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PART I
ITEMS 1 AND 2. BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
Those statements in the Business and Properties discussion that are not historical in nature should be
deemed forward-looking statements that are inherently uncertain. See “Forward-Looking Statements” in
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Item 7) for a
discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
General
Sunoco, Inc.* was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1971. It or its predecessors have been active in the
petroleum industry since 1886. Its principal executive offices are located at 1735 Market Street, Suite LL,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7583. Its telephone number is (215) 977-3000 and its internet website is
www.SunocoInc.com. The Company makes available free of charge on its website all materials that it files
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its Annual Report on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports as
soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
The Company, through its subsidiaries, is principally a petroleum refiner and marketer and chemicals
manufacturer with interests in logistics and cokemaking. Sunoco’s petroleum refining and marketing operations
include the manufacturing and marketing of a full range of petroleum products, including fuels and some
petrochemicals. Sunoco’s chemical operations comprise the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of
commodity and intermediate petrochemicals. The petroleum refining and marketing, chemicals and logistics
operations are conducted principally in the eastern half of the United States. Sunoco’s cokemaking operations
currently are conducted in Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Vitória, Brazil. Sunoco has entered into an
agreement to sell its polypropylene chemical operations, which is expected to close on or about March 31, 2010.
The Company’s operations are organized into five business segments (Refining and Supply, Retail
Marketing, Chemicals, Logistics and Coke) plus a holding company and a professional services group.
Sunoco, Inc., the holding company, is a non-operating parent company which includes certain corporate officers.
The professional services group consists of a number of staff functions, including: finance; legal and risk
management; procurement and supply chain; human resources; information systems; health, environment and
safety; engineering and technology; facilities management; transaction processing; and government and public
affairs. Costs incurred by the professional services group to provide these services are allocated to the five
business segments and the holding company. This discussion of the Company’s business and properties reflects
this organizational structure. For additional information regarding these business units, see Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Item 7) and the business segment
information presented in Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Item 8).
Sunoco owns and operates three refineries which are located in Marcus Hook, PA, Philadelphia, PA and
Toledo, OH. These refineries produce principally fuels and commodity petrochemicals. In the fourth quarter of
2009, Sunoco permanently shut down all process units at a refinery in Westville, NJ (also known as Eagle Point)
in response to weak demand and increased global refining capacity. In addition, on June 1, 2009, Sunoco sold its
refinery located in Tulsa, OK that emphasized lubricants production (see “Refining and Supply” below).
Sunoco markets gasoline and middle distillates, and offers a broad range of convenience store merchandise
through a network of 4,711 retail outlets in 23 states primarily on the East Coast and in the Midwest United
States. In 2009, the Company continued its Retail Portfolio Management program which selectively reduced its
invested capital in Company-owned or leased sites, while retaining most of the gasoline sales volumes
attributable to the divested sites (see “Retail Marketing” below).
*In this report, the terms “Company” and “Sunoco” are used interchangeably to mean Sunoco, Inc. or collectively, Sunoco, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. The use of these terms is for convenience of discussion and is not intended to be a precise description of corporate
relationships.
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