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): November 20, 2017
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-9356 | 23-2432497 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
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)
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 20, 2017, Buckeye Partners, L.P. (“the Partnership”) entered into a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, between the Partnership and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Twelfth Supplemental Indenture”), pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 10, 2003, as amended and supplemented by the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, in connection with the issuance and sale of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Partnership’s 4.125% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “Notes”). A copy of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein. The offering of the Notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement onForm S-3 (FileNo. 333-221438).
The foregoing description of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report onForm 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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. | ||||||
| By: | Buckeye GP LLC, | |||||
| its General Partner | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Todd J. Russo | |||||
| Todd J. Russo | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
| Dated November 20, 2017 | ||||||
