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): August 18, 2009
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) | | 1-9356 (Commission File
Number) | | 23-2432497 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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One Greenway Plaza
Suite 600
Houston, TX | | 77046 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 615-8600
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On August 18, 2009, we entered into a Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 18, 2009, between Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) and U.S. Bank National Association (successor-in-interest to SunTrust Bank) (the “Indenture”) in connection with the issuance and sale by the Partnership, and the purchase by the underwriters, of $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% senior unsecured notes due 2019 (the “Senior Notes”). A copy of the Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein. The offering of the Senior Notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155522).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | | Exhibits. |
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4.1 | | Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 18, 2009, between Buckeye Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association (successor-in-interest to SunTrust Bank). |
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. |
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| By: | Buckeye GP LLC, |
| | its General Partner |
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| | By: | /s/ William H. Schmidt, Jr. |
| | | William H. Schmidt, Jr. |
| | | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Dated: August 24, 2009
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit | | |
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4.1 | | Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 18, 2009, between Buckeye Partners, L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association (successor-in-interest to SunTrust Bank). |
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