Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. announces that it has advised Crenco Food Stores, Inc. and Crenshaw Oil Company, Inc. on the sale of their four convenience stores and one truck stop location to GPM Southeast, LLC and GPM Petroleum, LLC, two entities affiliated with GPM Investments, LLC, headquartered in Richmond, VA.

The convenience stores and truck stop are all high volume and highly profitable stores and are located in northern South Carolina, with three stores in Lancaster, one store in Rock Hill, and the truck stop in Richburg. All of the stores sell Exxon branded gasoline and assorted convenience merchandise. As part of the transaction, GPM Southeast is acquiring a fee simple interest in three stores and will be leasing one store and the truck stop from the Company under a long-term lease agreement.

The Company was founded in 1970 when Harold Crenshaw, Sr. formed Crenshaw Oil Company, Inc. In 2010, Harold ‘Hal’ Crenshaw, Jr. acquired complete control of the Company from his father. Over its nearly 50 years in operation, the Crenshaw family built an extremely successful business with the help of many hard-working, dedicated, loyal employees and won many awards in recognition of their accomplishments, including recently being named the 2017 South Carolina Retailer of the Year by the South Carolina Association of Convenience Stores (SCACS).

Matrix provided merger and acquisition advisory services to Crenco, which included valuation advisory, marketing the business through a confidential, structured sale process, and negotiation of the sale transaction and leases. The transaction was managed by Cedric Fortemps, Managing Director. Stephen Lynch, Vice President, and John Duni, Associate, also advised on the transaction.

Harold Crenshaw, Jr., President of Crenco Food Stores, Inc., commented, “Matrix did a fantastic job representing our company to achieve the best result for our family and employees and honoring our 47 year legacy. Matrix found us the right buyer that would be the best fit for our employees and also provide us with our desired transaction structure. Throughout the entire transaction process, Matrix provided a high level of professional guidance and support and led us through all the financial complexities and emotions that accompany the sale of a family business.”

Mr. Fortemps added, “We were honored to have been engaged by Mr. Crenshaw to advise him on the sale of his business and are very pleased that through this transaction, he was able to exit with a deal structure that allows him to benefit today as well as in the future.”

Joshua Vann of Morton & Gettys, LLC served as legal counsel for Crenco.

About Matrix’s Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Group

Matrix’s Downstream Energy & Convenience Retail Group is recognized as the national leader in providing transactional advisory services to companies in the downstream energy and multi-site retail sectors including convenience retailing, petroleum marketing & distribution, propane distribution, heating oil distribution, lubricants distribution, petroleum transportation & logistics, terminals and bulk plants, oilfield services, renewable fuels, food service, and specialty retail. Team members are dedicated to these sectors and draw upon complementary experiences to provide advisory services to complete sophisticated merger and acquisition transactions, debt and equity capital raises, corporate restructurings, corporate valuations, and strategic planning engagements. Since its inception in 1997, this dedicated group has successfully completed over 175 engagements in these sectors with a total transaction value of more than $7 billion.

About Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc.

About Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. is an independent, advisory focused, privately-held investment bank headquartered in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in Baltimore, MD, Chicago, IL, and Dallas, TX. Since 1988, Matrix has provided merger & acquisition and financial advisory services for privately-held, private-equity owned, and publicly traded companies, including company sales, recapitalizations, corporate carve outs, corporate recovery, management buyouts, capital raises of debt & equity, corporate valuations, and fairness opinions. Matrix has served clients in a wide range of industries, including downstream energy, convenience retail, industrial products, building products, consumer products, business services and healthcare.

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