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• Changes in the level of environmental capital, operating or remediation expenditures;
• Delays and/or costs related to construction, improvements and/or repairs of facilities (including
shortages of skilled labor, the issuance of applicable permits and inflation);
• Changes in product specifications;
• Availability and pricing of ethanol and related RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) used to
demonstrate compliance with the renewable fuels standard for credits and trading;
• Political and economic conditions in the markets in which the Company, its suppliers or customers
operate, including the impact of potential terrorist acts and international hostilities;
• Military conflicts between, or internal instability in, one or more oil producing countries, governmental
actions and other disruptions in the ability to obtain crude oil;
• Ability to conduct business effectively in the event of an information systems failure;
• Ability to identify acquisitions, execute them under favorable terms and integrate them into the
Company’s existing businesses;
• Ability to effect divestitures under favorable terms;
• Ability to enter into joint ventures and other similar arrangements under favorable terms;
• Changes in the availability and cost of equity and debt financing, including amounts under the
Company’s revolving credit and accounts receivable securitization facilities;
• Performance of financial institutions impacting the Company’s liquidity, including those supporting the
Company’s revolving credit and accounts receivable securitization facilities;
• Impact on the Company’s liquidity and ability to raise capital as a result of changes in the credit ratings
assigned to the Company’s debt securities or credit facilities;
• Changes in credit terms required by suppliers;
• Changes in insurance markets impacting costs and the level and types of coverage available, and the
financial ability of the Company’s insurers to meet their obligations;
• Changes in accounting rules and/or tax laws or their interpretations, including the method of
accounting for inventories and pensions;
• Changes in financial markets impacting pension expense and funding requirements;
• Risks related to labor relations and workplace safety;
• Nonperformance or force majeure by, or disputes with or changes in contract terms with, major
customers, suppliers, dealers, distributors or other business partners;
• Changes in, or new, statutes and government regulations or their interpretations, including those
relating to the environment and global warming;
• Claims of the Company’s noncompliance with statutory and regulatory requirements; and
• Changes in the status of, or initiation of new litigation, arbitration, or other proceedings to which the
Company is a party or liability resulting from such litigation, arbitration, or other proceedings,
including natural resource damage claims.
The factors identified above are believed to be important factors (but not necessarily all of the important
factors) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement
made by Sunoco. Other factors not discussed herein could also have material adverse effects on the Company.
All forward-looking statements included in this report are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing
cautionary statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement
(or its associated cautionary language) whether as a result of new information or future events.
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