Energy Transfer and Sunoco Announce Results from Sunoco Special Meeting of Shareholders

Energy Transfer Partners

and Sunoco

today announced that, at Sunoco's special meeting of shareholders held on October 4, 2012 (the “Special Meeting”), Sunoco's shareholders approved the merger of Sunoco with a wholly owned subsidiary of ETP pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger. ETP and Sunoco expect to close the merger effective October 5, 2012. Shareholders owning a total of 69,613,600 shares voted at the Special Meeting, representing approximately 66% of the shares of Sunoco's common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting. Ninety-seven percent (97.0%) of those voting approved the merger transaction. In addition, the holders of a majority of the votes cast at