UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): June 5, 2012
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 1-9356 | | 23-2432497 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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One Greenway Plaza Suite 600 Houston, Texas | | 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)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of unitholders of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was held on June 5, 2012. At the meeting, the following matters were voted upon by the Partnership’s unitholders: (i) the election of three Class II directors to serve on the board of directors of Buckeye GP LLC, the Partnership’s general partner, until the Partnership’s 2015 annual meeting, and (ii) the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2012.
All nominees for director were elected, with voting as detailed below:
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| | | For | | | Withheld | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
1. Pieter Bakker | | | 52,644,883 | | | | 799,353 | | | | 34,433,782 | |
2. C. Scott Hobbs | | | 52,823,829 | | | | 620,407 | | | | 34,433,782 | |
3. Mark C. McKinley | | | 52,805,946 | | | | 638,290 | | | | 34,433,782 | |
The proposal to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2012 was ratified, with voting as detailed below:
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| For | | Against | | | Abstain | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
| 86,897,626 | | | 683,596 | | | | 296,794 | | | | 0 | |
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.
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| 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 and General Counsel |
Dated: June 11, 2012
