Martin Midstream Partners 8K Reports 2008 First Quarter Financial Results | MMLP 7 May 08

Exhibit 99.1

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS REPORTS
2008 FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

KILGORE, Texas, May 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: MMLP) announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

MMLP reported net income for the first quarter of 2008 of $8.0 million, or $0.51 per limited partner unit. This compared to net income for the first quarter of 2007 of $5.8 million, or $0.42 per limited partner unit. Revenues for the first quarter of 2008 were $313.0 million compared to $155.8 million for the first quarter of 2007. First quarter 2008 net income was negatively impacted by a $1.9 million non-cash derivatives loss. This non-cash adjustment resulted in a reduction to net income of approximately $0.13 per limited partner unit.

The Company’s distributable cash flow for the first quarter of 2008 was $16.0 million. Distributable cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure which is explained in greater detail below under “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information.” The Company has also included below a table entitled “Distributable Cash Flow” in order to show the components of this non-GAAP financial measure and its reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measurement.

MMLP’s first quarter 2008 financial statements are included with this press release. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2008.

Ruben Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Martin Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of Martin Midstream Partners, said “We are very pleased with our first quarter performance. Our diversified business model continues to work and has resulted in six consecutive increases to our quarterly distribution. While we currently trade at an 8.3% yield, we have increased our distributions by 12.5% over the past year. This distribution growth has come primarily through our low-multiple organic growth projects rather than high-multiple acquisitions. We continue to see this as the trend as evidenced by our $108 million 2008 growth capital expenditure program that is now in full swing. As we move into the back half of this year, we expect to see continued cash flow improvement as these projects begin to come online. In the meantime, our overall business fundamentals remain strong and we look forward to continued success for the company.”

Investors’ Conference Call

An investors’ conference call to review the first quarter results will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. The conference call can be accessed by calling (877) 407-9205. An audio replay of the conference call will be available by calling (877) 660-6853 from 9:00 a.m. Central Time on May 8, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. Central Time on May 15, 2008. The access codes for the conference call and the audio replay are as follows: Account No. 286;

Conference ID No. 283739. The audio replay of the conference call will also be archived on the Company’s website at www.martinmidstream.com.

About Martin Midstream Partners

Martin Midstream Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership with a diverse set of operations focused primarily in the United States Gulf Coast region. The Partnership’s primary business lines include: terminalling and storage services for petroleum products and by-products; natural gas services; marine transportation services for petroleum products and by-products; and sulfur and sulfur-based products processing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution.

Additional information concerning the Company is available on the Company’s website at www.martinmidstream.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements about Martin Midstream Partners’ outlook and all other statements in this release other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and all references to financial estimates rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside its control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. While MMLP believes that the assumptions concerning future events are reasonable, it cautions that there are inherent difficulties in anticipating or predicting certain important factors. A discussion of these factors, including risks and uncertainties, is set forth in the Company’s annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Martin Midstream Partners disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, including financial estimates, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

MMLP reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. However, from time to time, MMLP uses certain non-GAAP financial measures such as distributable cash flow because MMLP’s management believes that this measure may provide users of this financial information with meaningful comparisons between current results and prior reported results and a meaningful measure of MMLP’s cash available to pay distributions. Distributable cash flow should not be considered an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States. Distributable cash flow is not intended to represent cash flows for the period, nor is it presented as an alternative to income from continuing operations. Furthermore, it should not be seen as a measure of liquidity or a substitute for comparable metrics prepared in accordance with GAAP. This information may constitute non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, MMLP has presented herein, and will present in other information it publishes that contains this non-GAAP financial measure, a reconciliation of this measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

The Company has included below a table entitled “Distributable Cash Flow” in order to show the components of this non-GAAP financial measure and its reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure. MMLP calculates distributable cash flow as follows: net income (as reported in Statements of Operations), plus depreciation and amortization and amortization of deferred debt issue costs (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus (less) deferred taxes (as reported in its Statements of Cash Flows), plus distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities (as described below), plus invested cash in unconsolidated entities (as described below), less equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Operations), plus non-cash derivatives (gain) loss (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), less maintenance capital expenditures (as reported under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2008), plus unit-based compensation (as reported in Statements of Capital).

MMLP’sdistribution equivalents from unconsolidated entitiesis calculated as distributions from unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus return of investments from unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus distributions in-kind from equity investments (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows). For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, MMLP’s distributions from unconsolidated entities, return of investments from unconsolidated entities and distributions in-kind from equity investments were $0.3 million, $0.1 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

MMLP’sinvested cash in unconsolidated entitiesis calculated as distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities (as reported under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2008). For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, MMLP’s distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations and expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities were $0.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

Contact:Robert D. Bondurant, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Martin Midstream GP LLC, the Company’s general partner at (903) 983-6200.

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands)


				December
	March 31,			31,
	2008			2007
	(Unaudited)			(Audited)
Assets

Cash	$	6,918		$	4,113
Accounts and other receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $298 and $211		96,493			88,039
Product exchange receivables		10,244			10,912
Inventories		51,051			51,798
Due from affiliates		3,908			2,325
Other current assets		1,743			819

Total current assets		170,357			158,006


Property, plant and equipment, at cost		478,265			441,117
Accumulated depreciation		(103,025	)		(98,080	)

Property, plant and equipment, net		375,240			343,037


Goodwill		37,405			37,405
Investment in unconsolidated entities		75,664			75,690
Other assets, net		8,937			9,439

	$	667,603		$	623,577

Liabilities and Partners’ Capital

Current installments of long-term debt	$	1		$	21
Trade and other accounts payable		123,927			104,598
Product exchange payables		21,875			24,554
Due to affiliates		7,037			7,543
Income taxes payable		587			602
Other accrued liabilities		12,533			9,254

Total current liabilities		165,960			146,572

Long-term debt		255,000			225,000
Deferred income taxes		8,735			8,815
Other long-term obligations		9,914			7,342

Total liabilities		439,609			387,729


Partners’ capital		239,748			242,610
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(11,754	)		(6,762	)

Total partners’ capital		227,994			235,848


Commitments and contingencies
	$	667,603		$	623,577

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the accompanying notes and other information included in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2008.

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2008			2007
Revenues:
Terminalling and storage	$	7,920		$	6,951
Marine transportation		16,403			13,884
Product sales:
Natural gas services		207,092			101,788
Sulfur services		70,225			29,380
Terminalling and storage		11,376			3,793

		288,693			134,961

Total revenues		313,016			155,796

Costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Natural gas services		202,850			96,772
Sulfur services		56,340			21,801
Terminalling and storage		9,921			3,015

		269,111			121,588

Expenses:
Operating expenses		24,217			18,993
Selling, general and administrative		3,479			2,721
Depreciation and amortization		7,340			4,894

Total costs and expenses		304,147			148,196

Other operating income		139			—

Operating income		9,008			7,600


Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		3,510			2,050
Interest expense		(4,743	)		(3,577	)
Other, net		181			79

Total other income (expense)		(1,052	)		(1,448	)


Net income before taxes		7,956			6,152

Income tax benefit(expense)		61			(349	)


Net income	$	8,017		$	5,803


General partner’s interest in net income	$	651		$	275
Limited partners’ interest in net income	$	7,366		$	5,528

Net income per limited partner unit — basic and diluted	$	0.51		$	0.42

Weighted average limited partner units — basic		14,532,826			13,152,826
Weighted average limited partner units — diluted		14,535,491			13,155,125

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


	Partners’ Capital
														Accumulated
														Other
											General			Comprehensive
	Common					Subordinated					Partner			Income (Loss)
	Units		Amount			Units		Amount			Amount			Amount			Total
Balances — January 1, 2007		10,603,808	$	201,387			2,552,018	$	(6,237	)	$	3,253		$	122		$	198,525

Net income		—		4,608			—		920			275			—			5,803

Cash distributions		—		(6,574	)		—		(1,582	)		(311	)		—			(8,467	)

Unit-based compensation		—		11			—		—			—			—			11

Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		—		—			—		—			—			(1,111	)		(1,111	)


Balances — March 31, 2007		10,603,808	$	199,432			2,552,018	$	(6,899	)	$	3,217		$	(989	)	$	194,761


Balances — January 1, 2008		12,837,480	$	244,520			1,701,346	$	(6,022	)	$	4,112		$	(6,762	)	$	235,848

Net income		—		6,141			—		1,225			651			—			8,017

Cash distributions		—		(8,986	)		—		(1,191	)		(719	)		—			(10,896	)

Unit-based compensation		—		17			—		—			—			—			17

Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		—		—			—		—			—			(4,992	)		(4,992	)


Balances — March 31, 2008		12,837,480	$	241,692			1,701,346	$	(5,988	)	$	4,044		$	(11,754	)	$	227,994

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2008			2007
Net income	$	8,017		$	5,803
Changes in fair values of commodity cash flow hedges		213			(164	)
Cash flow hedging losses reclassified to earnings		(665	)		(432	)
Changes in fair value of interest rate cash flow hedges		(4,540	)		(515	)


Comprehensive income	$	3,025		$	4,692

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2008			2007
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	8,017		$	5,803

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		7,340			4,894
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs		279			270
Deferred taxes		(80	)		—
Gain on disposition or sale of property, plant and equipment		(140	)		—
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		(3,510	)		(2,050	)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		—			200
Distributions in-kind from equity investments		2,580			1,853
Non-cash derivatives loss		1,888			593
Other		17			11
Change in current assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts and other receivables		(8,454	)		(1,964	)
Product exchange receivables		668			5,094
Inventories		747			6,850
Due from affiliates		(1,583	)		230
Other current assets		(1,159	)		26
Trade and other accounts payable		19,329			1,789
Product exchange payables		(2,679	)		(8,719	)
Due to affiliates		(506	)		(2,515	)
Income taxes payable		(15	)		190
Other accrued liabilities		(809	)		(770	)
Change in other non-current assets and liabilities		14			126

Net cash provided by operating activities		21,944			11,911


Cash flows from investing activities:
Payments for property, plant and equipment		(33,600	)		(15,764	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(5,983	)		—
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		404			—
Return of investments from unconsolidated entities		450			1,125
Distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations		506			(3,883	)

Net cash used in investing activities		(38,223	)		(18,522	)


Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of long-term debt		(58,120	)		(25,119	)
Proceeds from long-term debt		88,100			41,100
Cash distributions paid		(10,896	)		(8,467	)

Net cash provided by financing activities		19,084			7,514


Net increase in cash		2,805			903
Cash at beginning of period		4,113			3,675

Cash at end of period	$	6,918		$	4,578

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
DISTRIBUTABLE CASH FLOW
Unaudited Non-GAAP Financial Measure
(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2008
Net income	$	8,017
Adjustments to reconcile net income to distributable cash flow:
Depreciation and amortization		7,340
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs		279
Deferred taxes		(80	)
Distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities¹		3,030
Invested cash in unconsolidated entities²		1,304
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		(3,510	)
Non-cash derivatives loss		1,888
Maintenance capital expenditures³		(2,310	)
Unit-based compensation		17

Distributable cash flow	$	15,975


¹ Distribution equivalent from unconsolidated entities:
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		$	—
Return of investments from unconsolidated entities			450
Distributions in-kind from equity investments			2,580

Distributions equivalents from unconsolidated entities		$	3,030
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² Invested cash in unconsolidated entities:
Distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations		$	506
Expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities			798

Invested cash in unconsolidated entities		$	1,304


³ Maintenance capital expenditures exclude hurricane-related maintenance capital expenditures.

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