Murphy Usa Inc Company Profile

Our business consists primarily of marketing of retail motor fuel products and convenience merchandise through a large chain of 1,203 (as of December 31, 2013) retail stations operated by us, almost all of which are in close proximity to Walmart stores. Our retail stations are located in 23 states, primarily in the Southwest, Southeast and Midwest United States. Of these stations, 1,021 are branded Murphy USA and 182 are standalone Murphy Express locations (as of December 31, 2013). Our retail stations under the brand name Murphy USA® participate in the Walmart discount program that we offer at most locations. The Walmart discount program offers a cents-off per gallon purchased for fuel when using specific payment methods as decided by Walmart and us. The amount of the discount offered can vary based on many factors, including state laws. Our Murphy Express branded stations are not connected to the Walmart discount program but are otherwise similar to the Murphy USA sites, including the types of fuel and merchandise offerings available to our customers.
Our business also includes certain product supply and wholesale assets, including product distribution terminals and pipeline positions. As an independent publicly traded company, we believe we are a low-price, high volume fuel retailer selling convenience merchandise through low cost kiosks with key strategic relationships and experienced management.

Murphy USA was incorporated in Delaware on March 1, 2013 and holds, through its subsidiaries, the U.S. retail marketing business that was separated (the “Separation”) from its former parent company, Murphy Oil Corporation (“Murphy Oil”), plus certain ethanol production facilities and other assets and liabilities of Murphy Oil that supported the activities of the U.S. retail marketing operations. The Separation was approved by the Murphy Oil board of directors on August 7, 2013, and was completed on August 30, 2013 through the distribution of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Murphy USA to holders of Murphy Oil common stock on the record date of August 21, 2013. Murphy Oil stockholders of record received one share of Murphy USA common stock for every four shares of Murphy Oil common stock. The spin-off was completed in accordance with a separation and distribution agreement (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”) entered into between Murphy Oil and Murphy USA. Murphy USA is now an independent, publicly traded company, and Murphy Oil retains no ownership interest in Murphy USA.

Of our network of retail gasoline stations, more than 1,000 are situated on prime locations in close proximity to Walmart stores. We believe our proximity to Walmart stores generates significant traffic to our retail stations while our competitively priced gasoline and convenience offerings appeal to our shared customers. We also collaborate with Walmart on a fuel discount program which we believe enhances the customer value proposition as well as the competitive position of both Murphy USA and Walmart with respect to our peers. We began our relationship with Walmart in 1996 and in December 2012 we signed an agreement that allows us to build approximately 200 new sites on Walmart locations, which we expect to complete over the next few years. We believe Walmart will continue to serve as a strategic partner as we pursue further organic growth opportunities on existing and new Walmart locations in both our core and adjacent geographies.

We operate within the large and growing U.S. retail fueling store industry, which is highly fragmented. We believe we will continue to benefit from several key industry trends and characteristics, including:

Increased sensitivity to gas prices among price conscious consumers, and increasing demand for low-priced fuel sellers;

Highly fragmented nature of the industry providing larger chain operators with significant scale advantage; and

Increasing consumer traffic around supermarkets and large format hypermarkets, supporting complementary consumer demand at nearby retail fueling and convenience stores.