OILT 12.31.2012 ER 8K


 
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): March 6, 2013
Oiltanking Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 
001-35230
 
45-0684578
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
15631 Jacintoport Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77015
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(281) 457-7900
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
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Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 6, 2013, Oiltanking Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. A copy of this press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

The information provided in this Item 2.02 (including the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Partnership pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that such filing incorporates by reference any or all of such information by express reference thereto.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release of Oiltanking Partners, L.P. issued March 6, 2013.


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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.
 
 
Oiltanking Partners, L.P.
 
 
By:  
OTLP GP, LLC, its general partner  
 
 
 
 
 
Dated:
March 6, 2013
By:  
/s/ Brian C. Brantley
 
 
 
Name:  
Brian C. Brantley
 
 
 
Title:  
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit Index

99.1 Press release of Oiltanking Partners, L.P. issued March 6, 2013.



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