposes amounted to $207 million.
Sale of Wholesale Fuel Supply Contracts to CrossAmerica
In February 2016, CST sold 21 independent dealer contracts and 11 subwholesaler contracts to CrossAmerica for $3 million. We accounted for the sale as entities under common control.
CrossAmerica Acquisition of Franchised Holiday Stores
On March 29, 2016, CrossAmerica closed on the acquisition of 31 Franchised Holiday Stores and three company operated liquor stores from S/S/G Corporation for approximately $52 million, including working capital. Of the 34 company operated retail sites, 31 are located in Wisconsin and three are located in Minnesota.
The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition were as follows (in millions):
Inventories
$
4

Property and equipment
32

Intangibles
8

Goodwill
9

Asset retirement obligation
(1
)
   Total consideration, net of cash acquired
$
52

Operating revenues since the date of acquisition were $83 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
The fair value of inventory was estimated at retail selling price less estimated costs to sell and a reasonable profit allowance for the selling effort.
The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings and equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated remaining useful lives of 20 years for the buildings and 5 to 10 years for equipment.
The fair value of intangible assets, which consisted primarily of $7 million of wholesale fuel distribution rights, was based on an income approach and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel distribution rights are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
Goodwill recorded was primarily attributable to the end-customer relationships not eligible for recognition as an intangible asset. Goodwill deductible for tax purposes amounted to $29 million.
CST Sale of California and Wyoming Assets
In July 2016, CST consummated the sale of all 79 retail sites in the California and Wyoming markets to 7-Eleven, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services, Inc. and recognized a gain of $347 million, or $220 million net of tax, which is included in our U.S. Retail segment. The closing purchase price for the transaction was $408 million plus adjustments for inventory and working capital. With the closing of this transaction, CST realized a deferred tax benefit from the completion of a like-kind

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exchange strategy with its acquisition of the Flash Foods properties in Georgia and Florida that closed on February 1, 2016. The sale resulted in income tax expense of $127 million, with $93 million recognized in current taxes payable and $34 million recognized in deferred income taxes. The divestiture will result in a permanent reduction to our minimum volume commitments contained in the Valero Fuel Supply Agreements. The Company used $297 million of the cash proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings under CST’s revolving credit facility. Additionally, in accordance with the asset purchase agreement, we were required to make deposits into an escrow account to secure certain of our obligations and indemnify 7-Eleven, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services, Inc. against any preexisting environmental liabilities arising from the divested stations, which we classified as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet. The balance in this account at December 31, 2016 was $22 million. See Note 13 for information on the payment to CrossAmerica related to its interest in CST Fuel Supply.
We determined that these properties did not meet the criteria under ASC 205-20—Discontinued Operations to be classified as discontinued operations because the disposal did not represent a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results or a significant component. Therefore, we have not separately presented the results of operations of these properties in our consolidated financial statements.
CrossAmerica Acquisition of State Oil Assets
On September 27, 2016, CrossAmerica closed on the acquisition of 57 retail sites (56 fee sites and 1 leased site) and certain other assets of State Oil Company being operated as 55 lessee dealer accounts and 2 non-fuel tenant locations, as well as 25 independent dealer accounts located in the greater Chicago market for approximately $42 million, including working capital.
The preliminary fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition were as follows (in millions):
Current assets
$
1

Property and equipment
35

Intangibles
7

Other noncurrent assets
3

Current liabilities
(1
)
Asset retirement obligations
(2
)
Other long-term liabilities
(1
)
   Total consideration, net of cash acquired
$
42

Operating revenues since the date of acquisition were $25 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
The $3 million fair value of the notes receivable, which is included within current and other noncurrent assets, was based on an income approach using relevant market participant assumptions.
The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings and equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated remaining useful lives of 20 years for the buildings and 5 to 10 years for equipment.
The $5 million fair value of the wholesale fuel distribution rights included in intangibles was based on an income approach and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel distribution rights are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
The $2 million fair value of the wholesale fuel supply agreements was based on an income approach, and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel supply agreements are being amortized over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
Management is reviewing the valuation and confirming the result to determine the final purchase price allocation.
Acquisition of Landmark
In January 2015, CST and CrossAmerica jointly purchased 22 retail sites from Landmark. CrossAmerica purchased the real property of the 22 fee sites for $41 million. CST purchased the personal property, working capital and the convenience store operations for $22 million. During the second quarter of 2015, we finalized the valuation of Landmark.
CrossAmerica leases the acquired real property to CST under triple net leases at a lease rate per annum of 7.5% of the fair value of the leased property on the acquisition date and CrossAmerica distributes wholesale motor fuel to CST under long term agreements with a fuel gross profit margin of approximately $0.05 per gallon.

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The fair values of Landmark’s assets on the date of acquisition, January 8, 2015, were as follows (in millions):
Current assets
$
2

Property and equipment
28

Other assets
4

Goodwill
29

   Total consideration
$
63

The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings, building improvements, underground storage tanks and other equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings, equipment and underground storage tanks are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated useful lives of up to 20 years. No other adjustments were recorded in 2016 and management has finalized the purchase accounting for this acquisition.
Acquisition of Erickson
In February 2015, CrossAmerica closed on the purchase of all of the outstanding capital stock of Erickson and separate purchases of certain related assets with an aggregate purchase price of $81 million, net of $3 million cash acquired. These transactions resulted in the acquisition of a total of 64 retail sites located in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and South Dakota. The convenience store operations of Erickson are classified as non-core and are included in the CrossAmerica segment.
The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, February 12, 2015 (in millions):
Current assets (excluding inventories)
$
4

Inventories
8

Property and equipment
75

Intangible assets
14

Goodwill
26

Current liabilities
(16
)
Deferred tax liabilities
(28
)
Asset retirement obligations
(2
)
   Total consideration, net of cash acquired
$
81

The fair value of inventory was estimated at retail selling price less estimated costs to sell and a reasonable profit allowance for the selling effort.
The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings and equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated remaining useful lives of 15 years for the buildings and 5 to 30 years for equipment.
The $12 million fair value of the wholesale fuel distribution rights included in intangibles was based on an income approach and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel distribution rights are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
Goodwill recorded is primarily attributable to the deferred tax liabilities arising from the application of purchase accounting.
No other adjustments were recorded in 2016 and CrossAmerica has finalized the purchase accounting for this acquisition.
Sale of CST Fuel Supply Equity Interests
In January 2015 and July 2015, we closed on the sale of a 5% and 12.5%, respectively, limited partner equity interest in CST Fuel Supply to CrossAmerica in exchange for aggregate consideration of $171 million, including 4.8 million common units of CrossAmerica and cash in the amount of $18 million.
As of February 24, 2017, CrossAmerica’s total equity interest in CST Fuel Supply is 17.5%.

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Because these transactions were between entities under common control, a gain on the sale of CST Fuel Supply and the NTIs discussed below is not reflected in our consolidated income statement and we eliminated our limited partner interest from our consolidated balance sheet.
See Note 13 for additional information.
Sale and Lease Back of NTIs
In July 2015, we completed the contribution and sale of 29 NTIs to CrossAmerica in exchange for an aggregate consideration of $134 million on the date of closing, including 0.3 million common units of CrossAmerica and cash in the amount of $124 million. CrossAmerica leased the real property associated with the NTIs back to us and we will continue to operate the sites pursuant to a triple net lease at a lease rate of 7.5%, per annum, of the fair value of the property at lease inception.

Based on our credit facility agreement, CST was required to use the cash proceeds from these transactions to repay debt or reinvest in our business through asset or business acquisitions or capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business. This transaction was approved by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board and our independent executive committee and full Board of Directors. We accounted for the sale as entities under common control.
Acquisition of One Stop
In July 2015, CrossAmerica completed the purchase of the 41 company operated One Stop convenience store network based in Charleston, West Virginia, along with four commission agent sites, nine dealer fuel supply agreements and one freestanding franchised QSR for approximately $45 million in cash.
The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, July 1, 2015 (in millions):
Current assets (excluding inventories)
 
$
1

Inventories
 
5

Property and equipment
 
41

Intangible assets
 
6

Other assets
 
—

Current liabilities
 
(4
)
Asset retirement obligations
 
(1
)
Other liabilities
 
(3
)
   Total consideration, net of cash acquired
 
$
45

The fair value of inventory was estimated at retail selling price less estimated costs to sell and a reasonable profit allowance for the selling effort.
The fair value of property and equipment, which consisted of land, buildings and equipment, was based on a cost approach. The buildings and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis, with estimated remaining useful lives of 20 years for the buildings and 7 to 30 years for equipment.
The $4 million fair value of the wholesale fuel distribution rights included in intangibles was based on an income approach and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel distribution rights are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.
The $1 million fair value of the wholesale fuel supply agreements was based on an income approach, and management believes the level and timing of cash flows represent relevant market participant assumptions. The wholesale fuel supply agreements are being amortized on an accelerated basis over an estimated useful life of approximately 10 years.

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Pro Forma Results (Unaudited)
CST’s pro forma results, giving effect to the 2016 and 2015 acquisitions and assuming an acquisition date of January 1, 2015 for each acquisition, would have been (in millions, except per share amounts):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(unaudited)
Total revenues
 
$
11,297

 
$
12,776

Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
$
324

 
$
166

Net income per share - diluted
 
$
4.25

 
$
2.17

Divestitures
During the fourth quarter of 2014, we closed on the sale of 71 retail sites that were identified for divestiture as part of our network optimization plan and recognized a gain of $32 million in “Gain on sale of assets, net” on the consolidated statement of income.
During the year ended December 31, 2015, CST closed on the sale of 25 retail sites related to our network optimization plan and recognized a gain of $7 million in “Gain on sale of assets, net” on the consolidated statements of income.
Note 4.
ASSET IMPAIRMENTS
Where applicable, our retail sites are the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of long-lived assets. Cash flows from each retail site vary from year to year and as a result, we identified and recorded asset impairments in 2016, 2015 and 2014 of $2 million, $1 million and $3 million, respectively, as changes in market demographics, traffic patterns, competition and other factors impacted the overall operations of certain of our individual retail sites.
For each retail site where events or changes in circumstances indicated that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable, we compared the retail site’s carrying amount to its estimated future undiscounted cash flows to determine recoverability. If the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows did not exceed the carrying value, we then estimated the fair value of these retail sites to measure the impairment. To estimate the fair value of our retail sites, we primarily used a discounted cash flow method that reflected internally developed cash flows that included, among other things, our expectations of future cash flows based on sales volume, gross profits, operating expenses, discount rates and an estimated fair value of the land.
In the third quarter of 2014, we wrote down the value of certain retail sites that were candidates for sale where the net book value exceeded the anticipated net sales proceeds. The anticipated sales proceeds were net of estimated selling costs including brokerage fees, commissions and environmental assessment costs. The total amount of these write downs was $2 million, and is included in “Asset impairments” on the consolidated statement of income.
Note 5.    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
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. The following is a description of the three hierarchy levels.
Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. Active markets are considered to be those in which transactions for the assets or liabilities occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2—Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs which are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. This category includes quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets.

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Level 3—Unobservable inputs are not corroborated by market data. This category is comprised of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies using significant inputs that are generally less readily observable from objective sources.
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 2016 or 2015.
Financial Instruments
The aggregate fair value and carrying amount of the CST senior notes, credit facility and term loan at December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $1.1 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. The fair value of the CST term loan and credit facility approximate their carrying value due to the frequency with which interest rates are reset. The fair value of the CST senior notes is determined primarily using quoted prices of over-the-counter traded securities. These quoted prices are considered Level 1 inputs.
The fair value of CrossAmerica’s revolving credit facility approximated its carrying values of $442 million as of December 31, 2016 and $358 million as of December 31, 2015 due to the frequency with which interest rates are reset.
Nonfinancial assets, such as property and equipment, and nonfinancial liabilities are recognized at their carrying amounts in our balance sheets. U.S. GAAP does not permit nonfinancial assets and liabilities to be remeasured at their fair values on a recurring basis. However, U.S. GAAP requires the remeasurement of such assets and liabilities to their fair values upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the impairment of property and equipment, intangible assets or goodwill. In addition, if such an event occurs, U.S. GAAP requires the disclosure of the fair value of the asset or liability along with other information, including the gain or loss recognized in income in the period the remeasurement occurred.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
As discussed in Notes 4 and 8, we have written certain of our sites down to their fair value during the periods presented. The fair value of the assets were derived using either an income approach or estimated net sales proceeds. The income approach reflects internally developed discounted cash flows that include, among other things, our expectations of future cash flows based on sales volumes, gross profits and operating expenses. We consider the inputs for this approach to be Level 3.
Assets classified as held for sale and written down to fair value at September 30, 2014 based on expected net sales proceeds were sold in the fourth quarter of 2014. We consider the inputs for this approach to be Level 2.
The following table displays valuation techniques for our nonfinancial assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
 
 
Valuation Techniques
 
Fair Value
 
Net Book Value
 
Impairment
Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment
 
Income approach
 
$
4

 
$
6

 
$
2

Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment
 
Income approach
 
$
—

 
$
1

 
$
1

Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment
 
Income approach
 
$
2

 
$
3

 
$
1

Note 6.
RECEIVABLES
Receivables consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Trade receivables
 
$
132

 
$
89

Other
 
64

 
47

Total receivables
 
196

 
136

Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Receivables, net
 
$
195

 
$
135


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Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Balance as of beginning of year
 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
1

Acquisitions
 
—

 
—

 
—

Increase in allowance charged to expense
 
—

 
—

 
—

Accounts charged against the allowance, net of recoveries
 
—

 
—

 
—

Balance as of end of year
 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
1

Note 7.     INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Convenience store merchandise
 
$
156

 
$
139

Motor fuel
 
92

 
83

Supplies
 
2

 
2

Inventories
 
$
250

 
$
224

The cost of convenience store merchandise and supplies is determined principally under the weighted-average cost method. We account for our motor fuel inventory in our U.S. Retail segment on the LIFO basis. As of December 31, 2016, the replacement cost (market value) of our U.S. motor fuel inventories exceeded their LIFO carrying amounts by approximately $8 million. As of December 31, 2015, the replacement cost (market value) of our U.S. motor fuel inventories equaled their LIFO carrying amount. We account for our motor fuel inventory in our Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica segments under the weighted-average cost method.
Note 8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Land
 
$
813

 
$
710

Buildings 
 
949

 
759

Equipment
 
974

 
876

Land improvements and leasehold improvements
 
396

 
323

Other(a)
 
252

 
197

Asset retirement obligations
 
92

 
78

Construction in progress
 
89

 
67

Property and equipment, at cost
 
3,565

 
3,010

Accumulated depreciation
 
(923
)
 
(786
)
Property and equipment, net
 
$
2,642

 
$
2,224

(a) Other property and equipment noted in the table above consists primarily of signage and other imaging assets and computer hardware and software.
Depreciation expense related to CST for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $162 million, $122 million and $114 million, respectively. Depreciation expense related to CrossAmerica for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the three months ended December 31, 2014 was $53 million, $42 million and $8 million, respectively.

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CST had certain retail sites under capital leases totaling $19 million and $18 million, which are included in the table above, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Accumulated depreciation on assets under capital leases was $7 million and $5 million as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
CrossAmerica is the lessee in certain sale-leaseback transactions for certain sites, and because CrossAmerica has continuing involvement in the underlying sites, or the lease agreement has a repurchase feature, the sale-leaseback arrangements are accounted for as lease financing obligations. The table above includes these sites, as well as certain leases accounted for as capital leases. The total cost and accumulated amortization of property and equipment recorded by CrossAmerica under sale leaseback transactions and capital leases was $101 million and $24 million, respectively, at December 31, 2016 and $58 million and $17 million, respectively, at December 31, 2015.
See Note 14 for future minimum rental payments on capital lease obligations.
Note 9. GOODWILL
Changes in goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in millions):
 
U.S. Retail Segment
 
Canadian Retail Segment
 
CrossAmerica
 
Consolidated
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
19

 
$
—

 
$
223

 
$
242

Acquisitions
16

 
$
2

 
$
41

 
$
59

Purchase price adjustment
—

 
$
—

 
$
119

 
$
119

Balance at December 31, 2015
$
35

 
$
2

 
$
383

 
$
420

Acquisitions
191

 
—

 
8

 
199

Balance at December 31, 2016
$
226

 
$
2

 
$
391

 
$
619

For purposes of our annual goodwill impairment test for our reporting units, we performed a qualitative assessment. After assessing the totality of events and circumstances, we determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting units exceed their carrying amounts and therefore goodwill was not impaired at December 31, 2016.
Note 10. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
 
Gross Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
Gross Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Carrying Amount
US Retail Segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flash Foods trademarks/tradenames
 
$
22

 
$
(2
)
 
$
20

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

Other(a)
 
12

 
(2
)
 
10

 
8

 
(1
)
 
7

US total
 
34

 
(4
)
 
30

 
8

 
(1
)
 
7

Canadian Retail Segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer lists(b)
 
95

 
(89
)
 
6

 
92

 
(80
)
 
12

Total CST
 
129

 
(93
)
 
36

 
100

 
(81
)
 
19

CrossAmerica:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale fuel supply contracts/rights
 
401

 
(87
)
 
314

 
388

 
(56
)
 
332

Below market leases
 
12

 
(7
)
 
5

 
11

 
(5
)
 
6

Other
 
5

 
(3
)
 
2

 
6

 
(4
)
 
2

Total CrossAmerica
 
418

 
(97
)
 
321

 
405

 
(65
)
 
340

CST consolidated total
 
$
547

 
$
(190
)
 
$
357

 
$
505

 
$
(146
)
 
$
359

(a)
Other consists of fuel supply agreements, franchise agreements, pipeline shipping rights, licenses and permits.

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(b)
Our customer lists in our Canadian Retail segment are amortized on a straight-line basis over their remaining life. As these assets are recorded in the local currency, Canadian dollars, historical gross carrying amounts are translated at each balance sheet date, resulting in changes to historical amounts presented.
Finite lived intangible assets in our U.S. Retail segment include trademarks and tradenames, fuel supply agreements, franchise agreements, pipeline shipping rights, licenses and permits, which are amortized on a straight-line basis over lives not exceeding 15 years.
Finite lived intangible assets in our Canadian Retail segment primarily relate to customer lists, which are amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years. As these assets are recorded in the local currency, Canadian dollars, historical gross carrying amounts are translated at each balance sheet date, resulting in changes to historical amounts presented.
Finite lived intangible assets in our CrossAmerica segment relate to wholesale fuel supply contracts/rights, trademarks, covenants not to compete and above and below market leases. Intangible assets associated with wholesale fuel supply contracts/rights are amortized over 10 years and trademarks are amortized over 5 years. Covenants not to compete are amortized over the shorter of the contract term or 5 years. Intangible assets associated with above and below market leases are amortized over the lease term, which approximates 5 years. As discussed in Note 3, the value of CrossAmerica’s intangibles were stepped up at the date of the GP Purchase. In general, the stepped up values of the intangibles are being amortized over 15 years.
Amortization expense related to CST intangible assets was $9 million, $7 million and $8 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense for CST is expected to be $4 million, $4 million, $4 million,$4 million and $3 million for years ending December 31, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Amortization expense related to CrossAmerica intangible assets was $33 million and $31 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and $10 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014. Aggregate amortization expense for CrossAmerica is expected to be $32 million, $32 million, $29 million, $29 million, and $28 million for the years ending December 31, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Note 11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Wage and other employee-related liabilities
 
$
32

 
$
32

Environmental liabilities
 
2

 
2

Self-insurance accruals (see Note 14)
 
1

 
1

Asset retirement obligations
 
3

 
3

Accrued interest
 
6

 
6

Other
 
26

 
27

Total accrued expenses
 
$
70

 
$
71

Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Environmental liabilities
 
$
4

 
$
3

Self-insurance accruals (see Note 14)
 
5

 
16

CrossAmerica sale and leaseback obligations, net of deferred financing fees
 
78

 
27

Other
 
49

 
39

Total other long-term liabilities
 
$
136

 
$
85

Other Accrued Expenses and Long-term Liabilities
Other accrued expenses include accrued liabilities for legal matters that are both probable and reasonably estimable, retention bonuses for certain non-executive employees, unearned revenue related to our Canadian business and home energy operations and various other items, none of which are material.

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Other long-term liabilities include security deposits, contingent liabilities related to legal matters that are both probable and reasonably estimable and various other items, none of which are material.
Sale Leaseback Obligations
CrossAmerica is the lessee in certain sale-leaseback transactions for certain sites that expire through 2032, and as they have continuing involvement in the underlying sites, or the lease agreement has a repurchase feature, the sale-leaseback arrangements are accounted for as lease financing obligations. The future minimum lease payments under sale leaseback financing obligations as of December 31, 2016 are as follows (in millions):
 
  
Sale Leaseback Obligations
2017
  
$
6

2018
  
7

2019
  
7

2020
  
7

2021
  
7

Thereafter
 
69

Total future minimum lease payments
 
103

Less interest component
 
70

Present value of minimum lease payments
 
33

Plus net book value of property at end of lease
 
21

Plus deferred gain to be recognized at end of lease
 
26

Gross sale leaseback obligations
 
80

Current portion
 
1

Long-term portion
 
79

Deferred financing costs, net
 
1

Long-term portion, net of deferred financing costs
 
$
78

Sale Leaseback Transaction
In December 2016, CrossAmerica sold the real property at 17 retail sites acquired through the State Oil Assets acquisition for cash proceeds of $25 million, which were used to repay borrowings on its credit facility. CrossAmerica leases these properties for an initial term of 15 years with three renewal options of approximately five years each. Under the triple net lease, annual rent is initially $1.6 million based on a 6.5% capitalization rate and increases every 5 years based on inflation. Because of the continuing involvement we have with the sites through the lease and sublease of the properties, we recorded a liability for the proceeds received and will amortize this liability over the lease term as rent payments are made.
Asset Retirement Obligations
We have asset retirement obligations for the removal of USTs at owned and leased retail sites. There is no legal obligation to remove USTs while they remain in service. However, environmental laws in the U.S. and Canada require that USTs be removed within one to two years after the USTs are no longer in service, depending on the jurisdiction in which the USTs are located. We have estimated that USTs at our owned retail sites will remain in service approximately 30 years and that we will have an obligation to remove those USTs at that time. For our leased retail sites, our lease agreements generally require that we remove certain improvements, primarily USTs and signage, upon termination of the lease. There are no assets that are legally restricted for purposes of settling our asset retirement obligations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Changes in our asset retirement obligations were as follows (in millions):
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Asset retirement obligations as of beginning of year
 
$
116

 
$
105

 
$
82

Acquisition of CrossAmerica
 
—

 
—

 
19

Acquisition of Flash Foods
 
13

 
—

 
—

Additions to accrual
 
4

 
13

 
7

Accretion expense
 
6

 
5

 
5

Settlements
 
(7
)
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
Foreign currency translation
 
—

 
(3
)
 
(2
)
Asset retirement obligations as of end of year
 
$
132

 
$
116

 
$
105

Less current portion (included in accrued expenses)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Asset retirement obligations, less current portion
 
$
129

 
$
113

 
$
102

Note 12. DEBT
Our balances for long-term debt and capital leases are as follows (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
CST debt and capital leases:(a)
 
 
 
 
$500 million revolving credit facility
 
$
150

 
$
60

Term loan due 2019
 
338

 
406

5.00% senior notes due 2023
 
550

 
550

Total CST outstanding debt
 
1,038

 
1,016

Deferred financing fees
 
(12
)
 
(14
)
Capital leases
 
12

 
14

Total CST debt and capital leases
 
$
1,038

 
$
1,016

CrossAmerica debt and capital leases:(b)
 
 
 
 
$550 million revolving credit facility
 
$
442

 
$
358

Other debt
 
1

 
27

Total CrossAmerica outstanding debt
 
443

 
385

Deferred financing fees
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
Capital leases
 
28

 
32

Total CrossAmerica debt and capital leases
 
$
467

 
$
413

Total consolidated debt and capital lease obligations outstanding
 
$
1,505

 
$
1,429

Less current portion–CST
 
76

 
130

Less current portion–CrossAmerica
 
2

 
9

Consolidated debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion
 
$
1,427

 
$
1,290

(a) The assets of CST can only be used to settle the obligations of CST and creditors of CST have no recourse to the assets or general credit of CrossAmerica. CST has pledged its equity ownership in CrossAmerica to secure the CST Credit Facility.
(b) The assets of CrossAmerica can only be used to settle the obligations of CrossAmerica and creditors of CrossAmerica have no recourse to the assets or general credit of CST.

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The following table presents principal payments due for each of the next five years and thereafter (in millions):
Years Ending
December 31,
 
CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Total Consolidated Principal to be Repaid
2017
 
$
75

 
$
—

 
$
75

2018
 
75

 
1

 
76

2019
 
338

 
442

 
780

2020
 
—

 
—

 
—

2021
 
—

 
—

 
—

Thereafter
 
550

 
—

 
550

Total
 
$
1,038

 
$
443

 
$
1,481

CST 5% Senior Notes
The CST 5% senior notes are guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by certain domestic subsidiaries. The notes and the guarantees are unsecured senior obligations of CST and the guarantor subsidiaries, respectively. Accordingly, they are: equal in right of payment with all of CST’s and the guarantors’ existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness; senior in right of payment to any of CST’s and the guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness; effectively subordinated to all of CST’s and the guarantors’ existing and future secured indebtedness, including indebtedness under CST’s new credit facilities; and effectively subordinated to all future indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, of CST’s non-guarantor subsidiaries (other than indebtedness and other liabilities owed to CST). CrossAmerica is not a guarantor to these obligations and the subsidiary that owns CrossAmerica is an unrestricted subsidiary as defined in the indenture.
If CST sells certain assets (including sales to CrossAmerica) and does not repay certain debt or reinvest the proceeds of such sales (as defined in the indenture) within certain periods of time, CST will be required to use such proceeds to offer to repurchase the notes at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. Upon the occurrence of certain specific change of control events, CST will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
The indenture governing the notes, among other things, imposes limitations on CST’s ability to: borrow money or guarantee debt; create liens; pay dividends on or redeem or repurchase stock; make specified types of investments and acquisitions; enter into new lines of business; enter into transactions with affiliates; and sell assets or merge with other companies. After giving effect to the applicable restrictions on the payments of dividends under the indenture, as of December 31, 2016, the Company had at least $133 million of its net income and retained earnings free of such restrictions.
CST Amended Credit Facility
On January 29, 2016, CST amended its credit facility to increase borrowing capacity from $300 million to $500 million and immediately drew $307 million under the amended credit facility to fund a portion of the Flash Foods acquisition and pay fees of $1 million associated with the amendment.
CST’s amended credit facility provides for an initial aggregate amount of $1.0 billion in financing, with a final maturity date on September 30, 2019, consisting of the following:
•
a funded term loan in an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million, which has amortized to $337.5 million as of December 31, 2016; and
•
a revolving credit facility with up to an aggregate principal amount of borrowings of $500 million.
This amended credit facility is guaranteed by CST’s domestic subsidiaries and secured by security interests and liens on substantially all of CST’s domestic subsidiaries’ assets, including 100% of the capital stock of CST’s domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the voting equity interests and 100% of the non-voting equity interests of material, first-tier, foreign subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exceptions. This amended credit facility has, among others, the following terms:
•
subject to exclusions, mandatory prepayments with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales (including drop downs to CrossAmerica), insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, the incurrence of certain indebtedness and our excess cash flow (as defined in the credit agreement);

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•
customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit agreements of this type, including limitations on CST and CST’s guarantor subsidiaries with respect to indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, restrictive agreements, prepayments and amendments of certain indebtedness, dispositions of assets, acquisitions and other investments, sale leaseback transactions, conduct of business, transactions with affiliates and dividends and redemptions or repurchases of stock; and
•
financial covenants (as defined in the credit agreement) consisting of (a) a maximum total lease adjusted leverage ratio set at 3.50 : 1.00, (b) a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio set at 1.30 : 1.00, and (c) limitations on capital expenditures. As of December 31, 2016, CST was in compliance with these covenants.
Outstanding borrowings currently under this credit facility bear a weighted average interest of 2.25% as of December 31, 2016.
In connection with the GP Purchase and the IDR Purchase, CST amended this credit facility as of September 30, 2014 (the “Amendment”). The Amendment became effective concurrently with the closing of the GP Purchase and the IDR Purchase on October 1, 2014. CST capitalized $2 million in bank fees in the third quarter of 2014 as a result of the Amendment.
The Amendment, among other things:
•
extends the maturity of the loans and revolving commitments under the credit facility to September 30, 2019;
•
permits certain future transactions with CrossAmerica, including drop-down asset sales to CrossAmerica, subject to certain conditions;
•
provides for the designation of unrestricted subsidiaries (to be consistent with the 5% senior notes indenture), which includes the General Partner, CrossAmerica and subsidiaries of CrossAmerica, and amends covenants and events of default to exclude unrestricted subsidiaries;
•
increases CST’s ability to make certain investments and acquisitions, make distributions on or redeem or repurchase stock, and make certain payments on subordinated debt, in each case, subject to certain conditions;
•
amends the maximum total adjusted leverage ratio to permit CST to reduce indebtedness and rental expense in such calculation by unrestricted cash and cash equivalents in excess of a predetermined amount; and
•
replaces the Credit Agreement’s expansion capital expenditures covenant restrictions with a covenant that limits capital expenditures only if CST’s leverage ratio exceeds certain levels.
Borrowings under the Amendment (in addition to existing collateral) are secured by the IDRs and common units of CrossAmerica owned by CST and other credit parties.
Availability under this revolving credit facility (expires 2019) was as follows (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Total available credit facility limit
 
$
500

 
$
300

Draws outstanding on revolving credit facility
 
(150
)
 
(60
)
Letters of credit outstanding
 
(6
)
 
(4
)
Maximum leverage ratio constraint
 
—

 
—

Total available and undrawn
 
$
344

 
$
236

CrossAmerica Credit Facility
At the date of the GP Purchase, CrossAmerica entered into an amended and restated credit agreement. This credit facility is a senior secured revolving credit facility maturing on March 4, 2019, with a total borrowing capacity of $550 million, under which swing-line loans may be drawn up to $25 million and standby letters of credit may be issued up to an aggregate of $45 million. This credit facility may be increased, from time to time, upon CrossAmerica’s written request, subject to certain conditions, up to an additional $100 million. All obligations under the credit facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of CrossAmerica and its subsidiaries. In connection with future acquisitions, the revolving credit facility requires, among other things, that CrossAmerica have, after giving effect to such acquisition, at least $20 million, in the aggregate, of borrowing availability under its revolving credit facility and unrestricted cash on the balance sheet on the date of such acquisition. The amount of availability at December 31, 2016 under the credit facility, after taking into account outstanding letters of credit and debt covenant constraints, was $94 million. The weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2016, was 3.53%.

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CrossAmerica is required to maintain a total leverage ratio (as defined) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of less than or equal to 4.50 : 1.00, except for periods following a material acquisition. The total leverage ratio shall not exceed 5.00 : 1.00 for the first three full fiscal quarters following the closing of a material acquisition or 5.50 : 1.00 upon the issuance of Qualified Senior Notes (as defined) in the aggregate principal amount of $175 million or greater. CrossAmerica is also required to maintain a senior leverage ratio (as defined) after the issuance of qualified senior notes of $175 million or greater of less than or equal to 3.00 : 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined) of at least 2.75 : 1.00. CrossAmerica was in compliance with these covenants as of December 31, 2016.
CrossAmerica is prohibited from making distributions to its unitholders if any potential default or event of default occurs or would result from the distribution, or if CrossAmerica is not in compliance with its financial covenants. In addition, the CrossAmerica credit facility contains various covenants which may limit, among other things, CrossAmerica’s ability to grant liens; create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist other indebtedness; or make any material change to the nature of CrossAmerica’s business, including mergers, liquidations, and dissolutions; and make certain investments, acquisitions or dispositions.
In December 2016, the credit facility was amended as summarized below:
•
Modified certain terms to permit the acquisition of the Partnership’s general partner indirectly by Couche-Tard;
•
Reduced the threshold for qualifying as a “material acquisition” from $50 million to $30 million;
•
Extended the time period from two to three quarters that the leverage ratio following a material acquisition can be 5.00 : 1.00;
•
Created further flexibility to conduct sale leaseback transactions;
•
Increased swing-line loan capacity from $10 million to $25 million; and
•
Certain other operational and technical amendments.
CrossAmerica Other Debt
CrossAmerica issued a $1 million note payable in connection with a 2013 acquisition. The note matures July 1, 2018, at which time a balloon payment for all outstanding principal and any unpaid interest is due. The loan is secured by all the real and personal property at these sites.
Renegotiation of Rocky Top Purchase Obligation
CrossAmerica renegotiated the terms of a deferred seller financing obligation that obligated it to purchase certain sites. As a result, during the second quarter of 2016, CrossAmerica reclassified the liability associated with this financing obligation from debt and capital lease obligations to lease financing obligations within accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.
Note 13. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
We consider transactions with CrossAmerica to be with a related party and account for these transactions as entities under common control, all of which are eliminated upon consolidation.
Rent and Purchased Motor Fuel
CrossAmerica leases certain retail sites and sells motor fuel to the U.S. Retail segment operating the leased sites under a master fuel distribution agreement and a master lease agreement, each having initial 10-year terms. The fuel distribution agreement provides CrossAmerica with a fixed wholesale mark-up per gallon. The lease agreement is a triple net lease with an annual lease rate of 7.5% of the fair value of the leased property at inception. The U.S. Retail segment purchased motor fuel from CrossAmerica of approximately 79 million and 78 million gallons during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. We incurred rent expense on retail sites leased from CrossAmerica of $17 million and $9 million during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Amounts payable to CrossAmerica totaled $4 million and $2 million at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, related to these transactions.
CST Fuel Supply
CST Fuel Supply provides wholesale motor fuel distribution to the majority of the U.S. Retail retail sites on a fixed markup per gallon. CrossAmerica currently owns a 17.5% equity interest in CST Fuel Supply. CST records the monthly distributions to CrossAmerica in cost of sales, which is eliminated upon consolidation of CrossAmerica.

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CST distributed $16 million and $11 million in cash to CrossAmerica during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, related to CrossAmerica’s equity ownership interests in CST Fuel Supply.
Refund payment related to CST sale of California and Wyoming Assets
In July 2016, we provided a refund payment to CrossAmerica related to its 17.5% interest in CST Fuel Supply as a result of our sale of the California and Wyoming retail sites to which CST Fuel Supply no longer supplies motor fuel. The purpose of the refund was to make CrossAmerica whole for the decrease in the value of its interest in CST Fuel Supply arising from sales volume decreases. The total purchase price refund we paid CrossAmerica, as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board and by the executive committee of our Board of Directors, was approximately $18 million.
Sale of Wholesale Fuel Supply Contracts to CrossAmerica
In February 2016, CST sold 21 independent dealer contracts and 11 subwholesaler contracts to CrossAmerica for $3 million.
Amended Omnibus Agreement
CST provides management and corporate support services to CrossAmerica and charged CrossAmerica $13 million and $10 million under the terms of the Amended Omnibus Agreement for these services during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. CST charged non-cash stock-based compensation and incentive compensation costs to CrossAmerica of $5 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. Receivables from CrossAmerica were $10 million and $9 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Effective January 1, 2016, the fixed billing component of the management fee under the Amended Omnibus Agreement was increased to $856,000 per month. This increase was approved by the executive committee of the Board of Directors and on behalf of CrossAmerica by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board. At the end of each calendar year, CST and CrossAmerica have the right to negotiate a reduction or increase to the amounts due under the Amended Omnibus Agreement for such year. CST and CrossAmerica also have the right to negotiate the amount of the annual management fee as circumstances require.
As approved by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board and the executive committee of our Board of Directors, CrossAmerica and CST may mutually agree to settle, from time to time, some or all of the amount due under the terms of the Amended Omnibus Agreement in newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. CrossAmerica issued the following common units to us as consideration for amounts due under the terms of the Amended Omnibus Agreement:
Period
 
Date of Issuance
 
Number of Common Units Issued
Quarter ended June 30, 2015
 
July 16, 2015
 
145,056

Quarter ended September 30, 2015
 
October 26, 2015
 
114,256

Quarter ended December 31, 2015
 
March 31, 2016
 
145,137

Quarter ended March 31, 2016
 
May 9, 2016
 
83,218

Quarter ended June 30, 2016
 
August 2, 2016
 
101,087

Quarter ended September 30, 2016
 
October 27, 2016
 
110,824

Quarter ended December 31, 2016
 
*
 
171,039

* Expected to be issued on February 28, 2017
IDR and Common Unit Distributions
CST received cash distributions related to its ownership of CrossAmerica’s IDRs and common units as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
IDRs
 
$
3

 
$
1

Common unit distributions
 
16

 
8

Total
 
$
19

 
$
9


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CrossAmerica Wholesale Motor Fuel Sales and Real Estate Rentals
Revenues from motor fuel sales and rental income from DMS and its affiliates were as follows (in millions):
 
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues from motor fuel sales to DMS and its affiliates
 
$
254

 
$
323

Rental income from DMS and its affiliates
 
$
21

 
$
23

Receivables from DMS and its affiliates totaled $9 million and $7 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Revenues from rental income from Topstar Enterprises was $0.5 million, $0.5 million and $0.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
CrossAmerica leases real estate from certain entities affiliated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr. Rent expense paid to these entities was $0.9 million, $0.9 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Aircraft Usage Costs
From time to time, we lease, on a non-exclusive basis, an aircraft owned by an entity that is jointly owned by Kimberly S. Lubel, our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors and her husband, as previously approved in March 2015 by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Lease costs incurred by us for use of this aircraft were $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.
From time to time, we lease, on a non-exclusive basis, aircraft owned by a group of individuals that includes Joseph V. Topper, Jr. and John B. Reilly, III, members of the GP Board, as previously approved in August 2013 by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board. CrossAmerica incurred an immaterial amount of lease costs related to these aircraft in 2016. Lease costs incurred by CrossAmerica for use of these aircraft were $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the years ended 2015 and 2014, respectively, for the use of these aircrafts.
Maintenance and Environmental Costs
Certain maintenance and environmental monitoring and remediation activities are undertaken by a related party of Joseph V. Topper, Jr. as approved by the independent conflicts committee of the GP Board. CrossAmerica incurred $1.6 million, $1.3 million and $1.4 million with this related party for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
CrossAmerica Principal Executive Offices
The CrossAmerica principal executive offices are in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Through February 2016, they subleased office space from CST that CST leased from DMI. Since February 2016, they have subleased office space from CST that CST leased from an affiliate of John B. Reilly, III and Mr. Topper, both directors of the GP Board. The management fee charged under the Amended Omnibus Agreement incorporates this rental expense, which amounted to $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In addition, they paid amounts directly to DMI and the affiliate of J.B. Reilly, III amounting to $0.5 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Conversion of Subordinated Units
On February 25, 2016, all 7,525,000 outstanding subordinated units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica automatically converted into common units on a one-for-one basis.
Joseph V. Topper, Jr. and entities wholly owned and managed by Mr. Topper collectively owned 6,786,499 subordinated units and therefore received 6,786,499 common units of CrossAmerica as a result of the conversion. CST may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 6,786,499 common units as a result of a voting agreement by and between CST and Mr. Topper and his affiliates.
Note 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
We have long-term operating lease commitments for land, office facilities, retail sites, retail site buildings and related equipment that generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from five to ten years. In addition to minimum rental payments, certain

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leases require additional contingent payments based on motor fuel volume sold. We also have capital lease commitments for certain retail sites as described in Note 8. In most cases, we expect that in the normal course of business, our leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases.
As of December 31, 2016, our consolidated future minimum lease payments for (i) operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and (ii) capital leases were as follows (in millions):
 
 
Operating Leases
 
 
CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Total
2017
 
$
41

 
$
17

 
$
58

2018
 
37

 
15

 
52

2019
 
33

 
14

 
47

2020
 
29

 
12

 
41

2021
 
26

 
9

 
35

Thereafter
 
105

 
39

 
144

Total minimum rental payments
 
$
271

 
$
106

 
$
377

 
 
Capital Leases
 
 
CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Total
2017
 
$
4

 
$
6

 
$
10

2018
 
4

 
7

 
11

2019
 
3

 
7

 
10

2020
 
3

 
7

 
10

2021
 
3

 
7

 
10

Thereafter
 
14

 
69

 
83

Total minimum rental payments
 
$
31

 
$
103

 
$
134

Less amount representing interest
 
(17
)
 
(70
)
 
(87
)
Net minimum rental payments
 
$
14

 
$
33

 
$
47

Rental expense was as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Minimum rental expense
 
$
69

 
$
59

 
$
33

Contingent rental expense
 
19

 
19

 
20

Total rental expense
 
$
88

 
$
78

 
$
53


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CrossAmerica’s Renegotiation of Rocky Top Purchase Obligation
In connection with the Rocky Top acquisition completed in September 2013, CrossAmerica entered into a deferred seller financing arrangement, which obligated it to purchase certain sites over a 5-year period for an average of $5 million per year beginning in 2016 at a 7.7% capitalization rate. In June 2016, the Partnership renegotiated the terms with the sellers, eliminating the deferred seller financing obligation and agreeing to terms of a new lease of the assets for an initial term of 15 years and 8 months with four renewal options of five years each. Under this triple net lease, annual rent is initially $1.8 million based on a 6.5% capitalization rate and increases 1.5% per year. However, because of the continuing involvement we have with the sites through the lease and sublease of the properties, we recorded the liability on our balance sheet at fair value on the date of the reclassification, which approximated its carrying value. During the second quarter of 2016, we reclassified the liability from debt and capital lease obligations to accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.
Litigation Matters
We are from time to time party to various lawsuits, claims and other legal and administrative proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. These actions typically seek, among other things, compensation for alleged personal injury, breach of contract and/or property damages, environmental damages, infringement, indemnification, 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 a reserve 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.
Canadian Price Fixing Claims—CST
Ultramar Ltd., Valero’s principal Canadian subsidiary (“Ultramar”), four of its then current and former employees and several competitors were named as defendants in four class actions alleging that Ultramar and the other named competitors engaged in illegal price fixing in four distinct markets in the province of Québec. The cases were filed in June 2008 following an investigation by the Canadian Competition Bureau, which resulted in limited guilty pleas by Ultramar and two former employees and charges laid against several alleged co-conspirators. The guilty pleas followed an extensive government investigation and was confined to a limited time period and limited geographic area around Thetford Mines and Victoriaville in Québec.
As a result, four class actions were filed on the same day in the matters of (i) Simon Jacques vs. Ultramar et al in the Superior Court of Québec, District of Québec City, (ii) Daniel Thouin/ Marcel Lafontaine vs. Ultramar et al, Superior Court of Québec, District of Montreal, (iii) Michael Jeanson et al vs. Ultramar et al, Superior Court of Québec, District of Hull and (iv) Thibeau vs. Ultramar et al, Superior Court of Québec, District of Montreal. As required, pursuant to the civil procedure rules in effect, the first filed claim is given priority, and the others are suspended pending final judgment on the first filed claim. The plaintiffs’ lawsuits alleged the existence of a conspiracy beyond the scope of the time and geographic regions of the guilty pleas. Hearings on class suitability took place in September 2009, and in November 2009 and the court allowed plaintiffs to assert claims for a time range of 2002 to 2006, but limited the geographic area of the claims to the four limited markets, which were the subject of the investigation by the Competition Bureau. Plaintiffs amended their claims to assert claims, which include claims for 2001 and claims for interest and attorneys fees. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we concluded a loss was probable and reasonably estimable and as such, we recorded an immaterial loss contingency liability for the amount we believe could be assessed against Ultramar. Ultramar and other defendants reached a tentative settlement agreement with plaintiffs on October 16, 2016, which is still subject to approval by the courts. We have recorded our portion of the settlement as of December 31, 2016.
On June 10, 2011, Ultramar and several other defendants were served with a “new” amended motion to institute a class action in the matter of Daniel Thouin v. Ultramar Ltd., et al., Superior Court of Québec, District of Québec. On September 6, 2012, the Superior Court of Québec authorized the class action to be extended to 14 additional cities/regions of the Province of Québec, which were beyond the scope of the Competition Bureau’s investigation and the guilty pleas referenced above. CST does not believe that a loss for this claim is either probable or estimable at this time and intends to vigorously defend these claims.
Environmental Matters
We are subject to extensive federal, state, provincial and local environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to USTs, the release or discharge of materials into the air, water and soil, waste management, pollution prevention measures, the generation, storage, handling, use, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials, the exposure of persons to hazardous materials, greenhouse gas emissions and characteristics, composition, storage and sale of motor fuel, and the health and safety of

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our employees.
We are required to make financial expenditures to comply with regulations governing USTs adopted by federal, state, provincial and local regulatory agencies. Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a comprehensive regulatory program for the detection, prevention, investigation and cleanup of leaking USTs. State or local agencies are often delegated the responsibility for implementing the federal program or developing and implementing equivalent state or local regulations. We have a comprehensive program in place for performing routine tank testing and other compliance activities which are intended to promptly detect and investigate any potential releases. In addition, the U.S. Federal Clean Air Act and similar state laws impose requirements on emissions to the air from motor fueling activities in certain areas of the country, including those that do not meet state or national ambient air quality standards. These laws may require the installation of vapor recovery systems to control emissions of volatile organic compounds to the air during the motor fueling process. We believe we are in compliance in all material respects with applicable environmental requirements, including those applicable to our USTs.
We are in the process of investigating and remediating contamination at a number of our sites as a result of recent or historic releases of motor fuel. In addition, we make routine applications to state trust funds for the sharing, recovering and reimbursement of certain cleanup costs and liabilities as a result of releases of motor fuel from storage systems.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, our environmental reserves recorded in the consolidated financial statements were $6 million and $5 million, respectively. These environmental reserves represent our estimates for future expenditures for remediation and related litigation associated with contaminated sites as a result of releases (e.g. overfills, spills and releases) and are based on current regulations, historical results and certain other factors.
Environmental liabilities that we have recorded are based on internal and external estimates of costs to remediate sites. Factors considered in the estimates of the liability are the expected cost and the estimated length of time to remediate each contaminated site. Estimated remediation costs are not discounted because the timing of payments cannot be reasonably estimated. Reimbursements under state trust fund programs are recognized when received because such amounts are insignificant. The adequacy of the liability is evaluated quarterly and adjustments are made based on updated experience at existing sites, newly identified sites and changes in governmental policy.
Self-Insurance Matters
We are partially self-insured for our general liability insurance. We maintain insurance coverage at levels that are customary and consistent with industry standards for companies of similar size. All of our liability and property insurance policies contain retention and deductible clauses that limit our loss exposure. We are a nonsubscriber under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and maintain an employee injury plan in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 in the U.S., which is self-insured. For our U.S. operations outside of Texas, we maintain statutory workers’ compensation insurance, which is partially self-insured. In Canada, we are a subscriber under the public system workers’ compensation of the provinces where we operate. As of December 31, 2016, there are a number of outstanding claims that are of a routine nature. The estimated incurred but unpaid liabilities relating to these claims are included in other accrued expenses. Additionally, there are open claims under previous policies that have not been resolved as of December 31, 2016. While the ultimate outcome of these claims cannot presently be determined, management believes that the accrued liability of $6 million will be sufficient to cover the related liability and that the ultimate disposition of these claims will have no material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Valero has fully indemnified us for the portion of the liability relating to claims incurred up to the date of the separation and the distribution and we accordingly have an associated asset of $5 million related to these claims.
Tax Matters
We are subject to extensive tax liabilities imposed by multiple jurisdictions, including income taxes, indirect taxes (excise/duty, sales/use and gross receipts taxes), payroll taxes, franchise taxes, withholding taxes and ad valorem taxes. New tax laws and regulations and changes in existing tax laws and regulations are continuously being enacted or proposed that could result in increased expenditures for tax liabilities in the future. Many of these liabilities are subject to periodic audits by the respective taxing authority. Subsequent changes to our tax liabilities as a result of these audits may subject us to interest and penalties.

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Note 15. EQUITY
CST Share Activity
A total of 250 million shares of CST common stock, $0.01 par value, have been authorized of which 77,935,731 were issued and 75,749,114 were outstanding as of December 31, 2016, and 77,749,964 were issued and 75,615,766 were outstanding as of December 31, 2015. Included in these amounts were 310 and 140,053 shares as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which represent restricted shares that were not yet vested.
In connection with the GP Purchase and IDR Purchase, we issued 2,044,490 unregistered shares of our common stock on October 1, 2014.
Activity related to shares of CST’s common stock and treasury stock was as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Common Stock
 
Treasury Stock
Balance at December 31, 2014
 
77,674

 
(513
)
Transactions in connection with stock-based compensation plans:
 
 
 
 
Stock issuances
 
76

 
—

Stock repurchases
 
—

 
(29
)
Stock repurchases under buyback program
 
—

 
(1,592
)
Balance at December 31, 2015
 
77,750

 
(2,134
)
Transactions in connection with stock-based compensation plans:
 
 
 
 
Stock issuances
 
186

 
—

Stock repurchases
 
—

 
(53
)
Stock repurchases under buyback program
 
—

 
—

Balance at December 31, 2016
 
77,936

 
(2,187
)
CST Treasury Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2015, we purchased 1,592,477 of our common shares for a total purchase price of $64 million as part of our publicly announced share repurchase program. During 2016 and 2015, we also withheld 69,541 and 29,007 shares of our common stock with a total fair value of $3 million and $1 million in connection with withholding taxes related to the exercise of stock options, the vesting of restricted stock and the vesting of restricted stock units. During 2016, we issued 17,122 treasury shares to our employees as part of our employee stock purchase plan.
CST Dividends
We paid regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.0625 per common share, or $5 million, each quarter, commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2013 through the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The Merger Agreement prohibits, among other things, us from declaring and paying quarterly cash dividends between August 21, 2016 and completion of our Merger. Our indebtedness also restricts our ability to pay dividends. It is uncertain that we will pay dividends in the future at previous levels or at all. Dividend activity for 2016 was as follows:
Quarter Ended
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Cash Distribution (per share)
 
Cash Distribution (in millions)
December 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2015
 
January 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

March 31, 2016
 
March 31, 2016
 
April 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5

June 30, 2016
 
June 30, 2016
 
July 15, 2016
 
$
0.0625

 
$
5


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CST Purchases of CrossAmerica Common Units
On September 21, 2015, we announced that the independent executive committee of our Board of Directors approved a unit purchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, authorizing CST to purchase up to an aggregate of $50 million of the common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. The unit purchase program does not have a fixed expiration date and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time at CST’s discretion.
We made no purchases under the unit purchase program during the year ended December 31, 2016. From inception through December 31, 2016, we had purchased $20 million, or 804,667 common units, at an average price of $24.64 per common unit, which units cannot be transferred absent registration with the SEC or an available exemption from the SEC’s registration requirements. The Merger Agreement precludes CST from making any further purchases of CrossAmerica common units.
CrossAmerica Distributions
Quarterly distribution activity for 2016 was as follows:
Quarter Ended
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Cash Distribution (per unit)
 
Cash Distribution (in millions)
March 31, 2016
 
May 19, 2016
 
May 31, 2016
 
$
0.5975

 
$
20

June 30, 2016
 
August 8, 2016
 
August 15, 2016
 
$
0.6025

 
$
20

September 30, 2016
 
November 4, 2016
 
November 15, 2016
 
$
0.6075

 
$
20

December 31, 2016
 
February 6, 2017
 
February 13, 2017
 
$
0.6125

 
$
21

The amount of any distribution is subject to the discretion of the GP Board, which may modify or revoke CrossAmerica’s cash distribution policy at any time. CrossAmerica’s partnership agreement does not require CrossAmerica to pay any distributions. As such, there can be no assurance CrossAmerica will continue to pay distributions in the future.
CrossAmerica Unit Offering
On June 19, 2015, CrossAmerica closed on the sale of 4.6 million common units for net proceeds of approximately $139 million. CrossAmerica used the net proceeds from this offering to reduce indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility. On July 1, 2015, CrossAmerica borrowed $184 million under its revolving credit facility to fund the purchase of the 12.5% equity interest in CST Fuel Supply, the acquisition of the 29 NTIs from CST and the One Stop acquisition.
On July 16, 2015, CrossAmerica closed on the sale of an additional 0.2 million common units for net proceeds of $6 million in accordance with the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units associated with the June offering discussed above.
CST Stock Repurchase Plan
On August 5, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan under which we are authorized to purchase shares of our common stock up to a maximum dollar amount of $200 million, until such authorization is exhausted or withdrawn by our Board of Directors. We did not repurchase any of our common stock during the year ended December 31, 2016 and have $114 million remaining under the plan. The Merger Agreement prohibits CST from making any further repurchases of CST common stock.
The following table shows our share repurchase activity since inception of the plan through December 31, 2016:
Quarter Ended
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
Average Price Paid per Share
 
Total Cost of Shares Purchased
 
Amount Remaining under the Plan
December 31, 2014
 
501,750

 
$
42.98

 
$
21,564,669

 
$
178,435,331

March 31, 2015
 
334,584

 
$
41.98

 
$
14,044,494

 
$
164,390,837

June 30, 2015
 
369,348

 
$
40.20

 
$
14,848,306

 
$
149,542,531

September 30, 2015
 
888,545

 
$
39.56

 
$
35,151,634

 
$
114,390,897

December 31, 2015
 
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
114,390,897

Jan. 1 - December 31, 2016
 
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
114,390,897

Total
 
2,094,227

 

 
$
85,609,103

 
$
114,390,897


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There have been no repurchases of CST stock under this stock repurchase program subsequent to December 31, 2016.
CrossAmerica Common Unit Repurchase Program
In November 2015, the GP Board approved a common unit repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act authorizing CrossAmerica to repurchase up to an aggregate of $25 million of the common units representing limited partner interests in CrossAmerica. Under the program, CrossAmerica may make purchases in the open market in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, or in privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act or otherwise. Any purchases will be funded from available cash on hand. The common unit repurchase program does not require CrossAmerica to acquire any specific number of common units and may be suspended or terminated by CrossAmerica at any time without prior notice. The purchases will not be made from any officer, director or control person of CrossAmerica or CST. The Merger Agreement precludes CrossAmerica from making any further repurchases of its common units. The following table shows the purchases made through December 31, 2016:
Period
 
Total Number of Units Purchased
 
Average Price Paid per Unit
 
Total Cost of Units Purchased
 
Amount Remaining under the Program
January 1 - December 31, 2015
 
154,158

 
$
23.37

 
$
3,603,071

 
$
21,396,929

January 1 - March 31, 2016
 
112,492

 
$
24.47

 
$
2,752,240

 
$
18,644,689

April 1 - June 30, 2016
 
20,971

 
23.86

 
500,413

 
18,144,276

July 1 - September 30, 2016
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
18,144,276

October 1 - December 31, 2016
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
18,144,276

Total
 
287,621
 

 
$
6,855,724

 
$
18,144,276

CrossAmerica did not repurchase any common units from January 1, 2017 through the date of this filing.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income for a period encompasses net income and all other changes in equity other than from transactions with our stockholders. Foreign currency translation adjustments are the only component of our accumulated other comprehensive income. Our other comprehensive income or loss before reclassifications results from changes in the value of foreign currencies (the Canadian dollar) in relation to the U.S. dollar. Changes in foreign currency translation adjustments were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Balance at the beginning of the period
 
$
(30
)
 
$
77

 
$
133

   Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
 
5

 
(107
)
 
(56
)
   Amounts reclassified from other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
—

   Net other comprehensive income (loss)
 
5

 
(107
)
 
(56
)
Balance at the end of the period
 
$
(25
)
 
$
(30
)
 
$
77

Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling interest represents the limited partner equity in CrossAmerica owned by outside limited partners. As a result of the GP Purchase, we adjusted the noncontrolling interest to $767 million as a result of consolidating the net assets of CrossAmerica at their fair values. As discussed in Note 1, CST owns 19.8% of the limited partner interest in CrossAmerica as of December 31, 2016. CST’s ownership interest in CrossAmerica has resulted in adjustments to noncontrolling interest of $166 million recorded as a component of CST’s equity.
Note 16. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Overview of CST Plans
The CST Plan permits us to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance based awards, other stock-based awards and cash awards to CST officers, directors and certain other employees. The CST Plan

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provided for a pool of 7.5 million shares of our common stock, and as of December 31, 2016 there were 5.1 million shares available for grant under the CST Plan.
Compensation expense for CST’s stock-based awards is based on the fair values of the awards on the date of grant and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of each vesting tranche. We record stock-based compensation as components of operating expenses and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.
CrossAmerica has granted phantom units and other awards to employees of CST who perform services for CrossAmerica. The value of these grants are remeasured at fair value at each balance sheet reporting date based on the fair market value of CrossAmerica’s common units, and the cumulative compensation cost related to that portion of the awards that have vested is recognized ratably over the vesting term.
We record equity-based compensation as a component of operating expenses and general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.
We recognized equity-based compensation expense as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Equity-based compensation related to CST
 
$
13

 
$
12

 
$
10

Equity-based compensation related to CrossAmerica
 
4

 
5

 
8

Total equity-based compensation expense
 
$
17

 
$
17

 
$
18

During the year ended December 31, 2016, we recognized $4 million of equity-based compensation expense, of which $3 million was attributable to CST and $1 million was attributable to CrossAmerica, related to equity-based awards granted to employees who were retirement eligible at the date of grant. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we recognized $4 million of equity-based compensation expense, of which $2 million was attributable to CST and $2 million was attributable to CrossAmerica, related to equity-based awards granted to employees who were retirement eligible at the date of grant.
CST Stock Options
Stock options granted under the CST Plan become exercisable in equal increments on the first, second and third anniversaries of their date of grant, and expire on the tenth anniversary of their date of grant. Exercise prices of these stock options are equal to the market value of the CST common stock on the date of grant. Market value is defined by the CST Plan as the mean of the highest and lowest prices per share of our common stock on the NYSE on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2016, options to purchase 1.5 million shares were outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $29.53 to $44.34 per share.

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The following summarizes all CST stock option activity, which includes the portion rebilled to CrossAmerica, during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
 
 
Number of Options
 
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Millions)
Options outstanding at December 31, 2014
 
603,839

 
$
30.86

 
8.9
 
$
8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
695,700

 
$
41.44

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(4,102
)
 
$
29.86

 
 
 
$
—

Unvested options forfeited
 
(5,746
)
 
$
37.97

 
 
 
 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2015
 
1,289,691

 
$
36.54

 
8.6
 
$
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
417,462

 
$
38.77

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(168,780
)
 
$
39.01

 
 
 
$
2

Unvested options forfeited
 
(42,573
)
 
$
41.24

 
 
 
 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2016
 
1,495,800

 
$
36.75

 
7.9
 
$
17

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options exercisable at December 31, 2016
 
652,469

 
$
34.01

 
7.3
 
$
9

The aggregate intrinsic value at year end in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by the stock option holders if all of the in-the-money options were exercised on December 31, 2016. The pre-tax intrinsic value is the difference between the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2016 and the exercise price for each in-the-money option. This value fluctuates with the changes in the price of our common stock.
The fair value of each option was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants during 2016 and 2015:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Expected term (years)
 
6.00

 
6.00

Expected stock price volatility
 
29.05
%
 
25.31
%
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.49
%
 
1.75
%
Expected dividend yield
 
0.64
%
 
0.60
%
Expected term was estimated using the simplified method, which takes into account vesting and contractual term. The simplified method is being used to calculate expected term due to the lack of prior grant history and a relatively small number of recent expected life assumptions available from our peers. Expected stock price volatility was based on the weighted-average of our peer group’s median implied volatility, our own mean reversion volatility, and the median of our peer group’s most recent volatilities over the expected term. The risk-free interest rate was based on the rate of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury instrument with a remaining term approximately equal to the expected term. The risk free rate was calculated by interpolating between the published 5-year and 7-year U.S. Treasury spot rates. The expected dividend yield was based on the market value of the common stock on the date of grant (as defined by the CST Plan) and assumed future annual dividends of $0.25 per share.
The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted under the CST Plan in 2016 was $11.06. As of December 31, 2016 there was $2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.3 years.

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CST Restricted Stock
Restricted stock awards granted under the CST Plan participate in dividends and vest under one of the following schedules:
•
in full on the first anniversary of their date of grant;
•
in full on the third anniversary of their date of grant;
•
in three equal increments on the first, second and third anniversaries of their date of grant.
The following summarizes all restricted stock activity during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
 
 
Number of CST Shares
 
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Restricted shares outstanding at December 31, 2014
 
176,323

 
$
30.03

Granted
 
22,820

 
$
41.41

Vested
 
(58,170
)
 
$
30.46

Forfeited
 
(920
)
 
$
29.53

Restricted shares outstanding at December 31, 2015
 
140,053

 
$
31.70

Granted
 
—

 
$
—

Vested
 
(139,483
)
 
$
31.71

Forfeited
 
(260
)
 
$
29.53

Restricted shares outstanding at December 31, 2016
 
310

 
$
31.25

The fair value of each share of restricted stock is estimated on the date of grant as the mean of the highest and lowest prices per share of our stock price on the NYSE on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2016, there was an immaterial amount of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock. This remaining cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 0.2 years.
CST Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock units granted under the CST Plan participate in dividends and vest in three equal increments on the first, second and third anniversaries of their date of grant.
The following summarizes all CST restricted stock unit activity, which includes the portion rebilled to CrossAmerica, during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
 
 
Number of CST Restricted Stock Units
 
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2014
 
141,252

 
$
31.46

Granted
 
135,746

 
$
41.53

Vested
 
(49,512
)
 
$
32.12

Forfeited
 
(1,136
)
 
$
39.29

Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2015
 
226,350

 
$
37.32

Granted
 
150,667

 
$
38.76

Vested
 
(124,696
)
 
$
37.19

Forfeited
 
(10,845
)
 
$
40.46

Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2016
 
241,476

 
$
38.14

The fair value of each restricted stock units is estimated on the date of grant as the mean of the highest and lowest prices per share of CST’s stock price on the NYSE on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2016, there was $2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.1 years.

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CST Market Share Units
Additionally in 2016 there were 93,249 market share units granted representing the targeted number of equity based awards that will be settled in CST common shares on the third anniversary of their grant date, at which time dividends will be calculated and paid for the three prior years. The number of shares that will ultimately vest is subject to market and performance conditions as outlined in the market share unit award agreement. The fair value of these units was estimated on the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation based on the following assumptions:
Beginning average stock price
 
$
34.18

Expected stock price volatility
 
27.71
%
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.04
%
Expected dividend yield
 
0.64
%
The beginning average stock price is the 20-day volume weighted average price preceding the grant date. Expected stock price volatility was based on a weighted average blend of implied and historical volatilities using daily closing stock prices as of the grant date. The risk-free interest rate was based on the rate of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury instrument with a remaining term equal to the three-year term. The expected dividend yield was based on the market value of the common stock on the date of grant and assumed future annual dividends of $0.25 per share.
CrossAmerica Equity-Based Awards
The CrossAmerica Plan is a long-term incentive plan for employees, officers, consultants and directors of the General Partner of CrossAmerica and any of its affiliates who perform services for CrossAmerica. The maximum number of common units of CrossAmerica that may be delivered with respect to awards under the CrossAmerica Plan is 1,505,000. Generally, the CrossAmerica Plan provides for grants of restricted units, unit options, performance awards, phantom units, unit awards, unit appreciation rights, distribution equivalent rights, and other unit-based awards, with various limits and restrictions attached to these awards on a grant-by-grant basis.
The GP Board may terminate or amend the CrossAmerica Plan at any time with respect to any common units for which a grant has not yet been made. The GP Board also has the right to alter or amend the CrossAmerica Plan or any part of the CrossAmerica Plan from time to time, including increasing the number of common units that may be granted, subject to unitholder approval as required by the exchange upon which common units of CrossAmerica are listed at that time.
CrossAmerica has primarily granted phantom units under the CrossAmerica Plan. Phantom units generally vest in three equal increments on the first, second and third anniversaries of their date of grant. However, grants made in the fourth quarter of 2014 and fourth quarter of 2015 to the non-employee members of the current GP Board vested in full on the first anniversary of their date of grant.
The following is a summary of phantom unit activity for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
 
 
Number of CrossAmerica Units
Phantom units outstanding at December 31, 2014
 
255,376

Granted
 
56,455

Vested
 
(144,982
)
Forfeited
 
(7,718
)
Phantom units outstanding at December 31, 2015
 
159,131

Granted
 
5,364

Vested
 
(115,118
)
Forfeited
 
(2,063
)
Phantom units outstanding at December 31, 2016
 
47,314

The fair value of the phantom units and other non-vested awards outstanding at December 31, 2016, based on the closing price of CrossAmerica’s common units, was $2 million. Unrecognized compensation expense related to the non-vested awards was $0.3 million at December 31, 2016 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.3 years.

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In connection with the GP Purchase, all unvested awards held by covered persons and members of the former GP Board vested on October 1, 2014. As a result, 169,580 phantom units and certain other awards vested. The incremental charge recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014 associated with the accelerated vesting of these awards was approximately $5 million.
Note 17.     EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Earnings per common share are computed after adjustment for net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interest; therefore, all earnings per common share information relates solely to CST common stockholders.
Earnings per common share were computed as follows (in millions, except shares outstanding, common equivalent shares and per share amounts):

 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
Participating Awards
 
Common Stock
 
Participating Awards
 
Common Stock
 
Participating Awards
 
Common Stock
Earnings per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
 
 
$
324

 
 
 
$
149

 
 
 
$
200

Less dividends declared:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 
 
 
10

 
 
 
19

 
 
 
19

Undistributed earnings
 
 
 
$
314

 
 
 
$
130

 
 
 
$
181

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in thousands)
 
398

 
75,627

 
361

 
76,155

 
302

 
75,909

Earnings per common share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributed earnings
 
$
0.12

 
$
0.12

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.25

Undistributed earnings
 
4.14

 
4.14

 
1.70

 
1.70

 
2.38

 
2.38

Total earnings per common share
 
$
4.26

 
$
4.26

 
$
1.95

 
$
1.95

 
$
2.63

 
$
2.63

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to CST stockholders
 
 
 
$
324

 
 
 
$
149

 
 
 
$
200

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in thousands)
 
 
 
75,627

 
 
 
76,155

 
 
 
75,909

Common equivalent shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock options (in thousands)
 
 
 
228

 
 
 
120

 
 
 
34

Restricted stock (in thousands)
 
 
 
40

 
 
 
101

 
 
 
91

Restricted stock units (in thousands)
 
 
 
183

 
 
 
129

 
 
 
52

Market share units (in thousands)
 
 
 
59

 
 
 
—

 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - assuming dilution (in thousands)
 
 
 
76,137

 
 
 
76,505

 
 
 
76,086

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution
 
 
 
$
4.24

 
 
 
$
1.95

 
 
 
$
2.63


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The table below presents securities that have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because they would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented:
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Weighted-average anti-dilutive stock awards (in thousands)
 
388

 
567

 
245

Note 18. INCOME TAXES
Income before income tax expense from our U.S. and Canadian operations was as follows (in millions):
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
U.S. operations
 
$
384

 
$
122

 
$
188

Canadian operations
 
96

 
105

 
101

Income before income tax expense
 
$
480

 
$
227

 
$
289

The following is a reconciliation of the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate (35% for all years presented) to the consolidated effective income tax rate:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Federal income tax expense at the U.S. statutory rate
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
U.S. state income tax expense, net of U.S. federal income tax effect
 
2.2

 
1.5

 
1.6

Canadian operations
 
(1.9
)
 
(3.6
)
 
(2.6
)
CrossAmerica operations
 
1.3

 
(0.4
)
 
3.1

Credits
 
(0.1
)
 
—

 
—

Canadian withholding tax
 
—

 
6.7

 
—

Other
 
0.3

 
(0.3
)
 
0.7

Income tax expense
 
36.8
 %
 
38.9
 %
 
37.8
 %
CrossAmerica historically has not been subject to federal and most state income tax, with the exception of operations conducted through certain corporate subsidiaries. Excluding CrossAmerica, our 2016 effective tax rate was 35.6% compared to 39.3% for 2015.

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Components of income tax expense related to net income were as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. federal
 
$
69

 
$
63

 
$
59

U.S. state
 
9

 
8

 
6

Canada
 
22

 
24

 
20

Total current
 
100

 
95

 
85

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. federal
 
67

 
(7
)
 
14

U.S. state
 
7

 
(4
)
 
2

Canada
 
2

 
4

 
8

Total deferred
 
76

 
(7
)
 
24

Income tax expense
 
$
176

 
$
88

 
$
109

Excluding CrossAmerica, 2016 income tax expense was $178 million compared to $97 million in 2015.
The tax effects of significant temporary differences representing deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
 
Net operating losses
 
$
4

 
$
5

Lease financing obligation (CrossAmerica: $23 at December 31, 2016)
 
23

 
23

Inventories
 
5

 
6

Unpaid insurance reserve
 
2

 
5

Accrued expenses
 
10

 
11

Property and equipment
 
12

 
13

Intangibles
 
47

 
48

Other assets (CrossAmerica: $4 at December 31, 2016)
 
17

 
16

Total deferred income tax assets
 
120

 
127

Less: Valuation allowance (CrossAmerica: $6 at December 31, 2016)
 
(10
)
 
(11
)
Net deferred income tax assets
 
110

 
116

 
 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment (CrossAmerica: $68 at December 31, 2016)
 
(256
)
 
(177
)
Intangibles (CrossAmerica: $4 at December 31, 2016)
 
(13
)
 
(13
)
Investment in Partnership
 
(42
)
 
(41
)
Other (CrossAmerica: $2 at December 31, 2016)
 
(11
)
 
(8
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
 
(322
)
 
(239
)
Net deferred income tax assets (liabilities) (CrossAmerica: $52 at December 31, 2016)
 
(212
)
 
(123
)
Less: Non-current deferred income tax asset
 
(62
)
 
(63
)
Non-current deferred income tax liability (CrossAmerica: $52 at December 31, 2016)
 
$
(274
)
 
$
(186
)

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The change in the balance sheet deferred tax accounts reflects deferred income tax expense, the deferred tax impact of other comprehensive income items, adjustments related to the Spin-off and certain deferred taxes resulting from purchase accounting associated with the GP Purchase and noncontrolling interest shifts.
As of December 31, 2016, we had no income tax credit carryforwards. We have $91 million of state NOLs available for carry forward. The losses expire within a period of five to fifteen years. At December 31, 2016, we had valuation allowances of $10 million, a decrease of $1 million from 2015, primarily related to state NOL valuation allowances. The $10 million valuation is comprised of $4 million state net operating losses and $6 million associated with CrossAmerica’s valuation allowance that relates primarily to the uncertainty of the availability of future profits to realize the tax benefit of the existing deductible temporary difference.
Changes in the valuation allowance account consisted of the following (in millions):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Balance at beginning of period
$
11

 
$
7

 
$
1

Charged to costs and expense
(1
)
 
4

 
—

Charged to other accounts (a)
—

 
—

 
6

Balance at end of period
$
10

 
$
11

 
$
7

(a) Amount relates to CrossAmerica acquisition in 2014.
In conjunction with CrossAmerica’s ongoing review of its actual results and anticipated future earnings, CrossAmerica continuously reassesses the possibility of releasing the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is based on our estimates of future taxable income in the various jurisdictions in which we operate and the period over which deferred income tax assets will be recoverable. It is reasonably possible that a significant portion of the valuation allowance will be released within the next twelve months. We believe the remaining deferred income taxes will be realized based on future taxable income and the reversal of existing temporary differences. Accordingly, we believe that no additional valuation allowances are necessary.
We provide tax reserves for federal, state, local and international uncertain tax positions. The development of these tax positions requires subjective, critical estimates and judgments about tax matters, potential outcomes and timing. Although the outcome of open tax examinations is uncertain, in management’s opinion, adequate provisions for income taxes have been made for potential liabilities resulting from these reviews. If actual outcomes differ materially from these estimates, they could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations. Differences between actual results and assumptions, or changes in assumptions in future periods, are recorded in the period they become known. To the extent additional information becomes available prior to resolution; such accruals are adjusted to reflect probable outcomes.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we did not have any significant unrecognized tax benefits. Our practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. We had minimal interest and penalties for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
We operate in multiple tax jurisdictions, both inside and outside the United States and are routinely under audit by federal, state and foreign tax authorities. These reviews can involve complex matters that may require an extended period of time for resolution. Our U.S. federal income tax returns have been examined and settled through the tax year 2009. In addition, we are subject to ongoing audits in various state and local jurisdictions, as well as audits in various foreign jurisdictions. In general, the tax years January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2016, remain open in the major taxing jurisdictions, with some state and foreign jurisdictions remaining open longer, as the result of net operating losses and longer statutes of limitation periods.
The cumulative undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries were approximately $924 million. On December 17, 2015, our Canadian subsidiary distributed property (a note receivable) worth $360 million to a subsidiary in the United States. CST incurred withholding taxes on the value of the property distributed, which was deducted in 2015 resulting in a net tax impact of $14 million. This transaction did not cause us to record deferred taxes on our continuing Canadian operations because we have the intent and the ability to indefinitely reinvest the remainder of the accumulated and future foreign earnings. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Canadian subsidiary repaid $235 million of this loan. At December 31, 2016, the outstanding amount of this loan was $125 million. As this loan is repaid, no additional income taxes will be incurred. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal or state income taxes has been provided thereon. Upon distribution of those earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, we would be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to Canada. Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability is not practicable because of the complexities associated with its hypothetical calculation.

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Income taxes attributable to CrossAmerica’s earnings and losses, excluding the earnings and losses of its wholly owned taxable subsidiary, are assessed at the individual unit holder level.
Income taxes paid, net of income tax refunds, were $98 million, $107 million and $77 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The 2016 and 2015 taxes include $1 million and $5 million for CrossAmerica. The CrossAmerica taxes for 2014 were immaterial.
Note 19.     EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
CST sponsors defined contribution plans that cover employees in the U.S. and Canada. Employees are eligible to participate in the plans once they meet the respective plans’ eligibility requirements, which differ depending on employee level and location. Once eligible, employees participating in the plans are entitled to receive employer matching contributions. Under these plans, employees can contribute a portion of their eligible compensation and CST will match these contributions at rates of 50% to 100% up to 4% of eligible compensation depending on employee level and location. At CST’s discretion, it may also make profit-sharing contributions to the plans to be allocated to participants. These contributions were 0%, 4% and 4% of eligible compensation for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, as CST terminated profit-sharing contributions in 2016. Under these plans, we recorded contribution expenses of $5 million, $10 million and $9 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These plans were put in place in 2013.
CrossAmerica’s General Partner manages operations and activities on their behalf. As of December 31, 2014, the majority of CrossAmerica’s management personnel were employees of DMI and related employee benefit costs were covered as part of a management fee. On January 1, 2015, all former employees of DMI associated with operating CrossAmerica became our employees with access to our employee benefit plans.
Note 20. SEGMENT INFORMATION
We have three reportable segments: U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica. The U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica segments are managed separately as individual strategic business units. Each segment experiences different operating income margins due to certain unique operating characteristics, geographic supply and demand attributes, specific country and local regulatory environments, and is exposed to variability in gross profit from the volatility of crude oil prices. Operating revenues from our business and home energy operations were less than 5% of our operating revenues for each period presented and have been included within the Canadian Retail segment information.
Results that are not included in our reportable segments are included in the corporate category, which consist primarily of general and administrative costs. Management evaluates the performance of our CrossAmerica segment without considering the effects of the fair value adjustments to CrossAmerica’s historical account balances required under ASC 805—Business Combinations. As a result, we have included a fair value column to reconcile to our consolidated results. The elimination column represents wholesale motor fuel supplied to our U.S. Retail segment from CrossAmerica, CrossAmerica’s income from CST Fuel Supply and rental income for retail sites owned by CrossAmerica and leased to our U.S. Retail segment.
Prior to 2016, CrossAmerica netted lease executory costs such as real estate taxes, maintenance, and utilities that it paid and re-billed to customers against rental income on its statement of operations. During the first quarter of 2016, it began accounting for such amounts as rent income and operating expenses and reflected this change in presentation retrospectively. This change resulted in a $10 million increase in both rent income and operating expenses for the CrossAmerica segment for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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The following table reflects activity related to our reportable segments (in millions):
 
 
U.S. Retail
 
Canadian Retail
 
CrossAmerica
 
Corporate
 
Eliminations
 
Fair value adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 
$
6,210

 
$
3,162

 
$
1,734

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
11,106

Intersegment revenues
 
20

 
—

 
136

 
—

 
(156
)
 
—

 
—

Gross profit
 
918

 
367

 
156

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
1,440

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
129

 
42

 
54

 
—

 
—

 
32

 
257

Operating income (loss)
 
558

 
112

 
57

 
(157
)
 
—

 
(34
)
 
536

Total expenditures for long-lived assets (including acquisitions)
 
$
754

 
$
46

 
$
115

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
915

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 
$
5,981

 
$
3,394

 
$
2,080

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
11,455

Intersegment revenues
 
—

 
—

 
145

 
—

 
(145
)
 
—

 
—

Gross profit
 
859

 
365

 
169

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
1,394

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
96

 
39

 
48

 
—

 
—

 
26

 
209

Operating income (loss)
 
287

 
114

 
67

 
(175
)
 
—

 
(26
)
 
267

Total expenditures for long-lived assets (including acquisitions)
 
$
319

 
$
63

 
$
179

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
561

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 
$
7,482

 
$
4,702

 
$
570

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
12,754

Intersegment revenues
 
—

 
—

 
13

 
—

 
(13
)
 
—

 
—

Gross profit
 
844

 
393

 
36

 
—

 
 
 
—

 
1,273

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
 
90

 
38

 
12

 
—

 
—

 
7

 
147

Operating income (loss)
 
345

 
119

 
11

 
(140
)
 
—

 
(7
)
 
328

Total expenditures for long-lived assets (including acquisitions)
 
$
223

 
$
59

 
$
3

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
285

Operating revenues for our principal products were as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Motor fuel sales (gasoline and diesel)
 
$
8,526

 
$
9,121

 
$
10,580

Merchandise and services
 
2,169

 
1,928

 
1,692

Other
 
411

 
406

 
482

Total operating revenues
 
$
11,106

 
$
11,455

 
$
12,754

CST’s other operating revenues are primarily derived from our Canadian business and home energy operations. Merchandise and services include revenues from car wash and commissions from lottery, money orders, air/water/vacuum services, video and game rentals and access to ATMs. CrossAmerica’s other operating revenues primarily relate to rental income.

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No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the operating revenues of CST.
Long-lived assets include property and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets. Geographic information by country for long-lived assets consisted of the following (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
U.S.
 
$
3,256

 
$
2,661

Canada
 
362

 
342

Total long-lived assets
 
$
3,618

 
$
3,003

Total assets by reportable segment were as follows (in millions):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
U.S. Retail
 
$
2,231

 
$
1,581

Canadian Retail
 
617

 
771

CrossAmerica
 
1,522

 
1,477

Total reportable segment assets
 
$
4,370

 
$
3,829

Corporate assets of $6 million and $17 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, were not allocated to the reportable segments and primarily relate to the indemnification receivable from Valero discussed in Note 13. CrossAmerica’s assets in the table above include $16 million and $6 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, of assets that are eliminated upon consolidation.
Note 21. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
In order to determine net cash provided by operating activities, net income is adjusted by, among other things, changes in current assets and current liabilities as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Decrease (increase):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receivables, net
 
$
(44
)
 
$
25

 
$
25

Inventories
 
2

 
3

 
5

Deferred income taxes
 
—

 
12

 
—

Prepaid expenses and other
 
(9
)
 
4

 
(2
)
Increase (decrease):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
(2
)
 
27

 
15

Accounts payable to Valero
 
27

 
(15
)
 
(66
)
Accrued expenses
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
14

Amortization of deferred debt costs
 
—

 
3

 
3

Taxes other than income taxes
 
9

 
1

 
10

Income taxes payable
 
3

 
(32
)
 
11

Deferred income taxes
 
—

 
(9
)
 
—

Changes in working capital
 
$
(17
)
 
$
13

 
$
15

The above changes in current assets and current liabilities may differ from changes between amounts reflected in the applicable balance sheets for the respective periods for the following reasons:
•
acquisitions, including the consolidation of CrossAmerica;
•
amounts accrued for capital expenditures are reflected in investing activities when such amounts are paid; and

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•
certain differences between balance sheet changes and the changes reflected above result from translating foreign currency denominated amounts at the applicable exchange rates as of each balance sheet date.
Additionally, cash transactions between CST and CrossAmerica, including sales of CST Fuel Supply equity interests, IDR and common unit distributions, are eliminated from the statements of cash flows.
Cash flows related to interest and income taxes were as follows (in millions):
 
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Interest paid in excess of amount capitalized
 
$
61

 
$
53

 
$
41

Income taxes paid
 
$
98

 
$
107

 
$
77

See Note 13 for details of CrossAmerica management fees settled in common units in 2016 and 2015.
In connection with the GP Purchase and IDR Purchase, CST issued 2,044,490 unregistered shares of CST common stock on October 1, 2014.
Note 22. TERMINATION BENEFITS
CST accrued $6 million of severance and benefit costs in 2015 related to certain CST executives and CST employees who were officers of CrossAmerica who have terminated their employment. Such costs are included in general and administrative expenses.
As a result of the continued integration of certain processes and systems of CrossAmerica’s recently acquired businesses, CrossAmerica committed to a workforce reduction affecting certain employees of CrossAmerica or its affiliates and recognized $3 million of estimated cost of severance and other benefits ratably over the required service period, included in general and administrative expenses.
A rollforward of our liability for severance and other termination benefits is as follows (in millions):
Balance at December 31, 2015
 
$
9

Provision for termination benefits
 
2

Termination benefits paid
 
(10
)
Balance at December 31, 2016
 
$
1


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Note 23. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
The following table summarizes quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
 
 
2016 Quarter Ended
 
 
March 31
 
June 30
 
September 30
 
December 31
Operating revenues
 
$
2,371

 
$
2,988

 
$
2,908

 
$
2,839

Gross profit
 
337

 
370

 
390

 
343

Operating income
 
26

 
53

 
420

 
37

Net income attributable to CST
 
19

 
27

 
260

 
18

Basic earnings per common share
 
$
0.24

 
$
0.36

 
$
3.42

 
$
0.24

Diluted earnings per common share
 
$
0.24

 
$
0.36

 
$
3.41

 
$
0.23

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 Quarter Ended
 
 
March 31
 
June 30
 
September 30
 
December 31
Operating revenues
 
$
2,666

 
$
3,155

 
$
3,092

 
$
2,542

Gross profit
 
307

 
318

 
429

 
340

Operating income
 
21

 
43

 
148

 
55

Net income attributable to CST
 
14

 
25

 
85

 
25

Basic earnings per common share
 
$
0.18

 
$
0.32

 
$
1.12

 
$
0.34

Diluted earnings per common share
 
$
0.18

 
$
0.32

 
$
1.12

 
$
0.34

Earnings per common share amounts are computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not equal the annual earnings per share amounts.
All periods presented include the consolidated accounts of CrossAmerica.
Note 24. GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES
The Guarantor Subsidiaries fully and unconditionally guarantee, on a joint and several basis, CST’s 5% senior notes due 2023. CrossAmerica is not a guarantor under CST’s 5% senior notes due 2023. The following consolidating schedules present financial information on a consolidated basis in conformity with the SEC’s Regulation S-X Rule 3–10(f):

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CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(Millions of Dollars)
 
December 31, 2016
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash
$
—

 
$
94

 
$
42

 
$
—

 
$
136

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
137

Restricted cash
—

 
22

 
—

 
—

 
22

 
—

 
—

 
22

Receivables, net
1

 
92

 
75

 
—

 
168

 
42

 
(15
)
 
195

Inventories
—

 
172

 
65

 
—

 
237

 
13

 
—

 
250

Prepaid taxes
—

 
2

 
—

 
—

 
2

 
1

 
—

 
3

Prepaid expenses and other
—

 
9

 
3

 
—

 
12

 
8

 
—

 
20

Total current assets
1

 
391

 
185

 
—

 
577

 
65

 
(15
)
 
627

Property and equipment, at cost
—

 
2,195

 
550

 
—

 
2,745

 
822

 
(2
)
 
3,565

Accumulated depreciation
—

 
(631
)
 
(196
)
 
—

 
(827
)
 
(96
)
 
—

 
(923
)
Property and equipment, net
—

 
1,564

 
354

 
—

 
1,918

 
726

 
(2
)
 
2,642

Intangible assets, net
—

 
30

 
6

 
—

 
36

 
321

 
—

 
357

Goodwill
—

 
226

 
2

 
—

 
228

 
391

 
—

 
619

Investment in subsidiaries
2,759

 
—

 
—

 
(2,759
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Investment in CrossAmerica
—

 
262

 
—

 
—

 
262

 
—

 
(262
)
 
—

Deferred income taxes
—

 
—

 
62

 
—

 
62

 
—

 
—

 
62

Other assets, net
5

 
22

 
8

 

 
35

 
19

 
(1
)
 
53

Total assets
$
2,765

 
$
2,495

 
$
617

 
$
(2,759
)
 
$
3,118

 
$
1,522

 
$
(280
)
 
$
4,360

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Historical amounts for CrossAmerica were adjusted in consolidation with CST as a result of the GP Purchase as follows as of December 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
$
48

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intangibles, net
$
240

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
$
302

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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December 31, 2016
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations
$
75

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
76

 
$
2

 
$
—

 
$
78

Accounts payable
—

 
146

 
47

 
—

 
193

 
45

 
(15
)
 
223

Accounts payable to Valero
(1
)
 
100

 
82

 
—

 
181

 
—

 
—

 
181

Accrued expenses
5

 
33

 
16

 
—

 
54

 
16

 
—

 
70

Taxes other than income taxes
—

 
48

 
1

 
—

 
49

 
12

 
—

 
61

Income taxes payable
—

 
—

 
2

 
—

 
2

 
—

 
—

 
2

Total current liabilities
79

 
328

 
148

 
—

 
555

 
75

 
(15
)
 
615

Debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion
951

 
7

 
6

 
—

 
964

 
465

 
(2
)
 
1,427

Deferred income taxes
(1
)
 
223

 
—

 
—

 
222

 
52

 
—

 
274

Intercompany payables (receivables)
490

 
(618
)
 
128

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Asset retirement obligations
—

 
85

 
16

 
—

 
101

 
28

 
—

 
129

Other long-term liabilities
6

 
14

 
16

 
—

 
36

 
100

 
—

 
136

Total liabilities
1,525

 
39

 
314

 
—

 
1,878

 
720

 
(17
)
 
2,581

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
1

APIC
640

 
1,774

 
61

 
(1,835
)
 
640

 
—

 
(11
)
 
629

Treasury stock
(89
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(89
)
 
—

 
—

 
(89
)
Retained earnings
713

 
682

 
242

 
(924
)
 
713

 
—

 
—

 
713

AOCI
(25
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(25
)
 
—

 
—

 
(25
)
Partners’ capital
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
802

 
(802
)
 
—

Noncontrolling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
550

 
550

Total stockholders’ equity
1,240

 
2,456

 
303

 
(2,759
)
 
1,240

 
802

 
(263
)
 
1,779

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
2,765

 
$
2,495

 
$
617

 
$
(2,759
)
 
$
3,118

 
$
1,522

 
$
(280
)
 
$
4,360

Deferred taxes and noncontrolling interest for CrossAmerica include $9 million and $581 million, respectively, related to the consolidation of CrossAmerica with CST as a result of the GP Purchase.



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CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(Millions of Dollars)
 
December 31, 2015
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash
$
—

 
$
66

 
$
247

 
$
—

 
$
313

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
314

Receivables, net
2

 
61

 
54

 
—

 
117

 
22

 
(4
)
 
135

Inventories
—

 
151

 
57

 
—

 
208

 
16

 
—

 
224

Prepaid taxes
—

 
26

 
—

 
—

 
26

 
1

 
—

 
27

Prepaid expenses and other
—

 
6

 
4

 
—

 
10

 
10

 
—

 
20

Total current assets
2

 
310

 
362

 
—

 
674

 
50

 
(4
)
 
720

Property and equipment, at cost
—

 
1,780

 
493

 
—

 
2,273

 
738

 
(1
)
 
3,010

Accumulated depreciation
—

 
(574
)
 
(165
)
 
—

 
(739
)
 
(47
)
 
—

 
(786
)
Property and equipment, net
—

 
1,206

 
328

 
—

 
1,534

 
691

 
(1
)
 
2,224

Intangible assets, net
—

 
7

 
12

 
—

 
19

 
340

 
—

 
359

Goodwill
—

 
35

 
2

 
—

 
37

 
383

 
—

 
420

Investment in subsidiaries
1,939

 
—

 
—

 
(1,939
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Investment in CrossAmerica
—

 
271

 
—

 
—

 
271

 
—

 
(271
)
 
—

Deferred income taxes
—

 
—

 
63

 
—

 
63

 
—

 
—

 
63

Other assets, net
15

 
24

 
4

 
—

 
43

 
13

 
(2
)
 
54

Total assets
$
1,956

 
$
1,853

 
$
771

 
$
(1,939
)
 
$
2,641

 
$
1,477

 
$
(278
)
 
$
3,840

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Historical amounts for CrossAmerica were adjusted in consolidation with CST as a result of the GP Purchase discussed in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. These adjustments were as follows:
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
$
62

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intangibles, net
$
258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
$
302

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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December 31, 2015
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations
$
129

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
130

 
$
9

 
$
—

 
$
139

Accounts payable
2

 
105

 
68

 
(17
)
 
158

 
32

 
(4
)
 
186

Accounts payable to Valero
(1
)
 
92

 
61

 
—

 
152

 
—

 
—

 
152

Accrued expenses
5

 
35

 
15

 
—

 
55

 
16

 
—

 
71

Taxes other than income taxes
—

 
31

 
1

 
—

 
32

 
10

 
—

 
42

Income taxes payable
—

 
3

 
5

 
17

 
25

 
1

 
—

 
26

Dividends payable
5

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
5

 
—

 
—

 
5

Total current liabilities
140

 
267

 
150

 
—

 
557

 
68

 
(4
)
 
621

Debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion
874

 
8

 
5

 
—

 
887

 
404

 
(1
)
 
1,290

Deferred income taxes
—

 
132

 
—

 
—

 
132

 
54

 
—

 
186

Intercompany payables (receivables)
(9
)
 
(353
)
 
362

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Asset retirement obligations
—

 
75

 
15

 
—

 
90

 
23

 
—

 
113

Other long-term liabilities
15

 
11

 
13

 
—

 
39

 
46

 
—

 
85

Total liabilities
1,020

 
140

 
545

 
—

 
1,705

 
595

 
(5
)
 
2,295

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
1

APIC
653

 
1,334

 
60

 
(1,394
)
 
653

 
—

 
(26
)
 
627

Treasury stock
(87
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(87
)
 
—

 
—

 
(87
)
Retained earnings
399

 
379

 
166

 
(545
)
 
399

 
—

 
—

 
399

AOCI
(30
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(30
)
 
—

 
—

 
(30
)
Partners’ capital
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
882

 
(882
)
 
—

Noncontrolling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
635

 
635

Total stockholders’ equity
936

 
1,713

 
226

 
(1,939
)
 
936

 
882

 
(273
)
 
1,545

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
1,956

 
$
1,853

 
$
771

 
$
(1,939
)
 
$
2,641

 
$
1,477

 
$
(278
)
 
$
3,840

Deferred taxes and noncontrolling interest for CrossAmerica include $11 million and $612 million, respectively, related to the consolidation of CrossAmerica with CST as a result of the GP Purchase discussed in Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

122

CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2016
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
$
—

 
$
6,230

 
$
3,162

 
$
—

 
$
9,392

 
$
1,870

 
$
(156
)
 
$
11,106

Cost of sales
—

 
5,312

 
2,795

 
—

 
8,107

 
1,714

 
(155
)
 
9,666

Gross profit
—

 
918

 
367

 
—

 
1,285

 
156

 
(1
)
 
1,440

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from CST Fuel Supply Equity
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
16

 
(16
)
 
—

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Operating expenses
—

 
578

 
217

 
—

 
795

 
61

 
(17
)
 
839

General and administrative expenses
8

 
105

 
20

 
—

 
133

 
24

 
—

 
157

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
—

 
129

 
42

 
—

 
171

 
86
(a)
 
—

 
257

Asset impairments
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2

 
—

 
2

Total operating expenses
8

 
812

 
279

 
—

 
1,099

 
173

 
(17
)
 
1,255

Gain (loss) on the sale of assets, net
—

 
347

 
4

 
—

 
351

 
—

 
—

 
351

Operating (loss) income
(8
)
 
453

 
92

 
—

 
537

 
(1
)
 
—

 
536

Other income, net
—

 
6

 
7

 
—

 
13

 
1

 
(3
)
 
11

Interest expense
(44
)
 
1

 
(1
)
 
—

 
(44
)
 
(23
)
 
—

 
(67
)
Intercompany interest income (expense)
3

 
—

 
(3
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Equity in earnings of CrossAmerica
(4
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(4
)
 
—

 
4

 
—

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
375

 
—

 
—

 
(375
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Income (loss) before income tax expense
322

 
460

 
95

 
(375
)
 
502

 
(23
)
 
1

 
480

Income tax expense (benefit)
(2
)
 
156

 
24

 
—

 
178

 
(2
)
 
—

 
176

Net income (loss)
324

 
304

 
71

 
(375
)
 
324

 
(21
)
 
1

 
304

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
17

 
3

 
20

Net income (loss) attributable to CST stockholders
$
324

 
$
304

 
$
71

 
$
(375
)
 
$
324

 
$
(4
)
 
$
4

 
$
324

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Net income (loss)
$
324

 
$
304

 
$
71

 
$
(375
)
 
$
324

 
$
(21
)
 
$
1

 
$
304

Foreign currency translation adjustment
5

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
5

 
—

 
—

 
5

Comprehensive income (loss)
329

 
304

 
71

 
(375
)
 
329

 
(21
)
 
1

 
309

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(17
)
 
(3
)
 
(20
)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CST
   stockholders
$
329

 
$
304

 
$
71

 
$
(375
)
 
$
329

 
$
(4
)
 
$
4

 
$
329

(a) Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense for CrossAmerica includes $32 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense related to the consolidation of CrossAmerica with CST as a result of the GP Purchase.

123

CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(CONTINUED)
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2015
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
$
—

 
$
5,981

 
$
3,394

 
$
—

 
$
9,375

 
$
2,225

 
$
(145
)
 
$
11,455

Cost of sales
—

 
5,122

 
3,029

 
—

 
8,151

 
2,056

 
(146
)
 
10,061

Gross profit
—

 
859

 
365

 
—

 
1,224

 
169

 
1

 
1,394

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from CST Fuel Supply Equity
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
11

 
(11
)
 
—

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
—

 
482

 
212

 
—

 
694

 
68

 
(10
)
 
752

General and administrative expenses
8

 
105

 
21

 
—

 
134

 
41

 
—

 
175

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
—

 
96

 
39

 
—

 
135

 
74
(a)
 
—

 
209

Asset impairments
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
1

Total operating expenses
8

 
684

 
272

 
—

 
964

 
183

 
(10
)
 
1,137

Gain on the sale of assets, net
—

 
7

 
—

 
—

 
7

 
3

 
—

 
10

Operating (loss) income
(8
)
 
182

 
93

 
—

 
267

 
—

 
—

 
267

Other income, net
—

 
6

 
13

 
—

 
19

 
—

 
(1
)
 
18

Interest expense
(39
)
 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
(40
)
 
(18
)
 
—

 
(58
)
Equity in earnings of CrossAmerica
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
196

 
—

 
—

 
(196
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Income (loss) before income tax expense
149

 
188

 
105

 
(196
)
 
246

 
(18
)
 
(1
)
 
227

Income tax expense
—

 
68

 
29

 
—

 
97

 
(9
)
 
—

 
88

Net income (loss)
149

 
120

 
76

 
(196
)
 
149

 
(9
)
 
(1
)
 
139

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
9

 
1

 
10

Net income (loss) attributable to CST stockholders
$
149

 
$
120

 
$
76

 
$
(196
)
 
$
149

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
149

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
$
149

 
$
120

 
$
76

 
$
(196
)
 
$
149

 
$
(9
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
139

Foreign currency translation adjustment
(107
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(107
)
 
—

 
—

 
(107
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
42

 
120

 
76

 
(196
)
 
42

 
(9
)
 
(1
)
 
32

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(9
)
 
(1
)
 
(10
)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CST stockholders
$
42

 
$
120

 
$
76

 
$
(196
)
 
$
42

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
42

(a) Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense for CrossAmerica includes $26 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense related to the consolidation of CrossAmerica with CST as a result of the GP Purchase.

124

CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(CONTINUED)
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2014
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
$
—

 
$
7,482

 
$
4,702

 
$
—

 
$
12,184

 
$
583

 
$
(13
)
 
$
12,754

Cost of sales
—

 
6,638

 
4,309

 
—

 
10,947

 
547

 
(13
)
 
11,481

Gross profit
—

 
844

 
393

 
—

 
1,237

 
36

 
—

 
1,273

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
—

 
438

 
236

 
—

 
674

 
13

 
—

 
687

General and administrative expenses
14

 
88

 
20

 
—

 
122

 
18

 
—

 
140

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
—

 
90

 
38

 
—

 
128

 
19

 
—

 
147

Asset impairments
—

 
3

 
—

 
—

 
3

 
—

 
—

 
3

Total operating expenses
14

 
619

 
294

 
—

 
927

 
50

 
—

 
977

Gain on the sale of assets, net
—

 
32

 
—

 
—

 
32

 
—

 
—

 
32

Operating (loss) income
(14
)
 
257

 
99

 
—

 
342

 
(14
)
 
—

 
328

Other income, net
—

 
3

 
3

 
—

 
6

 
—

 
—

 
6

Interest expense
(41
)
 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
(42
)
 
(3
)
 
—

 
(45
)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
255

 
—

 
—

 
(255
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Income (loss) before income tax expense
200

 
260

 
101

 
(255
)
 
306

 
(17
)
 
—

 
289

Income tax expense
—

 
78

 
28

 
—

 
106

 
3

 
—

 
109

Net income (loss)
200

 
182

 
73

 
(255
)
 
200

 
(20
)
 
—

 
180

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
20

 
20

Net income attributable to CST stockholders
$
200

 
$
182

 
$
73

 
$
(255
)
 
$
200

 
$
(20
)
 
$
20

 
$
200

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
$
200

 
$
182

 
$
73

 
$
(255
)
 
$
200

 
$
(20
)
 
$
—

 
$
180

Foreign currency translation adjustment
(56
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(56
)
 
—

 
—

 
(56
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
144

 
182

 
73

 
(255
)
 
144

 
(20
)
 
—

 
124

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(20
)
 
—

 
(20
)
Comprehensive income attributable to CST stockholders
$
144

 
$
182

 
$
73

 
$
(255
)
 
$
144

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
144

(a) Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense for CrossAmerica includes $7 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense related to the fair value adjustments to CrossAmerica’s net assets as a result of the GP Purchase discussed in Note 3.

125

CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2016
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
$
(52
)
 
$
189

 
$
74

 
$
—

 
$
211

 
$
79

 
$
(3
)
 
$
287

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Capital expenditures
—

 
(300
)
 
(49
)
 
—

 
(349
)
 
(21
)
 
—

 
(370
)
Proceeds from sale of California and Wyoming stores
—

 
408

 
—

 
—

 
408

 
—

 
—

 
408

Proceeds from California and Wyoming sale restricted for use
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
Proceeds from the sale of assets
—

 
—

 
3

 
—

 
3

 
2

 
—

 
5

CST acquisitions, net of cash acquired
—

 
(438
)
 
—

 
—

 
(438
)
 
—

 
—

 
(438
)
CrossAmerica acquisitions, net of cash acquired
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(94
)
 
—

 
(94
)
CST refund payment to CrossAmerica
—

 
(18
)
 
—

 
—

 
(18
)
 
18

 
—

 
—

Cash received from sale of dealer contracts
—

 
3

 
—

 
—

 
3

 
(3
)
 
—

 
—

Other investing activities, net
—

 
4

 
(2
)
 
—

 
2

 
1

 
—

 
3

Net cash used in investing activities
—

 
(363
)
 
(48
)
 
—

 
(411
)
 
(97
)
 
—

 
(508
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Proceeds under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
215

 
—

 
215

Payments on the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(132
)
 
—

 
(132
)
Proceeds under the CST revolving credit facility
532

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
532

 
—

 
—

 
532

Payments on the CST revolving credit facility
(442
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(442
)
 
—

 
—

 
(442
)
Proceeds from sale leasebacks
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
25

 
—

 
25

Debt issuance costs
(1
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
—

 
(2
)
Repayment of intercompany payable
—

 
—

 
(235
)
 
235

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Intercompany loan
235

 
—

 
—

 
(235
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Payments on the CST term loan facility
(69
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(69
)
 
—

 
—

 
(69
)
Repurchases of common shares and units
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3
)
 
—

 
(3
)
Payments of capital lease obligations
—

 
(2
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
 
(3
)
 
—

 
(5
)
Dividends paid
(15
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(15
)
 
—

 
—

 
(15
)
Distributions from CrossAmerica
—

 
16

 
—

 
—

 
16

 
—

 
(16
)
 
—

Distributions paid
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(83
)
 
19

 
(64
)
Intercompany funding
(188
)
 
188

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
52

 
202

 
(235
)
 
—

 
19

 
18

 
3

 
40

Effect of foreign currency translation changes on cash
—

 
—

 
4

 
—

 
4

 
—

 
—

 
4

Net (decrease) increase in cash
—

 
28

 
(205
)
 
—

 
(177
)
 
—

 
—

 
(177
)
Cash at beginning of year
—

 
66

 
247

 
—

 
313

 
1

 
—

 
314

Cash at end of period
$
—

 
$
94

 
$
42

 
$
—

 
$
136

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
137


126

CST BRANDS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(CONTINUED)
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2015
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
$
(24
)
 
$
192

 
$
148

 
$
(18
)
 
$
298

 
66

 
$
(2
)
 
$
362

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
—

 
(278
)
 
(63
)
 
—

 
(341
)
 
(11
)
 
—

 
(352
)
CST acquisitions, net of cash acquired
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
CrossAmerica acquisitions, net of cash acquired
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(310
)
 
142

 
(168
)
Proceeds from return of capital
342

 
—

 
—

 
(342
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Proceeds from the sale of assets
—

 
4

 
3

 
—

 
7

 
6

 
—

 
13

Distributions from CrossAmerica
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Cash received from sale of CST Fuel Supply
—

 
18

 
—

 
—

 
18

 
—

 
(18
)
 
—

Cash received from drop down of NTI to CrossAmerica
—

 
124

 
—

 
—

 
124

 
—

 
(124
)
 
—

IDR Income
—

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
1

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

Other investing activities, net
—

 
5

 
(4
)
 
—

 
1

 
3

 
—

 
4

Net cash used in investing activities
342

 
(148
)
 
(64
)
 
(342
)
 
(212
)
 
(312
)
 
(1
)
 
(525
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase of CrossAmerica common units
—

 
(20
)
 
—

 
—

 
(20
)
 
—

 
—

 
(20
)
Proceeds under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
369

 
—

 
369

Payments on the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(211
)
 
—

 
(211
)
Proceeds under the CST revolving credit facility
135

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
135

 
—

 
—

 
135

Payments on the CST revolving credit facility
(75
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(75
)
 
—

 
—

 
(75
)
Payments on long-term debt
(47
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(47
)
 
—

 
—

 
(47
)
Proceeds from issuance of intercompany payable
—

 
—

 
360

 
(360
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Intercompany loan
—

 
(360
)
 
—

 
360

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Proceeds from issuance of CrossAmerica common units, net
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
145

 
—

 
145

Purchases of treasury shares
(65
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(65
)
 
(4
)
 
—

 
(69
)
Payments of capital lease obligations
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
(3
)
 
—

 
(4
)
Distributions from CrossAmerica
—

 
9

 
—

 
—

 
9

 
—

 
(9
)
 
—

Dividends paid
(19
)
 
—

 
(360
)
 
360

 
(19
)
 
—

 
—

 
(19
)
Distributions paid
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(66
)
 
11

 
(55
)
Receivables repaid by CrossAmerica related parties
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2

 
—

 
2

Intercompany funding
(247
)
 
246

 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
1

 
—

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
(318
)
 
(126
)
 
—

 
360

 
(84
)
 
232

 
3

 
151

Effect of foreign currency translation changes on cash
—

 
—

 
(42
)
 
—

 
(42
)
 
—

 
—

 
(42
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash
—

 
(82
)
 
42

 
—

 
(40
)
 
(14
)
 
—

 
(54
)
Cash at beginning of year
—

 
148

 
205

 
—

 
353

 
15

 
—

 
368

Cash at end of period
$
—

 
$
66

 
$
247

 
$
—

 
$
313

 
$
1

 
$
—

 
$
314


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CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(CONTINUED)
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2014
 
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
CST Eliminations
 
Total CST
 
CrossAmerica
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
 
 
US
 
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
$
(50
)
 
$
247

 
$
138

 
$
—

 
$
335

 
20

 
$
—

 
$
355

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
—

 
(223
)
 
(59
)
 
—

 
(282
)
 
(3
)
 
—

 
(285
)
CST acquisitions
—

 
(41
)
 
—

 
—

 
(41
)
 
—

 
—

 
(41
)
CrossAmerica acquisitions
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(45
)
 
—

 
(45
)
Proceeds from dispositions of property and equipment
—

 
58

 
—

 
—

 
58

 
—

 
—

 
58

Other investing activities, net
—

 
3

 
(4
)
 
—

 
(1
)
 
2

 
—

 
1

Net cash used in investing activities
—

 
(203
)
 
(63
)
 
—

 
(266
)
 
(46
)
 
—

 
(312
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
55

 
—

 
55

Payments on long-term debt
(34
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(34
)
 
—

 
—

 
(34
)
Purchases of treasury shares
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
 
—

 
—

 
(22
)
Debt issuance and credit facility origination costs
(2
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
Payments of capital lease obligations
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(2
)
 
—

 
(2
)
Dividends paid
(19
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(19
)
 
—

 
—

 
(19
)
Distributions paid
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(12
)
 
—

 
(12
)
Intercompany funding
127

 
(127
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
50

 
(127
)
 
—

 
—

 
(77
)
 
41

 
—

 
(36
)
Effect of foreign currency translation changes on cash
—

 
—

 
(17
)
 
—

 
(17
)
 
—

 
—

 
(17
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash
—

 
(83
)
 
58

 
—

 
(25
)
 
15

 
—

 
(10
)
Cash at beginning of year
—

 
231

 
147

 
—

 
378

 
—

 
—

 
378

Cash at end of period
$
—

 
$
148

 
$
205

 
$
—

 
$
353

 
$
15

 
$
—

 
$
368



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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report, and has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2016.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
(a) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The management report on CST’s internal control over financial reporting appears in Item 8 on page 67 of this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP’s report on CST’s internal control over financial reporting appears in Item 8 on page 70 of this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Grant Thornton LLP’s report on CrossAmerica’s internal control over financial reporting appears in Item 8 on page 71 of this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2016, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except as noted below.
Management’s evaluation of and conclusion regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2016 excludes the internal control over financial reporting of Flash Foods, which we acquired on February 1, 2016.
As a public company, CrossAmerica’s management is required to report on its evaluation and conclusions regarding the effectiveness of its internal control. As noted in CrossAmerica’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, there were no changes in its internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2016, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.

PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Management
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of business conduct and corporate governance, which we believe are fundamental to the overall success of our business, serving the interests of our stockholders and maintaining our integrity in the marketplace. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, together with our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Board of Directors committee charters, form the basis for our corporate governance framework, which is guided by core values that we believe are important as we build for the future-integrity, fairness, respect and ethical behavior. We believe that the strength of our corporate governance practices is an essential element to our future success and therefore we continually review these practices to ensure effective collaboration between our management and the Board of Directors and to create long-term stockholder value. As discussed below, the Board of Directors has established four standing committees to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities to the Company and its stockholders: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (defined herein as, the “Audit Committee,” the “Compensation Committee,” the “Executive Committee,” and the “Nominating and Governance Committee,” respectively). In March 2016, the Board of Directors established an ad hoc committee, the Strategic Review Committee, which was dissolved effective December 31, 2016 upon completing its review. This section describes key corporate governance guidelines and practices that we have adopted. Complete copies of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Board of Directors committee charters, as described below, may be viewed on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section. Alternatively, you can request a copy of any of these documents free of charge by writing to our Corporate Secretary, CST Brands, Inc., 19500 Bulverde Road, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas 78259.
 Governance Highlights
ü  10 of our 11 Directors are Independent
  
ü  Diverse Board of Directors in Terms of Gender, Ethnicity, and Experience
ü  Independent Lead Director
  
ü  Company Engages in Stockholder Outreach
ü  Independent Directors Meet Without Management Present
  
ü  Anti-Hedging Policy
ü  Majority Voting for All Directors
  
ü Stock Ownership Guidelines for Executives and Non-Employee Directors
ü Annual Board of Directors Self-Assessment Process
  
ü Stockholder-Approved Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy
ü  Company’s Equity Plan Forbids Option Repricing,
         Exchanges of Options For Cash and Recycling for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
 
 
Directors and Executive Officers
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table shows information for our current directors and executive officers.

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Name
Age
Position
Current Directors and Executive Officers (1)
 
 
Kimberly S. Lubel
52
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President
Donna M. Boles
63
Director
Roger G. Burton
69
Director
Rocky B. Dewbre
51
Director
Thomas (Tad) Dickson
61
Director
Ruben M. Escobedo
79
Director
Denise Incandela
52
Director
Joseph E. Reece
55
Director
Alan Schoenbaum
59
Lead Director
Stephen A. Smith
59
Director
Michael H. Wargotz
58
Director
Clayton E. Killinger
56
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles H. (Hal) Adams
56
President, Retail Operations
Anthony P. Bartys
59
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Gerard J. Sonnier
58
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Steven M. Stellato
42
Vice President and Controller
(1)
Joseph V. Topper, Jr. resigned as a member of the Board of Directors effective December 21, 2016.
KIMBERLY S. LUBEL, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President
Ms. Lubel has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President since January 2013, has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2012 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2013.
Prior to her current role at CST Brands, Ms. Lubel served in various executive management roles at Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and other petrochemical products, including as Executive Vice President and General Counsel from April 2006 to December 2012, where she led complex acquisitions and transactions and oversaw legal, environmental, health and safety, ad valorem tax, government affairs and project execution departments. Ms. Lubel also served as Vice President of Legal Services from January 2003 to April 2006 and Managing Counsel prior to January 2003. During her tenure at Valero Energy Corporation, Ms. Lubel was the lead lawyer on over $18 billion of acquisitions, helping to grow the company from a small, regional refiner to one of international scope.
Prior to joining Valero Energy Corporation in 1997, Ms. Lubel specialized in mergers and acquisitions with the law firm of Kelly, Hart & Hallman from 1991 to 1997.
Ms. Lubel was named to Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in 2013 and again in 2015, and was named Retail Leader of the Year by Convenience Store News in 2014.
Since 2011, she has served as a director of the board of WPX Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WPX), a publicly traded company focusing on extraction of oil and natural gas. Ms. Lubel also serves as the chairman of the GP Board of CrossAmerica Partners LP (NYSE: CAPL) since October 2014.
Ms. Lubel holds bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and in International Studies from Miami University (Ohio), Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Baylor University, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. She is also a 2009 graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.
DONNA M. BOLES, Director of the Board of Directors     
Ms. Boles has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013 and is the chair of the Compensation Committee. She brings to the Board of Directors extensive international experience in human resources, executive compensation, leadership succession planning, talent acquisition and retention, organizational development, performance management, strategic planning, employee and community engagement, employee and community relations, diversity initiatives, benefits, compliance and best practices.
From 2005 until 2013, as Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX), a publicly

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traded leading medical technology company with 30,000 employees operating in 50 countries, Ms. Boles was a key member of the senior management team responsible for leading, managing, developing and implementing international strategic plans and the integration of human resources services and best practices across all areas of the company. Ms. Boles’ responsibilities included global human resources management, executive compensation, succession planning, talent and organizational development, diversity enhancement, and employee engagement, amongst others.
From 2001 to 2005, Ms. Boles served as Vice President, Human Resources for the Medical Division of Becton, Dickinson, and the largest of the company’s three international business segments. She joined Becton, Dickinson and Company in 1973. She is a member of the board of directors of the Berkeley College Foundation, Inc., the Executive Leadership Council and the advisory board of Cielo Healthcare. Ms. Boles served on the board of trustees of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northern New Jersey from 2004 until 2015. She served on the advisory board of the Center for Human Resource Strategy at Rutgers University.
Ms. Boles is the founder and president of Sisters Enabled to Empower Dreams, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on empowering individuals and/or organizations to achieve their goals. Savoy Magazine named Ms. Boles as one of the “Top Influential Women in Corporate America” in 2012. The Network Journal magazine named Ms. Boles as one of the “25 Influential Black Women in Business” in 2011. Black Enterprise magazine named Ms. Boles as one of the “75 Most Powerful Women in Business” in 2010. She was also listed among “100 Women-Worth Watching” in 2007 by Diversity Journal.
Ms. Boles holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from Upsala College and a Master of Business Administration from Pace University.
ROGER G. BURTON (CPA), Director of the Board of Directors        
Mr. Burton has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013 and is the chair of the Audit Committee. As a Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Burton has 47 years of experience in public accounting, auditing and financial reporting of publicly traded companies having worked as an associate and a partner of Arthur Andersen LLP for 34 years until 2002 after which he founded his own financial services firm.
Mr. Burton has provided audit and other financial services to many publicly traded companies, including Valero Energy Corporation, Tenneco Inc., Pennzoil Company, U.S. Long Distance Corp., United Energy Resources, Central & Southwest Corp., Dresser Industries, Valero Natural Gas Partners LP, Pogo Producing, Entex Inc., Midwestern Gas Transmission, and East Tennessee Natural Gas.
Mr. Burton’s financial expertise has been instrumental in the development and accuracy of our financial statements and disclosures since the spin-off of our Company in May 2013.
Mr. Burton holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration degree from Lamar University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1971.
ROCKY B. DEWBRE (CPA), Director of the Board of Directors          
Mr. Dewbre has served as a member of the Board of Directors since March 2016 and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Dewbre brings to the Board of Directors decades of experience in the energy, distribution and convenience store sectors.
From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Dewbre served as Executive Vice President, Channel Operations of Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN), which operates approximately 900 convenience stores and retail fuel sites and distributes motor fuel to convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers and distributors located in more than 30 states at approximately 6,800 sites.
Prior to that, Mr. Dewbre spent over 20 years in leadership roles at Susser Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SUSS) and Susser Petroleum Partners LP (NYSE: SUSP), including as President and Chief Executive Officer of Susser Petroleum Partners LP, until Susser Holdings Corporation was acquired by Energy Transfer Partners in 2014.
Before joining Susser Holdings Corporation in 1992, Mr. Dewbre was a corporate internal auditor with Atlantic Richfield Corporation from 1991 to 1992 and an auditor and consultant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1988 to 1991. Since 2002, Mr. Dewbre has served on the board of directors of Tank Owners Members Insurance Company.
A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Dewbre holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
THOMAS W. DICKSON, Director of the Board of Directors     
Mr. Dickson joined the Board of Directors in March 2016 and he serves on the Nominating and Governance Committee. He brings to the Board of Directors more than two decades of grocery and executive leadership experience. Mr. Dickson previously served

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as Chairman of the board of directors of The Pantry, Inc. (NYSE: PTRY) from April 2014 until its acquisition by a U.S. subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in March 2015. Prior to joining The Pantry’s board of directors, Mr. Dickson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. from February 1997 to January 2014. Mr. Dickson also served as a director on the Harris Teeter Supermarkets’ board of directors from 1997 to January 2014 and as its Chairman from March 2006 to January 2014. Mr. Dickson served as an Executive Vice President of Ruddick Corp., the predecessor company to Harris Teeter Supermarkets, from February 1996 to February 1997.
Since April 2015, Mr. Dickson has served on the board of directors of Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE: BRX), a publicly traded REIT, where he serves on the compensation committee. Since December 2016, Mr. Dickson has served on the board of directors of ConAgra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG).
Mr. Dickson earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia.
RUBEN M. ESCOBEDO (CPA), Director of the Board of Directors          
Mr. Escobedo has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013 and is a member of the Audit Committee. As a Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Escobedo has extensive experience in public accounting, auditing and financial reporting, and tax compliance for publicly traded and private companies. Mr. Escobedo serves as a director and chair of the audit committee of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR), a publicly traded financial holding company with $28.3 billion in assets, and one of the 50 largest U.S. banks. From 1994 to 2014, he also served as a director of the board and chair of the audit committee of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, and other petrochemical products.
Mr. Escobedo was previously employed by Handy Andy, Inc., a privately owned regional grocery chain in Texas, where he served as President from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Escobedo managed and expanded this retail business to 42 stores and annual sales of $250 million.
Mr. Escobedo is a past member of the executive committee of the board of directors of United Way of San Antonio, the past chair of the board of trustees of St. Mary’s University, and the founding chair of the San Antonio-Mexico Foundation for Education.
Mr. Escobedo received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from St. Mary’s University and he is a certified public accountant in the District of Columbia and Texas.
DENISE INCANDELA, Director of the Board of Directors          
Ms. Incandela has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 2013 and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Incandela has extensive global experience in brand management, retail, social media and consumer marketing, digital and ecommerce, and customer insights and analytics. She has had leadership roles in business units of global companies, management and operations experience, as well as broad retail expertise. Until June 2016, Ms. Incandela was President of Global Digital and Customer Intelligence for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a company engaged in the design, marketing, distribution, and retail of apparel and accessory products, where she oversaw global e-commerce, digital shared services, innovation, social media, customer relationship marketing, and analytics and insights since 2014.
From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Incandela served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Saks Fifth Avenue, where she oversaw all aspects of Saks Fifth Avenue's marketing program and Saks Direct, its online business.  Denise joined Saks Fifth Avenue in 1999 to launch Saks.com and built the online business from the ground up to be a $1 billion + destination for online high end fashion.  
From 1992 to 1999, Ms. Incandela worked at McKinsey & Company where she was a leader of its retail practice.
Ms. Incandela also serves as a board member for the Animal Care Centers of NYC and is a member of the board of advisors for The Wharton School's Jay H. Barker Retailing Center.
Ms. Incandela holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School.
JOSEPH E. REECE, Director of the Board of Directors          
Mr. Reece has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2015 and is a member of the Executive Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Reece is currently a Group Managing Director/Executive Vice Chairman of UBS Securities LLC.  Prior to this role, Mr. Reece was the President and Founder of Helena Capital from 2015 to 2017.  Prior to forming Helena Capital, Mr. Reece served 18-years with Credit Suisse, ultimately serving as its Global Head of Equity Capital

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Markets, and as a Member of the Global Equity Management Committee and the Investment Banking Management Committee. Prior to becoming an investment banker, Mr. Reece spent ten years as a practicing attorney. Mr. Reece began his career at the SEC as Staff Counsel, ultimately rising to become Special Counsel for the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance in Washington D.C. Mr. Reece also practiced law with Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles and Streich Lang LLP in Phoenix in their respective Corporate Practice Groups. While at Skadden Arps, Mr. Reece represented a broad group of corporate, financial sponsor and institutional clients in a wide range of strategic, corporate and securities matters.
Mr. Reece serves on the board of directors of LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE: LXU) where he is a member of the audit committee. He also serves as a member of the board of visitors of Georgetown University Law Center, on the board of directors of the Foundation of the University of Akron, and on the board of directors of Chair-ity (a 501(c)(3) organization that provides household goods and furniture to teenagers who graduate from the Ohio Foster Care System). Mr. Reece is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Akron.
ALAN SCHOENBAUM, Lead Director of the Board of Directors        
Mr. Schoenbaum has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013. He is the Lead Director of the Board of Directors and the chair of the Executive Committee. Mr. Schoenbaum brings to the Board of Directors extensive international experience with publicly traded companies, corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, complex financial transactions, technology industry expertise and corporate governance. Mr. Schoenbaum is a private investor. From June 2015 until December 2016, Mr. Schoenbaum was a co-founder and managing director of BuildGroup, a private investment firm, which invests in fast growing technology companies, where Mr. Schoenbaum provided strategic planning, strategy and business model development, financial valuation, operations advice and legal expertise.
From December 2005 until February 2014, Mr. Schoenbaum was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), a publicly traded cloud computing company recognized as a global leader in hybrid cloud-based software and hosted solutions that serves more than 300,000 business customers in 120 countries and $1.9 billion in annual revenue, where he oversaw legal, corporate governance, government affairs, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and regulatory matters. Mr. Schoenbaum was a key member of the management team of Rackspace with his extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate development and corporate governance.
Until 2005, Mr. Schoenbaum was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a global law firm, where he practiced for more than 20 years doing corporate and securities law, and mergers and acquisitions, representing public and private growth companies in diverse industries, including venture capital funds and their portfolio companies, international financial transactions, energy and energy services businesses, and restaurant and multi-unit enterprises.
Mr. Schoenbaum serves on the board of directors of Group 42, Inc., a holding company for global energy service companies. Mr. Schoenbaum holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law.
STEPHEN A. SMITH (CPA), Director of the Board of Directors          
Mr. Smith has served as a member of the Board of Directors since March 2014 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee. Mr. Smith brings to the Board of Directors extensive international experience, including serving as co-CEO of a now publicly traded company, public accounting, financial reporting and auditing expertise serving as the CFO of a publicly traded company, restaurant industry, strategic planning, strategy development, real estate, operations management and Canadian market expertise.
From 2007 until 2013, Mr. Smith served in various leadership roles, including as co-CEO and CFO of Cara Operations Limited (TSX: CAO), Canada’s oldest and largest full-service restaurant company and the franchisor or operator of 828 restaurants in Canada. Mr. Smith was a key member of the management team during the rapid growth that Cara Operations Limited experienced during his CFO and co-CEO tenure by being responsible for its financial reporting and auditing, strategic planning, strategy development, real estate optimization and operations management.
From 1985 to 2007, Mr. Smith held various senior and executive level positions, including Executive Vice President from 1999 to 2006, with Loblaw Companies Limited (TSX: L.CA), the leading food and pharmacy retailer in Canada with more than 2,300 locations and 192,000 full and part-time employees.
Mr. Smith is currently the Executive Vice President and CFO of Jackman Reinvention, Inc., a privately held brand and strategy consulting firm in Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Smith also serves as a director and chair of the audit and finance committee for the Metro Toronto Convention Center and director of the board of St. Michael’s Hospital foundation.

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Mr. Smith is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada) and holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto.
MICHAEL H. WARGOTZ, Director of the Board of Directors          
Mr. Wargotz has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013, serves on the Executive Committee and is the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. He brings to the Board of Directors extensive executive and board experience with large global public companies, and an extensive background in finance and leasing, private equity investment, strategic planning, corporate governance, brand development and management, mergers and acquisitions and accounting.
Mr. Wargotz is the chairman and founder of Axcess Ventures, the private equity arm of Axcess Worldwide, a partnership development company. Mr. Wargotz began Axcess Ventures after co-founding Axcess Worldwide in 2000. From August 2010 to June 2011, Mr. Wargotz served as CFO at the Milestone Aviation Group, a global helicopter and private jet leasing company that he co-founded with the former Chairman of NetJets, and five other partners. At Milestone, Mr. Wargotz oversaw the financing and accounting for the company and Mr. Wargotz also led the company’s private equity raise of $500 million. From June 2004 through December 2009, Mr. Wargotz held a variety of roles at NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, a leader in private aviation fractional ownership, where he attained the position of Chief Financial Advisor and was actively involved in company-wide operational and financial analysis, capital deployment and strategic planning.
From 1994 through 2000, Mr. Wargotz held various senior executive positions at Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) and its predecessor company, HFS Incorporated, where he developed the company’s investor relations and corporate communications function that won the Barron’s Investor Relations Award. In 1998, Mr. Wargotz was named CFO of Cendant’s Alliance Marketing Division and was subsequently appointed CEO of one of Cendant’s operating divisions.
In addition to CST Brands, Mr. Wargotz currently serves on the board of directors of two other publicly traded companies, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), where he is the chair of the audit committee and a member of the executive committee; and Resource Connections, Inc. (NASDAQ: RECN), where he is a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee.
Mr. Wargotz earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and his Master of Business Administration from the NYU Stern School of Business.
CLAYTON E. KILLINGER (CPA), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer     
Mr. Killinger has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2015.  He has also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CrossAmerica. Prior to that and, effective January 1, 2013, he was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CST.
Previously, he served in various roles at Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), including as Senior Vice President and Controller from July 2007 until January 2013 and as Vice President and Controller from January 2003 until July 2007. Prior to joining Valero Energy Corporation in December 2001, Mr. Killinger was a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP, having joined that firm in 1983. 
On October 1, 2014, Mr. Killinger joined the GP Board of CrossAmerica Partners LP (NYSE: CAPL). In August 2015, Mr. Killinger joined the board of directors of the general partner of GreenPlains Partners LP (NASDAQ: GPP) where he serves as the chairman of its audit committee and is a member of its conflicts committee. Mr. Killinger is a Certified Public Accountant, with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he graduated summa sum laude.
CHARLES (HAL) ADAMS, President, Retail Operations    
Mr. Adams became the Company’s President, Retail Operations in January 2016. His position combines oversight of marketing and merchandising with operations, including retail fuel pricing, branding, and communications in the United States and Canada. Mr. Adams has over 30 years of retail experience, having served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since January 2013 and, prior to the Company’s spin off from Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), as Valero’s Vice President of Retail Merchandising since January 2001. Mr. Adams began his career as a store associate in a Stop N Go store in Ventura, California. He held the positions of Store Manager, District Representative and Regional Merchandiser, and has held several leadership positions in Valero’s retail network.
Mr. Adams received a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and he earned his Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Mr. Adams is a 2015 graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.

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ANTHONY P. BARTYS, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer    
Mr. Bartys has over 30 years of experience in the retail and fuel marketing businesses. Mr. Bartys has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2013.  Prior thereto, Mr. Bartys served as the Vice President of Retail Operations and Marketing for Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), overseeing retail operations in the United States since 2001. Since October 2014, he has been a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and serves on its research committee and audit committee. Mr. Bartys has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida and he is a veteran of the U.S. Navy’s submarine force.
GERARD J. SONNIER, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
Mr. Sonnier has worked for the Company since February 2014 and has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since August 2014. From February 2013 to January 2014, Mr. Sonnier served as Vice President and General Counsel at Quanta Services, Inc., from October 2012 to January 2013, he worked as an independent legal consultant, and from March 2001 to September 2012, he served as Assistant General Counsel - Litigation and Chief Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Officer at Waste Management, Inc. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Sonnier was with Baker Hughes Incorporated, where he held various positions, including Acting General Counsel and Chief Compliance Counsel from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Sonnier earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and received his Juris Doctorate (cum laude) from The Tulane University School of Law.
STEVEN M. STELLATO, Vice President and Controller     
Mr. Stellato has served as Vice President and Controller of the Company since May 2016. He has also served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the general partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP (NYSE: CAPL) since June 2015.  From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Stellato served as Vice President and Controller of Energy Transfer Partners, LP (“Energy Transfer”). Prior to joining Energy Transfer, Mr. Stellato was a Senior Manager at the public accounting firm of KPMG LLP from 2001 to 2009, focusing on clients in the energy industry. Before joining KPMG LLP, Mr. Stellato held various management positions with a large retail grocery company in South Texas for over 10 years. Mr. Stellato is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Director Independence
The provisions of our Corporate Governance Guidelines regarding director independence meet, and in some areas, exceed the listing standards of the NYSE.
The Board of Directors has unanimously determined that ten of our current directors, constituting a majority of the Board of Directors, are “independent” directors as that term is defined by Section 303A.02(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and that such directors meet the independence standards set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. In making this determination, the Board of Directors has affirmatively determined, considering broadly all relevant facts and circumstances regarding each independent director (including the independence standards set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines), that none of the independent directors has a material relationship with the Company, either directly or as a partner, stockholder, or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company, or has only immaterial relationships with the Company. In addition, based upon such standards, the Board of Directors has determined that Kimberly S. Lubel is not “independent,” because Ms. Lubel is our Chief Executive Officer and President.
Board of Directors Leadership Structure
Our bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines permit the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman to be filled by the same or different individuals. This allows the Board of Directors flexibility to determine whether the roles should be combined or separated based upon our needs and the Board of Directors’ assessment of its leadership from time to time. The Board of Directors believes that our Chief Executive Officer and President, Kimberly S. Lubel, is best situated to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Ms. Lubel is the director most familiar with our business and industry, and most capable of effectively identifying strategic priorities and leading the discussion and execution of strategy, including creating a unified chain of command to support the Company’s financial and operational goals. The Board of Directors believes combining the roles of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer makes clear that we have a single leader who is directly accountable to the Board and, through the Board of Directors, to our stockholders. It establishes one voice who speaks for the Company to customers, employees, stockholders and other stakeholders. This structure reinforces Ms. Lubel’s overall responsibility for the Company’s business and strategy, under the oversight and subject to the review of the Board of Directors. It strengthens the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors’ decision-making process because Ms. Lubel, who has first-hand knowledge of our operations and the major issues of the Company, chairs the Board of Directors meetings where the Board of Directors discusses strategic and business issues. This structure also enables Ms. Lubel to act as the key link between the Board of Directors and other members of management

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and facilitate an efficient Board of Directors process.
This combined approach, therefore, provides an efficient and effective leadership model for the Company, fostering clear accountability, flexible decision-making and alignment on corporate strategy. Although the Board of Directors believes that the combined role is appropriate based on the Company’s current circumstances, our Corporate Governance Guidelines do not require this approach as a policy.
The Board of Directors structure also fosters strong oversight by independent directors. Ten of our eleven directors are independent and each of the committees of the Board of Directors consists entirely of independent directors. The Board of Directors recognizes the importance of having a strong independent Board of Directors leadership structure to ensure accountability and effective independent oversight. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has adopted the following corporate governance practices:
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a strong, independent Lead Director role;
•
regular executive sessions of the independent directors; and
•
annual performance evaluations of the Chief Executive Officer by the independent directors.
The Board of Directors appoints a “Lead Director,” whose responsibilities include working with committee chairpersons, setting the agenda for Board of Directors meetings, leading discussions at executive sessions of the independent members of the Board of Directors outside the presence of management, providing feedback regarding the executive sessions to the Chairman, and otherwise serving as the principal liaison between the independent directors and the Chairman. If necessary, the Lead Director is also responsible for receiving, reviewing, and acting upon communications from stockholders or other interested parties when appropriate. Mr. Schoenbaum currently serves as our Lead Director.
The Board of Directors believes that combining the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with a strong, independent Lead Director, is in the best interest of our stockholders because it provides the appropriate balance between strategic development and independent oversight of management. On an annual basis, the Board of Directors formally reviews its leadership structure as part of its self-evaluation on key Board of Directors and committee-related issues, which is beneficial in the process of continuous improvement in Board of Directors functioning and communication.
Composition of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is committed to maintaining the highest standards of business conduct and corporate governance, a role fundamental to the overall success of our business. The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings of its members and its committees. The Board of Directors has established four standing committees to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities to the Company and its stockholders: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Board of Directors met eleven times and acted by unanimous written consent four times. All of the directors of the Board of Directors attended 99% of the total number of meetings held by the Board of Directors and the committees on which they served during fiscal year 2016.
Board of Directors’ Role in Risk Oversight
The risk oversight function of the Board of Directors is carried out with the assistance of the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Executive Committee. The Board of Directors regularly reviews information received from these committees regarding the Company’s management of strategic, credit, interest rate, financial reporting, liquidity, compliance and operational risks.
The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to the Company’s executive compensation plans and arrangements to ensure that our compensation programs do not encourage excessive risk-taking. The Audit Committee oversees management of financial risks, as well as other identified risks, including information technology. The Audit Committee is responsible for discussing with management the major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control those exposures, including our risk assessment and risk management policies. In this regard, our Vice President of Business Optimization and Internal Audit prepares annually a comprehensive risk assessment report and reviews that report with the Audit Committee. This report identifies the Company’s material business risks and the internal controls that respond to and mitigate those risks. Our management regularly evaluates such controls and the Audit Committee is provided regular updates regarding the effectiveness of such controls. The Nominating and Governance Committee manages the risks associated with the independence of the Board of Directors and potential conflicts of interest. The Board of Directors designated the Executive Committee, which is responsible for overseeing risk management policies and procedures related to the Company’s ownership of the CrossAmerica GP LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the general partner of CrossAmerica, the associated incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) in CrossAmerica, and an approximate 19.8% of the outstanding units in CrossAmerica that CST Brands owns. While each committee is responsible for evaluating specific risks and overseeing the

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management of such risks, the entire Board of Directors is regularly informed through committee reports about such risks.
Meeting of Independent Directors and Communications with Directors
Executive sessions of independent non-employee directors are held in connection with each regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting and at other times as necessary, and are chaired by our Lead Director. The Board of Directors’ policy is to hold executive sessions without the presence of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and other non-independent directors, if any. The committees of the Board of Directors may also meet in executive session at each committee meeting.
Information Regarding Committees of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has established standing Audit, Compensation, Executive and Nominating and Governance Committees to devote attention to specific subjects and to assist it in the discharge of its responsibilities. In March 2016, the Board of Directors established an ad hoc committee, the Strategic Review Committee. These committees operate under written charters adopted by the Board of Directors, each of which is available on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section. The following table provides 2016 fiscal year meeting information and current membership for each of the committees. During the 2016 fiscal year, each committee member attended 100% of the meetings of each of the committees on which he or she served that were held during the period for which he or she was a committee member.
  
Audit
Committee
 
Compensation
Committee
  
Executive
Committee
  
Nominating
and
Governance
Committee
 
Strategic Review Committee(4)
Independent Non-Employee
   Directors:
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Donna M. Boles
 
-
  
 
(Chair) 8
  
 
-
  
 
-
  
-
Roger G. Burton
 
(Chair) 7
  
 
-
  
 
-
  
 
-
  
-
Thomas (Tad) Dickson(1) (2)
 
0
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
2
 
18
Rocky B. Dewbre(1)
 
0
 
 
5
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
-
Ruben M. Escobedo
 
7
  
 
 
  
 
-
  
 
-
  
-
Denise Incandela
 
0
  
 
8
  
 
-
  
 
-
  
-
William G. Moll (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
-
Joseph E. Reece(2)
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
1
  
 
3
  
(Chair) 19
Alan Schoenbaum(2)
 
-
  
 
3
  
 
(Chair) 1
  
 
-
  
19
Stephen A. Smith
 
7
  
 
-
  
 
1
  
 
-
  
-
Michael H. Wargotz(2)
 
-
  
 
-
  
 
1
  
 
(Chair) 3
 
19
Total meetings in the 2016 fiscal year
 
7
  
 
8
  
 
1
  
 
3
  
 
Total actions by written consent in 2016
-
  
 
3
  
 
1
  
 
32
  
19
(1)
In March 2016, Messrs. Dickson and Dewbre were elected as members of the Board of Directors and to the Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee, respectively.
(2)
In March 2016, the Board of Directors appointed Messrs. Reece, Dickson, Schoenbaum and Wargotz to the Strategic Review Committee with Mr. Reece serving as chairman of the Strategic Review Committee.
(3)
Mr. Moll resigned from the Board of Directors and Nominating and Governance Committee in March 2016.
(4)
The Strategic Review Committee did not have regularly scheduled meetings and all meetings were called by the chairman as necessary.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities for general oversight of the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with certain legal and regulatory requirements, the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, the performance of the Company’s internal audit function, and risk assessment and risk management. The Audit Committee has sole authority with respect to the appointment, retention, compensation, evaluation, oversight of the work and termination of our independent auditors and has the authority to obtain advice and assistance from outside legal, accounting or other advisors as the Audit Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties and receives appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, from the Company for such advice and assistance. The Audit Committee acts

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pursuant to a written charter, which is available for review on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section.
The Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Audit Committee meet the requirements for independence and financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE, and the requirements set forth in the Audit Committee charter. In addition, the Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by SEC rules.
The members of the Audit Committee are:
Roger G. Burton (Chair)
Ruben M. Escobedo
Stephen A. Smith
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives, and, together with the other independent directors, determining and approving our Chief Executive Officer’s overall compensation. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing and approving the compensation of our other executive officers and incentive-compensation and equity-based plans that are subject to approval by the Board of Directors. Additional information on the roles and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee is provided under the section entitled “Executive Compensation-Compensation Discussion and Analysis-Compensation Decision Making Process-Role of the Compensation Committee.” The Compensation Committee acts pursuant to a written charter, which is available for review on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section.
The Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Compensation Committee are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE, and the requirements set forth in the Compensation Committee charter.
The members of the Compensation Committee are:
Donna M. Boles (Chair)
Rocky B. Dewbre
Denise Incandela
Alan Schoenbaum served as a member of the Compensation Committee through March 2, 2016. Rocky B. Dewbre was elected to the Compensation Committee in March 2016.
Executive Committee
The Company holds 100% of the membership interests in the sole member of CrossAmerica GP LLC, the general partner of CrossAmerica, 100% of the IDRs of CrossAmerica and 19.8% limited partner interest in CrossAmerica.
The Executive Committee is responsible for evaluating and approving all transactions between the Company and CrossAmerica, as well as: (i) evaluating and approving transactions having a value of $25 million to $75 million, (ii) evaluating and recommending to the Board of Directors transactions having a value of $75 million or more, and (iii) overseeing adoption of risk management policies and procedures. The Executive Committee is also responsible for evaluating and approving transactions between the Company and CrossAmerica and unrelated parties, including acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures and other transactions, having a value of $25 million to $75 million.
The Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Executive Committee are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE. The Executive Committee acts pursuant to a written charter, which is available for review on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section.
The members of the Executive Committee are:
Alan Schoenbaum (Chair)
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Stephen A. Smith
Michael H. Wargotz
Nominating and Governance Committee
The principal functions of the Nominating and Governance Committee include:
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determining Board of Directors membership qualification standards and criteria and evaluating potential director candidates;
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selecting and recommending director candidates to the Board of Directors to be submitted for election at the Annual Meeting and to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors;
•
recommending committee assignments to the Board of Directors;
•
developing and recommending to the Board of Directors appropriate corporate governance policies for the Company;
•
periodically assessing the composition of the Board of Directors to ensure the Board of Directors encompasses a broad range of skills, expertise, industry knowledge, diversity of opinion and contacts relevant to the Company’s business; and
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overseeing annual self-assessment evaluations of the Board of Directors and the committees of the Board of Directors.
The Nominating and Governance Committee acts pursuant to a written charter, which is available for review on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section. There have been no material changes to the procedures by which holders of the Company’s securities may recommend nominees to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are independent within the meaning of SEC regulations, the listing standards of the NYSE, and the requirements set forth in the Nominating and Governance Committee charter.
Members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are:
Michael H. Wargotz (Chair)
Thomas W. Dickson
Joseph E. Reece
Strategic Review Committee
On March 2, 2016, the Board of Directors determined that, in light of the Company’s exploration of strategic alternatives, it would be efficient to establish an ad hoc committee to assist the Board of Directors in carrying out the strategic review process, forming the Strategic Review Committee. Until its dissolution on December 31, 2016, the Strategic Review Committee was responsible for managing a process to explore strategic alternatives. The Board of Directors determined that all members of the Strategic Review Committee were independent.
The members of the Strategic Review Committee are:
Joseph E. Reece (Chair)
Thomas W. Dickson
Alan Schoenbaum
Michael H. Wargotz
Meetings of Stockholders
We held an annual meeting of stockholders on June 9, 2016 and a special meeting of stockholders on November 16, 2016 in which Company stockholders approved the Merger Agreement with Circle K, a U.S. subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
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more than 10% of a class of our equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), to file reports of beneficial ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of such securities with the SEC. Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish to us copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed with the SEC.
SEC regulations require us to identify in this Form 10-K anyone who filed a required report late during the most recent fiscal year. Based on our review of forms we received, or written representations from reporting persons stating that they were not required to file these forms, we believe that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, all Section 16(a) filing requirements were satisfied on a timely basis with the exception of the following:
One Form 4 relating to the sale of 7,000 shares of CST common stock by Charles H. Adams filed on January 17, 2017 and was two days late.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
The Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that applies to all directors, officers, and employees. The Code of Ethics is a statement of our high standards for ethical behavior, legal compliance and financial disclosure. A copy of the Code of Ethics is available on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section. We expect that any amendments to our Code of Ethics, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.
The Board of Directors has also adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and controller. The code charges these officers with responsibilities regarding honest and ethical conduct, the preparation and quality of the disclosures in documents and reports we file with the SEC, and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. A copy of our Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is available on our website at http://www.cstbrands.com/en-us/investors under “Corporate Governance” in the “Investors” section.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of the compensation decisions with respect to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and our three most highly paid executive officers during the 2016 fiscal year, which we collectively refer to herein as our “named executive officers” or “NEOs.” This Compensation Discussion and Analysis also describes the objectives and principles underlying our executive compensation programs, the compensation decisions we have recently made under those programs, and the factors we considered in making those decisions.
Named Executive Officers
As of the end of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, our named executive officers were:
 
Name
Position
Kimberly S. Lubel
Chief Executive Officer and President
Clayton E. Killinger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles H. (Hal) Adams
President, Retail Operations
Anthony P. Bartys
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Gerard J. Sonnier
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
 Governance Highlights Related to Executive Compensation
The Company has adopted several governance practices that we believe reinforce the soundness of our compensation programs:

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What We Do
  
  
What We Don’t Do
ü
 
Director Independence. The Compensation Committee is made up entirely of independent directors.
  
 
û
Restrictions on Hedging and Derivative Transactions. The Company prohibits directors and officers from engaging in hedging or derivative transactions involving Company securities.
ü
 
Performance-Based Incentives. In 2016, we awarded annual incentive compensation tied to key financial and operational metrics and a portion of long-term incentives were performance based in the form of market share units (“MSUs”).
  
 
û
No Excise Tax Gross-Up. The Company does not provide tax gross-ups on severance payments in connection with a change in control.
ü
 
Stock Ownership Guidelines. We require non-employee directors and executive officers to own stock and/or have an interest in restricted stock units (“RSUs”) or similar full valued equity at certain levels.
  
 
û
No Position-Specific Benefits. The benefits we offer are based on the same eligibility criteria for all of our employees, including executive officers.
ü
 
Risk Mitigation. Our compensation plans are designed to mitigate risk exposure through caps on the maximum level of short-term incentives, clawback provisions, multiple performance metrics and Board of Directors and management processes to identify risk.
  
 
û
No Stock Options Granted with an Exercise Price Less than Fair Market Value.  All stock options are granted with an exercise price based on the mean of the highest and lowest price per share on the date of the grant.
ü
 
Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy. Stockholders approved a limit on the aggregate cash and stock-based compensation that may be awarded to non-employee directors of the Company.
  
 
û
No Re-Pricing of Underwater Options. Our omnibus incentive plan prohibits the re-pricing of stock options or other downward adjustments in the option price of previously granted stock options except in connection with material corporate transactions.
ü
 
Independent Compensation Consultant. The Compensation Committee retained its own independent executive compensation consultant, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., for 2016.
  
 
 
 
ü
 
Clawback Policy - Policy on Executive Compensation in Restatement Situations. In the event that the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement, the Company will recover from current or former executive officers who received incentive-based compensation in excess of what would have been paid under the accounting restatement.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
Annual Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. As approved by stockholders, the Company say-on-pay vote occurs once a year.
 
 
 
 
Our Responsiveness To Stockholders
During 2016, as part of our focus on stockholder engagement, we incorporated feedback and suggestions on ways to further tie our executive compensation program to the Company’s strategic growth goals and the interests of our stockholders.
Stockholders voiced a desire for the Company to modify our short-term incentive and long-term incentive plans. Following a review of the links between pay and performance, the Compensation Committee, for the 2016 fiscal year, made adjustments to our short-term incentive compensation metrics and introduced performance-based equity awards into our long-term incentive plan in the form of MSUs. We modified the performance metrics of our 2016 short-term incentive plan based on concerns expressed by our stockholders, including significantly up-weighted the emphasis on non-fuel gross profit performance and the modification of our CST Time program, which required our executives to perform five 6-hour shifts at our retail sites, from being a part of the incentive earnout formula to an eligibility requirement to participate in the short-term incentive plan. Besides stock performance, our stockholders also conveyed an interest in seeing a return on capital as an important measure of performance, so we incorporated cash flow return on capital employed from NTIs as one of the measures in the design of our performance-based MSUs in 2016.
Compensation Philosophy and Practices
We design our executive compensation program to drive the creation of long-term stockholder value and deliver strong financial and operational results. We do this by tying compensation to the achievement of performance goals that promote sustainable growth and by designing compensation to attract, retain, and motivate high-quality employees.

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To achieve our objectives, we implement our compensation philosophy through the following guiding principles: