UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2024
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32593 | 74-3140887 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
P.O. Box 9161
800 South Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9161
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(781) 894-8800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Units representing limited partner interests | | GLP | | New York Stock Exchange |
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| Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests | | GLP pr A | | New York Stock Exchange |
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| 9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests | | GLP pr B | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 3, 2024, Global Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and GLP Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), Global GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), and certain subsidiaries of the Partnership, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 8.250% senior notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) to the Initial Purchasers in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes will be resold by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Issuers, the General Partner and the Guarantors, on one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. The description of the Purchase Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such exhibit.
Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about January 18, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its credit agreement and for general corporate purposes.
Some of the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Partnership or its affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. Certain of the Initial Purchasers or their affiliates may be agents and/or lenders under the Partnership’s credit agreement, and accordingly may receive a portion of the net proceeds from the offering. For example, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, is a lender, issuer of letters of credit and co-syndication agent under the credit agreement, and Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., is the administrative agent and a lender under the credit agreement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| | GLOBAL PARTNERS LP |
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| | By: | Global GP LLC |
| | | its general partner |
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| Dated: January 4, 2024 | By: | /s/ Sean T. Geary |
| | | Sean T. Geary |
| | | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
