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):  September 12, 2013

 

Buckeye Partners, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

1-9356

(Commission File

Number)

 

23-2432497

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

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)

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)

 

 

 



 

Item 7.01                                           Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On September 12, 2013 management of Buckeye GP LLC, the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), will be presenting to and participating in meetings with certain investors.  Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the materials to be used in connection with those presentations and meetings.  The 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 shall not 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                        Investor 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.

 

 

BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Buckeye GP LLC,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TODD J. RUSSO

 

 

Todd J. Russo

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and

 

 

Secretary

 

 

Dated: September 12, 2013

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

 

99.1                        Investor Presentation

 

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