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): April 23, 2009
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or Other |
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23-2432497 |
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Five TEK Park |
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9999 Hamilton Blvd. |
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Breinigsville, Pennsylvania |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 904-4000
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(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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 23, 2009, Forrest E. Wylie, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Clark C. Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Keith E. St.Clair, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Offer of Buckeye GP LLC, the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), are presenting at a conference of Kelso & Company portfolio companies. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the presentation materials to be used in connection with Messrs. Wylie, Smith, and St.Clair’s presentation. The presentation materials also have been posted on the Investor Center page of the Partnership’s website at www.buckeye.com.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and the accompanying 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, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Partnership.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Kelso & Company Portfolio Company Conference Presentation.
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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.
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BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. |
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Buckeye GP LLC, |
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its General Partner |
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WILLIAM H. SCHMIDT, JR. |
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William H. Schmidt, Jr. |
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Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary |
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Dated: April 23, 2009 |
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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Kelso & Company Portfolio Company Conference Presentation. |
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