Gregory B. Hanson Form 3 GLOBAL PARTNERS / Gregory B. Hanson ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Hanson Gregory B.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O GLOBAL PARTNERS LP, 800 SOUTH STREET

SUITE 500

(Street)

WALTHAM MA 02453

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP [ GLP ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common units representing limited partner interests	9,635	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Units(1)	(2)	(2)	Common units representing limited partner interests	2,388	0(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each phantom unit representing the right to receive one common unit upon vesting ("Phantom Unit") is the economic equivalent of one common unit representing a limited partner interest in the Issuer ("Common Unit") upon vesting.

2. Pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated August 16, 2017, the Reporting Person was granted 5,971 Phantom Units. Upon satisfying the vesting conditions set forth in said Grant Agreement, the Phantom Units vest as follows: 25% on August 1, 2020, 35% on August 1, 2021 (such that a total of 60% of the Phantom Units will have vested as of such date) and 40% on August 1, 2022 (such that a total of 100% of the Phantom Units will have vested as of such date).

3. Each Phantom Unit converts into a Common Unit on a one-for-one basis.

	By: Amy J. Gould, Attorney-in-Fact for Gregory B. Hanson	10/06/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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