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CrossAmerica Partners LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Monday, 3/1/21, at 8:00pm ET · As of: 3/2/21 · For: 12/31/20 · Accession #: 1564590-21-10002 · File #: 1-35711

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/02/21  CrossAmerica Partners LP          10-K       12/31/20  132:19M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.13M 
 2: EX-21.1     EX-21.1 List of Subsidiaries                        HTML     48K 
 3: EX-23.1     EX-23.1 Consent of Independent Auditor              HTML     34K 
 4: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 CEO Section 302 Certification               HTML     42K 
 5: EX-31.2     EX-31.2 CFO Section 302 Certification               HTML     42K 
 6: EX-32.1     EX-32.1 CEO Section 906 Certification               HTML     38K 
 7: EX-32.2     EX-32.2 CFO Section 906 Certification               HTML     38K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     99K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    123K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    126K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    119K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity and               HTML     98K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
20: R7          Description of Business                             HTML     50K 
21: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     86K 
22: R9          Asset Exchange Transaction With Circle K            HTML     71K 
23: R10         CST Fuel Supply Exchange Agreement                  HTML     76K 
24: R11         Retail and Wholesale Acquisition                    HTML    165K 
25: R12         Assets Held for Sale                                HTML     64K 
26: R13         Receivables                                         HTML     64K 
27: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     53K 
28: R15         Property and Equipment                              HTML     72K 
29: R16         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     89K 
30: R17         Goodwill                                            HTML     57K 
31: R18         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities    HTML    134K 
32: R19         Debt                                                HTML    133K 
33: R20         Interest Rate Swap Contracts                        HTML     40K 
34: R21         Operating Leases                                    HTML     96K 
35: R22         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    118K 
36: R23         Environmental Matters                               HTML     70K 
37: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     55K 
38: R25         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     44K 
39: R26         Partners' Capital                                   HTML     68K 
40: R27         Equity-Based Compensation                           HTML    107K 
41: R28         Income Taxes                                        HTML    219K 
42: R29         Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit                 HTML    111K 
43: R30         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    257K 
44: R31         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML    156K 
45: R32         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML    121K 
46: R33         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    150K 
47: R34         Asset Exchange Transaction With Circle K (Tables)   HTML     59K 
48: R35         CST Fuel Supply Exchange Agreement (Tables)         HTML     70K 
49: R36         Retail and Wholesale Acquisition (Tables)           HTML    195K 
50: R37         Assets Held for Sale (Tables)                       HTML     63K 
51: R38         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     63K 
52: R39         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     53K 
53: R40         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     69K 
54: R41         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     88K 
55: R42         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     57K 
56: R43         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities    HTML    136K 
                (Tables)                                                         
57: R44         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    127K 
58: R45         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     94K 
59: R46         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     91K 
60: R47         Environmental Matters (Tables)                      HTML     64K 
61: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     50K 
62: R49         Partners' Capital (Tables)                          HTML     65K 
63: R50         Equity-Based Compensation (Tables)                  HTML     99K 
64: R51         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    214K 
65: R52         Net Income per Limited Partnership Unit (Tables)    HTML    106K 
66: R53         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    250K 
67: R54         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML    159K 
68: R55         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML    121K 
69: R56         Description of Business - Additional Information    HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R57         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML    101K 
                Information (Details)                                            
71: R58         Asset Exchange Transaction With Circle K -          HTML    168K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
72: R59         Asset Exchange Transaction With Circle K -          HTML     60K 
                Schedule of Acquisition of Properties in Asset                   
                Exchanges (Details)                                              
73: R60         CST Fuel Supply Exchange Agreement - Additional     HTML     62K 
                Information (Details)                                            
74: R61         CST Fuel Supply Exchange Agreement - Schedule of    HTML     70K 
                Acquisition of Assets (Details)                                  
75: R62         Retail and Wholesale Acquisition - Additional       HTML     84K 
                Information (Details)                                            
76: R63         Retail and Wholesale Acquisition - Schedule of      HTML     99K 
                Acquisition of Assets (Details)                                  
77: R64         Assets Held for Sale - Additional Information       HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R65         Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Assets Held for  HTML     56K 
                Sale (Details)                                                   
79: R66         Receivables - Summary of Changes in Allowance for   HTML     43K 
                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
80: R67         Receivables - Additional Information (Details)      HTML     39K 
81: R68         Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Details)       HTML     41K 
82: R69         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     54K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
83: R70         Property and Equipment - Additional Information     HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R71         Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets   HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R72         Intangible Assets - Amortization Expense -          HTML     53K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
86: R73         Goodwill - Schedule of Changes in Goodwill          HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Goodwill - Additional Information (Details)         HTML     39K 
88: R75         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities -  HTML     57K 
                Schedule of Accrued Expenses and Other Current                   
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
89: R76         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities -  HTML     53K 
                Schedule of Other Long-term Liabilities (Detail)                 
90: R77         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities -  HTML     48K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
91: R78         Accrued Expenses And Other Long-term Liabilities -  HTML     52K 
                Schedule of Rollforward of Our Asset Retirement                  
                Obligation (Detail)                                              
92: R79         Debt - Summary of Balances for Long-term Debt and   HTML     52K 
                Finance Lease Obligations (Details)                              
93: R80         Debt - Schedule of Debt and Future Minimum Lease    HTML     66K 
                Payments on Finance Lease Obligations (Details)                  
94: R81         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML    114K 
95: R82         Interest Rate Swap Contracts - Additional           HTML     55K 
                Information (Details)                                            
96: R83         Operating Leases - Additional Information           HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R84         Operating Leases - Schedule of Lease Expense        HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R85         Operating Leases - Summary of Future Minimum        HTML     59K 
                Rental Payments Under Operating Leases (Details)                 
99: R86         Operating Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum       HTML     52K 
                Rental Payments Under Non-Cancelable Operating                   
                Leases (Details)                                                 
100: R87         Related Party Transactions - Wholesale Motor Fuel   HTML     46K  
                Sales and Real Estate Rentals (Details)                          
101: R88         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML    195K  
                Information (Details)                                            
102: R89         Related Party Transactions - Revenues from          HTML     46K  
                Wholesale Fuel Sales and Real Property Rental                    
                Income from Circle K (Details)                                   
103: R90         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of            HTML     53K  
                Supplemental Income Statement Information for CST                
                Fuel Supply (Details)                                            
104: R91         Environmental Matters - Summary of Environment      HTML     53K  
                Liability (Details)                                              
105: R92         Environmental Matters - Additional Information      HTML     37K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R93         Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum      HTML     48K  
                Volume Purchase Requirements (Details)                           
107: R94         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     44K  
                Information (Details)                                            
108: R95         Partners' Capital - Additional Information          HTML     37K  
                (Details)                                                        
109: R96         Partners' Capital - Partners' Capital               HTML     44K  
                Distributions (Details)                                          
110: R97         Equity-Based Compensation - Additional Information  HTML     84K  
                (Details)                                                        
111: R98         Equity-Based Compensation - Summary of              HTML     57K  
                Equity-Based Award Activity (Details)                            
112: R99         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     75K  
113: R100        Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     54K  
                Tax Expense (Details)                                            
114: R101        Income Taxes - Schedule of Difference Between       HTML     66K  
                Actual Income Tax Provision and Income Taxes                     
                (Details)                                                        
115: R102        Income Taxes - Schedule of Difference Between       HTML     40K  
                Actual Income Tax Provision and Income Taxes                     
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
116: R103        Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Income Tax    HTML     62K  
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
117: R104        Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit -               HTML     57K  
                Reconciliation of Net Income and Weighted-Average                
                Units Used in Computing Basic and Diluted Net                    
                Income Per Limited Partner Unit (Details)                        
118: R105        Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit -               HTML     38K  
                Reconciliation of Net Income and Weighted-Average                
                Units Used in Computing Basic and Diluted Net                    
                Income Per Limited Partner Unit (Parenthetical)                  
                (Details)                                                        
119: R106        Net Income per Limited Partnership Unit -           HTML     51K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
120: R107        Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     50K  
                (Details)                                                        
121: R108        Segment Reporting - Schedule of Reportable          HTML    102K  
                Segments (Details)                                               
122: R109        Segment Reporting - Schedule of Reportable          HTML     60K  
                Segments (Parenthetical) (Details)                               
123: R110        Segment Reporting - Summary of Receivables          HTML     43K  
                Relating to Revenue Streams (Details)                            
124: R111        Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Changes in     HTML     63K  
                Operating Assets and Liabilities (Details)                       
125: R112        Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Changes in     HTML     42K  
                Operating Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical)                 
                (Details)                                                        
126: R113        Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Supplemental   HTML     40K  
                Disclosure of Cash Flow Information (Details)                    
127: R114        Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Non-cash       HTML     51K  
                Investing and Financing Activities (Details)                     
128: R115        Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Schedule of  HTML     63K  
                Quarterly Financial Information (Details)                        
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